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Thou art the man.
? II Samuel, 12:7.
72nd Year ? No. 35
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, August 29, 1957
Price 10 Cents
Sixteen Pages
They Enjoyed The Saturday Night Finals Of Festival
CROWD PACKS
STADIUM FOR
FOLK FINALS
Event Described
As Largest Yet;
Winners Listed
An estimated 1,500 men, wom
en, and children poured into
the Franklin High stadium Sat
urday night for the finals of
the fifth annual Macon Coun
ty Folk Festival.
Robert W, (Bob i Moore, pres
ident of the sponsoring Jay
cees, described the near-capac
ity crowd as the largest ever to
turn out for a single night's
performance of the festival.
Attendance for the three
night event has been set at
about 3,000.
The first two performances
were held the 15th and 16th.
Rain on the 17th forced the
postponement of the finals un
til Saturday night.
As previously announced, Mr.
?Moore said the proceeds of the
festival and the club's "Day
tona Beach Vacation" project
will go into the construction of
tennis courts at the town play
ground. He yesterday said work
on one court will get under
way almost Immediately.
Competition for prize money
between square dance teams,
string bands, and individual en
tainers was confined to those
from Macon County. However,
several out-of-county acts per
formed during the three shows.
A secret panel of out-of-coun
ty judges selected the follow
ing winners:
Square Dance Teams: Otto
Cloggers and Franklin Teen
Agers, tie for first place.
Buck Dancers: Dan Angel,
blue. Jack Frady, blue, Bobby
Carver, blue, Rosle Carver, blue.
Harmonica: "Uncle Ed" Hig
don, blue.
Banjo: Jay Dowdie, blue, Roy
Donaldson, red, Shorty Kirk
SEE NO. I, PAGE 8
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THE OLD AND THE YOUNG of buck dancing was demon
strated by Jack Frady, 75, and year-old Rosie Carver, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ha.yes Carver, of Franklin. Both were folk festi
val favorites.
elegant simplicity ?
Everyone's Proud Of Little
White Church On The Hill
"Not only the church mem
bers, but the whole community
is proud of the little white
church on the hill. It is elegant
in its simplicity, inside and
out."
This quote from The Circuit
Rider, a mimeographed news
letter published monthly by the
Macon Methodist Circuit, senses
the understandable- pride mem
bers and the community have
for the new Hickory Knoll
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New Hickory Knoll Church
... A Point Of Pride
Methodist Church, which was
dedicated Sunday morning at a
service conducted by the Rev.
Glenn Anderson, pastor, and
the Rev. R. L. Poindexter.
Sunday's dedication climaxed
many years of hard work on the
part of the small congregation
of the 61-year-old churcH. What
more proof is necessary than to
point out that the building was
built without going in debt and
is valued at $15,000.
Established in Nov. 1896, the
church received but 12 memb
ers: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Long,
Misses Nan and Mary Cabe,
Hamilton Stiles; Mr. and Mrs.
John Thomas, Mr. and Mrs.
John Winstard, .Mr. and Mrs.
Harrison Long, and Miss Ella
Long. At that time T. B John
son was pastor, W. W. Duncan
was bishop, and T. W. Wagg the
presiding elder.
Services were held in the old
8EE NO. 4, PAGE 8
SCHOOLS ARE
OPERATING
ONCE AGAIN
All But Highlands
Opened Yesterday;
No Labor Day Off
Doors p f all Macon County
schools except Highlands swung
wide yesterday (Wednesday!
morning for the opening of the
1957-58 school year.
Highlands School is delaying
its opening several days because
of the tourist season. Classes
will begin there Sept. 3, the day
after Labor Day.
No closing is planned Labor
Day and lunchrooms will be
operated.
School Supt. H. Bueck esti
mates enrollment in the system
this fall will be more than 4,
000.
About 400 children are enter
ing school for the first time, he
said.
The schools are operating on
half-day schedules this week,
but will go full time next week.
'Nickels'
Program
Approved
Macon County feed and fer
tilizer users joined the rest of
the state Friday in approving
the continuation of the "Nick
els For Know-How" program.
The proposal carried here
overwhelmingly, 218 for and
only two against, according to
a tabulation by the county
agent's office.
Under the program, feed and
fertilizer users pay a nickel ex
tra per ton on feed and fertiliz
er to finance a research pro
gram with'n the state.
Neill Taking
Reporting Job
With Observer
Rolfe Neill, reporter on The
Press since October, 1956, is
leaving the paper this week end
to take a job with The Char
lotte Observer.
He will cover Gaston County
for the Charlotte paper and
probably will live in Gastonia.
In Franklin, he and Mrs.
Neill and their son, Clifford,
have been living in the Allen
Siler garage apartment on West
Main Street.
Interest Low
In Balloting
About Booth
Member interest in the
Franklin Chamber of Com
merce's proposed information
booth construction project
seems to be low.
Of the chamber's 200 mem
bers, only about 25 have re
turned the ballote mailed out
week before last to seek ap
proval or disapproval of the
project, according to Mrs. LasCa
E. Horsley, executive secretary.
And of the 25 returned, about
seven are against the construc
tion of a new booth on Town
Square. .
Verlon Swafford, chamber
president, yesterday (Wednes
day i urged the membership to
return the ballots as soon as
possible so he and his directors
can either continue or abandon
the project.
There Was No Justice At
League Presentation Here
There was n,o Justice Mon
day night at the Little League
and Pony League presentation
ceremony.
The district Little League of
ficial, Jack Justice, of Canton,
failed to show up as guest
speaker for the event.
However, the officials of both
leagues tightened up the gap in
the program and the presenta
tion of awards to teams, man
agers. and players went off
smoothly.
Championship trophies were
presented to the Jaybirds, win
ners of the Little League sea
son, and to the Yardblrds, Pony
League winners. Robert C. (Bob)
Carpenter, president of the Lit
tle League, made the presenta
tion to the Jaybird*. Making the
presentation to the Yardbirds
were E. G. Crawford, Pony
League President.
Bill Oregory and Na&man El
liott coached the Jaybirds and
Yardbirds, respectively.
The Little League team ad
vanced to the state quarter fi
nals before being defeated.
All-Stars Honored
All-star players of both lea
gues were awarded small gold
baseballs by the presidents of
the leagues. Mr. Carpenter and
Mr. Crawford.
Awards also were made to the
league presidents and manag
ers. Dan Angel, W. O. Crawford,
and Pete Penland managed the
other three Pony League teams.
SEB NO. 2, PAGE 8
HEADY TO GO Fria'ay night against Gear; a Indistrial School are Coach Dick Stott and
Franklin Panther co-capt?.'ns Edward Shatley (left) and Gilmer Henry.
Officers Bracing
For Labor Day
Traffic Influx
Local law agencies are brac
ing themselves for what they
predict will be record-breaking
traffic in Macon County over
the long Labor Day week end.
"If traffic last week end is
any indication, we'll have all
we can handle," Highway Pa
trolman H."T. Ferguson declar
ed this week. There was a
marked increase over previous
HOLIDAY CLOSING
\Iost offices and businesses
in the county are closing La
bor Day, Sept. 2.
Because of the holiday, the
county commissioners will
meet the second Monday
morning: of the month, Sep. 9.
Since the schools will oper
ate Labor Day, the school
superintendent's office will be
open. The board of education
also will hold its regular
monthly .meeting at 2 p. m.
week ends this season, he said.
Labor Day is considered the
unofficial end of the tourist
season in this area and locals
and visitors alike will be on the
highways to take advantage of
the last summer holiday.
The highway patrol and city
and county police urge motor
ists to exercise extreme cau
tion.
Officers are planning to erect
a special traffic safety display
at the intersection of US 64
and US 23-441 in Franklin.
"We hope the display will at
least awaken motorists to the
dangers of holiday driving and
make them use a little com
mon sense," Franklin Police
Chief Sid Carter said.
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Franklin Panthers Open
'57 Season Here Friday
Coach Dick Stott has an
nounced the probable starting
offensive line-up for the Frank
lin High Panthers opening game
here tomorrow i Friday i night
with the Georgia Industrial
School from Alto.
The kick-off is set for 8
M iss Mary Sanders
Die:; In Hospital;
Rites Set Today
Miss Mary Sanders. 36. a na
tive Of Macon County, died in a
Franklin hospital Tuesday at 8
p. m. after an illness of three
days.
She was a daughter of Milas
and Frankie Vaughan Sanders.
Miss Sanders was a member of
the Franklin Presbyterian
Church.
Funeral services will be held
at 2:30 p. m. today (Thursday*
at Bryant Funeral Home. The
Rev. Donn Langfitt, pastor of
her church, will officiate. Bur
ial will be in the Iotla Metho
dist Church cemetery.
All-Stars Divide
Sati rday Games
In Brevard Saturday, the Lit
tle League All-Stars split a
double-header.
The locals won the first game
6 to 3 in eight innings of play,
but dropped the second game to
Brevard, 2 to 1.
Here week before last, the All
Stars blanked Brevard in both
games of a double-header.
IS GRADUATED
Mrs. Nancy Jane Perry, wife of
Assistant County Agent Kenneth
Perry, was graduated Sunday
from nurse training at Grace Hos
pital in Morganton.
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LIKE A SORE THUMB
Looking very out of place indeed among acres and acres of
beans Is this lone stalk of corn. The h'l? photographer spotted
the "orphan" In the Prentiss section near the Teafue Cannery.
o'clock. Friday week. Sept 6,
the Panthers go to Buncombe
County to play Clyde Erwin
High in a non-conference scrap.
Probable line-up:
Edward Shatley, left end;
Richard Setser. left tackle;
Wayne , Cole, left guard; James
Murray or "Butch'; Angel, cen
ter; Tommy Adams, right
guard; Ronald Harper, right
tackle; Doug Pearson, right
end; Gilmer Henry, right half
back; Bobby Poindexter, left
halfback; Bobby Corbin or John
Killian, fullback; and Jim
Franklin, quarterback..
9 Degrees
Received
By Locals
Nine from Macon County, in
cluding a principal and several
teachers, were among the 120
who received degrees Friday
night from Western Carolina
College.
James Norman West, princi
pal of Cartoogechaye School,
and Miss Edna M. Jamison,
Franklin Elementary teacher,
both were awarded master of
arts degrees in education. Oth
ers receiving this degree were
Wilford W. Corbin, of Franklin,
Route 5, who teaches in Alaska,
Mrs. Dorothy Raby McNeil, of
Route 4, who teaches in Gas
tonia, and Mrs. Mildred Deal
Thompson, of Route 4.
John Blanchard Brendle. Un
ion School teacher, and Mrs.
Una Crawford Setser, Franklin
High teacher, both were award
ed bachelor of science degrees
in education.
Bachelor of science degrees
were presented to Lonnie Har
rington Crawford, of Route 1,
and Earl George Roper, of
Franklin.
OPENING KINDERGARTEN
Mrs. Pearl Hunter has an
nounced plans for operating a
kindergarten for children four
and five years old in the kind
ergarten room of the Franklin
Methodist Church. It will o^en
Monday at 9 a. m.
The Weather
The w?k'i temperature* and rainfall Mom
are recorded in Franklin by Manson Stllaa,
U. S. weather observer, in Hixhlanda br
Tudor N. Hall and W C. Newton. TV A
observer.: and at the Coweta HVdrolorfe
Laboratory. Readinira are for the 24-hour
period endin? at * a.m. of th? dar llatad.
FRANKLIN
High Low Rain
Wed.. Aug 21 81 56 .00
Thursday 80 58 00
Friday 81 50
Saturday 82 52
Sunday 79 52
Monday 81 55
Tuesday 89 76
Wednesday _ 74
HIGHLANDS
Wed.. Aug. 21 68 52 .00
Thursday 74 52 .00
Friday 1 70 56 .00
Saturday 71 44 .00
Sunday 74 49 .00
Monday 76 54 .00
Tuesday 80 46 .00
Wednesday 50 .00
COWETA
Wed.. Aug. 21 76 57 .00
Thursday 79 52 .00
Friday 4* 00
Saturday SO 45 trace
Sunday , 78 49 .00
Monday 70 40 trace
Tuesday 80 45 .00
Wednesday _ 40 .00
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