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VOL. LXIX? NO. 46
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, NOV. 11, 1954
FOURTEEN PAGES
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? Staff Photo by J. P. brady
FIRST PLACE IN BEST home-grown group of three animals in the W. N. C. Fat Stock Show
near Er.ka Tuesday afternoon was wan by Macon. The winning animals are shown above with
their owiners, (L to R) Charles Gregory, Frank Killian, and Clark Sheffield.
Macon County Entries Win 18 Blue
Ribbons Tuesday At Fat Stock Show
In some of the stiffest com
petition in the 20-year history
of the W. N. C. Fat Stock Show,
Macon entries Tuesday emerged
with 18 blue, 11 red, and two
white ribbons.
In addition, they placed first
in the best three home-grown
animals feature, second in the
best five county group, and
second and third in showman
ship.
The show was held near Enka
at the Hominy Valley Horse
and Hound Pavilion.
Haywood County entries walk
ed off with most of the top
honors, winning both the grand
and reserve championships.
Macon F. F. A. and 4-H Club
members ? who in past years
have made clean sweeps of the
show ? were philosophical about
the outcome:
"They (Haywood) had the
best calves . . . ours were good,
but not good enough to take
the show . . . but we'll be
around next year," was the wise
comment of one F. F. A. boy.
Charles Gregory, Frank Kil
lian, and Clark Sheffield had
the winning animals In the best
three home-grown animals
event. These three, Charles
Long, and Bruce Houston, won
second place in the best five
event.
SEE NO. 6, PAGE 4
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1
Late News
and '
Briefs
DIES IN MIAMI
Earl L. Coffin, real estate
agent of Miami, Fla., and a
Highlands summer resident,
died Wednesday of last week,
November 3, in Miami, it has
been learned here.
Server; were held Saturday
there. Details of Mr. Cofiin's
death wc-? net immediately
available.
* * ?
COMING WITH PLANS
An architect from Atlanta,
Ga., Ls expected in Franklin to
day (Thursday i to present plans
for the proposed municipal
building to city olficials, Mayor
W. C. Surreli has announced.
The new building, which will
house the city off ices "Tlnd fire
department, will be erected on
the old Blaine lot at the inter
section of US 23-441 and West
Main at a cost of approximate
ly $35,000.
Construction is expected to
get under way as soon as the
plans are accepted by the town.
the mayor said.
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POURING GYM FOOTINGS
Workmen began pouring the
concrete footings for the new
Franklin gymnasium Monday
morning.
The gymnasium has been
ordered "roughed-in" by the
Macon County Board of Educa
tion up to the $105,000 on hand.
It will be completed later as
funds are available.
Plans call for $157,000 one
story building to be 163 feet by
97 feet, with a seating capacity
of roughly 2,900.
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\ *"* ? Staff Photo b\ j
'HOMECOMING QUEEN' Miss Margaret Crawford is shown
being crowned by Coach Howard Barnwell (left), as teacher
Richard Stott, who congratulated the head cheer leader on be
half of the school, looks an. The crowning of Miss Crawford
featured half-time festivities of the Franklin-Bethel game here
Friday night.
Panthers Win Season's Last \
Game; Crcwsi Miss Oi'2. wford
A 28 to 25 non-conference up
set over Bethel High School
here Friday night rang down
the curtain on the 1954-55 foot
ball season for Franklin and
?gave the Panthers a 5-5 record
for the year.
A shivering crowd of about
175 braved freezing tempera
tures to witness the closing }
game and the crowning of Miss
Margaret Crawford as Frank
lin's "Homecoming Queen" dur
ing half-time festivities.
The game was better than a j
h:>.lr hour lite starting when
officials from Western Carolina
College failed to show up.
ciiiool officials stalled as long
as possible, and finally had to j
| pick three men from the stands
, to officiate ? Clarence (Red ?
'Henry, H. T. Collins, and El- '
bert Angel. The three substi
tute officials turned in excel
lent performances.
In capping off the mild upset
over Bethel, the Panther line
carved holes in the opposing
line for three touchdowns by
Richard Renshavv and paved
the way for 226 yards rushing
by the locals.
Heads-up downfield blocking
gave the speedy Renshaw ? who
will represent Franklin in the
annual Optimist Bowl on j
Thanksgiving Day ? the breaks I
he needed to score on 64, 36, 1
and 66 yard runs during the
game.
Their Last Game
It was the last game for ,
Renshaw and nine other Panth- !
er seniors ? backs Bobby Jack
Love, Bobby Gregory, Bobby
f.KV NO. 7. PAGt: 4
;F il'S TRACKING, THEN
i Ray And Hh B!oaJ!io aid Are Ready To Go
Arthur Ray And 'Smoky'
I "Smoky", a rangy black and j
j tan blpodhound with flop ears I
' and a doleful expression, bayed ]
' sorrowfully out in the front ;
yard. ,
This blueblood of the canine I
! set must have sensed he was j
j the topic of conversation in- 1
side the small house of his
master, near Burningtown Road
just off NC 28 i Bryson City
highways
"He (Smoky i and I are ready
to help just anyone", offered
Arthur Ray.
But this statement could have
been left unsaid. Just about
everyone around here knows
that Arthur Ray and his blood
hound are available free of
charge at any time, whether for
tracking escaped prisoners for
the local prison camp, other
iaw breakers, sr lost tourists and
children.
A native of Haywood County
who has lived In this county
SEE NO. 2. PAGE 10 >
telephone
STATEMENT
IS RECEIVED
)y* I"-. T. C. President
Explains Valuation
Reduction In Macon
i,.lm^rup 111 rePortine "con
tin* ?. e miles and "circuit"
wlstem n ^ . reSponsible f?r
western Carolina Telephone
Hon 1 K reduction in valua
S134 190 ^aC?,n C?unty ~ fr?m
1954 1953 t0 $88'588 in
nZhl;Sf/S' !? part' the explana
tory offered by L. D. Garibaldi,
mpnV f ? p;esident. in a state
Th? Pres* referring, to
(Oct ?in i cut ln valuation
(Oct. 21) and an editorial on
the same subject (Oct. 28).
On the basis of the cut, Ma
con County stands to lose $637.
P a"d Franklin $329.78, accord
mfnte ?fficia,s of both govern
In an Interview this week, as
a follow-up on Mr. Garibaldi's
V?CTrnt\ R ' K McKelvey,
mix 'n^'j president> said- the
mix-up was caused by a "mis
interpretation" of the meaning
circuit" and "wire" miles
?Mr MPfi ?f the c?mpany.
Mr. McKelvey said a "circuit"
(or conductor) mile is really
two wire miles and that the
%E5S&' If 1953' counted a
whin ft k , as only one ml'e,
Tho^if sh.ould have been two.
Therefore, this made total com
chaLfileage' includln* Mac^n,
change from 9,799 miles in 1953
to 17,315 in 1954 when the mix
up was straightened out. This
ta, turn' reduced the
{If iOMe*V*LUation from $69.29
S to ,$45-70 hi 1954 and
.Macon's valuation from
a t *?. ^88'58fi. he explained.
At the same time, however,
the company's total valuation
if78'"3 in 1953 to
$791,348 in 1954.
J?*- Garbaldi's statement:
Y?ur editorial in The Frank
28 ?f Itursday' October
28, together with the news story
you carried in the paper the
week before, with reference to
the assessed valuation of our
wire plant in Macon County
tion C3lled 40 my atten
l952.,we reported to the
State Board of Assessment 1 -
510 miles of line in Macon
County and in 1953, 1,935.72
miles of line, and ln 1954 we
reported 1,938.38 miles of line.
The valuation placed by the
State Board varied in each of
these years but mainly in 1954
based on the fact we reported'
c?fndul<;tor miies as against
circuit miles in the years pre
fh ILT^1S maln'y accounts for
the difference in certification to
county of $134,129.00 in
1953 as against $88,588.00 in
1954.
y?u understand, of course,
that these returns, while made
in the current year, are for
ber ? in yTJ 6nding Decem"
oer 31. in other words, the re
turn made in 1954 was for the
year ending December 31, 1953
? net1rn ?ade in 1954 was !
actually based on an inventory
rn?nte? mil6S ,of line ln Macon
County, as well as in the other
ten counties in which we have
plant in North Carolina. We be
lieve you will find the difference
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 10
?Staff Photo by J. P. Ura.iy
STATE HOME AGENT Miss Ruth Current ('".it, of Raleigh, is pictured reviewing some of
the points of the new farm and home developm / program with the three extension agents who
will put it into practice ? Mrs. Margaret D. Smitii. kohert McNeil, a.nd John Wrinn. Mapped by
local and state leaders here Friday, the program joes into effect immediately.
FARM & HOME
PROGRAM SET
Plans Mapped Friday
At Meeting; Agents
Ready To Start Job
Macon's new Farm and Home
Development Program and the
three special extension service
workers to put it into practice
are now ready for work.
Details of the program-a fed
eral-county deal offered only to
Macon and Madison in the west
ern district-were ironed out at a
special training meeting of exten
sion service officials and local
farmers and businessmen here
Friday.
At the day-long meeting at the
Agricultural Building, these key
leaders mapped a workable pro
gram designed to give individual
educational assistance to farm
families in a personalized ap
proach to the farm and home as
a unit.
Extension workers John Wrinn,
Mrs. Margaret D. Smith, and
Robert McNeil, who will carry out
the program under the supervis
ion of the county and home
agents, plan to kick off the pro
gram immediately.
To Pick Families
In an interview this week, Mr.
Wrinn said the job of picking
farm families to participate in
the new program probably will be
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 4
N'U'f / ? tO'C ^V J.
Otus Works On A Radio
Mkcon Youth Wins 4-H Territc lal
Elect; 'cai Projects Scholarship
A Franklin 4-H Club member,
Otus Stiwinter, has been named
the territorial winner of 4-H
farm and home electrical proj
ects.
Young Mr. Stiwinter, 20-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Stiwinter, of the Gneiss com
munity, was awarded a $100
scholarship to a college of "his
choice for his achievement at
the annual 4-H Electrical Con
gress in Charlotte Monday and
Tuesday of last week.
Miss Becky Monteith, 15
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Birch Monteith, of Frank
lin, also a member of the
Franklin club, was the county
award winner In the contest.
In winning the scholarship,
Otus ? who Is so wrapped up
In his work he recently com
pleted a correspondence course
In electronics ? won out over
other top 4-H'ers in the terrl
tory served by the Nantaha'a
I Power and Light Company, one
j of the contest suonsors.
His intense interest and a
radio he constructed in his
spare moments played key roles
in his being selected for the
territorial award, according to J
his 4-H leaders. Otus also work- ;
ed this past summer in a local !
radio shop as another step to
ward a college career in elec- ,
trical engineering.
Going to Charlotte with Otus [
to receive the award were j
James Flanagan. assistant ;
county agent in charge of 4-H, ;
and H. H. Onuse, Jr., and W.
W. (Bill) Sloan, both of Nan
tahala power company.
As a feature of the congress,
Otus gave a five-minute talk on
his projects.
Next project for the Frank
lin High Junior?
A TV set.
Dinner For Rural !
Contest Saturday
Vote Outcome
About Same
A table of official results,
by precincts, may be found on
Page 9 of this issue.
Complete and official elec
tion returns ? verified at a
count-out last Thursday ?
changed mo races in the Ma
con political picture.
The Democrats swept the
ticket, as reported unofficial
ly in last week's issue of The
Press, following the Novem
ber 2 off-year election.
For the most part, the un
official figures carried last
week were within a dozen of
the official totals.
In balloting locally for the
U. S. Senate and state of
fices, Macon voters ? an un
usual 6,088 considering ad
verse weather ? carried out
the Democratic trend, which
was also reflected nationally
by the Democrats winning
control of the Senate.
W. Kerr Scott, former gov
SEE NO. 5, PAGE 4
The rapt attention of more
than 125 persons will be focus
ed on W. W. Reeves Saturday
evening at a special dinner at
Franklin High School.
For it will be Mr. Reeves,
president of the Franklin Cham
ber of Commerce, who will dis
close the 13 winning commun
ities in the 1954 Macon County
Rural Development Contest and
present $1,100 in prize money.
The awards dinner, set for
7:30 in the high school cafe
teria, is a "thank-you" from
the communities to local mer
chants who put up the prize
money for the contest.
Meanwhile, the winners are
known only to the two out-of
county judges of the contest,
Miss Anne Benson Priest,
Transylvania home agent, and
W. H. Flake, Graham farm
agent, who completed their job
last week.
Guest speaker at the dinner
will be R. C. Francis, well
known Haywood County farmer
and humorist. He will be intro
duced by W. B. Collins, of
Waynesville, district farm
agent.
Walter Taylor, of the HoUy
Springs community, contest
council president, will serve as
master of ceremonies.
The top community will re
ceive $300, while the second
and third place winners will get
>200 and $100. The next 10 in
line wyi receive $50 each.
Twenty-one communities par
ticipated in this year's contest,
the second held in the county.
These communities also are en
tered" in the W.N.C. contest.
A committee composed of two
women from each community is
in charge of the awards dinner.
Food is being donated by each
community.
The Weather
r-cr lcl .?> I ; ankliri by Manson ' Stiles,
. >. vv.ir.icr observer, and at the Onveeta
M y(.r.>i??gjc Laboratory:
HIGHLANDS
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed. (Nov. 3?... 46 12 trace
Thursday
Friday 44 30 .68
Saturday 46 20
Sunday 58 22
Monday 67 22
Tuesday 68 29
PLAN RUMMAGE SALE
Mrs. Theo Riser's Seventh
Orade of the Franklin Elemen
tary School will hold a ram
mage sale Saturday morning on
Rankin Square, beginning at
7:30. Proceed* will go to paint
the school room.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday ?
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wrd. (Nov. 3).
Wed. (Nov.
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
r. 3 1 51 9
45 20 .05
47 23 .40
50 16
63 70
69 18
73 23
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
r. 3' 5? 7
45 24 .72
47 34
. 43 IS
60 19
69 20
70 25 ' ....I