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70th Year ? No. 33
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, August 18, 1955
Fourteen Pages
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YU.M, YUM! Billy* Jamison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Jam
ison, Jr., of Franklin, was put in this very tempting situation
in the baked goods department of the county fair.
LOOKING TO '56
County Fair Termed Success
Although small and lacking
in some departments, Macon
County's three-day fair this
past week was termed very suc
cessful ? enough to fire citi
zens to begin planning now for
next year's.
Community booths and in
dividual exhibits were above
average. The garden club's
flower show and the third an
nual Macon County Folk Fes
tival ? held as special fair
features ? pulled enough crowds
to push fair attendance into
the thousands.
Iotla community's health
booth won the top award and
Cullasaja 4-H placed first in
its division.
Held Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday at Franklin High, the
fair daily drew hundreds. Of
special interest were demon,
strations in handicrafts by
home demonstration women
and a wildlife exhibit prepared
and staffed by county and
state wildlife officials.
"Come to the Flower Fair",
the garden club's show, was
BREATHLESS, TOO!
The Press staff also is
breathless from the county
fair.
With time out to cover the
three-day event, it's been an
all-out effort to produce this
14-page issue.
The list of winners for the
fair, flower show, and folk
festival had to be sacrificed
in order to get other news in
the paper. However, the win
ners will appear in next
week's issue.
held Friday and Saturday. Mrs.
E. S. Purdom won both the
sweepstakes and tri-color
awards in the arrangements di
vision. while Mrs. Bob McClure
won tri-color in the horticul
tural division.
The Jaycee-sponsored folk
festival, held under the stars
in the stadium the three nights
of the fair, had a combined at
tendance of nearly 7,000.
Livestock shows were held all
three afternoons of the fair.
Fair association officials are
planning a meeting soon to set
next year's policy, it is under
stood.
Cowee Gives Boosters
Check To Help Band
A check for $48.75 has been
given the Macon County Band
Boosters by the Cowee Rural
Community Development Or
ganization.
The money will go toward re
paying a $3,500 indebtedness
shouldered by the Boosters in
purchasing new instruments for
the county band.
August 28 Slated
For Waldroop Reunion
The Waldroop family reunion
will be held August 28 at the
Carson community building on
U. S. 64, near the Slagle dairy
farm.
SMALL FRY Pat McSween,
2'j, demonstrates the fine art
of buck dancing at the folk
festival Pat is the son of Dr.
and Mrs. G. R. McSween, of
Franklin. For more festival pic
tures, see front page, Second
Section.
County Reaches
73 Per Cent Of
Savings Quota
Macon reached 73 per cent
of its '55 U. S. Savings Bond
E quota with the end of July,
according to the county chair
man, H. W. Cabe.
Sales for the months totaled
$30,600, giving a cumulative
total for January 1 to July 31
of $170,250: The yearly quota is
$233,200.
Brysons Gathering
Sunday At Cowee
The annual Rryson reunion
will be held Sunday at the Co
wee Baptist Church.
All members of the family
are invited to attend and bring
a picnic lunch. A short pro
gram will be held in the after,
noon, according to Thad D.
Bryson, Jr., president.
WEDNESDAY
OPENING OF
SCHOOLS SET
Highlands Excepted,
Will Not Begin Until
Day After Labor Day
It'll be off to school next
Wednesday (August 24) for
nearly 4,000 Macon County
children when all schools, ex
cept Highlands, throw open
their doors on the 1955.56 term.
Highlands School is not sched
uled to open until September 6,
the day following Labor Day.
County School Supt. Holland
McSwain this week estimated
enrollment for the new year at
the 4,000 mark.
An estimated 400 children will
enter the first grade.
Schools will begin operating
at 8:30 and busses will run on
schedule. Mr. McSwain said a
half-day schedule probably will
be used the first three days,
before moving Into full swing
the 29th. The choice will be up
to the Individual principals.
Macon this year Is entitled to
a special education teacher and
the superintendent announced
that Miss Esther Seay, Nanta
hala teacher far several years,
has accepted the post. Miss
Seay, who has had training in
this line, will work county-wide
with handicapped children. A
schedule of her visits is now
being worked out, Mr. McSwain
said.
C. A. P. Unit
Being Started
A Franklin unit of Civil Air
Patrol is now in the paper
work stages of organization.
Major Lenoid Wenningham,
of Asheville, commander of
C. A. P. Group 4, met here Sun
day afternoon at the airport
with interested men and wom
en and explained the C. A. P.
set-up in regard to organiza
tion and actual operational pro
cedure.
Applications are now being
filled out and the Franklin
unit probably will be activated
about October 1. However, sev
eral meetings are proposed be
tween now and then to iron
out all details and to select
officers.
The next session is set for
August 30 at the Agricultural
Building at 7:30 p. m. Andrew
Jones will be in charge.
All interested men and wom
en are invited to sign up.
ALL-STARS ~~
WIN AGAIN
Franklin Baseballers
Take Hayesville 12-0;
Corbin Has Four Hitter
A trip to Hayesville Saturday
night was a fruitful one for
the Franklin All-Stars, who
handed the Hayesville baseball
ers a resounding 12 to o defeat.
With Grady Corbin pacing the
way to victory with four-hit
pitching, R. L. Cunningham
pounded out two homers and
Bobby Womack and Jerry Sut
ton got one each.
It was the first time the All
Stars had played under lights.
Tonight (Thursday i Blairs.
ville, Ga., will be host to the
All-Stars at 8 p. m. Sunday at
2:30 p. m., Hayesville is sched
uled to come here for a return
clash.
Local Explorer Scout In Canada
Attending International Event
? Franklin Press Photo
Explorer McKelvey
A 14, year-old Franklin Ex
plorer Scout is in Canada this
week, representing his area at
the World Jamboree of Boy
Scouts.
Gary McKelvey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. McKelvey, left
Raleigh Tuesday for a bus trip
to the jamboree at Niagra on
the Lake, Canada. He had been
in Raleigh since Saturday re
ceiving training.
One of three Scouts from
this district making the trip,
Gary earned part of his money
with summer work and his
father is footing the rest of
the bill. The other two repre
sentatives are from Canton and
Asheville.
The jamboree Is the first to
be held In the eastern hemi
sphere.
DIES AT HOME
Mr. Slagle
Carl S. Slag-le, former legis
lator and widely-known civic
and church leader, died unex
pedly Wednesday morning at
his home on Nantahala. Funer
al arrangements were incom
plete yesterday afternpon.
Changes On
Star Routes
Are Listed
Franklin Postmaster Zeb
Meadows has announced the
following mail schedule changes,
effective September 1:
1. Cornelia, Ga.. star route
mail will arrive at 8:15 a. m.
and 2:45 p. m., and will depart
at 9 a. m. and 3:30 p. m.
2. Sylva star route mail will
arrive at 7:45 a. m. and will
depart at 3:15 p. m.
3. All rural route carriers will
leave the office at 9:15 a. m.
and return at 2 p. m., enabling
all rural patrons to receive
mail the same day it arrives at
the post office.
F. F. Jones, Franklin
Real Estate Man, Dies
Fredrick Franklin Jones, real
estate and insurance man here
since April 1953, died at his
Wayah Valley home Monday at
11:40 p. m. from a heart at
tack. He was 61.
A native of Athens, Ga., and
retired traffic manager of the
Southern Freight Association
in Atlanta, Mr. Jones was a
member of the St. Agnes Epis
copal Church and the Franklin
Lions Club.
Services were held yesterday
(Wednesday) in Atlanta.
Donaldson Reunion
Set For August 28
The annual reunion of the
Donaldson family will be held
Sunday, August 28, at the old
home place now occupied by
Wiley Donaldson on the County
Home Road, it has been an
nounced.
Friends and relatives of the
family are invited to come and
hring a basket lunch.
Library Silver Tea
Is Set For Tuesday
At Cooledge Home
HIGHLANDS. ? The annual
Hudson Library silver tea will
be held on Tuesday, August 23.
from 4 to 5 p. m., at "The Up
lands", home of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Cooledge, on the White
side Road.
The money made at the tea
is for the library.
Church Silver Tea
Set Today At Goulds
HIGHLANDS. ? The annual
silver tea. sponsored by the
Women's Auxiliary of the Epis
copal Church of the Incarna
tion, will be held today, Thurs_
day (August 18 1 at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Goulds
on the country club grounds.
The tea will be held from 4 to
6 in the afternoon.
The public is invited to at
tend.
Hypnotist To Present
Two Shows In Highlands
Preston, hypnotist-magician,
is scheduled to give perform
ances tonight (Thursday* an 3
tomorrow at the Highlands
School under the auspices of
the Highlands Community Hos
pital.
Both shows will be at 8
o'clock. Proceeds are for the
hospital.
The Rev. Robert B. DuPree is
the chairman in charge.
Forest Funds Now Available
To Build Final Wayah Link
NEW LINK
NEAR PAVING
Engineer Reports
Conditioning Under
Way On Highway
The new link of US 23-441
from Cowee Gap to Dillsboro is
now being conditioned in pre
paration for paving in early
September, according to Resi
dent Engineer S. T. Usry.
Base stone is being put down
this week, he said.
Weather cooperating, the pav
ing should be finished by the
first week in October, the en
gineer said.
However, he added that the
decision to allow travel over the
new section will be up to the
contracting outfit, which still
will have several jobs to do,
including building shoulders in
some sections.
SCOUTS GET
ADVANCEMENTS
11 Macon County Boys
At Court Of Honor In
Cashiers Thur. Night
Boy Scout ranks and awards
went to 11 Macon Scouts at a
district court of honor last
Thursday night at the Cash
iers Methodist Church.
David P. Childers and Dannis
L. Vinson received Tenderfoot
rank. Second Class went to
Teddy Clark, James Gnuse, R.
Landy Pendergrass. and David
Simpson, while First Class was
awarded Jim McCollum and
Tom McCollum. All of these
Scouts are of Troop 21.
The following got merit
badges: Bill Lowe, Highlands,
Troop 7, Pioneering; Tom Mc
Collum, Troop 21, Home Re
pairs; Jim McCollum, Troop 21,
Home Repairs; Gary Crawford,
Troop 21, Scholarship; and
Bobby Swan, Troop 21, First
Aid.
The final link of Wayah Road In the Nantahala community
will be built at an early date.
In letters to both Mayor W. C. Burrell and John M. Archer, Jr.,
president of Nantahala Power and Light Company, the chair
man of the State Highway Commission, A. H. Graham, advised
that funds are now available and that the commission is plan
L. B. Phillips
Dies Sunday
Louis Bryant (L. B. i Phillips,
well-known Franklin business
man and civic leader, died
Sunday at his home on West
Main Street. Fifty-eight years
old, he had been in declining
health for several years.
A native of this county, Mr.
Phillips served six years on the
Franklin Board of Aldermen
and in 1926 built the town's
first service station.
Funeral services for Mr. Phil
lips were conducted Monday
Mr. Phillips
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
First Baptist Church by the
Rev. M. W. Chapman, pastor,
and the Rev. S. B. Moss, pastor
of the Methodist church. Burial
was in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Son of the late Jonathan and
Mrs. Addie Hicks Phillips, as a
businessman he was active in
the operation of his service sta
tion until this month, when he
leased it. Mr. Phillips was a
coal dealer and operated a fleet
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 10
F. H. S, Panthers Practicing
For September 2 Grid Game
Sore muscles, charley horses,
and plays are conversational
pieces over Franklin High way.
The Panthers are practicing
night and day to get ready for
their opening grid tilt Septem
ber 2 in Clayton, Ga.
It's early yet for predictions,
but Head Coach Howard Barn
well is running his charges
through two practice sessions
daily ? one in the afternoon
and one at night ? to tighten
them up for the coming sea
son. More than 60 boys have
reported.
As the schedule now stands,
the Panthers have five away
games and four at home. One
date is open and the coach
hopes to fill it with a home
game.
The schedule:
Sept. 2, Clayton. Ga., there.
Sept 9. Andrews, there.
Sept. 16. open.
Sept. 23, Cherokee, there.
Sept. 30. Hayesville. home.
Oct. 7. Sylva. home.
Oct. 14. Robbinsville, home.
Oct. 21, Bryson City, there.
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 10
CALISTHENICS and football go hand in hand, so Coach
Dirk Stott (left) puis some of the 1955-56 Franklin High Panth
ers through their paces. Football will bow into the spotlight
here in September.
rung to complete this project as
soon as possible.
Fate of this last six-mile
link, which is in the middle of
two newly constructed sections
running from Cold Springs on
the Franklin side of Wayah to
US 19 beyond Nantahala, has
been hanging in balance for
several weeks because forest
service funds were tied up in
a proposed project in the east,
ern part of the state.
However, Mr. Graham disclos
ed that this project on the
Croatan National Forest "has
been abandoned, and we expect
to go forward with work on
the six-mile stretch of road in
which you are interested."
This quote is from his letter
to Mr. Archer. He said virtual
ly the same thing in answering
Mayor Burrell's letter in regard
to the project.
District Highway Engineer G.
G. Page several weeks ago said
the project would cost in the
neighborhood of $200,000.
It runs from Feisty Branch ?
at the end of the present con
struction ? to Nantahala School
and upon completion will give
the Nantahala community a 30
mile paved all-weather high
way.
Scout Leaders Slate
Meeting In Franklin
Adult leaders of the Smoky
Mountain Boy Scout District
will gather in Franklin tomor
row (Friday i night for a meet
ing, according to R. E. McKel
vey. district chairman.
After dinner at Horsley's Res
taurant, the men will meet at
the Nantahala Power and Light
Company.
Up for discussion will be the
proposed 'Citizens Now" confer
ence for Explorer Scouts sched
uled at Western Carolina Col
lege in September.
Dr. McClure Will Preach
At Presbyterian Church
Dr. R. E. McClure, executive
secretary of Asheville Presby
tery, will preach on the gospel
of John in a series of meetings
August 21-28 at 8 p. m., at Mor
rison Presbyterian Church.
The public is invited.
Maiden's Chapel
Homecoming Slated
Homecoming day will be held
at Maiden's Chapel Church
Sunday. August 21.
Preaching will be at 10 a. m.
Special singing is planned and
lunch will be served on the
church grouhds at noon. Every
one is invited.
HE GROWS 'EM BIG!
Lloyd Bradley, of Franklin.
Route 2, brought a stock beet
to The Press office last week,
measuring 17 inches around,
and weighing eight pounds. Mr.
Bradley, who grew a couple of
rows of the big beets in his
garden, plans to feed them to
his cattle ana hogs.
The Weather
Th?- week's term*? rat uros and rainfall, as
r.-conl.tl in l-Ynnklin by Manson Stiles.
L*. S. v-atK-r ol -server : in Highlands by
T?id??r N. 11.11 :.nd W. C. Newton. TV A
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FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., Aug. 10 89 60
Thursday 90 64
Friday 87 62
Saturday 85 53
Sunday 83 59 91
Monday 76 63 :88
Tuesday 86 64 .04
HIGHLANDS
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., Aug. 10 77 57 06
Thursday 80 57
Friday 78 59
Saturday 77 55
Sundav 74 57 .03
Mondav 70 59 1.01
Tuesday , 76 62 1 82
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed.. Aug. 10 88 57
Thursday 89 62
Friday 85 61
Saturday 83 55 1.35
Sunday 81 59 .56
Monday 81 64 .70
Tuesday 83 67 .19