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Has anyone ever noticed how I nothing Improves one's driving I like having a police car following? j When you drive during the I tricky half-Ught of twilight and dusk, keep a sharp lookout fori pedestrians, especially children, warns the North Carolina Depart ment of Motor Vehicles. Here# Our . . . Dollar Days SPECIAL For Today (Thursday), Friday and Saturday Only \ * ' We offer NEW subscribers A 6 -Months Subscription to THE FRANKLIN PRESS for $1 (Regular price for six months, $1.75) ? V- 1 ? ? This offer is to NEW subscribers only. Subscriptions sent by mail will be accepted at this rate if postmarked before midnight Saturday, March 1. THE FRANKLIN PRESS Phone 24 Locals Attend Commission's Meet Friday Macon County had good repre sentation February 14 In Dlllsboro at the quarterly meeting of the W. N. C. Regional Planning Commis sion. Attending the luncheon and business session were W. W. (Bill) Sloan, county representative to the commission, A. B. Slagle, Franklin's representative, School Supt. H. Bueck. H. H. Qnuse, Jr.. a Franklin alderman, W. E. (Gene) Baldwin, chairman of the county commissioners, Wiley Brown, county commissioner, and Bob 8. Sloan, publisher of The Press. Tommy Gnuse Elected Officer In G. O. P. Organization At Duke Harmon Thomas (Tommy) Gnuse, of Franklin, has been ejected vice-president of the Young Republicans' Club at Duke Uni versity. where he is a sophomore. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Gnuse, Jr. I A WORD OF APPRECIATION I We wish to thank our white citizens and friends of Macon County for the donations they f^ve us to help buy the necessities for our school. Total amount re ceived was $49.75. We also wish to acknowledge the names of those who contributed to this cause: Mrs. Elmo Rogers, Mrs. Mark Dowdle, Mrs. C. N. Dowdle, Ralph Womack, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Dowdle, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mash bum, Jack Shenill, Dr. Furman Angel, Mrs. Carl Tysinger, Roy Cunningham. Mrs. Joseph Ashear, Leroy Mason, Jr., W. E. Baldwin, Jack Nichols, Gus Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. John Bulgin, Mrs. Henry Christy, Mrs. Hunter Calloway. Mrs. R. E. McKelvey. Lawrence Patton, S. A. Martin, S & L 5 & 10c Store, People's Dept. Store. Harve Bryant, L. C. Higdon, Bruce Bryant, Mrs. T. Callahan, Burrell Motor Co., W. W. Reeves, Prelo Dryman, A. R. Higdon, Lee Barn ard. Bryant Furniture Co.. R. S. Jones, Gilmer Jones, J. B. Pen dergrass, Ralph Henson, G. H. Marshall, Mrs. Grant Zickgraf, Mrs. H. H. Gnuse, Mrs. Lester Conley, Mrs. Harry Davis, Mrs. Florence Sherrill. Chapel P. T. A. Mrs. Garrield McKinney, President Mrs. Josephine Burgess, Program Chairman An automobile striking a sta tionary object at 60 miles an hour hits with the same impact as falling from the roof of a ten story building. READY 10 PITCH INTO YOUR JOB with, new hustle, new muscle, new style! Model 3445 Stop-Van with 8-foot body Watch 'em ride all-day runs with a new kind of efficiency! Chevy's new light duty Apache line is loaded with new ways to stay and save on long: schedules I When time means everything? you need a truck with everything. You need a Chevrolet! All Chevy pickups and panels are quick-as-a-whip hustlers in traffic and on the highway. They have Chev rolet's own special brand of built-in muscle? extra-rigid front end sheet metal and hefty frames. New Step-Van delivery models , complete with bodies Got a delivery job? Look over Chevrolet's spa cious new Step-Vans with walk-in bodies. Higher powered VS and 6 Chevy oflers the improved fuel-saving 145-h.p. Thriftmaster 6. For more power? with maximum economy? the new 283-cu.-in. J60-h.p. Trade master V8 is available at extra cost Right: Model 3105 Panel with 7-foot body Center: Model 3804 Pickup with 101-inch cargo box WATCH NEW TASK-FORC* MIDDLE WEIGHTS ANq HEAVIES HANDLE ANY SIZE HAUL I Chevrolet's rugged medium-duty Vikings can move big loads fast. Chevy's heavy weight Spartans feature the 230-h.p. 348-cu.-in. Workmaster V8? a new kind of engine for a new kind of efficiency and economy. See your Chevrolet dealer soon. CHEVROLET Only franthutd Chevrolet Stolen Jitplay thin famous traJemqrk mm See Your Local Authorized, Chevrolet Dealer WILL 'PICK IT PRETTY' FOR THE CLOGGERS IN NEW YORK Jim Lunsford and his Blue Ridge Mountain Boys will back up the Smoky Mountain Cloggers Sunday night in New York City when the local square dance team performs on the Bd Sullivan television show at 8 o'clock. Members of the band are (L to R) Bobby Thompson ,of Asherrille, banjo; Bill Queen, of Mountain City, Ga., guitar; Mr. Lunsford, of Asheville, fiddle; and Harry Roberson, of Dillard, G*-, Route 1, bass. The band was organized and has been practicing with the doggers so the young dancers would feel right at home when they take the big city by storm. (Gene Dowdle Photo) ONE OF OLDEST RESIDENTS ? Mrs. Mashburn Dies At 99; Leaves 122 Descendants I One of the oldest living resi ' dents of the county, Mrs. Lassie Eugene Guffey Mashburn. died February 18 at 5 p.m. at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Julia Shope in the Longview Community, leaving 122 descendants. She would have been 100 years old June 6. A native of Cheroket County, she was the widow of Jesse Mashburn, of this county. They were married in 1879. Mrs. Mashburn is survived by three sons, two daughters, 31 grandchildren, and 85 great-grand children. Funeral services were conduct ed the 20th at the Sugarfork Baptist Church, of which she wx-; a member. Officiating were the Rev. Andrew Cloer and the Rev. Fred Sorrells. Burial was in the | Sugarfork cemetery. In addition to Mrs. Shope, sur- 1 viving are another daughter, Mr3. Fannie Angel, of Franklin. Rout*. 4. and three sons. Bert anc Charlie Mashbum. both of Route 5, and George Mashburn, of Sylva. Serving as pallbearers were Wymer Gibson. Homer Mashburn Clint Elmore, Ira Ledford. San ford Mann, and Horace Mann. Bryant Funeral Home was i:i charge of arrangements. Farmers Harvest 87,674 Pounds Of Burley Here Macon County farmers market ed 87.674 pounds of burley to bacco in 1957, according to a re port compiled by the local Agri We Help Make Home Plans Come True Family on-the-grow? Need more living space? Planning to build a new home or to expand, remodel or modernize your old one? What ever your plans may be, we can help to make them come true with a low-cost mortgage or home Improvement loan, geared to your budget. MACON COUNTY BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION Office in The Bank of Franklin UniMIng PH^NE 46 FRANKLIN, N. C. cultural Stabilization and Conser vation office. Participating in the allotment prof ram were 162 farmers. Of the total poundage. 590 pounds were stored. The total bai ivest d acreage on the 162 farms wag 45.25 and the average yield per acre was 1,896 pounds. 314 Births Recorded In '57 Al-e.;t thres times as many peopl v.cie born in Macon Coun y thai) diec in 1957. The r.uir.b.r of births wap 314. as compart d with 111 deaths. There were 42 bi.bies tx rn of Macon County whose parenti live here. "IT IS A MISKIABLE THING TO LIVE IN , SUSPENSE" ? (Author's Name Jklow) Physicians and pharmacists often wonder whether many current health articles are not causing iome mental distress. Their information about new miracle drugs, usually accom panied by vivid descriotions of disease symptoms, often may influence one to think they have the disease t-hty are read ing about. If you have any constantly re-occurring unusual symptoms that you think might be serious, don't worry about it. Just tM# your physician and let him find out If you really have any prob lem. YOUR PHYSICIAN CAN PHONE 119 WHEN YOU NEED A MEDICINE ? Pick up your prescription If shopping near us, or let us deliver promptly without ex tra charge. A great many people entrust us with the responsibility of filling their prescriptions. May we com pound yours? ? Angel's Drug Store "Tear Rexall Store" Franklin. N. C. Phone 119 i 'Quotation by Jonathan Swift (1667 1745> Copyright lMt <3W3>
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