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VOL. LX1X? NO. 11
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1954
TWELVE PAGES
State Treasurer
Is Speaker Here
"We (North Carolina) do
not want to pay too great a
price for Industry," State Treas
urer Edwin M Gill said here
Tuesday night when addressing
the 14th annual meeting of the
Franklin Chamber of Commerce.
"We do not want them to
come here just to make money
. . . we want them to become
a part of the community . . .
to beco?e a part of our life
and our happiness."
Tracing the soundness of the
state's economy, even through
the depression years, the speak
er voieed his Interest in "keep
ing North Carolina a good place
to live from the standpoint of
good government," adding:
"Sotrnd government prepares
the way for good industry."
The dinner meeting, a joint
affair ml the commerce body
and the Rotary and Lions clubs,
saw the newly-elected chamber
officers and directors officially
take over their duties.
Williajn Katenbrlnk, the out
going president, gave the wel
come and Introduced the new
leaders ? W. W. Reeves, presi
dent; Verlon Swafford, vice
president: J. L. West, Jr., treas
urer; and H. W. Cabe, Norman
Blaine. C. Banks Finger, and
Erwin Patton, directors. Mr.
Katenbrlnk is a director.
A program of work for 1954
was briefly outlined by Mr.
Reeves, who called upon those
attending to give their whole
hearted support in pushing the
work of the commerce body.
Mr. Gill, who was introduced
by B. L. McGlamery, in his
opening remarks complimented
the chamber of commerce on
the thoroughness of its pro
gram.
In the final analysis, the
speaker said North Carolina's
people, who have shown the
rest of the country they have
what it takes to tackle any Job,
are the greatest asset to the
state, because "we have been
smart and used every dime pos
sible on public education."
This fact, which proves the
state is willing to take care of
its own people, means a lot to
industry interested in coming
to North Carolina, he said.
Bringing his address to the
local level, the state treasurer
had high praise for the rural
community development pro
gram under way in this county
and he complimented the coun
ty on its neat and attractive
country-side.
"You have to have an attrac
tive package to sell a product
. . . and you have it here."
A salesman must believe in
his product if he expects to
sell it, Mr. Gill told his audi
ence, concluding:
"North Carolina is a wonder
ful state and if we're all sales
men and are sold on it, what a
wonderful product we have to
sell."
The meal was prepared and
served by the home economics
department of thev high school
under Mrs. T. J. O'Nell and
Mrs. John Cogan;
Mr.' Gill was accompanied
here by R. P. Mauney, of Mur
phy and Raleigh.
'Gas War' On
A "gas war" is raging hot and
heavy In Franklin.
Several major service stations
this week cut the price of reg
ular gas from 32 cents a gallon
to 28 cents.
However, many are still hold
ing to the old price.
District Scout
Honor Court Set
A Smoky Mountain District
Boy Scout Court of Honor is
slated tonight (Thursday) at
7:30 o'clock at the Highlands
Methodist Church.
Scouts from over the district
will receive advancements in
rank and merit badges.
GRAHAM BROADCAST
Evangelist Billy Graham's
services will be broadcast direct
from London, England, at the
Friendship Tabernacle here
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Following the broadcast, a Billy
Graham film will be shown. The
local program is being arrang
ed by the Rev. W. K. Shields.
EASTERN STAR
ELECTION HELD
Mrs. Parrish And
Hauier Named Grand
Matron And Patron
Mrs. Blanche H. Parrish, of
Otto, and James L. Hauser, of
Franklin, were elected worthy
grand matron and worthy grand
patron of the Nequassa Chap
ter, Order pf Eastern Star, last
Thursday night.
A public installation of the
new officers is set for next
Thursday night (March 18) at
8 o'clock at Slagle Memorial
Building.
Others elected to serve with
Mrs. Parrish and Mr. Hauser
are Mrs. Catherine F. Henry,
associate matron; Edd Whitak
er, associate patron; Mrs. Nobia
O. Murray, secretary; Mrs. Alice
C. Ray, treasurer; Mrs. {Cather
ine A. Crawford, conductress;
and Mrs. Emma Jane Phillips,
associate conductress.
A.R.C. DRIVE
PROGRESSING
$180.50 Received;
Hope To Wind Up
Drive This Month
-The annual Red Cross fund
drive, which opened here March
1, is slowly gaining headway,
according to Mrs. Elizabeth Mc
Collum, chapter secretary.
Tuesday, donations totaled
$180,50, she reported. The coun
ty's quota is $3,000.
A small group of volunteer
workers Friday night turned out
at Franklin High School to
hear Joe Varner, of A.R.C.
headquarters in Atlanta, Ga.,
explain this year's program. Mr.
Varner's appearance was ar
BLOODMOBILE COMING
The Bloodmobile from the
regional center in Asherille is
scheduled to visit Franklin
April 29 under the auspices
of the local Veterans of For
eign Wars post.
As in the past, the unit will
set up at the Franklin Pres
byterian Church for the day.
ranged as a "kick-off" feature
of the local drive.
Mrs. McCollum said she hopes
to wind up the drive by the last
of the month and she urged
volunteer workers to report
contributions weekly, if possible,
so drive progress can be chart
ed.
The rural campaign this year
Is being handled through the
community development pro
gram. Volunteers are In charge
in Franklin and Highlands.
FEDERATION
MEETING SET
Local Stockholders
Will Name Officers
Here On Friday
The annual meeting of the
Macon stockholders irt the
Farmers Federation Is set for
tomorrow (Friday) at 10 a. m.
at the Franklin warehouse, It
has been announced.
In addition to hearing busi
ness reports by various Feder
ation officials and talks by ex
tension personnel, the stock
holders will reelect and add
new members to the local ware
house committee and nominate
a county director, whose nom
ination will be voted upon at
the annual Federation meeting
In Ashevllle, March 27.
Carl Slagle and Jack Cabe
are now serving as directors of
the Franklin warehouse.
The warehouse committee is
composed of Mr. Slagle, Mr.
Cabe, E. V. Ammons, Ed Byrd,
Jerry Franklin, Robert Bennett,
Charles W. Henderson, Weaver
Gibson, Jim Young, Mrs. Effle
Hunt, B. W. Justice, Blllie Barn
ard, Jim Raby, Clayton Ramsey,
Fred Hannah, Edwin J. Bradley,
Weaver Holbrook, J. Harry
Thomas, Dir. Frank Killlan, R.
C. Enloe, Wood row Teague.
Woodrow Oibson. Wallace Mor
gan, and Frank Sanders.
New Highlander Officers Elected
The Macon County Highlanders, tourist promotion group, Friday night elected new officers
for the year and started mapping an intensive promotions program. The officers are (L to R),
Paul Carpenter, secretary-treasurer. Miss Lassie Kelly, alternate director, L. D. Clontz, reelected
president, E. M. McNish, director, and Herman Dean, vice-president. The organization plans to
work jointly with the chamber of commerce in promoting this area.
Local Teams Make Tourney
Semi-Finals; Games Covered
By TOMMY GNUSE
(Editor's Note: The writer*
of this article is sports editor
of The Mountain Echo, Frank
lin High newspaper. He is j
covering the Smoky tourna- 1
ments under an arrangement
with The Press.)
Franklin's lads and lassies
.rolled over all comers In the
Smoky Mountain Conference
Basketball Tournament to ad- 1
vance to the semi-finals.
In boys' play in Bryson City,
the local lads plowed through
Hiwassee Wednesday night of
last week by a lop-sided score
of 75-37. Still riding high, they
dumped Hayesville 53-40 the
following night to gain the
semi-finals.
Tonight (Thursday) at 7:30,
they take on Robbinsville in the
Swain High gym, and if suc
cessful, get a shot at the tour
ney crown Saturday night at
8:30.
The lassies, eastern division
champs, are still favored to
bring home the tourney crown
and their high -scaring antics
kept fans on edge as they
handed Webster a 65-32 pasting
last Thursday night and Nan
tahala a stern dose, 63-34, Sat
urday night. The girls' tourney
is being staged in Andrews.
Last night, the lassies met
Cullowhee in the semi-finals.
The outcome of the game was
not known at press time.
Macon's other two high schools,
Nantahala and Highlands, lost
out earlier in tournament play.
Franklin-Hayesville
The Franklin lads moved Into
the semi-finals March 4 by de
feating Hayesville 53-40. The
squad meets Robbinsville to
night (Thursday i in Bryson
City.
Franklin kept a slim lead
throughout the game, but it was
so close that the first team
went all the way.
? -aiarr i nmio ay J. r. uraay
Franklin has its hopes pinned
on sparkplugs Jody Lenoir and
rangy Dolpha Fouts in the
Smoky c?.?e tournament. Fouts
(54) is shown using his 6 feet
! 5-inche altitude to steal the ball
from an opponent.
There were no individual
stars as the Panthers kept pass
ing the ball well and the points
were split evenly among the
squad members.
Franklin outscored Hayesvllle
by a slim margin each quarter.
The Hayesville boys played a
fine defensive game and man
aged to keep Dolpha Fouts from
under the basket for most of
the game.
The Hayesvllle squad put up
a good fight but was trailing
i5-10 at the quarter and 27-19
at halftlme.
The Panthers managed to
push the score to 41-31 after
three quarters, and in the final
period ran the score to 53-40.
Fouts again took scoring hon
ors, bucketing 15 points. Tom
my Cole followed in close order
with 14; Bill Harper racked up
9; Crawford Moore, 8; and Bert
Crawford, 7.
Harold Long was the big gun
for Hayesvllle with 12 points.
Franklin-Hi wassee
The Franklin boys wholloped
Hiwassee '75-37 in their first
game in the Smoky Mt. Confer
ence Basketball Tournament at
Bryson City, March 3.
Dolpha Fouts, 6', 5" center,
and Tommy Cole led the Panth
ers with 25 and 23 points, re
spectively.
Cole dumped in 10 points to
lead Franklin to a 19-7 margin
in the first quarter. The team
kept pouring it on and by the
half were leading 33-16.
In the third stanza it was a
matter of too much Fouts as
he completely controlled the
backboards and racked up 9
points to move the Panthers'
lead to 48-24. In the final pe
riod the team scored at will
and boosted their lead to 75-37.
Following the leading scorers
were Billy Harper and Craw
ford Moore with 8 each; John
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 6
RABIES EASING
OFFICIAL SAYS
Describes Situation
As 'Wait And See';
Clinics Helping
The rabies situation seemed
to be easing up in the county
this week, but "it's a wait and
see proposition", according to
Sanitarian H. T. Collins.
A 30-day quarantine was im
posed county-wide last Thurs
day by Dr. L. C. McCampbeU,
following a serious outbreak of
rabid dogs in the iotla, Cowee,
Cartoogechaye areas and a sec
tion near Otto.
Since the outbreak, Dr. O. H.
Burnside, county rabies inspec
tor, has been holding rabies
vaccination clinics in an effort
to stop the spread.
Yesterday (Wednesday i Mr.
Collins said the quarantine and
clinics seem to be controlling
the spread, but he added:
"Many of the rabid dogs bit
others . . . and of course, these
animals still can go mad any
time within the next couple of
weeks. We will just have to
wait and see what develops and
move quickly if It looks like the
outbreak is going to spread
more."
The sanitarian said the quar
antine will be extended If the
situation warrants such action.
At the present time, the health
officer plans to lift the quar
antine April 3.
Rabid dogs in the four areas
bit a number of other animals,
Mr. Collins reported. A cow be
longing to Weaver Gibson, of
Cowee, this week was clinically
diagnosed as being rabid, he
said.
Vaccination clinics scheduled
by Dr. Burnside for the coming
week are as follows:
Today (Thursday i Clark's
Chapel church, 4:30 to 6 p. m.
Friday: C. T. Bryson's Store
(Cullasaja>. 4:30 to 6 p. m.
Saturday: Highlands. 9 a. m.
to 3 p. m.
Monday: Union School, 4:30
to 6 p. m,
Tuesday: Iotla School. 4:30 to
6 p. m.
Wednesday: Carl Morgan
Store, 4:30 to 6 p. m.
Thursday: Burningtown Bap
tist Church, 4:30 to 6 p. m.
Through the week-end. Dr.
Burnside had vaccinated more I
than 750 animals.
J. T. Younce, Native
Of Macon, Dies Here
Joseph Thomas Younce, 80, a
native of this county and rest
dent of the Burningtown sec
tion, died Tuesday at 9 a. m. at
the home of a grandson, Troy
Crisp.
Funeral services were con
ducted yesterday (Wednesday*
at 11 a. m. at the Burningtown
Baptist Church, of which he
was a' member. Burial was In.
the church csmetery
CRISP INFANT DIES
Charles Eugene Crisp, infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Crisp,
died Tuesday at 2 p. m. In a
Franklin hospital. Services were
conducted yesterday (Wednes
day ? at 3:30 p. m. at the Windy
Gap Baptist Church.
County Asking Bids
For Health Center
Mrs. McCollum
Named To Head
Auxiliary Here
Mrs. Elizabeth McCollum, of
Franklin. Monday night was
elected president of the local
Veterans of Foreign Wars Aux
iliary for 1954-55.
Others named to serve with
her are Mrs. Katherine Perry,
senior vice-president; Mrs. Mil
dred Perry, junior vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Annie Laura Welch,
treasurer; Mrs. Anne Murray,
historian; Mrs. Edith Reeves,
guard; Mrs. Marie Pearl, chap
lain; and Mrs. Ruth Williams,
conductress.
The new auxiliary officers
were elected at a supper meet
ing given for the auxiliary by
Mrs. Clyde Slagle and Mrs.
Rachel Fagg.
Mrs. Ina Justice, of Hender
sonville, 17th V.F.W District
president, attended as a special
guest.
The job of heading the aux
iliary is nothing new to Mrs.
McCollum. She was Instrument
al in the organization of the
auxiliary here in 1950 and serv
ed as its first president.
Mrs. Lasca E. Horsley is the
out-going president. J
Baptist Group
Names Taylor
As Missionary
The Rev. C. T. Taylor, pastor
of the Sugarfork and Longview
Baptist Churches, has been
elected associational mission
ary of the Macon Baptist Asso
ciation.
Mr. Taylor, who came here
in 1951, Sunday resigned as
pastor of the two churches in
order to accept his new job, ef
fective April 1.
c. T. TAYLOR
A native of Buncombe and
graduate of the Fruitland Bap
tist Bible Institute, he has
been pastor of the Sugarfork
church for nearly three years
and has had the Longview pas
torate for almost two years. He
also has served the Oak Orove
and Higdonvllle churches.
His appointment to the new
post was made by the execu
tive promotion committee of the
association. He succeeds Mrs.
C. Banks Finger, who has serv
ed for the past two years.
Prior to coming to Macon,
Mr. Taylor lived for some 20
years in Haywood County where
he held a number of pastorates.
Investiture Set
ror Scout Troop
A special investiture service
for the recently reactivated
Highlands Boy Scout troop is
planned Tuesday night at the
Highlands Methodist Church at
7 o'clock.
Prior to the service, the Ro
tary Club, sponsor of the troop,
has a hamburger supper plan
ned for the Scouts and their
leaders.
Parents of the Scouts are urg
ed to attend the service.
Boys making up the troop, |
which is headed by Scoutmaster
Richard Harrison, are Michael I
Baty, Curtis Carpenter, Bobby
Joe Talley, Jack Patterson.
Charles Chastain. William Lowe,
John Cleveland. Kenneth Wall
' Ifl '
Sealed bids for construction
of the proposed Macon County
Health Center are being invited
by the Board of County Com
missioners.
The center, which has been
in the planning stages for
nearly a year, is to be con
structed Jointly by the Medical
Care Commission and the coun
ty at a cost of about $30,000.
Bids will be opened by the
commissioners April 1 at 2 p. m.
The one-story center will be
built on Riverview Street on
land donated by Dr. Edgar
Angel.
The bulk of the cost of con
structing the center will be
hprne by the commission, an
organization which allocates
funds for health centers in the
state. Under an agreement with
the agency, Macon's share of
construction will be about 46,
000, or 19.2 per cent of the total
cost.
Following a conference hexe
with officials of the commis
sion early last year, the Board
of County commissioners in
April voted to accept the pro
posal. Dr. Angel offered the
land in July.
Plans for the building were
drawn by Lindsey M. Gudger,
Asheville architect.
Mrs. Lichtenstein
Reelected Head
Of Garden Club
At the regular monthly meet
ing of the Franklin Garden
Club, held at the Presbyterian
Church last Monday afternoon,
Mrs. R. G. Lichtenstein was re
elected president to serve for
the second year.
Other officers reelected are
Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones, vice-pres
ident, and Mrs. J. H. Stockton,
treasurer.
Mrs. Florence Sherrill, home
demonstration agent, spoke on
"Planning and Planting Vege
tables". She showed a film on
insects that Invade gardens and
told how to rid the garden of
them.
Mrs. Allan Brooks, chairman
of beautification committee,
told of the club's project of
planting shrubs at Franklin
High School. The club voted to
give $25 toward the purchase
of shrubs for the Chapel School.
Mrs. J. E. S. Thorpe appoint
ed a committee to assist Gilmer
A. Jones in beautifying the
front of Woodlawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones, chairman,
Mrs. Gus Leach, Mrs. J. H.
Stockton, Mrs. W. A. Rogers,
Mrs. Lyman Higdon, Mrs. Lester
Conley, Miss Laura M Jones,
Miss Gladys Sellers, and Mrs.
Thorpe will serve on this com
mittee.
It was voted to send $25 to
the permanent home lund of
the National Garden Club Fed
eration as the club's silver of
fering.
During the social hour, the
hostesses, Mr. Holland McSwain,
Mrs. Charles Conley, .Mrs. B. L.
McGlamery, and Mrs. W. A.
Rogers, served refreshments
carrying out the St. Patrick's
Day motif.
Girl Scouts Marking
42nd Anniversary
Macon County this week Is
tipping its best hat to the Oirl
Scouts of America on their 42nd
anniversary.
Yesterday (Wednesday), local
senior Scouts acknowledged the
organization's birthday by start
ing a cookie sale as a fund
raising project.
Sunday morning, all of the
Scouts, Brownies Included, will
attend the Franklin Methodist
Church as another birthday
celebration feature.
SING SET SUNDAY
The 2nd Sunday sing is plan
ned for the Sugarfork Baptist
Church beginning at 1:45 p. m..
it has been announced.
CAKE WALK .SLATED
A cake walk and "pig In a
poke" sale will be sponsored
March 19 at the Otto School by
the Mulberry Rural tbmmunlty
Development Organization, It
has been announced. The event
Is set for 7:30 p. m., and the