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By WEIMAR J ON ICS
Continued Prom Editorial Pace
In this big city, he found, the
law had eliminated the city
noise he had most (eared, the
honking of automobile horn*, at
least at night; and It had gone
a step farther, and eliminated
a major cause of sleeplessness
in a little town like Franklin ?
the barking and howling and
yelping of dogs in the dead
hours of the night.
This latter is a night noise
there is no excuse far Frank
lin to have.
Nobody likes a dog better
than I, but I have no right to
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keep a doc unleaa I have a
glace to abut him up at night,
and am willing to take the
trouble to put him there.
I have no right to let my dog
keep my neighbor awake, bark
ing or bowling or fighting under
his bedroom window ? and re
member, when it come* to a
dog, your neighbor may be the
man who lives a couple of miles
away!
Good nelghboirllness demands
that I not let my dog make
night miserable for others.
And if I am not a good
enough neighbor to recognize
that responsibility, then It is
up to the town government to
step In and do something about
it.
Referring to Mrs. F. H. Potts'
recent suggestion that the
churches organize an "antl
loneliness" campaign, to see to
It that something Is done to
make life a little brighter and
more Interesting (or the elderly
and shut-ins, a friend in an
other state writes me, In a per
sonal letter:
"I was so pleased about the
-loneliness campaign'. I hope
you keep your ear to the
ground on this business and
prod people on.
"The church Is as strong as
people make It, and too often
we sit back in Judgment and
use little energy to ACT."
What is YOUR church doing
about bringing a bit of sun
shine into the lives of the shut
ins and the elderly in its com
munity?
What are YOU doing?
We've all heard funny stories
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M acon Sports Rounds
By J. P. BRADY
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It looks like we are having a
bard time burying basketball
this season. For the past couple
or three weeks this column has
been chronicling the demise of
the drlbble-and-shoot sport, but
' won't stay under. Could be
that we arent qualified under
takers?
Anyway, the Franklin All
Stars, a motley aggregation of
young and aging cage men, took
iheir sneakers and fast-break
ing tactics over to Whittiar
| Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
AT banquets. Here's one ABOUT
a banquet.
It seems that Ralph Fisher,
Brevard attorney, Republican
stalwart, and perennial wit, was
on the program to deliver the
response to the address of wel
come, at a recent Republican
banquet in Ashev.ille.
When the time came, the
speaker who was to deliver the
address of welcome didn't show
up, and so there was no address
of welcome.
But Mr. Fisher, ever the cut
up, insisted upon delivering his
response ? and did!
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nights tor a tournament with
teams from other towns.
And, as things turned out,
the boys did a pretty good job
? and they would have done
even better 11 the officials had
let rangy Jack Norton, a form
er Franklin High cage star and
a current loopster at the Uni
versity of Georgia, get into the
act. But they figured Jack, be
ing a college hardwooder, would
work a hardship on every team
there except Franklin so they
turned him out to pasture as
far as the tourney was con
cerned.
Anyway, the All-Stars came i
back home Saturday night with !
the consolation prize, which in J
polite society is about third j
place, and a "fur piece" from
the booby prize.
Playing for the All-Stars were
G. R. "Doc" McSween, C. Banks
Fingers, Ray Lowe, Jim Wil
liams, Richard Russell, Robert
Pearl, Tommy Raby (Franklin
High's high scoring ace yet)
and Ray Henry (the high
school's second higl^ string
partner this season).
"The Clown Princes of Bask
etball" beat Bryson City 55 to
45 Thursday night; lost to East
End, Sylva, 55 to 40 on Friday
night; and beat the Sylva All
Stars 40 to 33 in the Saturday
finals.
So, we're hoping that this
nails down the coffin lid on
basketball for the season.
Have you noticed that far
away look in the eyes of local
stream waders. Well, it's there
and that means just one thing.
The trout season is opening
soon, April 15 to be more spe
cific and add a few more words
to this column.
And here's some more info
for you flippers of the flys.
The Wayah Wildlife Manage
ment Area, and its many trout
streams, is brimming over with
the fighting fish. Officials, as
sisted by a number of fisher
men, have been tossing loads
of trout into the streams in
preparation for the opening
date.
If the situation gets any more
frantic, this column would sug
gest putting up a starting line
on the city limits on the 15th
and letting the ambitious angl
ers race to the streams. Other
wise, things are going to be
mighty confusing.
Will give more ear bending
as the opening moves nearer.
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For some strange reason our
calendar still tells us its De
cember i we'll never tear you
off, Marilyn i but the weather'
outside disputes this.
All signs point to the fact
that the local golf course wtU
have more duffers on it in a
couple of weeks than Franklin's
main drag has scraps of paper ?
and that's a lot. ,
We understand the Jaycees
are going to promote another
golf tournament this year, with
bigger and better prizes for the
winners.
Therefore you hackers and
pros had better start getting
your stumps and weed cutter*
cleaned up for the start.
Spring is just around the
corner.
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
trator of estate of Mrs. Elsie
Palmer, deceased, late of Ma
con County, N. C., this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said de
ceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned on or before the
21 day of March, 1954 or this
notice will be plead in bar of
their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please
make immediate settlement.
This 21 day of March, 1953.
C. E. PALMER,
Administrator
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