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70th Year ? No. 36
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, September 8, 1955
Ten Pages
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A 10-year-old night blooming cereus. to the joy of its owner,
Mrs. Manson Stiles, produced two big blooms Wednesday night
of last week for the first time. The plant is a member of the
cactus family.
Mrs. Carpenter
Heads Macon Unit
Of Teacher Group
Mrs. Dora G. Carpenter, teach
er at Cowee Schooi, was in
stalled last Thursday as presi
dent of the Macon unit of th?
N. C. Educational Association
for 1955-56.
The installation was a feature
of the first association meeting
of the new school year.
Others serving with Mrs. Car
penter are Z. Weaver Shope,
vice-president, and Jack Angel,
secretary-treasurer.
Held at the East Franklin
School, the meeting also was
marked by the appearance of
Nathan Yelton, executive secre
tary of the N. C. Teachers and
the State Employes Retirement
System. He explained a propos
al to combine teacher retire
ment and social security.
A social hour followed the
meeting.
Red Cross Calls
Off Flood Appeal
The local American Red Cross
chapter has called off. its spe
cial appeal for flood and hur
ricane relief funds.
.Mrs. Elizabeth McCollum, ex
ecutive secretary, this week said
she had been notified that the
needed 10 million has been rais
ed and that no more contribu
tions will be asked.
She said the $39 raised here
following an appeal last week
has been sent to national
headquarters.
0. F. SUMMER
RESIGNS POST
Quits School Beard
To Fr.l Teaching
Job ! n Highlands
O. F. Summer has resigned
from the three-man Macon
Board of- Education to teach in
the Highlands School.
Chairman Erwin Patton re
ceived his resignation by mail
Tuesdiy .morning.
Mr. Summer
He said he will turn the res
ignation over to the Democratic
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 10
462 GET VACCINE ?
Polio Shots Offer Reactions
Flashing emotions ranging
Irom nonchalance to window
rattling shrieks of objection,
463 first, second, and third
graders trooped Into the Macon
Health Center last Thursday
for shots of the Salk polio vac
cine.
Transported to the center by
school busses, the children of
fered a wide range of reaction:
"Didn't hurt a bit," one little
first grader informed Dr. Guy
V. Gooding. (Moments later, his
wai! of dismay echoed down
the corridor as he explained,
"Didn't hurt much!")
"You didn't take my picture,"
reminded a somewhat wistful
little girl. "And I didn't cry."
With two teachers steering
clear of his flailing legs (they
were trying to calm his fears),
one husky boy shook the win
dows With, "I DONT (JArtUi ir
THEY DO GIVE POPCYCLE-E
E-E-S."
But those creating minor
scenes were in the minority and
most of them felt a little fool
ish when they discovered the
needle didn't really hurt after
all. A couple even viewed the
operation with intense interest.
"I like to get shots," one of
the boys decided, as Dr. Good
ing playfully patted his arm.
Chest out, he strolled down the
hall ? wiping the pre-shot
tears from his eyes.
For most of the children, the
polio vaccine was old hat. Only
130 first graders received first
shots. The remaining second
and third graders were In for
their second .round.
Dr. Gooding expects to give
second shots to the first grad
ers within the coming month.
Cullasaja
2nd School
Accredited
Honors for being the second
accredited elementary school in
the county go to Cullasaja.
County School Supt. Holland
McSwain this week announced
that the nine-teacher school
has met all standards recom
mended by the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction and
will receive a certificate of ac
creditation. Z. Weaver Shope is
principal.
The superintendent said sev
eral other "schools are working
toward the goal.
Otto was the first to be ac
credited about two years ago.
An active and cooperative P.
T. A. is responsible for Cul
lasaja being accredited, accord
ing to school officials.
Among accomplishments list
ed are:
The school has a health rat
ing of 96 per cent; all teachers
have "A" certificates; equip
ment standards set by the state
have been met; and the school
has a growing library of speci
fied books.
Teachers
At Cowee
Hit Goal
Memberships in county, state,
and national teacher associa
tions are held by all nine
teachers at Cowee School, ac
cording to Supt. Holland Mc
Swain.
He said this is the first school
to reach this goal.
The Cowee faculty is compos
ed of Alex Arnold, principal, W.
R. Rickman, Mrs. Gladys R.
Elmore, Mrs. Martha C. Shields,
Mrs. Talitha M. Goodwin, Mrs.
Selma H. Dalton, Mrs. Carolyn
B. Flanagan, Mrs. Lily C. Moody,
and Mrs. Dora G. Carpenter.
"They are to be commended
for their excellent professional
interest," the superintendent
commented.
Civil War Train
Movie Filming
Set This Month
Filming of a Civil War drama
?the theft of a train, "The
General" by Yankee Capt. J. J.
Andrews ? is scheduled to be
gin this month along the tracks
of the Tallulah Falls Railway.
It is understood that a por
tion of the movie will be film
ed at the "Y", near Prentiss.
Being produced by Walt Dis
ney, the movie will go into pro
duction about the 19th, it has
been learned.
The headquarters far the movie
company is in Clayton, Ga.
Bee Keeper Schools
Scheduled By Stevens
W. A. Stephens, extension
service bee specialist, will con
duct bee keeper schools oyer
the county today (Thursday)
and tomorrow.
Today he will be at Dock
Rogers', on Buck Creek Road,
at 8 a. m.; Walter Taylor's,
Holly Springs, 10 a. m.; Charlie
Bateman's, Burningtown, 1:30
p. m.; and Harley Ramsey's,
Tellico, 3:30.
The schedule tomorrow will
be Fred Morgan's Nantahala,
9:30 a. m.; J. R. Shields', Nan
tahala, 11 a. m.; Sam Waters',
Kyle, 1 p. m.; and Arthur
Wood's, Aquone, 3 p. m.
An unidentified Panther back prepares to eat some turf
after picking up yardage in last Friday night's opening game
against Rabun High in Clayton, Ga.
Panther Jahnny Mashburn
reaches skyward for a pass.
Seconds later he was flattened
by oncoming Rabun High play
ers.
Cab Request
Turned Down
An application to operate three
taxis in Franklin were turned
down Tuesday night by the
board of aldermen on the
grounds that no need for addi
tional taxis exists at the pres
ent time.
Action on the application,
which was protested in a peti
tion by nine taxi drivers oper
ating in town, has been hang
ing fire for some time. It was
submitted by John Seymour
and Roy Cowart under the firm
name of Veterans' Cabs.
In other business, the alder
men named Police Chief C. D.
Baird deputy tax collector to
assist Clerk C. O. Ramsey with
collections; voted to accept
McGuire Street as a city street;
and changed the board's regu
lar meeting night from the first
Monday to the first Tuesday of
each month.
P. T. A. MEETING
The Cartoogechaye P. T. A.
will meet at the school Tuesday
night, September 13. This meet
ing will be at 7 o'clock, instead
of the regular meeting time,
because of the revivals being
held in the community.
PANTHERS
LOSE FIRST
Rabun High Powers
To 18-6 Victory With
Good Ground Attack
By TOMMY GNUSE
Sports Editor Franklin High
Rabun County High's foot
ballers unleashed a terrific
ground attack in the fourth pe
riod to push across scores on
drives of 59 and 62 yards and
defeated the Franklin High
Panthers 18 to 6 Friday night
in Clayton, Ga.
It was the season opener for
the Panthers, who tomorrow
(Friday) night play in Andrews
at 8 o'clock.
Coach Howard Barnwell's
Panthers got the first break of
the non-conference Georgia
game in the second period,
when Jerry Finney recovered a
Rabun fumble on the Rabun
High 15. The Franklin drive
was cut short, however, and
they were unable to move the
ball beyond the 14. Clayton
came back strong in the mid
dle of the period, driving 66
yards in 12 plays with fullback
Joe Blalock smashing across
from the 2 to put his team
ahead 6 to 0.
Willard Smith spearheaded a
77-yard scoring drive for the
Panthers in the third period
with runs of 11 and 41 yards.
He hit pay dirt from the 1.
The attempt for the extra was
no good and the score was
notched at 6 to 6.
Rabun High returned the
kickoff to their own 38 and
from there made a steady
SEE NO 2, PAGE 10
An Unordered
Bath Fixture . . .
How would it feel to walk
into the bathroom, switch on
the light, and see a big cop
perhead snake coiled on the
floor?
Mrs. Ellis Soper is perhaps
the best local authority on
that question, because she re
cently had exactly that ex
perience, at her home just
east of Franklin.
She first thought the ob
ject on the floor was a belt
she had dropped, Mrs. Soper
said, but when the object
moved, she knew better.
Promptly closing the door
?.nd making sure the snake
couldn't wriggle under it, Mrs.
Soper called a neighbor, who
killed the reptile.
Take it EASY!"
[',m smiling!"
"I just can't wait."
"Nothing to it."
I like shots!"
Men Work;n7
Overtime On
New P.* ojecL
Crews are working seven-day
weeks to speed completion of
the Cowee Gap-Dillsboro link
of 23-441. according to the resi
dent highway engineer, S T.
Usry.
For the past three weeks,
men have worked Saturdays
and Sundays on the project, he
reported Tuesday, They also
worked Labor Day, he added.
The 9.42-mile link is now be
ing paved. Mr. Usry said ?
weather permitting ? that this
phase should be finished by
the 20th and that the entire
link will be open for travel in
October. After the paving is
completed, some minor jobs,
like building shoulders, have to
be done.
Angel Hospital
Receives Full
Accreditation
Angel Hospital, Inc., has re
ceived full accreditation for the
first time, following a survey
conducted by a field represen
tative of the Joint Commission
on Accreditation of Hospitals,
it has been announced.
In the past, the commission
has given the Franklin hos
pital provisional accreditation.
This year, however, the addi
tion of new equipment in
some departments and more
complete medical records qual
ified the institution for full ac
creditation, according to hospit
al officials.
The joint commission com
prises the American College of
Physicians, the American Col
lege of Surgeons, the American
Hospital Association, the Amer
ican Medical Association, and
the Canadian Medical Associa
tion. /
Survey of the local hospital
was made July 1 by Dr. Peter
D. Ward, field representative.
! -3 ?
Four Maconians Enlist
In Navy During August
Four Macon County men were
enlisted in the U. S. Navy dur
ing August, according to GMC
William F. Horn, recruiter in
charge of the Franklin station.
They were George Lemuel
Crisp, of Franklin, Route 5.
Harold Luther Gibson, of High
lands, Jack Corbett Wilkie, of
Franklin, and Joseph Don Dills,
of Franklin, Route 2.
All are now undergoing re
cruit training at Great Lakes,
111., the recruiter said.
GIVE TO LIBRARY FUND
The Franklin Jaycees voted
Tuesday night to contribute $25
to the local library fund cam
paign now under way, accord
ing to C. Banks Finger, presi
dent.
TOWNSHIP
BALLOTING
IS CALLED
Highlands To Vote
November 8 On Tax
Levy For Hospital
November S has been set for
a special election in the High
lands Township to determine if
the voters want a special town
ship tax levied to support the
non-profit Highlands Commun
ity Hospital.
A resolution calling for the
election was approved by the
Macon Board of County Com
missioners in session Monday
morning. The special election
was authorized by the last
General Assembly.
The following question Is to
be voted upon:
Shall the Board of Commis
sioners of Macon County levy
and collect a special annual
tax of forty (40c> cents on each
one hundred i$100i dollars of
the assessed value of the real
and personal property In High
lands Township in Macon
County, for the purpose of pro
viding funds for financing the
cost of operation, equipment,
and maintenance of Highlands
Community Hospital, Inc., a
non-profit hospital and organ
ization located in the Town of
Highlands, North Carolina.
Registration books in the
township are to open October
15 and close October 29. under
the provisions of the special
election resolution. Challenge
day will be November 5. the
Saturday preceding the election.
Registrar and judges are to
be appointed.
Fatality -Free
Holiday Here
Macon County squeezed
through the long Labor Day
week-end with just a couple
of "minor accidents", accord
ing to law enforcement of
ficers.
Helping materially to keep
the county's highways fatal
ity-free were two wrecked
auto safety displays erected
by highway patrol in Frank
lin and Highlands. Patrolmen,
assisted by Franklin Jaycees,
handed out several hundred
pieces of safety literature
over the holidays.
A number of tourist homes
reported an "off" week-end.
'Back To School'
Party Held Thursday
A "Back to School" party for
Macon County college students
was given by the Junior Wom
an's Club last Thursday night
at the Franklin High School
cafeteria.
RECEIPTS UP 10% ?
Centennial Felt By Office
Reverberations from Frank
lin's Centennial celebration last
June continue to be heard, and
felt ? and in the most unex
pected places.
The latest effect to be re
vealed is in receipts at the
Franklin Post Office for the
first eight mofiths of 1955.
The postal receipts here were
more than 10 per cent greater
for January through August
this year than for the same
period in 1954. and Postmaster
Zeb Meadows says "the fact
that everyone wrote their
friends and relatives mare, to
tell them about the Centennial"
is one explanation for the In
crease; a related factor was the
mailing of the Centennial Issue
of The Press to people over
the country.
Centennial mail, plus a gen
eral Increase in population, ac
counts for the Increase. In the
opinion of the postmaster.
Receipts for the first eight
months of 1954 were $19,996.91.
The total for the same period
of 1955 were $22,082.92 ? or
approximately 10.4 per cent
greater.
The Weather
The wefk'i tern ?>e rat urt?s and rainfall, a.*
recorded in Frr.nklin by Manson Stiles.
L'. S. weather observer; in Highlands hy
>"idor N. Hal' anl W <\ Newton.' TV A
observer: an-1 at th?* Coweeta Hydrolojfic
Laboratory.
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., Aug
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wed . Aug
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
31
.69
82
82
82
85
80
81
78
COWEETA
High Low Rain
63
56
57
60
60
61
62
31
79
79
82
81
80
79
78
64
53
56
62
60
58
59