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ready dead. > ? Helen C.
White.
72nd Year ? No. 24
Franklin, N, C.f Thursday, June 13, 1957
Price 10 Cents
Fourteen Pages
Big Fourth
Celebration
Is Planned
'Frontier Day'
Declared ; Events
And Games Slated
A Fourth of July celebration
is' now in the planning stages
in Franklin.
Robert W. (Bobt Moore, presi
dent of the Franklin Junior
Chamber of Commerce, which
has agreed to stage the event
for the chamber of commerce,
has committees at work.
In a departure from the tra
ditional parade, which hasn't
been too successful in recent
years, the Fourth is to be pro
claimed as "Frontier Day" and
all celebrants must join in the
fun by dressing as they did in
the olden days.
Contests And Events
i A variety of field events and
?old timey contests like hog call
ing, corn shucking, and foot
races are planned for the
morning, afternoon, and night,
according to Mr. Moore. Free
square dancing is slated for the
evening hours.
The Jaycess hope to concen
trate all of these activities in a
roped-off area on the west side
of the county courthouse, where
a lot of the Centennial activity
centered In 1955, and on a side
street suitable for races.
Beaiuty Contest
Also being planned as a fea
ture of the evening's entertain
ment is a beauty contest and
the selection and crowning of
"Miss Fourth of July". Busi
nesses and clubs are being ask
ed to sponsor a contestant. A
raised platform, decorated with
the red, white, and blue polors
of the Fourth, will be erected
for the contest. At least three
eliminaions will be run during
the evening to pick the winner.
Ball Games Set
Little League and Pony Lea
gue baseball games are sched
uled for the afternoon at East
Franklin field.
Hall Callahan is general
chairman of the "Frontier Day"
committee and Roy Biddle, Jr.,
has charge of the beauty con
test arrangements.
Byrd Leaving
Union For Job
In Home Town
R. A. (Art) Byrd, principal
at Union School for the last
?three years, has resigned to be
came principal of the junior :
high school In the city system
Mr. Byrd
of his home town, Marion.
His successor here has not
been named.
, The Byrds plan to remain In
Franklin until August, when
they will move to Marion.
Before going to Union School,
Mr. Byrd coached for a year at ,
Franklin High School. Prior to :
coming here, he was in Gas- \
tonia for three and a half years
as a teacher.
Patrolmen Swap
Duty Stations
HIGHLANDS ? State Highway
Patrolman W. G. Iteming, of
Andrews, was on the job here
this week, after exchanging
stations with Patrolman E.' N.
Hooper.
Mr. Hooper has taken over
Patrolman Lemlng's duties in
Andrews.
Mr. Lemlng is a native of
Haywood County. He, his wife,
anfl daughter are occupying the
home here in which the Hoop
ers lived.
Free X-Rays
Being Offered
Next Week
Macon County people are
being offered free X-rays (l?e
days next week, when a mo
bile unit sets up shop on the
Square in Franklin.
The unit will be open from
9 a. m. to 3 p. m. each day,
Tuesday through Saturday.
The county's health depart
ment, which is sponsoring the
service in connection with the
State Health Department and
the locjil tuberculosis associ
ation. says everybody over 15
should .have an X-ray.
The health department also
reminds that:
You do not have to undress.
It takes only three minutes.
You get a written report of
the findings.
It is free.
20 4-H'ers
Are Ready
Twenty Macon County 4-H
clubbers are preparing to leave
Monday for a week's outing
at Camp Schaub, near Waynes
vllle.
They are Caroll Watkins, Otto
club; Louise Rogers, East
Franklin; Nancy Bishop, Glinda
Gail Lee, Betty Williamson,
Betty Cloer, Shirlene Gribble,
Kenneth E. Jones, Jimmy Tea
gue, and Douglas Teague, Union
club; Judy Lynn Solesbee and
Shirley Jean Jones, Nantahala
club; Patsy Corbin, Jane Mai
lonee, Cullasaja club; Beth
Swan, Franklin Junior club;
William Enloe, Tommy Sherrlll,
Spike Maddox, Robert Enloe,
and Charlie Enloe, Cartooge
chaye club.
Accompanying the local dele
gation will be assistant agents
Clark Walker and Mrs. Mabel
Swan.
They will return from camp
on the 22nd.
Evangelistic
Series Slated
Next Month
Franklin's annual lnterde
nomination evangelistic series is
scheduled for the week .of July
7-13.
Dr. Thomas A. Fry, pastor
of the Druid Hills Presbyterian
Church in Atlanta, Ga., will
be the speaker for the series,
which has become a high spot
in county religious activities.
As in past years, It will be
held at Friendship Tabernacle.
Particiapting churches In
town rotate the selection of a
speaker each year. This year's
program is being arranged by
the Presbyterians.
Indiana Forester
Succeeds Bryan
At Local Office
The Wayah District ranger,
William L. Nothstein, announ
ced three personnel additions to
his office this week.
John Rich, junior forester, be
gan his duties Monday.. He suc
ceeds W. J. (Bill) Bryan. Mr.
Rich is *a June graduate of
Purdue University with a for
estry degree. He and Mrs. Rich
both are natives of Indiana.
They are living in the cottage
of Mrs. W. B. McGuire.
Jerry A. Hall, Nantahala
School principal, has been em
ployed by the ranger office as
recreation guard for the sum
mer. In this job, Mr. Hall will
maintain all recreation areas in
the Wayah District. He began
work Monday.
The district office has added
as part-time secretarial help
Mrs. G. Ashby Winstead. The
office will be open every morn
ing, but Ranger Nothstein said
those wishing to see him should
come on Friday, which is the
ranger's regular office day.
Students Attending
'States' This Week
The county's delegates to
"Boys' State" and "Girls' State"
are attending sessions of the
two- meetings this week.
Gary McKelvey and Paul
Cloer are at the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
and MLss Patricia Ann Hedden
is at Woman's College, U.N.C.,
Oreensboro. All are from Frank
lin High School.
The two "states" will close
this week end.
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mow, No Mow
? Prtu SUB Photo
THE FAMILIAR LOOKING gentleman astride the tractor is none other than YV. C. Burrell,
mayor of Franklin. When recent rains spurred the growth of weeds aJong tfac town's streets,
the mayor decided the best way to get them cut was to do the job himself, so out came his
tractor. Discussing the project next day, he confessed "I was so sore this morning I didn't
think I could get out of bed".
What's Status
Of Radar Tower
On Way ah Bald?
What's the status of the pro
posed U. S. Air Force radar
tower on Wayah Bald.
"That's what we'd like to
know," says W. L. Nothstein,
Wayah District ranger.
An application for the tower's
construction still hasn't been
filed, he said this week, al
though the Air Farce announ
ced plans for building it nearly
a year ago.
Some rock drilling on the
proposed site was done by U.S.
Army engineers, the ranger
said, but "other than that, you
know as much about it as I
do."
In disclosing plans last July
for constructing the tower, en
gineers said it would be an un
manned facility with a. "low
altitude gap filler radar" title
that would be operated on a
"need-to-do" basis. Its cost was
estimated at between $40,000
and $50,000.
BUT, HE LOVES IT!
No Telephones, High Prices
For Food, Plenty Of Snow
No telephones. No pavement.
No sidewalks. Celery, $1 a stalk.
Loaf of bread, 57 cents. Lettuce,
$1.25 a head. Travel by air the
only way to get in and out of
town. Snow on the ground most
of the year.
That's Dillingham, Alaska.
And J. D. (Dean) Henson, who
has taught school there for the
past year, loves it. In fact, he
left last week, after a few days
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward L. Henson, of Otto, for
another year in Alaska.
This summer, .Mr. Henson will
work in Dillingham, probably
in one of the two canneries
there. In the fall, he will be
gin teaching again in the ter
ritorial school at Dillingham,
which is operated by the U. S.
government.
Mr. Henson's students are
Aleuts, children of the natives
of that area of Alaska. In ra
cial characteristics, he said,
they resemble the Japanese
black hair, short, spare build.
He teaches English in the
eighth through high school
grades and is one of 13 Ameri
can teachers in the school.
Chemistry and physics are
two of the school's most popu
lar courses, he said. This is
because many of the young
Aleuts realize they must leave
home to earn a living and that
scientifically-t rained people
make better wages.
The people there earn their
livelihood through fishing,
hunting, and trapping, accord
ing to Mr. Henson. Dillingham's
population is about 800 norm
ally, but triples in the summer
when the canneries go Into
operation.
The town has two movie
houses, a hospital, and a gro
cery store. Cost of foodstuffs
?and other items is high be
cause of expensive transporta
tion. Except for two ships a
year, everything comes by air.
See No. 1, Page Ten
Machine Is A Middle-Of-The-Roader
? fNM Staff rholt
DID YOU EVER wonder how the highway department mr.Ves the white line down the
center of the highway? (You know, the cne the boy described as the lane for bicycles!) Well,
the above machine does the chore by spraying the line on the pavement. It can give out with
two colors of paint at once, too, yellow and white, without having to backtrack a.nd re
spray In no- passing areas. The machine has been working this week on Uie new project from
Franklin to Georgia.
Thomas Family
Fund Receives
Nearly $1,500
Nearly $1,500 went into a
trust account this week for the
family of Porter Thomas, four
of whom remain in an Athens,
Ga., hospital, following an
auto accident June 2 which
took the lives of Mrs. Thomas
and one of their children.
Tom Henson, county deputy
tax collector, is acting as trus
tee for the Thomas account. He
said $1,467.42 was deposited
this week. This includes the
$234 cash contributions person
ally solicited last week; and
the remainder represents
pledges telephoned in which
have been paid.
Largest single contribution to
the Thomas account was $50.
There were some for $10 and
$20 but most of them were $5
or under. It is estimated more
than 300 people made dona
tions.
Radio station WFSC broad
cast a special program last
week in behalf of the Thomas
family and about $1,200 was
pledged. All but $09 of the
pledges already have been paid,
according to Edwin P. Healy,
station manager.
The station carried a talent
program Monday night thank
ing the donors.
Still in St. Mary's Hospital
In Athens are .Mr. Thomas and
three of his children, as well
as the owner of the wrecked
automobile, who was traveling
back to Florida with the fam
ily. The accident occurred below
Athens, near Madison, Ga.
Mr. Henson said it was the
family's wish to wait until all
the bills were in and then ap
ply the money to them.
Dress Review
Held Tuesday;
Winners Given
Brenda Cunningham was
chosen grand winner for the
county at the 4-H dress review
held Tuesday afternoon at East
Franklin School.
An estimated 100 people saw
4-H members model clothes
they had made. As county
grand winner, Brenda will rep
resent Macon at the state dress
review in Raleigh on July 24,
during 4-H week. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
P. Cunningham, of Franklin,
Route 1.
June Wells and Linda Ledford
presented special music on the
dress review program > with
Martha Blaine as pianist.
By classes, winners were:
Aprons, junior division: first.
Susan Cunningham: second,
June Garrison; no senior divis
ion.
Play clothes, junior division:
first, Nancv Berrv: second.
Jovce Gregorv; senior division:
first. Patsy Corbin; no second
place.
Night clothes, no junior di
vision: senior division: first.
Caroll Wat kins; second. Patsy
Corbin.
School clothes, junior divis
ion- first. C'audette McCoV;
second Bettv Jean Guest: sen
ior division: first. Marearet
Swan: second (tlei. FliwiWh
Ann Amnions and Garnetta
Vanhook
Best dresses junior division:
first, Sarah Jane Berrv: no
second place: senior division:
first, Brenda Cunningham; sec
ond, Rachel Brown.
Patton Says
Board Still
Wants Nickel
Thinks It Can
Come From Fund
Without Increase
Chairman Erwin Patton
says "we'll keep trying and
hoping" for the extra nickel
requested by the Macon Board
of Education for operating
the schools in 1957-58.
Supt. -elect H. Bueck and
the board last week asked
the county commissioners for
a 15-cent boost. A 10-cent in
crease was granted by the
commissioners in raising the
county-wide tax rate from
$1.40 to S1.50.
When making the schools'
request last week, Mr. Bueck
described the 15-cent boost as
a minimum needed for oper
ating next year.
Mr. Patton emphasizes that
the board of education does
n't plan to have the tax rate
raised any more to obtain the
additional nickel. He explains
that it probably can be ob
tained from another county
fund.
"At least, we're hoping it
can be," he says.
Bateman Reunion
Scheduled Sunday
The Bateman family will hold
its reunion Sunday at the home
of T. Alec Bateman in East
Franklin.
Friends and relatives are in
vited. Lunch will be on the
grounds and each person is
asked to bring a covered dish.
Community To Hold
Picnic At New Park
Taking advantage of what will
be one of the longest days in the
year, the North Franklin Com
munity Club will hold a picnic
Saturday night at 6:30 in the new
town park, which is a club pro
ject.
In case of rain, the picnic will
be moved to the Slagle Memorial
Building.
CRITICALLY ILL
Judd E. Potts, widely known
octogenarian, yesterday (Wednes
day! was reported critically ill at
his home on West Main Street.
The Weather
The week's temperatures and rainfall below
are recorded in Franklin by Man son Stiles.
U. S. weather observer; in Highlands by
Tudor N. Hail and W. C. Newton. TVA '
observers; snd at the Coweta ffydroloffio
Laboratory. Readings ara for the 24-hour
period ending at S a.m. of the day listed.
FRANKLIN
Wed., June 5 77 63 2.06,
Thursday 73 62 .14
Friday 85 60 .16
Saturday 82 61 .00'
Sunday 75. 64 .00
Monday 70 62 .00
Tuesday 81 62 .00
Wednesday .... 60 .00
HIGHLANDS
Wed., June 5 73 60 4.88
Thursday 74 54 .20
Friday 76 51 trace
Saturday 76 54 .00
Sunday 66 60 trace
Monday 62 56 .19
Tuesday 74 56 .07
Wednesday 60 .00
COWETA
Wed., June 5 79 63 2.71
Thursday 76 58 .18
Friday 84 54 .13
Saturday 81 55 .00
Sunday 74 61 .01
Monday 66 61 .00
Tuesday 82 60 .09
Wednesday .... 57 .00
Tippett, Macon Native, Gets Agent's
Job In Graham As Ramsey's Successor
The counties of Haywood and
?Macon seem to be grooming
men for the county agent's job
in Qraham County.
A Macon native, J. Robert
Tippett, has been announced as
the new Qraham agent, effec
tive Saturday, June 15.
He succeeds Albert L. Ramsey,
Jr., another Maconlan, who re
cently resigned to enter private
business.
Both men served in Haywood
County as assistant county a
gents before taking the Gra
ham job.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Tippett, of Franklin, Route 3,
the new Oraham agent has ser
ved in Haywood for the past
three years, principally in the
rural community development
program. He is a graduate of
N. C. 8tate College, and ser
ved with the V. 3. Army in
Korea during the Korean War.
Mr. Tippett is married to the
former Miss Helen Hoffmeyer,
of Columbus, Ga., and they
have a son, Bill.
Mr. Tippett