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10 Centa
71st Year ? No. 28
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, July .12, 1956
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MAY EXPAND
EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAM HERE
Action Depends On
Locating Properly
Trained Teachers
If the "big problem" of find
ing trained personnel can be
licked, Macon County's special
education program will be ex
panded this fall, according to
School Supt. Holland McSwaln.
By telephone Monday, the
superintendent said the state
director of the program assur
ed the local system of at least
one more special education
teacher and possibly two, if
persons trained in this field
can be found.
Mr. McSwain said he is keep
ing In "close touch" with
Western Carolina College, one
of three or four institutions in
the state offering the training.
"The program is fairly new
to the state," the superinten
dent explained, "and it is diffi
cult to find teachers with the
proper training."
Miss Esther Seay had charge
of the county program this past
school year. She concentrated
mainly on correction of speech
defects.
If new teachers can be lo
cated, Mr. McSwaln said the
program will be enlarged to
cover the areas of the mental
ly retarded and crippled chil
dren.
To Receive
School Bids
Bids for construction of two
classrooms at Cullasaja School
and vocational shops at High
lands and Nantahala will be re
ceived by the Macon Board of
Education on August 7.
School 9upt. Holland Mc
Swain said a request already
has been made to the state for
vocational teachers at /High
lands and Nantahala so the vo
cational programs can go into
operation as soon as construc
tion is completed.
Late News
and
Briefs
?HILLBILLY' PLANKING
Planning Is now under way
for the annual "Hillbilly Day"
celebration in the resort town
of Highlands.
Slated for Wednesday, Aug
ust 1, the program is being ar
ranged through the summer
recreation director, Richard
Thompson.
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HE'LL BE THERE
Macon Rep. G. L. Houk says
he will be on hand in Waynes
ville tomorrow (Friday) when
some 40 members of the Gen
eral Assembly meet with Gov.
Luther H. Hodges to discuss
pending legislation for the spe
cial July 23 session In Raleigh.
The group will meet in closed
session at the home of the
president of Dayton Rubber
Company, A. L. Freedlander.
This is one of four meetings
scheduled across the state to
iron out plans for the special
session.
GOING ON TOUR
Mrs. Hyldah Shepherd, of
Franklin, plans to leave Mon
day evening for Raleigh to join
others for a 10-day tour of
Cuba missions under the aus
pices of the Business Woman's
Federation.
The group will stop at points
of interest on the east coast of
Florida and will go by ship
from Miami to Havana, Cuba,
for visits to Baptist churches,
missions, and hospitals. The re
turn trip will be up the west
coast of Florida.
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REPLACING LINE
Frankllnites are experiencing
brief interruptions in electrical
service this week while Nanta
hala Power and Light Company
crews replace some 7,000 feet of
wire. '
Mac Whltaker, company of
ficial, explained that growth Is
responsible for the move and
that a heavier gauge wire, cap
able of handling larger loads of
power, U being Installed.
Fall From
Bike Kills
Allison Boy
Ten-year-old Michael Glenn
Allison, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald G. Allison, formerly of
Franklin, died of injuries re
ceived in a bicycle accident at
Stecoah on Tuesday morning.
The fifth grader is reported
to have struck his head on the
pavement after he and a play
mate collided on their bicycles.
He was taken to a Bryson City
hospital where a doctor said
death was> instantaneous.
Michael's father was an as
sistant county agent here for
several years after World War
II and is now agricultural
teacher at Stecoah High School.
His mother is the former Miss
Flora Talley, a native of this
county. She is superintendent
of nurses at the Bryson City
hospital where Michael was
taken following the accident.
The Allisons have been at Ste
coah about three years.
Funeral services are slated
for 11 a. m. today (Thursday)
at the Franklin Methodist
Church with the Rev. S. B.
Moss, pastor, and the Rev. Jos
eph Hauser, of Bryson City, of
ficating. Burial will be in Wood
lawn Cemetery.
In addition to the parents,
surviving are a brother, Frank,
a sister, Margaret, and the pa
ternal grandfather, Glenn Alli
son, of Hayesville.
Bryant Funeral Home Is in
charge of arrangements.
4-H Gardens
Are Judged;
Tour Slated
Winning entries in the 4-H
Garden Contest were selected
Tuesday and a public tour of
the gardens is scheduled lor
this coming Tuesday afternoon.
The judges, W. W. Sloan and
Wayne Proffitt, awarded first
place to the garden of Rosanne
Cabe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C. R. Cabe, of Clark's Chapel.
Second place went to Lewis
Ashe, also of Cork's Chapel.
Rosanne and , Lewis each had
19 vegetables in their gardens.
Three others tied for third place
honors. They were Mary Sue
Reynolds, and Steve Cabe, both
Carson community, and Patricia
Ray, of Clark's Chapel.
An "exceptionally good" 4-H
record on gardens was kept by
those in Clark's Chapel with'
the help of Mrs. Wiley Brown,
an adult leader, the judges re
ported.
Mrs. Jessie D. Cabe, assistant
agent in charge of 4-H, has ex
tended an open invitation to
the public to attend a tour of
the gardens Tuesday afternoon.
A motorcade will leave from the
Agricultural Building at 1:30.
The organized community
groups sponsor the garden con
test.
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TITLE OF "Miss Fourth of July" this year went to Miss Judy Hooker (center), daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Hooker. Runners-up were Miss Helen Cochran (left) and .Miss Susie Wallace.
Airport Officers
Named As Repairs
Get Under Wav
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As initial steps in a long
range improvement program for
the Franklin Airport, repairs to
existing buildings and hangers
are now under way.
The newly-chartered corpora
tion promoting the 55-acre
landing strip, Macon County
Airport, Inc., has held its or
ganizational meeting and elect
ed officers.
G. L. Houk is president; Bill
Phillips, vice-president; and Roy
Fouts, secretar y-treasurer.
Named to the board of direct
ors were Mr. Fouts, Mr. Phillips,
Grant Zickgraf, Howard Stew
art, and Dr. G. R. McSween.
An improvement program, in
cluding hanger rents and tie
down fees, is now being pre
pared by the corporation.
Present buildings are being
roofed this week.
Beauties, Parade, Events
Mark Celebration Of Fourth
Macon County's celebration of
the Fourth of July was a well
rounded program studded with
a variety of entertainment
ranging from bathing beauties,
parade, field events, and dou
ble-header baseball.
A short, but colorful and en
joyable, parade officially open
ed the Independence Day fes
tivities through a downtown
Franklin packed with holiday
crowds.
A float entered by the Hig
donville Rural Community De
velopment Organization was
awarded first place. It carried
out the theme of the signing
of the Declaration of Indepen
dance with 'names of North
Carolinians who inked the his
torical paper.
The parade, which was or
ganized by the American Legion,
Bus Incident Here Reminds
Of Old Woman Living In Shoe
There was an old woman who
lived in a shoe.
She had so many children, i
she ? moved to Florida.
. . . and on the way, stopped in i
Franklin. i
In this case, though, it wasn't I
an old woman at all, but a rela- i
tively young man. But he did
have "so many children"? 46 in <
all.
This champion "adopter", John 1
F. Vogel, his wife, members of his i
"family" staff, and the 46 chll- s
dren spent Friday night at the 1
Franklin Lodge here, after their I
private bus broke down on the I
(east) Town Hill. i
The story goes back, Mr. Vogel 1
said, to 17 years ago when he was
an ordained Baptist minister in 1
the mountains of Kentucky, liv- i
ing in a log cabin for which he 1
paid a rental of $2.50 a month. i
There was a murder; a child
was left without parents; and the
neighbors brought the child to
him. As" other children in the area
became orphaned, they, too, were
brought to his door. One after
the other, he said, he adopted
them: all the 46 who were here
are in his legal care, just as
though they were his legally adopt
ed children, he said.
As the work with orphaned
children grew, the project was
incorporated under the name of
the Galilean Children's Home. It
now has a board of five directors,
ill of whom are on the staff of
the home. At times, there have
seen as many as 87 children in
the home, which has been oper
ated in Whitley County (Corbini,
Ky.
The enforced overnight stop
Here was while the home was bo
ng moved to Lake County, Fla.
Mr. Vogel did not explain the rea
son for the move.
"How is the work financed?"
Mr. Vogel's answer was brief
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Mr. Biggers (right) Explains Solar Heat
broke up at the East Franklin
School where the rest of the
day's activities were centered.
In Beauty Contest
Twenty-one girls competed in
a beauty contest arranged by
the Franklin Junior Woman's
Club. Miss Judy Hooker, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K.
(Ken) Hooker, was picked by
Rotary Club judges as "Miss
Fourth of July" and was crown
ed by Dr. J. L. Hill, president
of the Franklin Jaycees, who
coordinated the celebration.
Runners-up in the beauty pa
rade were Misses Helen Coch
ran and Susie Wallace.
Mrs. Margie Cabe, president
of the Woman's Club, was in
charge of the contest.
Events Are Held
With the Franklin Chamber
of Commerce furnishing the
prizes donated by local mer
chants, field events were super
vised by the Jaycees with the
Lions Club in charge of an
nouncing.
A greasy pole erected by the
Moose Lodge gave up its prize
to J. T. Moses.
Other field event winners in
cluded:
Biggest family, H. L. Bryant;
three-legged race, under 12,
John Swan and Carrol Arnold;
three-legged race, 12-16 years,
Jimmy Shook and Larry Dry
man; girls' 50-yard dash, under
12, Josephine .McCall; girls' 50
yard dash, 12 to 16, Erstine
Hopkins; boys' 50-yard dash,
under 12, Lewis Dills; boys! 50
yard dash, 12 to 16, Andy Brad
ley; father-son relay, J. Paul
Vinson and Dennis Vinson; ugli
est man, Bob Moore, woman's
slipper kicking contest, Mavis
Gibson; married ladies' potato
race, Mrs. Ann Biddle, fat man's
race, Dennis Mehaffey; base
ball throw for distance, Dennis
Mehaffey; Wheelbarrow race,
under 12 years, Ray Wyatt and
Blanton Cochran; wheelbarrow
race, 12 to 16 years, Bobby
Swan and Jim Franklin, base
ball throw for distance, under
16, B. Cochran.
Ends With Games
Little League games capped
off the celebration in the aft
ernoon, despite intermittent
showers.
In the first game, the league
leading Jaybirds knocked off
the Reddys 16 to 10, and in the
second the Wildcats rolled over
the Thunderbirds, 13 to 2.
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Puts Sun To Work
To everyone but W. B. Big- 1
gers, a retired grocer with a 1
penchant for mechanical put- <
tering, a solar heating system I
in the mountains sounds about ]
as impractical as the storied
"hole in the head".
But Mr. Biggers, who sees '
nothing so unusual about it. has 1
built a solar system in the back 1
yard of his Wayah Valley sum- '
mer home. And the system, gen
erally associated with the coast- '
al areas, worked perfectly In
supplying plenty of hot water
for his household.
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"And why shouldn't It work?"
he asks. "We have the same
sun shining up here that shines
in Florida."
For those unfamiliar with this
type of heating system, sun
ioes most of the work. Its heat
nets on water-filled copper pip
ing that Is surrounded by re
flective sheeting.
What about cloudy days?
Well, a large storage tank takes
:are of that problem. A proper
ly insulated tank can carry on
through several cloudy days, Mr
Biggers explains.
His system used 100 feet of
:opper tubing and a 120-gallon
tank.
Mr. Biggers learned about sol
ar heating in Florida, where he
operated the "Biggest Uttle
Store in Miami" before retiring.
\ Way ah Valley summer resi
dent for 18 years, he and his
wife still spend their winters
in Miami.
Budget Allocates
Money For Truck
Highlands Budget
To Be Adopted;
Tax Rate Same
A new budget for the fiscal
year Is scheduled to be adopted
Monday by the Highlands
Board of Commissioners.
The board already has set the
same tax rate, $2.25 per hun
dred valuation, that has been
used for several years.
Town Clerk "Bud" Potts re
ported Tuesday that the 1956
57 budget probably will be only
"slightly higher" than last
year's.
NATIVE DIES
IN ACCIDENT
Mrs. Cooper Victim
Of Truck- Automobile
Wreck Near Sylva
Wreck injuries Sunday claim
ed the life of Mrs. Clayton
(Betty Sue) Cooper, 24, a native
of this county and daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Dills, of
Franklin.
She was in juried in an auto
mobile-truck collision about
6:15 a. m. near Sylva, and died
at 3:10 p. m. in a Sylva hos
pital. She suffered a fractured
skull and other internal injur
ies.
Six others, Including her hus
band and three children, were
injured in the wreck, according
to the highway patrol report.
Mr. Cooper, 23, received dis
pensary treatment; Roy Joe
Dills, 5, Mrs. Cooper's son by a
prior marriage, is still in a
serious condition with a brain
concussion; and Gary 4, and
Steve, 2, were treated for cuts
and bruises.
During a rainstorm, a panel
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 10
2 From Macon County
Get Scholarships
Two from this county have
been awarded scholarships by
the N. C. Veterans Commission.
They are Miss Gladys Sue
Yonce, of Franklin, and Bobby
Hoyt Lee, of Nantahala.
Both grants are for study at
Western Carolina College, Cul
lowhee.
All recipients of commission
scholarships are children of
state war veterans who are
either deceased or disabled.
Siler Family Meeting
Place Is Changed
This year's Siler family meet
ing will be held at the Slagle
Memorial Building, it was an
nounced this week by the Rev.
A Rufus Morgan.
The reunion is set for Sat
urday, August 4.
The gathering originally had
been planned for the old Albert
Siler home, but it became nec
sssary to change the place to
the Memorial Building.
Host and hostesses to the
1956 annual meeting will be Mr.
Morgan and his sisters, Mrs.
Esther M. Freas, of Franklin,
Mrs. Anna M. Barr, of Char
lotte, Miss Lucy C. Morgan, of
Penland, and Mrs. Laura War
ren, of Murphy.
Funds For Water-Sewer
Work Nearly Triple;
Budget Up $8,991.57
A new truck and additional
man for the garbage depart
ment and $12,000 for water and
sewer improvements are stand
out items in the 1956-57 budget
adopted Friday night by the
Franklin Board of Aldermen.
With the same tax rate, $1.10
per hundred valuation, the
new budget of $121,547.98 is
$8,991.57 higher than last year's.
(To clarify, the 1955-56 budget
actually was $134,308.70, con
siderably higher than the one
just adopted. However, it in
cluded a carry-over of $21,572.
29 in bond money for com
pletion of the new town hall.)
In the Street Department, an
allocation of $3,750 has been
set up for purchase of a new
garbage truck and $5,040 for
salaries also includes pay for a
new man in the garbage de
partment, who will receive
$150 per month. It is proposed
to spend $1,750 on new side
walks, $1,000 for street and
sidewalk repairs, and $11,000 on
streets.
The $12,000 allocation for
water and sewer work is almost
triple the $4,400 figure used In
the Water Department last fis
cal year. Where this money will
be spent has not been decided,
according to town officials.
In estimates of receipts for
the new year, the budget fig
ures the new water rates, which
go in use this month, will
bring in $35,000. The lower
rates in 1955-56 produced $29,
000.
New water and sewer tapping
fees are expected to bring in
Departmental expenditures
listed in the budget include:
Administrative: $20,065.54, in
cludes $4,210 for salaries of the
mayor and aldermen <$710>,
clerk-tax collector ($3,000), ex
tra office help <$300>, and
health officer and attorney
($2001, and $2,700 for new of
fice equipment and improve
ments to the new building and
grounds.
Police: $9,810, with $7,860 of
the total salaries for three full
time officers.
Fire: $6,065, with $3,555 of
total as final payment on the
new fire truck. Salaries of the
chief and firemen estimated at
$1,610.
Water: $24,800, with $12,000
for improvements, $3,300 for sal
aries, $3,750 for power pumps,
and $3,750 for meters, pipes,
and fittings.
Street: $31,240, with $5,040
for salaries. $5,000 for street
lighting, $1,000 for street clean
ing, $1,000 for street and side
walk repairs, $11,000 for street
improvements, and $3,750 for
new truck.
Debt Service: $28,270, prin
cipally interest on water, street,
and building bonds.
Tallent Reunion
The Tallent reunion Is set for
July 22 at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Tallent on Womack
Street in Franklin. A picnic
lunch will be served at noon.
There will be preaching at 11
o'clock. Frank Tallent. presi
dent. has announced. Members
of the family and their friends
are invited.
The Weather
The week's temperature and rainfall, an
foorded in Franklin by Manson Stiles.
U. S. weather observer; in Highlands br
Tudor N. Hnll and W. C. Newton TV A
observer; and at the Coweta Hydropic
Laboratory.
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed.. July
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
86
84
85
81
78
84
80
HIGHLANDS
Wed.. July 4 76
Thursday 74
Friday 74
Saturday 74
Sunday 66
Monday 78
Tuesday 74
Wednesday
COWEHTA
Wed.. July 4
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
83
82
83
89
78
83
77
63
64
63
65
65
63
58
57
57
61
63
63
61
57
51
59
60
58
63
64
61
68
.49
.46
.10
.06
.06
.50
.52
1.71
.52
.74
.13
1.11
.12
.04
62
.43
.47
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