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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
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TO SAVE A LIFE
M*U i <OtO
This grim display was erected by local law enforcement agencies over the Labor Day week
end to emphasize highway safety. The gravesid ? scene and wrecked auto (left background) cre
ated much favorable comment from motorists and was described as one of the best exhibits of
its kind in the area. It was set up at the intersection of US 23-441 and I'.S 64 in East Franklin.
School Bus
Drivers Get
Board Okay
TRAFFIC IS LldHT ?
Labor Day Didn't Make
Much Impression Locally
School bus drivers, including
one woman, and janitors were
approved for the 1957-58 school
year by the Macon Board of
Education in regular session
Lafcor Day afternoon.
Mrs. Josephine White South
ard, who drives for Union
School, is not the first woman
school bus driver employed by
the county, but is the first in
recent years.
The other drivers are Law
rence Sanders, John Stepp,
Cleveland Cabe, Wallace Henry,
Roy Donaldson, Bill McCall,
Will Bradley, Howell Miller, Lee
Dowdle, Theodore Hicks, Law
rence Justice, William Dal
rymple, Ralph Morgan, Fred
Dehart, Harl J. Wilson, Robert
Hall, Loyd Carpenter, Clyde
Crisp, Claude L. Kimsey, N. G.
Davis. Ous England, Richard
Bingham, Jackie Solesbee, Roby
Roland, ' Ray Houston, George
Wilson, Marshal Fouts, Ervin
Moffitt, Don Young, Dennis
Bates, Perry Wiggins, Cecil
Baldwin, Frank Gibson, Grady
Cabe, Fred Dills, Miller Norris,
SEE NO. a, PAGE 12
Labor Day didn't make much
of an impression here, much to
the relief of law enforcement
agencies.
For the long week end (Sat
urday, Sunday, and Monday),
traffic was about average, ac
Teague Child Burned
By Hot Grease From
Electric Fry Pan
Susan Teague, two-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rafe
Teague, of Franklin, is recover
ing at Angel Hospital from
first, and second degree burns
received from hot grease in a
Labor Day mishap.
Susan is reported to have
tripped on the cord of an elec
tric fry pan, causing hot grease
in the pan to pour on her.
Dr. Harry J. Price, the at
tending physician, said the
child received second degree
burn^ on the buttocks and first
and second degree burns on
her legs.
The accident happened at the
Teague home shortly before
7 pm.
MAKES THE LIST ?
Six-Year Struggle Is Over
For East Franklin School
A six-year struggle to become
accredited is over for East
Franklin Elementary School.
By letter last week, A. B.
Combs, director of the Division
of Elementary and Secondary
Education, notified the school
it had been placed on the list
of accredited elementary schools,
effective July 1.
East Franklin is the third
elementary school in the sys
tem to achieve this goal. Otto
and Cullasaja are the other
two.
To make the state accredited
list, a school must meet certain
state standards in regard to
equipment and instruction. ,
Meeting these requirements
has been "an uphill haul" for
the school, according to Prin
cipal W. G. Crawford.
He says a large share of the
credit goeS to the school's ac
tive Parent-Teacher groiip,
which has provided equipment
and instructional needs valued
at more than $6,000 during the
pfast six years. Patrons have
provided items like shades, ' li
brary shelving, stage curtains,
easels, and many other things,
the principal explains.
P.-T. A. presidents who have
been instrumental in the
school's climb to accreditation
include Mrs. Elizabeth Pearson,
Mrs. .Milton Hyde, Walter Tayl
or, Mrs. Janelle Sanders, and
Mrs. Evelyn Pangle.
In addition to Mr. Crawford,
members of the East Franklin
faculty are Mrs. Merle P. Dry
man, Mrs. Nina T. McCoy, Mrs.
Lucille G. Wurst, Mrs. Kather
ine A. Crawford. Mrs. Genevieve
M. Barnard, Mrs. Louise B. Hol
den, Mrs. Dora Lee G. Carpen
ter, Mrs. Amy Deal, and Mrs.
Fannie Mae R. Arnold.
Others who taught during the
six-year period are Mrs. Eliza
beth D. Higdon, Mrs. Vernon D.
Higdon, and Mrs. Katherine F.
Henry.
? Pr*M Stall Photo
IT FINALLY BLOOMED!
John Cooper, grandson of Mm. W. B. MeOuIre, of Franklin,
admires the night blooming cereas Mutt opened Thursday night.
His grandmother haa had the plant about five years, but this
was the first time it bloomed.
cording to Highway Patrolman
H. T. Ferguson and Chief Sid
Carter.
Only one minor highway mis
hap was reported and it involv
ed no personal injuries.
Traffic was fairly heavy in
Franklin Saturday. Chief Carter
said, but was nothing like past
Labor Days or Sunday and
Monday.
However, Patrolman Ferguson,
who drew duty Monday in Can
ton. where a tig Labor Day cel
ebration reeled off, is Convinced
that what Macon County lacked
in traffic, Haywood County had.
A sailor on leave from the
USS Mauley, a destroyer in port
at Norfolk, Va., was involved
in the only highway accident
on the week end.
Loses Control
About noon Sunday, the sail
or. James A. Whitehead, 20, of
Lawrenceburg, Tenn., lost con
trol of his car on US 64, about
a half mile east of the Wayah
Road intersection, and ran Into
a ditch. The car was damaged
about $175. ??[
The sailor told Patrolman
Ferguson he must have fallen
asleep at the wheel. He had
been driving nearly 13 hours
steadily without sleep, the of
ficer said.
Go To Races
A large number of Maconlans
..pent Labor Day in Darlington,
S. C., for the Southern 500
automobile races.
Among those attending were
Jack Oribble, Carl Green, Wiley
Clark, Kenneth Clark, Bob
Moore. Jim Conley, Roy Rick
man, Charles | A. Conley, Sr.,
Charles Conley, Jr., Clyde Cor
bin. Bill Gregory. Harley Moore
Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Pennington. Zeb Meadows. Mr.
and Mrs. Phil McCollum, and
Mr. and Mrs. Jim McCollum.
CIRCUIT HOURS CHANGED
Churches on the Macon
Methodist Circuit this Sunday
will go on winter schedule,
holding services at 7:30 instead
of 8. according to the Rev.
Glenn Anderson.
VETS TO MEET
World War I veterans will
meet at the courthouse Friday,
(Sept. 6 1 at 7:30 p. m. Busi
ness and social matters will be
discussed, according to W. P.
Peek, quartermaster.
BRADLEY REUNION
The Bradley Reunion will be
held Sunday (Sept. 8) at the
home of Howard Bradley on
Coweta, It has been announced.
The week's temperature* and rainfall below
are recorded in Franklin by Manaon St i lee.
U. S. weather obeerver; In Highlands by
Tudor N. Hall and W C. Newton. TV A
observers: and at the Coweta Hydroloffie
Laboratory. Readings are for the 24-hour
period ending: at 8 a.m. of the day listed.
FRANKLIN
High Low Rain
Wed.. Aug. 28 89 52 .00
COWETA
Wed.. Aug. 28 86 48 .00
The Weather
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
90 55 .00
90 57 .00
93 54 .00
93 57 00
93 57 00
90 57 00
_ 62 .14
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
87 52 .00
88 51 .00
M 51 00
90 52 .00
91 55 00
89 55 .00
_ 60 t04
Wednesday