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?ke ffotiktttt f tt?? mm -t -? >? ?. gft* Hf igManVa jIUcoman PRICE 10 Cents ?OU UK VIII? NO. 27 FRANKLIN, N. C? THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1953 c,. ? FOURTEEN PAGER ' Record Turnout Expected On 4th Day's P r o g r am Lists Parade And Host Of Contests Weather permitting, a record turnout is anticipated Saturday when Maconites gear themselves to a full-blown Fourth of July celebration. Pointing to the headline at tractions of the celebration ? parade, beauty contest, field events and ample prizes ? and a baseball game ? Dr. G. R. Mc Sween, chairman of a civic committee in charge of the fes tivities, Tuesday predicted: "If the weather holds, it looks like this is going to be the biggest and best Fourth yet." The day's jam-packed pro gram will be launched at 9:30 a. m. with a parade through downtown Franklin. Merchants 'Don't Be 4th Fatality' "Don't Be a Fourth statis tic!" . This pica comes from Ma con's two highway patrolmen, C. M. Byrd and V. E. Bryson, and (t has a lot of founda tion. Lakt year, from 6 p. m- July 3 to Inkhifht July 6, 492 ac cidents occurred in North Carolina; accidents which took the lira of 14, and in jured 253. This Fourth week-end, the local patrolmen and those all over 'the state are chucking their ' regular hours and will he oi) duty every minute "we are physically able" in a do4 or-die effort to reduce the state's accident rate. So cooperate: "Don't be a Fourth statis tic!" planning to enter floats are asked to have them at the post office by 9 o'clock. The first two winning float entries will be awarded $10 and $5, re spectively. Field events ? for young and old ? will get under way at the Franklin Athletic Field as soon as the parade disbands. Fore most among the events will be the traditional greasy pig and greasy pole features. But the eye-catcher and main event will be the crowning of the "Queen of the Fourth", who will bei selected during a beauty contest by Rotary Club judges. Merchants planning to sponsor beauty; contestants are asked to register them Immediately with Mrs. Clyde Sanders, president of the Franklin Junior Woman's Club. Members of the woman's club will serve as chaperones for contestants. The "Queen of the Fourth" will receive $10, the runnerup, $5. Winners in all events will be awarded prizes or merchandise certificates by Franklin mer chants', according to Dr. Mc Sween. Topping the afternoon pro gram will be a baseball game between the Franklin All-Stars and the Isabella (Tenn.) All Stars. The Isabella team Is con sidered tops in its bracket, ac cording to local fans, so a heat ed contest is anticipated. Oame time will be 2 o'clock. The two teams also will meet again Sun day at 2 p. m. Nocturnal activities will cen ter around a square dance at the Franklin High Gymnasium at 8 o'clock under the sponsor ship of the V.F.W. post, co ordinator for the day's festiv ities. Music will be by the Car son Mountain Hillbilly Band, with calling by "Slim" Williams and "Dangerous Dan" Angel. At the morning field events, the Lions Club will be. In charge of announcing; the American Legion will conduct a flag' raising ceremony; the Moose .Lodge will provide the $5 prize for the greasy pole; and the Jaycees will conduct events.. The v.F.W. Auxiliary will have charge: of refreshments. In all, 25 field events are slated, Including a search for I the oldest woman present;1 the f ugliest man; and the biggest family. Motorcyclist 1 Injured In Collision With Truck A 22-year-old motorcyclist, ^Clifford A. Fox, of Gneiss, was injured last Wednesday after noon in a collision with a truck at the intersection of Main and Depot streets. The driver of the truck, Windle Moore, an employe of Franklin Feed Mill, Inc., is charged with reckless driving, according to Highway Patrol man C. M. Byrd, the investigat ing officer. Angel Hospital, where Mr. Fox was taken after the wreck, re ported he received a compound fracture of the left leg. Yester day (Wednesday* he was said to be recovering satisfactorily. In his accident report, the highway patrolman said Mr. Moore, driving a company truck, cut across the path of the east bound motorcycle. There was only slight damage to both vehicles, the patrolman said. The accident occurred about 5:45 o'clock. GRAHAM FILM TO BE SHOWN Showing Sponsored By Ministers; No Admission The Billy Graham film, "Mr. Texas", will be shown at the Friendship Tabernacle here to morrow (Friday) and Saturday evenings ' at 8 o'clock, it has been announced by the Rev. W. K. Shields. The picture, described as "the world's first Christian Western", features Billy Gra ham and Cliff Barrows, and portrays their evangelistic work in Texas. A sound and color movie, the film lasis 50 minutes. It is being brought to Macon County through the' sponsor ship of the local ministers, Mr. Shields explained. There will b3 no admission charge, he said, but a silver of fering will be taken fo.r "the Hour of Decision", the Graham program. Featured actors in the picture i will include Redd Harper and | Cindy Walker, who are Billy Graham converts, as twentieth century cow boy and cow girl. Batemans Set July 12 As Family Reunion Date July 12 has been set as the date for the annual Bateman | lamily reunion, members of the . family announced this week. | This year's reunion will be held at the home of Alex Bate- 1 man and all friends and rela tives are invited to attend. , Deeds Health Center Land ^ % ??if- h.-'f bv J. P. Brad ? Dr. Edgar Angel is shown signing a deed donating three fourths of an acre of land on Riverview Street to the county for the site of a proposed hea.<th center. Under an agreement with the county, t.he balk of the $30,000 needed to build the center will be provided by the N. C. Medical Care Commission. The county's share of this total will come to about $6,000, according to county officials. Witnessing Dr. Angel's signing of the deed are (left) Lake V. Shope, register of deeds and secretary to the board of county commissioners, and County School Supt. Holland McSwain, who was instrumental in calling the county's need for a center to the attention of the commission. With the approval of the commission, Mr. Shope said construction should begin at an early date. With Mr. McSwain and ty>rman Blaine as rodmen, J. Frank Shope donated his time last week to survey the land given by Dr. Angel. Potts Sworn In As Town Clerk Louis E. (Bud) Potts was sworn in (yesterday* Wednes day as Highlands town clerk, succeeding V. W. McCall. Clerk for nearly six years, Mr. McCaiJ recently resigned the post, effective July 1, to accept a job with the High lands Franch cf the Jackson County Bank. Mr. Potts was appointed to fill the post about a month ago by the town board. Biaine Family Reunion Is Scheduled On Sunday The annual reunion of the family of the late Silas A. Blaine is planned Sunday at the old homeplace of Mrs. Z. V. Shope on North Skennah. All relatives and friends are invited to attend. NAME SECRETARY Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill last ! week was named secretary of the W.N.C. conference Metho- i dist Service Guild at a confer- | ence at Lake Junaluska. I : Macon 4-H Clubbers Place In District Elimination Contest In competition with 4-H club members from 14 other W.N.C. counties, Macon's small dele gation left no small impression at Tuesday's district elimina tion contests in Asheville. Carolyn Waldroop placed first in the news reporters contest; Nancy Cahe was third :'n public speaking: Anna Setser was third in the girl's song leader events; and Eobby Teague and Paiil Smith walked off with sec ond place in the club talent in strumental feature. Mrs. Barbara B. Hunnieutt was in charge of the local club i members. HOMECOMING SLATED Homecoming Day will be ob served Sunday at the Iotla Baptist Church, the Rev. W. L. Sorrells, pastor, has announced. Dinner will be served on the grounds and special singing is planned in the afternoon, he said. Local Boy Wins High Honors At F.F.A. Meeting In Raleigh ?Staff fkoto fry /. P. Brady Jerry Sutton In Action Jerry Sutton, 16-year-old 1 Franklin Future Farmer of America, returned home Sat- ' urday from the annual FfA. Convention In Raleigh with a plaque, $90 in prize money, and 1 the distinction of having been: ! Item: named one of five "Star Farmers" in the entire state, an honor which strength ened his financial standing $60. Item : named one of five "Star Dairy Farmers" in the state ? a plaque and $30 for this one. Item: the recipient of a "Carolina Farmer" degree, the highest F.F.A. award on the state level. Although Jerry fairly corner- ' ed the market on honors, two i other local F.F.A. boys left their mark at the convention. Paul Killian and James (Pete) Set sex also received "Carolina Farmer" degrees, the three hav ing been selected from 220 ap- 1 plicants for the awards. t Jerry and Paul attended the ' convention, held Tuesday through Friday, with Wayne ( Proffitt, vocational agricultural ? teacher at Franklin High 1 SEE NO. 2, PAGE 12 P.O. CHANGE PROTESTED, BROWN SAYSj Proposal To Cut Out Prentiss Office is Explained A :f w patrons have protested 1 a proposed economy move by :r.< Post Of! ice Department to I elirn.na'e t tie Prentisr Post Of fice srt this county and the present star route to Rain- j be-*- Springs, according tc Ker,- i neth Brown, post office in- 1 ipector. Explaining ".hat there has J possibly been some misunder- j standing of the proposal, the ] inspector said it is part of a i program which hat been start ed in other North Carolina counties in recent weeks, and one that will be carried out throughout the entire country. By extending two short rural routes to more nearly their ca pacities, Mr. Brown pointed out, that the Post Office Depart ment will be able to eliminate an office which costs $2,515.01 yearly to operate and a star route contract of $2,152.75 per year. The net savings under the proposed plan would amount to $3,623.86, he said. Should the proposal be adopt ed, Mr. Brown said service will not be withdrawn from any patron now on the star route from Prentiss, except possibly some west of the former Rain bow Springs office on US 64. All patrons now served will have box delivery at the sajne points and no patron will have to go any greater distance for mail, the inspector emphasized. The change is proposed in order to more efficiently use the rural service and to effect economies in the delivery of mail, Mr. Brown said. He explained that it is plan ned that Franklin, Route 1, will serve the part of the present star route from the approxi mate site of the former Tere sita office. The remainder nearer Prentiss and adjacent to US 23 will be served by Frank lin, Route 2. Mr. Brown said it is possible that some patrons will have service at a slightly different hour of the day because of the rural route schedules and other travel, but he emphasized that ihere will be no withdrawal of service, except as stated above. Some revisions in mail con nections would have to be made to permit rural .routes to give improved service, he said. "It is my personal belief", the inspector asserted, "that after the mail supply schedules are corrected, the entire service in Macon County will be more satisfactory." 4 MACON MEN IN BATTALION Members Of Marine Unit Composed Of W.N.C. Volunteers Four Macon County men have enlisted in the Marine Corps' new '"Mountaineer Platoon", which is coimposed entirely of Western North Carolina men. The local enlistees are Charles Randolph Keener, 24, son of Mrs. Pearl Hedden of Franklin; JJack J. Hoglen, 19. FYankJin; Jack J. Hoglen, 19, tin, Route 2; George B. Brown, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Prank 3. Brown, of Franklin, Route 2; ind Kenneth E. (Stony) Tay or, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Slmer J. Taylor, of Franklin, Route 4. Mr. Keener just recently end :d six years' duty with the U 5. Air Force. The new platoon is based at 'arris Island, S C. ] Franklin Represented At District Meeting Of V.F.W. On Sunday ! The Franklin post and auxl iary was well represented Sun- \ lay at a district VF.W meet- I ng In Hendersonville. I In the local delegation were I ;onunander Jack Ragan. Mr. 1 1 ind Mrs. Edwin T. William, Mr ind Mrs James McCollum, Mrs. 1 J Lasca E. Hoirsley, Paschal Nor- j 1 ,on, and Robert Pearl. ; i Nantahala Forest Erased By Merger REAPPOINTED JUDGE G. B. PATTON Judge Patton, of Franklin, Monday was reappointed as a special Superior Court judge by Gov. William B. Umstead for another two-year term. He took his oath of office yesterday (Wednesday) at the governor's office in Raleigh. W. R. LEDFORD DIES AT HOME Services For Former Federation Manager Held Saturday William Ranson Ledford, former manager of the Farm ers Federation store in Frank lin, died last Thursday at 11 a. m. at his Prentiss home. Sixty-six years old, Mr. Led ford, who was a native of Hab ersham County, Ga? had been in declining health for the past year. Funeral services were con ducted Saturday at 11 a. m. at the Union Methodist Church, of which he was a member. The Rev. R. L. Poindexter, pastor, and the Rev. C. E. Murray, pas tor of the Franklin Methodist Church, were the officiating ministers. Burial followed in the Union Cemetery. Born May 5, 1887, Mr. Led ford was the son of Melvin and Sara Ledford. In 1916 he was married to Miss Elsie Cabe, of this county, who survives. Other survivors include three sons, Herrell Ledford, of Green ville, S. C., Gordon, of Prentiss, and Sgt. Kenneth Ledford, who is stationed with the U. S. Air Force in Japan; a daughter, Mrs. George Buchanan, of Bre vard; a brother, Zimmery, of Prentiss; and seven grandchil dren. Serving as pallbearers were Jack Gribble, Carey Cabe, Weaver Shope, Woodrow Teague, Sanford Mann, and Milo Cabe. Honorary pallbearers included J W. Addington, Frank Shope, Horace Nolen, M. L. Dowdle, Ralph Waldroop, Thad Nichols, and J. H. Stockton. Bryant Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Four Franklin Students Attend Y outh Music Camp Four Franklin students were enrolled in the three-w?ek Summer Youth Music Camp which ended Saturday at West ernn Carolina College. They were Nancy Angel, Charles Baldwin, Holland Mc Swain. Jr., and Norma Jean Welch A number of student and faculty recitals were held dur ing the past week, including a full band concert, led by Dr. Frank Simon, well known band director who was visiting the campus. W.S.C.S. Sub-District Meet Slated For July 9 The Macon County sub-dis trict meeting of the Women's Society of Christian Service is slated for next Thursday, July at the Bethel church, it has been announced. District officers will make reports and conduct workshops. Mrs Eva Cunningham, chair man. will preside. Wednesday Sees Office Consolidate With Pisgah Forest After 33 years' service, the Nantahala National Forest yes terday (Wednesday! was erased as a separately administered unit by an economy-directive from Washington, D. C The large 414.123-acre forest will still keep Its name, but to administration will be carried on from the supervisor's office of the Pisgah National Forest in Asheville. Protests lodged by local citi zens with North Carolina mem bers of congress soon after Uie consolidation order was teceiv j ed on April 1 apparently were ineffective. Eyeing tht July 1 consolida tion deadline, moving vans roll ed into town Monday and mov ers began the job of stripping the forest's offices over the port office building. By Tuesday the bareness of the headquarters was comparable to Mother Hubbard's cupboard. Meanwhile, District Ranger John Wasilik and his rangew moved from the Burrell Build ing into two offices in the old forest headquarters. Most of the Nantahala per sonnel have reported for new | assignments, either in the Ashe ville office or in other states. Supervisor E. W. Renshaw, who has received no new as signment as yet, plans to re main in Franklin for about two more weeks. Assistant visor Paul H. Russell reported I this week for a similar job on the Cherokee Na.icnal Forest, with headquarters in Cleveland, Tenn. John D. Alsup is or>a, porary detai! to the Asheville i oftice, awaiting ass;gnment. ! The Nantahala forest was established in 1920 by a presi dential proclamation issued by 1 Woodrow Wilson, anti the ior I est payroll was one of the larg est In this county. ? - Highlands Churches Plan Joint Vacation - Bible School July 6 The Meihodist. Presbyterian, and Episcopal churches of High lands will join in an annual two-week vacation Bjble chool, beginning July 6 and continu ing through July 17, Monday through Friday of each week. The school this year will be held at the Methodist church with Mrs. Robert E. Early as director, assisted by Mrs. R. B. JJuPree, the Rev. Robert, It Hart, and the Rev. Robert K. Early. The services of other helpers are expected to be en listed before the opening date. The kindergarten group, pri maries, juniors, and intermedi ates will range in age from four to 14 years. The hours will be from 9 to 11 a. m Mr. Hart said. Sutton Is Panelist At Dairymen's Meet Charlie Sutton, dairyman of the Clark's Chapel community, *11 a panelist at the Dairy men's Field Day at Enka on Friday. He spoke on "Better Forage Crops for Dairy Cattle". Others attending the session from here were County Agent S. W. Men Clark's Chapel. Team Breaks Losing Streak; Has Two-Game Series With S.C. Team Highlands climbed out of a four-game losing streak Sunday when Centerflelder James A. (Jlmbo) Potts scored In tbe llth to give the locals an 8 to 7 victory over Cullowhee. Wally Henry started on tltt mound for Highlands and waa relieved In the 9th by Richaid (Snook) Thompson. The team's business manager, C. C. Potts, yesterday (Wednes day) announced a two-game series with the Itlca Mohawk team of Seneca, S. C., here Sat urday and Sunday. Saturday* game will start at 3 p. m , Son day's at 2:30.
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