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? Anatole France.
72nd Year ? No. 38
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, September 19, 1957
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Twelve Pages
WORK IS PROGRESSING
The park being developed by the North Franklin Neighborhood Club now has a cement tennis
court and two shuffle board courts. They were pi. u red last week and wiH be ready for use soon.
The tennis oonrt is in the left background and the shuffleboartf courts are at right. Other work
at the park is planned this fall.
MORE WORK SLATED ?
Tennis And Shuffleboard
Courts Poured For Park
Two cement shuffleboard courts
and a tennis court have been
poured at the city park being de
veloped by the North Franklin
Neighborhood Club.
The shuffleboard courts were
financed by the club at a cost of
$218. while the Franklin Jaycees
spent $840 for the tennis court.
The Jaycees have plans for build
ing another court in the spring.
H. H. Gnuse. Jr., neighborhood
club president, this week said the
courts should be ready for use
before long. Also, a number of
other projects are scheduled for
completion in the park this fall.
Franklin Rotary Club has con
tributed $200 to the park and
part of this will be used for fenc
ing and a backstop at the' tennis
court, Mr. Gnuse explained. Shuf
fle board equipment has been
pledged by the chamber of com
merce.
A program of gradual improve
ments, as funds are available, U
being followed by the neighbor
hood club, with the assistance of
other groups.
Two flourescent street lights al
ready have been installed in the
park by the town, which also has
agreed to pay the park's light
bill
Wooden picnic tables are being
loaned the park by the Future
Farmers of America until some
permanent concrete tables are
constructed this fall, Mr. Gnuse
, said. Two or three fireplaces also
are scheduled for construction.
Until they are ready however,
tmeporary braziers are,being made
by John Bulgin.
Permission also has been ob
tained to move playground equip
ment located at the smaller park
on the west side of Nantahala
Creamery to the new park.
Mr. Gnuse said there's plenty of
room in the park for badminton
and volley ball courts if some or
ganizations will donate playing
equipment.
Work on the park at the foot
of Slagle Memorial hill has been
under way for more than a year.
DRIVE LEADER
T. H. Fagg has Accepted the
county chairmanship for the
annual fund campaign of the
Smoky Mountain Boy Scout Dis
trict, according to Vance Ruck
er, chairman. The local drive is
set for early October. Mr. Fan
is the county agent here.
Philippine
Official To
Visit, Speak
Faustino S. Macutay, depart
mental assistant to the presi
dent of the Philippine Islands,
is scheduled to address the
Franklin Rotary Club tonight
(Thursday i and observe com
munity development in action
over the county tomorrow.
Mr. Macutay's specialty is
community development work
In the Philippines and he is
spending several days In West
ern North Carolina studying the
many facets of the program. He
visited Cherokee today.
He Is being accompanied on
his tour of the area by Morris
L. McGough, executive vice
president of the Asheville Agri
cultural Council, backer of the
W. N. C. Rural Community De
velopment contest.
When It was learned Mr.
Macutay would be here on a
visit, the Rotary program chair
men, W. W. Sloan and Weimar
Jones, arranged to have him as
a guest speaker.
"Ladies night" is being ob
served by the Rotarians and a
special Bingo party, to which
the general public is invited,
is planned at 8 o'clock follow
ing the supper meeting. Bingo
proceeds are earmarked for the
Little and Pony leaugues.
SCORE: 25 TO 0 ?
Clayton High Hands Locals
First Defeat Of Season
In a "Friday the 13th" victory,
a smooth-clicking Clayton < Oa>
High eleven blanked the Franklin
High Panthers. 25 to 0, to hand
them the first loss of the season.
But the "13th" Jinx had little
to do with the defeat of the Pan
thers, who invaded Oeorgla with'
two non-conference wins under
their belts.
Statistically, this was the game:
Clayton had eight first down.s.
Franklin had four.
Clayton passed nine times, com
pleted six for 78 yards.
Clayton racked up 119 yards
rushing to Franklin's 89.
Clayton intercepted three Pan
ther passes; Franklin hauled down
one.
Both sides fumbled once.
Clayton averaged 38 yards pe.
punt, while Franklin had 30.
Local sports fans, who over
flowed the Clayton field, conceded
SEE NO. 1. PAGE 12
VOTE IN OCTOBER ?
Community Nominees Listed
For Macon A. S. C. Election
A list of community nominees
for Oct. 8 Agricultural Stabili
zation and Conservation elec
tion has been compiled by the
A. S. C. office.
Nominees &re selected by com
munity election boards, How
ever, any eligible farmer's
name will be added to the bal
lot if requested in a petition
signed by 10 or more eligible
voters, according to Miss Mil
dred Corbin, A. S. C. office
manager. Petitions must be pre
125 Attend
P.-T. A. Meet
Bundy' Announces
Committee Leaders
For School Year
Approximately 125 were on
hand Monday night to help the
Franklin Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation open the new school
year with a "get acquainted"
meeting for teachers and pa
trons.
President Stephen A. Bundy
welcomed the group and later
in the program had the asso
ciation's secretary, Mrs. Lasca
E. Horsley, read the committee
chairmen appointments for
1957-58.
New high school teachers
were introduced by District
Principal Harry C. Corbin, while
those new to the elementary
school were recognized by Prin
cipal C. K. Olson.
School Supt. H. Bueck spoke
briefly, placing special emphasis
on need for continued support
of the P.-T.^V.
Vance Hucker, attendance
chairman, suggested a new at
tendance contest. In a nutshell,
SEE NO. 4. PAGE 12
APPOINTED
John M. Archer, Jr., president
of the Nantahala Power and
Light Company here, is one of
12 laymen over the state ap
pointed to the State Bar Asso
ciation's committee to study the
state's judicial system. The
study group, of which J. Spen
cer Bell, of Charlotte, is chair
man, Is composed of 15 laymen
an,d 15 lawyers and its function
will be to draft recommenda
tions for the correction of any
situation? existing in the judic
ial set-up.
- --Prank It* Press Photo
THESE CHILDREN HAVE GRANDMOTHERS GALORE
Wanda Genera Fonts, lg months, and Gerald FmiU, 3
yean, if they could count, would be able to add up sii
fmndmothers on their family tree. The five pictured with
them Mre on Route 3: (L to R) Mm. Marie Foate, 47, a
(randm other; Mr%. Lola Fouls, 45, a grandmother; Mia.
Minnie touts, 71, a |rc*t-|randmothrr ; Mrs. Vina Holbrook.
M, t freat-ffrandmother; and Mrs. Nannie Hoi brook, H, a
great- grandmother. The children's great-nreat-frwndmother,
Mrs. M. J. Willis. 77, Ihres in Winston -Salem. Wanda and
Gerald are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Gajr Pouts.
sented to the community elec
tion board not later than Sept.
20
Polling places for the election
also have been selected, Miss
Corbin said this week.
In each community they are
Millshoal, community building;
Cartoogechaye, Huscusson's
store; Smith's Bridge, Parrish
store; Ellljay, Estes' service sta
tion; Sugarfork. Moses' store;
Cowee, Rickman's store; Frank
lin, Agricultural Building; Flats,
Scaly Post Office; Burningtown.
Parrish store; Highlands, Tal
ley's store; and Nantahala,
Bateman's store.
Following is a list of the
community nominees ia chair
man, vice-chairman, regular
member, and two alternates are
to be elected from each):
HIGHLANDS: Ed Edwards,
Frank Crane, Walter Talley,
Arthur Talley, Robert McKin
ney, Claude Keener, Leonard
Webb, Henry Keener, Richard
Webb, and Truey McCall.
SMITH'S BRIDGE: A. P.
Cunningham, John Brown, H. P.
Roberson, Columbus Vinson,
Robert Stewart, Tom Alley, Gil
mer Henson, J. J. Gray, James
Mason, and Bryant McClure.
MILLSHOAL: Harold Cabe,
Fred Dalton, J. L. Potts, Tim
Wood, Ray Franklin, Logan
Ashe, James Williams, Lewis
Sanders, Joe Johnson, and Bob
Taylor.
BURNINGTOWN: Floyd Ram
sey, wui Childers, A. J Smith,
Robert Parrlsh, Forrest Higgins,
William Drlnnon, Howard Ray.
Oran Ray, Clyde Bateman, and
Claude Welch.
FLATS: J. H. Dryman. J. L.
SEE NO. a, PAGE 12
Won't Take
Long, Did It?
That modification in Franklin'.;
one-way street system sure went
into effect quickly.
In last week's Press, a town
official was quoted as saying he
didn't know when two-way traffic
would be flowing from Harrison
Avenue (NC 28> west on Main
by the town hall and south to the
intersection of US 23-441 and US
64. It all hinged on when the state
highway department could make
the change in traffic islands and
directional signs and markers.
This, in effect, left the change
dangling in midair.
? But. it didn't dangle long.
Thursday morning highway
crews rolled, into town and before
long the set-up was altered for
two-way traffic. Policemen stayed
on the scene for a couple of days
to acquaint local motorists with
the change.
It is the only modification
planned by the town in the one
way system at present.
Phone Company
Valuation Up
Western Carolina Telephone
Company's taxable value in Frank
lin is up $3,901 over last year.
A certification received last
week from the State Board of
Accessment in Raleigh lists the
company's 1957 valuation as $64.
521. This compares with $60,620
for 1956.
ADDRESSIN' AND LICKIN'
The job of addressing and stamping about 2,400 (air cata
logues is being shouldered by agricultural workers. Above, Mrs.
Betty Jean Penland (left) and Mrs. Pauline Houston, secretaries
to the home agent and farm agent, respectively, take their turn
at the addressing machine.
Fair Activity
Is Picking Up
Premium Books
Are In Mails;
Groups Listed
Premium catalogues are in the
mails, women are searching can
houses for their best preserves
and foods, and the men are
checking livestock and field
crops.
And it's all for the third an
nual Macon County Fair the
27th and 28th of this month on
RESIGNS
The Rev. M. W. Chapman,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church in Franklin, resigned
the pastorate Wednesday night
of last week. He was in his
eighth year with the church.
Mr. Chapman this week said he
has no definite plans for the
future. A native of Spartan
burg, S. C., he was educated at
Catawba College and Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary in
Louisville, Ky.
THEY'RE OFF AGAIN ?
Departing Students Open
'Back To School' Migration
Fall's "back to college" mi
gration has begun and Macon
County's summer population is
beginning to slip as students
pack up and leave.
Many already have returned
to their studies, others are leav
ing this week, and still more
will not go until later In the
month.
A list of several departing
students appeared In last week's
Press. Below are still more
names. lAs In any compilation
of this type, some names have
been omitted simply because the
newspaper was not Informed.
However, any omissions will be
carried in future Issues) :
WESTERN CAROLINA COL
LEGE: Marilyn Henson, Howard
Patton. D. L Huggins, Bill Hug
gins, Carol Stockton, Cleo Mc
Donald, Douglas Conley, Bob
Tyslnger, O r a d y Thompson,
Oeorge Blaine, Pete Penland,
Jessie Sttwlnter, Emma Jean
Downs. Betty Howard, Charles
Cabe, Ellen Calloway, Mary Lee
Howard, Oeorge Brown. Paulette
Ward, Charles Ward, Nancy Mc
Collum, Joy McCollum, Jean
Sutton, Wlllard Smith, Mildred
Burch, Launa Baker. Helen
Cochran, Linda Oibson, Mysa
Crawford, and Marjorle Moody.
N. C. STATE COLLEGE, RAL
EIGH Bobby Womack, Kenneth
Dills, Monroe McClure. Boise
White, H. O. Bueck, Bill Dln
nes, Lewis Cabe, Randolph Bul
gln, Jim Tyslnger, Frank No
len, ar>d Alex Cabe, Jr.
MARS HILL COLLEOE. MARS
HILL: Alice Ruth Angel and
Emma Watson.
UNIVER8I1Y OP NORTH
CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL:
Leonard Long, Bill Zlckgraf,
Janet Jones, and John M.
(Bardy) Archer III (School of
Dentistry).
CLEM SON COLLEOE. CLEM
SON, S. C. : Bobby Teague, Rich
ard Dryman, Max Holland,
Mitchell Houston, Bruce Hous
SEE NO 3, PAGE 12
the grounds at Franklin High
School.
Saturday, the 28th will be
"Show Day" with a pet show
at 10 a. m.; swine and sheep at
12:30; dairy cattle, 1 p. m.;
beet cattle, 2 p. m.; and horses
and mules at 2:30 p. m.
A dog show is set at 3 p. m.
on the 27th, opening day.
By 9 a. m.
All exhibits must be entered
by 9 a. m. on the 27th. How
ever, exhibitors wanting to
place them earlier may start at
2 p. m. on the 26th.
Officially, the two-day fair
will open at 12 noon on the
27th.
Judging is set to begin at 9
a. m. on the 27th. Out-of-coun
ty judges will do the work.
Exhibits must remain in place
until 9 p. m. on the 28th.
Fair Officers
1957 fair officers are Bryant
McClure, chairman, Siler Slagle,
vice-chairman, Mrs. Ruth Pat
ton, secretary, and Miss Marie
Jennings, treasurer.
A steering committee for the
annual event is composed of all
agricultural agencies in the
county.
Other Exhibits
In addition to the regular
community exhibit competition,
the fair has departments for
Future Farmers of America, 4-H
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 6
Advertisers Invited
To Press Dinner
A dinner honoring local ad
vertisers will be held by The
Franklin Press at Cartoogechaye
School tomorrow (Friday) night
at 7:30.
While the event is primarily
for advertisers, any representa
tive of a local business firm ln
trested In boosting trade in
Franklin is Invited to attend.
Those planning to attend are
asked to notify The Press of
fice by noon Friday.
The Weather
The week's temperatures and rainfall below
ar?? recorded in Franklin by Manatm Stilea,
U. S. weather observer; in Highlands by
Tudor N. Hall and W C. Hswton. TV A
observers; and at the Coweta flfcrdrolo*ie
Laboratory. Readings are for the 24-hour
period ending at 8 a.m. of the day listed.
FRANKLIN
High Low Rain
Wed., Sept 11 83 63 00
Thursday 84 62 00
Friday 81 62 .92
Saturday 83 65 .51
Sunday 82 65 .00
Monday 75 65 1.57
Tuesday 82 66 .05
Wednesday 67 trace
COWETA
Wed.. Sept. 11 83 61 .05
Thursday 83- 61 .15
Friday 79 62 .08
Saturday 81 64 .23
Sunday 80 62 .00
Monday 76 64 2.38
Tuesday 80 64 .#0
Wednesday ? M .03
HIGHLANDS
No
Wed . Sept. 11 74 63 Record
Thursday 78 85 *
Friday 72 83
Saturday 78 84
Sunday 78 82
Monday 6# 88
Tuesday 74 8t\
Wednesday _ 83