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70th Year ? No. 29
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, July 21, 1955
Twelve Pages
? Staff ]J!'<jio b > /. P. Brady
Miss Kessler And 'First Love'
ORCHESTRA
CONCERT SET
Pfohl Is Bringing
Group To Highlands
For Benefit Event
A benefit concert will be pre
sented Saturday evening in the
Highlands School auditorium by
the faculty of the Transylvania
Music Camp, under the direc
tion of James Christian Pfohl.
Set for 8 o'clock, proceeds
from the concert are for the
Highlands Community Hospital.
This marks the fourth year
the camp orchestra has appear
ed in Highlands for the bene
fit of the hospital.
Guest soloist will be Evelyn
McGarrity, soprano.
The evening's program will
include both classical and popu
lar selections.
Deacons Meet
A county-wide Baptist dea
cons dinner meeting i3 sched
uled next Thursday (July 28 1
at the Cowee Baptist Church,
according to Harry Corbin,
president.
Guest speaker will be the
Rev. Eugene Walter, pastor of
the Highlands Baptist Church.
The meal is to be served by
the women of the church.
Carson Women Plan
Fried Chicken Dinner
The ladies of the Carsor.
community will serve a fried
chicken dinner at the Carson
Community Building Sunday.
July 24
Dinner will be served from
12 o'clock until 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Jim Cunningham has
charge of reservations.
The public is invited.
VANHOOK REUNION
The annual reunion of the
Vanhook family will be held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Vanhook on Sunday, July 31.
All interested persons are asked
to come and bring a picnic
lunch.
YOU'LL WANT
TO READ....
About the Green Pasture
award check set for August ?
Page II.
About the June work in the
county ? Page II.
That Earl A. Justice is the
new F. H. A. committee mem
ber ? Page 9
Buick Magazine's story on
"Hillbilly Day" ? Page 3.
Plans for home and garden
tours in Highlands ? Page 10.
Local Craftsman
(Really Woman)
Attending Fair
A very gifted young woman
from here is in Asheville this
week, demonstrating her "first
love" for all interested in
watching.
She's Miss Sally Kesler, artist
extraordinary, and this "love"
of hera is silk screening, an art
she is showing the hundreds
taking in the week-ilong Crafts
man's Fair of the Southern
Highlands Handicraft Guild at
City Auditorium.
Miss Kesler is highly qualified
to demonstrate this very pains
taking and delicate technique
and her admission that silk
screening is her "first love"
proves why her work is super
ior.
Some four color placemats
she prepared especially for the
fair are handsome works of art.
A graduate art major of
Richmond (Va.) Professional
Institute, she s|?ent four sum
mers, while in college, at Pen
land School of Handicrafts,
SEE NO. 2. PAGE 7
Local Law
Catches
2 Fugitives
Two fugitives have been ap
prehended by local officers.
Last Thursday night about 9,
J. W. Grant, an escapee from
the Oconee (Ga.) prison camp
was picked up in the Rose
Greek section by Sheriff J.
Harry Thomas, Deputy Newell
Pendergrass, and Franklin Po
lice Chief C. D. Baird.
The same trio of officers Fri
day night arrested a 23-year
old Saxapaw man wanted In
Alamance County for auto theft.
Sheriff Thomas identified him
as Fred Junior Bowers. He was
taken into custody about 9:30
at the home of Harve Dills, In
the Cowee section.
4-H Clubbers
Going To State
Event In Raleigh
Five 4-H clubbers ? f?ur
girls and a boy ? have def
initely committed themselves
to make the trip to Raleigh
next week for the annual state
"4-H Club Week."
They are Margaret May and
Cynthia Queen, of the Nanta
hala club; Helen Cochran, Pat
ton club; Nancy Cable, Frank
lin club; and Clay Sams, Otto
club.
Nancy, elected "4-H Health
Queen" here earlier in the year,
will participate in the state
health play, a feature of the
week.
The local delegation plans to
leave Monday and will return
Saturday. '
James G. Flanagan, assistant
agent, will be in charge.
Local Team
Cops Third
In Judging
Macon's 4-H dairy judging
team copped third place in the
W. N. C. judging event last
Thursday at the Mountain Re
search Station in Waynesville.
The three-man team collect
ed 1,358 points. Haywood Coun
ty's team won first place with
1,498.
Members of the team are
Jimmy Parrish, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Terrell Parrish; Wayne
Sheffield, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Grover Sheffield; and Bunny
McClure, son of Mrs. D. W. Mc
Clure. The team is coached by
assistant agent, James G. Flan
agan.
This is the first year a team
has befen entered from here.
Mr. Flanagan said the experi
ence the boys gained will be
"used to good advantage" next
year.
?S*ff Plu>to by J. P. Brady
This rubble-covered, dirt floor in Franklin High's partially completed gymnasium is waiting
for a waxed hardwood covering, before inviting any basketball games. The hardwood floor is to
come in Part 2 of the construction program.
GYMNASIUM
JUST SHELL
Company Waiting For
Go- Ahead To Start On
Part 2 Of Project
What some day will be the
largest gymnasium in the area
is hardly ready to welcome in
door sports.
With the end of Part 1 of the
construction program. Franklin
High's new gymnasium is just
a shell.
What will someday be one of
the finest hardwood playing
floors in W. N. C. at present is
rubble-covered dirt. Where
someday a stage appropriate to
the dignity of the new building
will be constructed, a yawning
hole now drops into the base
ment boiler room. Where some
day bright lights will hang to
illuminate basketball games ahd
tournaments and other func
tions. today are bare steel gird
ers. Unfinished block walls are
waiting for paint. One wall will
have the honor of someday
wearing an electric scoreboard.
Meanwhile, Macon Construc
tion Company, contracting con
cern on Part 1, is marking time,
waiting for the go-ahead from
county officials on Part 2,
which will mean the speedy
completion of the building.
The deadline for this signal
is July 31. This was set by the
construction company several
months ago when it offered to
complete the gymnasium 'Part
2) for $42,000. Part 1 (walls,
roof, doors and windows) cost
$83,000
County officials are faced
with the not so simple prob
lem of raising this money to
finish the much-needed addi
tion, and an additional $20,000
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 7
Principal Is Released
To Accept Buncombe Job
Released from this 1955-56
contract here, District Principal
Ralph L. Smith has accepted
the principalship of the Clyde
A. Erwin Consolidated High
School in Buncombe County.
Principal of the Franklin dis
trict for the past two years,
Mr. Smith was principal of
Sylva High School before com
ing here
He will assume his new duties
in August.
In announcing Mr. Smith's
release. School Supt. Holland
McSwain said officials ' regret
ted" losing the principal, but J
did not want to stand in his 1
way
He commended Mr. Smith for I
his "excellent leadership and |
devotion to duty" and offered |
him the best wishes of all in |
the school system in his new
job.
.Mr. Smith
'QUARE DOIN'S' ?
'Hillbilly Day' Is Nearing
There's some "quare doin's"
in the bustling resort town of
Highlands.
From out of the brush come
mutterings of "Hillbilly Day"
and there's a "sight a' plenty"
of activity ? like menfolk oil
in' their shootin' irons, groom
in' hound "dawgs", and sharp
enin' saws and axes, and wom
enfolk "a' purtyin' up", darnin'
their flour-sack finery, and
"eyeballin' " possible square
dance partners.
And all this preening is caus
ed by the coming fourth an
nual "Hillbilly Day", which will
break with the dawn into wide
open festivities on August 3
This is the day of' all days in
Highlands; the day when ordi
nary "human beans" are look
ed upon with disdain by the
doggonedest conglomeration of
hillbillies the world has ever
seen.
Those caught inside the city
limits without hillbilly dress
will be tossed in the "stock
aide" and fined by "Sheriff"
Riley Johnson and his deputies.
Scheduled to begin at 5:30,
festivities will include morning
contests and events ? log roll
ing, crosscut sawing, greasy pole
climbing, hog calling, and the
like ? a free barbecue shortly
before noon i Steve Potts and
Luther Ric->" are in charge' ;
SEE NO. 3. PAGE 7
Just A 'Real Cool' Do It Yourself Beat The Heat Remedy
Cooling Off Is Lyle (Rocky) West, toddler of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. West, Jr.
Now let's count the things
(pardon the fin(ers). First,
take a snappy straw hat and
a chunk of Ice . . .
Ah, forget the hat . . . It's
the chunk of ice that really
counts in this business of keep
ing calm and cool in this
weather . . .
Well, you folks use your own
remedies. If you don't appreci
ate mine. Me? I guess I'U just
put an end to this right now!
WORK STARTS
ONCE AGAIN
ON BUILDING
Delay Over Steel
Door Jams For New
Franklin City Hall
After a delay of some five
weeks, construction is again
under way on Franklin's $53,
000 municipal building
The lengthy work stoppage
was caused by metal door
frames, which were ordered but
were delayed in arriving, ac
cording to the contractor. Wiley
Clark.
If the weather holds, Mr.
Clark this week said he hopes
to have the job completed in
about two months As of last
Thursday, he had used only 28
of the 110 working days allotted
in his contract with the town.
"I don't think anything else
will hold us up now," he de
clared. Just about all materials
needed have arrived
Because the $50,000 bond issue
voted to build the new building
was inadequate to do the job
town officials wanted, the struc
ture is being put up under a
continuing contract. An addi
tional $15,000 to finish it was
programmed in the town's new
budget, which was passed week
before last
Week Shows
Summer Here
A late arriving Summer is be
ginning to make itself known
hereabouts.
From Wednesday of last week,
the murky 80's held sway, but
Tuesday in Franklin gave way
to a high of 91" that ieft no
doubts about Summer's arrival.
Lows for the week were in the
not-so-cooi 60 s.
But far beating the heat.
Highlands was hard to beat.
For the whole week there, the
Mercury rode in the 70's during
the day and the 50's and low
60s during the night.
Brief showers at intervals
and in widely scattered sections
did little to relieve the day
time press of heat
First Degree Murder
Indictment Is Brought
Against Wike By Jury
A first degree murder indict
ment was returned Monday
against Dallas Wike by the
grand jury for the July term
of Superior Court in Swain
County.
Wike, who is to be tried for
the shooting of his brother near
Whittier on June 1, was arrest
ed by local officers near Frank
lin the day after the alleged
shooting
His trial was scheduled to get
under way yesterday- i Wednes
day.
County Tops 60r"c
Of Bond Quota
Macon County .reached 60 per
cent of its '55 quota in June
when sales of V. S. Savings
Bonds hit S23.643.75. according
to H W Ca'oe. county chairman.
Through June 30. cumulative
sales here totaled $139,650. The
year's quota is $233,200.
The Weather
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FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
83 64 .11
Wed . July 13
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesdav
Wed.. July 13
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
84 66 .05
81 63 .15
84 64 trace
86 60
88 63
91 64
HIGHLANDS
Temperatures
High Low Rain
61 .30
60 .24
59 trace
60 .32
Wed., July 13
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
76
79 56
76 57 .52
79 57 .43
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
81 62 .55
79
81
84
88
84
Tuesday 88
70
62
60
56
60
60
.18
.05
.48
.04