Macon County men honored with 30 year highway pins
Two Macon County men Joseph F Setser and George T Stalcup received 30 year service pins at a North Carolina State Highway Employees Association meeting held at the Whittier highway shed. Frank Phillips earned a 20 year pin. Setser recalled early paving work in Macon dating to 1923 and noted his 30 years across 90 miles of paved highways and 50 miles of secondary roads. Stalcup joined the Highway Commission in 1923 and described older conditions, including travel by buggy and wells for water, before modern trucks. The piece notes drought and rural hardships of the era.
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Macon
Macon County
N. C
Whittier
Joseph F
Joe) Setser
George T. Stalcup
Frank Phillips
Setser
Joel Setser
Department
Georgia State Line
Franklin
Totla
Georgia
Georgia Road
Cowee Gap
Staxcup
The
Highway Commission
Burnham Colburn to Speak at Highlands Museum
Burnham Colburn of Asheville will deliver the first summer lecture at Highlands Museum of Natural History. The 8 p.m. talk next Thursday will cover the minerals of Western North Carolina. Colburn helped found the Highlands Biological Station and served as its vice president in 1930. he contributed mineral exhibit specimens to the Highlands museum.
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Ssurnnamstanaish Colburn
Asheville
Highlands Museum of Natural History
Southern Appalachian
North Carolina
Colburn
Highlands Biological Station
Board of Trust
Highlands Museum
Curn
Retirement near for Franklin ranger Wasilik famed as Mr Forest Service
John Wasilik Jr known as Mr Forest Service in the Wayah District will retire July 1 after 15 years as Franklin area ranger. He plans garden planting and tennis as new pursuits while reflecting on decades of overseeing 100000 acres and guiding forest sales and fire response.
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Rogers’ Hill
John Wasilik, Jr
Forest Tanger
U. S. Forest Service
John ‘Wasilik
Forest Service
Wasilik
Franklin
Wayah
Tvg
Sonn Wasik
John Wasik Je
Roselle
W. J
Yale University
France
The
Nanta
Hala National Forest
John Wass
Nanfas
Macon County
Wasi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Walhallatc
Clayton Ga
Wastuk
John Wasilk
Ranger Wasilk
Pre Revival Services Open Monday Schedule
A note outlines the start of pre revival services beginning Monday with Rev Bryan Hatchjee Rae Shay Sary and Cortina Lindey involved. Saturday night features a remade meal or program and rehearsal notes as part of the outreach week with community attendance encouraged.
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Bryan Hatch
Jee Waesay
Cortina Lindey
Henssset
Ieee
Ives
Vastireet
Baby dies of suffocation linked to bedclothes
A two month old Macon County baby died likely from suffocation when tangled in bedclothing, per a Detroit physician. The father Kenneth Holland says there was no choking evidence. the infant was found dead Sunday morning. Funeral held at Bethel Methodist Church with Rev. Freeman and Rev. Sorrelis officiating. family includes Gerald and Betty Leann, along with Mrs Plenty Dowdle and step grandfather Mr Dowdle. Burial arrangements by Potts Funeral Home. Sunday updates note the family returned to Detroit after a layoff at an auto plant.
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Macon County
Detroit
Kenneth Holland
Culiasaja
Holland
Bethel Methodist Church
FD. Freeman
Macon
Fircuit Methodist
Fred Sorrelis
Cullasaja Assemblies of God
Churen
Jand Brother
Plenty Dowdle
Mr. Dowdle
Potts Funeral Home
Escaped prisoners: four still at large in North Carolina
Four inmates escaped from a prison camp five days ago. by Wednesday four remained at large while one was captured. Authorities pursued leads across the region, recaptured three escapees from Nantahala and Burningtown areas, and continued to monitor a dozen tips from the public as the search extended to nearby towns and counties.
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Rio
Nantahala
Thorities
Sheriff's
Allison Road
Two Macon Scouts Earn Tenderfoot Rank at Court
Two Macon County scouts were awarded tenderfoot ranks at the Smoky Mountain District Court of Honor held in Brison City last Thursday night. Scouts Paul McDonald and Edward Edwards received the badges in a ceremony marking their progress toward the higher ranks.
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Macon
Macon County
Weimar Jones Receives NC Press Association Honor
Weimar Jones received a retirement honor from the North Carolina Press Association at the Lake Junaluska convention banquet. D Hiden Ramsey, former association president, presented a thoughtful watch as Ramsey praised Jones for service to the people and the profession.
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Weimar Jones
North Carolina Press Association
D. Hiden Ramsey
Lake Junaluska
Ramsey
Weimar
Fehs
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Prange
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Fred Diuls
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Burningtown
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Joseph “Ellis
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Seth Gibson Jr
Gaston County
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Bryson City
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