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Franklin, N. C., Thursday, September 15, 1955
Twelve Pages
Valuation Figures
Are Arriving Here
Total Figure Of Big
Tax Payers In County
Nearly 4l/2 Million
Excess valuation for some of
Macon County's biggest tax
payers totals $4,322,594.33 for
1955, according to figures ar
riving from the N. C. State
Board of Assessment.
(Public service corporations
list their real estate in the
counties in which the real
estate is situated, just as any
other taxpayer does. Property
of these companies, in excess of
real estate (such as miles of
wire line), is valued for tax
purposes by the Board of As
sessment. The taxable value put
on this additional property is
known as "excess valuation".)
Nantahala Power and Light
Company tops the list with a
valuation of $4,966,130. The '54
figure was $4,898,015.
Next in line is Southern Rail
way with $165,955. The railroad
maintains 2.60 miles of track
in the Nantahala section of the
county on which it places a
per mile value of $63,829.10. The
same valuation was declared in
'54.
With an excess valuation of
$112,775, Western Carolina Tele
phone Company lists 2,584.27
miles of line In this county and
places a per mile value of $43.
639. A slight increase in valua
tion is noted. The '54 figure for
the company was $102,766.
Another telephone company,
Southern Bell, lists 207.69 miles
of line in Macon and gives a
$24.709911 value per mile. This
gives a valuation of $5,130,
which is slightly lower than
that listed ($5,252) by South
ern Bell last year.
The Bank of Franklin has
certified its valuation at $43,
500 for '55.
A figure of $9,098.33 is given
by the Highlands branch of the
Jackson County Bank.
The 14 miles of track main
tained by the Tallulah Falls
Railway here is valued at $19,
925 for '55. This gives a per
mile figure of $1,423.21. The
same valuation was given in
1954.
Of the utilities, the lowest is
Western Union with a valua
tion of $81. The company has
2.52 miles of line here and
values It at $32.1387 per mile.
Valuation turned in last year
was $158.
Corbin To Speak
At P. T. A. Meet
On Challenges
Franklin Principal Harry C.
Corbin will be the speaker at
the Franklin P. T. A.'s first
meeting of the year Monday
night in the high school cafe
teria.
Mr. Corbin's topic will be
"Challenges for the P. T. A."
The meeting will begin at 7:30.
The following committee
chairmen for 1955-56 have been
appointed by the P. T. A. presi
dent, B. L. McGlamery:
Edwin T. Williams, program;
Mrs. John Crawford, budget
and finance; Mrs. John Bulgin.
hospitality; John Crawford, at
tendance; Mrs. Andrew Jones,
publications; Mrs. J. L. West,
Jr., health and safety; Mrs. C.
B. Hussey, high school service;
and Mrs. Weimar Jones, parli
mentarian.
O. E. S. District
Officers Coming
Order of Eastern Star dis
trict officers will visit the Ne
quassa Chapter, No. 43, O. E. S.,
tonight (Thursday i at 8 o'clock,
according to the worthy ma
tron, Mrs. Catharine Henry.
Expected are Mrs. Mary
Cathron Sneed, district grand
matron, and Walter S. McHan,
district grand patron.
The meeting will be held at
the Moose Hall, over Dryman's.
Cullasaja Sponsoring
Carl Story As Benefit
The Cullasaja Rural Com
munity Development Organiza
tion will sponsor a performance
by Carl Story and his "Ramb
ling Mountaineers", as a bene
fit. tonight (Thursday) at the
Cullasaja School. The program
Is set for 8 o'clock.
Directors Name
Mrs. Carter As
Hospital Head
Mrs. A. T. Carter, of High
lands, has been appointed ad
ministrator and business man
ager of the Highlands Com
munity Hispital.
Her appointment, made by
the hospital board of directors,
was announced this week by
the board chairman, W. H.
Cobb.
New business methods will be
adopted and economy and ef
ficiency of operation are her
chief aims in managing the af
fairs of the hospital, Mrs. Car
ter said. Her services are on a
voluntary basis.
She has 26 years' experience
in hospital work. She has serv
ed as night supervisor, operat
ing room supervisor, director of
an out-patient pediatrics clinic
for an army hospital during the
war, and an assistant director
of large hospitals in Cincinnati,
Ohio, and Miami, Fla. She
trained at the University of
Chicago, Deaconess Hospital
School of Nursing, and the
University of Cincinnati in the
field of administration.
AWARDED MEDAL
Airman Waldroop
Airman First Class Joseph A.
Waldroop, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph P. Waldroop, of Franklin,
Route 2, recently was awarded
a service medal for "honor, ef
ficiency, and fidelity" to the
U. ,S. Air Force in a ceremony
at Randolph Field, Tex.
TO HOLD PICNIC
The Hickory Knoll commun
ity will hold a picnic at the
home of Mr. and .Mrs. Aaron
Cunningham on Sunday follow
ing Sunday School, it has been
announced.
Caretaker Burr Childers shows some of the apples from the
Magnon orchr.rd The Press staff was going to brag about.
READY TO BRAG!
Tree Loaded - With Apples
Talk about counting chick
ens "before they hatch".
The Press this week was all
set to do some hraggin' ? as
it's prone to do when some
thing noteworthy occurs in Ma
con County.
In this instance, the brag
gin' was going to center around
a Winesap tree in the orchard
of Alvin Magnon, near the golf
course. Seems this tree didn't
hear about (or pay any atten
tion to i the big freeze that
snuffed out the apple crop in
the southeast. It was just load
ed with big apples (some 3 4
lb.) and had to be propped up
under the weight.
The Press figured it was
good braggin' material. But this
train of thought was shortlived.
When the photographer arrived
at the orchard he learned the
fruit-loaded tree had been
raided by unknowns and was
almost picked clean.
The props were back on the
ground. The prolific Winesap
looked just like any other tree
in the 900-tree orchard. And
The Press made a silent vow to
quit "counting its chickens
(apples i . .
Traffic Moving 'Unofficially'
Over Jackson County Project
Wednesday Noon
Closing Is Set
At Post Office
Postmaster Zeb Meadows an
nounced this week that the
Franklin Post Office will close
each Wednesday at noon, ef
fective next Wednesday (Sept.
21 > .
He said this change is in
"conformity with the mer
chants' store hours".
"It is not anticipated that
this change will cause an im
portant inconvenience to postal
patrons and was adopted only
after a careful review of all
facts and circumstances involv
ed,"' Mr. Meadows said.
Brookshire Goes
In As President
Of School Group
J. H. Brookshire was installed
as the new president of the
Cartoogechaye Parent-Teacher
Association, at the organiza
tion's meeting Tuesday night at
the school.
Other new officers are Don
Seagle, vice-president; Mrs. Jeff
Enloe, Jr., secretary, and Mrs.
William Byrd, treasurer.
The installation ceremony was
conducted by Mrs. Weimar
Jones, formerly director of this
P. T. A. district.
Mrs. E. M. McNish, retiring
president, reviewed the accom
plishments of the past year,
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 6
Church Worker *
Is On The Job
Miss Margaret Wilson has
taken over her duties as a full
time rural worker in the coun
ty's 21 Methodist churches.
The new worker, who is liv
ing at Mrs. Gladys Walkers, is
being sponsored by the Metho
dist Men's Club and the Wom
en's Society of Christian Serv
ice.
A native of Yancey County,
Miss Wilson is a graduate of
Mars Hill College and of High
Point College. During the sum
mer she took special religious
education training at Scarrill
College in Nashville, Tenn.
Miss Wilson said she plans to
work for the present with the
M. Y. F. organizations and
leaders and later will expand
the program to include church
schools, with emphasis on lead
ership education.
CHURCH MEN TO MEET
The men's group of the High
lands Presbyterian Church will
hold its regular monthly sup
per meeting in the church
basement tonight (Thursday).
Brogden Beagles Win Show
"Pat", "Sally", "Princess", s>nd
"Shorty" are hard to beat.
In fact, the four 13- inch
Beagles were way out in front
at last week's W. N. C. Beagle
?Club two-couple pack trial at
Fletcher.
They won first place in a
field of 136 dogs (34 packs), in
cluding a field champion.
Owner of the ribbon-winning
pack of Beagles is Ed Brogden,
of the Cowee community.
A barber in Franklin, Mr.
Brodgen has been raising Bea
gles as a hobby for about four
years.
? Plfv? .Sliifi Photo
Ed Brogden And Beagles
THEY'RE PACKING BAGS ?
College Migration Und er W ay
More than 100 Macon stu
dents are packing their suit
cases and saying goodbyes as
"?C-Day" approaches.
"C-Day", of course, means
"Coilege-Day" and the back-to
the-grind move already is und
er way here. Some students al
ready have departed the home
stead for another year of
higher learning, but the bulk
won't leave until next week.
As usual, Western Carolina
College, at nearby Cullowhee,
claims more than half the lo
TEAMLCSES
TO ANDREWS
Panthers Lose 27-0
In First Conference
Outing Friday Night
By TOMMY GNUSE
Sports Editor, Franklin High
Andrews smashed the Frank
lin Panthers by a 27 to 0 score
Friday night on their home
field. It was the first Smoky
Mountain Conference outing for
the locals this season.
Early in the game, Andrews
rolled 51 yards to score with
left halfback Jerry Pullium
crossing from 19 yards out. Late
In the opening stanza, the
Panthers drove 60 yards upfield,
OPEN DATE FILLED
Coach Howard Barnwell
announced Tuesday that a
game has been arranged here
tomorrow (Friday) night with
Hot Springs.
This Mis the only open
date on the Pajither schedule.
It also will be the first home
game of the year for the lo
cals. Gametime will be 8
o'clock.
The coach also announced
that the Hayesville-Franklin
game, originally set for the
30th, has been changed to the
29th.
only to lose the ball inside the
Andrews 20-yard line.
The half came with Andrews
in possession of the ball inside
the Panthers 20.
Willis Anderson, Andrews
quarterback, returned the
Franklin kick in the second
half for a 70-yard touchdown
run to put his team out front
13 to 0. Late in the third peri
od, right halfback Jimmy Hol
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 6
cal students. This year some 55
will enroll there.
Compiling a complete list of
those going off to college is
impossible in an education
minded county like Macon, but
The Press staff has attempted
to make its list as accurate as
possible. Here it is, with stu
dents listed by colleges:
Western Carolina College:
Misses Julia Moody. Patti Lou
Phillips, Ann Hays, Lolita Hol
land, Sharon Swanson. Shirley
Cloer, Nancy Ramsey. Beverly
Higdon, Carol Stockton. Fran
ces Huscusson. Betty Hurst,
Jeanne Henson. Norma Jean
Welch, Luetta Browning, Mari
lyn Henson, Annette Dalrymple,
Anna Setser, Sue Williams,
Joyce Baldwin. Audrey Hays,
Nancy McCollum, Ellen Franks,
Myra Josephine Lenoir, Virgin
ia Lucille McCoy, Cleo McDon
ald, Patricia Nell Setser, Jessie
Lynn Stiwinter, Hazel Vinson,
and Betty Jean Wyatt, and
Tommy Raby, Grady Corbin,
Pat Pattillo. John Cloer, Larry
Cabe. Ray Henry, Pete Penland,
Richard Thompson, Jack Tilley,
Alvin Stiles, George Stevens,
Wiley Smith. Bryant Cunning
ham, R. L. Cunningham, How
ard Patton. D. L. Huggins, Bill
Huggins, Earl Roper, George
Lynch, Bill Ray, Doyle Clark.
Bobby Gregory. Harry A. Holt,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brogden,
Linda Watson, Paul Price, Joan
Spt vo i page IS
Traffic Is moving "unofficially" over the new link of OS 23
441 from Cowee Gap to Dillsboro on a "travel at your own risk"
basis.
Paving of the 9 42-mile section, which ties in with a shorter
link from Franklin to Cowee Gap, was finished yesterday (Wed
nesday i . But, it will not be officially open for public travel until
the entire project is okayed by state highway officials.
E. J. Whitmire, general manager of Macon Construction
Magic Wand
Of Movies
Is Waving
Hollywood's magic wand
waves over Macon County this
week and the mystic "abra
cadabra" of movieland is
spawning several replicas of a
by-gone era.
This -realistic slight-of-hand
is taking place along the tracks
of the ancient Tallulah Falls
Railway, a venerable soul that
quite suddenly has been pushed
into the limelight as leading
lady of a Civil War train chase.
Small, but authentic, stations
are popping up along the
tracks between the "Y" near
Franklin and Clayton, Ga.
A hotel "set" is being built
at Prentiss, near the post of
fice.
The "Merlin" behind this
magic is Walt Disney, who is
now channeling some of his
genius toward a full-length
feature movie (Cinemascope,
too i on the theft of the old
woodburning train, The Gener
al. during the Civil War. The
train, so the story goes, was
stolen by Yankee Capt. J. J.
Andrews and some volunteers
near Marietta, in a plot to sab
otage the Western and Atlantic
between Marietta and Chat
tanooga.
It is reported the movie will
center on the pursuit of "The
General" by Confederates in
another engine.
A replica of the "Etowah
Station" is to be erected at the
"Y", "Kingston Station" is go
ing up near the home of Leon
ard Myers, and "Calhoun" and
"Dalton" stations are to be
built near Mile 45, close to the
state lines.
"Big Shanty Station" and the
"Lacy Hotel" are now under
construction at Prentiss. "Big
Shanty" is where the train was
stolen while the crewmen slept
at the "Lacy Hotel".
The curving wooden trestle
about a mile below the "Y",
and the railroad water tank
above Prentiss are tabbed for
"important sequences", accord
ing to reports received here.
Filming of the movie is
scheduled to begin the last of
this month.
The company, which is mak
ing its headquarters in Clay
ton, is expected t? be here for
about 30 days.
Fess Parker (Davy Crockett)
probably will be cast as Capt.
Andrews, it Is understood.
COCHRAN DEATH RELATED
A "Justice Story" relating the
booby-trap bomb slaying in
Mount Airy of William Homer
Cochran, Jr., in late December,
1951, appears in the Sept. 18
issue of the New York Sunday
News. The death of Mr. Coch
ran, a native of this county,
was reported solved with the
suicide of a Pittsboro mechanic
in April, 1954.
Jerry Sutton Is Winner
Of Scholarship To State
Jerry Sutton
A $600 scholarship to N. C
State College has been awarde I
Jerry Sutton, outstanding your
Future Farmer of America.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charl
C. Sutton, of Clark's Char"'
community, Jerry plans to ent -
State this fall as a sophomo 0
He attended Western Caroli -n
College last year and is maj
ine in agricultural education
The on^year scholarship ' ;
an F. F. A. Smith Dour'
grant, and is awarded on - i"
basis of scholarship, charac'-"
and need.
Jerry is serving this yea
vice-president of the stat- ~
F. A. organization and in rr-'.v
October is to receive an "A'"
ican Farmer" degree at thi n1
tional F. F. A. conventlo- i i
Kansas City. This degree 1- th?
highest awarded by F. F. A
company, yesterday said it
probably will be four to six
weeks before his company will
be ready to turn the project
over to the highway department
for inspection and approval.
Warns Motorists
And Mr. Whitmire warned
motorists that any speeding
"and foolishness" over the proj
ect before it is approved might
force its closing again.
"Travel will be allowed only
if motorists drive safely and do
not interfere with our work", he
declared.
Several jobs, including shoul
der work, still must be finish
ed. A possibility also exists
that traffic will be stopped at
intervals because of this work,
he added.
GASMOlT
COMING BACK
Towrs To Receive
Checks F rom Powell
Bill Allocation
Macon's two towns ? Frank
lin and Highlands ? this year
get $16,039.16 from Powell Bill
funds for improvements on
non-highway system streets.
Frankiin is to receive $10,
885.19 of the amount and High
lands $5,153.97.
Non-system mileage in Frank
lin is 15.19. In Highlands it is
8.86 mi.es.
Checks are to be mailed this
mohth. according to the State
Highway and Public Works
Commission.
Powell Bill money comes
from a half-cent per gallon
levy on the gross (6 cents)
gasoline tax in the state. The
act, passed in 1951, gives half
the allocation to all qualified
municipalities on the basis of
population and the other half
is divided among them on the
basis of relative mileage of
non-state system or local
streets.
The per capita rate this year
was $188, while the mileage
figure hit $472.65 per mile. This
year's totaled allocation of $5,
711.817.71 was the largest
amount ever distributed. The
cash aid goes to 393 municipal
ities
HOMECOMING SERVICE
Homecoming service is plan
ned at Sloan's Chapel, in East
Franklin at 10 a. ip. Sunday.
Special singing is planned. The
public is invited.
Meeting Sst
To Discuss
Problems
HIGHLANDS ? A citizens'
meeting is set for Monday (Sep
tember 19 > at 7:30 p.m. in the
old school theatre for the pur
pose of discussing the water sit
uation and other problems fac
ing the Town of Highlands.
Every citizen interested in the
future arpvth of the town is
to attend.
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FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Run
Wed., Sept. 7 78 62
Thursday 87 56
Friday 88 52
Saturday 82 56
Sunday 81 56
Monday 83 56
Tuesday 75 55
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed.. Sept. 7 85 50
Thursday 85 50
Friday 79 58
Saturday 80 55
Sunday 81 58
Monday 79 52
Tuesday 70 61