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VOL. LjLUL? NO. 29
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1954
FOURTEEN PAGES
? ?Staff Photo by J. P. Brady
A STEEP RAVINE AT BRIDAL VEIL FALLS claimed Macon's first traffic fatality of 1954
shortly before midnight Saturday when a 1954 Ford driven by a Seneca, S. C., man left the
road following a chase with a police officer. The picture, taken in the rocky ravine, shows the
position of the car in relation to the falls (upper right). The inset picture is a broadside of the
battered car, taken from the Highlands side of the falls.
S. C, Man Becomes
1st 1954 Fatality
A 29-year-old Seneca, S. C.,
construction worker became
Macon's lirst 1954 traffic fatal
ity shortly before midnight
Saturday, following a high
speed chase in the Highlands
area in an attempt to elude a
pursuing police officer.
The victim, Harold A. Hun
nicutt, Jr., was found by Police
man Paul Plyler lying beside his
smashed automobile in a deep
ravine at the foot of scenic
Bridal Veil Falls on US 64
several minutes after the of
ficer had given up the chase
at the city limits. He died soon
after at the Highlands Com
munity Hospital.
Here is an account of events
leading to the smash-up, as re
lated by the officer:
About 11:30, he noticed the
Hunnicutt car, a 1954 Ford,
"acting up" at Helen's Barn
and he started after him. At
speeds up to 65 m.p.h. he chas
ed the car down curving NC
106 toward the country club
and finally forced Hunnicutt to
stop at a fillmg station.
"When I got out of my car
and stepped into his head
lights where he could see me,"
Policeman Plyler said, "he
started up and tried to run me
down ... I Jumped back into
my car and took out after
him."
From here the chase ran
back toward Highlands and
then down US 64 toward Frank
lin.
"I ran him to the city limits
and then stopped," the officer
continued, "but then I decided
to check on down the road and
see if I could find him ... I
just knew by the way he was
driving ? ? he'd gun it in the
straight and jam his hrakes
and skid the curves ? that he
was going to wreck ... you
gFTT vo ?, PAGE 12
Camp Orchestra
To Give Concert
The Transylvania Music Camp
Faculty Orchestra will present
its third annual "pops" concert
in Highlands Saturday evening
at the high school auditorium.
James Christian Pfohl will
conduct. Naomi Farr, soprano,
and Walter Carringer, tenor,
are the scheduled soloists.
The concert, which will be
gin at 8 o'clock, is sponsored
for the benefit of the High
lands Community Hospital. I
Sunday Accident
Hosp'taJizes 2;
McCoy Charged
Two persons were hospitaliz
ed Sunday afternoon following
a two-car collision on NC 23
near Lost Bridge. *
Injured were Ralph S. Mc
Coy, 25, of Franklin, Route 4,
and Mrs. Joyce Ida Jones, 36,
of Orlando, Fla. Both are re
covering.
Highway Patrolman H. T. Fer
guson reported a 1952 Pontiac
sedan driven by Mr. McCoy
side-swiped a 1947 Plymouth
driven by Mrs. Jones' husband,
John Walter Jones. From the
point of impact, the Pontiac
skidded approximately 163 feet
down the highway before .roll
ing over a 50-foot embank
ment, the patrolman said. The
Jones' car, traveling north to
ward Bryson City, ran off the
highway and into a shallow
ditch. Mr. Jones was uninjured.
Mrs. Jones received a dis
located right shoulder and Mr. ;
McCoy a fractured left arm. j
Both were taken to Angel Hos
pital.
Patrolman Ferguson said a |
warrant for drunk driving and |
reckless driving has been drawn
for Mr. McCoy.
The patrolman said the Pon
tiac, owned by Mrs, Tava Mc
Coy, was demolished. Damage
to the Jones' car was about
$200.
Time of the accident was ap
proximately 1:30; the scene
about 14 miles from Franklin.
Club Sponsoring TV
Talent Quest Show
Here Saturday PM
Claude Cisey's Television Tal
ent Quest and Sagedusters
Stage Show will be sponsored at
the East Franklin School Sat
urday night by the Franklin
Junior Woman's Club.
?Club women report a number
of local entertainers have sign
ed to perform during the eve
ning. The winners will appear
on the Casey TV show over
WFBC-TV, Channel 4, Green
ville, S. C.
The show will begin at 8:15.
Proceeds are earmarked for
club projects, it was announced.
MACON BUY 5CUUI5 PLAIN
County-Wide Craft Field Day
A county-wide Boy Scout
craft field day, featuring com
petition between some 16 patrols
from the five Macon troops, Is
scheduled July 24 at the Frank
lin Stadium.
The field day will include
contests in wood chopping, fire*
building, tent pitching, flap
jack flipping, and many other
Scout skills, according to Ben
Edwarda, summer Scout worker.
Events are scheduled to get
under way at 3 p. m. and will
be followed by a pot-luck sup
per. A short program, Including
skits by the Individual patrols,
will be held after the meal,
Scout Edwards said. v
At the field day, prizes will
be awarded the first, second,
and third place winners of
each event. Local merchants
are donating the prizes. .
Members of the Rotary Qlub
have agreed to help Judge the
J contests. J
Cowee Church
Calls Pastor
The Rev. B. B. Littleton has
accepted a call to the Cowee
Baptist Church, and will as
sume his duties the first Sun- |
day in August, it was announc- |
ed this week.
He will succeed the Rev. W. T.
Gales, who resigned sometime
ago.
The Cowee chilrch called Mr.
Littleton after he preached at
that church twice on the first
Sunday in June.
? Mr. Littleton, who has been
in the ministry 11 years, comes
>Ir. Littleton
here at the end of two years ;
study at Wake Forest, where he
received his B. A. degree in
June. At the same time, Mrs. j
Littleton, the former Miss Le- [
ona Barnett, received her B. S.
degree. |
Both are natives of Oconee
County, S. C., and both are
graduates of Wingate College, 1
near Charlotte. He later attend- j
ed Southeastern Seminary.
During his 17 years' ministry, -
Mr. Littleton has served
churches both in this state and
South Carolina. While studying
at Wake Forest, he was pastor
of the New Bethel and Sandy
Creek churches, in the Tar
River Baptist Association.
The Littletons have two chil
dren, Vernard, 15, and Patricia,
14. They expect to move here
about July 27.
Mr. Oales, who resigned to i
study at Southwestern Univer- !
sity, Georgetown, Texas, left
Monday for Texas.
FARM-HOME
FIELD DAY
IS PLANNED
Tour Idea Dropped;
Day-Long Event Is
Scheduled Aug. 12
The annual Macon County
Farm Tour will not be held this
year; instead, the Agricultural
Council is planning a day-long
Farm-Home Field Day on the
grounds at Franklin High
Schor ' .
August 12 has been set as the
date for the event.
In announcing council plans
this week, County Agent T. H.
Fagg said the annual tour idea
was discarded for several rea
sons.
First, the council felt that
past tours covered all accessible
points in the county, the agent
said, adding:
"There are several places In
the county we could visit, but
the problem then is getting the
large number of automobiles
into the areas and then out
again . . . most of them (roads)
are dead-ends.'
The idea of a field day ? em
phasizing farm and home labor
saving devices ? appealed to the
council from an economic
standpoint, also.
"Present tight economic con
ditions suggest a need for bet
ter management studies", the
agent explained, "and we felt a j j
field day of this type would be j c
much more profitable to the 1 0
average farm family than a
tour."
Tentative plans for the field 'c
day call for demonstrations of j;
labor saving devices actually be- t
in? used by Macon farmers, 4
special displays of home labor
savers by home demonstration
women, and a beef and dairy '
show.
e
Arrangements also are being :
made for a special demonstra
tion on slaughtering and cut- '
ting meats.
'Only Way
"This is the only way to i
travel", said 76-year-old Mrs.
Z. V. Shope at the Asheville
Hendersonville Airport as she
ended her first airplane ride.
?Mrs. Shope. a native of this
county, flew in Wednesday of
last week from Portsmouth. 1
Va? to attend the annual
Blaine family reunion here
Sunday. She has been visiting
her son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. A. O.
Stampley in Portsmouth for
some time.
Her daughter, Mrs. Paul
Bryson, of Waynesville, spent
some anxious moments at the
airport waiting for her moth
er to arrive, members of the
fp.mily reported, fearing Mrs.
Shope might be air sick.
But all that anxiety was
wasted ? she stepped from -
the plane firmly convinced '
that the air way is the only s
way. j J
Vanhook Family Meet
Scheduled On July 25
The annual Vanhook reunion
Is set for July 25 at the old
Henry Vanhook homeplace on
the Clark's Chapel Road, It has
been announced.
Members and friends of the
family are Invited to attend the
all-day meeting. A picnic lunch
will be spread at noon and all
are asked to bring a lunch
basket.
MF.N TO MFKT
The Macon County Methodist
Men's Club will hold Its month
ly supper meeting at Bethel
Church Tuesday at 7:30 p. m.
\nother Rabies Quarantine
imposed, Effective Today
? Staff Photo by J. P. Brad '?
Miss Carolyn Brvson (far left), Red Cross swimming in
tructor, uses a young swimmer to demonstrate the art of float
ng to some of her beginning swimmers at the golf course pool,
lighty-three are taking the free courses at the pool.
Big Swiinming Classes Put
Instructor After 2nd Wind
Miss Carolyn Bryson ? hired j
iy the local Red Cross chapter |
o conduct life saving and |
wimming classes at the golf ;
ourse pool this summer ? is
;asping for her second wind.
The young physical education
najor at Woman's College,
Jreensboro. is being swamped
>y youngsters wanting to learn
0 swim and those seeking to '
mprove their technique.
To date, some 83 are receiv
ng daily instruction and at the
;nd of the morning Miss Bryson j
appears ready to call it a day. |
But, she loves working with
hem and from the smiles on
he faces of her charges, the
eeling is mutual.
Mrs. Elizabeth McCollum,
?napter secretary, also has
ermed the program an over
whelming success.
Fifty-eight of the youngsters j
egistered are non-swimmers ? a
Condition which has forced the
nstructor to hold two beginner
:lasses, instead of one as orig
nally planned. Twenty-five are
n the intermediate class.
The swimming courses are be
hg offered bv the Red Cross as
1 free service. A SI registration
ee is used for pool rental and >
ncidental expenses.
Beginners 16 to 8 years) re
ceiving their water wings under 1
diss Bryson's tutelage include ?
fohnny Raby, Jennie Bullock, 1
rohn Cooper. John McGuire,
?arol Wurst, Marilee Ann Bry- j
ion, Judy Byrd, Jane Cabe, I
'ohnrty Cabe, Tommy Crawford,
'at West. Linda Henderson,
)avid Houston, Tommy Nelson, |
iuzanne Hyde, Beth Swan, Kit
Jnuse, Bill Penland, Janice j
itewart, Lee McGlamery, Mary
'ranees McGlamery, Ronnie ?
'endergrass. Billy Garrison, I
Jilly' Jamison, and Junior Pat
on.
Beginners (9 to 14 years): Jo
Ivelyn Barnard, Sonny Burrell,
)onny Burnside, Johnny Craw
ord, Ann Dean, Katrina El
nore, Donald Fisher, Jim Gnuse,
Cenneth Hail, Ann Hall, Wayn
tte Higdon, Willie Houston,
'on way Henderson, Ann Mae
[ouston, Carolyn Houston, Kay
louston, Sue Matthews, Jean
taby, Jimmy Shope, Linda
Ihope, Linda Smith, Jimmy Sut
on, Johnny Swan, Konda Ward,
.yn West, Cheryl Vaughn, Julia
,nn Shields, Betsy McPherson,
Eugenia McPherson, Emma Sil
SEE NO. 3, V AGE 12
?Suf! PkM. by /. P. Bniy
TAKING SHAPE on Rirervlew Street, near Angel Hospital, is Macon's new health center,
which is expected to be ready for occupancy by the local health department sometime this month.
The one-story brick Teneer structure Is beinr financed by the county and the Medical Care Ooa
mlarioa. It will oost approximately $30.M?.
FIRST AID CLASS
Registration Tor the Red
Cross first aid course last
Thursday failed to bring out
enough persons to start a
class, the chapter office has
announced.
However, another attempt
will be made. Tomorrow (Fri
day), another registration will
be held at the Franklin Pres
byterian Church at 7:30 p. m.
Twelve persons are needed
to start the course. If this
number is not realized, the
first aid program will be
abandoned, it was pointed
out, - - . _ .
A SI registration fee will be
charged to cover the cost of
supplies.
R4BY JUST
HANGING ON'
Hospital Reports
Suicide Attempt
Victim 'Critical'
In a "critical condition" at
Angel Hospital following a sui
cide attempt in Franklin Sat
urday night is James Frank
Raby.
Y esterday i W ednesday > , the
hospital reported the 57-year
old native was "just hanging
on" from a self-inflicted gun
shot wound in the head.
Mr. Raby was found sprawled
on a bed by his young grand
son about 6 o'clock at Ithe home
of his daughter, Mrs. Vera
Richards, in the Bonny Crest
section. He had put a .22 rifle
to his head, Deputy Sheriff
Newell Pendergrass reported.
The deputy said .Mr. Raby,
who had been in declining
health for some time, was alone
in the house at the time of the
incident.
Officers were unable to locate
a note of any kind, he added.
4-H CLUBBERS
OFF FOR C AMP
Macon Delegation
Leaves Monday; Plan
Return On Saturday
Thirty-five Macon children
are putting the four H's ? head,
hands, heart, and health ? to
work this week at Camp
Schaub, the district 4-H camp
near Waynesvtlle.
With County Agent T. H.
Fagg and Mrs. Jessie D. Cabe,
assistant home agent. In charge,
the eager campers reported
Monday for the trip to Hay
wood. They will return Satur
day afternoon.
Miss Helen Moore, of Frank
lin, Route 1, and Eugene Oray,
of Franklin. Route 2. accom
panied the 4-H clubbers as
counselors. Both are former 4-H
members.
The campers include Ronald
Harper, Rachel Parrlsh, Judy
Parrlsh, Jimmy Corbln, Wanda
Owenby, "Nancy Setser. Claud
ette Leatherman. Linda Leath
erman, Anne Pennington, Bob
SB NO. 4. PAQK 12
Cat Bites Children;
Scattered Reports
On Mad Dogs Heard
A 30-day rabies quarantine ?
the second for the county this
year ? goes into effect today
(Thursday). All dogs must be
confined for the period.
This surprise quarantine,
which applies to all sections of
the county but Highlands and
Nantahala, has been brought on
by widely scattered reports of
rabid dogs over the county, ac
cording to H. T. Collins, health
department sanitarian.
Also counting heavily in mak
ing the decision, Mr. Collins
said, was the fact that two
Franklin children Saturday were
bitten by a rabid cat and are
now taking anti-rabies shots.
Yesterday (Wednesday) Dr.
O. H. Burnside. county rabies
inspector, said he does not plan
to hold rabies clinics as he did
in the earlier outbreak In
March and April.
He said, however, that he will
vaccinate animals if owners will
bring them to his Franklin ani
mal ' hospital.
In addition to the rabid cat,
which bit Sandra, and Bobby
Crownover. children of Mrs. Lu
cinda Crownover. five dogs and
a cow have died of rabies with
in the last two weeks, the dc?
tor reported.
Serum for the C-ownover
children was brought here
Tuesday from Asheville after a
Georgia laboratory confirmed
suspicions that the cat was rab
In announcing the quaran
tine, Mr. Collins said:
"We regret having another
quarantine, but there was lit?
i tie else we could do Those chil
dren have been bitten and
farmers in some sections have
been demanding a quarantine
for protection of their families
and livestock."
Asked if the present outbreak
was a continuation of the ear
lier one. he said:
"No. this is entirely new. We
believe it spread from Chero
kee County."
Reports have been coming in
from all sections, except High
lands and Nantahala, the sani
tarian declared, and the trouble
seems to be widely scattered.
Although they are not under
the quarantine. Mr Collins urg
SEE NO. 5, PAGE 12
Nov/ Draft in'
I Them selves
j Macon draft board regis
trants. "dangling 1-A's", are
now requesting induction in
to the army.
Tuesday morning, five men
were sent to Knoxville, Tenn.,
to be outfitted for new suits
of khaki ? all five were vol
unteers.
The draft board did not
have an induction call for
Jufv, but:
"The boys requested induc
tion ... so we requested a
call from state headquarters,"
W. N. Sloan, board chairman,
explained.
The five "eager beavers",
to coin an army saying, are
Leonard Gordon Bates, Grov
er Eugene Crisp, Sylvester
John Gregory, Donald Ray
Stewart, and Doyle M. B.
Henson.
A call for 15 men on Aug
ust 9 has been received fey
the board, and already seven
men have volunteered to go.
The Weather
The week's temperatures and rainfaH, aa
recorded in Franklin by Man son Stilea,
U. S. weather observer, and at the Cowwta
Hydrolofgc Laboratory:
PKANKXJN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 92 53
Thursday 88 64 .06
Friday 87 61 .07
Saturday 86 61 .018
Sunday 86 62 .03
Monday a. 90 59
Tuesday A 96 58
UOWKETA
Tempera turM
High Low Rain
Wednesday 91 40
Thursday 86 61 trace
Friday 83 5D ....
Saturday 82 58 .21
Sunday 83 56 .83
Monday 86 55
Tuesday -..r, ? W ?6