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70th Year ? No. 30
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, July 28, 1955
Fourteen Pages
County's Interest
Centering On Fair
County interest is swinging to
the three-day Macon County
Fair, which opens August 11 on
the grounds at Franklin High
School.
Fair officials and county ex
tension workers are now in the
process of tying off the loose
ends aYid report the various
features of the undertaking are
shaping up nicely. For the past
several weeks, extension agents
have been visiting each of the
organized communities to ex
plain the mechanics of the fair
and to urge participation.
Incorporated as special fea
tures are the annual flower
show of the Franklin Garden
Club, and the third annual Ma
con County Folk Festival. The
festival, sponsored by the Jay
cees, is scheduled each of the
three nights at the stadium.
The garden club's show. "Come
to the Flower Fair", Is to be
staged Friday and Saturday
(12th and 13th i in the school
cafeteria. Hours Friday will be
2 to 9:30 p. m., and Saturday
from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. Any per
son in the county may exhibit
in the show.
Opening Parade
A parade through the down
town area at noon will official
ly open the three-day event.
Organizations and exhibitors
planning to enter floats are
asked to meet at the Agricul
tural Building on Church
Street by 11 o'clock.
Exhibits By 10
All exhibits for the fair must
be entered by 10 a. m. on the
opening day. However, space ar
rangements are being made in
advance and those wishing to
place exhibits earlier may be
gin at 2 p. m. Wednesday, Aug
ust 10. Someone will be on duty
to assist and assign space.
Livestock Showing
At least one livestock feature
is planned each of the three
days of the fair.
On Thursday, swine, sheep,
horse, and dog shows are sched
uled; or^? Friday, beef cattle;
and Saturday, dairy cattle.
As an added feature of the
poultry division, the annual 4-H
poultry show and sale Is to be
held Saturday.
In addition to the individual
farm crops and horticulture en
tries, special exhibits are being
Invited. These Include "Live at
Home", which Is to be compos
ed of farm products from the
individual farm and should
show that the farm family is
producing food for the family,
feed for the livestock, and oth
er farm products that need not
be bought: Wildlife, a display
of native wildlife; community
exhibits, which must be prepar
ed and entered in the name of
an organized and active com
munity development group; F.
F A. exhibits; 4-H community
displays.
Arrangements also have been
made for exhibits of handi
crafts, canned goods, baked
goods, clothing and needlework.
Wiley Brown and Charlie Sut
ton are serving as co-directors
of the fair. Serving with them
are Holland McSwain, secretary,
and W. W. Sloan, treasurer.
Wike Is Sentenced
To 25-30 For Slaying
On trial for the shotgun slay
ing of his brother, 42-year-old
Dallas Wike last Wednesday
was sentenced to 25 to 30 years
in Superior Court in Bryson
City.
The convicted slayer was cap
tured the day after the shoot
ing by local officers. Wike shot
his hrother June 29 at the home
of their parents near Whittier
He pleaded guilty to second
degree murder.
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Entertainers
Asked To Sign
For Folk Event
A call was Issued this week
for entertainers to compete in
the third annual Macon Coun
ty Folk Festival, which is being
staged this year as the evening
entertainment feature of the
county fair.
Sponsored by the Franklin
Jaycees, the event in the past
has drawn thousands nightly to
the stadium.
Musicians wishing to coimpete
this year for ribbons and cash
prizes may register with Jay
cees J. P. Brady or Bob Car
penter. They are asked to sign
up immediately, so a tentative
program can be worked out.
In addition to the local tal
ent, the Jaycees again have
signed "Panhandle Pete" the
One Man Band" to fill in with
his antics Friday and Saturday.
Festival competition is open
to all entertainers and musici
ans in the county. Contests are
for men, women, and children.
The opening night (Thurs
day ? the llth) will be fea
tured by preliminary events.
The next night the semi-finals
will be held, and on the closing
night the finals are planned.
Contests will include all
string instruments, string
bands, buck dancing, square
dancing, jug-blowing, and a va
riety of specialty acts.
Quartets also are Invited to
compete this year.
No Vaccine
Until Term
Is Opened
The second round of Salk
polio vaccine will not be ad
ministered to Macon's first
and second graders until after
school starts this fall.
Dr. Guy V. Gooding, new dis
trict health officer, said here
Friday the vaccine is in Ashe
ville, but will not be shipped
here until later.
Before the nation-wide vac
cination program ground to a
halt for investigations in the
spring, 626 of the county's 974
registered first aiTd second
graders had first shots.
Barbecue Slated
As Welcome For
Burlington Plant
A barbecue to welcome the
personnel of Burlington In
dustries, Inc., officially to
Franklin is set for next Wed
nesday afternoon under the
sponsorship of the chamber of
commerce.
The guest list is composed of
those who contributed financi
ally and in effort to bring the
new plant to the community.
About 250 are expected to at
tend the event, which is plan
ned for the high school cafe
teria at 5 o'clock.
M. Y. F. MEETING SET
The Macon County Methodist
Youth Fellowship sub-district
meeting will be held August 1
at Clark's Chapel at 7:30 p. m .
it has been announced by Joan
Thomas, publicity chairman.
ROBINSON REUNION .SET
The annual reunion of the
(Andy) Robinson family will be
held Sunday, July 31, at Ar
rowood Glade. All Interested
persons are asked to come and
bring a picnic lunch.
TRAFFIC ON UPSWING ?
'Road Closed' Signs Down
A noticeable upswing In traf
fic this week over US 23-441
can be attributed to the re
moval of "road closed" signs
in Franklin and Clayton, Oa.
Travel (at your own risk) is
now allowed on the new con
struction from the state line to
Mountain City. The stretch has
not been paved, but is passable.
Since early spring, traffic has
been detoured from this section
via US 64 and Highlands,
down NC 28 and the Pine
Mountain Road into Clayton.
Staff by J. H. tirady
PEEK-A-BOO ? It may look like It, but this picture has
nothing to do with the game. It's Mrs. Frank Shope, public
health nurse, looking through the lead-lined partition in the X
ray room at the .Macon County Health Center, w.here an X-ray
machine was installed Saturday. The unit will be put to work
at an early date, according to the health officer.
'Hillbilly Day (Shudder!)
To Come Off On Wednesday
Put on yore best bib and
tucker, grab yore shootin' Iron
and the ol' woman and traipse
up toward Highlands next Wed
nesday for the ding-dongdest,
carnsarndest, dingbustedest
conglomeration of shenanigans
you've ever seen in all yore
born days.
It'll be "Hillbilly Day'' in the
"Highest Incorporated Town in
Eastern America", the third an
nual take-off on Hollywood's
portrayal of the hillbilly.
Along about sunup there'll
come ah creepin' from the
brush along the roadside, some
of the strangest lookin' male
and female critters imaginable.
And yawl ordinary critters
had better beware, if yawl ain't
dressed in real hillbilly finery
the law is gonna toss yawl in
the "stockaide" and wrap yawl
across the pocketbook with a
stiff fine.
Free Barbecue
Highlighting festivities will be
a free barbecue at 11 a. m. on
a first-come-first-serve basis.
Arrangements have been made
to feed more than 3,000.
Earlier (10 o'clock), log roll
ing. cross cut sawing, wood
chopping, greasy pole climbing,
and the best pack of hounds
contests will unreel as the ex
pected thousands begin pour
ing into the resort town for a
day and night of fun.
At 1 o'clock, from a central
SSE NO. 1, PAGE 10
A Rzal Green
'Green Thumb'
Mrs. Lester Southards'
"green thumb" surely has an
extra spark for growing things
bigger.
She brought two items to
The Press office this week to
back up this contention. One
was a seven-pound turnip, the
other a two-pound potato!
Macon Prison Camp Changing
To One For First Offenders
A change from a felon's camp
to one for youthful first offend
ers is slated to get under way
today (Thursday) at the Ma
con Prison Camp.
Supt. John E. Cutshall yester
day said the processing is to
be gradual.
When first offenders are
shipped here, he said they will
be ' segregated" from the pres
ent inmates until the entire
change-over is effected. Pres
ent inmates are to be trans
ferred to other camps.
Mr. Cutshall said the camp
will accommodate about 72
men.
In announcing the switch, he
said emphasis will be on a
"rigid rehabilitation program to
get as many of the young men
as possible back on the right
path again." This will include
a stepped-up athletic program,
with activities ranging from
boxing to shuffleboard.
No increase in camp person
nel is anticipated at present,
Mr. Cutshall said.
TOWN BUDGET
IS ADOPTEP
Highlands' Governing
Body Passes $109,550
Budget For 1 955-56
Highlands has adopted a
budget of $109,550 for the 1955
56 fiscal year.
Approved by the board of
commissioners last week. It is
about $5,000 higher than last
year's, according to Louis Potts,
town clerk.
The tax rate did not change
from $2.25, where it has been
for several years.
A budget breakdown gives the
following allocations:
Administration, $9,165; Police
and Fire Departments, $11,750;
Street Department, $30,765;
Debt Service, (11,500; Electric. 1
$34,420; and Water, $21,950. i
Construction Of Final Link
Of Wayah Road Is In Doubt
CIVIL CASES
DOMINATING
Override Criminal
Actions For First
Time In Many Years
For the first time in several
years, trial of civil actions in
Superior Court here probably
will be more time consuming
than criminal cases, according
to Mrs. Kate M. Wrinn, clerk
3f court.
With the opening of the short
August term at 10 Monday
For A List Of Civil Actions
Slated For Trial, Turn To Page
11.
morning, Judge Dan K. Moore
will face a light criminal dock
st, but a civil calendar termed
Oy Mrs. Wrinn as "the largest
in several years".
The clerk predicted more
court time will be spent on
civil matters than on the crim
inal.
Twenty-one civil actions, in
cluding seven divorces, are list
ed for trial.
Only about 80 criminal ac
tions are docketed, as compared
with approximately 200 per at
past terms.
Cases listed for trial include:
R L. Anderson, abandonment;
Ray Prince, careless and reckless
driving, speeding; Clyde Jermone
Simonds, drunk driving '2nd of
fense); Truman Moody, assault
jn a female; FtfSnk Edwin Shock
ley. improper registration and
brakes, drunk driving (2nd of
fense', reckless driving, improper
operator's license, and transport
ing whiskey; Bobby Lee Potts,
speeding: Henry Lawrance McCall.
Jr., speeding: Herman Willis, kill
ing doe deer: Johnnie S. Porter.
SEE NO 2, PAGE 10
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Siler Reunion Meets
Next Week In Franklin
The annual Siler family re
union will be held Saturday of
next week (August 6> at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. AlleVi
Siler, in Franklin.
For many years, the reunions
have been held the first Thurs
day in August, but the family
rated last year to meet here
itter on the first Saturday
Benefit Softball
Games Scheduled
A special benefit softball
;ame is scheduled next Wednes
day night in Franklin to raise
money for the local league
Set for 8 o'clock at the stadi
um, the game will pit the best
slayers of Frankiin and Cullo
tfhee.
Dinner Brings $320
Carson community's fried
chicken dinner Sunday drew
>ome 300 persons and netted
5320, it has been, announced.
The figure includes .some do
nations. The money is for the
community center building
und.
Construction of the final highway link on W ayah
Road into the Xantahala section hangs in balance,
reportedly because some funds supposedly earmarked
for the proposed project have been withdrawn, The
Press learned this week.
The bottleneck appears to be somewhere in the
maze of appropriations handied l>\ the L". >. Bureau
of. Public Roads.
And. although both stkte highway an. I forest serv
ice officials have recommended immediate' completion
of the, prcfject. prospects of it< materializing any
time soon appear dim.
The stretch of road in questior is iess than six
| Bulletin
Contractors have been
?.riven the go-ahead to
complete Franklin High's
gymnasium.
Word that the state has
approved a loan of $28,
000 requested by school
officials arrived yesterday
(Wednesday) and Supt.
Holland McSwain imme
diately notified contrac
tors to begin work again
on Part 2 of the program.
About $60,000 will fin
ish the job. The state loan
of S28,<)00 is to be coupled
with $A 3.000 promised by
the county from delin
quent taxes and $17,000
budgeted for the project.
NEW DOCTOR
IN DISTRICT
Dr. Gooding Takes J
Health Officer Post;
Will Pro-Rate Time
A new health officer, Dr. Guy
V. Gooding, is now on duty in
the three-county district of
Macon, Jackson, and Swain.
He will make his home in
Sylva.
Dr. Gooding succeeds Dr. T.
D. Slagle, also of Sylva, who
has served as acting health of
ficer since the resignation of
CLINIC CHANGED
The general clinic day at
the Micon Health Depart
ment has been changed from
Tuesday to each Thursday, it
has been announced. Hours
will be 8:30 to 11 a. m.
Dr. L C. McCampbell 10
months ago. Health officer of
Dublin County from 1945 to
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 10
BOARD TO .MEET .SATURDAY
The Macon Board of Educa
tion will meet Saturday at 10
a m instead of Monday as
scheduled, it has been announc
ed. Placement of teachers al
ready hired and setting an
opening date for schools are
listed among items to receive
attention at the session.
STUDYING THE HIGHWAY
x>ng and Jim Stewart. The map
nent.
?Ultl rhMbyf r. Hraay
map for the final link of Wayah Road is John (Uncle John)
has btcn pasted in the courthouse by the state highway depart
mues, running irom Feisty
Branch to Nantahala School.
If this short section is re
located and paved, as planned
by a state highway survey, it
will afford the previously iso
lated Nantahala section a paved
highway whose extremes will
fall into the Franklin and An
drews trading areas.
Glaring Gap
If abandoned, it will become
a glaring gap of dusty and
curving gravel road in the mid
dle of two newly paved and re
located sections from US 64 on
the Franklin side to US 19, a
distance of nearly 30 miles.
On the issue, state highway
WORKING ON IT
Congressman George A.
Shuford tias disclosed that
the "forest service" made the
transfer of funds on the Way
ah Road.
In a telephone interview
from his office in Washing
ton, Mr. Shuford said he is
aware of the situation devel
oping in regard to the road
and assured he is working for
the completion of the final
link.
and forest service officials
agree wholeheartedly that the
project should be let to con
tract now. while construction
is still under way on the 12
mile section of the highway
from Cold Springs to Feisty
Branch. This link, weather per
mitting. is to be completed
within the next two months.
Financing Barrier
However, the job of financ
ing stands as a formidable bar
rier to the long-awaited, all
weather highway through the
Nantahala section.
G. G Page, division highway
engineer, estimates the propos
ed project will cost roughly
$200,000
He also has recommended the
project and in a telephone in
terview this week said he would
be able to have the job let to
contract within 60 days ''if it
can be straightened out "
To "be straightened out" is
an allocation for the project,
the engineer said
He explained it this way:
Money Left
WTien the contract far the
12-mil? section from Cold
Spring to Feisty 3ranch was
let last year, a balance of ap
SEE NO. 4. PAGE 10
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FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., July 20 86 65 .20
Thursday 79 65 .14
Friday 84 62
Saturday 87 62 .10
Sunday 83 66 .04
Monday 87 68
Tuesday 91 66
HIGHLANDS
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., July 20 78 60 trace
Thursday 69 61 .500
Friday 77 60 .300
Saturday 76 59 .30
Sunday 76 62 43
Monday 80 60 .16
Tuesday 76 58 62
COWKETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed , July 20 84 63 .14
Thursday 82 62 .12
Friday 82 60 .09
Saturday 84 60 .06
Sunday 83 64
Monday W 60 .16
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