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71st Year ? No. 22
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, May 31, 1956
Fourteen Pages
TEACHER LIST
FOR NEW YEAR
IS RELEASED
Hall Succeeds Pipes
At Nantahala School;
Resignations Listed
A list of principals and
teachers for the 1956-57 year
was made public this week by
Supt. Holland McSwain along
with the resignations of four
at Franklin High.
Submitting their resignations
were Coach Howard Barnwell,
Dean Henson, T. J. Edwards,
and Mrs. Rose Corbin.
The superintendent said two
?vacancies ? both at the high
school ? ? are in District 1
(Franklin) ; two in District 2
(Nantahala) ; and three in Dis
trict 3 (Highlands). These will
be filled before school opens in
the fall, he said.
Nantahala School will have a
new principal in Jerry A. Hall.
A former principal and teacher
In Cherokee County, he succeeds
R. C. Pipes, who resigned to
take the principalship of a
school near Murphy.
Principals of the other schools
were rehired. They are Harry
C. Corbin, Franklin, William G.
Crawford, East Franklin, Z.
Weaver Shope, Cullasaja, R. A.
Byrd, Union, Alex Arnold, Co
wee, E. G. Crawford, Otto, J.
Norman West, Cartoogechaye, B.
Harry Moses, Iotla, O. F. Sum
jner, Highlands, and Addison R.
Shepard, Chapel.
Also having their contracts
renewed were Mrs. Beth Guffey,
elementary supervisor, Miss
Esther Seay, special education
teacher, and Miss Ethel Hurst,
lunchroom supervisor.
High school teachers In Dis
trict 1 elected Include Robert
Jack Angel, Mrs. Anne P. Bid
die, Miss Adelaide L. Brewer,
Mrs. Carolyn C. Cogan, Mrs.
Una C. Setser, George R. Pat
tillo, Jr., Mrs. Lois Fulton, Mrs.
Leona Littleton, Mrs. Mildred
R. Martin, Mrs. Katherine Mat
thews Mrs. Katherine M. O'Neil,
L. Wayne Proffitt, T. A. Orr,
Clayton Ramsey, Mrs. Marie
Stewart, Richard D. Stott, Ed
win T. Williams, Miss Frances
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 10
Late News
and
Briefs
FILES FOR STATION
An application for a construc
tion permit has been filed with
the Federal Communications
Commission in Washington, D.
C., for a powerful radio station
to be built in Sylva. It will
serve the Sylva, Franklin, and
Bryson City area. The applica
tion was filed by Harold H.
Thorns, veteran radio and tele
vision executive, who owns and
operates stations in Charlotte,
A s h e v i 1 1 e , Greensboro, and
Washington, and has applica
tions pending for other radio
stations in the Southeast. No
tentative date has been set for
the opening of the station.
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POOL IS OPENING
The new swimming pool at
the Franklin Lodge and Golf
Course will open Saturday, ac
cording to the owners, T. W.
Angel, Jr., and Frank B. Dun
can.
Some minor work still must
be done on the grounds, they
said this week, but the pool is
finished.
ROAD IS OPEN
The large section of Wayah
Road from Cold Springs on the
Franklin side to Fiesty Branch
in Nantahala has just been
paved and is open to travel.
Highway officials have just
completed a survey on a five
mile project from Fiesty Branch
to the Nantahala School. When
this job is completed, a paved
road will run through the Nan
tahala community.
GETS FORD MONEY
Highlands Community Hos
pital, Inc., is one of six W.N.C.
hospitals to have just received
first payments in the Ford
Foundation's $200 million pro
gram. The hospital got $5,000.
When the grants were announc
ed, the Highlands hospital was
listed for a total $10,000.
rttANKUN.N.C
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STICKING one of the new Cowee Ruby Mines bumper signs on a visiting automobile is Ver
lon Swafford, president of the Franklin Chamber of Commerce. The bumper signs were ordered
as a promotional venture to link Franklin to the widely-publicized ruby mines. Watching the
president is Mrs. Walter Carter, of Fort Myers Beach, Fla., and Franklin. It's her automobile.
Miss Moody
Recipient Of
WCC Award
The "Best College Citizen"
award of Western Carolina Col
lege belongs to a Franklin girl.
Miss Julia Moody was an
nounced as the recipient of the
award during commencement
exercises at the college Monday.
She was awarded a bronze
plaque by S. W. Enloe.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Truman Moody, Miss Moody Is
a rising senior and an honor
student. She recently was elect
ed president of the student
body.
Recipient of the best citizen
award is selected by the student
body and the faculty.
Information
Booth Opening
Franklin's tourist informa
tion booth on Main Street
will open tomorrow (Friday)
for the season.
Miss Ruth Angel will be in
charge, according to Verlon
Swafford, president of the
chamber of commerce, spon
sor of the booth.
Mr. Swafford said a wide
variety of vacationing mate
rial is on hand at the booth
for the motoring public, in
cluding the town's revised ac
commodations folder.
Parade And Field Events
Open Little League Play
In a traditional gesture, May
or W. C. Burrell tossed the first
ball here Saturday afternoon
to open Little League Baseball.
And except for the size of
the players, it was big league
from the opening pitch, with
the four teams turning in top
flight performances before sev
eral hundred fans at the East
Franklin field.
In the first game, the Jay
birds turned back the Reddys
2 to 1, and in the second the
Thunderbirds beat the Wild
cats 5 to 4.
Parade In Town
In a pre-game parade through
downtown Franklin, the 60 Lit
tle Leaguers waved to the
crowds from convertibles. A
marching band of about 16
members, under the leadership
of young Tony Orr, led the pro
cession.
Meanwhile, over at the ball
field volunteers were working
FINE SUSPENDED
The Rev. J. Bryan Hatch
ett appeared before Justice of
the Peace Sam J. Murray on
Monday and received a $10
fine suspended for operating
a loud speaker truck in vio
lation of a town ordinance
during Saturday's openind day
Little League parade. No war
rant was served, but the min
ister said he was asked to
appear.
feverishly to finish the stands
in time for opening ceremonies.
The last nail went in as the
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 10
In Fontana Lake ?
Local Man Drowns
A 60-year-old Franklin plumb
er, William M. (Bill.) Sutton, was
drowned in Fontana Lake Sat
urday night about 9:30 when
a boat capsized and threw him
and another fisherman into the
water.
His body was not recovered
until about 6:15 the next morn
ing. It was found by Fire Chief
A. c. Tysinger and three of his
firemen, who were called out
about 1:10 to help with the re
covery of the body. With the
chief were Kenneth Neal, Hen
ry Wilkie, and James McCol
lum.
Mr. Sutton was fishing with
Bass Tallent in the Wolf Creek
finger of Fontana when the
boat capsized. Another member
of the fishing party, Henry Tal
lent, who was ashore at the
time, said he believed the boat
capsized when the men threw
out the anchors. He said he
and Tom Patton tried to help
them but were hampered by
darkness. He said the two were
holding on to the boat and
paddling toward shore. They
managed to right the boat, but
in trying to board it Mr. Sut
ton went all the way over and
slipped into the water on the
other side. He was a non-swim
mer.
Funeral services for Mr. Sut
ton were conducted yesterday
(Wednesday* at 2 p. m. at the
First Baptist Church by the
SEE NO. 5. PAGE 10
Republican
Congressman
Coming Here
Congressman John V. Beamer
(R-Ind.) will address a "Citi
zens for Eisenhower" dinner
here on June 9.
Sponsored by the local Re
publican party, the dinner is
set for Panorama Court, just
south of Franklin on US 23-441,
Mr. Beamer
at 7:30 p. m., according to
Bryant McClure, party chair
man.
In his first term, Congress
man Beamer attracted national
attention with his resolution to
sever trade relations with
Czechoslovakia until William
Oatis, the Associated Press cor
respondent, was released.
Pat s A Bit
Too Young . .
Small try Pat McSween is off
to a rough start in the driv
ing department.
Of course, he's only three
years old and that makes it
a bit difficult to explain to
his parents, Dr. and Mrs. G.
R. McSween, exactly what
happened to the family sta
tion wagon Friday night.
They do know son Pat re
leased the brake on the car
in their steep driveway and
rode with it out into the
street and into a bank.
When they rushed out of
the house, they found him
pensively studying a crumpled
door on the station wagon.
Counting this and a fender
and some other dents, the
crumpling came to about $300,
Dr. McSween reports.
Pat's able to sit down now.
COUNTY GETS
ADVANCE TO
mm debts
Money Used By Local
Chapter To Settle
Polio Patients' Bills
An a4vance of $4,200 has been
made by the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis to
its Macon County chapter to
erase debts incurred in caring
for polio patients.
In recent years, the annual
"March of Dimes" campaigns
here have failed to raise enough
to cover the medical expenses
of those stricken by the dis
ease and the chapter has been
operating in the red, according
to the treasurer, Claude Bol
ton. The foundation and chap
ters split collections 50-50.
In requesting, and receiving,
the advance from the the na
tional foundation, the chapter
has paid bills totaling $3,897.04
accrued in recent years by six
patients, four hospitalized at
the Asheville Orthopedic Hos
pital. The remaininder of the
advance, $302.96, is being held
by the chapter "for emergen
cies", Mr. Bolton said.
He also said the local chap
ter will be expected to repay
the advance if it builds a sur
plus in the future.
In the '56 campaign, about
$2,250 was raised here. The as
signed quota was about $2,800.
Macon 4-H Boy
District Winner
A 14-year-old Macon 4-H
clubber, Johnny Allen, has won
third place in a district timber
thinning and stand improve
ment contest, according to Asst.
County Agent James G. Flan
agan.
A member of the Cowee Sen
ior Club, Johnny is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Allen.
He is to receive his award on
a television program originating
over WLOS-TV in Asheville on
June 11 at 12:30 p. m.
The contest Is sponsored by
the Champion Paper and Fibre
Company of Canton.
Groups Enter
Rural Event
Fourteen communities are or
ganized for the 1956 rural com
munity development contests.
Six others in last year's com
petition have dropped out, ac
cording to County Agent T. H.
Fagg. (In '55, with 20 commun
ities competing, this county had
the highest number of any in
the area.)
Those shooting for prize
money in both the W. N. C.
contest and the one sponsored
county-wide are Iotla, Carson,
Patton, Holly Springs, Cowee,
Upper Cartoogechaye, Cartooge
chaye, Cullasaja, Bethel, Clark's
Chapel, Hickory Knoll, Ridge
crest, Higdonville, and Otto.
In an interview Saturday in
Asheville, Morris L. McGough
reported that 105 communities
? same number as last year ?
are entered in the W. N. C.
event. However, he said he per
sonally felt the contest was on
a firmer foundation because all
communities are active. Last
year, he explained, several com
munities existed "only on
paper". Mr. McGough is man
ager of the Asheville Agricul
tural Council, sponsor ol the
area contest.
More than $2,000 in prize
money is being offered in the
area event this year with
judging set on the basis (50-50)
of community organization and
development and improvecent
in family living.
Macon's communities also are
competing for more than $1,100
in the county contest. Prize
money for this is given by
businesses.
SATURDAY BAKE SALE
A bake sale, sponsored by the
Higdonville Home Demonstra
tion Club, will be held at the
Carolina Pharmacy, Saturday,
June 2, beginning at 9:30 a. m.
Proceeds will go for the church
piano.
Cowee Club Member Elected
New President Of Council
Mrs. George Byrd, member of
the Cowee Home Demonstration
Club, is the new president of
the Macon County Home Dem
onstration Council, steering
committee of demonstration
work.
Meeting Friday morning at
the Agricultural Building, club
members elected the following
to serve with her: Mrs. C. T.
Bryson, Cullasaja club, vice
president; Mrs. Glen Hastings,
Long view club, secretary; and
Miss Rose King, Cartoogechaye
club, treasurer.
An energetic club woman and
president of her club, Mrs.
Byrd succeeds Mrs. Frank I.
Murray, of the Franklin club,
as head of the county com
mittee.
Plaji For Day
Plans for the annual demon
stration "Achievement Day" this
fall were framed at the meet
ing and October 30 was set as
the date for this year's gather
ing. Appointed to work out de
tails were Mrs. C. S. Slagle,
Mrs. Byrd, and Mrs. Bryson.
Gets Scholarship
Mrs. A. D. Carter, of the Hig
donville club, was announced as
the recipient of a scholarship
to attend the third annual
State Music Workshop on the
campus of Catawba College
June 24-28. A soprano, she Is a
member of the home demon
stration choral group.
Library Gift
The council's education com
mittee is working on a gift for
Mrs. Byrd
the new county library. They
plan to present the library a
cherry circulation desk. The
cherry for the gift was donated
by the family of the late C. S.
Slagle. Serving on this commit
tee are Mrs. Edwin T. Bradley,
Mrs. Murray, and Mrs. Bryson.
How's Business? ?
Better Than 1955
How is business in Macon
County ? good, fair, or poor?
An overall survey of busi
nesses throughout the county
probably would show business
activity varying in different
lines.
Here, though, are four Indices
that usually are considered
good barometers of busfness
conditions generally ? postal
receipts, bank deposits, sales tax
collections, and assets of the
county's cooperative home build
ing agency, the Macon County
Building and Loan Association.
They indicate business here is
as good or better than it was
this time last year.
Cash receipts at the Franklin
post office for the four months
ending April 30 were slightly
less than for the same period
in 1955. The figures:
1955 {10,311
1956 $10,224
Decrease $87
That represents a drop of
SEE NO. 6, PAGE 10
Houk Renominated
By Narrow Margin
Wins By 31 Votes;
Finger Will Not
, Call For Run-Off
Incumbent Rep. G. L. Houk
won renomination in Saturday's
Democratic primary by a nar
row margin of 31 votes over C.
Banks Finger in the hottest
race on the ticket.
Mr. Houk got 703 to Mr. Fing
er's 672. The third man in the
-race, J. C. Sorrells, polled only
115.
Although he has the right to
call a second primary since the
winner did not get a majority
vote, Mr. Finger, in a written
statement, said that "is the last
thing I would want to do".
In very light voting, Demo
See Official
Election Results
Tagfe 4
crats renominated the present
board of education. Chairman
Erwin Patton ran high with 1,
304 votes, George Gibson was
second with 1,243, and C. C.
Sutton third with 1,174. Frank
lin realtor, Ted Reber, the only
challenger, got 406.
(Incumbent county surveyor,
Richard H. Slagle, was unop
posed and was not listed on the
ballot) .
The "off-year" election at
tracted only 1,490 to the polls
in one of the lightest votes in
recent years.
Except for a couple of minor
scuffles oh the street In front
of the courthouse, Saturday
night's count-out was unevent
ful and short.
Governor Leads
Gov. Luther Hodges led the
state ticket with 1,284 votes and
found no opposition at all from
the three running against him.
The highest of the three got
only 83 votes.
In the U. S. Senate race, the
county joined the rest of the
state in giving Sen. Sam J.
Erwin, Jr., a vote of confidence.
He polled 1,178 to his oppon
ent's (Marshall Kurfees) 158.
.Macon Democrats also backed
the winner of the lieutenant
governor's race, Luther Barn
hardt, and the three incumbent
commissioners of Agriculture,
Insurance, and Labor L. Y. Bal
lentine, Charles F. Gold, and
Frank Crane.
No Exception
Without exception, election
interest centered solely on the
representative's race between
Mr. Houk and Mr. Finger. In
the closing days before the
election, both camps fired cam
paigns to get out the vote be
cause of lack of interest in the
"off-year" primary.
Soon after the count-out, Mr.
Finger erased talk of a second
primary by issuing the follow
ing statement:
"I have always been against
second primaries as a matter of
principle and do not feel I
should make a personal excep
tion. Callihg a run-off always
puts party harmony at stake
and this is the last thing I
want to do. I urge all of those
who voted for me to support
Mr Houk and all of the Demo
cratic ticket. That's what I
plan to do."
The Weather
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Tinlor N. Hall and W, ' N.wtmi, TVA
"1 > " V' ; and at the Coweta HytlrnlojriC
Laboratory.
Temperatures
High Low Rain
FRANKLIN
Wed.. May 23 87 50
Thursday 82 57 .60
Friday 84 38
Saturday 62 51 .02
Sunday 80 53 _
Monday 81 54
Tuesd'.iv 81 97 .50
HIGHLANDS
Wed.. May 23 80 59 _
Thursday 62 54 .06
Friday 58 50 .38
Saturday 62 52 trace
Sunday 64 48 .46
Monday 83 50 ' ?
Tuesday 72 51 ?
Wednesday 60 .21
COW BETA
Wed., May 23 87 52 _
Thursday 64 52 .96
Friday 60 54 trace
Saturday 59 49 .092
Sunday 72 55 .043
Monday 79 48 .093
Tuesday 80 51 trace