Net Paid CIRCULATION lUlt Week 2629 t iFfanklin ffe 8ft? JRat:4.86 +0.55 Oct. 57.7 + 1.7 5.16 + 1.70 Nov. 44.8 ?0.3 2.34 ?2.81 Dec. 47.3 +7.8 8.70 +1.57 * Deviation from normal Highlands Man's Name Is Given To New Moss A new moss species has been named for Henry Wright, field naturalist for the Highlands Bio logical Station. Called "Ditrichum Henryi", the moss was found on June 7, 1951, at the Upper Palls of Whitewater River in Jackson County by Mr. Wright and Dr. Lewis E. Anderson, of Duke University. An article reporting the new species appears in the current issue of The Journal of the Ellsha Mitchel Scientific Society, which is published for the society' by the University of North Caro lina Press. The article says, in part: "The new species has been dedi cated to Mr. Henry Wright, field naturalist for the Highlands Bio logical Station. Highlands, N. C. Mr. Wright, a lifelong resident of Highlands and a devoted and enthusiastic student of the out doors, has served as guide, com panion, and observer for count less investigators In the Southern Appalachians. It is a pleasure, therefore, to associate his name with this handsome and distinct species." P. T. A. TO MEET The Union P. T. A. will meet at the school cafeteria tonight (Thursday) at 7:30. ? Is A Watershed Satisfactory? 8 Other Towns' Experience To Be Told In Next Press Franklin town officials and citizens are studying the prob lem of obtaining an adequate supply of good water. The mayor and aldermen have under particular consider ation the proposal of the engi neering firm of Harwdod Beebe Company that the town get its water from Cartoogechaye Creek. The cost of the necessary Filtering plant, pumping station, >tc., is estimated at a third of i million dollars. After T. T. Dawson, Harwood Deebe representative, had read Ills report at a recent confer ;nce of town and Burlington Industries officials, he was aak sd: "What pbout a watershed?" . Mr. Dawson recommended against a watershed, even If an adequate one were available. Every town In Western North Carolina that .has a watershed has found It unsatisfactory, he said. 80 ,Jth.at Franklin people may profit by the experience of their neighbors, The Press last week sent a reporter to eight othfer Western Carolina towns. In each, he Interviewed town of ficials, business men, and citi zens about their water supply. Specifically, towns using water sheds were asked: "Is it satis factory or unsatisfactory?" The answers to that question will appear in a news story In next week's Press. FIVE CHOSEN AS DIRECTORS OF CHAMBER McSween, Gnuse, Crisp, Angel, Brady Named; WU1 Elect Officers The Franklin Chamber of Commerce elected five directors this week and Chamber Presi dent Verlon Swafford said he will call a directors' meeting some time next week for an election of new officers. Directors are Dr. George R. McSween, H. H. Gnuse, Jr., J. C. Crisp, T. W. Angel, Jr., and J. P. Brady. Dr. McSween and Mr. Gnuse were elected to two year terms by virtue of receiv ing 1 the highest number of votes. The other directors will serve for one-year terms. Woodrowi Reeves was elected a director, but declined to serve. The balloting was conducted, by mall. Holdover directors are Steph en A. Bundy and Mr. Swaftord. Outgoing members of the board are Frank B. Duncan, J. C. Jacobs, Allen Siler, John Crawford, and Mr. Gnuse, who was re-elected. Local Girls Take Ninth Straight Win Franklin High School girls' basketball team won its ninth straight game Tuesday night when the local girls defeated Clayton, 54-23. The game was played on Georgia soil. Bonnie Lee and Carolyn (?Cissy) Dowdle tied for high point honors, with 19 each. Willard Smith, with 12 points, was high for th boys, who lost to Clayton, 46-33. Tomorrow (Friday,,), Franklin plays High lands there. Tuesday, Glenville comes here for games. Last Friday night, in a non conference game, the girls beat Hayesville, 50-38, with Frank lin's Lucy Henry getting 19 points. In the boys' contest, Franklin came out ahead, 48-34. Frank Bean was high man with 14 points. Hayesville led at the half, 21-18. Principal Harry Corbin said this week that the reduction in admission prices, an experiment tried for the Hayesville tilt, would be continued for the next home game. That will be with SEE NO. 6. PAG 3 10 Late News and Briefs MRS. CORN DIES Mrs. Flora Adeiine Norton Corn, 75-year-old resident of Dillard, Ga . Route 1, died un expectedly Tuesday at her home. KILLED IN SLAST William Howard Keener, a native of Franklin, Route 5, died Monday from injuries received In a dynamite blast on a con struction job on which he was employed at White Plains, N. Y. The funeral will be at 2:30 p. m. today (Thursday) at Walnut Creek Baptist Church. Business Leaders Here See Good Year Ahead After a good business year ill 1956, what are the prosperity pros pects for 1957? "As good as the past year," say: the cashier of the bank. "As good or better," answers the secretary-treasurer of the building and loan association. '"?About the same, speaking lot the farmers," reports the county agent. "Best year yet," forecasts the president of the Franklin Cham ber of Commerce. The four men made their pre dictions on the heels of Franklin Christmas trade, which topped the previous year's, despite unseason able weather. Deposits were up In the Bank ? of Franklin by more than $200.00(1 in 1956, Cashier Henry W. Cabe i says. "Our growth has been steady and we expect the same thing this year", he added. Sff. Cabe points to the tight money situation ? so-called, be ? cause interest rates are higher and money is harder to borrow ? as be ing a question mark in the 1951 prosperity. "It's hard to predict exactly what effect it will have.' Tight money also is mentioned by R. S. Jones, of the Macon Coun ty Building and Loan Association Mr. Jones says the association had a banner year in 1956. Now, with SEE NO. 5. PAOE 10 Council Chairman W. W. (BILL) SLOAN Mr. Sloan, of Franklin, has been elected chairman of the steering council for the W.N.C. Rural Community Development Program for 1957. An employe of Nantahala Power and Light Company, he ha.s been active in both the county and area rural development contests since they were begun in the early 1950's and he is now serving as treas urer of the county steering council. His co-chairman on the area council is Mrs. W. G. Dil lard, of Jackson County. % Motor Tag Sales Slower Than In '56 Motorists ,are not as quick to buy their auto license plates this year as they were during the same period last year. Verlon Swafford, manager of the branch office here for the Carolina Motor Club, listed these figures through. Monday of this week: Autos, 430; trucks, 146; and trailers, 10. During a comparable period last year, the figures were 510, 238, and 23, respectively. To get the first auto tag is sued in Macon County, Furman Angel, Jr., arrived before 5 a. m. the day the tags went on sale, Mr. Swafford said. His father. Dr. Furman Angel, who was with him, got the second tag. These are numbers SE 701 and 702. Low numbers came up last Saturday. About 9 a. m., SF 1 was issued. Power Firm Sets Record In Safety Last year was a record breaker 6afety-wise. in the 27-year history of Nantahala Power and Light Company. W. W. (Bill) Sloan, safety di rector, reports the company made it through the year without a single disabling injury resulting in loss of time. This unusual record represented some 300,000 man hours for ap proximately 140 employes, he said. It is not going unnoticed. Special safety awards are due to arrive soon from the Southeastern Klec trie Exchange and from the Alumi num Corporation of America, the parent company of N. P. & L. Nantahala is presently leading the Alcoa smelting division in safety Mr. Sloan explained. In 1S55, the power company had five disabling accidents and 19 cases requiring medical treat ment, but causing no loss of time Its last disabling accident oc curred Dec. 12, 1955. Poultry Meeting Set For 2 Today All broiler, hatching egg, and commercial poultry producers are urged by County Agent T. H. Fagg to turn out for a spe cial meeting today (Thursday) at 2 p. m. at the Agricultural Building. The meeting will be between extension service personnel and local producers. W. G. Andrews, poultry specialist from Raleigh, will have charge of the session. It's 26 'Guests' At Jail Last Month Cost County $125 It cost Macon County $125 for room and board for its 26 "guests" at the county jail during December. Those who are found guilty of the offenses charged will have to reimburse Lhe county for its hospitality. All of the guilty, that is, except those who receive prison mtnufes; their expenses are borne by the county. The county pays the jailer a $1 turnkey fee for each pris oner locked up, and $1.50 a day for meals. The December bill was presented to the Board of County Commission ers at its meeting Monday. FIRST BABY to arrive in 1937 In a Macon County hospital is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Wood, of Highlands. Welfhinc in at nine pounAi, tw > ounces, the newcomer has been .named Doyle Michael. Dr. J. W. K?.hn was on hand at Anfel Hospital w.hen Doyle put In his appearance at 3:M p. m. Jan. 2. The Woods' other son, Scott, 1, appeared elated at the prospects of having a playmate. ? ? __ CONCERN BUYS LAND FOR RADIO STATION TOWER Site Is On Lake Emory; Firm Hopes To Go On Air About March 1 Purchase of a 16-acre tract on Lake Emory as the site for a radio tower and transmitter was announced here Tuesday by the Macon County Broadcasting Company. The property was bought from. Mrs. W. B. Mc I Guire. i Work on the 204-foot tower, to be built of heavy steel, and a ? concrete block house, 8 feet by 8 feet, for the transmitter, at the foot of the tower, will get under way shortly, with the hope that the station here can go on the air about March 1. The announcement was made by Graves Taylor and Henry G. Bartol, Jr., of Tryon, and J. E. Boyd, of Landrum, S. C., part ; ners in the broadcasting com pany, all of whom were here ' Tuesday. The company plans to rent space for a downtown studio, but the location is not yet de ; cided. Meanwhile, arrangements have been made, the three men said, with the Western Carolina Telr ephone Company for lease of telephone wire circuits between the transmitter and the studio, and with the Nantahala Power and Light Company for operat [ ing power. The 500-watt, 1050 kilocycle local station will be on the air from sunrise to sunset, it was said. Its call letters will be WFSC, and it is designed to serve six counties, Macon, Jack 1 son, Clay, Cherokee, Transyl " vania, and Rabun, in Georgia. The construction work will be under the direction of Palmer A. Green, of Greenville, S. C., the company's consulting engi neer, the trio announced. A staff of five to six persons is planned. The only staff mem ber already chosen is James S. Boyd, son of one of the owners, who is now employed as an an nouncer at the radio station the three men operate in Tryon. Purchase of the Lake Emory tract was handled through Sam Higdon, real estate dealer. The price was announced as $1,600. Jackson Party Bags 3 Bears A hunting .party from nearby Jackson County bagged three bears In the Scaly section of this county on Dec. 31. according to Wildlife Protector C. H. Boring. The kills were made in the vicin ity of the Highlands garbage dump. Mr. Boring said the animals were a female and two cubs. The cubs weighed more than 50 pounds and were legal game, he explained. The bear season closed at sun down on Jan. 1. PLAN B. AND L. MEET The annual stockholders meeting of the Macon County Building and Loan Association will be held at the association office next Thursday (January 17?, at 7 p. m. President H. W. Cabe will preside. The Weather The week'f* temperature* and rainfall below are recorded in Franklin by Manson Stiles. U. S. wither observer; in Highland* by Tudor N. Hall and W C. Newton. TV A obnervem: and at the Coweta Tfydrolojpic Laboratory. Readings are for the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. of the day listed. FRANKLIN High Low Rain Wed.. Jan. 2 41 17 .00 Thursday 45 9 .00 Friday- 40 32 30 Saturday 57 35 .35 Sunday 48 33 trace Monday 51 37 .11 Tuesday 50 20 .00 Wednesday ? 41 .00 HIGHLANDS Wed.. Jan 2 ' 36 14 .00 Thursday' 38 10 .00 Friday 46 28 .00 Saturday . 53 38 .98 Sunday 40 38 .00 Monday 40 38 .11 Tuesday 42 14 .00 Wednesday 38 .08 COWEETA Wed.. Jan. 3 42 11 .00 Thursday 44 19 .00 Friday 38 28 .29 Saturday ' 58 36 .87 Sunday _ . ? Monday Tuesday " - J1 Wednesday ? . jfc ,W ?