Business
Is Better
At Office
Business la Franklin, at least
the poet office's business con
tinues to be better this year
than last, according to dollar
receipts for the cpi&rter Just
ended.
Postmaster Zeb Meadows said
this week post office business
was up 4. S3 per cent over the
corresponding period for 1956.
In dollars, it was $8,132.94 for
the April-June quarter of 1957,
while '56 showed $7,750.43.
The January -March quarter
of this year was up six ,per
cent over the previous year.
Courtesy Boxes
Are Authorized
The Jolt of receiving an over
Ume parking ticket in Franklin
may be lessened somewhat by
a proposed touch of conven
ience.
Aldermen have okayed the
purchase of 10 ticket boxes,
which will xnake it easier to pay
the $1 fine for overparklng by
eliminating a trip to the town
hall. A motorist will just drop
the ticket and his fine into one
i of the boxes, which will be
placed at different points over
town. Special envelope tickets
will be used.
The courtesy boxes are cost
ing the town $18.50 each and
they will be used on a three
' month trial basis.
"The Family of Weimar Siler"
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Special Notice to
PROPERTY OWNERS
If 1956 County Taxes are not paid
by July 31 property will be adver
tised and sold as provided by law.
J. HARRY THOMAS,
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Tax Collector
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Jim Brinkman Polishes A Ruby
BRINKMAX'S HOBBY NOW JOB ?
Scratch A Lapidary And You
Find He's A . . . Gem Cutter
Jim Brinkman has entered a
field which is new to Franklin
and is an outgrowth of the in
terest in the Gowee Ruby Mines.
He's a lapidary. Or translat
ed into rock-hound language,
he cuts, polishes, and engraves
precious stones. His" is a world
j of cabochons, pigeon blood, and
I carats, to use a few of the
[ words which soon become a part
[ of every ruby-hunter's vocabu
lary.
.Mr. Brinkman opened the
Franklin Gem Shop on a full
I time basis this spring. "I
started small and kind of let
the thing feel itself out." He
reports he's got so much busi
ness he needs an assistant.
He taught himself to cut
gems. "Anybody can do it," he
says encouragingly. "It's like
music. Once you learn the scale
! you're on your own." The more
j self-taught a cutter is, the bet
! ter he is, Mr. Brinkman be
i lieves; "self-learned lessons
stick the longest.
A native of Arizona, mining
is not a new thing to him. He
grew up around mines and his
father worked them all his life.
In addition to cutting stones
owned by other people, he sells
those which he has found him
self. A number of other relat
ed items ? such as arrowheads ?
are on sale in his shop.
. The biggest ruby he's cut was
one weighing 136 carats. It is
owned by Miss Ruth Holbrook,
who found it on the top soil
at the family mine one day last
year, although it was not cut
until this month. It was cut
into two stones, one 29 carats
and the other 32.
Proof that there's artistry In
the work of a lapidary can be
found in these words of the
"artist": "If I get a good look
at a stone once I'd recognize it
if I saw it a year later. There's
something a little different in
every one."
Club Will Work
On Picnic Area
By MRS. ANNE BERRY
(Club Reporter)
The Higdonville Home Demon
stration Club met at the home of
Mrs. Anne Berry at its last meet
ing.
Mrs. Pied Corbin, vice-presi
dent, presided in the absence of
the president, Mrs. Harry Moses.
Mrs. Corbin gave the demonstra
tion on a vegetable salad.
It was decided by the club to
work at the community picnic
grounds for the August meeting.
The members of the club plan to
clean up the grountls and paint
picnic furniture on that date. A
picnic lunch will be served,
j
Bueck In Washington
As Committee Member
H. Bueck. school superintendent
for the county, was in Washington
i last week on business pertaining
to the federal aid-to-education bill
Mr. Bueck is one of two North
Carolinians on this state's fedleral
relations committee of the edu 1
I cation association, and he was .in I
; Washington in his committee '
' capacity.
Be Safe
Instead of
Sorry
Insure
Your 1
Home , Car 9
or Life
With
ATIONWIDK
MUTUAL INIUH1NOI tOWMV
ED WILLIAMS
Local Agent
Phone 5 or 311
Measuring
Of Burley
Completed
Measuring Macon County's
burley acreage has been com
pleted, according to Max Par
rish, chairman of the county
A.S.C. committee.
Of the 218 farms having al
lotments, 165 grew the weed for
a total of 46.97 harvested acres,
while 46 more placed 16.22 acres
in the Soil Bank.
Seven with allotments did not
grow burley or place acreage in
the Soil Bank. Their allotments
totaled 1.60 acres.
With Tom Alley as supervisor,
the four reporters handling
measuring this year were Wil
liam E. Fouts, Frank Nolen,
Dale Carter, and Stanley Pen
land.
State College Boys
Arrive For Training
Students from N. C. State
College School of Forestry, 47
strong and with two professors,
arrived at Wavah Depot Mon
day last week for a month or
more of training in the Nan
tahala forest
The last of the Iowa State
College students left that morn
ing.
MRS. ( OGAN BACK
Mrs. Carolyn Cogan. home ec
onomics teacher at Franklin High
School, returned home recently
from the summer school session
at Woman's College, University of
North Carolina Greensboro, where
she took some vocational courses
Mr. Cogan. who had been in Vir
ginia visiting his family, pickeu
her up at Greensboro and they
returned home by way of Myrtle
Beach. S. C
PLUMBING
And
HEATING
For A-l Work at
Reasonable Rate*
CALL
W. G. HALL
Phone 397
SILAS WOMACK ,
DIES AT 83; l
WAS PAINTER )
Served As Deacon
In Baptist Church;
Wife Survives Him
John Silas Womack died at !
his home in Franlclln at 11:30 a
a. m. Wednesday of last week *
after an illness of three months. '
He was 83 on June 2. e
A son of Jonas and Mrs.
Sarah .Milton Womack, he was r
a native of Macon County and r
a life-long resident. He married
Miss Ella Hughes Oct 22, 1901 1
She survives.
Mr. Womack was a painter by 1
trade. He had served as a dea- c
con in the Franklin Baptist 1 '
Church. i
Funeral services were held at J
11 a. m. Friday at his church
with the pastor, the Rev. M. W. (
Chapman, officiating. He was
assisted by the Rev. Thad ^ |
Dowdle. Burial was In Wood- '
lawn Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Evan Hogsed; !
George Elliott, Frank Tallent, '
Walter Dean, Quince Hauser, <
I and Algie McCall. ' i
Surviving in addition to his
' wife are four sons, John, of .
Asheville, Paul, of Statesville,
| and Ralph and Reid Womack, 1
of Franklin; three daughters, 1
Mrs. Elsie Franks and Mrs. Sam j
Hall, of Franklin, and Mrs.
Armond Petrozzi, of Brilliant.
Ohio; 11 grandchildren; and
four great-grandchildren.
Miss Rogers
Dies At Home
Of Sister Here
Miss Flota Maybelle Rogers,
71, died Thursday at 1 a. m.
last week at the home of a i
sister, Mrs. R. D. Wells and .Mr.
Wells, in the Patton commun
! ity, after a lingering illness.
Miss Rogers was a native of
Haywood County but had lived
| here for the last 34 years. She
was a daughter of T. J. M. and
Mrs. Lura Ruff Rogers; born
April 13, 1886.
Funeral services were held
Friday at 3:30 p. m. at Louisa
Chapel Methodist Church where
Miss Rogers was a member. Of
ficating ministers were the Rev.
R. L. Poindexter and the Rev.
Glenn Anderson. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
| Pallbearers were Elmo Rog
ers. William Kirckbaum, Rogers
i Wells, John D. Wells, Truman
| Rogers, and William Cunning
J ham, all nephews.
Surviving in addition to Mrs.
Wells, Is another sister. Mrs.
Allan Stokeley, of Del Rio,
Tenn.; and four brothers, Cor
| dell and Arnold Rogers, of I
Route 2, Milburn, of Waynes
ville, and Curtis, of Clyde.
Social Security
Man Doubles Visits
The Social Security district
office in Ashevllle has doubled
I the number of days it has a
representative in Franklin in
' order "to render a better serv
| ice to the people of Macon
County", according to Glenn H.
Pittinger, office manager.
A new schedule provides that
a Social Security representative
be in Franklin on the second
and fourth Mondays and Tues
days of each month. Previous
ly. it was on only the second
ond fourth Tuesdays.
This month, the first visit
'ill be on Aug. 12 and 13. j
Time is 9 a. m. each day and
tiie place is the agricultural
L lilding.
Sam Higdon Aids
.Couple In Wreck
Sam Higdon, of Franklin,
[aided two injured persons whose
[ car wrecked Wednesday morn
ing of last week on the Sylva
BaLsam detour.
Mr. Higdon was taking a
group of Pony League players
to Canton about 9 a. m. when
he saw the car approaching
I him veer gradually to the side
of the road and then tumble
down an embankment.
He lifted the injured man
partially out of the car and
then he and Ronnie Mashburn,
one of the passengers in Mr. |
Higdon's car, helped make the ,
man's wife comfortable inside
the wrecked vehicle until the
ambulance arrived. The woman
suffered a broken neck.
Mr. Higdon said he didn't
know what caused the accident. I
He was about 60 feet from the \
oncoming auto when it left the
road The Sylva-Balsa/n detour
is ; narrow dirt road known
as Dirk Ridge Road and several
minor accidents have occurred |
on it..
M. Y. F. MEET POSTPONED
The regular meeting of the Ma
con Methodist Youth Fellowship
Sub-Disricti has been postponed ,
from Monday, Aug. 5. to Aug. 12. |
The meeting will be held at Snow |
Hill Methodist Church at 8 pm I
^angfitt Is
Ordained By
"Vesbyterians
The Rev. Dorm Langfitt, ex
mined and approved for the
ministry by the Asheville Pres
lytery last week, was ordained
nd installed as pastor of the
'ranklin Presbyterian Church
n ceremonies here Sunday aft
rnoon.
A commission of out-of-town
ninisters conducted the cere
nony.
A June graduate of Union
Theological Seminary, Rich
nond, Va.. Mr. Langfitt is a na
ive of West Virginia. He ac
epted a call to Franklin follow
ng his graduation.
Prison Camp
Gets First
Grade A
For the first time in its his- j
ory, the Macon County Prison
?amp has received a Grade A
sanitation rating.
Behind this achievement Is a
:rail of gradual Improvement.
On Aug. 19, 1955, the camp rat
ing was 65.5; on Dec. 7, 1955,
50; on Aug. 11, 1956, 85; on
tfov. 13, 1956, 86; on March 12,
1957, 87.5.
Its last inspection saw the
rating go to 90, qualifying it
for a Grade A.
RUPTURED?
>1 iht world's best truss at a
?tv reasonable price. ?old b*
.V ALTER A. STEELE. Kranklia.
Expert Fitter.
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