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rial force-that thoughts
rule the world.
? Emerson.
72nd Year ? No. 22
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, May 30, 1957
Price 10 Cents
Sixteen Pages
This One's A Bottle Baby
? Pr??? Staff Photo
"Frisky", an orphan squirrel adopted by the John Blaine
family, of Clark's Chapel, says "nuts" to that squirrely business
of squirrels eating: nuts and settles back to pet his milk from a
baby bottle. "Frisky" started o>ut life with the Blaines getting his
chow from an eyedropper after being thrown from a nest high
in a tree by a wind storm. Feeding "Frisky" is 13-year-old Ann
Blaine.
'No Comment'
From Bundy
On Reports
Plant Supt. Stephen A. Bundy
says "no comment" concerning
reports that additional expan
sion at Franklin Hosiery Plant
has been cancelled tor several
reasons, including an inade
quate water supply.
In addition to the water sit
uation, which town officials
have been attempting to correct
in recent months, it has been
reliably learned that the local
hosiery plant has a high turn
over in labor and that the fe
male labor supply Is not as
large as previously estimated
School's Out!
Commencements
Are {Memories
School's out! ? as If a few
thousand smiling young faces
over the county don't Indicate
It.
All county schools, with the
exception of Highlands, closed
their doors for the summer yes
terday (Wednesday). Activities
at Highlands will grind to a
halt today. *
Macon County's four high
schools this week graduated a
total of 146 at commencement
exercises; 115 at Franklin, 12
at Highlands, 17 at Nantahala,
and two at Chapel (Negro).
Franklin, Highlands, and
Chapel held commencement cer
emonies last night. Nantahala's
was held Monday night. Bac
calaureate sermons for all four
graduating classes were held
Sunday.
And the 146 graduates weren't
the only ones who were breath
less. School Supt. Holland Mc
Swaln did some fast traveling
' last night In handing out di
plomas at both Highlands and
Franklin. He made his presen
tations in Highlands at the be
ginning of the program, offer
ed an apology for being -un
able to stay longer, and then
drove quickly back to Frank
lin in time to award "sheep
skins" as a closing feature.
DANCING ON SATURDAY
The first in a series of week
ly square dances during the
summer will be held Saturday
at 8:30 p. m. at Slagle Memorial
Building for the benefit of the
Franklin ' Teen Center. The
Franklin Square Dance Team
will perform between sets.
Offices Closing
For National
Memorial Day
Today (Thursday) Is Memori
al Day, a legal holiday, and all
federal offices and many of the
county ones are closed in ob
servance.
The Bank of Franklin is
open, having observed South
ern Decoration Day May 10.
The post office is closed and
there will be no rural mail de
livery. Business windows will be
shut. However, mall will be put
up in town boxes, according to
the holiday schedule. All feder
al offices in the post office
will take the day off.
All offices In the courthouse
will observe the holiday. The
sheriff's department asked that
anyone desiring assistance call
the home number of the sheriff
SEE NO. X, PAGE 8
Decoration Day Set
At Maiden's Chapel
Decoration day will be held Sat
urday at Maiden's Chapel Metho
dist Church.
The Rev. R. J. Goldston, pastor,
asks church members to be at the
church Saturday morning.
CLOSE TO LAST YEAR ?
El rnentary Schools Promote
306 Students To High School
Reversing both a national and
local trend of past years, Ma
con ' County high schools will
have approximately the same
number of freshmen entering
this September as they did last
year.
Three hundred six eighth
graders were promoted In the
county this week. This com
pares with 308 enrolled In the
ninth grade this school year.
In the past, each year has seen
a larger freshman enrollment.
The overall high school en
rollment continues to be larger,
however. (See story elsewhere
on this page.)
Enrollment In the county's
four high schools' freshman
classes this year was 18 at
Highlands, 27 at Nantahala, 261
at Franklin, and two at Chapel.
Here is a school-by-school
breakdown of the eighth grad
ers receiving promotions. Culla
saja, which is promoting 32, Is
not included, since that list was
published in last week's Press.
Highlands, which has 26 stu
dents who are being promoted,
will hold a ceremony at 9
o'clock this morning (Thurs
day) in the auditorium. The
Rev. Carl McCain will give the
invocation. O F. Summer, prin
cipal, will present certificates to
Jeannett Brown, Carolyn Car
penter, Mary Carpenter, Betty
Jean Crawford, Helen Dryman,
Agnes Gibson, Tina Harbison,
Georgetta Penland, Elizabeth
Rogers, Ollie Mae Wilson, Jack
Baldwin, Tommy Billingsley,
Jack Cabe, Charles Chastain,
Clifton Keener, Mitchell Lamb,
Ernest McCall, Benson Pickle
simer, J. D. Ramey, William
Reese, Arthur Rogers, Mark
Talley, David Vinson, Jack^ Wil
son, Ellis Head, and Eugene
Head.
5 At Nantahala
Nantahala only has five in its
eighth grade this year because
grade combinations several years
ago altered the normal grouping
(it had 37 in last school year's
eighth grade). The five received
their certificates at ceremonies
Monday night when attorney Gen
eral- Geor?e B. Patton, of Frank
lin and Ra'.eigh, spoke. The chil
dren promoted are Henry Evans,
Wayne Mason, Margaret Allen,
Mildred Gassaway. and Mary
Ruth Lambert. '
Morgan Speakes
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan
Episcopalian minister, spoke at
graduation exercises at East
Franklin School Tuesday, when 39
went to the ninth grade. The Rev.
Doyle Miller gave the invocation
and the Rev. C. B. Moss the bene
diction. Valedictorian was Gene
vieve Whitmire. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. J. Whitmire. Bill
Hyde, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Hyde, was salutatorian. Others re
ceiving promotions at East Frank
lin were:
Janice Bowman, Dwain Downs,
June Ferguson. Juanita Johnson,
Jacqueline Johnson, Linda Miller.
Anna Pattillo, Nancy Henry, Ruth
Ann Shepherd, Patricia Ray. Beu
lah Watson, Linda Fay York. Glor
ia Jean Holland, Douglas Band.
Mac Bryant, Edwin, Cabe. Tom
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 8
Dr. Slagle, Macon Native,
Picked For Polar Operation
Dr. T. D. (Dick) Slagle, Sylva
physician who is a native of
Cartoogechaye and who recent
ly went back into the navy, is
one of seven doctors chosen to
accompany the history-making
third "Operation Deepfreeze".
This is the code name for the
navy project whose members
will embark in September for
the Antarctic, where they will
spend nearly 18 months in the
polar ice. Their Job is to support
the scientists working on the
International Geophysical Year
(I.G.Y.).
(It is in connection with the
I.G.Y. that the first earth sat
ellite is being launched.)
Dr. Slagle, who has been sta
tioned at Chelsea, Mass., since
going back to active naval duty
this spring, returned to New
England this week after a 10
day leave with his family in
Sylva. He will report now to
Danlshvllle, R. I., headquarters
for "Operation Deepfreeze".
He will be following another
North Carolinian in the Ant
arctic job. Dr. Isaac Taylor, of
Chapel Hill, has just returned
from 17 months there. Dr.
Slagle visited Dr. Taylor last
week, seeking information about
the unusual assignment.
"Dr. Taylor told me is wasn't
mucb different from any regu
lar practice, except for the
number of frostbite cases. He
said the only worries were those
normally encountered by med
Dr. Slagte
ical doctors In isolated areas."
During the Antarctic winter
(our summer), there is no
transportation between the
camp where Dr. Slagle will be
and the rest of the world. The
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 8
They're Getting The Swim Of Things
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. . . and another "kersplash" rocks the swimming pool at the Franklin Lodge and Golf Course.
The pool, which opened Saturday for the summer season, is attracting larger crowds daily as the
mercury starts its climb in the thermometer. Playground equipment is being installed this year at
the pool.
GETS IN HARNESS ?
New Town Board Rehires
Clerk, Changes Meeting
After taking their oaths of of
fice Friday, Franklin Mayor W.
C. Burrell and his new board
of aldermen got into harness
and:
(li Rehired Town Clerk C. O.
Ramsey, who is completing his
sixth year on the job.
(2) Accepted committee posts.
(3) Changed their regular
meeting night, and
(4) Set up preliminary tax
collecting machinery.
Mayor Takes Oath
?Mayor Burrell took his .oath
of office Friday afternoon be
fore Mrs. Kate M. Wrinn. clerk
of Superior Court. He, in turn,
administered oaths to his alder
men at a called session that
night and appointed H. H.
Gnuse, Jr., as vice-mayor.
The mayor made the follow
ing committee appointments:
Murphy Man Gets
Principalship Of
Highlands School
Frank Watson, a native of
Jackson now teaching at Mur
phy, has been named principal
of Highlands School to succeed
O. F. Summer, who will teach
full-time next year.
Mr. Watson's appointment
was announced this week by
Erwin Patton, of Franklin,
chairman of the county board
of education. The appointment
has been approved, he said by
the Highlands school commit
tee, the county board, and the
Superintendent-elect, H. Bueck.
Highway Grading Has About Another Week To Go
'Grading in the remaining short section of I! 8 23-441
south has about another week to go before preliminary sur
facing operations can be started, according to Resident Engi
neer 8- T. Usry. This section is from the new bridge just
below Franklin Hosiery Company to the town limits. The
? Stmff Photo
above view shows how the highway enters Franklin, near
A. R. Higdoh's home. The old highway roadbed at this point
was Just to the right of the new one. Mr. Usry says the
highway will not be ready for any through travel before
late Jane or early July.
Water: J.Frank Martin, chair
man, Mr. Gnuse, and William
P. (Bill) Bryant.
Streets: A. G. Cagle, chair
man, E. C. Shook, and Dr. J.
W. Kahn.
Budget: Mr. Gnuse, Mr. Mar
tin, and Mr. Cagle.
Back To Monday
The board decided to change
its regular meeting night back
to the first Monday in each
month. For the past six or sev
en months, it has been meeting
the first Tuesday night.
Scroll Authorized
Mr. Ramsey was authorized to
prepare the tax scroll for the
coming fiscal year. He and Ray
Swafford started to 'work on the
scroll Monday night. It Is com
piled from county records and
Is used by the town In determ
ining total valuation of prop
erty. With this information,
the budget committee will be
able to tackle Its job for the
fiscal year and suggest a suit
able tax rate for bringing in
operating revenue.
The 1956 tax levy for the
town, according to Mr. Ramsey,
was $34,538.24 on a total valu
ation of $3,139,771.
Election Costs
The May biennial election
cost the town $145.20, with $108
going for labor, $19.20 for ad
vertising, and $18 for printing
ballots.
High Schools
To Feel Pinch
Of Enrollment
Macon's high schools will
feel the pinch of Increased en
rollment next fall, according to
Supt. Holland McSwain.
Elementary enrollment Is ex
pected to remain about the
same as it was this year, he
said, but present estimates add
about 100 to the high school
figure.
At the end of March, high
school enrollment was 889, with
an average dally attendance of
794. Mr. .McSwain said the en
rollment figure should reach
about 925 when classes resume
In the fall.
Elementary enrollment was
3,037, with average daily at
tendance at 2,724.
Mr. McSwain said complete
figures for the nine-month
term will be available as soon
as principals make their final
reports. 1
VETERANS TO MEET
Veterans of World War I,
Barracks 906, will meet Satur
day at 8 p. m. at the court
house, W. P. Peek, adjutant, an
nounced this week.
RUAfMAGE SALE SATURDAY
A rummage sale will be held
on the Square Saturday morn
ing from 8 o'clock until noon,
sponsored by the ladles' auxili
ary to the V. P. W.
Fish Bill Left
In The Box'
By Committee
The private fishing Lodge on
the Nantahala River isn't going
to get a section of the river set
apart as its own, after all.
The House Wildlife Resources
Committee Tuesday pigeon-hol
ed the bill to permit weirs in
that portion of the river which
flows through power company
property, leased by Rainbow
Springs Corporation. It would
have exempted corporation land
from a state-wide law which
prohibits such obstructions.
The bill was passed by the
Senate two weeks ago and since
had lata In House committee.
Macon's Rep. O. L. Houk op
posed it on two counts: One,
that it was a private bill '
against the public interest, and
two, that legislators from an
other county (Stikeleather of
Buncombe) had no business In- k
troducing bills about Macon
County.
Wildlife Committee Chairman
John M. Hargett said he had
been requested to pigeon-hole
the bill.
"You mean permanently,
John?" Mr. Houk asked.
"I can't say that, but that's
my impression," the chairman
replied.
"I was asked to leave it in
the* box. Rep. Craig (of Bun
combe) told me that."
Actually, there already is a
weir In the river at the lower
end of the Rainbow Springs
Corporation's boundary. It is
not known whether its removal
will be required.
Setser Brings Group
Here For Camping
Tom Setser, Cartoogechaye na
tive who teaches school at Scotts.
N. C., brought seven members of
his F. P. A. class to Macon Coun
ty Monday to camp on Nantahala
Lake.
The group returned to Scotts
this week, where Mr. Setser Is
agricultural teacher in the high
school. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Setser, of Cartoogechaye.
The Weather
The week's temperature* and rainfall Mow
are recorded In Franklin br Maaaon Stllaa.
U. S. weather obaerver: In Blshlanda k?
Tudar N. Rail and W. C. Newton. TV A
obaarren: and at the Coweta Rrdrologle
Laboratory. Rwdlnp are for tka Mlwwr
period ending at S a.m. of the day lilted.
FRANKLIN
High Low Rain
Wed., May 22 80
Thursday 84
Friday 80
Saturday 83
Sunday 84
Monday 80
Tuesday 78
Wednesday
HIGHLANDS
Wed., May 3(2 72 80
Thursday 78
Friday 72
Saturday 76
Sunday 76
Monday 74
Tuesday 70
Wednesday ?
COWETA
Wed.. May 22 79
Thursday 84
Friday 78
Saturday 80
Sunday M
Monday 77
Tuesday 76
Wednesday
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