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VOL. LXVI? NO. 41
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FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1951
TWELVE PAGEJ
. JOB OF PAVING
THREE STREETS
NOWUNDERWAY
Hope To Complete Work
Oct. 20 On Phillips,
Second, And Cherry
Weather permitting, by Oc
tober 20 Franklin residents
thould be able to view the ma
terial results of Powell bill
street aid funds, town officials
said this week.
Monday the Allison Construc
tion company, of Waynesvllle,
moved machinery here and
started grading operations on
Phillips, Cherry, and Second
streets, in preparation for sur
facing.
The three city streets will be
paved out of the town's share
of Powell bill funds.
Surfacing on the three streets
should be completed by October
20, provided warm weather
holds out. Officials explained
that the composition of black
topping is such that it must be
laid when it Is warm. If the
temperature drops below the
minimum degree for surfacing,
officials said the projects would
be postponed until spring.
A low paving bid, submitted
by the Waynesville company was
accepted by the board of alder
men at the board's monthly
meeting last week.
The three streets will be 16
feet wide. Phillips streets is
four-tenths of a mile long and
runs between Palmer and Way
ah streets.
Second and Cherry streets are
in East Franklin. Officials said
approximately 600 feet of black
topping will be put on the two.
Setser Promoted
To Mifor In U. S.
Marine Reserves
Mac S. Setser was recently
promoted to the rank of major
in the U. S. Marine Corps re
serve, marine corps headquart
ers announced this week.
Major Setsex, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Setser, of the Car
toogechaye community, was
commissioned in the corps in
1942, and served 27 months in
the Pacific theatre with the
Fifth Anti-aircraft Artillery
battalion during World War n.
He Is a graduate of N. C.
State college and is now a stu
dent in veterinary medicine at
the University of Georgia.
Higher Parcel Post
Rates Now In Effect
New, higher rates on fourth
class (parcel post) mall are now
in effect, E. W. Long, Frank
lin postmaster, pointed out this
week. The increase, of approxi
mately 25 per cent, was voted by
congress sometime ago, and be
came effective October 1.
Franklin Terrace
Hotel Sold . To Goal Zone
Couple
The Franklin Terrace hotel
main building has been sold by
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dean to
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gutter, of the
Panama Canal Zone, Mr. and
Mrs. Dean announced yesterday.
The annex has -been convert
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Dean into
an apartment house, but Mr.
and Mrs. Culler will continue to
operate the main building as a
hotpl, using the cottages on the
grounds to supplement the room
In' the main building.
Mr. and Mrs. Culler have
spent the past three summers
at the Terrace, which has been
operated as a tourist hotel for
decades. -
PRESS CONTEST
TOCLOSETODAY
6 P. M. Is Deadline
For Editorial
Entries
The Franklin Press guest ed
itorial contest will close today
(Thursday).
To be eligible, entries must
be delivered to The Press office
by not later than 6 o'clock this
afternoon, or, if mailed, must
be postmarked not later than
today.
Up to noon yesterday, a score
of entries already had been re
ceived. Among them are articles
from as far away as California
and New York ? but written by
former Macon residents.
Charles K. Robinson, editor
of The 8unday Citizen Times,
Ashevllle, will judge Che edi
torials submitted, and as soon
as sufficient time has elapsed
for any mailed as late as to
day to be received, all the en
tries will 1m forwarded to him.
He will ||lM.UM?t'
The first five WOT be award
ed prizes? a $25 Defense bond
for the best article submitted;
$10 in cash for the second best;
$7.50 for the third; $5 for the
fourth; and $3 for the fifth.
The five next best will be
given honorable mention, and
the writer of each will be giv
en a one-year subscription to
The Press.
A $5 prize for promptness will
be awarded to the writer of the
first article received (or earli
est postmarked, If mailed) that
wins any one of the 10 first
places for excellence.
The contest, open to anybody,
anywhere (except members of
The Press staff and their im
mediate families), is for the best
editorials on the general sub
ject of Macon County as a good
place to live.
FAMED DRILL
TEAM TO MARCH
AT FRIDAY GAME
25-Man Michigan Legion
Group To Entertain
At Half-Time
Football fans attending the
Franklin -Sylva game here to
morrow (Friday) night are as
sured of getting their money's
worth.
As an added attraction, the
crack Kingsford, Mich., Ameri
can Legion Drill team will dem
onstrate the intricacies of close
order marching during half
time.
The drill team's appearance
here is sponsored jointly by Ro
tarians and members of the
local American Legion post. The
25-man unit is en route to Mi
ami, Fla., where it will compete
with other drill teams for na
tional honors.
The team will arrive here
Friday afternoon in automobiles
furnished by the Ford Motor
company, and members will be
guests of Rotarians.
The local sponsors expressed
the opinion that football fans
should consider the appearance
of the drill team a top-flight
attraction, since the team has
performed at a number of pro
fessional football games, includ
ing Green Bay Packers vs. De
troit Lions, in 1950, and the
Packers vs. Chicago Bears this
year.
In addition, the drill team
was Michigan state champion
in 1950-51, upper Michigan
champions in 1950, won sixth
place in national competition In
Los Angeles in 1950, and won
first place in the national Leg
ion convention parade in Los
Angeles in 1950.
Franklin Wins
From Bethel
High, 20 To 0
Friday night the Franklin
High Panthers found a winning
combination, both in the atr
and on the ground, and hum
bled the battling Blue Demons
from Bethel High, 20 to 0, be
fore a crowd estimated at 1,000.
From the start, it seemed
that the Demons had the key
to splitting Franklin's powerful
ground attack, but the Panth
ers rallied to shove a touch
down across in the first quar
ter, pass for one in the third
period, and plow another across
in the fourth.
The win gave Coach Ralph
McConnell's charges their third
victory of the season. The locals
also tied with Clayton, Ga., two j
SEE NO. 1. PAGE 6
taif I'hoto by J. I'. Brady
L. Dale Thrash, of Asheville, tent^i division highway commissioner (cen
ter), was caught by the camera as he made a brief talk at the road dedication
ceremony at Walnut Creek Gap last Thursday afternoon. On the ri^ht is a
former Macon County sheriff, Alex Moore, who at one time owned most of the
land in the Walnut Gap section. At left is E. J. Whitmire, of Franklin, who
served as master of ceremonies.
500 At Walnut Creek Gap
For Formal Road Opening
Issue Warning
On Diphtheria
As Child Dies
Local health department of
ficials said this week that the
recent death of 10-year-old Ma
rlon C. DeHart is believed to
have been due to diphtheria.
Pointing out the sreiousness
of the disease, Mrs. Frank
Shope, public health nurse, is
sued the following report on
diphtheria:
"North Carolina finds itself in
an extremely critical position,
regarding diphtheria. Just think
of it ? we have more than
twelve times as many cases re
ported as such states as Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New Jersey,
Illinois, and the District of Co
lumbia! This state led all the
oth?r fortv-seven in the Union
In the diphtheria case rate. This
fact constitutes- a serious reflec- i
tion on North Carolina, and
your local health department
urges the cooperation of the
entire population, looking to
ward the Immunization of every
child in Macon County and
North Carolina against diph- '
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 6
Youth Nears End Of 2,028-Mile Hike
Over Maine-To-Georgia Appalachian Trail
Two self-appointed "men of
leisure" ? one seeking to set a
rword by walking the 2.028
mile Appalachian Trail from
north to the south, the other
taking the Jaunt just for the
fun of it ? made camp near here
last week.
These two woodsmen, Chester
Dziengielewski, of Naugatuck,
Conn., and William W. (Bill)
Hall, of East Liverpool, Ohio,
rested the'.r weary feet at the
campsite at Wayah gap that
night. Behind them lay more
than 1,900 miles of the famed
hiking trail.
Their destination? Mount
Oglethorpe, Oa? in this case
achievement for Chester, who
hit the trail June 3 and has
worn out four pairs of boots
in an attempt to become the
first hiker to walk the complete
trail from Mount Katahdin,
Maine, to Mount Oglethorpe.
If his boots hold out, it is
believed that the ambitious
hiker will have the honor of
being the first to make the
north-south hike; he had lit
tle more than 65 miles to go
from Wayah gap.
JUST TOUGH FEET! Thews two ambitions hikers, walking the 2, MS-mile Appalachian Trail Asked by this reporter what
tnm M*|M to Omnia, noted their weary foot at the eapaite at Wayah rap one night last week, he expected to get out of hlk
At loft to William W. Hall, ef East Liverpool, OWo, who la walking the traU Just for the fun of It; In* this 2.028 miles, he bummed
at right, Cheater Osioogioiewskl, ef Naagatoeh, Cowl, who, if he completes the trail, will be the a Cigarette, lit up and Inhaled;
OMttoi to m twmm the north to the ? mM, 1aW BEE NO. S, PAGE ?
Highway Across Mountain
Links Communities In
Two Counties
In 4,091-foot high Walnut
Creek Gap, the people of two
communities ? Walnut Creek, on
this side of the mountain, and
Pine Creek-Hamburg, on the
Jackson county side ? gathered
last Thursday to rejoice over
the completion of a graveled
road that will link them at last
The two communities are only
a few miles apart ? almost
"within hollerln' distance", in
fact.
But until the new road was
built by the state, it was a
long trip by automobile. If some
one on upper Walnut Creek
wanted to visit his near neigh
bor on upper Pine Creek, he
had to drive 15 miles to Frank
lin, then 23 to Sylva, and fin
ally 35 from Sylva to Pine
Creek.
Now it is a matter of only
about 13 miles from Gneiss, on
Highway 64, to the new road's
connection with No. 107 in Jack
son county; that is, between
the lower ends of the two com
munities.
The celebration took the form
of a barbecue-picnic and a
speaking program, and it prov
ed to be the rare ' exception
where the speaking was short
and the eating long.
A crowd estimated at 500
gathered around the tables set
up in the cow pasture in the
gap.
Present, in addition to the
people of the two communities^)
were highway officials. Frank
lin business men who helped
arrange for the get-together,
and a few old-timers who had
hunted and grazed stock in the
area, and who often had walked
th ough the gap to get from
one community to the other.
There were plenty of children,
too, and one wise mother was
observed looking after her two
tots by providing them with
full plates, and then seating
t.h?m on the ground, immedi
ately under the table. There,
iT'Ouserved and undisturbed,
they appeared to be enjoying
the occasion quite as much as
those who knew what it was all
about.
Franklin business men, under
the leadership of Walter Gib
son, provided funds for the
meats, paper plates, cups, etc.,
and the women of the two com
munltles did the rest, their con
tributions ranging from half a
dozen kinds of salads to pies
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 6
Plan Newman's Chapel
Dedication On Sunday
Dedication services for the
recently constructed Newman's
Chapel Baptist church will be
held Sunday, October 14. There
will be an all day service and
dinner will be served on the
grounds at noon, according to
ine Rev. Frank Reed, pastor.
The public la Invited.
SCOUT WOMACK
TO GET EAGLE
Franklin Boy Wins Top
Award; Siler, Long
To Be Promoted
Eagle rank ? the highest award
in Scouting ? will be awarded to
Robert Womack, 14-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Reid Womack,
at a Boy Scout court of honor
tonight (Thursday) at the
Franklin Methodist church.
Scouts Robert (Bud) Sile.r and
Leonard Long will receive Life
and Star rank, respectively, and
two other Franklin Scouts will
be awarded merit badges The
honor court is scheduled for
7:30 o'clock.
Young Womack joined the
scouts in August, 1949, and
served as a patrol leader in
Franklin's Troop 1. He is now i
a member of the Franklin Ex
plorer post, an organization for
scouts 14 years of age and over.
He has earned 30 merit badges,
nine more than the required
number foe the Eagle rank.
He is a ninth grader at
Franklin High school and a
wing back on the lootbal!
squad.
John D. Alsup, troop commit
teeman, will ' make the Eagle
presentation.
Scout Mark Dowdle will re
ceive the lifesaving and swim
ming merit badges, and Lewis
Cabe will be awarded a swim
ming badge.
Discussion To Mark
P. T. A. Meet Monday
Mrs. Eloise H. Potts, county
superintendent of welfare, and
Mrs. Weimar Jones, will conduct
a round table discussion on
child welfare at the monthly
meeting of the Franklin Parent
Teacher association Monday at
7:30 p. m. at the school. The
Rev. Hoyt Evans will lead the
devotional.
Macon's School Buses
Inspected, Found O. K.
Macon County's 32 school
busses have been inspected and
all are in good condition, Coun
ty School Supt. Holland Mc
Swain announced Tuesday.
The inspection was m?de by
Highway Patrolman C. M. Byrd.
Approximately 2.900 children
ride the busses daily.
FARM EXHIBITS
FAIR' PLANNED
HERE OCT. Ml
Expanded 'Achievement
Days' Program To Be
Held At School
Macon County Agricultural
Achievement ravs will bs ob
served here October 26 and 27.
Plans for the event were an
nounced this week by W. W.
Sloan chairman of the Frank
lin Chamber of Commerce fair
committee, who Is working in
cooperation with local farm
agencies.
For this year, the event will
be an expansion of the Achieve
ment Day previously held each
fall bv the home demonstra
tion clubs. They will be Joined
this year by the 4-H * clubs of
the county. It is hoped that the
event can gradually be develop
ed into something like a coun
ty-wide fair.
Prizes are to be awarded, and
business men are to be asked to
provide lunds for these awards.
The exhibitions, to which the
rublic is invited, will be at the
Franklin school. Exhibit will be
placed Thursday, October 25,
and judging will take place Fri
day morning.
Following the home demon
stration clubs' achievement
meeting at the Methodist
church at 10 a. m. Friday, they
will hold their covered dish
luncheon at the Agricultural
building at 12:30 o'clock, and
the "fair", In the school audi
torium, will be opened to the
public at 2 p. m. and will re
main open until 9 p. m. The
exhibits will be open to the pub
lic again on Saturday until mid
afternoon.
The 4-H-ers will hold their
achievement program Saturday
morning.
Smith's Bridge,
Macon Landmark,
To Be Replaced
The old Smith's Bridge, a
Macon County landmark almost
as old "as the first Indians In
the county", and a constant
victim of high water through
the years, will soon go Into re
tirement.
The State Highway depart
ment is building a new struc
ture over the Little Tennessee
a few hundred yards above the
old bridge. When finished resi
dents of the Smith's Bridge
township (the township derived
its name from the old bridge)
will be able to "come out" over
the new bridge, even when the
old one Is covered with flood
water.
An old fashioned cake walk
and box supper will be spon
sored by the East Franldln
Parent-Teacher association Sat
urday night at the school at
7:30 o'clock, Mrs. Morgan 8hat
ley, publicity chairman, an
nounced this week.
Proceeds from the event will
be turned ove.r to the school
lunch room fund, she sold.
Woodrow Franklin v. ill auc
tion the boxes.
The Wr 'her
Temperatures and pieci^tatioo for th?
oaat seven days, at .t-inpctaiui#
yesterday, as recorlfd a* 'be fowfeta F*
jeriment station
Hif?h Low Pet.
Wednesda- 82 48% -
Thursday 84 Vi 48
Friday ... 86 45
Saturday 88 55
Sunday 82 Vfc 52
Monday 67 41
Tuesday 62 39
Wednesday 38
Franklin Rainfall
'As wo* ? I br Mansoo Sriles far TV A)
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, none; Sunday, .19;
Monday, .03; Tuesday, none;
Wednesday, none.
Will Conduct Fish Research
Project At Coweeta Station
A research project on the care j
tnd feeding of trout will be
:onducted at the Coweeta Expe
Imental Forest, as a result of
ictlon by the State Wildlife
Resources commission in Ashe
rllle Monday.
The commission set aside $13,
100 for the project, and E. A.
rohnson, forester in charge of
he station, said Tuesday that
i full-time man will arrive here
ihortly to make the study.
Funds far the cooperative
project come from thU itate'a
share of the tax on flatting
equipment.
The study will seek to deter
mine the relationship between
forests and streams which will
support trout; and which
streams will and will not sup
port trout, and why.
The purpose of the study,
Clyde P. Patton, executive di
rector of the commission, said.
Is to determine In what streams
state hatchery production can
be beat place*.