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VOL. LX1I? NO. 28
FRANKLIN, N. C.. THURSDAY, Jl'LY 10, 1947
$2.00 PER YEAR
EXPERT COMING
TO GIVE SWIM
COURSE HERE
Instructors' Course Is
Planned; Is Free To
Swimmers Over 18
James Davis, special field rep
resentative for the Red Cross,
will arrive Saturday to make
preparation for the sWlmming
instructors' class which he Will
conduct here from July 14-25.
So far there has been a small
number of applicants for the
course.
Persons interested in taking
the course are requested to dis
cuss the matter with the Red
Cross representative who may
be found at the local chapter
office in the bank building, or
with James Hauser, water safety
chairman.
The class for instructors will
be the first phase of a county
wide water safety program plan
ned by the Red Cross. The
course will open, without charge
to any person 18 years of age or
older, who can swim.
Its purpose is to prepare in
structors to teach boys and girls
in this county how to swim.
Classes will be conducted at
Arrowood Glade and Cliffside,
the swimming facilities, of
which have been made avail
able by officials of the Nanta
hala National forest.
14 Scouts
From F ranklin Spending
Week At Camp
Fourteen Boy Scouts from the
Franklin troop left Sunday to j
spend seven days at Camp Dan- I
iel Boone, Scout camp situated j
in the heart of the Pisgah Na- I
tional Forest. The boys were
taken to the camp in a truck j
by James L. Hauser. The truck
was furnished by the Franklin
Rotary club.
Those spending this week at
the camp are: John Alsup, Jr.,
Richard Jones, Jr., Frank Henry,
IU, Bobby Potts, Pat Pattillo,
Howard Patton, Charles Thomas,
John M. Archer III, Russell Mc
Kelvey, Jr., 'Mac Jones, Alvin
Stiles, John Kuesterer, Jr., Al
fred Higdon, Jr., and Grady
Thompson.
Camp Daniel Boone is main
tained by the Scout districts of
Western North Carolina for the
use of the Scouts of this section.
Recently the Smoky Mountain
district, of which the' Franklin
troop is a member, pledged to
give a large deep freezer unit
for the use of the camp.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
The public school committee
elected last Monday for Frank
lin Township are N. L. Barn
ard, Wm. Cribble, W. B. Mc
Gulre, Geo. R. Patton, and J.
C Hodgln.
Complaint has been made by
a taxpayer against the town
council for paying the town
marshal $1.00 per day to haul
away the street scrapings, as
the scrapings are thought to be
worth the labor without any
additional cost to the corpora
tion.
25 YEARS AGO
The big lake, hotel and sum
mer home site development on
Rabbit Creek that has been
under consideration for some
time by Franklin's leading
business men will soon be a
reality, If the present plans of
the gentlemen behind the enter
prise are carried to completion.
In order to put present plans
into effect, it was decided to
form a stock company and op
tions have been secured on all
property on the lake front under
the name of Emory Develop
ment company.
10 YEARS AGO
Official news has been re
ceived here by Harvey Trice
that the Georgia portion of the
Trt-State highway is to be com
pleted in the near future. E. I
Jack Smith, chief engineer of
the Georgia state highway com- |
mission, states that the contract
for this road will be let on July
30 and that work will start Im
mediately thereafter. ?
First Shipment
Of Parking Meter
Parts Is Received
The first shipment of
parts for Franklin's parking
meters has arrived.
The aluminum base covers
for the 115 meters to be in
stalled here came a few
days ago, and have been
stored in the fire house,
pending receipt of the other
parts. i
No word -has been receiv
ed from the manufacturers,
M. H. Khodes, Inc., of Hart
ford, Conn., as to when in
stallation will begin.
TOWN AGAIN HAS
ENOUGH WATER
Restrictions Lifted As
Water From Creek
Fills Tanks
Franklin has plenty of water
again.
The shortage has been met
with surface water pumped
from the creek that crosses the
Murphy highway just beyond
the town limits.
T?e pumping operation got
under way Sunday, and the re
servoirs were quickly filled, and
restrictions on the use of water
for washing cars and watering
lawns and gardens were promp
tly lifted.
The water passes through the
filtering-chlorinating units, re
cently bought from government
surplus, before being forced into
a pipe that has been laid from
the unit to the main that ends
on the Murphy highway, about
500 feet east of the point where
the water is obtained.
When the connection was
made, it was found that the
units' pumps were not strong
enough to pump against the
pressure of water in the mains
and reservoirs, and the fire
truck pump is being utilized
temporarily.
The filtering-chlorinating units
are set up on property leased
from Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer L.
Crawford, near the entrance to
their farm.
Slier Family
To Hold 96th Annual
Reunion August 7
The 96th reunion of the Siler
family will be held again this
year on the first Thursday in
August, which falls this year
on August 7. Hosts for this tra
ditional affair are Mr. and Mrs.
G. L. Crawford. The gathering
will be held at their home, just
outside the city limits of Frank
lin on the Murphy highway,
with Mrs. Lee Crawford, Miss
Calleene Crawford, and Mrs. W.
A. Roussean assisting in enter
taining.
This reunion is the oldest and
largest held in this community
and had its origin in the year
ly gathering of four Siler bro
thers; Jesse, William, John and
Jacob, who were among the first
white settlers in Macon county.
Mr. Crawford, who is a de
scendant of the Jesse R. Siler
branch of the family, urges that
as many members of the family
as possible plan to attend this
year.
Revival To Start Sunday
At Snow Hill Methodist
A revival service will begin
Sunday at Snow Hill Methodist
church, wlh services set for 11
a. m. and 8 p. m., and at 8
p. m. on week days, it has been
announced by the pastor, the
Rev. D. P. Grant. The Rev.
Ralph Taylor, of Canton, will
do the preaching. Mr. Grant al
so announced that a Bible
school will start Monday, and
he emphasized that all the chil
dren in the community are In
vited, and the general public
will be welcome to the revival
seryices.
Cullasaja Area Hit
By Heavy Hail Storm
The Cullasaja section had a
heavy hall storm Tuesday, and
just to prove It, Willard Wom
ack brought the evidence to
town ? a large pasteboard box
filled with big hail stones, mix
ed with foliage they had knock
ed off trees and other vegeta
tion they struck.
The box, brought to town dur
ing the afternoon and placed
on the sidewalk on the Square,
still contained bits of ice hours
later.
STONE PLACED
ON 47 MILES OF
ROADJN MACON
State Building Ahout 2
Miles Of New Gravel
Road Monthly
A total of 32 6 miles of sec
ondary roads in Macon Coun
ty have been surface treated
with crushed stone so as to
make them usable in all types
of weather, and 14.4 miles ol
all-weather roads have received
additional costs of crushed stone,
since November, 1945, according
to records kept by the mainte
nance division of the state high
way department.
At least 90 per cent of this
work has been done in the past
18 months, according to Joe Set
ser, local maintenance superin
tendent. At present about two
miles of new gravel road is be
ing added to the system in this
county each month. State stan- i
dards require that roads of this
type be 10 feet wide and that
the gravel be six inches in 1
depth.
The above mileage does not
include patch work done on
road shoulders, mud holes, etc.
This type of work often requires
as much as 25 truck loads of
gravel per job.
Maintenance crews also are
kept busy doing necessary
patching of the pavement on
primary highways and main
taining the shoulders of these
roads.
In addition to this road work,
a stock pile of approximately 20
thousand tons of crushed stone
has been accumulated. This
stone will be distributed over
the county, in accordance with
Instructions from the division
engineer, as rapidly as possible
with the number of trucks
available, Mr. Setser said.
Ed R. Bradley
f
Funeral Held At Asbury 1
Methodist Church
Funeral services were con- t
ducted last Thursday afternoon s
at 3 o'clock at the Asbury Meth- f
odist church for Ed R. Bradley,
who died unexpectedly at his r
home of a heart attak last Wed- g
nesday morning.
The Rev. W. Jackson Huney- ,
cutt and the Rev. V. N. Allen r
officiated at the service and ^
burial followed in the church t
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Thomas g
Stiles, Charlie Rogers, Vernon (
Stiles, Chandler Dufour, Paul j
Brown, and Edwin Stiles. a
Surviving are the widow, the v
former Miss Bessie Rogers; three t
daughters, Miss Lotus Bradley,
of Tryon, Mrs. Jay Dowdle, of j.
Franklin, and Miss Hazel Brad- ?
ley, of Cleveland, Tenn.; one j(
granddaughter, Patricia Lou
Dowdle, of Franklin; and one t
sister, Mrs. Belle Liner, of Otto.
Mr. Bradley, a life-long resi- c
dent of Smith Bridge township,
was well known as a prominent
farmer there. He was a member j
of the Asbury Methodist church. 1
Bryant funeral home was in
charge of the funeral arrange- j
ments. l
Federation Plans s
Annual Picnic In r
Franklin July 19 (
The annual Macon County J
picnic of the Farmers Federa- 8
tion will be held at the Frank- r
liri school Saturday, July 19, it 0
was announced this week. E
The all-day affair will open ^
at 10 a. m. and continue until '
4 p. m.
Athletic contests and games s
will feature the day's program,
for which officials from the j I
Asheville headquarters of the ?
Federation are expected to come 4
to Franklin. j f
The general public is invited 1
to bring lunches and participate 1
in the day's events. Thp Federa- | '
tion plans to serve lemortade , 1
and watermelon. 1 1
PLAN FOOD BAZAAR
The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship of the Franklin Methodist
church will sponsor a food ba
zaar Friday morning at 9 o'clock
at the office of the Nantahala
Power and Light company.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Culver
left last week to return to their
home In Longview, Texas, after
visiting their parents here for
10 days. Mr. Culver Is attending
the LeTourneau Institute there.
County Tax Rate Remains
$1.10, Same As Last Year;
Franklin Levy To Be $1.25
Higher Valuation Enables
Town To Hold Increase
In Rate l o 10 Cuits
The Franklin board of alder
men adopted a budget of $66,
U03.0B and fixed a tax rate of
f 1.25 on the $100 property val
uation, at its meeting Mond.ay
night.
Last year's tax rate was $1.15.
Members of the board had
anticipated a considerable boost
In the rate, but it was possible
to 'hold the increase to 10 I
:ents because of the approxi
mately $400,000 growth in tax
able values here during the '
past year.
The budget calls for $26,630
for debt service, of which $5,
100 is interest on the $120,000
public improvement bonds re
:ently sold, the proceeds of
which are now being expended.
Principal payments on the bond
issue do not start until 1949, at 1
about which time an old issue J
if bonds will be retired. ] 1
The general fund anticipated !
ixpenditures total $8,616 82; the
police department, $5,400; the
tire department, $1,350; the '
water department, $13,906.26;
and the street department, $10,
300. 1
Of the $66,803.08 total estimat- '
3d receipts, the budget calls '
tor only $23,551.20 ? slightly
nore than one-third? to be
raised by the ad valorem tax
3f $125. Most of the remaining
(44,251.88 will come from the
Santahala Power and Light
:ompany for bonds and inter
:st, from water rent, and from
jncollected 1946 taxes. '
The water revenue is estimat
;d at $15,000, more than 50 per
:ent higher than last year's es
imate. The big increase is an
icipated because of additional
vater customers, made possible
>y extension of the water mains,
ind the increase in the rate, ef
ective July 1.
The board which, at the June
neeting, had reduced the sal
iry of the clerk from $200 a
nonth to $162 50, with the pro
'iso that it should drop to $150
lext January 1, voted to add
25 a month to those figures,
n view of additional bookkeep
ng that will be required by in
tallation of parking meters.
Jlerk E. W. Long, given the re- a
usal of the job, in June had e
isked for a month to consider .
whether he wished to retain n
he position at the reduced sal
try. He told the board mem- [
lers Monday that the $25 ad- ^
ustment makes the salary sat- '
sfactory to him. 1
The board heard two delega- t
ions. One, made up of Law- F
ence Myers, C. L. Morrow, Bill J
Junnlngham, and Carl Henson, ^
ippeared to say that Pauline *
.venue, near the Phillips bridge, J
s impassable, and to ask some 1
elief.' Mr. Myers, the spokes- a
nan, estimated 75 to 100 truck- s
oads of stone would be requir- c
d to put the street in shape. "I
'he matter was referred to the J
treet committee for study and "
eport. *
The other group, made up of a
Jarl McCall, Leonard Green, F
ames Franks, and Carl Shep- 8
ird, complained that dead anl- J
nals are being left on the city
lump; they added that the
ilace "stinks", and that dogs, |
Irawn to the area in search of
ood, make life dangerous in
hat section for women and
ind children. c
Mayor T. W. Angel, Jr., ex- a
ilained that the town officers r
ind garbage men are instructed t
o bury all dead animals, and t
expressed the belief that indi- e
riduals who live nearby may be
?esponslble. He read a letter r
'rom the district health depart- J
nent, which had investigated I
>revious complaints, stating that i
10 evidence was found of dead \
mimals having been placed on s
,he dump, but that it offers a
avorable breeding place for t
lies. (
Dr. H. T. Horsley, city health 1
>fflcer, said he would make an 1
nvestigation, and members of (
;he board expressed the view
hat, sooner or later, it would t
je necessary for the town to In- l
stall an Incinerator. 1
Upon recommendation of i
Howard Beebe company, the
? Continued on Page Eight |
Highlands Board Defers
Action On Budget, Levy
The Highlands board of
commissioners, at the board's
monthly meeting Monday
night, discussed the budget
for the Town of Highlands
for the 1947-48 fiscal year,
but deferred action on I
adopting the budget and
setting the tax rate for the 1
year.
WILL DEVELOP
MEMORIAL AREA i
Rotary To Sponsor Plan's }
Execution ; Committees i
For Year Named '
<
Trustees of the Slagle Me
morial are working out a long- '
range program for the develop
ment of the memorial property :
is a playground, and for its
beautification, ' and the Frank
lin Rotary club Wednesday night
iecided to sponsor getting the
trustees' program executed.
The Rotary will seek aid from
ather organizations, with a view
;o one group's assuming respon
sibility for one phase of the
ievelopment program, another
irganization a second phase,
itC.
The club, starting on a new
pear, took as its other major
projects for the coming 12
nonths continued sponsorship of
the Franklin Boy Scout troop,
ind conducting a second insti
;ute of international under
standing. The first such insti
tute was held here last winter,
ind proved popular vyith adults
ind school children alike.
President R. -S. Jones an
iounced appointment of club
committees. Harmon H. Gnuse,
S. J. Whitmire, Gilmer A. Jones,
ind A. B. Slagle are chairmen, c
espectively, of the club service, r
?ocational service, community
;ervice, and international serv- e
ce committees, and these chair- ?
nen of the four major commit- *
ees make up the club's aims ?
ind objects compittee. On the r
>rogram committee are John M. '
Ircher, Jr., S. W. Mendenhall, F
ind the Rev. W. Jackson Hun- p
ycutt. f
Other committee appoint
nents:
Attendance, Kenneth Bryant; ?
ellowship, Roy Goeghegan and ?
Villiam Katenbrink; classifica- ?
ion, J. B. Ray; membership, H.
,ee Guffey and Paul Potts; Ro- .
ary information, Guy L. Houk; ^
lublic information, Weimar ,
ones; magazine, John Alsup; h
mdget, W. W. Sloan, Rufus
Inyder, and E. J. Whitmire;
outh service, W. R. Waldroop;
Joy Scouts, Russell E. McKelvey .
,nd John Alsup; rural youth
ervice, S. W. Mendenhall and
nyde West; rural-urban youth,
\ H. Fagg; crippled children,
)r. Frank Justice; institute of
nternational understanding, E.
V. Renshaw, Albert L. Ramsey,
,nd Fred Slagle; employer-em -
iloye relationships, Grant Zick
;raf; and sergeant-at-arms,
lack Franks.
Mica Firm
directors Are Elected;
Officers Chosen
Mica Products Corporation, re
ently chartered firm which has
icquired and is developing a
lumber of mica properties in
his county, has announced elec
ion of its directors and offic
xs.
Members of the board of di
ectors are John B. Maitland,
rames P. Dunnigan, of West
3 ranch, Mich., J. Howard O'Con
lor, of New York City, C. M.
Wacaster, and R. G. Lichten
itein.
Mr. Maitland and Mr. Lich
.enstein have moved from Oil
IHty, Penn., to Franklin, and
Mr. Wacaster has come here
'rom his home in Holly Springs,
3a.
The directors chose Mr. Lich
enstein as president, Mr. Dun
nigan as vice-president, and Mr
Maitland as secretary-treasurer,
sr.
Mr. Wacaster has been named
jeneral superintendent.
Schools' Capital Outlay
Request Cut To Kcap
"fotal At 27 Cents
The board of county commis
sioners, at its monthly meeting
Monday, fixed the tax rate for
1947 at $1.10 on the 100 pro
perty valuation.
This is the same rate as was
In affect last year.
The levy is based upon a
oudget totaling approximately
(120,000.
The total of $1.10 Is made up
jf the following items:
General County $0.15
Health 01
Courts and jail 04
Social Security 13
Pauper 01
Debt service, county-wide .45
School debt service .03
Current expense, schools 12
Capital outlay, schools 12
rotal county wide $1.10
In Franklin township, there is
in additional levy of 30 cents
'or debt service, the same as
ast year.
The county board of educa
,ion had asked for a total levy
:or schools of 30 cents, but the
:ommissioners cut three cents
>ff the levy the school board
lad asked for capital outlay,
ind thus kept the school tax
it the same total it was last
fear, 27 cents.
The board of education ask
;d, and received, an increase
rom 5 to 12 cents for current
expenses of operating the
ichools, and was given the a
nount sought for debt service ?
hree cents, as compared with
i cents last year. But its re
tuest for the same capital out
ay levy of 15 cents was denied
>y the commissioners.
The only other items in the
ax levy changed from last year
ire those for social security and
lauper fund. The social secu
ity levy was cut from 14 to 13
ents, and the pauper levy was
aised from 2 to 3 cents.
The commissioners also grant
d beer licenses to Mrs. Cora
teid, for the Lake Emory store;
Villiam Wright, for an estblish
lent on Cowee mountain; and
). L. Johnson, for the Sand
rich shop, on West Main street,
'ranklin.
DECEPTION TONIGHT WILL
[ONOR PASTOR AND BRIDE
The Rev. Hoyt Evans, pastor
f the Franklin Presbyterian
hurch, and his bride, the for
ler Miss Martha Elizabeth
'roupe, will be honored at a re
eption at Kelly's Inn this
Thursday) evening from 8:30
ntil 11 o'clock. The reception
i being given by members of
tie congregation.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans, who were
tarried June 19 in Philadelphia,
ecently returned to Franklin
rom their honeymoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Reid Bingham,
f Franklin, Route 1, had the
allowing persons from Gastonia
s their guests last week: Char
e Bingham and son, Melvin;
Irs. Lucy Robinson and daugh
er, Phyllis and son Edwin; Mr.
nd Mrs. Ralph Anderson; Mr.
nd Mrs. Robert Lytton and in
ant daughter, Charlene; Mr.
nd Mrs Furman Heffner and
aughter; Percy Green, and
ilyde McCrawl.
1
F ranklin
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Result*
Friday, July 4:-r
Burrell 22; OilCrs 13.
NP&L Co. ' vs Zickgraf, rained
ut.
Monday, July 7: ?
iurrell 13; Veterans 7.
Rotary 8; Oilers 6.
Coming Games
Friday, July li:? -
Zickgraf vs. Burrell.
Legion vs. NP&L Co.
Monday, July 14: ?
Jilers vs NP&L Co.
Zickgraf vs. Rotary.
League Standings
W L Pet.
lotary 7 1 .875
STP & L CO ... 5 3 .625
/eterans 5 4 .555
Uurrell 5 4 .555
Slckgraf 2 5 .285
3lleri 1 8 12S