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VOL. LXVIII? NO. 44
FRANKLIN, N. C.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1953
TWELVE PAGES
MACON RURAL
CONTEST ENDS
THIS SUNDAY
Judging Next Week;
Will Name Winners
At November 7 Dinner
Sunday marks the end of the
1953 Macon County Rural Com
munity Development Contest
and Monday, Tuesday, and Wed
nesday will find the hopes of
13 communities riding with two
out-of-county judges, whose job
is to pick six winners.
The winners, who will not be
announced until the night of
November 7 at a special awards
dinner, will divide $1,025 in
prize money contributed by in
terested businessmen.
Judges will be Homer Gilli
land, who is in charge of the
community development pro
gram at the Cherokee Indian
Reservation, and Mrs. Velma B.
Moore, home agent in Clay
County.
The judges' schedule for the
three-day period follows, with
the location at which they will
begin judging in parenthesis:
Monday, November 2: Carson,
8:30 to 10:30 a. m. (East en
trance sign); Cartoogechaye,
10:30 to 12:30 (Shields' Store i;
Patton, l to 2:30 (West en
trance sign i ; Longview, 2:30 to
4 (North entrance sign); West
Union, 4 to 5:30 (Henry Cabe's
Service Station i.
Tuesday: Mulberry, 8:30 to
10:30 i North entrance sign)
Smithbridge, 10:30 to 12:30
(South entrance sign); Prentiss,
1 to 3 (North entrance); Clark's
Chapel, 3 to 5 (Prentiss Bridge).
Wednesday: Holly Springs,
8:30 to 10:30 (North entrance);
Bethel, 10:30 to 12:30 (Wallace
Morgan's home); Oak Grove, 1
to 3 (Dock Byrd's home); Tel
lico, 3 to 5 (Lost Bridge en
trance sign).
The November 7 awards din
ner is slated for 7 p. m. at the
Franklin High School cafeteria.
It is being sponsored by all of
the communities entered in the
rural contest in appreciation to
those who backed the contest
by contributing prize money. All
contributors will attend as spe
cial guests, according to County
Agent S. W. Mendenhall, secre
tary of the county contest coun
cil.
Scheduled as guest speaker
for the dinner is F. H. Jeter,
of Raleigh, extension service
editor.
The awards schedule for the
six winning communities, as an
nounced by W. W. (Bill) Sloan,
council treasurer, is as follows:
1st place, $400; 2nd, $250; 3rd,
$150; 4th, $100; 5th, $75; and
6th, $50.
All of the 13 communities also
are entered in the W. N. C. con
test, which was used as a pat
tern in setting up the local con
test last Spring.
In both contests, Community
Organization and Development
and Farm and Home Improve
ments -count 1,000 points each,
with each classification hroken
into different categories for
scoring.
So, this week finds the 13 '
communities teeming with ac
tivity as the deadline ap
proaches. Last minute projects
are being pushqd to completion,
committees are hustling to col
lect those all-important family
score sheets, and those working
on scrapbooks are keeping paste
and paper flying.
Officers Get
Ellijay Still
A small still was destroyed
Tuesday of last week on the
right prong of Upper Ellijay. j
the sheriff's department has re- !
ported.
Deputies Newe'.l Pendergrass
and Arthur V. Garrett report
ed the copper distilling unit |
was missing when they arrived. |
but they destroyed Six gallons i
of whiskey and the remaining I
equipment. /
Sheriff J. Harry Thomas
said his office received an out
oi-county tip that a still was
operating in the area.
NAMED VICE -PRESIDENT
R. E. McKelvey, of Franklin,
general manager of the West
ern Carolina Telephone Com
pany, was one of three .men
named to vice-president posts
at the 22nd annual convention
of the directors of the North
Carolina Independent Telephone
Association Friday at Pinehurst.
Mrs. Carolyn Hall, teller of the Highlands Branch
cash drawer from which $220 in silver was stolen in
MeCall (upper right ) points to the melted area on
made to enter the vault with an acetylene torch,
in the toilet at the rear of the building- which was
to the bank. (Staff Photos By J. P. Brady)
of the Jackson County Bank, (left) indicates the
last Thursday's break-in at the bank. Cashier V. \\ .
the vault door where an unsuccessful attempt was
The cashier (lower right) indicates the window pane
smashed to open the window lock and gain entrance
R. A. CONCLAVE
SLATED MONDAY
Baptist Youth Meet
Will Be Held At
Franklin Church
A county-wide Royal Ambas
sador concalve is scheduled
Monday afternoon and night ,at
the First Baptist Church, it has
been announced.
The theme for the four-hour
meeting of Baptist young people
in the county will be Follow
ing Jesus".
With the Co wee R.A.'s in
charge, registration will begin
at 4:30, followed by the open
ing of the meeting at 4:45.
Thad Robert Dowdle, Of the
Longview church, will give the
opening devotion.
Study of ranks in conferences
will be led by Mrs. Jim Berry,
the Rev. W. L. Sorrells, the
Rev. .M. W. Chapman, and Miss
Evelene Giedinghagen.
Supper will be at 5:45, and
the meetingg will reconvene at
6:30 with Lowell McKee in
charge of singing. The devo
tion will be given by Paul Sor
rells, of the Iotla church. This
phase of the meeting will be
featured by a program by the
R.A.'s of the First Baptist
Church and the showing of a
movie, "They That Were Scat
tered Abroad", a mission em
phasis film.
At 8:15, the Rev. W. L. Sor
rells wiy preach.
PLAN RUMMAGE SALE
The grade mothers of Mrs.
Theo Kiser's seventh grade of
the Franklin Elementary School
will hold a rummage sale Sat
urday. November 7. on Rankin
Square, it has been announced.
Dune? n Says Coming Labor
Survey Is Most Important
1 The chief objective of the I
j county-wide survey of Macon's
I labor potential November 6 and
7 is to help pull the county's
i over-all industrial picture into
j sharp focus should prospective
industry be interested in set
I tling here.
In the past, the county's in- ;
| dustriat picture has been fuzzy |
j and obscured by vague and out- j
dated facts and figures, accord
! ing to Frank B. Duncan, chair- I
| man of the Macon County In- !
, dustrial Committee, which is i
j sponsoring the survey.
"I know of two specific in- .
stances when we were unable
to give up-to-date answers
I about the availability of labor
land other pertinent facts about
the county, including tax rates .
and available plant sites, when
representatives of industries
' came here for interviews", Mr.
Duncan said yesterday, adding:
"We were unable to give in
telligent answers because no
one has1 made an effort to com
pile this information for this
specific purpose."
Therefore, the chairman point
ed out, it is important for every
citizen of this county between
the ages of 18 and 50 to regis
ter some time during the two
day labor survey.
Volunteers from civic organi
zations will be on hand at the
following registration locations
to assist with the survey be
tween the hours of 9 a. m. and
4 p. m. each day:
Highlands: Town Office.
Gneiss: Post Office.
Cullasaja: Bryson's Store.
Millshoal: Holly Springs Com
munity Center.
Watauga: Crawford's Store.
Franklin: County Courthouse
and Shooks Shell Station
Cowee: Rickman's Store:'
Tellico i Lower Burningtown i :
Morgan's Store.
Nantahala: Aquone Post Of
fice and Nantahala School.
Otto: Post Office.
Prentiss: Union School.
Cartoogechaye : Cartoogechaye ,
School.
The labor survey results and i
other facts concerning the
county's economy will be pub- j :
lished in booklet form for dis
tribution both in and out of | '
the state for the inspection of j
industry, the chairman said.
Mr. Duncan said there is a j
definite need for more industry ?
in Macon to help balance the
economy and the labor survey
is the first step toward supply
ing the need.
"We will have to prepare the
county for industry before it
will come here", he said.
Number Plan To Attend
G. O. P. Meet In Murphy
A number from this county
plan to attend the 12th Con
gressional District meeting of
the Republican Party in Mur
phy Saturday, according to
George W. Reece. county party
chairman.
The meeting will open with a !
free barbecue at 11:30 a. m. ;
Guest speaker will be Congress
man Ayers, of Akron. Ohio. j
CARNIVAL SET TONIGHT
East Franklin School will hold
a Hallowe'en carnival tonight
(Thursdayi at 7:30 o'clock, it
has been announced.
Future Teachers Club Officers
Officers of tiv'i'i'.lizabeth Kelly chapter of Future Teachers Club at Franklin High School have t
been elected for the year. They are <L to R>, front row, Frances Huscusson, secretary, Keverly r
lligdon, treasurer, Lucille Hollr.nd, vice-president, Betty Howard, historian; back row, Jody Len- t
oir, parliamentarian, Audrey Gibson, librarian, lean Blaine, president, and Mrs. E. G. Crawford, c
sponsor. Other members not pictured are Anna Setser, Cleo McDonald. Betty Hurst, Nancy Mc- 1
Collum, Caroline Reece, Josephine Roper, P?.t Setser, Kenneth Guffey, Bobby Cabe, and Lolita 1
Holland. 1 t
I
SV/AIN HIGH
SEATS SOUAD
Revitalized Panthers
Nearly Upset Maroons;
Lose Game 20 To 19
ii A ^evita,ized Pack of Frank
' "L Hlfh Panthers, displaying
?e,hotte5t bal1 handl
ing seen by local fans this vear
almost upset the undefeated ap
plecart of the Swain High Ma
roons in a conference8 scrap
af?y "lght in Bryson City
After leading 13 to q in the
second quarter, the "new look"
Panthers gamely tried to stave
lift ? Powerful Maroons, but
19 score.3 heart-breaki"g 20 to
However, the more than 200
in If1 ^ fanlCUn fans Who were I
>n hand to witness the start- I
ing rise of the Panthers out
n the defeatist dumps, declar
ed the game a moral victory
inyway and are now ready to
w*lat 'hey have in store for
(Frid^v h6re tomorrow|
(Friday, night at 8 o'clock.
oThH "nderd?g Panthers un
eased their do-or-die attack on
?he favored Maroons in the
ipening minutes of the game
Sen?n Back R'ch*rd Renshaw
tampered through the line on
"^ard. paydirt jaunt that
Franklin fans screaming
ind breathless. Near hysteril
00k over on the Franklin side
n the second quarter when
ack Connie Potts tucked away
i Maroon fumble and rolled 30
ards for the second score' Ren
haw's conversion put the Pan
hers out in front 13 to 0
>ackibltyh/tUMned by the set
acK, the Maroons knuckled I
hTnh^nd/?ared back before!
he half. Carroll Wright con
lected to Bobby Robinson in
rou-rt th an<? the Panthers j
hp ? > ? P y t0 a st?I' 011 '
he-yard line But Wright, an I
uU.. Hiding player both 011 oi
en.? and defense, bulled over
or .ne score and kicked th?l
*'? \ ? I
? .irod-up Panthers open
,, 'hird quarter with an
tO"chd,lwn by Vic league
ne Maroons also passed
? '".other score.
??? the fourth, the Maroons
Vv' winning one
? - ad when :l down field
?id Wn"'i J'H MX P?"Us
Wnfc,,t- the conver
Another twisting run by Ren-i
?ul 7n'\n UJd on the Swain
i.ul in four downs the Panth- 1
'?> were unable to whin nj
nough drive t? pu,h over the
oai and salt away the game |
Ct'LLASAJA CARNIVAL j
.,1C1'i"1u,V,a Sch001 P'ans its an- '
i 1 Halloween carnival Sat- 1
rday - nlRht at 7:30 o'ctocf t
las been announced in adrii
'on to Halloween entertain
nent and contests, including
?ueenr?thninK ?f a kln? a"d
ueen, the evenings proggram
*oten5 by Mrs' Charles )
nolens room and an art ex
prepared by students
Highlands Bank
Robbed Thursday
Robber- gave uj> trying to open the vault of the
Highland Branch of the Jackson County Bank early
last Thursday morning and settled for S220 in silver
from a cash drawer.
F. B. I. agent- and local officer- are investigating
the robbery, which was discovered by Cashier V. \V.
McCall when he opened the bank Thursday morning.
The thick vault door of the bank was charred and
melted iu-t below the lock, in what officers termed
Macon Jury
Rules Slayer
Is Guilty
Demos Wood a 56-year-old
Jackson County man. was sen
tenced to life imprisonment
Sunday night for the shotgun
slaying of Jackson Sheriff G. C.
Middleton. after a special Ma
con County jury returned a ver
dict of guilty of first degree
murder with a recommendation
for life imprisonment.
The jury was selected from
a venire of 100 Macon citizens
to hear the Wood trial in the
Jackson County Superior Court.
The six-day trial, which un
folded the details of the July
2 ambush slaying of the sheriff
! by Wood, ended at 10:49 p. m.
Sunday, when the jury returned
i its verdict after deliberating for
j two hours and 31 minutes.
Wood was sentenced by Judge
; Francis O. Clarkson, of Char
S lotte. before a packed court
! room, which included a number
| of people from here.
| B. B. Scott, of Franklin, was
i foreman of the jury. Other
| jurors were J. W. Gribble. John
| Edwards. Norman Evans, John
I Kusterer. Lester Holland, Jake
I Waldroop, Lefferts Higdon, El
bert Houston. J. L. Miller,
Glenn Ray. and L. B Liner. The
alternate juror was J. C. Bry
' son.
Mrs. Dcwdle
Elected New
Scout Leader
Mrs. Margaret Dowdle. of
Franklin, was elected Macon
County chairman of the Nanta
haia Area Girl Scouts at an
area meeting Saturday in Cul
lowhee.
Mrs. J. M. Valentine, of High
lands. was reelected first vice
president of the area: Miss
Dorothy Harbison, also of High
lands, was named area program
chairman; and Mrs. Gilmer A.
Jones, of Franklin, was re
elected Franklin chairman.
Dr. A. Rufus Morgan and
Mrs. C. Banks Finger, adult
scout leaders, represented
Franklin at the meeting. Mrs.
Valentine, Miss Harbison, and
Mrs. Tudor N. Hall attended
from Highlands
Girl Scout
Troops Marking
National YV/eek
F- in kiln Gir: s/mts a: ? en- ;
raced .r. >everal : ' fi s this |
week in observance of N.' mal
Girl Scout Week
The two troop* have sct.'jting
disp:iy i. downtown
store windows
.Yesterday iWedn< Say ' u fter- 1
noon . .?>: . .'.clian*
Troop 'JO enter ! ?r. i approxi- 1
mately 7> par 'its ?nl triends'
at tea a*, tii-. Epi al parish,
house
Friday night th-' iris plan
to attend the Ftaiirikn-Murphy j
football game here in a group
and then 'jo to Mrs. Jimmy {
Waldr>op's hoir ? for ... 'slumber i
party".
The new senior troop, which
has not been assigned a num
ber. plans to conduct a cake
sale Saturday at the Nantahala |
Power and Light Company
building beginning at 9:30 a. m. j
At 11 a. m Saturday, the
winners of tTroop 29's baby con
test will be announced at Ma- j
con Theatre.
Sunday, Troop 29 will attend
the morning worship services
at the First Baptist Church.
an unsuccessiui auempi to open
it with an acetylene torch.
However, Cashier McCall re
ported $200 in quarters and $20
in half dollars missing from a
cash drawer.
Entrance to the small branch
bank was gained by smashing a
window in the toilet at the rear
of building to reach the win
dow lock. Sheriff J. Harry
Thomas said a small rock found
on the outside of the window
probably was used to smash the
pane.
F B. I. Agents Stanley Settles
and Bob Moore, of the Ashe
viue office, assisted by Sheriff
Thomas, spent most of Thurs
day -lifting" fingerprints from
various objects in the bank.
Had the robbers managed to
open the valut, they would have
had a surprise in store, ac
cording to Cashier McCall. The
vault is rigged with a tear gas
safety device.
Sd far, officers" have been un
able to set the time of the' rob
bery. But Sheriff Thomas re
ported Charlie Brooks said he
saw a shade in the bank being
pulled down when he passed
shortly after midnight on his
way home, and he remarked to
his wile and another passenger
that "Bill McCall is working
late".
Preleau Hedden also report
I ed he saw a late model auto
mobile pass his service station
(Sid's Amoco Service i at a high
rate of speed about 5:45 a. m.
The sheriff said it is possible
the robbers spent most of the
early morning hours trying to
burn a hole through the vault.
Officers are now running
down several leads, he added,
and fingerprints found at the
scene are being studied.
DENTISTS
IN COUNTY
Will Be Here Several
Weeks Lecturing And
Correcting Defects
Two dentists from the Divi
sion of Oral Hygiene, State De
partment of Public Health, ar
rived here Monday to spend
several weeks working in the
county schools.
The dentists ? Doctors H. C.
Jamison and John Hoit French
? are spending this week at the
Highlands School and they plan
to visit all out-lying schools in
the county before coming to the
Franklin schools.
In addition to correcting
dental defects, they also are
lecturing at the schools on
oral hygiene.
In connection with the den
tists' visit in the county, the
Division of Oral Hygiene plans
to send its "Little Jack" puppet
show on tour here November
2-G .according to Dr. Leo P Mc
Campbeil, district health offic
er. The puppet show stresses
the importance of proper dental
care, he said
Tiic Weather
' ? ? ' ' >? rr I'm .1-1(1 rainfall, as
! If! ' 1 u^!in by Ma:-*?n Stile*,
it 'rr -r \er. tnd at the Coweeu
! I wlr. I -cic Laboratory:
FRANKLIN
Temneratures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 82 36
Thursday .77 38
Friday 79 35
Saturday 70 43
Sunday 73 29
Monday . 69 30
Tuesday 65 47 .37
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 80 38
Thursday 76 40
Friday 78 33
Saturday ? 73 45
Sunday .. 70 30
Monday 67 31
Tuesday 63 47 .58