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FKANKUN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1953
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3 p.m., Um>
hour enabling
to move on to its
before dark.
?y (Wednesday), the
" brought here through
auspices of the Macon,
Swain health
r departments, operated in High
and Uut week stopped
lor the day at Nantahala.
Only about two minutes will
required to receive an X
^Ray, according to Mrs. Frank
public health nurse,
she emphasized that it
be necessary to un
r Only
W bo reqn
?hush
r
ms Club committee
of Bob Korte, cliair
d Dowil.c, Roy R. {
n, i a J Bruce
list'ng with ar- j
of the Franklin !
?man's Club, the j
[omen's Circle of \
Presbyterian i
the American i
?ry are serving
ULLAR.
/graph- !
County |
J research 5
f.r way at j
aboratory (
r, come, tic- ;
'jhnson, for- j
Coweeta.
Recently, some 20 foresters
and watershed scientists met at
Coweeta to outline research
recommendations far the next
10-year period and also to study
the results of work undertaken
at the laboratory since research
began in 1933.
"The most encouraging part
of the research program from
the Macon County standpoint
is the recommendation of the
conference to proceed with the
watershed approach to prob
lems, instead of plots", Mr.
Johnson said this week, adding:
"This, along with recommend
ed priorities suggest that an
active research program will be
under way here for many
years."
Basic studies ? effect of good
logging methods on water stor
age and run-off, effect of
white pine plantings in an area
previously planted to hard
woods, and variolic types of
land clearance? Afci-re given top
priority by the conference,
while demoprtratlonal and com
ndies were deemed
of the laboratory
r the Jurisdiction of
vne oouixiea.stern Experiment
Station, a part of the U. S. For
est Service.
Cpl. Cunningham
Is Sent To Korea
Cpl. R. L. Cunningham, a
1950 graduate of Franklin High
School, recently arrive In Korea
for Duty with ihe 3rd Infantry
Division, the Artny Home Town
News Center announced this
week. i
A mortarman, Cpl. Cunning
hank la the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter B. Cunningham, of
Franklin, Route 4. He entered
service In February, 1091, and
received his basic training at
.V Camp Rocker, Ala.
^Htee
P?it To
fleeting
?tolina Jaycee Presi
HRle Ochsenreiter of
K will attend a joint
HBn - Highlands Jaycees
Vlng tomorrow (Friday)
Hnt at 8 o'clock in High
Hnds' Municipal Auditorium.
W Sid Carter, president of the
highlands Jaycees, made the
announcement Monday night at
a regular meeting.
The Highlands club also re
newed efforts to complete work
on its new picnic ground at the
western of the old school build
ing area and set tonight
'Thursday) to finish clearing it
out.
The next .regular meeting will
be July 13.
Vote To Spend
$150 For Radio
Time On WAKE
The Highlands Town Board
and Chamber of Commerce di
rectors, in joint session Friday
night, voted to spend $150 for
radio advertising over Station
WAKE, Greer ville, S. C.
In other business, the town
board pass??d or. constructing
an 800-foot powerline extension
and granted the new recreation
director. Tofty Chrrr.bers, auth
ority to begin work readying
the recreation center.
The mayting, called for Wed
nesday nifght by Mayor W. H.
Cobb, was postponed until Fri
day when the WAKE sales man
ager. Jo'nn Westbrook, former
Highlands resident, was unable
to attetid.
The> 10-day trial advertising
schedule includes 10 thirty
sectflfid spots a day* according
Mr. Westbrook, except Sun
Advertising began Mon
day and will run through next
Thursday.
Motion to split the $150 cost
between the town board and
the Chamber of Commerce was
carried by both groups.
The new powerline will sup
ply the Greenwood Forest de
velopment atop Little Bear Pen
Mountain. Estimates of cost
for the 800-foot extension range
between $800 and S1.000. The
Southern Phosphate and Fer
tilizer Co., which owns the 135
acre site, is to clear the right
of-way.
Authorization for expendi
tures^ open up the recreation
center and purchase necessary
supplies ana equipment was
granted Mr. Chambers, and he
also received the green light
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 12
METHODIST
ANNEX JOB
IS STARTED
Construction Should
Begin About July 1,
Chairman Says
Excavation lor the new $37,
500 annex to the Franklin
Methodist Church was start
ed last week and construction
is expected to be under way
about the first of July, accord
ing to E. J. Whitmire, finance
committee chairman.
Orders for materials already
have been placed, the chair
man said, and delivery is anti
cipated some time this month.
The new annex will be a
three-story extension to the
west wing of the church. Plans
show the ground floor will have
five Sunday School rooms. A
ladles' lounge and four men's
and ladles' classrooms will be
on the second floor and on the
third will be an assembly room
and four classrooms.
When the new addition is
completed the present base
ment of the church will be
utilized as a assembly and social
hall and an enlarged kitchen.
Plans for the / annex were
approved by the congregation
in December.
MAMA GROUP
SELECTS PLAY
"Here Comes Charlie"
Tryouts Slated
Tonight
The Franklin Community
| Players has selected "Here
Comes Charlie", a Broadway hit
1 by Jay Tobias, as its next pro
duction and set tonight (Thurs
day i for tryouts for the play.
Persons interested in trying
for a role in the plav. which is
tentatively scheduled lor pre
sentation the latter part of
July, are asked to meet at Ted
j Reber's office on Town Square
| at 7:30 o'clock.
"Here Comes Charlie" will be
! the third production for the
i amateur theatrical group. Soon
after organizing last summer.
The Players led off with "Dear
Ruth" and followed up in
April of this year with "A
Ready-Made Family".
Mrs. Doris Reber. president,
said everyone interested in
theatrics, either from the act
ing or technical standpoint, can'
become a member of the drama
group.
Technician
Places 3rd ,
In Contest
W. C. (Bill i Higdon,' Macon
County's artificial breeding
technician, placed -third in a
^tate-wide contest among tech
t nifcians, according to an an
nouncement received this week
irom Raleigh.
In breeding 395 cows from
September, 1952, to February of
W. C. HIGDON
| this year, Mr. Higdon collected
i a total of 60.3 contest points,
only 1.2 points from the first
| place winner, a Guilford Coun- i
ty ?echTiician.
The contest was judged on the
I basis of the number of cows
' fcr-r: :n Macon in comparison
with those bred in other coun- j
ties over. the state.
i The number of cows bred in j
ithis county during the contest
j pfriod represented an increase
j < : 49.6 per cent over the previ
! ous year, the announcement
i said.
j Sponsor of the state-wide
j competition was the N. C. Ex
! tension Service dairy depart- 1
I mem.
j 5 Macon Girls Named
; Counselors At W.C.C.
; F-.ve Macon County girls have
j "r appointed as counselors
; i',.r he freshman advisory pro
1 gram at Western Carolina Col
, lege, Cullowhee, for the next
: college year.
They are Misses June Teague.
Luanne Gibson, Jane Craw
ford, Barbara Gribble, and Bar
bara Holland.
I
SING SLATED
ihe iourth Sunday sing of
the Northern division of the
Macon County Singing Conven
tion will be held at the Burn
ingjon Baptist Church at 1:30
pr.".. it has been announced]
by the Rev. Theron A. Slagle,
president.
Nikawsi Mound Has Insurance Policy
Xikwasi Indian Mound, "a monument to the early history of Macon County", and believed
to have been ancient when the first white mai lorded the Little Tennessee RivfeivKas its own
innnum policy against the prying public, tha.nks to understanding M aconites The historic
mound, inside the Franklin city limits at the foot of Town Hill, was purchased for $1,500 and
deeded to the town with the understanding t%at it "shall be preserved for the citizens of
Macon County and for posterity, and . . . shall be kept It now stands, and shall not be
excavated, explore ted. attend, ?r impaired In any way or use* for any commercial purpose . . . "
The idea of preserving the mound and its unknown store <f Indian treasure and history was
conceived by OUmer A. Jones, aad 143 Josora, gave anywhejfc from a penny to $100 to aswurc
the future of the mound, i The property, purchased from Vlj^oy Carpenter, was deeded to the
tow? October I, 1M?, afttJ a campaign of Marly foqr hMM to raise the money.
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LITTLE HOPE
SEEN TO KEEP
N- F- OFFICE
Committeemen Receive
Letter, Telegram
From Officials
There is little hope that the
U. S. Forest Service will res
cind Its order moving the Nan
tahala National Forest head
quarters to Asheville, North
Carolina members of congress
have told members of the local
committee that has Ijpen seek
ing to keep ithe Nantahala of
fices in Franklin.
Senator Clyde R. Hoey and
Representative George A Shu
ford, in letters last week to
John M. Archer, Jr., committee
chairman, and Senator Hoey in
a telegram last Friday to Hol
land McSwain, committee mem
ber, said they had been unable
to persuade the department to
rescind the order, but were still
trying.
"I sincerely hope they will
not go through with this or
der", Senator Hoey wrote, "but
it looks at present as if they
intend to make the consolida
tion".
"So far", Mr. Shuford's letter
said, "we have not been able
to get the department to res
cind its directive, i assure you,
however, that we are leaving
no stones unturned in oui ef
forts to keep the two offices '
separate."
The merger, ordered several
months ago, is scheduled to
become effective July 1? nfcxt
Wednesday.
Mr. Archer. Mr. McSwain.
Mark L. Dowale, and R S. Jones
were named at a mass meeting
as a committee to try to keep
the Nantahala offices here
ROTARY CLUB
EVENT SLATED
The Rev. Robert E. Early,
pastor of the Highlands Meth
odist Church, will be installed
as president of the Highlands
Rotary Club Tuesday night.
Other officers to be installed
at the meeting are Charles C
Potts, vice-president. Stacev C
Russell, secretary ? re-elected
Leslie G. Misener. treasurer and
Thomas C. Harbison, sergeant
at-arms.
The five officers, together ;
with Wilton H. Cobb and Dr
Sherman H Pace, comprise the
board of trustees.
REVIVAL UNDER WAY
A revival series in now under
way at the Cartoogechaye Bap
tist Church with the Rev. W.
A Cloer, pastor, and Evangel
ist Clint Sawyer, of Asheville.
conducting the services, which
begin nightly at 7:30 o'clock.
SNAKE JOINS PICNIC
A big rattlesnake, with 11
rattles, tried to join a picnic at
Arrowood Glade last Wednes
day afternoon, being held by
Mrs. A. C. Echols, her sons, j
Robert and Allen, of Elberton.
Ga? and Miss Opal Norman!
and Gary Norman, of Danburg,
Va. The intruder was killed
by Robert Echols.
Fourth Of July
Plans Announced
Duncan Sells
His Interest
In Car Agency
Frank B. Duncan announced
this week he has sold his 75
percent interest in Duncan Mo
tor Company to his partner,
Charles A. Conley, Sr.
The firm name will be chang
ed to Conley Motor Company.
Mr. Duncan took over the
Ford agency here in '1940, and
Mr. Conley bought in as a pwt
ner In March, 1945.
Prior to coming to Franklin,
Mr. Duncan was in the auto
mobile business in Sylva for
two years.
The motor company real es
tate, including the building and
used car lots, is being leased
by Mr. Duncan to his former
partner.
Mr. Duncan did not disclose
any future business plans.
9 To Enter
4-H Contest
In Asheville
Nine Macon County 4-H club
bers will compete in the Dis
trict 4-H Elimination Contest
in Asheville Tuesday.
The local group will be ac
companied by Assistant County
Agent T. H. Fagg and Mrs. Bar
bara B Hunnicutt, assitant
home agent.
Nancy Cable will enter the
puoUc speaking event; Paul
Smith ahd Bobby Teague. best
talent; Anna Setser. best son'
leader; Barbara Cunnineham
recreation leader: and Carol;,!.
; Waldroop. best news report:
Competing with other district
j club oflicer will be Sudd.
I Waters, president, Routh Nor
| ton. vice-president, and Jimmy
i Cochran, secretary.
The contest is tentatively
scheduled for Biltmore High
School.
Farmers Must Sign
For Wheat Allotment
For 1954 By June 30
Macon farmers who did not
seed wheat on land in the years
1951-53 may apply for a 1954
wheat acreage allotment at the
local Production Marketing Ad
ministration office in the agri
cultural building.
J. H. Enloev Jr., county chair
man, said farmers must apply
in writing to the P.M.A. com
mittee by June 30 in order to
be considered for an allotment.
Bible School, Adult
Study Class Slated
A daily vacation Bible school
will be Ijeld at the Asbury
Methodist Church Monday thru
Friday at 7:30 p.m., in con
junction with a Bible study
class for adults, it has been
announced.
Highlands Hospital Marks
Laceration day Wednesday
Last Wednesday was "Lacera
tion Day" at the Highlands
Community Hospital.
Medical Director Sherman
H P^ce reporjed five .such cas
es.
A freak auto accident head
ed the list and brought in the
first two injured According
to Police Chief M. A Nelson, a
station wagon went out of con
trol on the Horse Cove Road
and struck a pine tree when the
iriver. 23-year-old- David Jones,
attempted to steady his 10
year-old passenger in the front
seat.
Mr/Jones, a Highlands Manor
hotel] employe, told police he !
ia& Veen sent to town on an j
rrand Picking up Randy,1
?hlnney, / a young guest, Mr.
tones Proceeded to town Things
jegan lLo happen at a point I
where I e road bends slightly I
o the Akht. According to Mr.
lones, vntif; Phinney either 1 (
Tell or M across the seat, i
knocking Hr Jones' hands from |
the steering wheel. As he tried .
to push the boy off him, the I
-ar went out of control and
hit a pine tree. The impact
inflicted head injuries to both
Jriver and passenger. Mr. Jones
rushed Phinney back, to the
lotel. From there they were
aken to the hospital for treat
nent and released later that
ifternoon.
Damage to the front end of (
he station wagon, owned by F.
L.. Cordray, was estimated at
>300 No charges were made.
Minutes after the two entered
;he hospital, "Chuck" Chalker
:ame in with a cut left hand.
VIr Chalker, in installing Vene
ian blinds at Steve's Country
Store, lost his footing and fell
irm-first into a display win
low The next day and 11
itltches later, he returned and
?ompleted the Job.
The two other laceration cm
is were a girl who fell on a
SEE NO. 3. PAGE 12
Celebration Program
Has Parade, Contest
Field Events
Plans for Macon County's
Fourth of July celebration
traditionally the biggest holi
day observed by the county
were announced Tuesday by Dr.
G. R. McSween. chairman of
the celebration committee.
Since the Fourth this year
falls on Saturday, a number of
Franklin business establish
ments plan to remain open for
the day, giving employes the
day off the following Monday, 'f
Others plan to close for the day
and join In the celebration,
which will include a parade
through down-town Franklin,
a beauty contest, and field
events at the Franklin Athletic
Field.
Dr. McSween said the com
mittee this year expects to have
the most colorful parade in the
history of the county and added
that a number cl civic organi
zations and businesses already
are planning to enter floats.
Cash prizes of $1C and $5, for
first and second place, will be
awarded winning floats.
The '-'Queen of the Fourth"
beauty contest a feature of the
celebration for the past two
years, will bs "Udjrcd by
bers of the Franklin Rotary.
Club. The winner will rece..\ ?
S10 and the runner-up, $5.
As in the past the cele'ca
tion is' a ?:<. mbined ef.crt ty
local clubs an'J :.~.c
tions. The Veterans r; F< reien
Wars post is coordinator for the
enttire program nth
cash and in merc^an*'! -p
brini donate
I Announcing c: ;>!d f ' 1 nts
J will be handled fc.- v.er.v of
: the I ;<:?!<? Club' a i;?a :;..';ng
I ceremony *.vill foe cor, r u c ' ecJ by
ithe America: . t, the
j it - ha^-' - ecrto-te-there-or
! " ' - -tc-te-there-or
I with So at it- too -viJ? ?.? ?rect
i rd by the Mou f i/crJ*- ;ay.
I Ct-f.i will be a* oi tiekl
i even*.--: ?v ' m:-:r .man's
| Club will chap r< ne th-_ b.-au
j ty contestants: and refresh
j ments will be by the V F. W
! Auxiliary.
I The parade win pet t.tider
i way at 9:30 am ending at the
j athletic field where iielt! events
I f?r young and old will begin,
j Prizes will be oliered for the
j oldest woman present; the big
gest family: the ugl;?st mant;
and as always everyone will be
eligible to run down the greasy
pig, with the victor keeping the
elusive porker.
In addition to the above field
events Will. include just about
every conceivable contest for
men, women, boys, and girls.
The complete program will
be announced next week, the
chairman said.
Vanhook Reunion Set
For July 5: Will Be
First In Nine Years
Members of the Vanhook -
family plan a reunion on Julv
5 at the home of Mr and Mrs
Rout" 2anh??k ?n FranWln^
It will be the firit family
gathering in nine years and all
relatives ^nd friends are in
vited to attend.
The Weather
The week's temperatures and rafafall. as
recorded in Fraticlin by Manson Stiles,
L\ S. weather observer, and at the Coweeta
IlVdrnlogic laboratory:
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Law R?'
Wednesday 87 63
Thursday 88 56
FridaA v 91 58
Saturday 93 60 T
Sunday _ 93 65 .40
Monday 88 60 50
Tuesday 88 62 .08
HIGHLANDS
Wednesday 84 62
Thursday 84 53
Friday 78 57 M
Saturday .... 79 61
Sunday ? 79 56 .2?
Monday 83 56 T
Tuesday 78 52
COWUTA
Wednesday 85 ?
Thursday " ?
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