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Prayer is not elo
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? Hannah Moore.
72nd Year ? No. 48
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, November 28, 1957
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Eighteen Pages
UP AND AT 'EM AGAIN
Franklin High's lads an,d lassies, who open their 1957-58
cage season here Tuesday night, are practicing, practicing, prac
ticing in the gymnasium. Pictured above, Coach C. K. (Ike)
Olson (left background) watches as thr.ee of his boys engage in
some under-the-basket play.
AGAINST WAYNESVILLE ? '
Franklin Hi Lads, Lassies
To Open Season On Tuesday
Franklin High's lads and lassies
will open their 1957-58 basketball
season on the home court Tues
day night against Waynesville.
The girls will hit the hardwood
at 7:30, and the boys play at 8:30.
Two more home games are
scheduled, Andrews on Dec. 10
and Sylva on Dec. 13, before the
locals move out of town.
The 17-game schedule lists nine
home and eight away games
against Waynesville, Andrews,
Sylva, Cherokee, Swain High, Cui
lowhee, Webster, Glenville, and
Highlands.
Coached this year by C. K.
(Ike> Olson, the boys' squad has
seven lettermen as its nucleus ?
Gary Clark, Jack Hyde, Doug
Pearson, Larry Brooks, Harold El
liott, Don Ledford, and Gary Mc
Kelvey. Backing up the lettermen
are Buddy Cloer, Tommy Roten,
Robert Wallace, Guy Duvall, John
Killian, Bobby Swan, Eugene
Haire, Jimmy Yeary, and Ronald
Harper. Newcomers reporting out
for the season include Doug
Young, Jim Nolen, Johnny Stanl
ey, Bobby Poindexter, Clayton
Richardson, Harold Henry; Wayne
Cole, Gene Morrow, and Gilmer
Henry.
Franklin's lassies, coached by
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 10
Franklin High
Cage Schedule
Dec. 3, Waynesville, home
Dec. 10, Andrews, home
Dec. 13, Sylva. home
Dec. 17, Cherokee, away
Jan. 3, Waynesville, away
Jan. 7, Swain, away
Jan. 10, Cullowhee, home '
Jan. 14, Webster, away
Jan. 17, Highlands, home
Jan. 21, Glenville, away
Jan. 24, Sylva, away
Jan. 27, Cherokee, home
Jan. 31, Swain, home
Feb. 4, Cullowhee, away
Feb. 7, Webster, home
Feb. 10, Highlands, away
Feb. 14, Glenville, home
DOCTOR ON JOB
Dr. H. T. Horsley, who has been
ill for several months, has resum
ed his practice of medicine at his
office in the Ashear Building. ,
YOUTH CENTER OPEN
The Franklin Youth Center will
be open again Friday, Nov. 29,
from 7:30 to 11 p. m. in the base- i
ment of the town hall. A11 teen- <
agers are invited to attend. Door 1
prizes will be given. ]
SOIL VOTE
IS SLATED
NEXT WEEK
Taylor And McClure
Are Nominated For
Supervisor Post
An election to pick a soil con
servation supervisor for the Ma
con Soil Conservation District is
slated the week of Dec. 2-7.
Walter Taylor, of Holly Springs,
and Bryant McClure, of Otto,
have been nominated by regular
petition for the post on the three
man county committee.
The winner will take the seat
being vacated by Robert Parker,
of Franklin, vice-president, who is
ending a three-year term. The
other two members of the com
mittee are Milton Fouts. chair
man, and Edwin T. Bradley, sec
retary-treasurer.
A new member is elected to a
three-year term each year.
Ballot boxes will be placed at
the following locations over the
county during the week-long elec
tion:
County agent's office; Paul
Swafford's Store; Fouts' Store;
McCoy's Store (Oak Grove) ; Tom
Rickman's Store; Anderson's
Store '(Tellico); Owenby's Store
(Nantahala) ; Clyde Morgan's
Store; Hawks' Service Station;
Soil Conservation Office in the
post office; Pressley's Store; Bate
man's Store; Parrish's Store;
Scaly Post Office; Bob Estes'
Service Station ; Gneiss Post Of
fice: Lee Crawford's Store; Farm
ers Federation; Downs and Dow
die; and Brown and Carson.
They Felt It
Her:: Too . . .
They can add a fifth county to
the list of those feeling the earth
tremor Sunday afternoon.
Numbers of Maconians have re
ported feeling the tremor, which
shook buildings and homes and
rattled windows and dishes. Some
said there were two different
movements, seconds apart.
There was no reported damage
here or in any other counties feel
ing the shock.
The seismograph at the Univer
sity of North Carolina recorded a
tremor shortly after 3 p. m., but
officials there said they were un
able to pinpoint the area it was in.
Citizens in Swain, Haywood,
Cherokee, and Jackson also re
ported they were "all shook up"
by the earth tremor.
About an hour after the tremor,
a sleet and hail storm hit in many
sections of the county. However,
there was no connection between
the two ? just another topic for
Sunday evening conversation.
COMMUNION SERVICE
The celebration of Holy Com
nunion is set for 7:30 a. m. to
iay (Thursday) at the St. Agnes
Episcopal Church by the Rev. A.
Rufus Morgan.
THEY'RE GETTING FRANKLIN 'LIT' FOR SEASON
Franklin Volunteer firemen worked far Into the night last week making up strings of Christ
mas lights for installation along Main Street. Money for the lights was raised by the chamber of
commerce and the radio station. Firemen In the picture are (L to R) John Bulgin, the Rev. Donn
Langfitt, Evan Hogaed, Policeman Nelson Lodford, Hall Callahan, George Slagle, Edwin T. Wil
liams, Henry WUkle, and Jack Ragan. Seated are J. L West, Jr., and Jim McCollnm.
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AROUND THE POT-BELLIED STOVE THEY TALKED
The pot-bellied stove, hallmark of American rural poli
tics, was present- last Thursday in the county courthouse
when Congressman George A. Shuford, of Asheville, visited
with constituents. Congressman Shuford (left) is shown chat
ting with (L to R) Register of Deeds Lake V. Shope, Sherriff
J. Harry Thomas, Airs. Kate M. Wrinn, clerk of Superior
Court, and Jess Shope, chairman of the county Democratic
party.
FOR YULE PARADE ? .
Santa Claus Is Coming
To Franklin Saturday
That celebrated roly-poly gentleman in the red suit
from the North Pole is coming to town Saturday for
Franklin's annual Christmas Parade.
Santa Claus, in an advance communique, this week
informed the parade co-chairman, Hall Callahan and
George Brown, that he will arrive at the Macon
County Airport at 2 p. m. In the event of adverse
weather, he'll .swap his airplane for automobile.
For the Christmas parade at 2 :30, Santa will ride
in a pony-drawn cart, throwing candy and gifts along
the parade route.
As the official opening event of the Yultide season,
the parade is attracting considerable interest among
businesses, clubs, and communities, according to the
co-chairmen.
Nearly 50 floats and marching groups are expect
ed to participate. Cash prizes totaling $100 are being
offered the best non-business floats. A gold cup will
be awarded the best business entry.
Units entering the parade must be at the assemb
ling point on Depot Street near the railroad depot no
later than 2 o'clock so positions can be assigned, Mr.
Callahan emphasized.
The parade route will be from Depot, through town
on Main Street, and then back to Depot via Palmer
Street.
WAS MACON NATIVE ?
Airplane Crash In Alaska
Claims Life Of Lt. Stamey
A 29-year-old Macon County na
ive and pilot in the Alaska Air
National Guard, First Lt. Dennis
!. Stamey, was one of four Guards
nen killed Saturday in an air
>lane crash during a snow storm
n Alaska.
Lt. Stamey had ferried a jet air
)lane from his home base in An
:horage, Alaska,' to California
ind the night before the crash
lad visited in San Francisco with
>is brother, Sgt. Ted Stamey.
He visited his mother, Mrs. Ma
ie Cook Stamey, and other rela
ives here this summer while on
, jet navigation training exercise
rom Alaska.
Funeral services for the young
Hot are incomplete. The body is
xpected to arrive here this week
nd.
Lt. Stanley's wife, the former
liss Hazel Bernice Moses, will
rrive here from Anchorage to
ay (Thursday) or tomorrow, ac
ording to members of the family.
Irs. Stamey has been teaching
i Anchorage, where she and her
usband and their three children,
'ebecca, Sonja Lee, and Dennis
Jr., made their home.
Details of the airplane crash
iiat claimed Lt. Stamey's life
ave not been released. It is under
wood, however, that he was a
rew member on a C-54 on the
lght, possibly co-pllot.
The crash occurred near Gus
ivus, 20 miles west of Juneau,
laska. on the southeastern tip
F Glacier Bay National Monu
ent.
One report received here said
ie airplane had been turned
vay from one air base because :
' a snow storm and It was at
tempting to land at an auxiliary
field. Seven are reported to have
survived.
A graduate of Franklin High
School, Lt. Stamey attended West
ern Carolina College. He taught
school in Alaska for a short time
before joining the Alaska Air Ni
First Lt. Stamey
. . . Crash Victim ^
tlonal Ouard. He received special '
flight training at Big Springs. \
Tex., and at Anchorage. He first i
learned to fly at the Franklin t
field. c
Surviving in addition to his wife j
and children, his mother, who
lives in the Higdonville Commun
ity, and his brother are three oth
er brothers, Lloyd, Eugene, and J
Johnny, ail of Franklin, and the I
maternal grandparents, Mr. and c
Mrs. W. E. Cook, of Alto, Oa. t
Judge Will Face
Big Court Dockets
HOLDING SERVICE
The Rev. John W. Tucker,
pastor of the St. Agnes Epis
copal Church, will conduct' the
annual community-wide Thanks
giving service this (Thursday)
morning at 9:30 at the First
Baptist Church. The service
previously had been announced
for 8 o'clock. Pastors of all
Franklin churches will partici
pate in the service and a choir
composed of voices from all
churches will sing.
TOP HONOR ?
White Elected
To N. C. State
Honor Society
David Boyce White is one of 32
top-ranking seniors elected to
membership in the N. C. State Col
lege chapter of Phi Kappa Phi,
national scholastic honor society.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Everett White, of the Patton Com
munity.
Election to membership in Phi
Kappa Phi is regarded as the
highest academic honor open to
students attending State. The so
ciety is the equivalent to Phi
Kappa in the libral arts colleges.
Well Is About
Ready For Test
Franklin's latest well digging
venture is about ready for test
ng, according to H. H. Gnuse,
chairman of the town water com
mittee.
He said the Bonny Crest shaft
vill be pump-tested next week,
rhe shaft now contains more
vater than a bailer can remove,
ind he thinks the well Is going
o produce a good supply. The
ihaft was at the 500-foot mark
resterlay (Wednesday).
ON BIYING TRIP
Mr and Mrs. Troupe Callahan,
Jiss Sarah Smart, and Mrs. Grace
.unsford spent several days re
ently in Charlotte on a buying
rip.
December Term
Opens Monday;
Cases Listed
When he convenes the Decem
ber- term of Superior Court Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock. Judge
Francis O. Clarkson will face the
largest criminal and civil dockets
compiled here in many terms.
The clerk of court, Mrs. Kate
M. Wrinn, this week said about
200 new cases will appear on the
criminal docket, in addition to
about 40 hold-overs from previous
terms. The civil docket is large
also, listing 17 cases.
Most of the criminal cases are
violations of motor vehicle laws,
the clerk said.
Judge Clarkson is from Char
lotte.
They're Looking
Skyward Now . . .
, Maconians are becoming sky
conscious in this new space age
recently ushered in by the Rus
; sians.
Frank Plyler, commander of
Franklin's Civil Air Patrol squad
ron, watched the rocket that
launched Sputnik 1 streak across
the sky about 6:20 p. m. Tuesday.
! He heard on television the rocket's
orbit would be in these skies and
decided to see if he could spot it.
Seeing it was no problem, he re
ports. "It was as big as a star in
the Dipper", and it went, from
horizon to horizon in about three
or four minutes.
A number ' of people reported
seeing red lights in the north
Tuesday night. What they prob- .
ably saw was Aurora Borealis
i northern lights >, w'hich is vis
ible this time of the year.
Party Slated Saturday
A party featuring refreshments
and special entertainment will be
held Saturday at East Franklin
School for the benefit of the
Order of Eastern Star, Nequassa
Chapter, and the local library.
The party will begin at 7:30 p.
m. The admission will be 50 cents.
The wwk'i temperature* and rainfall below
are recorded in Franklin by Manson St] lea;
U. S. weather observer; in Highlands by
TXidor N. Hall and W. a Newton. TTA
oheervera: ,?d at the Coweta tfrdroloda
laboratory. Readings are for the 24-how
period ending at ft a.m. of the day listed.
Cm A MtfT r%*
FRANKLIN " ? -
Wed., Nov. 20 Vl* Ra,n
COWKTA
Wed., Nov. 20 53 24 .00
Weather
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
44 24 .00
39 27 trace
54 37 1.11
64 39 .02
53 41 1.10
64 23 .22
? 25 .00
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
44 24 .00
40 26 .03
51 34 1.08
58 37 .03
50 38 1.40
60 21 .14
? 25 N .00
J
Wednesday
1 ? ?
You Won't Want To Miss The Christmas Parade On Saturday