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Franklin, N. C., Thursday, October 18, 1956
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Sixteen Pages
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? Flood Stall I'iiuto
Final Adjustments At Sub-Station
New East Franklin Power
Sub-Station Is Energized
Completion of a major proj
ect to meet the increased de
mand for electric service by res
idents of Macon County was
realized at 9:30 a. m. Wednes
day morning of last week when
the Nantahala Power and Light
Company's new East Franklin
sub-station was energized.
H. H. Gnuse, Jr., vice presi
dent of the company, explains
consumption of electricity in
Macon County has more than
?doubled in the past five years
and that additional transformer
capacity to meet the demand
and to avoid damage to exist
ing equipment was the solution..
To accomplish this, the com
pany purchased a 7500/9375
KVA transformer and installed
It on the recently acquired new
sub-station site one and one
half miles east of Franklin, just
off of US 23-441. The existing
66,000 volt line into the Frank
lin plant was extended 9,000
feet to the new location. An
other Improvement included in
the project was replacing the
old copper wire along 7,000
feet of the existing 12,000 volt
transmission line with much
larger aluminum conductors to
reduce voltage losses and in
crease the current carrying ca
pacity of the line.
Mr. Gnuse estimates that the
increased capacity of the new
sub-station and other improve
ments should provide adequate
capacity for the anticipated
load growth of the next five to
eight years.
In order to meet future de
mands, provision was made in
the design of the sub-station
for doubling the present capac
ity at minimum expense.
This sub-station replaces one
formerly located at the Frank
lin plant, at Lake Emory dam.
The fenced enclosure includes
the sub-station structure, a
storage shed, and adequate ma
terials and equipment, he added.
Considerable planning and
engineering was necessary in
making these improvements,
Mr. Gnuse said, without major
interruptions in electric service.
To keep interruptions at a min
imum and at times affecting
the fewest customers, the con
ductor replacement was done
in short sections and the work
was done at night.
He explained that the com
pany is continually anticipat
ing the future load growth of
its service area, and has so far
succeeded in meeting the de
mand for electricity ahead of
actual requirements. The com
pany believes this project will
provide the needed capacity for
the expected future load growth
of the area, he added.
BROWN SLATED
TO ADDRESS
SOIL BENEFIT
Is Former Under
Secretary ; Dinner
Will Be Wednesday
A speech by a former under
Secretary of Agriculture, Harry
Brown, is slated In Franklin
next Wednesday night.
Mr. Brown, of Mountain City,
Ga., will address those attend
ing a special benefit barbecue
dinner being sponsored by the
Macon County Soil Conserva
tion District.
The dinner is set for 6:30 in
the high school cafeteria and
an invitation to the public has
been extended by the soil dis
trict supervisors, J. S. Gray,
Robert C. Parker, and Edwin J.
Bradley.
Proceeds are earmarked for
the conservation district, which
is self-supporting.
Official Coming
To Talk Roads
Have any road problems to
air?
Then tomorrow (Friday) is
the day to speak out.
Harry E. Buchanan, of Hen
dersonville, highway commis
sioner of the 14th division, has
announced plans for holding a
public meeting at 2 o'clock at
the courthouse for the purpose
of discussing the road situation
here.
Library Packing
Is Under Way
They're packing up books in
preparation for moving into the
new Franklin Library building.
Mrs. Frank I. .Murray, Sr., li
brian, said the new Phillips
Street building should be ready
for occupancy by next week.
The library is now in tempor
ary quarters near Kelly's Tea
Room on Main.
ATTEND CONVENTION
School Supt. Holland Mc
Swain returned yesterday (Wed
nesday) from Atlanta, Ga.,
where he had been since Sun
day attending the convention of
rural area superintendents.
Franklin Has A White Way;
New Lights Are Installed
Dusk threw the switch on
Franklin's "white way" Friday
against a backdrop of curious
citizens who turned out to
watch the new fluorescent
street fixtures bathe Main
Street in light.
The new units provide more
even illumination along the
street. They utilize fluorescent
tubes, Instead of conventional
bulbs as the old lighting fix
tures did.
Crews of the Nantahala Power
and Light Company installed
them for the town.
The fluorescent fixtures were
ordered by the town in July
after alderman Prelo Dryman,
J. Frank Martin, and Sam Gib
son, who make up the street
committee, surveyed systems
used in /other towns in the area.
A complete "white way" is
formed by the lights from the
town hall on West Main to the
post office at the top of Town
Hill.
Later, when finances permit,
the town plans to extend the
"white way" to the Little Ten
nessee River. For the time be
ing, however, It is felt that sev
eral properly spaced fixtures
from the post office east to the
rivfer are going to adequately
light this area.
This time exposure of the south stale of Franklin's Main Street shows off the new fluorescent
lights installed by the town. The streaks of lights along the street were made by the headlights
of passing automobiles while the camera shutter was open.
G. Patton
To Address
Democrats
Macon County's favorite son
and North Carolina's new at
torney general, George B. Pat
ton, will be principal speaker at
a oounty-wide rally of the Dem
ocratic party here this month.
The rally is set for the 27th
at 8 p. m. at the county court
house, according to Sam Gib
son, president of the local
Young Democrats Club.
Rep. G. L. Houk will serve as
master of ceremonies.
Fred Deal
Gets High
FFA Award
Fred Deal, young Holly
Springs farmer and member of
the Franklin Future Farmers
of America, Tuesday received
the highest
awara ol F.F.
A. ? the Amer
ican Farmer
Degree ? dur
ing the 29th
annual nation
al F.F.A. con
vention in
Kansas City,
Mo.
eon or Mr.
and Mrs. Jake
Deal Deal, Fred this
past summer
made a clean sweep of the dis
trict in Supervised Farming
and Dairy Achievement and was
given $100 to help with his ex
penses to the national conven
tion.
He made the trip to Kansas
City with the executive secre
tary and plans to return here
Sunday.
LOOKING TO
H. D. DAY'
County Council
Meets To Close
Out Old Year
Officers of the Macon County
Home Demonstration Council
met .Monday afternoon to "tie
up the lose ends" of the closing
year and to plan for the annual
"Achievement Day" and the be
ginning of the 1956-57 program.
This fall's "Achievement Day",
an event which recognizes in
dividual and club attainments
over the past year, has been
set for October 30 at the Frank
lin Methodist Church, according
to Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill,
home agent.
A widely- known Macon Coun
ty native, Miss Lucy Morgan,
has been obtained as guest
speaker. Miss Morgan is director
of the Penland School of Hand
icrafts, which in recent months
has received nationwide atten
tion through several magazine
and newspaper articles as one
of the few remaining institu
tions striving to preserve the
arts and crafts of the past.
Of significance at the annual
meeting will be the awarding of
"The Gavel" to the most out
standing club in the county.
Holly Springs took the honor
last year.
The new council president,
Mrs. George Byrd, presided at
Monday's session, held at the
Agricultural Building.
Republicans
Open Campaign
Headquarters
The Macon County Repub
lican Committee has opened an
election headquarters in the
Wilev Clark building, next to
Stiles' Texaco Service Station.
All party meetings will be
held there. Scheduled for Mon
day night Is a meeting of the
Young Republicans at 8 o'clock.
Republicans say they hope to
have the headquarters open
every day. beginning next week.
Information and campaign lit
erature will be available at the
headquarters, they say.
The building will be vacated
after the election In November.
ADDING CENTERLINES
Highway machinery started
putting down certerllnes and
marking traffic Islands for
Franklin's one-way street sys
tem yesterday (Wednesday)
morning.
WINNERS
OF CONTEST
ARE PICKED
Not To Be Revealed
Until November 1 ;
Judges Tour Areas
The critical eyes of judges
fell on 10 communities Monday
and Tuesday as the winners of
the '56 Macon County Rural
Community Development Con
test were selected.
Winners will not be announc
ed until after November 1, ac
cording to contest officials.
The two out-of-county judges
found themselves "covered up"
with tours, community scrap
books, and score sheets as they
eliminated and finally selected
the top winners. Judging were
Mrs. Velma B. Moore, home
agent of Clay County, and Har
ry Brown, of Mountain City,
Ga., a former under secretary
of Agriculture.
Although 15 communities co
operated in the development
program this- year, only 10 were
eligible to compete for the prize
money being put up by mer
chants.
Those in the contest Included
Cowee, Iotla, Carson, Cartooge
chaye, Patton, Higdonville, Cul
lasaja, Holly Springs, Clark's
Chapel, and Otto.
Later this fall, an awards
banquet will be held in honor
of the winners and the mer
chants supporting the program.
Fagg Leaves Tomorrow
For Agents' Meeting
County Agent T. H. Fagg
leaves tomorrow ( Friday i for
Houston, Tex., as a delegate to
the National County Agents' As
sociation convention.
The local agent this year is
serving as president of the
agents' association in the west
ern district.
Mr. Fagg expects to return
from his trip about the 28th.
Robbinsville Licks Locals;
Homecoming Slated Friday
'Too Little, Too
Late' Is Story
Of Friday Game
"Too late with too little" was
the story of Franklin High's
football clash Friday night in
Robbinsville.
Trailing 27 to 0 at the half,
the Panthers fired a closing
rally that pulled them within
two touchdowns of the driving
Robbinsville eleven before the
whistle blew on their first con
ference loss of the season.
Score: 34 to 20.
Tomorrow (Friday) night at
8 o'clock, the Panthers host
the Swain High Maroons for
another conference scrap. It
will be Franklin's "Homecom
ing Day" game.
One First Down
In Robbinsville, the slow
starting Panthers were slapped
in the face with three quick
touchdowns in the first quarter
by shifty backs and good line
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 4
Parade And Alumni
Tea Planned; Queen
Is Being Elected
Franklin High School Is now
sprucing up for the celebration
of "Homecoming Day" tomor
row (Friday).
Features scheduled for the
annual event include:
A parade through town at
10 a. m.
An alumni tea from 2 to 3
o'clock in the school library.
The crowning of a "Home
coming Queen" ai. half-time
while the Panthers and the
Swain High Maroons take a
brief break in their gridiron
activity.
Making its first appearance
of the current school year at
half-time will be the Franklin
Band, under the baton of its
new director. Bill F. Harris.
Electing Queen
A student body election is
under way at the high school
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 4
GRID BATTLE ? Panther back Gary Clark (14) vaults two
would-be Robbinsvtlle tacklers In Friday night's conference scrap.
Franklin lost 34 to 20.
Registrations Up
For Coming Vote
New registrations are "com
ing in a lot better than be
fore" according to J. Lee Barn
ard, chairman of the county
elections board.
He was comparing the reg
istration interest in September's
general "special" election on
constitutional amendments and
that of the coming general bal
loting next month.
Books opened Saturday and
will be open for the next two
Saturdays, 20th and 27th, in
the county's 11 precincts, chal
lenge day will be November 3
and the election three days
later, on Tuesday the 6th.
While specific figures were
not available, Mr. Barnard
Tuesday said registrations Sat
urday were "much higher" than
for the first Saturday the
books opened for the Septem
ber vote.
Most significant contest of the
election is the White House race
between Republican Pres. Dwight
D. Eisenhower and Vice-Pres.
Richard M. Nixon and the chal
lenging Democratic team of
Adlai E. Stevenson and Estes
Kefauver.
Party lines are drawn on the
state ballot as follows :
Gov. Luther H. Hodges (D)
vs Kyle Hayes (R).
Lt. Gov. Luther E. Barnhardt
(D) vs Joe A. Dunn (R).
Secretary of State Thad Eure
(D) vs Grover C. Robblns (R).
State Auditor Henry L. Bridges
(D) vs William White (R).
Attorney General George B.
Patton (D) vs C. E. Hyde (R).
Supt. of Public Instruction
Charles F. Carroll (D) vs T. E.
Story (R).
Comm. of Agriculture . L. Y.
Ballentine (D> vs Fred R. Keith
(Rl.
Comm. of Insurance Charles
F. Gold (D) vs David W. Lee
(R>.
U. S. Sen. Sam J. Erwin, Jr.,
(D> vs Joel A. Johnson (R).
Congressman George A. Shu
ford < D ? vs Richard C. Clark,
Jr., (R).
The following are unopposed
on the ticket: J. Wallace Win
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 4
Woman's Club Preparing
To Hold District Meeting
Tuesday the Franklin Jun
ior Woman's Club will be host
to the annual meeting of Dis
trict 1, N. C. Federation of
Women's Clubs.
Members are now engaged in
final preparations for the event,
which is to be held at the
First Baptist Church with Mrs.
Kelly Bennett, of Bryson City,
presiding.
More than 100 club members
from 14 western counties are
expected to be on hand for the
gathering, according to Mrs.
Larry Cabe, Franklin president,
including a number of state
and district officers.
Committees assisting Mrs.
Cabe with planning include:
Hospitality: Mrs. W. T. Jen
kins.
Registration : Mrs. Tommy
McKay, Miss Meda Angel, and
Miss Joann Hopkins.
Coffee Hour: Mrs. L. B.
Welch.
Decorations: Mrs. Jenkins and
Mrs. Charles Shields.
Registration for the meeting
will begin at 9:30 a. m., fol
lowed by a coffee hour in the
dining room of the church, A
luncheon will be served in the
dining room, prepared by the
Holly Springs Missionary So
ciety, with Mrs. Lorraine Corbin
in charge. t
Mrs. C, E. Henry, vocalist, ac
companied by Miss Judy Hook
er, will present musical selec
tions at the business session
and luncheon.
Pages will be Misses Nancy
Sutton and Launa Baker.
State officers expected to at
tend include Mrs. James M.
Harper, Jr., of Southport, sec
ond vice-president and director
of districts, and Miss Marjorie
Yokley, of Mount Airy, third
vice-president and director of
juniors.
Woolly Worms Out
As Signs Of Cold
If the old-time weather
prophets are right, we're in for
a severe winter.
The woolly worms are out ? in
large numbers and nearly black
in color. This combination, ac
cording to old timers, means an
unusually hard winter.
Early morning motorists have
noticed dozens of the worms
crawling across the highway
near the airport.
Temperatures over the last
week were about average for
this part of October. The coun
ty's low reading was 31. re
corded last Saturday. Monday's
83 was high for the period.
The Weather
The wet-k's temi>erature? and rainfall, aa
tfcorded in Franklin by Manson Stiles.
I!. S weather observer; in Highlands by
Tudor N. Ilall and W. C. Newton, 'H'A
observer: uid at the Coweta Hydrotoffic
laboratory.
Temperatures
High Low Rain
FRANKLIN
Wed.. Oct. 10 77 37 _
Thursday 69 38 ?
Friday 72 35 ?
Saturday 78 31 ?
Sunday 79 37 ?
Monday 83 33 ?
Tuesday 79 33 ?
Wednesday ? 41 ?
HIGHLANDS
Wed., Oct. 10 64 41 _
Thursday 58 35 ?
Friday 61 36 ?
Saturday 66 34 ?
Sunday 68 35 ?
Monday 68 36 _
Tuesday 68 43 _
Wednesday ? 53 ?
COWEETA
Wed., Oct. 10 73 38 _
Thursday 68 36 ?
Friday 68 35 _
Saturday 72 31 ?
Sunday 75 32 _
Monday 77 S3 _
Tuesday 77 34 _?
Wednesday ? 44