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71st Year ? No. 12
Franklin, N. C, Thursday, March 11, 1956
Sixteen Pages
TIME CHANGE
IS PROPOSED
FOR BUSES
Commission Looking
Into Request; Davis
Explains Proposal
Queen City Coaches* Is Re
questing a schedule time chaage
for two busses on Its Frank*-'
Asheville run, according to D!
D. Davis, district Inspector for
the N. C. Utilities Commission.
In order to Improve over-all
service between the two points,
the bus company wants (1)
Franklin's morning bus to leave
for Asheville an hour earlier, at
6 o'clock rather than at 7, and
(2) the late afternoon bus from
Asheville to Franklin to depart
two hours later, at 6 o'clock
rather than 4, as now schedul
ed.
Mr. Davis pointed out that
the proposed morning change
would give an hour's extra
time for locals going to Ashe
ville and that they could re
turn on the 1:15 or on the later
bus.
By changing the departure
time two hours on the Asheville
end for the last bus coming
here, they could stay longer in
the city, he added, and still not
arrive home at too late an hour.
If the change is approved, the
morning bus would leave here
at 6 and arrive in Asheville at
8:20. The afternoon bus would
depart Asheville at 6 and ar
rive here at 8:25.
No effective date has been
set for the change, which must
be approved by the utilities
commission.
Mr. Davis said if there is no
strong opposition to the change
he will recommend to the com
mission that it be approved.
Committees
Are Appointed
With an eye on scheduled
try-outs April 2, some 75 boys
and adults Tuesday night did
more polishing on the Little
League Baseball program.
Fred Vaughn presided, in the
absence of Prank Dean, com
mander of the league sponsor
ing American Legion post. Bob
Carpenter outlined the program
and progress to date.
The following committees
were appointed:
Field: Bob S. Sloan, chair
man, Frank Shope, Owen Am
nions, Mrs. Harve Bryant, and
W. G. Crawford.
Team Managers: The Rev.
Bryan Hatchett, chairman, Her
man Mason, and Dr. O. H.
Burnside.
Umpires: John Swan, chair
man, Newell Pendergrass, and
Dick Stott.
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Late News
and
Briefs
TO GREET GOVERNOR
Mrs. Carl S. Slagle and
James fjimi Raby have been
selected for the welcoming com
mittee to greet Gov. Luther H.
Hodges Saturday at the Bun
combe courthouse, when he ap
pears to address the annual
meeting of . stockholders in
Farmers Federation. The meet
ing is set for 10 a. m.
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TO MARK BIRTHDAY
In observance of the birthday
of American Legion, members
of the local post and auxiliary
plan a covered dish supper
Tuesday night at 7 o'clock at
Slagle Memorial Building, it has
been announced.
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FIELD DAY SLATED
Principal Harry C. Corbin
announced this week that a
field day has been scheduled
at Franklin High for April 13.
It will feature exhibits by
students, competitive examina
tions, and athletic field events.
Teacher Jack Angel is in
charge.
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.STATE OFFICIAL HERE
Mrs John Crawford, of Ral
eigh, state P. T A. president,
was here yesterday < Wednes
day i for the county-wide P.T.A.
study course at East Franklin
School.
The state official was accom
panied by Mrs. Olin Dillard. of
Candler, district P.T.A director.
Dr Herbert Koepp-Baker, of
Western Carolina College, was
A WRECKER is shown pulling a 1949 Ford up the steep side of Cullasaja Gorge, near Culla
saja Falls on US 64. A retired nurse, Margaret Evelyn Norris, 62, of San Diego, Calif., lost control
of the vehicle on the rain slick pavement about 4:25 p. m. last Thursday, but stepped out with
only minor injuries. Highway Patrolman H. T. Ferguson listed the car as "demolished" in his re
port. At left in the picture is the old wooden ramp built to accommodate logging trucks going
into the gorge.
Jaycees' 'Young Farmer'
Award Given To Parker
Robert C. Parker, C'artooge
chaye dairy farmer, Monday
night was honored by the
Franklin Jaycees as "Macon
County's Outstanding Young
Farmer of 1955".
He was presented a special
plaque by Siler Slagle, winner
of the award in '54. Mr. Slagle,
Wayne Proffitt, and John J.
Wrinn served as a selection
committee and sifted nominees
for the award.
In making the presentation,
Mr. Slagle remarked that "it
was obvious from the start that
he (Mr. Parker) was the man
for the award". He was nomi
nated by several individuals and
organizations.
?C. Banks Finger, Jaycee pres
ident, said Mr. Parker will be
entered in the state "Outstand
ing Young Farmer" contest next
fall.
Active in community and
church affairs, the young farm
er operates a 484 -acre dairy
farm in partnership with his
brother, A. C. Parker. He is a
member of the Mount Hope
Baptist Church and is now
president of the local Far,m Bu
reau. He formerly managed the
Franklin branch of Waynesville
Tractor Company.
Mr. Parker is married to the
former Miss Helen Johnson.
They have two children, Neal,
who is 4, and Eugenia, 3.
'Locomotive Chase' Premier
Slated For Atlanta In June
Walt Disney plans to hold the
world premier of his Civil War
epic, "The Great Locomotive
Chase", on June 8 in Atlanta,
Ga., at Loew's Grand Theatre.
The master of frontier, fu
tuce, and fantasy filmed the
movie over the tracks of the
Tallulah Falls Railway here and
in Georgia early last fall.
Is there anything to a rumor
that Disney plans to film an
other movie in this area?
This question was answered
this week in a letter from a
Disney publicist, John Conner:
"There are no plans for any
further filming by Disney in
your area. 'Light in the Forest'
is scheduled for a location in
Pennsylvania in June and
'Westward Ho ? the Wagons' is
being shot at Los Angeles right
now."
As an added "bonus" to Press
subscribers, who followed the
filming of the movie both in
the newspaper and along the
tracks of the railroad, the pro
duction of "The Great Locomo
tive Chase", with some pictures,
will appear in next week's issue.
Victory Smiles On Locals
In Final Basketball Game
Victory smiled on Franklin
High's lads and lassies Friday
night in the final game of a
somewhat brief home basketball
season.
The lassies rolled over Mur
phy 54 to 39, fired by the 30
point scoring of Lucy {lenry.
In a see-saw battle, the local
boys edged the Murphy lads 54
to 52. Willard Smith, with 18
points, and Mitchell Houston,
with 15, paced the team to vic
tory.
This was the third and final
game this year for Franklin
High in its new gymnasium,
whi^h was officially christened
March 9 in a post-season clash
with Clyde Erwin High School.
Then, Tuesday night of last
week, the locals took on Cullo
whpe in the second blessing for
the gymnasium
It is estimated that more
than 2,700 fans turned out for
the three games. Principal Har
ry C. Corbin reported yesterday
(Wednesday i the school cleared
$1,010 on the three. The money
is to be equally divided between
the athletic association and a
fund to pay for sidewalks
around the gymnasium, he said.
58 Service Establishments
Have Receipts Of $879,000
Receipts of 58 service estab
lishments enumerated in Macon
County in the 1954 Census of
Business amounted to about
$879,000, according to a prelim
inary report covering service
trades, published by the Bureau
of the Census, U. S. Department
of Commerce.
The combined yearly payroll
of the county's service estab
lishments was $193,000. They re
ported 75 employees, of whom
60 worked full-time in the pay
period ending nearest Novem
ber 15. Proprietors actively em
ployed in the operation of un
incorporated businesses num
bered 58.
Establishments providing per
sonal services numbered 18 and
reported receints of $180,000.
Establishments primarily en
gaged in automotive repair,
parking, and other automotive
services numbered six and had
receipts of $110,000. Establish
ments listed as "all other serv
ices" in the preliminary report
numbered 34 and had receipts
of $589,000.
"Personal services" group in
cludes such businesses as bar
ber and beauty shops, cleaning
and dyeing plants, laundries
and laundry services, garment
alteration and repair services,
funeral services, photographic
studios, shoe repair shops and
shine parlors, as well as other
personal services.
"Automotive services" group
includes general automobile re
SEE NO. 1, PAGE R
Rotary Elects
Dr. McSween As
New President
Dr. George R. , McSween,
Franklin chiropractor, last
Thursday night was elected
president of the Franklin Ro
tary Club.
He succeeds Erwin Patton,
who automatically, as retiring
Dr. McSween
president, becomes vice-presi
dent.
Others named to serve with
Dr. McSween are Bob Carpen
ter, secretary-treasurer, and E.
J. Whitmire, H. H. Gnuse, Jr.,
Dr. J. W. Kahn, and H. W. Cabe.
directors.
The officers constitute the
club's board of directors.
V. F. W. Election
Is Scheduled
Members of the local V. F. W.
post have an officer election
scheduled Wednesday night
(28th i at the post home, on
Palmer Street.
Zeb Meadows is the present
commander.
The meeting Ls set for 8
o'clock.
Jury List
Is Named
For Court
Jurors for the April term of
Superior Court here have been
drawn.
The term convenes on the
16th with Judge J. Will Pless,
of Marion, presiding.
listed below are the first 36
jurors, who are slated for duty
the first week:
J. D. Burnette, Highlands; Joe
M. Henry, Franklin; P. E. Dow
dle, Route 2; Barnett Glidwell,
Franklin; E. R. Huggins, Route
3; Will Talley, Route 4; Floyd
Ramsey, Route 3; Claude Con
ley, Route 2; Ted Crunkleton,
Highlands; Mack Moffitt, Frank
lin; Grady Coffee, Highlands;
W. C. Arvey, Route 3; Clyde O.
Morgan, Nantahala; Gilmer
Setser, Route 1; Tom Alley, Ot
to; Walter Hall, Franklin; Ver
non Cunninghajn, Route 2; Bill
Burch, Route 1; Pritchard Rus
sell, Route 5; Sammy Bryson,
Route 5; George E. Doster,
Route 2; Woodrow Poindexter,
Route 1; Charlie Henry, Route
5; Fred Dehart, Route 2; G. C.
Woody, Route 3; John N. Con
ley, Route 2; Lewis Moses, Route
5;'E. E. Roten, Route 1; George
R. Pattillo, Route 4; Jewel
Smith, Route 3; W P. Pierson,
Highlands; Morris Ledford,
Route 3; Austin Mashburn,
Route 4; S. C. Creswell, High
lands; Sam O. Sellers, Route 2;
and Reid Elliott, Route 4.
Picked for duty the second
week are:
Fred M. Slagle, Route 1; J. A.
Taylor, Route 5: Harold Cabe,
Route 4; Lorenz Moses, Route
5; T. H. Callahan, Franklin;
J. H. Brookshire, Route 1; H.
H. Gnuse, Jr., Franklin; J. A.
Hodges, Highlands; Charles W.
Nolen, Route 1; Earl Dryman,
Flats; Roger Vanhook. Route 2;
Fiank Gibson, Route 4, Wen
dell L. Keener, Route 5; Leon
ard Myers, Route 2; W. Roy
Carpenter, Franklin; W. H.
Cobb, Highland's; and T. H.
Fagg, Franklin.
GOING TO CHARLOTTE
Dr. G. R. McSween leaves to
day (Thursday! for Charlotte
to attend a chiropractic educa
tional clinic. He plans to be in
his office again Monday morn
ing.
Easter Dawn Rites
Are Being Planned
School Needs
Survey Started
Toward a brighter financial
picture, a survey of needs is
now being prepared in the
school system.
With the approval of the
board of education, Supt. Hol
land MoSwain has asked his
principals to talk with teach
ers and school patrons in order
to sound out needs necessary
'?to have an adequate school
program that will provide ade
quately for each child."
Emphasizing that no funds
are 'now available, the superin
tendent offered this explana
tion for the move:
"We just want to be ready
(when funds are available) . . .
we don't want to be caught
without plans of some kind."
He said the survey is to in
clude not only equipment needs
but also additions to buildings,
including vocational shops.
The principals, after talking
with teachers and patrons, will
turn their findings over to the
board for compiling.
East Franklin
Organizes For
Civic Project
Between 100 and 125 persens
turned out Saturday night to
organize the East Franklin
Neighborhood Club.
A covered dish supper at East
Franklin School preceded the
organizational meeting.
Officers of the new club ?
first to organize for Franklin's
civic improvement program ?
are Bob S. Sloan, president; Dr.
G. R. McSween and Ernest
Hyde, vice-presidents: Mrs. John
W. Goins, secretary; and H. A.
Wilhide, treasurer.
First project for the club is
improvement of the grounds
and recreational facilities at
the East Franklin School.
County Agent T. H. Fagg ap
peared on the program and
briefly outlined how commun
ity development works in the
rural communities.
Cowee Float Winner Of 4-H
Parade Here On Saturday
Saturday shoppers in Frank
lin slowed long enough in the
morning to see and applaud
the county's annual 4-H parade
through the downtown area.
Led by the high school band
and high-kicking majorettes,
the parade was staged in ob
servance of "National 4-H
Week" and also honored the
county 4-H king and queen.
King Clarence Poindexter, of
the Cartoogechaye Senior Club,
and Queen Suzanne Cunning
ham, of the Cartoogechaye Jun
ior Club, reigned over parade
festivities from the back seat of
a convertible.
The king and queen were se
lected in a penny-a-vote popu
larity contest, which raised
$86.03 for 4-H work.
Cowee Is Best
A trophy for having the best
float in the parade went to
Cowee's entry, a cleverly-ar
ranged float that carried out
the theme of this year's 4-H
gardening project.
Second place went to the
Franklin entry, and third to
Cullasaja's.
Other clubs entering floats
were Union, Franklin Junior,
Otto <2 floats i, Iotla, Carson,
Upper Cartoogechaye, Cartooge
chaye, and Holly Springs. Deco
rated automobiles were entered
by the 4-H council officers and
the Highlands club.
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MACON COI'NTY'S 4-11 kin* and queen, Clarence Poindexter and Suzanne Cunningham. got
a lot of fun out of waving to their "subjects" from the hack se?.t of a convertible in Saturday's
4-H parade. Clarence is a member of the Cartoo gechave Senior club and Suianne of the junior
group.
Services Are Slated On
Wayah Bald, Raven's
Rock, and Whiteside
Preparations are now under
way for three Easter sunrise
services.
The Jones' camp, "High Hav
en", atop mile-high Wayah
Bald will again be the scene ol
Franklin's annual dawn service,
which is being sponsored by the
local churches and the Franklin
Jaycees. Arrangements, includ
ing the selection of a guest
minister, are now being made
by a committee composed of the
Rev. Bryan Hatchett, the Rev.
S. B. Moss, Mrs. R. S. Jones,
and Frank Martin. Transporta
tion to the camp will be furn
ished by Jaycees. A time sched
ule will be announced next
week.
ON WHITESIDE
The inter-church group of
Highlands also is working out
details for the -annual sunrise
service on the crest of the
county's scenic mountain,
Whiteside. Owners of the moun
tain, which is between High
lands and Cashiers, are offering
the use of the attraction, and
no charge will be made over
the toll road.
Dr. Herbert Koepp-Baker,
Episcopal minister and profes
sor at Western Carolina Col
lege, will deliver the Easter
message.
The service will begin about
6 o'clock.
Raven's Rock Rite
Another service increasing in
popularity is one on Raven's
Rock, near Otto. Although still
small in comparison to the
other two, this service is draw
ing larger crowds of worship
pers each year.
The Rev. Glenn Anderson,
pastor of the Macon Methodist
Circuit, will deliver the message
this year.
Persons planning to attend
this service are requested to
meet at the Coweeta Hydrolog
ic Laboratory at 5 a. m.
Winter Gasps;
Spring Grasps
Winter struck out savagely as
it gave its dying gasp Tuesday.
Spring officially arrived that
day ? accompanied by a low
temperature in Franklin of 14
degrees. It was the coldest
weather here in more than two
months. Not since Saturday,
January* 14. when the mercury
dropped to 8, had it been so
cold here.
Yesterday ( Wednesday i morn
ing, the temperature here drop
ped a degree lower than Tues
day, to 13.
The low reading in Highlands
Tuesday was a shivery. 12, while
it stood at 16 at Coweeta.
In Highlands, the mercury
never got above 30 degrees
Tuesday. At Coweeta it climbed
to 42 during the day and in
^ranklin to 45.
Snow flurries blew over the
week-end. as Spring's icy fing
ers started relaxing.
Spring comes with the vernal
solstice ? the time when the day
and night are equal, the world
over. While March 21 usually is
thought of as the first day of
spring, the vernal solstice varies
from the 20th to the 21st. fall
ing this year on the earlier
date.
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FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., Mar. 14 73 52
Thursday 55 45
Friday 62 39
Saturday 50 25
Sunday 57 28
Monday 44 25
Tuesday 45 14
HIGHLANDS
Wed., Mar. 14 62 44
Thursday 44 37
Friday 41 36
Saturday 38 18
Sunday 47 28
Monday 36 18
Tuesday 30 12
COWEETA
Wed , Mar 14 72 53
Thursday 49 44
Friday ' 50 42
Saturday 48 26
Sunday 56 27
Monday 41 21
Tuesday 42
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