Net r?M CIRCULATION Laat Week 2642 e Jffunlltti Iff 81* IjigWanfoj* PRICE 10 Cent m IL ucvm? NO. 3? FRAN RUN, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 1953 TEN FAG1 Folk Festival Opens Tonight In Franklin me 40 Entertainers leady To Compete For Trophies R t-e than 40 of the county's R entertainers will step into 1 spotlight tonight (Thurs- j as the three-night Macon .nty Folk Festival goes into i swing at the Franklin High ovnool Stadium at 8 o'clock. Frank Plyler, co-chairman of the festival, which is being sponsored as a non-profit "good time" . by the Franklin Jaycees, said yesterday the field of en tertainment is a star-studded ) one, and he expects still othen entertainers to show up tonight. Contests between entertainers will move into the semi-finals tomorrow (Friday) night and the finals will be conducted Saturday evening. Starting time each night will be 8 o'clock. Emission will be 25 cents for >se over 14 years of age. *old trophies will be awarded e winners in each event, Mr. yler said. The chairman said the Jay es have attempted to cover le roads and by-ways from ighlands to Nantahala in an (fort to uncover some excellent tlent, and he addeo: "I think we have succeeded and I am sure that folks are going to have the time of their lives." Festival competition will in clude contests between square dance teams and string bands, and then the two main features will be broken down into in uivHual competition between dancers, fiddlers, banjo . ?>, guitar players, and iug -blowers". teams already entered ; the Helen's Barn (High nds) -outfit, led by Charlie ibson, and a Franklin team, ?d by Dan Angel. Several string bands, inciud ng Hunter Young's and Harry ftoberson's, have registered, the chairman said. Entertainers who have not registered with Mr. Plyler, but who would like to participate in the festival are asked to report to the sta dium by 7:30 o'clock tonight so they can be assigned a spot in the show. The entertainment will be ?onducted on a large platform n front of the stands at the tadium. The platform was rected today by Franklin voca onal agricultural students, ide.r the supervision of Wayne .offitt, vocational agricultural veacher. Here's School Enrollment For Opening Session Enrollment with the opening he 1953-54 school year last sday in 10 of the county's j rhools was 3,319 and an .nated 100 more have en '*d since then, according to nty School Supt. Holland wain. complete tabulation can be made until school opens j lighlands, he said. Because t ie tourist rush, Highlands not open until Tuesday, irollment for the 10 schools operating: Franklin High lool, 628; Franklin Elemen ,a.ry, 368; East Franklin, 344; Cullasaja, 325; Union, 225; Co wee, 280; Otto, 253; Cartooge chaye, 279; Iotla, 234; Nanta hala High School, 94; Nanta hala Elementary, 217; Chapel (Negro) School. 72, including nine high school students. With the closing of school last year, enrollment was 3,635. Red Cross Sends $25 Check To Fire Victims Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lanich, whose home in the Highlands area burned two weeks ago during a severe electrical storm, have received a helping hand from the local Red Cross chap ter. Mrs. Elizabeth McCollum, chapter secretary, said a check for $25 has been mailed them. The Lanich home was one of two to burn during the storm. Lightning was blamed for set ting both. Mr. and Mrs. Lanich were in Ohio for the funeral of his mother at the time. Neighbors managed to save only a few pieces of furniture. CHURCH VOTES ON PROPOSALS Baptists Act Sund ay ; On Three Building Resolutions In conference Sunday, the congregation of the First Bap tist Church passed three reso lutions dealing with the church's 8200,000 building program. The resolutions were, (1) to issue bonds not to exceed $100, 000 to complete construction of the educational plant, using as security the present church property, (2) to authorize the trustees to procure a temporary loan not to exceed $25,000 from the lending institution offering the best terms, the money to be used for continued construc tion until bonds can be issued, and (3 1 to authorize the trus tees to accept a proposed loan , offered by the Imperial Life In surance Company, Asheville, for S50.000 or less, if the amount is needed to complete the educa tional plant. Construction of the new edu cational plant ? the first phase of the building program jot under way in the spring. Esti , mated cost of this unit, ex cluding furnishings, is $140,000. Future plans call for con 1 struction of an auditorium and i adult assembly with seven I classrooms at a cost of approx imately $60,000, according to i the pastor, the Rev. M. W. Chapman. However, concentration for the present will be on the edu cational plant, the pastor said. Mr. Chapman said the bonds to be issued by the church will be at five per cent interest, payable semi-annually. They will be of the coupon type, designated as church improve ment paper and subject to call not earlier than January 1, 1958. The pastor said members of the congregation will have preference in buying. The church property being put up as security is valued at $111, 939.93. he exnlained. No money will be borrowed if cash contributions or the bonds are sufficient to com plete and furnish the educa tional building, the pastor add ed. As of September 1, Mr. Chap man said the church building fund totaled $54,439.93. Construction on the new unit has reached the second story I level and the pastor said the three-story building should be completed by next spring. Purdom Entry Wins Ribbon A custom furniture exhibit by E. S. Purdom and Co., of Wayah Road, won the sweep stakes ribbon in the Georgia Mountain Fair in Hiawassee August 24-29. The Macon concern's exhibit included dining, bedroom, and occasional pieces of furniture. As a sidelight of his exhibit, Mr. Purdom arranged a photo graphic display of mountain craftsmen in action and several scenic pictures. This collection, numbering about 50 scenes, has taken Mr. Purdom some 20 years to compile from more than 1,000 pictures. AT COLLEGE CONFERENCE | Miss Mae McCoy, Mrs. Pauline Love, Mrs. Gladys Kinsland, and Mrs. J. W. Fouts attended a conference on reading Aug ust 25 at Western Carolina Col lege. ATTEND CONFERENCE Mrs. Beth Guffey, supervisor of Macon schools, and Miss Amanda Slagle, supervisor in Jackson County, attended j su pervisors' conference at Cataw ba College, Salisbury, August 25, 26, and 27. OFFICES TO CLOSE All county offices will close Monday, Labor Day, it has been announced. The scheduled Mon day meeting of the board of county commissioners has been moved ahead to the following Monday. Operation: 'Beds And Wheel Chairs' ? ? -fuw I i.otc b - ' P. Brady % These members of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post are talking over the post's latest project, that of Iteming hospital beds and wheel chairs to the sick in the county. Four beds and two wheel chairs already have been delivered at a cast of about S700. a portion of the money to i buy them cumin? from the proceeds of the carnival the post recentlv sponsored here. Commander Jack Ragran. Jim Perry, member of the project committee. W. W. Reeves, past post j commander, a.nd Jim McCoIlum. member of the project committee. Anyone in the county is elig ible to use the beds and chairs upon making application with Commander Kagan, Mr. Perrv, Mr. i McCoIlum, or Dick S'lagle. The post plans to hold a rummage sale in the near future to raise additional funds, for the project. Di e Anderson Reelected As Station Head Dr. Lewis Anderson, of Duke University, was reelected presi dent of the Highlands Biologic al Station at the annual meet ing of the station Sunday afternoon. Other officers include, Dr. H. j R. Totten, University cf North Carolina, vice-president; Miss Gertrude Harbison, treasurer; Mrs. W. C. Nail, clerk; and I William D. McKee, secretary of ! the board of trustees. Dr. Thelma Howell was re elected executive director of the station and Hugh Sargent cur ator of the museum. The executive committee of the board of trustees includes Dr. Anderson, chairman; Ger trude Harbison, Mr. McKee, Mrs. E. M. Thomasson, S. W. Farnsworth, Judge George Jan vier, and Dr. Howell. Mrs. W C. Coker was elected to the 1952-56 class of trustees. The 1953-57 class of trustees elected at the meeting are Dr. i H. L. Blomquist. Duke Univer sity, J. E. Potts, Mrs. E. M. Thomasson, Mrs. Sally Smith, and Mrs. Malcolm L. Monroe. SEE NO. 1, PAGE 10 PANTHERS LOOK TOWARD OPENER Coach Is Pleased With Progress; Andrews Is First Game The chanting of signals and the smacking of leather over. Franklin High School way means just one thing: Panthers are on the pre-sea son practice prowl and are sharpening their claws for the season opener on September 11 in Andrews. The T-formation is the order | of the day for the squad and Coach R. A. (Art i Byrd is giv ing the team heavy doses of the I same during daily practice ses- I sions. Although Coach Byrd has an abundancy of raw material to work with this year, yesterday 1 he said he was more than pleased with the progress the squad is making. Several men are turning in top-flight performances, he said The Andrews opener will throw the Panthers into the i middle of a 10-game schedule ' with Cherokee, Hayesville, Sylva, Robbinsville, Bdyson City, Mur phy, Bethel, and Clyde. One open date, September 18, still : i has not been filled. Dairying And Beef Coming Up In Macon Fioot that Macon County is coming into its own in beef and dairy lines is found in the pre liminary 1953 County Farm Census Summary of 3PE3 crops. The summary shows that 45 per cent of the county's 134.025 acres of farm land are being used for hay crops. Running second with 37 per cent is corn Other pertinent facts: Some 9,790 oi Macon's esti mated population of 16,000 now live on farms ? an increase of 164 over the 1951-52 farm cen sus figure. Excluding hay and coin, other crops account for only 18 per cent of the cultivated land. Improved pastures, in line with the advance of beef and dairy herds, continue to in crease- ? Irom 6.923 acres in 1951-52. to 7.21C for the current period. Other pasture land und er use totals 20.414 acres, an in crease of 1,721 icres over 1951 52 Cows and heifers (two-year olds i kept mainly far milk have increased from 3,064 to 3,429; cows and heifers in the beef line irom 2,076 to 2.34C. Out Of The Old ~ Into The New ilrtfr/!?r f tf\X t hon> There couldn't have been a happier bunch of school children anywhere in the country last Thursday morn in* than those at the Chapel (Negro) School here. It was moving day for these children ? out of the old rickety frame school house and into a new and modern brick $55,000 building with all the conveniences of the modern day educational pl?.nt. Carrying their desks (left picture) the boys and girls trooped out of the oI in June by Highway Commissioner Harry E. Buchanan in an effort to speed-up the opening of a new highway from Franklin to DilLs boro. For almost a year, motor ists traveling f';t have been detouring through Bryson City SCHOOLS GET COURT FUNDS August Term Brings $3,426 For Macon Education The county school fund re ceived $3,426 from the August term of superior court, accord ing to Miss Kate McGee, clerk of court. By law. fines, forfeitures, jury tax. and solicitor fees are ear marked for the schools. The , August term, presided over by Judge F Donald Phillips, closed down Wednesday of last week after all docketed actions were disposed of in three days. ? A breakdown of the figure going to the schools follows: Fines. $1,950; forfeitures. $1,200: solicitor fees. $184; and jury tax. $92. On the ciosing day of court. Judge Phillips heard seven di vorce cases. Ail other civil ac tions were continued to the De cember term. Miss McGee said. Businessmen Attend Forum Twenty-two interested busi nessmen from Franklin yester day (Wednesday) were in Bry son City to attend a develop ment forum sponsored by the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development to acquaint the people of this area with methods and ways of attracting industry. State Treasurer Edwin Gill represented Gov. Umstead at the forum. The program includ ed talks by several well-known businessmen from a number of sections of the state. Among those attending from here were William Katenbrink, Henry W Cabe, Mayor W. C. Burrell. Frank B Duncan, H. H. Gnuse. Jr.. C. Banks Finger, Frank Dean, R. E. McKelvey, Dan Bryson. Charles Conley, Norman Blaine. Tom Nelson, J. L. West, Jr., Andrew Jones. Os car Ledford, Jack Ragan. Ver lon Swafford, A. R. Higdon, J. C. Crisp, Lewis Patton. and T. j H Callahan. Choral Group To Sing At Churches On Sunday I The Golden Trumpets, a vocal group from Ringgold, Ga., will present two church programs here Sunday, the Rev. M. A Hayward has announced. At 3 p. m., the group will be at the Pleasant Hill A.M.E. Zlon Church at Cowee, and at 8 p. m. at the Ray's Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church. No admission will be charged, but a free-will of fering will be taken, the pastor said. Carrying T urned Over To Star Route Out Of Cornelia, Ga. Alter some 45 years service, the Tallulah Falls Railroad hat lost its contract to carry Frank lin's mail. Tuesday yiiepember 2 ' , the U S. Post Office Department can celled the railroads contract and turned the job oi carrying the mail over to a star route running from Cornelia, Ga to Franklin. A Cornelia man was. awarded the contract to truck the mail over the new ioute, according to port office offici als. The cancelling ti the rail road's contract ii .r iine with a post office move tc economize through the use I ! star route; and the action nas been unoer consideration lor seme time. Only one mar each day has been comin