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VOL. LXIX? NO. 17
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1954
TWELVE PAGES
A WATERLESS EAST FRANKLIN ? The large water main serving some 65 to 70 families in
the East Franklin area was crashed by a bulldozer working on the Franklin-Cowee Gap highway
project Friday morning with the result that residents spent some anxious hours until service was
restored. Pictured above is the quagmire motorists have to contend with on the new construction
when the broken main saturated the intereaectio n of US 23 and 64. Some homes were without
water for 26 hours.
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Water Main Breaks - East
Franklin Thirsty And Dry
Some 65 to 70 families in the East Franklin area spent some
thirsty hours following a water main break at the intersection
of US 64 and 23.
Seven homes were without water for about 26 hours before
service could be restored, according to Water Superintendent
Herman Childers. *The rest sweated out some nine thirsty hours.
The large main serving the area was crushed by a bulldozer
working on the Franklin-Cowee Gap highway project about 10
a. m. water customers facea
some thirsty hours and motor
ists a quagmire where the brok
en main saturated the dirt con
struction at the intersection.
Town Clerk C. O. Ramsey
spent some anxious hours sooth
ing the irate feelings of custom
ers demanding first to know
what happened and then what
was go;ng to be done and when.
Mr. Ramsey reported "I received
no less than 60 calls . .
The Van Raalte hosiery plant
managed to pull through the
surprise dry spell without any
loss of work hours, General
Manager Norman Blaine report
ed. The town rushed its tank
truck to the plant's rescue and
kept the boilers fed so opera
tions could continue.
Superintendent Childers re
ported service was restored to
most homes by 7 p. m., but
seven other families braved
through dry pipes until noon
Saturday.
The break in the main even
left its mark across the river In
the Bonny Crest and golf course
sections. With the break, these
two high ground areas were
without water. However, pres
sure built back up when the
broken main was blocked off
for repair.
Series Plans
Under Way
Advance preparations far the
annual interdenominational
evangelistic series in Franklin
this summer are now being
made, including joint prayer
meetings and pre-revlval serv
ices by Macon ministers.
The series is set for June 28
to July 4 at the Friendship
Tabernacle with Dr. R. Paul
Caudiil, pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Memphis,
Tenn., as guest evangelist. He
also is the author of the yearly
commentary on Sunday School
lessons, "Broadman Comments".
The pre-revival preaching
services are scheduled the week
of June 21-27; county- wide
prayer meetings the night of
June 16; and mass visitations
to invite people to attend the
series, June 20-27. '
Joint choir rehearsals for the
series will begin *i"xt month.
The following committees are
working out the details of tfoe
scries: Publicity? the Rev. M. W.
Chapman, chairman, the Rev.
AIIk: Gordon, and Mrs. Lester
Conle;,- ; Music? the Rev. Bryan
?SEE NO. 1, PAGE 6
Franklin Native
Gets Paper Post
H. G. Trotter, a native of
Franklin and well-known Char
lotte newspaperman, last Thurs
day was promoted to managing
editor of the Charlotte Observ
er, it has be?n learned here.
Mr Trotter, whose parents
now live in West Ashevllle, has
come up through the ranks
since joining the Observer in
1929. He has served as reporter,
financial editor, city editor, and
news editor.
Seniors Looking
To Washington
Forty-two Franklin High sen
iors have Washington, D. C. on
their minds and before long will
be referring to the nation's
nerve center in the past tense.
They plan to leave here by
charter bus May 4 on a sight
seeing and educational trip to
Washington.
At present, Principal Ralph L.
Smith and Edwin T. Williams
are planning to accompany the
group, but more teachers are
expected to join the party be
fore departure time.
The seniors will .return home
May 9.
F.FA TEAMS
!N JUDGING
Boys Shooting For
Repeat Performance
In Murphy Event
The Franklin Future Farm
ers of America livestock judg
ing teams ? last year's federa
tion champs ? were in Murphy
yesterday (Wednesday i shoot
ing for a repeat performance.
How the teams came out in
competition with those from 14
other counties in the federation
was not known at press time.
This year's beef judging team
is composed of Lamar Houston,
Gene Mashburn, Johnny Tip
pett, and Max Morgan, alter
nate.
Wayne Stewart, Jerry Sutton,
Victor Teague, and Prealo
Crawford, alternate, round out
the dairy judging squad.
Vocational Agricultural Teach
er Wayne Proffitt accompanied
the boys.
After sweeping the field in
the federation event last year,
the teams were eliminated in
the district finals in Asheville.
Maconians Observe Easter
With Services And Prayer
Easter, 1954, was observed by
Maconians in their traditional
deeply religious manner, with
prayers for guidance at sun
rise services and church serv
ices.
Even to a county as remote
as Macon is to international af
fairs, the recent deBtrt of the
horrible H-Bomb somehow seem
ed to add a deeper religious
significance to the observance
of Easter. With the survival of
mankind as the underlying
theme, ministers over the coun
ty called on their congregations
Easter Fire
At Montagues
The celebration of Easter was
marred in Franklin by a fire
which destroyed the living
quarters of Mr. and Mrs. Kay
Montague at The Dixie Grill.
The couple lost all of their
clothing and most of their furn
ishings. .Mr. Montague set the
loss at $3,000. It was partially
covered by insurance, he said.
The alarm was turned in
shortly before 11:30 a. m. Vol
unteer firemen quietly slipped
out of church services to answer
the call. Defective wiring was
believed responsible for the lire,
which was confined to the liv
ing quarters and did no dam
age to the restaurant.
to pray for guidance in working
out a lasting world peace.
Despite an over-night drop in
temperature, the three sunrise
services held in the county
drew large numbers of worship
pers.
Atop mile-high Wayah Bald,
at the camp of Mr. and Mrs.
Gilmer A. Jones, the Easter sun
rise broke over more than 120
worshippers, many of whom re
mained in their automobiles
and heard the service over a
public address system.
At the same hour in the op
posite end of the county, per
sons of all faiths watched the
sun rise over the distant peaks i
from awe-inspiring heights of |
Whiteside Mountain, near High
lands.
And still another smaller
service was being conducted by !
the Rev. R. L. Poindexter atop ;
Raven Rock, in the Coweeta
section.
In the afternoon, it was stand
ing room only at Iotla School
when the P. T. A. presented an
Easter cantata, "The Lord is
Risen". Hundreds jammed the
small school auditorium for the
cantata, which was directed by
Miss Nora Moody and Paul
Swafford. Lowell McKee was in
charge of music and Mrs.
Houghton Williams was pianist.
The Rev. Bryan Hatchett,
3F^ NO. 2. PAGE 6
STATE DENTISTS HAVE
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Since October, some 2.593 of Macon's estimated 4,000 school
children have been open-mouthed, but not from amazement!
Those yawnirfg oral cavities- were for the benefit of dentists
from the N. C. Board of Health, who have peered at 2,593 sets
of teeth since the first child opened widr.
Of the number of children inspected, i78 were treated by the
dentists ? several worked here at intervals and 1,364 were refer
red to local dentists for treatment.
According to a report turned over to County ' School Supt.
Holland McSwain, the state dentists chalked up a total of 3,601
operations, ranging from fillings, cleaning teeth, and giving
sodium fluoride treatments.
Sandwiched In between their work, the dentists gave 87 lec
tures on oral hygiene to an audience of 2,498.
In the extraction department, when the dentists returned to
Raleigh. 121 children had yawning gaps in their mouths formerly
occupied by' six-year rtiolars.
All schools In the county were worked by the dentists.
COURT TERM
SHUTS DOWN
HERE TUESDAY
Bigamist Receives
9-10 Years As Sink
Finishes Dockets
Two brief sessions Monday
and Tuesday capped off the re
maining cases on the criminal
and civil dockets of the April
term of Superior Court here
and Judge H. Hoyle Sink has
returned to his home In Greens
boro.
Two full days (April 12-13)
for the most part wrapped up
the court term, but the judge
used Monday and Tuesday to
tie up the loose ends.
On the civil docket two di
vorces were granted and a prop
erty ownership dispute ? A. A.
Siler and wife, Lucille Siler vs.
J. R. Parrlsh ? was settled In
favor of the plaintiffs on de
fault.
In his two-day cleanup of the
dockets, Judge Sink handed out
the stiffest sentence of the
term. William Chastaln Shook,
on trial for bigamy, entered a
plea guilty and received nine
to 10 years in prison.
Other criminal actions includ
ed:
Lloyd Burgess, drunk driving,
60 days.
Tives Wiley Canup, drunk
driving, $150 and costs. ?
Henderson Hayes, drunk
driving, 90 days.
Wesley Shirley Belew, speed
ing, costs.
Donald Calvin Huscusson,
speeding, costs.
Petit jurors for the term were
Meldrum D. Cabe, Tom W.
Stiles, D. J. Baldwin, Leslie
Young, Ira Keener, Sherman
McClure, Andy Lee Howard,
Furman Welch, W. R. Cochran,
Sam R. McCall, Elbert H. Hed
den, Fred Cabe, George Keener,
Jess H. Norton, and Frank
Curtis.
98 STUDENTS
ON HONOR ROLL
Franklin High School
Honor Students Listed
By Academic Committee
The Academic Committee' of
Franklin High School has an
nounced 98 students made the
honor roll for the grading pe
riod just ended.
Names of the honor students,
by grades, are listed below:
Ninth: Frances Anderson,
Pauline Angel, Doris Bailey,
Launa Baker, Mildred Burch,
Lewis Cabe, Ellen Calloway,
Sonja Chambers, Elizabeth
Clark, Mysa Crawford, Ruby
Fox, Eva Greenwood, Sue Guf
fev. Evelyn Joines, Hazel Mc
Call, Peggy Neal, Ruth Norton,
Richard Patton, Jean Phillips,
David Pollock, Frances Seay,
Frank Smith, Donald Southards,
Joan Thomas, Jim Tysinger, and
Violet Welch.
Tenth : George Barrett, Wil
. pAGE 12
29 INDUCTED
S5NCE JAN. 1
Board Sends 11 Men
April 12; No Draft
Call Up For May
A draft contingent of 11 men,
which left here Monday of last
week for Knoxville, Tenn., and
induction info the army,
brought to 29 the number of
Macon men drafted since the
first of the year.
No induction call is planned
in .Mry. according to Mrs. Gil
:ner A. Jones, draft board sec
retary. but 15 men will report
Mav 10 for pre-induction ex
aminations.
Those making up last week's
call were Richard Mashburn, of
^r^nklin. Route 1, William
Cresswell, of Highlands, Ray
Vinson, of Otto, Paul Tallent, of
rrankl.it, Route 3,' Vc on Wil
son, of Highlands, David L. Car
pent ;r, of Franklin, Route 2.
Claude Fonts, of Franklin,
Route 3, Weyman Waldroop, of
Franklin, Route 1, Leonard' C.
Vinson, of Otto. James E. Van
hook, of Franklin, Route 2. and
Hubert E. Lackey, of Nantahala
Six men were drafted by the
local board In January and 12
In March.
20Democrats In Primary Race;
G.O.P. Issues November Slate
P.TA. Honors
Come To Macon
This county and this district
won honors at the recent an
nual state P. T. A. convention
In Raleigh, it was announced
by Mrs. Weimar Jones, district
director,- on her return to Frank
lin the latter part of last week.
The Cartoogechaye Parent
Teacher unit achieved the hon
or of becoming a standard as
sociation for the 1953-54 year.
This is the second time a Ma
con County association evex has
qualified for standardization,
East Franklin having won that
distinction last year.
Four of Macon's P. T. A.'s ?
Franklin, East Franklin, Culla
saja, and Cartoogechaye ? will
be awarded certificates for
membership gains of 10 per cent
or more.
These, and the standard cer
tificate to Cartoogechaye, will
be presented by Mrs. Jones at
the May meetings of the four
associations.
District No. 1, embracing Ma
con and io other mountain
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 6
Lennon's
Managers
The headquarters of U. S.
Sen. Alton A. Lennon Tuesday
announced the appointments of
Frank I. Murray, Sr., and Clyde
N. West, as the senator's cam
paign managers In this county.
Sen. Lennon, of Wilmington,
was appointed by Gov. Umstead
to serve out the unexpired term
of the late Willis Smith. He is
one of seven men seeking nom
ination in the May 29 Demo
| cratic primary.
Scott Visitor
Former Gov, W. Kerr Scott
rolled into Franklin early last
night (Wednesday i, pushing his
campaign for nomination to the
U. S. Senate in the May 29
Democratic primary.
Mr. Scott 1 8 currently con
ducting an intensive campaign
through the western end of the
state.
In his bid for the nomination,
the former governor is opposed
by six other men. including in
cumbent Sen. Alton A. Lennon,
of Wilmington.
Macon's political sights are centered squarely on the May 29
Democratic primary and already undertortes of the general elec
tion in November are pushing into prominence.
With Saturday's primary filing deadline, 20 Democrats were
preparing to launch their campaigns for county offices.
Meanwhile, as the primary picture sharpened, Macon Repub
licans went into session Friday night at the courthouse and
emerged with a partial slate of candidates to oppose the suc
cessful Democrats in the general election. As a rule, this party
May 1 Opens
Voting Books
Registration books for the
May 29 Democratic primary will
be opened May 1 for three con
secutive Saturdays, Elections
Board Chairman Lee Barnard
announced this week.
Registration hours for the
three filing dates ? May 1, 8, and
15 ? will be 9 a. m. to sunset.
Challenge day will be May 22,
the Saturday preceding the t>ri
| mary election.
A schedule of polling places
is now being prepared, Mr.
Barnard said, and will be an
nounced later.
Registrars in the county's 12
precincts, appointed by the
three-man elections board, are
as follows :
Millshoal, J. M. Raby; Elli
jay, Charlie Bryson; Sugarfork,
Raymond Woods; Highlands,
Harry Neely; Flats, Raymond
Penland; Smithbridge. Maurice
Norton; Cartoogechaye. Robert
Southards; Nantahala No. 1,
| Luther Jacobs; Nantahala No.
1 27 Jtm Shields; Barningtown.
j Bill Parrish ; Cowee, Carroll
j Gibson; and Franklin, Prioleau
j Shope.
Judges have been named as
! follows, the first named desig
i nating the judge, the second
the alternate: .Millshoal, Owen
Ammons, Ray Franklin; Ellijay,
Canton Henry, George Stanfield;
Sugarfork, Fred Henson, Troy
Holland ; Highlands, Henry
?Cleveland, Lewis Edwards; Flats,
Roy Dryman, Jim Fisher;
Smithbridge, Ted Henry, Prince
Curtis; Cartoogechaye, Gene
Crawford, Wayne Smith; Nan
tahala No. 1, Wade Lambert,
Newell Baldwin; Nantahala No.
2. Jim Grant, Warren Owenby;
Burningtown, Fred Ledford.
Sanders Calhoun; Cowee, Bob
Rickman, Frank Browning;
Franklin, Jim Palmer, Rass Pen
land.
New V. F. W. Officers
I ? Staff I'hoto h" I /'. lirady
At a joint installation Wednesday night of last week, .new
officer- o? 'lie lori>.' V. K. W. post and auxiliary' were installed.
They are (top picture) left to right. Robert Pearl, quartermaster,
J. E. Jennings, three-year trustee, .1. (i. (Speck) Murray, junior
vice-commandcr, Winton Perry, senior vice-coniniander, C. Jack
Ragan. commander, and Weaver Shope, installing officer. Absent
wJien the phrtograph was made were the Rev. R. D. Burnette.
Dr. :<. R. McSwcen, surgeon, and ('. Hanks Finger, ad
vocate. Auxiliary officers arc (bottom picture) front row: Mrs.
' Lucille Ar.se!, Installing officer, Mrs-. Richard Siag'e, three-year
trustee, .Mrs. Annie I. a lira Welch, treasurer, Mrs. Elizabeth Mc
Oollum, president. Mrs. Mildred Perry, junior vice -president, Mrs.
Katherine Perry, senior vice-president; back row: Mrs. Ruth
Williams, conductress, Mrs. Lasca P. Horsley, out-going president.
Mrs. Rachel Kagg, Mrs. Edith Reeves, guard, and Mrs. Marie
Pearl, chaplain.
I
does not hold a primary, chos
ing instead a slate of candidates
from the general election.
Primary Rundown
Here's a rundown on the pri
mary election:
Sheriff J. Harry Thomas will
be seeking nomination for his
second i four-year term. He will
be opposed by Charlie Curtis, a
farmer of the Coweeta section.
Register of Deeds Lake V.
Shope, now in his third four
year term, is unopposed in the
primary, as is Miss Kate McGee,
Clerk of Superior Court.
Incumbents W. E. (Gene)
Baldwin and John Roane filed
for renomination to the three
man Board of County Commis
GIBSON WITHDRAWS
Election Chairman Lee Bar
nard yesterday (Wednesday)
announced the withdrawal of
J. D. Gibson as a candidate
I for nomination to the Board
of Education.
sioners. The third member of
the present board, W. W. Ed
wards. of Highlands did not file.
Others seeking nomination in
this race are C. C. Stamey,
farmer and store operator on
the Georgia highway, Wiley
Brown, Franklin businessman,
and Glenn Robbinson, Franklin,
taxi driver. Mr. Baldwin, board
chairman, has been a commis
sioner since 1945 when he was
appointed to fill the unexpired
term of the late Gus Leach. Mr.
Roane joined the board in 1946
to fill out the unexpired term
of the late C. L. Blaine.
Three members of the present
five-man Board of Education ?
Chairman, J. C. Sorrells, A. A.
Siler. and -Claude W. Cabe? are
seeking renomination. Also in
this race are Frank Plyler,
Franklin businessman, John E.
Smith, Nantahala Power and
Light Company employe, J. D.
Gibson. Cartoogechaye farmer,
and Edd Duvall. cattleman, of
Franklin, Route 3. John M.
Archer, Jr., of Franklin, and
Neville Bryson, of Highlands,
are the other two members of
the present board.
A two-way race for nomina
tion to the House of Represen
tatives developed Saturday when
G. L. Houk, Franklin attorney
and former school superinten
dent, filed with Elections Board
Chairman Lee Barnard. C.
Banks Finger, also a Franklin
attorney, filed several weeks
ago.
Richard (Dicki Slagle. Car
toogechaye farmer and survevor,
and C. Jack Ragan, Franklin
mortician, are both unopposed
i for county surveyor and county
coroner, respectively.
Republican Slate
The local G.O.P. has filed this
ticket for the November elec
tion: L. B. Welch, of Cowee,
former Franklin businessman,
for Sheriff; Ralph Henson. Otto
farmer, far Register of Deeds;
J. L. Sanders, Union farmer,
for Clerk of Court: H. S. Tall'ey.
Highlands businessman, for
House of Representatives; Bry
ant McClure, of Otto, Glenn
Ray. of Iotla. and J. C. Crisp,
Franklin photographer. for
Board of County commissioners.
Other Races
j Out-of-county races in the
SEE NO. 4. PAGE 1'
The Weather
The week's temperatures jn4 rainfa'l. i
recor<le?l in Franklin by Man son Sti e?
l\ S weather observer, and at the ('owc--u
H v<iri>J->i;ic !.ab??ratorv ?
FRANKLIN
Temneratures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 75 ? 49 .13
Thursday 81 49 trace
Friday 75 57- .74
Saturday 58 39 .03
Sunday 80 31
Monday ... 80 37
Tuesday 79 39
COWKETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 74 48 .25
Thursday 80 47
Friday 64 60 .22
Saturday 59 39 1.64
Sunday i 78 30
Monday 77 37
Tuesday 77 40 _