Net Paid CIRCULATION Last Week 2846 / fffenklin JRanmian PRICE 10 Cents 70th Year ? No. 34 Franklin, N. C., Thursday, August 25, 1955 Sixteen Pages ? Staff Photo by J. P. Brady "It's all ours again," a smug three-year-oM, Ann Perry, con fides in her brother, Jimmy. And, of course she means all that playing roam left by the back-to-school migration yesterday. But, Ann won't be so smug next year. Jimmy's five and will be ready to try his own school wings. Children Heed Traditional Sounding Of School Bells Nearly 4,000 children acknowl edged ? some reluctantly ? the traditional tolling of the school bells yesterday (Wed nesday) and lopped off the first day of the 1955-56 term. Ten of the county's 11 schools are operating. Highlands School is not slated to open until Sep tember 6, the day after Labor Day and the unofficial end of the tourist season. Attendance figures were not immediately available, but Supt. Holland McSwain predicts an over-all total of about 4,000 students. Most of the schools are oper ating on half-day schedules this week, but beginning Mon day will go full time, the super intendent said. College students still have a few days' grace. Most of the higher institutions will not open until the middle of Sep tember, or later. LANDMARK COMING DOWN Razing Old Building On Palmer; Ray Plans To Erect New Store One of Franklin's oldest land marks is being .razed. It's the two-story building at the intersection of Palmer and Phillips owned by Glenn Ray. Believed to be in the neigh borhood of 70 years old, it has led an active life and has been something of a traveler, as buildings go. Built by Bill Stalcup for a funera! home and furniture store on the site now occupied by the Bryant Furniture Com pany building on the square, it was moved from there several hundred feet to a foundation on Palmer about 35 years ago. This was the building's only trip and since then it has serv ed as a grocery and feed store under Weimar Hastings, Lake R. Ledford, Rufe Cunningham, and Mr. Ray, who rented the building in 1941. In 1946, he purchased the building from Mrs. C. C. Cunningham, daugh ter of Mr. Stalcup, the first owner. Mr. Ray plans to replace- the old structure with a modern block building in the near fu ture. Another C.A.P. Meeting Slated A meeting to continue organ ization of a Civil Air Patrol unit in Franklin is scheduled for Tuesday night at 7:30 at the Agricultural Building. The unit probably will be of ficially activated about Octob er 1. All interested men and wom en are invited to attend the meeting and fill out applica tions as members. Polio Vaccine 2nd Round Set September 1 Dr. Guy V. Gooding, district health officer, announced this week that the second round of the Salk polic vaccine will be given next Thursday, Septem ber 1, at the local health cen ter. Some 550 first and second graders are eligible to receive the second doses. The first round of shots was given prior to the closing of schools. Dr. Gooding, who plans to personally supervise the pro gram, urged parents to prompt ly fill out new requests author izing the vaccine for their chil dren. Requests will be distribut ed through the schools. As in the first round, chil dren will be transported to the center in school busses. Vaccine for the program al ready is on hand. CLUB PLANS PRISON CAMP AID PROJECT Proposal Is Offered By Barkley; Committee Named To Investigate The Macon County Methodist Men's Club Tuesday night mov ed toward adopting as a proj ect befriending the youthful first offenders at the state prison camp here. The proposal, presented by the Rev. J. David Barkley, was discussed in considerable detail, and a committee was appointed to make concrete recommen dations of what and how at the club's next meeting. Mr. Barkley pointed out that, under the change taking place at the camp, it is to house about 45 first offenders, most of them aged 16 to 20. He said these young men have many needs, "but their greatest need is a friend". He suggested some thing like the "Big Brother" movement, with each club mem ber being assigned a youth to play "big brother" to. For these boys, many of them far trom home, "It might make a differ ence for the rest of their lives", he said. R. S. Jones, the club's new president, suggested the pos sibility of the club's holding a meeting ? possibly a "covered dish" supper ? at the camp, with the prisoners as guests, as one way to get acquainted with the situation, and with the young men. He named as a committee, to confer with the prison superintendent and make recommendations, Mr. Barkley, James L. Hauser, and Weimar Jones. In opening the meeting Pres ident Jones suggested the club "not scatter its efforts", but do one or two things well. He remarked that there are 21 Methodist churches in the county, and that with only 10 men from each church, the club's meetings should have an attendance cff 210. One way to increase attendance, it was suggested, is to have A-l pro grams, publicized through the churches well in advance, and the president appointed Wiley J. Clark, Erwin Patton, and the Rev. S. W. Moss as progiam committee for the year. Since Miss Margaret Wilson, full-time county Methodist SEE NO. 1, PAGE 8 Clark Says New City Hall About 70 Per Cent Complete Franklin's modern city build ing is about 70 per cent com plete, according to the contrac tor, Wiley Clark. Some delay has been experi enced on the job because of brick deliveries, he said Tues day, but he added that this phase of building should be finished today (Thursday). He expects to have the struc_ ture under roof next week. Plastering will begin as soon as this is done. Tile partitions in the office section ai'e now going up. Although some minor jobs will have to be completed, Mr. Clark said he will be ready to turn the building over to the town for occupancy about Oc tober 1. All-Stars Down Georgia Team, Lose To Murphy The week saw the Franklin All-Stars split games with Blairsville, Ga., and Murphy. The team has a 7-4 win-loss record for the season. In Blairsville last Thursday, the locals won 5 to 4 with Grady Corbin pitching four-hit ball and pounding out a home run. But in Murph" Saturday, the All: Stars were blanked 11 to 0. Hayesville failei to show up here Sunday afternoon for a scheduled game. This coming Sunday at 2:30, Blairsville will play the All Stars here. ? Staff Photo by J. P. Brady HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB women were among the more than 150 farm men and women who toured the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory this week. Pictured above are Mrs. Nobia Murray, Franklin club; Fred Whitfield, of Asheville, extension forester; Mrs. Rose Clark, Cullasaja club; Frank Plyler, Coweeta staff member, who is explaining some of the instruments; Mrs. Jesse Thompson, Watauga club; Mrs. George Byrd, Cowee club; and Mrs. J. S. Gray, Hickory Knoll club. Street Seen Joseph (Joe) Ashear, well, to-do retired Franklin busi ness man, impishly panhand ling a former resident who failed to recognize him. "I'm just passing through here", explained the long time Franklin merchant, with a perfectly straight face; "looking for a job." Then, with something close to tears in his voice: "I'm hungry, mister." "What! you aren't going to give me that half-dollar?" as the sympathetic former resi dent hands over some change. This time there must have been a hint of a chuckle in the voice, for something made the former resident take a closer louk at the face . . . "Why, Joe, you darned old . . * * * Commented a young boy, eying the large deep sea rod and reel strapped to the top of a Florida car: "Boy! I'd sure like to see the worm that goes on the end of that!" ? More Than 150 Men, Women Tour Coweeta Laboratory More than 150 farm men and women turned "tourists" this week and visited one of the county's main attractions, Co weeta Hydrologic Laboratory. Five days of special tours of the sprawling 5.000-acre out door test tube were sponsored by the county home demonstra tion clubs, with Coweeta per sonnel cooperating. The last was held Tuesday. The daily field trips over the broad acreage of the laboratory were conducted by Coweeta staff members. Fred Whitfield, of Asheville, state extension for ester, also was on hand to help explain the watershed research under way at Coweeta. A picnic lunch was spread each day at noon at the labora tory picnic area. Organized communities and home demonstration clubs par ticipating in the tours included Mulberry, Iotla, Ciark's Chapel. Cartoogechave. Patton, Carson. Holly Springs. Higdonville, Un ion, Sandtown, Watauga, Hick ? staff i'h0to / f. hra.i ?? NOT A REAL GAME, just some action during scrimmage while the Franklin High Panthers sharpen their know-how in preparation for opening the 1955.56 season against Clayton. Ga., on September 2. Footballers Scrimmaging For Opener With the opening of school yesterday (Wednesday) the Franklin High Panthers cut back to one practice session daily. The Panthers, who open the season in Clayton, Ga., on Sep tember 2, previously had been clocking two practices daily since reporting for duty week beiore last. More than 60 boys are on the roster. Rough and tumble scrim, mages have been held for three or four days ar.d will be staged daily until the opener. SEE NO. 2, PAGE 8 FR W'KLIN'S NEW S51.000 city building at the intersection of cording to the contractor. Brick work on the modern structure is week. The town offices and fire department expect to occupy the Staff I'hoto by J. P.'/?ry M : . -i -o n Stiles, w:;t'hfr ol>serv> i , in Hiuhland-i hy N. Hall and \V. <\ N-?i TV A r: and at th- I '.iw - 'a H..dn?oit:c FRANKLIN Temperatures High Low Rain IVed. Aui rhursday Friday Saturday Sunday VIonday fuesdav -Ved . A rhursdav ?"riday Saturday junday Monday Tuesday ? IT 85 62 .14 88 60 59 65 91 67 91 65 .25 87 63 .77 86 65 .10 HIGHLANDS Temperatures High Low Rain S- 17 78 80 76 76 60 62 62 60 58 57 62 .03 .21 .23 .36 .03 Ved.. Aug. 7hursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday "uesday COWEETA Temperatures High Low Rain 17 84 87 89 87 90 87 84 59 60 63 63 61 61 60 trace trace Telephone Company Figures For Taxes Correct - Bethune The final appraisal figures on which the Western Carolina Telephone Company pays coun ty and town taxes here are correct, members of the Macon Board of County Commission ers and the Franklin Board of Aldermen were assured at a 2'i-hour meeting Monday morning. . The occasion of the joiot meeting was a visit here by J C. Bethune, executive secretary, and W. Z. Adams, assistant secretary, of the State Board of Assessment, the agency that fixes the evaluations on which public service corporations pay county and town taxes, to ex plain how the board arrived at its oft-changed figures Following protests, the 1954 evaluations on the company's holdings here were raised twice. Simultaneously with mak ing the second increase in evaluations for 1954. the board reduced the "valuation for the 1953 tax year. < A raise in the amount of evaluation increases the tax due. a cut reduces the tax i Because of the reduction In the 1953 evaluation, Mr. Be thune said, the company's taxes SEE NO. 3, PAGE 8