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70th Year ? No. 32
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, August 11, 1955
Fourteen Pages
Curtain Up Today
On County Fair
Curtain's going up today
(Thursday) on what Maconians
hope will be the first of many
county fairs.
Activities for this year's
three-day event are centering
the grounds at Franklin High.
Outwardly, things won't be
humming fair-wise until this
afternoon, but inwardly it's an
other matter. Since 2 p. m. yes
terday, organizations and com
munities have been placing ex
hibits and building booths in
an atmosphere of friendly com
petition.
All exhibits must be entered
by 10 o'clock this morning.
Noon Parade
A parade at noon through
downtown Franklin will be the
official send-off for the fair
and its many and varied activ
ities. The Macon County Band
will pace the parade of floats
and clowns.
Exhibits may be viewed until
9:30 tonight.
Hours Friday and Saturday
will be 10 a. m. to 9:30 p. m.
Special features of the fair
are "Come to the Flower Fair",
a county-wide flower show be
ing staged by the Franklin
Garden Club, and the third an
nual Jaycee-sponsored Macon
County Folk Festival.
Two-Day Show
Planned for Friday and Sat
urday, the flower show Is to
be judged by accredited judges.
All entries must be In by 10:30
a. m. Friday. For those who
wish to prepare arrangements,
the cafeteria will be open to
night from 7:30 to 9:30.
Show hours Friday will be 2
to 9:30 p m. and on Saturday
9 a. m. to 9:30 p. m.
"Biggest Yet'
The folk festival Is to be held
each night (Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday) at 8 o'clock. In
dications are It is going to be
the "biggest yet", according to
J. P. Brady and Bob Carpenter,
Jaycees in charge.
While actual competition will
be confined to only local and
amateur entertainers and musi
cians, other special entertain
ment is on tap. By popular de
mand, the Jaycees have again
signed "Pan Handle Pete, the
One-Man Band" to appear Fri
day and Saturday.
Meanwhile, contestants are
still signing up to compete.
Ribbons and cash awards are to
be made this year, according to
the chairmen.
Among those already signed
are the Roy Ramsey Band; Earl
Carbin Band; fiddler "Shorty"
Klrkland; last year's champion
fiddler E. J. Carpenter; young
buck dancer Bobby Ray Carv
er; banjo picker Hayes Carver;
guitarist Andrew Carver; sing
er-guitarist Donnie Clay; Sing
er-buck dancer-guitarist Diane
Clay; singer Leo Mclntyre; buck
dancer Carolyn Myers; singer
Mary Kate Roane; the "Neal
Hillbillies"; and harmonica
player Ed Higdon.
Some 50 more are expected to
be ready to appear with the
opening tonight.
The festival will be held
under the stars in the school
stadium. A platform already has
been erected for the perform
ers.
Through special arrangement.
SEE NO. 1. PAGE 10
Methodists Get
Full-Time Worker
y
R. S. Jones, president of the
Methodist Men's Club, this week
announced that the services of
a full-time rural church worker
has been obtained.
Miss Margaret Wilson, a grad
uate of High Point College, is
scheduled to come here Sep
tember 5. At the present time
she is taking special work in
religious education at Scarrett
College in Nashville, Tenn.
The new worker is being
sponsored by the Methodist
Men's Club and the Women's
Society of Christian Service.
Rcane-F.nloe Family
Will Gather Sunday
Members of the Roane-Enloe
clan will hold their annual re
union Sunday at the home of
Jeff Enloe, Sr., in the Cartooge
chaye community.
A picnic lunch will be served
at noon. All members of the
family are invited to come and
bring a basket.
NIGHT WORK
ENDS TERM
Superior Court Over
Thursday Night After
Trial Of Civil Cases
Judge Dan K. Moore would
up the August term of Superior
Court ' here a day early, but It
took some night work to do it.
Although the short term was
scheduled to run through last
Friday, it ended unofficially
shortly after 10 Thursday night
when the jury delivered its ver
dict in the case of Dean Ed
ward Pendergrass vs Elmo
Hayes Rogers and Betty Hig
don Rogers, a damage suit. In
his trial, the defendants were
ordered to pay the plaintiff
$325.
With the case out of the way,
Judge Moore declared a recess,
which in effect closed the term
since there were no more cases
docketed.
Trial of civil matters got
under way Wednesday morn
For criminal dispositions, turn
to front page, Second Section.
ing of last week after the
criminal docket was cleared.
Following are the civil dispo
sitions:
Angel Hospital, Inc., vs Henry
Wilkie, defendant ordered to
pay plaintiff $169.40, plus in
terest.
Nantahala Power and Light
Company vs Charles Edward
Brown, non-suit.
Charlie M. Bryson vs J. C.
Critcher, Inc., defendant order
ed to pay plaintiff $550.
W. L. Harper and wife, Ruby
Harper, vs trustees of Mt. Mori
ah Cemetery, J. R. Bradley ap
pointed by the court to survey
and make a report concerning
the boundary dispute.
Ernest Blanchard Stamey vs
Mrs. Berry Floyd and Berry
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 10
?Stmft Photo by J. P. Brady
A BEARDED Raymond Wood puts a run in the ribs of Bill
Bell, an Atlantan who tried to hoodwink "Hillbilly Day" by ap
pearing with a false beard. Mr. Wood kept his Franklin Centen
nial foliage just for the Highlands event, which drew thousands
Wednesday of last week.
Tallulah Falls
May Be Heading
For Star's Role
Looks like the old Tallulah
Falls Railway might become a
movie star, and at least one
section of Macon County will
have a bit part in the drama.
According to The Clayton
(Ga.) Tribune, Walt Disney is
toying with the idea of stag
ing a Civil War train chase
over the Tallulah Falls in his
next movie.
If the deal pa.ns out (The
Tribune is confident that it
will), plans call for the con
struction of a train station
of the Civil War era at the
"?", in the Prentiss section.
The new Disney film is to
center around the theft of
the old wood burning engine,
the "General", by Yankee
Capt. J. J. Andrews and 20
volunteers near Marietta in a
plot to sabatoge the railroad
between Marietta and Chat
tanooga.
STILL SOME VACANCIES ?
Teacher Assignment Given
Principal and teacher ap
pointments for the 1955-56
school year were announced
this week by Supt. Holland Mc
Swain.
Six vacancies still are to be
filled in the system, including
the hiring of a district prin
cipal to succeed Ralph L.
Smith, who resigned recently to
accept a job in Buncombe
County.
Mr. McSwain also was noti
fied Monday that the county
has been allotted a special edu
cation teacher this year and he
said he hopes to secure one of
the regular teachers to take
this post.
One elementary vacancy ex
ists at Nantahala; one elemen
tary and one high school at
Highlands; and one high school
at Franklin. Also open is the
county music teacher post. The
superintendent said he is try
ing to fill this position with an
assistant band director, who
will work county- wide.
Teacher appointments are
tentative in that they were
made on the basis of "antici
pated enrollment" at each
school, he said. Some trans
fers may be made later.
Appointments, by schools, are
as follows:
FRANKLIN ? Harry C. Cor
bin, principal, (high school)
Robert Jack Angel, Howard
Barnwell, Mrs. Frances K. Beck,
.Miss Adelaide Brewer, Mrs. Car
olyn C. Cogan, Mrs. Rosalie C.
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 10
FOREST LAND
RECEIPTS IN
Ranger Nothstein
Says Macon County
To Get $19,022.76
Wayah District Ranger W. L.
Nothstein this week said pre
liminary figures released by the
U. S. Forest Service show that
Macon County will receive $19,
022.76 from Nantahala Forest
receipts for the fiscal year Just
ended.
The county's share Is based
on the 147,868 acres of forest
land falling within its boun
daries, out of a total forest
acreage of 443,968. Macon's pro
portional share is the largest
of the seven counties sharing
receipts.
Total receipts from the for
est came to $228,460.43, the
ranger explained, with 25 per
cent going to the counties for
roads and schools. Another 10
per cent is returned to the for
est for the construction of
roads and trails.
Smart Reunion Sunday
At Clark's Chapel
The annual Smart family re
union is planned Sunday (Aug
ust 14i at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Smart in the Clark's
Chapel community, it has been
announced.
Relatives and friends are in
vited to come and bring a pic
nic lunch, according to J. C.
Long, of Bryson City, the clan
president.
ALL-NIGHT SINGING
An all-night singing is sched
uled Saturday, August 20, at
the Nan'tahala School, it has
been announced. No admission
is to be charged. All singers are
invited.
State May Let Contract
For Highway This Fall
Forest Chief
Gives Road
Explanation
Programming forest highway |
funds in a joint program agree- '
ment is not a commitment to
expend a given amount on a
specific project, regardless of
whether the full amount is
needed to do the job.
So holds Dr. Richard E. Mc
Ardle, chief of the U. S. Forest
service, in explaining why some
$120,000 left over from nearly
completed 12-mile section of
Wayah Road cannot be used to
complete the remaining section
of less than six miles from
Feisty Branch to Nantahala
School.
In a letter to Congressman
George A. Shuford, who has
been investigating the Wayah
situation, Dr. Mc Ardle said:
. . the only business-like
course of action available to
the three concurring agencies
(state, federal, and forest) is
to earmark a sufficiently large
portion of the authorization to
insure the construction of the
specific project or projects
agreed upon and at the same
time avoid over planning. If
the funds so earmarked prove,
at a later date, to be more than
adequate for the particular
project or projects included in
the program, the particular
state suffers no loss since any
excess becomes available for
future re-programmlng to other
worthy eligible projects within
that state.
"It should be generally und
erstood that the earmarking of
forest highway funds In a joint
program agreement Is not a
commitment to expend a given
amount on a specific project,
regardless of whether the full
amount is needed to accom
plish the carefully considered
objectives which resulted In Its
Inclusion in the program . .
'Snaggle-Toothed'
A "snaggle-toothed" highway
through the Nantahala com
munity will be result, unless
the Feisty Branch-Nantahala
School section is completed.
This unpaved section Is In the
middle of two paved sections
SEE NO. 6, PAGE 10
104TH CLAN MEETING ?
Silers Gather In Franklin
Silers, gathered here from far
and near for their annual
"family meeting", Saturday
marked the 200th anniversary
of the birth of their progenitor,
Weimar Siler, who first saw the
light of day in Pennsylvania
in 1755.
Gracing the table, at which
the chairman and secretary of
the family organization sat for
the business session, were two
birthday cakes. The tiny can
As The Old Saying Goes - Share And Share Alike
Sharing At The Sile.r Reunion Is Year-Old David Beard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Beard and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Hurst, of Cartoogechaye.
Lemme see
hungry. How's
you off just a
chicken leg .
now, you look
for me tearing
little bit of this
I'hoto by J. P. Urody
Ah, Here, take all of it. This
Siler clan puts enough on the
table to feed everybody, even
photographers . . .
Contract for the 15-mile section of US 23-441 from the
Franklin city limits to the state line <N.C.-Ga.? probably will
be let this fall, according to G. G. Page, 14th division highway
engineer.
Plans for the relocation of this section of the area's main
travel artery first were revealed in 1952, but were postponed in
June, 1953, when $450,000 was borrowed from the proposed
SPEAKS HERE
? Franklin Press Photo
Shown addressing a gathering
of civic leaders instrumental in
bringing Burlington Industries,
Inc., to Franklin is J. C. Cowan,
Ir., Burlington executive. Held
Wednesday night of last week,
an account of the barbecue
meeting is on the front page,
Second Section.
C.PA. Try in'
Once Again
With a bearded man again
an oddity in Franklin, the
Civil Air Patrol is going to
try again.
Back in May, C. A. P. plan
ned to organize a unit here.
But, the brushy condition of
male faces were hardly ripe
subjects for identification
photos, so organization was
postponed until after the
Centennial celebration.
So they're coining back ?
this Sunday at 2 p. m. at the
Franklin Airport.
The temporary chairman,
Frank Plyler, has issued a
call to all interested men and
women. He emphasised that a
person does not have to be a
pilot to join, since there are
are a number of non-flying
jobs in C. A. P.
Applications are to be fill
out and pictures (of clean
shaven faces only) taken, he
said.
dies, lit for the opening of the
session, were blown out by two
little girls, Weimar Siler 's
great -great - great-great-grand
daughters, Mary Jean Sharpe
and Emma Siler.
Saturday's meeting, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Siler, was the family's 104th.
The institution is 102 years old
this year and this normally
would have been the 103rd
meeting, but back in the old
days, the family shifted the
time for the annual get-to
gether from January to late
summer, and two meetings were
held the year of the change.
Silers and their guests, some
200 strong, gathered at noon
about the outdoor tables in the
Siler backyard for the picnic
dinner, following the blessing,
asked by the Rev. A. Rufus
Morgan.
Eleven states and all ages
were represented. There were
plenty of infants in arms, and
at least four persons in their
nineties or nearing 90. The
elderly included Mrt>. George A.
Jones, Mrs. Lee Crawford, Mrs.
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 10
Annual Singing Slated
Sunday At Chapel Here
Newman's Chapel Baptist
Church will be the scene Sun
day (August 14 1 of the annual
singing of the southern division
of the Macon County Singing
Convention, according to an
announcement by the president.
Pritchard Russell.
Singing will begin at 10 a. m.
and picnic lunch will be served
at noon. The public is invited
to come and bring a basket.
Newman's Chapel is 12 miles
south of Franklin, just off US
23-441.
project 10 speed completion or
the US 23-441 link from Cowee
Gap to Dillsboro in Jackson
County.
The Jackson section, a tie-In
with the completed project
from Franklin to Cowee Gap,
is scheduled to be paved next
month.
Within A Tear
Mr. Page said the Franklin
Georgia job probably can be
done within a year because it
does not entail the heavy dirt
moving faced on the other two
sections. An allocation of $850,
000 has been set up for the job
he added.
A map of the proposed proj
ect has been posted for study
by the public in the lobby of
the county courthouse. It went
up last week and must remain
posted for 60 days before any
action can be taken on the
project, the engineer said.
Mr. Page emphasized that no
construction is anticipated
within the city limits.
When completed, the section
will tie-in with the one nearing
completion from the state line
to Mountain City, Ga. It is un
derstood that Georgia highway
officials plan to contract an
other section of the highway
from Mountain City to Clayton
at an early date.
CHURCH MEET
OPENS TODAY
Baptists Of County
Gathering For Yearly
Association Business
Today (Thursday) opens the
52nd annual session of the Ma
con County Baptist Association,
largest organized church group
in the county.
With the Rev. M. W. Chap
man as moderator, Baptists this
morning (9:30i are starting the
two-day meeting at the Higdon
ville church. An evening session
Is planned with the Mount
Hope church. The closing ses
sion will be held tomorrow at
the Shortoff church.
Theme of the gathering this
year is "Magnifying Christ".
In addition to programmed
reports by chairmen and com
mittees on the various phases
of associational work, speakers
are to include Dr. Leslie H.
Campbell, president of Camp
bell College; Claude F. Gaddy,
of Raleigh, secretary of Chris
tian education; W. Lawson Al
len. assistant to the president
of Gardner- Webb College; M.
H Kendall, faculty member at
Mars Hil! College: Dr. C. Syl
vester Green, vice-president of
Wake Forest College: Dr. Bud
Smith, president of Wingate
College; Dr. Bruce Whitaker,
state B. S. U. secretary; and
Dr. J. C. Canipe, with the
Fruitland Baptist Bible Insti
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 4
The Weather
The ww-k's 'emj^rntures and rainfall, as
r? corded in Franklin by Man son Stiles.
I >. w- .. r ol?>erv??r; in Highlands by
' id??r N. Flail and W. C. Newton. TV A
ol.-erv.-r: an. I at the Coweet i Hydrologi^
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., Aug. 3
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wed., Aug. 3
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
88 65 trace
88 65 .08
88 63
89 65 trace
89 63
87 65 .15
81 67 .36
HIGHLANDS
Temperatures
High Low Rain
78 58 .94
Wed., Aug. 3
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
78 59
79 58 2.15
80 57 .88
79 57 .08
74 59 .15
72 64 .19
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
88 61
84
85
88
88
81
83
63
59
59
59
61
66
.75
.79