Franklin
Centennial
Edition
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1955
HjiaWattto;* JHaconiau SECTION
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70th Year ? No. 24
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, June 16, 1955
Fortv-ei^ht Pa^es
Gov. Hodges To Open Centennial Event
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A SOMEWHAT wistful "Woody" Gibson, about as tired as a
three-year-old could be following Saturday's "Struttin' " for the
Centennial, models what little boys wore 100 years ago and in
vites, "Join the Fun, Folks". "Woody", white button shoes and
all, belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Gibson.
Are Probing
Break-In At
Rssort Home
The George F. Bensel sum
mer home in Highlands is get
ting right popular with the
burglary set.
Officers are now investigat
ing a break-in at the home,
which was one of several in
that area entered last year.
And the circumstances sur
rounding the latest break-in
the Bensel home are "also iden
tical" with those of last year,
according to Sheriff J. Harry
Thomas. In both instances, en
trance was gained by cutting
the screen and going through
the bathroom window. ? The
sheriff said the screen was
even cut in the same place.
At the time he made his re
port, he said it was not known
what had been taken from the
home.
Sheriff Thomas ? and High
lands officers Henry Chastain
and Qick Rice are conducting
the investigation.
s Franklin Baseball
Team Play Slated
Or^anizc^i this week, the
Franklin baseball team will play
its first game Sunday at 2:30
p. m. in Highlands.
Grady Corbin is the playing
manager and J. D. Gibson* is
business manager.
The managers have issue! an
invitation for all interested to
try out for the team. Practice
sessions are to be held every
Wednesday at 4:30 p. m. and
every Saturday at 2:30 at the
high school stadium.
j Low Road . . .
"... I just can't afford to
make one of those long Cen
tennial dresses ... so much
m?.teria!," one woman in
formed another on a Franklin
street corner Saturday morn
ing.
"I guess I'll just have to
let out the shou'der straps on
my slip," she concluded.
4-H Review
Winners
Are Picked
Peggy Jean Moore and Nancy
Berry were selected as county
senior and Junior winners, re
spectively, at last Thursday's
annual 4-H dress review in
Franklin.
Peggy Jean is a member of
the Otto club and Nancy the
Higdonville club.
Held in the basement of the
Methodist church, the review
was judged by Miss Jean Chil
ders, assistant home agent in
Haywood County, Mrs. Barbara
B. Hunnicutt, former assistant
home agent in this county,
and Mrs. Graham Grindstaff, of
Franklin.
In addition to the senior and
junior winners, others placing
included:
Blue award: Carolyn Carter,
nightwear ; Patsy Cochran,
sportswear; Barbara Carter,
school dress; Peggy Jean Moore,
best dress; and Nancy Berry,
school dress.
Red award: Margaret Davis,
nightwear; Mildred Bingham,
best dress; Emma Watson, party
dress; Anita Ammons, school
dress; Mary Jo Swafford, school
dress; and Brenda Cunningham,
best dress.
White award: Ruth Ann
Shepherd, best dress; Rhubena
Gregory, school dress; and Nina
Ann Norris, party dress.
Those attending the review
were welcomed by Miss Sharon
Sw'anson. Narrator was Miss
Nancy Cable, president of the
county 4-H council. Miss Major
ie Moody was pianist.
The Iotla club was in charge
of the social hour following the
review.
As a feature of the program,
Miss Helen Cochran sang "In
dian Love Call", accompanied
at the piano by Miss Nancy
Cochran.
Installation
Set Tuesday
The American Legion Auxili
ary plans to install new offic
ers Tuesday evening as a fea
ture of its annual dinner meet
ing with the Legionnaires.
Set for 7 o'clock at Slagle
Memorial Building, the event
will be a covered dish supper.
John L. Crawford, immediate
past commander of the post,
will install the following auxili
ary officers:
Mrs. Reid Womack, president;
Mrs. John Crawford, vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Fred Vaughn, secre
tary; Mrs. Frank I. Murray,
treasurer; Mrs. Doyle Blaine,
chaplain; Mrs. Cecil Parker,
sergeant-at-arms; and Mrs. C.
Tom Bryson, historian.
Hostesses for the supper are
Mrs. Cecil Parker. Mrs. Harold
Enloe, Mrs. W. N. Dalrymple,
and Mrs. J. L. Martin.
MEADOWS
NEW V. F. W.
COMMANDER
Installation Slated
June 22 At Post Home;
Succeeds C. J. Ragan
Zeb Meadows, Franklin post
master, Is the new commander
of the local Veterans of For
eign Wars post.
Elected to serve with him
during 1955-56 at a meeting
Wednesday night of last week
were Victor H. Perry, senior
vice-commander; T. H. Fagg,
junior vice-commander; L. B.
Welch, quartermaster; C. Banks
Finger, reelected post advocate;
the Rev. R. D. Burnette, reelect
ed chaplain, Dr. Joseph W.
Kahn, post surgeon; and C.
Jack Ragan, the retiring com
mander, three-year-trustee.
Installation of the new of
ficers is scheduled the night of
June 22 at the post home on
Palmer Street.
Mr. Ragan served as com
mander for two years.
He's A Real
Long Hair ...
Talk about a beard!
And long hair!
Better than a foot of both'
And It\i ;n Franklin, too.
On top of Get '-ge Bernu.d
(Bushy) Cook, of MebaJie,
who has become something of
a celebrity in sporting cir
cles as the hairy keeper of
Ramases, the football mascot
of the University of North
Carolina.
Mr. Cook has been in these
parts since Monday, "just to
do a little fishing."
But, he'll be around today
(Thursday) for the opening of
the Centennial celebration to
show the wives of Franklin's
bewhiskered males what they
will look like after their hair
and beards have been grow
ing for better than six years.
Still Destroyed
In Nantahala
A 35-gallon still was destroy
ed Monday of last week in the
Nantahala section, according to
Sheriff J. Harry Thomas. ,
The small unit, which was
set up in the Dick's Creek area
near Morgan cut, was not in
operation at the time and no
arrest was made, he said.
Five barrels of mash was
dumped and other distilling
equipment smashed.
ATTEND ENCAMPMENT
Zeb Meadows, C. Jack Ragan.
and James E. Perry, Jr., attend
ed the V. F. W. state encamp
ment in Durham Thursday. Fri
day, Saturday, and Sunday.
Burlington
Operating
From Plant
Burlington Industries, Inc.,
is now operating completely
from its newly-opened hosiery
plant just outside Franklin.
The final switch ? moving
from downtown offices in the
Nantahala Building ? took
place Saturday. i
Vance Rucker, office manag
er and personnel director, yes
terday (Wednesday) noted that
all interviews with applicants
who have cleared through the
Employment Security Commis
sion and hold interview cards
are now taking place at the
plant offices.
The company had occupied
the second-floor offices in the
Nantahala Building since mid
April.
Production on a limited scale
started at the plant May 30.
Auxiliary
Installs
Mrs. Slagle
Mrs. Richard H. Slagle of
ficially took over her duties as
president of the local V. F. W.
Auxiliary following an installa
tion ceremony Monday evening.
A covered dish supper pre
ceded the , ceremony. Mrs. Lu
cille Angel was the installing
officer.
Others serving with Mrs.
Slagle include Mrs. James E.
Perry, Jr., senior vice-presi
dent, Mrs. Vic Perry, junior
vice-president; Mrs. R. E.
Welch, treasurer; Mrs. Howard
Barnard, secretary; Mrs. Neal
Johnston, guard; Mrs. W. W.
Reeves, patriotic instructor;
Mrs. James McCollum, .Mrs. Le
ida Sutton, Mrs. Anne Murray,
and Mrs. Kenneth Clark, color
bearers; Mrs. Vic Perry, alter
nate color bearer; Miss Ruth
McCollum, chaplain; Mrs. Lu
cille Angel, historian; and Mrs.
James McCollum. Mrs. Bill
Horsley, and Mrs. Lucille Angel,
trustees.
The new president succeeds
Mrs. Elizabeth McCollum
22 MAKE TRIP ?
Macon 4-H'ers Are At Camp
Twenty-two boys and girls
from this county left Monday
afternoon for a week at Camp
Schaub, the 4-H camp near
Waynesville.
The group will return here
Saturday.
Mrs. D. Cabe. and
James G. Flfinagan. assistant
agents in chacgg of 4-H. are
serving on the camp staff for
the week.
Campers include Wayne Guest.
Ronald Harper. Jessie Louise
Carpenter. Ann Pennington,
Clayton Richardson. Bob Clamp
itt. Jetty Gibson. Ronnie Hen
son, Agnes Mashburn, Linda
?Neal, Patsy Neal, Albert Justice,
Wayne Justice, Shirley Waters.
Fred Leon Sanders, Ann Fagg.
Jean Raby, Gwen Raby, Carolyn
Carter, Barbara Carter, and
Johnnie Stamey.
MEETING IS CHANGED
The F. S. Johnston Bible
Class of the Franklin" Methodist
Church has postponed its June
meeting from Thursday. June
16, to Thursday. June 23. The
meeting will be at the home of
Mrs. J. S. Sloan, with Mrs. Reby
Tessier as co-hostess.
Franklin Has 5 In Their 90 s
They Can Remember Almost A Century Ago
MRS. T. W. ANGEL ? At 94,
she's Franklin's oldest citizen.
. . . Education of her children
has been passion of her life.
MRS. NAN RAY? "Aunt Nan",
as this respected Negress is
known, still cooks, works in her
y?.rd ? and she'll soon be 94!
MRS. GEORGE A. JONES ?
Nearly 93, she rareljr misses
church. . . . For ?0 years she's
lived. In home that was her
grandparents! ?
MRS. LEE CRAWFORD ? A
frisky 90, she's shown here
making a cake on her 90th
birthday. She and Mrs. Jones
are sisters.
ERNEST RANKIN ? He's
"baby" of Franklin's nonagen
arians ... At 90. ho mows lawn,
makes geometrical sketches for
fun. He's only non-native of
Macon in group.
3 ? Day Birthday
Party Starts Today
Gov. Luther H. Hodges, who ha
since Monday afternoon, this (Tl
enviable distinction of joining \
opening Franklin's three-day Cei
It's the "Governor's Day", and t
official chare will be crowning
selected from among 38 young la<
The "Miss Centennial" parade
o'clock (contestants are to meet
in East Franklin i with the
crowning to follow at 11 at a
reviewing stand on the town
square.
"Miss Centennial'' is to be
presented several hundred dol
lars in cash and merchandise
donated by local merchants, ac
cording to Mrs. Larry Cabe,
Cabe, chairman in charge.
38 Young Ladies
Thirty-eight young ladies are
competing in the "Miss Centen
nial" contest today.
Contestants and -their spon
sors include Misses Martha Ann
Stockton, Franklin Mineral
Products; Patsy Childers, Frank
lin Hardware Company; Kath
leen Younce, Conley Motor
Company; Margaret Crawford,
Franklin Frozen Foods; Mary
Kate Roane. Horsley's Restau
rant; Sarah Lee Corbin, Belk's
Department Store ; Virginia
Franklin. Bob Gaines . Motors;
Emma Jean Downs, Downs and
Dowdle; Julia Waldroop, Rotary
Club; Bobby Burch, Western
Carolina Telephone Company;
Carolyn Bryson, Zickgraf Hard
wood Company; Freda Siler,
Reeves Hardware Company:
Lelia Jo ? Gailey, Dixie Grill;
Dixie Nell Morrison, Shook's
Service Station; Katrina N.
Cochran. Nantahala Power and
Light Company; Jewel Angel,
Carolina Pharmacy; Carolyn
Cochran. Burrpll Motor Com
pany: Margare't Thomas, Lions
Club: Wilma Renshaw, The
Twins' Shop; Mildred Childers,
Bryant Furniture Company;
Nancy Angel, Angel Memorial;
Betty Sue Huggins. Rickman's
O. K Rubber Welders; Joann
Hopkins, The Bank of Frank
lin; Clementine Winninger, jay
cees; Frances Huscusson, Junior
Woman's Club; .Mary Ann
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Miss CebnLnnfareXwhUo1u'ylr(?
ifsector^tgu^ethe ?e
at PoindelterrsemcTstlL.10
Johnston, VFw onn f st^ti(>n
85s gsi ?? ?SK;
Motor Wo?l?
aass
reau Insurance; Willa Moo
Cloer, West's Florist
Holland. Mason Food 'Market3
am? r*^S' 7116 Chlldren's Shop'
and Julia Moody, Dryman's.
Dedication Next
wil^be theGi0V'' ?odges' agenda
of thp f 1 o clock dedication
building and" In "addr municiPaI
to be introduced IT' ?" 13
George B. Patton " Judge
Mayor W. c B^rrelT^M th''
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a^'historicaf ^review ^
?ete G. L. Hoiik aiKi p^n"
by J?V Brad C?ntenn'al P^aque
on behalf of th^'ce'nfenn
CbTbvtheeRT;ie invocatton Tu
?S5rV?,?fcis
Mrs r, home of Mr and
Mrs. Lyman Higdon bv town
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awaSv'
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^hP',"45 And Events
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uleVon SpT dance is sc^ed
o clock a ,>? Wn 3<,uare at 8
o clock. with music by Hunter
Youngs String Band Hunter
Friday Parade Day'
A committee headed by Bob
S. Sloan will throw the wra?
of! Parade Day" Friday after
?oon at 2 o'clock * 3 6r"
U1d cert i fica'tes ^ are Cfcf be^63
mo'edf fur the oldest dresV
e"boS?nZVr^-.Pret"-'
most Original attire "nd ^h*'
most outstanding couple.
P)riof ?n Depot street
tween 25 andCl\nWi" "Umber ?*
than 25 indtvirt.' the mor<?
asked to meet on nfntfles are
n.eet on Depot Street
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 16
The Weather
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rtor.Ied in Frank'in by Ma->s,m Stile
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FRANKLIN
Temperatures
Hish Low Rain
69 44 .54
71
71
71
70
72
70
4ti
51
58
51
52
56
.25
.06
.32
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed.. June 8 61 40
Thursday 69 45
Friday 69 50
Saturday 72 59
Sunday 69 53
Monday 72 45
Tuesday 71 53
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