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?Thomas Jefferson
72nd Year ? No. 13
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, March 28, 1957
Price 10 Cents
Sixteen Pages
To^Wants A.R.C. Blood
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is
the third and final article in
a series explaining the blood
profifun of the American Red
Cross and its application to
Macon County.)
With county-wide participa
tion presently out of reach.
Highlands Community Hospital
wants to split from the rest of
the county and Join the region
al blood program of the Amer
ican Red Cross as an Indepen
dent unit.
Application papers necessary
to complete the amputation are
now circulating through official
channels, according to Dr. D. O.
Morton, co-director of the High
lands hospital.
Furthermore, they're expected
to sail through to approval
without a hitch along the way.
The head of the county med
ical society, Dr. J. W. Kahn,
last week said the society would
approve Highlands as a sepa
rate unit; the health depart
merit lavors the proposal; and
the local A. R. C. chapter and
regional officials have given
their blessings.
Approval by all of the above
Is necessary before the hospital
In the small resort town can
participate and derive benefits
from the Ashevllle blood bank.
Program 'Essential*
In an interview last week, Dr.
Morton said he considered the
blood program "essential" In
Highlands because its "walking
donor" system is inadequate to
meet the hospital's needs. This
is primarily because of the
area's small and widely scatter
ed population, he explained.
"Finding donors here in time
to do any good is very diffi
cult," Dr. Morton declared.
He said blood can be obtain
ed quicker, in most instances,
from Sylva and Ashevllle than
from local donors.
Twice In Tear
Twice in the past year, the
doctor said the hospital called
od the regional blood center in
emergencies, although it was
not a participating unit. The
center came through with 10
pints of blood.
Highlands did not replace the
blood. In fact, "they haven't
even asked us to,-" Dr. Morton
added.
As for the blood center's 125
per cent replacement agree
ment, the doctor said he dldnt
think it is too much.
Use 50 Pints
In a year's time, he estimated
Highlands would use about 50
pints of blood. Its replacement,
and the added 25 per cent,
would be no problem because
the attitude of Highlands cit
izens toward the blood program
is "excellent" and "we could
get pLenty of donors", Dr. Mor
ton explained, adding:
"It will be comforting to
know ws have blood available
at all times."
Franklin Highs Graduating
Class Has 3 Valedictorians
Franklin High School has
three valedictorians, instead of
the customary one, In its grad
uating class this year.
They are Misses Mysa Susan
Crawford, Willie Ruth Norton,
and Barbara Jean Phillips, all
of whom made straight A's on
all subjects in four years of
high school.
Class salutatorian is James
(Jim) Edwin Tysinger, who
"slipped up" on a subject with
a B, ruining his A average.
The four honor students were
announced this week by the
class sponsor, Mrs. Ann P. Bid
die.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eu
gene C. Crawford, of Franklin,
Route 1, Mysa was elected "Stu
dent of the Year" during her
junior year and was selected
among senior superlatives this
year as the "most likely to suc
ceed." 8he Is secretary-treasur
er of the Beta Club, was a jun
ior marshal, served at the jun
ior-senior banquet, served a
year as co-editor of the school
newspaper, The Mountain Echo,
was treasurer of the junior
class, is secretary of the sen
ior class, has been a student
council representative, and be
longs to the Language and
Home Economics clubs. Mysa
hopes to enter dental school at
the University of North Caro
lina.
Ruth is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Mann B. Norton, of
Franklin, Route 2, and is pres
ently serving as corresponding
secretary of the Beta Club. She
is a past president of the Li
brary Club and has been parlia
mentarian and historian of the
Future Teacher Club. Ruth also
is a member of the Home Ec
onomics Club, was a Junior
marshal, served at the junior
senior banquet,, and attended
Girl's State last summer. She
hopes to enter High Point Col
lege next fall.
Probably known best for her
talents as a guard on the bask
etball team, Jean lettered in
the sport for four years and
has held a first string berth for
the past three. Picked as the
"most studious" among senior
superlatives, she was a junior
marshal is reporter of the
Beta Club, is a former assistant
editor of The Mountain Echo,
has been copy editor of the an
nual, The Laurel Leaf, served
at the junior-senior banquet,
and is a member of the Mon
ogram and Language clubs.
Jean also was a finalist in the
National Merit Scholarship
tests. Western Carolina College
is in her future.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. ft
Tyslnger, of Franklin, Jim has
been selected as the "most like
ly to succeed" in his class. He
has been president of his class
for four years and president
of the Beta Club In his junior
and senior years. In his junior
year, he was elected "Student
of the Tear" and he has served
two years on The Mountain
Echo staff and a year on The
Laurel Leaf. He was a junior
marshal and played football
two years. Jim also has been
selected as a marshal for the
state Beta Club convention
this spring. He has been a stu
dent council representative afad
member of the Science, Langu
age and Monogram clubs. This
fall he will enter N. C. State
College.
Upper Cartoogechaye
To Discuss Picnic
Area And Building
A meeting to discuss improve
ments at the picnic area and
construction of a community
building is set for tomorrow
(Friday) at 7:30 at the Upper
Cartoogechaye picnic area.
A social hour Is planned fol
lowing the meeting. All resi
dents of the community are
urged to turn out.
Benefit Fashion
Show Saturday
A benefit fashion show to
raise funds for shoes for needy
school children is set for Sat
urday night at East Franklin
School.
The sponsoring organization
is the Franklin Junior Wom
an's Club. The show will start
at 8 o'clock.
Narrator will be Mrs. R. S.
Jones. Music will be by Lowell
McKee, accordlanist, and Mrs.
Gilmer A. Jones, pianist. Solos
will be sung by Roy M. Biddle,
Jr., and Mrs. Doris Gldney.
Clothing and models are be
ing furnished by local stores,
including The Children's Shop,
The Fashion Shop, Dryman's,
Belk's Department Store, The
Twins' Shop, and Bower's De
partment Store.
Modeling will be Bobbie Mc
Collum, Ligon Bundy, Beverly
Hunter, Cynthia Shields, Mike
Hlgdon, Gall Shope, Pat Cun
ningham, Anne Fagg. Patti Lou
Phillips, Jean McCollum, Nancy
Sutton, Mrs. Jim Gray, Mrs.
Ann Biddle, Joan Burr ell, Frank
McSw&in, Roy M. Biddle, Jr.,
Lowell McKee, Tommy Jenkins,
Harry C. Gorbin, Kenneth Hall,
Mrs. Carolyn Shields, Debby
Shields, Jimmy Parrish, Lee Mc
Glamery, Lynn Henson, Beth
Henson, Sarah Smart, Mrs. Ida
Alexander, Mrs. Clyde Poole,
Mrs. Anna Will Henson, Mrs.
Ann Lyle Hlgdon, Mrs. Lasca E.
Horsley, Launa Baker, Nettie
Dockery, Sue Solesbee, Mrs. Dor
Is Gldney, Ruth Hlgdon, Butch
Angel, and Carolyn Cochran.
It Was Just
Lying Down . . .
Looks like the housing short
age isn't confined to just
people.
Wallace Tallent, attendant
at Manson Stiles' service sta
tion, found a banty egg under
the hood of Mrs. Shirley Led
ford's car one day last week.
She had driven about six
miles from Ellijay.
, ? mm* iuk n?u
FRANKUN HIGH'S top honor student* are (LtoR) Mimes Joan Phillip*, Mjn Soun Craw
Jord, ui Ruth Norton, TaJedlctortana, and James E. (Jtan) Tjrsinfer, salntatorlan.
Superintendent
To Be Elected
'Soon'? Patton
Chairman Erwin Patton this
week said the Macon Board of
Education probably will not
elect a school superintendent at
its April meeting Monday morn
ing.
However, he said action would
be taken "Just as soon as pos
sible".
Yesterday (Wednesday) the
omnibus bill approving local
school boards had not cleared
the House of Representatives.
The Senate gave its okay last
week.
There have been persistent
reports that Supt. Holland Mc
Swain will not be rghired by the
board, which as a body declines
to comment on the situation.
Locals Win
4-H Events
?Macon County 4-H girls won
three first places, one second
place, and three third places In
4-H district activity record
judging last week in Asheville.
First place winners were Miss
Brenda Cunningham, recreation
and rural arts; Miss Helen
Cochran, girls' home economics;
and Miss Ann Pennington, can
ning. All are members of the
Franklin High School club.
Miss Elizabeth Ann Ammons,
also of the Franklin club, won
second place in frozen foods.
Third place ribbons went to
Miss Mary Lou Cabe, Otto Sen
ior club, farm and home elec
tric project; Miss Martha Ann
Blaine, Otto Senior chib, farm
and home electric; and Miss
Patsy Corbin, Cullasaja Senior,
clothing.
Macon Concern
Low Bidder On
Parkway Link
Macon Construction Company,
of Franklin, posted a low bid of
(746,317 for construction of the
last link of the Blue Ridge Park
way In the Boone area.
The bid was for grading and
crushed stone surface on slightly
more than six miles of parkway
from Deep Gap to the end of the
present parkway pavement on US
421, east of Boone.
The new link of parkway will
eliminate parkway travel on 421,
which Is now being used through
that distance. The parkway will
then cross 421 by an overpass in
Deep Gap and will be constructed
through the mountains south of
421 to the point where It will
connect the present parkway pave
ment leading to Blowing Rock.
The new link will be entirely
in Watauga County.
Clean-Up Chairmen
Are Appointed For
Week In April
The five projects in Franklin's
clean-up week,. April 15-20, .nor/
have individual chairmen to push
them toward success.
Named by the clean-up, chair
man. Bob S. Sloan, are Mrs. John
Bulgin .Main Street cleanup; J.
L West, Jr., hosing down other
primary streets: Vic H Perry,
merchants' flower boxes; Mrs;.
Rafe Teague, vacant lot cieanup,
and H. A. (Chub) Wilhide, honor
roll.
A citizens' meeting called last
Thursday at the town hall to help
plan clean-up week was attended
by only seven persons.
GIVES BOOK CART
The V. F. W. auxiliary has
given a wooden book cart to the
Franklin Library. The cart has
arrived at the library and is
in use.
University Chancellor And
Harmonica AppearingT onight
Chancellor House
N. E. A. Party
Set Wednesday
A centennial birthday party
for the National Education As
sociation (N.E.A.) will be held
next Wednesday at 8 p. m. in
the Franklin High School gym
nasium.
Among the highlights of the
program will be retired teachers
singing "When You and I Were
Young, Maggie". Among those
scheduled to appear are Mrs.
Arphia Raby Bryson, Mrs. Hat
tie Nelson, Miss Laura M. Jones,
Mrs. Eva Higdon Keener, Mrs.
Vera Henry, Miss Nettie Hurst,
Sam Bryson, Jess Sanders, Silas
Dean, and C. S. Tilley.
Several hundred people are
expected for the celebration, A
three-tiered cake, a tier repre
senting the local, state, and na
tional N.E.A. organizations, will
be cut. Macon County is one of
the state's counties having 100
per cent membership in the
N.E.A., largest professional group
in the United States.
Invited to attend are friends
and officials of the public
schools, as well as teachers. Miss
Nora Moody, Iotla teacher in
charge of the centennial hos
pitality committee, said of the
event, "It also is to give recog
nition to the importance of ed
ucation in our democracy."
Theme of the N.EA centen
nial is, "An educated people
moves freedom forward."
Board Hears
Tax Complaints
Sitting as a Board of Equali
zation and Review, the county
commissioners listened to sever
al dozen dissatisfied property
owners on Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday of this week.
Persons who felt their taxes
were listed too high appeared
before the three men ? W. E.
(Gene) Baldwin, John W. Roane,
and Wiley Brown to plead
their cases. Where necessary,
the commissioners will take a
personal look at the property,
Chairman Baldwin said.
Wrestling Matches
Slated Here Monday
Wrestling matches will be
sponsored by the Macon V.F.W.
Post in the high school gymna
sium Monday night.
The first match is set for 8
o'clock. Featured attractions
will be girls and midget wrest
ling.
Proceeds from the event will
be used by the post to sponsor
a baseball team in the newly
organized Pony League.
House To Speak |
At Chamber Banquet i
At High School j
A widely-known educator and ]
his celebrated harmonica are to
appear In Franklin tonight ,
(Thursday).
Chancellor Robert B. House, ^
of the University of North Car- ,
ollna, and his "mouth organ , (
are the featured attractions of
the annual Franklin Chamber |
of Commerce banquet ,
Set for 7 o'clock, the event ,
will be held in the high school ,
cafeteria. <
The chancellor, who adds a
spark to his addresses with
some choice selections on the
harmonica, Is expected to em
phasize education as the key to
progress in the state.
A $4,500 budget, largest in
the history of the chamber,
Camp About
Normal Again
After Riot
Things are almost back to
normal again at the Mac0"
Prison Camp after the St. Pat
rick's Day riot (March 17' in
which prisoners ' did more than
$2,000 damage. ^ u
Camp Supt. J. E. CutshaU
said Tuesday that repairs to the
camp were almost complete and
he expects it to be at full com
plement of about 70 prisoners
by today (Thursday).
The 35 prisoners who barri
caded themselves In the small
prison for a boisterious and de
structive lour and a half hour
uprising were trucked to other
camps in the area after the riot
was quelled by tear gas. They
are being charged with destroy
ing state property, according to
Supt. CutshaU. Preliminary
hearings to r the rioters will be
held later, he added.
A state prisons official was
here on the 18th to investigate
the uprising on orders of the
state prisons director, W. F.
Bailey.
In the riot, the barricaded
prisoners smashed out more
than 1,500 window panes In the
two-cellblock prison and ripped
out all plumbing and electrical
fixtures Inside. They also
smashed two TV sets valued at
$600
Supt. CutshaU offered his
personal thanks and those of
his staff for the support and
assistance given by local law
enforcement officers and volun
teer firemen.
Anderson And Goldston
Receive Degrees From
Emory University
Two local Methodist pastors
have Just completed work on
bachelor of divinity degrees
from Emory University In At
lanta, Ga.
They are the Rev. J. Glenn
Anderson and the Rev. Robert
J. Goldston, and their degrees
officially will be conferred at
ceremonies in June.
Mr. Anderson, a native of
Longview, Tex., while attending
Emory, has been serving as pas
tor of the Macon Methodist
Circuit.
A native of Graham, Mr.
Goldston is pastor of the West
Macon Circuit and formerly
served as student pastor with
the Rev. Frank Smathers at
Lake Junaluska.
Both men are members of the
W N C. Methodist Conference.
IT'S A BOY ! ?
Use Of New Drug By Local Doctor Cited
In Article In Saturday Evening Post
"It's a boy! Name: Hank, ar
rived: 2:40 a. m , a/14/56. Weight:
6 lbs., 12 oz. Parents: Joe and
Amelia Kahn. Thanks again (or
the Releasin."
Thanks again for the Releas
in. In a birth announcement?
Right. And it's not every new
born Macon citizen who has his
birth announcement printed in
the Saturday Evening Post.
Releasin 1^ a new drug which
has been successfully used to
delay child labor until the full
term and to make normal de
livery easier. It is the subject
of an article in the March 23
issue of the Saturday Evening
Post. The story has this to say
of Franklin's Kahn family:
"It (Releasin) had been on
the market only a few days
when Dr. Walter Hosklns, di
rector of clinical investigations,
answered an urgent phone call
from Franklin, N. C., near the
Oeorgla state line. The caller,
Dr. Joseph W. Kahn, of Frank
lin's Angel Hospital, explained
that his own wife . . . had gone
Into premature labor With
strong contractions at 32 weeks.
"She had borne a son two
years earlier . . . Now it looked
as if she might lose her second
child.
"Dr. Kahn had read the
scientific literature on Beleasin.
Could Dr. Hoskins send him
some?
"Hoskins sent seven ampules
by plane and bus to Franklin,
and within 24 hours Kahn had
begun the Injections. The con
tractions stopped."
A month later Hoskins was
gratified to receive a card' pro
claiming: "It's a boy!"
Will be presented to the gen
sral membership for approval
Jy President Verlon Swafford.
Ke and his board of directors
>kayed the budget at a meeting
ast month.
B. L. McGlamery will be mas
-er of ceremonies.
The guest speaker, Mr. House
*rill be Introduced by Weimar
Tones, editor and co-publisher
3f The Franklin Press.
More than 150 persons are ex
pected to turn out for the ban
quet Lions and Rotarlans will
attend with their wives, with
the latter organization consid
ering it as "ladies night". The
banquet will count as the reg
ular weekly meetings of both
organizations.
The meal will be served by
the high school cafeteria staff,
under the supervision of Mrs
G. R. Pattillo.
Tickets may be obtained at
the door prior to serving, ac
cording to Mr. Swafford, tor the
benefit of those who did not
purchase theirs in advance.
Several Take
Examination For
Post Office Job
Ten would-be Highlands post
masters took a United States
Civil Service examination Sat
urday at Bryson City.
The examination was held to
fill the Highlands job, which
pays $4,890 a year. Mrs. Jean
Keener Rice has been acting
postmaster since December,
when C. C. (Uncle Charlie!
Potts retired.
Taking the test were Mrs.
Rice, Lewis Potts, Mrs. Mar
guerite Potts, Carey Reese, Vic
tor Wood, Louis Edwards, Carl
Talley, D A. (Dusty) Rhodes,
Willard Johnson, and L. W.
Rice, Jr.
Hospital Wing
80% Complete
Angel Hospital's new out-pa- .
tlent clinic wing is about 80 per
cent complete and should be
ready for use inside of six to
eight weeks, according to Dr.
Edgar Angel, medical director.
Fully equipped, the addition
will cost approximately $270,
000, the doctor said this week.
Scheduled for completion the
17th of this month, work on the
wing has been delayed for sev
eral reasons.
"To tell the truth, It was just
a bigger Job than we anticipat
ed." Dr. Angel declared.
Construction of the two-story
addition got under way last
summer.
BIRTHS ARE DOUBLE
Births in Macon County were
more than twice as numerous
ar deaths during 1956. There
were 296 births, compared to
106 deaths. The figures are con
tained in the books of vital sta
tistics which have just been
returned to the register of
deeds office by the bookbinders.
COURTHOUSE SINGING
The fifth Sunday sing will be
held at the county courthouse
this coming Sunday, beginning
at 10 a. m., according to J. M
Raby, sing president. All sing
ers and the public are Invited.
The Weather
The ??i'i temperatures and rainfall below
:ire recorded in Kranklln bjr Manaon 3UI~.
..J, ,'S """J!""; observer; In Highland, by
Tudor N. Hall and W. C. Newton. TV A
I *?? ?? th' H?d">loirle
Laboratory. Readings are for the Hhour
period ending at 8 a.m. of the da? listed.
FRANKLIN
High Low Fain
Wed.. March 20 61 37 .59
Thursday 57 20 .00
Friday 49 38 00
Saturday 64 43 ..29
Sunday 60 40 0*
Monday 59 36 trace
Tuesday 60 33 .49
Wednesday ? 37 trace
HIGHLAND6
Wed . March 20 40 32 .00
Thursday 50 21 .00
Friday 45 33 .31
Saturday 58 38 .00
Sunday 49 40 trace
Monday 50 44 .74
Tuesday 46 32 .08
Wednesday 31 trace
COWETA
Wed., March 20 50 38 .80
Thursday 56 20 .00
Friday 52 38 .04
Saturday 83 41 .0#
Sunday 63 41 .03
Monday 59 46 65
Tuesday 53 32 .03
Wednesday 37 .80