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FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1952
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ROCK CREW I
WORKING ON
GEORGIA RD.
Preliminary To Future
Project To Resurface,
Widen Span
A State Highway department
crew is sounding rock on the
Georgia highway (US 23) in
preparation for the future job
of widening and resurfacing the
15-mile stretch from Franklin
to the Georgia state line.
While funds have already
been allocated to the county
for the project, the actual date
work will begin is not known.
A preliminary survey was com
pleted by the highway depart
ment this spring.
In late 1951, Gov. W. Kerr
Scott announced that S450.000
was being allocated far the
project from surplus highway
funds.
Construction of the new 7.34
mile highway from Franklin to
the Jackson county line, also
US 23, is expected to get under
way sometime in August. This
new span, which cuts the dis
tance from Franklin to Cowee
Gap by one tnile, and entails
~ the excavation of a million
yards of dirt, will cost $618,000.
The clearing the right-of-way
for this project already has be
gun.
Methodist Plan
Old Time Picnic
At Arrowood
An old fashiop church picnic ?
featuring swimming, games, and
plenty of food ? is planned by
the Franklin Methodist church
and Sunday school tomorrow
(Friday) at Arrowood Glade.
Swimming in the natural
pool at Arrowood will consume
most of the afternoon hours
until games get under way at
4 o'clock. A proverb guessing
contest is planned at 6:30 and
the picnic supper will be spread
at 7 o'clock.
Scheduled games include steal
the flag, three-legged races,
father and son relay, slipper
kicking contest, family relay
races, ball passing contests, and
a "mouth- full - of - crackers"
whistling contest.
All church members are' urg
ed to join in the fun and not
to forget to bring a basket of
food. Soft drinks will be sup
plied by the Methodist Men's
class.
The committee in charge of
the annual outing includes
Frank Martin, Dr. George R.
McSween, E. W. Renshaw, Mrs.
Russell Cabe, H. H. Gnuse, Jr.,
Margaret Jones, Richard Jones,
Richard Renshaw, and Roberta
' SnvcVr.
RICKMAN REUNION PLANNED
I The annual Rickman reunion
will be held Sunday at the
home of R. R. Rickman, ac
cording to an announcement by
R. C. Rickman, president.
Flower Show
Winners Are
Announced
Despite predictions that un
seasonably dry weather this
summer would affect the flow
er show sponsored here Satur
day by the Franklin Garden
club, exhibits were as fresh and
colorful as ever.
More than 300 persons visited
the show, held at Slagle Me
morial building. There were
more than 300 entries this year,
displayed by 49 flower growers
in this area.
Sweepstake honors went to T.
M. Deckman, of Jacksonville,
Fla., and Skywater lodge here.
The runnerup was Mrs. J. W.
Kahn, of Franklin. The sweep
stake award this year was giv
en by Mrs. Q. M. Wilson, of
Highlands.
Mrs. Allan Brooks' outstand
ing exhibit took top place in
the tri-color feature of the
| show.
Judges were Mrs. T. W. Duck
worth, Sr., and Mrs. Floyd
Hipps, of Asheville, and Mr".
A. W. Eottoms, of Canton. They
are accredited amateur flower
show judges.
Mi. T. W> AngeJ, J.r., and
Miss Mary Willis were in charge
of the show, which is annually
presented by the local garden
club.
Winners, by classes, were:
Horticultural: Dahlias, Mrs.
Ted Reber, first, Mrs. J. W.
Kahn, second, Mrs. Alvin Mag
non, third; Roses, best display,
T. M. Dechman, first, second
and third place; Rose, (single),
Mrs. J. Ward Long, first; Asters,
Mrs. Mack Whitaker, second;
Zinnia (single), Mrs. Joe Dow
dle, second; Zinnias (large),
Mrs. Joe Dowdle, first, Miss
Mary Willis, second, Mrs. Edgar
Tippett, third; Zinnias (small),
Jane Long, Mrs. Virgil Watkins,
second and third; Petunias, Mrs.
T. W. Angel, Jr., first, Mrs. T.
W. Kiser, second, Mrs. Bob
Burnett, third; Petunia, (sin
gle), Ann Fagg, first, second,
and third; Gladioli (one color),
SEE NO. 9, PAGE 10
Franks Home
Saved From
Forest Fire
Fast work on the part of vol
unteer fire fighters saved the
I home of Will Franks in the
j Brendletown section Monday
i afternoon when a flash forest
: fire roared up a small hollow
i behind the home.
i About 10 men including sev
j erat from Franklin and a crew
j clearing the right-of-way for
the new Franklin-Cowee Gap
highway, beat out the fire, but
j not before it burned Mr. Franks'
I chicken house, be;o hives, and
pig pen. So close was the fire
to the Franks home sparks set
the front yard on fire.
It is believed that the fire
started while some boys were
burning yellow jacket nests in
the hollow near the Franks
hortte.
? Staff Photo by J. P. Brady
Meet one of the artists behind the famous Smoky Bear, the
friendly bruin with service hat and shovel, who warns folks
about forest fires. He's Rud'olph Wendelin, the smiling gentle
man in the foreground and art director for the U. S. Forest
Service in Washington, D. C. Mr. Wendelin has been at the Co
weeta Hydrologic laboratory here for the past two weeks, as
sisting with the filming of a movie, "The Waters of Coweeta",
showing the operation of the hydrologic laboratory. He is do
ing an animated series for the film. In the background is E. A.
Johnson, forester in charge at Coweeta. And at the left, on the
artist's desk, is ? you guessed it ? Smoky Bear, with his usual
message about preventing forest fires. The Smoky Bear car
toons appear regularly in The Press, so the amiable animal is
no stranger here. Other forest service personnel at Coweeta in
connection with the film are Richard Mosher, director, Richard
Fryer, cameraman, and Leland Prater, chief of still photo
graphy.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BIOLOGICAL STATION!
? Staff Photo by J. P. Brady I
This group, conducting research at the Highlands Biological station, has been making life
rough for salamanders in the vicinity of the station for the past couple of weeks, since the live*
and times salama.nders happen to be the special project they are working on. They are (L to R)
J. C. Knepton, of Wesleyan college, curator of the station's museum of natural history, Miss Vir
ginia Switzer, of Wesleyan college, Dr. Arnold G robman, Richard Highton, and Edwin McConkey,
all of the University of Florida. The biological station, founded in. 1927, is celebrating its 25th
anniversary.
SILER FAMILY
|MEET1NG SLATED
Klan Will Gather Here
Next Week For Its
101st Session
Marking the end of its first
century, the Siler family reun
ion will be held next Thursday
(August 7 1 at the old Albert
Siler home, on Cartoogechaye.
The host and hostesses will
be the Rev. A. R.ifus Morgan
and his sisters, Mrs. H. E. Freas
BOOK IS PUBLISHED
The new Siler family book,
"The Family of Weimar Siler",
by .Mrs. Leona Brvson I'orter,
came off the press this week,
and is now on sa.lc at The
Franklin Press. Copies 01 the
book, which sells for .s3, also
will be available at next
week's family reunion,
of Franklin, Mrs. J. M. Par.r. of
Charlotte, and Miss Lucy Mor
gan, of Penland. They mitty i
bought' the place, old liomc of j
their grandparents, Mr. and !
Mrs. Albert Siler.
This year's session of the re
union will be the 101st. but will i
mark the end of a century of
Siler gatherings. The discrep
ancy is due to the fact that, ;
many years ago, the date of
the meetings was chanced from
New Year's to the first Thjirs- !
day in August, and that year j
two meetings were held.
The "Family Meetings ', as the
Silers call their reunions, have
been held without a break for ]
100 years ? and always in Ma
con County.
Last year's meeting drew an |
attendance of approximately |
300, coining from 16 states and
one foreign country, and this !
year's gathering, celebrating the
end of the reunion's first cen- J
tury, is expected to be equally |
well attended.
All-Stars Pound
Out 14-4 Victory
Over Claytonites
The Franklin All-Stars rack
ed up a lop-sided 14 to 4 win
over the Clayton All-Stars in a
game on the local athletic field
Sunday afternoon.
Moundsman C. D. Corbin kept
Franklin's head 'way above the
water by pounding out a double i
and a home run, in addition !
to fanning 10 men. Catcher |
Norman Seay also chalked up a
homer for the locals.
Franklin will meet an as yet j
unnamed South Carolina team j
here Sunday at 2:30 p. m.
101 Degrees
Recorded Tuesday, Could
Be An All-Time High
The mercury blew its top here
Tuesday, rocketing up to what
is believed to be an all-time
high of 101 degrees.
While there is no official way
of checking to see if an all
time record was set, sweltering
Maconites will be willing to step
forward and say "it's never
been hotter". The high for the
day last year was 86 degrees,
according to Manson Stiles, lo
cal U. S. weather observer.
But Maconites are gradually
netting used to this unseason
ably hot weather. It's been in
the 90s almost everyday for
the past two or three weeks.
r'HlLLBlLLY DAY'
1 IN HIGHLANDS
I
Towr. To Polk Fun At
Hollywood Movies In
Ail Cay Festivities
If you'd like to poke .un at
th" way Hollywood depii'ts t!v
hillbilly in it- Tickers, drop up
Highland , way tohiorrow t n
doyi.
You see. the Macon County
town has proclaimed A\v.r^\ I
(that's tomorrow i as uliiciu:
"Hillbilly D*.y", movie-styi*-, that
is.
But a word of earning ?bet
ter go dressed as you think a
movie hillbilly should be, or
you'll wind up in a stockade on
Main street. All non-con/ovm
ing dressers 1 even the Uiwn s
police oflicers will be totin' cap
and ball rifles, with 'coon skin
caps adorning their pates i go j
to the log bastille. A small fine
will buy freedom.
Proceeds from the all-tlay
'?hootin' and hollerln'". which
includes square dancing, a i
"houn' dawg" show, and string !
band concert, will go to the |
town's recreation center fund.
POOL OPENING
Franklin Jaycees expect to
open the pool they recently
leased at the Franklin Lodge
and Golf Course sometime |
next week, according to Vic
Perry, chairman of the pool
project.
The piping of water from I
near-by springs to the pool ,
, was completed yesterday j
(Wednesday) by C. S. Brown, 1
local contractor.
Swimmers will be charged I
for the use of the pool, as a j
means of paying for the serv
ices of a full-time lifeguard I
and pool maintenance. I
CELEBRATING
25TH BIRTHDAY
'Biologist's Haven' Has
Grown Rapidly Since
1927 Founding
Here's a Happy Birthday to
the Highlands Biological station,
where scientists and students
alike conduct biological research
in an exciting area described
as "the greatest biological as
set in eastern North America."
Founded by a group of men
and women who recognized the
need for promoting biological
research in the South, the sta
tion is celebrating its 25th an
niversary.
As its own ' birthday present",
it currently is sponsoring an
anniversary lecture series, fea
; ing noted personalities in the
?:<. of biology
T:;? foupdin<r of the unique
"hhvpn for biologists"1 in 1927
on the unusual since it
;< 'i brainchild of a group
-ather than scien
tists. With a "do forward" pro
rani as this group of
?n and ' organized as
the fligh'anc. "" :=eum of Na
tural Hi torv with '.he purpose
? ot calling a tun:' of -ev
SE? ??JO. !0, PAGE 10
Local Cub Scours
And Dads Camp
Over Week-En-? I
Camping and hiking in th"
-De^o Gap area rounded out a
'.,;i iVp?k-end for Franklin Cub
Sr-itjts and several ul thf;ir
fathers. I
The group, untie1" +vi? loader
ship of Cub Master Han-y Cor
bm. set up cainn at f>pi Can
Sat'.irdav afternoon and hik"<i
to the top of Standing Indian
as p. pre-supper appetite build
er.
I 'en Chiefs accompanying thp
Cubs irfcluded Scouts Lewis
Cabe, Tommy Gnuse. Leonard
Long. Edward Shatley. and
Jack Mooney.
Cubs making the trip were
Jimmy Gnuse. Jerry Fatton,
Sandy Kinney. Billy Crawford,
Paul Cabe. Con Henderson. Jim
my Sutton, Douglas Vinsbn,
Tommy McCall, Jimmy McCol
lum. Haze Snyder. Johnny
Hunter. John ? Mooney, Bobby
Swan. Paul Edwards. Arthur
Hays, Douglas Pearson. Brown- j
ie Shuford, Billy Wooten, John- j
ny Taylor, and Tommy Wai
droop.
Fathers "roughing it" with
the Cubs were John Swan. Rus- j
sell Cabe, David (Zoryt Sutton,!
John Edwards, H. H. Gnuse, and I
James McCollum.
Local Talent
Comedy Being
Staged Here
If you've noticed local citizens
trotting around town talking to
themselves this week, think
nothing of it! They're just me
morizing lines for the musical
comedy, "Crazy Daze", slated
for presentation tonight (Thurs
day) and tomorrow at the East
Franklin school. Show time
each evening is 8 o'clock.
The entire cast of the show,
being sponsored by the Frank
lin Junior Woman^ club as a
benefit proposition, 1? made up
of local men, women, and chil
dren and performances prom
ise to be conversational gems
for many weeks to come.
For example: Members of the
local Lions club and other busi
nessmen will enact the "Wom
anless Wedding", a laugh -pro
voking skit In anyone's langu
age.
In addition to the comedy,
"Crazy Daze", five special re
views, Including the above men
tioned wedding, are listed on
the program.
A coronation ceremony Is
planned Friday night to crown
a King and Queen of Mothei
Goose Land. Sixteen of Frank
lin's younger set are entered
In the contest.
In the comedy, Dick Stott li
cast as Herbert Williams, a
henpecked, extremely frustrat
ed husband-of-sorts, who l!
dominated by his nagging wife
Vera, (Miss Elizabeth Ann Phil
lips) and his acld-tonguet
mother-in-law, Ima Crabb (Mrs
Joyce Cagle). Still more laugh
ter Is injected into the play b;
the not-too-bright but willing
to-learn Toby (Sherlock Home
ly) Jones, played by Frank ]
Murray, Jr., and Lawsy Am
Sakes, the hillbilly maid wit)
an eye for Toby, portrayed b;
Miss Betty Lou Constance.
The proverbial teen-age ro
manclng rests with Doroth
Williams (Miss Julia Hunnicutt
and Phil, the boy next (Jooi
(Dan Angel).
A sauve touch is added b
Count Cecil Sissingham (Lyl
Raby) , and a mysterious ele
ment by Aza Post (Buddy Bid
die). The brat child of th
Williams' is played by Marga
ret Crawford.
Cast of the cowboy, cowgir
and Indian review include
Margaret Swan, Betty McGuir<
Betty Bullock, Bill McGuiri
Dwain Horsley, Beverly Brysoi
Launa Baker, Janice Bowmai
| Douglas Pearson. Jimmy McCo]
lum, Sandy Kinney, Edwar
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 11
FOKKHiN GROUP
VISITS COUNT
Delegates To Farm-Hom
Institute Tour Lab,
Lumber Concern
A group of 23 fbreign dele
gates to the International In
?- ? it nto in Farm and Home Plan
v-i, toured the Coweeta Hydro
'<->?> ie U boratory and Zickgra
H:>rdv.')'.d company here yester
dav ''r-tir,c>divi under th
?rird :h- r ' 'vi ?> County Agen
S "W. Mendn^hnll.
The in titu'e is btiri'.: h"UI n
| N. C S'iitp col cge. Ralei -r?
de>_'gates ar" being condiute
on tours of counties thro lghou
th* state. Those heve y?-.<t ?
da;, represented the countrle
of Austria. Denmark. Frantt
thf United Kingdom, sr.d Yug'>
slav;a.
Mor.teith, Republican.
Candidate, Will Speak
Tonight In Highland:
Ili'trh Monteith. Republican
camfKlate for conerrsv from
the 12th congressional district,
is slated to speak at the
Highlands municipal auditor
ium Umight (Thursday) at 8
o'clock. He is a well-known
Sylvr. attornev. The public is|
invited to attend1.
ATTEND CLl'B WEEK
Macon County 4-H clubbers
attending 4-H Club week in
Raleigh last week were Clay
Sams. Otto club. Brandon
Christy, Franklin High club,
Aneda Cabe. Otto club, Nancy
Sutton, East Franklin club, and
Nancy Cable. Iotla club. They
we.re accompanied by Assistant
County Agent T. H. Fagg.
49TH ANNUAL
BAPTIST MEET
IS NEXT WEEK
Moderator Stockton Gives
Program For 2-Day
Macon Session
This county's largest church
? group?the Macon County Bap
I V'W association? will hold its
4Jth annual session next Thurs
day and Fricia/ August 7 and
8.
Thursday's all-day meeting
will be held at the Oak Grove
church and Friday representa
tives of the county's 12 Baptist
churches will gather at the
Iotla church.
Hours for Thursday's hieeting
will be 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.; Fri
day's, 9:30 a. m. to 3:15 p. m
In announcing the two-day
progTam, Moderator J. Horner
Stockton forecast a record
breaking turnout and urged
representatives to attend all
phases of the annual session.
Last year's attendance went
over the thousand mark
Thursday's program Is organ
ized as follows:
10 a. m., song service, devo
tional by the Rev. W. L. Sor
[ | rells, appointment of readin"
clerks; 10:15, call for church
letters, enrolling and seatine of
messengers: 10:30. organization,
recognition of visitors; 11 : 1 5 ,
associational work, report by
Mrs. Beatrice D. Finger: 1 ; '!?),
doctrinal sermon bv the ? y
j | SEE NO. 4. PAGE 10
Explains Status
Of New Veterans
Korean GI L- -7
Since a number of ex-s^r i-e
men in the county have inquir
ed about the new Public Law
550 (Korean War Veteran GI
Bill), the local veterans se-v:ce
officer, R. E. (Tonyi Wdcr,
Monday issued a statement con
cerning the status of the new'-.
enacted law.
The law, passed July 16, does
not become effective until Aug
ust 20, the veterans officer said,
and the only definite informa
tion his office has at this time
is to the effect that a bulletin
on the law is being compiled
and should be ready for issue
In about two weeks.
However, veterans of the Ko
rean war, who received dis
charges after June 26, 1950. may
now submit applications for
u mustering-out payment through
( the local veterans office !n the
courthouse. A Report of Sepa
l ration is the only requirement
I for making application, Mr
Welch said.
j ! Education and training' b;ne
' : fits, comparable to those for
- j World War n veterans .n tfle
' original GI Bill, are provided
e ( tor veterans who have served
srl:i,?1 forc? anywhere
'since June' 27. 1050.. under 'cms
6f the new G. T. Bill for Ko?
Irean veterans, which become
* | law with the President's signa
" ; ttirc or July 1G. While the new
-(law took effect on that date,
:;no training allowances will be
paid for any period prior to
August 20.
^Patton Church
Plans Revival,
, School
A daily . a atinii Bible school
and revi al : vices arc plan
ned at Patton Chanel Metho
* . dlst church next v??k.
Startin Monday, the Bible
school will be held each day at
9:45 a. m., with Mrs. Lawrence
Patton in charge
S I The revival services will be
held each evening at 8 o'clock
| with the iRev. R. L. Poindexter,
ti- 'or r i ->i" Methodist circuit,
! in char e
The Rev. Fred Hill, one of
j tv.r iv;, :? divinity school stu
| Mpt-is "?risking in this county,
! will assist both in the school
I and . i." rpv v;:.
OX LEAVE HERE
| Capt. M. Gist Welling, who re
turned last Wednesday from
seven month's duty in Korea as
commander of Company K, 7th
Infantry Regiment, 3rd division,
| is spending a leave with his
| wite and two children here. The
Wellings plan to leave this week
j for visits in Maryland and Vlr
, ginia. Mrs. Welling is the for
mer Miss Katherlne Godwin.