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vol. lxviu? no. s
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1953
TWELVE PAGB
Community
Takes Fifth
In Contest
Holly Springs ? one of two
Macon communities entered in
the 1952 W.N.C. Rural Commun
ity Development Contest ? tied
for fifth place in a field of 70
in the competition.
The 60-family community,
which spent an estimated $74,
000 for improvements during
the contest year, split a $50
prize with Allen's Creek, a Hay
wood community.
Macon's other entry, Carson,
did not place in the top brack
et.
The winners were announced
Saturday at an awards meeting
in Ashevllle. Attending the ses
sion from here were County
Agent 8. W. Mendenhall, Wal
ter Taylor, president of the Hol
ly Springs community, Mrs.
Mary B. Justice, vice-president
of the community, Mrs. Rita
Ferguson, community reporter,
and Mrs. Jack Cabe, and Misses
Othello Cabe and Mildred Cor
bin, also of Holly Springs.
Holly Springs' large expendi
ture during the year included
$57,000 for new homes or addi
tions to old ones; $6,203 for in
side home Improvements; and
$10,730 for outside work.
The community's most out
standing project, one that re
quired the help of every fam
ily, was the conversion of the
old Holly Springs school build
ing Into a community center.
Women of the community
canned 32,000, quarts of food
and 129 acres of ladino-orchard
grass pasture were seeded. Some
7,000 new birds went into hatch
ing flocks and 151 animals
were added to beef herds.
Clark's Chapel has Joined
Holly Springs and Carson in
entering the- 1953 contest.
State Tax Man
Is Coming Here
Robert Penland, deputy col
lector with the N. C. Depart
ment of Revenue, will be In
Franklin Fehruary 10 and 11
and March 10 to assist tax
payers in filing state income
tax returns.
He will be In the courtroom
at the county courthouse on
each of the dates from 9 a. m.
to 5 p. m.
.SAILS FOR KOREA
Lt. Col. W. N. Sloan, Jr., son
of W. N. Sloan, of Franklin,
sailed for Korea Tuesday. For
the past two years he has been
stationed at Fort Sill, Okla.
His wife and two children will
remain at Fort SHI.
MEANDERING
ALONG
MAIN STREET
MEMO TO THE PUBLIC . . .
no news Is good news to every
one except a newspaper . . .
since the first of the year, hap
penings in Macon County, which
as a general rnle fairly seethes
with choice bits of news, has
slipped into a void of inactiv
ity .. . this makes newsmen dig
deeper and harder . . . symp
toms of inactivity-gamble park
ing space on Main Street, the
hustle and bustle of people re
cording documents in the reg
ister of deed's office dropped
considerably this week, store
clerks, generally on the move
constantly waiting on custom
ers, were noted sipping coffee
or Cokes more frequently dur
ing the day, "back warmers"
were sorely missed around the
pot-bellied stoves . . . Why?
maybe the first of the year
slump, change of administra
tion, upshoot of flu and colds,
bad weather . . .
BO PEEP . . . you must have
lost your you-know-what . . .
they were grazing on the lawn
in front of the Van Raalte plant
Tuesday afternoon . . .
RALEIGH, PLEASE NOTE . . .
"I like the pretty maroon and
white license plates so much",
lamented the lady motorist,
"they matched my car so per
fectly."
PUZZLE OF WEEK . . .
how did the magician, Furst,
get out of the wooden box?
PRUETT DIES
SATURDAY OF
MISHAP HURTS
Was Crushed By Tunnel
Car January 10;
Services Here
Buron Jason Pruett, a 41
year-old Macon County native,
died Saturday in the C. J. Har
ris Memorial Hospital In Sylva
of injuries received in an ac
cident January 10 on a power
project in Jackson County.
A tunnel foreman fox the
Harrison Construction Com
pany on the Nantahala Power
and Light Company's Wolf
Creek hydro-electric project,
Mr. Pruett was crushed by a
tunnel car loaded with rock.
He and his family recently mov
ed from the Iotla community
here to Jackson County.
Funeral services were con
ducted Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at the Iotla Bap
tist Church, of which he was a
member. The officiating minis
ters were the Rev. William L.
Sorrells, the Rev. C. C. Welch,
and the Rev. Judd Duvall. Bur
ial was in Woodlawn Cemetery,
Franklin.
Mr. Pruett, a member of the
Junaluska Lodge No. 145, AF
and AM, was born August 21,
1911, the son of Mrs. Elsie Dills
Pruett and the late Jason Pru
ttt, of the Cullasaja commun
ity. In 1932 he was married to
Miss Vernon Parrlsh, who sur
vives.
Other survivors include two
daughters, Mrs. Ray Potts, and
Miss Beatrice Prtiett, of Frank
lin; three sons, Tommy, Ken
neth, and Edward, of the home;
two brothers, Vernon C. Pru
ett, of Ellijay, Ga., and Berlin
C. Pruett, of Franklin? two sis
ters, Mrs. R. M. Gaston, Jr., of
F&yettevllle, Ala'.,' and Mrs. Nell
Lamb, of Orange City, Fla.
Pallbearers were E. L. Hyde,
George M. Slagle, J. R. Ray, Ed
Whitaker. James L. Hauser, and
John Bulgin.
Potts Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
SEWER JOB
IS STARTED
\
Supervisor Reports For
Work; Local Concern
Has Contract
Work got under way on the
Bonny Crest sewer extension
Monday.
Phillips and Ward, a local
concern, recently was awarded
the contract with a low bid of
$2,601 lor the installation of
7,432 feet of pipe and the con
struction of 19 manholes.
Bill Brandon, of Murphy, who
has been hired by the town to
supervise the project, reported
for work Monday. He is stay
ing at Kelly's Inn.
All materials for the exten
sion, which will allow same 40
Bonny Crest residents to tie in
to the town sewer system,, are
being furnished by the tomn.
Will Draft 19-Year-Olds;
First Since World War II
For the first time siqce World War II, 19-year-olds are going
to be drafted from Macon County.
Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones, selective service secretary, said this
week the county's February 10 call for 15 men will include four
19-year-olds.
She said, with a few exceptions, that all 20-year-olds regis
tered with the board have been drafted. It is a policy of the
board to take older men first.
In many sections of the country, boards have been drafting
19-year-olds for some time under a speed-up in selective service.
However, this county has been able to meet its quota without
dipping into the lower age group.
The secretary said the names of the draftees will be released
for publication after the men have reported for induction. Ten
men also are scheduled to go to Knoxville, Tenn., for preinduc
tion examinations with the draft contingent.
V.F.W. Post
Auxiliary
Given Cup
A silver cup was awarded the
local Veterans of Foreign Wars
Auxiliary for the best conduct
ed ritual of the year in Dis
trict 17 at a quarterly meeting
Saturday and Sunday in Ashe
ville.
Mrs. Elizabeth McCollum ac
cepted the cup on behalf of the
auxiliary.
Representing the local auxil
iary at the two-day session
were Mrs. Marie Barnard, Mrs.
Margaret Dowdle, Mrs. Frances
Newman, Mrs. Byrda Nell Per
ry, Mrs. Mildred Perry, Mrs.
Edythe Reeves, Mrs. Clyde
Slagle, Mrs. Jessie Sutton, and
Mrs. Annie Laurie Welch.
The meeting opened Saturday
with a banquet and dance at
the George Vanderbilt Hotel
and business sessions were held
Sunday.
Iotla P.T.A.
Hears Nurse
Discuss TB
A talk by Mrs. Frank Shope,
county health nurse, supple
mented by a film, and selec- j
tlons by piano pupils of Mrs. j
Weimar Jones marked the pro- j
gram at Monday night's meet
ing of the Iotla. Parent-Teach
er Association.
At the business session, the
group voted to buy a combina
tion vacuum cleaner-waxer for
the school. Principal Harry
Moses recommended the pur
chase.
Treasurer Ed Bradley report
ed $200 in the treasury, but ex
plained shades ordered for the
school rooms are to be paid for
from this. The vacuum-waxer
is to be bought an the monthly
payment plan. Mr. Bradley also
reported that $92 has been con
tributed to date toward paying
for the new book cases recently
installed in the achool.
It was voted to hold future
meetings at 7:30 p. ,m. instead
of 7.
The subject of Mrs. -Shope 'b
talk, dealing with tuberculosis
as a public health problem, was
SEE NO. 2. PAGE 12
Macon 4-H
CLUBS NAME OFFICERS
Officers of Macon County's
15, 4-H clubs have been elected
and plans of work for both bojrs
and girls have been outlined
for 1953.
The year's calendar for the
boys, by months, lists: Febru
ary, dairying; March, beef cat
tle; April, farm and home elec
tricity; May, crop production;
June-July-August, visits and
project work on farms with
individual club members by the
agent in charge; September,
records and organization; Oc
tober, forestry; November, table
manners; and December, Christ
mas programs. Assistant Coun
ty Agent T. H. Fagg is In
charge of the boys' 4-H move
ment.
Mrs. Barbara B. Hunnicutt,
assistant home agent, said this
week that the girls' monthly
subjects include: February, 4-H
dressing unit; March, rural
electrification; April, "As Oth
ers 8ee Us"; May, local dress
review; June, dairy foods dem
onstration; July, principal of
good frozen foods; August, an
nual picnic and record keep
lug; September, organization
and planning; October, com
pletion of record . books; No
vember, table setting and serr
ice; and December, Christmas
programs.
County council meetings axe
planned In March, June, and
September.
County council officers are
Baddy Waters, of the Nanta
hata club, president; Nancy
Cabe, Franklin club, vice-presi
dent; and Brandon Christy,
Franklin club, secretary-treas
urer.
Officers of the 15 clubs fol
low:
Union: Oladys Dehart, presi
dent, Frances Teague, vice- ;
president, Dolan Bates, secre- ,
tary-treasurer, and Virginia
Shuler and Barbara Henson, ]
song leaders. ,
Iotla: Betty Lee Waters, pres
ident, Bruce Houston, vice
president, Sue Hughes, secre- ,
tary-treasurer, and Marine ;
Morgan and Margaret Tallent,
song leader*.
SEE NO. 1, PAOE 12 1
COMMERCEBODY
PICKINGBOARD
Mail Election Under
Way To Select
5 Directors
By mail-ballot, the Franklin
Chamber of Commerce this
week is picking five men to
serve on its seven-man board
of directors.
The 10 men in the race, se
lected by a nominating commit
tee, are Verlon Swalford, Vic
tor Perry, William Katenbrink,
Wiley Brown, Holland McSwaln,
Jess Conley, Reid Womack,
Henry W. Cabe, R. R. Gaines,
and Lee Wood.
E. W. Renshaw, president of
tht commerce body, and Oscar
Ledford are the two members
of the present board. Both are
serving their second year of
two-year terms.
The deadline for mailing bal
lots is February 5, according to
Mrs. Lasca E. Horsley, secre
tary.
New officers for 1953 will be
nominated by the board of di
rectors at an early date.
4 Franklin High
Girls And Beck
Going To Clinic
When the fifth annual music
clinic for "Western North Caro
lina high schools opens tomor
row (Friday) at Mars Hill Col
lege, four Franklin High girls
will be among singers attend
ing from 22 other high schools.
S. F. Beck, Franklin music
director, said yesterday he has
selected Misses Ann Hays, Cafl
ene Sorrells, Mary Ann Johns
ton, and Norma Jean Welch to
represent the local high school
at the "two-day went.
The clinic, which will fea
ture rehearsals and conferences,
will be climaxed by a concert
at the college Saturday ?eve
ning.
I
What's
Doing?
Today (Thursday ) , Woman's
Society tot Christian Service,
home of Mrs. C. HJ. Dowdli, X
p. m.
Friday, March of Dimes square
dance, Otto School, 8 p. m.
Friday: Quarterly meeting of
Baptist promotions executive
committee, Longview Baptist
Church, 7 p. m.
Saturday, March of Dimes box
supper and cake walk, Eart
Frankltn School, 7:30 p. m.
Saturday, V. F. W. sponsored
March of Dimes square dance,
Franklin High gym, 8 p. m. |
Saturday, box supper and i
cake walk. Union School, 7:30 ,
p. ra., proceeds for school and
polio drive.
Monday, local N.C.E-A. dinner !
meeting, Franklin High cafe- ,
teria, 6:30 p. m. ,
Monday, regular meeting of (
Franklin Board of Aldermen,
lown office, 7:30 p. m. ,
Monday, regular meeting ,
board of county commission- { ]
srs, register of deed's office. <
10 a. m. I j
Monday. regular meeting | <
:ounty board of education,
school superintendent's office ! !
10 a. m. Ij
Monday, Franklin Jaycees, j
Nantahala Building, 8 p. m. If
RAMSEY WILL
ADDRESS UNIT
HERE MONDAY
State Education Board
Official To Discuss
School Goals
D. Hiden Ramsey, vice-chair
man of the State Board ol Ed
ucation, is slated to be the chief
speaker at a dinner meeting of
ihe local unit of the N. C. Ed
ucation Association here Mon
day evening.
The dinner will be served in
I) HIDEN RAMSEY
the Franklin High cafeteria at
6:30 o'clock.
Special invitations to attend
have been extended members of
the Macon County Citizen's
Committee for Education, ac
cording to Mrs. Roberta Parker,
local N.CJ5.A. president.
Mr. Ramsey, an executive of
the Asheville Citizen -Times
Company, will explain the leg
islative goals for schools.
Students of the home eco
nomics department of the high
school, under the supervision of
Mrs. T. J. O'Neil, will prepare
and serve the meal.
Polio March
In Franklin
Set Tonight
At 7 o'clock sharp tonight
(Thursday), the Franklin fire
siren will signal the start of a
"Mother's March on PoJio", a
door-to-door campaign to put
the county over the top of its
$3,500 March of Dimes goal.
Leading the march will be
members of the Franklin Junior
Woman's Club. When the fire
siren soands, homes wishing to
make contributions are request
ed to leave porch lights burn
ing as a signal so the town can
be canvassed as rapidly as pos
sible.
Elsewhere in the oounty, other
events we tetng planned with
proceeds earmarked for the
dimes drive.
Tonight'* march by the vol
unteer army of women is even
more significant for today is
the birth date of the late
Franklin D. Roosevelt, founder
of the March of Dimes.
Tomorrow fFridsy ) night at
8 o'clock, Otto School will be
the scene of a second March
of Dimes -square dance. Harry
Roberwm. drive chairman in
the Smithhridge Township, is
in charge of the ?vent and the
music. Two weeks ago, a dance
at the school raised approxi
mately $!?? for the campaign.
Three events ? two box sup
pers and cake -walks and a
square dance? win bold DM en
tertainment spotlight on Satur
urday night
Millshoal Township, led by
Owen Amnions, township chair
man, win sponsor a box supper
and cake walk at the East
Franklin School at 7:30 o'clock
to finish raising the township's
share of the county goal.
At the same hour another box
supper and cake walk will get
under way at the Union School,
ivfth the proceeds to be divid
ed between the dimes drive and
the school.
Harry Roberson and his band
*nd caller Joe Ed Wilson, will
start things hopping In the
franklin High gymnasium at 8
3'clock at a square dance spon
sored by the Veterans of For
eign Wars pKfst.
School Supt. Holland Mc
Swain. county chairman, ex
pressed the hope this week that
the series of events wUl push
the county over its goal.
Rate Boost Given
Telephone Concern
Auto Tag 5
Deadline
Saturday
Saturday is "the day", motor
ists ? the deadline for buying
1953 automobile license plates.
After the deadline, operators
of motor vehicles unadorned
w:*h the state's new black and
yellow tags will be open to ar
rest.
Where to buy them? At the
branch office of the Carolina
Motor Club, situated at the
rear of the Western Auto As
sociate Store, Franklin.
After lagging far behind since
they went on sale December 1,
tag sales here finally have pull
ed almost up to last year's
sales for a corresponding peri
od, according to Verlon Swaf
ford, local C.M.C. manager.
As of Tuesday afternoon new
tag sales totaled 1,977 as cam- 1
pared with 1,991 for the same
period last year, he said. The :
figure includes 1,222 automo
bile tags, 685 truck, 65 trailer,
and five motorcycle.
Sales here in 1952 totaled 3,
849.
BASKETBALL
RESULTS
The week's cage tilts found
Franklin High lads and lassies
continuing to bowl over all op
position in the Smoky Moun
tain Conference; Nantahala
splitting twin bills with Rob
binsville and Murphy; and
Highlands falling under the at
tack of Bryson City.
Last niglA (Wednesday), the
Franklin teams locked horns in
the Cullowhee gymnasium with
the Cullowhee Stingarees. Out
. come of the cage classic were
? nol known at press time. A win
by the Cullowhee lads, who were
defeated by the local cagers
earlier in the season, would
j throw thf. two teams in a tie
for top spot in the conference.
Friday night in Murphy the
Nantahala boys took a 45 to 37
licking, but the girls evemed up
the night's tilt by rolling over
the Murphy girls, 33 to 11. How
ever. Tuesday night the deal
1 was reversed at Nantahala, the
girls losing 49 to 26, the boys
winning a close one 42 to 40.
In Franklin Friday night the
looil lads chalked up a one
side 73 to 30 victory over the
Cherokee Indians and the girls
continued undefeated with a
' 45 to 37 score,
Bryson City journeyed to
Highlands Tuesday night and
packed away bttth james. The
Jioys won 59 to la, the girls 25
to 19.
Blaze Destroys
Can House In
Short off Area
A small can to use in the
Shortoff section burned early
.Friday morning.
The owner, Jim Crawford,
set his loss at $3,000. Cause
of the fire was undetermined,
according to Sheriff J. Harry
Thomas, who Investigated.
Baptist Committee's
Quarterly Meeting
Is Slated Tomorrow
The quarterly meeting of the
Baptist promotions executive
committee is scheduled to be
held at the Longview Baptist J
Church tomorrow (Friday) at
7 p. m., the Rev. W. N. Cook, '
chairman, has announced. *
Dr. Dumont Clark, of Farm- 5
e.rs Federation, Lord's Acre '
Plan, will deliver the closing 1
message. Representatives of
Baptist churches throughout the
county are expected to attend.
P. T. A. WIIX MEET V
1
The Chapel School (Negro) I
Parent-Teacher Association will a
hold its regular meeting Tues- S
day night at 7:30 o'clock, it hM !h
been announced. 1
iO Cents Increase On
Residents; $1.25
On Business
A 50-cent increase on resi
lential and $1.25 on business
elephones has been granted the
Vestern Carolina Telephone
Company, which serves Frank
in and Highlands.
Effective date for the rate
like is February 11, the first
lay of the company's billing
nonth.
Announcement that the tele
jhone company has been giv
>n the go-ahead for boosting
ts rates, was made yesterday
: Wednesday) by the N. C. Util
ties Commission, which has
seen studying a rate increase
;>etltlon submitted by the com
pany in October. A hearing on
;he petition, which met with
:onsiderable opposition here,
was held by the commission in
December.
The new rate schedule for
Pranklllvjand Highlands follows,
the old rate appearing in par
enthesLs:
RESIDENTIAL: one - party,
S4.75 ($4.25); two-party, $4
($3.50); four-party, $3-50 ($3);
rural, $3.50 ($3).
BUSINESS: one-party, $8.50
($7.25); two-party, $7.25 ($6);
four-party, $6.25 ($5); rural,
$6.25 ($5).
R. E. McKelvey, general man
ager of W.C.T.C., said the new
increase will bring in an annual
gross revenue of $76,242. with a
net revenue, after taxes, of $36,
758.
The utilities commission esti
mated the increase would give
the company a six per cent re
turn on its investment, he add
ed.
In its original form the com
pany's petition asked for an
incrsase of $1.25 per telephone
unit. However, the petition was
later amended to lower the one
party residential rate in Frank
lin, Highlands, Bryson City, and
Sylva to 75 cents per unit.
Soon after the company an
nounced its request for an in
crease, opposition from custom
ers began mounting. The Frank
lin Chamber of Commerce board'
of directors submitted a resolu
tion protesting the increase and
several private citizens raised
funds to send a lawyer to the ?
December hearing to fight this .
area's case.
In addition to Franklin andi
Highlands, W.C.T.C. serves Bak*
ersville, Bryson City, Sfcrnsville,.
Cashiers. Cherokee. CutTcrwhee^
Hayesville, Hot Springs, Marion,
Mashall, Mars Hill, Sylva, and
Weaverville.
Main Street Restaurant
Is Bought By Saunders
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Saunders,
former residents of this coun
ty, have bought The Coffee
Shack here from Mr. and Mrs.
R. N. Walker, and took over
operation of the West Main
Street restaurant last Friday.
The establishment will be
known hereafter as Saunders'
Cafe.
Mr. Saunders is a native of
this county and Mrs. Saunders,
the former MJss Bertha Smith,
was reared here. They have
made their home in Canton for
about 25 years, where Mr.
Saunders was employed by the
Champion Paper and Fiber
Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker have
not announced their plans.
The Weather
The week's temperatures and rainfall, as
recorded in Franklin by Manns Itfhi.
IT. 9 weather observer, and at tha Cows at*
r ? --
HytlroJofie Laboratory:
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 57 42 .75
rhursday 59 28
Friday 53 36 .79
Saturday 55 33 .27
Sunday 34, 24 .13
Monday 59 23
Tuesday 56 34
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Vednesday 59 38
"hursday 57 24
Wday :... 54 36 1.17
laturday 47 38 .4>
unday 38 23
londay ...... 58 20
"uesday 56 28