f CIRCULATION LAST WEEK 2564 Year Ago List Week - 2486 PRICE 10 Cents Jftaeoimn FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1952 POWELL FUNDS FOR MACON'S 2 TOWNS LISTED Will Receive $14,387.32; Aid Checks Coming In September Macon County's two towns ? Franklin and Highlands ? will receive a total of $14,387.32 from this year's Powell Bill funds, according to figures an nounced by the State Highway and Public Works commission. Franklin's share is ?9,830.37 ? an increase of $654.97 over last year. Highlands gets $4,556.95. An act of the 1951 general assembly, the Powell Bill sets aside one-half cent of the state tax collected on each gallon of gasoline for paving and main taining municipal streets that are not listed on the state j highway system. Allocations are based on 1950 census figures and non-state street mileage within the city limits of each eligible muni cipality. Franklin's allocation was bas ed on a population figure of 1 , 975 and 14.54 miles; Highland1 on a population of 515 and | mileage of 8.19. Checks will be mailed ; m September, according to high way oJficials. HOME NURSING COURSE SLATED First For County; 16 Sign For Training; School Starts Wednesday A 30-hour training course for home nursing instructors ? the first of its kind to be offered in Macon County? will get und er way Wednesday morning at the Agricultural building, ac cording to an announcement by Mrs. Gladys Mae Shope, senior public health nurse here, and chairman of home nursing for the county Red Cross chapter. Sixteen women have register ed for the course, which will be taught by Miss Mell Claxton, of Charlotte, regional nursing con sultant. The course is scheduled Sep tember 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9 in the auditorium of the Agricultural building with hours daily of 9 to 12 noon and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Mrs. Shope explained that the home nursing instructor's train ing course is designed to pre pare individuals to teach home jnakers and young people, how to take care of the sick at home simpler, safer, easier, and more effective. Among those who have regis tered for the course are Mrs. Shope, Mrs. E. W. Renshaw, Mrs. Ted A. Oribble, Mrs. Rus sell Cabe, Mrs. Jessie D. Cabe, Mrs. C. N. Dowdle, Mrs. A. R. tm prion Mrs. J. H. Enloe, Jr., Mrs C H. Crawford, Mrs. Ed iSdley, Mrs. E. M. McNish, Mrs. Earl Harrison, Mrs. Flor ence 8. Sherrill, Mrs. Barbara B Hunnicutt, Mrs. George R. McSween, and Mrs. Harve Bry ant. Magician, Hypnotist Will Perform Two Shows Here rreston, acclaimed as Amer ica's foremost magician and hypnotist, will appear at the East Franklin school tomor row (Friday) and Saturday evenings at 8 o'clock, under the sponsorship of the Frank lin Rotary club. Admission is $1 for adults, 50c for chil dren. Net proceeds will go to the Boy Scouts. Dr. Angel Will Receive Surgeon College Degree; Is Leaving For Chicago Dr. Edgar Angel will leave Sunday for Chicago, where he will attend a meeting of the * International College of Sur geons, at which he will receive the degree of Associate in the college. , ' Following the meeting in Chicago, Dr. Angel will visit the Mayo clinic at Rochester, Minn., and the Jackson clinic at Madi son, Wise. He plans to be away about 12 days. Grand Jury Reports On Its Findings The county home "as a whole is in bad need of repairs . . . a sick man needs to be in the hospital instead of the county home . . . one woman stayed in a room without heat all winter . . These are sortie of the obser- i vations made by the August superior court term grand jur- , ors. Also included in the grand j juror's report, on file in the | clerk of court's office, is a i familiar recommendation con cerning Macon's 70-year-old courthouse: ' We as a body of the grand jury recommend that a new courthouse be built as soon 'as funds are available." Records =how that grand juries have been making similar recom mendations for about 50 years. Conditions at the county home over-shadowed all other county ^institutions in the re port. Minor repairs were sug gested for the county jail. The jury's report follows: i "Report of the committee vis iting .jail: Repairs needed to window on south side of hal upstairs, facing and screen in ball condition. Screens should be in, side of windows to prevent prisoners breaking glass. Cell on north side of building ha r. deer torn off hinges, ceiling and windows need repairing. Lock and frame on outside door in need of repairs. Bars on west window in hallway need weld ing or replacing, one glass brok en. No bathroom in jailer's quarters. Toilet room needs re pairs on wall, plenty of room in toilet room for tub or show er. Porch or utility room needed on back of jailer's quarters for ?.vashing machine and storage space. Ceiling needs repairs in living .room of jailer's quarters. I Water heater not adequate for ] amount of hot water needed for cleaning. "(2) Report of committee visiting county home: Very bad need of painting. Four rooms cannot be heated due to con demned t chimney. One woman I stayed in room without heat all I winter. Fire escape not safe. In | need of new steps to kitchen. The building as a whole is in bad need of repairs. Needs new beds and bedding. Bad leak in kitchen. Sick man needs to be in hospital instead of county home, or pay nurse to take care of him. "(3) Report of committee vis iting prison camp: Everything was found all right except in need of two new screen doors in the kitchen. "(4) Report of committee vis iting courthouse: Three mem bers visited all offices in court house and found that all offices are well kept, under present conditions of courthouse build ing; and the grand jury rec ommends some place to store tax records In lawyers' room '?pstairs. "We as a body of the grand jury recommend that a new courthouse be built as soon as funds are available." AM VETS POST IS ORGANIZED Second Meeting Friday; Welch Named Post Commander A local post of the Amvets, veterans organization, was formed here last Friday night, with L. B. Welch, Franklin merchant, as temporary com mander. This week Mr. Welch called a second meeting of the post for tomorrow (Friday) night at 8 o'clock at the courthouse. Explaining that the Amvets are interested in obtaining a state bonus for veterans of both world wars and of the Korean war, Mr. Welch said all veter ans are invited to the meeting. Other temporary officers of the post, which starts with a membership of about 20, in clude: Sam Tallent, adjutant; Edgar Guffie, finance officer; and Henry W. Edmonds, public relations officer. HOMECOMING PLANNED A homecoming Is planned at the Liberty Baptist church Sun day, September 7, it has been announced. ? ? ' ? r ' ot h: J P. Brady ' The new Cartoogechaye Baptist church, started in 1949 and recently completed at a cost of approximately S12,OOC\ was dedicated at a special all-day service Sunday. The Rev. W. L. Sorrells, pastor of the Iotla Baptist church, delivered the dedication sermon. The new structure, situated about eight miles ivest of Franklin on I'S 64, has six Sunday school rooms in the basement and a iarse auditorium on ihe ground floor. The Rev. Andrew t loer is pastor. Membership in the church, first organized in 1900, is about 150. STATION IS BURGLARIZED Second Break - In For Roper's Within Year; Sheriff Probing For the second time in less than a year Roper's Service station en Harrison avenue has been the victim of a break-in. Sheriff J. Harry Thomas re ported Tuesday that the station was entered sometime Monday night ofr early Tuesday morn ing. A small amount of mer chandise, valued at about 55, ! was taken, he said. The sheriff, being assisted in ] the investigation by S.B.I. Agent j P. R. Kitchen, said several fingerprints have been found j and are being studied. Almost a year ago, over the j Labor Day week-end, Roper's station and two other businesses here were broken into. These burglars ? two men and two women ? were picked up about a month later and were con- j victed at the December, 1951, court term here. CLOSING LABOR DAY The local health department will be closed Monday, Labor Day, it has been announced. Swimming Pool At Golf Course Opens, Guard On Duty The Jaycee-operated swim ming pool at the Franklin Lodge and Golf Course open ed yesterday (Wednesday). Hours daily will be 12:30 to 5:30 p. m. A lifeguard is on duty. Admission is 20 cents for high school students on down; 40 cents for all others. Child Bitten By Snake, Reportedly Copperhead Katie Marie Thomas, two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Porter Thomas, of the Prentiss community, was ad mitted to Angel clinic Monday morning, after having been bit ten by a snake, reportedly a copperhead. The child, said to have encountered the snake while playing near the garden, was given treatment, and was able to return to her home Monday night. REUNION SLATED The Crawford-Slagle-Hogsed j reunion will be held at the ( Slagle Memorial building Sun- | day with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. j Slagle as hosts. POWER COMPANY VEHICLES WILL TAKE TO AIR WAVES Motorized units of the Nan tahala Power and light com pany here Will be taking to the air waves soon. Recently purchased by the company, which has home of fices in Franklin, were 15 two way radio communication sets that will be put into operation as soon as radio operator's per mits are received from the Fed eral Communications commis sion, according to H. H. Gnuse, Jr., vice-president of the com pany. The new equipment is being Installed, he explained, for the purpose of providing better service to the customers In this area and to facilitate routine and emergency repair work. The short wave radio net work consists of 12 combination transmitter-receiver mobile sets which are affixed to the vari ous service and maintenance trucks and engineers' cars throughout the service area, and three fixed stations ? at the Franklin office, Nantahala power house, and Thorpe pow house, respectively. The antenna at Franklin is approximately 2,100 feet above sea level, the one at Nantahala is mounted atop a surge tank and has an elevation of about 3,050 feet. The Thorpe antenna is located at the Thorpe dam and is near ly 3,600 feet above sea level. The three fixed stations, Mr. Gnuse said, should permit com munication to any point within the service area, and for short distances the mobile sets can communicate directly with each other, i Assigned frequency of these sets is 37.7 megacycles and each set has a power ol 50 watts, which should prortde coverage within a 20-mile ra dius in this mountainous area, the vice-president added. With this new system of com munication, It was pointed out, service calls can be handled quicker and more efficiently by radioing a service track In the area, thus eliminating consider able travel time and expeme. Also, maintenance work will be greatly facilitated by the maintenance men In different locations being able to talk to one another while the work Is in progress. Another interesting feature about this Installation, accord ing to company engineers, is that in case of a power failure at any of the fixed stations, an automatic device starts a gaso line or diesel generator so the I radios can still be operated in any kind of emergency. The mobile units are battery oper- ' ated. Power company officials ex plained that the investment in equipment was made so the company could continue to sup ply its more than 10,000 custo mers with dependable electric service. NP &? L serves a five-county area ? Macon, Jackson, Swain, Cherokee, and Graham. DEDICATING NEWREFUGE Ceremony Slated Saturday By Biological Station In Highlands The Margaret Carmen Howell Wildlife refuge, situated under Whiteside View, will be dedi cated by the Highlands Bio logical station Saturday after noon at 4 o'clock. A rustic marker has recently been erected at the beginning of the trial, which winds through the tract, according to Dr. Thelma Howell, executive director of the station. Dr. Leland Rodgers has be gun a preliminary survey of the flora of the tract, which to a large extent Is primeval forest. Friends of the donor of this tract and of the station are invited to attend the dedication. To facilitate the transportation problem, those attending the dedication are asked to meet at 3:30 p. m. at Whiteside View on US 64, and transportation from there will be provided by ?the station. Will Explain Mica Program Here Tuesday A meeting to explain the fed 'eral government's mica purch asing program 'will be held at the courthouse here Tuesday at 10 a. m. Announcement of the meet ing was made by H. E- Harraan, Jr., of Atlanta. Ga., regional di rector of the government's Gen eral Services administration, ?under whoee auspices the meet ing will be held. Representatives are expected to be present from tbe Spruce Pine depot of the mica pro gram and from the GSA While the meeting is primar ily for mica producers and min ers of this area, all miners from any area will be welcome, the announcement said. Methodist Ministers Hold Meeting Monday At Arrowood Glade A meeting of Methodist min isters of the Waynesville dis trict and their families drew about 100 persons to Arrowood glade Monday. The affair was marked by business sessions and a picnic dinner. The Rev. W. Jackson Huney cutt, of Waynesville, district su perintendent, presided at the check-up meeting of the minis ters, at which reports were made on evangelism, finances, and special projects, such as construction or improvement of churches and parsonage/3. Judge Sweeps Dockets Clean SCHOOLS OPEN 1 ON WEDNESDAY McSwain Calls Teacher Meeting For Tuesday ? At East Franklin The doors of .Macon Coun- i ty's 11 schools will swine !, open for the 1952-53 school \ year promptly at 8:45 a. m. i. w ednesday. I ' In preparation for the open- 1 oth dockets, the judge ordered i recess Tuesday morning and returned to his home in Char otte. Although recessed, the :ourt term remains active under the law until Saturday in the event that a pressing case should arise. Final dispositions were made In 79 of the 137 cases listed on the criminal docket, 33 defen dants were called and fa:ied to appear, 22 continuances were granted, and the grand , . ry re turned no true bill action? in several other .rises scr.-.duled for trial. With the opening c ? :.ut, August 18, Judge Bobbit* roved swiftly through drunk Viving and traffic case- a: .1 last Thursday called a rec. until Monday ar 10 a m. u * ~?.tle law enforcement off ic- to' round up a. number ot ? en dants who failed to as pr in court. Several cases on the civil docket were disposed '? r>nd two divorces were grants! Second week jurors we ? Lex Arnold. Ralph Tajlent. A E. Posts, Doyle Speed; Joe :ght, Wiley Stamey, Lyman Z r- PTy. Roy W. Carpenter, - a'ton Smith, Floyd Roper, R? , Me? Conneil, Harley Jones, J> ' n W. Edwards, Cline Evans. Lyman Ballew, and H. H. Wright Last Minute Items MRS. DILLS DIES Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lavonia Iiills, who died Tuesday afternoon in th" Eili jay community at the age cf 84, will be conducted today i Thurs day) at 11 a. m. at the Mt. Grove Baptist church. PLANS OPEN HOUSE Parents and interested per sons are invited to attend an open house at Mrs. Joseph W. Pouts' kindergarten Saturday from 5 to 7 p. m. ? In the event ol bad weather, Mrs. Fouts said the open house will be held Monday at the same hour. Children may be registered for kindergarten at the ope a house, she added. SING PLANNED > The fifth Sunday siiigfnr convention will be held at the courthouse from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m., It has been announced by Jim Raby, president. All singers are Invited to attend. POSTPONES MEETING The monthly meeting of the Franklin Garden club, slated for Monday, has been moved ahead to the following Monday, Sep tember 8, in order not to con flict with the Labor Day holi day, it has been announced. MEETING POSTPONED A meeting of the Macon County Methodist Youth Fel lowship sub-district, scheduled for Monday evening, has been postponed because of the Labor Day holiday and will be held a week from Monday. Septem ber 8, at the Franklin Metho dist church, it has been an nounced. COMPLETE WORKSHOP Four Macon County teachers ? ? T T_t>ve. Mrs.' Pauline Love, Mrs. Mildred Martin, and Miss Lout?, rean ? completed their wofi ft the Western Carolina Teacher? college forestry work shop last week with a field trip to Bent Creek Experimental station anil Holmes State nur sery. BOOTH STAYING OPEN The Franklin Chamber t Commerce booth on Main strei will remain open through Sep tember, according to Mrs. ' Htrsley. secretary. In past years, the information bootb closed at the end of the Labor Day week-end.