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for such groups, on request, Mr.
Orr added.
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LEASE IS RENEWED
Franklin's Dixie Home Store
has renewed its lease on Its
present Main Street building. It
lias been learned here.
Although he holds written
commitment lor the lease, J.
C. Jacobs, local businessman,
this week said he does not plan
to press the matter.
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TO SPONSOR TEAMS
Team sponsors for Little
League baseball in the Frank
lin area have been announced.
They are Nantahala Power
and Light Company, Macon
County Supply, Conley Motor
Company, and the Franklin
Jaycees.
League play will start in the
latter part of May.
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DRIVING TESTS SLATED
Nationwide Insurance is send
ing a specially equipped car
here Friday for driving tests.
It will be at Franklin High at
10 a. m. and at Highlands High
at 1.30 p. m. The public is in
vited.
The car, by firing paint bul
lets when a stop signal is flash
ed, tests driver braking reac
tion.
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TO HOLD SUPPER
Patrons of East Franklin
School . and residents of the
community are invited to at
tend a covered dish supper on
March 17 at the school to plan j
the community's role in the
new town development program.
Supper will be served at 7.
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TO PLAN PROGRAM
Technical, community, and J
cou ty committees will meet to- j
morrow (Friday) at 10 a. m. at;
the A. S. C. office in the Agri
cultural Building to plan the
A. S. C. program for the year, |
it has been announced.
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an engineer. When Alcoa's
child, Nantahala Power, was
conceived in 1929, he was in on
the ground floor.
He's witnessed the company's
growth, dam by dam? Nanta
hala (started in '29, stopped by
the market crash in the 30's,
and restarted in '40), Thorpe,
Queen's Creek, White Oak,
Dick's Creek, Tuckaseigee, Ce
dar Cliff, Bear Creek, and Ten
nessee Creek.
Mr. Ray did the original lay
out work on most of them in
his capacity as chief engineer,
So it's really no wonder he is
pretty well known in the west
ern end of the state.
Party In Honor
"To show their appreciation to
"this "charter member" of the
company, Nantahala officials
and employes tossed a banquet
party in his honor Friday
night. Out-of-town guests com
ing for the occasion included
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Whitaker
< she's his sister). Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Willis (She's a daughter),
all of Birmingham, Ala., Mr.
and Mrs. B. S. Philbrick, of
Asheville, Mr and Mrs. J. B.
Mr. Shope
cussed and a committee was
named to study the \ proposal. I
It was suggested that a fee ]
paid by each teacher could be >
divided between the state and
national organizations and a '
scholarship fund to assist young ?
people interested in teaching.
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Franklin sometime."
"But aren't you going to
speak here Friday, Governor?"
"Friday? Why, no." Another
slight pause. ",My calendar
doesn't list any speaking en- 1
gagement in Franklin Friday; j
I've had no invitation to
Franklin. As a matter of fact, I
have an engagement for a news
conference in Raleigh Friday." i
This time the pause was at
the Franklin end of the line ?
and a much longer one.
In answer to further ques
tions, Governor Hodges said he
wasn't engaged to speak Friday
in Franklin County even. And,
while he plans some speeches
in this section of the state a
few weeks from now, Franklin
isn't on his itinerary. He's had
no invitation to Franklin.
That being that, 'telephone
calls to Mr. Murray and Mr.
Gibson seemed in order.
Mr. Gibson didn't know how
the Governor had misunder
stood him, or he had misunder
stood the Governor.
And Mr. Murray was sure he
had "read in some paper" that
i the Governor was going to
I speak in Franklin March 9.
Anyhow, the man who knows
j most about the Governor's
; movements ? the Governor him
| self ? says he'll be in Raleigh
; Friday. He will not be in Frank
! lin.
I Approximately 25 fat stock
I shows and sales will be held
I throughout the state of North
; Carolina this year.
Cochran, of Alcoa, Tenn., and
Kenyon Hyde and Vennie Jenk
ins, both of Maryville, Tenn.
On behalf of the employes,
Claude Bolton presented a
watch to the retiring chief en
gineer.
And, Allan Brooks solemnly
gave him a small printed call
ing card:
No Address No Phone
Retired
No Business No Money
NOTICE
The Board of County Commis
sioners of Macon County will sit
as a Board of Equalization and
Review on Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday, March 19, 20, and 21.
All Taxpayers desiring to ap
pear before said Board will ar
range to appear on said dates.
This will be a final notice to
any persons who wish to appear
before the Board.
LAKE V. SHOPE,
Clerk to Board of County
Commissioners.
Miss Tall en t Takes
Hospital Nurse Job
In Thomasville, Ga.
Miss Freda Tallent, a nurse at
Memorial Hospital In Anderson, S.
C., for the past two years, left.
| last week for Thomasville, Ga.,
! where she will join the nurses'
staff at Archbold Hospital.
Miss Tallent is the daughter of
Mrs. P. T. Kell, of Franklin,
Route 1.
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Pine Grove Church
Observing ' W eek
The W. M. S. of Pine Grove
Baptist Church is observing a
week of prayer for home missions
this week.
A meeting is scheduled at the
church at 7 o'clock each evening.
On Friday night a play, "Aunt
Tilly Learns To Tithe", will be
presented.
The public is invited.
SING AT PLEASANT HILL
The second Sunday sing of
the southern division of the
Macon County Singing Conven
tion will be held Sunday, be
ginning at 1:45 p. m., at the
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
on the Middle Skeenah Road,
nine miles south of Franklin
off US 23-441. All singers and
the public are invited, accord
ing to Tom Henson, sing sec
retary.
Mrs. H. E. Freas ft a patient in
the C. J. Harris Community Hos
pital. Sylva. Mrs. Preas^is under
treatment for a digestive ailment.
A JOKER AT 103
The country weekly editor call- j
ed at the home of Uncle John
Reynolds, the county's oldest resi
dent, to interview him on the oc
casion of his 102nd birthday.
"To what do you attribute your
great age?" asked the editor.
"It's very simple." replied Uncle I
John. "I've been taking vitamin !
tablets ever since I was 99."
YESTERDAY?
It was tough for Joe to get up
in the morning so he went to his
doctor who prescribed a certain
pill. Joe took the pill, slept weil
and was awake before he heard
the alarm clock. He dressed and I
ate breakfast leisurely. Later he
strolled into the office and said
to the boss: "You know, I didn't
have a bit of trouble getting up
this morning."
"That's interesting," replied the
boss, "but where were you yester
day?"
BORN KIBITZER
The man fishing at the end of
I the pier had been aware for some '
time of the silent stranger observ- ;
ing him intently. Finally, the I
fisherman grumbled in annoyance,
"Say, Mister, you've been watch
ing me fish for two hours. Why
don't you try it yourself?"
With a blank look, the stronger
'replied, "Not me, Bud, I haven't
j any patience!"
CLOSER
A small boy came home from
[School one day proudly exhibiting
a book which he said he had won.
"However in the world did you
I do that?" asked his mother.
"The teacher asked how many
! legs an ostrich had and I said
three."
"But an ostrich has only two
legs," his mother prompted.
"Well, I came closer than any
body else ? all the rest of the
class said four."
TOO LONG
Eight years working for the
firm ? never late ? never ab
sent ? then one morning he came
in an hour and a half late, his
clothes torn, his face and hands
scratched and cut.
Asked the boss, "Why are you
late?"
"I leaned out the window and
fell three stories!"
"That took you an hour and a
half?" '
AflE OF AUTOMATION
Taking due cognizance of this
TV age, the Cincinnati Enquirer re
counts the experience of one prom
inent Cincinnatian who bought a
baby grand piano for his children
in the hope that it might encour
age their musical talents'. When
he arrived home that evening he
found all three of the youngsters
examining the instrument in an
effort to find where they could
plug it in.
REPULSIVE
Asked if fertilizer would stim
ulate a certain plant's growth, a
farmer replied: "Can't say for
sure. I've never been able to un
derstand whether the stuff ac
tually stimulates the plants or
whether it's Just so downright re
pulsive that they try to grow away
from it."
NO CHEAP IMITATION
"Lady," said the young boy.
"will you give me a nickle if I
make me little brudder imitate a
hen foY you?"
"What will he do." smiled the
lady, "cackle like a hen?"
' Nah, none o' them cheap imi
tations. I'll have him eat a woim."
Proposed Clinic Wing For An gel Hospital, Inc.
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Agricultural Shift Noted
In Farm Census Of County
The 19S6 corn crop allotment
for 27 commercial corn counties
in North Carolina was announced
as 858,604 acres, compared to last
year's allotment of 890,177 for 23
counties.
The continuing shift of Ma
con County's agricultural econ
omy to dairy and beef cattle
and poultry enterprises is mir
rored in the preliminary cen
sus of '54 crops.
Of the total land in farms of
135,610 acres, which claims 9,
360 of the county's population
of 16,000-plus, pastures ac
counted for 24,240 acres; 6,620
in improved pastures and 17,
720 in unimproved open pas
tures.
For milk, farmers kept 3,365
cows and for beef, 2,162. These
figures cover only cows and
heifers two years old or over.
Poultry edged into the econ
omy picture with 71,706 birds ? j
all hens and pullets of laying
age.
Other points brought out by
the census:
Harvested cropland totaled
16,566 acres.
Land used only for soil im
proving crops and crop failures
came to 375 acres.
Idle land hit 6,592 acres.
All other lands (woods, waste,
cutover, and home sites) ac
counted for 87,837 acres.
Excluding the sweet variety,
corn grown for all purposes
took 6,180 acres.
Farmers harvested 48 acres of
tobacco.
There were 917 peach trees
reported growing in the coun
ty.
Farmers used 3,857 tons of
commercial fertilizer, other than
lime and plaster.
Sows and gilts kept for
breeding numbered 341.
Tons of silage made came to
3,123 tons.
Pulpwood cut totaled 1,703
cords.
Wheat threshed came to 69
acres; oats to 60; all other
small grains to 111.
Ten acres were planted to
milo and other sorghums.
Soybeans were grown on 23
acres.
For seed, four acres went to
lespedeza; for hay, 128 acres.
For hay, soybean and cow
peas were planted on 135
acres.
Small grains cut green for
hay covered 497 acres; alfalfa
for hay, 610; and all other hays
cut, 6,211.
Irish potatoes were planted on
512 acres, and sweet potatoes
on- 81.
Vegetables other than those
listed grown for sale totaled
616 acres.
All other crops harvested (in
cludes orchards, vineyards, and
gardens i accounted for 1,153
acres.
PREVENT EEPROOM BLAZES ?
PONT SMOKE IN BEP.'
If you fall asleep, your cigarette
MAY START A TRAGIC FIRE. PROTECT
YOURSELF? YOUR LOVEP ONES? YOUR
HOME /
Pays For Both Sides
To Profit In A Trade
COWEE P. T. A. MEETING
A meeting of the Cowee P. T.
A. is set for tonight (Thursday)
at 7:30 with Mrs. Carroll Gib
son presiding, it has been an
nounced.
I Selling timber, like any other
j business transaction, should be
fair to both parties, says Jim
j Andersen, State College extension
I forestry specialist.
, He adds that until very, recent
ly, such an idea would have seem
ed absurb to many people. Land
owners were too often "stuck"
when they sold their timber.
Now, occasionally, "the shoe is
on the other foot"; sometimes it's
the timber-buyer who gets "burn
ed." _
Mr. Andersen says that while
only a very small percentage of
timber sales find the buyers hold
ing the bag, those few instances
are used to justify sloppy harvest
ing practices. Buyers claim they
must cut costs to come out ahead,
resulting in "butchered" woods.
So he advises the timber own
er to consider more than price
when selling timber. It's a good
idea to consider the reputation of
the buyer and insist on signing a
written agreement which will in
sure that woods are left in a pro
! ductive condition.
He warns that too much "price
J pressure" on a buyer may lead to
a disastrously poor job of logging
? which may comply with the let
ter of the contract, yet leave a
ravished woodlot.
A prominent publisher of book* for children
has offered lo pay 11.000 for proof that the
clasaic children'# tlory, "The Little Engine
That Could." appeared in print prior lo 191 L
"A!,!. TRMNS LOOK OUT FOR BIT
FALO HERD ON RICHT OF WAY NEAR
FIRST CROSSING WEST OF GRAY
LING." So read a train order aent by a nil
road on Ma^ 3, 1935. to train crews operating
in an ar?a about 80 miles ?o"t!i of H.i't?.
Montana. This was probably the fiist ?uch
warning sounded in 75 year*.
Railroads hiul fresh grapes fart?i?r than any
o'.'ier commodity. The i.en ge carload of
grap* (shipped in i^frigcrator cert). travel*
more than 2.500 mile*.
Macou
THEATRE II
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Thome 111
SCHEDULE OF SHOWS
Week Days? 7 and I p. &
Saturdays? 1 p. m. Continuous
Sunday _ 2:30 and S p. m.
THURS. FRI., MARCH 8-fl
Joan Crawford-Jeff Chandler
In
"FEMALE ON
THE BEACH"
SATURDAY, MARCH 10
DOUBLE FEATURE
"DOUBLE
JEOPARDY"
,W
Also
"DAKOTA LIL"
SUN.-MbN., MARCH 11-12
Prank Sinatra-Debbie Reynolds
David Wayne-Celeste Holm
In
"THE TENDER
TRAP"
What every pirl sets for every
man.
In CinemaScope
and Color
TUE. WED., MARCH 13 14
Johnny Weissmuller
"DEVIL GODDESS"
COMING . . .
SUN.-MON., MARCH 18-19
Walt Disney's
"AFRICAN LION"
FRANKLIN DRIVE-IN THEATRE
STARTS AT DUSK
THURSDAY, .MARCH 8
BIG HILLBILLY SHOW
Roy Acuff ? Webb Pierce ? Lulabelle and ,Scotty
In
ALL ABOARD . . . HERE'S ROY ACUFF U
STARRI NG
OY ACUFF
And His Smoky Mognlxn Bon
ALLAN LANfl* AOELE MARA
OifKM b, into, Manfer
TH E a TP P
FRIDAY, SATURDAY ? MARCH 9, 10
Joel McCrea
In
"STRANGER"
LATE SHOW:
"MIGHTY JOE YOUNG"
SUNDAY ? MARCH 11
"GYPSY COLT"
In Exciting Color
IONDAY Through FRIDAY ? MARCH 12, 16
"GONE WITH THE WIND"
Starring
Clark Gable ? Vivien Leigh
Leslie Howard ? Olivia deHavilland