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70th Year ? No. 26
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, June 30, 1955
Fourteen Pages
Paving On Jackson Highway
Link Set Last Of August
uai i :ug ax* uiucaouiiauic ocigc
of weather, the 9.42-mile link
of US 23-441 in Jackson Coun
ty will be ready for paving
toy the last of August.
This welcome bit of infor
mation comes from Resident
Engineer S. T. Usry.
And, if all goes as expected,
the entire section of US 23-441
from Franklin to Dillsboro will
be open, for travel by the last
of September, he said.
Started in the fall of '53, the
$807,296 Jackson project ties in
with completed link from
Franklin to Cowee Gap at the
Jackson-Macon line.
All structures on the Jack
son job have been completed
for some three weeks, the en
gineer reported yesterday, and
work by the contractor is
mostly In the Savannah Creek
area.
A stone base is being put
down In some sections, he add
ed.
Local Jaycees
Steal The Show
At Convention
A handfull of Franklin Jay
cees nearly stole the show Wed
nesday of last week in the
"Parade of States" feature of
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce's national convention in
Atlanta, Ga.
Although North Carolina en
tered an eye-catching "Variety
Vacation Land" float in the
parade, it was Franklin's en
try that caught the eye and
fancy of spectators along the
parade route.
Dressed In convict clothes,
carrying long rifles, and driving
an ancient T-Model Ford with
a "likker still" strapped on the
hood the Jaycees and a ban
ner noted :
"Whar's Sherman! The 1st
Franklin, N. C. Volunteer Bre
gade has come to rid Oeorgy
of thet renegade."
This awesome sight was com
pounded by Centennial beards,
saved for the occasion, and a
pack of skinny hounds trail
ing behind.
"If we had a nlckle for every
picture that was taken of us
along the parade route, we'd
have bought Atlanta and ship
ped it back home for a sou
venir," declared Jaycee presi
dent, C. Banks Finger, on his
return home.
Making the trip with him
were Bruce Palmer, Jack Ragan,
Vic Perry, and Dr. G. R. Mc
Sween.
Several here reported see
ing the Franklin boys in the
televised parade.
NEW LIONS
INSTALLED
Ceremony Performed
Monday By Lion Long;
Angel New President
New officers of the Franklin
Lions Club were installed .Mon
day night by. Lion J. Ward
Long.
They include Jack Angel,
president; C. Banks Finger, 1st
vice-president; Robert J. Korte,
2nd vice-president; Verlon
Swafford, 3rd vice-president;
B. B. Scott, secretary; R. Roy
Cunningham, treasurer; Dick
Stott, Lion Tamer; Bob Dean,
Tail Twister; Fred Dowdle and
G. A. Jones, Jr., one-year direc
tors; Prelo Dryman and Jim
Goodwin, two-year directors.
The new president, Mr. An
gel, succeeds Elbert Angel.
Club Conducting
Phone Campaign
To Cut Accidents
Members of the Franklin
Junior Woman's Club yester
? day (Wednesday) morning be
gan a "chain" telephone cam
paign here, designed to cut
traffic accidents over the
Fourth.
Each club member called four
persons, asking that they drive
carefully. And they requested
each to call four others to
continue the "chain".
The safety project is being
staged locally in cooperation
with a national drive to check
Fourth fatalities, according to
Miss Lillian Jones, president.
We're Sorry
About Errors
The Centennial's over, for all
but the staff of The Press,
that Is.
?They're still apologizing for
those little gremlin-like errors
that are just bound to creep
into a newspaper when it's run
ning at top speed. And the
staff of The Press HAS been
at top speed for several weeks.
So we're just as apologetic
as can be, for;
Not listing James Dryman,
13, as the winner of the pie
eating contest.
Calling the Murphy High
School Band the ".Macon" band.
Failing to list, under a pic
ture, the Rev. W. N. Cook, the
Rev. S. B. Moss, and the Rev.
A. Rufus Morgan as dignitaries
on the reviewing stand at the
dedication ceremony.
Omitting the name of Miss
Sue Blaine as Perry's Drug
Store's entry in the "Miss Cen
tennial" contest.
Reporting that a band from
Knoxville, Tenn., played for the
free square dance Saturday
night, when it really was the
"Black Rock Mountain Boys"
from Clayton, Ga., whose ap
pearance (at no cost) was
arranged by Harry Robeson, a
member of the band.
Any other error that hasn't
been called to our attention.
REVIVAL
UNDERWAY
Only Small Numbers
Turn Out For Series;
Bishop Henry Speaker
Only small numbers so far
have turned out nightly for
the annual county-wide evan
gelistic services at the Friend
ship Tabernacle, which began
Monday.
However, this trend has been
noted at past series and if this
is any indication the guest min
ister, the Rt. Rev. M. George
Henry, should be speaking to
capacity audiences by the end
of the week.
Services begin each evening
at 7:30. The series ends with
the Saturday service.
Music is by a combined choir,
under the direction of the Rev.
David Barkley.
Mr. Henry, of Asheville, is
bishop of the W. N. C. Epis
copal diocese.
Clark Clan Plans
Reunion On Sunday
Descendants of the late Joseph
Logan Clark will meet Sunday,
July 3, at the Ellljay Baptist
Church for their annual family
reunion, Mrs. Vernon Bryson,
secretary, has announced.
All members of the family
and friends are invited to at
tend and bring a basket of
lunch.
BAKE SALE SATURDAY
A bake sale will be held at
the Franklin 5 and 10 Saturday
at 10 a. m. under the sponsor
ship of the women of the Hig
donville Baptist Church. Pro
ceeds are for a church piano.
? Franklin Press Phot)
OFFICERS of the state's best F. F. A. chapter are (L to R) Earl Ammons, sentinel; John
Washburn, reporter; George Barrett, vice-president; Lamar Houston, president; Johnny Tip
pett, secretary; and Bobby Teagne, treasurer.
Facts About
The Fourth
What about the Fourth of
July?
No celebration is planned
this year since the Centen
nial event has just closed.
County and town govern
ing bodies-which normally
meet the first Monday of
each month-have moved their
meetings to Tuesday; the
commissioners and the board
of education at 10 a. m. and
the Franklin Board of AMer
men at 8 p. ra.
All county offices, exclud
ing the sheriff's department,
are closing for the Fourth.
Macon 4-H Clubbers Among
Winners In District Event
Seven Macon 4-H clubbers
placed among the winners In a
district demonstration event
Tuesday in Asheville.
The winners were Nancy
Cable, Franklin club, 1st in rec
reational leader contest; Anita,
Ammons, Cowee club, 1st in
song leader event; Guy Duvall,
Iotla club, 1st in poultry dem
onstration; Linda and Patsy
Neal, East Franklin club, 1st In
talent event; Helen Cochran,
Patton club, 2nd in individual
dairy foods demonstration; and
Emma Watson, Franklin club,
3rd in public speaking.
Others competing included E.
MISSES THE PEOPLE ?
Mail Carrier Vs Retirement
Retirement and the "last of
the horse and buggy men" on
the county's rural mail routes
aren't getting along too well.
"There're a lot of memories
and you begin missing the peo
ple along the way," Charles M.
(Charlie) Rogers decided this
week.
And this wistful reminiscing
by the retired carrier is under
standable. For 30 years (and
"one month and seven days"),
Charlie Rogers watched prog
ress and time catch hold along
Route 1.
Now nearlng five months of
retirement, Charlie Rogers is
beginning to "strain at the hal
ter a little".
He admits it's the people
along the route he misses.
"I've seen them born, watch
ed them, grow up, marry and
then have kids of their own . . .
they're the ones you miss."
Mr. Rogers began carrying
the mail over the winding route
November 24, 1924. The other
?three "horse and buggy men"
were Harold T. Sloan, Jake Add
ington, and the late Christopher
(Uncle Gusi Setser.
Although the Model-T Ford
was an outstanding piece of
automotive engineering and
and there were plenty in the
county, the mail carriers used
the old standby horse and
buggy in the winter to "make
sure we got through," Mr. Rog
ers recalls. In the summer they
generally put old Dobbin "out
to pasture" and reverted to
automotive power.
However, "just in case", the
carriers kept horse and buggy
ready to go until about the 30's,
he explained.
"I kept a horse three or four
years and never used it a day."
Progress was on the march
during these years Charlie Rog
ers rode the mail route through
the Patton, Cartoogechaye, Car
son, Rainbow Springs, Jones
Creek, and Wayah areas.
As new roads came into be
ing ? "it was all very gradual
and you didn't notice it too
much" ? Route 1 grew from
an "all-day run" of 23.65 miles
and 114 patrons to today's 29.69
miles and more than 360 pa
trons. The route now is served
in about half the time.
"The route just got longer,"
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 5
?Sftt Photo by J. P. Urady
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers Playing 'Scrabble'
J. Bradley, Jr., Alice Lee Brad
ley, Linda Rickman, Sharon
Swanson, Ann Pennington, An
ita Lee Cabe, Given Raby, Jan
ice Thompson, Carol Arnold
Wayne Sheffield, Carol Welch
Sue Hughes, and Nancy Coch
ran.
Adults accompanying th(
4-H'ers were Mrs. Ed Bradley
Mrs. Earl Rickman, W. W
Sloan, County Agent T. H
Fagg, and assistant 4-H agent;
James G. Flanagan and Mrs
Jessie D. Cabe.
NEW PRIST
COMES HERE
To Serve Franklin
And Bryson City;
Welcomed At Supper
A resident priest, Father Rob
ert Healy, arrived this week at
the St. Francis Catholic Church
in Franklin.
He also will serve St. Joseph's
in Bryson City.
Father Healy comes here
from Kentucky, where one ol
his three churches was in
Franklin. He arrived here Fri
day.
At a ceremony Sunday after
noon at the church, the new
priest was installed by Fathei
Louis J. Bour, of the AshevilU
deanery. Following the cere
mony, a dinner was servec
the ladies of the parish as ?
farewell to the departing priest
Father Lafrence Newman, and ?
welcome to the new priest.Fath
er Newman has served th<
church from Waynesville. Music
for the dinner was by the "Gos
pel Harmonizers." Bob Carpen
ter served as master of cere
monies. John Wasilik, Jr., pre
sented Father Newman a pursi
on behalf of the parish. Fathe:
Healy was presented a pursi
by Mrs. Ellis C. Soper.
Dean Installed
As President
Of Post Here
Frank Dean, employe of th<
Western Carolina Telephon<
Company here, has been in
stalled as the 1955-56 com
mander of the local Americai
Legion post, succeeding Johi
L Crawford
Others serving with Mr
Dean are A R. Higdon. Is
vice-president: Walter Warren
adjutant: the Rev R D Bur
r.ette, chaplain: Fred Vaughn
finance officer; E G. Craw
ford, historian- Newell Pender
grass, sergeant-at-arms; ani
R E. Welch, service officer.
The new officers were install
ed at the post's June meeting
HOMECOMING AT IOTLA
Homecoming will be held a
the Iotla Baptist Church Sun
day. The Rev. W. L. SorrelL
of Lenoir, will preach. A baskf
lunch will be served at noon.
F.F.A. Boys Win
Top Honor In State
The highest honor open to the state's 460 Future Farmers of
America chapters this year comes to the pace-setting Franklin
chapter, which has been setting the woods afire district-wise
for several years.
News that the local 95-member chapter had finally reached
the top of the ladder in F. F A. activities was released this
m. m. m. week by R. J. Peeler, state F.
Boys Are Competing
For More Honors
Local F. F. A. members are
reaching for more state honors
this week.
In Raleigh, in competition
with others from over the state,
are Frank Nolen, Joe Tippett,
Bill Fouts, Jerry Sutton, and
Fred Deal. Frank is entered in
the electrical event, Joe in
farm mechanics, Bill in for
estry, Jerry in dairy achieve
ment, and Fred in supervised
farming.
In the dairy judging event,
as a team, are Mark Dowdle,
Buddy McClure, Bill McCall,
and Zeb Guffey.
All competing in the state
events were tops in this dis
trict.
Also in Raleigh to receive
"Carolina Farmer" degrees ?
highest individual state award ?
are Fred Deal, Victor Teague,
Kenneth Dills, Joe Taylor,
Bobby Teague, and Zeb Guffey.
Two others, Lamar Houston and
Johnny Tippett, are eligible for
! the award, but were unable to
. make the convention trip.
, Accompanied by thieradvisor,
, Wayne Proffitt, the boys left
? Tuesday and plan to return
Friday night.
: Judge Patton
3 Reappointed
The reappointment of Judge
George B. Patton as a special
superior court jurist was made
by Oov. Luther H. Hodges this
week.
A native of Franklin, Judge
Patton was first appointed in
1947 by Oov. R. Gregg Cherry.
Past terms of special judges
have been for two years, but
this has now been changed to
four years.
; Federation Picnic
Slated Here July 9
t The annual Farmers Feder
ation picnic here Is scheduled
, for Saturday, July 9, at the
; East Franklin School.
[ A picnic lunch will be ser
ved at noon, with the Federa
tion furnishing watermelons
and lemonade.
' Features of the day-long pro
' gram include special entertain
ment, contests, and short talks
' on farm practices. Federation
j officials also are slated to re
view the year's activities in
1 new officers reports.
: COMPETES
; IN DRIVING
Brown Ranks 10th
J In Teen- Age Event
; In Winston-Salem
Macon's top teen-age driver,
Kenneth Brown, placed 10th
in the state-wide "Teen-age
Road-eo" held Friday and Sat
urday in Winston-Salem.
He really put on a good
show for us," ac
coraing 10 tawin
T. Williams, Ken
neth's drivet
training instruc
tor, who made the
trip with him.
Kentieth was the
lead-off man it
the driving fea
ture, which pitted
36 contestants senl
to the finals b;
t Jaycee organizations over thi
J state. He scored 510 points t<
" rank 10th. The winner got 556
j Son of Mr. and Mrs Wile;
Brown, Kenneth received an ex
pense-paid trip to Winston
~ Salem for winning the loca
'' Jaycee "Teen-age Road-eo'
earlier In the year.
For competing in the stat<
,t event, he received a specia
i- trophy presented to all con
s, testants by the Jaycees and the
it N. C. Motor Carriers Associa
tion.
F. A executive secretary.
Selection of Franklin for the
outstanding honor was- made
by the executive committee of
the N. C. Association of F. F. A.
The next step in the chapter's
c'imb is the national chapter
contest. This will come off just
prior to the national F. F. A.
d-vention in October in Kansas
C'ty, Mo.
*? F or takin.j top state honors,
thr chapter is to receive a
S225 cash award at the state
invention, ?ahich opeii' i yes
teiday i Wednesday i in Raleigh.
Judged on the basis of parti
cipation in all phases of F. F.
A work, the local chapter and
its advisor, Wayne Proffitt came
in for a much-deserved pat on
the back !rorn Mr. Pee'er, who
con-mended tne chapter for "a
great record of accomplish
nents, whi.\i will be an inspir
ation to our 22,660 F F. A.
members in N'-irUi Carolina."
Competing for the honor were
the best chapters of the six
F. F. A. districts.
Of the Franklin chapter's
work, Mr. Peeler had this to
say:
It "cut across all F. F. A.
activities and community ser
vice projects and was varied
and successful from every point
of view."
Lamar Houston is this year's
president.
Chartered in 1930, the chap
ter operates a 33-acre farm as
a demonstration and study en
ter and owns departmental as
sets valued at a total of $40,
000 today.
Scholastically, 50 per cent of
its members are in the upper
quarter of their classes.
New Officers
Are Installed
John L. Crawford, immediate
past commander of the local
American Legion post, Tuesday
night installed new officers of
the post's ladles auxiliary at a
Joint dinner meeting at Slagle
Memorial Building.
The new auxiliary officers In
clude Mrs. Reid Wamack, presi
dent; Mrs. John L. Crawford,
vice-president; Mrs. Fred
Vaughn, secretary; Mrs. Frank
I. Murray, treasurer; Mrs.
Doyle Blaine, chaplain; Mrs.
Cecil Parker, sergeant-at-arms;
and Mrs. C. Tom Bryson, his
torian.
Hostesses for the covered dish
supper included Mrs. Parker,
Mrs. Harold Enloe, Mrs. W. N.
Dalrymple. and Mrs. J. L. Mar
tin.
Supper Is Slated
A box supper and cake walk,
with string music, will be given
Saturday night, July 2, at
Cowee School, sponsored by the
Cowee Home Demonstration
Club.
The proceeds will be used to
buy a kiln for the use of the
community and the school.
AT WELFARE MEETING
Mrs. F. H. Potts, superinten
dent, and staff members, Mrs.
John L. Crawford and Miss
Clementine Wininger, represent
ed the Macon County Depart
ment of Public Welfare at a
? group meeting for welfare per
i sonnel at Nantahala Inn, near
Bryson City, Tuesday.
The Weather
Tlir week's temperatures and raintall, u
recorded in Franklin by Mans-wr Stiles,
5 '*? S. weathe: ob?cf\ei; ? ? Mu ?? ?! ?:* &>
. "> odor N. Hal! u I W < \e* . 1 V.%
observer; aivl at t.i ? I'mer'.i H . 'hi?
? Labor.vt y
l FRANKLIN
t Temperatures
1 High Low Rain
s Wed.. June 22 88 56
t Thursday 83 53 1.15
. Friday 85 57 .53
f Saturday - 79 56 .12
- Sunday 82 5$
- Monday 77 60 .04
1 Tuesday 81 60
OOWEETA
Wed., June 22 85 52 trace
; Thursday 80 52 .34
I Friday 80 52 trace
Saturday 78 52 .11
( Sunday 81 54
Monday 79 59
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