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CIRCULATION
Last Week
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W>b* iUacottian
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, March 14, 1957
Despotism is the same
in a popular assembly,
an aristocratical council,
an oligarchical junto,
and a single emperor.
? John Adams.
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RED CROSS
DRIVE IS
UNDERWAY
Kick-Off Dinner
Held At Kelly's;
Film Is Shown
Macon County's annual Amer
ican Red Cross fund campaign
is now officially under way, fol
lowing a special kick-ofl din
ner meeting of voluntesr work
ers.
Held Tuesday night of last
week at Kelly's Tea Room, the
program of the "dutch treat"
gathering was featured by the'
showing of a movie, a short
talk by a former A.R.C. field
director, and the distribution
of campaign literature.
The movie, entitled "A Let
ter", was brought here and
shown by Miss Ruth Lockman,
of Asheville, area A. R. C. rep
resentative.
Miss Elsie Lee, who now lives
in Wayah Valley, spoke to the
more than 25 present about the
work of the A. R. C. in Japan.
She was a field director at a
large hospital there for 21
months.
Co-chairmen of the cam
paign, the Rev. S. B. Moss and
W. W. Sloan, have asked for
the support of the entire coun
ty in topping the chapter's $3,
873 quota as soon as possible.
In recent weeks, both have been
meeting with organizations over
the county, speaking on the
work of the chapter. They hope
to complete the drive within
the month.
F. F. A. Judging Teams
Have Contest Here
Future Farmers of America
teams from the Nantahala Fed
eration met here Monday after
noon for a land judging con
test.
Held at the Parker Brothers'
farm on Cartoogechaye, the
contest saw Bryson City take
first place, Franklin second,
and Hayesville third.
Teams from Robblnsville and
Stecoah also competed.
The contest was staged by of
ficials of the local soil conser
vation district, with Joel Caw
thorne and W. Lacy Harper in
charge.
Members of the Franklin
team were Bill Fouts, Ronald
Harper, Richard Setser, and
Johnny Killlan.
And Suddenly It Wasn't Spring Time Here Anymore
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SPRING-LIKE WEATHER became a winter wonderland
for Macon County Friday when a light snow blanketed the
area. Those h?.rbingers of Spring, Robins, sat sluggishly on
lawns, obviously caught unawares, and undoubtably confused
at the turn of events. Early risers found their automobiles
heaped with snow and had to bzing windshield scrapers into
play like .Mrs. Tommy McKay (above) before going to work.
Schools were ncl closed because of the light snow, so moist
school children m ssed the fun. However, pre-schoolers like
Johnny Rucker turned out some classic snowmen before the
sun melted the needed ingredients. Johnny (left) is get
ting some help with his undertaking from his mother, Mrs.
Vance Rucker. ,
Mrs. Murray
Heads V. F. W.
Auxiliary
Mrs. Anne Murray has been
elected president of the local
V, F. W. Auxiliary, succeeding
Mrs. Clyde Slagle.
Named to serve with Mrs.
Murray during elections Mon
day night were Mrs. Katherine
Perry, senior vice-president;
Mrs. Mildred Perry, junior vice
president; Mrs. Tootsie Wil
liams, treasurer; Mrs. Peggy
Christy, chaplain; Mrs. Laura
Dean, conductress; and Mrs.
Lucinda Crownover, reelected
guard. The retiring president,
Mrs. Slagle, was made a trus
tee.
An installation of the new of
ficers is scheduled later in the
year.
Following the election, the
district auxiliary president, Mrs.
Marie Barnard, of Franklin, en
tertained members at tea
Advance Ticket Sale Opens
Today For Chamber Dinner
Advance tickets for the Frank
lin Chamber of Commerce's an
nual dinner meeting on March
28 go on sale today (Thursday).
Chamber directors, who are
pushing the advance sales, urge
everyone planning to take in
the banquet to buy their tick
ets ahead of time so some
gauge of attendance can be
had.
Guest speaker for the banquet
will be Chancellor Robert B.
House, of the University of
North Carolina.
The kick-off event .of the
chamber's annual membership
?drive, the banquet will be held
in the high school cafeteria.
Both the Rotary and Lions
clubs have voted to attend the
banquets at their regular week
ly meetings.
4-H'ers Parade Through Town Saturday
MACON'S 4-H CLUBBERS paraded through downtown Franklin Saturxfay as the closing fea
ture of their observance of "National 4-H Week". Orerooated against the cold and wind (top pic
ture) are the "King and Queen of 4-H", Tommy Sherrlll and Jean Dills, who were sponsored by
Carson. lot la 4-H had the prlie- winning dost of the parade (bottom picture). Its Uieme was
"Eat Better to Grow Better".
Meeting To Talk
New Girl Scout i
Troops Called
A meeting to discuss organi
zation of new Girl Scout troops
has been called for tomorrow
(Friday) nigh', by .Mrs. Ernest
Hyde, county chairman.
It will be held at the Frank
lin Methodist Church at 7:30.
All girls interested in joining
the Girl Scouts are asked to
attend with their parents.
SCOUTERS TO MEET
Scouters of the Smoky Moun
tain Boy Scout Disrict commit
,tee have a supper meeting sche
duled tomorrow (Friday) night
at 6:30 at Clark's Restaurant,
between Franklin and Dilisboro.
Several Scouters from here will
be on hand.
ALL-NIGHT SINGING
The annual all-night singing
will be held at the Cartooge
chaye Church of God, begin
ning at 7:30 Friday night. The
public is invited.
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Parade Held;
Iotla Wins
Undaunted by a blustery,
chilly winter wind and flurries
of snow, Macon County's 4-H
clubbers paraded .Saturday
through downtown Franklin as
the closing feature of their
week-long celebration of "Na
tional 4-H Week".
Leading the parade along
Main Street were the "King and
Queen of 4-H", Tommy Sherrill
and Jean Dills, Cartoogechaye
students who were sponsored in
the penny-a-vote king and
queen contest by the Carson
Community 4-H Club. Heavily
overcoated. the royal pair wav
ed bravely to the sidewalk
crowd from an open conver
tible. Tommy is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. L. Sherrill and Jean
Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Turner Dills.
Iotla Wins
Iotla's entry took top prize in
the float contest. Its theme was
"Eat Better and Grow Better".
Second place went to Car
toogechaye's livestock project
float, while a soil conservation
Dntry by Otto won third.
Other groups entering floats
were Carson community club,
C7ullasaja community club. East
Pranklin, Cowee, and Franklin
High School. Union's float fell
victim of the gusty wind and
was destroyed on the trip into
town.
$84.49 Raised
Mrs. Joan Hennessee, assis
tant agent, reported that the
Icing and queen contest in the
schools raised $84.49. The mon
sy U" to be used by the county
x>uncll for 4-H work.
Helping Hand
Reaching Out
To Couple
The helping hand for which
Maconians are widely known
is reaching out to Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Evitt, an Ellijay
couple whose home burned
Friday night.
A shower for the Eritts is
slated for Monday night at
the Ellijay Baptist Church at
7:30. Gifts of food, clothing,
or household goods will be
appreciated. Cake and coffee
will be served by the women
of the Ellijay community.
Anyone wishing to donate
articles or food, but who will
be unable to attend the show
er, may leave them with Ken
neth Neal at the Indian
Mound Service Station in
Franklin or with Bob Estes at
Cullasaja.
Town Elections
Slated For May
Balloting Set For
May 7 In Franklin
And Highlands
Macon's two towns, Franklin
and Highlands, are now pre
paring to hold aonpartisan bi
ennial elections in May.
Balloting is set by law for the
7th.
Elect'on procedure, including
the establishment of a filing
deadline, tops the business pro
grammed by the Franklin Board
of Aldermen at its coming April
meeting, according to Town
Clerk C. O. Ramsey.
Highlands already has set its
election machinery in motion.
The town's attorney, J. Horner
Stockton, this week prepared
the necessary legal papers for
the election. The deadline for
liling in Highlands is April 13.
Registration books will be open
for seven days prior to the
election, April 20 through April
27. The 27th will be challenge
day. On the 20th and the 27th
(Saturdays i the law requires
the books to be open from 9
a. m. to 9 p m. Tolliver Crunk
leton has been appointed regis
trar and C. A Wilson and Hen
ry Wright will b? judges.
A mayor and five town com
missioners are to be elected for
two-year terms in Highlands.
Incumbents are Mayor V. W.
McCall, Tudor N. Hall, C. E.
Talley, H. S. Talley, J. S. Potts,
and L. W. Rice, Jr.
In Franklin, a mayor and six
.aldermen are to be picked.
Serving presently are Mayor W.
C. Burrell, A. G. Cagle. J. Frank
Martin, J. c. Jacobs, Prelo Dry
man. Sam Gibson, and J, L.
West, Jr.
Town Is Seeking Repeal
Of Tax Penalty Legislation
The Town of Franklin is
seeking repeal of a piece of
local legislation which removes
penalties for non-payment of
taxes.
In session last week, the
board of aldermen voted to re
quest Rep. G. L. Houk to take
Macon School Board
Submitted In Omnibus
Bill To Legislature
The omnibus boards of edu
cation bill, including the names
of Macon County men nomi
nated in the spring election,
has teen introduced in the gen
eral. assembly and is expected
to be passed by the last of this
month.
Members of this county's
board are C. C. Sutton, George
Gibson, and Erwin Patton, all
for terms of two years.
MEETING IS CHANGED
Regular weekly meeting night
of the Franklin squadron of
Civil Air Patrol has been chang
ed to Friday at 7 o'clock at the
airport. Since last fall, the
squadron has been meeting on
Wednesdays to avoid conflicts
with football and basketball
games on Fridays.
Bsrrong Fatally Injured
In Auto Wreck Near Sylva
L?e Koy tserrong, 43, sales
manager for Burrell Motor
Company in Franklin for the
past 10 years, died in C. J. Har
ris Hospital Tuesday morning of
injuries received in a head-on
automobile collision Sunday
night near Sylva.
He suffered head, chest, and
internal injuries.
A passenger riding with him,
Thomas Clarence Dickson, 46,
of Charlotte, is still hospitalized
in Sylva. His injuries are not
critical. An auditor, Mr. Dick
son had been working on Bur
rell Motor Company's books for
several days. Mr. Berrong had
taken him to Asheville to get
some personal belongings and
auditing supplies.
State Highway Patrolman S.
W. Sanford, of Sylva. who in
vestigated the accident, gave
this description of what hap
pened:
Mr. Berrong's automobile was
traveling toward Franklin at a
high rate of speed. At a point
three and a half miles east of
S.vlva, in the Addie community,
the Franklin man's '57 Chevro
let went partially into the other
lane and in a curve met an
auto coming from the opposite
direction.
Both cars were demolished.
Occupants of the second car,
all Negroes, were hospitalized
in Sylva. The speed of their car
was estimated at between 30
and 40 miles an hour.
There was an eyewitness to
the wreck, Patrolman Sanford
said.
Both Mr. Berrong and Mr.
SEE NO. 1. PAGE 12
the necessary steps toward that
end.
Passed 12 to 15 years ago. the
legislation applies to the three
local taxing units; that is, the
two towns, of Franklin and
Highlands and the county.
However, the aldermen are
interested only in teeing the
penalty clause restored in
Franklin, as provided under
General Statutes 105-345, G.S.
105-345 provides for a penalty
of l per cent on unpaid taxes
on Feb. 1; another 1 p^r cent
on March 1; and then one half
of one per cent per month in
terest thereafter until full pay
ment.
The only "penalties" paid
now by delinquent taxpayers
are advertising costs and six
per cent interest on unpaid
amounts after tax sales certi
ficates are drawn.
Sewer Extension
Aldermen also have approved
a sewer extension in East
Franklin from the Little Ten
nessee bridge to the city limits.
Town Clerk C. O. Ramsey says
the 2,000 feet of pipe needed
for the project already is on
order.
The Weather
The week's temperature^ and rainfall helow
are recorded in I-ranklin by Manson' Stiles,
U. S. weather observer; in Highlands by
Tudor N. Hall and W. C. Newton. TV A
oh*.-, v.-rs; ;ind at the Coweta Hylrologic
I.:ib? i ' i rv . Readings are for the 24-hour
I.. ! (*| ..-riding at 8 a.m. of the day listed.
FRANKLIN
Hish Low Rain
Wed., March 6 50 39 .10
Thursday 41 36 .12
Psidav ? 3!) 29 .42
Satirchy 39 -7 .00
Sunday 61 21 .00
Monday 73 27 .00
Tutsday 67 47 .10
Wediu ,!ay 31 trace
HIGHLANDS
Wed.. March 6 42 ;"S trace
Thursday 40 32 .25
Friday 30 2J .27
Saturday 31 19 .00
Sunday 59 19 .00
Monday 61 29 .00
Tue ,ay 6ti 40 trace
Wednesday 32 .00
COWETA
Wed.. March 6 48 38 .10
Thursday 43 3S .13
Friday 39 29 .65
Saturday 39 26 .00
Sunday 60 20 .02
Monday 73 28 trace
Tuesday 67 45 .13
Wednesday 34 .00
THIS IS u on-the-scene photograph of the automobile In which Lee Roy Berron*. el rraek -
lin, was crltlcr.'ljr Injured Tn a head-on collision near Syhra Sunday night. He died Tueeday
morning in the Sylra hospital. (Photo Courtesy of THE 8YLVA HERALD.