Two new edible soybean var
ieties. named Kim and Kanrich.
have been supplied to commercial
seed and canning companies for
testing during 1956, acordlng to
the USDA.
U8DA announces that almost
800 million pounds of this coun
I
try's food surplus was donated to
school children and needy persons
here and abroad during the last
half of 1955.
EVERYBODY INVITED
COVERED DISH SUPPER
EAST FRANKLIN SCHOOL
Saturday, March 17 th
====== AT 7:00 P. M. =
Purposes of This Meeting Are:
1. To get better acquainted with and know our neighbors better.
2. To set up an organization to make the
NEIGHBORHOOD OF EAST FRANKLIN
THE FINEST AND CLEANEST COMMUNITY
IN NORTH CAROLINA
3. Good Supper ? Good Fellowship.
All Residents of area which has been designated as the East
Franklin Neighborhood Development area and patrons of the
East Franklin School are
URGED TO ATTEND
Just Come ? Bring a Covered Dish and Your Family
Good Food * Good Purpose * Good Time
SERVICE
? Home Calls Made Promptly
? Complete Antenna Service
? Pick Up and Delivery
? Guaranteed Work
ALL .MAKES, ALL MODELS
City Radio Shop
Your Bendix TV Dealer
Phone 448
.Allen Ordway - Bergen Caldwell
At Our 2nd Anniversary Sale
3Days Only ? March 15, 16, 17
i?hwj^$retehes
i#"1^ 1 1? n#m ,""" 1 * '
1 Group
SPRING AND .SUMMER
DRESSES
Some Values to $19.95
NOW ONLY ONE PRICE
$5.00
Some are slightly soiled, but
at this price, who cares.
Come early for the best buys.
1 Group
SUMMER
JEWELRY
59c ea.
2 for $1.00
Some Pieces Were $1.95
MAKE A DOLLAR
Lovely Lingerie, Luxite Slips,
Regular Price
$3.95 to $8.95
Save One Dollar on Each
HATS! HATS!
SPRING AND SUMMER
One Group Only
$1.00
Only a Few, so Hurry
Vs Off
On every brand new Spring
and Summer Hat in our
Store ? so every one can
have an Easter bonnet.
SUITS
Just right for Easter and
everyone a bargain.
V% Price
Only 18 of These
SO BE IN A HURRY
NEW
DRESSES
$2.00 Off
On every dress in our regular
stock ? for these 3 days only.
Our loss is your gain but we
have got to have the space
for new merchandise.
SUMMER
SKIRTS
Values to S8.95
NOW
ONLY ONE PRICE
$3.00
BLOUSES
Originally .Sold for $3.95
NOW
$1.19
2 For $2.00
Bargains In Every Department? Come SEE for Yourself? But come early for best hays.
THE FASHION SHOP
? Staff Photo by J. P. Brady
FRANKLIN HIGH STUDENTS line the road at the side of the high school for ttie test driv
ing demonstrations. The student in the foreground holds a marker showing where the demon
stration car (left background, turning around) applied brakes. Students further down are mea
suring the distance it took the car to come to a complete stop.
Eye-Opening Demonstrations
Staged By Safety Vehicle
A specially equipped safety auto
mobile staged some eye-opening
demonstrations here Friday for
students of Franklin and High
lands.
Sponsored by an insurance com
pany, the car was used to demon
strate the fallacy of boastful
"stopping on a dime." Guns rig
ged to the automobile filed paint
bullets on the pavement at three
intervals: when the "danger" was
first seen, when the driver's foot
touched the brake, and when the
vehicle came to a full stop.
With students watching and
scoring test results, stopping was
demonstrated at 20, 30, and 40
m. p. h. by students and adults.
At Franklin High, student Craw
ford Moore, at 20 m. p. h.. came
to a full stop in 37 feet. 2'i inches.
His reaction distance was 12 feet,
4 inches and his braking distance
was 24 feet, 10 inches. His total
stopping distance was under the
national average of 44 feet.
Also at 20 m. p. h., student
, Nancy Cable beat his test by
braking in 33 feet, 3 inches (girls
. have a faster reaction time than
I boys, the Instructor explained i.
Teacher Dick Stott took the
wheel for the 30 m. p. h. test,
braking in 72 feet. 2 inches. His
reaction distance was 20 feet, 2
inches and his braking time 52
feet. The national average at this
speed is 106 feet.
Chief of Police C. D. Baird clip
ped some footage from the nation
al average at 40 m. p. h. His total
stopping distance was 111 feet. 4
inches as compared with the
national figure of 132 feet. His
reaction distance was 30 feet. 4
inches, and his braking distance
80 feet.
In staging the demonstrations,
the instructor emphasized that
even more distance is needed un
der actual driving conditions. To
back this up. he noted that the
test drivers were aware that they
were going to make an emergency
stop and were prepared mentally,
the brakes and tires on the car
were in excellent condition, and
the tests were conducted under
ideal conditions. Including dry
pavement.
Student reactions to the demon
PIDDINHEAD
President Wilson used to find
delight in relating how he once
had his special car sidetracked at
Hannibal. Mo., so he could make
a quiet pilgrimage to the monu
ment erected on the bluff to Mark
Twain. Unknown to the natives,
he asked one of them if he re
j membered Tom Sawver
"Never heard of him", the Mis
j sourian replied.
i "Do you recollect Huckleberry
Finn?" asked the President.
"Finn? Finn?" mused the na
tive. "There was a family of Finns
down the road a piece, but I doir't
recollect there was a Huckleberry
among them".
"Do you happen to recall Pud-'
j din'head Wilson?"
"Oh. yes. sir: I voted for him
Custom Built
Woodworking
"We Specialize In
KITCHEN CABINETS"
Also
WE STOCK
FORMICA
FRANKLIN
WOODWORKS
JACK GRIBBLE, Ownrr
strations ranged from new-found
respect to open-mouth astonish
ment.
"Gosh!" gasped one as Chief
Baird skidded to a stop at 40
m. p. h., "I didn't know one slid
that far."
The car was at Franklin High
in the morning and In Highlands j
in the early afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Curley Walker,
of Atlanta. Ga.. spent the week
end here with their mothers. Mrs.
Gladys Walker and Mrs. Ruth
Landrum.
Hickory KnoD
Holds Meeting;
Work On Church
By MILDRED HOGLEN
(Community Reporter)
The regular meeting of the
Hickory Knoll Rural Community
Development Organization was
held Friday night at the Hickory
Knoll Methodist Church.
After some discussion, it was
leclded to enter the community
n the rural development contest.
New signs and picnic areas In
the community are planned for
this year.
Work is now under way on the
church yard. A bulldozer worked
there Saturday and Monday and
grass is being sowed this week.
The young people of the com
munity will have charge of the
program in April.
Demonstration
Club Meetings For Week
Are Announced
Meeting of home demonstra
tion clubs In this county for the
coming week have been an
nounced by Mrs. Florence 8.
SherrtU, county home demon
stration agent. They are as fol
lows:
Today 'Thursday) : Higdonville
club with Mrs. Fred Corbin at
1:30 p. m
Friday: Watauga club at 1:30
p. m. at the home of Mrs. Gordon
Smith.
Monday: Highlands club in the
Baptist church basement at 7:30
p. m.
Tuesday: Hickory Knoll club
with Mrs. Charlie Rogers as host
ess at 1:30 p. m.
Wednesday: Cartoogechaye club
with Miss Sally Kesler at 2 p. m.
Miss Elsie R Lee is visiting the
McNishes in Wayah Valley. She
has just returned from 21 months
in Japan as a major with the
American Red Cross and plans to
build in the valley later in the
year.
THE IRON CURTAIN
"Remember jrian that thou art Dust, and unto dust thou shalt
return."
On ash Wednesday, which is the first day of Lent, every Cath
olic knelt at the altar in his church and as the Priest made the
Sign of the Cross with Ashes upon his forehead, he repeated the
above words ? a reminder that some day he must pass through
the iron curtain of death.
The forty days of Lent is a solemn commemoration of our Re
demption by our Lord's death on the Cross. The term "Lent"
comes from an old English Word, "Lenten, meaning spring. The
liturgical Season of Lent more or less coincides with the season
of spring.
The season of Lent is also a reminder that our stay here is
strictly limited, that this world is intended to be merely a ves
tibule to a new and better life ? that approaching death is not
to be feared if we play the game of life according to the rules
which our Lord Jesus Christ has left for us.
These rules of life are explained in the talks which are given
each Sunday at St. Francis Church. You are always welcome to
be present.
Sincerely,
Father Robert Healy
ST. FRANCIS CATHOJJC CHURCH
Wayah and Maple Sts.
Franklin. N. C.
The Sacrifice of the Mass ?
Weekdays at 7:30 a. m.
Sundays at 10:00 a. m.
Confessions before Mass
Lenten Services ?
Wednesday at 6:30 p. m.
"dependable as time "
How Safe Is SAFE?
A thing is safe if its protected for you all
the time until you want it and is available
to you ANY time you want it.
That's the way it is when you put your
money in our Bank.
' F.D.I.C. insures it ABSOLUTELY.
And if you put it in a Savings Account ?
it's not only safe ? it earns you interest at the
same time.
We Pay 2% Savings
THE BANK OF FRANKLIN
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Oorvontioa