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Nat Paid CIRCULATION I Last Week 2920 ttkiitt P* Hsnmian Custom reconciles us to everything. ? Edmund Burke. 72nd Year ? No. 8 Franklin, N. C., Thursday, February 20, 1958 Price 10 Cents Twelve Pages MEANDERING ALONG MAIN STREET WITH 26 men as members, Maconlans should be keenly Inter ested in the activities of the Sylva unit of National Ouard. Saturday, the upit is holding open house "Muster Day" from 1 to 5 pjn., and everyone is invited. Why not take In the event? You'll enjoy every minute of it. SEEMS THAT young and old engaged in some horseplay In the snow Saturday in downtown Franklin ? until a mis-aimed orb of snow knocked out an upper story window pane. That quieted things down some; that and the presence of police. GOOD thing the state extended its license deadline. Folks would have frozen half to death Satur day while tryln' to loosen the rusty bolts on old plates and put the new ones on. THINGS are really going to be hopping around here for the next couple of weeks. The week end snow caused the cancellation of several events that will have to be rescheduled ? or should we say sandwiched ? with other spending. THERE seems to be some grumbling about Nantahala Lake being designated public trout water. If you're one of those really indignant about it, why not put it in writing? A BIG ruby for Ed Sullivan is now available ? thanks to the generosity of Bruce Bryant. The Smoky Mountain doggers will de liver it to The Great Stone Face when they appear on his tele vision show March 2. FOX HUNTING trials were held down Greensboro way a while back and. of course, Harley Stewart, Lem Holland,' and Jesse Thomas were there to represent Macon County interests. They even got on television and the bad part of that is no one around here picks up the Greensboro station. MORE PFOPLE in Macon Coun ty bought Ford passenger cars in 1957 than any other make, ac cording to figures released by the automobile industry's statistic gathering agency. The figures show that 107 Fords were resgis tered her during the year, com pared to 106 for Ford's closest competitor. POLICE CHIEF Sid Carter was passing his hat the other day for donations for "the unknown soldier's mother". He almost got some, too, before the light dawn ed on a lot of 'em. A SALVATION Army band, thought by most of us to be ex tinct, played in Franklin Friday morning. It was from the Southern Training College In Atlanta, Ga. TWO YOUNG boys squared a way at each other on Main Street one day last week. And what else would make two young fellows lambast each other but a young lady?' Youth is unchanging. NOT THAT proof is needed, but a sure sign that Winter has been here is in the disclosure that Wayne Harrison's old Jeep failed to make the grade to Wayah Bald Sunday. YOU TV viewers who have been cussin' Channel 2 out of Atlanta can wash your mouth out befQre long and start out fresh. Word up here has it that Channel 2 is in creasing the height of its trans mitting tower and reception should be improved. The Job will be fin ished in a couple or three weeks. BARNARD AND BOARD REELECTED Approval Of Local .Elections Board Rests In Raleigh Macon County's three-man board of elections has bean tapped tor reappointment by the Democrats Executive Committee here. The board members are J. Lee Barnard, chairman, Fred S. Moore, and Walter Bryson. Final approval of the three rests with the state elections board. The action was taken by the executive committee in session Friday morning at the courthouse. A new registration for the com ing May primary is expected. However, this cannot be officially done until the elections bpard is approved in Raleigh. Weimar Jones Announces For Representative Weimar Jones, editor and for mer publisher of The Franklin Press, yesterday (Wednesday; an nounced his candidacy for the | nomination as Macon County rep resentative to the General Assem bly, subject to the May 31 Demo cratic primary, j His announcement put two hats in the representative ring. James M. (Jim) Raby, of Route 4, an nounced last week. A native of this county and a widely-known newspaperman, Mr. Jones returned to his home county in the fall of 1945, after purchas ing The Press from the Johnson heirs. He sold his controlling in terest in the newspaper last Sep tember to Bob S. Sloan, a partner for several years. Prayer Rite Scheduled A community-wide "World Day of Prayer" service is scheduled for tomorrow (Friday) at 7:30 p. m. at the St. Agnes Episcopal Church in Franklin. It is being sponsored locally by the St., Agnes Church, the Frank lin Methodist Church, and the Franklin Presbyterian Church. In charge of arrangements are Mrs. Ted Reber, chairman, Mrs. J. Ward Long, and Mrs. W. W. Sloan. Appearing on the program will be the choir from the St. Cyprians Episcopal Church. Others who will participate in clude Mrs. B. L. Sherrill, Mrs. Carl P. Cabe, Mrs. Grover Jami son, Jr., Mrs. John Hewlett, Mrs. Robert J. Korte, Mrs. W. T. Jen kins, the Rev. John Tucker, the Rev. S. B. Moss, Mrs. Robert Standley, Mrs. Arvil Parker, the Rev. R. R. Standley, Mrs. J. A. Flanagan, Charles Ledbetter. The theme of this year's service is "The Bread of Life". Persons of all denominations are Invited to attend the service. FATHER DIES John D. Cogan, father of John Cogan, of Franklin, died Sunday in Silver Beach, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Cogan left here Friday after re ceiving word he was ill. Services were held In Washington, N. J. Secondary Roads Are In Bad Shape Winter weather has Macon County's secondary highway system in bad shape, but the worst is yet to come, according to Nelson Waldroop, county high way supervisor. When the present freeze breaks and the thaw comes, "we're really going to have our hands full," he declared this week. Meanwhile, state highway crews have spent the past five week ends working on the secondary system and trying to keep the .school bus routes cleared. This past week end, they had the added burden of 1 snow and ice on the primary highways. Mr. Waldroop said funds are available in the divi sion to put the secondary roads ? about 450 miles of them ? back in shape. "Right now it's just a matter of trying to catch u,p," he explained. "It just takes time." Excessive rain this winter, coupled with freezing and thawing, is responsible for damaging the secon dary roads, the supervisor said. However, he also ob- , served he has "seen it just as bad" in some years past, i Winter Weather Wallops Macon County Franklin Was Really Snowed Under Saturday Morning - ?>. . ? ...... Henry Wilkie And Kenneth Clark Make A Snowman II. W. Cabe Walked To Work Snowball Wars Raged Up And Down Main Street All Day Two Franklin Boy Scouts Are Awarded Life Ranks . - , . i Two Boy Scouts were advanced to Life rank at a court of honor Friday night In Franklin. They are Steve Bundy, of Troop 21, and John Crawford, of Troop 1. Life rank Is one step below cov eted Eagle rank, the highest In Scouting. Preceding the honor court for Troops 1 and 21, more than 225 were on hand In the high school gymnasium for a covered dish sup per sponsored by Boy Scouts. Ex plorers, and Cubs as the closing feature of their local observance SEE NO. 1, PAGE 12 Garrison To Speak At Rotary Meeting William B. (Bill) Garrison, pres ident of the Franklin Rotary Club is one of the speakers on the pro gram of thl annual district Ro Lary conference, to be held lr Hickory today (Thursday* and to morrow. Mr. Oarrison will address the conference at the Fridaj morning session. Winter Strikes ? Snow And Cold Macon County is still reeling from an arctic up percut of below-zero temperatures and several inches of snow thrown by Old Man Winter. A total of eight inches of snow fell on Franklin Saturday and Sunday and Manson Stiles, U. S. weather observer, recorded two days of sub-zero temperatures. County schools were still closed yestefday (Wed nesday) because secondary roads over the county Torches Start Two Blazes Frozen water pipes were respon sible for two fires this week. Both were started by blow torches in the hands of men at tempting to thaw frozen pipes. The first was about noon Sun day at the home of the Rev. M. C. Wyatt on Iotla. Quick action on the part of Franklin firemen con fined the blaze to the kitchen and basement. An estimated $600 dam age was done to the house. Most of the furnishings in the house had been removed by neighbors by the time the truck arrived. Monday afternoon about 5:50, firemen extinguished a blaze at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Massey on Harrison Avenue in i Franklin. The fire started when Mr. Massey used a torch to thaw pipes under the house, firemen reported. Damage was slight. Earlier Monday afternoon, a de fective flue at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Young on Way ah Street sent firemen into ac tion. A blaze in the attic was quickly extinguished and damage was slight. Child Tumbles Into Fireplace; Badly Burned An 13-months-old baby boy was j seriously burned Sunday after noon when he tumbled into an open fireplace and is still in a critical condition at Angel Clinic. The child, Timothy Stewart, was pulled from the fireplace by his mother, Mrs. Alvin Stewart, ! who heard him screaming while i she was 'preparing supper in the I kitchen. She received burns on . her hands when she pulled the child from the fireplace. Dr. Furman Angel said the child received burns over about two thirds of his body and face. The Stewarts live in Franklin. Late News and Briefs MRS. WILSON SUCCUMBS Mrs. Beulah Scott Conley Wil son, 74, died yesterday (Wednes day) at 7:05 a. m. at her home in the Patton Community. Funeral services are incomplete. ? ? ? 'HEART SUNDAY' This Sunday is "Heart Sunday" and volunteers will be knocking at doors for contributions for the local Heart Fund Campaign. The drive is being headed by Roy M. Biddle, Jr. , ? ? ? MRS. MASIIBURN DIES Mrs. Lassie Eugene Guffey Mashburn, who would have been 100 years old in June, died Tues day at 5 p. m. in the Sugarfork section. Funeral services are set for today (Thursday) at 11 a. m. at the Sugarfork Baptist Church. ? ? ? CONTEST HELD The local American Legion held its annual high school oratorical contest last (Wednesday) night with Legionairres Robert C. Car ? penter and Frank Dean in charge. The winner was not known at presstime. ? ? ? CENTER WONT OPEN The Franklin Youth Center will , not be open tomorrow (Friday) . night, it has been announced. ? ? ? t VISIT POSTPONED Because of the weather, the scheduled visit of a Red Cross Bloodmoblle in Highlands yester ' day (Wednesday) was postponed until Apfrll 4. were dangerous for travel. Frozen water pipes, steaming auto radiators, and clanging chains were signs of the weather. Anti-freeze sales skyrocketed ana there wasn t a set of chains to be bought by late Saturday after noon. Two fires were caused by Maconians using blow torches to thaw pipes. No Sleep State highway crews got little or no sleep. They faced a double barrel proposition ? trying to keep the primary roads passable, and at the same time open up the sec ondary System so school busses could start rolling again. Snow started falling about 3 a. m. Saturday and Maconians awoke to find a blanket of several inches on the ground. The fall continued most of the day and night. Busi ness in Franklin ground almost to a halt. Snowballing was the main activity in the downtown area Below Zero Monday, the mercury skidded to below zero ? five below in Frank lin and a shivvery 10 below in Highlands. Tuesday saw a warm ing trend start, five below in Highlands and zero in Franklin. Yesterday's < Wednesday* low was four below in Franklin. In High lands it had warmed te zero. Records Broken Unofficially, at least as far as recent winters go, the weather this past week broke some records. The last big cold snap was about 18 years ago (unofficially i . A check of The Press shows that on Jan. 26, 1940, it was 17 below zero in Franklin. Old records Show an other 17 below was recorded Jan. 16, 1887. Snow Came In the wake of Saturday's snow came freezing temperatures. Ice was almost solid in the Lit tle Tennessee River above the bridge in Franklin ? something that hasn't happened in many, many years. Bridal Veil Falls, the county's water wonder on US 64 between Franklin and Highlands, caked up and finally halted traffic. A state bulldozer was dispatched to break the ice jam Monday and again yesterday. Secondary roads in. many sec tions of the county remained Icy and dangerous and most vehicles using them were equipped with chains. Yesterday (Wednesday) many Maconians living in the higher elevations were still walking in and out from their homes. Con tinued freezing promised little re lief from snow still several Inches thick on tljeir roads and drive ways. Bueck In Asheville . School Supt. H. Bueck was in Asheville February 13 for a meet ing of school superintendents and architects. The all-day session dealt with school buildings for the future, suitable to meet the growing de mands on education. The Weather Th? wpfk'n temperature* and rainfall below are recorded in Franklin by Munmn Stilea. U. S. weather ofcaerver: In Highlands by Tudor N. Hail and W. C. Newton. TV A observers; and at the Coweta Ifjrdroloffie Laboratory. Readings are for the 2 4- hour period ending at 8 a.m. of the day Meted. Hi*?h FRANKLIN Wed., Feb. 12 39 Thursday 34 Friday 45 Saturday 41 Sunday 31 Monday 19 Tuesday 23 Wednesday _ COWTTA Wed.. Feb. 12 44 Thursday 38 Friday 36 Saturday 45 Sunday 36 Monday 20 Tuesday 20 Wednesday 26 HIGHLANDS Wed.. Feb. 12 38 Thursday 30 Friday 38 Saturday 34 Sunday 22 Monday 14 Tuesday 18 Wednesday Low Rain 12 .00 13 .00 15 .00 28 snow 6 snow -5 .00 0 00 -4 .00 10 11 12 .00 .00 .00 27 snow 7 snow 41 00 1 .00 2 .00 15 10 13 38 2 ?10 -5 0 ? No record.
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