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CIRCULATION 2776 Net Paid Last Week 8Rj* Jftatoman PRICE 10 Cent a 71st Year ? No. 30 Franklin, N. C, Thursday, July 26, 1956 Sixteen Pages Whelan Is Named Johnson Successor New Coweeta Chief To Arrive Monday; Kovner Is Leaving Don Whelan, a native of Connecticutt, la being transfer red from Philadelphia, Pa., to succeed E. A. Johnson as forest er In charge of Coweeta Hydro logic Laboratory here. Mr. and Mrs. Whelan and two children will move here next week and take up temporary residence in the Kelly Apart ment until the Johnsons vacate their house at Coweeta. Mr. Johnson, who has headed the unique laboratory for eight years, is being promoted to chief of watershed manage ment research at the Central States Forest Experiment Sta tion In Columbus, Ohio. In his new job he will have charge of all watershed studies in Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. The Johnsons and their three children plan to leave for Ohio in mid-Aug ust. Mr. Whelan will officially take over his new duties at Co weeta on August 15. Kovner Leaving Research Forester Jake Kov ner also is transferring from Coweeta to a new post as sta tistician at the Rocky Mountain Forest Experiment Station at Fort Collins, Colo. Also a pro motion, his new job will see him assume the responsibility for the design and analysis of all forest and range studies in Colorado, South 'Dakota, Wy oming. New Mexico, and Ari zona. He is transferring some time next week. He has been at Coweeta five years. Jamison Sets Store Opening Opening of Jamison's 5 & 10 Store in Franklin is set for to morrow (Friday). The new business, with Frank Jamison as owner, occupies one of two store units in the new building recently completed by the Jamisons on Palmer Street across from Farmers Federation. The other store unit is still un occupied. East Franklin Club Plans Supper; Dance Team Will Entertain A "covered dish" supper will be held Saturday night at 7 by the East Franklin Neighborhood Development Club at the school. President Bob S. Sloan said a business session will be held fol lowing the meal and that the East .Franklin square dance team will entertain. STATION BEING BIULT A new Phillips 66 service sta tion is now under construction at the intersection of Maple and West Palmer Streets in Franklin. Little League Standings Team Standings W L Pet. Wildcats 5 0 1.000 Jaybirds 3 3 .500 Thunderbirds 2 4 .333 Reddys 1 4 .200 Leading Pitcher Mashburn 6-2 Leading Hitters Hlgdon, Wildcats .537 Swan, Reddys .522 Yeary, Jaybirds .472 Davis, Thunderbirds .438 ?Hlgdon leading In home runs with 6. Week's Scores July 18: Jaybirds, 14, Reddys, 2. July 21: Wildcats, 5, Jaybirds, 4; Thunderbirds, 7, Reddys, 2. July 23: Thunderbirds, 11, Jaybirds, 8. Coming Games July 28: Jaybirds vs Reddys, 3 p. m.; Thunderbirds vs Wild cats, 5:30 p. m. July 30: Wildcats vs Jaybirds, 5:30 p. m. August 1: Reddys vs Thund erbirds, 5:30 p. m. White Way' For Franklin A modern "white way" Is In Franklin's not-too-distant fu ture. Following a survey of street lighting In other towns, 23 of the latest fluorescent lighting fixtures are on order and de livery is expected before long. The decision to modernize Main Street with the new fix tures was made by a commit tee of aldermen composed of Prelo Dryman, J. Frank Martin, and Sam Gibson. They visited Waynesville, where mercury va por street lighting is used, and Hendersonville, where fluores cents have been Installed, be fore deciding the fluorescents are more suited to Franklin's needs. The new lights will form a solid "white way" along the main business district from the town hall on West Main to the post office at the top of Town Hill. From the post office to the Little Tennessee River, fix tures will be installed at in tervals. If practical, this area will be turned into a "white way" "later, when budget funds permit, the aldermen said. For the time being, however, they feel lights properly spaced will adequately light that section. Baptist Deacons Set Dinner Meeting At Oak Grove Tonight The Macon County Baptist Deacons will meet this (Thurs day) evening at 7 o'clock at the Oak Grove Baptist Church. Dinner will be served and the meeting will follow. W. O. Crawford, president, will preside, and the Rev. R. W. Abrams, of Sylva, will be the speaker. All Baptist deacons through out Macon County are invited. C. A. P. Plane Finds Temporary Home Here Another airplane has found a home ? temporarily ? at the Macon County Airport. The Franklin squadron of Civil Air Patrol this week-end welcomed a U. S. Air Force L-5 and it will be based here for three months under a rotation agreement among C. A. P. units of the area. As an auxiliary of the Air Force, the C. A. P. gets training planes from the serv ice. LEAVING FOR TULSA C. Banks Finger, immediate past president of the Franklin Jaycees, leaves today (Thurs day i by airplane for Tulsa, Okla., for an official meeting at the U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce headquarters there. He is one of five national di rectors from this state making the trip. lie plans to return home Sunday. BIDS TOTAL $183,589 ? Sylva Firm Gets Contract On New Hospital Wing Here i t W. B. Dillard Construction < Company, Sylva, Monday was i awarded the contract for build- I lng the new two-story out-pa- ? tient wing at Angel Hospital, ] Inc. Dr. Edgar Angel, medical dl- 1 rector, said bids for the project totaled $183,589, a figure more than $40,000 higher than first estimates. Under terms of the contract, the Sylva concern must begin construction within 10 days and will be granted 200 work-days to do the job. Dr. Angel said an additional $33,000 probably will be spent Dn opetetlng room equipment ind In blending the architec ture of the new wing and the }ld. Tentative bids on these phases are now in his posesslon but no action has been taken on them. The main floor of the new wing will connect with the wait ing room on the southwest side of the present building. Doc tors' offices and treatment rooms will be on the main floor and major and minor operating rooms and the hospital's ob stetrical facilities on the second floor. Excavating for the new wing has been finished for some time. Flower Show Opening Set For Friday With the theme of "A Moun tain Garden", the Franklin Garden Club's annual flower show will open to the public tomorrow (Friday) in the high school cafeteria. Hours will be 2 to 9:30 p. m. on the opening day, and 10 a. m. to 9:30 p. m. on Saturday. Exhibits are being placed to day. Judging is set for tomor row* morning at 11. Top place in the show will be the sweepstakes award. This will be presented to the ex hibitor who wins the most points in all sections of the show. First, second, and third place in all sections will be designat ed by blue, red, and white rib bons. Mrs. Allan Brooks is chair man of the show this year. Rotary District Governor Coming Here To Speak Stanley A. Harris, of Boone, district Rotary governor, is scheduled to visit the Franklin club tonight (Thursday) at its regular meeting at Slagle Me morial Building. A native of Johnson County, Tenn., Mr. Harris is a graduate of Aaron Seminary and the University of Chattanooga and he received his LHD from Tus kegee Institute and LLD from Texas College. For more than 30 years he has been a national field executive of Boy Scouts of America and has directed the organization of about one-third of all the Boy Scout councils in the U. S. SING AT COURTHOUSE The fifth Sunday singing will be held Sunday at the court house beginning at 10 a. m., J. M. Raby, president, has an nounced. The Walraven Quar tet, of Calhoun, Ga., and other out-of-state singers will appear on the program. All singers are invited. Skinner Retires At Ri'oim School O. C. Skinner has retired as president of nearby Rabun Gap Nacoochee School. Friday, at the annual meeting of the school's board of trus tees, Mr. Skinner was honored for his achievements and devo tion to the school by being elected president emeritus. The faculty, trustees, and friends presented him the keys to a new automobile as a further mark of affection and esteem. He is living in Highlands. Mr. Skinner's successor is Dr. Karl Anderson, a native of Wisconsin and resident of Geor gia for seven years. He has been on the staff of the school for several years as executive vice-president. Soil Bank Registration Extended To July 27 Soil Bank regulations govern ing the '56 Acreage Reserve Program have been amended to extend the final date for pro ducers to register from July 20 to July 27, according to the A.S.C. office manager, Miss Mil dred Corbin. To date, 41 tobacco growers here have placed their crops in the acreage reserve for spring for a total of $4,518.75, Miss Corbin said. The amended regulations also provide for the disposition of burley tobacco through August 3. Robinson Family Sets Annual Reunion Sunday The family of P. A. (Andy) Robinson will meet at Slagle Memorial Building Sunday, July 29, for its annual reunion. All friends and relatives are invited to come and bring a picnic lunch. WALDROOP IMPROVING Bill Waldroop, of the U. S. Navy and son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hauser, of Franklin, is reported improving from in juries received in an automobile accident July 17 in California. He is hospitalized in the U. S. Navy Hospital at San Diego. 'Hillbilly Day' Fever Rising There's a festive fever rising up Highlands way this week as the resort town braces Itself for the fifth annual onslaught of "Hillbilly Day" next Wednes day (August 1). Last year's celebration, at in tervals, found an estimated 10, 000 persons taking part in the mountain madness that strikes the town once a year. Those in charge predict the '56 shindig ? weather cooperating ? is going to de even better. That "dreaded Hillbilly law" will officially have its strangle hold on Highlands from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Any person ("living or daid"i caught inside the city limits in non-hillbilly clothes can expect to be hauled off to the "stockaid" in the center of town by "Sharf" Riley Johnson and his "depooties" for a brief spell and to pay a stiff fine for attempting to "foil the short arm of the law". "Sharf" Johnson, who has jugged many of prominence, from bootleggers to congress men. in his past four years of service, promises even swifter justice this year. "We won't stand for no tom fool flauntin' o' the law as long as this hyar tin star hangs on the front o' mah over-halls," he declared in a pre-celebration interview this week. Parade At 10 To clear the afternoon for a new feature, the "Parade of Hillbillies" is scheduled to start at 10 in the morning. It will as semble on the street by the Highlands Cleaners and Laun dry, according to Richard Thompson, town recreation leader, who heads the celebra tion. Prizes will be awarded the best float and to the best group on foot. From among those marching in the parade, a secret panel of judges will select the "monarchs of the mountains", "Country Squire" and "Highlands Belle", whose coronation will be a fea ture of the evening's program. A junior "squire" and "belle" also will be selected by the judges, Mr. Thompson said. Barbeque Slated A barbeque dinner will be served, starting at 11 o'clock, with the proceeds earmarked to help finance the celebration. At intervals during the day, mountain contests. ranging from ever-popular hog calling to the challenging greasy pole, will be staged. The best beard in town also will be selected in a contest for "hairy human beans" during the day. Any male (or female) with a beard not more than six months old may enter. Music-Music-Music It'll be music, music, music in the afternoon as a new feature of "Hillbilly Day" tries for a permanent place on the annual program. Between 20 and 30 string bands from some 15 states will compete in an old timey con test that is expected to last all afternoon and into the night. The bands are members of the Jimmy Rogers Society of Coun try Music. However, other bands may compete if they register nrior to the contest with Mr. Thompson. The band contest will get under way at 1 o'clock. Free Street Dance At 8 o'clock, as the last of ficial feature of "Hillbilly Day", the royal couple, "County Sciulre" and "Highlands Belle", will be crowned at a free street dance in the center of town Judge Nettles Will Preside Over Short Court Term Here ? ? ? Attention On Murder Trial Of Teen-Ager Spectator attention will be focused on the murder trial of a 17-year-old boy who has told officers he mistook his father for a groundhog and shot him. The youth, James Dudley Mathls, has been In the county jail since the body of his fath er, William A. Mathls, 71, was found on June 12 slumped over his 12-gauge shotgun near a groundhog hole on a mountain side near the Mathls home in the Matlock Branch section. A .22 calibre slug was found lodg ed in his head. Bound over on murder charge following a preliminary hearing, the youth's trial is docketed to be heard by Judge Nettles. At the hearing, officers testi fied the boy admitted shooting his father accidentally, think ing he was a groundhog. Justice of the Peace C. C. Stamey bound the case over to Superior Court on the strength of testimony indicating that the boy had "twisted his stories" (testimony of Deputy Newell Pendergrass first officer on the scene of the shooting) and could not satisfactorily explain where he was standing when he fired the shot from his rifle. 'Pete' And Radio Band To Appear As special attractions for the Macon County Folk Festival this year, the "Black Rock Mountain Boys" and "Pan handle Pete, the One-Man Band" have been signed up. They will perform each of the three nights of the festival, August 2-3-4, at the Franklin Stadium, as professionals and will not compete for the prize money being offered amateur entertainers, according to the Franklin Jaycees, festival spon sor. "Panhandle Pete" is a festival standby. This will be his fourth year here. The "Black Rock Boys", led by Harry Roberson, of Otto, have a regular radio program in Cornelia, Ga. They furnished background music for dancers and singers at last year's fes tival. During the festival, Mr. Roberson said he will be on the look out for new acts to pre sent on their weekly program. Nightly performances of the festival are set for 8 o'clock. A new wooden platform has been erected by the Jaycees to provide ample space for square dance teams to perform. It is considerably larger than the one used in the past. In the event of adverse weather any of the three nights, the festival will shift temporarily to the high school gymnasium. Late News and Briefs ROY CANTRELI, DIES Roy Herbert Cantrell, 46, of Franklin, Route 3, died of a heart attack Tuesday about 10 a. m. on a construction job on the Blue Ridge Parkway on the Cherokee Reservation. An employe of Macon Con struction Company, he was stricken while operating a bull dozer on the job. Funeral services for Mr. Can trell, a native of Fannon Coun ty, Ga., were held yesterday i Wednesday i at 3 p. m. at the Snow Hill Baptist Church. ? * ? ?HOT' STRIKE REPORTED A "hot strike" of what may be uranium has been reported on property owned by W. B. Thompson, of Iron Mountain, SEE NO. 1, PAGE 8 Criminal Docket Has About 109 New Cases And 30 Hold-Overs On orders of the judge, Sher iff J. Harry Thomas's "O yes", "o yes" Monday morning at 10 o'clock will officially open the year's "short term" of Superior Court here. Presiding will be Judge Zeb V. Nettles, of Ashevllle. The term Is for a week only, as compared with two weeks for the April and December terms. Mrs. Kate M. Wrlnn, clerk of court, this week described the docket as "light". It lists about 109 new cases and 30 hold overs, she said. The civil calendar is set for Thursday, the clerk said. It lists 12 cases, six of them divorce actions. A listing of cases scheduled for trial, as of last Thursday, is as follows: R. L. Anderson, abandon ment; Truman Moody, assault on a female; E. H. Brown, as sault; Harville Miller Parks, speeding; Robert Derald Ashe, drunk driving, operating with out glasses; Robert A. Patton, aiding and abetting to drunk driving, possession of whiskey; Paul Duane Cochran, drunk driving; Robert Andrew Patton, drunk driving, improper oper ator's license; D. L. Burgess, no operator's license; B. B. Price, carrying concealed weapon; Willie Wykle, possession of home brew; John Lewis Keener, big amy; D. L. Johnson, abandon ment; James Stanfield, non support of Illegitimate child; Lee Douglas Wood, drunk driv ing; Bentley Parker, speeding; Gladys B. Ensley, aiding and abetting to transporting whisk ey; Ross Ensley, reckless driv ing, speeding, transporting whiskey, no operator's license; Charles Robert Norris, drunk driving; Ray Bates, public drunkenness, aiding and abet ting to reckless driving and as sault on an officer; Clarence Mitchell Byrd, driving after li cense revoked; Frank Baldwin, drunk driving (2nd offense K no operator's license; Wallace Hen ry, non-support; Myrtle Dry man. breaking and entering, larceny; Bennie Ray Younce, speeding; Herbert L. Sternberg, assault; Donald R. Thompson, aiding and abetting assault; Howard Baldwin, reckless driv ing, hit and run; Earl George Roper, aiding and abetting to reckless driving and hit and run: JohiV Alvin Solesbee, reckless driving. Jacob Mason, reckless driv ing; Elbert Howard, carrying concealed weapon; Claude Cow art. possession of whiskey <2 counts*: Carlton Sanders, at tempting to break and enter, assault with a deadly weapon; Will Singletary, escaping prison ; Bennie B. Lancaster, escaping prison; Jesse Edgar Crisp, speeding, reckless driving; Frank Elmer Swafford. drunk driving, no operator's license; Robert Edward Lepley, reckless driving; Hershel Williamson, drunk driving; Max Ray Hun sucker, reckless driving, speed ing; Thomas N. Higdon, reck less driving; Ethel S. Martin, drunk driving, no operator's li cense: Wade H, McKinney, aid ing and abetting drunk driving, no operator's license; Roscoe Jenkins, public drunkenness, possession of whiskey; Patrick Duncan Desjardins, speeding; John Wilburn McCall, drunk driving (2nd offense >; Howard Thomas Collins, speeding, trans porting; Coy R. Beatty, drunk driving: Rollin Astor Deal, drunk driving; James Taylor Houston, no operator's license, (2nd offense*; Robert Gillespie, no operator's license: Charles Denning Woodard, drunk driv ing (2nd offense); Raymond Harvey Womack, speeding: Rude Leon Tanner, improper operator's license; Owen Niles, damage to public property: Boyce Carroll, damage to public property; Charles Lollis, dam age to public property: Charles Amos Hannah, damage to pub lic property; Richard M Hard ing, damage to public property: MUSIC CLUB TO MEET The Franklin Music Club will meet tonight (Thursday at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs E C. Kingsbery on White Oak Street. Owen Nlles, escaping prison; Gerald Moss, reckless driving; Robert E. Coward, speeding; R. O. Pressley, speeding; Ralph Eugene Baldwin, reckless driv ing, speeding; James Junior Johnson, speeding; Robert LeA Welch, speeding; Jimmy Delano Passmore, no operator's license; Howard Gene Shafer, speeding, James Marshall Tallent, speed ing; John Henry Davenport, speeding and carrying concealed weapon; Furman Tillman Hed den, drunk driving; James Sanders, drunk driving. Roy Guffey, drunk driving, no operator's license; Waymond Bradley, speeding; Walter Charles Miers, speeding; Ken neth R. Norton, aiding and abet ting to drunk driving; Richard Carroll Keener, drunk driving; Thomas Burton Simonds, drunk driving; James Prank Gibson, speeding; William Jerry Hed den, speeding; Jasper Lee Wil liams,, speeding; Earl L. Shanks, speeding; Tom Allen Smith, Jr., speeding; George Lee Torllne, speeding; Francis Delbert Fol ey, speeding; L. Bert Stokes, speeding; James Dudley Mathls, murder; Joe Hudson Jackson, drunk driving; Russell Camp, drunk driving, no operator's li cense; Robert Earl Owens, aid ing and abetting drunk driving, no operator's license; Frank Ed gar Henson, Jr., drunk driving; Louis Ivory York, speeding; Vic tor J. Antonishen, speeding; Newton Penland, fishing on posted property; Kenneth Led ford, larceny; Pless Patton Henry, speeding; Johnnie Greg ory, breaking and entering, larceny; Lawton Jess Taylor, speeding, reckless driving; Richard Dan .Munday, no op erator's license; Coy F. Beatty, improper use of dealer license; Eugene Ray Rickman, larceny, (2 counts i, no operator's li cense; Troy Arvil Welch, driv ing after license revoked, lar ceny (2 counts); Leonard B. Hollifield, speeding. John Rekl Queen, drunk driv ing; Doyle Gene Dills, breaking and entering, larceny; Marvin Woodrow St. Clair, no operator's license; Carolyn Louise McCoy, no operator's license; Ted Mill er farmer, permitting non-11 censed person to drive; Robert Eugene Smith, larceny of auto mobile; Arthur Roger Belt, speeding; Furxnan Franklin Houston, reckless driving; Jos eph Stanley Winsock, loaning operator's license, permitting non-licensed person to drive; Freddie Henry Woodall, no op erator's license; Roy L. Scar borough, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill; Luther H. Honeycutt, Jr., and Charles Lollis, aiding and abet ting, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill; James Lee Rogers, no operator's SEE NO. 2. PAGE 8 Editorial Page This week's editorial materi al will be found on Page 10. PICTURES LOST Pictures for this issue, sent out-of-town for engraving, at presstime were on a free bus ride somewhere in the U. S-. hav ing missed connections some where in W N. C. If located, they'll make a belated appear ance next week. The week's temperature* ami rainfall, as Recorded in Franklin by Manson Stiles. U. S. weather observer; in Highlands by Tudor N. Hall and W C. Newton. TV A observer: and at the Coweta Hydrolojric Laboratory. FRANKLIN Temperatures High Low Rain Wed, July 18 86 56 _ HIGHLANDS Wed.. July 18 72 56 COWEETA Wed.. July 18 84 54 .39 Weather Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday 84 63 . .22 82 64 .15 84 62 .04 87 61 .03 82 62 .37 86 60 .02 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday 74 62 .05 71 61 .15 75 54 1.30 7,5 56 .10 78 58 .78 80 58 .15 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday 84 62 .68 80 61 .17 83 55 trace 82 56 .IS 82 56 .20 85 56 .04