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To be afraid of any
idea is to be unfit for
self government. ? Dr.
Alexander Meiklejohn.
72nd Year ? No. 18
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, May 2, 1957
Price 10 Cents
Twenty Pages
Franklin Got Its Face Washed With Hoses And Brushes
ONLY A SMALL number turned out Wednesday of last
week to five Franklin's Main Street a scrubbing as a feature
of the current clean up campaign. With firemen playing
? Press Staff rhoU
water from hoses, Mrs. J c.an T cr.;ue (left) and Mrs. Mar
garet Bulgin, who supervised the project, get some help
from a voluntee: Franklin High student.
Radio WFSC
Goes On Air
Saturday Noon
Nantahala Fishing Preserve
Would Be Exempted By Bill
Franklin's new daylight ra
dio station, WFSC, goes on
the air at noon Saturday.
The opening will include
short speeches by a number
of guests, including state,
county, and local dignitaries,
according to the station man
ager, Ed Healy.
WFSC's spot on the 'dial is
1050.
Mr. Healy said afternoon
announcer Harold Corbin has
been busy all week recording
selections by high school
bands in the seven neighbor
ing counties. These numbers
will be aired between talks on
the opening program.
Sunday morning at 11, WFSC
will' broadcast from the
Franklin Methodist Church,
where the Tennessee Wesle
yan College Choir is appear
ing. This will be the first re
ligious broadcast to be aired
by the new station.
,8ituated in the Nantahala
Building, the station's daily
ihours will be 5:30 a. m. to
7:30 p. m. Sunday hours will
be 7 a. m. to 7 p. m.
Ike Olson
Gets School
Job Here
Clair K. (Ike) Olson, principal
of Murphy elementary school,
and high school basketball
coach and athletic director
there for the past eight years,
is resigning to cojne to Frank
lin.
Here, he will be high school
principal, athletic director, and
basketball coach. He and .Mrs.
Olson, the former Miss Hilda
Tallent, of Sylva, and their 12
year-old daughter, Marcia Kay,
plan to move from Murphy
some time in June.
Mr. Olson was hired by the
Macon County Board of Educa
tion April 19 at the same meet
ing when the county's prin
cipals were rehired.
Erwin Patton, chairman of the
board of education, said no an
nouncement was made of Mr.
Olson's hiring until an accept
ance had been received from
?him.
Husband- Wife Con
As V.F.W. Post An
The installation last (Wed
nesday) night of John G. and
Anne Murray marked the first
time a husband-wife team has
commanded the local Veterans
of Foreign Wars Post and Aux
iliary.
The Murrays were Installed In
separate ceremonies In the
V. F. W. home on Palmer Street.
?Mrs. Marie Barnard, of Frank
lin, who Is now serving as pres
ident of 17th district auxiliar
ies. installed the new auxiliary
officers.
Post officers were administer
ed oaths by C. Jack Ragan, a
past commander, Who Is cur
rently serving as Junior district
commander.
In addition to Mrs. Murray,
the new auxiliary officers in
clude .Mrs. Mildred Perry, sen
ior vice-president; Mrs. {Cath
erine Perry, Junior vlce-presl
fending legislation would ex
cept a private fishing preserve
on the Nantahala River from
the state-wide law which pro
hibits obstructing the passage
of fish anywhere on a public
stream.
A bill to this effect, already
passed by the Senate and now
in House committee, was intro
duced by Rep. J. S. Stikeleath
er, of Buncombe County, and
co-signed by Sen. Kelly E. Ben
nett, who represents this dis
trict.
Exempts Corporation
The legislation would exempt
the Rainbow Springs Corpora
tion, a grou{> of prominent
North Carolinians who own
fishing lands and a lodge near
Rainbow Springs. Don S. Ellas,
of Asheville, active in North
Carolina politics, is president of
the corporation. He is a native
of Franklin.
At Elias' Request
Senator Bennett said the bill
was introduced at the request
of Mr. Ellas.
The corporation has five miles
of land on either side of Nan
tahala River from Rainbow
Springs toward Nantahala Lake.
Actually, the group already
has an obstruction In the
stream. There have been pro
tests by local fishermen about
the Iron grating, which was in
stalled In the stream about two
years ago.
Under the pending legislation,
this obstruction would be given
legal sanction. The lodge mem
bers also would be free to place
other obstructions on the
stream.
The Rainbow Springs Corpor
ation Is never mentioned by
name in the bill. The language
of the bill applies to power
companies, saying those having
land in Nantahala Township
shall be free of the provisions
of General Statute 113-251.
This makes It a misdemeanor
to obstruct the passage of fish
in a public stream such as Nan
tahala River.
Leases Tracts
The corporation, In addition
to the land it owns near Rain
bow Springs, leases additional
tracts from Nantahala Power
and Light Company. The bill
ibination Installed
d Auxiliary Heads ,
!
dent; Mrs. Ruth Williams, treas- .
urer; Mrs. Elizabeth McCoUmn, ]
secretary; Mrs. Peggy Christy,
chaplain, Mrs. Laura Dean, con
ductress, .and Mrs. Luclnda
Crownover, guard.
The patriotic Instructor for
the auxiliary Is Mrs. Lucille
Angel and Mrs. J. E. Perry, Jr., '
Mrs. Rachel Fagg, Mrs. .Marie '
Barnard, and Mrs. Annie Welch 1
are color bearers.
Post officers serving with Mr. 1
Murray are Edwin T. Williams, !
senior vice-commander; Larry '
B. Welch, Junior vice-com
mander; George Byrd, quarter- '
master; the Rev. R. D. Burnet
te, post chaplain; Dr. J. W- j
Rahn, post surgeon; G. L. Houk,
post advocate; W. W. Reeves, 1
post adjutant; and Vic Perry,
three-yqar trustee.
Mr. Perry and Mrs. Clyde i
Slagle are the outgoing heads I
of the two organizations. i
would apply to this land.
The Wildlife Resources Com
mission stocks Nantahala River
to a point not far - above the
private fishing lodge. It also
stocks Nantahala Lake, which
lies below the fishing lodge.
Members of the lodge have
their own fish rearing pools on
Moore Creek and stock the sec
tion of the river which flows
through their property. Sena
tor Bennett told The Press Mr.
Eiias was interested in seeing a
weir put into the river on the
lodge property for two reasons:
1. To keep the lodge's pri
vately-stocked fish from going
downstream.
2. To keep "rough fish" from
coming upstream from the lake.
"There's nothing wrong with
the bill," said the senator. "It
doesn't amount to a hill of
beans. It won't hurt public fish
ing one bit."
Takes No Stand
Clyde P. Patton, director of
the Wildlife Resources Commis
sion, was also telephoned about
the bill. He knew the contents
of the bill and even knew the
number given It by the clerk
of the Senate, but would not
comment on It. He said the
commission had taken no stand
on It.
As originally drawn, the' bill
would have let power compan
ies over the whole state trap
fish on streams passing through
their lands. This was amended
to apply only to Nantahala
Township, according to Senator
Bennett, because "Mr. Houk
said he wouldn't go along with
it, the wildlife people didn't
like it, and it wouldn't pass the
Senate".
Beyond setting a precedent
which others in the state might
seek to follow, local conserva
tionists see two objectionable
features to the bill. One is that
fish come up the river at
spawning time and would be
stopped at the obstruction. This
would be injurious to the fish,
they say.
Secondly, it is said that in
hot weather fish come farther
down the river, seeking the
coolness of greater depths.
They could not pass the ob
structions erected by the pri
vate fishing lodge and would be
easy prey for fishermen wait
ing on the corporation prop
erty.
The corporation pays the
county taxes on its lodge and
approximately 1,900 acres of
land. Tax value of the land and
lodge is listed at $21,000.
Dress Revue
Set Wednesday
Members of the Cartooge
:haye Home Demonstration
Dlub are humming "A PTetty
Qlrl Is Like A Melody" as. they
prepare to be hosts to the an
nual county-wide home dbmon
itration- dress revue next Wed
nesday afternoon, according to
the club president, Mrs. J. M.
Maddox.
The review Is set to begin at
2 o'clock at Cartoogechaye
School. The public Is invited to
attend.
PATTON TO MEET
Patton Rural Community De- ?
relopraent Organization will hold a
Its regular monthly meeting Tuev t
day night at 7:30 p. m. ?
Kenneth Brown
Wins Driving
Contest Again
Kenneth Brown, 19, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Brown, of
Clark's Chapel community, won
the annual "Teen-Age Road
,e-o" Wednesday of last week
for the third straight year.
This entitles him to represent
Kenneth Brown
.Macon County in the state
finals at Monroe on June 1-2.
Other contestants were Frank
McSwain, second place; Gary
McKelvey, third; Scotty Byrd,
Horace Hurst, Jim Tysinger,
Ronald Harper, Dale Myers,
Gilmer Henry, Miss Bonnie Lee,
Lamar Mason, Eston Cook, Jack
Hyde, Miss Mary R. Henry,
Buddy Cloer, Howell .Miller, Roy
Gregory, James Murray, Jim
Parrish, and Miss Rachel Brown.
'Quickie'
Parking
Is Gone
"Quickie" parking on Frank
lin's Main Street has ended
with the installation of new
one-hour meters that reject all
coins but nickles.
The old two-hour meters,
which would give 12 minutes of
parking for a penny, are being
installed- at other points over
town, according to Police Chief
C. D Baird.
The officer said the one-hour
meters were put in to comply
with "a state law" dealing with
parking along the main streets
of tbwns.
About 50 meters were chang
ed, he said, from Angel's Drug
Store to the post office on both
sides of the street. The short
time meters in front of the
post office were not changed.
Two Franklin Men
Nearly Lose Eyes
In Separate Accidents
Two Franklin men nearly lost
eyes in separate accidents last
Week.
Friday morning, Gardner Hold
en was helping Frank Higdon with
a TV antenna at Mr. Higdon's
home. Mr. Holden picked up a
guy wire he thought was loose and
threw :t away.
However, the wire was attached
at one end. The free end back
lashed and the point of the wire
slanced off his nose and entered
near his left eye. missing the eye
itself but entering the flesh of
the socket.
No permanent injury was in
flicted, although the rusty heavy
gauge wire penetrated nearly an
inch. Other than the scare, the
worst part of the ordeal was the
numerous tetanus shots required,
Mr. Holden said.
The second eye accident occur
red Saturday night. J. C. Crisp
and his wife were fishing on Fon
tana Lake when Mr. Crisp's line
became entangled with his rod.
As he flicked the rod to try to
straighten the line, a sharp end
of the plastic float he was using
struck him in the eye.
No medication was required'
then. Monday, eyestrain caused
the eye to swell and become pain
ful and Mr. Crisp putt a patch
over it.
Fisherman to the end, Mr. Crisp
related that the crappie were bit
ting so well Saturday at Fontana
that he and Mrs. Crisp fished past
midnight, forgetting to eat a large
picnic supper she had prepared.
They Were In The Wide Blue Yonder
? ? i
Ml? Sarah Jean Mallonee, 1
iff a U.S. Air Force C-45 after a
lirport. Mia* Mallonee and other
ind Saturday in the big twln-e
:adet commandant. '
g, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Mallonee, of FrankJIn, steps
fivnlllariiation ride in the aircraft Friday afternoon at the local
cadets and officers pf the Civil Air Patrol were taken up Friday
ngined aircraft. Assisting her from the plane Is Dr. W. E. Furr,
Voters Turning Out
In Towns Tuesday
Tuesday will be "votin' day"
in Franklin and Highlands.
Although both towns sport
fairly heavy slates of candi
dates, politicking is^ at low ebb
on the surface.
Franklin voters will be hand
ed two ballots, instead of the
customary one. One is the of
ficial ballot for selecting a
mayor and six aldermen. The
other is an unofficial "advisory
* * *
Must Vote To Fill
All Offices Or
Ballot Is Void
Voters in next Tuesday's
town elections in Frank!in
and Highlands must vote for
as many candidates as there
are offices to be filled. Oth
erwise, under the law, their
ballots will not be counted.
That is provided by a little
knjwn enactea in 1955.
The law is applicable to coun
ty and town elections in Ma
con and a few other counties,
according to R. S. Jones, Ma
con County and Town of
Franklin attorney.
Fire Destroys
Angel Dwelling;
Fund Started
Fire of undetermined origin
destroyed the Carl Angel's two
story home in Carson commun
ity Saturday morning while the
family was away.
A washing machine and table
on the backporch were the only
items that escaped the blaze.
Mrs. Angel said their home
was not insured. She said the
only explanation they could
give for the fire Was faulty
wiring. No one had been in the
upstairs part of the house,
where the fire originated, in
some time, she said.
The Carson community orga
nization has started a fund to
help the Angels, who are living
in a trailer behind their home
site. The trailer is owned by
their son, who is in Michigan.
HOUSE BURNS
The home of Cliff Cruse, on
Upper Cartoogechaye, burned to
the ground late Monday night
with all contents destroyed. The
family has been living in Copper
hill, Tenn., and was not home at
the time. It is not known how the ,
blaze started.
ballot" designed to sample pub
lic reaction to one-way streets.
Polls in both towns will open
at 6:30 a. m. and close at 6:30
p. m.
Franklin voters will mark bal
lots at the town hall. High
lands residents will use the old
school building.
A total of 961 Franklin resi
dents are registered for the
election here, according to
Charles O. Ramsey, #wn clerk.
He added that about 50 who
are eligible did not register.
2 In Race
Two men are in the mayor's
race in Franklin, Mayor W. C.
Burrell, who will be seeking his
third two-year term, and W. W.
Reeves, a former alderman.
Mayor Burrell actually is now
ending five years as the town's
chief, since he was named to
fill out the unexpired term of
the late Robert M Dillard.
Incumbent aldermen A. G.
Cagle, J. Frank Martin, and J.
C. Jacobs all are ending their
third two-year terms. Another
incumbent seeking reelection,
Prelo Dryman, is an appointee
and is serving the unexpired
two-year term oi Oscar Ledford,
resigned.
Newcomers to the political
scene are William P. Bryant, H.
H. Gnuse, Jr., Frank L. Henry,
Jr., Sam Higdon, Dr. J. W.
Kahn. Dr. G. R. McSween, Roy
Lee Moore, Victor H. Perry, and
E. C. Shook.
McCall Unopposed
In Highlands, V. W. McCall is
unopposed as mayor. Incum
bents seeking seats again on the
five-man board of commission
ers are H. S. Talley, Carter Tal
ley, L. W. Rice, and Tudor ' N.
Hall.
Non- incumbents are L. C,
Billingsley, Maurice Cleaveland,
Frank Crane, Gene Houston, A.
C. Patterson, Edward Potts,
and Curt- A. Wilson.
Streets Issue
The "advisory ballot" to be
handed voters in Franklin on
the question of one-way streets
says:
"So that the board of alder
men to be elected on May 7,
1957, may know the wishes of
the voters in the Town of
Franklin as to whether a sys
tem of one-way streets should
be maintained in the Town of
Franklin, please mark this bal
lot."
College Choir
To Present 2
Concerts Here
Two sacred music concerts
are to be presented in Macon
County Sunday by the Tennes
see Wesleyan College Choir, of
Athens, Tenn.
At 11 a. m. the 54-voice choir
will appear at the Franklin
Methodist Church and 3:30 p.
m. at the Highlands Methodist
Church.
The director is Jack Houts,
brother of the Rev. R. T. Houts,
Jr., pastor of the Highlands
church.
Now on its annual tour, the
choir is filling a capacity sched
ule before Methodist congrega
tions throughout the Holston
Conference, in public schools,
and for radio and television
audiences.
The public is invited to at
tend both performances here.
The Weather
The week's temperatures and rainfall bolow
are recorded in Franklin by Manson Stile?,
IT. S. weather observer; in Highlands by
Tudor N. Hall and W. C. Newton. TVA
observers; and at the Coweta HJydrolojfie
Laboratory. Readings are for tho 2 4 -hour
period ending at 8 a.m. of the day listed.
FRANKLIN
High Low Rain
Wed.. April 24 82 58 .38
Thursday 82 47 .00
Friday 83 47 .00
Saturday 84 47 .00
Sunday 83 50 .00
Monday 80 54 .36
Tuesday 79 55 trace
Wednesday ? 57 .33
HIGHLANDS
Wed.. April 24 73 50 .00
Thursday ? 72 47 .00
Friday 73 48 .00
Saturday 74 4# .00
Sunday 76 50 .00
Monday 73 4? .00
Tuesday 74 52 trace
Wednesday ? 57 .27
COWETA <r
Wed., April 24 82 55 .34
Thursday 81 46 .00
Friday 81 *7
Saturday 83 *7 .00
Sunday 4? 00
Monday 80 48
Tuesday 80 50 trmoe
Wednesday ? 57