Franklin Mail
Is Stolen At
Dillard Break-In
Franklin residents have been
letting personal mail delivery by
he Dillard, Ga? postmaster (or
he last week because of a postal
obbery there the night of July 19.
A stack of letters was taken
rom the post office and rifled as
he robbers apparently searched
or money. Part of the letters
fere later recovered in woods
tear Dillard. No arrests have been
lade in connection with the theft.
Postmaster C. E. Dillard said he
,as making the delivers' of the
ecovered letters personally to
ave the time of writing individual
etters of explanation. The rob
iers seem to have gotten hold of
Highlands-to-Franklin packet of
nail.
Holly Springs 4-H
Club Organized
Holly Springs community or
ganized a 4-H Club Thursday of
last week with Elizabeth Ann Am
mons as president.
Other officers elected were I
Carolyn Miller, vice-president:
Jackie Ann Cabe, secretary: Sue
Crawford, reporter: and Brenda
Seagle and Zeb Cabe. song lead
ers.
Cook Going To Lowell
For Marriage Rites
The Rev. W. N. Cook will be in
1 Lowell this week end where he
( will perform the marriage cere
| mony for his granddaughter. Miss
J Mary Louise Cook.
He and Mrs. Cook plan to go
down Saturday and return to
i Franklin on Monday.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Issued
Floyd Rogers Cowart. 2$, of
Franklin. Route 2, and Lacy
Elizabeth Passmore. 18. of Route
4. July 26.
Walter Lloyd Beakel, 32. of
Highlands, and Collin Randall
Wilcox. 22. of Highlands. July 29.
Gowee Rural Group
Will Meet Tonight
The Cowee Rural Community
Development Organization will
meet at the Cowee school house
Thursday evening at 7:30 (to
night* for its monthly meeting.
Chrysanthemum Raiser
Expects Cutting Soon
The Rainbow Springs "flower
man" expects to get his first chry
santhemum cuttings in about two
weeks or a little longer.
H. L. Kendall is in his second I
season of commercial flower grow- j
ing at his place there. He is from
Vero Beach. Fla.. where he also
raises flowers.
COA/iey BEST BUYS
HOU) DO YA EXPLAIN
HITT/N& THIS MAN IN
BROAD DAYLIGHT AND
ON A PERFECTLY _
STRAIGHT ROAD;
TO TELL THE
TROTH, OFF iCEff,
I COOLDNT SEE
HIM THROUGH AIL]
the safety first)
STICKERS ON MY
WINDSHIELD '
Main Street Lot
CARS
1957 FORD Custom Fordor
1956 PLYMOUTH Plaza
1956 FORD Fordor
1955 FORD Courier
1951 JEEP Station Wagon
TRUCKS
1956 FORD Pickup 8-cyl.
1956 FORD %-Ton 8-cyl.
1953 CHEVROLET Pickup
1953 CHEVROLET %-Ton
Palmer Street Lot
CARS
1955 FORD Fordor Custom
1954 CHEVROLET Bel Air 2 dr.
1954 CHEVROLET 210 4 dr.
1953 FORD Customline Fordor
1951 BU1CK Super Hardtop
TRUCKS
1956 FORD Pickup 6-cyl.
1956 FORD Pickup 8-cyl.
1953 CHEVROLET Pickup
1951 CHEVROLET Pickup
CONLEY MOTOR COMPANY
PHONE 69
iAIN STREET
GOODRICH TIRES & TUBES ^
DEALER -830 YOUR FRIENJLY FORD DEALER
? PHONE 69
FRANKLIN, N. C.
GOODYEAR TIRES & TUBES
GENUINE FORD ?ARTS AND ACCESSORIES
Dealer 830 and 830A
Worried about roof "bio Totf' . . .
Coroe in and see the nejL
" Seal-O-Matic Shin^ie
HERE'S THE SECRET
The sun's heat seals the tabs automatically
because of this special factory-applied
petroleum resin cement strip on the
underside of each shingle
these new
:ohns-Manville
Shingles hold tight in high
winds because they are self sealing!
Here is the most important contribution to
roofs for homes and farm buildings in the last
20 years ... a roof of traditional shingle de
f gn that is self sealing The sun's heat causes
these amazing shingles to seal themselves
down at the butt edge and grip the shingles
underneath with bulldog tenacity . . . they
defy even high winds to pry them loose.
Seal-O-Matic Shingles are available in the
popular Thick Butt style in many colors and
blends. Stop in and let us demonstrate them
to you. Ask for a free estimate.
I
Franklin Hardware Co.
FRANKLIN, N. C
JOHNS-MANVILLE BUILDING MATERIALS
Montague Organ
Recital Sunday
An organ recital will be presents
ed by Patrick Montague at 8
o'clock Sunday evening at the
Franklin Methodist Chureh.
Mr. Montague, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Kay P. Montague, of
Franklin. Is organist in Beach
Methodist Church, in Jackson- 1
ville, Fla., where he teaches pub- ?
lie school music In the senior high
school.
He is a 1953 graduate of West
ern Carolina College. Cullowhee.
where he majored in mjjsic Dur
ing his high school and college
years in Jackson County, he was
organist at the Sylva Methodist
Church. He also for two years was
director of a choral group.
Mr. Montague has been visiting
his parents here for the past two
weeks.
The program for Sunday eve
ning's concert follows:
Introduction. Stanley; Toccata,
Bach: three chorale preludes ?
"Oh, How Blessed", Brahms. "Out
of the Deep", Bach, and "Rejoice
Greatly", Karg-Elert: three pieces '
by Dubois. "Entree", "Elevation",
and "Sortie": three Bible poem? i
by Weinberger, "Abide With Us", I
"The Last Supper", and "Hear, 1 ,
Oh Israel": Chorale No. 3. Franck;
and Trumpet Voluntary. Purcell. (
128 Here Sunday
At Tallent Reunion
The Tallent family's third an
nual reunion was held Sunday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Tallent, of Franklin, with 128
present.
However, th? clan's oldest
member, "Uncle Riley" Tallent.
Maconian who now lives in Sylva, i
couldn't be here because of ill- 1
ness. "Uncle Riley", who will be
99 his next birthday, plans to .
make a visit within the next few i
days.
Among out-of-town guests were ;
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Paul and
sons, Mikie and Billy, of Stewart, ]
Fla.: Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Bailey, 1
of Canton; Mrs. Lydia Tallent i
and children, Edwin. Catherine,
and Linda, of Sylva: Mr. and Mrs
Claude Tallent and child, of
Sylva; Donna Marie Rose, of De
troit, Mich.; and Mr. and Mrs.
R. D. Raby and son, Joe Don, of (
Thomasville.
The Tallents voted to meet >
again next year with Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Tallent in Franklin. He is
president of the reunion and she ;
is secretary-treasurer.
Costs Compared
For Filter Plants
At the Franklin Board of Alder
men's request, the Harwood-Beebe
engineering firm has supplied fig
ures for the cost of a filter plant
at various capacities less than the
one the company suggested for
Franklin.
Regardless of the size plant,
there would be fiXed costs (rough
ly) of $22,000 for an intake sys
tem, 1'2 cents a thousand gallons
for chemicals, a main from the
pumping station to the filter
plant, $3,400, and a connection
from the filter plant to the town's
mains. $10,000.
To these figures would be add
ed the basic cost, at , various ca- |
pacaties, as follows:
'/? million gallons daily, $75,000. ;
>2 million gallons daily 125.000. !
1 million gallons daily, 245,000. j
C.A.P. Practices
Search Mission
The Franklin squadron of the
Civil Air Patrol flew a practice
search and rescue mission <SAR
CAPi Sunday afternoon with five
planes taking part. '
A dummy plane, laid out with
aluminum foil, was hidden on
ground near the Moody Farm.
Search members were told a plane
was down but it was their job to j
discover it.
Operation officer was A. C. Ty
singer and his assistant was Mrs. I
Rosemary Neill.
Pilots taking part were Mr. Ty- j
singer, Frank Dean. Frank Plyler.
Dr. G. R. McSween, and Howard
L. Stewart.
Pattillo Joins Arniy
For Two- Year Hitch
George R. (Pati Pattillo, Jr..
teacher and coach at Franklin
High School last year, left yester
day i Wednesday i for Ft. Jackson,
S. C., for U. S. Army service.
He enlisted for a period of two
years.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
George R. Pattillo, of Holly
Springs community, and is mar
ried to the former Miss Nettie
Dockery. of Murphy.
Stileses Visited By
Friends From Georgia
Dr. and Mrs. D. C. Kelly, of
Lawrenceville, Ga., were week end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Manson
Stiles, of Franklin.
Dr. Kelly attended Mr. Stiles
when he lost an arm In a sawmill
accident in 1937 at lawrenceville.
They had seen each other since
then but it was the first meeting
in 20 years between the doctor and
| Mrs. Stiles.
Franklin CA.P. Takes
Part In Ml. Mitchell
Plane Crash Search
Seven adult members and six
cadets of the Franklin Civil Air
Patrol took part In the search
and rescue mission Thursday
morning of last week for a pri
vate plane that crashed In the
Mt. Mitchell area.
The plane was found in mid
morning by a Marion C-A.P. mem
ber. Pilots from Franklin never
actually saw the wreckage be
cause visibility on the south side
of the mountain was too poor
to permit flying in the area. The
aircraft hit Mt. Mitchell, at about
4.500 feet up its 6,684-foot eleva- [
tion. '
However, the cadets wer#- pari
of the ground rescue mission
which went into the woods and
brought out the plane's occupants,
three members of a Cleveland.
Ohio, family, none of whom suf
fered serious injuries.
Taking part were senior mem
bers A .C, Tysinger. Mr. and Mrs. !
Sid Carter, the Rev. Glenn An
derson. Jay Houston, Frank Jones,
and Roy Fouts. Cadets were David
Reber. Charles Jones. Kenneth
Mashburri, Harold Ammons, Jim
my Davenport, and Tommy Mc
Nish.
Firemen. Picnic, Give
Children Truck Ride
The Franklin Volunteer Fire
Department held its annual pic
nic behind the town hall Thurs
day night of last week with 80
people attending.
Twenty firemen and their fam
ilies were present. A feature of
the picnic was a ride on the fire
truck for each of the children.
The food was served by Ed Coates.
Fi rman Shook Given
Benning Assignment
Pvt. Furman C. Shook, of Frank
lin, will graduate from chemical
school at Ft. McClellan. Ala., to
morrow (Friday) and his next as
signment will be Ft. Benning. Ga.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ezra Shook and husband of the
former Miss Dixie Nell Morrison,
of Cowee.
W. W. I VETS MEET
Macon County Barracks No. 906
of Veterans of World War No. 1,
af U. S. A., will meet Saturday at
8 p. m. in the courthouse, W. P.
Peek, QM, said this week.
Want Ads
MAKE-UP ARTIST, professional ?
or otherwise, for Hillbilly Day,
August 7. Write C. G. Hewitt im
mediately, or telephone Highlands i
4691.
NEW 2 Bedroom Mobilehomes
$3395; Big Boys ? $3995; Four
sleeper new $2695; Free delivery.
ONI HaJMIH
3 mi. N. of Greenville, S. C. U. S.
29 N. LOOK FOR THE UPSIDE
DOWN SIGN.
AIR-CONDITIONED BEAUTY ?
yours in Spencer girdles, bras
designed for you! Mrs. Rita C.
Ferguson, Route 4, Franklin, N. C.
WANTED: FIVE Persian kittens.
See R. W. (Bob* Moore, Conley
Motor Company.
CABIN FOR SALE on Mountain
Rest Lakes with more than 100
ft. lake frontage. Three rooms and
bath, hot water and furnished.
Swimming, boating and fishing
privileges. $4,000. Lots also avail
able. 20 miles from Highlands on
Highway 28. J. L. Brown, Moun- j
tain Rest, S. C.
A1 ? 4tp ? A22
S300 MONTHLY SPARE TIME
Man or woman. Be your own boss.
Refilling and collecting money
from our- five cent High Grade
Nut machines in this area. No
Selling! To qualify for work you
must have a car, references. $640
cash, secured by inventory. De
voting 6 hours a week to business,
your end on percentage collections
will net up to' $400 monthly with
very good possibilities of taking
over full time. Income increasing
accordingly. For interview, include
phone in application. Write Nut
Distributors Inc.. 100 West 72nd
Street, New York 23. N. Y.
QUALIFIED STENOGRAPHER.
bookkeeper, secretary seeks part
time or full-time job. Call 79 and
ask for Mrs. Rich.
* A REAL BARGAIN! *
For a quick sale, out-of-state own
er has just authorized me to sell
his $15,000 farm ? at a give-away
price of only $9750. cash or terms!
His loss Is your gain, and some
lucky family will get a Real Bar
gain here. The 14-year-old house Is
in an excellent state of repairs,
and has eight rooms and bath,
good basement and exceptionally
fine water supply. This attractive
property has about 20 acres In im
proved pasture, five acres cultivat
ing and 10 acres woodland. It has
over 30 assorted young fruit trees,
lots of grapes, good barn, chicken
house and other out buildings. A
large creek flows through the
property, and the view from the
spacious porches is simply gorge
ous. It is on a mail and school
bus road, only 3'i miles from the
Court House. It has $8150 insur
ance. and 1957 taxes are $28. The
low price of $9750 makes this prop
erty ? the Best Buy of its kind in
Macon County today! Of Course
It's
EXCLUSIVE WITH
it TED REBER ? Realtor ?
On The Square Phone 200
"It Pays to Deal Thru 0 Krallor"
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FOR SALE ? Home and business
on U S. (4 between Franklin
and Highlands, adjacent to the
Skywater Motel and Cottages.
About 2 acres of land with stream
and highway frontage. Small
restaurant and gift shop, well
equipped and stocked, with nice
living quarters. Building in A-l
condition. $9500. will buy. com
plete with furnishings and equip
ment Some terms. W C Jackson.
Route 1. Highlands.
WANTED ? Farm within >10'
miles of Franklin, N. C. with
<200> acres or more, at least <40>
acres of improved land and an ,
other 1 100 ' acres that is level
enough to clear and put in grass
with farm machinery, must have
a dwelling in fair condition and
on school bus route. Must have
adequate water for live stock
farm. If you have such a fs^rm
and want to sell, see R. S. Peek. |
or call No. 667 Franklin, N. C.
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FOR SALE
60 acres on paved road, five
miles from city. Ideal site for lake.
Many springs. Fine building sites.
Approximately 10 acres in grass.
This one is cheap at $5,500.
Five-acre building site In Wayah
Valley. House site and road al
ready graded and rocked. Won
derful view. Only $2,000.
Seven acres on Wayah Road,
price $2,000.
42 acres with springs, stream,
building site, good view. Short dis
tance off good road, but cheap
at $2,500.
See me for your needs in real !
estate. Specializing in summer
home sites and retirement prop
erty. Ten years successful dealing !
in Macon County Real Estate.
E. M. McNISH
Wayah Valley Ranch ^
Telephone 10-J-l
A1 ? 2tp ? A8
FOR RENT ? One bedroom house
with or without kitchen furn- ,
ishings. Electric heat in complete
ly insulated new modern home,
within five minutes walk of down- :
town. Call 17-W after 5:30.
FOR SALE ? Five burner oil stove, j
good condition, $20.00. Dr. H.
\V. Gante, Gold Mine. Bridge. |
FOR SALE ? Hot Point Electric j
Range $30.00 and Quaker Oil
Heater $15.00. In good condition, j
Weaver Shope, Phone 199.
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ACCENT ON VIEW!
Very desirable property on US
Highway, just a few miles from I
Franklin, that consists of about j
15 acfes. It has a gorgeous build
ing site that commands one of j
the most spectacular views in this
entire area. The low-down price
of $2500 is not subject to an of
fer. (The first 10% deposit gets
it!)
EXCU S1VE UITII
?k TED REBER ? Realtor *
On the Square Phone 200
It I'ays to Deal Thru a Realtor"
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FOR RENT ? Apartment com
pletely furnished. bedroom,
kitchen and bath. Adults. Mrs.
Gus Leach, West Main Street,
Phone 206.
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WANT TO BUY ? 1,000 to 2,000
feet of air dry oak, 1". E. S. ,
Purdom and Company. Call 126-W. ,
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FOR SALE ? Two- wheel trailer.
Good tires. 5 ft. x 10 ft. body.
Suitable for farm work. A. D. Car
ter, Franklin, Route 5.
FOR SALE ? Used Bradbury up
right piano. Good condition. Call
393-W-3, Mrs. A. A. Lee Franklin,
Route 2.
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FOR SALE ? G. E. automatic
washer and dryer, used one
year. May be seen at my home on
Murphy road. Mrs. Harold Wal
droop.
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FOR SALE ? Boxwood, state in
spected. Wrecking 49 Ford two
door for parts, 49 English Ford for
parts, or trade for cull lumber.
Robert Hawks, Marshall Amoco.
Al? 3tp? A15
MILLION DOLLAR VIEWS
12 miles out, three bedrooms
with bath, 4 Vz acres. Is really
priced to sell at $3,500. Ideal us$
for summer home or for year
around living.
5 miles out on U. S. 23. 441,
four-room cottage. Gravity spring
water, about 20 acres. The view I
is just out of this world. Only
$2,700. You had better hurry on i
this one.
2' 2 miles out. four-acre tract.
Nice building site. Two streams.
$1,200. Exclusive, with Sherman
H. Led ford, Real Estate, Phone
274-J-3.
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NEW CABIN FOR SALE ? Furn
ished with beds and couches,
electric .stove and refrigerator.
Two lots, one about 1V4 acre, the
other three-fourths acre. Located
half-way between Dlllard and
Highlands. See sign on side of
road. Duck Mountain Settlement
? all Florida. H. H. Heuerman
Box 108, Scaly, N. C.
Jly25 ? 3tp ? A8
FOR SALE or trade ? Tract of
mountain land 5Vi miles from
Franklin. Has plenty of water,
nice views, a lot of good timber,
roads all over, well fenced all
around with locust posts and
barbed wlrei Approximately 35
acres in tract. Price $2,500 Would
consider Ford or Chevrolet pick
up truck as part payment. See
Thad Patton at Thad-Hope Furni
ture Exchange.
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FOR SALE ? Modern five-room
home. Furnished. Floor furnace
heater. End of Baird Cove Road.
Four to 18 acres. $7,000 to $8,000.
Cash or terms. S. L. Holder.
Jly25 ? 3tp ? A8 '
WANTED ? Used cars ana trucks.
Owners of late model used cars
and trucks. 'SI models and up.
Burrell Motor Company needs your
old car. Drop in and let us make
you an offer on a new Chevy or
Oldsmoblle. We have a fine selec
tion of "both. Truckers! We have
the truck to suit your hauling
needs. Burrell Motor Company.
Jly25-ltc ? '
FOR SALE ? 39 acres of land.
Ideal for building sites. Three
miles out of town. See Joe Angel
at his Taxi Stand in Franklin.
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OUR MOUNTAIN HOME gift shop
is one mile from town on the
Highlands Road. We think that
some of our things are unusual
and interesting. Wish you would
stop in and visit with us. Muriel.
Don, and Norman Smith
Jly25 ? 2tc ? A8
LOVELY HOME
INSIDE CITY LIMITS
I have a special price duung
month of July on a lovely three
bedroom home, ranch type, less
than one year old. Fine kitchen
cabinets. City water and sewer.
Full basement 8 ft. high. Large
lot 100 x 200. Wonderful view.
Clear oak floors, asbestos siding,
ornamental ironwork on porch.
Price only $11,500. Terms can be
arranged.
E. M. McNISH, Agent
Wayah Valley Ranch
Telephone 10-J-l
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FOR SALE ? On US 64. 5 miles
west of Franklin. 4-room block
house, 6 arces land. Will sell for
cash or terms. Also one 8" Delta
table saw. See John R. Anderson,
Franklin, Route 1
Jly 18 ? 4tp ? A 8
BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN HOJ.1E.
Two bedrooms and bath On
trout stream. Walking distance
Lake Thorpe, near three golf
courses. New paint inside and out.
$1,500 down, balance easy Write
L L. Lyon. Norton Route, Cullo
whee. N. C.
Jlyl8 ? 4tp ? A8
WILL SWAP well stocked store
and equipment for 11 acres of
land. Also three name brand sew
ing machines for sale. Wanted ?
good used tricycle. Lou's Grocery,
Phone 596.
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FOR RENT OR SALE ? Modern
two bedroom home in East
Franklin, on Highlands load. See
Bob Sloan.
READY-MIX CONCRETE? Let us
help do the hard w<5rk. Our con
crete is ready-mixed for you. No
waste or hard work. Sand, coarse
and fine. Day Phone 1, night
phone 357-J-4.
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Choice Home Sites for Sale
Fine view on paved street, sewer
and water all ready. Lpcated in
West Franklin. See me or call 783.
E. A. Stiles.
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WANTED ? To buy. Asbestos,
Beryl, and Rutile. Will pay mar
ket price. Mail samples and infor
mation to Box 5. Asheville N. C.
J 11? 8tp? A30
UPHOLSTERY ? for new and
used furniture. Skilled crafts
manship. Your choice of materi
als. Free estimates. S. B runner.
Phone 262-W-I.
N29 ? 52tp ? D1
FOR SALE ? Modern home,
Baird Cove. E. C. Lumley
Al? 5tc? A29
VISIT The Mountaineer Craft
Shop next door to the Tastee
Freez. Native stones, bracelets,
necklaces, key chains. Gifts and
souvenirs.
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FOR RENT
2-BEDROOM apartment (ground
floor* located one block from
courthouse on Main Street. Com
pletely redecorated, warm air heat.
Couple or small family desired
Carolina Apartments
Phone 27 or 292
Frank Duncan, Owner
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GARDENFRESH VEGETABLES.
berries, baked foods, preserves,
cut flowers, poultry products at
Hpme Demonstration Curb Mark
et, each Saturday morning All
produce guaranteed.
Jlyll ? 4tp ? A1
WE HAVE the latest equipment
for recapping fullcap with elec
tronic control heat. We
also specialize in boil
ing and repairing radi
ators.
See us for tires and
over-heating radiators.
All "work guaranteed
Where you get Green
Stamps.
RICKMAVS
Tire & Radiator Shop
Phone 17 J
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Protect your building investment
by using ?
Steam Cured
Concrete, Cinder, or Superock
Blocks
For best prices
See
Tour Local Manufacturer
8" x 8" x 16"
Special prices In carloads
W. A. HAYS BLOCK PLANT
Phone 30 Franklin, N C.
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FOR SALE ? Modern home,
three bedrooms, full size drive
in basement. Large lot with nice
grounds and shrubs. One block
from East Franklin School. Can
be seen any afternoon. H. R. Pen
land.
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FOR SALE: Franklin Tastee
Freez. Payments seasonal. Ideal
business for retired couple want
ing small business. See J. P.
Brady, Franklin, N. C.
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