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VOL. LXVII? NO. 11
FRANKLIN, N. C., TH1RSDAY, MARCH 13, 1952
PICK MONTEITH I
AS CANDIDATE
FOR CONGRESS
Republicans Split Vote
Between Eisenhower
And Taft
Hugh Montetth, Sylva attor
ney, is the : Republican nominee
far - congress from this (the
twelfth) congressional district.
Mr. Monteith, who was un- '
opposed, was nominated, and
one Eisenhower and one Taft
delegate to the national Repub- 1
lican convention were named
at the G. O. P. congressional
convention here last Saturday |
afternoon.
The delegates were divided i
evenly between Taft and Eisen- j
hower, although a straw vote j
of the congressional convention, i
conducted by newspapermen, j
indicated that the convention j
was pro-Taft by about 3 to 2.
Indications were that a pre- 1
convention understanding to |
split the delegates had been j
reached in the interest of har
mony.
Named as delegates to the na
tional convention were Robert
M. Tiger Hayesville merchant
and long-time Clay county Re
publican chairman, who favors
Eisenhower, and Lewis P. Ham
lin, Brevard attorney, who long
has been active in Republican
affairs in Western North Caro
lina.
In a three-way contest among
the Taft forces, Mr. Hamlin
defeated Halsey B. Leavitt,
Asheville Insurance man, and
Glen T. Tucker, Hendersonville,
retired newspaperman. In elect
ing the Transylvania man, the
remainder of the district hand
ed a defeat to the big Buncombe
delegation, which casts nearly
a third of the vote of the en
tire convention vote of 150.
Graham, Haywowd, Macon,
Swain, and Transylvania went
solid for Mr. Hamlin, while
Henderson gave its vote to Mr.
Tucker, and Jackson divided its
vote. The count was: Hamlin,
82; Leavitt, 71; and Tucker, 30.
Mr. Tiger, the only pro-Eisen
hower candidate for national
convention delegate, received
117.
*T? -3 nvAMA T3J
XfttlUCU as (lltCHWUCO WC1C JDU- :
win L. Hyde, Murphy attorney,
who favors Eisenhower, and Mr.
Tucker, a Taft man.
Mr. Leavltt, who moved that
the choice of delegates he made
unanimous, was chosen as Pres
idential elector. In case North
Carolina should go Republican,
lie would cast one of the state's
votes in the electoral college.
Mr. Monteith, in a brief ad
dress, pledged .an aggressive
campaign for congress, declar
ing that "America has come to
the place where we must stop
some things ? "socialism, crook
edness in government, stealing".
Following the (choice of na
tional convention delegates, a
straw vote of the ^delegates was
taken by newspaper men. The
result was announced as fol
lows: Taft, 85; Eisenhower, 59;
MacArthur, 2.
A. R. Higdon, of Franklin,
was reelected to the state Re
publican executive committee.
The 16 members of that com
mittee from this district were
suggested by a nominating
committee, on which George W.
Reece, Macon county chairman
served.
Severe criticism of the Demo
cratic party, especially at the
national level, marked most of
the speeches at the three-hour
session, and the resolutions.
The convention delegates,
coming from all the U) counties
in the district, filled the court- i
house, each group seated around !
its county standard.
The meeting was called to j
order by Mr. Hamlin, who nam- |
ed Loren Packer, of Asheville, I
temporary secretary, and Theo
dore Jenkins, of Robbinsville, 1
chairman of the credentials
committee.
Mr. Hamlin then called O. L. I
Anderson, of Murphy, to the '
chair as temporary chairman, j
Mr. Anderson later was elected
permanent chairman.
Some seven or eight older
persons present got a big hand
when they stood upon a call for
persons who had voted for Mc
Kinley to stand.
Congress Tominee
? Courtesy Ashe-iille Citizen
HUGH MONTEITH
MRS. DILL ARD
I
Wife Of Late Mayor Dies
Within Two Months
Of Husband
Mrs. Maude Allen Dillnrd, wife
of Franklin's late mayor, Rob
ert M. Eillard, died Friday at
6 a. m. in a local hospital, with
in less than two month's of liar
husband's death.
Sixty years o age, Mrs. Diil
a.vd had been in poor health lor
sometime.
Funaral services were con
ducted Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at the First Bap
tist church by the Rev. M. W.
Chapman, pastor, and the R :v.
C. E. Murray, pastor of the
Franklin Methodist church.
Burial was in Woodlawn ceme
tery.
Mrs. Dillard, a graduate of the
old Sylva Collegiate institute,
was a native of Sylva, and a
daughter of Walton Allen and
the late Mrs. Anna D. Allen.
She and Mr. Dillard were mar
ried in Sylva in 1904 and mov
ed here irom Eillard, Ga , early
in 1949.
At The time of His death Jan
uary 12, Mr. Dillard, a retired
Atlanta, Ga, attorney, was serv
ing as mayor of Franklin. The
couple lived in Atlanta for more
than 40 years.
Surviving are two brothers,
Wolf L. Allen and Claude Allen,
ol Cottage Grove, Ore.; two
sisters, Mrs. C. E. Moody, of
WayneswfHe. ami Mrs. Fred
Brendle, of Gastonia; and sever
al nieces .xnd nephews. ?
Pallbeaners were Henry W.
Cabe, Walter Dean, Paul Car
penter, Frank Martin, Ben Sell
ers, and Oscar Ledford.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Potts Funeral home.
Officers
To Be Elected At Meeting
Of Franklin FT A
Election of officers for the
next school year will /nark the J
business sessian of Monday
night's meeting of the Frank
lin Parent-Teacher association, '
The program will be featur- }
ed by foik dances by pupils
from the first and third grades,
under the direction of Miss
Alice Weaver, public school
music teaeher, and a talk by
I Clayton Ramsey, of the high
'school faculty, on visual educa
tion.
The meeting is set c 7:30
in the school cafeteria.
About $900
Raised In Red Cross
Drive So Far
Approximately $900 of Macon's
$2,826 Red Cross quota has been
raised, with only a few of the
45 county workers reporting,
local officials said this week.
The annual fund raising cam
paign got under way the first
week in March and will con
tinue through the month.
ON WAY HOME
T. Sgt. Addison Bailey, a vet
eran of 18 months with the
medical corps in Korea, is now
in California and expects to ar
rive here this week-end, accord
ing to his wife.
WIND AND RAIN i
LASH AREA, BUT
DAMAGE SMALL
!
Nearly Three And A Half
Inches Of Rainfall;
Cows Rescued
Heavy winds and torrential
"ains lashed Macon County
Monday night and Tuesday, but
no damage has been reported.
Seven cows, however, nar
rowly escaped drowning Tuesday
morning in East Franklin as
the Little Tennessee river jump
ed its banks and inundated a
pasture. Quick rescue operations
brought the animals to high
ground.
The afternoon mail Tuesday
from the south was late arriv
ing in Franklin, reportedly be
cause of a slide on the Tallu
lah Falls track about eight
miles south of here.
Tuesday 3.34 inches of rain
fall was recorded in Franklin,
according to Manson Stiles, T.
V. A. weather observer. The Co
eeta Hydrologic station report
ed 4.07 inches for the day.
Operation "Cow Rescue" got
under way a little before 9
o'clock Tuesday morning when
it was discovered that seven
animals belonging to A. C. Pan
nell were trapped by high
water under Pannell's Feed
store, on the Highlands road,
near the river. Members of the
sheriff's office sftid several em
ployes of the Nantahala Power
and Light company assisted
with the rescue. Barnard Dills
and Charlie Jones took a boat,
prodded the animals out from
under the building, and steered
them to high ground.
Enough "blue sky to make cat
britches", as someone describ
ed it, started breaking through
about noon Tuesday and citi
zens began resting easier as the
river subsided.
Most of Western North Car
olina was hit bj the storm.
Ashevflle reported 2.14 inches
of rain for the 24-hour period
ending at 5 p. m. Tuesday.
25- Year
Certificate Presented
Macon Agency
The Macon Insurance agency
here -was honored last week,
the occasion marking the com
pletion of 25 years as local rep
resentative of the Home Fire
and Marine Insurance company.
J. B. Johnson, special agent
of the company, came here to
present a 25-year certificate
?and a letter of congratulation
from John H. Dillard, of At
lanta, vice-president of the
Home Fire and Marine company.
The presentation was made
in the agency's office in The
Bank of Franklin building Wed
nesday afternoon. For the oc
casion, Mr. Johnson also had
sent two dozen red roses to the
agency office.
In making the presentation
of the Certificate of Apprecia
tion from the company, Mr.
Johnson referred to the local
concern's quarter-century of
"continuous service and the
pleasant relationships" thtft
have marked that 25-year peri
od. The agency here, he said,
is the first west of Charlotte to
receive a 25-year certificate ,
from his company.
In his letter, Vice-Pnesident
Dillard called attention to the \
fact that the Macon agency h^s
represented his company since 1
March 7, 1-927, and pointed out
that the certificate was issued
in compliance with a resolution 1
of appreciation adopted by the
company's board of directors.
Service Series Being
Held At Maiden's Chapel
The Rev. George Gllbreth, of
Bryson City, will be the speaker
at the "Week of Dedication"
service tonight at Maiden's
Chapel Methodist church. The
series of services, for all the
churches on the West Macon
circuit, opened last night with
a talk by James L. Hauser, of
Franklin. Tomorrow night the
Rev. J. D. Pyatt, pastor of the
Franklin circuit, will be the
speaker. Each service is held
at 7:30 p. m., Mrs. Isabel Hull,
pastor, announced.
Will Inspect Schools
? Courtesy Ashexillc Citizen
DR. CLYDE A. ERVVIN
Dt. Erwin, state superinten
dent of public instruction, will
accompany Governor W. Kerr
Scott here March 25 for an in
spection of Macon County's sev
en rfew school buildings.
P. G. Holland
Dies; Funeral
Held March 9
Perry G. Holland, a native of
Macon County, died Friday
morning at his home in the
Cullasaja community at the age
of TO. He had been ill for about
five weeks.
Funeral services were con
ducted Saturday at 2:30 p. m.
at the Sugarfork Baptist church
by the Rev. Frank Reed, pas
tor, the Rev. Oscar Nix, the Rev
Fred Sorrells, and the Rev
Frank Holland.
Born July 25, 1872, Mr. Hol
land was the son of Anthonj
and Mrs. Elizabeth Carbin Hol
land. He was a member of the
Pine Grove Baptist church foi
30 years. On January 1, 1893 he
was married to Miss Huldah J
Houston.
OnrwiuAre innlnr^a fViran ri o nfrVi
kjui iiivio ui^tauv viiivv uciugxi
ters, Miss Mary Holland, of the
home, and Mrs. Bert Mashbun
and Mrs. Wymer Gibson, of Cnl
lasaja; six sons, Alfred and
Orron, of Cullasaja, Robert, ol
Walland, Tenn., George, of Bre
vard, Norman, of Enka, anc
Gline, of Otto; and 27 grand
children, and nine great-grand
children.
Pallbearers were grandsons
and his granddaughters served
as flower bearers.
Arrangements were under the
direction of "Bryant Funeral
home.
Power
To Be Off Over Wkfc
Area Sunday
Electric current will be oil
from 1 to 5 o'clock Sunday
afternoon over a wide area
here, it was announced this
week by the Nantahala Powei
and Light company.
The current will be off dur
ing those hours from the traf
fic light at Depot street west or
Highway 64 to Rainbow Springs
including the Cartoogechaye
and Wayah communities.
Also affected will be the
?Georgia road area from Pano
rama court south, Including the
Patton Settlement.
The purpose of suspending
service, it was explained, is to
do maintenance work on the
lines, and in the event the
weather is bad Sunday, the
work, and the power cut-off,
will be postponed until Sunday
week.
Local Scout Officials
To Appear On Program
Two Franklin Girl Scout of
ficials will take part in the pro
gram of the Nantahala area
Girl Soout training course,
scheduled for Saturday at 10:30
a. m. at Cullowhee. The Rev. A.
Rufus Morgan and Mrs. Gilmer
A. Jones will participate in the
event. Also scheduled is an area
board meeting, and Scout of
ficials have urged all local lead
ers and council members to at
tend.
TWO SYMPHONY
CONCERTS SET
FORTOMORROW
N. C. Orchestra To Play
Here Friday; Tickets
Still Available
Tomorrow (Friday) * Is the
date for the N. C. Little Sym
phony's concerts here.
The orchestra will present a
program for children from
schools throughout the county
at 1:30 at the Friendship tab
ernacle, and the evening per
formance for adults will be held
at 8 o'clock at the Franklin
Methodist church.
Memberships will be available
today and tomorrow at the
Nantahala Power and Light
company (first floor), at the
three Franklin drug stores, and
at Miss Sara Gilder's store in
Highlands. Memberships are' $2
for adults, 60 cents for students.
Persons who do not get their
memberships in advance will be
'able to buy tickets at the door.
Frank B. Duncan, county
chairman for the event, how
i ever, pointed out that there are
I several advantages in buying in
1 advance.
For the past several years the
'church auditorium has been
crowded, and those who already
I have their membership cards
can enter the church immedi
ately, without having to stand
in line for tickets. Thus they
will have a better chance for a
good seat.
Too,' it is possible that there
will not be time, at the church
door, to w.rite membership cards
| for those buying at the door,
, I possibly making it necessary
I simply to issue tickets. A mem
' i bership card entitles the holder
to attend any of the orchestra's
concerts in the state, including
| that of the full Symphony in
. ; Avheville, without additional
? charge.
This will be the orchestra's
, seventh successive appearance
1 here.
n win oe lis nrsi appearance.
. however, without an advance
. membership drive. This year, a
[ group of business houses and
. individuals voiutarily under
I wrote the orchestra's appear
j ance here, thus leaving it up to
. the public to decide, by attend
I ing or not attending, whether
. they wish this annual musical
. event continued.
This year, too, a change was
made in the school children's
1 concert. Instead of bringing all
members of certain grades tc
. the concert, those children who
1 are interested enough to bring
a quarter each to their school
will ~be brought to the perfor
mance. Indications are that be
tween 800 and 1,000 children
will attend, school officials said
'? yesterday.
The orchestra, which recent
ly spent a night here, en route
E to Demorest, Ga., will spend
' two nights in Franklin on this
t trip. Arriving here Friday about
> noon, the group of 26 will re
' main until Sunday. i
Claude Pattons'
Little Daughter
Dies In Hospital
! Freda Mae Patton, five-year
i old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
1 Claude Patton, of the Patton
| settlement, died Friday night of
pneumonia in the C. J Harris
Community hospital, Sylva, aft
1 er a week's illness.
1 Funeral services were con
ducted at the Patton Chapel
Methodist church Sunday at 11
a. m. by the Rev. Lee Crawford
and the Rev. Robert Poindex
ter. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are the parents, a
I brother and sister, William Car
I roll and Katherine Anne, both
of the home, and the maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Collier, of Franklin, Route 1.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Bryant Funeral
home.
PLAN PROGRAM
The Hickory Knoll commun
ity recreation program is plan
ned for Friday night at 7:30
o'clock at the Hickory Knoll
church, Mrs. J. S. Gray, pub
licity chairman, has announced.
Heads Orchestra
DR. BENJAMIN SWAUN
Dr. Swalin will conduct the
N. C. Little Symphony orchestra
and its two performances here
tomorrow ? a children's concert
I at 1:30 p. m., and the evening
performance at 8 o'clock at the
Franklin Methodist church.
STATE JAYCEE
HEAD COMING
Will Present Charter
To Local Unit At
Dinner Meet
Harry Stewart, of Raleigh,
state president of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, is sched
uled to be the principal speak
er at a "Charter Night" dinnei
meeting of the newly-organized
Franklin Jaycees Tuesday night
The state president will pre
1 sent its charter to the local or
ganization, which received ap
proval at a recent district meet
ing in Raleigh. The event i ;
scheduled fOr 7:30 o'clock ai
Slagle Memorial.
Jack Ragan, president of th<
' local group, said the dinner i:
planned as a combination char
ter meeting-ladies' night affair
; and he added that specia
guests will include several mem
[ bers of the Waynesville Jayce<
organization and their wives
and presidents and wives of i
! number of local civic groups.
The Waynesville chaiilWr i:
. the sponsor of the Franklin or
[ ganization.
Sgt. Mashburn
Given Combat Inf antrj
Badge
Sgt. First Class Ben L. Mash
burn recently was awarded th
combat Infantryman Badge, i
1 1 symbol of a front-line fightlni
[ man, while serving in Karei
with the 45th Infantry divisior
He is the son of Mr. am
Mrs. Jack Mashburn, of Frank
1 1 lin, Route 4.
The Macon County army vet
eran is an assistant platooi
sergeant in Company 1 of th'
180th Infantry regiment. He en
tered the army in January, 194?
and joined the 45th division ii
December, 1951.
Mrs. Wasilik Is
Renamed Garden
Club Presidenl
Mrs. John Wasilik, Jr., ha:
been reelected president of th<
Franklin Garden club.
Ofiicers chosen to serve witl
her are Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones
vice-president; Mrs. E. W. Ren
shaw, secretary; and Mrs. J
Ward Long, treasurer.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipitation for the
past seven days, and the low temperature
I yesterday, as ri corded at the Cowecta Ex
i neriment station.
High Low Pet
Wednesday 61 21
Thursday 61 21
Friday 58 19
Saturday 60 17
Sunday 64 23
Monday 52 49 1.47
Tuesday 60 47 4.07
Wednesday .' .... 28
Franklin Rainfall
(As recorded by Manson Stile? for TVA)
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, Sunday, Monday,
none; Tuesday, 3.34; Wednes
day, none.
ZONING RULES
FOR FRANKLIN
PUT INEFFECT
Ordinance Gets Unanimous
Approval Of Board
Of Aldermen
A zoning ordinance now is in
effect here, following approval
by the Franklin board of alder
men at a special session Friday
night.
Prepared by the town's five
man zoning and planning com
mission, the ordinance received
a unanimous stamp of approv
al by the town governing body.
The ordinance was presented
at the board's regular meeting
i Monday night of last week, but
no action was taken at that
time.
Work began on the ordinance
in July, 1951, with the appoint
ment of a zoning commission
by the board of aldermen. Pub
lic reaction to the proposed
zoning plan was one of approval
at a special hearing in January,
and since that time the com
mission has been preparing the
1 ordinance for presentation to
the town governing body
In regular session last week,
the board accepted the ordi
nance, but postponed adoption
until it could be studied at a
| special session by the entire
board. Also discussed at that
meeting was the possibility of
holding another public hearing.
However, at Friday's special
i session Town Attorney R. S.
Jones advised that, under the
law, another public hearing was
not. necessary. On motion of
i Alderman Frank Martin, sec
onded by Alderman Verlon
Swafford, the board unanimous
' j ly passed the ordinance as snb
^ mitted by the commission.
A systematic night patro! of
the town was discussed at the
I brief special session. A commit
tee composed of Aldermen J. C.
Jacobs, Armour G. Cagle, Ver
lon Swafford, and Town Clerk
C. O. Ramsey was appointed to
work out the plan, which also
was discussed at length at the
board's regular session last
s week.
The zoning ordinance was ex
plained to the public at the
January hearing by W. N. Sloan,
commission chairman. Prior to
I the public hearing, the com
mission outlined a preliminary
f proposal to the board of alder
men . J
In broad terms, the ordinance
. i protects residential areas from
e 1 invasion by commercial and ta
a i dustrial enterprise? within the
g | city limits by dividing the town
j i into residential, commercial, or
u | industrial areas. It also regu
?j ] lates the height and size of
. i buildings, the percentage of a
lot that may be occupied by a
. building, the size of the yards,
I and density of population.
e The majority of the indus
. trial area borders the Little
I, Tennessee .river on both sides,
I I from Depot street on the west
! side of the river to U. S. 64 on
[the east side; the business area
is confined largely to Main and
Palmer streets, from the east
ern to the western limits of
t the town ; and the remainder
? of the town is reserved for res
* idential construction.
Under the set-up, top priority
j j is granted the residential area
and no new business or Indus
' trial building will be allowed In
I that area.
Second in priority is the com
mercial area, which is protected
from industrial construction.
Commercial buildings may be
built in the industrial area, and
homes In all three zoned areas,
j Appointment of the zoning
. commission was made by the
board in July, 1951. In addition
to Mr. Sloan, other members
were R. E McKelvey, H. H.
Plemjnons, W. Roy Carpenter,
and Wayne Faulkner.
HILL HOLD SALE
The St. Agnes Episcopal aux
iliary will hold its monthly bake
sale Friday at 9 a. m. at the
Children's shop, it has been an
nounced.
N. C. Little Symphony Orchestra To Play Here Friday Night
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