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VOL. LXVII? NO. 48
FRANKJUN, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26, 1952
TEN PAGES
SMOKY BOWL
GAME SLATED
ON THURSDAY
Franklin Players Listed
On Western Squad's
Lineup
Several hundred Macon Coun
ty sports fans are expected to
show up in Bryson City on
Thanksgiving Day for the
Smoky Mountain Senior Bowl
grid battle, featuring stars
from the eastern and western
divisions of the conference.
Advance tickets may be pur
chased from members of the
Senior Class of Franklin High
School at $1.50 for adults and
50 cents far students.
Eight Panthers received in
vitations to play to the Smoky
classic and all but two accept
ed. Fullback Sammy Henderson
and lineman George Brown left
Friday for Ashtville to begin
practice for the -annual Opti
mist Bowl, which mlso is sched
uled for Thanksgiving.
Panthers going to the Smoky
bortl include enroll Chllders,
Carroll Keener, Ch&rlle Cabe,
Thomas Jones, John Henry, and
Diok Mashburn.
Whipping the .western squad
into shape will be Panther
Coach Ralph (Chuck) McCon
nell and Ike Olson, of Murphy.
Franklin, Murphy, Robblns
ville, and Hayesville players
will make up the Western team
and Sylva, Cherokee, Andrews,
and Bryson Cits', the Eastern.
Xocal fans pfenning to take
in the game ase urged to pur
chase tickets from the Franklin
seniors since the class has an
arrangement with the Bryson
City Lions Club, sponsor of the
bowl game, to -take a percen
tage of the advance ticket sales.
The class gets 20 per cent of
local sales; that is, 30 cents of
each $1.50 adult ticket, and 10
cents of each 50-cent student
ducat.
Penland Places Fourth
In Two Events At Stock
Judging Contest In Md.
Lewis Penland, a Macon County I
senior at N. C. State College,
Raleigh," placed fourth in two
events in the recent Eastern
National Livestock Judging Con
test in Timonium, Md.
He placed in both horse and
cattle judging events, and was
a member of his college team,
which won sixth place in the
contest. He and other members
of the judging team will com
pete in the judging contest of
the International Livestock
Show, slated in Chicago, 111., on
Saturday.
Mr. Penland is a member of
the Alpha Zeta fraternity at
N. C. State, the national so
ciety, Scabbard and Blade, and
recently was promoted to com
pany commander in RD.T C.
MEANDERING
ALONG
MAIN STREET
Franklin Band Director Sam
my Beck has been having his
share of transportation trou
bles, to wit:
The band bus broke down an
the way to the Marshy game >
a couple of weeks back, .accord
ing to the Cherokee Soout, and
it took the highway patrol and1
several private cars to get the
band to the game on time.
But the "corker" Is the ad
venture of Director Beck and
one of his band members. Bill ,
Zickgraf, at the recent appear
ance of the Marine Band In
Asheville.
It seems our amiable Mr.
Beck "sat in" for a few notes
of music with the band after
the performance and "tempus
fugits"; so, when he and Bill
went to the parking lot to get
the car, it was closed. After
riding a taxi around the coun
try-side they located the park
ing lot proprietor? who, at that
hour, refused to open the lot i
so Mr. Beck could get his car
out.
The band director and BUI
had to spend the night In an
Asheville hotel . . . proving,
without a doubt, that the cus
tomer Is not always right! . !
Presbyterian
Church Gets
New Minister
J. Bryan Hatchett, Jr., a na
tive of Greenville, Ga., and a
senior at the Columbia Theo
logical Seminary in Decatur,
Ga., has accepted the pastorate
of the Franklin Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. Hatchett will drive here
from Decatur for Sunday serv
ices at the church until he re
ceives his degree from the sem
inary this coming May) at
which time he and Mrs. Hat
chett Will move here perman
ently.
The church has been without
the services of a full-time pas
tor since the Rev. Hoyt Evans,
who served the church for five
years, accepted the pastorate of
a Gastonla church in February
of this year. Since that time
the church has been served by
guest ministers, including Mr.
Hatchett.
Mr. Hatchett received his AB
degree from Emory University
in 1950, and was a student pas
tor to the Murphy Presbyterian
Church in the summer of 1951
and to the Barnsville, Ga.,
church this past summer.
While at Emory he received
his letter in athletics as a mem
ber of the track and cross
country teams.
Mrs. Hatchett, who presently
is teaching school In DeKalb
County, Ga., attended the Val
dosta State College for two
years and was graduated from
the Georgia State College for
Women with a BS degree in
mathematics in 1950. She was a
voice student of Margaret M.
Hetch in Atlanta, Ga., for five
years, and been soloist at the
Grace Methodist Church in At
lanta and for several rantatM
in Atlanta. She is a native of
Fitzgerald, Ga.
Negro rootball
Game Scheduled
The sounds of football will
echo from the Franklin High
Stadium tonight (Wednesday)
when the Consolidated School
of Sylva (Negro* meets the
Boy's Industrial Institute of
Toccoa, Ga.
Game time will be 7:30 o'clock,
and in the event of rain the
two teams will play Friday
night. Sponsor of the grid bat
tle is the Chapel (Negro) School
here. ,
The Sylva school lists four
former Chapel school students
in its lineup, Mack, Frederick,
Robert, and Avery Stewart.
BI-G DEAL
A large real estate transac
tion was recorded in the regis
ter of deeds' office last week,
involving the exchange of ap
proximately $44,000, according
to documentary stamps on the
deed. Mr. and Mrs. George K.
Yetter, of Chatham County, Ga.,
sold a dwelling and 2.75 acres
of land on the WaHudla Read
to Mr. and Mrs. Newton G.
Hardie, of Oconee County, S. C.
? Staff Photo by J. P. Brady
Hunters took to the woods Monday (or three days of deer hunting and thus far no kills have
been reported by local men. The 100-pound deer above was bagged Tuesday of last week by Glenn
Holt, of Franklin, and was one of several kills chalked up by Macon hunters. With Mr. Holt is
his son, Johnny. The two boys admiring the deer arc Johnny and Jimmy Vinson, twin sons of Mr.
and Mrs. John Vinson, who live near the Holts. The inquisitive pooch is "Tippy".
TAGS GO ON
SALEMONDAY
Swafford Says To Buy
Plates Early And
Avoid Rush
North Carolina's 1953 license
I tags will go on sale Monday,
December 1, Verlon Swafford.
managed of the local Carolina
Motor Club, announced yester
day.
New plates may be purchased
| from Mr. Swafford at the West
ern Auto Associate Store in
J downtown Franklin.
After using the "new look"
maroon and white color combi
| nation for the past two years,
the state Is switching back to
its old standby, black and yel
i low, for 1953. The background
Is black with yellow numerals.
Macon's series will be 320 and
321, Mr. Swafford said, and he
urged motorists to purchase tags
early and avoid the rush that
goes hand-in-hand with the
deadline on January 51.
The local C-M.C. branch serves
Swsin, .Macon, and a portion of
Clay County motorists.
LOCAL CAGERS OPEN SEASON
DECEMBER 9 AGAINST SYLVA
December 9 will pull the
wraps off the 1952-53 basketball
season for the FtankUn High
lads and lassies when they take
to the hardwood here against
Sylva High, Coach Ray Lowe
announced yesterday.
The teams list a 14-game
schedule this year and the
coach said he is trying to
schedule other cage meetings
with Waynesville and Clayton,
Ga. Seven of the games are
slated for the home court and
seven away.
Toughest opponents for the
lads and lassies, who are ex
pected to turn in wild-fire loop
performances this year with
their backlog of good players,
will be Cullowhee, Sylva, and
Brvson City.
An east-west division of the
conference this season will
eliminate the tiring long trips
teams have had to make in the
past. Franklin lists games with,
in addition to the ,three above,
Cherokee, Webster, Highlands,
Glenville.
In announcing this year's
schedule, Coach Lowe also nam
ed his best players. Starters
probably will be picked from ?
this list 'They are:
BOYS: Forwards, Tommy
Raby, Raj Henry, L. A. Moore,
and Tommy Cole; Guards. Dan
Angel, James Buchanan, *Dd
John Henry; Center, Dolpfca
Fonts and BUI Hunnleutt.
GIRU3: Forwards, Shirley
Dean, Audrey Gibson, Jody Le
noir, Ruth Brown, Jean Duvall,
Annette Dalrymple; Guards,
Anna Setser, Evelyn Dean,
Fenes Pruitt, Hazel Vinson, and
Elolene Nicholson.
THE SCHEDULE:
? ? ?
December 9, Sylva, here
Dec. 12, Cherokee, there. I
Dec. 16, Cullowhee, there.
Dec. 19, Webster, here. 1
* * * 1
January 9, Highlands, here.
Jan. 13, Glenville, here. !
Jan. 16, Bryson City, there.
Jan. 20, Sylva, there.
Jan. 23, Cherokee, here.
Jan. 27, Cullowhee, here.
Jan. 30, Webster, there.
* * * i
February 3, Highlands, there.
Feb. 6, Glenville, there.
Feb. 10, Bryson City, here. 1
Comedy Will
Be Presented
By Players'
"Dear Ruth", a comedy that
took Broadway by storm during
World War II, will be presented
at the East Franklin school the
nights of December 5 and 6 by
the Community Players.
Curtain time each evening
will be 8 o'cloik. Proceeds of
the play will be turned over to
the Franklin Junior Chamber
of Commerce swimming pool
project.
The production is the first
venture of The Players, a group
which organized here this sum
mer.
Members of the "Dear Ruth"
cast include E. J. Carpenter,
Mrs. Joyce Cagle, Miss Inez
Crawford, Miss Margaret Craw
ford, Lowell McKee, Fred Dow
die, Jenna Sae Cnnnrngham,
and J. P. Brady. Director of the
show is Mrs. R. S. Jones.
Admission will be 90 cents.
Burley Growers
Vote For Quotas
For Three Years
"Macon County burley tobacco
growers voted unanimously in
favor of having .marketing
quotas for the next three yeatB
in a referendum staged in 19
western counties on Saturday.
On . the basis of unofficial re
turns, fanners in the other
counties Joined Macon in favor
ing the three-year quota plan.
Fifty-eight burley growers
voted here, all in favor of the
three-year quota plan. Two oth
5r alternatives were offered: <1)
juotas for 1953 only, (2) no
juotas at all.
Marketing quotas provide
growers with a method of ad
lusting supply to demand and
lelp them obtain fair prices for
;heir tobacco, according to J. H.
Snloe, Jr., chairman of the
;ounty Production Management
Committee.
Approximately 174 farmers in |
;his county were eligible to cast
jallots.
.SING PLANNED
The fifth Sunday sing of the
kiacon County Singing Conven- 1
ion will be held at the court- !
louse beginning at 10 a. m.. it ,
ias been announced. All sing
;rs are invited to attend.
RED CROSS
MEET HELD
All Officers Reelected;
Band Concert Marks
Annual Session
I All officers of the Macon
I County American Red Cross
i c h a p t e r were reelected for
Another year at the chapter's
annual meeting Friday night at
the East Franklin school.
The session was marked by
a concert by the Franklin ,
j Band, a iirst aid demonstration j
by local Boy Scouts, a talk on
i the home nursing program in
| the county, and reports by com
I mittee chairmen of the chapter.
Officers are: Weaver Shope,
I of Franklin, chairman; W. R
Potts, of Highlands, vice chair
man; and 3. C. Jacobs, of
Franklin, treasurer.
A 15-minute concert was giv
en by the band under the lead
ership of Director S. F. Beck.
Scout Leader G. R. McSween
and several Scouts conducted a
practical demonstration on re
viving a person who is uncon
scious from drowning or etectric
sbocfk.
The home nursing program,
?which -was Started in this coun
ty this summer, was explained
by Mrs. Gladys Mae Shope,
borne "nursing chairman, and
Mrs. Evelyn Raby discussed
things she learned during the
course in her community.
Chapter reports were made by
Mrs. Gladys Kinsland, Junior
Red Cross; Mrs. Elizabeth Mc
Collum, Bloodmobile; and J.
Horner Stockton, finances.
Refreshments were served fol
lowing the meeting by the
chapter.
The chapter's executive board
is composed of James L. Beale,
Frank B. Cook, Stacy Russell,
Charles Anderson, Lewis Ed
wards, the Rev. Robert E. Early, i
all of Highlands, and Weimar !
Jones, John M. Archer, Jr., the 1
Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, the Rev.
C. E. Murray, and the Rev. M.
W. Chapman, all of Franktyn.
GREENWOOD HURT
Sam Greenwood, a nephew of |
Miss Lassie Kelly, of Franklin, i
is at Angel Hospital recovering
from injuries received in an I
automobile accident Friday i
night on the Bryson City high- i
way in Swain County. He re
ceived lacerations of the fore- '
head, fractured ribs, and a brain :
concussion.
Court Convenes
Here On Monday
BUYS MURPHY
PHONE SYSTEM
Deal Gets Federal OK;
W.C.T.C. Taking Over
In January
The Federal Communications
Commission has given final ap
proval of the sale of the Mur
phy telephone exchange by
Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany to. Western Carolina Tele
phone Company, which serves
this area and is rapidly becom
ing a far-flung system.
R. E. McKelvey, of Franklin,
general manager of W.C.T.C.,
said this week that his com.
The N. C. Utilities Commis
sion will review a proposed rate
increase being asked by the
Western Carolina Telephone
Company at a bearing in Ashe
yille on Tuesday. The requested
increase would boost all classes
of service $1.25 per unit.
Opposition to the rate hike
has been mounting here since
the company announced the
proposal. A number of private
citizens are hiring an attorney ,
to voice local objections at the 1
hearing. The executive board! of
the Franklin Chamber of Com
merce recently went on record
as opposing the increase and
forwarded a copy of its resolu
tion to the commission.
pany would take over the oper
ation of the Murphy exchange
and its associated toll lines on
January 1, 1953.
The purchase of the exchange,
j which will add about 800 tele
; phones to the Western Caro
lina system, comes as a step
in the company's long-range
1 expansion program, he said,
j In December, 1951, W.C.T.C.
j merged with the Carolina Tel
! ephone Company, the Weaver
i ville Telephone Company, th?
Madison Telephone Company.
! and the North Buncombe Tele
| phone Company.
The company also serves
| Clayton, Ga.
Negro School
! Bids Higher
Than Outlay
| The county board of educa
j tion is more than $30,000 short
| of having enough money to
ouild the proposed Chapel i Ne
gro i School here.
Bids were opened Friday
morning. The total of the low
est bids for general construc
tion, plumbing, heating, and
electrical) work was $66,851.25.
A special session of the coun
ty board of education is plan
ned Monday at 2 p. m. in the
school superintendent's office to
discuss the Cha4>el (Negro)
school situation. Bob S. Sloan,
board chairman, has announc
ed.
This amount does not include a
$4,011.08 architect fee, County
School Superintendent Holland
McSwain said.
Since only $40,000 is ear
marked for building the school,
"I imagine we will have to re
ject the bids", he said, adding
that the school board has 30
days in which to make a decis
ion.
Low bidders were:
General, William B. Dlllard
Construction Company, Sylva,
$51,700; Plumbing, C. E. Holder,
Andrews, $4,325.50; Heating, C.
E. Holder, $6,350.75; Martin
Electric Company, Franklin, $4,
475.
Plans show the proposed
school has three classrooms, a
combination cafeteria-auditor
ium, and a large basement,
which could be converted into
more classrooms.
JUDGES COMING
Judges of the W. N. C. Rural
Community Development Con
test will come here on Decem
ber 15 to look over progress
made in the Holly Springs and
Carson communities, , .Macon's '
two entries in the contest. They 1
will tour the former from 4 to I
5:30 p. m., the latter from 2:15 I
to 3:45 p. m.
Judge Bobbitt Facing
Light Criminal,
Civil Dockets
When the December term of
superior court opens here Mon
day morning, Judge William H.
Bobbitt will face light criminal
and civil dockets, largely be
cause he made a clean sweep
of the cases while presiding at
the August term.
Forty-two of the 97 cases list
ed on the criminal docket in
volve drunk driving, Ten civil
actions are scheduled for trial,
including three divorces.
In the light of past court
terms, both dockets are rela
tively small, according to Miss
Kate M?Gee, clerk of court. The
criminal calendar should be dis
posed of by Wednesday morn
ing, she said.
Drunk driving cases listed for
trial include those of Carlos
Adams Rogers, Leighton Moss
(two charges), Delias Holland,
Homer E. Stiwinter, Charles
Burgess, .Marvin McDowell (two
charges ) , Wesley P Lee, Don
Raby, Bobby Joe Stewart, Clyde
Hopper, Charles H Davis, Don
ald A. Siebold, Glenn Sutton,
LaVerne Schweitzer, James T.
Jones, Carl McElreath, Beatrice
Mason, Carl Henry Anderson,
Charlie William Paul, (also
manslaughter., Carl Holland
(also leaving scene of accident ),
Everett Zimmerman, Mary Hill
Sloan (also driving with license
revoked), Carlton Sanders, Wil
ey B Scott (two charges),
James D. Dills, Lloyd Burgess
Uoyd Zachary, James Robert
Moore, C. M. Hodgins. Doyle
Painter, A. C. Ivestor, June M.
Welch, James E. Hopkins, How
ard Hopkins, Charles E. John
son, Vernon Ross .Vilson 'also
reckless driving., Benn.e B.
I Haire (also hit and rum, Del
I bert Angel, and Arvel Simonc-s^
' i also larceny of automoDile/.
| Other cases on the criminal
I docket are Everett Jenkins,
larceny; Dock Gibson, abandon
ment. G. D. McClure, abandon
j ment; Msrc?llus Wood, aban
donment; Kay Fountain, trags
j porting whiskey; Hoy1 Fountain,
: transporting whiskey; Ru?us
I Askew, fraud; Jesse C. Cun
ning, speeding; Eckel Rowland,
forcible trespass; Lawrence G.
Sanders, abandonment; Wayne
Ledford, abandonment; Herman
1 Ledford, aiding and abetting
drunk driving; J. R. Lunsfotd,
| no driver's license; Bennie
Queen, failing to give title for
automobile; J. B. Hall, trans
porting whiskey, possession Of
| burglary tools; Jake Hall, tians
porting whiskey, possession of
burglary tools, carrying conceal
ed weapon, and drunk driving;
David Lee Overman, Jr., posses
sion of burglary tools; Austin
Dills, assault with a deadly
weapon; Carl W. Tyler, non
support and breaking and en
tering; Ralph Vinson, non-sup
port; Russell Kay, transport
ing whiskey; Henry E. Rhymer,
transporting whiskey; Luther
Williams, assault with a deadly
weapon; Frank Waldroop, forci
ble trespass; Harold V. Merrell,
aiding and abetting drunk driv
ing; Gene Arley Stewart, aiding
and abetting drunk driving;
William W. Callison, non-sup
port; John L. Kelley, reckless
driving; Kenneth Eugene Wal
lace, carrying concealed wea
pon; R. J. Dempsey, reckless
driving; L. W. Rice, Jr., aiding
and abetting drunk driving; J.
Frank Mathis, assault with a
deadly weapon; Clarence E.
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 10
The Weather
The week's temperatures and rainfall, aa
recorded in Franklin by Mansoo Stiles.
I*. S. weather observer, and at the Coweta
Hydrologic Laboratory:
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 59 54 1.81
Thursday 57 44 .06
Friday 44 36 trace
Saturday 38 32 S. 2.75
Sunday 58 30
Monday 62 28
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Ratal
Wednesday 52 45
Thursday 53 44 3.32
Friday 43 37 _
Saturday _ 38 30 .05
9unday 57 27 06
Monday ... 60 26
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