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Net Put CIRCULATION Lut Week 2617 nkltn mmb PRICE 10 Cents &h* JRacoman VOL. LXIX- NO. 45 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, NOV. 4, 1954 TWELVE FAG1 V | ? Staff Fhoto by J. P. Brad' Principal Harry Corbin Washing Windows Halloween Pranksters Miss Franklin Once More - Almost For the second straight year, I Halloween vandalism ? with i the exception of some soaped windows ? by-passed Franklin. And most of the credit for this gees to the children them selves, who took mature out looks when turning into spooks, ghosts, and witches for the night (Saturday). In a unique, but effective, swap, Franklin High students appeared in the downtown area as the merriment picked up steam and traded candy for bars of soap. And in an even more unique move, these students, along with principals Ralph L. Smith and Harry Corbin and teacher Rich ard Stott, appeared bright and early Monday morning with buckets of soapy water and brushes and washed the wind4 cws of all businesses that got the soap treatment from prank sters. "We tried to see that this sort of thing didn't happen," Mr. Corbin explained, as he scrubbed at a window, "but as you can see we weren't too -e..i ?> successxui. "Most of it happened after we left", assured student Bob by Womack, who helped swap candy for soap. Quipped Dick "Sheriff" Brad ley: "They (pranksters) did some of these fellows a favor . . . this is the first time some of these windows have been washed in months." Town and county law en forcement officers were more than pleased when reporting the absence of any vandalism. Sheriff J. Harry Thomas was very complimentary of the way the celebration was conducted by the children and he declar ed "the teachers especially de served our vote of thanks." Night Policeman Homer Coch ran described his shift, which came during the high spot of festivities downtown, as "almost routine". A chilly wind failed to cut any of thi spirit of the tradi tional "trick or treat", for help ful parents ? possibly hoping to avoid colds and coughs among their offsprings ? will ingly motorized the goblins and witches and drove them over the town. INSTRUMENTS NO-7 IN USE $3,595 Shipment Arrives; Q.rr Says Students Willing The Franklin Band is moving closer to its first appearance this year, thanks to the arrival of $3 595 worth of instruments. Knocked out of action by the gymnasium fire last March, the band managed to fulfill its promise of a spring concert only through the generosity of Western Carolina College, which loaned instruments for the oc casion. Since then, it has been a band without music. However, the arrival last week of instruments ? ordered by the Macon Band Boosters Club in an effort to put the band back on its feet ? Is returning the band to its original pur pose ? to make music. Yesterday (Wednesday) Theo dore Orr, band director, report gtrir vn i PHOF 12 Bloodmobile Visit Slated This Friday One hundred pints of blood will be the goal, of the Amer ican Red Cross Bloodmobile when it sets up shop tomor row (Friday) at the Franklin Presbyterian Church. Hours will be 1 to 6 p. m. The blood will go for de fense purposes, according to Mrs. Elizabeth McCollum, sec retary of the local A.R.C. chapter. Sponsor of the Bloodmobile is the local Veterans of For eign Wars post. Members of the post auxiliary will assist with arrangements sftid will serve refreshments to donors. ANSWERS FIRE CALL A burning chimney at a home owned by Bob Blaine off Harrison Avenue brought the Franklin Vol unteer Fire Department out about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. Damage was slight. *?/?(*? rn % iflO?fc il/li iaNTO CENTER ! Health Department Leaves Ashear Home; Work Still Undone Health department personnel Saturday moved into the new $30,000 .Macon County Health Center on Riverview Street across from Angel Hospital. The move from the Ashear Building, where the department has been for more than 10 years, was made sooner than anticipated, and there is still some minor work remaining to be done on the new center. Previously, it had been an nounced the move would be made about November 15. A formal dedication will be held by the county and officials of the Medical Care Commis ; sion, which financed most of the center, as soon as equip ment is installed, according to Mrs. Frank Shope, public health nurse. However, the nurse said plans are indefinite at the pres ent time and it is not known when the equipment will arrive. ! SEE NO. 4, PAGE 'Aunt Jane Bryson, Macon's Oldest Citizen, Dias At 103 Mrs. Martha Jane "Aunt Jane" Bryson, Macon's oldest citizen, whose birthday parties in recent years added new color to the county's history, won't be here December 14 to cele brate her 104th birthday with family and friends. "Aunt Jane" died Wednesday night of last week in the mod est little frame house on Bryson Branch in the Cullasaja com munity that had been her home for 80 years. At her birthday party last year, attended only by a few members of the family and close friends, the white-haired old lady, whose love for pep permint candy and birthday parties was as much a part of Macon as its mountains, must have suspected she was spend ing her last birthday before the native stone fireplace she ; SKE NO. 3, t AGE 12 'Aunt Jane' Bryson ["OWN PICKS JLAINE LOT \S HALL SITE Rusty Water Problem Is New Headache; To Purchase Tank Site The old Blaine property has teen picked as the site for the proposed new Franklin munici >al building and the Board of Udermen has ordered the town ittorney to take the necessary iteps to secure bond money to inance its construction. A new headache ? rusty pipes liscoloring the town's water ? jopped up at the ? board's reg ular meeting Monday night and ;he water committee is trying ;o relieve it. The site for a new water torage tank to serve south FYanklin and the new Burling ton Mills plant also was order - ;d purchased. One of four sites considered for the new municipal build ing, the Blaine property is at the interserction of US 23-441 and West Main Street. The pur chase price is $10,000. As the next move toward construction of the building, which was approved by voters in a special $50,000 bond elec tion in September, attorney R. S. Jones was instructed to put the machinery in motion for selling bonds and Mayor W. C. Burrell was authorized to have an architect prepare plans. The board hopes to have the building under construction as soon as possible. In addition to the town offices, it will house the fire department. Rusty Water Complaints of rusty water particularly from the Franklin Laundry and Dry Cleaners and water customers in the areas south of Palmer Street, are pre senting a new problem for the town. Quizzed as to the cause Water Supt. Herman Childers blamed it on old water line: that have rusted. He said ab rupt changes in pressure in the lines is causing the rust tc break loose and discolor the water. As a rule, the superin tendent explained, this kind ol trouble occurs when the sea sons change and he said as soor as cold weather comes it shoulc clear up. The only sure solu tion is to change all of the troublesome lines. This approach is out of the question at the present time, the aldermer agreed. "We had better do something about it", Alderman Ve.rlor Swafford commented, "before all of us have to leave town." Fire Chief A. C. Tysinger of fered to open all fire hydrant: at dead-end lines to blow out rust that has collected. The search for the solution however, was put to the watei committee, which is cojnposec of J. Frank Martin, A. G. Cagle and J. C. Jacobs. Site For Tank The purchase of a small piece of property from Mrs. Furmar Angel and Furman Angel, Jr. as the site for a water tank ir south Franklin was authorized The property, which is costing the town $2,000, is between A R. Hipdon's and Dr. Furmar Angel's. The town recentlj pledged itself to erect the watei SEE NO. S, PAGE 12 NEW INSTRUMENTS are put to use by members of the Franklin Hand. The instrument! which arrived last week, cost $3,595 ? a debt assumed by the Macon Rand Roosters Club t help put the burned-out band back on its feet. The boy in the foreground (plaid shirt) i making like a .music stand since the band has .rone. However, they plan to sell shampoo to ra is money for stands. Democrats Make Clean Sweep In Off- Year Election Tuesday ? staff Photo by J. P. Brady ) Contest Judges Study Scrapbook , Contest Winners Secret ; Until Awards Dinner Here Which communities are the winners of the 1954 Macon County Rural Community De velopment Contest and will split $1,100 in prize money? The answer to this question is known by two persons, and they are the out-of-county judges for the contest. But, the public will know the night of November 13 when the : FARM DEAL ; MEET SLATED [ Local Businessmen, Farmers, Officials > To Talk Program ? . The inner workings of the new personalized farm and ? home development program for i Macon County will be formu t lated here tomorrow (Friday) at an all-day meeting of key farmers and businessmen' and - state and local extension serv I ice officials. I Scheduled for the Agricultural ' | Building, the training session I will get under way at 9:30 a. m. > j with W. B. Collins, district farm : | agent, presiding. I I Macon was one of two coun ' | ties in the western district of ' | fered the benefits of the pro ' | gram, which, briefly means the ' I hiring of three additional ex ' j tension workers whose jobs will ' | be to concentrate more on in ' | dividual farms and families in carrying out extension work. This federal-county financed | program is going to operate j here for the next year without [county iund.s with the compli ments of local businessmen When the county was offered the program in August, (he f-ounty already had adopted its 1954-55. budket and had no way if raisins the Sl.oOO needed to match tiie roughly $15,000 behig 'put up by the federal go\ern fment. However, a cnmpaign : among businessmen successful | ly raised the money. Next year ? he county will take over the obligation. Tomorrow morning's ??>ssion will be featured by a talk by D. S. Weaver, of Raleigh, di rector of the N. C. Extension Servicc. He will present the background and philosophy of the farm and home develop ment program. SEE NO. 6, PAGE .12 ATTENDING CONFERENCE All Maeon extension service agents are attending a two-day '? conference in Asheville. The 0 session opened yesterday (Wed 8 nesdayi and they expect to re e turn home late this afternoon. contest awards dinner is held at Franklin High School. Until then, it is all mystery and $1, 100 wide. The two judges, W. H. Flake and Miss Anne Benson Priest, capped their work Friday night after touring the 21 commun-! ities in the contest and leafing through the individual scrap books of each. Miss Priest is home agent of Transylvania and Mr. Flake county agent of Graham. Meanwhile, as speculation rules, the women of the com munities are planning the awards dinner, an event staged in honor of the businessmen and merchants who contribute I the prize money. A large com- 1 mittee, composed of two women i from each community, is in charge of the dinner and will prepare the food, which will be donated for the occasion by all communities. One other feature also has been disclosed. County Agent T. H. Fagg, officer of the contest council, said yesterday (Wed nesday) that R. C. Francis, well-known Haywood County | farmer and humorist, is to be the guest speaker. Awards to the winning com munities will be presented by | W. W. Reeves, president of the I Franklin Chamber of Com ? merce. j Walter Taylor, council presi dent, will preside. 31 Will Leave Here Saturday For Stick SLow Early Saturday morn|rv;. 31 Future Farmers of America and 4-H clubbers will l'cave for the Hominy Valley Horse and Hound I Pavilion near Enka with their prize baby beef calves Their only aim will b^ to make a clean sweep of the W. N. C. Fat Stock Show and i Sale on Tuesday and Wednes day ? a fete not uncommon for Macon youngsters in recent years. At last year's show, local en tries cornered the reserve championship, first place in the best county group of five an imals, first In the best county group of thvee, and first and second In showmanship. "I think our calves are a lit tle better than last year," Wayne Proffltt, vocational agri cultural teacher in charge, said yesterday < Wednesday i. But he declined to speculate , on how Macon would fare, oth er than to say. "we'll be in , there fighting as always." The show, which Is expected SEE NO. 7, PAGE 12 Only Five Of 12 County Precincts Vote Republican (SEE PICTURES, PAGE 6) Voters gave Macon Democrats i clean sweep of all county of ices in Tuesday's off-year elec ion, on the basis of complete >ut unofficial returns from the :ounty's 12 precincts. And the voters yertef^ay Wednesday) appeared ( to \?e sarrying out this trend \mt?e >tate level with more than~Tjralf he Macon precincts reporting. Despite blowing snow and iear - freezing temperatures, :l9ction officials said the turis jut was "exceptional" for am jff-year. Incumbent Register of Deeds Lake V. Shope led the Demo cratic ticket with an unofficial 5,702. The incumbent clerk of Superior Court. Miss Kate Mc Qee, was in second place with 3,561. and incumbent Sheriff J. Harry Thomas was third with 3,500. Five of the 12 precincts went G. O. P. ? Sugarfork, Flats, Nantahala 1 and 2, and Burn ingtown. The rest went over whelmingly Democratic. With all 12 precincts report ing in the local races, the re sults unofficially stacked up this way yesterday (Wednes aayi ai noon: Democrat G. L. Houk over Re publican H. S. Talley 3,411 to 2,491 for the state representa tive seat for Macon. Democrat incumbent Sheriff J. Harry Thomas for a second four-year term over Republican L. B. Welch, 3,500 to 2,576. Democrat incumbent Miss Kate McGee to a second four year term over Republican Ray Swafford, 3,561 to 2,472, for Clerk of Superior Court. Democrat incumbent Lake V. Shope to a third four-year term as Register of Deeds over Re publican Clyde Drake, 3,702 to 2,392. Democrat incumbent W. W. (Gene) Baldwin over Republic an Bryant McClure, 3,284 to 2, 732 in the race for chairman of the Macon Board of County Commissioners. Democrats John Roane, in cumbent, 3,260, and Wiley Brown, 3,455, over Republicans J. C. Crisp, 2,537, and R. G. Ray, 2,521, for the two county com missioner seats. Unopposed on the county-dls 'trict ballot were Thad D. Bry son, Jr., 20th Judicial District solicitor, and C. Jack Ragan and Richard H. Slagle, for county coroner and county sur veyor, respectively. In the 33rd Senatorial Dis trict race here, H. M. Moore polled an unofficial 3,409 to his Republican opponent's. Ray Wright. 2,423. This was for all 12 precincts. On the state ticket, former Gov. W. Kerr Scott, with 10 of 12 precincts reporting held a wide lead on his Republican op ponent, Paul C. West. The count: Scott, 3,414; West, 2,153. Over the rest of the state, the former Democratic governor held a wide lead also. la the 12th Congressional District race, incumbent George SEE NO. 8. PAGE 12 The Weather > s temp*-' ?i I'i.Kik'i S.T .!> ' by in 1 rainfall, a* \la ton Stilct, I at tlr vc ra ? v o I -ah FRANKLIN Temperatures High Low Rain Wed. i Oct. 27' 76 38 Thursday 70 36 trace I-.iduy 61 41 .36 Saturday 46 32 .03 Sunday 43 17 Monday 55 22 Tuesday 40 20 .03 Wednesday 9 HIGHLANDS Temperatures High Low Rain 40 26 22 22 14 12 Saturday . Sunday Monday Tuesday Wed. (Snow i 37 44 38 .14 1.5 COWEETA Temperatures High Low Rain I Wed. (Oct. 27).... 74 39 i Thursday 67 35 Friday 59 40 Saturday 46 30 Sunday 41 20 Monday 52 21 I Tuesday 40 SI Wednesday - 7 .15 04 .15
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