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VOL. LXVIII? NO. 45
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FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, NOV. 5, 195J
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FOURTEEN PAGES
Things are going along pretty smoothly in the above picture for all but the calf on the
ground, one of 29 entered in the W. N. C. Fat Stock Show and Sale by Macon F. F. A. and 4-H
club members. The calf is receiving a hoof manicure to enhance his looks a.t the show. (L to R)
Siler Slagle, Agricultural Teacher Wayne Proffitt. and F. F. A. members G. B. McCall and Ted
McCoy.
Hopeful Macon Youngsters
Leave For Stock Show
BULLETIN
Charles Gregory's calf
brought reserve champion
honors to Macon.
The local F.F.A. and 4-H
club entries won 27 blue rib
bons, and one red.
Twenty- line F.F.A. and 4-H
members i.nd their calves left
here Monc'ay morning for the
Hominy Va ley Horse and Hound
Pavilion n*ar Enka with a de
termination to make anotker
clean sweeo of the W.N.C. Fat
Stock Show and Sale.
The stocs show opened yes
terday (Wednesday i at ,1 p. m.
and the .sale is slated today
at the same hour.
In the light of past years, this
determination on the part of j
the club members should pay
dividends and bring more hon
ors back to .Macon County. For
three years running, the show
grand champion has been own
ed by a Macon youngster and
each year local entries have
dominated both the show and
sale. "HI
In addition to the grand
champion, local entries won 30
blue ribbons and five reds at
last year's show.
Vocational Agricultural Teach
er Wayne Proffitt is in charge
of the local group, which in
cludes Jerry Sutton, Bobby
Teague, Jim Ayers, Colbert Hen
son, Doyle Henson, Jack Cabe,
Douglas Conley, Wesley Dayton,
Lamar Houston, Johnny Tip
pett, Billy Stockton, J. L. Led
ford, Grover Sheffield, Clark
Sheffield, Bill Fouts, Joe Tayl
or, Charles Gregory, Dewey
Taylor, Crawford Moore, Frank
Killian, Johnny Killian, Wayne
Gregory, Jack Taylor, John
Taylor, Bruce Houston, Grace
Brown, Elizabeth Ann Ammons,
Sonny Burrell, and Mack Cabe.
'Poppy Day' Sale
Is Slated Saturday
By V. F. W. Women
Saturday will be "Poppy Day"
in Franklin.
Members of the local V.F.W.
Auxiliary will stage the sale to
raise funds for disabled vet
eran-. who make the poppies.
ATTENDING CONFERENCE
Mrs. F. H. Potts. Macon su
perintendent of welfare, is at
tending the 34th annual Public
Welfare Institute in Raleigh.
The session opened yesterday
(We cnesdayt. Mrs. Potts plans
to return over the week-end.
BEG VOIR PAKDON
In .ast week's account of the
Hi-hianris bank robbery Miss
C:i: line Hall, brink teller, was
referred to as. Mrs. c v. olyn Hall.
Tin - rror is regretted.
County- Wide
P T. A. Stuc!y
Course Slated
A ;our.ty-wide study course1
will be conducted by Mrs. 1
Blanriie Haley, Parent-Teacher I
As. i'ciation Held representative,
at th" Highlands School Tues- ]
day from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. !
Re?;strntipn will open at 9:30
a :r. and lunch will be served!
in the school cafeteria.
Mothers of pre-school age
Children mav bring them ai}d<
thev will be taken care of by
high school students.
The . meeting is open to all j
P.T.A members in the county!
and will offer the various local
units an opportunity? to attend
the study course, which is re
quired for a P.T.A. to become
accredited.
Dust-Fire-Water
Faced By Board
In Session Here
The Franklin Board of Ald
ermen faced dust, water, and
fire in regular session Monday
night.
The first item ? dust ? was
stirred up by a small delega
tion from South Cherry Street,
one of several unpaved streets
in town. The delegation said
their homes were being shower
ed inside and out by dust from
the extremely dry street. The
board promised to treat the
street at once, and to investi
gate the installation of street
light on South Cherry.
Water entered the meeting
when C. E. (Red) Henry com
plained that his front yard
doubled as a storm sewer when
it rains. He explained that
water draining from White Oak
and Riverview Streets had cut
a deep ditch across his proper
ty and he requested the instal
lation of a storm sewer at the
intersection of the two streets.
Water Superintendent Herman
Childers was authorized to in
stall a drainage system to turn
the water from Mr. Henry's
property.
The board also authorized the
purchase of 1,000 feet of fire
hose for the new fire truck,
which is expected to arrive
some time in December. The
truck was supposed to have
been delivered in August, but
Fire Chief A. C. Tysinger said
he had been notified that the
delay is caused by a factory
committment to supply top pri
ority civilian defense equipment.
Town Clerk C. O. Ramsey
was authorized to order a doz
en stop signs for installation
at various intersections through
out the town.
BULLDOGS
BITE SOUAD
Panthers Lose Smoky
Conference Scrap By
26 To 7 Score Friday
The Murphy Bulldogs showed
their bite was worse than their
bark here Friday night by tree
ing the Franklin High Panthers
with a 26 to 7 score in a Smoky
'onference scrap.
Only two granes ? both non
?nn'ference - remain on the
Panthers' schedule. Tomorrow
'Friday i night they will be in
Beth'. 1 :\nd November 13 they
'?in ,r out the 19,i3-54 season in
?an v* hew. vith Ctyitff.
Th" EuMdogs started snapping
' PanUier heels early in the
;ame and by ti^o half had rack
ed up a 19 to '7 lead.
Franklin shoved across its
l.ijie touchdown late in the .sec
ond quarter with Buck Richard
Hen haw scoring on a 35-yard
< If mi Back Junior Dills.
Ren.ihaw kicked the extra.
Soon alter the opening kick
off. Coach R. A Byrd's lads felt
the bite of the Bulldogs in a
ground offensive that started
on tnc Franklin 40 and ended
in rt score by Holt. Palmer. Kd
di( Elliott made the extra to
Di't the Bulldogs out in front
to stay.
Murphy struck again In the
second quarter far six more
points, with Dockery .scoring;
got six more at the opening of
the second half in a 90-yard
klckoff return by Elliott; and
with three minutes remaining
SEE NO. 3, PAOE 12
HALLOWEEN?
IT SURE WAS!
| Candy For Soap Trade
| Brings Absence Of
Vandalism In Town
Some of the most polite, {un
loving, and level headed spooks,
goblins, and ghosts invaded
Franklin Saturday night for a
Hallowe'en celebration unpre
cedented in the history of the
town.
Police reported a complete ab
sence of vandalism ? an achieve
ment that drew praise from all
quarters and prompted the
board of aldermen to draw up
a special message of apprecia
tion.
While the festive spirit oi
Hallowe'en was undimmed, this
year's supernatural beings were
perfect ladies and gentlemen
right down to their last ounce
of ectoplasm. By midnight mosl
of them had faded back intc
Dimension X" for anothei
year, leaving behind a virtuallj
spotless town, which in years
past has felt the useless sting
of unrestrained vandalism.
The watered-down and high
ly-praised celebration this yeai
was largely the work of Frank
lin Principal Ralph L. Smith
The principal recruited students
from the Franklin and East
Franklin schools, armed therr
with $50 worth of candy, and
turned them loose Saturdaj
night with orders to swap
sweets for soap.
And the swapping paid off
Windows were spared the usual
treatment. In fact, one high
school student, after swapping
candy for a cake of soap, was
observed diligently scrubbing
off a soap streak from a win
dow that had been given "the
treatment" before the trade.
Mr. SmithN also promised
Franklin and East Franklir
students a half-day off yester
day (Wednesday i to attend the
game here between the Frank
lin and Swain High junior var
sity football teams.
Although Franklin weathered
the storm, there were isolated
reports of vandalism in some
communities in the county
Thoughtless pranksters are re
ported to have completely de
molished some entrance signs
and mailboxes in communities
participating in the local rural
community development con
test.
In session Monday night, the
board of aldermen commended
Mr, Smith for his successful ef
SFF VO ? PAGE 12
RURAL AWARDS I
DINNER SLATED i
HERE SATURDAY
Contest Winners
Will Be Announced;
Editor To Speak
Winners of the 1953 Macon;
County Rural Community De
velopment Contest will bie dis
closed here Saturday night at
a special dinner at the Frank
lin High School cafeteria.
Guest speaker at the awards
dinner, which is slated for 7 !
o'clock, will be F. H. Jeter, of !
Raleigh, extension service ed
itor. He will be introduced by
Western District Farm Agent
Bryan Collins, of Asheville.
With the close of the contest
Sunday, citizens of the 13 com
munities entered in the compe
tition focused their attention
on the judges, Mrs. Velma B.
Moore, home agent in Clay
County, and Homer Gilliland,
EDITION CHANGED
Since the winners of the
Macon Rural Community De
velopment Contest will not be
disclosed until Saturda-v night,
the planned special edition on
contest activities, previously
scheduled for publication No
vember 12, has been moved
ahead to November 19 to en
able The Press staff to pre
i pare stories and pictures of
the winning communities.
' head of the community develop
i ment program at the Cherokee
! Indian Reservation, who spent
l Monday. Tuesday, and Wednes
> day in the difficult job of pick
; ing six winners.
i Their decisions will be kept
? secret until Saturday's dinner,
r when John M. Archer. Jr. ores
s ident of the Nantahala Power
r and Light Company, will an
nounce the winners and award
$1,025 in prize money.
Presiding at the dinner, which
| is being given by all 13 com
munities in appreciation to
.' businessmen contributing con
. test prize money, will be Erwin
| Pattoh, president of the county
I contest council and the Pat
, ton community. * /
, Other features of the eve-'
ning's program will be a wel
come by Walter Taylor, presi
[ dent of Holly Springs, the first
t local community to enter the
W.N.C. rural contest, and a re
sponse by W. W. Reeves, Frank
lin merchant, who suggested
the awarding of cash prizes
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 12
[ Mrs. Cabe New
Assistant Agent
Mrs. Jessie Downs Cabe took
? over her new duties Monday as
assistant home agent in this
1 county, succeeding Mrs. Barbara
I B. Hunnicutt, who has resign
! ed after holding the post for
. more than three years
A graduate of Berea College,
the new assistant agent for
i merly taught home economics
? in the Franklin and Hayesville
1 high schools. She taught in
Hayesville in 1949 and 1950 and
at the high school here in 1951
' and 1952.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Dow:;s of
Tranklin. Route 3
Macon Labor Survey Set
For Friday And Saturday
Jury Drawn
Monday For
Court Term
Fifty-four jurors ? including
one woman ? were drawn Mon
day at a meeting of the board
of county commissioners for the
December term of superior
court.
The term opens December 7,
with Judge F. Donald Phillips,
of Rockingham, presiding.
However, because of illness.
Judge Phillips may be unable to
| preside as scheduled, according
| to Miss Kate McGee, clerk of
! superior court. Should this hap
j pen. the clerk said a special
judge will be appointed to han
dle the term. Judge Phillips
presided at the August term
I here.
' Jurors were drawn by Susie
j Collins, five-year-old daughter
I of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Collins,
1 of Franklin.
The woman selected for duty
j is Mrs. J. R. Berry, of Frank*
| lin. Route 4. She was the first
I of 36 picked for duty the first
! week.
Other first week jurors in
! elude F. M. Brendle. of Route
i- George Crawford, Route 4; j
o C. Creswell. Highlands: Roy
Speed. Highlands: A. M. Mor- i
san. Nantahala; Lyle Baldwin.'
Nantahala; Earl Blaine. Route -
I: Frank Johnson, Route 1:1
Glenn Dills, Nantahala: Arthur
Rogers, Highlands; Joe M. Hen
' ry. Franklin; Charles J. Fergu
son, Route 4: E. C. Shook,
Franklin; C. T. Brooks, High
lands; F. H. Willis, Route 3:
Frank Shields, Nantahala: Floyd
Rogers. Highlands; Troy Hol
land, Gneiss: R. A. Baty, High
lands; Fred Corbin, Cullasaja;
Fred Mason, Nantahala; E. C.
Hodgins, Prentiss; Lawrence
Setser. Route 1; Jeff H. Enloe,
Jr., Route 1; John G.*Murray,
Route 1; P. N. Moses, Cullasaja;
J. P. Bryson, Route 4; John M.
Conley, Route 1. Dillard, Ga.:
J. A. McCoy, Franklin; Alex
Holbrook, Route 2; E. B. Beck,
Route 1; Clyde O. .Morgan, Nan
tahala; Arthur Quilliams. Route
1; Frank Tallent, Franklin; and
Sammy Bryson, Cullasaja.
Selected for the second week
duty were Grover Sorrells, Cul
lasaja; Claude Leatherman,
Route 4; Ralph Henson, Otto;
William Howard Baty, High
lands; Parks Brendle, Route 4;
Frank Roper. Route 4; Bruce
Bates, Route 2; Owen Amnions,
Route 4; Omer Elmore, Route
4; W. K. Hooker, Franklin; W.
R. Gibson. Route 4; James L.
Hauser, Franklin; Coyle Car
penter. Prentiss: Robert Wig
gins. Route 1, Dillard. Ga.:
Henry Christy, Franklin; Har
old Smith, Route 1; Wayne
Smith. Route 1; and R C. Holt,
j Highlands.
ROTARY DELEGATES
County Supt. Holland Mc
j Swain and the Rev. C. E. Mur
ray were Franklin delegates to
I the district Rotary meeting in
| Ashevillt? Monday and Tuesday.
Crew Blasting Through Cowee Gap
The J. C. f ritcher Construction Company i li-xMni; the going rocky in a deep cut at C'owec
CJ-ip. the eiitl of the Franklin-Cowee Gap link o I'S *3. The oontractor is having to blast
through about 70 feet of solid rock in the 1 SO- f ot cut. In the above picture, p. ?rew is shown
drilling into the ro;k in preparation for setting another ehaige ol' dynamite. Resident Engi
neer S. T. Usrv said the cut should be u\>wn to 'he proper level in about another month. The
rock blow n out of the gap Is being used as fill material.
Tomorrow Friday and Saturday, a complete survey of Macon
County's labor potential will be conducted county-wide in an
initial move by the Macon County Industrial Committee to
ready this -rea for industry.
All citizens between the ages of 18 and 50 are requested to
visit the nearest designated registration place and fill out labor
survey blanks
Registration will be handled by volunteers at the following
COP KILLER
CAUGHT HERE
Removed To Prison
Camp After Attempt
To Pick Jail Lock
An expired South Carolina li
cense tag led to the arrest of
a 39-year-old escaped killer
Monday night just outside the
Franklin city limits.
The man was identified as
Roy G. Kitchen, of Jacksonville.
Fla.. who escaped from the
Transylvania Prison Camp in
June while serving a 25-30 year
sentence for killing the chief of
police in Norwood Stanley
County in 1943
Kitchen ana a 15-year-old
girl companion ? a runaway
from Chattanooga. Ten'n.? were
taken into custody about 10
o'clock on the Murphy highway
by local officers who stopped
the car for a routine check
after noting the license had ex
pired
It was later learned the car?
a 1953 Plymouth ? was stolen in
Chattanooga, according to High
way Patrolman H T. Ferguson.
Kitchen, who was armed with
a .32 calibre revolver when ar
rested, Tuesday afternoon at
tempted to gick the lock on his
cell door .in the county jail
with a razor blade, the patrol
man said. When 'his escape at
tempt was discovered he was
turned over to authorities at
the Macon prison camp.
The killer's teen-age girl com
panion. who listed her address
as Chattanooga, told officers
Kitchen made her get out of
the car and walk across the
Tennessee -North Carolina state
line in an obvious attempt to
escape prosecution under the
Mann Act.
Patrolman Ferguson said no
charge has been lodged against
the girl and she will be return
ed to her home.
In addition to Patrolman
Ferguson. Patrolman Arthur A.
Lewis and Deputy Sheriff New
ell Pendergrass were in on the
arrest of Kitchen, who was on
the F.B.I, wanted list for un
lawful flight to avoid confine
ment.
Patrolman Ferguson said
Kitchen overpowered a guard
in making his escape from the
Transylvania prison, where of
ficials described him as a bad
prisoner ".
New Patrolman
Arrives Monday
Highway Patrolman Arthur
Alan Lewis. ,.i Winston-Salem,
has been assigned to this coun
ty and off:- ;ai;y his du
t:e- Monday.
Thr Hisih; inas patrol station,
which i of on unmanned
?since ?r ? >;' Patrolman
V E Brv-rn * 1 Canton in A'i>;
? St. ha . t'ianinati'd and
t . ? achate
Jroni r;.o Frank'.tr. station Jtt the
. .n, , - ? . r.
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ti> ? ?' . . . . ? 4. . !?'? . m ? ? >
P-?? n). . * was
la-*. i :i J : :: Coun
* ii vir.i ? *h ? xS a*
T*/.f, F:r? C?.!'s 1 ? .'p
Department Or. Move
r V : 1 Fire
? , ; thf .lump
thi< wr: U with two alii' ms.
t.arJy M.nd.r. afternoon, fire
'r. n w :?? ? t i i-mll Ma
? :i ; . r?>r;:r..'i:t ,r. E.i .t Frank
lin to deal with an overheated
oifstovr Damage was light.
I e Tiio-day 'itornoon they
extinguished a burning trash
pile In the alley behind the
fife house
JOINS I.A1V FIRM
Jack H.' Potts. Highlands at
torney. has joined Ralph Fish
er's law firm lit Brevard.
places each day from 9 a. m.
! to 4 p. m.:
Highlands: Town Office.
GneiSs: Post Office.
Cullasaja : Bryspn's Store.
Millshoal: Holly Springs Com
munity Center.
Watauga: Crawford's Store.
Franklin: County Courthouse
and Shook's Shell station.
Cowee: Rickman's Store.
Tellico (Lower Burningtown ) :
Morgan's Store.
Nantahala: Aquone Post Of
fice and Nantahala School.
Otto: Post Office.
Prentiss: Union School.
Cartoogechaye: Cartoogechaye
School.
/Meanwhile, members of the
industrial committee and volun
| teers of civic organizations are
| launching an intense pre-survey
campaign to stimulate inte'rest.
Handbills asking the coopera
I tion of are being dis
tributed county-wide and the
indu trial committee has a full
pag" advertisement in this
, week's issue of The Press. In
culded 1:1 the advertisement is
a labor survey blank, which the
committee hopes will be filled
j out and returned by subscribers
living out of the county.
A complete and accurate reg
istration is essential if the
! county is to attract industry,
( Frank B. Duncan. Committee
chairman, pointed out yester
day.
; The /labor survey results,
when coupled with other facts
concerning the county's econ
j omy. will provide a "fresh ap
! proach" should some industry
j be interested in settling in this
1 area, he said. The last labor
j survey was conducted here in
June. 1948. and this material
1 is now out-dated, the chairman
, added.
Recently, the Franklin Cham
I ber of Commerce and the Town
| of Franklin each earmarked
?250 for conducting the survey
and compiling the information
, in booklet form, along with all
pertinent facts about the coun
ty.
j These booklets. Mr. Duncan
said, will be distributed all over
the country as "factual boost
ers of this county and what it
has to offer."
Volunteers who are helping
with the survey are members of
the Lions Club, Franklin and
Highlands Jaycees. Rotary Club,
Junior Woman's Club. Veterans
of Foreign Wars, and American
Legion. *
Weed Grading
Demonstrations
Slated Friday
Two tobacco grading demon
strations will be conducted in
the county tomorrow (Friday',
j County Agent S. W. Mendenhall
i has announced.
The first is slated for 9:30
a in at the Carl Morgan farm
in the Tellico community: the
second at 1:30 p. m. at Earl
Justice's farm on Rabbit Creek.
Several expert graders will be
on hand during the demonstra
tions to help tobacco growers
with grading problems, the
.U'T.t ?nid.
All growers are invited at
' 'nd the demonstrations.
- ?< at'i?*r v? r. .7 ' ? ! i ? ?
? ' ? "4 : c Laborati?rv:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
FRAVXI.IN'
Temneratums
High Low Rain
r 62 43 .03
48 '42 trace
. 76 23
COWKETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
r 56 37 .09
68 30
n ?
75 35
7!) 28
76 23
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
49 41
68 30
69 27
75 28
75 30
72 34 trace