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70th Year ? No. 5
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, February 3, 1955
Ten Pages
Franklin Chamber Reelects
W. W. Reeves As President
W. W. Reeves has been re
elected president of the Frank
lin Chamber of Commerce and
the organization is now in the
process of gearing to the 1955
season.
Elected to serve with Mr.
Reeves are A. A. Siler, vice
president, and Sam Gibson,
treasurer. Mrs. Lasca E. Horsley
has been rehired as executive
secretary of the chamber.
At a called meeting last Thurs
day nignt, in
coming and
outgoing direc
tors briefly re
viewed the
past year's
work and then
began plan
ning a new
program.
First on the
chamber's 1955
agenda will be
the annual
banquet and
the installa
Mr. Reeves
BAND MEMBERS
WIN HONORS
Four From Franklin
Get Chairs In Area
Band Clinic Event
New musical honors went to
Franklin High last week when
four members of the Franklin
Band were selected to play at
the band clinic sponsored for
the western division by the N.
C. Bandmasters' Association.
Among 55 select young mu
sicians from high schools west
of Forest City making up the
clinic band were Tony Orr, first
chair, first clarinet; Miss Ellen
Franks, second chair, first clar
inet; Miss Patsy McFalls, sec
ond chair, tenor saxaphone;
and Miss Margaret Thomas,
second chair, third cornet.
The clinic was held on the
campus of Western Carolina
College, Cullowhee, Friday and
Saturday.
Director Theodore Orr was in
charge of the local musicians.
'55 License Sales
Total 4,143 Sets
With Mondays deadline, sale
of 1955 license plates through
the local Carolina Motor Club
office totaled 4,143 sets.
Verlon Swafford, manager,
said pleas for motorists to buy '
early and avoid the last-min- J
ute rush apparently paid divi- j
dends. Some lines formed at ,
intervals Saturday, but Monday
was "just about" an average
day," he said.
A hreakdown of the '55 fig
ures shows tags went to 2,580
automobiles; 1,458 to trucks;
two to motorcycles; and 103 to
trailers.
Local Teams
Beat Webster
The Franklin lads and lassies
swept to wins Monday night
over Webster teams.
A lop-sided 40 to 18 score was
racked up by the girls, while
the boys won 52 to 46.
Audrey Gibson and Jody Le
noir had 17 points each to
spark the female squad to its
11th straight victory. Crawford
Moore and Willard Smith were
tops in the male game with 15
each.
Tomorrow (Friday) night the
locals have games scheduled
with Glenville, Tuesday night
they meet Highlands.
Scouts To Mark
Week With Supper
In observance of "National
Boy Scout Week", Scouts of the
Smoky Mountain District will
hold their annual father-son
supper in the Franklin High
cafeteria next Friday, February
11.
It will be a covtred dish sup
per. Explorer Scouts will have
charge of the program.
BOND SALES LISTED
U. S. Savings Bonds sales dur
ing the month of December in
this county totaled $30,999, ac
cording to H. W. 'Cabe, cashier
at the Bank of I"ranklln. Ac
cumulated sales during 1954
totaled $234,569.50, he said.
tion of new officers. This event
has been tentatively set for
early in March. Erwin Patton,
Norman Blaine, C. Banks Fin
ger, and Vic Perry are in charge
of arrangements.
A 1955 budget, which will be
presented to the general mem
bership at the annual banquet,
is now. being drawn by Mr.
Siler and Mr. Gibson.
A budget report prepared by
Mrs. Horsley shows the cham
ber ended 1954 with $403.51 on
hand, following expenditures
totaling $2,823.88. Of the total,
$454.37 went for advertising,
$644.67 for promotional work,
and $1,328.50 for salaries.
In addition to Mr. Reeves,
Mr. Siler, Mr. Gibson, and Mr.
Blaine other members of the
1955 board of directors are
Frank B. Duncan, Gus Baldwin,
and Charles Conley, Sr.
"Repeat", pet parakeet of
Edd Coates, of Franklin,
doesn't want to take her name
too seriously.
She and her mate, "Pete",
were swinging serenely in
their cage while Edd cleaned
things up a bit for them.
Suddenly, "Repeat" disap
peared.
A frantic Edd retrieved her
from the tank of the vacuum
cleaner he was using.
"She's missing a few tail
feathers," the relieved owner
reports, "but she sure raises
a fuss when the cleaner
starts."
Public Invited Monday
To Basket Making Event
The public is invited to attend
a basket making and chair bot
toming demonstration Monday at
10 a. m. at the Agricultural Buiid
ing.
Sftonsoring organization is the
Frmklin Home Demonstration
Club.
Wants
No Repeating!
NIGHT STUDY
PLAN BEING
CONSIDERED
Meeting Called
To Discuss Idea;
Public Invited
A meeting to sound out in
terest in proposed night school
i courses at Franklin High School
! is scheduled for Monday eve
j n ng in the school cafeteria.
All persons who would be in
! terested in "boning up" on a
number of subjects are invited
to attend and offer suggestions,
I according to District Principal
Ralph L. Smith. The meeting is
set for 7:30.
; A tentative list of proposed
classes includes bookkeeping,
! business machines, typing, gard
j ening and landscaping, arts and
crafts, woodworking, sewing
and cooking, simple home re
j pairs, mechanical drawing, in
terpretation of sports, filing in
j come tax returns, journalism,
| and elementary photography.
Mr. Smith said assistance, in
other fields by professional men
in the county will be welcomed
and he expressed the hope that
they will step forward and- of
fer their services so a well
rounded program can be adopt
ed.
While the courses are being
offered primarily for adults,
the principal said students will
be allowed to take them. How
ever, no high school credits will
be given far the work,
Some members of the high
school faculty will be on hand
to discuss most phases of the
program at Monday's meeting,
he added.
CRUNKLETON DIES
I Thomas Newton Crunkleton,
22, formerly of Highlands, died
Sunday night in a U. S. Naval
hospital, it has been learned by
| relatives here. He was the son
? of Lawrence Crunkleton, of
! Fairfax, Va., and Mrs. Christine
; Crunkleton, of Washington, D.
! C. Details of his death were
not available.
'Mothers' March On Polio'
Brings $187- Events Slated
Members of the Franklin Jun
ior Woman's Club collected
$187.76 in a concerted "Mothers'
March on Polio" Friday night,
as the March of Dimes drive
began picking up steam county
wise.
To date, roughly $500 of the
$3,000 goal has been reported,
according to G. A. Jones, Jr.,
county chairman. Possibly
double that figure has been col
lected, he pointed out, but has
not been .reported.
And, as the drive moves clos
er to the February 12 deadline,
community organizations and
civic groups are planning fund
raising events.
Two benefits are scheduled
for Saturday night. A square
dance will be held at Otto
School beginning at 7:30 with
music by the Blackrock Moun
tain String Band. Bingo and
cake walks will feature a polio
I benefit at Cowee School at 7:30
Last (Wednesday) night, the
Rotary Club sponsored a Bingo
| party at Slagie Memorial Build
j ing following a supper meeting.
The amount raised was not
I known at presstime.
Members of the American
Legion Auxiliary plan to raise
funds for the polio drive
through a subscription sale ar
rangement with The Press.
Boy Scouts will haVe charge
of the two dime boards in
downtown Franklin over the
week-end. Brownies and Girl
Scouts raised approximately $80
last week-end at the boards,
Mr. Jones reported.
Mrs. Louise Ledford, treasur
er of the woman's club, said
her organization also is turning
over an additional $139.71 to
the drive. This money was real
ized in an "emergency" polio
i fund drive last fall.
Four-year-old Tommy Rope
shown presenting G. A. Jones, Ji
man, 1,000 pennies they saved
polio campaign. They are the c
Roper, of Route 3.
I
? Staff Photo by /. P. Brady i
r and his sister, Audrey, 7, are
r., county March of Dimes chair
during the past year for the
hildren of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Ciub Casino
Consumed By
Fire Monday
Fire destroyed the casino at
the Highlands Country Club
late Monday afternoon, despite
a two and a half hour battle
in freezing temperatures by
volunteer firemen to save the
structure.
Loss of the building and its
contents was estimated at $15,
000.
The blaze was reported by
Ray Reece about 5:20 and by
the time the fire truck arrived
it had consumed about one
third of the structure, which
had been used in recent years
as a recreation center for the
club.
Firemen had to break through
the ice on a nearby lake to get
water after the supply on the
truck was exhausted. Spray was
frozen on several of the vol
unteers' clothes and helmets.
Chief Carlton cieaveland said
the fire possibly was started by
a gas stove in the building,
which was built about 1937.
I He Saw It!
Or Brer Groundhog saw
I his shadow yesterday (Wed
I nesday) morning. So, it looks
! like six more weeks of winter,
if you hold to the old belief.
For Yankees ? who con
tend that the 14th is "Ground-l
hog Day" ? this newspaper
will again pry on the little
critter, just to be of service.
Weatherwi.se, the week was
cold in Macon. The low read
ings bobbed from the high
20's to 6 degrees in Franklin
and Highlands on Monday.
An uBseasonable thunder
storm shook the county Tues
day night, supposedly as a re
i suit of a series of tornadoes
that hit earlier in the day in
I the Mississippi area.
Arrest Of Men
Solves Break-in
?
The arrest of two young men
I in Kings Mountain late Sunday
ni^ht solved Saturday's break
in at Talley's Service Station
in Highlands, according to
Sheriif J. Harry Thomas.
Both admitted they broke
into the service station, he
said.
Carter Talley, station owner,
reported about $7 in small
change and some other .mall
articles missing, Sheriff Thom
as said. Entry was made by
breaking a pane of glass in
the front door.
Officers were furnished a lead
on the two by Fate Walls, dis
tributor of the Asheville Citi
zen. The sheriff said Mr. Walls
I saw the two in a faded maroon
1951 Ford on Main Street near
the station between 5:30 and
6 the morning of the break-in
and was able to give a descrip
tion of the automobile.
About 6:30 the two drove off
without paying for gasoline at
the Sharptop Service Station
and Grocery on US 23-441
(south), the sheriff said. Roy
Price, owner, reported the men
asked the nearest route to
Charlotte, requested $1.50 worth
of gas, and then drove away
before his son could collect.
The two ? Donald Keith
Carpenter and Donald James
Oliver ? were picked up the
next night by Kings Mountain
officers. Sheriff Thomas said
they probably will be tried In
Kings Mountain since they have
several cases outstanding there.
The sheriff, S. B. I. Agent P.
R. Kitchen, of Waynesville, and
Chief E. O. Gordon, of High
lands, worked on the case.
Mrs. Lichtenstein
Wins Hot Point Stove
In Decorations Event
Mrs. R. G. Lichtenstein, of
Franklin, has been announced as
a state winner in a kitchen inter
ior decorations contest sponsored
last fall by the General Electric
Supply Corporation, advertising
Hot Point appliances.
Franklin Hardware Company,
the local store handling Mrs,
Lichtenstein's entry in the con
test. Monday delivered her prize
? a $499.95 Hot Point "Colo
range".
? Staff I'lioto by J. lir.i
GENE OCHSENREITER, former state Jaycee president. \< left) is shown talking with (L to R),
Edwin T. Williams, who was honored Monday night as "Young Man of the Y e?.r i'or 1954", T. H.
Callahan, "Boss of the Year for 1954 ', and Jaycee Caivin Henson, awards chairman. Mr. Oehsen
reiter, of Asheville, was guest speaker at the annual Jaycee banquet.
4-H LEADER
SCHOOL SET
Scheduled Saturday
At Agricultural
Building, Franklin
A leader training school for
4-H neighborhood leaders and
club officers is slated Saturday
morning at the Agricultural
Building.
Set to begin at 9:30, the
School will be featured by the
presentation of three short
skits on the work of a 4-H
leader by club members and
leaders.
Extension agents Mrs. Jessie
D. Cabe and James Flanagan
will be in charge. They will be
assisted by G. L. Carter, Jr., of
1 Raleigh, assistant state 4-H
leader.
"What it Means to be a 4-H
Member." will be discussed by
Miss Nancy Cable, president of
the county 4-H council. Mrs.
Jack Cabe, of Holly Springs,
and Mrs. Harley Stewart, of
Patton, will review what has
been done at neighborhood 4-H
meetings in the past year.
GETS COMMITTEES
Macon Representative G. L.
Houk has been named to the
Judiciary No. 1 and Education
CAKE SALE SLATED
A cake sale will be held Sat
| urday from 9 -a. m. to 12 noon
at the Nantahala Power and
Light Company building under
the sponsorship of the Higdon
ville Home Demonstration Club.
Proceeds are earmarked for the
Higdonville Baptist Church.
Plant Program
Starts Tuesday
The Burlington Mills train
ing program for loopers got
under way Tuesday morning in
the V. F. W. Building on Palm
er Street.
C. B. Hussey, .who is in
charge, said yesterday (Wed
nesday) he was not at liberty
to comment on the extent of
the program.
Construction of the hosiery
plant just outside Franklin has
slowed in recent weeks because
of the weather.
The plant supervisor, Stephen
A. Bundy, was here yesterday
for an inspection.
Franklin Teacher Honored
As 'Young Man' iSy Jaycees
Speaker Declares
Church, Home, And
School Are 'Keys'
A rededication by the human
race to three basic fundamen
tals ? church, home, and schools
?would minimize the number
of problems faced by the world
today as well as making these
problems easier to solve.
Such is the belief of Gene
Ochsenreiter, of Asheville, who
addressed the annual awards
banquet of the Franklin Jay- !
cees Monday night.
Calling upon his audience to
review this somewhat different
approach to the world's prob- ,
lems, the former Jaycee state
president labeled the church,
home, and schools as "keys to
human action".
Introduced by Jaycee John
Cogan, Mr. Oschsenreiter had
this to say about each:
Church : "Certainly I am not
afraid to tell you that all of
us here recognize the impor
tance of Christianity. We real
ize that importance in the
wording of the constitution of
the United States and the
American Creed, where particu
lar reference is paid our cre
ator. It is true all over bur na
tion that our strength is found
in our -church, but our real
problem is not with those who
attend, but with those who
don't. The latter category runs
into millions . . ."
Home: "The great artist,
Michelangelo, did not learn to
paint by watching television,
nor did Mozart become a child
prodigy by playing cowboys and
Indians all day. For a more
current example, we need but .
look at Helen Keller. She did <
not overcome her handicap by <
sitting down and hoping." ,
Schools: "They are the bul- .
wark of all teachings ... I ask
you to give your support to your ,
schools ... to wake up to your ,
responsibilities in bringing up j
the future citizens of America." j
The speaker said he was not j ,
advancing his program to elimi- ,
nate all difficulties, but consid- 1 1
eration of it "will improve our
position." I
. . We are the little people,
but we are actually the real
power behind the throne . . .
while freedom still is ours, pro
tect it. It is our greatest gift." ,
SLATED FOR MID-JUNE '
Centennial Framework Is Up
The framework for a centennial celebration In Franklin in '
mid-June was erected by interested citizens Friday night, and ]
at another special meeting tomorrow ( Friday i night additional ;
work is expected to be tackled. i
All interested citizens are urged to turn out for tomorrow's ]
meeting in the town council chamber in the Bank of Frank- ?
| tin building at 7:30.
Last Friday's organizational meeting saw a tentative three
day program for the centennial roughed out and the election \
of Holland McSwain and J. P. Brady as co-chairmen of a steer- '
ing committee charged with overseeing the centennial. C. O. '
Ramsey was named treasurer. The co-chairmen recently visited 1
in Jackson County to learn how a centennial was conducted !
there two years ago. !
"Teams" from the steering committee plan to devote their ]
time in February to outlining the centennial proposal to local '
civic organizations. The co-chairmen briefed the Rotary Club
last (Wednesday! night.
I As the crowning feature of the celebration ? tentatively
scheduled for June 16-17-18 ? arrangements are now being 1
made to have Gov. Luther Hodges come here and dedicate the '
new city hall. Mayor W. C. Burrell has assured the completion 1
of the building by that time. S
Members of the steering committee include Bill Horsley. the J
Rev. Bryan Hatchett. Bob Sloan,, Hall Callahan, and Sam Gib- I
son. Other members will be added later, it was said
Williams Selected
For Award; Callahan
is 'Boss Of Year'
Edwin T. Williams, 31-year
old Franklin High teacher and
active civic and church leader,
is Macon County's "Young Man
of the Year for 1954".
Selected by a secret commit
tee from among eight nominees
for the honor, the Andrews na
tive was awarded a Distinguish
ed Service Award key and cer
tificate for his outstanding
community service at a banquet
held by the Franklin Jaycees
Monday night.
Other highlights cf the an
nual jaycee event included the
naming of Troup H. Callahan,
manager of Eelk's Department
Store, as "Boss of ? the Year;
an address by Gene Ochsen
reiter, former state Jaycee pres
ident: the presentation of Key
Man awards to Dr. J. L. Hill
and Jamei Roper by Jaycee
Presides.. Dr. G R. McSween;
and the presentation of cer
tificates of appreciation to The
T r.vn cf Franklin, Franklin
Schools, and The Franklin
Press.
Nominees Recognized
The seven other D. S. A.
nominees attended the banquet
as special guests of the Jaycees
and just prior to -the announce
ment of Mr. Williams' selection
were recogni/.ed. Tvhey were
Jack Angel, nominated by the
Franklin Lions Club; the Rev.
Bryan Hatchett. by the Rotary
Club; Dr. ,J. L. Hill, by the
Presbyterian Men; G. A. Jones,
Jr.. by Prentiss community;
Harry Kinsland. by Holly
Springs community; Z. Weaver
3hope, by Methodist Men; and
Gilmer Henson, by Otto com
munity.
Nominated by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars post, Mr. Williams
was presented the community
service award by Jaycee Calvin
Henson, who served as contact
tian between organizations sub
mitting nominees and the sec
ret committee of non-Jaycees
;hat picked the winner.
A teacher at Franklin High
for five years, Mr. Williams' in
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 10
The Weather
The week's temperatures and rainfall, as
ecorded in Franklin by Man son Stiles,
S. weather observer, and at the Coweeta
lydrologic Laboratory:
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
12 ' ....
29
12
15
21
6
22 trace
Wed., Jan
rhursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
ruesday
26
Wed.. Jan
rhursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
ruesday
Wed., Jan.
rhursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
ruesday
52
47
44
39
'40
46
49
HIGHLANDS
Temperatures
High Low Rain
49 20
26
36 30
36 17
38 10
40 16
38 6
46 24
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
26 50 15
42 29
43
38
41
43
50
13
13
19
9
22
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