Net CaM CIRCULATION Last Week 3049 itlflift glljt ^jiahlau^ JRaeoman The secret of suc cess in life, is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. ? Benjamin Disraeli. 72nd Year ? No. 36 Franklin, N. C., Thursday, September 5, 1957 Hnre 1 1 ? Cent Twelve Pages HE'S COMIN' AROUND THE END Panther back John KiUian (11) picks ap valuable yardage on an end sweep as an unidenti fied Georgia Industrial tackier prepares to bring him down. Closing in to give KiUian a hand is Ronald Harper (41). The action was in Friday n ght's opening game here. Franklin won 21 to 12. (Gene Dowdle Photo) SCORE: 21 TO 12 ? Franklin Panthers Defeat Georgia Team In Opener Franklin High School Panth ers defeated Georgia Industrial School 21 to 12 Friday night on the local field before more than 1,000 fans in the opening game of the 1957 football season. In a game marked by fum bles, penalties, and flashes of brilliant football, the local team showed promise of improving last year's record. Obviously experiencing open ing game jitters. Franklin lost the ball on a fumble on the first play run from scrimmage on its own 39 yard line. Georgia finding the going hard in the center of the Franklin line because of stand out defensive play by Cole and CLYDE ERWIN NEXT Franklin's Panthers tmor row (Friday) night go over the Balsams to Clyde Erwin High in Buncombe County for ?. non-conference game. Kick off will be at 8 o'clock. Fans are reminded to allow some extra traveling time because of the US 23-441 detour over Balsam Mountain. Cagle, took to end sweeps to gain a first down on the Frank lin 29. Following two line plunges that gained onl three yards and an incompleted for ward pass, Mathis, Georgia full back, circled his own left end for 25 yards and the first touchdown of the game. The try Parents Pick Franklin Again Woodrow Franklin, of Holly Springs Community, Monday night was re-elected president of the parents' organization of the Little League and Pony League. Named to serve with him are Doug Simpson, of Franklin, vice-pdesident, and Mrs. Glen Hastings, of Route 2, secretary treasurer. Election of officers featured a picnic at Holly Springs Com munity Building. About 75 were present. v ? . Ii Willi through the line for the point after touchdown was stopped cold by Cole. The Panthers came clawing back as Gilmer Henry returned the kickoff 30 yards. Bobby Poindexter got five through the line and then on the best exe cuted offensive play of the night by either team, scooted 45 yards off his own right side be hind good down field blocking for a touchdown. He then got the extra point on a line plunge. There was no more scoring in the first half as the gains by both teams were nullified by off SEE NO. 3, PAGE 12 Two More Franklin Students Receive State College Grants Two more Franklin High School students have been awarded financial help at N. C. State College, Raleigh. They are Lewis Cabe and Randolph Bulgin. Lewis was awarded a grant-in-aid for $150. He is the son of Mr. and .Mrs. Russell Cabe and plans to ma jor in electrical engineering. Mechanical engineering is Randolph's field of study. He was awarded a $100 grant-in aid. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bulgin. District Nurse Meeting Slated Here Friday Macon County Health Center in Franklin will be host tomor row (Friday* to a district nurse's quarter conference. The all-day session is expect ed to attract nurses from the Jackson-Macon-Swain and Cher okee -Clay -Graham health dis tricts. j "Teammates in Education for School Health" will be the theme. The morning session will be from 9:30 to 12 noon and the afternoon portion from 1:30 to 3:30. Dr. Henry F. Barnes, health officer of the Jackson-Macon Swain district, will preside in the morning and Dr. Irma Hen derson Smathers, school physic ian for the Buncombe County Health Department, will have charge of the afternoon pro gram. Participants in panel discus sions, in addition to Drs. Barnes and Smathers, will be Charles B. Thomas, sanitarian for the Jackson-Macon-Swain district, Mrs. C. H. Townson, of Marble, Mrs. Doris Hicks, public health nurse in the Jackson -Macon - Swain district; Miss Mary Cope land, consultant public health nurse for the N. C. State Board of Health, Miss Mildred Barry, consultant nutritionist for the state board, and .Mrs. Carrie Abbott, elementary teacher su pervisor in Swain County. IN REGULAR SESSION ? ' Dogs And (Unrelated) Fire Hydrant Faced By Aldermen Franklin's board of aldermen was faced with everything from dogs to a fire hydrant (unrelated) at a brief regular session Monday night. Dogs entered the picture when Mrs. Margaret Ordway, the Rev. S. B. Moss, the Rev. John Tucker, and Mrs. Barbara Estes, a Florida visitor, request ed some action by the town in setting up a dog shelter for strays. No action was taken by the board pending a report on laws dealing with the situation by Town Attorney R. S. Jones. The fire hydrant was request ed by T. Y. Angel, who has a new home in the Forest Hills sub-division. If Mr. Angel's home is inside the town limits, SEE NO. I. PAGE 12 ? Sfit Photo THEY'RE ALL SMILES A smiling; BUI Gregory (left) and Naaman Elliott are justly proud of the trophies they re ceived Tuesday night of last week on behalf of their championship Little League and Pony League teams. Mr. Gregory managed the little tw^u* Jaybirds and Mr. Elliott the Pony league Tardbirds, TOWNS GET CHECK FROM POWELL BILL Macon's Two Towns Receive $17,191.28 For Street Work Checks totaling S17.191.28 have been received by Macon County s two towns, Frankiin and Highlands, as their shares of $6,477,032.18 in Powell Bill funds. Franklin's check is for $11, 568.63, while Highlands gets $5. 622.56. Under the 1951 statue, a half cent of the six-cent per gallon net state gasoline tax is set aside for use by municipalities in maintaining and improving their non-highway system streets. Franklin already has spent about two-thirds of its Powell Bill money this year, according to Town Clerk C- O. Ramsey, on paving Riverview Street, Hillcrest Circle, and Martha Lane and spot patching other streets. Highlands also, in theory, has spent its share before receiving it, according to Town Clerk Louis (Budi Potts, by borrow ing from Its general fund. This work has been on First Street, Oak Street, Maple Street, Brun er Lane, Spruce Street, and "4Vi" Street, the clerk reports. The general fund will be re payed with Powell Bill money, he explained. Allocations to the individual stowns and cities in the state (405 this year) are based on population and non-highway mileage within each. Franklin's share was computed on its 1950 population of 1,975 and mileage of 15.19. Highlands' allocation was figured with a population of 515 and mileage of 9.33. No Kink In The Hose This Summer Water Supt. Herman Childers pointed out an unusual situa tion to aldermen Monday night : For the first time in recent years. Franklin hasn't been forced to curtail water con sumption. Residents hare kept right on watering lawns, and filling sta tions, which usually feel the pinch when conservation is ask ed, have maintained car wash ing service without a break. Thanks are due the addition of two wells to the water sys tem; the Higdon well on US 64 (Highlands road) and the Green Street well. At times during extremely dry periods, Mr. Childers said the water level In the storage tanks has dropped, but as a rule the tanks refilled overnight. About three weeks ago he said the level dropped considerably during a dry spell. However, when tlje town's largest water consumer, Franklin Hosiery Company, closed for the week end the tanks refilled and over flowed. M X U/.II 1 VTTIJ T? CU Passes 110 Feet Franklin's latest well project was at the 110-foot level at noon Monday. Drillers report they hit solid rock at 89 feet. This latest well shaft is on the George Reed property just off Anderson Street and is one of two recently approved by the board of aldermen. Virginia Supply and Well Company Ls handling the work. Under terms outlined by the town, if no water is located by 250 feet the shaft will be aban doned. Old Mill Landmark Is Sold At Auction The old Addington mill a 97 year-old landmark that has seen a heap of happenings turn Into history, has been sold by Mr. and Mrs. Jake Addington. It was bought Saturday by Wayah Valley Ranch at a land sale that disposed of everything but the old home place on the Addington farm near Union School. E. M. McKish, one of the owners of Wayah Valley Ranch, said they plan to leave the old mill where it is for the time being. In the future they hope to rebuild it in Wayah Valley. AN lit ft, highway To ?e W TO SAVE A LIFE M*U i