INVEST NEW
GIRL SCOUT
TROOP HERE
\
29 Presented Awards At
Court Here Tuesday
Night
A court of awards here Tues
day night was highlighted by
the Investiture of a new Girl
Scout troop and the presenta
tion of advancements in rank
and proficiency badges to 29
Scouts and Brownies.
The court was held at the
Methodist church with Mrs. C.
N. Dowdle, troop committee
chairman, presiding. Presenta
tion of awards was made by
Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones, city scout
chairman.
First Class badges were award
ed to Joy and ,Tean McCollum,
Jeanne Russell, Beverly Stock
ton, Ruth Snyder, and Joan
Thomas. All of the above, with
the exception of Scout Thomas,
are scheduled to received Curv
ed Bars, the highest rank in
intermediate Girl Scouting, at a
district court of awards Sun
day in Cherokee.
Margaret Jones and Carolyn
Dowdle received Second Class
badges.
All members of the new scout
troop, under the leadership of
Mrs. Ann Murray and Mrs. My
ra S. Waldroop, were awarded
Tenderfoot rank following In
vestiture ceremonies. They were
Alice Angel, Luana Baker, Har
vey Linda Bryant, Beverly Bry
son, Jacquelynn Clark, Jo Ann
Cruse, Barbara Duncan, Dwain
Horsley, Jane Long, Sue Reece,
Rebecca Reeves, Nancy Slier,
Ann Sutton, Martha Womack,
Judy Wurst, and Jane Zlckgraf.
As yet the new unit has not
been assigned a number, scout
officials said. It Is the second
intermediate troop to be form
ed here.
Brownie pins were presented
to Linda Tallent, Betty Lou
Wallace, Sue Matthews, and
Janice Bowman. Pat Gaines and
Genevieve W h 1 1 m 1 r e were
awarded pendants for member
ship in the troop.
Brownies receiving "Fly Up"
pins were Carolyn Dowdle, Betsy
Russell, Nancy Slier, Rebecca
Reeves, Jane Long, Barbara
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 6
Mrs. Roper
Resigns As
Principal
Mrs. Marie G. Roper, prin
cipal at Iotla school for the
past five years, has resigned
the position, effective at the end
of the school year.
Her resignation has been sub
emitted to the Iotla school com
mittee, the county board of ed
ucation, and to County School
Supt. Holland McSwaln.
Mrs. Roper said this week
that she plans to devote her
full time to first grade work.
Wins Creative
Writing Award
At Davidson
R. M. (Mac) Bulgin, grand
son of Mrs. W. B. McGuire, of
Franklin, has been presented
Davidson college's highest award
for creative writing, the Vereen
Bell award.
An announcement from the
college news bureau said that
young Bulgin, a member of the
Junior class, won the award in
R. M. (MAC) BULGIN
competition against some 25
other students with his short
story, "The Latin Student".
Dr. James S. Wilson, dean
emeritus of the graduate school
of the University of Virginia,
judged the finalist's papers and
made the presentation to young
Bulgin.
The Vereen Bell award is pre
sented annually to the David
son student who turns in the
best piece of creative writing
for the year. Mr. Bell, who
was killed in World War II
while serving in the navy, was
a well-known novelist and short
story writer.
PLAN PRECINCT
MEEJS MAY 10
County Convention Set
For May 17; Win
Pick Delegates
Democratic precinct meetings
will be held Saturday, May 10,
at which precinct organizations
will be set up and delegates
elected to the Macon County
Democratic convention, accord
ing w> Jess Shope, county Dem
ocratic chairman.
The county convention will
be held the following Saturday
?May 17 ? at the courthouse,
when a county organization will
be perfected and delegates will
be chosen to the state conven
tion of the party.
The chairmen elected in the
county's 12 precincts make up
the county executive committee.
AUXILIARY WILL MEET
The American Legion auxili
ary will meet Monday at 8 p.
m. at the home of Mrs. Joe
Setser, on Cartoogechaye. Co
hostesses will be Mrs. Charles
Waldroop and Mrs. Bob S. Sloan.
'OLD SOUTH' BLOSSOMS AGAIN
AT FRANKLIN JUNIOR-SENIOR
The atmosphere of the "Old
South" blossomed forth Satur
day night at the annual Frank
lin High junior -senior banquet,
attended by some 250 students
and special guests.
Many of the guests attending
said the banquet could "hold its
own" against those given by
many colleges and other lnstu
titions of higher learning.
Held at the school cafeteria,
the banquet carried out the "re
vival" of the Southern way of
life with Spanish moss (Orleans
variety) and spring flowers.
Girls were favored with minia
ture Southern figurines, the
boys with "brown jugs", once
the outstanding musical instru
ment among men of the true
South.
From the porch (rocking va
riety) of an old colonial man
sion the Durham Hi-Hatters, an
18-piece orchestra imported
from the Piedmont section of
the state for the occasion, sup
plied a musical background ap
propriate to the antebellum days
when men were men and the
women knew it.
The meal was prepared by
members of the school parent
teacher association and served
by sophomore students, chosen
for the honor on the basis of
grades. They were Misses Lou
etta Browning, Annette Dal
rymple, Ruth Edwards, Jimmle
Sherrill, Carlene SorrelLs, and
Max Hnderson, Thad Dowdle,
Ben Edwards, Holland McSwain,
Jr., and Bill Hunnicutt.
At a program following the
meal, those attending were wel
comed by Paul Killlan, presi
dent of the Junior class. Toasts
to the seniors and the school
faculty were given by Lee Poin
dexter and Emory Crawford,
respectively. The responses were
made by Richard Jones, presi
dent of the senior class, and
Harry C. Corbin, a member of
the faculty.
Russell McKelvey, vice-presi
dent of the senior class, led in
a toast to the juniors.
Other features of the program
included a reading by Miss Mar
garet Jones, reading of the sen
ior last will and testament by
George R. (Pat) Pattillo, a pan
tomime by Bill Zlckgraf, a reci
tation by Robert (Bud) Siler,
and a dance by Miss Lela Jo
Galley and Bobby Biddle. Prin
cipal R. G. Sutton gave the
invocation.
Dancing, with music by the
Durham orchestra, followed the
program.
Colds And Influenza Cost
School System 19,338 Days
That mysterious ailment call
ed the "common cold" caused
the loss of 11,102 pupil-days in
the Macon County school sys
tem during the first seven
months of the 1951-52 school
year, figures in the county
school superintendent's office
reveal.
Running a close second on the
days-lost side of the ledger was
"flu" (influenza), taking a toll
of 8,236 days.
A combination of the two ill
nesses produced an average of
about four days lost over the
seven-month period for each
child enrolled in the school sys
tem. Total enrollment is rough
ly 4,000.
The highest number of cold
and flu "casualties" occurred
in elementary schools since the
largest majority of school chil
dren are in the lower grades.
; Out of a total of 3,471 cold
; cases in the county's nine ele
mentary schools, 10,172 days j
were lost ? an average of about !
two days per case. The county's j
three high schools ? Franklin, |
Highlands, and Nantahala ? re
ported 425 cases and a loss of
930 days, also an average of
about two days per case.
Influenza, somewhat more
serious in nature than a cold,
consumed 7,203 days in ele
mentary grades, with 1,609 re
ported cases, giving an average
of about four days for recuper- j
ation in each case. High schools
reported 261 cases, with 933 days
lost.
Taking third place in pupil
days lost was chicken pox, ac
counting for 671 days in the
i entire school system.
Dr. Jordan
Will Be Revival Speaker
Here This Summer
The Rev. G. Ray Jordan,
of Emory university, Atlanta,
will be the guest preacher at
the annual interdenomina
tional revival at the Friend
ship tabernacle here this
summer. The dates for the
series of evangelistic services
are July 20 through 27.
Dr. Jordan, now professor
of homiletics in the Candler
school of theology of Emory
university, has served as pas
tor of some of the largest
Nlethodist churches in North
Carolina. Among churches
served by him are Wesley
Memorial at High Point, Col
lege Place at Greensboro, and
Centenary at Winston-Salem,
where he wu> pastor for seven
yean.
The Franklin churches take
turns in selecting the guest
speakers for these annual
meetings. This year it is the
Methodists' turn, and Dr. Jor
dan's acceptance was an
nounced by the Rev. C. E.
Murray, Methodist pastor here.
12 Roads Added
To Macon System
By Commission
Twelve roads have been add
ed to the Macon County high
way system, according to infor
mation received by the board of
county commissioners from the
State Highway and Public
Works commission, Raleigh
One road, the old Upper
Younce Creek strip, has been
abandoned, the announcement
said.
Additions to the system in
clude Rowland road, Posey Wilds
road extention, Younce Creek
road, Picklesimer road, Burleson
road, Hudson road, Queen Creek
road, Bryson Branch road,
Gibson Branch road, Morgan
road, Check Spartman road, and
Cabe Mill road.
NEXT WEEK
In next week's issue, The
Press will publish the views
of three candidates for the
Democratic nomination for
Representative in Congress
from this district.
The three men ? Frank M.
Parker, George A. .Shuford,
and L. Dale Thrash, all of
Buncombe county ? hare out
lined their stands on some of
the major national issues, and
their articles will appear .next
week.
The three candidates are
expressing their views in re
sponse to an open letter ad
dressed to them recently by
the editor of The Press. <
42 Attend School
For P. T. A. Official.
Forty-three officers and work
ers in parent-teacher associa
tions of this county attended
a school of Instruction for P.
T. A. leaders at Iotla school last
Friday evening.
The school was conducted by
Miss Blanche Haley, field repre
sentative from state P. T. A.
headquarters, and Mrs. Weimar
Jones, director of this P. T. A.
district.
The meeting here was the
final one in a series conducted
last week by Miss Haley and
Mrs. Jones. During the week,
they held meetings In six of
the 11 counties In the district.
LEGION SETS UP
JUNIOR LEAGUE
BASEBALLHERE
Sale Of Memberships Now
Underway; Will Start
In June
A movement to set up an
American Legion Junior Base
ball team here got under way
this week and Monday Legion
officials reported that more
than $200 had been raised
through the sale of season
tickets.
Groundwork for the forma
tion of the local team was laid
at a meeting of interested citi
zens last Thursday night. De
spite a downpour, some 20 per
sons turned out for the meet
tog. ?
Frank Plyler, chairman of the
Legion athletic committee, said
response to the sale of mem
berships has virtually assured
a team here. The Legion is
seeking $1,000 to cover the cost
of uniforms, equipment, and ex
penses for the season. All of
this will be raised through the
sale of memberships, the athle
tic chairman said, which en
title the bearer to admission to
all home games. Memberships
are $2.
Mr. Plyler said application for
a charter probably would be
made tomorrow (Friday).
Every boy who has not reach
ed the age of 17 will be eligible
to 'join the team, he said.
The local team will be put in
the Western North Carolina
league and probably will play
teams from Andrews, Cherokee,
Canton, Waynesville, Hazelwood,
West Asheville, Black Mountain
and Mars Hill.
Practice will begin about the
first of June with Franklin
High's baseball coach, Dick
Stott, at the helm. At the be
ginning of the season's play,
the team will be rounded out
to about 20 members.
A battery of local umpires
will be picked, subject to ap
proval by the league, Mr. Ply
ler said.
He also pointed out that all
persons connected with the Le
gion baseball program will be
insured against accidents as a
safety measure. .
Further details of the pro
gram will be announced later.
Will Organize
Committee For
Good Government
A meeting to organize a local
citizen's committee for good
government is scheduled to be
held at the Macon courthouse
Monday night at 8 o'clock, ac
cording to Horace T. Nolen.
Everyone interested in good
government is urged to attend.
The purpose of the meeting
will be to elect officers for a
local unit, which will be an af
filiate of the state-wide organi
zation, it was explained.
Miss Plemmons Presents
Recital At Mars Hill
Miss, Edith Plemmons, of
Franklin, who is majoring in
church music at Mars Hill col
lege, presented her graduating
organ recital at the college au
ditorium April 24, the college
news center has announced.
Miss Plemmons, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Plemmons, will
be graduated from Mars Hill
May 26.
BLOOD UNIT
COMING THIS
AFTERNOON
Quota Set At 150 Pints;
Urge Macon Donors
To Turn Out
One-hundred and fifty pints
of blood is the goal of the
American Red Cross Bloodmo
blle, which will make its first
1952 visit here this (Thursday)
afternoon at the Franklin Pres
byterian church.
Hours will be 2 to 7 p. m.
The mobile unit's visit is
under the sponsorship of the
local Veterans of Foreign Wars
post and the post auxiliary.
Last year Maconians gave a
total of 496 pints in five visits
of the Bloodmobile.
V. F. W. officials yesterday
, urged donors to turn out in 1
J force during the afternoon, ex
plaining that the blood program
is a vital part of the national
| defense movement ? even more
\ vital than the production of
I planes and ammunition since
blood is not a manufacturable
item.
All blood collected here will
go for defense purposes and to
wounded - servicemen overseas,
they said.
Donors will be served refresh
ments during the afternoon by
members of the post auxiliary. I
McClure Slated
As Speaker At
Education Meet
James G. K. McClure, of
Ashevllle, head of the Buncombe
County citizen's education com
mittee, is scheduled to be guest
speaker at a meeting of the
Macon County Citizen's Commit
tee for Education here tonight
(Thursday) at the V. P. W.
building on Palmer street.
Mr. McClure who also is presi
dent of the Farmer's federation
is expected to discuss the orga
nization and projects undertak
en by the Buncombe education
group.
The meeting will begin at 7:30
o'clock. The public is invited to
attend.
Style Show
Highlights
Celebration
Seventy-five home demonstra
tion club women previewed the
latest in spring fashions yester
day (Wednesday) afternoon at
East Franklin school.
The occasion marked a cele
bration of National Home Dem
onstration week (April 27 to
May 3) by the club women of
this county.
In addition to the spring
fashion show, the program in
cluded an appearance of the
newly-organized Macon Coun
ty chorus, composed of club
women. The celebration began
at 2 o'clock.
New Well
Going Into Production;
Don't Mind The Mud
Don't be perturbed if your
drinking; water Is slightly
muddy Monday.
The Town of Franklin plans
to install a pump and tie the
new well into the water sys
tem. During the operation the
change in water flow is likely
to cause a little sediment in
the water, according to C. O.
Ramsey, town clerk.
The new well, situated be
hind the Friendship taber
nacle, "should aleviate any
water shortage this year", the
clerk said, referring to Frank
lin's delimma last summer
when the liquid had to be
more or less rationed.
Finished in November, the
new well produces about 204
gallons a minute. Only about
half its capacity will be used,
Mr. Ramsey said\ and it
should be in full operation by
the middle of the week.
TO HOLD REVIVAL
The Rev. Ben Buzard will
conduct a series of revival
services on the West Macon
Methodist circuit May 6 through
18, it has been announced.
He conducted a series here
about five years ago. The first
service will be held at the Mt.
Zlon church at 8 p. m.
County, 2
Towns Will
Be Honored
FIRST PLACE
WON BY F.F.A.
JUDGING TEAM
Takes Third In Dairying;
Contest Held Here
Last Thursday
First place in livestock and
third in dairy judging went to
Franklin Future Farmers of
America teams at a Nantahala
federation judging contest here
Wednesday of last week.
Teams from 14 W. N. C. high
schools participated in the
event.
Dairy judging was conducted
on the farms of A. B. Slagle
and Jess Shope. Livestock was
judged on the farms of Dr.
Frank M. Killian and W. C.
Burrell, and hogs on Harry
Kinslands' farm.
The first place winning Frank
lin team was composed of Paul
Killian, Pete Setser, and Junior
Cabe. Leroy Peek was alternate.
Second place in the livestock
feature went to the Bethel High
team.
Dan Moore, Bobby Henry,
Victor Teague, and Wayne
Stewart, alternate, made up the
local team which took third
place in dairy Judging. First
place was won by Hayesville
and second by Crabtree.
I In individual judging Paul
Killian was awarded first place
and Pete Setser, second, in the
livestock feature. Second place
in dairy judging went to Dan
Moore.
Judges for the livestock event
were E. J. Whitmire, of Frank
lin, and Siler Slagle, of Frank
lin, Route 1. Homer Sink, ex
tension service specialist, of
Waynesville, and T. -H. Fagg,
assistant county agent, judged
the dairy feature.
The first place livestock team
'will enter competition in the
District 5 contest slated for
May 3 in Asheville. The two top
winners of this contest will ad
vance to the state contest.
Local judging teams were
coached by Wayne Profitt, vo
| cational agricultural teacher,
| and Siler Slagle.
Opera Slated
Here Friday
Two performances of Mo
zart's comic opera, "School for
Lovers", will be presented to
morrow (Friday) at the East
Franklin school by the Grass
Roots Opera company.
A children's matinee is plan
ned for 1:30 p. m. and a per
formance for adults at 8 o'clock
through the auspices o{ th<
local unit of the N. C. Educa
tion association.
"School for Lovers" tells the
story of Don Alfonso, an elder
ly bachelor, who tries to con
vince two young soldiers, Fer
rando and Gratiano, that their
sweethearts, Leonora and Dora
bella, if given a fair chance,
will prove disloyal to them. The
young lovers deny this and a
wager of $100 is laid that, if the
men follow Don Alfonso's in
structions, the girls will accept
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 6
County Short
On Disaster
Fund Quota
Macon County still needs $50
to meet its $195 special disaster
fund quota, according to Mrs.
J. Ward Long, secretary of the
local Red Cross chapter.
The special fund constitutes
this county's share of a Ration
al fund to give aid to victims
in six southern states, left
homeless in the wake of a
series of tornadoes in March.
Persons who wish to contri
bute to the fund are asked to
contact the local A.R.C. office
In the Bank of Franklin build
ing.
State Official Coming
For Unique Safety
Program Tuesday
In a public ceremony prob
? ably unique in North Carolina
history, Macon County and its
two towns, Franklin and High-ij
| lands, Tuesday night will be
given special recognition for
| the top automobile safety rec
i ord they made in 1950.
i The presentation of awards
from the state to the county
and the two towns will high
light a program set for 7:30
i o'clock Tuesday evening at the
courthouse.
Another feature of the pro
' gram will be numbers by the
Franklin school band and chor
us.
While it has been customary
for the State Highway cotmnis
sion's safety division to honor
cities and the larger towns in
the state for notable highway
safety records, ; it is the first;
time, so far as is known, that;
an entire county or any of ther
smaller towns has been giver*
such recognition.
Tarvia H. D. Jones, h??d o*f
the safety division, is
here from Raleigh to present
these special awards.
In 1950 Macon was one of
only seven North Carolina cetrn?
ties that had no fatal aufr?iitfc
bile accidents, and this rm ty
was the "safest" of these -"Ten
by virtue of the fact t!&?C it
had more motor vehicles .-"Mis
tered than any of the other
six.
For the program, to rtiiei*
the public is invited, the may
ors and law enforcemem of
ficers of neighboring town' the
state highway patrolmen iram:
this region, and C. W. Ari ?'? of
Sylva, the safety division's field
J man for this area, are ceing
| invited as honor guests.
i Others specially invite-' "-e
the members of the c Tjnlv ^
board of commissioner-' ff ^
mayors and aldermen of F i'
j lin and Highlands, the hi
patrolmen in this county. my
bers of the Macon ^ ,nt?
sheriffs' department, ar j iLiem
bers of the police '
F.ranklin and Highlp
The awards, to t ^,-Drc ente*
by ^ ^neS,' - be
the two
(Gene^ Baldwi , ?
b U - .i; PAGE 12
MRS. 'c. A. CABE
D'iESJJUNDAYi
P.ites For Macon Natii
Conducted Tuesday
In Franklin
Mrs. Charles A. Cabe, a nsti*?
of this county, died at her home ?[
in Franklin Sunday at 8.30 pu
m. Seventy-eight years old. she .
had been in poor health Pt*- |
some time and recently, at
own request, returned to
home after spending <ame
months in a local hospital
Funeral services were o
ducted Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock at the Franklin McOa
dlst church by the church paiL .
tor, the Rev. C. E. Mamgc-I
Burial followed in WoodlMB |
cemetery.
Mrs. Cabe was born Nc._
ber 11, 1873, the daughter
SEE NO. 6, PAGE 12
The Weather
Temperatures and precipitation fiw
past seven days, and the low rempen?
j yesterday, as recorded at the CoweetB J
' periment station.
High Low
Wednesday 79 61
i Thursday 63 61
Friday 70 55
Saturday 64 50
[Sunday 64 47
Monday 68 53
Tuesday 72 41
Wednesday 39
Franklin Rainfall
(A? recorded by Manson Stiles
Wednesday, none;
.02; Friday, .88; Saturday,
Sunday, .29; Monday,
Tuesday, none; Wi
none.