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Franklin, N. C., Thursday, September 29, 1955
Fourteen Pages
This is the automobile in which an elderly Chicago, III., man
sustained injuries in a mishap Saturday which led to his death
Tuesday in a local hospital. The vehicle left US 64 and came to
rest down aji embankment just short of the Cullasaja River, as
pictured.
Schools Will
Close Friday
Schools will close in the
county tomorrow ( Friday I 30
principals and teachers may at
tend the 33rd annual session
of the western district of the
N. C. Education Association in
Asheville.
?Mrs. E. G. Crawford, Frank
lin High teacher, will take part
in the business education for
um, and Mrs. Gladys Kinsland,
Otto teacher, in the guidance
service discussion.
Macon Supt. Holland Mc
Swain Is vice-president of the
district.
Drivers Asking
For Pay Boost
"About eight or 10" school
bus drivers have requested pay
increases, according to Supt.
Holland McSwaln.
All drive to the Franklin
schools, he said, and "one or
two" are student drivers.
Mr. McSwaln said he had in
formed the drivers there Is no
money available In the school
budget.
Adult drivers are now receiv
ing $62 a month, with $40 of
the amount being put up by
the county and $22 by the state.
Student drivers get $18 from
the county, and $22 from the
state, for a total of $40 month
ly.
Forty-five drivers are now
employed in the county-wide
system, the superintendent said.
Mr. McSwain said the drivers
haven't said definitely how
much they want, but he added
that a figure of "around $80"
has been mentioned.
The drivers' case seems to
arise from a misunderstanding
of an article appearing in the
May 26, 1955, issue of The Press,
in which it was reported that
the General Assembly had rat
ified a local bill pertaining to
local school bus driver salaries
Actually,' the misinterpretation
is in the fact that this bill
served to repeal a 1951 law
which authorized Macon County
to expend a sum of money suf
ficient to raise the salary of
drivers to $60 per month. Since
the drivers already were get
ting $60 per month, the repeal
legislation served only to erase
the 1951 law from the books.
Pap:.' Plans
Open House
In observance of National
Newspaper Week, October 1-8,
The Frinklin Press next week
will ho d open house for groups
of adults and school children
interested in seeing how a
newspaper is published Mon
day, Tuesday, and Wednesday
are the days suggested as most
interesting.
Groups wishing to go through
the printing plant are request
ed to make engagements in ad
vance: this will avoid the con
fusion of having two or three
groups at the same time.
Individuals are invited to
visit the plant between 3 and
5 p. m. on Wednesday.
Chicago Man
Succumbs To
Wreck Injuries
At} elderly Chicago, 111., man
died early Tuesday morning at
Angel Hospital of injuries re
ceived Saturday in an auto
mobile accident on US 64
(Highlands highway i.
He was identified as Charles
Raley, 72.
The driver of the automobile
in which Mr. Raley was a pas
senger, Joseph Dorocke, 45, also
of Chicago, is recovering from
injuries at the hospital. He re
ceived seven fractured ribs and
cuts and bruises.
Mr. Raley's injuries included
fractures of the spine, a rib,
and jaw, according to hospital
officials. He died at 4:50.
The one-car accident occur
red about 4 o'clock on a
straight stretch of highway
along the Cullasaja River, some
eight miles from Franklin. Mr.
Dorocke is reported to have
said he was forced off the
highway by an oncoming ve
hicle. Traveling toward Frank
lin, he lost control of the car,
which struck a fence and a
rock formation, and then cross
ed the highway and went over
the embankment to the edge of
the river.
Highway Patrolman A. A.
Lewis investigated.
Bus Protests -
Get Action
From State
Protests of Franklin officials
and citizens against drastic
curtailment in bus service here
has followed by action by the
State Utilities Commission.
The commission has told the
Queen City Coach Company it
must provide service to permit
Macon County 'people to go to
and return from Asheville, or
Atlanta, the same day, accord
ing to word received here.
G. Doug Davis, of Webster,
utilities commission representa
tive. who came here for a con
ference with town officials
September , 19, Monday tele
phoned Alderman J. C. Jacobs
that the commission has re
quested the bus company to
provide that minimum service.
One of the three buses to
Asheville was taken off Septem
ber 7. and discontinuance of
one of two buses to Atlanta
had been proposed.
As of now, buses leave here
for Asheville, at 6:35 a. m. (ex
cept on Sundays i and 1:10 p.
m. Buses leave Asheville for
Franklin at 11:15 p. m. and 4
p. m. .
Buses to Atlanta leave here
at 9:30 a. m. and 1:50 p. m.,
while buses from Atlanta ar
rive here at 1:10 and 10:15
p. m.
At the conference here ten
days ago, Mr. Davis told Mayor
W. C. Burrell, members of the
board of aldermen, and inter
ested citizens that, with the
new road to Dillsboro now open,
departure of the early bus to
Asheville could be moved up to
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 10 .
W. N. C. Baptist
Pastors To Meet
In Highlands
HIGHLANDS. ? The Western
North 'Carolina Baptist Pastors'
Conference will hold Its next
quarterly meeting at the High
lands Baptist Church Monday.
October 10.
A panel discussion on the
1955-56 Baptist Sunday school
program and an address by the
Rev. R. W. Abrams, of Sylva,
will feature the meeting. Mr.
Abrams' topic will be "All You
Can See Is Yours".
This year's aim in Sunday
School work, it was pointed out,
is "every Family in Sunday
School". The theme for the year
is "Bible Study for Every Mem
ber of Every Family".
The session will open at 10:30
a. m. and adjourn at 12:30.
All Western North Carolina
Baptist pastors and their wives
are invited.
COMMUNITIES WORKING ?
Contests Deadlines Approach
There's anything but inactiv
ity in the county's 21 organized
communities, as the deadlines
for both the county and area
rural development contests ap
proach.
Scrapbooks are being brought
up to date with pictures and
clippings. individual family
score sheets are being filled
out, and community summary
sheets, containing a capsule of
the year's progress, are being
prepared.
The "absolute deadline" for
turning in contest material to
the county agent's office is Oc
tober 8, according to County
Agent T. H. Fagg.
Judging of the county contest
is scheduled for October 11-12
13. The local communities will
come under the scrutiny ot
judges for the W N. C. contest
later in the month.
Mr. Fagg said Miss Mary
Cornwell, home agent in Hay
wood, and Jack Lyday, county
agent in Swain, have agreed to
judge here. Their judging
schedule will be announced
later, he said.
Although a prize schedule has
not been completed, the coun
ty agent said it is his under
standing that it will be about
the same as last year; that is,
more than $1,000 in cash for
the winning communities. Prize
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 10
CLUB WOMEN
TO GATHER
FOR SESSION
Forest Will Speak;
Top Leader Of Year
Will Be Selected
Members of the county's 24
home demonstration clubs gath
er tomorrow (Friday i at the
Franklin Methodist Church for
their annual 'Achievement
Day".
Set to begin at lu a m.. this
year's gathering will be featur
ed by a "Parade of Leaders"
and an address by Fred Whit
field, of Asheville. district ex
tension forester A conserva
tion theme is being carried out.
"Parade of Leaders" is some
thing new, according to the
home agent, Mrs. Florence S.
Sherrill, and is composed of
outstanding members from
each club. From this group,
judges will pick "Mrs. H. D.
Club Woman of 1955". All but
nine clubs have selected their
candidates and these were to be
picked at meetings this week.
Another highlight of "Achieve
ment Day" will be the award
ing of "The Gavel" to the club
having the highest number of
achievement points for the
year. Cowee club received the
award last year.
Lunch will be served in the
basement of the church at
12:30.
The hostess club is Franklin.
A devotional by the Rev. A.
Rufus Morgan, Episcopal rector,
will open the session.
Special music will be by ^the
Macon County Chorus under
the direction of the Rev. David
Barkley. Miss Margaret Wilson
will be accompanist. The chorus
is made up of club women.
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 10
BRAVES BOW
TO PANTHERS
Locals Take Game
13 To 6; Will Play
Hayesville Tonight
By TOMMY GNUSE
Sports Editor, Franklin High
Franklin dumped Cherokee
from the undefeated ranks Fri
day night, taking a 13 to 6 vic
tory on the Braves' field.
Tonight (Thursday i the Pan
thers take on Hayesville in the
local stadium at 8 o'clock. This
game previously had been
scheduled for tomorrow.
Furman Mason provided the
Panthers' scoring punch against
Cherokee. He scored both touch
downs and one extra point on'
line smashes.
Cherokee struck first, moving
across the goal in the opening
stanza to take a 6 to 0 lead
Late in the second period the
Panthers drove 60 yards to
their first score with Willard
Smith, Gilmer Henry, and Ma
son ripping big holes in the
Braves' line. Mason cracked
off-tackle for the score and
then ran the extra to give the
locals a 7 to 6 halftime margin
Tommy Corbin pounced on a
Cherokee fumble on the Braves'
11 in the fourth period to set
up the Panthers' final score.
Mason and Smith moved the
ball to the 1 and then Mason
drove across for the tally.
The Franklin line was out
standing offensively through
out the game and opened large
holes for the Panther backs. ,
THIS TRAFFIC ISLAND now replaces the traffic light at the intersection of l"S 23-441 and
Depot Street in Franklin. Built by the State Highway Department, the island, arrordine to local
officials, is working out very satisfactorily in controlling the flow of traffic out of Depot.
PRENTISS IS THE SITE of this "Lacy Hotel" movie set erected for the filming of Walt Dis
ney's latest movie, Th? Great Locomotive Chase, along the Tallulah Falls Railway. Several other
sets have been built along the track in this co unty. The movie company is now waiting for a
break in weather to begin filming.
Uncooperative Sun Costing
Disney Thousands Per Day
Wait Disney's latest movie
venture ? "The Great Locomo- !
tive Chase" ? and the weather I
in these parts haven't been in
harmony this week.
And, lamented the famous
Mr. Disney on location Tuesday
morning near Otto, this unco
operative gesture by the weath
er is costing him about $18,000
daily.
"Just bring us some good
weather . . . that's all we need,"
he assured.
Filming of the Civil War
train chase over the tracks of
the Tallulah Falls Railway be
tween the "Y", near Franklin,
and Clayton, Ga., was schedul
ed to begin Monday morning.
But, an overcast sky ? hard
ly conducive to color photog
raphy ? confined the day's ac
tivities to the shooting of pub
licity "stills".
Tuesday, the continued over
cast found Mr. Disney and his
crew of actors and technicians
peering skyward for a patch of
blue as they toured the stretch
of track and visited sets along
the way.
"We understand there's a
new weather front moving in,"
commented one of the tech
nicians.
"At least we hope so," said
Mr. Disney, with an upward
glance.
Big Attraction
Meanwhile, both here and in
northern Georgia, the arrival
of the movie crew has created
an attraction which over the
week-end drew thousands into
the area.
At nearby Prentiss, where the
"Lacv Hotel" and ' Big Shanty"
SEE NO 4. PAGE 10
'Last Call' Meeting
Of Civil Air Patrol
Scheduled Tuesday
A ' iast cail" meeting for men
and women planning to join
the Franklin unit of Civil Air
Patrol is set for Tuesday night
at 7:30 at the Agricultural
Building
The squadron commander, A
C Tysinger. says this will be
the . absolute deadline" for
turning in application blanks as
a charter member of the unit,
"the blanks are to be forward
ed to C A P. headquarters the
following morninz to speed the
official chartering of the squad
ron
A cadet training program for
boys and girls already is being
worked into shape.
They Can Fool
A Fellow . . .
Those floor to ceiling glass
panes can really fool a fel
low. Just ask five-year-old
Paul Jones.
Paul ? thinking he had a
clear track to the outside ?
ran through one .Sunday aft
ernoon at the E. J. Whitmire
home. He received only some
minor cuts.
"He's still not sure what
happened," reports his father,
Andrew Jones, of Franklin.
Annual 'Hour'
Is Scheduled
Sunday, October 18, has been
set as the date for tbe annual
"Fellowship Hour" for Macon's
young-in-heart.
Mrs. Eloise G. Potts, publicity
chairman for the church-spon
sored event, this week announc
ed that the "hour" will be held
at the First Baptist Church, be
ginning at 2:30.
Ail 65 years and over, and
their friends, regardless of age.
are invited to attend, Mrs. Potts
said.
A program is now being work
ed out and will be announced
laiei .
Those wanting transportation
are urged to contact the pastor
of their church at once.
Now in its fourth year, the
"Fellowship Hour" Is sponsored
by all the churches of the
county. At past gatherings, the
combined ages of the "young
sters" have totaled in the
thousands.
Committee chairmen, in addi
tion to Mrs. Potts, include Miss
Ethel Hurst, refreshments; Mrs.
Holland McSwain. program;
members of the Junior Woman's
Club, hospitality and registra
tion; Mrs. Bill Bryson, music;
Mrs. I T. Peek, decorations:
and Mrs. John Wasilik. gifts.
ROUTINE MEETING
Routine business is expasted
to be transacted by the Macon
County Board of Education at
its monthly meeting Saturday
at 10 a. m. in the school su
perintendent's office. Supt. Hol
land McSwain Tuesday said he
knew of no pressing matters to
come before the board.
FOR HOUSE DELIVERY ?
Liens Tackle Mail Project
The Franklin Lions Club this
week is taking another step to
ward obtaining house delivery
of mail here.
Teams from the club are
measuring 25-foot , lots on each
side if all streets within the
corporate limits, so that a num
ber can be assigned to each
such lot Several -ears ago. the
ciub bought metal name signs
for all the town'< streets, and
the town erected them
The Post Office Department
requires ? among other things
that all streets be named
and marked and houses num
bered. before it will start house
delivery of mail.
When the Lions complete the
measurement and numbering of
! its, it plans also to issue a
city directory, listing places of
business and residences, with
their street addresses.
The present project is being
carried out by the club's com
mitter on civic improvement,
made up of J. C. Crisp, chair
man. B L. McGlamery, Claude
Bolton. B B. Scott, John Davis,
G A Jones, Jr., and John L.
Crawford.
The club already has on hand
house numbers, which it plans
to sell, after the measuring is
finished and the town map.
showing lots and numbers, is
completed. The numbers will be
sold to business places and
householders at a nominal fee.
it was explained, with any
profits going to the Lions' fund
for work with the blind
Members of the committee
expressed appreciation to town
officials. H. H. Plemmons. who
furnished maps, and the gen
eral public for cooperation.
MACON GETS
2ND PASTURE
STATE AWARD
Presentation Planned
In October; Winners
Of Plaques Listed
For the second time in four
years. Macon County ranks
among the top counties in the
state in the Green Pastures
program.
County Agent T. H. Fagg was
notified by letter this week that
the county is to be awarded a
special Green Pastures flag for
its high number of farmers
qualifying under the program.
The presentation of the flag
is set for October 14 at the
Agricultural Building. Horace
Isenhour. of Raleigh, state di
rector of the Farmers Home
Administration, is tentatively
scheduled to make the award
and speak at the brief cere
UIUUJ.
Macon won a slmlliar (lag In
1951.
The letter did not disclose
where the county ranked In re
lation to the top 10 in the state.
However. 71 farmers qualified
for Green Pastures plaques this
past year by having one acre of
Iadlno clover, or equivalent, per
animal unit on their farms.
Those qualifying include J. C.
Dowdle. J. P. Conley, Nelson
Waldroop. Fred Bryson, Fred S.
Moore, Gilmer Waldroop. Dan
Reynolds, W. R. Pressley. George
Stalcup, James P. Cunningham,
Ed Henson, Gilmer Henson, Wil
liam Holden, Charlie Ledford,
C. A. Moffitt, J. B. Moore, Bry
ant McClure. Roy Newman,
Miller Norris, Jess Norton, Mor
ris. Norton, Ralph Norton, Wil
liam Parrish. Bob Stewart, Ver
co Watkins. Tom Alley. Colonel
Anderson. Joe Bell. J. R. Bell,
Howard Bradley, Joe Bradley,
Paul Brown. J. E. Cabe, James
Mason. Louin Cabe. Tommy
Lee Cabe. William Carpenter,
Bob Carpenter.
Sam Cunningham. Frank Cur
tis. Prince Curtis Bob Wiggins,
Grady Wiggins. Boyd Bates,
Theo Siler. Siler Slagle. Carl
Carpenter. Douglas Young, C.
A Elmore Jason Hailey, Har
lev Stewart, Jud Tallent. R. D.
SEE NO. 6, PAGE 10
The Weather
Th- w.'"k's tem;>eratures and rainfall, as
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s v 'a' H -.iMerver; in Highlands by
lit' V Tl' ami W. C. Newton. TV A
'> t rv .1:1.1 a; the Coweeta Hydrolofjic
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
49
55
50
59
65
57
57
Wed . Sept
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
21
Wed . Sept
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
89
91
85
. 77
84
74
68
HIGHLANDS
Temperatures
High Low Rain
.62
21
80
80
Wed.. Sept.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
70
78
64
60
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
50
54
50
59
62
54
51
.85
21
88
90
83
75
81
68
69
48
54
51
59
65
57
58
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