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70th Year ? No. 41
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, October 13, 1955
Twelve Pages
GAME RAINED
OUT FRIDAY
Will Be Made Up;
Locals To Take On
Robbinsville Here
Last Friday night's football
game here between Franklin
and Sylva was rained out, but
will be played later.
Tomorrow (Friday) night at
8, the Panthers will be host to
Robbinsville for a conference
game.
Coach Howard Barnwell said
the Franklin-Sylva make-up
game probably will be played in
mid-November.
'Youngsters7
Will Gather
This Sunday
Yesteryear will span the gap
of time for a short while at the
First Baptist Church Sunday
afternoon when Macon County's
"young in heart" gather for
their annual "Fellowship Hour".
Set to begin at 2:30, the
"hour" is primarily for those
over 65- years and arrangements
hare been made to accommo
date nearly 100 of them. How
ever, all friends of the "young
sters" are invited to attend and
help stage the annual tribute.
Prizes are to be awarded to
the oldest man and woman, to
those having the most grand
children, and for several other
things.
Allan Brooks will be master
of ceremonies.
The welcome will be by the
Rev. M. W. Chapman, pastor of
the host church, and the de
votional by the Rev. Bryan
Hatchett, pastor of the First
Pxesbyterian Church.
In addition to group singing,
the program will include a talk
by the Rev. S. B. Moss, Metho
dist pastor, and songs by a
quartet composed of .Mr. Hatch
ett, Henry Wilkie, B. B. Scott,
and Curtis Pearson.
A social hour will follow the
program.
Mrs. John Wasllik Is In
charge of prizes and gifts.
Among those donating to the
"hour" are the Franklin 5 and
10 Store, Dryman's, the Quality
Shop, the Fashion Shop, and
the Twins' Shop.
In charge of the program
are Mrs. Holland McSwain,
chairman, Miss Laura Jones.
Mrs. Lee Wood, and Mrs. Ted
Reber.
Mrs. BUI Bryson and Mrs.
Howard Barnwell are In charge
of music.
Other committees working in
clude :
Hospitality and Registration:
Miss Lillian Jones, chairman,
Miss Clementine Wininger, Miss
Mamie Lee Murray, Miss Har
riet Murray, Mrs. Margie Cabe,
Mrs. Betty Jones, Mrs. Adele
Jenkins, Mrs. Ruth Carpenter,
and Mrs. Louise Ledford.
Refreshments: Miss Ethel
Hurst, chairman, Mrs. A. R.
Hlgdon, Mrs. Charles Rogers,
and Mrs. W. K. Hooker.
Decorations: .Mrs. I. T. Peek,
chairman, Mrs. B. L. McGlajn
ery, and Mrs. J. Ward Long.
The "hour" Is sponsored by
all churches in the county.
P. T. A. MEETS MONDAY
The Franklin P. T. A. will
hold its October meeting Mon
day evening at 7:30 in the
school cafeteria, Mrs. Roy M.
Biddle, Jr., publicity chairman,
has announced. .
TO PICK COMMITTEEMEN ?
A. S. C. Election Is Tuesday
Tuesday is election day for
the Agricultural Conservation
Development set-up in this
county.
Balloting will center on com
munity committeemen and dele
gates to the county convention
on October 29, when a county
committee will be elected.
Each of the 13 A.S.C. ' pre
cincts" has submitted a slate of
10 nominees, as required. From
this number, on the basis of
high vote, three committeemen
will be selected and two alter
nates The man receiving the
highest number of votes Is the
community chairman and also
Is delegate to the county con
vention.
Nominees, by communities,
are a? follows:
Millshoal: S. W. Winkleblack,
Jim Taylor, Harold Morgan. A.
G. Kinsland, Charles Ferguson.
Lewis Sanders, Frank Dills, Jim
Waldroop, Parker Gregory, and
Harry Kinsland.
Cartoogechaye: Hillard Soles
bee. Cecil Parker. Siler Slagle.
Jess Shope, Dillard Southard,
W. M. Byrd, John Roane, Helen
Roane, Edd Setser, and Will
Waldroop.
Ellijay: T. T. Henderson, F.
G. Blanton, Davis Morgan, Har
ley Stewart, C. B Bryson, Kell
Ledford, Bill Higdon, George
Moses, Edd Crlspe, and J. T.
McCoy.
Sugarfork: Clarence Icenhour,
Aaron Miller, Briscoe Dills, Wil
lie Moses, Sheridan McCoy,
SFF vo 2. PAGE 12
IN SHARP CONTRAST are the new and the old in railroading during the' filming of The Great Locomotive Chase along the
Tallulah t ails here. The modern diesel engine at left is the movie work train, while the old balloon stack puffer at right is "The
General", the mechanical star of the Disney movie which is stolen by Yankee volunteers.
Franklin F. F. A.
Awarded National
Silver Emblem
Franklin's award-winning Fu
ture Farmers of America chap
ter is now in the national lime
light.
The chapter, which was judg
ed tops in the state this year,
has been awarded a silver em
blem for outstanding activities.
This award was made Tuesday
in Kansas City, where the na
tional F. F. A. convention is be
ing held.
An "American Farmer" degree
Tuesday was presented to Jerry
Sutton, an outstanding young
leader of the local chapter.
Jerry is attending the national
convention and was on hand to
receive his degree, which is the
highest given nationally. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
C. Sutton, of Clark's Chapel
community.
'Harvest Sale'
Is Saturday
A wide variety of items ?
ranging from canned goods to
live chickens and second-hand
bicycles ? will find new homes
with high bidders at Saturday
night's "Harvest Sale" In the
Franklin High cafeteria.
Sponsored by the school P. T.
A., the sale, which last year
netted several hundred dollars,
will begin at 7:30 with the
chant of volunteer auctioneers
and will end when the thou
sands of items are sold.
Proceeds are for the school.
All items for the sale are being
donated.
Two Macon Men On
Communities Board
Louis Edwards, of Highlands,
and Holland McSwain, of
Franklin, were elected to the
executive committee of W. N. C.
Associated Communities at the
organization's quarterly meet
ing at Fontana Village on Mon
day.
They will serve during 1955
56.
Weather Decides To Behave
For Disney's Movie Company
Well, The Man
Thought It Was
A moody and unpredictablf
October decided this week tc
cooperate with the Disney movii
company and give out som<
favorable weather.
This, of course, was welcom
ed with whirring cameras b;
the company, which had beer
plagued for nearly two week:
by an overcast sky.
But far several days now, It'!
been clear and cloudless anc
the company has again pickec
up the tempo of the cinema
Scope-color feature, The Greal
Locomotive Chase.
Wilson Shyer, assistant di
rector, said Tuesday thai
"shooting" at the "Kingston
Station", near Otto, probably
will run through Friday, if the
weather holds. After then, he
said filming will be "all along'
the tracks of the Tallulah Falls
between Franklin and Clayton
The "Big Shanty" and "Lacj
Hotel" sets at Prentiss are be
ing dismantled. The company
spent a good part of the last
PARK PROJECT
IS DISCUSSED
Committee Appointed
To Study Idea; Survey
Of Area Is Planned
A long rarjge program for de
veloping a city park In Franklin
is being investigated by the
Franklin Teen Center organiza
tion.
In addition, it also is under
taking a survey in conjunction
with the park proposal to de
velop the area around Slagle
Memorial Building for use by
the young people.
In brief, the city park pro
posal entails developing the
tract of land between Angel
property owners will donate the
land. It was pointed out that a
street could be built into the
area from Riverview, thus open
ing and increasing the value of
real estate in the - valley be
tween Main and White Oak.
Tn charge of the committee
SEE NO, 4, PAGE 12
Local Boy Scout
Drive Under Way
With a quota of $3,811, the
1956 Smoky Mountain Boy
Scout District fund campaign is
now under way, according to
Hunter Calloway, finance chair
man for this county.
The chairman said it is hop
ed that $1,500 of the three
county quota will be raised
here. Macon, he explained, has
more active troops (9) than
Jackson and Swain and there
fore should throw more support
behind the program.
To date, only $150 has been
reported, he said.
The '56 drive was started
earlier in order not to conflict
with the large number of cam
paigns generally staged in early
spring, the ciairman explained.
: two weeks (when the sun peek
> ed through) filming activities
: of the chase there.
- Although weather hampered
operations to a certain extent.
? Mr. Shyer said it did not throw
1 "shooting" too much off sched
i ule. During overcast days, in
s door scenes were done.
He estimated the company
5 will spend probably two more
' weeks here before returning to
' Hollywood, where the remain
" Ing 25 per cent of the picture
' is to be filmed.
Meanwhile, the movie con
tinues to be a crowd-breaking
attraction. Traffic was heavy
both here and in Clayton over
the week-end and hundreds
daily turn out to watch the ac
tual filming.
Highway patrolmen and deputy
sheriffs are on duty near the
sets during the day to keep
traffic jams from developing.
It has been reported, how
ever, that spectators have been
orderly and very cooperative.
When he came out of Cable's
Cafe Monday night, C. W.
Guest, of Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., looked in rain for his
station wagon, which he had
parked in front of the restau
rant.
He notified police it had
been stolen.
It hadn't, however. Officers
finally found it in the front
yard of Mr. and Mrs. John
Jones. It had rolled more than
200 yards westward down
Palmer Street before leaving
the street.
The only damage was to the
Joneses' tourist sign. The sign
had been knocked from its
post, and the metal post was
standing at a 45-degree angle.
Mr. Guest, who is staying in
Highlands, had brought Mrs.
Guest to a hospital here, and
had gone to the restaurant
for supper. He told .Mr. Jones
the insurance company would
pay for damage to the sign.
STAR LIKES AREA ?
Parker Is Through As 'Davy'
Of this Fess Parker is certain:
The beautiful country and peo
ple here are hard t6 beat and
he's through as "Davy Crock
ett".
"This undoubtably ? in all
seriousness ? is one of the
most beautiful sections of the
country I've been in," observed
the lanky star of Disney's lat
est movie.
And the people?
' They match the countryside
. . . they're tops "
(There now occurs a I5-.min
ute gap in this story while Mr
Parker heeds the call of the di
rector and steps into the rol?
of J. J. Andrews, bold man be
hind the theft of "The Gen
eral".)
"Let's see . . . oh yes, I'm
just looking for an. excuse to
SEE NO. 3,' PAGE 12
Fess Parker The Star
Isenhour
To Present
Flag Here
Horace Isenhour, state di
rector of the Farmers Home
Administration, has confirmed
his plans to appear here to
morrow (Friday) morning to
present Macon a Green Pas
tures flag as one of the top
counties in the state, accord
ing to County Agent T. H. Fagg.
Seventy-one farmers qualified
in the county this* year under
the Green Pastures program
and are eligible to receive
plaques. It was their participa
tion that put the county among
the leaders for the second
time in four years.
The brief presentation cere
mony is set for the Agricultural
Building at 10:30.
Following remarks by Mr,
Isenhour and acceptance of the
flag by the county agent, a
flag-raising feature will be
held, letting the county's lat
est agricultural achievement
speak for itself from the build
ing flag pole.
In addition to Green Pas
tures farmers, the general
public is invited to attend the
ceremony, .Mr. Fagg said.
; School Paper
Places 2nd
Franklin High's newspaper
The Mountain Echo, placed sec
ond among large schools in the
area at the annual W. N. C
High School Editors Round
table at Cullowhee on Saturday
The newspaper was publishec
monthly during the 1954-5!
school year.
Members of the staff includ
ed Norman B. Smith, editor-in
chief; Alex Cabe, Jr., managlnt
editor; Tommy Gnuse, sport:
editor; Jim Tysinger, assistan
sports editor; Lewis Cabe, schoo
editor; Hannah Gillespie, wom
an's editor; Susie Wallace, fea
ture editor; Thomas Raby, fanr
editor; Margaret Thomas, copj
editor; Carol Stockton, business
manager; Randolph Bulgin
advertising manager; and Bev
erly Higdon, files manager.
Hart, Highlands
Pastor, Accepts
New Church Call
HIGHLANDS? The Rev. Rob
ert M. Hart, pastor of the Pres
byterian church here for the
past three years, has accepted
a call to become pastor of the
Covenant Presbyterian Church
of Wattsville, near Laurii s
I S. C.
A pulpit committee is now
? seeking another pastor. Mr.
? Hart will begin his new- work
Monday.
1 The Harts were honored at
the church men's supper meet
ing last Thursday evening.
100 Students
On Honor Roll
One-hundred Franklin High
students made the honor roll
for the first grading period of
the 1955-56 year, according to
an announcement by the aca
demic committee.
Of this number, 28 made all
A's and the rest A's and B's.
Those making all A's, by
grades, were Joyce Deitz, Tom
my Gnuse, James Graham, and
John Long. 12th grade; Pauline
Angel. Launa Baker, Mildred
Burch, Edith Christy, Elizabeth
Crark. Patricia Cloer, ? Mysa
Crawford. Margaret Jones, Pa
tricia Littleton, Hazel McCall.
Ruth Norton, Jean Phillips,
Frank Smith, and Jim Tysinger.
tlth; Joann Burrell, Delores
Cabe, Delada Drennon, Geneva
Hedden, Patricia Hedden, Shirl
ey Henson, Shirley Ann Henson,
Sue Solesbee, and, Bobbie Joe
Sheffield. 10th.
The following made A's and
B's:
12th Grade: Wilbur Cabe.
Joan Dryman. Lyle Estes, Mon
roe McClure. Jerry Norton, Jean
McCollum. Norman B Smith.
Ruth Snyder. Beverly Stockton.
DorJs TeSgue. John Tippttt.
and Emma Watson.
11th Grade: Alice Anae!.
Wales Arrowood, Lewis Cabe.
Helen Cochran, Ruby Fox, Jean
ette Gribble, Mary Lee Howard,
Evelyn Joines, Loretta Mc
Dowell, Joan Mincy. Melba
SEE NO. 5, PAGE 12
JUDGES HERE
FOR COUNTY
'55 CONTEST
Winners To Be Named
At Awards Dinner At
Franklin High Tuesday
The big question ? "Who are
/the Winners of the 1955 Ma
con County Rural Community
Development Contest?" ? will
be answered Tuesday night.
This presently hush-hush an
nouncement will feature the
annual awards dinner, which is
staged by the participating
communities for businessmen
who supported the contest. The
dinner is set for the Franklin
High cafeteria.
Meanwhile, two out-of-county
judges this week are touring
the 15 participating commun
ities during the day to select
the winners; and they're leaf
ing through contest scrapbooks
at night. The judges are Miss
? Mary Cornwell, home agent in
Haywood, and Jack Lyday,
county agent in Swain.
Tentatively, a prize schedule
I of $1j100 has been adopted, ac
' cording to W. W. Sloan, treas
urer. The top three commun
ities are to receive $300, $200,
and $100, respectively, and the
next 10 each will receive $50.
Agent To Speak
Guest speaker at the awards
dinner will be Wayne Corpen
ing, agricultural agent with
Wachovia Bank and Trust
Company, Asheville. He is a
former western district farm
agent and county agent of
Haywood.
Women of the communities
will prepare and serve the meal.
Of the 21 organized commun
ities in the county, these, 15
are entered in the contest:
i Iotla, Tellico, Cowee, Prentiss,
5 West Union, Mulberry, Otto,
t Hickory Knoll. Patton. Carson,
1 Holly Springs, Higdonville, Cul
? lasaja. Bethel, and Clark's
? Chapel.
1 The communities also are en
' tered in the W. N. C. contest,
1 which is to be judged next
? month.
Gym Work
Under Way
Plumbing is being installed
and the concrete floor is being
poured in Franklin High's new
gymnasium.
E. J. Whitmire, general man
ager of Macon Construction
Company, this week said the
job should be complete by Jan
uary 1. This does not include
installation of gymnasium equip
ment and bleacher seats.
CONFUSED APPLE TREE
G. J. Wilson, of Franklin, re
ports a Confused apple tree at
his home. The tree, an Early
Harvest, bore a crop in June as
usual, and now has several ripe
apples again.
SINGING AT NEWMAN'S
A special singing will be held
at Newman's Chapel Baptist
Church Saturday (October 15 ?
at 7:30 p. m. All singers are in
vited to participate. The church
is 10 miles south of Franklin on
US 23. The public is invited.
REVIVAL AT Sl'GARFORK
Revival services will be held
at the Sugarfork Baptist
Church, beginning October 23,
at 7:30 each night. The Rev.
Jarvis Underwood, pastor of the
church, will do the preaching.
Temperature Changes
45 Degrees On Monday
A 45-degree gap between high
and low temperatures was noted
in Franklin Monday.
The mercury dipped from a
high of 78 to a near-freezing
low of 33
Tuesday's difference was 43
degrees, from 82 to 39.
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r . m, .| -i r Jin by Manwn Stiles.
(' S v> i * h . - : in Highland* by
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FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed , Oct 5 73 54
The Weather
? i i' the C'owiH-tn Hyrirologic
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
74 62 trace
71 65 .25
73 50 1.95
74 37
78 33
82 39