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70th Year ? No. 46
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, November 17, 19SS
Fourteen Paces
4-fl EVENT
SCHEDULED
SATURDAY
Annual Awards Will
Be Given Members;
Poultry Show Set
Macon's 4-H clubbers Satur
day morning will bold their an
nual "Achievement Day", an
event which recognizes out
standing members tor activities
during the past year.
A 4-H poultry show is plan
ned following the business
meeting with prize money be
ing given by Sears-Roebuck,
sponsor of the 4-H poultry
chain. The 10 pens of birds (12
to each), which were raised by
club members, will be Judged
by Hank Rosenkranz, Jr., assis
tant agent In Clay County. He
will use the Danish system.
Set for 9:45 at East Franklin
School, the program will In
clude a devotional, by the Rev.
S. B. Moss, Methodist pastor;
greetings, by A B. Slagle; re
sponse, by Peggy Jean Morgan,
of the Nantahala 4-H Club; rec
ognition of guests, by Helen
Cochran; passing parade of
achievements, by Nancy Cable;
and a social hour.
The Carson 4-H Choral Group,
under the direction of Mrs. Roy
F. Cunningham, also will ap
pear and a play, "The Feast of
Thanksgiving", is to be present
ed by members of the Otto
Club. Singing will be by the
Chapel 4-H group.
Awards Highlight
Highlighting "Achievement
Day" will be the presentation of
awards to the club members by
the assistant agents In charge
of 4-H, Mrs. Jessie D. Cabe and
James O. Flanagan.
Patricia Tatham, president of
the 4-H county council, will pre
side.
Refreshments for the social
hour after the business meet
ing will be prepared and served
by the Cowee Junior and Senior
clubs.
Committees responsible for
the event Include:
Hospitality : Linda Neal,
chairman, Elizabeth Ann Am-/
mons, Shirley Qreen, and Tex
Corbln.
Program: Patricia Tatham,
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 10
Monday's
Forecast
Forecast for Monday:
General low lying overcast
of red and brown suited in
dividuals creeping through
the mountains.
Scattered press of young
noses against window panes
and forlorn "Bye, Daddy" ac
companied by limp waving of
hands in direction of figure
climbing into car.
Constant "don't get chilled"
and "be careful" originating
from the vocal structure of
sleepy spouses.
Enlarged tales of last year's
results from red and brown
suited nimrods fondling well
oiled guns as darkness turns
slowly to day.
Hastily swallowed break
fasts and gulped cups of cof
fee with overlying tell-tale
streaks of something resemb
ling egg.
CAPSULE PREDICTION:
Some will get one, some won't
?it's always that way on the
opening day of deer season.
f ' ? Sum Photo by J. P. Brady *
HOMECOMING QUEEN' candidates are (L to R) front row, Helen Cochran, Nancy Cable, Joy |
McCoUum, Martha Womack, and Sue Solesbee; back raw, Joann Bnrrell, Jean McCoUum, Beverly '
Stockton, Frances Alexander, Nancy Sutton, Jane Zickgraf, Frances McClure, and Kay Eedford. <
Today Is 'Homecoming Day
At Franklin High School
Today (Thursday) Is "Home
coming Day" at Franklin High
School.
For the enlightenment and
pleasure of old graduates and
the public at large the follow
ing events are scheduled:
A parade through downtown
Franklin beginning at 16:45
a. m., led by the Macon Coun
ty Band and featured by
floats entered by the various
club and organizations of the
high school.
A reception and open house
at the high school at 1:3*
p. m. The public will be wel
comed and shown through
the building by members of
the Beta Club. Refreshments
will be served.
A gridiron classic between
the Golden Hurricane of Sylva
High and Franklin's Panthers
at 8 o'clock.
A free dance for the-public
In the cafeteria after the
game.
All "Homecoming Day" events
are being sponsored by the Stu
dent Council of the high school.
Proceeds For Coaches
Hlghspot of 'the numerous ac
tivities Is the football game. It
will be "coaches' night" and
proceeds are to be turned over
to coaches Howard Barnwell,
Dick Stott, and T. J. Edwards
as a token of appreciation for
their efforts.
As the final Panther outing
of the season, the game also
will see Franklin's most valu
able player receive a special
trophy from the local V.F.W.
post. The presentation is sched
uled for half-time. Members of
the squad are making the play
er selection.
Crowning Queen
Adding still more appeal to
half-time festivities, will be the
crowning of "Miss Homecoming
Queen". The queen is being
picked from among 13 nominat
ed by members of the team. A
coronation ceremony will be
held for the beauty and her
court. 1
Entertainment, of a special
variety, will be by the Macon
County Band, under the direc
tion of T. A. Orr.
Queen nominees include
Misses Kay Ledford, Joy Mc
Collum, Nancy Suttcn, Helen
Cochran, Frances McClure,
Nancy Cable, Jane Zickgraf,
Joann Burrell, Frances Alex
ander, Beverly Stockton, Mar
tha Womaclc, Jean McCollum,
and Sue Solesbee.
Red Cross Sets
Annual Meeting
To Pick Officers
Kelly's Inn will be the scene
tomorrow (Friday) night of the
annual meeting of the Macon
Chapter of the American Red
Cross.
Set to begin at 7:30. it Will
be featured by the election of
officers for 1956.
The customary annual dinner
meeting is not being held this
year in order to release all money
for use in the county, according
to Mrs. Elizabeth McCollum. exe
cutive secretary.
The secretary emphasized that
tomorrow's meeting is open1' to the
public.
In announcing the meeting,
Mrs. McCollum also disclosed that
the Rev. Bryan Hatchett. pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church,
has accepted the chairmanship
of the '56 A. R. C. fund campaign
here. It will be staged during
March.
Present officers of the Macon
chapter include Z. Weaver Shope.
chairmn; W. R. Potts, vice-chair
man; C. Jack Ragan. treasurer;
J. Horner Stockton, finance; Mrs.
Velma Conley, publicity; Miss
Lassie Kelly, production and sup
nly ; Ed Whitaker. disaster relief;
R. A. Byrd. water safety; W. W.
Sloan, first aid; Mrs. Frank
Shope. home nursing; Mrs. Rita
Ferguson, home service; and Mrs.
Roy Kinsland, Junior Red Cross.
14-Game Basketball Schedule
For Panthers Announced
A 14-game tentative basket
ball schedule for Franklin's
lads and lassies has been an
nounced by coaches Howard
Barnwell and T. J. Edwards. ?
As is customary, games will
be played on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. The first five have
been slated as "away" games,
to allow time for completion of
the high school gymnasium in
TYPING REPORTS ?
Minor Accidents Reported
Since the first of the month.
Highway Patrolman H. T. Fer
guson has had his fill of typing
out minor wreck reports.
Through Tuesday, he had in
vestigated five mishaps. Only
one person, a Highlands child,
received any injuries.
As they happened:
Nov. 1 ? about 6 a. m. two miles
south of Franklin on US 23-441
near the Roller Mill Bridge a.
1948 Ford driven by Frank W
Woods. 26. of Toccoa. Ga.. went
out of control in a curve Just
above the bridge and rolled down
an embankment several times. Un
injured, the driver was not lo
caied until three days later. Dam
age to the car was about $250.
The driver is charged with reck
less driving and improper brakes.
Nov. 4 ? Uninjured in a mishap
that damaged his 1950 Mercury
ah estimated 1300 was Homer
Ted Hoyle. 21. of Erwin. Tenn.
When corning noi'th into the Low
eiy curve on US 23-441 ( south >,
the driver crossed the center line
and forced a southbound true!:
Into the ditch, but it was not
damaged. Mr. Hoyle cut sharpiv
back to the right, lost control,
hit a bank and overturned in
the highway. He is charged with
operating a vehicle on the wrong
side of the highway. The mis
hap happened about 5:20 p. m
Nov 10 ? No injuries or charges
came out of a minor accident be
tween a loaded school bus and .1
passenger car at 8:30 a m. at the
intersection of the Iotla and Burn
lngtown roads. The bus, operated
by Bernard Huggins. 20. of Frank
lin. Route 3. was turning west
Into Burningtown Road and met
a 1949 Ford entering the inter
SEE NO. 1. PAOE 10
early January. The Panthers'
first game Is with Webster.
The first home game is set
for January 10 against Sylva
High.
School officials hope to sched
ule the Smoky .Mountain Con
ference tournament for the
new gymnasium.
The tentative schedule:
Dec. 2. Webster, awav
Dec. 6. Cherokee, away
Dec. 9. Swain High, a.wav
Dec. 13, Glenville, away
Dec. 16, Highlands, away
Jan. 10, Sylva. here
Jan. 13, Cullowhee, here
Jan. 1", Webster, here
lin. 20. Cherokee, here
Jan. 24. Swain High, here
Jan. 27, Cullowhee, here
Jan. 31, Highlands, here
Feb. 3. Sylva. here
Feb. 7, Glenville. here
AT BROTHERHOOD MEETING
A large delegation from thus
county were in Asheville Mon
day night for a meeting of the
Baptist Brotherhood It includ
ed J. C. Jacobs. Norman Blaine,
C O. Ramsey, Homer Mashburn,
Manson Stiles. H H Plemmons,
Jack Powell. Curtis Pearson. W
K Hooker, Bill Higdon. Dale
?Carter. Harry Moses. Blair Price.
Maior Higdon. Grayson Higdon.
Louin Young. Fred Corbin. the
Rev. Jim Jones. S. L. Holder. J.
D. Franks, the Rev. C. T. Taylor,
and the Rev. M. W. Chapman.
THANKSGIVING !
IN FRANKLIN i
Moss Will Preach
Union Service At
Presbyterian Church
The Rev. S. B. Moss, pastor
of the First Methodist Church, 1
will preach at the annual union ,
Thanksgiving service In Frank
lin.
Sponsored by Franklin
churches, the service will be
held this year at the Presby
terian church. It will begin at
MERCHANTS CLOSING ,
Most local merchants plan
to remain open all day Wed
nesday (23rd) and close on
Thanksgiving day.
Schools will close the 24th
and 25th for the holiday
along with the local health
department.
8 a. m. next Thursday (Thanks
giving Day).
Music will be by a choir of
voices from the participating
churches.
Pastor of the host church,
the Rev. Bryan Hatchett, will
preside.
A responsive reading will be
led by the Rev. M. W. Chap- ;
man. Baptist pastor, and the
Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, Episco
pal rector, will offer the prayer
of Thanksgiving.
LONGCOURT
TERM SEEN
Opens Here December
5; Shelton Shooting
Headlines Docket
A "long term" is in sight far
Superior court here in Decem
ber, according to Mrs. Kate M.
Wrinn, clerk of court.
Counting civil and criminal
actions docketed for trial, the
upcoming session probably will
be one of the longest in recent
years, she said. ^
The term opens December 5 (
with Judge Dan K. Moore, resi- j
dent judge of the 20th Judicial (
District, presiding. j
Headlining the criminal dock
et will be the murder trial of (
Mrs. Hazel Stuffel, 34-year-old
mother of two, who is charged '
with the October 22 pistol slay- s
ing of her step-father, Kenneth
T. Shelton. 54, at the Shelton
home near Franklin.
With the exception of this
trial, most <bf the criminal ac
tions deal 'with traffic viola
tions and other minor infrac
tions.
Mrs. Wrinn said more than 90
new cases already have been
docketed, in addition to 40 hold
overs from previous terms.
Trial of civil matters is ten
tatively scheduled to begin De
cember 12. the clerk said
5 r,"?n A'-e Inducted
'n \rTiy From Macon;
Call For December
Five Macon Countv men were
sent to Knoxville, Tenn., Mon
day for induction into the army,
according to Mrs. Gilmer A
Jones, secretary of the local
draft board
They are Grady Corbin, Louis
Reese. Frank Crane. William
I.edford. and Wesley Brookshire.
Mr Reese was a volunteer.
A call for three men has been
received for December 6, Mrs.
Jones said.
State Asks Construction Bid
On Franklin-Georgia Project
I
Resignations
Of 2 Agents
Announced
Resignations of two assistant
igents working with the Farm
ind Home Development Pro
gram here have been received
>y the Macon Board of County
Commissioners.
They are Mrs. Margaret D.
Smith and Robert F. McNeill.
Mrs. Smith has accepted a po
sition as home agent at the
Cherokee Reservation and Mr.
McNeill will go to Mitchell
County as an assistant agent.
Their resignations are effec
tive December 1.
Both have been here slightly
more than a year.
Reid Appointed
To Mica Board
A veteran miner of this county.
A. W. Reid, of Franklin, has been
notified by the Department of
the Interior of his appointment
to an industry advisory committee
on mica.
Committee meetings are sche
duled to be held in Washington.
Mr. Reid will pass along infor
mation at local meetings for
miners. Dates for these local meet
ings will be announced in the
near future, he said.
Mr. Reid owns and operates
the May. Buoy, Higdon. Lyle
Knob, Mill Knob, and Cope Moun
tain mica mines in this county.
C. A. P. Examination*
To Be Given Sunday
All senior members of the
new Franklin squadron of Civil
Air Patrol are asked to report
to the airport Sunday between
2 and 5 p. m. to take a re
quired IQ examination.
The squadron commander, A.
C. Tyslnger, also said if cadets
would come to the airport Sun
day afternoon with their appli
cations .ready, free airplane
rides will be arranged. This, of
course, hinges on good weather.
Officers of the local squadron
were Inducted last Thursday
night in Asheville at a group
C. P. A. meeting. At this time,
Mr. Tysinger was informed that
his squadron had been char
tered.
Tuesday brought news that the long-awaited bid lor con
struction of a new link of US 23-441 south from Franklin to
the North Carolina-Georgia state line has been asked by the
State Highway Cojnmission.
A relocation project of 12.46 miles, the link will tie-in with
the recently completed section of highway In Georgia from the
state line to Mountain City. (Another section from Mountain
Next Newspaper
Being Published
A Day Earlier
Following its usual Thanks
giving custom. The Press next
week will be issued one day early.
Dated Wednesday instead of
Thursday, it will be placed in the
Franklin Post Office Tuesday
night, for delivery Wcdnesday
morning.
Because there never is rural
route delivery on Thanksgiving
Thursday, this change in schedule
is made each year.
Due to the earlier schedule,
advertisers and persons having
news items are requested to get
their copy In before noon on Mon
day.
The Press office will be closed
all day Thanksgiving.
Judges Here
For Contest
Judges of the W. N. C. Rural
Community Development Contest
are slated to arrive here this
(Thursday) afternoon for a look
see In Macon's prize-winning com
munity. Holly Springs.
They will be in the community
from 3:46 to 5:30.
As winner of the local rural
contest. Holly Springs ' automatic
ally represents Macon in the area
contest, which is sponsored by the
Asheville Agricultural Develop
ment Council.
Judges are Miss Lucia Brown,
associate home editor of The
Progressive Farmer, of Birming
ham. Ala.; E. Y. Floyd, of Raleigh,
director of food plant institute
of North Carolina and Virginia:
and W. M. Landess. of Knox
ville. Tenn.. with the agricultural
relations branch of T. V. A.
Holly Springs is the last com
munity on the judges' schedule.
Participating counties, in ad
dition to Macon, include McDow
ell. Burke. Rutherford. Buncombe.
Madison. Yancey. Mitchell. Avery,
Henderson. Transylvania. Hay
wood. Jackson. Graham. Swain,
and the Cherokee Reservation.
JAYCEE SPONSORED ?
Watson Girl Wins Contest
Miss Enima Watson, Franklin
Sigh senior, is the winner of
he Jaycee-sponsored Voice of
Democracy contest this year, ac
:ording to the Rev. Bryan
ffatchett, Jaycee in charge.
The runner-up is Miss Nancy
Sable.
Finals for the contest, which
was open to all high school
students, were held Friday.
As county winner. Miss Wat
son's recorded speech has been
entered in the western district
contest for consideration in the
state event. Mr. Hatchett said.
This year's topic was "I Speak
for Democracy", with a time
limit of five minutes.
Miss Watson is the daughter
of Mr and Mrs. John Watson,
of Franklin.
? Pwm Pholo
Mi?? Watson and Mr. Hatchet t
vsivy ku t^iayuuu is expected to
be let after the first of the
year ? .
Pavement on the Franklin
Georgia section will be 22 feet;
four feet wider than the pres
ent highway. An allocation of
$850,000 has been set up for the
job.
Bids are scheduled to be
opened the 29th of this month
and the commission will review
them on December 2.
Immediate plans for relocat
ing the narrow accident-ridden
highway from here to the state
line were abandoned nearly
three years ago when an alloca
tion of $450,000 to build a por
tion of the highway was trans
ferred to Jackson County by
Commissioner Harry E. Buch
anan to speed completion of US
23-441 from the Macon County
line at the top of Cowee Gap
to Dlllsboro, just outside Sylva.
But in March of this year, it
was again announced that the
Franklin-Georgia project was
coming up for consideration
and that $850,000 had been al
located to do the entire job.
Since then, Resident Engineer
S. T. Usry and his men have
been resetting survey stakes
along the relocation In prepara
tion for beginning construction.
BALLOTING
IS TUESDAY
Hospital Tax Support
I issue To Be Decided
By Highlands Voters
Tuesday will be election day
in Highlands Township.
Voters will be going to the
polls to decide for or against a
40 cent ad valorem tax In their
township (or support of the
non-profit Highlands Commun
ity Hospital, Inc.
Present tax rate per hundred
valuation in the township (and
entire county) Is $1.40. The
Town of Highlands has a rate
of 42.25.
Polling place will be the old
school building, which is now
owned by the town. Hours will
be 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m.
Question Is,
Spring Or?
Spring or winter ? that seems
to be the question this week.
Macon s had a taste of it all
? balmy weather, rain, snow,
sleet, and freezing tempera
tures.
Wednesday of last week the
mercury dipped to 18 in Frank
lin: Thursday it alternately
rained, sleeted, and snowed;
Saturday the day warmed to a
coats-off 71 and then dropped
to 26 after dark; Sunday, Mon
day. and Tuesday the mercury
roamed in the high 60's during
the day and in the not uncom
fortable 40's at night.
The Weather
I'll.' w.'.'k's teni [n't'at inv nnrf rainfall, as
t?<-unl.d in h'tanklin by Mitn-?<>n Stiles.
I'- S. w. ath*r observer; in Hivrlilartds hy
1 "(lot N. Hall and W. ('. Xewtmi. TV A
?l?~i - cv*-r i tintl at the (WntH H.vd rolocte
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
57 18
Wed. Nov
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wed.. Nov
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
45 31 46
65 25
71 26
66 43
65 47 .40
68 47 .15
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
9 58 20 .08
42
63
71
66
64
70
32 .36
25
28
47 .14
51 .70
45 trace