Sgt. Prince Spending
Leave In Highlands
Sgt. Charles R. Prince is spend
ing a 30-day leave with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Prince,
of Highlands.
Sgt. Prince has Just returned
from Korea, where he spent 15
months with the U. S. Army. At
the end of his leave, he expects
to report to Fort Bragg for further
assignment In the airborne.
Older persons here recall when
it was a familiar sight to see In
dians on the streets of Franklin.
They came here from Qualla to
sell their baskets. Often they walk
ed one way, or both.
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PHONE 6 Near the River Bridge FRANKLIN, N. C
R. S. Campbell,
Franklinite,
Dies In Asheville
Robert S. Campbell, 69, of West
Asheville. a native of Franklin,
died March 28 at an Asheville hos
pital.
He was the son of the late John
and Ellen Byrd Campbell, of
Franklin.
Surviving are his wife, Emma
Hatcher Campbell, formerly of
Jackson County; two sons. Frank,
of Asheville, and Harry, of Char
lotte; three daughters. Mrs. Paul
ine Orr, of Charlotte. Mrs. Leslie
Byrd, of Asheville. and Miss Hilda
Campbell, of St. Louis. Mo.; and
two sisters, Mrs. Carlton Shirley,
of Lavonia. Ga? and Mrs. Nellie
Justice of Amity, Oa.
Funeral services were held Fri
day in Asheville and burial was in
Green Hills cemetery.
Cpl. Keener On Duty
With Marines In Fla.;
Ha* Sailor Brother
Cpl. Charles R. Keener, veteran
of duty with the U. 8. Air Force
and U. S. Marines, is now with
the latter outfit in Miami. Fla.
Son of Mrs. O. D. Hedden, of
Franklin, he recently completed
aviation electronics technician
school at Memphis, Tenn., ending
fifth in his class. He was one
of two Marines at Camp Lejeune
eligible for the school.
In 1945, at the age of 17-, he
enlisted in the air force and spent
14 months in Japan. At the end
of his hitch, he reenlisted and
was sent to radio school at Scott
Field, HI., and then to Germany
for two years.
After a short time out of service,
he enlisted in the Marines in July,
1953.
A younger brother, Roy Keener,
has been In the U. S. Navy three
years and is serving aboard the
USS Tutuila, a repair ship oper
ating out of Norfolk, Va. He has
visited here the last two week
ends while his ship is in port.
Only one man tried, convicted,
and sentenced in the courts of
Macon County has ever been exe
cuted. He was Curtis Shedd, who
died in the gas chamber at Ral
eigh in 1951, for the strangulation
slayings of two South Carolina
girls.
Baltimore Hi|cers
Leave Deep (*ap
For Hike On. Trail
Seven hikers from Baltimore,
Md? started a hike along the Ap
palachian Trail on Saturday.
Their destination was Mt. Ogle
thorpe. Ga.t the southern end of
the trail. The hikers were given a
send-off at Deep Gap by James
Cragon. of Atlanta. Ga., vice-presi
dent of the Appalachian Trail
board and the Rev. A. Rufus Mor
gan, of Franklin, board member.
During its more than 30 years,
the Macon County Building and
Loan Association has had to fore
close on less than half a dozen
properties ? all other loans were
paid by the borrowers.
Serious Forest
Fire Averted
By Local Men
Quick action on the part of a
trio of men Saturday averted what
might have been a serious forest
fire on Buck Knob, near Wallace
Gap, in the Upper Cartoogechaye
section.
Slier Slagie, wno first spotted
the blaze. Bob Southards, and
Howard Hastings brought it under
control even before the arrival of
District Ranger W. L. Nothsteln
and County Ranger J. Fred Bryson
and their crews. About an acre
burned.
Ranger Nothstein said the day
was a "bad fire day" (dry and
windy) and that the quick work
of the three prevented a serious
fire.
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