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ON THE INSIDE ?
An "Atoms For Peace" ex
hibit From Oak Ridge will be
in Franklin Tuesday. Story and
picture on Pase 9
74th Year ? No. 5
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, January 29, 1959
Price 10 Cents
Twelve Pages
MEANDERING
ALONG >;
MAIN STREET
MACON COUNTY has OQfie
again shown the rest of the state
Its colors by ranking second in
'58 in the sales of U.S. Savings
Bonds. Let's keep going.
A U.S. ABMY Beaver landed
Sunday morning at the Macon
County Airport. One of the flyers
was a geologist in civilian life
and he read about Macon County's
mineral wealth in FLYINQ and
decided to stop over. Frank
Henry. Jr., loaded them In his
car and drove them to Brink
man's Shop for a look-see. They
promised they'll be back soon.
HAVE YOU neglected to make
your March of Dimes contribu
tion? There's still much to be
done, in spite of the polio vaccine
and your dimes can help out.
HENRY BARTOL, WSFC owner
from Tryon, was here Sunday.
Oddly enough, the sun was shin
ing brightly and the sky was
cloudless. Usually, Mr. Bartol ar
rives in a downpour. He had
planned to come over last Wednes
day but was afraid we'd blame
him for the big storm that night.'
THE STATE boys sure have a
job on their hands. That big blow
last Wednesday deposited large
quantities of dirt and rock over
the roads and at intersections.
A LARGE PORTION of the Tar
Heel State Is a-buzz over the ex
cellent play Macon County got
in TAR HEEL WHEELS on the
"Pilots Ruby Rendezvous". This
publicity, and that in FLYING,
is going to be worth thousands
of dollars to us this coming tour
ist season.
WHEN, IF EVER will Franklin
decide a full-time promotional di
rector is a necessity this day and
time? Competition for the tourist
dollar is going to be even keener
in '59. according to all surveys.
SOME FELLOWS thought they
saw that jet canopy fall last week
on Trimont. They checked, but
were unable to locate what they'd
seen. The canopy, which blew off
a jet Monday night of last week
near here, was found in Tennessee.
WON'T SOMEONE fill that
teeth-chipping, tire-busting hole in
the pavement on Phillips across
from the county jail?
QUITE A few businessmen were
grumbling that Tuesday was a
lousy day for business. Could give
no reasons why, however.
MACON'S "March of Dimes''
has received its annual contribu
tion from Audrey and Tommy
Roper. The children saved 1,600
pennies during the year for the
drive. This is the seventh year
they have done this.
Tag Sales
Are Lagging
Sales of North Carolina's 1959
license tags are lagging, according
to the local Carolina Motor Club
branch office.
As of Monday, only 1,276 plates
had been sold, as compared with
1,436 for the same period last
year.
TTie deadline for displaying a
new tag is February IS.
A breakdown of the total sold
shows 955 were for automobiles;
438, trucks; and 43, trailers.
Verlon Swafford, manager, re
ports most motorists are for get
ting to sign the renewal cards be
fore they come to the office. This
is causing some delay when sev
eral are in line, he explains, and
he requests future cooperation.
Lagging Also
Town Clerk C. O. Ramsey re
reports sales of Franklin's city
tags are slow.
As of Monday, only about 200
had been sold.
The deadline for purchasing
the town plates is February 15,
the same as for the state.
Macon znd
In State
In Bonds
Onslow At Top;
2nd Year County
Has Been 2nd
For the second straight year,
Macon County ranks second in
the state in sales of U. S. Sav
ings Bonds.
Figures released this week by
the U. S. Treasury Department,
Savings Bonds Division in
Greensboro, show that only On
slow topped Macon during 1958.
Onslow exceeded its '58 quota
by 172 per cent, while Macon's
figure was 153. Onslow's quota
was $661,500, but the number
one county raised $1,137,905.08.
Macon's quota was $191,100, but
cumulative sales for January
1-December 31 totaled $291,
618.69.
H. W. Cabe, of Franklin, is
county U. S. Savings Bond
chairman.
Thirty-one of the state's 100
counties exceeded quotas dur
ing the year. Total sales for
North Carolina showed an in
crease of 3.4 per cent over 1957.
'Stay' For
Center To Be
Requested
A "stay of execution" Is be
ing requested by the Franklin
Youth Center Association, which
has been asked to vacate quart
ers In the basement of the
town hall.
A committee plans to meet
with the board of aldermen the
first Monday In February and
ask for an extension. The as
sociation has been requested to
vacate the quarters by Febru
ary 1 so the space can be used
by the Civil Defense organiza
tion and the volunteer fire de
partment.
Members of the committee
include Allan Brooks, chairman,
Dr. G. R. McSween, Mrs. C. K.
Olson, Mrs. Bill Phillips, the
Rev. Donn K. Langfltt, and
John Bulgin.
Directors
To Select
President
A new president of the Frank
lin Chamber of Commerce is
slated to be elected tonight
(Thursday) when new and re
tiring directors gather in Joint
session.
Turning over the reigns of
the organization to the new
president, who will be picked
from members of the seven
nian board of directors, will be
Dr. O. R. McSween, who push
ed through a number of pro
motional projects during his '58
administration.
The session is set for 7:30 at
Dr. McSween's office on Macon
Avenue.
Plans also will be made for
the annual membership ban
quet later in the year.
Members of the board are T.
Y. Angel, J. C. Jacobs, Tom
Jenkins, Jim Conley, and the
Rev. R. R. Standley, new di
rectors, and Erwin Patton and
3teve Bundy, who are serving
their second year of two-year
terms.
OFFICE CLOSING
The Selective Service Office
will be closed February 3-17.
Registrants who are due to reg
ister during this period are
asked to report immediately
after the 17. In case of emer
gency, they may call W. N.
Sloan at Franklin 181.
So Says TTlr. Itlaconian
Hi-ya Neighbors :
'Cross the ridge in Jackson County, things, are^
goin' like a clatter mill. Those Jackson-iteS have up
and got thetiiselves an industry interested in their
section and they're out to land that payroll.
'Course' they realize as how they might lose it,
but that's part of the game. Things look good. The
company president has been there for the second
time and promised to let 'em know somethin' onp
way or the other.
'The most important thing is that Jaickson Coun
ty, through its chamber of commerce and the Jav
cees, is organized to land a "fish" once they feel
ft nibbling at the bait. That's what I call usin' the
ol' noggin.
And I thank you.
Mr. Matonian
The Lenoirs, of Bairtf Cove Roa,d, awoke to find a big tree had fallen over their automobile.
I Staff J'iiotoj
Wind And Rain
Pound County
Although pounded by high
winds and drenched by several
Inches of rain, Macon County
suffered little damage Wednes
day of last week when Western
North Carolina was nicked by a
passing squall line that pro
duced a twister in Kentucky.
After an overcast sky and
light rain most of the day, the
full force of the storm struck
about 6:30, lashing the country
side with heavy wind gusts and
a torrential downpour that
swelled rivers and streams
quickly and washed out several
dirt roads and driveways.
Manson Stiles, local weather
observer, reported a 24-hour
rain of 3.27 Inches, from 8 a. m.
Wednesday to 8 a. m. Thursday.
Wind toppled a tree on an
automobile owned by Bill Len
Bank Assets
Up In 1958
In experiencing one of the
best years In its history in
1958, the Bank of Franklin's
assets rose $421,901 over the
previous year, to $3,413,011.80.
At its first stockholder's
meeting of the year, directors
re-elected for '59 were A. B.
Slagle, T. W. Angel, Jr., H. L.
Bryant, H. W. Cabe, John L.
Crawford, W. E. Baldwin, Frank
B. Duncan, R. S. Jones, Verlon
Swafford, and Elmon Teague.
Re-elected officers of the
board are Mr. Slagle, chairman,
Mr. Duncan, ? president, Mr.
Swafford, vice-president, Mr.
Cabe, cashier, and Walter Dean
and Robert C. Carpenter, as
sistant cashiers.
Youth Center Draws
Large Number; Open
On Saturday. Night
More than 83 young people
registered Friday night at the
Franklin Youth Center for
dancing and games.
The center, situated in the
basement of the town hall, will
be open Saturday night from
7:30 to 11 o'clock and all teeh
igers are invited to join the
'un.
\nother Girl Scout
Training Course Set
A second training course for
3lrl Scout leaders is set for
Saturday at the Franklin Meth
>dist Church from 1 to 4 p m.
It will be taught by Mrs.
rleinz Rollman, of Waynesville,
who also held a course here on
the 25th for leaders of the tfAn
Lahala area
Mrs. Harvey Price, neighbor
hood Girl Scout chairman,
urges all Interested women to
attend Saturday's course and
take advantage of Mrs. Roll
man's experience in this field.
oir, on Baird Cove Road (see
picture).
Mac Ray Whitaker, superin
tendent of transmission arid
distribution for Nantahala Pow
er and Light Company, said
damage, though light, was wide
spread over the county. It was
confined mostly to Macon,
however, and few troubles were
reported In other counties serv
ed by the company.
About 12 to 15 trees were
blown across lines and one TV
antenna fell In the^Ellijay area,
cutting power. Service was
knocked out from Gneiss to
Highlands, on Little Ellljay,
and on Cartoogechaye. It was
not restored until Thursday
morning. Most of the power
failures occurred about 7
o'clock.
Power company crews, ham
pered by rain and heavy fog,
quit working about 10 o'clock
that night.
"At that time, and under
those conditions, it was Just a
losing proposition," Mr. Whltak
er explained.
The men were back at work,
however, at daybreak.
Surprisingly enough, Western
Carolina Telephone Company
experienced only minor troubles
from the storm.
"It was kind to us," reported
A. C. Tyslnger, of the Franklin
maintenance office.
Lighting knocked out some
fuses, he said, but there were
no line breaks.
The Little Tennessee River
shot out of its banks during
the night, but did little dam
age. The Macon County Air
port main runway was tempor
arily closed because of the high
water.
Mystery To
Be Solved
Here Friday
Who will be Macon County's
'Young Man of the Year"?
This mystery will be cleared up
tomorrow c Friday) night in Frank
lin when the Franklin Junior
Chamber of Commerce holds its
annual banquet honoring the
young man for community service;
At present, five have been
nominated for the special award,
according to Jaycee officers.
The winner, who will be se
lected by a secret committee, will
be announced at the banquet and
presented a Distinguished Service
award. His identity will remain
a secret until he is presented the
award by James Grimes, of
Thomasville, Jaycee national di
rector.
Principal speaker for the ban
quet will be the state Jaycee presi
dent, Marvin B. Koonce, Jr.
In addition to the "Young Man
of the Year", a "Jaycee Boss of
the Year" will be honored for his
contributions to the club. Only
employers of Jaycees are nomi
nated for this award.
The banquet will' be held at
Slagle Memorial Building at 7:30.
A large number of civic leaders
and their wives have been invited
by the Jaycees to attend.
Bake Sale For
Children's Society
Set Here Friday
A bake sale, with proceeds
earmarked for the Children's
Home Society In Greensboro,
will be held tomorrow (Friday)
from 1 to 5 p. m. at Angel's
Drug Store.
The sponsoring organization
Is the Franklin Junior Woman's
Club, which has the Children's
Home Society as its main proj
ect.
FOR FOOTBALL BANQUET ?
Its Official! Redskins'
Star Coming February 21
It's official now ? Washing
ton Redskin's star Eddie Sut
ton will speak here February 21
at the annual Rotary-sponsored
banquet of the Franklin High
football team.
Arrangements ttf obtain the
Jackson County native and pro
fessional football star a-i speak
er were completed this week by
Rotarian John M. Archer, Jr.
Mr. Sutton Is attending medical
school In Tennessee during the
off-season.
Mtanwhlle, plans for staging
the b'inquet are being pushed,
now that a definite date ha*
been set.
Rotarian President Robert C.
(Bob) Carpenter said invita
tions are going out to the
Panthers and the Franklin High
cheerleaders to attend, as well
SEE NO. I. PAGE 12
Kddle Sutton
Radio WFSC
Building
New Offices
Construction At
Lake Emory Site;
Boost Requested
Construction of a $15,000
studio building on Its Lake
Emory transmitter site has been
contracted by radio station
WFSC, according to Edwin P.
Heaiy, manager.
Wiley Clark, local contractor,
has been awarded the Job.
Mr. Heaiy expects the new
building to be ready for use
in the early Spring. Since go
ing into operation more than
two years ago, WFSC has occu
pied offices on the second floor
of the Nantahala Building. The
manager said the move will en
able the station to give better
service by putting personnel
closer to the transmitter in
the event of equipment failures.
He also announced plans for
increasing the wattage of the
station from 500 to 1,00. Per
mission for this boost already
has been requested of the Fed
eral Communications Commis
sion and the go-ahead Is ex
pected any day.
Local Teams
Victorious
In 3 Games
*
Franklin High's lads and lassie1
emerged victorious from thre
games this past week.
In the iocal gym last Thursday
night, the girls defeated Sylva
94 to 70 and the boys won 55 to
40. Sunday night In Highlands,
the girls won 54 to 42 and the
boys 49 to 40. Tuesday night here,
Cherokee fell to the girls 93 to
43. The boys won 63 to 40.
t Tomorrow (Friday) night, the
teams play Swain High In Bryson
City. Next Tuesday they'll meet
Cullowhee here.
FRANKLIN? SYLVA
Girls Game
SYLVA (70> F ? Dean 48,
Sluder 18. Daves 4; O ? Frlsby,
Buchanan. Clark. Hall, Sauter.
FRANKLIN (941 F ? Leather
man 22, M. Cabe 31. Stockton 31.
J. Carpenter 3.,, Lenoir 5. Fox 2;
G ? Cole. Setser, Sheffield. J. Cabe,
Bowman, Reynolds.
Half time: 45-28, Franklin.
Boys Game
' SYLVA 140) ? Brooks 32,
Stovall 1. J. Gunter 2, L. Gunter,
Calhoun 4. Tucker 1.
FRANKLIN (55) ? Ledford 14.
Henry 4. Pearson 7. Elliott 7.
Brooks 13. Duvall. Balrd 6. Hlgdon
2. Richardson. Williams. Roten
2.
Halftime: 29-22. Franklin.
FRANKLIN HIGHLANDS
Girls Game
FRANKLIN <54>, F ? Leather
man 12, M. Cabe 15, Stockton 16.
Carpenter 8 G ? Cabe, Setser.
Sheffield, J. Cabe.
HIGHLANDS <42> F? Cleveland
18, Olbson 21. Carpenter 3. Craw
ford. O ? T. Harbison, J. Harbi
son. Potts. Chastaln.
Halftime: 26-17. Franklin.
Boys Game
FRANKLIN < 40 > ? Ledford 14.
Henry 5. Pearson 13, Elliott 12,
Brooks 5, Byrd. Roten.
HIGHLANDS ? 46 > ? Hooper
13. Carpenter 13. Newton 4, Lowe
9. Calloway 4. Zachary 3. Cleve
land.
Halftlme: 2519. Franklin
FRANKLIN? CHEROKEE
Girls Game
CHEROKEE <43) F ? Washing
ton 17, Walklngstlck 19. Huseky,
Loni?, Griffin; G. Bifimeat 7, Crow,
Ro.yi, Swimmer. Standinndeer,
West.
FRANKLIN < 93 > ? Leatherman
14. M. dabe 22. Stockton 20. J
Carpenter 11. Lenoir 9. Fox 5.
Cloer 2. B. Carpenter 9. Myers
1; CJ Cole. Sheffield. Setser. J.
Cabe. Reynolds. Whitmire, Mai
lonee.
Half-time: f^M2. Franklin.
Boys Game
CHEROKEE #40 ? Taylor 9.
C. Owl .2. French 14, Bradley 8.
Arch 1. Robe. Sneed. Armachain
2. Smith. R Sneed, Beck 4
FRANKLIN ?63? ? Ledford 9.
Henry, Pearson 13. Elliott 2.
Brook > 7. Beard 4. Hitfdon 15.
Richardson 4. Roten 5. Duvall 4
Halltimr, 36-lt). Franklin.
V. F. W. Members
Going To Meeting
Sev?ral members of the local
post and auxiliary plan to at
tend a meeting at the 17th
V. F W District in Asheville
Saturday and Sunday
Those going from here will
include Commander L. B.Welch,
Zeb Meadows, Dick Slagle, How
ard Barnard, Mrs. Marie Barn
ard, Miss Elizabeth Meadows,
and Mrs. Anne Murray.
FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY -
Raby Has Nothing
'Cocked, Primed'
Representative Kaby
Macon Rep. James M. (Jim)
Raby has nothing "cocked
and primed" for the coming
session of thfc 'General As
sembly, which opens Febru
ary 4.
This will be the "singing
legislator's" first term, but
he's no stranger to Raleigh
or the General Assembly. He*
haif several terms as assistant
sergeant-<at-arms.
As one of the area's best
known singing convention
leaders, "Mr. Jim" will be
missed in the mountains dur
ing his tenure in Raleigh.
However, he plans to make
frequent trips back home to
report on progress.
In the House of Represen
tative, he'll occupy Seat No.
108 and he said this week
he'll probably live at the
Y. M. C. A.
"Mr. Jim" will leave foe
Raleigh Sunday.
PARENTS FROM HERE ?
Railroad Crossing Tragedy
Claims Lives Of Children
*
The lives of three children
of Macon County natives were
snuffed out Friday in Balti
more, Md., when a speeding
train rammed a taxi at a rail
road crossing.
Killed Instantly In the trag
edy were three' of the six chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs David
Jones ? Qeorge Dennis, 7, and
twins Catherine and John, 6.
Also killed was William M.
Datl, 37, driver of the cab.
Baltimore newspaper accounts
said a Pennsylvania Railroad
passenger train rocketing to
ward Baltimore at 80 mp.h.
hit the taxi as It crossed the
three-track crossing. The taxi
was dragged almost a mile
from the point of impact and
the "cab was rolled Into a ball
of metal". The three children
were trapped In the back seat
and crushed.
The BALTIMORE NEWS
POST said Mr Jones had an
arrangement with the taxi
company to pick the children
up each afternoon from a bus
stop and to bring them home.
He feared they might be hurt
if permitted to walk home
across the tracks.
. The father of the children
formerly lived In the Carson
community and had been work
ing In Baltimore 10 years Mrs.
Jones Is the former Miss De
lilah Roper, of the Burning
town section.
Funeral services for the three
children were held here Tues
day afternoon at the Louisa
Chapel Methodist Church by
the Rev. R. L. Polndexter.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
In addition to < the parents,
surviving are three other chil
dren. David, Gladys, and
James; the maternal grand
father, Raleigh Roper, of Mon
ticello, Ga.; and the paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Jones, of Franklin and
Baltimore.
Arrangements were handled
by Potts Funeral Home.
FOR SHUFORD SERIES ?
Franklin Editor Recipient
Of Top Editorial Award
Welm-ir Jones, edltoilal ed
itor of THE FRANKLIN PRESS,
has won the state's top weekly
newspaper editorial award for
1958.
A consistent winner, his win
ning entry was composed of
several editorials dealing with
the unpublished Illness of Con
gressman Qeorge A Shuford
Just prior to the primary elec
tion last spring. His theme
was "50,000 Voters Deceived".
Commented the Judge In a
printed critique:
"The outstanding editorial
published . . wis carried by
THE FRANKLIN PRESS. It
charged that 5t).000 voters had
been deceived because the real
conditions of a candidate's
health had been concealed un
til after the election. Much
SEE NO. 2. PAGE 12
ROUTES ARE GIVEN -
Are You Ready
For House Mai ?
Is your mailbox in place?
House number up? Ready to
write your house number and
street address on all correspon
dence?
If you can answer "yes" to
these questions you're ready for
house-to-house mall delivery,
which starts Saturday week in
Franklin.
Postmaster Zeb -Meadows this
week called for public coopera
tion in making the change as
efficiently as possible.
He emphasized once again the
importance of displaying house
numbers Those to be served by
the walking carrier iTom Mc
Kay i must have numbers and
boxes on their homes Those re
ceiving truck delivery In the
outlying sections (John Cun
ningham i should have rural J
type mall boxes, with house
numbers affixed, at the curb
line.
The walking carrier will cover
the following streets and
houses:- Wayah Street, 1-60;
Forest Avenue, all numbers;
East Main Street, 1-292; First
Street, all; Van Ra<e Street,
1-36; Hillside Street, all; Cher
ry Street, 1-55; Second Street,
all; Rlverview Street, 69-116;
Iot)a Street, all; White Oak
Street, all; Highland Avenue,
all; Church Street, 1-47; Har
rison Avenue, 1-219; Anderson
SE? NO. 3, PAGE 12
I he Weather
FRANKI.IN
High I.ow Rain
Wed.. 21st 63 48 .15
Thursday 69 21 3 27
Friday 4") 13 !oO
Saturdiiy .57' i3 00
Sunday ? 6) 19 .00
Monday ' t;4 19 00
Tuesday 6.' IS .00
Wednesday 3S .00
t'OVVEETA
Wed.. 21 58 42 .49
Thursday 63 22 4.07
Friday 34 14 G0
Saturday 45 13 .00
Sunday 54 22 .00
Monday 60 20 00
Tuesday 63 27 .00
Wednesday 64 36 00
HIGHLANDS
Wed.. 21st . 58 44 ?
Thursday f 30 17 ?
Friday 41 15 .
Saturday 51 20 ?
Sunday 54 26 ?
Monday 56 25 ?
Tuesday 58 29 ?
Wednesday _ 37 ?
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