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7 1st Year ? No. 8
Franklin, N. C., Thurtday, February 23, 1956
Fourteen Pages
Norman B. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Smith, of Frank
lin. (left), is shown receiving from Frank Dean an oratorical
hmU for winning the local American Legion speaking contest.
Mr. Dean is commander of the Legion post. Rnnnernp in the
oanpetiUoo was Gary McKetvey, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mc
Ketrey. Norman will more on to dhMoo competition in Mjarch
m Marion.
Vets Program Responsible
For Smaller School Budget
Macon's 11 schools are run
ning this year (1955-56) on an
estimated budget of $93,307, a
figure $6,751.45 less than actual
expenditures of $99,958.45 for
1954-55.
The veterans' program is
largely responsible for the
budget cut, according to Supt.
Holland McSwain. He explained
that the program was cut back
this year because few veterans
have been added.
Under "Current Expenses"
( estimated t, items include:
General (administration, cler
ical assistance, office expenses,
treasurer's, commission, audit
and legal fees) : $6,280.
Instructional Services (salar
iei and travel for vocational ag
ricultural. vocational home ec
onomics, supervisors, and vet
erans training): $21,827.
Operation of Plants (fuel,
water, lights, janitorial sup
plies) : $9,950.
Maintenance of Plants (re
pairs to buildings, repairs and
replacement of furniture, re
pairs to plumbing, heating, and
lighting i : $14,600.
Insurance a.id Retirement:
3*3, 1. ill.
Transportation ibus driver
salaries): $16,920.
Lunchroom Operation (meals) :
$19,910.
Sources of income, and esti
mated amounts, falling under
'Current Expenses' include
$19,800 from federal govern
ment for lunchroom program;
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 10
F. F. A. Team
Wins 1st Place
Competing In Nantahala Fed
eration competition in Andrews
on Monday, a team from the
Franklin F. F. A. won first place
in ritual and parliamentary
procedure.
On the team are Johnny Tip
pett, chapter president; Bobby
Teague, vice-president; Craw
ford Moore, secretary; Frank
Nolen, treasurer; Kenneth Dills,
reporter; Bill Fouts, sentinel;
ar.d Riley Henry, alternate.
The boys will advance to dis
trict competition in Asheville on
May 11.
Wayne Proffitt, vocational
agricultural teacher, is advisor.
Eight schools in the western
area sent teams to the federa
tion contest.
Nantaha.a Boys Are Still
In Basketball Tournament
Nantahala's boys' team is the
only one from this county's
three high schools still in the
running in the Smoky Mountain
Basketball Tournament.
Tonight (Thursday i at 7:30,
the Nantahala lads move into
the semifinals against Cherokee
in the Highlands gymnasium,
where the boys' tournament is
H. U. SKKlPlli
EVENT SLATED
ON WEDNESDAY
Iotla Club To Put
Out Welcome Mat;
Dress Review Set
The Iotla club will put out
the welcome mat at Iotla
School next Wednesday after
noon (Feb. 29) for the annual
"Spring Federation" for home
demonstration women.
Members of the Olive Hill
Oak Dale and Franklin clubs
are serving as co-hostesses with
the Iotla women.
Set to begin at 2:15, the pro
gram spotlight will center on
the annual dress review, fea
turing clothes made and model
ed by the club women. The
county clothing leader, Mrs. A.
D. Carter, will be narrator.
Judges will be Mrs. Barbara
B. Hunnicutt, former assistant
home agent here, Miss Mary
Johnston, home agent of Jack
son County, Mrs. Janet C. Mar
tin, assistant home agent in
Clay County, and Mrs. John
Miller, of Highlands, former
home agent of Graham County.
A musical feature is to be
presented by the home demon
stration chorus, under the di
rection of Miss Margaret Wil
son.
Mrs. Frank I. Murray, presi
dent of the county council, will
have charge of the program.
The public is Invited to at
tend the event, according to
Mrs. George Gibson, president
of the Iotla club.
Weather Is Hampering
Playing Field Work
Weather has been hampering
grading of a recreation field at
the Macon Prison Camp.
However, Supt. John E. Cut
shall this week said more than
$300 in equipment, mostly box
ing, already has been ordered.
Plans call for grading about
five acres near the camp for
the field as a new phase in the
camp's rehabilitation program.
When completed, the superin
tendent said the camp will have
facilities for baseball, tennis,
Softball, basketball, volley ball,
handball, boxing, shuffleboard,
and track.
Work on the field started in
mid-January.
being staged. Finals are set
Saturday night.
As other county teams (boys'
and girls'.) were barreled out by
stiff tournament competition,
the Nantahala lads bowled over
Glenville 59 to 33 as play got
under way on the 15th, and
then two nights later battled
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 10
?Slut* Photo ?>> J. P. Hi .k'v
WITH NANTAHALA PI WI'KS riding his back, Franklin High's Mitchell Houston (7) fights to
kerp the basketball during a rough-and-tumble play Friday night in the Highlands gymnasium.
Nantr.*iala defeated Franklin 49 to 46.
Mrs. Richard Slagle, president of the local V. F. W. Auxiliary,
is shown with the silver cup the auxiliary won for performing
the best floor work among the auxiliaries of the 17th V. F. W.
District during 1955.
P. T. A. Votes To Sponsor
Explorer Troop In Town
Explorer Scouts, upcoming
elections, and a birthday party
got top billing at Monday
night's meeting of the Frank
lin P. T. A.
Following a talk by R. E. Mc
Kelvey, Boy Scout adult leader,
the organization voted to spon
sor an Explorer troop. To iron
out the details of the project,
President B. L. McGlamery ap
pointed the following commit
tee ? H. H. Gnuse, Jr., chair
man, Robert Vinson, Jack Ang
el, Harry C. Corbin, Fred
Vaughn, and George Slagle.
With the election of the 1956
57 slate of officei s lormins
shortly, the president appointed
Fred Vaughn. Mrs. Margaret
Ramsey, and Mrs. John Bulgin
as nominating committee. Mr.
Vaughn was named chairman.
A three-tiered birthday cake
added the festive touch to the
meeting, as the organization
celebrated the 59th anniversary
of the P. T. A. movement in
the country. A more personal
touch was added by the his
torian, .Mrs. J. Ward Long, who
briefly reviewed the accom
plishments of the local P. T. A.,
since its organization in 1914,
and recognized and presented
flowers to some past presidents.
They included Mrs. John Was
ilik, the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan,
Mrs. A. A. Siler, Mrs. John Bul
gin, Mrs. C. N. Dowdle, and B.
L. McGlamery.
The seventh grade square
dance team performed on the
evening's program.
The devotional was given by
the Rev. Bryan Hatchett.
T. J. Edwards' home room
won the attendance prize for
the high school and Mrs. tola
Kiser'sv for the elementary
school.
License Tags
Still Going
Although Wednesday of last
we.pk was the deadline, the local
Carolina Motor Club office has
been doing a spirited business
in license tags this week, ac
cording to the manager. Verlon
Swafford.
He said several hundred have
been sold since the deadline.
With the deadline, sales at
the office ran more than 1,000
ahead of the corresponding pe
riod last .year. The final figure
was 5.276. as compared with 4,
142 for the '55 tags.
Here's a breakdown of the
sales :
Automobiles, 3,351: motor
cycles, 8; truck, 1,646; farm
truck, 160; and trailers. 111.
Comedy To Be Given
At Cartoo^echaye On
Saturday Evening
A one-act comedy. "Old
Maids' Convention." will be pre
sented Saturday rii^ht at the
Cartoogechaye School under the
sponsorship of the P T A
Miss Sally Kesler is directing
the play, which will begin at
8 o'clock. Admission will be 35
and 70 cents.
The P. T. A will serve coffee,
cake, anci pie, officials said this
week
Search Begins
For County's
'Young Farmer'
Who is Macon County's "Out
standing Young Farmer" of
1955?
A search is now under way
to find him. When he is select
ed ? probably next week ? he
will be singled out for honors
by the Franklin Jaycees, who
will enter him in the state and
national "Four Outstanding
Young Farmers" awards pro
gram.
Siler Slagle. Cartoogechaye
dairyman, who won the honor
last year, is heading a commit
tee of non-Jaycees to select the
'55 young farmer.
To be eligible for the award,
a farmer must be between the
ages of 21 and 35 mot reach
ing 36 during 1955), and must
be dependent upon the soil for
two-thirds of his annual in
come.
Nominations for this award
should be turned in immedi
ately', with a list of the nomi
nee's qualifications, to Mr.
Slagle or to C Banks Finger,
Jaycee president
No Word Yet
On Agreement
To Buy Company
John M. Archer. Jr.. president
of Nantuhala Power and Light
Company, yesterday < Wednes
day i '<aid his company still has
not heard from the heirs of the
C. J Harris Estate on an agree
ment to buy the Dillsboro and
Sylva Electric Light Company
for $400,000.
The company agreed to that
figure last week, after it was
proposed by the heirs, he said
The Dillsboro and Sylva com
pany. which buys power from
Nantahala, serves aoout 2,000
customers and has some 95
miles of transmission lines.
4ANDBOOK AND KETTLES ?
1st Scoutmaster Looks Back
Gym About Ready
For March Games
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WORKERS ARE
ANNOUNCED ;
Volunteers Needed
In Communities For $
Annual Fund Drive
i:
A roster of volunteer workers d
to assist with the '56 American J
Red Cross fund drive here is s
almost complete, according to (
the executive secretary of the p
chapter, Mrs. Elizabeth McCol- r
lum.
With a quota of $3,730, the (
month-long campaign gets un- s
der way March 1 with the Rev.
J. Bryan Hatchett as general
chairman.
Only a few more volunteers
are needed, Mrs. McCollum said
this week, to round out cam
paign strategy. She asked that
persons who would like to as
sist in the Oak Grove, Gneiss,
Telllco, Prentiss, and West
Union sections get in touch
with her before the drive starts.
Workers also are needed In
sections of Franklin.
Here is a partial list of work
ers and the areas they will
canvass:
W. G. Crawford, East Frank
lin School; Z. Weaver Shope,
Cullasaja School; R. A. Byrd,
Union School; Alex Arnold, Co
wee School; E. G. Crawford,
Otto School; J. Norman West,
Cartoogechaye School; Harry
Moses, Iotla School; R. C. Pipes,
Nantahala School; A. R. Shep
ard, Chapel School; Mrs. Gladys
Kinsland, East Franklin; Miss
Emma Watson, Palmer Street;
Miss Frances Seay, Porter
Street; Mrs. Mildred Brown,
HUlcrest Circle; Mrs. Laura
Duncan, Golf View Drive; Mar
vin Roper, Georgia highway:
Miss Mildred Burch, Harrison
Avenue; Miss Luana Baker,
Iotla Street; Zeb Meadows, post
SEE NO. 8, PAGE 10
'Heart Sunday'
Campaign Slated
"Have a heart and help a
heart on 'Heart Sunday' " re- 1
quest Bob Carpenter and Neil
Finger, co-chairmen of this 1
year's Heart Fund drive. '
This coming Sunday is "Heart
Sunday", and it is the only day ,
donations will be solicited in
the campaign against the na- j
tion's number one killer ? heart .
disease.
In support of the concerted
one-day campaign, the co- J
chairmen explained that this .
is the only time many men and '
wpmen who are willing to help ^
will have free time. In addi
tion. more people are likely to
be home between 2 and 4 '
o'clock on a Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Finger. c
assisted by a number of volun- 1
teers, plan to canvass the en
tire town during the afternoon.
High school students to help
them are being rallied under t
the leadership of student Nor- ?
man B. Smith, they said. t
The heart-shaped coin col- I
lectors already haVe been placed '
in business establishments and 5
campaign kits have been hand- c
ed out to chairmen in organized
communities.
Gilmer A Jones still has
"somewhere around the house"
a battered handbook and a
couple of kettles. ,
They're mementoes of Frank- i
lin's first Boy Scout troop,
which was organized in 1915. 1
Mr. Jones was Scoutmaster.
Back in those days, he re
calls, Boy Scouting had no na
tional affiliation of today's
scope. No one seems to remem
ber if the troop here ever had
a number.
"It was a voluntary move
ment . . more of an idea than
anything," the Franklin attor
ney commented in an interview
this week. J. A Porter did
more than any one individual 1
to get the troop started, he
said. '
Other things were somewhat [
different, too. In contrast to to- *
day's broad outlook. Mr. Jones
SEK NO G, PAGE 10 n
McSwain Seeks Credit
To Put In Sidewalks;
Floor Is Finished
With Franklin High's new
ymnasium in the last stages
f construction, It appears llke
y that at least three basket
all games will be staged in the
157,000 building In early March.
Tile work in the locker rooms
3 now under way after some
lelay in material delivery. E.
. Whitmire, of Macon Con
truction Company, yesterday
Wednesday) said this final
jha.se should be finished by the
niddle of next week.
The hardwood playing floor
three full courts i has been
anded and polished and will be
BOYS TO PLAY
Franklin High's boys will
play Canton High in Bryson
City Wednesday night (29th)
at 8: JO in the western district
playoffs tor the AA cham
pionship. At 7, Sylva and
HendersonTille play.
eady by the week-end, he
idded. Seats and goals prob
ably will be Installed by the
'irst of the week.
Meanwhile, the high school is
inlng up basketball games for
he new building Coach Hcw
ird Barnwell said yesterday
lothing definite has been set
sut the school is hoping to
schedule games with Hayesville,
31yde Erwin High in Buncombe
bounty, and Murphy early next
nonth.
School Supt. Holland Mc
McSwain also is trying to line
up some credit so sidewalks
:an be built around the gym
nasium at once. There were no
provisions in the building costs
for sidewalks, he explained, but
lie said it is important that
something bo done immediate
ly to keep mud from being
tracked into the building and
5n the playing floor.
Mr. McSwain sa'd there is no
judget money available at pres
?nt to do the job. He is, how
ever, contacting several people
;o see if they will agree to give
?redit for several months so the
ob can be done now.
Poultry School
Is Scheduled
Two extension officials from
>1. C. State College will hold a
)oultry school Tuesday after
loon at the Agricultural Build
ng.
Set to begin at 1:30 p. m.,
li.scu.ssions will center around
lousing, diseases, sanitation,
jreeding, feeding, and markets,
iccording to County Agent T.
T Faeg.
C. F. Parrish and W. G. An
lrews will have charge. Mr.
'arrish is head of the poultry
iepartinent and Mr. Andrews
s a poultry specialist.
SING AT TI LIICO
The fourth Sunday sing of
he northern division of the
?lacon County Singing Conven
ion will bo held at the Tellico
3aptlst Church Sunday, start
ng at 1:30 p. ni Lon Thompr
on, the organization's presi
lent, made the announcement.
SQl'ARK DANCE AT OTTO
The Otto P T. A. will sponsor
i square dance at the school
Saturday night, beginning at 8
I'clock Music will be furnished
>y the Black Rock string band.
The Weather
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FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
15 59 47 .10
60 44 .09
57 49 .62
69 47 .48
69 35 .57
54 37 63
50 18
COWEETA
Temperatures
Hhjh Low Rain
15 59 40 .040
57
63
70
69
55
55
41 .050
48 2.060
49 .656
34 .556
41 .890
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