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Volume 70 ? Number 2
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1955
TWELVE PAGES
Group Lays Groundwork
For County Fair In August
The groundwork for a small
three-day county fair In mid
August Is being laid by a group
of interested citizens and ex
tension personnel.
Tonight (Thursday), a special
meeting is scheduled to map
additional plans as a follow-up
to one held last Thursday night.
The meeting is set for the
Agricultural Building at 7:30.
Invitations to attend have
been sent to civic leaders and
heads of clubs and organiza
tions over the county, accord
ing to Wayne Proffitt, chairman
of the Agricultural Workers
Council.
At last week's meeting, Aug
ust 11, 12, and 13 were the
tentative dates set for the agri
cultural fair and a workable
financing plan was roughed
out. Under the plan, premium
money and operational expenses
would be raised through the
sale of booth and display space
and advertising In a fair cata
log to businessmen.
The "fair grounds" would be
at Franklin High. Exhibits
would be housed in the new
gymnasium, which will be com
pleted by that time, and other
school buildings. Farm machin
ery displays would be set up
on the football field.
As a nighttime feature, the
Franklin Jaycees have offered
to hold their annual Macon
County Folk Festival on those
dates.
Extension workers John J.
Wrinn, Mrs. Margaret D. Smith,
and Robert McNeil are "prepar
ing a sample catalog, which
they will present for discussion
at tonight's meeting.
"Our plan is to start small,
put down a good foundation,
t and then grow into a larger
fair in later years", Mr. Prof
fitt explains.
Dimes Drive
Opens Today
The annual March of Dimes
drive to combat crippling polio
started rolling today (Thursday)
toward its $3,000 goal under the
chairmanship of G. A. Jones, Jr.
Dimes boards have been set
in Franklin, coin collectors have
been distributed, and several
"teams" have been appointed
?to assist with the drive, accord
ing to Mr. Jones.
As an added feature, speak
ers, and if wanted entire pro
grams dealing with the nation's
all-out war on polio, will be
available throughout the drive.
Organizations interested in this
phase may get in touch with
the chairman.
A "Mothers' March on Polio"
is now being scheduled by the
Franklin Junior Woman's Club.
Plans for this will be announc
ed later.
Saturday and Sunday, in ob
servance of "National Jaycee
Week", the Franklin Jaycees
plan to stage a "stop-and-go"
collection for the polio drive in
downtown Franklin. The club
also will serve as a contact
with other civic groups in rais
ing additional funds for the
drive.
Mr. Jones has appointed the
following "teams" to assist with
the drive: the Rev. Bryan
Hatchett and Verlon Swafford,
all churches in the county; R.
A. (Art) Byrd and Wayne
Faulkner, school campaigns
through Supt. Holland Mc
Swain's office; Dick Stott and
Wiley Brown, Franklin business
district.
The Highlands campaign will
be conducted by the Lions Club
in that town, the chairman
said.
Miss Watson Invited
On UN Tour In April
Miss Emma Watson, winner
of a recent speaking contest on
the United Nations at Franklin
High School, has been invited
to tour the UN in April.
She will be accompanied by
Mrs. J. Frank Martin, teacher
sponsor of the contest.
Miss Watson, a junior, will be
sponsored on her trip by the
Franklin Lions club.
Skyway Hotel
Being Reopened
After being closed for nearly
a year, franklin's commercial
hotel, The Skyway Hotel, is go
ing to be reopened.
The 30-room hotel has been
leased by Harry and Florence
Seamon, operators of the New
Regal Hotel in Murphy, accord
ing to J. H. Stockton, attorney
for the hotel owners, the
Schulman brothers.
It is understood the new op
erators plan to open the hotel
within the next week or so.
Poultry School
Is Scheduled
A special poultry school for
i Macon farmers is scheduled for
' next Wednesday morning, Jan
uary 19, at the Agricultural
Building.
Set to begin at 9:30, the pro
gram lists the following Raleigh
1 extension officials: C. F. Par
rish, Dr. Cliff W. Barber, W. C.
Mills, Jr., and W. G. Andrews.
Free Tax Help
i 1 3 Offered
Free assistance in preparing
and filing federal income tax
forms will be offered at the
local U. S. Internal Revenue of
fice in Room 201 of the Frank
lin Post Office one day a week,
agent G. L. Forrester has an
nounced.
Beginning Monday, and each
Monday thereafter until furth
er notice, a man will be avail
able to help taxpayers between
the hours of 8:30 a. m. and
noon and 12:45 p. m. and 5:15,
he said. The office has the
necessary tax forms.
MRS. CARDEN DIES
Mrs. Nancy Carden, 90, well
known Macon native, died yes
terday (Wednesday) morning at
9:30 at her home in the Cowee
section.
Funeral services are set for
10 a. m. on Saturday at the
Liberty Baptist Church. Potts
Funeral Home is in charge.
BAKE SALE SLATED
The St. Agnes Episcopal Aux
iliary will sponsor a bake sale
Friday morning, beginning at
9 o'clock, at. the Children's Shop.
79 FAMILIES
SIGN UP FOR
NEW PROGRAM
Applications Get
Approval Of Local
Rural Committee
Seventy-nine farm families
have made application to par
ticipate in the new Farm and
Home Development Program
now under way in this county.
Mrs. Margaret D. Smith, one
of three extension workers hir
ed to supervise the program,
this week explained that all ap
plications have been approved
by the community development
organizations. At a special
meeting last (Wednesday) night,
a five-member committee rep
resenting the communities and
extension personnel reviewed
the applications and gave final
approval.
The community committee
was composed of Max Parrish,
Mrs. George Byrd, Mrs. Faye
Cowan, Frank Browning, and
Gordon Gibson.
Next Wednesday, Miss Pauline
Gordon and M. S. Williams,
state specialists In farm and
home management, plan to
meet with extension personnel
here to review the progress of
the program, which Is designat
ed to put extension work on a
more personalized basis with
the farm family as a unit.
Macon and Madison are the
only two counties in the west
ern district carrying out the
program and are two of 12 In
the entire state.
John J. Wrinn and Robert
McNeil are the other two agents
working on the local program,
which is being conducted, for
the most part, through the ac
tive rural community develop
ment organizations.
Asheville
Man Slated
As Speaker
Gene Ochsenreiter, Jr., of
Asheville. former state Jaycee
president, has accepted an in
vitation to be the principal
speaker in Franklin January 31
at the Franklin Jaycees' annual
awards banquet.
Mr. Ochsenreiter accepted the
invitation in a letter this week
to C. Banks Finger, who served
as vice-president of the 1st
Jaycee district during the Och
senreiter administration, 1953
54. The one-time state leader
is no stranger to Franklin, hav
ing addressed a previous awards
banquet and made several visits
to the local club. *
Meanwhile, nominations far
the "Young Man of the Year"
are still being received by Jay
cee Calvin Henson. This deserv
ing young man will be pre
sented a "Distinguished Service
Award" at the banquet for con
tributions to his community in
the past year. The Jaycees also
plan to give an award to the
"Boss of the Year" and two
"Key Man" awards within the
club membership.
A secret committee of non
Jaycees Is selecting the "Young
Man of the Year", and the re
cipient need not be a Jaycee.
Watershed
Meet Set
On Tuesday
Public sentiment on a pro
posed watershed control and
conservation project for the
Little Tennessee River drainage
area will be sounded out by
citizens of Macon County and
Rabun County, Ga., at a spe
cial meeting Tuesday night at
Otto School.
Favorable sentiment probably
will see the governors of North
Carolina and Georgia petition
ed for aid far a study of the
flood control problem effecting
the two neighboring counties.
Jointly sponsored by the Bliffe
Ridge Soil Conservation Dis
trict of Rabun County and the
Macon County Soil Conserva
tion District, the two-state
meeting is being held expressly
to determine if the two coun
ties would be willing to finance
a watershed project with the
federal government under the
Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Act. The meeting is
set for 7 o'clock and citizens of
both counties are urged to at
tend.
W. L. Harper, Macon conser
vationist, said soil officials of
both states are expected to be
present to participate in the
discussion and to explain the
long-range program.
In brief, the project would
straighten and clean the Lit
tle Tennessee channel and call
for the development of a sys
tem for terracing and drainage
for the area to conserve soil
and water.
More specific details of the
project will be mapped should
public sentiment favor the pro
posal, Mr. Harper said. Under
the federal act, the government
would share in financing the
project with the two counties.
E. A. Johnson, of Coweeta
Hydrologic Laboratory, and Tom
Davidson, of Clayton, Ga., are
serving with Mr. Harper as. lia
son between soil officials and
the public in advancing the
proposal.
How To Hunt . . .
The Easy Way
Bill Horsley has this bird
hunting business figured out ?
no license, no shotgun, no
hunting.
The Franklin man ? an
admitted "no hunter" ? step
ped into his front yard Wed
nesday morning of last week
with a paper ba.j; and prompt
ly harvested six quail without
firing a shot.
The birds apparently were
victims of "flying crazy" (a
condition that overcomes
feathered folk at times) and
rammed into the side of the
Horsley home.
Bill Horsley, however, is an
eater . . . and he has the
skeletons to prove it!
JONES TO SPEAK
G. A. Jones, Jr., Franklin at
torney, will be the guest speaker
at the January 20 meeting of the
Cartoogechaye Rural Community
Development Organization, Miss
; Rose King, community reporter,
has announced. The program is
'set for 7:30 at the Cartoogechaye
School.
TOWN ASKS
BIDS FOR
BUILDING
To Be Opened On
February 8 For
New City Hall
The Town of Franklin thi^
week is advertising for bids for
construction of its proposed
municipal building.
Town officials plan to open
| the bids February 8 at 3 p. m.
If the low bid is satisfactory,
construction of the one-story
modernistic building will get
under way as soon as possible
on the old Blaine property at
the Intersection of US 23-441
and West Main Street, accord
j ing to Town Clerk C. O. Ram
! sey.
Plans for the new building,
which is being financed through
a $50,000 bond issue voted in
October, have been prepared by
Stambaugh and Jett, an archi
tectural firm in Atlanta, Ga.
The old Blaine homeplace on
the building site has been razed
to make way for the new struc
ture.
The plans face the building
on East Main with the offices
and fire department on the
street level. A side entrance
gives access to a full basement
for storing equipment.
Teams Beat
Webster In
Friday Tilt
By TOMMY GNUSE
Sports Editor
Franklin High
Franklin's boys scored a mild
upset over a highly regarded
Webster basketball squad Fri
day night, taking a 47 to 32 vic
tory as Willard Smith banged
in 19 points.
The girls had little trouble
capturing their fourth consecu
tive win, rolling up 54 points
to Webster's 28. The Panther
WIN 2 MORE GAMES
Tuesday night in Glenville,
| the Franklin teams took two
more wins, the lassies down
ing the Glenville gals 52 to
26 and the boys winning 46
to 38.
Jodie Lenoir Was high scor
er with 17 points, followed by
Audrey Gibson with 15. Wil
lard Smith led the boys with
17.
Tomorrow (Friday) night
the teams journey to High
lands for games, and Tues
day to Swain High in Bryson
City.
ettes jumped ahead early in
the game and by the half had
piled up a 25 to 2 lead. Jodie
Lenoir and Audrey Gibson hit
for 15 and 12 points respective
ly, to take scoring honors for
the night.
In the boys' game, Smith hit
seven quick points in the open
ing stanza and Bobby Jack
Love followed with seven in the
second to pace the boys to a
23 to 9 halftime lead.
The second half was nip and
tuck with the Panthers walking
' off with the victory. Smith had
19 points was high scorer with
i Love In second place with 14.
Highway Building
Is Major Activity
Last Minute
Items
i Burlington Mills and X. j
j C. Employment Service
j officials got their heads
together here yesterday j
| (Wednesday) to work out
an employment plan for
Burlington's new Frank
lin hosiery plant.
It was later announced
that an Employment Serv
ice representative will be
at the courthouse here
from 10 to 4 o'clock to
morrow (Friday) and
each Friday hereafter un
til further notice, to ac
cept applications.
Employment will be
worked through the state
service, it is understood,
and hiring will be on a
very limited basis up to
the actual opening of the
new plant in mid-April.
BOARD HEARS
GRIEVANCES
Principal's Status
Questioned; Chapel
Protests Courses
A protest from the Chapel
Negro P. T. A. concerning courses
i offered high school students and
the status of Principal Harry
Corbin in the Franklin Schools
set-up faced the Macon Board
of Education at its monthly meet
ing Saturday morning.
Both issues were supposedly set
tled after lengthy discussion.
The lack of instruction in math
ematics and science prompted the
Chapel protest, which was carried
to the board by a small dele
gation.
Explaining that this is the first
year high school courses have been
-river nt Chspel, Supt. Holland
McSwain said it is part of the
plan "to give all courses during
the four > ears of high school
work." However, under the pre
sent situation of only 11 students
enrolled, the lone high school
teacher allotted to Chapel is "ob
viously unable to teach all sub
jects at one time."
"It was our plan at the begin
ning to work all subjects in dur
j ing the four years of high school
work," he said. The students this
year are receiving English, his
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 7
Van Raalte
Has Layoff
A mass layoff occurred Fri
day at the Van Raalte hosiery
plant In Franklin, although of
ficials have declined to com
ment. i
It is understood the layoff hit
more than 30 workers on the 51
gauge shMt
Macon County rolls Into 1955
with highway construction still
a major activity within its
? boundaries.
Item: Construction on the
Cowee Gap-Dillsbaro, (US 23
441 1 project, the tie-In artery
for the completed Franklin
Cowee Gap job, Is moving along
on schedule, although bad
weather 1s hampering some
phases.
Item: Bad weather also Is
hindering grading operations
on the new Wayah Road proj
ect on the Nantahala .end, but
construction will swing into
high gear as soon as weather
permits.
Item : Proposed construction
of a new highway from Frank
lin to the Georgia state line
(US 23-441, south) still Is
"dangling" and there is no of
ficial word as to when the
project will come up for con
sideration. Unofficial, but reli
able sources say 14th Division
Commissioner Harry E. Buch
anan plans to know something
definite by July, 1955.
Item: As North Carolina
marks time on the US 23-441
(south) proposal, Georgia ? al
ready well into construction of
a first section from the state
! line to Mountain City ? report
edly plans to let the second
I section of the project from
Mountain City to Clayton In
! about 90 days.
Oowee To Dillsboro
In order to keep the Cbwee
Gap-Dillsboro highway open
this winter, grading operations
have practically halted, accord
ing to Resident Engineer S. T.
Usry.
"The weather also is holding
us up", he said this ,week.
Except for some sections of
the old highway, most of the
grading on the project has been
done, the engineer explained.
He estimated that roughly 70
per cent of the grading yard
. age has been moved.
"It stands to reason we
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 12
The Weather
T!-e week'-* temperatures and rainfall, as
re.ror-le 1 in I'mnk'in uy Mans.-n >ti!es,
l\ S. weather observer, and at the Coweeta
?|y. I.n'-.-at irv :
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., Jan. 5 74 45
Thursday 68 46 trace
Friday 59 20
Saturday 55 16 trace
Sunday 49 38 .04
Monday 46 35 .45
Tuesday 42 27 .24
HIGHLANDS
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., Jan. 5 66 42
Thursday 64 42
Friday trace
Saturday -~
Sunday 08
Monday 38 34 .05
Tuesday ... , 36 26 .88
(Trace of snow on Tuesday)
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
! Wed., Jan. 5 72 44
Thursday 66 45
Friday 57 21
Saturday 56 19
Sunday 50 39 trace
Monday 43 36 .06
Tuesday 40 31 .76
This Is His First Haircut
Victim ? 11 -months- old Rickey Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Clark, of Franklin. .
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