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72nd Year ? Xo. 10
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, March 7, 1957
Price 10 Cents
Sixteen Pages
UNIVERSITY
CHANCELLOR
COMING HERE
House Obtained
As Speaker For
Chamber Banquet
Dr. Robert B. House, the har
monlca-playing chancellor of
the University of North Caro
lina, has been obtained as guest
speaker for the annual mem
bership banquet of the Frank
lin Chamber of Commerce this
month.
The banquet is set for the
28th in the Franklin High cafe
teria. It will serve as the kick
off event of the chamber's an
nual fund campaign. Details for
the banquet are now being
worked out and will be an
nounced next week, according
to President Verlon Swafford.
A versatile educator who uses
his harmonica to enliven his
speeches, Chancellor House has
been at the university for four
decades and has served in a
variety of capacities. A native
of Halifax County, where his
father, the late J. A. House, was
sheriff for many years, . he was
graduated from the university
in 1916 and from Harvard with
a, master's degree in 1917. Ca
tawba College and Powdoin Col
lege have conferred upon him
the honorary degree of doctor
of laws. During World Wair 1
he saw front line service in
France as a first lieutenant.
Prior to his appointment as
executive secretary at U. N. C.
in 1926, Chancellor House
taught at Greensboro High
School in 1919, served as secre
tary and archivist of the North
Carolina Historical Commission
from 1919 to 1926, taught his
tory at N. C. State College dur
ing two summer sessions, and
was a member of the Public
Archives Commission of the
American Historical Association
in 1921.
After serving as right hand
man to two university presi
dents, he was elected by the
trustees as dean of administra
tion In 1934, soon after the con
solidation program went into
effect. He was elected chancel
lor of the university at Chapel
Hill In 1945. He was a leader in
organizing the Citizens Library
Movement in the state, the
State Fine Arts Society, and
the Department of Art at the
university.
Chancellor House will retire
officially In June at the age of
66. However, he plans to re
main on at U. N. C. as a teach
er In the Department of English.
One of the state's better
known public speakers, the
chancellor generally emphasizes
two points: (1) education is a
hallmark of North Carolina
progress, and (2) scholarship is
a desirable goal and aspiration
for the individual student.
Yes, We Have
No Bucks . . .
Theiv- was a "run" on the
Bulk I Franklin Monday.
Only on SI bills though.
The bank found itself in the
position of being unable to
change a $5 bfll for customers
as the banking day wore on.
Usually, a bank official ex
plained, the dollar bill stock
MIds up on Monday as mer
chants make their week-end
deposits. This week, however,
the bills "just kept going out",
he said.
The bank had plenty of the
$1 notes on hand at the be
ginning of business Tuesday.
I^te Monday deposits brought
In the needed bills.
World Prayer Day
To Be Observed
At Franklin Church
"World Day of Prayer" will be
held tomorrow (Friday) at 8 p.
m. at the Franklin Presbyterian
Church.
This service Is an annual
event, sponsored by the United
Church Women of the National
Council of Churches of Christ.
All denominations are Invited
to Join in the service.
TO REVIEW VALUATIONS
The Macon Board of County
Commissioners will sit as a
board of equalization and re
view March 25, 26, and 27 lor
taxpayers who wish to seek an
adjustment in their valuations.
Hearings will be held at the
ocranty courthouse.
Bedroom Addition Okayed
By Commissioners For Jail
A two-bedroom addition to
the jailor's quarters was ap
proved by the Macon Board of
County Commissioners at Its
meeting Monday and construc
tion is expected to begin next
week.
To be built of blocks, prob
ably of shale, the addition will
be built on the backside of the
jailor's quarters. Space In the
front part of the jail building,
now used by the jailor's family
as part of its living area, will
be freed for use as prisoner de
tention cells.
Glen Campbell was authoriz
ed by the commissioners to do
the work, after the three com
missioners inspected the build
ing site. Mr. Campbell said he
thought the job would take
about three weeks to complete.
Along with the new rooms,
the commissioners voted to have
the Jail roof treated with tar.
Mr. Campbell also will do this
work.
The commissioners approved
the contract with R. C. Birm
ingham, certified public ac
countant of Charlotte, to audit
the county's books for a fee of
$600. Mr. Birmingham has held
the contract since 1924.
State Roads
From C. W. Lee, division engi
neer for the 14th highway divi
sion, came word that 1.05 miles
of Eastover Drive and .30 miles
of Speed Road, both in High
lands, have been brought under
the state-maintained county
road system.
23 Jailed
The jailor's February bill, for
$243.50, was presented to the
commissioners and okayed for
payment. Twenty-three people
were confined last month.
Bid Received
C. Jack Ragan, the county's
director of civil defense, ap
peared before the board with a
bid by Motorola, Inc., to supply
radio equipment to the county.
The bid, only one received, was
lor $3,996.50.
Half of this sum will be paid
by the federal government and
the remainder will be paid by
the county, Town of Franklin,
Town of Highlands, and sher
iff's department, depending on
how much equipment each gets.
It will be several months be
fore the equipment arrives.
The commissioners drew a
jury list for April term of Su
perior Court. The names are
carried elsewhere in this issue
of The Press.
All three commissioners,
Chairman W. E. (Gene) Bald
win, John W. Roane, and Wiley
Brown, were present.
Honored For Her
Outstanding Work
For her outstanding club
work, Mrs. Larry Cabe has been
selected as one of 10 young
women In North Carolina to
serve as a page at the state
convention of the N. C. Federa
tion of Women's Clubs in High
Point in April.
She is presently serving as
president of the Franklin Jun
ior Woman's Club.
Carpenter Sells Drug
Store To Dr. Fisher
Dean Carpenter, owner of
.Carolina Pharmacy in Franklin
for more than five years, has
sold his business to Dr. E. W.
Fisher.
The amount involved in the.
deal has not been disclosed.
Mr. Carpenter this week said
he is "undecided" about his fu
ture.
Mrs. T. Y. Angel is now man
aging the pharmacy.
Franklin Baseball Leagues Shooting
For $5,000 Lighting Job At Field
An ambitious $5,000 field
lighting project is being under
taken by the parents' organiza
tion of the Little League and
Pony League in Franklin.
Meeting Tuesday night of last
week, the parents of the young
ball players okayed the light
ing project and decided to give
up plans for a Babe Ruth
League for boys 13 through 15
years and voted to back a Pony
League instead. In Pony ball,
boys 13 and 14 will be eligible.
It is believed the Pony pro
gram is more suited to local
facilities.
An all-out campaign will start
soon to raise money to light the
East Franklin league field. Be
tween the two leagues, eight
games are to be played weekly,
four In each league. Main
double-headers are to be play
ed at night if the money for
lights ca nbe raised.
Two committees have been ap
pointed to work jointly on the
field lighting project. A finance
committee is composed of B. L.
McGlamery, .the Rev. M. W.
Chapman, and Harve Bryant. A
grounds committee has E. L.
Hyde, W. G. Crawford, and Fred
Vaughn as members.
Officers of the new Pony
League include E. G. Crawford,
president; Prelo Dryman, vice
president; and Miss Jo Ann
Hopkins, secretary-treasurer.
Anti-Polio Vaccine For All Under 40
Is Urged By Medical Society Leader
A Salk anti-polio vaccination
program for Maconians from
three months to 40 years is be
ing supported by the Macon
County Medical Society.
Dr. J. W. Kahn, society pres
ident, this week urged everyone
within this age group to start
receiving shots through their
private physicians.
He said the vaccine is now
in ample supply. The national
supply of Salk vaccine Is suf
ficient to provide the full three
shot series for every man, wom
an, and child under 40 years
of age In the United States, he
added.
The vaccine Is given In divid
ed doses, with two to six weeks
between the first two doses and
at least seven months between
the second and third, the doc
tor explained.
Dr. Kahn said the over-all ef
fectiveness Is calculated to be 75
per cent protection against par
alytic polio and that the total
incidence of cases in the U. S.
was halved last year.
A free vaccination program
for school children has been
administered by the local health
department.
.Mavis Gibson
Willard Smith
Two Franklin High Cage
Stars Get Team Berths
Two Franklin High basketball
stars have been named to spe
cial berths on Smoky Mountain
Conference teams.
Panther forward Willard
Smith rates positions on both
the all-conference and all
tournament teams. Forward
Mavis Gibson, a high-scoring
mainstay with the Franklin
girls, who copped the eastern
division title this season, Is on
the all-conference team.
Willard Is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Grover Smith, of Dlllard,
Ga., Route 1. A senior this year,
the rangy athlete lettered in
both football and basketball,
three years in the former sport
and four years in the latter.
Last fall he was co-captain of
the football team.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Dv Gibson, of Franklin, Route
1,' Mavis comes from a sports
minded family. Her sister, Aud
rey, was a basketball bright at
Franklin High in the early
1850's. This past season, Mavis
averaged better than 20 points
per game. She is a senior and
lettered four years in basket
ball.
Jurors For April Superior
Court Term Drawn Monday
Jurors were cnosen Monday
for the two-week term of Su
perior Court which opens April
15.
Picked as first-week jurors
are Homer C. Green, of Frank
lin, Route 1; Fred J. Corbln, of
Franklin, Route 5; Bulen Peek,
of Franklin, Rout? 3; Welmer
R. Cochran, of Nantahala; M.
W. Beck, of Franklin, Route 1;
H. M. Wright, of Highlands; C.
N.- (Joe) Dowdle, of Franklin;
Robert J. Parrlsh, of Franklin,
Route 3.
E. J. Carpenter, of Franklin;
Robert Wiggins, of Dlllard, Ga..
Route 1; John Brendle, of
Franklin, Route 4; Laddie Craw
ford, of Franklin, Route 1; Zeb
Childers, Sanford E. Mann, of
Franklin, Route 2; Crawford
Ayers, of Dillard, Ga., Route 1;
T. H. Johnson, of Franklin;
John Earley, of Franklin, Route
5; Billle Wallace, of Franklin.
Route 1; D. J. Baldwin, of
Franklin, Route 3; R. J. Lewis,
of Highlands; Edd Wallace, of
Franklin; Everett Cook, of
Franklin, Route 3.
Prelo Dryman, of Franklin;
William Frank Plyler, of Frank
lin, Route 4; Leslie Campbell,
of Franklin, Route 3; Rafe B.
Teague, of Franklin; Ted Camp
bell, of Franklin, Route 3;
Claude Houston, of Gneiss;
Jake S. Waldroop, of Franklin,
Route 1; John L. Hurst, of
Franklin, Route 4; Fred Henson,
of Gneiss; John Clark, of
Franklin.
Frank L. Henry, Jr., of Frank
lin; W. A. Grant, of Nantahala;
Clay D. Compton. of Franklin,
Route 2; and W. R. (Nick)
Potts, of Highlands.
Second week jurors are J. S.
Gray, of Franklin, Route 2; G.
W. Owenby, of Nantahala; Pas
chal Norton, of Franklin; Sam
Higdon, of Franklin; John Wil
liamson, of Franklin, Route 2;
Ted Blaine, of Franklin, Route
1; J. T. McCoy, of Gneiss; Lee
Barnard, Jr., of Franklin;
Grady Bradley, of Dillard. Ga.,
Route 1.
Clyde Bingham, of Franklin;
J. C. Sorrells, of Franklin,
Route 3; W. M. Barnard, of
Franklin, Route 3; Herbie Nich
olson, of Franklin, Route 1;
Wiley Anderson, of Franklin,
Route 1; Dan Raby, of Frank
lin. Route 3: Lee Keener, of
Goldmine community; Fred S.
Moore, of Franklin, Route 1;
and Norman H. Evans, of
Franklin, Route 3
Ann Perry, four-year-old
daughter of Mr. and .Mrs.
James E. Perry, Jr., spent two
hours and 25 minutes Monday
afternoon pulling names from
the jury box before enough elig
ible names were found to make
up the required number of 54.
Hacon 4-H clubbers crowd around Saturday at a county
council meeting to plan tor the wliteallw of "National 4-H
? Vim* auff Phut*
Week" with their officer*. The officers, seated, are <L to R)
Virginia Boyd, secretary, Patricia Tatham, praMmt, and
Brenda Cunningham, rice-president.
Macon To Host
District Boards
Macon County will be host to
a meeting of western district
boards at education on Wednes
day (March 13 1.
More than 100 board mem
bers are expected to be on
hand, according to Macon Supt.
Holland McSwain. They'll cofrie
from all counties west of Bun
combe.
Mr. McSwain said the meet
ing will open at 4:30 at Frank
lin High School and a special
supper will be served in the
cafeteria at the end of the ses
sion.
The state president of the N.
C. Junior Chamber of Com
merce, Robert V. (Bobi Cox, is
scheduled to address the group
following dinner. Mr. McSwain
said Mr. Cox, of Chapel Hill,
was obtained as speaker because
of the strong emphasis the Jay
cees are placing on education in
the state through a number of
projects.
This will be- the second visit
here for Mr. Cox inside of a
month. He wa.s the guest speak
er on Feb. 20 at the annual
banquet of the Franklin Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Franklin Wins In Fight
For A. M. Asheville Bus
He 'Scorches'
Holdup Attempt
Seventy-seven year old Will
Parrish talked two young men
out of holding up his service
station on the Georgia road
Friday night.
Strong talk turned the
trick. "He just scorched em"
with some choice cuss words,
according to his son, Max,
and the boys fled.
Mr. Parrish told Sheriff J.
Harry Thomas the two boys,
one brandishing a pistol,
came into the station a.nd de
manded money. A third party
remained in a late model
automobile outside. Mr. Par
rish was alone.
The sheriff said Mr. Parrish
started reading the boys the
riot act, telling them, be
tween some choice language,
"I'm too old for this ldnd of
foolishness. If I had my gun
here I'd blow your %$??? . .
After this barrage of words,
Mr. Parrish related to the
sheriff that the boy with the
run became scared and start
ed shaking.
Then, both boys beat a
hasty retreat from the station
and the car roarod off south.
Sheriff Thomas said the
boys later returned and stop
ped at the Miller N orris store
to get the car's windshield
washed. There were several
cars and people present and
that probably changed their
plans for another holdup at
tempt, he added. The trio and
the car haven't been seen
since.
Franklin has won. at least
temporarily, its fight to keep
its early morning bus to Ashe
ville.
However, under schedule
changes ordered by Smoky
Mountain Stages, effective
March 11. it loses two busses ?
the 3 p. m. bus from Asheville
to Atlanta, which arrives here
at 5:30. and the 6:45 a. m. bus
from Atlanta to Asheville,
which arrives here at 11:10
a. m.
On Feb. 1. at a special hear
ing held by the State Utilities
Commission in Asheville, a local
delegation protested the removal
of the morning bus and called
for better service from Smoky
Mountain Stages.
With the new changes, busses
depart here for Asheville at 5:50
a. m. (except Sunday >, and at
10:25 p. m. Busses will return
from Asheville at 9:30 a. m. and
8 p. m., except Sunday.
Only one bus will leave here
for Atlanta, at 9:30 a. nv The
hour for the return is 10:25
p. m.
Benefit Supper Set
At CartoogecHaye
School Saturday
A benefit supper will be serv
ed Saturday night by the Car
toogechaye P.-T. A. to raise
money for stage curtains at the
school.
Serving will start at 6:30 and
the public is invited. A charge
of $1 will be made for adults
and 50 cents for children.
MEETING AT COWEE
The Cowee Rural Community
Development Organization will
meet tonight < Thursday > at 7:30
at the Cowee School.
IN RED TAPE
Red Cross Blood
Program Explained
(EDITORS NOTE: This is
the first of three stories ex
plaining the regional blood
program of the American Red
Cross and its application lo
cally.)
Though a recent move bogged
down In red tape, the American
Red Cross chapter here still
hopes to some day have Macon
County numbered among those
participating in the regional
blood program, an A R C. agency
supplying blood needs to mem
ber hospitals.
Through its doctors. High
lands has requested permission
to break away from the rest of
the county and Join the pro
gram independently. But it first
must get the same approval the
county would have to have to
participate.
This approval ? either for the
county, as a whole, or just
Highlands ? must come from
four local agencies: the A.R.C.
chapter, the health department,
all hospitals in the county as a
group, and the county medical
society.
To date, two of the agencies
have given approval for county
participation, the A.R.C. chapter
and the health department
Not As Group
.Macon's three hospitals, as a
group, have not approved the
proposed blood program ad
vanced by the AR C. chapter.
James McDanlel, assistant ad
ministrator of the regional
blood center In Ashevtlle, has
reported the Macon County
Medical Society recently would
not give its approval.
(Note: Why approval has not
been given will be the subject
of next week's article.)
Without the approval of all
four agencies, the proposed pro
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 5
The Weather
The w.^k', temperatures and rainfall below
are recorded in Franklin by Mum Stiles.
U. S. weather observer; in Highlands by
Tudor N. Hail and W. C. Newton. TV A
observe? : and at the Coweta ffydroloirie
laboratory . Kejulm** are for the 24-hour
period ending at 8 a.m. of the daj listed.
FRANKLIN
High Low Rain
Wed., Feb.. 27 67
Thursday 62
Friday ' 56
Saturday 61
Sunday 58
Monday 51
Tuesday 45
Wednesday
HIGHLANDS
Wed., Feb 27
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
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54
54
56
52
44
39
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
COWETA
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65
54
57
60
87
48
43
46
48
38
26
33
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