Net Paid CIRCULATION Last Week 2637 * 70th Year No. 12 Franklin, N. C., Thursday, March 24, 1955 Sixteen Pages PRICE 10 Cents 3%* ISjiflWattb* 3Ha?mtan 1100 4-H MEMBERS vou OSTA ? 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-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 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, V\ ? s . | \ \ ( -a,. ? . !!> *r.?l. 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 *