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Franklin, N. C, Thursday, July 26, 1956
Sixteen Pages
Whelan Is Named
Johnson Successor
New Coweeta Chief
To Arrive Monday;
Kovner Is Leaving
Don Whelan, a native of
Connecticutt, la being transfer
red from Philadelphia, Pa., to
succeed E. A. Johnson as forest
er In charge of Coweeta Hydro
logic Laboratory here.
Mr. and Mrs. Whelan and two
children will move here next
week and take up temporary
residence in the Kelly Apart
ment until the Johnsons vacate
their house at Coweeta.
Mr. Johnson, who has headed
the unique laboratory for eight
years, is being promoted to
chief of watershed manage
ment research at the Central
States Forest Experiment Sta
tion In Columbus, Ohio. In his
new job he will have charge of
all watershed studies in Iowa,
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
and Kentucky. The Johnsons
and their three children plan
to leave for Ohio in mid-Aug
ust.
Mr. Whelan will officially
take over his new duties at Co
weeta on August 15.
Kovner Leaving
Research Forester Jake Kov
ner also is transferring from
Coweeta to a new post as sta
tistician at the Rocky Mountain
Forest Experiment Station at
Fort Collins, Colo. Also a pro
motion, his new job will see
him assume the responsibility
for the design and analysis of
all forest and range studies in
Colorado, South 'Dakota, Wy
oming. New Mexico, and Ari
zona. He is transferring some
time next week. He has been at
Coweeta five years.
Jamison Sets
Store Opening
Opening of Jamison's 5 & 10
Store in Franklin is set for to
morrow (Friday).
The new business, with Frank
Jamison as owner, occupies one
of two store units in the new
building recently completed by
the Jamisons on Palmer Street
across from Farmers Federation.
The other store unit is still un
occupied.
East Franklin Club
Plans Supper; Dance
Team Will Entertain
A "covered dish" supper will
be held Saturday night at 7 by
the East Franklin Neighborhood
Development Club at the school.
President Bob S. Sloan said a
business session will be held fol
lowing the meal and that the
East .Franklin square dance
team will entertain.
STATION BEING BIULT
A new Phillips 66 service sta
tion is now under construction
at the intersection of Maple
and West Palmer Streets in
Franklin.
Little
League
Standings
Team Standings W L Pet.
Wildcats 5 0 1.000
Jaybirds 3 3 .500
Thunderbirds 2 4 .333
Reddys 1 4 .200
Leading Pitcher
Mashburn 6-2
Leading Hitters
Hlgdon, Wildcats .537
Swan, Reddys .522
Yeary, Jaybirds .472
Davis, Thunderbirds .438
?Hlgdon leading In home runs
with 6.
Week's Scores
July 18: Jaybirds, 14, Reddys,
2.
July 21: Wildcats, 5, Jaybirds,
4; Thunderbirds, 7, Reddys, 2.
July 23: Thunderbirds, 11,
Jaybirds, 8.
Coming Games
July 28: Jaybirds vs Reddys,
3 p. m.; Thunderbirds vs Wild
cats, 5:30 p. m.
July 30: Wildcats vs Jaybirds,
5:30 p. m.
August 1: Reddys vs Thund
erbirds, 5:30 p. m.
White Way'
For Franklin
A modern "white way" Is In
Franklin's not-too-distant fu
ture.
Following a survey of street
lighting In other towns, 23 of
the latest fluorescent lighting
fixtures are on order and de
livery is expected before long.
The decision to modernize
Main Street with the new fix
tures was made by a commit
tee of aldermen composed of
Prelo Dryman, J. Frank Martin,
and Sam Gibson. They visited
Waynesville, where mercury va
por street lighting is used, and
Hendersonville, where fluores
cents have been Installed, be
fore deciding the fluorescents
are more suited to Franklin's
needs.
The new lights will form a
solid "white way" along the
main business district from the
town hall on West Main to the
post office at the top of Town
Hill. From the post office to
the Little Tennessee River, fix
tures will be installed at in
tervals. If practical, this area
will be turned into a "white
way" "later, when budget funds
permit, the aldermen said. For
the time being, however, they
feel lights properly spaced will
adequately light that section.
Baptist Deacons Set
Dinner Meeting At
Oak Grove Tonight
The Macon County Baptist
Deacons will meet this (Thurs
day) evening at 7 o'clock at the
Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Dinner will be served and the
meeting will follow.
W. O. Crawford, president,
will preside, and the Rev. R. W.
Abrams, of Sylva, will be the
speaker.
All Baptist deacons through
out Macon County are invited.
C. A. P. Plane Finds
Temporary Home Here
Another airplane has found a
home ? temporarily ? at the
Macon County Airport.
The Franklin squadron of
Civil Air Patrol this week-end
welcomed a U. S. Air Force L-5
and it will be based here for
three months under a rotation
agreement among C. A. P. units
of the area. As an auxiliary of
the Air Force, the C. A. P. gets
training planes from the serv
ice.
LEAVING FOR TULSA
C. Banks Finger, immediate
past president of the Franklin
Jaycees, leaves today (Thurs
day i by airplane for Tulsa,
Okla., for an official meeting
at the U. S. Junior Chamber of
Commerce headquarters there.
He is one of five national di
rectors from this state making
the trip. lie plans to return
home Sunday.
BIDS TOTAL $183,589 ?
Sylva Firm Gets Contract
On New Hospital Wing Here
i t
W. B. Dillard Construction <
Company, Sylva, Monday was i
awarded the contract for build- I
lng the new two-story out-pa- ?
tient wing at Angel Hospital, ]
Inc.
Dr. Edgar Angel, medical dl- 1
rector, said bids for the project
totaled $183,589, a figure more
than $40,000 higher than first
estimates.
Under terms of the contract,
the Sylva concern must begin
construction within 10 days and
will be granted 200 work-days
to do the job.
Dr. Angel said an additional
$33,000 probably will be spent
Dn opetetlng room equipment
ind In blending the architec
ture of the new wing and the
}ld. Tentative bids on these
phases are now in his posesslon
but no action has been taken
on them.
The main floor of the new
wing will connect with the wait
ing room on the southwest side
of the present building. Doc
tors' offices and treatment
rooms will be on the main floor
and major and minor operating
rooms and the hospital's ob
stetrical facilities on the second
floor.
Excavating for the new wing
has been finished for some time.
Flower Show
Opening Set
For Friday
With the theme of "A Moun
tain Garden", the Franklin
Garden Club's annual flower
show will open to the public
tomorrow (Friday) in the high
school cafeteria.
Hours will be 2 to 9:30 p. m.
on the opening day, and 10 a.
m. to 9:30 p. m. on Saturday.
Exhibits are being placed to
day. Judging is set for tomor
row* morning at 11.
Top place in the show will be
the sweepstakes award. This
will be presented to the ex
hibitor who wins the most
points in all sections of the
show.
First, second, and third place
in all sections will be designat
ed by blue, red, and white rib
bons.
Mrs. Allan Brooks is chair
man of the show this year.
Rotary District
Governor Coming
Here To Speak
Stanley A. Harris, of Boone,
district Rotary governor, is
scheduled to visit the Franklin
club tonight (Thursday) at its
regular meeting at Slagle Me
morial Building.
A native of Johnson County,
Tenn., Mr. Harris is a graduate
of Aaron Seminary and the
University of Chattanooga and
he received his LHD from Tus
kegee Institute and LLD from
Texas College. For more than 30
years he has been a national
field executive of Boy Scouts of
America and has directed the
organization of about one-third
of all the Boy Scout councils in
the U. S.
SING AT COURTHOUSE
The fifth Sunday singing will
be held Sunday at the court
house beginning at 10 a. m., J.
M. Raby, president, has an
nounced. The Walraven Quar
tet, of Calhoun, Ga., and other
out-of-state singers will appear
on the program. All singers are
invited.
Skinner Retires
At Ri'oim School
O. C. Skinner has retired as
president of nearby Rabun Gap
Nacoochee School.
Friday, at the annual meeting
of the school's board of trus
tees, Mr. Skinner was honored
for his achievements and devo
tion to the school by being
elected president emeritus. The
faculty, trustees, and friends
presented him the keys to a
new automobile as a further
mark of affection and esteem.
He is living in Highlands.
Mr. Skinner's successor is Dr.
Karl Anderson, a native of
Wisconsin and resident of Geor
gia for seven years. He has
been on the staff of the school
for several years as executive
vice-president.
Soil Bank Registration
Extended To July 27
Soil Bank regulations govern
ing the '56 Acreage Reserve
Program have been amended to
extend the final date for pro
ducers to register from July 20
to July 27, according to the
A.S.C. office manager, Miss Mil
dred Corbin.
To date, 41 tobacco growers
here have placed their crops in
the acreage reserve for spring
for a total of $4,518.75, Miss
Corbin said.
The amended regulations also
provide for the disposition of
burley tobacco through August
3.
Robinson Family Sets
Annual Reunion Sunday
The family of P. A. (Andy)
Robinson will meet at Slagle
Memorial Building Sunday, July
29, for its annual reunion. All
friends and relatives are invited
to come and bring a picnic
lunch.
WALDROOP IMPROVING
Bill Waldroop, of the U. S.
Navy and son of Mr. and Mrs.
James L. Hauser, of Franklin,
is reported improving from in
juries received in an automobile
accident July 17 in California.
He is hospitalized in the U. S.
Navy Hospital at San Diego.
'Hillbilly Day' Fever Rising
There's a festive fever rising
up Highlands way this week as
the resort town braces Itself
for the fifth annual onslaught
of "Hillbilly Day" next Wednes
day (August 1).
Last year's celebration, at in
tervals, found an estimated 10,
000 persons taking part in the
mountain madness that strikes
the town once a year. Those in
charge predict the '56 shindig
? weather cooperating ? is going
to de even better.
That "dreaded Hillbilly law"
will officially have its strangle
hold on Highlands from 8 a. m.
to 8 p. m. Any person ("living
or daid"i caught inside the city
limits in non-hillbilly clothes
can expect to be hauled off to
the "stockaid" in the center of
town by "Sharf" Riley Johnson
and his "depooties" for a brief
spell and to pay a stiff fine for
attempting to "foil the short
arm of the law".
"Sharf" Johnson, who has
jugged many of prominence,
from bootleggers to congress
men. in his past four years of
service, promises even swifter
justice this year.
"We won't stand for no tom
fool flauntin' o' the law as long
as this hyar tin star hangs on
the front o' mah over-halls," he
declared in a pre-celebration
interview this week.
Parade At 10
To clear the afternoon for a
new feature, the "Parade of
Hillbillies" is scheduled to start
at 10 in the morning. It will as
semble on the street by the
Highlands Cleaners and Laun
dry, according to Richard
Thompson, town recreation
leader, who heads the celebra
tion.
Prizes will be awarded the
best float and to the best group
on foot.
From among those marching
in the parade, a secret panel of
judges will select the "monarchs
of the mountains", "Country
Squire" and "Highlands Belle",
whose coronation will be a fea
ture of the evening's program.
A junior "squire" and "belle"
also will be selected by the
judges, Mr. Thompson said.
Barbeque Slated
A barbeque dinner will be
served, starting at 11 o'clock,
with the proceeds earmarked to
help finance the celebration.
At intervals during the day,
mountain contests. ranging
from ever-popular hog calling
to the challenging greasy pole,
will be staged.
The best beard in town also
will be selected in a contest for
"hairy human beans" during
the day. Any male (or female)
with a beard not more than six
months old may enter.
Music-Music-Music
It'll be music, music, music in
the afternoon as a new feature
of "Hillbilly Day" tries for a
permanent place on the annual
program.
Between 20 and 30 string
bands from some 15 states will
compete in an old timey con
test that is expected to last all
afternoon and into the night.
The bands are members of the
Jimmy Rogers Society of Coun
try Music. However, other bands
may compete if they register
nrior to the contest with Mr.
Thompson.
The band contest will get
under way at 1 o'clock.
Free Street Dance
At 8 o'clock, as the last of
ficial feature of "Hillbilly Day",
the royal couple, "County
Sciulre" and "Highlands Belle",
will be crowned at a free street
dance in the center of town
Judge Nettles Will Preside
Over Short Court Term Here
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Attention On
Murder Trial
Of Teen-Ager
Spectator attention will be
focused on the murder trial of
a 17-year-old boy who has told
officers he mistook his father
for a groundhog and shot him.
The youth, James Dudley
Mathls, has been In the county
jail since the body of his fath
er, William A. Mathls, 71, was
found on June 12 slumped over
his 12-gauge shotgun near a
groundhog hole on a mountain
side near the Mathls home in
the Matlock Branch section. A
.22 calibre slug was found lodg
ed in his head.
Bound over on murder charge
following a preliminary hearing,
the youth's trial is docketed to
be heard by Judge Nettles.
At the hearing, officers testi
fied the boy admitted shooting
his father accidentally, think
ing he was a groundhog.
Justice of the Peace C. C.
Stamey bound the case over to
Superior Court on the strength
of testimony indicating that the
boy had "twisted his stories"
(testimony of Deputy Newell
Pendergrass first officer on the
scene of the shooting) and
could not satisfactorily explain
where he was standing when he
fired the shot from his rifle.
'Pete' And
Radio Band
To Appear
As special attractions for the
Macon County Folk Festival
this year, the "Black Rock
Mountain Boys" and "Pan
handle Pete, the One-Man
Band" have been signed up.
They will perform each of the
three nights of the festival,
August 2-3-4, at the Franklin
Stadium, as professionals and
will not compete for the prize
money being offered amateur
entertainers, according to the
Franklin Jaycees, festival spon
sor.
"Panhandle Pete" is a festival
standby. This will be his fourth
year here.
The "Black Rock Boys", led by
Harry Roberson, of Otto, have
a regular radio program in
Cornelia, Ga. They furnished
background music for dancers
and singers at last year's fes
tival. During the festival, Mr.
Roberson said he will be on the
look out for new acts to pre
sent on their weekly program.
Nightly performances of the
festival are set for 8 o'clock.
A new wooden platform has
been erected by the Jaycees to
provide ample space for square
dance teams to perform. It is
considerably larger than the
one used in the past.
In the event of adverse
weather any of the three
nights, the festival will shift
temporarily to the high school
gymnasium.
Late News
and
Briefs
ROY CANTRELI, DIES
Roy Herbert Cantrell, 46, of
Franklin, Route 3, died of a
heart attack Tuesday about 10
a. m. on a construction job on
the Blue Ridge Parkway on the
Cherokee Reservation.
An employe of Macon Con
struction Company, he was
stricken while operating a bull
dozer on the job.
Funeral services for Mr. Can
trell, a native of Fannon Coun
ty, Ga., were held yesterday
i Wednesday i at 3 p. m. at the
Snow Hill Baptist Church.
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?HOT' STRIKE REPORTED
A "hot strike" of what may
be uranium has been reported
on property owned by W. B.
Thompson, of Iron Mountain,
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 8
Criminal Docket Has
About 109 New Cases
And 30 Hold-Overs
On orders of the judge, Sher
iff J. Harry Thomas's "O yes",
"o yes" Monday morning at 10
o'clock will officially open the
year's "short term" of Superior
Court here.
Presiding will be Judge Zeb
V. Nettles, of Ashevllle.
The term Is for a week only,
as compared with two weeks for
the April and December terms.
Mrs. Kate M. Wrlnn, clerk of
court, this week described the
docket as "light". It lists about
109 new cases and 30 hold
overs, she said.
The civil calendar is set for
Thursday, the clerk said. It lists
12 cases, six of them divorce
actions.
A listing of cases scheduled
for trial, as of last Thursday,
is as follows:
R. L. Anderson, abandon
ment; Truman Moody, assault
on a female; E. H. Brown, as
sault; Harville Miller Parks,
speeding; Robert Derald Ashe,
drunk driving, operating with
out glasses; Robert A. Patton,
aiding and abetting to drunk
driving, possession of whiskey;
Paul Duane Cochran, drunk
driving; Robert Andrew Patton,
drunk driving, improper oper
ator's license; D. L. Burgess, no
operator's license; B. B. Price,
carrying concealed weapon;
Willie Wykle, possession of home
brew; John Lewis Keener, big
amy; D. L. Johnson, abandon
ment; James Stanfield, non
support of Illegitimate child;
Lee Douglas Wood, drunk driv
ing; Bentley Parker, speeding;
Gladys B. Ensley, aiding and
abetting to transporting whisk
ey; Ross Ensley, reckless driv
ing, speeding, transporting
whiskey, no operator's license;
Charles Robert Norris, drunk
driving; Ray Bates, public
drunkenness, aiding and abet
ting to reckless driving and as
sault on an officer; Clarence
Mitchell Byrd, driving after li
cense revoked; Frank Baldwin,
drunk driving (2nd offense K no
operator's license; Wallace Hen
ry, non-support; Myrtle Dry
man. breaking and entering,
larceny; Bennie Ray Younce,
speeding; Herbert L. Sternberg,
assault; Donald R. Thompson,
aiding and abetting assault;
Howard Baldwin, reckless driv
ing, hit and run; Earl George
Roper, aiding and abetting to
reckless driving and hit and
run: JohiV Alvin Solesbee,
reckless driving.
Jacob Mason, reckless driv
ing; Elbert Howard, carrying
concealed weapon; Claude Cow
art. possession of whiskey <2
counts*: Carlton Sanders, at
tempting to break and enter,
assault with a deadly weapon;
Will Singletary, escaping prison ;
Bennie B. Lancaster, escaping
prison; Jesse Edgar Crisp,
speeding, reckless driving;
Frank Elmer Swafford. drunk
driving, no operator's license;
Robert Edward Lepley, reckless
driving; Hershel Williamson,
drunk driving; Max Ray Hun
sucker, reckless driving, speed
ing; Thomas N. Higdon, reck
less driving; Ethel S. Martin,
drunk driving, no operator's li
cense: Wade H, McKinney, aid
ing and abetting drunk driving,
no operator's license; Roscoe
Jenkins, public drunkenness,
possession of whiskey; Patrick
Duncan Desjardins, speeding;
John Wilburn McCall, drunk
driving (2nd offense >; Howard
Thomas Collins, speeding, trans
porting; Coy R. Beatty, drunk
driving: Rollin Astor Deal,
drunk driving; James Taylor
Houston, no operator's license,
(2nd offense*; Robert Gillespie,
no operator's license: Charles
Denning Woodard, drunk driv
ing (2nd offense); Raymond
Harvey Womack, speeding:
Rude Leon Tanner, improper
operator's license; Owen Niles,
damage to public property:
Boyce Carroll, damage to public
property; Charles Lollis, dam
age to public property: Charles
Amos Hannah, damage to pub
lic property; Richard M Hard
ing, damage to public property:
MUSIC CLUB TO MEET
The Franklin Music Club will
meet tonight (Thursday at 8
o'clock at the home of Mrs E C.
Kingsbery on White Oak Street.
Owen Nlles, escaping prison;
Gerald Moss, reckless driving;
Robert E. Coward, speeding; R.
O. Pressley, speeding; Ralph
Eugene Baldwin, reckless driv
ing, speeding; James Junior
Johnson, speeding; Robert LeA
Welch, speeding; Jimmy Delano
Passmore, no operator's license;
Howard Gene Shafer, speeding,
James Marshall Tallent, speed
ing; John Henry Davenport,
speeding and carrying concealed
weapon; Furman Tillman Hed
den, drunk driving; James
Sanders, drunk driving.
Roy Guffey, drunk driving, no
operator's license; Waymond
Bradley, speeding; Walter
Charles Miers, speeding; Ken
neth R. Norton, aiding and abet
ting to drunk driving; Richard
Carroll Keener, drunk driving;
Thomas Burton Simonds, drunk
driving; James Prank Gibson,
speeding; William Jerry Hed
den, speeding; Jasper Lee Wil
liams,, speeding; Earl L. Shanks,
speeding; Tom Allen Smith, Jr.,
speeding; George Lee Torllne,
speeding; Francis Delbert Fol
ey, speeding; L. Bert Stokes,
speeding; James Dudley Mathls,
murder; Joe Hudson Jackson,
drunk driving; Russell Camp,
drunk driving, no operator's li
cense; Robert Earl Owens, aid
ing and abetting drunk driving,
no operator's license; Frank Ed
gar Henson, Jr., drunk driving;
Louis Ivory York, speeding; Vic
tor J. Antonishen, speeding;
Newton Penland, fishing on
posted property; Kenneth Led
ford, larceny; Pless Patton
Henry, speeding; Johnnie Greg
ory, breaking and entering,
larceny; Lawton Jess Taylor,
speeding, reckless driving;
Richard Dan .Munday, no op
erator's license; Coy F. Beatty,
improper use of dealer license;
Eugene Ray Rickman, larceny,
(2 counts i, no operator's li
cense; Troy Arvil Welch, driv
ing after license revoked, lar
ceny (2 counts); Leonard B.
Hollifield, speeding.
John Rekl Queen, drunk driv
ing; Doyle Gene Dills, breaking
and entering, larceny; Marvin
Woodrow St. Clair, no operator's
license; Carolyn Louise McCoy,
no operator's license; Ted Mill
er farmer, permitting non-11
censed person to drive; Robert
Eugene Smith, larceny of auto
mobile; Arthur Roger Belt,
speeding; Furxnan Franklin
Houston, reckless driving; Jos
eph Stanley Winsock, loaning
operator's license, permitting
non-licensed person to drive;
Freddie Henry Woodall, no op
erator's license; Roy L. Scar
borough, assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill;
Luther H. Honeycutt, Jr., and
Charles Lollis, aiding and abet
ting, assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill;
James Lee Rogers, no operator's
SEE NO. 2. PAGE 8
Editorial Page
This week's editorial materi
al will be found on Page 10.
PICTURES LOST
Pictures for this issue, sent
out-of-town for engraving, at
presstime were on a free bus
ride somewhere in the U. S-. hav
ing missed connections some
where in W N. C. If located,
they'll make a belated appear
ance next week.
The week's temperature* ami rainfall, as
Recorded in Franklin by Manson Stiles.
U. S. weather observer; in Highlands by
Tudor N. Hall and W C. Newton. TV A
observer: and at the Coweta Hydrolojric
Laboratory.
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed, July 18 86 56 _
HIGHLANDS
Wed.. July 18 72 56
COWEETA
Wed.. July 18 84 54 .39
Weather
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
84 63 . .22
82 64 .15
84 62 .04
87 61 .03
82 62 .37
86 60 .02
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
74 62 .05
71 61 .15
75 54 1.30
7,5 56 .10
78 58 .78
80 58 .15
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
84 62 .68
80 61 .17
83 55 trace
82 56 .IS
82 56 .20
85 56 .04