STATE ADDS
WAYAH ROAD
TO SYSTEM
Expect $750,000 Project
To Start Soon; Survey
Planned By State
Wayah road, lying within the
Nantahala National forest, has
been added to the state high
way system by the State High
way and Public Works commis
sion, a formality in line with
the proposed expenditure of an
estimated $750,0000 to improve
and surface the road in the
near future.
A location survey by the state
is expected to get under way
soon.
The 24-mile road recently was
approved by the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads as a forest service
highway, making it eligible to
receive federal funds for main
tenance. Approval by the state
now assures the project.
Federal funds will be equally
matched by the state, accord
ing to highway officials.
The first phase of the project
will be the expenditure of $512,
500 for relocating and surfacing
a 12-mile section of the road
from the end of the present
blacktop near Cold Spring to
Feisty branch in the Nantahala
section where the road to An
drews turns off.
Forest service funds for this
phase of the project are avail
able, and an additional $233,400
will be programmed for the 1954
fiscal year to construct the
road from Feisty branch to the
new Nantahala school, Nanta
hala Forest Supervisor E. W.
Renshaw has announced.
From the school the new
highway will join a five-mile
stretch recently built by the
state, which connects with
Highway 19.
Upon completion, the new
road will not only provide a
paved highway to Franklin for
the people of the isolated Nan
tahala section, but will open a
new area of scenic beauty for
tourists.
Although the new highway
will still be within the Nanta
hala forest, the state will be
responsible for its maintenance.
SMITH SPEAKS
AT COMMERCE
BODYMEET1NG
Says Aggressive Chamber
Vital; Cites Towns
As Examples
"You can do almost anything
you want to do with almost
any town in the country ? but
you have got to really WANT
to do it", Don Smith told mem
bers of the Franklin Chamber
of Commerce at the annual
meeting of the organization last
Friday evening at, the Slagle
Memorial building.
"There is no easy way to the
successful operation of a cham
ber of commerce", or the de
velopment of a community, Mr.
Smith, former chamber of com
merce secretary at Iron Moun
tain, Mich., pow a resident of
Franklin, continued. "All I know
is that those towns that have
aggressive chambers of com
merce grow, and those without
active chambers of commerce
do not".
The speaker then citea me
case of four towns in Michigan,
all about the same size a num
ber of years ago, all on the
same highway, all with about
the same commercial and in
dustrial opportunities, and all
within 10 miles of each other.
One, he said, organized an ag
gressive chamber of commerce,
and has grown. The others did
not, and have gone backward.
The growth of a community,
he told his audience, brings new
problems, and as an illustration
he declared:
"You can get a factory in
here that will employ 500 peo
ple?and soon you will have
more unemployment than you
have now." And other problems
come with growth.
Pointing out that the benefits
of a chamber of commerce "are
aqpazingly large for what they
cbst", Mr. Smith remarked that
last year the local organization
sought a budget of $4,600, but
got only $2,700. "Yet It did a
good Job, a remarkably good
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University President Visits
Here; Fishes For First Time
Everyone has to go fishing
sooner or later and the presi
dent of the University of North
Carolina is no exception.
Gordon Gray, the congenial
former Secretary of the army
who succeeded Frank P. Gra
ham as head of the Greater
University of North Carolina,
had his "sooner or later" . at
Rainbow Springs here last week.
Guest at the fishing and j
hunting lodge owned by a group '
of prominent North Carolinians j
on the Nantahala river, the uni- [
versity president seemed highly j
pleased with his first fishing
trip and described his visit here j
as "a wonderful experience".
"Of course, I dangled a hook
in the water from a river bank
j as a boy," he explained, "but
this is the first time I have
been on a real fishing trip."
Cool and relaxed in an open
' collar shirt, Mr. Gray left a
dinner table featuring the
morning's trout catch by mem
bers of the fishing party to
I grant a reporter an interview.
; He laughingly remarked that
j the one thing he liked about
i the trip was the absence of a
! telephone. (He cbnfided, how
ever, that he made a trip to
] Franklin and called Chapel Hill
to see if his wife and four chil
iren were all right i.
When last seen the univer
sity president was preparing his
?ear for another try at the
trout.
Other members of the fishing
party, who spent Thursday
through Sunday at the camp,
Included Don Elias, president
3f the Asheville Citizen-Times
:ompany, Robert M. Haines,
president of Wachovia Bank
md Trust company, Winston
Salem, L. V. Sutton, of Ral
eigh, president of the Carolina
Power and Light company,
rlugh Chatham, of Chatham
Mills in Elkin, Paul Davis, Uni
versity development consultant,
Los Angeles, Calif., Charles
r. Hicks, of New York City,
/ice president of Bowater
Southern Paper corporation,
lean Cartier, of New York,
White Weld company, Fuller
Brown, of the Asheville Mica
company, Newport News, Va.,
Bernard Elias, Jr., of Asheville,
K. O. Eldkin, vice president and
general manager of Bowater
Southern Paper corporation,
Capt. Thomas B. Doe, of New
York, former president of the
Sperry corporation, and D.
Hiden Ramsey, vice president of
the Asheville Citizen-Times
company.
BACK TAXES
ARE STUDIED
BY ALDERMEN
Mayor Names Committee
To Discuss County
Fire Protection
Delinquent town taxes, some
dating back 21 years, were re
viewed by the Franklin board
of aldermen in special session
Monday night.
At the brief meeting, the
board discussed county-wide
fire protection and Mayor W.
C. Burrell appointed a commit
tee to mee% with the board of
county commissioners to work
out some solution to the prob
lem.
In recent months, the Frank
lin fire department several
times has answered alarms out
side the city limits, leaving the
town virtually unprotected for
considerable lengths of time.
Alderman Frank Martin re
marked, "We hate to be cold
blooded about it, but the peo
ple in town pay for fire pro
tection and are entitled to it
24 hours a day."
Mr. Martin, and Aldermen A.
G. Cagle, Erwln Patton, J. C.
Jacobs, and Oscar Ledford were
, appointed to meet with the
commissioners at the latter's
1 next meeting June 2.
Buying another fire truck as
a joint town-county venture
I was mentioned as a possibly so
lution.
Most of the board's time was
taken up in discussing past-due
SEE NO. 5, PAGE 12
N.P.&L PLANS
OPENJOUSE
Public Invited To Inspect
Power Company's New
Home Saturday
The Nantahala Power & Light
company, which recently moved
into its new quarters on West
] Main street, will hold open
house to the public Saturday
between the hours of 10 a. m.
and 4 p. m., it was announced
this week.
Visitors will have an oppor
tunity to see not only the mod
ern new office building but
the shops as well.
Personnel of the company
will be on hand to show the
public through the plant, and
signs will explain the operation
of the various jobs. Booklets
on the operation of the power
company also will be distributed
to adults.
Points of interest, in addition
to the office building, will in
clude the testing laboratory, the
electriclal maintenance shop,
and the mechanical mainte
nance shop.
The company moved Into the
new plant, the cost of which
was placed at $200,000, Febru
Bt
Drug Store
In Highlands Robbed Of
Narcotics, Cash
, A small quantity of nar
cotics and $36 in cash were
taken from the Highlands
drug store early Sunday
morning, the sheriff's office
has reported.
Entrance wa4 gained by
smashing the pane in the
front door, according to Sher
iff J. Harry Thomas, who is
assisting SBI Agent P. R.
Kitchen, of Waynesville, and
( Highlands Chief of Police M.
A. Nelson in the investiga
tion.
The drug store is owned by
C. E. Mitchell.
JESS SHOPE
REELECTED BY
DEMOCRATS
Party Holds Convention
Saturday; Name Four
State Delegates
Local Democrats Saturday re
elected Jess Shope, of Franklin,
Route 1, to his second term as
chairman of the county execu
tive committee at a county con
vention highlighted by the elec
tion of officers and the naming
of four delegates to the state
Democratic convention.
Also reelected to serve with
Mr. Shope on the executive j
j committee were Miss Lassie
j Kelly, of Franklin, vice-chair -
man, and Mrs. Lester Conley,
also of Franklin, secretary.
Named as delegates to the 1
state convention, slated for to
day (Thursday) in Raleigh,
were James Hauser, of Frank
lin, Jim Raby, of Franklin, j
Route 4, C. N. West, of the Wa- [
tauga community, and Morgan
Shatley, of Franklin.
Principal speaker at Satur- ,
day's session was Thad !>. Bry- j
son, Jr., solicitor of the 20th
judicial district.
At precinct meetings
throughout the county last
week, the following were elect
ed to serve as chairman:
Franklin, C. Gordon Moore;
: Millshoal, Jack Cabe; Ellijay,
George Stanfield, Mrs. Lillie
Justice, vice-chaiiman; Sugar
fork, Ab Potts; Highlands, Ar
thur Potts; Flats, Ray Dry man;
Smithbridge, John Conley; Car
toogechaye, Gene Crawford;
Nantahala No. 1, Luther Jacob6;
Nantahala No. 2, J. R. Shields;
Cowee, Frank Gibson; Burning
town, Bill Parrish.
DELIVERS SERMON
The Rev. C. E. Murray, pastor
of the Franklin Methodist
church, delivered the bacca
laureate sermon to Webster
High school seniors Sunday
afternoon at the Savannah
school auditorium.
CLUB WOMEN'S CURB MARKET
HAS COME LONG WAY SINCE
US FORMATION HERE IN 1937
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I ? Staff Photo by J. P. Brady
The home demonstration club curb market has come a long way since its humble begin
ning in 1937 as an open air enterprise on Main street. Open each Friday from 7 a. m. to 1 p. m.,
the market sells fresh vegetables, poultry, jams and jellies, and a number of "specialties". In the
photograph above, Mrs. Bill Phillips (right) is buying a cake from Mrs. R. D. Carson, whose
specialty at the curb market is fancy cakes and pastry. Young Edward Bryant, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harve Bryant, patiently waits for someone to take his money so he can be off for home |
with a loaf of brown bread. Sellers, behind table, include Miss Callie Deal, Mrs. Carson, Mrs. (
Jack Cabe, and Mrs. Nancy Leatherman. i ?;
The home demonstration club
curb market has come a long
way since It y&s set up In 1837
? from an open air street corn
er affair to a present-day enter
prise housed in a tidy white
frame building.
Open one day a week (Friday)
with hours of 7 a. m. to 1 p. m.t
the curb market provides an
average of 30 customers with
fresh vegetables, wild bexry pre
serves and Jellies, home canned
T"""1 a~'t p ? ?
honey. Last year's sales for the ]
season totaled $1,171.85.
And the small market has
I it's specialists too! If its de
licious cakes and pastries
you're after, Mrs. R. D. Carson,
of the Carson Chapel club, has
her reputation already made in
that line. If it's mouth-water
ing old timey brown bread
you're hankering, Miss Callie
Deal, of the Holly Spring's club,
can fill the bill. In fact, most
of the market's seven sellers
h"ve a s~e;'sl!?7 o* ?o?-> fc'r.3.
and it's advisable to visit the 1
market early if one plans to
pick up something special.
The market was the brain- (
child of Mrs. T. J. O'Neil, then 1
home demonstration agent and <
present home economics teach- 1
er at Franklin High school, and <
its beginning was a. humble one, 1
the wide-open expanse of <
Franklin's Main street. !
Looking ahead in 1937, home 1
demonstration women started 1
setting aside five cents on every
State Asks For Bids
On Cowee Highway
115 SENIORS II
READY FOR
GRADUATION
High School Exercises
Planned This Week
And Next
School days, at least on the t
high school level, will be over
this week and next for 115 Ma- c
con County seniors. c
Bidding farewell at com- ,
mencement exercises will be 101 , ^
Franklin High school seniois
Monday at 4 p. m. at Macon
theatre, nine Nantahala seniors v
tomorrow (Friday) evening at 1 c
the school, and four Highlands
seniors Wednesday evening at '
7:45 o'clock at the school. ]
County School Supt. Holland J
McSwain will confer diplomas I ,
at the three exercises. ' J
Sunday, the Rev. A. Rufus | (
Morgan, rector of the St. Agnes I
Episcopal church, will deliver j (
the baccalaureate sermon to
Franklin seniors at 7 p. m. at J
Macon theatre. At 7:45 o'clock '
Highlands seniors will hear the .
Rev. Arthur Ranson, pastor of ,
the Highlands Presbyterian !
church, at the Highlands Meth
odist church.
Dr. Furman Angel has an- !
nounced that he will make j
three awards at Franklin's
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 6
Appoint Mrs. McColhim
Red Cross Secretary
Succeeding Mrs. Long
Mrs. Elizabeth McCollum has i
been appointed secretary of the J
i local Red Cross chapter, sue- 1
| ceeding Mrs. J. Ward Long, who
has resigned.
Registration
Books Closed
For Primary
Registration books closed Sat
irday and with the I lemocratic
>rimary just a little more than
i week away (May 31) the po
itical drums are beginning to
loom with increasing tempo.
Day after tomorrow (Satur
lay i will be challenge day, and
>'ne week later voters will be
;oing to the polls to "X" can
iidates of their choice.
Local registration figures
vere not available late yester
lay afternoon.
While the governor's race be
ween former U. S. Senator
William B. Umstead and former
Superior Court Judge Hubert E.
Dlive will command state-wide
ittention, interest in Macon
vill center on the nomination
)f a five-member county board
>f education and the nomina
;lofl of a representative to con
gress from the 12th congres
sional district.
Candidates for nomination to
the school board are incum
oents, J. C. Sorrells and Charles
W. Nolen, Claude W. Cabe, of
Otto, Allen A. Siler, of Frank
lin, W. S. Calhoun, of Stiles,
Neville Bryson, of Highlands,
Calvin Rolatid, of Franklin,
Charles A. Jacobs, of Nanta
hala, John M. Archer, Jr., of
Franklin, James R. Norris, of
Dillard, Ga., Route 1, Mrs. Jos
eph W. Fouts, of Franklin, and
Mrs. Roy Phillips, of Highlands.
Seeking the congressional seat
now held by Rep. Monroe Red
den, of Hendersonville, are three
Asheville men, George A. Shu
ford, Frank M. Parker, and L.
Dale Thrash. Mr. Thrash is a
former commissioner of the 10th
highway division, and Mr. Shu
ford and Mr. Parker are both
attorneys.
This district picks a state
senator this year from Graham
county under provisions of a
rotation bill passed by the 1951
general assembly. R. B. ijacki
Morphew, Dr. J. H. Crawford,
and Claude Deyton are seeking
nomination.
Local Woman
Will Receive
Duke Diploma
Mrs. Lucy M. Blackwell
daughter of Mrs. F. E. Mash
burn, of Gneiss, is the only
woman among 95 graduates
who who will receive degrees
at Duke University's 1952 com
mencement program June 2.
A graduate of Franklin High
school, class of 1940, Mrs. Black
well took two year's college
work at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee.
She joined the Waves at the
age of 20 and received train
ing at New York City and At
lanta, Ga., before assignment
to Norfolk, Va., where she serv
ed as a Link trainer instructor
for three y^ars. She majored
In mathematics at Duke.
Mrs. Frank Shope, public
health nurse with the health
iepartment here, plans to at
tend a meeting of the western
iistrict public health associa
tion tomorrow (Friday) in
Blowing Rock.
TO BE OPENED
BY COMMISSION
ON THURSDAY
Contract On Franklin
Cowee Highway To
Be Let Soon
Bids for construction of the
i new eight-mile highway from
Franklin to Cowee Gap 'US 23)
will be opened May 27, accord
ing to information received
herei from the State Highway
! and Public Works commission.
Contract for the project is
! expected to be let following a
review of low bids by the com
[ mission at a meeting in Raleigh
May 29.
The letting first was planned
for April, but a delay in alloca
tion of federal funds for the
project postponed any action
until this month, according to
L. Dale Thrash, 10th division
highway commissioner.
Generally, the proposed
Franklin-Cowee Gap highway
will follow the present road b"?d,
eliminating, however, mos* cf
the sweeping curves. Rou' fcJy
one mile will be chopped f rem
the present distance 'rr.m
Franklin to the mountain ;ap
at the Jackson county line.
A culvert will replace F.o V.t
Creek bridge, at the foe cf
Hunnicutt hill, just outsidt he
city limits, and narrow Watauga
bridge will be widened. V. I.
Corkill. 10th highway div ' jn
engineer, explained recently
An estimated million ya:ct< cf
dirt will be excavated to rr a::e
I way for the new 22-foot, "vo
I lane highway, the engineer -aid,
but most of the dirt will be
| used for fills.
The proposed highway wtff!
| have 10-foot shoulders and a ?
100-foot right-of-way. 50 feet
: on each side of the highway
center line.
Beginning at the Franklin
I bridge spanning the Little Ten
nessee river, the highway will
follow almost a straight line to
the city limits, cutting through
the Franklin Used Parts com
pany's junk yard. ^
Several buildings will have to '
be moved from the right -of- ?
way within the city limits- a?
cording to A. E. Snelson, senior
right-of-way engineer.
Mr. Corkill said that, under
present conditions, completion
of the project would take about.
' | a .year.
PLAN THREE '
OPERETTAS
Set For This Afternoon
At East Franklin
By Children
Three operettas will be pre- -
sented by elementary school
children this (Thursday) after
noon at 1:30 o'clock at the East
Franklin school.
The three were given yester
day afternoon at the high 5
school gymnaisum.
First grade pupils of the
Franklin elementary school will
persent a three-act opperetta, .
"Uncle Billy's Candy Shop";
SEE NO. 4. PAGE 6
THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL DIES:
MISTAKES POISON FOR CANDY
A three -year-old girl, who
hought the rat poison she was
?ating was pink candy, died
rhursday morning in a local
lospital of arsenic poisoning.
The child, Gladys Ann Green,
laughter of Mr. and Mrs.
3eorge Green, of Franklin,
*oute 4, was brought to Angel
:linic May 9, two days after she
nistook pink arsenic pills for
:andy at the home her parents
lad just moved into. The par
tnts told the attending phy
sician, Dr. Furman Angel, that
previous occupants of the house
Ti ust have left the poison.
Funeral services were con
Ridgecrest Baptist church by
the Rev. Lee Crawford and the
Rev. Arvil Swafford. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Surviving, in addition to the
parents, are two sisters and
two brothers, Lillie Mae and
Linda and Harold and George,
all of the home, the paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Mollie Green,
of Franklin, Route 4, and tbe
maternal grandmother, Mrs.
Sadie Wikle, of Franklin, Route
4.
Pallbearers were Jimmy TXp
pett, James Sanders, Dennis
Mehaffey, and Jackie Sanders.
Potts Funeral home was fit
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