Net Paid CIRCULATION Last Week 2780 3%e Hfemtltit mi> $Hjt Jlacotttan PRICE 10 Cents 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. ? ? ? 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 -L 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 The Weather T -u1;iu i t- \'m- C.vwerta Hyl->gtw U'??- . 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 rucarfav M Why Be Advertised As Delinquent? Pay County Taxes This Week