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73rd Year ? No. 36
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, September 4, 1958
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MEANDERING
ALONG
MAIN STREET
A DRAWING was held at the
Macon County Fair for Bibles,
given by the Catholics. They were
won by Kathy Price and Mrs.
Jessie Cabe. of Franklin, and
Tere?a Edwards, of Tampa. Fla.
THERE'S TALK that a Waynes
/ ville man will soon build a drive
in in "Fast Franklin in one oif the
jur.k yards.
THIS NEW trail club they've
organized for the alternate Ap
palachian Trail would g'i'e a lot
of fellows with the middle-age
spread the opportunity to walk
off seme of the lard.
VANDALS continue to hack a
way at the eouipment at the
Franklin Memorial Park, making
the job of maintaining the park
even more of a problem. A bench
has been smashed for appartently
no reason and an overload of
riders has collapsed the slide.
Looks I'116 kids would have sense
enough to know they're ruininu
their chances of getting more
equipment.
SHOES FOR needy school chil
dren. that's a pet project of the
Franklin Junior Woman's Club.
While the club does not solicit
funds, choosing instead to raise
it with other projects, it will ap
preciate any gifts. Winter is near
at hand and there are lots of chil
dren who'll be needing shoes to
stay in school.
KATS GARY, columnist of the
Charlotte Observer, put in a plug
for the coming ruby-digging
"flyin-in" last week In one of his
columns. Our thanks to Kays for
this helpful gesture.
A SOW belonging to Oscar Led
ford has so many little 'uns a
couple of weeks back she didn't
have enough "faucets" to go a
round. So. Oscar gave 'em away
down to the point where the
mama could accommodate the
bunch.
ANY VOLUNTEERS who would
like to help out with the ruby
digging "fly-in" the 19th. 20th.
and 21st of this month? It's go
ing to take a lot of doing and
they're plenty of jobs for anyone
wanting to give a hand. Contact
Dr. G. R. McSween. president of
the chamber of commerce.
YOU FELLOWS who don't
think it's a woman's world are
hereby directed to the births the
past week at Angel Hospital: Four
<riris and no boys. The week be
fore. it was two pairs of blue
booties and two pinks.
FASHION WISE, they say sack
dresses are done for. But. aopir
entlv the gals around here can't
read, or just don't care, because
more and more are being seen
alnnf the Main Stem.
MFMBERS of the Macon Coun
ty Search and Rescue Souad or
dered special coveralls Tuesday
night so they can be easily iden
tified in an emergency.
OCR AREA college. Western
Cirolina. this year is facing the
higsest housing problem in its
h'storv. according to the president.
Dr. Paul A. Reid. They're even
installing double-decker bunks to
take care of the influx of on
campus students.
THE NEW Phillips 66 bulk
plant back of Manson Stiles' sta
tion is now in use. Looks good,
too. all painted up!
I"NDER CIVIL Defense. Macon
County will care for 25.000
evacuees from Tennessee. That's
nearly double the county's popu
lation. There sure will be a lot
of mica holes filled with people
if war comes.
DID YOU see that Carolina
Moon peep up over the mountain
Tuesday night, looking for all the
world like a mushrooming forest
fire?
FRANKLIN'S biggest single
problem Is parking. Anyone who
doubts this should try to locate
a space In the Saturday traffic
I ;ttJe League
Picnic Location
Has Been Changed
Site of the Little League cover
ed dish picnic Saturday night
at 5:30 has been changed to the
Franklin Memorial Park.
It previously had been announ
ced for Arrowood Olade.
Following the meal, the champ
ionship trophy will be presented
to the Jaybirds, the top team in
the league this season.
Back-To-School
Party And Dance
Being Sponsored
A back-to-school party and
dance, honoring college students
will be held at the Slagle Memor
ial Building Saturday night. Sep
tember S. from S to 12 o'clock.
Women of the Franklin Meth
odist Church are giving the party
and all college and high school
students are Invited to attend.
Mother Pins Eagle Badge On Son
(Staff I'hotO
OTHER AWARDS PRESENTED -
McKelvey Is Given
Eagle Scout Rank
Boy Scouting's highest rank,
Efcgle, was bestowed upon 17
year-old Gary McKelvey Satur
day night at a court of honor
at the Franklin Presbyterian
Church.
Making the presentation of
the coveted award was Dr. J.
L. Hill,' Jr., Scoutmaster of
Gary's troop, 221, The Scout's
mother, Mrs. R. E. McKelvey,
pinned the Eagle badge on her
son. She also received a minia
ture Eagle pin from Gary in
appreciation of her efforts in
helping him attain the high
honor. '
State Bound '
A 1958 graduate of Franklin
High School, where he lettered
In sports and was active in stu
dent affairs, Gary plans to
enter N. C. State College this
fall. His family recently moved
to Raleigh when his father re
signed as vice-president of the
Western Carolina Telephone
Company here to accept a job
with the State Utilities Com
mission. .
Other Awards
A number of other ranks
were awarded Boy Scouts.
Bobby Womack, Troop 202, re
ceived Tenderfoot rank from
James L. Hauser.
Doug Slagle presented Second
Class badges to Johnny Pohlenz,
Troop 221; Charles E. Ledbetter,
James R. Vinson, Charles R.
Waldroop, and Steve Cabe,
Troop 206 (Carson I ; and Billy
Jamison and Alexander Grant,
Troop 202.
Bobb Swan made First Class
rank awards ta Larry Burch
and William L. Garner, Troop
206.
Star Ranks
Three Boy Scouts were award
Enloe Is
Given New
ASC Area
J. H. Enloe. Jr.. district Agri
cultural Stablization and Conser
vation field representative for a
number of years, has been re-as
signed to District 8. which is made
up of Alexander. Davidson. Davie.
Forsyth, Irdell. Stokes. Surry.
Wilkes, and Yadkin counties.
Mr. Enloe. a native of this
county, assumed his new assign
ment this week.
Succeeding him in this district
is B. R. Farmer, of Newland.
This area is made of up Bun
combe. Cherokee. Clay. Qraham.
Swain. Macon. Haywood. Tran
sylvania. Henderson, and Jackson
counties.
Bend Sales
74,5% Of
'58 Quota
At the end of July, Macon
County had reached 74.5 per cent
of its V9E8 Savings Bonds quota,
according to a report made this
week by the county chairman. H.
W. Cabe
July sales of 125.903.25 pushed
cumulative sales for the year to
tl42.3SI.24. Mr. Cabe reported.
The quota is *191.100.
Last year. Macon County was
one of but a few In the state
topping Its quota.
8tate-wide sales were up 2.4
per cent for the Janudry-July
period, as compared with 1957.
ed Star ranks. They are Benny
Swafford and Arthur Hays,
Troop 202 and Michael Coates.
Troop 221. Mr. Hauser made the
presentations.
The Rev. Donn Langfitt gave
merit badges to the following:
Arthur Hays, Reading; Thomas
Crawford, Scholarship. Public
Health; Benny Swafford, Citi
zenship in the Home, Home Re
pairs; Donald Fisher, Public
Speaking; John Crawford.
Swimming, Camping, Safety,
Firemanship, Public Health,
Personal Fitness; Oary McKel
vey, Nature, Public Health, Cit
izenship in the Home. Safety,
Camping. Life Saving; John
?Cooper, Painting; Ronnie Bol
ton, Art, Dog Care. Animals In
dustry, Corn Farming.
A. S. C. Ejection
Planning Starts
Planning is now under way for
the October 2 election of county
Agricultural StablizatiOn and Con
servation 'AS C.i committeemen.
A county elections board, which
is composed of the heads of the
county extension service agenctes.
will select community elections
boards and fclso a board to pick
polling places. The community
boards in turn will meet and
name a slate of H nominees in
their community as candidates for
community committeemen.
BRADLEY REUNION
The annual Bradley family re
union will be held Sunday. Sep
tember 14. at the home of Howard
Bradley on the Coweta Hydro
logic Laboratory Road. All rela
tives and friends are invited to
attend.
LABOR DAY TURNS FAUCET -
Macon Cou nty's Top
Tourist Year Over
Macon County's best tourist
season in history has slowed
to a trickle.
Cutting the heavy flew of
visitors from the faucet of
"Rubies, Recreation, and Rest"
was Labor Day, the official
"undertaker" for the tourist
season.
However, not too far up the
line are two brief, but prom
ising "floods" being anticipat
ed by officials of the Franklin
Chamber of Commerce.
One is the ruby-digging
"fly-in" scheduled September
19-20-21 by a large number of
pilots and their families from
Florida, particularly the Mi
ami area.
The other is the lure of fall
colors in the mountains, a
change which invariably
charms thousands of visitors
into visiting, or re- visiting
Western North Carolina. And
Macon County, sitting smack
dab in the middle of the
beautiful Nantabala National
Forest, is capable of dishing
up some 6f the most spec
tacular colors ever seen. Fall
colors are expected to reach
their peak in early October.
Doubles 1957
Indications are that 1958
doubled the prior year tourist
wise. A good index to the
number of visitors is the reg
istration book at the informa
tion booth operates in Frank
lin by the chamber of com
merce. A check of the book
Monday showed that more
than 1,000 persons had reg
istered, a figure more than
double the '57 registrations.
The book, of course, indicates
only a trend, since just a
handful of visitors make their
way to the booth to seek in
formation. And all of them
do not register, accord'ng to
Mrs. Lasca E. Horsley, execu
tive secretary.
Moist States
About every state in the
union was represented in the
registration book .and at least
three gave foreign addresses
? England, New Amsterdam,
and Canada.
August proved to be Ma
con's best month for tourists,
Mrs. Horsley reported, and the
No. 1 attraction was digging
for rubies in Cowee Valley.
The executive secretary said
most of the persons coming
to the information booth
sought information about the
ruby mines.
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED ?
Franklin Churches Schedule
Religious Canvass Sept. 21
A town-wide religious canvass
has been scheduled for Septembei
21 by the Franklin Ministerial
Association.
Volunteer workers from each
church in Franklin plan to meet
the 14th in the Fellowship Hall
of the First Baptist Church for
a briefing and supper at 5:30.
The Rev. Donn Langfitt. Pres
byterian pastor, said about 200
volunteers will be needed to con
duct the survey between the hours
of 2 a'hd 4 o'clock. This would
give each worker about eight
houses to cover, he explained. All
houses within a radius of a miie
and a half of the town limits
will be included.
Persons wanting to volunteer
should get in touch with their
ministers.
WASILIK IS PRESIDENT ?
Trail Club For Alternate
Appalachian Trail Formed
A trail cliiD to oversee main
tenance of the proposed alternate
Appalachian Trail through this
area was organized in Franklin
last Thursday night.
John Wasililc. a well-known re
tired forest service employe, was
named as temporary president.
Norman Blainie is secretary.
Another meeting of the club
is set for tonight 'Thursday' at
7:30 at the Presbyterian church.
All interested persons are invited.
As a feature of the meeting. S.
L. Cole, the Floridian who is
mapping the alternate trill, will
show slides.
The organizational meeting was
held, last week in conjunction with
the regular meeting of Troop 221.
Boy Scouts of America, headed
by Dr. J. L. Hill.
In line with the organization
of the trail club, the Franklin*
Chamber of Commerce has ap
pointed a special committee to
work with Mr. Cole for the
adoption of the alternate trail
by the Appalachian Trail Confer
ence. On the committee are. Mr.
Blaine, the Rev. A Rufus Morgin,
Mr. Wasilik, and Miss Olive Pat
ton.
Take your Time
/MtfYourUk
A WORD TO THE WISE FROM THE UNDERTAKER
This d splav, sponsored jointly by the highway patrol and Bryant Funeral Home, graphically
illustrated the penalty for careless driving over the Labor Day week end. It was erected at the
intersection of I'S 64 and I'S 23-441 in East Franklin. The display apparently helped make mo
torists safety conscious. Patrolmen reported no mishaps in this county for the holiday.
(Staff Photo)
All s Well In
School System,
Eueck Reports
After opening Wednesday ot
last week. Macon County's schools
are operating "very smoothly",
according to Supt. H. Bueck.
Highlands, which delayed its
opening until after Labor Day.
joined the rest yesterday 'Wed
nesday > .
The first few days were spent
ironing out some minor problems,
including lack of classioom space,
the superintendent said. Some
children at Franklin Elementary
have been moved to the physical
education classrooms in the high
school gymnasium and two high
school physical education classes
are meeting in the main gym
nasium.
Mr. Bueck said most of the
elementary schools are using split
grades to some extent.
Today, the Macon superintend
ent is in Ra!e.gh with a group
of superintendents for a special
meeting with the State Board of
Education concerning teacher
pay.
TALLENT KK'MU.V
The Tallent reunion will be
held at the hoire of Geoige H
Tallent. near the Windy Gap
Church. Sunday. Septemb r 7 All
relatives and fr'entis are invited
to attend and bring a picnic
lunch.
SCORE IS 12 TO 7 FRIDAY NIGHT -
Panthers Lose '58 Opener To Andrews
Franklin Higty's Panthers
opened their 1958 season In the
local stadium Friday night by
bowing 12 to 7 to a favored
Andrews eleven in a conference
scrap.
Saturday morning quarter
backs, although somewhat dis
appointed at the loss, appeared
pleased with Coach Dick Stott's
boys and are predicting a steady
improvement on the part of the
squad as it gains more experi
ence.
Loses Steam
Andrews, backed by a num
ber of lettermen, was favored
by several touchdowns, but
seemed to lose steam after
chalking up touchdowns In the
first and second quarters. The
first came on a 65-yard punt
return down the sidelines by
Terry Postell. In the second
quarter, Postell got loose on a
30-yard run that paved the way
for another score.
Franklin's lone touchdown
came In the fourth quarter on
a pass Interception by Bobby
Corbin, who ran 40 yards to
score.
No Game
The Panthers get a breather
tomorrow (Friday" night with
an open date and their next
game will be Friday week, Sep
tember 12 in the local stadium
against Clayton (Oa.i High.
This will be a non-conference
game.
Monday night at 8, the
Panther Jayvees will ptay Mur
phy.
The Franklin-Andrews game
had the largest gross at the
gate of any game in the last
four seasons. The total take wag
$1,317.
Statistics
A F
First clowns 7 8
Rushing yardage 164 93
Passing yardage 9 0
Passes 4-1 4-0
Passes intercepted l 1
Punting average 38.7 25.2
Fumbles lost 2 0
Yards penalized 115 40
NOW YOU BOYS SEE THAT?
Coach tick Stott (left picture) points to some action in Fri
day night's opener here with. Andrews. Note the intense expres
sions on the face* of the Panthers. The two players above are
provkflnf the action. Both tried unsuccessfully to lay hands on
a pass. The ball Is between them. (Staff Photo)
MERCHANTS REPORT SHOWS
Sales Here Rise
Million And Half
dross' retail sales in Macon County tor the fiscal
year ending June 30 topped the previous year by
nearly, a million and a half 'dollars,
A report just released In the X. C. Merchants As
sociation. based on sales and use tax collections,
shows that the county's gross . retail sales for July
I. 1 9,v. to June 30. 195S. rose to ?11.416.243. This
Compares with $9,926,561 tor the prior fiscal year,
dross collections for the year came to $164,091.95.
In total collections state-wide, a net decrease of
.46 per cent was recorded, indicating the general
tightening of the consumer Itelt.
^0 PER CENT INCREASE ?
Social Security Payments
About $371,000 In Macon
Old-ag?. ? survivors, and dis
ability insurance benefits are
being paid in Macon County at
the rate of about $371,000 per
???ear, according to Douglas H
Butler, field representative of
"he Asheville Social Security of
fice.
Mr. Butler serves Macon
County and makes periodic
visits to Franklin.
Mr. Butler said, "This is an
increase of more than 50 per
cent over 1955, the first year
in which self-employed farmers
were covered ty the Social Se
curity Act." He indicated that
Maconians Take
In Hot Races
In Darlington
A large number of Maconians
braved the 90-plus heat labor Day
for the Southern 500 in Darling
ton, 8. C. >
Taking in the auto races were
Bob Moore. Charles Conley.. Sr..
Charles Conley. Jr., Jimmy Con
ley. Bill Gregory, Bob Phillips.
Hurley Moore Stewart. Zeb Mead
ows. Carl Green. Jack Gribble.
Ralph Henson. Clyde Sanders. Bob
Sanders. Jim Wurst. Prank L
Henry. Jr. Clyde Pennirgton.
and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Huseus
son.
"Fireball" Roberts, one of two
favored to win the race, averaged
102.59 m p h in a Chevrolet to
take top money.
Babe Ruth Officers
Will Be Elected
An election of officers Will fea
ture a meeting of the Babe Puth
League Tuesday night at 8 o'clock
at Eaft Franklin School.
All parents of Babe Ruth
players and Interested persons
are urged to turn out for the
meeting.
COKBIN REUNION
The annual Corbin reunion Is
set for September 21 at the home
of Dewey Corbin In the Holly
Springs community. Mr. Corbin
Is president of the clan. _
the greater portion of this in
crease in the past two years
has been due to Macon County
farmers and their families who
have become entitled to Social
Security benefits during this
period. The number of bene
ficiaries in Macon County has
increased irom 463 in 1955. to
858 in 1957 This is an increase
of approximately 85 per cent.
Only increase
"Our studies have shown that
many of these aged people,
widows, and orphans have lit
tle or no other resources." he
pointed out. "For something
like 99 per cent. Social Security
benefits, received as an earned
right, are the only cash In
come."
Mr. Sutler stressed that while
the benefits are intended pri
marily as basis for Individual
economic security, the payment
of Social Security benefits at
the rate of almost $371,000 a
year in Macon county helps
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