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Net Paid CIRCULATION Last Week 3021 ttlllft gty# l$tgl|lattta |Rac<rotan We're hearing a lot ABOUT the Constitu tion. But what does the Constitution itself SAY? Turn to Editor ial Page. 72nd Year ? No. 43 Franklin, N. C., Thursday, October 24', 1957 Price 10 Cents Twelve Pages STANDLEY ACCEPTS CALL OF CHURCH Flying Missionary Arriving This Week At Baptist Church A flying missionary who devel oped a mission aviation program in Brazil, the Rev. Robert R. Standley, has accepted a call as pastor of the First Baptist Church here. He and Mrs. Standley are mov ing here this week and he will as sume his duties with the church immediately. Mr. Standley, who succeeds the Rev. M. W. Chapman, resigned, has been in pastorial, evangelistic, and church organizational work in Brazil since 1934 and has work ed under the foreign missions board of the Southern Baptist Convention since 1949. He was graduated last spring from South eastern Seminary at Wake Forest and also is a graduate of Asbury College in Kentucky. In Brazil, he promoted a mis sion aviation program and for seven years served as director and pilot in the flying missionary group, which served churches in the remote areas. He also is au thor of a study course book, "Fly ing Missionaries". A native of Ohio, he is the son of R. Ralph Standley, Sr., a re tired Baptist minister now living in Asheville. The Standleys have two chil dren, Robert R. Ill and Margaret Ann. both studepts at Baylor Uni versity. You'd Better Get With It! Forgotten to pay off that parking ticket? You'd better get with it then. The Town of Franklin is drawing 67 warrants against motorists this week for non-pay ment of parking tickets. Local Contractor Gets Bridge Job A Franklin contractor, W. A. Hays, has been awarded the con tract for construction of a bridge across the Pigeon River in Hay wood County to the Mount Hope camp owned by Champion Paper and Fibre Company. His low bid was $14,391. The contractor started work on the bridge Monday morning. He plans to use about 11 men. Cold Springs Area Is Sold Cold Springs, a picnicking land mark on Wayah Road, has been sold to two Franklin, Mich., men for development as a summer home colony. The property was sold by Way ah Valley Ranch, Inc., to Paul Kanold, a Burroughs business ma chines official, and Wallace E. Zierer, a Chrysler Corporation of ficial. One hundred and eleven acres were involved in the deal, which was closed Friday by E. M. Mc Nish. Cold Springs has long been a favorite spot for picnicking. Be fore the road across the mountain was constructed it was a "resting place" for hikers going to the crest of Wayah Bald. 4-H'ers Going To State Meet Two Macon County 4-H club bers will be in Raleigh Sunday through Tuesday for the Farm and Home Electric Congress. They are Tony Denny, of the Nantahala club, son of Orrin Denny, and Martha Ann Blaine, of the Patton club, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Blaine. Nantahala Power and Light Company is sponsoring them on the trip. Clark Walker, assistant agent in charge of 4-H work, will accom pany them. Girl Scout Group To Gather Here A council meeting of the Nan tahala Area of Olrl Scouts of America Is slated Saturday at 2 p. m. at the Franklin Methodist Church. The area embraces the counties, of Cherokee, Clay, Oraham, Jack son, Macon, and 8waln. ? rranklin rress Photo A New Well Shaft Is Going Down ON EAST SKYLINE ? Well Drilling Rig Starts Another Shaft For Town A well drilling rig is breaking the skyline on the east side of Franklin this week as work gets under way on the second of two wells recently authorized by the board of aldermen to boost the water supply. At the first well on the George Reed property on the west side of town, an eight-hour test conduct ed Monday of last week produced 75 gallons a minute. The town is now ready to hook this well into the system. Drilling equipment was moved east the following day to the Jac obs property on Ulco Drive behind the Bonny Crest section. Drillers yesterday (Wednesday* said the shaft was not deep enough to give a progress report. H. H. Gnuse, Jr., chairman of the water committee, explained that a good producing well in the Ulco Drive section will serve not only to boost the water supply, but also will provide better fire protection for nearby - residences since a larger main will be neces sary. This section of town is now served by a three-quarter inch main, he said. WILL CROWN QUEEN ? Homecoming Being Observed At Franklin High Friday Franklin High School will ob serve "Homecoming" tomorrow (Friday) night when the Bulldogs of Murphy High School invade the local stadium for a conference game with the Panthers at 8 o'clock. "Homecoming" festivities will take the half-time spotlight and will include the crowning of a "Homecoming Queen", who is be ing selected from among 10 can didates nominated by the football players and voted on by the stu dent body. A "Homecoming" party for high school students is scheduled in the cafeteria following the game. Candidates for the queen title are Jean Burrell, Joann Burrell, Eva Gutierrez, Dwain Horsley, Vivian Keener, Frances Alexander, Ann Hall, Shirley Henson, Alice Bradley, and Kay Ledford. GAME POSTPONED A flu epidemic that put most of the Franklin High Panthers on the sick list forced the post ponement of the FranklinBry son City game here last Friday. Coach Dick Stott asked for the postponement when only seven footballers of a total of 69, in cluding the junior varsity, show ed up for school Wednesday morning of last week. The game will be played at the end of the season. WHAT'LL BLOOM NEXT? n bVN|no wi nocu a?v, ? win* uv|wwuu muvnung. now nom a his Carpenter hu some craxy mixed- up blackberries that don't lesm to realise they aren't supposed to ripen this tine of year. Mr. Carpenter started out to die for potatoes on his farm in the Tesenta section and ended op picking blackberries. ACHIEVEMENT EVENT SET NEXT WEEK Home Demonstration Club Women To Hold Meeting At Carson Club women of Macon County's 22 home demonstration clubs will hold their annual "Achievement Day" next Thursday, Oct. 31, at the Carson Community Center. The presentation of "The Gavel" to the best club of the year and the selection of "Club Woman of the Year" will spotlight the ses sion, which will open at 10 a.m. Slated to lead recreation and singing is G. L. Carter, assistant state 4-H leader of State College Station. Mrs. George Byrd, president of the county council, will preside. The Rev. Donn K. Langfitt will give the devotional and the Rev. S. B. Moss the invocation. Greet ings will be extended by County Agent T. H. Fagg. Miss Sally Kesler will be pianist. Nominees for the "Club Woman of the Year" award include Mrs. T. T. Henderson, Walnut Creek club; Mrs. Charlotte Henderson, Union-View; Mis. Gordon South ard, Sandtown; Mrs. Pritchard Russell, Cullasaja; Mrs. I. T. Peek, Franklin; ivlrs. Marlin Combs, Iotla; Mrs. Harley Stew art, Patton; Mrs. Earl Justice, Holly Springs; Mrs. J. L. Young, Hickory Knoll; Mrs. Grace Ayers, Mulberry; Mrs. Jeter Higdon, Ridgecrest; Mrs. W. W. Berry, Higdonvile; Mrs. Claude Beeco, Watauga; Mrs. George Parrish, Olive Hill-Oak Dale; Mrs. Bob Southard, Upper Cartoogechaye ; Mrs. Earl Smart, Clark's Chapei; Mrs. George Byrd, Cowee ; Mrs. O.C. Hall faiitahala ; Mrs. John Cunningham, Carson; and Mrs. J. M. Maddox, Cartoogechaye. Carson club will handle decor ations. Registration and hospitality committee is composed of Mrs. Earl Smart, Mrs. Marlin Combs, Mrs. Cline Crawford, and Mrs. C. T. Bryson. Mrs. Pangle Gets District P.-T. A. Post Mi's. Harry Pangle was elected district P.-T. A. secretary at Tues day's annual meeting of this 11 county district, held at the Can ton Junior High School. Mrs. Pangle, who is serving her second year as president of the East Franklin ParentrTeacher As sociation, is the second Maconian ever to hold a district P.-T. A. of fice. Others from this county attend ing the Canton meeting were Mrs. Glenn Hastings, Mrs. Elmon Teague, Mrs. Clint Shope, and Mrs. Lawson Shook, representing the Union P.-T. A., and Mrs. Wei mar Jones, former district direct or. Mrs. Jones was a member of the district nominating commit tee. FM Change Is Delayed Equipment delays have chilled radio station WFSC's plans for night broadcasting on FM. accord ing to Edwin P. Healy, manager. Oct. 15 was the station's target date for the change-over, but it now has been changed to Nov. 15 because of the delays, he said this week. The Federal Communications Commission -granted the daytime station a night broadcasting per mit in September. Mrs. Conley Is Honored A certificate of commendation has been awarded Mrs. Lester Conley, president of the local chapter of the American Cancer Society, for her efforts in the 1957 fund campaign. ?Macon County was among the top 10 in the state in the cam paign. In raising *1.556.58. it near ly doubled its quota. "I don't feel the honor for the achievement should be mine," Mrs. Conley said this week. "With out the help of everyone In the county it couldn't have been done." ? Franklin Press Photo PLANNING FOR THE 'HARVEST SALE' This group Tuesday night of last week mad: plans for the Franklin P.-T. A.'s "Harvest Sale", which is set for Saturday night in the high school gymnasium. (L to R> Mrs. Margaret Cabe, Vance Rucker, Mrs. Margaret Bulgin, Mrs. Lasca E. Horsley, P.-T. A. President S. A. Bundy, B. L. Mc Glamery, Clayton Ramsey, and Mrs. Furman Angel. Benefit Sale Will Be Held In Gymnasium Committees are busy preparing for a benefit "Harvest Sale" in the Franklin gymnasium Satur day night. Sponsored by the Franklin P.-T A., the fund-raising auction sale will be held from 6:30 to 10:30 with J. Ward Long, B. L. McGlam ery, George Mallonee. and Ralph L. Smith serving as auctioneers. Froceeds from the evant are to be divided evenly between funds for purchasing equipment for the gymnasium and improving the school grounds. A planning session for the "Har vest Sale" was held Tuesday night of last week in the high school SEE NO. 1, PAGE 12 Flu Bug' Hits Several Schools "Flu bugs" (nationality un known) this week started be coming something of a problem as they spread through several schools, causing absenteeism to rise sharply. Tuesday morning. Franklin High had 133 students out with the flu, Franklin Elementary had 48. and East Franklin had 60. Yesterday I Wednesday) the school situation seemed to be improving somewhat. Before this week, the "bugs" had no pattern to their move ments. Iotla School two weeks ago was in the grip of a small epidemic with about 40 per cent of the student body out for a couple of days. This was the only school hit at the time. Franklin High's football team came next and the Kobbinsville game was played with several first stringers out sick and others ailing but playing any way. Then, last week, the team itself suffered an epidemic (more than 95 per cent of the players were sick) and the Bo son City game Friday night was postponed. But. the "bugs" weren't just playing around in Macon Coun ty. Students at N. C. State and Pfeiffer College were, home sev eral days last week because of epidemics. (iross retail sales in Macon County for the fiscal year ending June 30 were more than a million dollars above the previous year, according to figures appear ing in The Retailer, monthly publication of the X. C. Merchants Association. Sales for 1956-57 hit $9,926,651, as compared with $8,682,943 in 1955-56, However, the general tightening of the consumer dollar this fall is reflected in gross sales and use tax collections here during August. For this month, tax collections were down $2,899.55 over August, 1956; from' $21,648.78 to $18,758.23. This would indicate business for the month was off about $90,000. Sales Increase Here ? Over A Million A 1 IN. C. bl Alt r AIK ? Macon County Exhibitors Are Awarded 11 Ribbons Macon County entries won 11 ribbons at the N. C. State Fair in Raleigh last week. This was in ' addition to the fourth place ribbon and $450 won by the "challenge exhibit", which was made here for the western district by the Agricultural Work ers Council. A total of 16 entries came from here, according to County Agent T. H. Fagg. The 11 ribbons they won were three blues, five reds, and three whites. For the third straight year, corn iFjink G-134> entered by Aaron Hedden. of Franklin, Route 1, won a blue ribbon. Blue ribbons also were won by Miss Ruth Holbrooks. of Franklin. Route 5, who entered a cushaw and Mrs. ReX Andrus, of Route f, who exhibited a hand woven bed cover. Winning red ribbons were the ) Dendy Brothers, of the Goldmine section, for a plate of five Mcin tosh apples, a plate of five Golden Delicious, and a plate of five Re<i Rome apples; Jud Tallent, of Route 1, for a cushaw: and J. L. Huggins, of Route 4. for com (Funk G-134 > . The Dendy Brothers also won a white ribbon for a plate of five Grimes apples, and Algie Raby. of Route 4. received two whites for two varieties of corn. Funk G-134 and Jarvis Golden Prolific. BUT IT WAS TRUE ? She Didn't Believe It . . . "I still don't believe it . . . and won't until I have the check in my hand." That's^the way Mrs. R. M. Bid die, Sr.," of Franklin, appraised the situation the day after being informed she was the winner of -the area Good Housekeeping Week contest and could take a five-day trip for two to Mexico City or pocket $1,000 cash. A $1,000 Check And It* Franklin Owner 1 Well, to make a good story bet ter, that was last Thursday. To day, a week later, Mrs. Biddle has banked her ,$1,000 and Is sure "my creditors are happy about the whole thing". Actually, she didn't even want to make the trip to Asheville that paved the way for her streak of SEE NO. 3. PAGE 12 The Weather The week's temperatures and rainfall Mow are recorded in Franklin by Hanson Stilee, U. S. weather observer; in Highlands by Tudor N. Hall and W. C. Newton. TV A observers; and at the Coweta Wydrologic Laboratory. Readings are for the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. of the day Hated. FRANKLIN High Low Rain Wed., Oct. 16 63 Thursday 73 Friday 67 Saturday 67 Sunday 73 Monday 63 Tuesday 66 Wednesday HIGHLANDS Wed.. Oct 16 56 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Wed., Oct Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday ? No Record. 59 62 61 60 55 56 COWETA 16 63 70 65 65 69 ? 65 53 53 50 30 25 27 39 49 50 50 48 30 25 30 40 49 52 51 45 27 24 26 37 47 00 .74 .10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 ' 02 1.23 .42 .00 .00 .00 .00 trmo*
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