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VOL. LXIX? NO. 13
FRANKLIN, N. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1954
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STATE OKAYS
3-MAN BOARD
ON SATURDAY
Elections Board
Goes In April 10;
Politics Is Quiet
Macon's new three-man board
of elections ? Lee Barnard,
chairman, Fred S. Moore, and
Walter Bryson ? was approved
Saturday by the State Board of
Elections, it has been learned
here.
However, official confirmation
still had not been received yes
terday ( Wednesday ) .
The new board will take of
fice April 10.
All Is quiet on the local po
litical front. Although the gen
eral procedure is to file with
the elections chairman, candi
dates seeking nomination in the
May 29 Democratic primary
may, under the law, certify
their intentions with the clerk
of court.
Installation
Slated Friday
In Highlands
The newly-elected officers of
the Highlands Chapter No. 284.
Order of Eastern Star, will be
installed tomorrow i Friday >
night at a special ceremony at
the Masonic Hall.
The ceremony is set for 7:30
o'clock. Mrs. Doris Barrett, of
Sylva, district deputy grand
matron, will be the installing
officer.
Miss Ethel Calloway is the
new worthy matron and Thom
as C. Harbison, worthy patron.
Other elected officers include
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Harbison, as
sociate matron; J. Lawrence
Hicks, associate patron; Mrs.
Agnes R. Calloway, conductress;
Mrs. Anne B Holt, associate
conductress; William N. Slat
tery, secretary; and Mrs. Vernon
N. Slattery. treasurer.
Industry Book
Comes Off Press
"Progressive Macon County",
an eight-page booklet prepared
by the Macon County Industrial
Committee, came off the press
yesterday (Wednesday).
The committee plans to. use
the publication in promoting
this area to prospective indus
try. The small booklet gives a
thumb-nail sketch of the coun
ty's economic picture and brief
ly c6vers pertinent points gen
erally asked by industry.
Frank B. Duncan, committee
chairman, emphasized that the
booklet was designed solely "as
an introduction to the county".
"Once we interest industry in
coming here and looking us
over, we feel sure the county
will sell itself . , . the booklet,
is their invitation."
Funds for publishing the
booklet were raised by the
Chamber of Commerce and the
Town of Ftanklin. It was print
ed by The Franklin Press.
The cover is printed in green
and is a solid layout of pic
tures showing Macon ians at
work and at play.
Folk Festival
Slated In July
July 29-30-31 have been set
as the dates far the 2nd annual
Macon County Folk Festival.
Officers of the Franklin Jay
cees, festival sponsors, this week
requested other organizations
not to schedule events for these
dates, if possible.
Plans for the festival, which
drew large crowds last year de
spite bad weather, are now be
ing made The event will again
be hel 1 at the Franklin Sta
dium. weather permitting, and
entertainment will be "double"
that o: last year, the Jaycees
said.
A well-known entertainer is ,
now fcel:'.? signed to do shows 1
each of the three nights as-'
an added fraction to the I
home talent festival. I
sing is SLATED
The 4th Sunday sing will be
held at the Tellico Baptist
Church beginning at 1:30 p. m.,
John Campbell, president, has
announced All singers and the
pubMc are invited.
Big Docket
Coming Up,
Clerk Says
The docket for the April term
of Superior Court here is build
ing into one of the biggest in
recent years, Miss Kate McGee,
cle.rk of court, revealed Mon
day.
With the opening of the term
still more than three weeks
| away (April 12> , 102 new cases
have been added to the docket
since the December term, the
clerk reported. In addition. 42
hold-overs from the last term
are docketed for trial.
The majority of the new cases
are motor vehicle violations,
Miss McGee said. i
Seventy-nine cases made up
the criminal term docket in
December and for the past two
years dockets have seldom ex
ceeded this number.
Judge H. Hoyle Sink, of
Greensboro, resident judge of
the 12th Judicial District, will
preside_ at the upcoming term.
Band Boosters
Meeting Tonight
A special meeting of the
Franklin Band Boosters Club,
which has its work already cut
out in view of the band's crip
pling loss of instruments and
music in the recent high
school fire, is slated tonight
? Thursday) at the high school
at 7:30 o'clock.
Scheduled for introduction at
the meeting is the club's new
\ fund raising campaign, a pro
| posal hinging on letting the
i band pay its own way with con
certs during the year, accord
| ing to club officials.
Memberships, entitling mem
bers to attend all concerts, and
window and automobile stickers
have been printed and will be
turned over to boosters at to
night's meeting.
Officers emphasized that any
one interested in supporting the
band is eligible to join the club
and "speak his mind" at the
meetings.
At a recent session, the club
favored hiring an additional
band director to teach in all
of the county schools, with the
ultimate objective of forming a
county band composed of ele
mentary students. Such a pro
posal would assure the Frank
lin band of a continuing supply
of young musicians.
CENTER BIDS
TO BE OPENED
Date Set April 1;
Features Of Proposed
Building Listed
Sealed bids for the construc
tion of the proposed Macon
County Health Center will be
opened April 1 by the Board of
County Commissioners.
Blueprints of the proposed
one-story structure show it will
be 62' 2" by 28' 2" and will con
tain a large waiting room, three
examination rooms. X-ray room,
laboratory, and four offices, in
cluding two for the sanitarian
and health officer.
Construction will be cinder
block with brick veneer. The
estimated cost., will : be about
$30,000. Under an agreement
with the Medical Care Commis
sion, the county will shoulder
19.2 per cent of the total. The
commission is an agency which
allocates funds for health cen
ters in the state'.
The site of the center is on
Riverview Street, near Angel
Hospital. Dr. Edgar Angel do
nated the land last year, while
the proposal to put up the unit
was In the planning stages.
UNION PTA MEETING
Mrs. Frank Shope, public
health nurse, will show a film
and speak on pre-school pro
gram plans at a meeting of the
Union Parent-Teacher Associa
tion tonight (Thursday i at 7:30
?Staff Photo by J. P. Brady
DOWN SHE COMES! A wrecking crew moved in Wednesday morning of last week to knock
down the fire-gutted walls of the old Franklin high school building, which burned the previous
morning. The bleak walls were termed a hazard to school children. The arrow in the action pic
ture points to the section in the wall where a heavy steel ball, used to smash the wall, is imbed
ded. The ball was suspended on a heavy cable and was battered into the wall with terrific force
by the operator of the wrecking crane.
LOCAL GIRL
WINS CONTEST
j Miss Cable Loses
In District Event;
Gets County Award
As county winner of the 1954
Cooperative essay contest Miss
Nancy Cable competed in the
district contest last Thursday in
Lincolnton.
Although she failed to win
the district event, Miss Cable,
Ho nohtoi* of Wrc
uuugllk^l VI iTAi O .
Pauline F. Cable,
received a $10
prize and a gold
medal for being
1 county winner.
The Franklin
High student,
who is serving
this year as pres
; ident of the 4-H
County Council,
was the only con
testant from the western area
of the state. She already has
indicated she plans to enter the
contest again next year, which
is sponsored by the Farmers
Cooperative Exchange, the N. C.
Cotton Growers Cooperative As
sociation, and the Carolina Co
jperator Publishing Company.
"The Government's Place in
Agriculture" was this year's
topic.
Miss Cable was accompanied
to the district event by Mrs.
Jessie Lee Downs Cabe, assis
tant home agent.
Macon Has Big
Delegation At
Raleigh Meeting
: For > distance traveled, Ma
con's delegation to the 7th An- i
nual Convention of the North
Carolina Education Association i
in Raleigh last Thursday, Fri
day, and Saturday probably
took attendance honors.
Attending from here were ,
County School Supt. Holland ]
McSwain, Mrs. Beth Guffey, >
Miss Alice D. Weaver, Mrs. On- .
nie L. Cabe, Principal Ralph L. 1
Smith. Mrs. Dora Carpenter, ]
Mrs. Jennie Reschke, Piincipal ,
and Mrs. E. G. Carpenter, Mr [ ,
and Mrs Edwin T. Williams, (
Mrs. Regina Schiffli, and Prin- ,
cipal F. N. Shearouse. ! ,
Miss Jean Blaine and Bobby , '
Cabe attended the convention ,
as representatives of the Fu
ture Teachers Club "of Franklin ? ,
High School. Their trip was ar- j
lanaed by the local N.C.E.A. <
Franklin Man Has Done It Again
"It's taken me 2,000 miles of
traveling, but I've clone it
again ~T"Coburn Holden ?iid over
the telephone.
Tlie "it" to the Franklin man j
was another field trial ribbon, [
won by one of his prize beagles, j
Saturday, his "Little SalUe", a j
saucy n-inchr six-months-old ,
rabbit runner, ' took 3rd place
in a field of 20 In a derby field
trial sponsored bv the North :
Georgia Beagle Club in Gaines
vi'le. Ga. It was the pup's first
trial J i
Last November, Mr. Holden's i ]
"Faithful Fan" placed 1st
against 40 other dogs In a trial 1
sponsored by the same club, i
Since that time Mr. Holden has
been racking up the miles on ;
his car and dogs trying to i
corner another ribbon. i
Johnson, Saw File Poet,
Dies Monday At Bethel
George M. Johnson, whose
clever limericks about his saw
filing business have kept read
ers of The Press chuckling for
years, is dead.
The well-known carpenter
and homespun humorist died
Monday at 4:20 p. m. at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Nor
man McDonald, in the Bethel
Community following an illness
of six weeks.
Funeral services were con
ducted yesterday (Wednesday!
at 2:30 p. m. at the Mt. Hope
Baptist Church, of which he
was a member. Officiating were
the Rev. M. W. Chapman, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church,
and the Rev. C. E. Murray, pas
tor of the Franklin Methodist
Church. Burial was at Cartooge
chaye.
Barn April 9, 1875, Mr. John
son was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. M. Johnson. In 1897 he
was married to Miss Margaret
Dalrymple, who died a number
of years ago.
DRIVE OVER
THIRD MARK
Slightly more than a third of
the county's $3,000 goal has
been raised since the annual
Red Cross fund drive was kick
ed off here the first of the
month.
Mrs. Elizabeth McCollum.
chapter secretary, Monday re
ported contributions totaled $1.
346.55. Less than half the rural
communities have reported drive
progress, she said.
More than $273 has been col
lected in the Franklin business
district, and Highlands, under
the leadership of the Rev. Rob
ert M. Hart, Tuesday reported
donations totaling $627.
In the rural campaign, which
is being conducted by organiz
ed communities. Holly Springs
has turned in $27.50; Cullasaja.
55; Cartoogechaye, $9.25; Otto.
542; Cowee, $11.45; and Bethel,
$41. These reports are not final,
the secretary said.
In Highlands, Mr. Hart has
snllsted the aid of students in
the drive and has put them in
:harge of canvassing certain
ireas.
The following students will
:anvass these areas: Highlands
?Jimmy Waller. Jack Patter
ion, Phyllis Buell, Linda Potts,
Lina Potts, and Nora Rogers;
Scaly ? Donald Vinson, Pearl
*Jicks, and Betty Owen; Clear
^reek -Otis Ramey. Woody Wil
son. Carter McCall. and Kath
ine Wilson; Shortoff Erwin
3endy. Mary Sue Dalton, and
Ynni'y Hrnrv; Horse Cove -Mary
\nn Edwards; Bear Pen? John
Rogers; Country Club area ? i
Martha Munger and Lucy I
?eese; Franklin road Curtis [
Carpenter and. Betty Baldwin.
Macon's rural campaign this |
^ear is being conducted by the |
:ommunlties entered in the |
'ural development contest.
Mr. Johnson, whose saw filing
dexterity was known far and
wide, used the classified sec
j tion of his county's newspaper
to attract customers with the '
I matter-of-fact and witty poetry. !
I Typical of his many limericks j
is the following, one of the last '
he wrote:
I'll file your hand saws to cut
straight and to the line.
Still file 'em at seventy-eight;
soon be seventy-nine.
He is survived by four sons,
Edwin, of Clayton, Ga? Frank,
of Franklin, Route 1, Walter, of
Candler, and L. M. Johnson, of
Belmont; a daughter, Mrs. Nor
man McDonald; a brother, Will
S. Johnson, of Concrete, Wash.;
a sister, Mrs. Dan Sweatman,
of Franklin, Route 1; /and 10
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Harve Mc
Connell, Mack Norris, Wiley
Clark. Davis Morgan, J. Paul
Vinson, and Elmer McClure.
Bryant Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Performances
Of La Boheme
Slated Friday j
La Boheme, a four-act opera ;
! sung in English, is scheduled
\ for two performances at the {
j East Franklin School tomorrow
i(Friday i under the sponsorship,
! of the Macon unit of the North
| Carolina Education Association.
The Grass Roots Opera Com
pany, of Chapel Hill, will pre
| sent the opera at I and 8 p. m.
A small admission will be
charged.
Sandtown Is 23rd j
County H. D. Club
The 23rd home demonstration
club in the county was organ
ized last Tuesday in Cartooge
chaye Township by Mrs. Flor
| ence S. Sherrill, county home
agent.
The new club, covering the
Poplar Cove and Muskrat Creek 1
sections, is named Sandtown ?
m old Indian name for that
section of the township.
Mrs. Gilmer Setser is presi- :
dent; Mrs Kerma C. Holland. 1
vice-president: Mrs. J D. Day- i
ton. secretary: and Mrs. Robert ?
Welch, treasurer i
School Fire Damage
Estimated $ 1 35,000
d . j r\ j- a.
RABIES SCARE
IS EASING UP |
Sanitarian Reports
Lack Of Cooperation -
In Some Communities
The rabies outbreak seems to
be easing somewhat, but "some
are posing a threat to the pub
lic and livestock by allowing
their dogs to run loose", Sani
tarian H T. Collins reported
yesterday i Wednesday ) .
However, most of the county
is cooperating with the 30-day
rabies quarantine imposed
March 4 by Dr. Leo C. McCamp
bell, district health officer, fol
lowing what officials termed
"a serious" outbreak of rabid
dogs in the Iotla-Cowee areas
and a small section near Otto.
Explaining that owners in
some areas are not confining
their animals, the sanitarian
said this lack of cooperation
could bring on an extension of
the quarantine if another out
break develops The quarantine
is scheduled to be lifted April 4
"We urge everyone to cooper
ate in observing the quarantine
and having their animals vac
cinated ... if cooperation Is
received the danger will be over
in a short time", Mr. Collins
declared.
Since the quarantine, he said,
several mad dogs have been
caught and disposed of. Others
that went mad during con
finement did not pose too seri
ous a problem
Following is the coming
week's rabies vaccination clinic
schedule released by Dr O H.
Burnside, county rabies inspec
tor:
Saturday: Old Kyle school.
9:30 to 10:30 a. m.; Flats Post
Office, 10:30 to 11:30: Nanta
hala School, 11:30 to 1 p. m.
Monday : Harry I&nsland
farm. 8:30 to 9:30 a. m.: Fred
Dalton mill, 9:30 to 10:30
Tuesday: Tom Barnes < Buck
Creek),. 9 to 10 a. m.; Walnut
Creek church, 11 to 12 noon
Wednesday: Higdonville school,
8 to 9 a. m.; Ellijay Post Office.
9 to 10: and Mt Grove church.
10 to 11 a. m
Mrs. Stewart
Elected Head
Of 4-H Adults
Mrs. Harley Stewart, of the '
Patton Community, was elected ;
president of the county 4-H
Club adult leaders Saturday at ,
the Agricultural Building
Miss Veva Howard, of Mulber
ry, was named vice-president:
Miss Joyce Hu^gins, of Burn- 1
ingtown. secretary - treasurer;
and Mrs. George Byrd. of Co
wee, reporter.
The leaders gave monthly re- j
ports oh 4-H activities and
made plans for the year.
County Agent Plans
To Return To Office
County Agent S. W Menden
hall. who has been recuperat
ing at his home since suffering
a heart attack in January, plans
to return to his oifice for "lim
ited action" about April 1. he
said this week.
The agent said for the time
being he Is going to spend
just a couple of hours a day"
?t his office, gradually working
into a full day as his recovery >
permits.
YOUTH CENTER DANCE
The Youth Center will spon
sor a spring dance at the Frank
lin High School cafeteria Sat
urday night at 7 30 Admission I
will be 50 cents per couple All
ntorested person < are Invited
Marches Through Georgia
Member* of the Franklin j
High School Beta Club march
"d throush Georgia Wednesday
of last week on a "packaged"
deal that took them on a visit
to Gov Herman Talmadge. the
Atlanta Journal building, and '
other points of interest.
Students making the trip
were Joe Martin, Jimmy Martin,
Edna Earl St?udemire. Mildred
Chtlders, Mary Evelyn Cabe
Caroline Reece, Ann Snyder
Lela Jo Gailey. Norma Jetin
Welch. Jeanne Henson. Ben Ed
wards, Thad Dowdle Raymon :
Ledford, R E Beck, Carolyn
Waldroop, Norma Jean Baldwin
and Audrey Gibson
They wer.e accompanied by
Mr and Mrs, Frank Martin, Mr
and Mrs S F Beck, and Elbert
Angel.
oana ueparimeni
Hardest Hit; Old
Walls Knocked Down
A wrecking crew battered
down the fire-gutted walU of
the old Franklin high school
building Wednesday of ta3t
week as school officials began
an inventory of equipment and
supplies destroyed in the pre
vious morning's fire.
Preliminary estimates set the
building and equipment loss at
better than $135,000.
Maximum insurance carried
on the building was 5105,000,
according to County School
Supt. Holland McSwain. There
was no insuranc? on any of the
equipment or supplies destroyed
in the early morning blaze, he
said.
Hardest hit by the fire, whictt
swept the 34-year-oid building
in a matter of minutes, was the
Franklin Band. Ar. estimate
turned in yesterday by Director
S F Beck set the department's
loss at $24,632.10, including $13.
291.55 in school ar.ci student -
owned instruments.
An estimated 53.000 in books
stored in the old building weru
lost. Mr. McSwain said
Athletic equipment and vrj -
plies, including new baseball
equipment, can'.-? :> 51 639 81,
according to Coa A Byrd's
estimate .
Mr McSwain wlvi was ia
Raleigh this pa.5" week, said iia
talked with state insurance )f-'
ficials and "they seemed t : t>?
satisfied with conditions" H EC.
Winslow, engineer with tlie
state division o: insurance, ui ?
spected the ruins last Wednes
day and interviewed several
, people regarding the fire
No salvaging will be allowed
until the insurance matter i;
settled, the superintendent sail,
, explaining he has received a
number of offers far brick from
the ruins
Of the 513.291.55 in instru
1 ments lost in the fire $<3,592 4'j
is listed as school-owned and
$4,899.10 as student -owned. The
band director valued the band
and vocal music library at $7, -
176.
With a pre-graduation concert
coming Up in May. band mem
bers are scouring xround far
instruments. Director Beck said
the school has borrowed several
from Cullowhee
Coach Bvrd said the school
will meet its baseaall schedule.
Team members have beer. t:or
rowing equipment and soliciting
donations in an efv?r{ to git
practice under way . is. a;
possible.
Will Show Movie Here
Operation Orient". 4 'CJiJi
motion pictur-* filmed in tli"'.
Far East has been obtained tor
showing here by the Rev. R d.
Burnette Saturday Mr Burn
ette will show the film at Olr-rt;
Hill; Sunday at Carson Chapel;
Monday at Poplar Cove Wed
nesday at the Bethel Methodist
Church; and Thursday at Kst
tle Rock. The hour for each is
7:30. The public is ia*iteJ
McSwain To Outline
Program For P.T.A. ?
The county's proposed school
improvement program vnV. -he
outlined by Cbunty School Supt.
Holland McSwain at tonight's
(Thursday' meeting of the Otto
Parent -Teacher Association.
Principal E. G. Crawford's 8t,h
graders also will appear on the
program; according to Harry
Robeson, president The session
is set for 7:30 o'clock i
The Weather
Tli* week'i 'cmpertr.jres uiil rainfall.
r?coHe<l in l-'ranklin by Manum Stiira,
'* # 'irh^r ihiervrr. mil ir ?h?* '"owifta
1 vlr il njtr T ?h(ir?htrw
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low R un
Wednesday 63 15
Thursday 8 5 27
Friday 51 43 39
Saturday 61 43 .03
Sunday 52 35
Monday 5? 17
Tuesday 52 4> .2!
cowketa
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 6-1 14
Thursday 63 27
Friday 52 34 0*
3aturday 62 37 .90
Sunday 54 34
Monday 57 16