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A person who doubts
himself is like a man
who would enlist in the
ranks of his enemies
and bear arms against
himself. ? Dumas.
71st Year ? No. 49
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, December 6, 1956
Price 10 Cents
Sixteen Pages
RED CROSS
ELECTION
IS SLATED
Chapter To Hold
Dinner Meeting
Friday At School
Discussion of a proposed blood
program for the county and the
election of new officers top the
agenda for the annual meeting
of the Macon County chapter
of the American Red Cross.
This year's dinner meeting is
set for tomorrow (Friday) night
at 8 o'clock in the Franklin
High cafeteria.
The Rev. Roy J. Bell, pastor
FOR HUNGARY
Macon County has been As
signed a $270 quota for Hun
garian relief.
The American Red Cross is
acting as a collecting agency
for the campaign to help the
Communist satellite in its
fight for freedom.
Donations may be sent to
the local A.R.C. office.
of the First Methodist Church
in Sylva, is to be guest speaker.
Active in area A.R.C. work, Mr.
Beli will discuss several activ
ities, including the annual fund
raising campaign early in 1957.
Miss Ruth Lockman, of Ashe
ville, area A.R.C. representative,
and an official from the region
al blood center in Asheville
plan to be on hand to assist the
chapter in setting up a blood
program. In order for the
chapter to participate, the area
program must first have the
approval of health officials,
local hospitals, and the head of
the county medical society, ac
cording to Mrs. Elizabeth Mc
Collum, chapter executive secre
tary.
Officers for 1957 are to be
elected. Z. Weaver Shope is now
serving his second one-year
term as chairman of the chap
ter. W. R. Potts is vice-presi
dent, and C. Jack Ragan is
treasurer. Directors include the
Rev. R. T. Houts, Jr., James L.
Hauser, the Rev. A. Rufus Mor
gan, the Rev. S. B. Moss, Frank
B. Cook, Charles Anderson, and
Lewis Edwards.
Committee reports on the
year's activities also are sched
uled.
Deer Season
Ends With Light
Bag Reported
Sundown Saturday ended the
1956 deer season.
A light bag was reported from
both the Wayah and Standing In
dian areas for the 12 days of
hunting.
On Standing Indian, 933 hunt
ers managed to bring out only 34
bucks. Two illegal kills (does) also
were reported. Also killed were 13
wild hogs.
While official figures were not
available from Wayah, it is under
stood that less than a dozen kills
were made.
In the sport of deer hunting,
it's "like father, like son" for Hoy
Pendergrass and his son, Landy.
Mr. Pendergrass opened the sea
son two weeks ago by bagging a
buck in Wayah Valley and return
ing to town in time to open his
grocery store on schedule. On the
last day of the hunt, Landy, 13,
shot a six-pointer on the same spot
his father made his kill.
Local Student
Ties For Top
Speech Honors
A Franklin High senior, Miss
Margaret Jones, tied for first
place with an Asheville student
in the western district Voice of
Democracy contest.
Dr. J. L. Hill, Jr., president
of the Franklin Jaycees, which
sponsored Miss Jones, after she
won the speaking contest on the
local level, this week said he
had been informed that both
would advance to the state-wide
contest, to be held in Monroe
December 9.
The local winner's expenses
to Monroe will be covered by the
sponsoring organization, he said.
The district V. O. D. contest
was held Thursday of last week
In Brevard.
Miss Jones is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R S. Jones, of
Franklin.
?
Federal Agency Approves
Franklin Radio Station
Permission to operate a day
time radio station In Franklin
has been granted the Macon
County Broadcasting Company
by the Federal Communications
Commission.
One of the three owners,
Henry Bartol, Jr., of Tryon, in
a telephone Interview this week
said construction of the station,
weather permitting, should be
gin soon after the first of the
year.
The AM station will operate
on 1050 kilocycles and 500
watts, daytime, Mr. Bartol said.
With Mr. Bartol in the broad
casting company are Graves
Taylor, also of Tryon, and John
E. Boyd, of Landrum, 8. C.
The F. C. C. approved the
station Thursday of last week.
Application was made to the
F. C. C.. last July.
4-H Honors Outstanding
Members - Enloe, Cochran
Robert Enloe, of the Cartooge
chaye club, and Miss Helen Coch
ran, of the Franklin Senior club,
were honored Saturday during the
annual "4-H Achievement Day" as
the most outstanding club mem
bers of the year.
Held at East Franklin School,
the 4-H gathering also was fea
tured by the awarding of some 70
4-H projects awards to individual
club members by the extension
agents in charge of 4-H, Mrs.
Jessie D. Cabe and Clark Walker.
Cartoogechaye Senior was cited
for having the best club progress
during 1956.
Otto Senior won the attendance
award for having the largest num
ber turn out for "Achievement
Day".
Ann Pennington, of the Frank
lin club, received a special leader
ship award from the Danforth
Foundation.
Are 'Sparkplugs'
The two outstanding club mem
bers, Robert and Helen, have been
described by the extension agents
as "sparkplugs" In both county
and district activities during the
past year.
Young Enloe, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Enloe, of Franklin,
Route 1, is now ending two years
as a 4-H clubber. Last year he
was president of Cartoogechayc
Junior. He entered the district
officers contest, placed third in
the county-wide tractor driving
contest, won a third place with
his dairy calf at the county fair
last fall, and completed projects
in dairying, field crops, and health
this year. Robert now has under
way a tractor care project. He is
secretary of the M. Y. F. of the
Mt. Zion Methodist Church.
Member 3 Years
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Cochran, of the Patten
section, Miss Cochran has been
In 4-H club work for three years.
She has served as president of
both {i county and high school
club and has been 2nd vice-presi
dent of the county council. For
two years she has taken the top
honors In the county dairy foods
competition and this year also
won the county recreation and
clothing events. She also competed
this year In the state dairy foods
contest. The agents report Helen
did outstanding work in home
beautificatlon, food preparation,
and other home economics pro
jects. She has asserted her leader
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 8
Local Boy New
F.F.A. President
A member of the Franklin
chapter of Future Farmers of
America has been elected pres
ident of the Nantahala Federa
tion of F. F. A., which embraces
the seven western counties.
He is Bill Fouts, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Milton Fouts, of
Franklin, Route 4.
Another Franklin member,
Frank Nolen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles W. Nolen, of
Franklin, Route 1, has been
elected sentinel of the federa
tion.
The election was held last
week.
Twisting Wayah Road Used
By GM As Testing Ground
General Motors has chosen
the Wayah Valley area to test
drive several new automobiles,
because of the varied driving
conditions offered there, as well
as the fact that they aren't
bothered by a horde ot sight
seers.
On a recent week-end, the Opal
? a smaller, cheaper-priced car
manufactured in Germany by
a GM subsidiary ? was driven
about the valley in road tests.
Other models in past years have
included the Chevrolet Corvette
sports car and the Buick with
the variable pitch Dynaflow
transmission.
Two different models of the
Opal were driven here. One was
the 1957 model and the other a
projected 1958 version. OM
hopes these body styles are the
answer to German consumer
wants for American-type
bodies. In the Wayah testing,
particular attention was paid to
body reactions.
Germans have developed a
taste for American body styles,
a GM official says, after seeing
so many U. S. cars which have
been brought overseas by mili
tary personnel.
The test activities here came
to light recently when a Gen
eral Motors official was inter
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 12
The Rev. Andrew Cloer, of Franklin, stands with the 150
pound eight-point buck he bagged Wednesday morning of last
week on Wayah.
Mrs. Earl Cabe holds Carson's honorable mention certificate
while she talks to Morris L. McGough, following Saturday's area
rural community luncheon. Mr. McGough oversees the annual
contest for the Asheville Agricultural Council.
Highlands Has
New Postmistress
Highlands no longer has a
postmaster. It has a postmis
tress.
Mrs. Jean Keener Rice became
the acting postmistress last
Saturday (December 1) as
?Charles C. (Uncle Charlie)
Potts stepped down after 21
years' service.
Mrs. Rice is the second wom
an in tile 81-year history of the
Highlands post office to hold
the job. The other was Miss
Elinor C. Cleveland, who was
postmistress from 1923 to 1935.
She now is Mrs. W. N. (Nellie)
Cook and lives in Franklin.
At some future date a Civil
Service examination will be call
ed and persons interested in
the postmastership at Highlands
will make application. A test
will be given the applicants and
from those making the three
highest scores, one will be
chosen for the job.
Mrs. Rice is the daughter of
Mrs. T. Maden Keener, of High
lands. Her husband, R. W. Rice,
is a forestry aide with the U.
S. Forest Service. The acting
postmistress was graduated
from Highlands High School in
1945. She is 28 years old.
For the past two and a half
years, she has been secretary to
the Tudor Hall Real Estate
Agency in Highlands.
The Rices have three children,
Bobby, 8", Mary, 6, and Allan, 5.
They are members of the Epis
copal church.
Mrs. Rice says she's a Repub
lican and her husband a Demo
crat.
"Uncle Charlie" Potts was
scheduled to retire Oct. 31, but
was asked to remain an extra
month. He had looked forward
to fox hunting in early Novem
ber, until retirement was set
back a month. Now, he says,
it's too cold. Come the first
warm day, however, 'Uncle
Charlie" gives fair warning:
look out, br'er fox.
Wasilik Gets Doctor
Of Philosophy Degree
John H. Wasilik, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Wasilik, Jr., of
Franklin, has received his de
gree of doctor of philosophy in
physics from the graduate
school of arts and sciences at
The Catholic University of
America, Washington, D. C.
A Franklin High graduate, he
received his B. S. degree from
Manhattan College, New York
?City, in 1947 and has been at
Catholic University since that
time. ?
Church Women Plan
Bazaar On Saturday
The W. M. C. of the Cullasaja
Assembly of God Church plans
to hold a bazaar Saturday at
the Nantahala Power and Light
Company building.
Proceeds will be used for
Christmas baskets for shut-ins.
Handmade articles and home
made jams and jellies will be
on sale.
Carson Lands
Cash Award
In Contest
An honorable mention has
been won by Carson Commun
ity in the 1956 W. N. C. Rural
Community Development Con
test.
As one of the area winners,
the Macon County community
was awarded $50 and given a
framed certificate of achieve
ment at the annual contest
awards luncheon Saturday In
Asheville.
Among those from here at
tending the luncheon were Mrs.
Homer Greene, Verlon Swafford,
W. W. Sloan, County Agent T.
H. Fagg, Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Brady, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Sher
rill, Mr. and Mrs. Rumby Ray,
George Stalcup, Mrs. Nelson
Waldroop, Mrs. Thomas Jones,
Mrs. Gilmer Waldroop, Miss
Barbara Waldroop, Mrs. Earl
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 8
Trial Of Civil Actions
Begins In Superior Court
Except for a few cases, the
criminal docket for the Decem
ber term of Superior Court has
been cleared and trial of civil
matters is now under way.
The term opened Monday
morning with Judge Zeb V.
Nettles, of Asheville, presiding.
Yesterday (Wednesday) morn
ing, Mrs. Kate M. Wrinn, clerk
of court, said all criminal mat
ters had been disposed of by
Judge fettles, with the excep
tion of about a dozen cases.
These, she said, probably will
be heard during breaks in civil
trials.
The civil docket lists nine ac
tions and seven divorces. Some
continuances already have been
granted by the Judge.
A complete report of court ac
tivities, including the grand
jury recommendations, will ap
pear in The Press next week.
A. Winton Perry was appoint
ed foreman of the grand jury
by the court.
Other jurymen were Paul
Morgan, George Bryson, Thom
as Sanders, Haskell Arvey, Paul
Klnsland, Eugene Crawford,
Robert Brown, Lawrence long,
T. T. Hurst, R. F. Bryant, W. R.
Parrish, Grady Holland, Fred
Ledford, E. B. i Duvall, A. J.
Smith, Frank Holbrooks, and
Alfred Wilson.
Rural Telephone Service
Up 25% Over Last Year
Franklin Girls
Win 2 Games
By wide margins, the Frank
lin High lassies took two basket
ball victories this week to open
the '56 season, while the lads
split their games.
In the season opener Satur
day night here with Clayton,
Ga., the girls loafed to a 65 to
22 win, with Mavis Gibson tak
ing high scoring honors with
18 points.
In a scrap that had fans
standing and screaming, the
boys lost by a lone point, 38 to
37. Willard Smith was high
hoop man for the locals with
20 points.
Tuesday night, teams from
Sylva High bowed to the locals.
The lassies won an easy victory,
60 to 11, with Mavis Gibson
again bucketing 23 points for
top scoring. The boys battled
out a 50 to 43 win against a
game team. Smith was high
scorer with 17.
Tomorrow (Friday) night at
7:30 in the local gymnasium,
the Franklin teams will play
Cherokee. Another home game
is on tap Tuesday night ^Phen
Swain High comes here.
I tun UK !> MO i t: in a re
cent news story in the Raleigh
News and Observer, Macon was
listed as 28th among the
state's 100 counties in percent
age of farms with telephones.
The information was shown the
Western Carolina Telephone
Company, which compiled the
data for the following news
story. Since the News and Ob
server's REA figures were for
"farm" telephones and were
compiled in 1955, while the
phone company's are for "rural"
phones and are for September,
1956, comparison of the two sets
of figures has little meaning.)
Five communities of this
county which two years ago
had no telephones today have
77 Instruments among them, a
check with Western Carolina
Telephone Company shows.
These are Holly Springs with
27, Clark's Chapel with 18, Pat
ton with 14, Scaly with 10, and
Higdonvllle with eight.
Among communities without
telephone service are Mulberry,
Tellico, Oak Grove, Upper Car
toogechaye, and West Union. On
Burningtown, the lines go only
as far as the mine and on Co
wee the lines are full. There Is
no phone service In the Nanta
hala section, except at Beecher
town.
The telephone company has
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 13
Centennial-Like Crowd In
Town For Christmas Parade
/
What is described as the larg
est mid-week crowd to pack
Franklin since the Centennial
celebration in 1955 lined Main
and Palmer Streets Thursday
afternoon of last week to veiw
the Christmas parade.
Iotla's winning float depicit
ed "The Night Before Christ
mas", with a family gathered
around the fireplace and
Christmas tree.
The mountain chore of hog
killing at Christmas was por
trayed by the F. F. A. entry.
The whole procedure, even to
a blazing fire, was recreated on
the float.
"Mary and the Christ Child"
was the theme of the garden
club entry. A life-size frame
around the mother and child
set off the "picture" of the na
tivity scene.
Estimates placed the onlook
ers at upwards of 4,000 as
Santa Claus, supported by 23
floats entered by businesses
and civic and community
groups, started spreading good
will and Christmas cheer, along
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 5
? Pnm BUI Pboto
Santa Arrives At Airport
House Numbers Now
Available In Store
Lions Club members are 110
longer selling house numbers door
to-door and Franklin residents de
siring numerals are asked to go
by the Western Auto Store, where
Lions Verlon Swafford and Floy
Cunningham have the numbers
for sale.
Residents not knowing the house
numbers assigned them may get
that information from either Mr.
Swafford or Mr. Cunningham.
WARM IN HIGHLANDS
Temperature readings for the
last week present the queer sit
uation of the low in Highlands
being as much as 19 degrees
higher than the low for the same
date in Franklin. A double cheek
with weather observers confirms
the fact, however, that the read
ings are what their thermomet
ers showed. For Monday, Tues
day. and Wednesday of this
week, temperatures at Franklin
and Cowecta varied sharply from
those in Highlands. Bad news
for skaters comes from High
lands: the warmer weather there
is melting the ice.
The Weather
The week's temperature* and rainfall below
are recorded in Franklin hy Manson Stiles,
lT. S. weather observer; in Highlands hy
Tudor N. Hall and W. C. piewton. TV A
observers; and at the (*ow?Aa HVriroloRic
Laboratory. Heading:* are for the 24-hour
period ending at S a.m. of the day listed.
FRANKLIN
High Low Rain
Wed.. Nov. 28 55 11 .00
Thursday 51 21 .00
Friday 49 19 .00
Saturday 54 15 .00
Sunday 59 14 .00
Monday 71 19 .00
Tuesday 52 20 .00
Wednesday 29 .00
HIGHLANDS
Wed.. Nov. 28 48 18 .03
Thursday 44 29 .00
Friday 43 21 .00
Saturday 47 25 .00
Sunday 44 28 .00
Monday 54 38 .00
Tuesday 60 34 .00
Wednesday 36 .00
COWEETA
Wed., Nov. 28 54 12 .00
Thursday 54 23 .00
Friday 47 18 .00
Saturday 49 17 .00
Sunday 55 16 .00
Monday 67 23 .00
Tuesday 69 25 .00
Wednesday 30 .00