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VOL. LXIX? NO. 20
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MAT IS, 1*54
SIXTEEN PAG I
?Staff Photo by J. P. Brady
A STANDARD P.T.A. CERTIFICATE was presented the Cartoogechaye association last (Wed
nesday) night by Mrs. Weimar Jones, district P.T.A. director. Cartoogechaye was one of two as
sociations in the county to qualify for the honor in 1953-54. The other association, Franklin, will
receive its certificate Monday night. Cartoogechaye officials pictured above are (L to R) Prin
cipal J. Norman West, Miss Esther Wallace, 1954-55 vice-president, Mrs. E. M. McNLsh, 1954-55
president, Mrs. Harold Enloe, past president, Mrs. Dan Reynolds, outgoing president, and G. Don
ald Seagie, outgoing vice-president.
BAPTISTS IN
AREA TO MEET
Two-Day Convention
Planned At First
Church In Franklin
A regional training union
convention ? embracing six Bap
tist associations in this area ?
is scheduled for the First Bap
tist Church in Franklin Friday
and Saturday.
Principal speaker of the two
day meeting will be Dr. P. L.
Elliott, president of Gardner
Webb College, Boiling Springs.
He will make his address Fri
day evening at 8:20, speaking
on "Keepers of the Faith".
The election and installation
of new officers for the year will
feature Saturday morning's ses
sion. The new leaders will be
installed by the Rev. J. Alton
Morris.
The six associations sending
representatives to the conven
?y tion are Macon, Tennessee Riv
er, Tuckaseigee, Western Caro
lina, West Liberty, and Chero
kee Indian.
Registration will open Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. At 3,
the Rev. E. O. Altland will con
duct a worship service, "Keep
ing Faith with the Faith". Spe
cial music for this service will
be by the Bethel Youth Choir,
of the Tennessee River Asso
ciation.
This will be followed by a
welcome by the Rev. M. W.
Chapman, pastor of the host
church.
Other features of the after
noon program Include "Keeping
the Faith Through Patient Per
sistence", by the Rev. J. Alton
Morris; Junior and Intermedi
ate conferences conducted by
Miss Dorothy Edwards and Mrs.
Carl West, respectively; recog
nitions and committee appoint
ments; "Faithfully Reading
Ood's Word", by Mrs. Charles
Messer; assignments to homes,
by Mr. Chapman; and the con
vention social hour.
The evening program will be
gin at 7 o'clock with a worship
service conducted by the Rev.
Lyman Wilson. Special music
will be by the Rev. and Mrs.
"E. G. Altland. At 7:30, Mr*. Ray
Bennett will speak on "Faith
fully Speaking God's Love", and
Dr. Elliott's address will follow.
The Saturday morning ses
sion will open at 9:is with a
worship service by the Rev. A
B. Lovell. Special music will be
by the Blankenshlp family. At
9:30, Mrs. Carl West will speak
? on "Faithfully Using His Word".
An interlude of special music
will then be presented by Rob
ert Orr, followed by Miss Dor
othy Edwards, speaking on
"Faithfully Hiding His Word".
Fred 8cott will speak on
"Nourishing The Faith" at 10:50.
Tournament winners will be an
nounced at 11:25, followed by
special music by the Peachtree
Choir.
The Rev. Buell will preach at
11:40 on "Keeping the Faith".
Members of the Macon asso
ciation now holding regional of
. fices include Clvde Drake, of
^1 Franklin, associate director;
Mrs. Herman Mason, of Frank
lin, secretary; and Mrs. Ray
Bennett, of Iotla, Young Peo
ple's leader.
Franklin PTA Also Eligible
For 'Standard' Certificate
Party Will Pick
Chairman At Meet !
This Saturday
A county chairman and dele
gates to the state convention 1
will be picked t>y Macon Demo
crats at a county-wide meeting i
Saturday afternoon at the coun- .
ty courthouse.
The meeting is set for 2:30
o'clock, according to the present
chairman, Jess Shope.
Last Saturday, Democrats in
the county's 12 precincts met
and named precinct chairmen
and committeemen. Reports
from the individual precincts
were not available for publica
tion this week.
The Democrat executive com
mittee is composed of the 12
precinct chairmen and this body
will elect the county chairman.
PRESS EDITOR
GETS HONOR
Jonea Named Tar
Heel Of The Week'
By Raleigh Paper
Weimar Jones, editor and co
publisher of The Franklin
Press, has been named "Tar
Heel of the Week" by The News
and Observer, Raleigh news
paper.
Mr. Jones' picture and a '
lengthy story on his active life
in newspapering appeared In <
the May 9 issue of The News
and Observer.
As president of the North i
Carolina Press Association this
year, the Franklin editor has
been a work horse In the fight
to repeal the 1953 legislature's
"secrecy act". He has been car- :
rylng the secrecy fight to the
people from the University of
North Carolina, where he has
BSE NO. 1, PAGE 8
The Cartoogechaye P. T. A.
wasn't the only one in Macon
to become a standard associa
tion in 1953-54, as previously re
ported. Franklin also is entitled
to a certificate.
Mrs. Weimar Jones, district
P.T.A. director, said yesterday
(Wednesday) "a mix-up at state
headquarters" was responsible
for the omission of the Frank
lin association's name from a
story published in The Press
April 22.
Monday night Mrs. Jones will
present a certificate to the
Franklin P. T. A. along with a
certificate for a 10 per cent in
crease in membership.
Last night she presented cer
tificates to the Cartoogechaye
association and installed new
officers for the year.
Tonight (Thursday) Mrs. Jones
will install officers for the East
Franklin group and present a
10 per cent certificate. Tuesday
night she will install Otto's new
officers and will perform, a sim
ilar duty next Thursday night
at Nantahala.
Bakery Is Sold
Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Marks, ol
Roseburg, Oreg., have purchas
ed Nantahala Bakery from Bill
Johnson and Tuesday took ovei
its operation.
Prior to coming here Mr.
Marks was associated with a
baking concern in Oregon. He
and his wife are living In the
Bryant Apartments.
Scout Court Here
Some 50 Boy Scouts of the
Smoky Mountain District are
scheduled to receive advance
ments In rank and merit badges
at a court of honor tonight
(Thursday) at the Franklin
Presbyterian Church.
Originally planned for the
Methodist church, Scout offici
als moved it to the Presbyter
Lan church because of repairs
under way at the former.
The program will begin at
7:30 o'clock.
Highlanders Group To Start
Membership Campaign Soon
A drive for additional mem
bers In the Macon County
Highlander! was discussed by
members of the tourist organl- <
zatlon last week at Kelly's Tea
Room.
While no definite plans were
made, the Highlanders plan to
launch an all-out membership
campaign soon, aimed at sign
ing up businesses that profit
Indirectly from tourist business,
according to L. D. Clontz, pres
ident.
The main theme of the dis
cussion was the "tourist dollar",
and how It Is divided among
various business, firms In a
town.
Using statistics compiled by
the State Travel Bureau and
other travel organizations, Mr.
Clontz presented a break-down I
of the dollar this way: i
Transportation (automobile
dealers, service stations, ga- I
rages, and tours), 21 per cent; ]
Meals (restaurants, hotels, cafe- 1
terlas, clubs, grocery stores), 29 1
per cent; Amusement (Indoor 1
and outdoor theatres, sports,
concerts, festivals), 7 per cent;
Admissions to attractions, 5 per
cent; Lodging (tourist courts,
hotels, guest homes, farms,
apartments), 20 per cent; Re
tall Purchases (drug, gift, nov
elty, and department stores,
craft and antique shops), 18 per
cent.
This proves that most busi
nesses indirectly profit from the
tourist dollar, the president
said. He also quoted T. Carl
Brown, of the N. C. Distributive
Education Department, as say
ing the tourist dollar changes
hands five times before it leaves
a community.
"This information leaves no
doubt that the community, as a
whole, profits from the tourist
Industry," Mr. Clontz comment
ed.
Members attending the meet
ing included Miss Lassie Kelly,
Paul Carpenter, Ed McNlsh, H.
B. Davis, Bill Horsley, Mrs. R,
M. Rlmmer, and Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall Pettis.
2 ESCAPED
PRISONERS
ARE TAKEN
One Glad To Be Back
In Prison; Thursday
Break From Gang
Two prisoners wno escaped
from a road gang on the
Walnut Creek Road early last
Thursday afternoon were back
behind bars at the Macon Pris
on Camp Saturday ? one glad
of it.
One of the men flagged down
an? automobile Saturday and
asked to be returned to prison;
the other fared badly at the
hands of a Walnut Creek resi
dent, who locked him up in a
shed and called prison camp
officials to come pick him up.
Roger Harris, 27, stopped a
car driven by David Mashburn
on the Walnut Creek Road Sat
urday afternoon and, according
to Mr. Mashburn . . said he
was an escaped prisoner and
wanted to go back to prison."
Harris was badly bruised
about the face and legs and
was apparently ready and will
ing to return to camp. Prison
Superintendent J. R. Overton
quoted the prisoner as saying
he was injured in a fall over a
cliff. The superintendent said
Harris was sentenced to four
years for breaking and enter
ing and larceny in Buncombe
County.
In an interview at Burrell
Motor Company where he works
Mr. Mashburn said "I just told
; him to get in (when he flag
1 ged the car) ... he talked
about first one thing and then
another all the way into town."
Mr. Mashburn turned the
[ prisoner over to Chief of Police
; C. D. Baird and Policeman Nel
son Ledford.
The other escapee, identified
1 as Henry Parham, 18, Saturday
' stopped at the home of Wendell
; Keener on Walnut Creek and
asked for food, according tc
the prison superintendent. Mr
' Keener is reported to have lock
' ed the youth in a shed and
caljed the prison camp.
"That sure is cooperation"
Mr. Overton said, "we're just as
. pleased as can be."
Parham is serving four yean
, for breaking and entering ir
, Henderson County, the superin
tendent reported.
Riding with Mr. Mashb?rr
when Harris turned himself ir
| were Misses Rosalee Mashburn
; and Ada Mae Henry.
The two men hroke from the
work gang about 1 o'clock
jumped down a steep bank, and
disappeared into the under
i brush, Mr. Overton said.
Local law enforcement offic
. ers and prison officials threw
; a night and day cordon around
, the area.
TEEN-AGERS
SHOW SKILL
Winner Of Road-e-o
Unknown In Jaycee
Project In Franklin
Between 20 and 25 teen-agers
displayed their driving knowl
edge and skill In Franklin yes
terday (Wednesday) at the Jay
cee-sponsored "Teen-Age Road
e-o".
The road-e-o, designed to
test the general knowledge and
actual driving skill of teen
agers, was conducted In two
phases ? written tests In the
morning and driving tests over
an efficiency obstacle course set
up on Mill Street In the after
noon.
The winner of the event, who
will compete In the state-wide
contest In Charlotte June 12,
was not known when The Press
was printed.
Cars for the driving feature
were furnished by local auto
mobile dealers. ?
Judges were Chief of Police
C. D. Baird. Sheriff J. Harry
Thomas. Patrolman A. A. Lewis,
and License Examiner R. V.
Hooper.
Jaycees John Cogan and Dr.
J. L. Hill were In charge of the
project and were assisted by
Edwin T. Williams and Clay
ton Ramsey, Franklin High
driver training Instructors.
Reopening Of US 64 Slated
This Week-End, Foreman Says
PAVING of the eight-mile stretch of IIS 64 from Gneiss to
Bridal Veil Falls was virtually completed yesterday and the
highway from Franklin to Highlands is expected to be reopened
this week-end. A highway department paving machine is shown
in action above, spraying hoiling tar over the new surface.
3 Escape Dead
Evening Fire In
Swain Hi Coach
Hired To Teach
At Franklin Hi
Howard Barnwell, veteran
Swain High School head coach,
has been hired to coach athle
tics at Franklin High School for
1954-55, it was revealed Tues
day by County School Supt.
Holland McSwain.
The present coach, R. A.
(Art) Byrd, will continue to
teach at the high school, the
superintendent said, and also
will assist Coach Barnwell with
the physical education program.
Mr. McSwain said local school
officials have been hoping for
sometime to hire Coach Barn
well since learning that he
planned to resign at the Bryson
City high school.
Coach Byrd took over his
duties in the fall of 1953.
Ball League
Deadline Set
Saturc&y is the deadline for
registering teams for the Frank
lin summer Softball league be
ing sponsored by the local
American Legion post.
James Hauser, newly-elected
commissioner, said yesterday
(Wednesday) a $25 entrance fee
will be required to enter a
team. A roster of 18 players
must be submitted along with
the fee.
Six teams have been tenta
tively lined up he said, and If
all register the league will be
rounded out. The teams are the
Oilers, Jaycees, V.F.W., Lions,
Rotary, and Nantahala Power
and Light Company.
Three exhibition games are
scheduled preceding the open
ing of the 30-game season May
25 to warm fans to the idea of
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 8
i In Monday
l Franklin
Three persons, Including a
four-year-old boy, narrowly
escaped death in Franklin early
Monday night when fire swept
through a small two-story frame
house on Iotla Street.
Little Mike Boston, son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Boston,
was rescued from the blazing
home by his mother, who was
visiting neighbors and return
ed to find the small dwelling
going up in flames.
An unidentified person rous
ed Mr. and Mrs. Jim Browning
out of their downstairs living
quarters soon after the alarm
was sounded at about 9 o'clock.
Mr. Boston, coming home
MIKE'S PETS GONE
Four-year-old Mike Boston's
pet doe and rabbit weren't a 4
lucky as he was.
They died in the fire, al
though Mike's daddy went in
to the burning house and
tried to rescue them.
The disappearance of his
pets upset Mike.
* "They're the first thing he
asked about the next morn
ing", his mother said.
"I told him Jesus had tak
en them. He understood
then."
from work at Cagle's Cafe,
where is a short-order cook,
discovered the fire, which had
almost consumed the upper
story of the house.
"I opened the front door and
the living room celling fell In
... it must have been burning
for sometime In the attic", he
said.
"I yelled for Grace ... I
thought they were in there . . .
then she came running up the
street . . . she ran In and got
him (Mike)."
Mrs. Boston said she had been
out of the house "only three or
four minutes" when she heard
her husband yell.
The Bostons lost virtually all
of their furniture and clothing
In the fire. Firemen estimated
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 8
A CULVERT is replacing the small bridge on the Louisa
Chapel Road, in line with a relocation project by the highway
department. Highway crews are shown installing the culvert.
The old bridge timbers are In the foreground*.
US 64 between Franklin and
Highlands should be open to
through traffic by the week
end, George Byrd, State High
way foreman, said Tuesday.
For several weeks, highway
crews have been resurfacing an
eight-mile stretch of the heav
ily-traveled highway from
Gneiss to Bridal Veil Falls.
Motorists have been detourlng
over US 23 and NC 106.
Paving of the project was vir
tually finished yesterday (Wed
nesday) afternoon and the
highway foreman said "I am
sure it will be open by the
week-end at the latest". Some
widening still has to be done
in the curves, he added.
Meanwhile, highway construc
tion continues to push ahead in
the county.
Louisa Chapel Road
The relocation of the two
mile Louisa Chapel Road, run
ning from US 64 (westi to the
Patton Road, should be com
pleted in about two weeks, Mr.
Byrd said. The department
hopes to blacktop the road lat
er, he added, and this phase of
the project will be let to con
tract. The relocation job is be
ing done by highway mainte
nance crews.
A culvert Is replacing the
small bridge on the US 64 end
of the project.
New US 64 Project
In reviewing highway con
struction under way, Mr. Byrd
disclosed a new paving project
for US 64 from the "Double
Churches" in the Cartoogechaye
Community west to Hayesville.
This will get under way as soon
as the paving is finished on
the Franklin-Highlands section
of US 64, he said.
Motorists will not have to de
tour while this job is being
done, he explained, but they
may experience short delays
while the new surface is read
ied for travel.
The Road Oil Department will
have charge of the project.
Co wee- Fra nklin
Paving should be under way
on the Franklin -Cowee Gap
link of US 23 by the first of
June, according to Resident
Engineer S. T. Usry.
Crews are putting down a new
layer of stone on the roadbed
this week, the engineer said,
and conditioning ? in prepara
tion for paving ? should begin
next week. ?>
Cowee Gap-Dills bo ro
Construction on the Cowee
Gap-Dlllsboro link of US 23 "is
holding pretty much to sched
ule", the engineer reports, and
grading is about a third com
pleted. Structures on the proj
ect ? two bridges and five cul
verts ? are about half finished,
he said.
It has been previously an
nounced that this section of US
23 should be ready for surfac
ing in the spring of 1055.
UNSIGNED LETTER
The Press has received a let
ter signed "Friends of the Dem
ocratic Party". A policy of the
newspaper holds that letters,
unless properly signed, will not
be published. If the person
writing this letter will identify
himself, The Press will then
consider publishing it. Other
wise, the letter will not appear
In print.
The Weather
The week's temperature? in4 rein tall. m
recorded in Franklin by Man son 3?lea
(7. S. weather observer, and at (be Cowweta
Hrdrolofk Laboratory:
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 64 33
Thursday 70 30
Friday 67 39 .018
Saturday 62 44 .14
Sunday 64 35 .03
Monday 65 37
Tuesday 70 31
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 62 30
Thursday 67 30
Friday 66 36
Saturday 61 40 .39
Sunday 62 33 .06
Monday 63 30
Tuesday 67 29
Remember ? Saturday Is The Last Day To Register For Primary