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VOL LXVII? NO. 51
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, DEC. 18, 1952
TWELVE PAGES
METHODISTS
APPROVE NEW
ANNEX PLANS
Addition To B u i 1 i n g
Will Cost $37,500;
Drive Under Way
Plans for a new $37,500 an- :
nex to the Franklin Methodist
Church have been approved by
church officials and a fund
raising campaign is now under .
way.
The church hopes to begin |
construction of the new addi
tion by the first of April, ac- j
cording to the Rev. C. E. Mur
ray, pastor.
E. J. Whltmire is chairman of
the building fund committee. !
Other members are H. W. Cabe,
M. L. Dowdle, H. H. Gnuse, Jr.,
W. W. Sloan, and A. A. Siler.
The annex will be, in effect,
a three-story extension to the
west wing of the church's pres
ent education building. The
basement floor, which will be
at ground level, will contain
five Sunday School rooms. A
ladies' lounge and four men's
and ladies' classrooms will be
on the second floor, and an as
sembly room and four class
rooms will be on the third floor.
Mr. Murray said the present
basement will be used for an
assembly and social hall and an
enlarged kitchen.
Macon Doctor
Is Honored By
Georgia Town
Dr. T. H. Brabson, of Cor
nelia, Ga., a former native of
Macon County, was honored re
cently by the people of his
community.
More than 350 persons gather- j
ed at the Community House in
Cornelia to attend ceremonies
at which Dr. Brabson was pres
ented a plaque in recognition
for his many years of service
Jr.. the community.
Eugene Cook, Georgia attor
ney general, was the principal
speaker of the evening.
Dr. Brabson once practiced
medicine in this county and is
the brother of Mrs. George Bul
gin, of Franklin.
Dr. Crawford, Senator,
Under Treatment Here
Dr. J. h) Crawford, of Rob
binsville, newly-elected state
senator from the 33rd district.
Is upder treatment at Angel
Clinic for diabetes, according
to Dr. Furman Angel.
CENTER CLOSING
The Jackson-Swain Cancer
Center will be closed Decem
ber 26 for the Christmas hol
kta ys, it has been announced.
It will operate on regular
schedule the following Friday,
MEANDERING
ALONG
MAIN STREET
The Franklin Lions Club
"Christmas Cheer*' dime board
went Into operation on Main
Street Saturday ... Just follow
the sound of the ringing bell
and help the Lions spread a
little happiness daring the holi
days.
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For an advance p revue of
what Christmas trees probably
will look like in the year 2052,
take a gander at the one in the
window at Franklin Hardware
Company. It's the brainchild of
John Crawford and Is guaran
teed to ward off even the moet
vicious attack by kids on Christ
mas morning.
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It was a hardy person who
didnt dip into the closet for
an overcoat this week. Brrrrrr!
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Have you noticed the hand
prints, and noseprlnts too, on
the windows of Franklin stores?
They're the products of imagin
ative young minds compiling
Christmas lists. From the wide
variety of toys displayed this
year, the younger generation
could easily become psychiatric
material from wrestling over
which article to choose and
which to reject.
Body Grants
Rate Boost
To Company
A rate increase designated to
boost the Nantahala Power and
Light Company's annual income
approximately ?35,000 has been
granted by the N. C. Utilities |
Commission.
The increase, the first for the
power company since its forma
tion in 1929, effects only in
dustrial consumers, according
to John M. Archer, Jr., power
company president.
He said the rate hike amounts
to slightly less than two per
cent of the company s gross
revenues.
Also granted by the commis
sion was a higher meter recon
nection fee, the only feature of
the increase having a direct
bearing on residential consum
ers of electricity. Hereafter,
homes within cities and towns
served by the company will be
charged a $2 reconnection fee.
Rural customers will be charg
ed a minimum of $3 arid 15
cents per measured mile, with
a maximum distance of 50
miles, the president said.
The increase went into ef- !
feet Monday.
A petition requesting the in
crease was filed with the util
ities commission in July; and
at that time Mr. Archer said
higher operating costs forced
the request.
Counties served by N.P. & L. |
include Macon, Cherokee, Clay,
Graham-, Swain, and Jackson.
Local Boy's
Speech Wins
FFA Contest
Emory Crawford, a member
of the Franklin Future Farm
ers of America Chapter, won
first place in the Nantahala
Federation -F F A. Public Speak
ing Contest held last week in
Cullowhee.
He will represent the West
ern counties in a district con
test planned in Asheville in the
spring.
Young Crawford, son of Mrs.
Gilmer Crawford, spoke on
"Soil Conservation Through
Grassland Farming' .
LICENSE TAGS !
MOVING SLOW
Sale Below Figure For
This Time Last Year,
Swafford Says
North Carolina's 1953 license
tags, which went on sale De
cember X, are moving slowly,
according to Verlon Swaflnrd,
manager of the local Carolina
Motor Club branch office.
Through Monday, 392 tags
had been sold, as compared
with 440 for the corresponding
period last year.
Pointing to the January 31
deadline, Mr. Swafford urged
motorists to buy tags early and
avoid the last-minute rush.
The C.M.C. office is situated
at the rear of the Western Auto
Associate Store on Main Street.
License sales here in li>S2
totaled 3,849, the manager said.
? i Staff Ph*0 by J. P. Brady
Mrs. Martha Jane Bryson, who Sunday celebrated her 192nd birthday and is the county's oldest
citizen, received a hand in opening her presents from her great- grandson, Dennis Bryson, three
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Bryson, of Cullasaja. More than 40 relatives and friends
attended Mrs. Bryson's birthday party at her home on Bryson Branch. Five of her eight sons,
a-'l of whom are living, were present for the celebration.
P. T. A. HEAD
RESIGNS POST
Franklin Organization
Looking For A New
President
Resignation of Mrs. Edgar
Angel as president, action on
lockers for the high school and
a piano for the band, and a
Christmas music program by
students were highlights of
Monday evening's monthly
meeting of the Franklin Parent
Teacher Association.
Mrs. Angel, elected at the
September meeting, 'has served
three months. She gave no rea
son for resigning, but- asked
that her resignation be maot
"effective immediately".
Announcing it at the close of
the business session, she called
on the committee which had
nominated her ? John Crawford,
Mrs. C. N. Dowdle and Mrs J.
Ward Long ? to find a successor.
The organization approved the
proposal that the association
match the 5200 each vrtiich Mrs.
Angel said is being contributed
by the senior and junior classes
toward lockers for the high
school ? making a total of $600.
Mrs. Angel explained that
Band Director 8. F. Beck had
agreed that his boys will move
the Lions Club playground
equipment, being turneA over ta
the school by the club, to the
school, repair it, and erect It, In
a space back of the parking
lot, if the P. T. A. would buy
an inexpensive ptano tar the
band. The project vac given
approval, with the understand
ing that a committee wflj look
SEE NO. 1, PACE 7
Jaycees Seek Macon s Young
Man Of Year; Who'll It Be?
Who will be the outstanding
young man of the year In Ma
con County?
At the present time he is
being sought by the Franklin
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
which plans to present him a
Distinguished Service Award
Key at the organization's anni
versary banquet in February.
A committee composed of
Henry W. Cabe. of the Bank of
Franklin, W. W. Reeves, local
hardware merchant and com
mander of the V.F.W. post, and
Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill, coun
ty home demonstration agent,
has been picked by the Jaycees
to make the selection.
The young man of the year
will be picked on the basis of
achievement, leadership, service
to his community, personal
character, and ability.
Jaycee President Jack Ragan
said the only requirement Is
that the person chosen by the
committee be under the age of
35. However, he explained that
if the nominee has reached his
36th birthday by December 31,
he still will be eligible if the
activities for which he is judg
ed were performed when he
was 35 or younger.
The president said the DSA
Key will be given for outstand
ing service to and in the com
munity and is not intended as
recognition of contributions to <
the Junior Chamber of Com-'
merce and its activities. He i
emphasized that membership in
the Junior chamber Is not a !
prerequisite to winning the
award.
W. L. McCoy
Dies Tuesday
William L- McCoy, a well
known Franklin resident, died
, Tuesday morning in a local hos
pital at the age of 79.
Mr. McCoy, who was gradu
ated in law in 1896 from the j
University of Georgia, practiced i
law in Bryson City. Marion and
Franklin until 1905 and operat
ed a mercantile business in Dil- !
<a.rd, Gn and Franklin from
then until about 1930.
He at one time was owner !
and operator o: Franklin Tele
phone Company which is .no*
one of many exchanges owned
by the Westeri Carolina Tele
! phone Company, and ran a ho
tel here tor several years.
Funeral services were con
ducted yesterday (Wednesday) ,
at 2:30 o'clock in the Potts Fu
neral Home Chapel by the Rev.,
j C. C. Welch and the Rev. W. N.
' Cook Burial was in the Cowee
! Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mr McCoy was born April 8,
1873, the son of J. A. and Mrs.
| Angeline Miller McCoy. McDow
, ell County. "Br received his edu
cation in the public schools at i
;Hiawassee. Ga., and the Uni
versity of Gh?orgia. In 189* he
j was married to Miss Ada Craw
ford of Old Jtort, who died here
I in October of this year at the
age *of 71. Hp was a member
of the First Baptist Church.
He is survived by a son, Craw-J
ford McCoy, mi Franklin, and
a number of nieces and nep- '
hews.
JOHN M. ARCHER, JR.
Mr. Archer, president of the
Nantahala Power and Light
Company, last Thursday was
elected vice president of the
North Carolina Engineering
Foundation at the organization's
annual meeting at N. C. State
College, Raleigh.
MARKS 102ND
YEAR SUNDAY
County's Oldest Citizen
Has Birthday Party
At Her Home
A 78-year-old white frame
house on Bryson Branch (Culla
saja) shared in an unusual
birthday celebratios. Sunday
afternoon, but it was far from
being the center of attraction.
The principal figure was Mrs.
Martha Jane "Aunt Jane" Bry
son. who was marking her 102nd
year as Macon County's oldest
citizen
Seated before tbx- fireplace in
a comfortable arm chair, she
greeted mere than 40 members
of her family and friends and
her mail, concern was . . .
"make sine the little ones get
plenty to eat".
"Aunt Jane' -has been blind
for a number of years, but she
is still cpiite alert and fingered
the wrappings on the many
presents the celebration pro
xtoced. '.She appeared to be in
excellent health, considering tier
age, anil memlers of her fam
ily said she stays in her .chair
'Ay the fireplace for most of the
vday.
All of her eight sons are jttaQ
Stvlng .and five were present at
?her birthday party ? the eldest,
Will, Who is TT Charlie. 76, El
bert. fir, Sam 70. and Beuloa,
67. Unable to toe present were
Joe. Bi, of Iterrebonne, Ore.,
Hewtor. 56. tht "baby", of Ral
eigh, and Geoi3?e, 70, of SeCUV
Woolley, Wash.
Mrs. Bryson -was born De
cember 14, 183D. the daughter
of Billy Deal and Mrs. Martha
Jennings Deal. She was married
bo Jc&w T. Bryson at the age
af 23 artj they built the house
on Bryson Branch where she
has lived since. Mr. Bryson died
abovt 17 years ago at the age
of 85.
Mr. and Mrs. ,J Ward Long
were called to Nashville, Tenn.,
Tuesday night by .the death of
Ur. Long's brother-in-law, Paul
F. Easley.
Services, Plays
T o Mark Y uletide
Next Week's 1
Press To Be Issued Day
Ahead Of Schedule
In line with its custom of
several years. The Press will
publish its last issue before
Christmas one clay ahead of j
schedule, antl its first issue
after Christmas one day later
than usual.
This arrangement permits
the paper to give members of
its staff a week's vacation at
Christmas. This year the ar
rangement also is necessitated
by the fact that Christmas
and New Year's Day, both
mail holidays, fall on Thurs
days, the normal publication
day.
Next week's Press will be
put in the Franklin post of
fice Tuesday night, December
23, for delivery to readers
Wednesday morning. The
deadlines for display adver
tising and news will be Mon
day; for want adb, Tuesday at
10 a. m.
The following week, thet
paper will be put in the post
office Thursday night, Janu
ary 1, for delivery to readers
Friday morning. Deadlines in
that case will be moved for
ward by 24 hours.
Five Scouts Get
, Tenderfoot Rank
Five Franklin boys received
| Tenderfoot rank at a Smoky
Mountain Boy Scout District
! Corrt of Honor last Thursday
night in Cherokee.
| Th^y are Daniel C. Cagle,
| Clinton S. Byrd, George S. Kir.
I ney. Jack H. Hyde, and John R
jMcWilliams. Scouts Gary Mc
I Kelvey and Bobby Jamison re
; ceived horsemanship and swim
ming merit badges, respective
ly.
Lewis Cab*e. of Franklin, who
was scheduled to b3 advanced
to Eagle rank at the court o.
honor, will receive the advance
ment at the January court.
Local Scout officials said the
authorization for his rank was
deiaved because of heavv mails.
MACON KIDS
GIVE DINNER
; Evenl Fetes Those Who
Supported Local
Show Entries
Approximately 125 business
men, farmers, and their wives
were feted at a steak supper
Monday night at the Slagle Me
morial building The event was
sponsored by the local chapter
of the Future fttrmers of Amer
ica -as a means of showing
their appreciation for the sup
port given them at the West
em North Carolina Fat Stock
Show and sale held In Asheville
In .November.
Partly because of the strong
financial backing received from
local people, Macon County boys
and girls received $11,222.16 for
their 35 calves shown at the
show.
"Hse banquet program was
presented completely by F. F. A.
members. Victor Teague served
as aaster ol ceremonies and
expressed the appreciation of
the organization for the fine
support they had received from
those present.
Emory Crawford, recent win
ner in a declamation contest
held at Western North Carolina
Teachers College, Cullowhee,
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 12
Coming New York City Trip
Has Four 'Walking On Air'
Four Franklin youngsters this
w eeic are "walking on air" as
they prepare to leave Sunday 1
for a week or 10 days in New i
York City.
Dancing pupils of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Oscar Becque. of
Sylva, they, along with children
from other nearby towns who
tai:e dancing from the Becques,
are to receive special instruc
tion In ballet dancing, attend
ballet performances, and be
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guests at a Christmas party at |
the Hotel Sevilla, near Carnegie !
Hall, where they will stay while ,
in New York.
The four are Nancy Siler, I
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Siler, Gary McKelvey, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McKelvey.
Harve Linda Bryant, daughter |
of Mr. and Mrs. Harve E. Bry- 1
ant, and Barbara Duncan, ;
daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
B Duncan.
Civic Organizations
Plan To Distribute
Gifts To Needy
.Special church services, page
ants, and plays, and the dis
tribution of gifts to the needy
will mark Macon County's cele
bration of the Christmas holi
days.
Since Christmas is only a
week from today, a number of
events are Scheduled for this
week-end.
A Christmas pageant is
scheduled for presentation to
night (Thursday) at the Car
toogechaye School in conjunc
tion with the regular meeting
of the school's parent-teacher
association.
Two choruses, featuring 125
school children, will take part
I Christmas holidays for Ma
lcon's school children will begin
at noon tomorrow (Friday),
ending the 29th, when school
doors will again swing open,
County School Supt. Holland
McSwain announced this week.
In the pageant, which is being
directed by Mrs. Virginia Ram
sey. seventh grade teacher.
Mrs. Henry W Cabe and Miss
Esther Wallace are directing
the choral groups
The pageant will begin at
7:30 o'clock. Following a busi
ness meeting of the P. T A., the
men of the organization will
serve refreshments.
"The Christmas Carol", the
immortal story written by
Charles Dickens, is planned
Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock
at the First Baptist Church
under the direction of Mrs. T.
L. Jamison, Mrs. M. W. Chap
.r.an, and Orval Murray. Hav
ing roles in the play are Verlon
Swafford, Bill Zickgraf, Rich
ard Dryman, Frank I. Murray,
Jr.. and Clarence Henry. More
, than 25 persons will take part
in the production. Mrs. Alba
Pric? is in charge of properties,
ami cosiuraes are being sup
plied by Mrs. Charles Rogers,
Mrs. John Jamison, and Mrs.
Paul Kinsir.nd. The public is
invited.
Three Christmas features will
? be siven at the Franklin Metn
i odist Church on Sunday ac
cording to the Rev. C. E. Mur
ray. pastor. A White Gifts"
service is planned at 10 a. m.,
with all Sunday School pupils
bringing gifts of food wrapped
in white for distribution ten
needv families in the county.
At 11 a. m. a Christmas ser
mon and a special program ot
Christmas music is planned by
the church choir, followed by
another service at 7:30 p. m.,
"Carols and Candles", in which
more than 40 persons, including
the choir, will participate.
A midnight service and the
celebration of Holy communion
will be held at the St. Agnes
Episcopal Church on Christmas
Eve by the Rev. A. Rufus Mor
gan, rector. The service will be
gin at 11:30 p. m. Mr. Morgan
plans two services on Christ
mas day, one at the St. Cy
prian's church at 6 a. m., the
other at the Highlands Church
of the Incarnation at 10 a. m.
A Christmas tree and treat
program will be held at the
Highlands Methodist Church at
5 p. m. Sunday, the Rev. Rob
ert E. Early announced this
week.
The Franklin Presbyterian
Church plans a Christmas can
/ SEE NO. 3, PAGE 7
The Weather
The week's temperatures and i ilal?n u
recorded in Franklin by ManmSnla*
U. S. weather observer, and' at the Co
Hytirologic Laboratory:
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 58 49 1.42
Thursday 50 30 .02
Friday 49 20
Saturday 41 26
Sunday 36 10
Monday 30 13
Tuesday ___ 54 11
i COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 56 45 3.40
Thursday 47 28 .03
Friday 52 20
Saturday 41 17
Sunday - 35 10
Monday 31 OS
Tuesday 50 11 ?