66TH YEAR
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VOL. LXVL ? NO.
30
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1951
TEN PAGES
15 PLANNING
TO ATTEND
FARM EVENT
Will Leave Monday By
Bus For Raleigh
Meeting
When the annual Farm and
Home week gets finder way In
Raleigh Monday, some 15 per
sons from Macon County will be
among those attending from alj
over the state, S. W. Menden
hall, county agent, safd this
week.
Persons wishing to attend the
annual event should notify the
county agent's office not later
than Saturday.
A special bus will leave
Waynesville at 8 o'clock Mon
day morning for those attend
ing from tjiis section of the
state ? Macon, Jackson, Swain,
and Haywood counties. The local
group will return Thursday.
Among those attending from
here will be Mrs. H. E. Freas,
of Franklin, who will instruct
spatter painting in the handi
crafts division.
Program for the week includes
the annual meeting of the
Carolina Federation of Home
Demonstration clubs, an ice
show and review at the North
Carolina State college coliseum,
and a number of special dem
onstrations and tours, the coun
ty agent said.
New features this year will be
an atomic energy demonstra
tion, pointing out the use of
atomic energy in improving pro
duction practices with respect
to fertilization and plant breed
ing, and a rural church meet
ing with an address by an out
standing rural church leader.
As a part of this feature, Mr.
Mendenhall said, panel discus
sions on the place of the rural
' church in a community, wor
ship programs, financing, and
training leadership for the rural
community, will be held.
Those planning to attend
from h#re include Mr. Menden
hall, Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill,
county home agent, the Rev. A.
Rufus Morgan, board member
of the North Carolina Rural
church institute, Richard Mash
burn, of Gneiss, Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Gray, of Franklin, Route
2, Mrs. Jack Cabe, of Franklin,
Route 4, Mrs. Allie Webb, of
Cullasaja, Mrs. Robert Parrish,
of Franklin, Route 3, Mrs. Grady
Waldroop, of Franklin, Route X,
Mrs. John Snyder, of Franklin,
Route 4, Mrs. Gordon Smith, of
Franklin, Route 4, Mrs. Guy
Sharitz, of Franklin, Mrs. W. N.
Dalrymple, of Franklin, Route
1, Mrs. Virginia Norris, of Otto,
and Mrs. Wiley Brown, of
Franklin, Route 2.
Velvet Rattler Killed
On The Wayaih Road
Earl Ward last week ex
hibited the tail of a three
foot black velvet rattler which
his son, Earl Ward, Jr., killed
on the Wayah road, just be
yond the gap. The snake had
seven rattles and a button.
The black velvet rattler is said
to be rare.
WILL HOLD CLINIC
Dr. James H. Cherry will hold
a private orthopedic clinic at
Angel hospital tomorrow (Fri
day).
Not Gold In Them Thar Hills',
But Plenty Of Sparkling Gems
There may not be gold in
"them thar hills" of Macon
County but there are enough
semi-precious gems lurking in
some of them to bring out the
love-light in a woman's eyes if
anyone wants to take time to
get them out.
Of course, one has to know
what to look for when tracking
minerals because even the "gem
of all gems", the pigen-blood red
ruby, looks like any other rock
through the eyes of the un
trained.
Beulon M. Holland, of Culla
saja, who has b*en hanging
around the mining game for
more than 23 years, knows
what to look for, knows how to
turn a grubby stone Into a .
flrey gem, and spends a lot of
his spare time tracking Macon's
mineral wealth.
Look around youl Some of
thoae "diamond" rings, ruby and ,
sapphire bracelets being worn
by a lot of people to these
parts stand as testimonials to
Mr. Holland's sleuthing abilities.
The miner, who is digging
vermicullte from the depths of
famous old "Corundum Hill",
occasionally stumbles onto a
vein of corundum rich in sap
phires, rubies, and ollgoclase ?
generally known as the "North
Carolina diamdhd".
Corundum is the key to find
ing these gems. It is recognized
for its hardness, second only to
that of the diamond which is
rated 10 In hardness. When in
clear and perfect crystals, cor
undum is one of the most high
ly prized of all the gems. When
clear and colorless it is known
as the "Oriental white sap
phire", when tinged with blue
it Is the sapphire, when colored
yellow, the "Oriental topaz",
when green, thfe "Oriental em
erald", when purple, the "Orien
tal amethjrat", and when red,
mm NO. 1, FAOI 4
All In A Day For Macon 4-H Clubbers At Gamp
win m ?**
/ THE CLEANEST ? Macon County boys, who had the cleanest
and neatest cabin during the week-long 4-H encampment at
Waynesville last week, listen as Assistant County Agent T. H.
Fagg outlines the camp program. (L to R) Mr. Fagg, Billy
Harper, Lamar Houston, Shirley McCall, R. L. Ledford, Bruce
Houston, Kenneth Dills, Mitch eU Houston, Joe Moses, and
Bobby West.
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Staff I'liota by J. /'. Brady
ALL WASN'T PLAY ? Campers have hearty appetites and
someone had to do the dishes so some of .Macon's 4-H'ers set
tled down to rather serious "KP" duty in the camp's Grade A
cafeteria. (L to R) Joe Mores, Margaret Thomas, Edwina Bry
son and Nancy Cabe.
Enters Macon
In State-Wid?
Farm Contest
"We should be one of the 10
best counties in the state,"
County Agent S. W. Mendenhall
said this week when announc
ing that Macon County has en
tered the state-wide "Green
Pastures" campaign.
The ten counties in the state,
he . explained, which have the
highest' percentage of farm op
erators who qualify for certi
ficates. and awards during the
year m(ill be ^recognized with
appropriate certificates or tro
phies.
The state-wide campaign is
designed to encourage the pro
duction of adequate high qual
ity, low cost grazing in the
state's 100 counties.
Farmers who can qualify eith
er with one acre, or the state
goal of one and a half acres
per animal unit, of improved
ladino pasture are asked to
notify any county agricultural
worker by August 31. A com
munity committee must check
pastures and forward certifica
tion to the state committee by
September 15, Mr. Mendenhall
iaid.
According to the county agent,
the stata committee for the
campaign has agreed that the
Individual farmer should be
recognized for progress toward
planting - and maintenance of
sufficient ladino pasture for his
livestock and should receive
special recognition when he has
reached the state goal of one
and a half acres pdr animal
unit.
A letter of achievement will
be sent to the farmer, Mr. Men
denhall said, when a farmer
produces one acre of improved
ladino clover per animal unit.
A "Green Pasture" plaque, des
ignating the farm as a "Green j
Pasture" honor farm, will be
presented * when a farmer
reaches the state goal of one
and a half acres per animal
unit.
IN THE SWIM OF THINGS ? 4-H clubbers
take time out during the day to test Camp
Schaub's new $18,000 swimming pool, one of the
best equipped in this section of the state.
HANDY HANDS? Macon 4-H club members
settle down to serious work turning out ply
wood s.raphooks during handicraft periods,
which consumed part of the morning hours at
camp.
Macon's 4-H Clubbers Have Busy Tiir e
At Camp Schaub; Week Of Busy Fhads,
Hands, Hearts; Kitch a Duty And Play
Head, hands, heart, and
health ? four H's!
Make the word "four" a num
eral, then hyphenate and you
have 4-H1, a symbol denoting an
organization that is moulding
the character and possibly
shaping the destiny of millions
of kids all over the country.
Much has been said about the
4-H movement but there are
still plenty of stones left to be
turned.
Just ask a 4-H clubber what
it means to belong. Or better
still ask any one of 2 f Macon
County 4-H club members who
spent last week at the 4-H en
campment near Waynesville
just what it means to them to
i belong. There's where the an
swers are!
To localize 4-H'ing, let's peek
behind the scenes of a typical
day at Camp Schaub when the
Macon County group was there,
Monday to Saturday last week.
Let's get the inside picture of j
this thing called 4-H clubbing. 1
To put the cart before the
horse, first let's see how the
local kids emerged from the :
encampment, other than just
healthy and happy. The boys
returned with a "clean slate",
literally. For the whole week
they daily won the flag for
having the cleanest and neat
est cabin. "The menne ;t and
the cleanest" Wes the slogan
they tagged on themselves. vThe
girls won a similar fag for
having the cleanest cabin wbne
day during the week. That's th3
health side of (he four H's.
Campers, about 112 counting
the Macon gibup, from Jack
son, Transylvania, and Yancey
counties, ?'ere divided into four
group;; ? Head, Hands, Heart,
and work and play for t li r
week became a group affair. T.
H. Fa "<!, assistant county agent,
was in charge of the Heads,
and Mrs. Barbara B. Hunnicutt,
assistant home agents, super
vised the Hearts. .
The groups elected captains
and co-captains, ani of (he
eight named to of ices four were
from Macon County. Joe Moses
and Edwina Bryson, both of
Cullasaja, were named captain
and co-captain, of the Heads.
Billy Harper, of the Goldmne
community, captained Health,
and Nancy Ramsey, of Tellico,
was co-captain of the Hands.
It was "rise an J shine" at
6:30 o'clock and for the rest
of the day, until "lights out"
at 10:30, busy heads, hands, and
hearts, all healthy, were at
work
Following reveille, cabins were
put in order and 4-H'ers moved
down to the center of the camp
for fine raisin? and calisthenics.
Then breakfast and "KP" duty
for one of the four groups
whose turn ft \va; to wash
dishes! clean in the dining hall,
grounds, and bath houses.
Morning hours were consum
ed at folk dance, swimming,
and handicraft classes. Macon's
campers returned with artistic
scropbooks, mnde of plywood j
with 4-H designs burned in j
them; the products of handi
craft classes.
First love with the local kids,
and all the rest too, was swim- j
ming. Water in the camp's new ;
' U',000 pool, one of "the best
equipped in this section of the 1
state, rippled from almost dawn
to dusk. All 95 by 35 feet of
the pool played host to swim
ming classes during the morning
and plain all-out .swimming in
the afternoon.
Trained instructors from the
Duke Fower company, Carolina
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 6
Stiles
Post Office Will Be
Discontinued
The post office at Stiles will
be discontinued July 31, accord
ing to an announcement receiv
ed here by Acting Postmaster |
E. W. Long from the assistant
postmaster general.
Carl D. Morgan is the post- !
master at Stiles, a community j
Situated in the northwestern I
part of Macon County. Starting
August 1, most patrons of that
office are expected to get their
mail on R. F. D. No. 3.
Franklin Scouts Leave
For Week Of Camping
Eight Franklin Boy Scouts
left Monday for a week at Camp
Daniel Boone, the Scout camp 1
in Haywood county.
They are Mark Dowdle, Bill
Mendenhall, Tommy Onuse, Ben
Edwards, Lewis Cabe, Bobby
Jamison. Jimmy Stewart, and
Brio (Butch) Hearn.
HYDE RECEIVES
SCHOLARSHIP
.
Herbert L. Hyde, of Franklin,
1951 graduate of Western Caro
lina Teachers college, has been
selected for a scholarship at
the New York Univeisity of law!
by Russell D. Niles, dean /)f the
school, it has been learned here.
Mr. Hyde, president of the W.
C. T. C. student body this past
year, won the honor in open
competition with applicants
from North Carolina, South Car
olina, Virginia, West Virginia, j
and Maryland ? states forming
the Fourth Judicial district.
At the college's recent gradu
ation exercises Mr. Hyde receiv
ed the Student Distinguished
Service award, presented each
year to the student who "has
made the most distinctive con
tribution to college life".
Mr. Hyde's wife is the former
Miss Katherlne Long, of Frank
lin. The couple have one child,
Deborah Lee.
Silei Family
Meeting Set For Next
Thursday
(.
Sllers from far and near will
gather in Franklin next Thurs
day for their 100th "family
meeting".
This year's reunion, which
.lias been held without a break
since that first one in the ante
Civil War days, will be at the
old home of Jesse R. Siler, one
of the four Siler brothers who
were among Macon County's
first settlers. Tha place is now
the home of Mrs. George A.
Jones, granddaughter of Jesse
Siler.
The afternoon program, de
voted chiefly to family history,
this year is expected to be
somewhat more elaborate than
usual, In view of its being the
centennial.
FLAM SING _
The regular fifth Sunday sing
Is announced for 10 a. m. at
the courthouse July 29.
5-Man Zoning
Board Named
$ 13,000
In Supplemental Pay For
Teachers
Checks amounting to approxi
mit-ly $23,000, sup.il-manta
teacher salaries for 1950-51, are
eady tor distribution to Macon
Cou lty school teacher ?, County
School Superintendent Holland
McSwain announced this week.
Supplemental salaries for
North Carolina's school teach - 1
were authorized by a IP 51 j
legislative act whWi e rmarkej
approximately eight m.ilion do -
lai'i lor the purpose.
Macon teachers will receive
checks ranging f.om i.39.3G to
$351, Mr. McSwain said Amount.;
each received were computed on .
the basis of the number of days
pach teacher taught during the
past year and the number' of
years teaching experience, he
said.
LOCAL UONS
OBSERVE 1214
ANNIVERSARY
Tay'or, District He-d,
Addresse G. -oup
At Meeting
Ot^ervinT its twelfth ann'
versty th- Franklin Lions c*
Monday nl'ht held a "chnr""
night" program, at which ^"y
A Taylor, of Black Mountain, j
Lions district governor, was
guest of honor and chief speak
er. Also present as a guest was
Robert R. Barnes, of randier,
Lions cabinet secretary-treas
urer.
Three of the original members
of the club, which was organiz- I
ed in July, 1939, attended Mon- 1
da' ni' ht's dinner session, h"!d ,
at the PresbyteriSm church m
nex. The three charter m 'M- 1
bers present were W. C. Bu r-il, i
^erlon Swafford, and A G.
Cagle. , , .
President W. G. Crawford m'.d
the l'st of the original o fi 1 ,
directors, and members, read an j
excerpt from the address of tli'j
district governor at that time, j
and quoted from the minutes oi |
that first meeting.
Mr. Taylor, attorney r.nd j
Buncombe member of the 1951 1
general assembly, told the griup
that "the greatest need oi th'
world today is for people to
learn to live together, to dea'
ju tly with each other, and to
get along together".'
Citin ; the world situation, he
declared that "disaster" awaits
the world, and America, "un
less our great scientific and
technological advances are
matched by developments in the
political, social and religious
realms".
He pointed out that nation
after nation in the past ac
quired great wealth only to de
cay, and remarked that wheth- |
er that same fate awaits Amer- |
ica depends largely upon "what .
we do to learn to live togeth
er".
The speaker was presented by
J. Ward Long.
Mayor Robert M. Dillard spoke
briefly, and President Crawford
called on the charter members,
past presidents, and guests for
short remarks.
Mr. Ellis To Conduct
Evangelistic Services
At Presbyterian Church
A series of evangelistic serv
ices will be conducted at the
Franklin Presbyterian church j
August 1 through 12 by the .
Rev. I. M. Ellis, of Knoxville, I
Tenn., regional director of edu
cation of the Appalachia Synod,
the Rev. Hoyt Evans, pastor, an
nounced this week.
Services will begin each eve
ning at 8 o'clock. Special em
phasis the first three nights
of the series will be placed on
evangelism, Christian education
and stewardship, Mr. Evans
said.
BR Y SON TO PREACH
The Rev. Joe A. Bryson, of
Columbia, Mo., a former Macon
County resident, will preach the
11 a. m. sermon Sunday at the
Sugarfork Baptist church, It has
been announced.
Meeting With League
Official Set For
July 30'
A five-man planning and zon
ing commission for Franklin
was set up by the board of
aldermen at a brief called ses
sion last Thursday night.
George C. Franklin, general
counsel for the North Carolina
League of Municipalities, is
scheduled to meet with the
newly appointed commission
Monday night to discuss a zon
ing plan for the town.
Named to the planning board
were H. H. Plemmons, W. Roy
Carpenter, B. L. McOlamery, A.
R. Higdon, and W. N. Sloan.
Under pio.isions of the plan
ning and zoning commission
ordinance, passed at the meet
ing, the function of the com
mission will be to make and
adopt a zoning plan for the
height, area, bulk, location, and
use of buildings and premises
w.thin the city limits. Members
will serve without compensation.
The ordinance, ouii.ning pur
posed of the coium.-As on, states
that 111.- coiiiiii?Siuii .i.jl make
care ul ana ccm.>reiisus*v?: sur
vey ,i and oi present
conditions an i iu'ure growth
oi the town Iji- the g.neral pur
pose of guuu.ig and tu^jmpluh
ing coordinated, adjusted, and
harn.on.ou:> u:.ulu. in at which
Ail p.oniote Ilea.. it, safety,
1110. als, order, convenience, pros
, e. ,y, and general weliare; in
.u -us, adequate provision for
irax iv. the promotion of safety
troin lire and other dangers,
adequate provision for light and
air, the promotion of the health
ful and convenient distribution
of population, the promotion of
good civic design and arrange
ment, w se ; nd efficient expen
diture of public uruls and the
adequate provisions of public
utilities.
Mr. Plemmons, Mr. Carpenter,
and Mr. Higdon, were appoint
ed to three-year terms, while
Mr. McOlamery and Mr. Sloan
will serve for two years.
Washington Man
Co Address Commerce
Meeting
Di:a-i> Strawbridge, of Wash
ington, r t.\, program advisor
for !he ou'heastei-n division ol
111? Clumber of Commine of
I he I n ted States, is scheduled
to address a meeting of the
lot-;1 1 chamber of commerce noxt
Thursday evening at the Agri
cultural building, it was an
nounced I Ills week.
Mr. Wallace To Preach
Hcie iunday Morning
The Rev. p.unson Wallace, di
rector ox the Wesley Foundation
for' Methodist students at the
University of Georgia, will
preach at the Franklin Metho
dist church at 11 a. m. Sunday,
it has been announced by the
pastor, the Rev. C. E. Murray.
Mr. Wallace will be accom
panied by 25 or 30 Methodist
students from the school, and
they will provide special music
Duncan Purchases
Carolina Apartments
The four-unit "Carolina
Apartments" at the intersection
of Harrison avenue and Main
street has been purchased by
Frank B. Duncan for approxi
mately $22,500, according to ? a
deed filed in the register of
deed's office last week.
The building and land was
purchased from Clell T. Bryant
and Mr. and Mrs. Cullen Bryant.
Lightning Strikes
Highlands Youth
Wymer Bryson, 13-year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Bryson, of the Clear Creek
section, near Highlands, who
was struck by lightning in
last Wednesday's severe dec- "V
trical storm, is convalescing
at his home, following a sev
eral days' stay in the Angel
hospital. Franklin.
The Bryaen youth received
severe burns on his face and
around his eyes. His mother,
who was standing near the
door with him when thay
thought the storm was over,
was stunned far several aria
utss by the mum Ml.