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71st Year ? No. 45
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, November 8, 1956
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Sixteen Pages
Eisenhower - Nixon Ticket Gets Majority Here
? Preus Staff Photo
JUTTING SKYWARD are the steel columns that will hold the roof and floors of the new
clinic wing at Angel Hospital, Inc. The "lift slab" method of construction is being used and the
roof and floors are to be jacked into position up the columns.
They 11 Be Raising The Roof
Soon Over At Angel Hospital
They'll be raising the roof be
fore 16ng at Angel Hospital, Inc.
And a literal raising it'll be,
too. In addition to the roof, a
couple of floors also will go
skyward.
All of this has its origin in
the construction of the new
$140,000 out-patient clinic wing
at the hospital.
.They're using the "lift slab"
method of building the two
story wing, a type of construc
tion that has the floors and the
roof of a building poured in
concrete on the ground level
and then jacked up into po
sition ? the roof first, then the
second floor, and finally the
first floor, as is the case of
the hospital wing.
Individually, the floors and
the roof are poured about nine
inches thick with concrete and
reinforcement steel around 12
round steel columns. As one
dries, preparations for pouring
the next one are started on
top of it.
The herculean task of hoist
ing the roof and floors falls to
12 hydraulic jacks positioned at
each of the 12 steel columns.
The synchronized jacks raise
eight inches at a time. The roof
of the hospital Wing must be
raised about 29 feet.
Within the next three weeks,
according to Dr. Edgar Angel,
medical director of the hospital,
workmen will have things ready
for raising the roof into posi
tion.
Bethel High Beats Panthers;
Last Game Is Friday Night
Coach Dick Stott's Panthers
were handed a 27 to 13 non
conference defeat here Friday
night through a ground and
aerial attack launched by the
Blue Demons of Bethel High.
Tomorrow (Friday) night at
8 o'clock, the Panthers, will play
host to Andrews High in the
final game of the regular sea
son. ?
The Bethel -Franklin meeting
saw the visitors register all
School Additions
Near Completion
Three to four weeks should
see the completion of new
building additions in the school
system, according to Supt. Hol
land McSwain.
Construction now under way
includes vocational shops at
Highlands and Nantahala,
lunchrooms at Cowee and Otto,
and two classrooms at Culla
saja.
The Cowee addition probably
will be ready in about two
weeks, he said. All should be in
use by early December, he add
ed.
SING AT CHURCH
The regular second Sunday
singing convention of the
southern division of Macon
County will be held at Clark's
Chapel Methodist Church Sun
day, November 11, beginning at
1:45 p. m., Tom Henson, secre
tary has announced. All sing
ers and the public are invited.
HOODlS COST S315
The new red hoods worn by
the Franklin football team for
the first time this season at the*
Bethel game were bought with
$315 donated by individuals and
business firms in the county.
scores in the first half. Frank- 1
lin made one of its two touch
downs in the second quarter 1
and the other in the. fourth.
A 25-yard run by Bruce Hous
ton put the Panthers into the
ball game, but a smooth-click- 1
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SEE NO. 2, PAGE 8 f
GETS DEE
POWER POST
McGuire, Maconian,
Named Assistant
To President
A native of this county, W. B.
McGuire, Jr., who is now living
in Charlotte, has been named
assistant to the president of
Duke Power Company.
Son of Mrs. W. B. McGuire,
of Franklin, he formerly was
with the legal department of
the company as assistant gen
eral counsel and has been a
director since 1954.
His new position was an
nounced Tuesday of last week
following a meeting of the
company board in New York
City.
Mr. McGuire is a graduate of
Davidson College and the Duke
University Law School. He is a
member of Phi Beta Kappa,
past president of the Mecklen
burg County Bar Association,
ind holds membership in the
N. C State Bar Association and
the American Bar Association.
P. T. A. TO MEET
The Union P. T. A. has a
neetlng scheduled tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 at the
ichool, it has been announced.
Rural Communities Slate
Dinner For Contest Backers
As a gesture of gratitude,
Macon communities Saturday
night will give a special dinner
in honor to those who support
ed the '56 rural development
contest.
Set for 7 o'clock in the Frank
lin High cafeteria, the dinner
also will be featured by the
awarding of prize money to the
winning communities by Verlon
Swafford, president of the
chamber of commerce.
Also planned are brief re
ports from representatives of
each participating community
on activities during the contest
year, according to County
Agent T. H. Fagg.
Between 125 and 150 persons
are expected to be on hand for
the occasion.
The winners of this year's
rural contest are Carson, first
place, Cowee, second, and Iotla,
third.
Winning special awards of $50
each were Cartoogechaye, Culla
saja, Higdonville, Otto, and Pat
ton.
Incentive awards totaling $500
in 10 categories also will be
made.
The scrapbooks submitted by
the top communities will be on
display at the dinner.
Master of ceremonies will be
Woodrow Franklin, president of
the rural community council.
Ordinance Makes Franklins
One-Way Streets Official
Franklin's new one-way street
system Is now official.
In session Tuesday night, ald
ermen gave it their blessing by
passing an ordinance.
Some' adjustments still are to
be made in the set-up, includ
ing the regulation of lights so
traffic may flow smoothly in
and out of Phillips Street and
around the courthouse.
In other actions, the alder
men granted Sherman Ledford
a license to operate a taxi and
authorized Town Attorney R. S.
Jones to advertise a proposal to
change the Burleson property
(junk yard) in East Franklin
from business to industrial real
estate under zoning.
Locals To Leave Saturday
For Fat Calf Show And Sale
Eighteen fat calves and their
youthful owners will be heading
tor Enka this Saturday to pre
pare for the annual W. N. C.
Fat Stock Show and Sale.
The show is scheduled Tues
day and the sale Wednesday at
the Horse and Hound Pavilion.
Wayne Proffitt, Franklin High
vocational teacher, explained
that the local 4-H and F. F. A.
members are going to Enka
early in order to allow the
calves "to settle down" in time
for the show.
A number of local business
men are expected to be on hand
for the Wednesday sale to sup
port the local animals.
Only one girl is entering a
calf this year. She is Miss Eliz
abeth Ann Ammons, a 4-H club
ber from Holly Springs.
The others are Wayne Greg
ory, Charles Gregory, Jim Cor
bin, Jack Taylor, Johnny Taylor,
Joe Taylor, and Jimmy Wil
liams, all of Holly Springs,
Ronald Harper, of Goldmine,
Johnny Killian, Frank Killian,
and Frank Nolen, all of Car
toogechaye, Bill Fonts, Guy
Fouts, Ralph Allen, and John
Allen, all of Cowee, and Bruce
Houston and Lamar Houston, of
Xotla.
Christmas Parade Plans
Revealed To Open Season
A festive parade to officially :
open the Christmas season is
now in the making In Frank
lin.
Scheduled for the 29th of this
month, it already has attracted
about 20 floats from businesses
and civic groups and even more
are expected to enter in the
next few days, according to Hall
Callahan, Jaycee representative
who is working on arrange
ments with a merchants' com
mittee.
This official send-off of the
Yuletide will be the second
trade promotion staged by
Franklin merchants this fall to
stimulate the "trade-at-home"
theme. A "Harvest Festival" was
held in late September.
In announcing advance plans
for the parade, Mr. Callahan
>aid arrangements also are be
ng made to bring bands here
"rom neighboring towns. The
jYanklin Band also will march.
For the younger set, the star
?ing figure in the parade will
>e "Santa Claus", who has
vired his intentions of coming
lere to help open the season,
le disclosed.
Prizes are to be awarded the
>est floats entered in the pa
ade. Two divisions have been
>et up ? business and civic, and
:ommunity.
The parade is tentatively set
or 2:30.
Rural communities and other
nterested groups and businesses
wishing to enter floats may get
n touch with Mr. Callahan,
toy Biddle, Jr., or Sam Gibson,
lead of the merchants commit
ee.
What Does It Take To Be A Winning Community?
What does it take to be a i
prize-winning rural community? \
In the case of Carson Com
munity, winner of the '56 Ma
con County Rural Community j
Development Contest, it has E
taken five long years of hard
work, planning, a lasting spirit
,of cooperation among its fam
ilies, and a strong belief in the
rural developm ent slogan,
"There's No Limit To What A
Community Can Do ? If It
Wants To".
This, then, is "The Carson
Story".
Second In Macon
Carson Community was the
second one in .Macon County to
undertake the challenge of
rural development. The far
sighted community organized
right on the heels of .pace-set
ting Holly Springs in 1952 and
entered the W. N. C. Rural
Community Development Con
test. Its families knuckled
down to work.
From the very start. Carson
has had two main projects
youth work and construction of
a community center.
In its first year of organiza
tion, the community gratefully
accepted a strip of land donat
ed by A. B. Slagle and started
developing a picnic area. Uni
form mailboxes were erected
and youth work was put on a
solid foundation through 4-H
ind community activities, in
which all ages shared.
Area Finished
In its second year, the picnic
'rea was completed and includ
ed two tables, a fireplace, and
garbage facilities. It was open
ed to the general public and
comments from the motoring
public who used it were more
than enough satisfaction for a
job well done. In August of 1953,
Mr. Slagle's generosity again
stepped into the program and
he donated about three acres
of land for a community cen
ter. The plans were drawn by
County Agent S. W. Mendenhall
-*?*??? suiii '?not?
Carson's Community Center
and the footings for a large
center were poured.
Center In Use
The third year saw the build
ing roughed in and in use for
meetings and other functions.
For Carson, 1955 was a highly
significant year for it brought
the completion of the center as
a debt-free project. It had a
fully equipped kitchen and
running water. Oh yes, and a
community library with 337
books, ranging from Bible stor
ies to mysteries and novels. The
books were donated by folks in
side and outside the commun
ity. Today they're listed under
a standard library system. Mrs.
John Cunningham alone donat
ed more than 117 books.
They're still talking about the
Oct. l supper and dedication
of the center, at which Morris
L. McGough, one of the key
figures in W. N. C. rural work,
was the guest speaker.
Places Second
In 1955, Carson Community's
spirit was reflected in its plac
ing second in the county con
test ? second to Holly Springs,
which went on to win new hon
ors as the best community in
W. N. C.
And then, this year, five years
of hard work and planning paid
off for the progressive com
munity. The top spot ? and the
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First Republican
Win Since Hoover
For the first time in more than a quarter of a cen
tury and the second time in history, the Republican
party has wielded its authority in Macon County.
On the basis of unofficial returns from the coun
ty's 12 precincts, voters here Tuesday gave the
(j.O.P. Kisenhower- Nixon ticket a majority of 381
'Ike' . . . Reelected
IN MAY COURT
Misses Julia Moody and Shir
ley Cloer, Macon County sen
iors at Western Carolina Col
lege, have been chosen as mem
bers of the May court. Elections
were held last week.
FELLOWSHIP SUPPER
A fellowship supper will be
sponsored Saturday night at
Otto School for members of the
Macon circuit by the Asbury
Methodist Church. Serving will
start at 7:30. Visitors are in
vlted.
over the Democratic team of
Stevenson -Kef a uve r.
The presidential vote, 12 of 12
precincts reporting:
Eisenhower-Nixon: 3,406.
Stevenson-Kef auver: 3,025.
Nationally, the Eisenhower
Nixon ticket won a sweeping
victory by even bigger major
ities than in 1952.
Houk Is Winner
In a tightly-contested fight
for the county's seat in the
state House of Representatives,
the Democratic incumbent, Rep.
G. L. Houk, has an unofficial
196 vote majority over Repub
lican J. C. Crisp. The count:
Houk, 3,280; Crisp, 3,085.
In the county surveyor's race,
incumbent Democrat Richard H.
Slagle won reelection against
Republican J. L. Sanders, 3,488
to 2,852.
U. S. Congressman George A.
Shuford (Dt, who experienced
a, stiff fight over the 12th Con
gressional District, found some
strength here: He polled 3,227
with 11 of 12 precincts report
ing. His opponent, Richard C.
Clark, Jr., got 2.780.
Democrat Kelley E. Bennett,
in his bid for the state senate
seat from the 33rd district, at
last reports was leading his op
ponent, Republican Ray Wright.
Mr. Bennett, with 12 of 12 re
porting here, took a good ma
jority over Mr. Wright, 3,411 to
2,886.
Patton Wins
In another race of local sig
nificance, Attorney General
George B. Patton. a Macon na
tive. was reelected on the state
ticket. With 11 of 12 precincts
in, he polled 3,360 votes in this
county to 2,722 for his oppon
ent, C. E. Hyde.
In other state races, the
Democrats led by good major
ities.
U. S. Senator Sam J. Erwin,
Jr., in his successful bid for re
election, got 3,235 to Republican
J. A. Johnston's 2,746, with 11
of 12 precincts reporting.
Last In 1928
The last time Macon County
went republican was in 1928,
when Hoover was elected presi
dent.
Mrs. Wells Has
Heart Operation
Mrs. Roger (Evelyn) Wells, of
Franklin, Route 2, mother of
five, is reported recovering sat
isfactorily from a heart opera
tion performed Wednesday
morning of last week at North
Carolina Memorial Hospital in
Chapel Hill.
She is expected to return to
her home over the week-end,
according to members of her
family.
It is understood the .operation
was performed to repair a faul
ty valve in her heart.
The Weather
Th* week's temperature* and rainfall, as
lecorded in Franklin by Mans?on Stilee,
U. S. weather ohservpr; in Highlands by
Tudor N. Hall and W. C. Newton. TVA
observer; and at the Coweta Hjrdrologic
Laboratory.
FRANKLIN
High tow Rain
Wed.. Oct. 31 76
Thursday 75
Friday 79
Saturday 73
Sunday 79
Monday 77
Tuesday 73
Wednesday
HIGHLANDS
Wed-. Oct. 31 63
Thursday 64
Friday 66
Saturday 65
Sunday 62
Monday 64
Tuesday 51
Wednesday
COWFETA
Wed.. Oct. 31
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
ruesday
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74
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72
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74
62
57
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