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VOL. LXVIH? NO. It 2lf)e JRaconinn FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1953 PRICE 10 Cents TWELVE PAGES KATENBRINK IS NEW COMMERCE BODY PRESIDENT Victor Perry T reasurer ; 1953 Officers Chosen By New Board William Katenbrink, dry goods merchant, is the new president of the Franklin Chamber of Commerce, succeeding E. W. Renshaw. J. S. Conley last week was elected president, and Mr. Kat enbrink vice-president. When Mr. Conley announced that he was unable to serve, Mr. Kat enbrink stepped up to the pres idency. Victor fl. Perry was named treasurer. The three officers were chos en by the organization's new board of directors, at a meet ing last Wednesday evening at the Nantahala Power and Light company building. At the open ing of the meeting, Mr. Ren shaw was placed in nomination for reelection, but asked that the nomination be withdrawn. Other members of the new board are Henry W. Cabe and Verlon Swafford, who were elected to the board by the members in a recent mall bal lot, and Mr. Renshaw and Os car Ledford, both of whom are entering the second year of two-year terms. The directors also heard a treasurer's report and a sum mary of the activities of the chamber daring the past year, and devoted considerable time to discussion of highways and highway construction. While no formal action was taken, It appeared to be the sense of the board that the State Highway and Public Works Commission should be urged to speed the Cowee Gap Sylva section of No. 23, so that it can be completed as soon as possible after completion of the section between Franklin and Cowee Gap, and that the sec tion of highway between Frank lin and the Georgia line not be begun until the route to the east is open for travel. The major source of income, as shown by the treasurer's re port, was memberships, from which $1999 was received. Ma jor expenditures were $883 for advertising and $1027 for sal aries. The organization ended the year with $508 in the bank. The summary of activities for 1952 follows: Operated credit bureau (from SEE NO. 1, PAGE 7 MEANDERING ALONG MAIN STREET and last week saw the opening of two more enterprises in Franklin, a new Palmer Street store, Macon Bargain Store, and the Franklin Venetian Blind Laundry in the Leach store building near Franklin High School . . . OUCH! . . . those moans and under - the - breath mutterings heard up and down Main Street are coming from telephone cus tomers noting the W. C. T. C. increase in this month's bill . . . "could keep a fleet of car rier pigeons cheaper than that", remarked one . . . UNDERSTATEMENT . . . said J. Paul Vinson, local tonsorial artist, "we can use everyone's head, in this business" . . . AND THE RUMORS FLY . . . the most persistent traveler of the mouth-vine is the possibility of a radio station coming to the county . . . next would be guesses about when the Geor gia road construction will get under way . . . DO YOU? ... do you have the feeling as you drive down Palmer Street that all four tires on your car are flat? . . . SOMETHING NEW COM2NO? . . . the old hairy pun, "I al ways read The Press before I go to bed so I won't have any thing on my mind", seems to be dying out . . . some new one must be fermenting somewhere. TRADIN' CENTER ... the Sunset Grill, Harrison Avenue drive-in, has been taken over by Virgil Meadows . , . ex-own er Bill Horsley is negotiating to buy Dryman's Cafe from A1 Strong, according to the grape vine . . . Last Meeting Of Education Board Is Held Barring a called session or failure of the Legislature to approve the new county board of education by April, the pres ent board held its last meeting Monday morning. J. C. Sorrells will be the only member of the present board on the new one. Other mem bers of the new board, who were nominated in the May,. 1952, Democratic primary, are Claude W. Cabe, of Otto, John M. Archer, Jr., of Franklin, Neville Bryson, of Highlands, Construction Of Negro School Slated Monday Construction of the new Chapel (Negro) .School should begin Monday morning, Coun ty School Supt. Holland Mc Swain has announced. The superintendent said the revised plans for the struc ture have been approved by Raleigh, and added that, barring unforeseen circum stances, the general contrac tor, William B. Dillard Con struction Company, will be on ^ the job Monday. Plans recently were revis ed to cut costs. Officials esti mate the new school will cost approximately $58,000. and A. A. Slier, of Franklin. Retiring members are Chair man Bob S. Sloan, Charles W. Nolen Walter Gibson, and Wal ter Bryson. Mr. Bryson, of Highlands, was the only one absent from Monday's final session. As a general rule, the Legis lature approves board nomina tions by the first of April. Should approval not be given by that time, the .present board will function until it is. No business was taken up at Monday's brief session. County Supt. Holland McSwain ex pressed his appreciation to the retiring board for "the interest you have shown your schools and your county." Board mem bers returned the compliment. ANDERSON DIES TUESDAY AT 75 Was Active Mason And Native Of Pa.; Rites Held Wednesday St. Clair Anderson, who came to Franklin in April, 1938, fol lowing retirement from the New York State Health De partment, in Albany, died Tues day at 1:55 a. m. at Angel Hos pital after an illness of four weeks. The 75-year-old native of Portland, Pa., won a host of friends here through his hobby ? drums. In New York State he was a member of the drum corps of a Shrine Band and he shared his love for playing the drums with others as a mem ber of a square dance string band here. His friends recall that bad weather or illness sel dom kept him from playing for dances, or other occasions. Funeral services were con ducted yesterday (Wednesday) at 2:30 o'clock at the Franklin Methodist Church, of which he was a member. The Rev. C. E. Murray, pastor, officiated. Ma sonic rites were conducted at graveside in Woodlawn Ceme tery prior to burial. Before coming to Franklin, Mr. Anderson served for 18 years as chief mechanic of the New York health department's SEE NO. 2, PAGE 7 Farm Training Deadline Moved Ahead To April The deadline far veterans of the Korean War entering the O. I. Farm Training Program has been extended from March 1 to April 1, according to Agri cultural Teacher Wayne Prof fltt, who Is In charge of the program. After the April 1 deadline, no trainees will be accepted until October 1, he said. Ex-O.I.'s planning to enter the program should contact the veteran's service officer in the county courthouse. TREE PROJECT UNDER WAY IN TELLICO AREA 250,000 Seedlings Are Being Planted On Burned Land A reforestation project got under way yesterday (Wednes day) in the Tellico area, which fell victim to a rampaging for est fire last November. Assistant Ranger Robert Pearl, who Is in charge, said 250,000 white pine seedlings will be set out in the burned-over area. The November fire ? pne of the worst In this country's his tory ? raged unchecked for al most three days, burning over approximately 3,423 acres of government land and 1,559 of private. Damage was set at $35, 000. Seedlings for the project were obtained from the TV A Nurs ery in Norris, Tenn., the as sistant ranger said. He esti mated it will take the 25-man crew, working in two shifts, about four weeks to complete the job. Most of the labor, he added, will be recruited in the Tellico area. A total of 275,000 seedlings were obtained for the entire Wayah Wildlife Area, of which the Tellico section is a part. Death Takes Geoghagan, Accountant Roy Geoghagan, 66, a native of Louisville, Ky., and resident of Franklin for slightly more than six years, died Monday at 5:30 a. in. at Angel Hospital following a hrief illness. Mr.. Oeoghagan, who came here in October, 1946. was an accountant with Zickgraf Hard wood Company and was well known in automotive and lum ber Industries throughout the South. Funeral services were con ducted Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the St. Agnes Epis copal Church by the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, rector, and the Rev. C. E. Murray, pastor of the Franklin. Methodist Church. Burial was in Woodlawn Ceme tery, where Masonic rites were conducted. Before coming to Franklin, Mr. Geoghagan lived for 39 years in Albany, Ga., where he was an accountant for the Reynolds Lumber Company. ' He was a member of Juna luskee Lodge, A. F. and A M., No. 145, and of the local Ro tary Club. Born October 13, 1886, Mr. SEE NO. 3, PAGE 7 PRESCHOOL CLINICS SET Public Health Nurse Announces Dates, March, April Pre-scfaool roundup clinics ? far children planning to enter the school system In the fall ? will be held throughout the county in March and April, Mrs. Mae Shope, public health nurse, i announced this week. i The nnrse suggested that par ents start having their children immunized now, either at the 1 local health department or by i a private physician. Clinic dates at the schools are as follows: '? Franklin, March 18; East Franklin, March 19; Iotla, March 23; Cowee, March 26; Otto, April 1; Union, April 2; Cullasaja, April 8; Cartooge chaye, April 9; Nantahala, April 15; Highlands, April 16. COMMITTEE WILL MEET A meeting of the Macon County ' Citizens Committee For Educa- 1 tion has been called by H. L. Bryant, chairman, for Thursday evening of next week at 7:30 at the Franklin High School li brary. School legislation pend ing in the Oeneral Assembly and the needs of Macon County schools are among the Impor tant items to be discussed, Mr. Bryant said. April Court Term Jurors Are Selected Fifty-four jurors, including four women, were selected at Monday morning's meeting of ' the Board of County Commis sioners for the April term of superior court here. Court opens April 13 with j Judge Allen H. Gwyn, of Reids- 1 1 ville, resident judge of the 21st ' judicial district, presiding. i The four women chosen for [ 1 jury duty are Mrs. Herman 1 Dean, Miss Laura M. Jones, Mrs. Nellie Katenbrink, and Mrs. Pearl Mashburn. all of Frank lin. Jurors were drawn by five year-old Bill Pruitt, son of Mrs. Vernon Pruitt and the late Bur en Pruitt. The men chosen are: John M. Archer, Jr., of Frank lin; George Evans, of Franklin, Route 3; L. B. Liner, of Frank lin, Route 3; Will Talley, of Franklin, Route 4; Bill Phillips, of Franklin; Thad Cloer, of Franklin, Route 2; Claude Sol esbee, of Nantahala; George R. Pattille, of Franklin, Route 4; Curtis Passmore, of Flats; Jer ry Franklin, of Franklin, Route 4; Carey W. Cabe, of Franklin, Route 2; L. W. Ashe, of Frank lin, Route 3; Dock Solesbee, of Flats; Clyde Ledford, of Frank lin, Route 1; Bob Southards, of Franklin, Route 1; Eugene Crawford, of Franklin, Route 1. Paul P. Blaine, of Franklin, Route 1; Prelo Dryman, of Franklin; Wiley G. Smith, of Franklin, Route 1; W. P. Hed den, of Highlands', H. E. Enloe. of Franklin, Route 1; R. H. Bennett, of Franklin, Route 3; Robert Stewart, of Dillard, Ga., Route 1; Walter Anderson, of Franklin, Route 1; L. L. Denny, of Flats, J. A. Taylor, of Elli jay; George Dean, of Franklin; John Ray, of Franklin, Route 3; Marion Bryson, of Cullasaja; Clyde Hughes, of Franklin. Route 3; George Webb, of High lands; W. O. Lewis, of Frank lin, Route 1; R. C. Enloe, of Franklin, Route 1. Fred Cruise, of Franklin: W. R. Parrish, of Franklin, Route 3; J. R. Morrison, of Franklin; C. A. Gibson, of Franklin, Route 4; John L. Crawford, of Frank lin; J. A. Hodges, of Highlands; Floyd Ramsey, of Stiles; Walter Gibson, of Franklin, Route 3: Paul Ashe, of Franklin, Route 3; W. M. Angel, of Franklin; Robert' E. Estes, of Cullasaja; E. T. Battles, of Franklin, Route 2; John H. Campbell, of Frank lin, Route 3; E. J. Queen, of Franklin, Route 3; Elmer Roten. of Franklin; J. C. Dowdle. of Franklin, Route 1 ; and Wiley Anderson, of Franklin, Route 1. Lions Set Super Sale On Saturday A Lions Club "Supper Rum mage Sale", featuring every thing from clothes to auto mobiles, is planned Saturday on the Town Square. Lion B. L. McGlamery Will be auctioneer for the fund-raising sale. 4 Republicans Attend Meeting Four local Republicans at tended the party's state execu tive committee meeting in Char lotte Saturday. They were George Reece, county party chairman, Calvin Henson, J. D Reece, and E. J. Carpenter. CI *.T l n jioan namea secretary Of W.N.C. Press Group Bob S. Sloan was elected secretary of the Western North I Carolina Press Association at the organization's monthly . neeting in Asheville Saturday light. Mr. Sloan, co-publisher )f The Franklin Press, succeeds 1 Miss Lucille Stepp, of the West ;rn Carolina Tribune. Hender- ' ionville, who resigned. ( Bateman Returns From Korea; Is In Hospital Pfc. T. A. Bateman. son of 1 tfr. and Mrs. Claude Bateman, 1 >f Nantahala. returned to the > states last Friday from nine < ?nonths' duty in Korea. He is ] 1 iow in the hospital at Camp 1 Larson. Colo., recovering from I . pleurisy. He entered service in 1 1 October, 1951. l' LOCAL GIRLS WIN TOURNEY CAGECROWN C u 1 1 o w h e e, Hayesville, And Andrews Fall In Victory The Franklin High lassies Saturday night brought home the Smoky Mountain Confer ence girls' basketball crown as a grand climax to a spectacular season of cage play. Playing before capacity crowds Thursday, Friday, and Satur day nights in Andrews, the conference champs exhibited their game-winning formula by rolling over Robbinsville 51 to 31, Cullowhee, 54 to 47, and Andrews, for the crown, 64 to 60. Nantahala's girls dropped out LOSE IN PLAYOFFS Hendersonville knocked the Franklin male cagers oat of the Class AA high school playoffs in Enka Tuesday night, 56 to 41. 1 The local team advanced to Tuesday's semi-finals by beat ing Waynesville Monday night, 56 to 52 of the tournament in the first round Thursday night, taking a 33 to 22 beating from Cullo whee. Tomorrow (Friday) night may be the last appearance of the Franklin boys and girls for the season. At 7:30 o'clock in the local gym Coach Ray Lowe will send them against Clyde. The game will be ol special significance to the local las sies, since the Clyde girls hand ed them their only defeat of the season. Even though the Clyde defeat was a non-confer ence bout the local girls will be shooting to even things up. Coach Lowe also is trying to tie up a game with Canton here Tuesday night. However, > the success of this was not known yesterday (Wednesday i at press time. The Franklin girls ran into fast and furious attacks Friday and Saturday nights after an easy Thursday victory over Hayesville. Audrey Gibson and Shirley Dean, both with 18 points, and Jody Lenoir, with 16, held the fort for the team in Friday's game with Cullohwee. Going into the fourth period, the two teams were almost neck-and neck. 42 to 41. Gibson and Le oir found the strings for the game-winning points in the closing minutes. Saturday's title game proved to be the kind that keeps fans several inches off their seats and litters the floor -with fing ernails. Although the local girls held a slim lead throughout the game, they still had trouble keeping the Andrews lassies from taking control (of the game. Andrews pulled the score to 61 to 60 with a minute to go. Sean scored with a foul shot with the clock showing less than a half-minute to play and Lenoir followed with a layup shot that capped the game fcr Fraasklin. Franklin Press Gets Medal For Editorial An editorial in The Frank lin Press has won the paper a George Washington Honor Medal from the Freedoms Foun dation, of Valley Forge, Perma. The Foundation annually of fers awards in 16 categoric*, among them newipaper editor ials, "for outstanding contribu tions to a better understanding of the American Way of Life", j The top award in each division is $1,000 cash. The Press editorial, titled 'You and I", appeared in the October 30, 1952 issue. The Franklin paper was one 3f 30 in the nation, and one >f two in North Carolina, to win an Editorial award. SERVING IN KOREA Pfc. Howard E. Carpenter, of | FYanklin, is serving In Korea vith the 1st Marine Division, ! according to information re- 1 : :eived by his wife, the former Miss Peggy Moses. The Frank- j lin Marine entered service in January , 1952, and received jasic training at Parris Island. 3. C., and Cherry Point. Franklin Election Slated For May 5 Bloodmobile Will Visit Franklin Tomorrow One- hundred pints of life giving blood for fighting men overseas will be the goal of the American Red Cross Bloodmobile, which comes here tomorrow (Friday). , The mobile unit will set up at the Presbyterian church at 1 p. m. and will operate un til 7 o'clock, thus giving those who work time enough to do nate after working hours. Members of the V. F. W. Auxiliary will serve refresh ments during the unit's visit, the first one here this year. All blood collected will be) earmarked for immediate shipment to the fighting front, according to Mrs. Eliz abeth McCollum, local Red Cross chapter secretary. churoTmusic JOB ISJAKEN Baptist Church Names Missouri Woman To Succeed Murray Miss Eveline Mae Gieding hagen, of Washington, Mo., has been named minister of music and education at the First Bap tist Church. She Is succeeding Orval Mur ray, who has accepted a music minister's position with the Trinity Baptist Church in Fayetteville. Miss Giedinghagen cdmplet ed her studies at Oklahoma Baptist University in January and will receive a B. M. degree from the institution in May She majored in choral direct ing and organ. Prior to attend ing the university, she was graduated from Southwest Bap tist Junior College, Bolivar, Mo., with a major in piano. Mr. Murray, who came here in September 1951. plans to leave for Fayetteville with his wife and small child Monday. Miss Giedinghagen is staying with Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Plem mons, whose daughter. Miss Edith Plemmons. is attending Oklahoma Baptist University. Mrs. Duane, Sister Of Miss M, Ravenel, Dies In Philadelphia Mrs. William Duane, Phil adelphia, the former Miss Car oline Elise Ravenel, one-time resident of Highlands, died in a Philadelphia hospital last Friday, it has been learned here She was a sister of Miss Marguerite Ravenel, of Phila delphia and Highlands. Mrs. Duane, who was the widow of the nuclear scientist, of Harvard University, was a member of the Acorn Club, the Art Alliance, and the Colonial Dames. Survivors, in addition to her sister, include a daughter, Mrs. Richard D. Wood, Jr., of Wawa, Penna., and two sons, Dr. Wil liam Duane, Jr., of Philadelphia, and John P. Duane, of Man haiset, L. I. Funeral services were held Monday in Philadelphia. WILL ELECT OFFICERS The Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will elect of ficers at its meeting Monday night at 8 o'clock at the V. F. W. building. DANCE PLANNED A square dance, under the sponsorship of the P. T. A. finance committee, is planned tomorrow (Friday) night at Otto School at 8 o'clock, it has been announced. Music will be by Harry Roberson and his ; band. FIRE BEATEN OUT A small forest fire on the Bryson city road was beaten out Saturday afternoon by a five-man crew led by Warden J Carr Bryson. The fire burn ed over about 10 acres on the Frank Browning and J. P Brad ley heirs' property. Mayor And Aldermen Undecided About Running Again The- Franklin Board of Alder men Monday night set the ma chinery in motion for holding the city's non-partisan election on May 5 to elect a mayor and six aldermen. "Undecided" was the answer given by Mayor W. C. Burrell and Aldermen Verlon Swafford, Oscar Ledford, Frank Martin, J. C. Jacobs, A. G. Cagle, and Er wln Patton when asked if they planned to run again. Registration will be held the three Saturdays preceding the election ? April 11, 18, and 25. Deadline for filing in the race will be April 11. John M. Moore was appointed registrar by the board and J. A. Palmer and L. C. Higdon were named judges. Other issues coming up at the four-hour session included (1) authorizing Town Clerk C. O. Ramsey to advertise for bids for a fire truck, (2) setting a flat 50 cent monthly charge for non-water consumers using the city sewer service, (3> hearing a suggestion by Frank L. Hen ry, Jr., concerning a future city hall and, <4j taking under con sideration a parking complaint registered by H. H. Gnuse, Jr. The move to advertise for a new fire truck followed the ap pearance of two representatives of the F. W. D. fire truck con cern, who explained the fea tures of their equipment The need for an additional truck was discussed at length by al dermen and Fire Chief A. C. Tysinger at the board's Febru | ary meeting. A suggestion oy Mr nenry ! that the city start thinking about building a city hall re sulted in Mayor Burrell's ap pointing a special committee to i study the situation and report I its findings at the April meet ing. Named to the committee wan Aldermen Cagle, Swafford, and Jacobs. ' Mr. Henry urged the board to consider erecting a building , suitable for housing the town ] office, a police headquarters, and fire department, and sug gested that the city sell its lot and fire house next to the First Baptist Church to the church, [ which is planning to build at I an early date. The church could ' use the lot for additional park I ing and the building for stor age, he pointed out. The money from such a sale and the $40 monthly rent the city is paying for office space in the bank building "could go a long way" toward paying for a new building and enough land to park town equipment and store materials, he said. Firemen are handicapped by the location of the fire house, he added, and could answer calls more rapidly if the fire house were out of the center of town. The one-story fire house was built in 1937 for $4,177.62, in cluding the cost of the small lot. Mr. Gnuse, a resident of Har rison Avenue, asked the board to reconsider its February ordi nance restricting parking on the avenue on the north side only. He said steep driveways on the restricted side makes entering the avenue hazardous, and pointed out that children of residents living on that side ' are In danger when they have to unload from a car on the other side and cross the avenue. Mr. Gnuse termed the situ ation a "daily inconvenience and daily hazard", and sug gested that parking not be al lowed on the north side, where "the driveways are reasonably level" and residents could easi ly pull off the avenue. No action was taken by the board. Purchase Orders Being Issued By PMA Office Purchase orders for lime, phosphate, mixed fertiliser, and .. potash are now being Issued by the Production Marketing Ad ministration at the Agricultural Building. Mrs. Mary B. Justice, secre tary, said farmers who have not received 1953 allotments are eligible for purchase orders.