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70th Year ? No. 8
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, February 24, 1955
Fourteen Pages
FRANKLIN P. T. A. HONORED past presidents Monday night. Past presidents attending in
cluded Mrs. Paul Kinsland, Mrs. E. W. Renshaw, present president, Mrs. John Bulgin, Mrs. W. 8.
McGuire, the first president, the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, Mrs. C. N. Dowdle, Mrs. Fred Slagle and
Mrs. A. A. Siler.
Past Presidents Of P. ,T. A.
Are Honored Monday Night
Members of the Franklin P.
T. A. honored past presidents
of the 40-year-old organization
at a "Founders' Day" program
Monday evening in the school
cafeteria.
The estimated 125 present
also heard a brief concert of
marches by the Franklin Band,
under the direction of Theo
dore Orr; decided to sponsor a
dinner March 13 at the school
to raise money for a play
ground; and heard several re
ports.
Past presidents at the meet
ing were introduced by Mrs. J.
Ward Long, historian, who gave
a brief history of the P. T. A.
movement and an outline of
the year's work under the pres
ent president, Mrs. E. W. Ren
shaw.
Mrs. W. B. McGuire, the
organization's first president,
was presented a bowl of flow
ers by Mrs. Long on behalf of
the P. T. A. Mrs. McGuire
traced the "desperate" begin
ning (1914) and early activities
of the organization, which was
first known as the "Mothers'
Club" and was organized to
clean up the school when an
epidemic of whooping cough
and other diseases broke out.
"We rolled up our sleeves and
mopped the school," the first
president recalled. This, she de
clared, was the organization's
first project.
Mrs. McGuire read an article
written by Mrs. F. L. Slier,
which appeared In a 1914 Issue
Sff so " PAGE 12
NEW QUOTA
FOR DRIVE
Red Cross Boosts
Amount, But Macon
Can Keep More
Macon County (aces an in
creased quota in the 1955
American Red Cross campaign,
which opens Tuesday, but will
retain a larger percentage in
order to continue several pro
grams begun last year.
Previously it had been an
nounced the quota would be
approximately $3,000. But this
week the chapter was informed
FILM AVAILABLE
An American Red Cross
film is now available for local
showing through the Macon
chapter office, it has been an
nounced.
The movie, "People, And
Only People, Matter", is 16
mm and runs for 11 minutes.
It is President Eisenhower's
speech to the 1953 national
A. R. C. convention.
the '55 quota has been set at
$3,570, a figure $590 higher than
last year's.
At the same time, however,
it was noted the chapter is to
get 54.6 per cent ($1,950) of
the quota. Last year it got 47.1
per cent.
Mrs. Elizabeth McCollum, ex
ecutive secretary, yesterday said
the increased quota is to fi
nance water safety, first aid,
and home nursing programs, all
of which met with success here
last year.
Volunieer workers this week
were handed drive kits and
are now preparing to push the
drive to a speedy conclusion,
Mrs. McCollum said. The rural
campaign is being worked
through the organized commun
ities.
County Rallies
For Centennial
Badge Sales
Macon citizens began rallying
behind the coming celebration
of their county seat's birthday
this week as Franklin Centen
nial badges went on sale.
Although citizens outside the
city limits have been invited,
but are not required, to pur
chase the badges, which will be
used to finance the celebration
in mid-June, centennial offici
als report they have bought al
most half of the several hun
dred sold so far. The badges
cost $1.
Beard growing, which is man
datory for Franklin males be
ginning March 1, also is catch
ing on county-wide. Cash prizes
for the best beards will be
awarded, regardless of place of
residence.
Several proposed centennial
features were taken up at a
meeting Friday night at the
Presbyterian church. The more
than 50 present decided to
place the centennial badges on
sale at once to clear the debt
far them as soon as possible.
To raise operating funds im
mediately, it was voted to set
March 1 as the deadline for
Franklin males to begin grow
ing mustaches, beards, or side
burns. For those not wishing to
participate in this advance fea
ture of the town's 100th birth
day, "shaving permits" will be
sold for $3 per week. Members
of the fire department are in
charge of enforcing the "law".
A small committee to inves
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 12
'Hearts' Hits Second
Place In Song Survey
The hit song, "Hearts of
Stone1', which was written by
Eddie Ray, Franklin native,
ranked second on the Hit Pa
rade this week.
It jumped to that spot from
sixth place last week, and ap
pears headed for a run In the
No. 1 position.
FLOOD MEET
SET TONIGHT
Citizens To Meet >
At Otto School
To Make Pl^ns
Another meeting to discuss a
flood control and conservation
project for the Little Tennes
see River drainage area is
scheduled tonight (Thursday)
at Otto School.
Slated for ( 7 o'clock, the
meeting is expected to draw
landowners from all sections
bordering the Little Tennessee
who- are interested in seeing a
control program worked out.
The meeting is a follow-up of
one held in January under the
sponsorship oi the Blue Ridge
Soil Conservation District, of
Rabun County, Ga., and the
Macon Soil Conservation Dis
trict.
W. L. Harper, Macon conser
vationist, said the main pur
pose of tonight's meeting will
be to determine public senti
ment toward the proposed pro
gram.' If reaction is favorable,
he explained, a request for a
survey of the drainage area will
be the outcome, and a slate of
officers will be elected to pre
pare the request and submit it
to the proper authorities.
Financing of the proposed
two-state program would be by
the two counties of Macon and
Rabun and the federal govern
ment under the Watershed Pro
tection and Flood Prevention
Act, the conservationist added
Mr. Harper said ' It Is hoped
that a majority of landowners
from the Longview - Clark's
Chapel communities south to
the state line will be present
far the meeting, or have a dele
gation there to speak for them.
In a nutshell, the proposed
project would straighten and
clean the Little Tennessee
channel and push for the de
velopment of a system for ter
racing and drainage of the area
to conserve soil and water.
RUMMAGE .SALE SLATED
A rummage sale will be held
Saturday on the square by the
St. Agnes Episcopal Auxiliary,
it has been announced.
Franklin Club Celebrates
Rotary Golden Anniversary
In a colorful program, the
Franklin Rotary Club last night
(Wednesday) celebrated the
Golden Anniversary of the
founding of Rotary.
Since the organization was
formed the evening of Febru
ary 23, 1905, the observance
here came exactly 50 years after
the first Rotary meeting.
Among highlights of last
night's dinner program, held at
the Slagle Memorial Building,
were a candle-lighting cere
mony, one candle for each
country in which there are Ro
tary clubs, and the showing of
a motion picture, "The Great
Adventure", which recounts the
story of Rotary, and seeks to
capture its spLrlt of "service
above self".
In a hall gaily decorated with
the Rotary colors, blue and
gold, some fourscore persons ?
Rotarians, their Rotary-Anns,
and guests ? participated in
the "Around the World with
Rotary" feature ? the lighting
of the 89 blue candles, set in a
base of gold. At each person's
place was a card bearing the
name of a Rotary country, and
as that country was called, he
or she went to the speakers'
table and lit one of the candles.
Since the Franklin club's
meeting fell on the exact anni
versary date, it had one of the
premiere showings of the pic
ture, "The Great Adventure".
The movie, starring Edward
Arnold and with a cast of 80
actors froip Australia, Brazil,
India, Japan, Scotland, Sweden,
and the United States, was
shown nowhere until yesterday.
The program also was marked
by a glimpse of Franklin as it
was 50 years ago, group sing
ing, the introduction and wel
come of guests, and the award
ing of prizes to winners of
laughter-provoking contests.
President W. N. Sloan presid
ed, and Donald B. Smith, a
past president, was toastmaster.
Russell E. McKelvey pronounc
ed the Invocation, and Holland
McSwain welcomed the guests.
Weimar Jones told briefly what
was happening in Franklin, as
revealed by files of The Frank
lin Press, at the time Rotary
was being organized in Chicago,
back in February, J 905.
The program was arranged
SEE NO. 3, 1-AOE 12
Rate Boost
Requested By
Power Co.
Nantahala Power and Light
Company has submitted another
request to the State Utilities
Commission for permission to
raise Industrial rates.
President John M. Archer, Jr.,
Tuesday said the request was
the same as the one submitted
in 1852, except any increase
this time would apply to the
Aluminum Company of Amer
ica, of which N. P. & L Is a
subsidiary. He said the '52 re
quest did not Include ALCOA
Although the '52 request was
granted by the commission, It
was rejected by the State Su
preme Court because ALCOA
was exempted.
Buell Resigns
Pastorate In
Highlands
The Rev. John J. Buell, pas
tor of the Highlands Baptist
Church for the past 20 months,
has resigned to accept the pas
torate of the First Baptist
Church in Jonesboro, Ga.
Mr. Buell submitted his res
ignation Sunday. A pulpit com
mittee has been appointed to
pick his successor.
Job Applicants
Dropping Off
Applicants for the Burlington
Industries training program for
the Franklin hosiery plant are
dropping off, it is reported.
Women between the ages of
18 and 25 may apply for a job
through the N. C. Employment
Ser-ice toirorrow (Frlda- 1 at
the courthouse at 9:30 a. In.
Thereafter, S. P. Davis, of the
service, announced that a serv
ice representative will be In
Franklin every Monday and
Tuesday at 1 p. m. to Interview
applicants for jobs. Women with
high school diplomas are pre
ferred, Mr. Davis said, but those
who have completed as much as
the eighth grade will be con
sidered.
3 FARMING
SCHOOLS SET
Events Planned For
Agricultural Building
This Coming Week
Macon farmers have a busy
agenda deal ahead with, three
special schools scheduled at
the Agricultural Building.
The first, a vegetable school,
Is planned tomorrow (Friday)
at 9:30 a. m. and will be under
the direction of horticulture
specialists from N. C. State Col
lege, Raleigh. Such things as
production of beans, cabbage,
sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers,
and gardens will be discussed.
County Agent T. H. Fagg said
some other topics, like fertili
zation, disease and insect con
trol, and marketing, also will be
emphasized. The school will last
about three hours.
Tuesday at 9:30, a school on
the production of feed, with
topics including production of
corn, silage, pasture, hay, weed
control, and fertilization, is
planned. This all-day school
will be of particular interest to
dairymen and beef and sheep
producers, the agent said.
Another all-day school on
dairying is scheduled Wednes
day at 9:30. Continuation of
feed production for the dairy
animals, marketing of milk,
dairy sanitation, artificial
hreeding, herd management,
testing, culling for profitable
production, and a number of
other subjects are up for dis
cussion.
Mr. Fagg emphasized that all
farmers are invited to attend
any, or all, of the schools.
$400 Need To Top
Boy Scout Quota
Only $400 will put the annual
Boy Scout fund drive over the
top of Its $1,100 quota, F. H.
Calloway, local adult member
ship chairman, reported yester
day (Wednesday).
The chairman said he had
$783.55 on hand. Volunteer
workers afe canvassing county
wide to raise the quota.
MACONIANS
SET PRAYER
FOR PEACE
Service To Be Held
Friday At St. Agnes
Episcopal Church
A community service to pray
for world peace will be held
tomorrow (Friday) evening at
7:30 o'clock at St. Agnes Epis
copal Church. -
The "World Day of Prayer"
CLASSES CHANGED
All Friday adult' night
classes at Franklin High will
be held tonight (Thursday)
in order not to conflict with
the "World Day of Prayer"
service, it has been an
nounced.
is an annual, world-wide move
ment. The service here will be
marked by talks, special music,
prayer, and a film.
The choir will be directed by
the Rev. Bryan Hatchett, and
a feature of the musical part
of the program will be a vocal
solo by Mrs. Hatchett.
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan
will explain the purpose of the
"World Day of Prayer", and
the Rev. S. B. Moss will tell the
purpose of the offering.
The film, on Pakistan and
India, will be shown by Mrs.
Florence S. Sherrill, and Mrs.
Ted Reber will read the script.
A, R. Morgan
Heads Youth
Organization
The Rev. A. Rufus .Morgan,
rector of the St. Agnes Epis
copal Church here. Is the new
president of the Council of the
Southern Mountains, Inc., an
organization devoted to the
problems of youth, the church,
labor and Industry, and health
and recreation in this area.
A long-time associate and
member of the council, Dr. Mor
gan was elected to the post
Saturday near the close of a
four-day meeting In Gatllnburg,
Tenn. It was the organization's
43rd annual conference, and
representatives of some 250
mountain counties in nine
states participated.
Study Course
Slated Today
At Cullasaja
A four-hour study course on
parent-child relations begins
today (Thursday) at 10 a. m.
at Cullasaja School.
Mrs. Olin Dlllard, of Ashevllle,
district P. T. A. director, is In
charge of the course.
A nursery for pre-school chil
dren will be in operation for
the convenience of parents
wanting to take the course, ac
cording to Mrs. Holland Mc
Swain, study course chairman
of the Franklin P. T. A.
Lunch will be served in the
school cafeteria.
Methodists
Move To Get
Y outh W orker
Methodist men of this coun
ty are moving to employ a full
time trained person to work
with the denomination's youth
in .Macon and to take over the
Wilson's Lick ranger cabin as
a youth camp.
At Tuesday's ladles' night
dinner meeting of the Macon
County Methodist Men's Club, at
Union School, a committee was
named to work out details for
the youth worker. On the com
mittee are J. C. Sorrells, Erwin
Patton, and Miss Laura M.
Jones. Miss Jones Is district
president of the Methodist
Woman's Society of Christian
Service, through which the
worker will be obtained.
The national W. S. C. S. will
provide $2,000 of the $3,000
needed annually for the project,
and about three years ago the
various churches in the county
pledged the other $1,000, and a
worker was hired. At the last
minute, though, she declined
the offer. The club has now
been informed that at least
two young women trained for
this work will be available June
1.
The Wilson's Lick cabin, on
Wayah Bald, is no longer used
by the U. S. Forest Service,
and a committee has been as
sured the club can obtain a
use permit for it. An applica
tion for such a permit has been
filed, James L. Hauser reported
for the committee. Charles W.
Nolen, club president, has vol
unteered to be responsible for
the camp's operation.
Women of the Union Metho
dist church served the dinner
to the approximately 75 persons
attending the meeting.
Barnes To Hold
Study Course
At School Here
A * ?**
Dr. Henry F. Barnes, Cullo
whee physician, will lead a
family life and mental health
study course Tuesday and Wed
nesday nights, March 1 and 2,
at the Cartoogechaye School.
Set for 7:30 nightly, the
course is being sponsored by the
school parent-teacher associa
tion.
The public is invited, accord
ing to P. T. A. officials.
P.re-School Program
To Be Nurse's Topic
At Iotla P. T. A. Meet
The pre-school program will
be discussed by Mrs. Prank
Shope, public health nurse, at
a meeting of the Iotla P. T. A.
Monday night at 7:30.
The Franklin Band also will
take part In the evening's pro
gram.
SING IS SLATED
The fourth Sunday sing of
the northern division of the
Macon County Singing Conven
tion will be held at the Rose
Creek Baptist Church begin
ning at 1:30 p. m., it has been
announced by Lon Thompson,
sing vice-president. All singers
are invited.
Pre-School Conferences Set
Here During March And April
A schedule for pre-school
conferences at Macon schools
during March and April was
announced this week.
These conferences, to which
parents and their pre-school
age children are invited, are
designed specifically to ac
quaint children who will enter
school for the first time next
fall with the activities of school
and to prepare them both phys
ically and emotionally for the
new experience.
Cooperating in the confer
ences are P. T. A.'s, schools,
churches, Future Teacher or
ganizations, home demonstra
tion clubs, and the local health
department.
The schedule:
Chapel School, March 4.
Iotla, March 9.
Union, March 11.
Cartoogechaye, March 18.
Cowee, March 23.
Cullasaja, March 25.
East Franklin, March 30.
Otto. April 1.
Nantahala, April 8.
Franklin, April 15.
Highlands, April 22.
The purposes of the confer
ences are outlined as follows:
1. To promote good mental
health and to prevent fears of
the child and parents.
2. To acquaint the child with
the school program and some
of the people who work there.
3. To give parents informa
tion on growth and develop
ment and health practices,
which their child needs to de
velop.
4. To provide an opportunity
for the parents to become fa
miliar with some of the things
they might do to help the child
before school opens and during
the first few months of school.
5. To bring the health his
tory up-to-date and to record
any pertinent data that may be
helpful in meeting the needs
of the child.
6. To provide information
about immunizations against
.smallpox, whooping cough, diph
theria, and tetanus.
7. To provide other health
services in accordance with
needs and services available.
MACON TEAMS
MAKE TOURNEY
SEMI-FINALS
Girls Of Franklin
And Nantahala Meet
Foes In Bryson City
The lassies of Franklin High
and Nantahala High tonight
(Thursday i will fight their way
through the semi-finals of the
Smoky Mountain Conference
Girls Tournament in the Swain
High gymnasium in Bryson
City.
Nantahala takes on Andrews
at 7:30, and Franklin meets
Glenville at 9 o'clock.
Win or lose, the two Macon
girls' teams will play Saturday
night; in the consolation game
at 7:30, or the championship
clash at 9 o'clock.
The odds place the unde
feated Franklin lassies against
Andrews in the championship
spotlight.
Others Fall Out
Excluding the above, the past
week of tournament play saw
Macon boys' and girls' teams
fall out under the pressure.
The Highlands girls spun out
in the opening clash on the
16th against Cherokee. The
score, 36 to 30.
In boys' tourney play in An
drews, the Highlands team
downed Cullowhee 54 to 34 on
the 17th in opening play, but
was booted out o'f the tourna
ment on the 19th by Andrews,
by a score of 85 to 37.
Franklin's lads rolled over
Hiawasse Dam 59 to 40 in the
opening round, and then, in
the quarterfinals, lost to Mur
phy by a slim five-point mar
gain, 48 to 43.
Nantahala's boys fell victim
to Hayesville in the opening
tUt, 53 to 35,
The Long Road
These were the obstacles in
the way of the Franklin and
Nantahala girls on the rough
road into the semi-finals:
Franklin downed Cullowhee 61
to 13 on the 16th and outclass
ed Murphy 48 to 34 on the 18th.
Nantahala handed Stecoah the
short end of a 52 to 35 score
on the 16th, and squeezed by
Cherokee 30 to 27 on the 18th.
New Center
Open House
Is Planned
An invitation to Maconians to
visit their new $30,000 Macon
County Health Center during a
special open house on March 13
was issued this week.
While no formal program Is
planned, the public will have
an opportunity to inspect the
new building and facilities and
meet a number of state and
western district health depart
ment officials, according to
Sanitarian H. T. Collins and
Register of Deeds Lake V. Shope,
co-chairmen of the event. Open
house hours will be 2 to 5 p. m.
The new health center, erect
ed on Riverview Street on land
donated by Dr. Edgar Angel,
was financed by the county and
the Medical Care Commission, a
state agency which allocates
SEE NO. b, PAGE 12
The Weather
The week's temperatures and rainfall, as
recorded in Franklin by Manson Stiles,
I'. S. weather observer; in Higulands hv
Ttidnr N. Hall and W. Newton, TVA
observer; ami at the Coweeta Hydrologiv
Lahoi:it"i > :
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., Feb. 16 52 18 .03
Thursday 51 40 .22
Friday 63 24
Saturday 60 25
Sunday 61 32
Monday 58 32
Tuesday 56 51 .064
HIGHLANDS
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Thurs., Feb. 17 60 3.8
Friday 56 26
Saturday 50 25
Sunday 54 36
Monday 48 43
Tuesday 49 46 .36
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., Feb. 16 56 22 .325
Thursday 60 40
Friday 61 25
Saturday 58 26
Sunday #0 37
Monday 56 47 trace
Tuesday 55 51 2.23