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71st Year ? No. 41
Franklin, N. C.? Thursday, October 11, 1956
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Sixteen Pages
Judy And Her Dog, 'MisQue'
SCHOOL IS NEXT -
Judy's Recovering
Fourteen-year-old Judy Blaine
will be going to school before
long ? for the first time.
This coming experience is
happily anticipated by the vi
vacious young miss. Te Judy it's
a personal triumph, one that
underscores her fierce determi
nation to live.
You see, Judy is now recover
ing from two extremely delicate
heart operations that have
opened for her a whole new way
of life.
"House ridden" by a faulty
heart since she was about four,
her life has been a perch-like
thing of more don'ts than do's.
Without heart surgery, doctors
estimated she would never reach
20.
Remarkable strides in heart
surgery in recent years, how
ever, brought new hope for Judy
and her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Doyle Blaine, of Franklin.
But the decision to undergo
surgery was entirely hers.
"We told her the whole story,"
her mother explained this week,
"and then left it up to" her."
"At times I think people can
be real screwy about not hav
ing operations . . . when It
means their life," chimed in
Judy. "No, I wasn't afraid."
The team of surgeons that
performed the operations in
August at Emory University
Hospital were themselves amaz
ed at the girl's determination
and will power under the tedi
ous pressure of the ordeal.
"It was just stubborness,"
Judy says. "And I was just too
dumb to be nervous ... I was
busy watching what was going
on around the operating room."
The first operation, perform
ed by the team August 10, last
ed seven hours. The surgeons
repaired a duct that failed to
close ftl Judy's heart at birth.
Nineteen days later, on Aug
ust 29, the plucky girl was
again rolled into the operating
room for a second operation.
This time she was "frozen" to
lower her temperature and slow
the heart beat while a constric
tion in the aorta ? the giant
trunk artery that carries blood
from the heart ? was removed.
Six hours ticked off during this
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 8
Registration Books Opening
Saturday For Coming Vote
Registration books will open
Saturday in the county's 11
precincts for the second elec
tion inside of two months.
Voters to the polls to
cast ballots >r the special
Pearsall school amendment and
three regular session amend
ments on September 8.
On November 6, they'll again
go to the polls to elect public
officials in the regular general
election.
Following the opening of the
books Saturday, Registrars are
required to keep them available
for new registrations on the two
succeeding Saturdays, the 20th
and 27th.
Challenge day will be Novem
ber 3, the Saturday preceding
the Tuesday election.
A rundown of local, state, and
national candidates will appear
in next week's issue.
1st Month School Figures
Show Enrollment Up 155
First-month enrollment fig
ures just released by the school
superintendent's office show
total membership in the system
is up 155 students over the close
of school last spring.
Of the increase, 114 are in
the county's four high schools
and 41 in the 11 elementary
schools.
Total enrollment at the end
of the first 30 days of instruc
tion was 3,830. Of this total, 2,
961 are elementary students and
869 high school. Membership at
the close of school was 3,675.
Franklin High's enrollment is
684; Highlands, 88; Nantahala,
89; and Chapel, 8.
Elementary enrollment, by
schools: Franklin, 413; East
Franklin, 383; Cullasaja, 323;
Union, 260; Cowee, 244; Otto,
244; Cartoogechaye, 288; Iotla,
237; Nantahala, 214; Highlands,
298; and Chapel, 58.
Hardest Hit
From the standpoint of pro
jected enrollment, Franklin
High is going to be hardest hit,
according to Supt. Holland Mc
Swain.
With a present enrollment of
684, Franklin High is expected,
under present trends, to have a
membership of 1,057 by the
school year 1959-60. In terms of
teachers, this means the high
school is going to need class
room space for 33 teachers, or
11 more than are on the pay
roll this year, the superinten
dent said.
By 1959-60, Highlands High is
expected to have 132 and Nan
tahala High about 85; figures
that will not particularly tax
the capacities of the two, he
said.
Contest Judging
Set Next Week
Judging of Macon's rural
community development contest
is set for Monday and Tuesday,
according to County Agent T. H.
Fagg.
The judges, who will come
from out-of-county, are still be
ing selected, he said.
Meanwhile, the 15 active com
munities are completing scrap
books and worksheets as the
deadline nears.
About $1,100 in prizes will be
awarded the winning groups.
Local merchants put up the
money.
Judging of tne W. N. C. con
test is set for November. Most
of the communities here also
are competing in it.
Panthers And Sylva Battle
To Scoreless Tie In Mud
Handicapped by a soggy field,
the Franklin High Panthers and
the Sylva High Hurricane bat
tled to a scoreless tie Friday
night in Sylva.
Tomorrow (Friday) night, the
Panthers go on the move again
for a game with Robbinsville
High at 8 o'clock. On the 19th,
they will host Swain High.
Friday night's deadlock found
Franklin and Sylva playing
most of the time around the
50-yard line on a field muddy
and wet frojn a heavy rain that
fell shortly before the kick-off.
Players on both sides were
good for about two plays In the
muck and mire before becoming
unidentifiable. And, because of
the wet field, fumbles came
frequently on both sides.
The Panthers moved to the
Sylva 8 on the opening kick
when Sylva fumbled the kick
off, but the Hurricanes held
them for downs.
Sylva returned the anxiety in
the fourth period by moving to
the Franklin 12 before being
turned back on downs.
Oppon. fumbles recovered 1 3
Statistics
First downs
Yds. gained rushing
Passes attempted
Passes completed
Yds. gained passing
Passes intercepted by
Punting average
F S
4 9
99 123
1 3
0 2
0 19
0 0
33 36
Yds. lost penalties
0 0
S-T-R-E-T-C-H! These unidentified. Franklin and Sylva gridders are giving the old college
try in reaching out for the elusive bail in Friday's game, which was pb.yed on a soggy field. This
particular play was a pass attempt to the Panther (background) and the ball was batted down by
the Sylva maa in the foreground.
Scout Drive
At Half-Way
About half of Macon County's
$1,850 quota in the annual Boy
Scout fund drive has been col
lected, according to Harry C.
Corbin, chairman.
The drive cpeued week before
last and is being handled for
the most part by volunteer
workers canvassing the business
and residential areas.
Mr. Corbin has requested all
workers ? to report collections to
him personally by the 15th of
the month so a progress report
can be compiled.
Henson Heads
G. O. P. Club
A Macon County Young Re
publican Club was formed here
last Thursday night during a
five-county party meeting at
Panorama Court.
Calvin Henson was elected
temporary chairman of the new
club. Serving with him are Bill
Bryant, vice-chairman, and Miss
Winnie Bates, secretary-treas
urer.
Permanent officers were to
have been elected and a pro
gram outlined at a meeting last
(Wednesday) night at Pano
rama.
Attended by some 75 party
leaders, the five-county meeting
served as a kick-off for the
campaign of Richard C. Clark,
candidate for Congress from the
12th district. In a brief speech,
Mr. Clark, of Hendersonville,
outlined his campaign plans in
opposing Rep. George Shuford.
He placed special emphasis on
veterans' proposals, and what
he termed Rep. Shuford's "lack
of feeling" for legislation for
the veterans of the country.
Kirk Newell, of Henderson
ville, served as chairman of the
election of officers for the new
county club. Orville Coward, of
Sylva, spoke briefly on the state
organization of Young Repub
licans.
C. Bryant McClure, chairman
of the senior party group, pre
sided over the meeting.
Other counties represented in
cluded Clay, Graham, Swain,
and Cherokee.
Area Fat Stock Show
Dates Are Changed
Dates for the annual W.N/C.
Fat Stock Show and Sale have
been changed.
The event previously was set
for November 6-7, but because
of the general election on the
6th it will now be held Novem
ber 13-14.
Macon County P.F.A. and 4-H
members plan to send about 20
animals, according to Wayne
Proffltt, vocational agriculture
teacher.
One- Way Street Opposition
Heard By Franklin Board
SOIL GROUP
PLANS MEAL
Barbecue Dinner
Set 24th As Fund
Raising Event
A barbecue dinner to raise
money lor the Macon County
Soil Conservation District is
slated October 24 in the Frank
lin High cafeteria.
The district is self-supporting
and its three supervisors, J. S.
Gray, Robert C. Parker, and
Edwin J. Bradley, hope the ben
efit will clear enough for oper
ating expenses.
Harry Brown, of Mountain
City, Ga., a former assistant
Secretary of Agriculture, has
been obtained as guest speaker
for the dinner. He also is a re
tired extension service director
in Georgia.
The F. F. A. boys, under the
supervision of Wayne Proffitt,
will prepare the barbecue and
the supervisors extend an invi
tation to everyone to attend.
Oscar Ledford also is donating
his services. Serving will begin
at 6:30.
Burlington
Grants Wage
Increase
Wage employes at Burlington
Industries here are working for
more money.
Monday morning a general
pay increase went into effect
for the large hosiery outfit.
Just how much this means in
dollars and cents locally is not
yet known.
Plant Supt. Stephen A. Bundy
Monday morning reported "we
are now working out rates for
each individual job".
About 6,500 employes of Burl
ington Hosiery Company's 18
plants in North Carolina, Vir
ginia, Tennessee, and Alabama
are sharing in the pay increase.
?
Says Highways
May Be Rerouted
To Miss Town
A state highway traffic engi
neer says it is "very likely" that
main highways will be routed
away from the main part of
Franklin if a two-way street
system is reinstated.
Here last Thursday to help
the town iron out some of the
"bugs" in the new one-way in
stituted week before last, Robert
A. Burch, of Raleigh, spoke out
in favor of the town's decision
to use one-way streets as a
means of reducing congestion
in the business section.
However, should the town de
cide to return to the old two
way system, Mr. Burch said it
is "more than just a probabil
ity" that the highway depart
ment would see fit to channel
the main highways (US 23-441
and US 64) over the "back
street (Palmer)". This would
mean the bulk of through-traf
fic would miss the entire busi
ness section, he said. Parking
also would probably be restrict
ed on Palmer, the engineer
added.
In defense of one-way streets,
Mr. Burch said it takes "a lit
tle time to work out the bugs",
but that they have proved their
worth in many other towns and
cities. He recognized that the
local system at present has
some disadvantages, but he de
clared "they can be worked
out".
While the one-way streets do
not provide more capacity for
traffic, the engineer said they
do allow a smoother flow of
traffic by running it in the
same direction. They also allow
parking on both sides of a
main street, he pointed out,
where two-way congestion
would mean removing parking
on one side entirely.
In some instances, he noted,
the highway department has
stepped in and exercised its au
thority over parking on two
way streets used for major
highways and maintained by
the state.
Proponents Present,
But Silent During
Airing Of System
Opponents of Franklin's new
one-way traffic system public
ally aired their views at a spe
cial meeting Tuesday night
with town officials, calling the
change "sudden . . . drastic . . .
undesirable" and declaring it
directly responsible for "eco
nomic damage" to a number of
businesses.
A return to the old two-way
system was asked and an eight
point list of suggestions to re
leive congestion was submitted
by the opposition.
Although about a dozen who
have openly lambasted the
switch to one-way traffic in
the three weeks it has been in
operation were on hand for the
meeting, they sat quietly by and
left the talking up to their at
torneys, G. L. Houk and J.
Horner Stockton.
On one point the opposition
and the town agreed. That is
the new 22 l/2 degree angle of
parking now going into effect
along Main Street. If two-way
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 8
Late News
and
Briefs
Brer Rabbit's Gotta Eye
Twinkle Over Biggest Year
"Zippety zim!" There's an un
derstandable twinkle In the eyes
of that mischievously lovable
Brer Rabbit, who directs activ
ities on the heavily-traveled
"Uncle Remus Route" (US 441).
And that sparkle was fired
in his eyes by the biggest and
most profitable season yet over
US 441.
Which just goes to prove that
Joel Chandler Harris was 100
per cent "keerect" when he
wrote that Brer Rabbit -"Is de
slickest, smartest feller of all
de creatures around."
In spite of highway construc
tion here and in Georgia, the
"Uncle Remus Route" channel
ed thousands of vacationers
through Macon County. Detours
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 8
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Brer Rabbit Shows The Way
DETOUR OPEN
US 23-441 between Franklin
and Dillsboro is again detour
free.
The "fill"- near Cowee Gap
that motorists have been de
touring for several weeks has
been replaced by highway crews
and traffic is again moving
over it. The section had to be
replaced when underground
water gnawed out its base.
* * *
WERE NOT INJURED
Mrs. C. B. Hussey, her daugh
ter, Claudine, and her mother,
Mrs. W. A. Raines, were unin
jured Sunday about 5 p. m.
when struck by a slow moving
automobile in front of the post
office. They received checkups
at Angel Hospital and were
then released.
Policeman Homer Cochran
said the driver of the car was
Larry Potts, 19, of Franklin.
The officer quoted him as say
ing he was blinded by the sun
as he topped the hill and was
only moving about 5 m.p.h. at
the time the people were struck
No charges were preferred.
? ? ?
HAVING OPEN HOUSE
"Uncle John" Justice is plan
ning an open house on his hill
top farm in the Holly Springs
community Sunday to celebrate
his 86th birthday, which was
last week.
"Anybody that comes by and
wants to holler 'Helo, Uncle
John' will be welcome," he de
clared this week.
"Uncle John", a widower,
says he will be unable to serve
refreshments, but will certainly
make everyone feel at home.
The Weath er
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Temperatures
Hieh Low Rain
FRANKLIN
Wed.. Oct.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wedresdr. v
74
75
78
74
69
76
80
Wed.. Oct. 3
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
( EDITOR'S
temperatures.
Saturday
HIGHLANDS
66
66
71
58
58
56
57
53
30
36
37
57
.27
Wed.. Oct
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
NOTE
. Thursday
unavailable.)
COWEETA
24
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31 _
42 _
41 _
Highlands
through
73
73
74
71
69
72
78
51
57
51
55
54
29
34
38
trace
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