County Negroes Organize
For Rural Development
The Negroes of the county have
organized for community de
velopment.
Meeting last Thursday night,
the group elected Bill Lenior as
president; Jeter Love, vice-presi
dent: and Margie Thomas, secre
tary-treasurer.
Committee appointments have
been made by the president and
the new organization probably
will undertake beautification , of
churches and grounds as its first
project.
Mr. Lenoir said it is hoped all
Negroes will join in the, develop
ment. work.
The organization plans to meet
the first Thursday in each month.
UNION P. T. A. MEETING
The Union P. T. A. will meet
tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 at
the school. Mrs. Mae Shope,
county health nurse, will be on
the program, presenting the
pre-school clinic.
m AGON'S '
Newest Citizens j
Mr. and Mi's. Edward Neal Led
ford, of Hayesville, a son, James ?
Glyne. February 27 at Angel Hos- !
pital.
Mr. and Mrs. James Edward \
Williams, of Franklin, Route 5, a i
daughter, Kathy Marlene, Febru
ary 29 at Angel Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Reuban I
Watts, of Franklin, a daughter, j
March 4 at Angel Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Shields, of
Kingston. Term., a daughter, Pa
tricia Susan, February 26, in a
hospital at Rockwood, Tenn. Mrs.
Shields is the former Miss Jo Ann
Palmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Palmer, formerly of Frank
lin. Mr. Shields is the son of
Charles Shields, of Franklin.
Route 4.
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IT'S S JA A R T TO B E T H P I p T Y I
Zones For Franklins Development Program Set
STREETS DIVIDING ZONES for Franklin's development
program are shown above. As indicated, Zone 1 is all of East
Franklin; Zone 2, the area embraced within Main Street and
Iotla to the Little Tennessee River; Zone 3, West Main and
Iotta, west to the Carson community; Zone 4, West Main
south from Phillips Street to Wayah, Ulco, and Forrest Avenue;
and Zone 5, the area within Main, Phillips, Wayah, Ulco, and
Forrest running east to the river. All business establishments
and residences are included in the zoning. The outer limits of
each zone are set up to go outside the city limits and join the
boundaries of organized communities.
Mrs. Long
Again Heads
Club Here
All officers of the Franklin
Garden Club have been reelect
ed for another year.
They are Mrs. J Ward Long,
president; Mrs. John M. Archer,
Jr., vice-president; Mrs. Gilmer
A. Jones, secretary; Miss Rose
King, corresponding secretary;
and Mrs. Holland McSwain,
treasurer.
The election featured the
club's regular meeting Monday
afternoon at the Methodist
church.
Mrs. Allan Brooks was given
charge of the annual "Litter
bug" project. This clean-up
campaign is set for the last of
this month and will be staged
in cooperation with the com
munity drive.
The horticultural chairman,
Mrs. E. S. Purdom, reported
that the crocus bulbs planted
by the club last fall on the
town hall grounds are now
blooming and that shrubs have
been planted. Grass is being
planted this week.
Hostesses for the meeting
were Mrs. J. E. Perry, Jr., Mrs.
Harve Bryant, and Mrs. Wil
liam Dinnes.
Demonstration
W omen Publish
New Cook Book
North Carolina's home demon
stration women have just publish
! ed a cookbook.
This particular collection has
'more than 400 recipes represent
ing every area of the Tar Heel
State ? favorites of the mountain,
folk as well as of the coastal fam
ilies. The book features not only
some of the fine old Southern
dishes which have been handect
down from family to family
through the generations, but aisi
includes new. up-to-date recipes ?
J favorites of club members, their.'
families and friends.
Miss Staunton explains that all
cookbook proceeds will go intc-.
the state home demonstradou
treasury to help with general ex -
penses of the organization. Per
sons interested may obtain a
copy by seeing the home demon
stration a^rent.
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