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VOL. LXIX? NO. 3 7
FBANKIXN, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 9, 1954
TEN FAGU
Late News
and
Briefs
LOOKING FOB SITE
The Franklin Board of Alder
men is scouring the town for a
suitable lot on which to con
struct the proposed municipal
building if the special band is
sue to finance It carries Sep
tember 28.
In session Tuesday night, the
board was offered a lot on
Palmer Street between the Cof
fey and Jamison homes by
Grover Jamison, Sr. Yesterday
morning, Mayor W. C. Burrell
also contacted Dr. E. W. Fisher
about the availability of his lot
below Macon Theatre building.
Frank B. Duncan also has of
fered to sell the town a lot In
the Duncan sub-division at the
intersection of West Main and
US 23-441. The town has taken
an option to buy the latter lot
and probably will take options
on the other sites offered in
order to be "at least on some
kind of solid ground before the
election", Mayor Burrell said.
LITTLETON ELECTED
The Rev. B. B. Littleton, pas
tor of the Cowee Baptist
Church, is the new president of
the Macon Baptist Pastors Con
ference. Named to serve with
him are the Rev. M. C. Wyatt,
of the Mt. Hope church, vice
president, and the Rev. C. T.
Taylor, associational missionary,
The . conference., met.. Monday
morning at the First church
conference met Monday morn
ing at the First church.
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VISITOR IS INJURED
Mrs. Lula B. Altman, 82, of
Bradenton, Fla., is reported
"improving" at Angel Hospital
from injuries received Monday
morning in a fall on Harrison
Avenue.
Members of her family said
she had been admiring a vine
in the yard of the Frank X..
Henry, Jr., home and fell down
the steps to the sidewalk when
returning to the car.
Mrs. Altman received a com
pound fracture of the left arm,
a concussion, and cuts and
bruises, the hospital reported.
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HIGHLANDS CLUB MEETS
A meeting of the Highlands
Garden Club is set today
(Thursday) at 2:30 p. m., at the
Flamingo Room of the High
lands Community Hospital.
Hostesses will be Mrs. T. H.
Tyson and Mrs. T. E. Binford.
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SIMS TO SPEAK HERE
William Sims, circuit super
visor from the New York head
quarters of the Watchtower
Bible and Tract Society, will
speak in the Kingdom Hall of
the Jehovah's Witnesses In the
Ashear Building Saturday at
8 p. m.
WEST CHILD IMPROVING
Diana Lynn West, 4-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
West, of Franklin, who was tak
en to the Ashevllle Orthopedic
Hospital on Monday of last
week for treatment of polio, Is
reported to be Improving.
Macon's first polio victim of
the year, Bill Jamison, 7, has
returned home following treat
ment at the Ashevllle hospital.
He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Orover Jamison, Jr., of Prank
lln.
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WE'RE SORRY FOLKS!
The front page of this Issue
looks bare, doesn't It?
. Well, dear readers, we DID,
but they DIDN'T; In other
words, we had plenty of pic
tures for this Issue ? football
shots, a big trout, and a couple
of picture illustrations for two
Interesting feature articles. But,
as luck would have It, we didn't
have any luck! Somewhere be
tween the engraver In Waynes
vllle and Franklin, the engrav
ings of the pictures were mis
placed. At any rate, although
they were sent off Saturday,
The Press had not received
them by press time.
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RUMMAGE SALE SLATED
A rummage sale under the
sponsorship of the CuIIasaJa
Home Demonstration Club is
slated Saturday morning on |
Rankin Square in Franklin, it I
has bees announced. Proceeds ?
are for the club.
Beck At Sylva High
S. F. Beck, band director at
Franklin High last year, is now
band director at Sylva. High
School.
Franklin Tax E
As Result Of N
Franklin's proposed $50,000
bond Issue to finance construc
tion of a modern municipal
building "will not force an in
crease in the tax rate", if the
town's present financial condi
tion is any Indication, Mayor
W. C. Burrell said in an inter
view this week.
Rumors that the present $1.10
per hundred rate will have to be
upped next fiscal year to fi
nance the proposed city build
ing are unfounded, the mayor
declared.
"Increased property valuation
each year should amply take
care of the indebtedness of put
Snakes Alive!!
Lee Dills, of Franklin, Route
5, will be 85 next month.
His eyesight is failing, and
he doesn't hear as well as he
once did. Furthermore, he will
telf you that he is becoming
feeble.
But these handicaps of age
did not prevent his killing a
five-foot rattlesnake, with
eight rattles, the other day.
He pounded it to death with
a stick he hastily picked up
when he saw it.
It happened on a Sunday
morning, when Mr. Dills went
to his rural mail box to see if
there was any mail.
Only an hour before, he
learned, his nephew, Frank
Dills, had killed a smaller rat
tlesnake at the same point.
And within two hours of
the killing of the second
snake, an automobile killed a
third, ,not fifty feet away.
noteddWor
IN HIGHLANDS
Keller sberger Will
Preach Sunday A. M.
At Methodist Church
Dr. E. R. Kellersberger, world
traveler and lecturer, who has
been knighted by Belgium for
his .research on leprosy and
other diseases, will be guest
speaker Sunday at the 11
o'clock morning worship service
at the Highlands Methodist
Church.
The Rev. Robert E. Early,
pastor, who announced Dr. Kel
lersberger's appearance, said he
will speak on "Who Is My
Neighbor".
Dr. Kellersberger, of New
York City and Melbourne, Fla.,
is spending the month of Sep
tember with his brother-in-law,
O. C. Skinner, of Horse Cove.
An ordained minister and
physician, the guest speaker
was at one time a medical mis
sionary to the Belgium-Congo,
where his studies on leprosy,
sleeping sickness, and other
tropical diseases moved Belgium
to knight him for his contribu
tions. Prior to his recent retire
ment, Dr. Kellersberger was for
10 years executive secretary of
the American Mission to Lepers.
In announcing the program at
the church, Mr. Early said the
public is Invited to hear Dr.
Kellersberger.
Anderson Clan
Plans Reunion
September 19
The 58th annual reunion of
the Anderson family will be
held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Huscusson, across
from the Scenic Motor Court on
the Georgia (US 23-441) on
September 19.
A basket lunch will be served
at noon. An Informal program
will be held In the afternoon. ,
All members and friends of
the family are urged to attend.
SINGING AT LOUISA
A singing is planned Saturday
night at the Louisa Chapel
Methodist Church under the
sponsorship of the M. Y. F , It
has been announced. All singers
and the public are Invited, It
was said.
SING IS POSTPONED
""The second Sunday sing of
the southern division of the
Macon County Singing Conven
tion has been cancelled this
month in order not to conflict
with the trl-state convention of
North Carolina, South Carolina,
and Georgia at the Glenvllle
School In Jackson County, It
has been announced.
?oost Unlikely
ew Bond Issue
ting up the building," Mr. Bur
rell explained, "and we can
think of no reason why people
would think we plan to raise the
tax rate just because we want
to take a step forward."
Outlining the town's plans to
provide a building where all
town activities and equipment
would be under one roof, the
mayor commented: "any man
knows it is bad business to
leave equipment out In the open
where It can weather." He
pointed to the present situa
tion ? no garage facilities or
storage, the auxiliary fixe truck
is in a shack below the pres
ent small fire house, and the
town office is in the Bank of
Franklin building.
Franklin's bonded indebted
ness currently stands at $113,
000, according to Town Clerk
C. O. Ramsey, who also com
mented that the town should
be able to handle the new bond
Issue without raising taxes. Mr.
Ramsey said it will depend to
some extent on the collection of
taxes and other revenues; and
the town clerk rates as one of
the highest in the state in tax
collections. His average is 98
per cent.
The town's present indebted
ness comes from $120,000 bond
issue passed in 1946 for sewer,
water, and street improvements,
the clerk explained. Of the
amount, $90,000 was for-sewer
water work and $30,000 for
streets.
A check of town records
shows the tax rate way raised
to $1.25 per hundred in 1947,
? supposedly to finance the 1946
bonded indebtedness. However,
in 1948, the Board of Aldermen
I cut the rate back to $1.10, when
it was decided the 15-cent in
crease was unnecessary. The
rate has been $1.10 since.
In reviewing the financial re
port, Mr. Ramsey said four or
five more years of Powell Bill
funds should see every street
within the city limits paved.
When this happens, he said the
budget committee will not have
to set up funds for 'permanent
Improvements in the street de
partment, thereby relieving
funds to pay on Indebtedness.
For the most part, the town
government operates not on the
tax levy revenue but on special
revenues. Including privilege
taxes, water and sewer reve
nues, and parking meter pro
ceeds.
The auditor's break-down
shows most of the $1.10 tax
levy goes for permanent im
provements.
DEATH TAKES
MRS. DEAN
Macon Native Dies
Saturday At Home;
Rite Held Monday
Mrs. Laura Morrison Dean,
wife of T. G. Dean, of Frank
lin, Route 3, died Saturday at
5:45 p. m. at her home at the
age of 77.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Dean, who was a native of this
county, were conducted Monday
at 11 a. m. at the Oak Grove
Baptist Church, of which she
was a member. Officiating were
the Rev. Jarvis Underwood and
the Rev. Norman Holden. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Born November 7, 1877, Mrs.
Dean was the daughter of Wil
liam H. and Mrs. Jennie Brad
ley Morrison. She and Mr. Dean
were married October 20, 1895.
In addition to her husband,
she is survived by six sons, Carl,
Wlllard, and Furman, all of
Franklin, Raston, of Clayton,
Oa? Ralph and Horace, of Phil
adelphia, Pa.; two daughters,
Mrs. W. M. Hughes, of Salisbury,
and Mrs. Mac Boone, of Wash
ington, D. C.; three brothers,
Harley Morrison, of Franklin,
Jud Morrison, of Texas, and
Troy Morrison, of California; a
sister, Mrs. E. W. Fillows, of
New York; and 27 grandchil
dren and 11 great-grandchil
dren.
Serving as pallbearers were
Rass Hugglns, William Ray, Wil
liam Parker, Rozell McCoy, Ger
ald Roper, and Billy Dean.
Bryant Funeral Home was In
charge of arrangements.
CORRECTION
< Through error, The Press last
week listed the wrong price on
?ugar, In the advertisement of
Mason's Food Market. The ad
vertisement erroneously listed
10 pounds of sugar for 75c. The
price should have read 95c.
SCHOOL BOARD
VISIT SCHEME
IS ADOPTED
Plans Visits To All
Schools During Year;
Turn Down Property
The Macon County Board of
Education is going to get closer
to Its work under a new school
visitation scheme.
In session Monday morning,
the board decided in the future
to hold a short business meet
ing each month at the court
house and then visit a school
In the system. In this way, the
board hopes to visit all 11
schools during the school year.
County School Supt. Holland
McSwaln said the school to be
visited by the board will be
notified well in advance so
school patrons may plan to
meet with the board and dis
cuss problems.
With an eye to future expan
sion at Franklin High, the
board considered the purchase
of about three acres of land
near the high school from
Frank Leach. However, the idea
was dropped because of a lack
of funds for the purpose. Mr.
Leach had Informed Board
?Chairman J. C. Sorrells that he
would be willing to sell the
property, which Is across the
street from the school on the
south side.
To Class In
A Coal Bin
They're going to class in the
coal bin at Franklin High this
year.
No. a course in mining isn't
the cause; it's the ever-present
shortage of classrooms. Last
year school officials put the
library and cafeteria (and some
shade trees in the spring) on
double-duty to alleviate the sit
uation. But this year, with even
more students, there was no
place to go ? but to the coal
bin. *
The has-been coal bin was
emptied and partitioned into
two small rooms with a door
running off the cafeteria. One
will serve as a classroom, the
other as a combination book
room-cafeteria storage for the
school.
"We had to do something",
declared Principal Ralph L.
(Smith.
The coal? It's piled outside.
Mrs. Rachel May
Succumbs Sunday;
Nantahala Native
Mrs. Rachel L. May, a native
of the Nantahala section of this
county, died Sunday at 2 p. m.
at the home of a son, Harley
May, at Nantahala. She was 77
and had been 111 for the past
10 days.
Funeral services for Mrs. May
were conducted Monday at 2 p.
m. at the Brlartown Baptist
Church by the Rev. F. Doyle
Freeman, pastor. Burial was In
the church cemetery.
Born May 17, 1877, Mrs. May
was the daughter of Joe E. and
Mrs. Caroline Forester Mason.
She was married to William B.
May, who died a number of
years ago, and was a member
of the Brlartown church.
Survivors Include five sons,
Harley, Manuel, and Claude, of
Nantahala, Creed, of Valdese,
and Lester, of Robblnsvllle; a
daughter, Mrs. Alice Waldroop,
of Robblnsvllle; two brothers,
Mark and Walter Mason, of
Hamilton, Ohio; three sisters,
Mrs. Elsie Mclntyre and Mrs.
Dora Orlndstaff, of Robblnsvllle,
and Mrs. Rosa B. May, of Nan
tahala, and 30 grandchildren
and 11 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Edd and
Grady May, Carl Cross, Walter
Shields, and Oene and Buford
Owenby.
Potts Funeral Home was In
charge of arrangements.
Semi-Annual Sing
At Windy Gap Church
The semi-annual sing of the
northern division of the Macon
County Singing Convention Is
planned Sunday at 10 a. m. at
the Windy Gap Baptist Church,
It has been announced. Picnic
lunch Will be served on the
grounds at noon, according to
John Campbell, president, who
said all singers and the public
are Invited to attend the sing.
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Panthers Troui
Eleven 38 To 0
In opening their 1954 season >
here Friday night, a smoothly- 1
working pack of Panthers left 1
fans wide-eyed and well-pleased
by mauling a game Clayton ]
(Qa.) High eleven 38 to 0.
An estimated 2,000 fans were
on hand for the dusty two
state duel, which saw the Pan
thers score almost at will, al
though Coach Howard Barnwell
INSTRUCTOR
OTHER SCHOOLS
Band Director Orr
Now Teaching Music
Out In The County
Franklin's new band director,
Theodore Orr, is taking music
to the county schools in a move
to build a supply of young mu
sicians for future bands.
By instructing music in the
elementary schools, County
School Supt. Holland McSwaln
explained that the band will be
assured of a continuing line of
musicians as they move into
high school each year. In the
past, band training has been
confined to the Franklin
schools.
In the future, possibly next
year, the superintendent said he
hopes to arrange for an assis
tant band director, who will de
vote his full time to instruction
in the county schools,
i However, this year, because
j of the inavailability of funds
! for an extra director, the job
| of directing the band and in
j structing in the schools will be
up to Mr. Orr.
The director's schedule shows
he will visit Otto, Union, and
Cartoogechaye each Monday
morning; Cowee, Iotla, and
East Franklin each Tuesday;
; Highlands and Cullasaja each
Wednesday; and Nantahala
each Thursday. He will spend
all day Friday and Monday,,
Tuesday, and Wednesday after
noons at Franklin.
Marines Land!
Band Gets Hand
The Marines have landed!
Monday morning Franklin
Band Director Theodore Or?
received this letter:
"Just happened to aee in
The Franklin Press this morn
ing of your meed for arrange
ments for the high school
band. We did not have much
of a variety In stock, bat am
enclosing under separate eov
ers copies of what we had on
hand. Hope this will be somd
help to you."
The letter was signed by
T/,Sgt. Joseph H. Lathrop, C.
S. Marine Corps, of the Ashe
ville rec raiting office.
And as promised, the di
rector found under separate
covers arrangements of the
Star Spangled Banner and the
Marines' Hymn.
A story In last week's Issue
of The Press on the band di
rector's unsuccessful efforts to
locate music in time for the
opening football game Friday
night pat the Leathernecks
wise for a welcome "landing"
here. i
Bradleys Mark
50th Anniversary
On August 22, Mr. and Mrs.
W. Ray Bradley, of the Oak ,
Grove Community, celebrated
their Golden Wedding annlver- 1
sary (50th 1 with a picnic din
ner at their home.
Present for the celebration \
were their six children, Paul
Bradley, of Florence, Ala., Mrs. ,
Nina Hall, of Bryson City, How
ard Bradley and Mrs. Vernon
Phillips, of Franklin, Route 3,
and Mrs. Morgan Shatley and ;
Mrs. J. B. Pendergrass, of 1
Franklin
Scouts To Get
Advancements
A number of Macon Boy
Scouts are scheduled to receive
advancements in rank and mer
it badges at a Smoky Moun
tain District Court of Honor to
night (Thursday 1 in Whlttier,
according to local Scout lead
ers.
The honor court will begin at
8 o'clock. Scouts will receive
every rank, Including Eagle,
which will be awarded to a
Whlttier boy, it was said.
ice Clayton
In Opener
cleared his bench throughout
the game to give his embryo
Panthers seeded experience.
Tomorrow (Friday) night, the
highly-favored Andrews team
will meet the Panthers here for
the first Smoky Mountain Con
ference tilt on Franklin, 's sched
ule. The kickoff will be at 8
o'clock.
In Friday night's non-confer
ence scrap with Clayton, Coach
Barnwell's charges fired over
touchdowns in all periods but
the second and were never ser
iously threatened by the Clay
tonltes, who were unable to
launch a successful attack.
Although light by conference
standards, the Panthers made
up for the weight differential
with plenty of enthusiasm and
team play. ?
In nine plays from the open
ing; kick-off, the Panthers scor
ed with Back Bobby Womack
doing the honors through the
line from the 36 and kicking
the extra point. Still in the first
quarter, the Panthers stopped a
Clayton attack cold and Wom
ack again trucked over the goal
in an 18-yard jaunt for the
second TD.
Following a scoreless second
period, the Panthers pawed
again and pushed the score to
18 to 0 when Back Richard
Renshaw scampered 41 yards
for another tally.
In the final frame, with a
number of reserves in the line
and backfield, the Panthers fif
ed over three more scores, one
a weaving broken-field run by
Back Crawford Moore as the
gun sounded. The first one
came on a pass from Bobby
Jack Love to End Herbert Mc
Kelvey. The play covered 80
yards with McKelvey outrun
ning a lone Clayton man on his
heels for the past 40 yards.
Womack came through again
and Moore went over for the
extra point. Minutes later on a
pass interception, Moore tore
loose on his weaving paydirt
run and Womack put over the
extra.
Schools Get
Court Gift
Macon schools can thank the
August term ot Superior Court
here for $5,150.20.
This amount came from fines,
forfeitures, jury tax, solicitor
fees, and highway patrol fees,
all of which are earmarked for
the school system under court
procedure.
Of the total figure, the larg
est amount ? $2,275 ? came from
court fines, according to Miss
Kate McOee, clerk of court, who
compiled the break-down. For
feitures (defendants who for
feited bonds by not appearing
to answer charges) came to $2,
125; jury tax, $108; solicitor
fees, $520; and highway patrol
fee, $122.20, the clerk said.
The court term, one of the
largest In several years, closed
down last week. The next term
is scheduled here In December.
JUDGE HEARS
CIVIL CASES
Four divorces were granted
and six other civil actions were
heard by Judge Walter E.
Johnston, Jr., before he closed
the August term of Superior
Court here Tuesday of last
week.
The civil actions and disposi
tions were:
W. S. Darby, doing business
as Auto Sales Company, vs.
Wilbur Hedden, non-suit.
Harry B. Davis vs. Town of
Franklin, continued to Decem
ber term.
Weaver Cochran vs. Frank
Neal, Dan Smith, and Carl
Smith, defendant to pay costs
of action.
Estelle Mashburn Morrow vs.
W. H. Mashburn, plaintiff
awarded $1,200.
Alllefair Clark vs. R. W. Kirch
berg and T. D. Slagle, non-suit.
James McClure vs. Thomas
Bayard Young and Wachovia
Bank and Trust Company,
plaintiff awarded $200.
Two criminal actions disposed
of by Judge Johnston Tuesday
were Robert Bingham, drunk
driving, sentenced to 8 months,
and Raymond D. Dehen, speed
ing, ordered to pay costs.
NANTAHALA
TO CELEBRATE
PAVING JOB
Event Is Slated
For Next Wednesday,
Cochran Announces
The Nantahala community
will celebrate the blac stopping
of the road from U. S. 19 at
Beechertown to the Nantahala
School, at a meeting next Wed
nesday night, (Sept. 15) at 7:30
o'clock at the school.
In calling the meeting, Weim
er Cochran, president of the
WAYAH BID OPENED
The low bid for the relocation
and construction of a 12-mlle
section of highway into the
Nantahala Community via Way
ah Gap was submitted by Tayl
or Construction Company, of
Asheville. The bid was $323,
519.20.
Another Asheville concern, C.
E. Crouch Company, was low
for moving buildings with $7,
040.
Bids for the project were
opened in Raleigh Tuesday.
They are subject to the approv
al of the State Highway Com
mission today (Thursday).
Nantahala Community Develop
ment Organization, emphasized:
"This is not just a Nantahala
project; it affects Macon Coun
ty as a whole. And every in
terested person in the county is
cordially invited to the meet
ing."
Blacktopping of the five-mile
stretch was completed by State
Highway Commission forces the
last of last week.
The road across Wayah Gap,
which was scheduled for letting
last Tuesday will extend to
Feisty Branch, in the Nantaha
la area. That will leave unbuilt
a link of only five miles, be
tween Feisty Branch and the
school. And one purpose of next
week's meeting is to stimulate
interest In getting that link
built.
Division Commissioner Harry
E. Buchanan and other high
way officials have been invited
to the meeting, it was under
stood.
Prentiss PO
Stays Open
An order from the U. S. Port
Office Department closing the
small Prentiss Post Office In
this county on September 1 was
rescinded by the department,
according to Assistant Franklin
Postmaster Henderson Calloway.
Although the Prentiss office
has been allowed to continue
operation, the Prentiss Star
Route has been discontinued
and patrons are now being serv
ed by Routes 1 and 2, Mr. Cal
loway announced.
No reason was giving for re
scinding the Prentiss office
closing order.
In the past two years, several
small port offices in this county
have been closed under an ec
onomy program. Patrons are be
ing served by rural mall car
riers.
Talent Show At School
The Union School District
Communities will sponsor a tal
ent show Saturday night, begin
ning at 7:30, at the school audi
torium.
Three local string bands will
be on the program. There also
will be singing and dancing.
Refreshments will be served.
Proceeds will go for the bene
fit of the rural community de
velopment organization.
The Weather
The week's temperature# and rainfall, as
recorded in Franklin by Man son Stilea,
U. S. weather observer, and at the Coweeta
Hydrolojpc Laboratory:
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., Sept. 1 84 45
Thursday 87 40
Friday 94 47
Saturday 96 SO
Sunday ... 98 54
Monday 97 54
Tuesday 95 51
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed , Sept. 1 80 44
Thursday 84 40
Friday 90 45
Saturday i_... 93 49
Sunday ;. 93 53
Monday 93 53
Tuesday^ 92 52