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rUNKUN, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1953
TWELVE PAGM
? KUSTERER IS
NOMINEE FOR
SCHOLARSHIP
Franklin High Senior
Picked From Three
For Honor
John Joseph (Jack) Kusterer,
Franklin High senior, has been
chosen as this county's nominee
for one of the $l,250-a-year
Morehead scholarships to the
University of North Carolina.
Yesterday he, along with
nominees from 17, other coun
ties in the mountain area, was
interviewed by the district
Morehead committee in Ashe
ville. Those recommended by
that committee finally must ap
pear before a state committee,
which will select the students
to be awarded scholarships.
This is the first time More
head scholarships have been
available to high school stu
JACK KUSTERER
dents, and the exact number to
be awarded has not been an
nounced. It Is understood, how
ever, that some eight or 10 out
standing North Carolina high
school seniors of 1953 will win
these coveted scholarships.
They will be awarded on a
basis of intelligence, character,
and imagination, supported by
achievement and physical health
and vigor, to male students giv
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 12
MEANDERING
ALONG
MAIN STREET
'NEW DEAL' NEEDED . . .
pandemonium almost took over
a bridge game at the home of
Mrs. Woodrow Reeves on Wed
nesday night of last week. The
'pasteboards' were given a
thorough cut by Mis. Ed Wil
liams and were then dealt by
Mrs. Mildred Perry . . . Mrs.
Reeves picked up her hand ? 13
hearts; Mrs. Perry stared at
13 clubs; Mrs. Elizabeth McCol
lum oggled 13 diamonds; and
Mrs. Williams peered at 13
spades . . . AND the hand was
not played because of the ex
citement, the ladles say . . .
, GLANCES . . LEFT AND
RIGHT . . . sidewalk engineers
slept happily Wednesday night
of last week after watching the
removal of the old! frame Jam
ison Building nextl to the post
office. The one-story building
was jacked up, put\on wheels,
and moved to a lot\on Palmer
Street . . . and already folks
are pointing to the vacant hole
on Main Street and asking
"what was there?"
POLITICS ... TV, with all
its snow and blurred and
jumping images, was quite
popular here Tuesday . . . some
thing aboyt the inauguration of
Gen. Eisenhower being telecast
. . . Main Street slowed to a
crawl and more than a hand
full of men filled the Western
Auto Associate Store /where
Verlon Swafford had a TV set
operating ...
NO ROBINS? . . . Spring took
an early look at Macon Mon
day ? folks almost basking
under a blue and cloudless .sky
. . . and before the groundhog
made his annual prediction,
too . . .
STILL CHRISTMAS ... It ap
pears that everyday is Christ
mas in Franklin . . . strings of
lights, although not burning,
are still dp ... no trees spot
ted tho'
Duncan And Wood Purchase
Baptist Lot On Palmer Street
Frank B. Duncan and Lee Wood, Franklin Businessmen, have
purchased the Baptist-owned lot at the intersection of West
Palmer .Street and US S3, which has been deemed unsuitable as
a church building site by the First Baptist Church.
Purchase price was $25,*M, according: to Mr. Woods.
Members of the church recently cave up trying to build a new
S2H,Nt church on the lot when it was found that the pouuf
was not solid enough to support a large building. The church
now plans to build on the present church grounds, razing the
old building as construction proceeds.
The lot was purchased in July, 1948, from Erwin Patton and
E. C. Kings berry for $16,5M.
Grading On
New Project
Moves Ahead
Grading on the new Frank
lin-Cowee Gap Highway (US
23), hampered In recent months
by bad weather, got a new
spark of lUe Monday with the
arrival of two heavy-duty earth
moving machines, according to
S. T. Usry, resident state high
way engineer.
"Things should progress rap
idly, barring more bad weath
er", he said
The two large machines, put
on the job by the contractor,
J. C. Critcber, Inc., each can
move approximately 25 yards of
dirt in one operation, the en
gineer explained.
To date, he said approximate
ly 200,000 yards of dirt have
been moved on the project,
which over-all Involves moving
more than a million yards.
All through-traffic has been
detouring around the $618,000
project for several months, via
Bryson City.
Bank Of Franklin
Renames Officers
All officers and members of
the board of directors of the
Bank of Franklin have been
reelected for another year.
Directors include A. B. Slagle,
M. L. Dowdle, H. W. Cabe, Fred
M. Arnold, Grover Jamison, Sr.,
R. S. Jones, and L. B. Liner.
Officers of the bank are Mr.
Slagle, chairman of the board,
Mr. Dowdle, president, Mr.
Jones, vice-president, Mr. Cabe,
cashier, George Dean, assistant
cashier, and Grover Jamison,
Jr., assistant cashier.
A report of condition at the
close of business on December
31, 1952, listed the bank's as
sets at $2,241,804.19.
Sneed Takes Over
Local A & P Store
Clyde H. Sneed, a native of
Murphy, Monday took over du
ties as manager of the local
A & P Store, succeeding Hoy
Gwaltney, who has taken over
the management of a super
market in Waynesville.
Mr. Sneed has been with the
grocery chain for seven years
and his last store was in Sylva.
He and his wife and two chil
dren are living on Lyle Street.
Mr. Gwaltney was manager
of the store here for seven
years.
Meeting Of Methodist
Men Set Tuesday Night
The Macon County Methtfdist
Men's Club will hold its/Janu
ary meeting at the Franklin
Methodist Church Tuesday eve
ning at 7:30. Erwin Paltam,
president, will preside. Meiftr
bers of the church's Wesleyarr
Service Guild will serve the
supper.
BANQUET SET
BY JAYCEES
Will Mark Anniversary,
Special Award, And
'Bosses Night'
Plans for a three-purpose
banquet in February were shap
ed by the Franklin Jaycees at
a brief meeting Monday night.
The banquet, tentatively slat
ed for February 16 at Slagle
Memorial, Will mark:
(1) the first anniversary cel
ebration. of the organization,
(2) the presentation of a Dis
tinguished Service Award to
"Macon County's Young Man of
the Year", who is now being
nominated by other civic organ
izations, and (3) the observance
of "Bosses Night", with Jaycees
bringing their employers as spe
cial guests.
Dwight Baty, of Waynesville,
Jaycee district vice-president,
attended Monday's meeting here
to discuss the organization of a
Junior chamber in Bryson City
City with the local organize
Arnold Fust, billed as He
Modern Magician" will open
his tag of tricks at two per
formances here Satorday under
the sponsorship of the Frank
lin Jaycees.
The magician will present a
children's matinee at 2:30
o'clock and an evening show at
8. Both performances will be
at the East Franklin School.
tion as sponsor. Highlands and
Sylva also were mentioned as
prospects for Junior chambers.
The district vice-president
extended an invitation to mem
bers of the local organization
to attend a district supper
meeting in Waynesville on Feb
ruary 4. Jaycee President Jadk
Ragan said yesterday that sev
eral members have indicated
they plan to attend.
Franklin's junior chamber was
formed in February of last year
and its development has been
rapid as the "most western
Jaycee organization in the
state"'. Among outstanding proj
ects undertaken by the Jaycees
was the leasing and reopening
of the swimming pool at the
Franklin Lodge and Golf
Course. Because a new water
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 12
Nurse Wffl Talk
To lotla P. T. A.
Mrs. Frank Shope, public
health nnrse, will be the prin
cipal speaker at a meeting of
the lotla Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation Monday evening at the
school.
Piano pupils of Mrs. Weimar
Jones also will take part in the
program. The meeting will be
gin at 7 o'clock.
The nurse's topic will be "War
on Tuberculosis", and she plans
to show a 20-minute film, "On
the Firing Line", which shows
the many ways this country is
fighting tuberculosis.
During 1952 In Macon
STORK BESTS REAPER
IN STATISTICS RACE
That fabulous bird ? The
Stork? left the Grim Reaper in
the dust in the vital statistics
race in Macon County during
1952.
Figures compiled for the year
just ended by Lake V. Shope,
register of deeds, show there
were 328 babies born and 128
deaths.
The largest number of births
? 189 ? occurred In the county's
largest township, Franklin. This
, was more than double the [
I number of deaths; 67
Flats Township had the low- |
; est birth-death figure with one
and two, respectively.
The figures follow, by town- ;
ships. The 'births appear first,
deaths, second:
Franklin, 189-67: Nantahala,
6-7; Ca.rtoogechaye, 16-11; |
Burningtown, 9-3: Smithbridge,
12-7; Flats, 1-2; Millshoal, 10-5; i
Ellijay, 15-11: Sugarfork, 22-3;
Highlands, 36-9: and Cowee,
12-4.
LOCAL COUPLE I
LEASES LODGE
ON GA. ROAD
Pattillos Plan To Open
Franklin Tourist
Resort May 15
The 50-acre Franklin Lodge
and Golf Course on the Geor
gia Highway lUS 23 1 has been
leased by Mr. and Mrs. G. R.
Pattillo, of Franklin, Route 4, 1
according to T. W. Angel. Jr.,
and Frank B. Duncan, co-own
ers of the property.
'Mr. and Mrs. Pattillo plan to
open the lodge for the season
May 15. The lodge will be avail
able for special meetings and
parties, they said, and the din
ing hall will be open to the
public.
The small tourist resort was
operated last season by Stutts
Gilbert and Jack Martin, of St.
Petersburg, Fla.
H. H. Gnuse
Renamed To
Scout Post
H. H. Gnuse, Jr., of Franklin,
has been renamed chairman of
the Smoky Mountain Boy Scout
District for another year.
Other local men elected to
posts include John Edwards,
district commissioner, and Mac
Ray Whi taker, chairman of the
health and safety committee.
Co-chairmen of the local Boy
Scout fund drive will be the
Rev. C. E. Murray and Grant
Zlckgraf. Mr. Gnuse said this
week the drive will get under
way here the second week in
February, in conjunction with
the national campaign.
&n effort is being made at
the present time to encourage
local Scouts to attend the In
ternationa] Boy Scout Jamboree
in the state of Washington this
summer, the district chairman
said. Tentative plans call for
a chartered train to leave from
Atlanta, Ga., to take Scouts in
this area to the outirig,. be
added.
Approximately 3ft boys are
active in scouting ir< the Frank
lin area and all aje eligible to
make the trip, Mr. Gnuse said
BASKETBALL
RESULT^
The week's basketball clashes
saw:
The Franklin lads and lassies
chalk up victories over Bryson
City and Sylva.
Highlands fall lay the wayside
under the cage antics of Chero
kee and Cullowhee.
Nantahala split a pair with
Hayesville.
The 'Franklin male and fe
male teams pulled their first
wins of the week Friday night
in Bryson City, the lads win
ning 64 to 49 and the girls 47
to 23. Tuesday night they con
tinued their red-hot pace by
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 12
What's
Doing?
Today (Thursday*, January
22, Baptist deacons at Cowee
church, 7 p. m.
Friday, January 23, Franklin
cagers meet Cherokee here,
7:30 p. m.
Sunday. January 24, fourth
Sunday sing, 1 :30 p. m., Telli
co Baptist Church.
Monday, January 26, Junior
Woman's Club, Presbyterian
Church annex, 7:30 p. m.
Monday, January 26, March
of Dimes talent show, Nanta
hala School, 7:30 p. m.
Tuesday. January 27, Macon
County Methodist Men's Club.
7:30 p. m., Franklin Methodist
Church.
Tuesday, January 27. Nanta
hala basketball teams play Rob
binsville, at Nantahala, 7:30 p.
m.
Tuesday, January 27, Frank
lin cagers play Cullowhee here,
7:30 p. m.
Crew Begins
i
Way ah Road
Survey Here
An eight-mail state highway
crew, headed by Engineer A. O.
Crisp, started a preliminary
survey of the Wayah Road this ]
week.
Wayah Road, a Nantahala
Forest Service road taken over
by the highway department last |
year, branches off the Murphy
Highway (US 64 1 and goes
through Wayah Gap to the !
Nantahala community.
L. Dale Thrash, 10th division 1
highway commissioner, an
nounced here in December that
the stretch would be relocated
and surfaced from the end of
the present blacktop at Cold
Springs to the Nantahala
School.
The survey crew has taken an
office in the Burrell Building.
SO DAIRYMEN
GOTOSCHOOL
All-Day Session Marked
j By Panel Discussion
And Film Showing
Approximately 50 Macon Coun
ty dairymen and prospective
dairymen attended an all-day
dairying school Wednesday of
last week at the agricultural
building.
The morning session was
marked by a panel discussion
on feeds, breeding, dairy man
agement, and the outlook for
the county, in the afternoon
the dairymen saw a film, ""No
Hand Stripping", on the most
efficient practices In milking
cows.
County Agent S W. Menden
hall was moderator tit the
morning session Menfoers of
the panel included J. D. George,
of Raleigh, dairy extension
specialist: W. R. Murley, from
the animal industry (fcpartment
at N. C. State College, Raleigh;
Q P. Faison of the N. C. De
partment of Agriculture: Dorris
Brown, of Raleigh, farm man
agement specialist; rand Charlie
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 12
Burley Meet
Is Planned
Friday P. M.
"With the burley tobacco
planting season not too far off,
a meeting of bUTley growers Is
planned tomorrow (Friday* at
?the agricultural building to
discuss the latest practices for
producing maximum yields.
Proper soil type, fertilization,
disease and Insect control, cur
ing. grading, and marketing,
and a number of other impor
tant points in burley growing
-will be discussed, according to
County Agent S. W. Mendenhall.
The session will begin al 2
p. m.
He -pointed tut thai many
burley growers in this county
were pleased vcith the prices
they received tr<om last year's
crop, but that others would
have lited to hove done better.
"That's what this meeting is
for", the county agent explain
ed "to discuss and learn new
practices so all growers can re
ceive maximum returns from
their allotments."
Polio Drive Gets
Top Billing Here
Heed This!
License Deadline Just
Eight Days Away
Motorists ? do you feel hot air
blowing down your necks?
You should, for some 2,000 of
you still have to purchase 1953
license tags, according to Ver
lon Swafford, manager of the
local office of the Carolina
Motor Club.
And only eight shopping days
remain ? the deadline is Janu
ary 31. After that date, all
motorists driving with 1952 tags
will be subject to arrest, Mr.
Swafford pointed out.
Through Tuesday afternoon,
sales at the local office were
slightly below last year's. The
office reported that 1,613 tags
have been sold, as compared
with 1,634 for the correspond
ing period in 1952.
Sales in 1952 totaled 3,849.
'Players' Meet
To Pick Officers
Mrs. Ted Reber last Thurs
day night was renamed presi
dent of the Franklin Commun
ity Players, amateur theatrical
group, and plans were mapped
for presenting another play.
Others named to serve with
the president are Miss Inez
Crawford, vice-president, and
Fred Dowdle, secretary-treasur
er.
Elected to the "Players" board
of directors were E. J. Carpen
ter, Mrs. Allen Siler, Holland
McSwaih, and Lowell McKee.
Mrs. Siler and Mrs. Frank
Siersma were apDOinted by the
president to read a number of
plays and select one for the
group to present early in the
spring.
In December the organization
gave its first play, "Dear Ruth"
which was received with en
thusiasm by townspeople.
Mrs. Reber said as soon as
a suitable play has been select -
; ed, try-outs will be held. She
emphasized that the try-outs
j win not be solely for members,
ani said anj?me interested in
joining the non-profit organiza
tion will be invited to compete
for a role.
Mashburns Buy Henson
Store On Main Street
"Roy Mubburn and son, Billy
TOashburn. have purchased
"Benson's "Peed and Grocery
Ftore on Main Street from Tom
Benson.
The store will be managed
*y Homer D. Johnson, who has
been long associated with the
Washburns In other business.
Mr. Hemton said tfeis week he
has no definite plans for the
tiiture.
Kirs. Jones To Speak
At PTA Meet On Feb. 2
Mrs. Wtimar Jones, P. T. A.
district director, will be the
Ciiief speaker at Die meeting
of the East Franklin Parent
Tatcher .Association February 2
at 7:30 p. m., it wat announced
th* week by Mrs. "Walter Tayl
or, who ic first vice-president
and program chairman.
Mrs. Ernest Hyde president,
will preside.
Rep. Dean's Appointments
In House Are Announced!
Republican Walter Dean, Macon's rr preventative to the
general assembly, has been appointed to the fellotrtag com
mittees:
Appropriations; Education; Expenditures of the House; Fed
eral and Interstate Cooperation: Journal; I/Ocal Government;
Mental Institutions; Public Utilities; Roads: Salaries and Fees;
Enrolled Bills; and Library.
Mr. Dean, who defeated Rep. C. Tom Bryson by a narrow 1
margin in the November, 1952, general election, is the first Re
publican this county has sent to the house of representatives
in 26 years.
He and Mrs. Dean are living at 615 N. Blount Street while ^
in Raleigh.
Dr. J. H. Crawford, the 33rd district's 84-year-old senator, tuu I
been named vice-chairman of the Roads committee and got {
appointments to the Appropriations. Education, Election Laws ;
and Senatorial Districts, Public Health, and Mental Institutions J
bodies. 1
Zounty Moves To Go
Over Top Of Its*
$3,501 Goal
News-wise, the March of
Dimes drive rates top billing in
hlacon County this week, for
nore activities are centering
iround it than any other one
;hing.
Indications are that folks
throughout the county intend
to go over the $3,500 goal? they
remembered all too well that
:rippling polio hasn't spared
Macon and that their dimes are
the answer to licking the dis
ease.
Signs of the drive's success:
Two, and possibly three,
square dances are planned this
coming week and next for the
benefit of the March of Dimes.
Saturday night at 8 o'clock,
the local American Legion past
will hold a dance at Slagle
Memorial Building. Ralph Pen
land and his string band win
furnish the music.
Another dance, wlin proceeds
earmarked (or the dimes drive,
is planned January 31 at S
p. m. in the Franklin High
School gymnasium under the
sponsorship of the local Vet
erans of Foreign Wars post. Joe
Ed Wilson will be caller and
music will be by Harry Rober
son and his band.
Otto School, which Saturday *
night raised more than $100 for
the polio campaign with a
square dance, tentatively plans
another the night of January
30? the birth date of the late
President Franklin D. Roose
velt. founder of the March of
Dimes. Harry Roberson, who js
in charge of the drive in the
Smithbridge Township, said
more deiinite plans will be an
nounced next week.
The Nantahala community
will level its guns at polio
Monday night at the school
with a talent show.
All proceeds of the show, be
i ing sponsored by the commun
ity home demonstration club,
are earmarked lor the March
of Dimes drive. The show will
start at 7:30 o'clock.
Prizes and more, prizes will
be offered to the best enters
tainers and everyone is invited
to participate, according to Mrs.
Ralph Solesbee, H. D. club pres
ident.
A volunteer army of women
will ban together in Franklin'
the night ef January 2? for ai
"Mothers March on Polio''.
Members <vf the Franklin Jun
ior Woman's Club will lead the
dooi-to-<toor campaign.
County School Supt. Holland
McSwain is leading theccionty
widf i drive this year.
TOUTS DISCHARGED"
Pfc. John H. Fouts, who re>
cently returned from a year's
tour of duty in Germany, has
received his discharge from the
army and is now spending a
short time with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Nondus Fouts, of
FtOTfcBn, Route 3. He entered
service in January, 1951.
SING SCHEDULED
The fourth Sunday sing of
the Northern division of the
Macon County Singing Conven
tion is scheduled to be held at
the Tellico Baptist. Church be
ginning at 1:30 p. m., it has
been announced.
The Weather
The week's temperatures and rainfall, at
recorded in Franklin by Manmi
['. wrather observer, and at the Covecta
! I ydrokigic Laboratory:
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 55 21 ?
Thursday 64 31
Friday 69 33 ?
Saturday 58 40 .08
Sunday 59 44 .63
Monday 64 23 ?
Tuesday 54 28 .06
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rata
Wednesday 54 21
rhursday 59 31
rridav 67 36 ?
Saturday 58 38 .08
Sunday 58 41 US
Monday 62 22
Tuesday 55 27 _