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VOL. LXY? NO. a FRANKLIN, N. C? THURSDAY, JULY Zt, 198* TWELVE FAGU
Bids On Four Schools Total $629,959
SEEK 3,000
TO UNIFORM
SCHOOL BAND
Rotary Club, Sponsor
Of Project, Asks
Public Support
A movement to raise $3,000 to
uniform the Franklin school
band was launched this week.
The movement is spearheaded
by the Franklin Rotary club.
The club voted sometime ago
to sponsor such a campaign, and
a Rotary committee this week
asked for public support. Mem
bers of the committee are S. W.
Mendenhall, Russell E. McKel
vey, and Henry W. Cabe.
While the club has assumed
the responsibility for taking the
lead In raising the fund. It
would be difficulty for any one
organization in Franklin to raise
such a sum without the sup
port of the general public, com
mittee members pointed out.
Contributions from interested
persons are being sought, and
it was said that any amount
will be welcomed.
Those who wish to donate are
asked to leave or mail their con
tributions to The Franklin Press
office. Checks should be made
payable to the Rotary Club
Band Fund.
The band, of some 60 mem
bers, is made up of children
from many sections of the
county, and this project, there
fore, is of county-wide interest,
the committee members point
ed out, adding that it Is hoped
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Do You :
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files ?( The Pmm)
SO TEARS AGO THIS WEEK
HIGHLANDS ? At a recent
town meeting, consisting of
Mayor, Commissioners, and citi
zens, the town charter was re
vised and amended, and will be
sent to the next General As
sembly to have the amended
charter ratified. Perhaps the
most important of the new acts
is the section which permits
town funds to be used for ad
vertising, and on roads outside
the corporation.
Mr. J. A. Porter made 313
bushels of wheat on the Hood
farm this year.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Wright
returned home from Waynes
vllle Thursday evening, after
an absence of two or three
years.
25 TEARS AGO
Our school began at Ellljay
last Monday, the 9th, being con
k ducted again by Mr. J. P. Moore,
and Is going along nicely.? Elll
jay item.
Messrs. C. L Franklin, J. W.
Roper, Fred Higdon, R. E. Hurst,
and C. D. Balrd went to Way
nesville last Wednesday to at
tend a meeting of the Waynes
ville Commandery of Knights
Templar.
Friends of Joseph Ashear will
** be glad to learn that he has
finally won his fight to have
his mother admitted to this
country. Joe's aged mother ar
rived in New York on July 4th,
but at first was denied admit-,
tance because the Syrian quota
for the month had been ex
hausted.
1? TEARS AGO
Four Macon County boys have
recently enlisted in the U. S.
army at the recruiting station
In Asheville: Glenn M. Moffitt,
Clyde W Elliott, Blaln G. Mof
fitt, and Ralph F. Cabe.
Plans for the erection of a
new Baptist pastorium on a lot
on White Oak street, recently
purchased from Russell Cabe,
are going forward.
Four Macon County students
received their B. 8. degrees from
Western Carolina Teachers col
lege July 18: Dora Garner Car
.penter, E. O. Crawford, Veva
Gertrude Howard, and fenford
J. Smith, h
Hold Colorful Ceremony
Investing Girl Scouts
At a colorful Investiture cere
mony at the Franklin Methodist
church Tuesday night, 10 Inter
mediate Girl Scouts received
their tenderfoot pins, and nine
younger girls were invested as
Browning Scouts.
Miss Mary Ullman, of Chero
kee, district Scout official, pre
sided and presented the pins.
Miss Ullman was Introduced to
the audience by Mrs. R. G.
Llchenstein.
The Brownie Scouts were pre
sented to Miss Ullman by Mrs.
Frances Bagwell, and Mrs. C.
N. Dowdle presented the inter
mediates.
The Brownies gave their Scout
promise, and sang a song; the
Intermediates gave their prom
ise, recited the 10 Girl 8couts
laws, and also sang a number.
Miss Ullman then presented
each girl with her Scout pin.
Siler Family
To Hold Its
99th Reunion
When Sllers from far and
near gather here two weeks
from today for their "family
meeting", It will be the 99th an
nual reunion of the descendants
of the four Slier brothers who
were among the first settlers of
Macon County.
Since the first reunion, held
prior to the outbreak of the
Civil War, the descendants have
gathered each year. Although
four major wars have occurred
during the pedlod, there has
never been a break in the an- |
nual gatherings, and for many
years the same date has been ,
observed ? the first Thursday in 1
August. The day this year falls
on August 3. I
This year's reunion will be en
tertained by W. N. Sloan and i
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Sloan, at their 1
home in East Franklin. j
4 Methodist.
Circuit Churches Are
Holding Revivals
Simaltaneous revival meetings
at the four churches on the
Franklin Methodist circuit
opened last night, with a visit
ing minister conducting the re
vival at each church.
The series of services will
continue through Sunday, July
30, the Rev. D. B. Martin, cir
cuit pastor, said.
The lour Methodist pastors
here to hold the services are
the Rev. R. E. Shaw, of Ports
mouth, Va., who is preaching at
Snow Hill church; the Rev. John
Kendrlcks, of Friendship, N. C.,
at the Iotla church; the Rev.
John Klncald, of Seagrove, N.
C., at the Clark's Chapel
church; and the Rev. D. P.
Grant, of Albemarle, at the
Bethel church. Mr. Orant is a
former pastor of the circuit.
Services will be held at 8 p.
m. each night at each of the
four churches, Mr. Martin said,
and at 11 a. m. on each of the
two Sundays that fall in the
10-day period.
In addition, an 11 o'clock
weekday morning service will be
held at each church every
fourth day.
The first of these will be at
Snow Hill this morning; the
second at Iotla Friday; the
third at Bethel Saturday; and
the fourth at Clark's Chapel
Monday. Then next Tuesday the
morning series will start back at
Snow Hill, and follow the same
order.
Baptist S. S.
Convention To Elect
Officers
The annual election of offic
ers of the Macon County Bap
tist Sunday school convention
will be held at the meeting Sun
day. Sunday's session will be at
the Highlands Baptist church
Hugh Montelth, of Sylva, will
be the guest speaker.
The officers chosen will be
submitted for approval to the
annual meeting of the Macon
County Baptist association, to be
hsld in August.
The ceremony, following the
recent organization of Girl
Scout work in this area, is the
first, so far as is known, ever
held in Franklin.
Girl Scout work here is under
the general direction of a Scout
-troop committee, made up of
Mrs. Dowdle, chairman, Mrs.
Lucy Collier, and J. H.. Stock
ton.
The intermediate scouts to
receive the rank of tenderfoot
were: Margaret Allison, Edith
Christy, Judy Hooker, Margaret
Jones, Peggy McPherson, Jean
Russell, Joan Thomas, L&ura
Mae Cabe, Dale Edwards, and
Beverly Stockton.
The following were invested
as Brownies: Ange'a Bagwell,
Carolyn Dowdle, Barbara Dun
can, Pat Gaines, Jane Long, Re
; becca Reeves, Betsy Russell,
! Nancy Siler, Judy Wurst.
JOHN DILLS, 55,
TAKENBYDEATH
Former Macon Deputy
Sheriff Succumbs
In Asheville
John Dills, 55-year old for
mer Macon County deputy
sheriff, died at an Asheville
hospital last Sunday morning at
6:30 o'clock, following a long
illness.
Mr. Dills, who was a native
of Macon County, for the past
eight years had made his home
in Canton, where he was a
member of the Canton police
force. Prior to moving to Can
ton, he had been a deputy sher
iff in this county for 16 years.
He was a member of the As
bury Methodist church at Otto,
where the funeral service was
held Monday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
Survivors include his widow,
the former Miss Beulah Cabe;
four daughters, Mrs. Amos Har
ris, of Nantahala, Mrs. Willard
Pendergrass, of Franklin, Mrs.
Raymon Tatham, of Canton,
and Mrs. Cecil Smathers, of
Pisgah Forest; a brother, George
Dills, of Otto; two sisters, Miss
Allie Dills, of Otto, and Mrs.
Jane Lindsay, of Gastonia; and
five grandchildren.
The Rev. L. C. Stevens, As
bury church pastor, and the
Rev. Horace L. Smith, pastor of
the First Baptist church of
Canton, officiated at the funer
al services.
Pallbearers were W. N. Stroup,
Canton chief of police, Jim Ma
son, F. W. Woody, mayor of
Canton," W. L. Snyder, Harold
Moffitt, and A. B. Slagle, for- ?
mer Macon County sherriff,
under whom Mr. Dills served as
first deputy.
Burial was in the Asbury
church cemetery.
WILL HOLD REVIVAL
A revival meeting will be held
at Gillespie's Chapel Methodist
church, starting Sunday, it has
been announced. Mrs. R. H. Hull
will preach at the series of
services. Preceding the meeting, ?
prayer meetings are being held |
In the community this week.
JURORS DRAWN
FOR NEXT TERM
OF COURT HERE
Will Convene August 21;
Pless Will Preside;
2 Women On List
Jurors for the August term
of Macon superior court were
drawn at Monday's meeting of
the board of county commis
sioners.
The court term will open
Monday, August 21, with Judge
J. Will Pless, of Marion, pre
siding.
The commissioners also re
vised the panel from which
jurors are drawn, by adding the
names of approximately 200
more property owners to the
some 800 names already in the
box, and approved a petition
asking that the State Highway
and Public Works commission
take over for state maintenance
the Welch road in Burningtown
township.
The 54 jurors' names drawn
from the box by three and-a
half year old Gene Bullock,
daughter of Mrs. Gene Bullock,
and granddaughter of Mrs. W.
B. McGuire.
The first 36 drawn will be
summoned for duty the first
week of court, and from this
number the 18-member grand
jury will be selected.- I
The other 18 were drawn for
duty during the second week
of the court term. They may ,
not be summoned at all, how
ever, as most recent courts here
have required a week or less to
complete the dockets.
Two women ? Mrs. Mack
Frank and Mrs. John C. Wright, ;
both of Franklin ? are among 1
the 64 drawn for jury duty. j
The 36 jurors drawn for the
first week are: 1
Earlie Daves, of Flats, Alfred
Wilson, of Highlands, William
Drinnon, Franklin, Route 3, Roy
H. Fouts, Route, Mark Bryant,
Route 3, Roy Donaldson, Pren
tiss, S. C. Creswell, Highlands,
Roy Mashburn, Franklin, T. B.
Picklesimer, Highlands, F. J.
Gregory, Gneiss, J. B. Kiser,
Route 1, Jess Downs, Route 4,
Howard Bradley, Dillard, Ga.,
Route 1, Elbert Carpenter,
Franklin, Route 2, Lawton Wat
ers, Flats, R. R. Ammons, Route
3, Wade McKinney, Highlands,
Carroll Reynolds, Route 3.
J. D. HurSt, Route 3, W. T.
Fouts, Route 3, Fred Green,
Highlands, Homer C. Green,
Route 1, W. H. Bryson, Route 3,
Carl Holland, Gneiss, Ray Bry
son, Cullasaja, L. O. Miller,
Highlands, Clyde Bingham,
Franklin, Mrs. Mack Franks,
Franklin, Ted Gillespie, Route
I, Jack Head, Highlands, J. D.
Gibson, Route 1, Marvin Coch
ran, Flats, Ed Cross, Flats, J. A.
Gribble, Route 2, Ralph Crunk
leton, Highlands, Arthur Quif
liams, Prentiss.
The 18 drawn for the second
week are *
Billie Wallace, Route 1, Bris
coe Dills, Gneiss, Frank J.
Southards. Route 1, Dean Mash
burn, Cullasaja, Lee Corn, Dil
lard, Ga., Route 1, Furman !
Arvey, Franklin, Route 3, J. R. '
Continued On Page Eight
TAKEN BY DEATH
WILLIAM T. TIFPETT
W. T. TTPPETT,
BUILDER, DIES
Rite* Conducted Sunday
For Widely Known
Macon Man
William T. Tippett, 73, widely
known Macon County builder,
died of a heart attack last Sat
urday afternoon while visiting
at the home of Nat Davis, In
the Cartoogechaye community.
He had been in ill health for
several years.
It was said of Mr. Tlppett
that he probably directed the
construction of more buildings
In Franklin than any other one
man.
A native of Burningtown
township, the ' son of the Rev.
James and Mrs. Hannah Raby
Tlppett, he was born April 1,
1877. Although a resident of
Franklin at the time of his
death, he had spent most of
his life in the Burningtown and
Iotla communities.
In early manhood he became
a member of the Baptist
church, and for many years had j
served as a deacon of the Iotla
Baptist church.
He was married January 4,
1903, to Miss Hattle Baldwin,
who survives. Also surviving are
a daughter, Mrs. Nina Tlppett
McCoy, of Franklin; two sons,
James Edgar Tlppett and John- .
ny Lee Tlppett, of Franklin;
two half-brothers, Charles Tlp
pett and George Tippett, both
of Verden, Okla.; five half
sisters, Mrs. Oran Hall, Mrs.
Cora Jamison, and Misses Min
nie and Margaret Tippett, of
Verden, Okla., and Mrs. Ellis
Hurst, of Butte, Mont.; and
nine grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at the Iotla Baptist church,
with the Rev. William L. Sor
rells, the Rev. C. C. Welch, and
the Rev. Norman E. Holden of
Coxitinued On Pace Eifht ?
WOMEN TO MEET
The Bryson City division ol
the Business Women's Federa- >
tion will meet at Arrowood
Glade tomorrow (Friday) at 7
p. jtl for a picnic and regular
quarterly meeting.
Wasilik Describes His Experience
As Novice In Trappist Monastery
Why would a normal young
man, wel' educated, with a
bright fi ?, enter a monas
tery?
The answer to that question
would vary somewhat, perhaps,
with each individual. But the
answer in one case was given
in an interview here this week
by John H. Wasi'ik, 25-year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Was
illk, Jr., of Franklin. Mr. Was
ilik has just returned home
after 10 months in a monastery.
Speaking freely, but hesitat
ing as he grouped for a word
or a phrase, he told how he
first became conscious of the
lack of meaning in so many of
the things that make up every
day life, and he cited, as an in
stance, some of the programs
heard on the radio. As that feel
ing of the emptiness of secular
life deepened, he became con
scious of a growing "thirst for
Ood", m something real la con- i
trast with the lack of meaning
in many everyday acts. Thus,
in a period of a few weeks, he
felt that he was "called" to
enter a monastery, as a way to
serve God. Meanwhile, some of
his acquaintances were consid
ering a similar course.
"For once in my life", he
said, "I was going to give some
thing back to God. And", he
continued, "if I was going to
give something, I wanted to give
all." So he chose to become a
Trappist monk, the most austere
of all the Catholic orders.
How austere it is can be
guessed from a few facts about
the life:
The day in a Trappist mon
astery begins at 1 in the morn
ing and lasts until 7 in the eve
ning, which is bedtime.
The inmates may not leave
the monastery, and rarely may
speak, in no case may they
?peak except to their confessor,
their father -master (who is re- |
sponsible for the training of
the novices, or young monks),
or to the abbot, the head of
the monastery.
During the 18-hour day there
is no recreation as such.
They spend several hours a
day working in the fields, and |
about seven hours saying or !
singing "the divine office", in
Latin. About 80 per cent of this
is from the Psalms, Mr. Was
illk explained.
Such time as remains is for
study and personal prayer.
While "the divine office" is in
the nature of a ritual, he em- I
phasized that it was the iduty
of the monastery inmates to
make It much more than a
mere form; that it is a means
"of union with God through
Christ"? which, he added, is the
purpose of all Christian life.
It is not the function of the
Cmtlnaad On fin EMM ? ,
Accepted Subject
To Plans' Revision
, i
CALL MEMBERS'
C OFC MEET
Discussion Of Projects
Planned At General
Session Friday
A general meeting of the
members of the Frank'ln cham
ber of Commerce and Merchants
Association has been called for
tomorrow < Friday) at 8 p. m.
at the Agricultural bluldlng.
The credit bureau that is be
ing set up, sales promotion,
tourist information, and recre
ation for visitors and local citi
zens are among the topics to be
discussed, according to Claude
H. Bolton, president.
Officials of the organization
are particularly interested, Mr.
Bolton said, in having sugges
tions and constructive criticism,
and he expressed the hope that
that persons who have such
suggestions and criticisms will
be present and give the organi
zation the benefit of their ideas.
While merchants and the
owners and operators of service
stations, tourist homes and cot
tages, and restaurants are espe
cially Invited, any citizen inter
ested in the activities of the
Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants Association and in
the general welfare of Macon
County will be welcomed. Pres
ident Bolton commented.
Water Safety
Rules Cited
By Red Cross
Since large numbers of per
sons are swimming daily at the
pool at Arrowood Glade and at
other points in this vicinity,
without the. benefit of lifeguard
protection, the local Red Cross
officer this week called swim
mers' attention to the four basic
rules for water safety.
In recent years at Arrowood
Glade, the Forest Service has
arranged to have a lifeguard on
duty, but this year the Nanta
hala National Forest was in
structed by Washington to op
erate the Arrowood recreation
al facilities through a conces
sionaire, in keeping with a pol
icy that is being tried out in
national forests over the nation.
The four basic rules that
every person who goes into the
water should follow, according
to the Red Cross, are:
1. Do not enter the water un
til an hour after eating.
2. Do not trip, push, or "duck"
another swimmer.
3. If you are a non-swimmer,
stay in shallow water.
4. Do not stay in the water
for long periods of time. Come
out and rest often.
i
Franklin
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Results
Friday Night, July 14
All games postponed because
of rain.
Monday Night, July 17
Van Raalte, 12; Forest Service,
8.
Lions, 8: Rotary, 7.
Teams' Standing
Team W L
Forest Service 7 3
Rotary 5 4
Zickgraf 5 4
Van Raalte 6 5
Lions 3 6
NP&LCo 3 7
Coming Games
Friday (Tomorrow) Night ?
7:30, Rotary vs. Van Raalte;
second game, at 9, Lions vs.
Zickgraf.
Monday Night, July 24?7:30,
Rotary vs. Forest Service sec
ond game, at 9, Lions vs. NP&L
Co.
MIDGETS TO PLAY
The Franklin midget baseball {
team will play the Highlands
midgets at 8 o'clock tonight
(Thursday) on the local dia
mond. * i
Pet.
.700
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.545
333
.300
I? Over Sum Allotted;
Board To Seek To Cut
Plans To Fit Funds
Bids to construct the Frank
lin high, Highlands, Nantahala,
and East Fr&nklln schools were
accepted, subject to modifica
tion, at a meeting of the coun
ty board of education Friday
afternoon.
The total amount of the low
bids submitted on the four
bulldlng program is $629,959.94.
The estimate of the school au
thorities last February for these
buildings was $599,100.
Ten firms submitted bids on
various phases of the building
program, and the low bids In
the four phases of the work
were announced by the board
of education and county super
intendent as follows:
General contract, $521,000, W.
B. Dillard, Sylva; plumbing,
$27,539.99, C. E. Holder, Murphy;
heating, $50,054.76 C. E. Holder;
electric wiring and lighting,
$24,900, M. B. Haynes, Ashevllle.
Following the opening of the
bids in the court room of th?
courthouse, the board of educa
tion met In the office of thi
superintendent of education anj
decided, after studying the bid-:,
to accept the low bids, with the
understanding that the specific
ations will be changed to reduce
the cost sufficiently to brln ;
the bids within the costs esti
mated last February.
The motion, made by Bob
Sloan and seconded by Walter
Gibson, was "that the county
board of education accept the
low bids, subject to modifica
tion necessary to taipg-'CDSts
within the orlgftigTjgtlmate,
and wtttr {he understanding
that the auditorium-gymnasium
on the Highlands building be
constructed 80 x 120 feet in size,
even if the interior of this
space cannot be completed at
the present time, and with the
further understanding that If
any part of one of the four
; buildings, such as a gymnasium
or lunch room, has to be ell
i minated, that the same cut will
be made In each of the four
, buildings."
I The motion was passed unan
imously. In the discussion which
preceded the passing of the mo
tion, both the board members
and the superintendent were
unanimous In the opinion that
the number of class-rooms
should not be cut in any case.
The bids were submitted in a
variety of ways, some of the
I firms bidding on each school,
I some on three or less, and
some of them making combined
bids on two, three, or four
schools. Two firms submitted
separate bids for both plumb
ing and heating.
The bids were as follows:
General construction: Wm. B.
Dillard, Franklin high school,
$159,000; East Franklin, $113,
900: Nantahala, $113,500; High
lands, $142,000. $521,000 bid on
all four.
McCoy - Helverson, Greenville,
S. C? Franklin high school,
$167,000; Franklin high and
East Franklin, $294,500; Frank
lin high. East Franklin, and
Highlands, $453,000.
Smith-Jones, Atlanta, Qa.,
Franklin high, $201,172; East
Franklin, $146,659; Nantahala.
Continued Ob Fan Kitfit?
The Weather
Temperature* and precipitation for tk?
paat seven day*, and the low temperature
yesterday, as recorded at tfcc Coweeta Ex
periment station.
High Low Pet.
Wednesday 75 61 .82
Thursday 18 80 .21
Friday 76 59 .24
Saturday 79 59 1 45
Sunday 82 60 .44
Monday 84 58 .07
Tuesday ... 87 50 Trace
Wednesday 00 58 .00
Total Rainfall 3.23
Fnuiklln Rainfall
(A* recorded fcj Xnra SHIm f.r TV A)
Wednesday, .36 of an inch;
Thursday, .14; Friday, .IS; Sat
urday, 45, Sunday, .47; Mon
day, .02; Tuesday, trace; Wed
nesday, .18. Total Franklin rain
fall. ljl lnchM.