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IjjigWatt^ JHaconian
The greater the ob
stacle, the more glory in
overcoming it. ? Moliere.
72nd' Year ? No. 7
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, February 14/ 1957
Price 10 Cents
PapM
Get Those
Tags! Friday
Is Deadline
Motorists who don't have 1957
license plates on their vehicles
after midnight tomorrow (Fri
day) will be violating the law.
The Franklin branch of the
Carolina Motor Club is expect
ing a flurry of last-minute tag
buyers" today and tomorrow.
The automobile series is cur
rently in thfc SH600 numbers.
Through closing time. Tuesday
afternoon, 1,970 automobile tags
had been sold, two motorcycle,
820 private trucks, - 92 farm
trucks, 56 light trailers, and
10 heavy trailers.
Radio Station
Behind Schedule
Over Weather
Franklin's new radio station,
WFSC, is running about a
month behind schedule because
bad weather has held up con
struction.
Sam Higdon, who handled the
realty transfer for the Lake
Emory transmitter-tower site,
said grading operations were
oompleted only this week. If the
weather continues fair, he ex
pects building to begin next
week.
The station had expected to
be on the air about March 1.
Downtown studios have been
leased and will be located in
the Nantahala Building in the
law offices formerly occupied by
Solicitor Thad D. Bryson, Jr.,
and C. Banks Finger.
The station is owned by a
group from Tryon and Lan
drum, S. C.
Drive Brings $225
A house-to-house canvass
Monday night in Franklin', pro
duced $225 for the Lion's an
nual White Cane Drive for the
blind. ~
The drive chairman, J. Wai;d
Long, said the drive is to con
tinue for the rest of the month.
Business establishments and
several communities are next in
line for visits from Lions, he
said.
BENEFIT BUNCO SLATED
\
A benefit Bunco party will be
sponsored Saturday night at
Kelly's Tea Room by the Ne
quassa Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, it has been an
nounced.
HERE'S FRANKLIN HIGH'S championship girls' team,
winner of the eastern division of the Smoz; Mountain Con
ference. Left to right, they are: front row, Jean Phillips,
Frances McClure, Mavis Gibson, Jean Setser, Lucy Henry,
Bonnie Lee, and Mrs. Rose Cbrhin, coach; middle row, Bar
bara Carpenter, Joyce Cole, Carolyn Dowdte, Garaetta Van
hook, Joyce Cabe, Leota Beck, and Claudette Leatherman;
back row, Helen Setser, Joyce Pender if rass, Edith Sheffield,
Shirley Lenoir, Grace Shepherd, Kate Buchanan, and Inez
Hedden. , ? >
Garrison
New Rotary
President
William B. (Bill) Garrison was
elected president of the Frank
lin Rotary Club last week to
succeed Dr. G. R. McSween.
Other officers elected were
Dr. McSween, who automatically
became vice-president; Bob Car
penter, re-elected secretary
treasurer; and directors, Dr. J.
W. Kahn, Wayne Proffitt, H. H.
Gnuse, Jr., and Dr. H. J. (Hank)
Brunk.
Rotary elected its officers
earlier this year in order that
they could attend the district
conference Feb. 21 at Morgan
ton. They will not be installed
until July.
I oung Man' To Be Honored;
State President To Speak
Macon county's "Young Man
of the Year", whose identity is
still a secret, is to be honored
at a special banquet next Wed
nesday (Feb. 20) night by the
Franklin Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Set for Slagle Memorial Build
ing at 7 o'clock, the banquet
also is to be highlighted by an
address by the state president
of the North Carolina Junior
Chamber of Commerce, Bob
Cox, of Chapel Hill. This will
be hie first visit here since he
took office last May.
Although the Jaycees annual
ly honor the "Young Man of
the Year", his selection is
handled by ivon-Jaycees through
nominations submitted by civic,
1 SEE NO. 1, PAGE 8
Who Did You Say Lives In That House?
ONE OF THE top project* thU year of the Northwest Franklin Neighborhood Club is the
erection of name plate* In the jranfc of each home within the etob boundaries. Two-year-eld
Judy Snow and her brother, Jackie, 4, poee with two platea belonging to reatdenta of White Oak
Street. They're the children of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Snow.)
Local Cage Teams \
Enter Tournaments
Franklin Girls
Play Friday After
Drawing A Bye
Basking in the warmth of a
20-game victory streak. Frank
lin High's championship girls'
team tomorrow (Friday) .at 5
p. m. takes on the winner of
the Sylva-Murphy game as the
annual Smoky Mountain Con
ference Girls' Basketball
Tournament gets into full swing
in the Swain High gymnasium
in Bryson City.
The local girls drew a bye in
the opening round of the tourn
ament yesterday (Wednesday).
Undefeated, the team copped
the eastern division champion
ship last week with games still
to play.
If the Franklin girls make it
by Friday's game, they'll meet
the winner of the Glenvllle
Hiawassee Dam and Cherokee
Hayesville games next Thurs
day, the 2lst, at 9 o'clock. The
tournament finals are set for
Saturday, the 23rd, at 9 o'clock.
.Macon County's two other
high schools also are in the
thick of the conference tourna- |
ment. The outcomes of the
Nantahala-Swain High and the
Highlands-Robblnsville games
were not available at press time
yesterday. Both local teams
played in the opening round.
Playing Tonight
The boys' teams of all three
Macon high schools ? Franklin,
Highlands, and Nantahala ? have
games scheduled today (Thurs
day i in the opening round of
play in the male tourney at
Robbinsville High School.
Nantahala takes on Cullowhee
at 5 o'clock, Andrews and Hlgh
ON DISPLAY
Pairings of both the boys'
and girls' , Smoky Mountain
Conference tournaments. In
cluding hours of games and
scores of those played, may
be found on The Press bul
letin board at the courthouse.
lands clash at 6:30, and Frank
lin and Stecoah meet at 8.
The s ami-finals of the boys'
tournament are slated for next '
Wednesday, the 20th, and the I
finals for Friday week, the 22nd.
Franklin divided its final
game of the season. At Glen- <
ville Friday night, .the girls won, <
56 to 56, with Bonnie Lee get
ting 23 points. Willard Smith's i
11 and Gary Clark's nine mark- s
srs were high for the boys, who t
were whipped by Glenville, 63 i
to 45. \
'Dollar Days'
Promotion Set
For Franklin
"Dollar Days" are to be ob^
served by Franklin merchants
Feb. 21-22-23.
The event will be the third
trade promotion sponsored in
side of a year to stimulate the
"trade at home" idea. A "Har
vest Festival" was staged last
fall and a Christmas promotion
later.
As a feature of "Dollar Days'',
a give-away of 100 silver dol
lars is slated at 4:30 p. m. on
the Town Square on the 23rd,
according to Sam Gibson, chair
man of the merchants commit
tee. , -
Eighty-five business firms in
town are participating in the
promotion of "Dollar Days", the
chairman said, and all plan to
feature special bargains.
Assisting Mr. Gibson with the
promotion are Bob S. Sloan, Roy
Moore, Bruce Bryant, and T. Y.
Angel.
Lake Shope Back
On The Job Again
Lake V. Shope, register of
leeds, returned to work Mon
iay.
Although not well of his ail
nent (osteomyelitis), Mr. Shope :
laid he was feeling much bet
er. He had been at home and
n the hospital for several
veeks.
'WHAT'S YOUR NAME ?'
Boy Never Forgets A Voice
"Hello," said Seivert Holland,
addressing his guest in the
friendly, inquiring manner of a
four-year-old. "What's your
name?"
Without waiting for the an
swer, Seivert moved forward
uncertainly, until he could
touch the visitor. The small
boy's hands ran over the
stranger, resting finally on the
face. The child was learning a
new way of life ? how to live
without his eyesight.
Headaches that began last
Summer ended in a brain tu
mor operation for the boy in
November and complete loss of
sight. Vision in his right eye is
gone forever, doctors told Seiv
ert's parents, Mr and Mrs.
Ernest L. Holland, jot Stanfleld
Branch in the Cullasa}a com
munity.'
Hope is held that someday
partial sight can be restored In
the left eye.
The plucky little fellow last
week went back to the Winston
Salem hospital where he had
his operation lri the fait. Doc
tors who e'xamined him told
Mr. Holland to bring the boy
again in about three months.
No evidence of sight was reveal
ed by the examination.
There is the possibility that
a second operation would bring
some vision back to Seivert's
left eye. However, no decision
will be made until later on
whether to operate.
When Seivert returned home
from his operation', for weeks
he lay listlessly in bed, his
father recalls.
Gradually, he began to take
interest in the surroundings of
his black world.'
Sound replaced sight. People
he once knew with his eyes, he
came to know by their voices.
He learned his four brothers
and sisters, his other playmates,
and his parents' relatives and
friends all over again.
In the painful slowness of his
adjustment the four-year-old
developed an amazing gift. He
never forgets a voice.
Town Of Franklin Is Trying
Again To Find Some Water
The Town of Franklin Is mak
ing another attempt at sinking
a well to boost its water supply.
Giving up last week on a non
producing shaft at the 450-foot
mark near Franklin Hosiery
Plant, on orders of town offi
cials the Virginia Well and Ma
chinery Company shifted its
drilling rig to the John Higdon
property on the Highlands road
and started another shaft.
The town has hopes of locat
ing enough water to altow the
Virginia company to make nec
essary repairs to the largest
producing well of the town's
five. This well, "Big Betsy", is
located near Friendship Taber
nacle and for several months
has been losing production be
cause of a faulty casing in the
shaft which is allowing mud to
seep in.
Farmers Snap Up Burley
Money In Only Four Hours
Macon County's soil bank
money for burley tobacco was
used up in. only four hours last
week.
Fourteen farmers' applications
were turned away for lack of
funds and more applications
are expected, according to Miss
Mildred Corbin, Agriculture
Stabilization and Conservation
office manager here.
However, Miss Corbin said
more might be allotted to the
county. She encouraged farm
ers who are considering using
the soil bank to sign up, even
though money is not now avail
able. Should additional funds
be given the county, they will
be given to the applicants in
the order in which they have
signed up, Miss Corbin said.
19 Sl*n Up
The county got $2,459. Nine
teen fanners signed up, ex
hausting the funds. A total of
7.90 acres were taken out of
production for 1957. The first
day of application was Monday
and by noon all the money had
been spoken for.
Farmers are paid an average
of 18 cents a pound for the
tobacco taken out of produc
tion. (The Asheville market
averaged more than 60 cents
a pound this year.)
The amount paid is based on
the 18 cents figure times the
average yield of the land placed
in the soil bank's acreage re
serve.
Cannot Harvest
When land Is in acreage re
serve, the farmer may not har
vest any crop from it. He can,
however, sow it In a cover crop
and receive funds (not connect
ed with the soil bank) to pay
up to 80 per cent of the cost ,
of seeding and fertilizing the
land. j
Last year, the county receiv- i
ed nearly twice as much money 1
for burley soil bank payments. '
Then, 44 farmers signed up and
split $4,784.99. Their acreage re
serve amounted to 15.02 acres. ,
The county has 213 burley to- <
bacco farmers and an allotment ]
sf 64.80 acres. 1
Farmers who want to sign j
tor burley acreage reserve pay- ?
nents In the hope that more \
money will be made available,
have until Feb. 28 to do so. Ap
plications are at the A.S.C. of
fice in the Agricultural Build
ing. ' ,
Jackie Ann Is
Back Home Again
Teenager Jackie Ann Cabe,
who underwent a delicate tumor
operation Feb. l at Duke Hos
pital in Durham, returned home
.Monday in a cheery frame of
mind and a "little bit sore" in
the stomach area where the
incision was made.
Her doctors ordered her to
"take It easy" this week and
said if she feels up to it she
can return to school next week.
"I'll feel up to it," she said
emphatically Tuesday after
noon, while on an auto ride
downtown.
Coming home was a double
thrill for Jackie, 15. She took
her first commercial airplane
ride from Durham to Charlotte,
where she was met. by relatives
who drove her here.
The WeatlW
The week's temperatures and rainfall below
are recorded in Franklin by Mannon Stile*.
U. S. weather observer; in Hifrhlands bjr
Tudor N. Hall and W. C. Newton, TV A
observers; and at the Coweta Hjrdro'ojric
Laboratory. Readings are for the 24-hour
period ending at 8 a.m. of the day listed.
FRANKLIN
Wed.. Fet). 6
Thursday
F"idsrV
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
High Low Pain
67 49 .41
51
69
63
70
61
63
53
.41
46 trace
51 .25
52
33
27
29
HIGHLANDS
Wed., Feb. 6
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday s
Monday
H: esday
Wednesday
62
62
58
62
58
41
46
COWETA
Wrd.. Feb. 6
rhursday
Friday
Saturday
3unday
Monday \
ruesday
Wednesday
67
69
61
72
69
49
55
48
52
42
50
43
34
18
30
46
50
44
49
49
37
.13
.00
.00
.00
.08
.84
.04
41
.33
.00
.00
.00
.16
'79
.02
.31
.19
.00
20 trace
28 .00
Seivert Blows His Whistle