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the nomination be withdrawn.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.