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Franklin, N. C., Thursday, October 4, 1956
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Twelve Pages
Here's How The One-Way Streets Are Working
HERE'S HOW ? Just follow the arrows to learn how the
new one-way system is operating in Franklin. Although the
town plans to make some minor adjustments, traffic will
One-Way Streets
Are In Operation
Switch Made Last
Thursday In Town
To Ease Congestion
In an unpublicized move last
Thursday, a one-way street sys
tm designed to relieve conges
tion went into operation on
Franklin's two main downtown
arteries, Main and Palmer
Streets.
Traffic is moving west over
Main Street and east over
Palmer (See Map).
In the face of some opposi
tion to the change-over, Mayor
W. C. Burrell and his aldermen
are making minor adjustments
in the system and appear de
termined to give the experiment
a "fair chance" to succeed or
fail.
Yesterday (Wednesday) the
angles on parking spaces along
both sides of Main in the busi
ness area were being changed
to make parking easier and to
clear more street for the
double lane of traffic. More di
rectional signs also were put
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 12
? ? ?
Opposition Asks
For Hearing On
One -Way System
Opposition to the new one
way system failed to material
ize at Tuesday night's session
of the board of aldermen ? at
the request of the opposition.
Mayor W. C. Burrell said at
toney G. L. Houk, spokesman
for a group of businessmen
frowning on the change, has re
quested that a special hearing
be set to air the pros and cons
of the matter since he was out
of-town on the night of the
meeting and could not present
the opposition's case.
In view of this development,
the mayor and aldermen plan
to hold a special meeting Tues
day night at 7 at the town hall
to hear both sides.
"This will give everyone, for
and against, a chance to come
and talk it over with us," the
mayor explained.
Macons Old Folks 'Day
Attracts Estimated 132
Macon County's old folks had
their "day" Sunday afternoon.
Gathering at the Franklin
Presbyterian Church for the
annual "Fellowship Hour" for
all over 65, they sang the old
hymns in the lusty harmony
of yesteryear, and talked of an
era soon destined for recorded
obscurity ? of horseback visits,
log schools, and a generation
now recognized for its signifi
cant contributions to religion
and culture before the turn of
the century.
And, they also talked of the
present and of things to come;
of politics and nezxt year's
gathering.
Of the 132 who registered ?
many slyly declined to include
their age ? 26 were in their 70's,
17 in their 80's, and four in
their 90 's.
At 97, W. N. "Uncle Billy" Mc
SEE NO. I, PAGE 12
Flames Engulf Frame House On Burningtown Friday
flow in the same general directions as shown on the map.
Main Street is ha.ndling the west-bound flow and. Palmer
the east-bound. The change was made by state highway
crews last Thursday.
Change Brings Emotions
The sudden switch to one-way streets Thursday in Franklin
fostered a wide variety of emotioijs.
Tongue-in-cheek: "I'd leave town if I could find my way out,"
declared Harley L,yle.
Determination: "I know I was going the wrong way, but I
JUST HAD to get to the post office before the mail went out,"
explained an elderly lady motorist.
Fear: "I'll just leave my car at home and walk . . . I'll never
get used to it . . ." said another lady, who, incidentally, lives
a block and a half from town.
Anger: "Well, I just don't know why, but I'm against 'em,"
was a male comment.
Humor: "Am I walking down the right sidewalk? ... I
wouldn't want to be arrested," sang out a young lady to Police
Chief C. D. Baird.
Resignation: "I guess we've got to have it . . . the old way was
sure a mess on Saturdays."
Popping up at intervals is the old pun, "I'm only going one
way."
One elderly gentleman modified this somewhat. Creeping cau
tiously down Palmer in the face of oncoming vehicles, he
answered someone's warning that he was going the wrong way
with: "I'm makin' it MY WAY."
Harrison Avenue Sewer Extension
Again Receives Board Go -Ahead
A sewer extension on the
north end of Harrison Avenue
again has top billing in Frank
lin.
The go-ahead on the job was
given two years ago, but the
allocation was transferred to
help finance the large water
main and tank in the south
end of town when Burlington
Industries disclosed plans for
building a plant here.
Tuesday night, with money
again on hand for the job,
aldermen instructed Town At
torney R. S. Jones to start the
legal machinery for the job. It
is planned for the extension to
serve the prison camp and a
number of residences inside the
city limits. The present line
ends at Stockton's.
A survey also was authorized
for a new sewer line to serve
homes on Hillcrest Circle. C. S.
Brown and Roy Biddle, Jr., who
live on the circle, and Vance
Rucker and Fred Vaughn, who
say they plan to build there
soon, appeared at the meeting
to request a line. The job would
require the installation of about
1,500 feet of pipe, according to
Water Supt. Herman Childers.
In conducting other business,
the aldermen also cleared the,
purchase of 100 feet of booster
hose for the fire truck.
Parking Lots Being
Considered By Board
Franklin Is now eyeing town
maintained parking lobs as a
solution to the mounting prob
lem of where "John Q. Frank
lin" is going to park his fliv
ver.
In session Tuesday night,
aldermen discussed leasing sev
eral sites and turning them in
to parking lots.
The proposal was turned over
to the street committee for
consideration.
GOING UP IN FLAMES ? Flames are shown engulfing
the frame home of Mrs. Vernon Pruitt on Burningtown in
mia'-morning Friday. Highway Patrolman H. T. Ferguson
spotted flames breaking through the roof and called the fire
truck. But, flames had Rained too much headway and fire
men were unable to save ?.nythinf. Her throe children were
in school and she was at work in Franklin. Mrs. Pruitt, a
widow, saM she lost a "great deal" of personal effects in the
fire. Some insurance was carried on the house, she p.dded.
NEW DIRECTOR
IS AT WORK
Harris Baton Now
Waving Over Band;
Reworking Schedules
With the arrival Monday of
a new band director for the
Franklin Band, class schedules
of band members were being
reworked.
Now waving a baton over the
band, which has been director
less since the opening of school,
is Bill F. Harris, of Pontotoc,
Miss.
A graduate of the University
of Mississippi, he studied on
music scholarships at a con
servatory in Paris, France, and
at the University of Mexico. His
teaching experience includes
two years in Mississippi and
one in St. Louis, Mo.
Supt. Holland McSwain said
for the present Mr. Harris will
concentrate his activities on the
band and, later, if his schedule
permits, will expand his pro
gram to include instruction of
band and music in the elemen
tary schools.
The new director succeeds T.
A. Orr, who resigned in the
summer to accept a post in
Glen Alpine.
Highlands Bank
Open House Set
This Saturday
Formal opening of the new
$60,000 Highlands branch of the
Jackson County Bank is set for
Saturday from 4 to 8 p. m.
The branch bank has been
conducting business in its new
home since September 22.
One of several new structures
Fictures ? Page 10
to go up on Fourth Street in
recent months, the modern
bank building was erected by
W. B. Dillard, of Sylva. It is 40
feet wide asid 55 deep. One story,
the construction is of brick and
concrete block with a modern
front of Roman brick, mosaic
stone, and plate glass.
The Jackson County Bank has
operated in Highlands since 1934
?as a depository from 1934 to
1948 and as a branch bank
since.
The old bank building also is
on Fourth Street on the oppo
site side of the street from the
new home.
Joins Staff
Of Hospital
Dr. Charles H. .Moseley, a na
tive of Stephen* County, Ga.,
has joined the staff of Angel
Hospital, Inc.
The new doctor, who has
been with the West Montana
Clinic in Missoula since the
summer of 1954, took his pre
medical training at Emory Uni
versity and was graduated from
the Medical College of Georgia
in Augusta. He did his Intern
ship in Denver, Colo.
Dr. Moseley has been in serv
ice twice. During World II he
was an enlisted man in the U. S.
Navy. After completing his in
ternship he did a two-year tour
with the U. S. Army in Texas,
before going to Missoula.
He is married to the former
Miss Ruth Grist, of Rabun
County, Ga. They have four
children and are living in Dr.
Edgar Angel's house on White
Oak Street.
Sidewalk Completed
And Another Started
For the safety of children
walking to school, a new sec
tion of sidewalk has just been
completed on US 23-441 south
from E. W. Long's to Hillcrest
Street.
Another section from Reid
Womack's to the stockyard road
along the same stretch of high
way has now been authorized
by the town board.
The two sidewalks Will cost
about $1,450. Wiley Clark is
doing the work on a contract
basis.
installing new organ
A pipe organ is being install
ed by the Franklin Presbyter
ian Church. A committee is now
receiving donations for the pur
chase of the instrument: which
is costing about $4,000. The pul
pit area in the church is being
altered to accomodate it.
Estimated 4,000
At County Fair
How Hungry Can
A Fellow Get?
A fellow can get pretty
hungry hiking over a couple
of mountain ranges.
Take the case of Carl "The
Sheriff" Lawman, an honor
grade prisoner at the Macon
camp.
The 20-year-old Lawman
walked off from a road crew
near the Cowee Ruby Mines
and took to the bushes about
10 a. m. Tuesday.
Along about mid-afternoon,
"The Sheriff" called Camp
Supt. John E. Cutshall from
Clark's Restaurant over in
Jackson County, a couple of
sizable mountains away from
where he fled.
"Come and get me . . . I'm
hungry," the superintendent
quoted the escapee as saying.
Locals Beat
Hayesville
Franklin High's Panthers
racked up their second confer
ence victory of the season Fri
day night in downing Hayes
ville High Vi to 6.
Tomorrow Friday) night at 8
o'clock, the Panthers invade
Jackson County for a clash with
the Sylva High Hurricane.
In the Hayesville game, the
first out-of-town meeting for
the locals, the teams were lock
ed at 6 to 6 into the third
quarter.
But, a drive from the two
yard line by Bruce Houston put
the Panthers again into the
lead they held earlier in the
game when Willard Smith con
nected on a 17-yard touchdown
pass to Mitchell Houston.
Hayesville's lone score came
scon after in the first quarter
when the Panthers fumbled and
a Hayesville man picked up the
elusive ball and scampered 10
yards to deadlock the game.
The Panthers meet Robbins
ville on October 12 at Robbins
ville.
Statistics
F H
First downs 11 7
Yds. g'nd rushing 147 91
Passes attempted 7 9
Passes completed 5 2
Yds. g'nd passing 62 15
Passes intercepted by 1 1
Yds. g'nd interception 45 10
Punts Average 31 28
Yds, kicks returned 55 14
6ppon, fumbles recov'd 0 2
Yds. lost penalties 25 30
4-H Clubbers Set
Officer Election
Macon 4-H Clubbers will elect
new county council officers for
'56-57 Saturday morning.
Set for 9:45 at the Agricul
tural Building, the meeting also
will be featured by planning
for the new year, Including the
setting of dates for the annual
achievement day and the '57
camp.
Schools - Where To Put 'Em?
Several Proposals
To Ease Situation
Discussed At Meet
A look to the future was cast
by the Macon Board of Educa
tion this week in discussing
overcrowedness in the schools.
Although they took no official
action, the board members
nevertheless aired several pos
sible solutions after Supt. Hol
land McSwain presented enroll
ment estimates for the next
four-year period.
Possibilities:
Establish one or more junior
high schools.
Divide the classroom space of
the present Franklin High for
juniod high and high school
and start another high school.
Add more classrooms to the
present building.
Build a new Franklin ele
mentary school separate from
the high school grounds and use
the old elementary building for
high school classes.
Any of these approaches to
the mounting problem would
cost in the neighborhood of
$400,000. Mr. McSwain estimates.
'Quality High',
Judges Declare
More than 4,000 men, women,
and children Friday and Saturday
poured into the Franklin High
Gymnasium to help the backers
Df the Macon County Fair keep
their last year's promise of one
'bigger and better."
Concentrated on the main floor
of the gymnasium, the growing
production attracted 225 exhibit
ors, who entered on an average
of three exhibits each. One
woman exhibited 27 items, it is
reported.
Although quantity was low, the
quality of exhibits was "exception
ally good," according to the
judges. They placed the fair on
a par with some of the older
and much larger ones in other
counties. This is the second year
one has been staged here.
A steady trickle of visitors stirr
ed through the gymnasium from
the time the fair opened at noon
Friday until it closed Saturday
night at 9.
"You can't stir 'em with a
stick," was the report from the
gymnasium Friday night.
Patton Wins
Patton Community copped first
place among community and
neighborhood booths. In second
place was Iotla and third was
Holly Springs Home Demonstra
tion Club.
In 4-H booth competition, the
judges called it a tie between
Carson and Cullasaja for the top
spot. Second place honors went
to Nantahala and Iotla. while
Otto and Union tied for third.
Live-At Home
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Brown, of
the Clark's Chapel Community,
won the "Live-At-Home" com
petition for farm families with a
display showing the wide variety
of foods and other essentials that
can be produced on a farm. An
entry by Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
Wells, of the Patton Community,
tock second place.
The Future Farmers of America
chapter's exhibit and those enter
ed by the freshmen, sophomore.
SEE NO. 10, PAGE 12
The Weather
The week's temperatures and rainfall, aa
lecorded in Franklin by Manson Stiles,
U. S. wpather observer; in HitfhlauHs by
Tudor N. Hall and W. C. Newton, TV A
observer: and at the Coweta Hydroloffie
Laboratory.
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed.. Sept. 26 69 50 .96
Thursday 63 49 ,1?
Friday 54 44 .??
Saturday 77 48
Sunday 82 ^ 52
Monday 84 50
Tuesday 83 57
HIGHLANDS
Wed.. Sept. 26 54 50 3.8
Thursday 6S 46 2.6
Friday 58 49 trace
Saturday 64 46
Sunday 76 49
Monday 73 46
Tuesday 75 57
C6WMTA
Wed.. Sept. 26 66 52 .21
Thursday 61 48
Friday 62 43
Saturday 74 48
Sunday 80 47
Monday 82 47
Tuesday 82 51 trace
McSwain Releases
Figures On Class
And Teacher Needs
"Where are we going to put
them."
That'll be the big question in
the Macon school system in a
couple of years, according to
Supt. Holland McSwain. It ap
plies, however, only to the high
school grades. Membership in
the elementary schools, with
the exception of East Franklin,
is not expected to change much.
East Franklin probably will
need one or two more class
rooms in the next three or four
years, he estimates.
But it's a different story on
the high school level. At pres
ent. the three high schools ?
Franklin, Nantahala, and High
lands ? have class rooms for 21
teachers. By 1959-60, Mr. Mc
Swain figures at least 30 teach
ers will be needed to take care
of increased enrollment, which
is estimated at better than 1,
000.
The seriousness of the situa
tion is mirrored in the fact that
SEE NO. 4, FADE 12