Federation Picnic Set for August Fifth at Franklin School
Arrangements announced by Max Roberts for the Farmers Federation picnic in Macon county at Franklin school on Saturday August 5. Program begins 10 am with one main address and expanded entertainment. Prizes include largest crowd, best choir, quartet, relays, tug of war, and top family and couple. Local committees listed with names from Mill Shoals Ellijay Sugar Fork and Flats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Federation
Macon County
Franklin School
Max Roberts
Farm Cooperative
Roberts
West Buncombe
Vance A. Browning
Bryson City
Federation
T. J. O'Neil
Walter Dalton
Sanford Smith
Fred Fox
H. D. Corbiney
J. J. Vinson
S. W. Mendenhall
Mill Shoals
J. B. Brendle
J. R. Franklin
E. V. Ammons
W. D. Edwards
Ellijay
John Corbin
Harry , Stewart
W. R. Higdon
Sam Bryson
Sugar Fork
Oscar. Corbin
John Fulton
John McCoy
John Girlands
Frank Potts
Big Mile Credit In Baby Derby Closes Saturday
The Franklin Press announces the Big Mile Credit Baby Derby closes Saturday with prizes of 15 and 10 dollars for top contestants Raymond Cleaveland and Peggy Dunbar. Logic explains coupon miles vary weekly. a one year subscription earns 180 miles this week, 120 next, 60 in the final week. July 8 marks the closing date as parents strive for victory.
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Raymond Cleaveland
Highlands
Peggy Dunbar
Franklin
Joe Parker Rhinehart
Franklin Press
Memorial to be unveiled at Rabun Gap in Curtis tribute
Franklin and Macon county residents are invited to a public speaking barbecue and basket dinner on Saturday June 24 at 11 a.m. in Rabun Gap to unveil a marker for W A Curtis founder of Rabun Gap high school and longtime teacher. The memorial address will be given by M D Billings Macon County superintendent.
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Franklin
Macon County
Rabun Gap
W. A. Curtis
A. J. Richie
M.D. Billings
Ma‘con County
Curtis
Ince
Franklin High Names Teachers For Various Posts
Franklin high announces teachers for the faculty across campuses with principal W. H. Finley and a listed slate of instructors including Marie Palmer Stewart Kath erine Porter Helen L. Macon Annie Bailey Charlotte Young Kate Moore Rhinehart Martha Reid Bedinger and others across Asheville Dillard Edgefield Rosman Old Fort Thomasville Roseman plus a grammar school team led by Elizabeth C. Guffey Joyce Cagle Kate Williams Elsie W Franks Pearl Hunter Margaret Slagle Edna M. Jamison Lola Barrington Margaret Ramsey Mayberyl Moody Bertha Smart and Beau Irice Mozeley Alley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Hi School
W. H. Finley
Marie Palmer Stewart
Katherine Porter
Helen L. Macon
Annie Bailey
Charlotte Young
Kate Moore Rhinehart
Martha Reid Bedinger
Asheville
Paul le Grist
Dillard
Nancy Jane’ McCartey
Edgefield
S.C
Katherine Matter O'Neil
Elsie White
Rosman
Ruby Watkins
Cullowhee
W. C Newton
Old Fort
James’ Conner Hawkins
Thomasville
E. J Whitmire
Roseman
Grammar School
Elizabeth C. Guffey
Joyce Cagle
Kate Williams
Elsie W. Franks
Pearl Hunter
Margaret Slagle
Edna M. Jamison
Lola P. Barrington
Margaret H. Ramsey
Mayberyl Moody
Bertha Smart
Beau Irice Mozeley Alley
Local Scouts Attend Asheville Rhododendron Parade
The Boy Scouts of Franklin joined the parade at Asheville Rhododendron Festival on Wednesday, accompanied by Rev. Frank Bloxham, highlighting community involvement in the event.
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Asheville
Boy Scouts of
Franklin
Frank Bloxham
Press To Issue Special Edition for July 20
The Frankliness and High Lands Maconian announce a special Summer Souvenir edition to promote the county's resort and vacation advantages. Cliffside recreation center, built by Nantahala National Forest Service with WPA aid, will be featured. John C. Zauner of Washington, D. C., will assist The Press staff on advertising with extra wrapped copies for visitors and advertisers.
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Frankliness and Highlands Maconian
Cliffside
Nantahala National Forest Service
WPA
John C. Zauner
Washington, D. C
Bank Robbery Members Face Sentences In Jackson Case
Johnny Moore 20 of Franklin was sentenced to seven to 15 years in state prison after pleading guilty to bank robbery in Jackson County Superior Court. Ted West, also charged, faced a jury verdict after claiming Moore forced him at gunpoint to join the crime. The daylight robbery of the Jackson County Bank of Sylva on April 3 netted $853. West testified he was coerced. Moore allegedly acted alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Moore
Franklin
Kaigh
A. Hall Johnston
Jackson County Superior Court
Ted West
Ami
Jackson County
Sylva
Moore
West
Barker's Creek
Cowee
McKinley Fi
Bryson City
Johnston
KR. L. Aerial
Frank Fisher
William Fisher
Cashi
Baby Derby Highlights At Franklin Tellico Contest
The notice profiles children from Franklin and Tellico in a Baby Derby, naming Nancy Ramsey twelve and Barbara Hayes eight on the Honor Roll. It notes their brown eyes, brown hair, and weights 45, 26 pounds respectively, with others including a eleven months old Wayne Beece and family connections in Franklin and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Carol Ramsey
Tellico
Nancy
Robert Ramsey
Julian Waldrop
Franklin
F. L. Heilman
W. M. L. Anderson
Mary Wal Officer
T. M. Heilman
Droop
Julia
Jackie
Miles
Crisp Studio
Barbara Hayes Franklin
Barbara
Brooke Hayes
J. J. Edwards
Wayne
C. C. Beece
R. D. Brendle
Arthur Sanders
Prentiss
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Big Mile Credit
Franklin Hoo
John Moore
Wayne Edward Beeco
Julia Waldroop
Crisp Studion
Jackie Hoilman
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