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J- , ??V.Viiw1//.-.'... V CIRCULATION , ,n , v/f if/ ssn x\ ?. K ? < ? . v.. i ' .V/' 4i" ?v ?iY-'" ? W>h* IfcijWaitbjS JHacontan PRICE M Cents vol. vxa?Ho. ? [. N. C, THURSDAY, JAN. CI, 1954 Truck Driver Hurt In Gorge Plunge Icy Road Causes 2 Vehicle Wrecks Only Seconds Apart A 25-year -old truck driver for tbe J. L. CoJvlUe Construction Company was Injured late Thursday morning when bis truck skidded on ice on c*the Franklin-Highlands highway and plunged 100 feet Into Cul lasaja Gorge. Seconds later, a 1950 Ply t- month driven by a Colvllle me ?-?chanic also went out of control -*apd followed the truck Into the ravine. The driver, Hoy Lee Thomas, Jr? 32, was not in jured. Tbe truck driver was Identi fied as Black Sutton, of Whlt tter. He Is recovering at Angel Hospital from a fractured arm and cats and bruises. Deputy Sheriff Newell Pen dergrass, who investigated the accidents, said the mechanic had been in Highlands working on tbe truck and tbe two men were returning to Franklin when the accidents occurred in a curve at the head of Cullasaja Falls about 10:30 .o'clock. The Colvllle concern, of Bryson City, is working on the Franklin Cowee Gap highway project and has gravel stockpiled at several points along the Franklin Highlands highway. The deputy reported the dump truck, which was not loaded, was demolished. Damage to tbe Plymouth was estimated at $350. A treacherous glaze of ice covered Macon roads Thursday from about 10 a. m. to 2 p. m., when the temperature slipped downward. Motorists reported a number of "close calls", Includ ing backward skids down Franklin's Town Hill, but no other accidents were reported other than the two above. The weather ? adding Insult to Injury ^-blanketed the county around-the-clock Friday with heavy rain, causing the Little Tennessee River and other streams to Jump their banks. High water damage was light and most of the streams were back to normal Sunday. FARM SCHOOL SLATED HERE Three-Day Course Planned February By Raleigh Men A three-day school covering conducted here by specialists all phases of agriculture will be from N. C. State College Febru ary, 22, 23, and 24, the county agent's office announced this week. The school, which will pin farming down as strictly a scientific business, is planned for the Agricultural Building each day from 9 a. m. to noon and 1 to 4 p. m. Each subject taken up will be discussed by a trained Raleigh specialist, according to Assistant Agent T. H. Fagg. These subjects will include all branches of agriculture, from fertilizers an(l weed control to engineering and irrigation. Further details oft the school will be announced later. Deacons To Hear Dr. Harrill Speak Dr. W. B. Harrill, of Western Carolina College, Cullowhee, will address a county-wide Baptist deacons' meeting tonight (Thurs day) at the Cartoogechaye Bap tist Church. Supper will be served at 7 o'clock. Scout Leaders Set Meet Here Adult Scout leaders of the Nantahala Area Girl Scout Council plan a board meeting In Franklin Saturday afternoon. The event is scheduled for 2 o'clock at the St. Agnes parish house. Mrs. J. M. Valentine, of High lands, vice-president of the council, will be In charge of the program. Only 8 Days Left To Buy New Tags If j?? riant like kmc Una* r?B'ri better set a move on. Just have eight day* fcrft to purchase 1954 11 tnae plates through ?fae local QareHa* Mater Club office in the Weatem Auto Associate StON. . The deadline is January 31, bat it's really the 3*th since the 31st tails on Sandajr. AS usual, the office is pre paring f^r loaf lines the last week. Baying now will elimi nate this trouble. Seme two thousand motor ists still haven't purchased tag* on. the basis of sales last year, according to Verion Swafford, manager. A total of 4,540 tags were sold at the local office in 1953. New tag sales Tuesday to taled 2.348. Mrs. Potts Speaks Tonight At Cowee Mrs. Eloise G. Potts, superin tendent of welfare, will address the Cowee Parent-Teacher As sociation on "Juvenile Delin quency" tonight (Thursday) at the Cowee School. The meeting is set for 7:30 o'clock. Man Hurt In Truck Plunge Into Gorge ?Staff Phot* by J. P. Brad' Treacherous ice, which covered Macon roads for several hours last Thursday, pitched this dump truck from the winding Franklin-Highlands highway (US 64), down a 100-foot ravine into Cullasaja Gorge. Seconds later, a trailing passenger car followed the truck down the embankment. The truck driver. Mack Sutton, 25, of Whittier, is recovering from injuries at Angel Hospital. Hoy Lee Thomas, Jr., 32, driver of the car, was uninjured. Both men are employees of the J. L. Col ville Construction Company in Bryson City. ? Franklin Press Photo County School Supt. Holland McSwain is shown presenting a Distinguished Service Award key and certificate to J. P. Brady, news editor of The Press, who was announced as Macon's "young man of the year" at a special Jaycee-sponsored banquet Monday night. At left is Jaycee President Vic Perry, whose organization sponsored the award. At right is Thomas C. Posey, Asherille Jaycee, who was guest speaker at the banquet. Brady Named i oung Man J. P. Brady, 28-year-old news editor of The Franklin Press, was named Macon County's "Young Man of the Year" Mon day night at the local Junior Chamber of Commerce annual Distinguished Service Awards dinner. This award is presented each year to some young man for outstanding service to his com munity. Any man under 36 years of age, who has resided in Macon County for the past 1 year. Is eligible and nomina tions are made by the public at large. J. L. West, Jr., and Hall Cal lahan, local Jaycees, received "Key Man" awards for note worthy service within the or ganization. T. H. Callahan, local manager of Belk's Department Store, re ceived a certificate of recogni tion of his support and co operation with the Franklin SEE NO. 1, PAGE 4 Scouters Win Trophy For 7th Year ? tftt fk?lt ?v I. f . Bfadjr years the attendance trophy at the annual has been won by the Smoky Mountain Boy Tuesday of last week, district Sc outers made it 12 showed up at the 33rd annual convention the photograph above, H. H. Gnuse, Jr., of chairman in 1953, is shown presenting the "al trophy over to the 1954 district chairman, R. E. of Franklin. New Macon Rural Contest Council Officers Picked Iotla 13th Group To Join In Contest The large Iotla Community organized Tuesday night, be coming the 18th to enter the 1954 Macon County Rural Com munity Development Contest. Because of its size, the new community plans a special meeting Monday night at 7:30 o'clock at the Iotla School to probe the possibility of break ing the area into three or more small groups. All citizens of the community are urged to turn out for this meeting so boundaries can be established and details worked out. At Tuesday's meeting, the community elected the following officers: Ray Bennett, presi dent; Sammy Holland, junior president; Mrs. Claude Roper, vice-president; Miss Nora Moody, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Albert Ramsey, reporter; and Sammy Holland, song leader. Several other Macon com munities are now in the proc ess of organizing, according to Assistant County Agent T. H. Fagg, who is assisting with or ganizational precedure. LAWYER TALKS DELINQUENCY Jones Tells P.T.A. Problem Caused By Lack Of Interest Juvenile delinquency stems primarily from unsettled fam ily backgrounds and the lack of public interest until the prob lem child has developed into a full-fledged delj^quent. This theory on a serious prob lem was sounded here Monday night by Andrew Jones, Frank lin attorney, as he addressed 64 members of the Franklin Par ent-Teacher Association on the subject, "Juvenile Delinquency". j Delinquency among the young people of this country is a i "local problem", the speaker de- I clared, completely divorced from a practical solution on state and national levels. While he admitted it "is dif ficult to catalogue what creates delinquency", the attorney ad vanced several suggestions to ; combat the problem. He suggested establishing a family counseling service through welfare department work; increased church activity In marriages, assuring that | couples are prepared to rear . children to be social assets; In creased use of guidance clinics and counseling services In the schools; complete overhaul of I SEE NO. 2. PAGE 4 Faced with a rapidly growing rural community contest this year, the Macon County Rural Community Development Coun cil met Tuesday night of last week to elect new officers and iron out preliminary details for the 1954 contest. Walter Taylor, of Holly Springs, was elected president of the steering group, which is com posed of presidents of all com munity organizations and repre sentatives of agricultural and civic organizations in the coun ty. He succeeds Erwin Patton, of the Patton Community. Picked to serve with Mr. Tay lor were Charlie Sutton, of Cl&rks Chapel, vice-president; W. W. Sloan, of Nantahala Power and Light Company, treasurer; and Assistant County Agent T. H. Fagg, secretary. Civic representatives Include Charles A. Conley, Rotary Club; A. K. Kilday, Lions Club; W. W. Reeves, V.F.W.; John Craw ford, American Legion; and Frank Plyler. Franklin Jaycees. The above officers and repre .sentatives constitute the execu tive committee for the rural contest. These two groups and the community presidents make up the entire council. At the present time, 1954 con test plans are still too indefi SEE NO. 3, PAGE 4 Freak Mishap Kills 2 -Year -CHd Child CHAMBER PLANS FOR ,T^W YEAR Conn ees Named ? To ? . Budget And Nom._ :te Officer* Committees to plan the 1954 budget and nominate a new slate of officers were appointed last (Wednesday) night at a special meeting of the Frank lin chamber of Commerce. Member merchants attending discussed several plans for re vitalizing the Merchants Asso ciation, which has been Inac tive for several months. SE& NO. 5, PAGE 4 4-H Council Picks Officers For 1954 The election of officers, pre sentation of achievement awards, and a play were highlights of Saturday's meeting of the 4-H County Council at the Agricul tural Building. Nancy Cable, of the Franklin club was elected president; Carolyn Waldroop, Franklin club, vice-president; Sharon Swanson, Franklin club, secre tary-treasurer ; Edna Earle Stoudemire, Franklin club, re porter; and Helen Setser, Car toogechaye club, and Joyce Gribble, Franklin club, song leaders. The 38 present for the coun cil meeting saw the following SEE NO. 4, PAGE 4 Y.D.C. ORGANIZER C. Banks Finger Mr. Finger, Franklin attorney, has been appointed to the post of district organizer (or the Young Democrats Clab in the 12th Congressional district by Y.D.C. .State President Horace R. Karnegay. Oh My! Those Wash Day Blues ? Staff Pk*t0 by I. P. Brady Those well-known soap flakes that do anything are going to have a lot of doing on the clothes line pictured above. After round-the-cloek rain Friday, the Little Tennessee River hopped its banks (not unusual, of course) in the middle of the night, catching Mrs. Ruby Mashbnrn with her, if you'll pardon the ex pression, clothes line down ? beiow flood level, that is. Mr*. Mashburn treated the matter with resignation, "I should have learned by now". From the back steps, her daughters (above), Elaine and Agnes, ponder their mother's wash day blues. The clothes were retrieved a couple of days later after tfc* waters receded. The Mashburn home is In East Franklin nriar tb* Little Tennessee bridge Child Struck In Head By Backing Truck Tuesday A two-year-old boy *u killed late Tuesday afternoon In a tragic freak accident at the home of Bruce Bates In the Prentiss Community. The child, Ronnie 1m Queen, son of Mrs. Ruby Queen, died of a fractured skull en route to the hospital after he ran into a truck turning around in the Bates yard about 5:45 o'clock. The driver of the truck was identified as 17-year-old John S. Stamey. He was absolved of all blame in the freak accident following an investigation by Sheriff J. Harry Thomas, Dep uty Newell Pendergrass, High way Patrolman H. T. Ferguson, and Coroner G. R. Henson. Details of how the tragedy happened are vague, Sheriff Thomas reported, but he sur mised that the child ran from the Bates house into the yard and the path of the turning truck. The sheriff said the child and young Stamey were "great pals" and the youth frequently took the child for rides in the truck. The two-year-old apparently struck the front bumper, Sher iff Thomas said. There were no eye witnesses. Pierson Stamey rushed the child to the hospital. He was pronounced dead on ar rival. Funeral services were con ducted yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Black Mountain Baptist Church by the Rev. Raeford Wilson and the Rev. James Sanders. Burial was in the Pleasant Hill Ceme tery. In' addition to the mqther, the child is survived by two broth ers, Boise and Wiley. Bryant Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. EVENTS SPARK DIMES DRIVE Coming Benefits Listed; County Gears For Quota Sparked by a number or ben efits throughout the county, the March of Dimes drive this week started gaining rapidly on th? county's $3,000 goal. Cowee School led off the pa rade of benefits for the dimes drive Saturday night with a box supper and play that channeled more than $150 into the flghl against polio. Chapel ( Negro I School followed Tuesday nigh with a benefit basketball game These benefits are coming u; this week and next: Tonight (Thursday) thi Franklin All-Stars and th Franklin Teachers plan a rougt and tumble basketball bout tr the Franklin gymnasiufti begin ning at 7:30 o'clock. Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock the Millshoal Township, undei the leadership of the Rev. Le( Crawford, will sponsor an ol< time singing at the East Frank lin School. No admission will bt charged, but donations will bt received for the dimes drive An out-of-county quartet wil be featured Monday night between movies (about 9 o'clock) at the Macon Theatre, a special show of string music and square danc SEE NO 6, PAGE 4 The Weather , The week's temperatures and rainfall, u recorded in Franklin by M*n?n Stile* U. S. weather observer, and at the Coweeta llydrologic Laboratory: FRANKLIN Temperatures High Low Rain Wednesday 40 06 Thursday 37 16 .07 Friday 49 35 .83 Saturday 55 42 2.67' Sunday 51 21 Monday 56 21 Tuesday 62 35 trace COWBtTA Temperatures High Low Rata Wednesday 37 08 , Thursday 40 It Friday 54 27 M Saturday 57 49 3.72 Sunday - 57 22 Monday 54 22 Tuesday 65 S3
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