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70th Year No. 12 Franklin, N. C., Thursday, March 24, 1955 Sixteen Pages
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? Staff Photo by J. P. Brady
Two Iotla 4-H Clubbers ? Carol Sue Welch and Boyd Tallent ? are shown looking over one
of the 4-H Club welcome signs to be erected at the county boundaries. Money for the signs was
raised by the 4-H clubs of the county in the recent penny-a-vote popularity contest to pick a
"Miss 4-H" and "Mr. 4-H".
JURY LIST
IS DRAWN
Jurymen To Serve
For Term Opening
Here On April 16
Fifty-four jurymen for the
April term of Superior Court,
scheduled to convene here the
16th, were selected Monday
morning by the Macon Board
of County Commissioners.
They were drawn from the
list of registered voters by
three-year-old Rebecca Carson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
Carson, of Franklin.
Making up the 36-member
first week jury are Paul West,
of Franklin; James McCollum,
of Franklin; N. G. Davis, of
Route 1; Claude Duvall, of
Route 4; David Stanfield, of
Route 5; Milton Fouts, of Route
3; Paul Brown, of Route 2;
Luther Crawford, of Highlands;
George Stanfield, of Route 5;
Zeb Roane, of Route 1; Charlie
E. Carnes, of Route 3; Fullman
Hastings, of Route 2; Mark
Bryant, of Route 3; John
Hughes, of Route 3; R. H. Ben
nett, of Route 3; M. S. Burnette,
of Scaly; John Wishon, of Nan
tahala; Claude Ledford, of
Route 2; George A. Cloer, of
Route 4; Henry Waldroop, of
Route l; Lester Norton, of
Route 1, Dillard, Ga.; Osbourne
Younce. of Nantahala; Dan
Bryson, of Franklin; Roy Mash
burn, of Franklin; Robert Led
betlei, of Route 2; Carl Car
penter, of Route 1; Richard
Norton, of Route 1, Rabun Gap,
Ga.; Claude Sanders, of Route
4; Tom Hopkins, of Route 2;
SEE NO 2. PAGE 8
Macon News Round-Up
Now Beir-; Televised
A brief round-up of news
and happ"nini', ; in Macon
County .s bring televised each
Friday between 6:30 and 6:15
p. in. over V.'FKC'-TV, Green
ville, S. C.
Material lor 'he feature, "The
Edi or Speaks", is prepared by
Weir .ii v Jones, editor of The
Press, from stories and features
.appearing in the week's issue
of The Press.
Other cities and towns within
range of the TV station have
similar programs other evenings
in the week.
ARE YOU READY?
Trout Season Opens April 5
Those avid trout fishermen ?
ever ready to pop a fly into the
water ? are preparing now to get
their feet wet and their trout
appetites partially satisfied
when the 1955 season opens
April 5.
Open dates in t{ie Standing
Indian and Wayah wildlife
Management Areas ? the two
falling closest home ? are as
follows for the season:
April 5-6, 9-10, 13, 16-17, 20,
23-24, 27, and 30.
May 1, 4, 7-8, 11, 14-15, 18,
21-22, 25, 28-29-30.
June 1. 4-5, 8, 11-12, 15, 18-19,
22, 25-20. 29.
July 2-3-4, 6, 9-10, 13, 16-17,
20, 23-24, 27, 30-31.
August 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 27-23,
a fid 31.
Waters of the cooperative
wildlife managements areas are
"designated mountain trout
waters" and a special trout li
cense Is required. Daily permits
at 51 each will be required of all
persons, regardless of age. Per
mits will not be sold prior to
6 a m. of date to be used and
all fishermen must check out
by 8 p. m.
The daily creel limit is 10
fish of any size.
These special regulations ap
ply to the Standing Indian area.
( 1 ) the use of natural bait is
prohibited on the Nantahala
River below the foot bridge at
White Oak Boitoms, and <21
fishermen may camp overnight
at the mouth of Bear Pen
Creek, but must obtain at the
checking station a permit for
each day's fishing prior to en
tering the area. There is also
an improved camp ground at
White Oak Bo'toms which may
be used. A checking station is
located at this point.
Georgia Citizens Protest
Piecemeal' Highway Job
Centennial
Seen
A meek Bruce Palmer tak
ing a rainy stint in the "cali
boose" Friday morning for
shaving ...
A fa.mily (father, mother,
and two young children), ob
viously tourists, having a
hilarious time in front of a
downtown stord trying on
centennial top hats and der
bies . . .
A /bald - headed "Bushy
Brother" with an extremely
heavy beard, commenting to
another, . . now if there
was only some way to reverse
this hair growing tech
nique!" ...
A woman, running Up the
street and yelling at the
same time to a friend, "I left
.my bonnet in the car." . . .
A woman telling a local
undertaker, "If I have to do
business with you between
now and June, I think I'll ar
range for out-of-town serv
ices." . . .
Event Features
Are Shaping Up
Features of Franklin's upcom
ing centennial celebration, Juno
16-17-18, are shaping up nicely,
it was reported this week.
f.-y.c: of "Brushy Brothers"
nnj Belles of the Bustles"
the main money-raising
project- to' finance the colebra
ti-<a. are not as brisk as could
b ? unci merchants arc urged to
vvi :h them so n. budget can be
t i - within I't nc.vt week,
'i' .".i;-. Centennial" popul
a'itv con.' si already lias about
?0 entrants, .according to Mrs.
Larry Cabf, c hairnian. Any bus
iness or organization in the
county may enter a contestant.
A ?2 entrance fee is charged
and .contestants must be single
and between the ages of 13 and
24.'
The publicity committee,
headed by Frank Dean, has ar
ranged for two Hve TV ap
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 8
'Following the lead of Macon
County, citizens of Rabun Coun-.
ty, Ga., are protesting the
"piece-meal" construction of
US 23-441, main travel artery
for this area.
And the Georgia protests are
getting results. According to
The Clayton (Ga.) Tribune,
Georgia Gov. Marvin Griffin
has requested a state highway
board member, John Quillian, to
investigate the contacting for
the proposed 19.3-mile stretch of
new highway, which will even
tually run from the North Caro
lina state line to Tallulah Falls
in Georgia.
One small 4.59-mile section
of the Georgia link is now
under construction from the
state line to Mountain City. A
5.070-mile section from the
northern limits of Mountain
City to Clayton has been sur
veyed but not let to contract.
Another project of approxi
mately 10 miles from Clayton
to Tallulah Falls would round
out the proposed project in
Rabun County.
Prompts Action
This county's successful pro
test of "piecemeal" construction
of the 14-mile link of US 23
441 from Franklin sou h to the
state line ? action which now
assures the construction of. the
highway in one contract with
an allocation of 8850,000 ?
prompted the Rabunites' call to
arms.
In a letter to Gov. Griffin,
they noted':
. . This is a letter of pro
test! From the citizens of Ra
bun County protesting the
piecemeal contracting of U. S.
Highway 23-441. Thi ; action is
prompted by allocation (S850.
000 1 of money by the North
Carolina stae highway denart
nei'.t to r;,ii.->h 'lie link between
the '_',.%onria s.trte lin" and
Franklin; N. C. We would like
to Georgia make pood their
?b t' that we will 'meet North
Carolina at the line.' by let'ing
the entire remaining link be
tween Mt. City, Ga? and Tal
lulah Falls, Ga. This is impor
tant to this, section of North
Georgia because the tourist
traffic is our lifeline . . ."
mM ITS
CTO HERE
Officials Working
On Vaccina Program;
Deadline Is Set
A four-year'old Macon Coun
ty girl was sent to an Asheville
hospital this week for treatment
of polio as health department
officials and the Macon Medical
Society continued advance plan
ning for vaccinating first and
second graders with the new
Salk polio vaccine.
The latest young polio victim
is Virginia Faye Crane, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin
Crane, of Franklin, Route 4.
Mrs. Frank Shope, public health
nurse, said the child's illness
has been definitely diagnosed
as polio and that she is re
sponding to treatment at the
Asheville Orthopedic Hospital.
In a final notice to parents
of first and second graders, the
nurse .said tomorrow < Friday ) is
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 8
H. D. CLUB
FEDERATION
IS SLATED
Dress Review Main
Feature Of Annual
Meting At Union
The annual county-wide dem
onstration "Spring Federation",
featuring a dress review with
some 75 club members as mod
els, is slated Wednesday (March
30) afternoon at Union School.
The public is Invited to at
tend the event, which is set
for 2 o'clock.
As a preliminary to the dress
review, the county's 24 clubs
this month are holding individ
ual reviews to select the best
clothes for the county-wide
event, according to Mrs. Flor
ence S. Sherrill, county home
agent.
Fashions on parade will range
from work to evening clothes
for adults and a "Fashions for
Tots" for the younger set. In
recognition of the coming cen
tennial celebration in Franklin,
a special "Belles of the Bustle"
division has been included, but
will not be judged.
The program Is being arrang
ed by Mrs. A. D. Carter, of the
Higdonville club, who is county
clothing leader. She is being
assisted by the individual club
clothing leaders.
Hostesses for the federation
are the Union, Otto, Mulberry,
Clark's Chapel, and Hickory
Knoll clubs.
The dress review is a follow
up feature of a clothing work
shop conducted here in Janu
ary by Miss Mary M. Lee, of
Raleigh, extension specialist.
Judging the review will be
Miss Mary Harris, of Raleigh,
western district home agent,
and Mrs. Barbara B. Hunnicutt,
of Franklin, former assistant
home agent here.
Narrator will be Mrs. Eva
Cunningham and the pianist
will be Mrs. Hoyt Bryson. Mrs.
Dan Reynolds, county council
president, will preside.
Are Representing
School At Meeting
?Miss Betty Howard and Ken
neth Talleut are representing
Franklin Hi^h School at the
annual state teachers' meeting
in Asheville today (Thursday),
Friday, and Saturday. They
were selected by the Future
Teachers' Club.
Franklin
Chamber To
Hear Ramsey ]
A well-known W. N. C. civic
eader ahd retired newspaper .
:xecutlve, D. Hiden Ramsey,
will be the principal speaker at I
;he Franklin Chamber of Com
merce's annual dinner meeting 1
nere tomorrow (Friday) night.
Set for 7 o'clock at the Frank
lin High School cafeteria, the
meeting is expected to draw be
tween two and three hundred
persons, including a number of
special guests.
New chambers officers for
1955-56 also are to be Installed
and members plan to honor
W. W. Reeves and members of
the Macon Industrial Commit
tee for their efforts In helping
Burlington Industries, Inc., lo
cate a hosiery plant here. Frank
B. Duncan is head of the in
dustrial group and its members
include John M. Archer, Jr.,
and C. Banks Finger.
Several Burlington officials
will attend as guests of the
chamber.
Dr. and Mrs. Frank P. Gra
ham will be among guests here
for the meeting. He is a former
president of the University of
North Carolina and U. S. Sen
ator.
Mr. Ramsey, or Asnevuie, un
til his recent retirement, was
general manager of the Ashe
ville Citizen-Times Company.
Among other things, he is a
former vice-chairman of the
State Board of Education and
a past president of the N. C.
Press Association.
New officers to be installed
at the dinner meeting include
Mr. Reeves, reelected president;
A. A. Siler, vice-president; Sam
Gibson, treasurer; and Norman
Blaine, Frank B. Duncan, Gus
Baldwin, and Charles Conley,
Sr., directors. ?
Tickets for the dinner are on
sale at Perry's Drug Store,
Reeves Hardware Company, and
The Franklin Press.
Scaly Organizes
24th H. D. Club
Macon's 24th home demon
stration club has been organ
ized in the Scaly community
with 10 charter members, ac
cording to Mrs. Florence S.
Sherrill, county home agent.
Officers of the new organiza
tion include Mrs. Frank Gilles
pie, president;' Mrs. Awa Smith,
vice-president; Mrs. Hayes Bry
son. secretary: and Mrs. How
ard Cannon, treasurer.
ABOUT MRS. CABE ?
Must Coi?M 't Get. Along
"My goodness, we just couldn't
get along without her'', the lady
declared.
Th" "her" is Mrs. Henry W.
Cabe, who U just about as in
dispensable in music circles
lvre as an ? individual cm be.
When grcduntion exe: ises fo.
F,r;.iik!in ir hooi roll
arotind thi I., t of May. Mrs.
C ut will ; ;ain be doing on>>
o, th9 drrre it things to me",
which i : p:.iy nx for the grad
uating rla something she
.started in 1933 and will con
tinue doing each year "as long
as they v n' me".
In '36. the Franklin woman
cho ? tiie "Grand March from
Aida" as the processional and
the "March from Tannhauser"
as the recessional for the com
mencement exercises and her
choices have become traditional,
"very year . since, the seniors
have selected the two for the
'program.
Mrs Cabe looks forward to
her ifith graduation ishe miss
ed i.n? year during World War
v ?*> much enftiuHasm
? ! ?? i.iit'll one.
Of c i rse. an accomplished
kai "k e Mrs Cabe is in
i >??? -nt di i vind. She lias play
ed i i t an' offhand count" >.
n >??> tli: n r." weddings and
: i is nn r -g nist at the Meth
od. f. church.
J Hii :u* ? is to admit she is
rejiKii' ? d when it comes to
F. attkhn High seniors.
And. accordingly, she has a
wish to make:
"I'd love to see them <18
graduating /classes ' all in one
group."
ft f'hoto by J. r. Prady
Mrs. H. W. Cabe At Play
Houk Bill Appoints
New School Board
Defers Liquor
Bill Action !
t
Pending action on the bill ]
for a state-wide referendum, j
Rep. G. L. Houk will defer
making a decision on whether (
to introduce the proposed bill
to authorize a liquor store
election in Highlands, he said
here over the week-end.
The Highlands town board
of commissioners voted unan
imously March 10 to request
Mr. Houk to introduce a
measure calling for a vote in
Highlands on whether legal
liquor sales should be author
ized in that town. At the
time, he had no comment.
Meanwhile, March 18 a
measure was offered in the
house calling for a state-wide
"all or nothing" referendum.
The bill provides for a vote
to outlaw liquor in all coun
ties in the state or to legalize
it in every county.
Should that measure pass,
Mr. Houk said Saturday, there
would be no point in author
izing an election in High
lands.
PROTEST FILED
A petition circulated by a
committee of churchmen, pro-<
testing the proposed High
lands liquor issue, has been
handed Rep. Houk, it is
understood. The petition re
portedly has a large per cent
of voter signatures from the
town.
LOCAL MAN
PROMOTED
Bronce Ray Named
Vice-President Of
Esso Standard Oil
Bronce L. Ray, a Macon
County native, has been elect
ed a vice-president and mem
ber of the executive committee
of Esso Standard Oil Company.
Associated with the company's
sales operations for more than
30 years, he has been a director
and general manager of mark
eting, He joined the company
in the Virginia division as a
clerk and rose from general
salesman through variou-s dis
t lot and sales manager posi
tions to division manager in
If1.!:;. Mr. Ray -then, served as
in inager of the Xew Jersey di
v .on and as assistant north -
rtgiun mana'vr with head
er, irti rs in New York. Tie was
n led assistant general man
? of marketing in 194K, was
i ' ??to:', a director of th> ??/,pm
I in 1952. and ih ? ;
i .. year bee-air'1 '.."ne.al man
nvu*!*0* i r.'
? p ! , i < :n S : t. X J
The son ol the li te Mr and
V l":i <Ne'Wt) Ray, he
v. r< .""I'd on th ' h ? 1 ' 'if
Ei'iningtovvn Creek. After at
t' ? ling, school : t o.ik D: ' and
th ? old' Iotla High School. Mr.
Ray went to Western Carolina:
Teachers College for about tw >
years before joining the Stand
arc! Oil Company in Charlotte.
His step-mother and half
brother. Howard Ray. still live
at the old home place on Burn
ingtown H-> is a brother of Mrs.
Clyde Led ford, of Franklin,
Route 1. and a nephew of Mrs.
J. Lee Barnard. Sr . of Frank
lin. and Mrs. Charlie Ray, of
Bitrningtown.
Land Bids Opened
But No Decision
Is Made By Trustees
Bids for three sections of
property adjoining the new
Burlington Industries, Inc.,
plant on US 23-441 were open
ed Monday by the trustees of
the Franklin chamber of Com
merce.
However, no decision has been
reached, according to W. W
Reeves, chamber president He
said yesterday i Wednesday1
some action probably will be
taken the latter part of this
week.
The sections are a portion of
the plant site the trustees do
nated to the new industry in
the fall.
The Macon County Board of
Education is being reduced from
:ive to three members, and C.
U. Sutton, Erwin Patton, and O.
5\ Summer are being appointed
;o replace the five men nomi
nated in last spring's Democrat
ic primary.
A bill to accomplish the
ihanges was introduced in the
lower house of the General As
sembly by Rep. O. L. Houk last
Friday.
Unless opposition should de
velop, passage and ratification
of the bill, a local measure, Is
expected to be a mere formal
ity. The bill was referred to the
house committee on education,
of which Mr. Houk is a mem
ber.
The five men, nominated in
last spring's primary, who are
being replaced, are J. C. Sor
rells, A. A. Siler, Claude W.
Cabe, Frank Plyler, and John
E. Smith. None of them has
had any statement to make
since the announcement was
made.
Discussing the legislation
when he was at home Saturday,
Mr. Houk said it was his "nor
mal feeling" that those nomi
nated in the primary should be
appointed, but that, under the
"special circumstances", the
changes he is making "seemed
the only thing to do". The
"special circumstances" he de
scribed as the "yow yow" about
the Macon County school situ
ation "that has been spread
over the newspapers of North
Carolina, especially during the
past two years, and that has
reacted adversely on the
schools, in the county, even
down to the classroom level".
State law provides for nomi
nation of county school board
members in the primary, and
their appointment by the Gen
eral Assembly. It says the Gen
eral Assembly "shall" appoint
those nominated. While it is
not unprecedented for the as
sembly to ignore the primary
nominations, this is the first
time since 1937 that a board
other than that nominated has
been appointed for this county.
Mr. Houk. former county su
perintendent of schools here,
said he had "no personal feel
SEE NO. 5. PAGE 8
I A 'Sprung'
* . Spring S pnrig
Winter camo back for a
ceu pie of curtain calls this
u P"k. >
Spring ? still tryin" to hold
center stage ? could give
i n!y i roniise of some warmer
weather later on.
Snow flurries sputtered at
,i!-- '"'m-sday afternoon.
Tin' mercurv in. Highlands
we ll from liV'i of 57 to a
' i <>: i' nklin from
li'i tu 32: and it loweeta, 54
to 21. \
l.ast Thur- lay s'so was a
ven im p ing-'ke day with a
! v of 3 J in i-'ri nklin. 34 in
Highlands, and 32 at Coweeta.
The Weather
J ' ?? aturei md rainfalL a?
\ i !*: n nk " i ? . !.y Ma > >n Stiles,
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FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., March 16 70 47 .10
Thursday '62 32 .08
Friday 63 45 .10
Saturday 51 42 .58
Sunday 58 42
Monday 64 49
Tuesday 65 32 1.97
HIGHLANDS
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., March 16 61 42
Thursday 54 34 .25
Friday 59 43 .12
Saturday 49 40 .42
Sunday 48 40 .07
Monday 56 45 .08
Tuesday ? 57 26 3.63
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed . March 16.. 72 53 .22
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
60 32 .22
63 45 .51
62 42 .05
52 42
Monday 60 49 2.97
Tuesday 54 21 *