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SECOND SECTION Franklin, N. C., Thursday, March 8, 1956
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Smith BROS
At the
Court House
March 15
8 p. m.
Sponsored By
Upper Cartoogechaye
Community
Birthday Gift To Prisoner
Modest Start Of Program
Out at the Macon County prison ,
1 camp, a young man got some un- 1
expected mail last week.
It was a birthday remembrance j
from a man the prison inmate
does not know, has never seen,
and probably had never even
heard of ? until the gift arrived.
The package was late. But that
could hardly have been helped.
Because the donor had never heard
of the boy until the night of Feb
ruary 28; and the 28th was the
boy's birthday. Thus the donor
really was quite prompt, under the
circumstances; because the pack
age, addressed to the young man,
went in the post office here bright
and early on the morning of the
29 th.
The mailing of that package was
the first blow in a battle against
loneliness and feeling of friend
lessness among the youthful first
offenders ? aged 16 to 21 ? at
the camp.
It is a project of the Macon
County Methodist Men's Club,
headed by R. S. Jones. Long dis
I cussed, it was launched in a mod
est way at last week's club meet
ing.
Impressed by prison authorities'
report that many of the young
men never receive any mall, and
that some of them feel they
haven't a friend in the outside
world, members of the club decid
ed to take one boy each, and serve
as a sort of "big brother".
There are more than 80 men
at the camp, far more than there
are members of the club. So. as a
starter, the club is restricting its
personal activities to honor grade
prisoners. As it turned out. when
the names (with their birth dates)
were distributed, there are more
honor prisoners than club mem
bers were present, so some of the
men took two names.
In addition to birthday remem
brances, Easter mall is planned ?
maybe a small gift, maybe a let
ter. maybe just an Easter card;
anything to let these youngsters
know somebody is thinking about
them, and is interested in them.
It was voted to keep the gifts ?
when gifts are sent ? to simple, in
expensive things, in the belief that
being remembered will seem more
important to these boys behind
four' walls than the value of n
gift.
The club also voted to work with
the prison authorities In a coun
seling service; one man will sit
down with a small group of pris
oners and talk with them, about
whatever appears to interest the
group most. Four members, one to
go to the camp each week during
the next month, volunteered for
this service.
As the simplest way to provide
reading matter for the prisoners,
an effort is being made to arrange
for bookmobile service for the
prison.
A few of the young prisoners
are interested in' cartooning, and
the superintendent, a cartoonist
himself, is ready to teach the sub
ject, but needs a book of basic in
structions. The club will buy it.
The project has been worked
out, over a period of months, in
close . Consultation with prison au
thorities, and club members feel
what they have set out to do is
only a beginning, a small begin
ning. But it's the kind of job that
has to be done slowly: it's an ex
periment. They think, by feeling
their way, it can and will grow.
Seaman Cabe Ending
Leave; Is Reporting
For Overseas Duty
After a 14-day leave here with
his family. Seaman Robert M.
Cabe, communications technician,
leaves today ( Thursday i for Seat1
tie. Wash,, for assignment over
seas with a U. S. Navy unit.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude W.
Cabe, of Otto, he was recently
graduated from teiemen school at
the U. S. Navy Training Center in
San Diego, Calif., and the com
Mrs. Hedden
Dies At Home
Of Daughter
Mrs. Mary Hicks Hedden. 75. !
died February 25 at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Dan Edwards,
in Highlands after a serious ill
ness of two weeks.
Formerly of Mountain Rest. S.
C? she had been in declining
health for a long time.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hed
den, widow of Ranson Hedden,
were conducted on the 27th at 2
j p. m. at the Double Springs Bap
tist Church in Mountain Rest by
ithe church pastor, the Rev. L. H.
| Rainse. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
A Baptist, she was born April
19, 1880, in the Pine Mountain sec
tion of Rabun County. Ga? a
daughter of Samson and Mrs.
Susan Smith Hicks.
Surviving, in addition to her
daughter, Mrs. Edwards, are seven
other daughters, Mrs. J. W. Beaty.
of Highlands. Mrs. Marvin Beaty.
of Abbeville, Mrs. Doyle Hudson,
of Honea Path. S. C? Mrs. Jim
Pursley, of Calhoun Falls. S. C?
Mrs. Claude Chastain. of Gaines
ville, Ga., Mrs. Louis Busch, of
Smyrna. Tenn., and Mrs. Walter
Miller, of Salem. S. C., three sons.
Wilbur, of Satulah. Ga . Jim. of
Abbeville, and Leroy. of Mountain
Rest, Route 1; two brothers. Jim
and Lawrence Hicks, of High
lands: three sisters, Mrs. J. R.
Owens, of Mountain Rest, and
Mrs. L. B. Wilson and Mrs. Pies
ton Neely, of Highlands: 50 grand
? children; and 11 great-grandchil
I dren.
munications technician school at
Imperial Beach. Calif.
Seaman Cabe is a '55 graduate
of Franklin High School.
IN CITY TRAFFIC where tensions usually mount, -i
Chrysler's cat-like flexibility brings a wonderful sense ij
of calm. And those admiring glances confirm your
judgment that this is America's biggest fine car buy. s|
THEY'LL THINK YOU PAID HOOO MORE
when you drive the year-ahead car!
The only cars with which you can compare a Chrysler
Windsor V-8 are the other luxury cars . . . because that's
what the Chrysler Windsor V-8 is. BuKyou can own
this car for the cost of a medium-priccd car! And at
this price, it simply defies comparison.
Take the way it handles in city traffic. Something quite
wonderful happens. Instead of feeling tense, you're
utterly relaxed ? thanks to Chrysler's full-time Power
Steering System and a host of other brand new Chrysler
exclusives. You're handling a big, powerful car that
responds like a mind reader. It does the work for you.
Your Chrysler is beautifully balanced between the for
ward thrust of its mighty airplane-type engine and the
most powerful brakes in the industry. This car flows!
Yet, if you can afford any car in the medium-priced
field, you can afford to step up to a Chrysler Windsor
V-8. Compare its year ahead new-car features with the
other leading cars in its price class. We think you'll agree
that it looks and acts like a car that costs $1,000 more
than it doesl
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down the beach . . . topping last year's stock car record (also set by
Chrysler) by 12 m.p.h.
BOB GAINES MOTORS
Phone 281 ^ Dealer 595 Franklin, N. C
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It jus* doesn't pay to ;et "spit
tin' mad", and for that very rea
son I seldom do.
But. lor a while last week 1 go;
'spittin' mad' , departing from my
usual happy-go-lucky manner. I
.ust about stompea a mud hole
in the concrete lioor heft at the
o.fice, to be honest about it.
The thing that upset me was :?
newspaper article 'wouldn't you
know it would have something tc.
do with a newspaper?' appear
ing in the daily paper that serves
this area.
In this article, the Asheville
Chamber of Commerce took cred
it for the "Rubies for the Dig
gin' " article in this month's
Woman's Day.
That's when I "flew mad" ?
"spittin' mad"; because for two
long years I had worked to get
that article on the Cowee Ruby
Mines lined up for national pro
motion. For no reason other than
to promote this home-town at
traction and see if more visitors
couldn't be induced to come here,
I pleaded for the article through
a friend of mine who writes for
Woman's Day. In fact, I not only
supplied what information I
could, I sent the picture (which
was published) of the Tennessee
girl with the 25-carat rough .ruby
found at the Gibson Mine. And
for once in my life, I had plan
ned to stay in the background
and not publically put my big
proboscis < $64 word for nose'i in
to the limelight.
Then along comes the chamber
of commerce to "steal my thun
der". (Up went all my personal
satisfaction ? and my blood
pressure > .
Down I sat at the typewriter.
Out of it came a letter to a good
friend of mine who works for
the Asheville chamber. In the
letter I staked my claim on the
article.
Monday morning the telephone
rang ? long distance calling.
It was "Lou", calling from th. |
chamber of commerce.
". . . J. P.. I had no idea you
were working on the deal." sht
vowed, "we sent them a map and
some information on miner
als . . ."
Of course, by this time I had
just about forgotten I had been
["spittin' mad"..
Well, we talked It over <at the
Asheville chamber's expense >
and derided that maybe both 01
us were responsible for the ar
ticle.
And then the whole moral of
the episode came to light:
Wonderful Western North
Carolina and its vast store of
undeveloped attractions could
be trumpeted to the ends of the
world if individuals and organi
zations would cooperate with
each other. Their motive is the I
same ? to bring tourists to the
area.
So I'm makin' a p.omise land
I've got a date with "Lou" to
photograph some of the water
falls around here for publicity
purposes' to quit playing a lone
hand in this promotion business,
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"You're ? Never ? Far ? Away-From- 1
Home-Department" :
A couple of week-ends back, i
Banks Finger and yours truly were j
in Fayetteville. That's down where
they've really got sand in their
shoes. At a buffet banquet, we
heaped our plates with some of
the most delicious ham I've seen
in years.
Olaiumn ?. .tiii' ii.iiiie-addres-1
. aids 011 our lapels, the manager
of the establishment observed:
"Franklin, huh? Wnv I got that
ham you've go1 c :. your plates
from Oscar I.edford You fellows
know him?"
mt,
f-'
Ol the questions I'm asked
daily. eight out of 10 will be:
"What's happened to Paul Swaf
ford's column in The Press?''
We.:; that's what I'd like to
know Mr. Swafford's sayin's were
inserted in the paper as adver
tising and just as l)e was buildin.
tip a following. he stopped send
in? it in.
If one more person asks what
happened. I'm going out to his
stove and find out
P S They're back this week
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A brush fire near Franklin High
last Thursday sent volunteer fire
men scramblim for the town hall
and the fire bugtfy.
The li. t fill.:. all' 011 the scei
was surprised to find the dooi K
the fire house open, the truck
motor running, and a straiv.
standing on the back of the tryc i.
"Let's vo. " invited the Strang'
Everything's ready".
fcach fireman thought t!
Brady's
BLARNEY
By A Brady Called J. P.
trai'gcr \vas a friend of enotiu.
...r.ian. so his presence v.as.i':
questioned.
And to this day rx or.e see...
to know the identity of "F an *
lin's Phantom Fireman".
Do you?
Small Supply
Of Seedlings
With the exception of foui
species, all seedling produced foi
the '55-'56 planting season by the
N. C. State Division of Forestry
have been sold, according to Coun
ty Ranger J. Fred Bryson.
At this time, he said only a
mall supply of Shsrtleaf Pint
and Black Locust, seedlings arc
available for use in thi.s area.
Applications for these specie!
may be made through Mr. Bry
son or the county apent's officj
| in Franklin.
Goes foe. . . .
SAVINGS ;
Are you getting your fair share of the money
you earn? Or do you pay everybody else . . -
the butcher, the baker, the electric-light mak
er .. . and fail to keep a cut of your paycheck
for yourself? Start now to make sure you do
get your share . . . save before you spend. First
thing every payday, deposit a part of your
earnings with this bank . . . get the habit of
saving regularly, and see how fast your money
grows. Open a Savings Account with us, soon.
WE PAY 2c'c ON SAVINGS
The Bank of Franklin
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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We've all the
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pride and pleas
ure. The selec
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