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Franklin, N. C., Thursday, September 22, 1955
Twelve Pages
PANTHERS WIN
40-0 OVER
HOT SPRINGS
Moore Game's Big Gun ;
Locals To Meet
Braves Friday Night
Bv TOMMY GNUSE
Franklin took its first foot
ball win of the season last Fri
day night, rolling to an easy
40-0 victory over Hot Springs
on the local field.
Tomorrow (Friday) the local
team will journey to Cherokee
to take on the Braves in a con
ference battle beginning at 8
p. m.
Crawford Moore was the
Panthers' big gun last Friday,
scoring 18 points and passing
for 7 more. Franklin had built
up its 40-0 victory margin by
the middle of the third period,
and Coach Howard Barnwell
used his third and fourth
teams for the last one and a
half quarters.
The locals marched 67 yards
after the opening kick, with
Moore going over from the 15
on a quarterback keep play to
put his team ahead 6-0. Willard
Smith ran the extra to make
it 7-0.
Early in the second period,
Jerry Finney climaxed a 58
yard drive, smashing off-tackle
for 5 yards to score the locals'
second TD. Moore passed to Gil
mer Henry for the extra.
Later in the same period,
Moore scooped up a blocked
kick and raced 37 yards for
another score. Bruce Houston
added the extra to put the
Panthers in front 21-0.
Just before the half ended,
Moore connected with BillMen
denhall on a 57-yard aerial
touchdown, and Jimmy Stewart
scored' the extra to make it
23-0.
Early in the third quarter
Crawford Moore intercepted a
pass on the Hot Springs 37
and crossed the soal line to
make the score 34-0.
Mitchell Houston added the
final tally during the same
period, as he crossed the goal
on a 28-yard keep play.
Late News
and
Briefs
'.MEANEST MAN' ITEM
This is a "meanest man"
item He stole about $12 from
the blind Sunday night or early
Monday morning, Sheriff J.
Harry Thomas reported. The
money was taken from the
Coca-Cola machine in the hall
of the courthouse; receipts
from the machine go to the
Lions Club fund for work with
the blind.
ITALIANS HERE
Two Italian agricultural work
ers ? Misses Dina Reno and
Nelda Lavizzari ? are here ob
serving the work of extension
workers in this county. They
have visited home demonstra
tion. 4-H and other clubs, at
tended picnics, visited farm
homes and yesterday (Wednes
day) spoke at the Franklin
High School. They will leave
tomorrow (Friday ?.
GUILDERS TO MEET
Members of Wesleyan Serv
SEE NO, 6, PAGE 12
Bus Service Situation
Here Aired At Meeting
The bus situation in Macon
County was aired at a confer
ence of town officials and a
representative of the State
Utilities Commission here Mon
day afternoon.
The conference, inconclusive
as to decisions, developed these
facts:
There is no bus service be
tween Franklin and Bryson
City; none between Franklin
and Hayesville and Murphy;
and none between Franklin and
Highlands.
Highlands, In fact, is isolated,
as far as bus service is con
cerned. The last bus serving
Highlands ? one between At
lanta and Asheville, operating
via Highlands ? was taken off
September 7.
The Franklin-Atlanta bus ?
one of two runs daily between
those points ? that was to
have been discontinued on that
date temporarily is still in op
eration, as a result of public
protest. The effective protest
apparently was voiced by towns
in Georgia, to the Georgia com
mission controlling public util
ities. (It is understood the
Georgia commission has since
refused the bus company's pe
tition to discontinue that bus.t
Meanwhile, there now are
only two buses daily between
Franklin and Asheville, and
only fine between Asheville and
Franklin. (On Sundays, only
one bus operates between
Franklin and Asheville.) The
shuttle bus between here and
Highlands, making connection
there with the Atlanta-Ashe
ville bus that has been discon
tinued, was taken off at the
same time.
G. Doug Davis, of Webster,
the Utilities Commission repre
sentative, came to Franklin as
a result of protests by the town
board and citizens.
He said he was here to see
what could be worked out, or if
the town wished to ask the
commission for a hearing.
He emphasized that the bus
companies are losing money on
most of their lines. In response
to a question, he indicated that
the commission, "in order to
help out the bus companies",
permits changes in schedules
and even discontinuance of bus
runs without formal permission
from the commission ? that it
acts only if there are protests.
He added that the short lines
rarely break even.
He volunteered the suggestion
that the commission would
authorize responsible persons
to operate station wagons, in
lieu of buses, on the routes in
this vicinity where there now
is no bus service.
Macon Folk
Put One-Fifth Of Million
Dollars In Bonds
.Macon County people have
invested nearly a fifth of a
million dollars in I'. S. savings
bonds so far this ye?.r.
Sales for \ugust and the
cumulative total for the year
were announced this week by
H. W. Cabe. county chairman.
Purchases in this county
last month totaled $27,075.
This showed i decline of 13
per cent from the July total,
which was S.'iO.SOO.
The county, however, al
ready has reached 85 per cent
of its quota for the year.
Total purchases through Aug
ust amounted to $197,325. The
year's quota is 8233,200.
For the state as a whole,
last month's sales of $34,311,
799 were the highest for any
August in 10 years, and show
ed a 14 per cent increase
over August, 1954.
Lon Campbell,
Well Known
Carpenter, Dies
Lon Camubell, whom friends
described as "a solid citizen and
a fine workman, died .Monday
morning at 7:30 at a local hos
pital. He was 74.
While his health had been
poor for a number of years, he
had been seriously ill only a
short time. Until his health
failed, he had practiced carpen
try here for 39 years.
The funeral service was held
Tuesday at 3 p. m. at the
Franklin Methodist church, of
which he was a member. The
pastor, the Rev. S. B. Moss, of
ficiated, and burial was in
Woodlawn cemetery here.
Pallbearers were Leslie, Glenn,
Lester and John Campbell, Paul
Revis and Wayne Profitt.
A native of the Iotla com
munity, Mr. Campbell was born
October 28, 1880. His parents
were Thomas and Mrs. Kansas
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 12
412 Here Get $13,065
Social S ecurity Monthly
Four hundred twelve residents
of Macon County were receiv
ing $13,065 a month in old age
and survivors insurance bene
fits at the beginning of the
year, according to Grady Grubbs,
field representative for the
Asheville district office of the
Social Security Administration.
These figures represent an
18 per cent increase in bene
ficiaries and a 38 per cent in
crease in total monthly bene
fits over corresponding figures
for the previous year, Mr.
Grubbs said.
The total amount of benefits
being paid to Macon residents,
by type of benefit, at the first
of the year was as follows:
One hundred seventy-three
retired wage earners and self
employed persons were receiv
ing $7,461 monthly.
Sixty-eight wives of retired
persons were receiving $1,321
monthly.
One hundred twenty-three
children under 18, of retired
or deceased wage earners, were
receiving $2,664 mohthly.
Forty-eight other beneflciar
ies. Including dependent hus
bands and parents, widows over
65, and widowed mothers of
children under 18. were receiv
ing $1,619 monthly.
For those seeking informa
tion about Social Security, Mr
Orubbs pointed out that he If
at the courthouse in Franklit
on the Tuesday following the
first Monday of each month
PLAN SCHOOL
FOR WORKERS
3-Day, County-Wide
Event To Be Held
By Methodists
Plans for a training school
for Christian workers, to be
held at the First Methodist
Church here October 16, 17, and
18, were announced this week
by the church's pastor, the Rev.
S. B. Moss.
The school will be open to all
the workers in the 20 Metho
dist churches on the six pas
toral charges in this count'/,
Mr. Moss explained, adding that
interested persons of other de
nominations are invited.
"An excellent faculty has
been selected, and a variety of
practical courses will be offer
ed", he said.
A course on "Teaching Children
in the Church" will be taught by
Mrs. G. M. Lockabill, of Asheville.
"Teaching Youth" will be the
theme of a course to be taught
by Miss Marion Craig, of Salis
bury, who is director of youth
work for the Western North
Carolina Conference. "Youth
Friendships" is the topic of a
course to be given by the Rev.
Roy T. Houts, Jr., pastor of the
Highlands Methodist Church,
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 12
Macon Tax Evaluation Goes
Over $15,000,000 -Mark
i
George Gibson
Succeeds Summer
On School Board
George Gibson, rarmer and
cattle buyer, of Franklin, Route
3, is a new member of the Ma
con County Board of Education.
He was chosen Saturday by
the County Democratic execu
tive committee, to succeed O.
F. Summer, of Highlands, re
signed.
Mr. Gibson was one of 19 per
sons suggested to fill the va
cancy.
Chairman Frank I. Murray
listed names as they were sug
gested to him by the public,
prior to the meeting. And the
executive committee picked Mr.
Gibson from that list.
Mr. Summer, principal of the
Highlands school until three
years ago, resigned September
1 to accept appointment as a
member of the school faculty
at Highlands. He, along with
Erwin Patton and C. C. Sutton,
were named for two-year terms,
when the 1955 General Assem
bly reduced the school board
from five to three and appoint
ed the three to membership.
Slight of the 12 precinct
chairmen who make up the
county executive committee
were present for the meeting,
held in the courthouse.
Class Officers
Are Elected At
Highlands High
HIGHLANDS? The Junior and
senior classes of Highlands High
School have elected class offi
cers for the school year 1955
1956.
The senior officers are as fol
lows: president, Charles Wat
son; vice-president, Martha
Carpenter: secretary. Louise
Norton; treasurer, Mary Ann
Calloway.
The junior officers are presi
dent. Tommy Norton; vice
president, Jimmy Lowe; secre
tary, Barbara Calloway; and
treasurer, Ann Harbison.
Mrs. Frank T. Smith
Dies In Richmond
Mrs. Frank T. Smith, former
ly of Franklin, died in Rich
mond, Va., yesterday ( Wednes
day i morning, relatives here
learned. She was the former
Miss Virginia (Virgiei Craw
ford.
The funeral will be held at 4
p. m. today i Thursday i at the
Franklin Methodist Church.
ANCIENT ART STILL PRACTICED
What Befell The Missing Falcon
This is the story of a falcon
er and his falcon ? and of
what befell the bird when it
hunted on its own.
The story was revealed by
two calls received at The Press
Tuesday ? one. a somewhat
frantic telephone call from
Highlands, the other a personal
call from a resident of the
Gneiss community.
Falconry, said to be the old
est of all organized outdoor
sports, was the delight of Eng
lish kings, as far back as Wil
liam the Conqueror. The falcon
is a bird of prey ? usually
some type of hawk ? that is
sufficiently domesticated to be
taught to hunt not for itself,
but for its master. Even today,
It is practiced by a few de
votees of the art.
There are some 75 falconers
In the United States, and one
3f the 75 lives in Highlands.
He is the Rev. H. Koepp-Baker.
rector of the Episcopal Church
if the Incarnation.
Saturday he was out hunting
with his peregrine falcon. Some
how the bird got out of sight,
jver the side of the mountain,
ind. Dr. Koepp-Baker explain
ed, "she couldn't find me, and
t couldn't find her; then dark
lame, and she must have be
:ome confused".
After searching for her re
peatedly, he learned from some
jne that a big bird resembling
i hawk had been seen in the
Dullasaja section, apparently
making her way toward Frank
lin. So Tuesday morning the
falconer called The Press.
He would be glad to pay for
a "lost" advertisement, he said,
but were the circumstances un
usual enough for a news story,
too?
He was assured they were.
The only identification, he
said, was a strap on each of
the bird's legs.
Before the story could be put
on paper, however, J. T. McCoy,
of the Cullasaja community
walked into The Press office. In
one hand he carried a covered
basket, in the other a copy of
a recent Farmers Federation
News, on the cover of which ap
peared a picture of a falcon.
'T have found a falcon", he
said, indicating the basket. "It
looks just like this", and he
pointed to the picture. "Has a
strap on each leg."
"How did you catch it?" Mr.
McCoy was asked.
?It lit on the fence, then, be
fore I knew what was happen
ing, it was on top of one of my
chickens My shotgun was load
ed. and I shot it."
WJien he opened the basket,
revealing a big bird of obvious
ly great wing-spread, with cruel
claws and a mean looking beak,
the bird's angry squaks showed
it might be wounded, but was
far from dead
The owner was notified by
telephone, and was soon down
at Gneiss to reclaim his fal
con ? which, perhaps because
it was hungry, had tried to
hunt for itself, and had got
into trouble!
P. T. A. PLANS
'HARVEST SALE'
School Year's First
Meeting Held;
Chairmen Named
'The Franklin Parent-Teacher
Association will hold another
"harvest sale" this year. The
event, a benefit, will be held
October 14.
This decision was reached at
the year's first meeting of the
Franklin P. T. A., held Monday
evening at the school cafeteria.
Mrs. Frank M. Killian, chair
man of the sale last year,
which netted $900, will again
serve in that capacity.
B. L. McGlamery, president,
presided. Other officers for the
year are E. T. Williajns, vice
president, Mrs. Bill Bryson. sec
retary, and Mrs. John Craw
ford, treasurer.
Chairmen of the various com
mittees were named by the exe
cutive board. They are:
Mr. Williams, program; Mrs.
Crawford, budget and finance;
Mrs. J. W. Long, historian;
Mrs. John Bulgin, hospitality;
Mrs. Kate Williams, member
ship; John L. Crawford, atten
dance; Mrs. Andrew Jones, pub
lications; Mrs. J. L. West. Jr.,
health and safety; Mrs. A. A.
Siler, spiritual education; Mrs.
Roy M. Biddle, Jr., publicity;
Mrs. C. B. Hussey, high school
service; Mrs. Weimar Jones,
parliamentarian; and Mrs C.
N. Dowdle. school education.
Harry Corbin, school princi
pal, outlined the present needs
of the school.
Mrs. Roy F. Cunningham gave
the devotional.
New parents and teachers
were introduced by Mr. Mc
Glamery and Mr. Corbin. re
spectively.
Attendance prizes went to
Mrs. Margaret Ramsey's ele
mentary room and Mrs. Marie
Stewart's high school room.
A social hour followed the
program.
Approximately 150 were pres
ent.
Mashburn Sells
Grocery Business
To Clarence Masor
Clarence E. < Shorty i Mason
this week bought the lease and
store fixtures of Mashburn
Feed and Grocery, on West
Main Street, from Roy Mash
burn, the two men announced.
Mr. Mason will take over op
eration of the business early
next month
Mr. Mashburn, who bought
the grocery and feed business
from Tom Henson. has operat
ed it for the past three years.
PLAN HOME-COMING
A home-coming program will
be held at the Coweeta Baptist
Church Sunday. All interested
persons are asked to come and
bring basket lunches.
This Year s Total Is More
Than Half Million Over '54's;
5 Million Increase In Decade
For the first time in history, th<i taxable value of
property in Macon County this year passed the 15
million-dollar mark.
The total is up more than half a million dollars from last year.
In ten years, it has soared from less than 10 million to the
present $15,470,925. That dollar increase, for the decade 1946-1955,
represents a growth of 60 per cent.
In announcing the 1955 figure, Lake V. Shope. county tax
Falls 40 Feet
Down Well, Then
Climbs Out
After falling into a 40-foot
well, and then climbing back
out again, Ed Setser, of the
Cartoogechaye community, is
little the worse for wear.
It happened Saturday.
Mr. Setser had been engaged
by Mrs. H. E. Freas to repair
her well pump.
When he stepped on a board,
laid across the well, it turned,
dropping him the approximate
ly 40 feet to the bottom. He
was alone.
Unhurt, except for being
badly shaken up and for
scratches, he climbed the pipe
that carries the water from the
bottom of the well to the sur
face.
HIGHLANDS TAX
VALUE $831,44?
Gain For Decade Just
Under 50 Per Cent;
$40,000 Up In Year
HIGHLANDS. ? property with
in the town limits of High
lands this year is valued, fo
tax purposes, at $831,442, it w?
learned this week from Lou
Potts, Highlands town clerk
The year's total became
known after tne town received
the evaluations of public serv
ice corporations doing business
in Highlands.
This year's total is $40,161
greater than that for 1954, a
gain of approximately 5 per
cent.
The Highlands evaluation total
has climbed steadily during the
past decade, with the 1955 fig
ure representing an increase of
nearly 50 per cent over that in
The figures, by years, for the
decade follow:
1946
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
$556,643
563.308
617.300
681.050
708.948
731.605
734.077
753.825
791.281
831.442
IN CUSTOMARY SPIRITS ?
Mrs. Crawford Marks 91
Mrs. Lee Crawford, affection
ately known to friends of both
races as "Miss Carrie"' fur
sometimes, as "Miss Tote"i.
September 7 celebrated her 91st
birthday ? in her customary
high spirits
In the afternoon, she was
honored by her niece. Miss Har
riette Kinnebrew. with a birth
day party.
Among the some 30 guests at
tending the event, held in Miss
Kinnebrew's apartment at the
Orlando Apartments, were two
in their 90 s and three in their
80s ? Mrs. Crawford's sister,
Mrs. George A. Jones, her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs J. S. Sloan, her
cousins, Mrs. Myra Allman, who
is Mrs. Crawford's senior by
just three days, Mrs. C. C. Dan
iels, and her lifellng friend,
Miss Lillie Rankin. The com
bined ages of the six is well
over 500 years; but, though two
of them were in wheel chairs,
their years didn't prevent them
from having a lively time.
Mrs. Allman. away from her
Mrs. Crawford
home (or the first time in two
or three years, hrought along
her own birthday cake (an an
SEE NO. 3. PAQE 12
supervisor, pointed out that
nearly $100,000 of the year's in
crease is accounted for by pub
lic utility corporation growth,
notably a boost in evaluation
of the Nantahala Power and
Light Company property here.
Another factor, he said, is a
much larger number of auto
mobiles listed for taxes. The
state now furnishes county tax
officials with a li^ of all resi
dents obtaining automobile li
cense tags, and this has en
abled the county to get many
automobiles on the tax books
that were not listed before.
Most of the $586,606 gain
over last year, though, is due
to a lot of small listings, he
said ? a new farm house here,
a new dairy barn there, a new
business building and equip
ment somewhere else.
The steady rise in the value
of all property, real and per
sonal, as listed for taxes In
this county, is shown by the
following figures for the past
ten years:
Year Total Gain
1946 $9,767,960
1947 10,768.551 $1,000,591
1943 11.047,793 279.242
1949 12.175.109 1,127,316
1950 12,973,429 798,320
1951 13.400,828 427,399
1952 13.848.340 447,512
1953 14.454,930 606.590
1954 14.884.319 429,389
1955 15.470,925 586,606
? In the decade, 1946-55, the
Town of Highlands showed a
gain over nearly 50 per cent,
as shown in accompanying
story. Figures for Franklin were
not available.!
Dr. Morgan Back Home
From Trip To Hawaii
Dr. A Rufus Morgan return
ed this week from Hawaii,
where he attended the general
convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the U. S.
Dr. Morgan, who is rector of
St. Agnes Church here, was one
of 16 from Western North Car
olina chosen to attend the
meeting, held in Honolulu. He
made the trip by air.
Miss Gailey Wins
College Scholarship
Miss Lela Jo Gailey. daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gail
ey. of Franklin, has beenaward
an honorary scholarship of $100
at Brevard College, it has been
learned here Miss Gailey is a
sophomore at Brevard.
The Weather
W'- *em:??rntur?'S and rainfall, as
t < in tVanklin by Man.?>n Sti'es,
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FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed.. Sept. 14 81 43
Thursday 84 49
Friday 85 48
Saturday .83 47
Sunday 86 49
Monday 87 54
Tuesday 83 56
HIGHLANDS
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., Sept. 14 72 46
Thursday 74 41
Friday 74 44
Saturday 74 58
Sunday 74 58
Monday 80 52
Tuesday 78 54
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed.. Sept. 14 80 41
Thursday 83 43
Friday 82 46
Saturday 82 48
Sunday 86 51
Monday 85 51
Tuesday 86 53
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