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nmklitt Jfcwomatt A bad neighbor is as great a misfortune as a good one is a great blessing. ? Hesiod. 73rd Year ? No. 17 Franklin, N. C., Thursday, April 24, 1958 Price 10 Cents Sixteen Pages MEANDERING ALONG MAIN STREET A LOT OF folks, fed up with the filthy condition of the streets, have volunteered to pitch In and clean them If that's the only way to get the job done. A PICKPOCKET, Jack London. Is coming here May 1 to help the new Macon County Rescue Squad get its start. Members of the squad already have an eye on a surplus ambulance and other equipment. The London show pro ceeds will help purchase things. IT'S A GOOD feeling to be a good neighbor ? Just ask the local volunteer firemen who helped Sylva with the hospital blaze Sun day night. MAYBE IF everyone would wear those old timey goggles the dirt and sand from Franklin's dirty streets wouldn't blow Into their eyes. KERR SCOTT'S branch head boys in Macon County were deep ly shocked by the death of "The Squire from Haw River": and more than just surprised at Oov. Hodges' appointment of B. E. Jor dan to succeed him. Brady Elected President Of Local Jaycees J. P. Brady, news editor of The Franklin Press, Monday night was elected president of the Franklin Junior Chamber of Commerce for the 1958-59 year. He succeeds Robert W. (Bob > Moore as head of the young men's organization. Named to serve with the new president are Roy M. Biddle, Jr., first vice-president; Jim William son, second vice-president; Tom Collier, secretary; Charles Ledbet ter, treasurer: Mr. Moore, state director: and Mr. Moore. Ray mond Ledford. Dr. J. L. Hill, and Bufi Taylor, directors. An installation banquet by the club is slated for May 3. Mr. Brady is a charter member of the Franklin club and served in 1954-55 as a state vice-presi dent of N.CJ.C.C. Local Church Will Be Host To TU Meeting First Baptist Church in Frank lin will be host Friday and Satur day to the annual meeting of the Regional Training Union Conven tion. The session opens at 3 p. m. Fri day and will close at noon Satur day. Carl Corbin, of Sylva, director, will be in charge. Friday night, the Rev. R. W. Abrams, pastor of the Sylva Bap tist Church, will be the speaker. The Rev. J. G. Miller, association al missionary for the Western North Carolina and West Liberty associations, will address the gath ering Saturday morning. With participants from associa tions of Region 10, program con tests will include junior memory work drill; intermediate sword drill; young people's better speak ers tournaments; and adult Blb'.e reading. It's Nearly Spiring Again! Taking advantage of breaks in the weather, farmed are turning Macon County's earth for Spring planting. Astride tractors and/or walking behind plows, they're out in the field in ever-in creasing numbers as Winter relaxes its hold. There are other signs of Spring, too; signs like robins hopping around; Spring-fever looks creeping into eyes; more paint-up-fix-up projects; and, of course, warming tempera tures. Region Engineers Tour Coweta Lab And Timber Job Between 40 and 50 U. S. Forest Service engineers toured Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory and the Stamp Creek timber project Tues day. They observed streams, logging operations, road building, and erosion. The engineers, all from the Southern region, .came up from, Clemson. S. C.. where they are holding a meeting. FIREMEN FIGHT SYLVA BLAZE The initials F. F. D. (Franklin Fire Department) were very ?much in evident Sunday night in Sylva where firemen of three towns rallied to fight a blaze that gutted the C. J. Harris Com munity Hospital. (See Story, Page 16). Two MaconJans, Mis. Bertha Hurst and Mrs. B. W. (Rosa) Justice, were among the 23 patients evacuated from the burning hospital. Mrs. Hurst was sent to a hospital in Bryson City and Mrs. Justice is in Waynes ville. (Staff Photo) TWO TELL OF TRIP ? Mrs. Horsley Is Elected Head Of Franklin P.-T. A. Members of the Franklin P.-T.A. Monday night elected Mrs. Lascu E. Horsley to head their organi ' zation for the 1958-59 year. Also elected and installed with Mrs. Horsley were Mrs. Kate Will iams, vicc-president, Rafe Teague. treasurer, and Mrs. Margaret Cooper, secretary. S. A. Eundy is the out-going president of the parent-teacher group. Featuring the program were talks by Miss Frances Winstead and Miss Dwain Horsley on their trip to New York City last week to visit the United Nations. Miss Horsley won the trip in a recent speaking contest. Miss Winstead was contest advisor. The P.-T.A. paid their expenses. Prior to the opening of the business session, parents and teachers visited the classrooms in the Elementary building, where special exhibits had been pre pared . Mrs. Margaret R. Flanagan's elementary grade won the room ccunt. In the high school, the count was won by Mrs. Mae Belle Tucker's room. SLATED FOR SATURDAY ? The Old South' Coming Again At Junior-Senior "The Old South" ? is slated for rebirth Saturday night when the annual Junior-Senior Banquet is held at Franklin High School in the cafeteria. Carrying out the theme of the South, a Southern-style meal, with barbecue as the main course, will be served by sophomore hon or students dressed as Negro waiters and waitresses. The en tertainment committee, headed by Jean Burrell and Larry Brooks, has arranged for underclassmen to present a "Minstrel Show". The cafeteria will be decorated like the interior of an old South ern home. The banquet will start at 7:30, and the "Tigertown Quin tet" from Clemson College will play for a dance starting at 9. YOUTH GIVES SPEECH ? Local N.C.E.A. Ejects Mrs. Martin President Mrs. Mildred K. Martin is the Ledford. Martha Blaine, and Nan new president of the Macon Coun- cy Cochran. ty unit of the N. C. Education Association. In addition to an election ot 1958-59 officers of the organiza tion's annual banquet Friday night in the high school cafeteria, prin cipals and teachers and special guests heard Gary McKelvey give his prize-winning American Leg ion speech and they also were en tertained by a group of 4-H club bers from the Patton Community. Elected to serve with Mrs. Mar tin were Norman West, vice-presi dent. and Miss Elizabeth Mea dows, secretary-treasurer. The out going president, W. O. Crawford, presided at the banquet, which was attended by about 150. Gary's speech was entitled "America's Rights and Responsi bilities on the Constitution". Son ' of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McKelvey, he recently advanced to- the state finals before being eliminated in I the annual American Legion ! -speaking event. The 4-H clubbers entertaining included Misses Jane Wells. Linda Mrs. Martin . . . Heads Teachers JUDGE CLOSES COURT TERM ON TUESDAY 115 Cash Bonds Are Confiscated; Cases Are Listed Judge Hugh Campbell closed out the April term of Superior Court here about 2:30 Tuesday afternoon. The term, which opened the 14th, saw cash bonds confiscated in 115 traffic violations cases. Following are criminal dis positions of the term, with the exception of the actions taken the last day. These actions will appear next week: Cy Seth Birchfield, violation of prohibition laws. 60 days suspend ed, $50 and costs. Dewey Cunningham, no chauf feur's license. $25 and costs. Jack Robert Shook, driving drunk, $100 and costs. Herbert Johnson, driving drunk, $100 and costs. Frank Cannon, permitting non licensed person to drive, nol pros with leave. John A. Lee. no operator's li cense, costs. Horace Page Mann, driving drunk (2nd offense), 6 months suspended $150 and costs. Frank Jenkins Williams, driv ing drunk, $100 and costs. Nora Elizabeth Rogers, no op erator's license, $25 and costs. Allen Archie Angel, speding, costs. James Eddie Burton, speeding, $10. Lucius Cordell Wood, larceny of automobile, 12 months suspend ed, defendant place on probation. $200 and costs. Johnny Mack Lee. larceny of automobile, 12 months. Daniel 8ylvester Vinson, driving after license suspended, $25 ana costs, Dillard Nicholson, violation of prohibition laws. 6 months sus pended, $300. Herman Lee Tickl*. destroying public property, nol pros with leave. Herman Lee Tickle, escaping prison, nol pros with leave. Herman Lee Tickle, escaping from lawful confinement, destroy ing public property, nol pros with leave for destroying property: 6 months for escaping, sentence to run at the expiration of any and all sentences now being served by the defendant. William Shepherd, destroying public property, 60 days, sentence to run at the expiration of any and all sentences he is now serv ing. Ei'nest Ray Pinion, escaping from lawful confinement, 6 months, sentence to run at the ex piration of any and all sentences he is now serving. Arlin Barker, destroying state property. 3 months, sentence to run at the expiration of any and all sentences he is now serving. Paul J. Jackson, driving drunk. 6 months suspended. $100 and costs. Richard L. Dryman, speeding. $25 and costs. Wymer Edison Young, violation of prohibition laws, prayer for judgment continued on payment, of costs. Perry Leroy Wiggins, reckless driving, costs. Clarence Edmas Wike. speed ing. $40. Frank Kirkland. larceny. 12 months suspended. $156 and costs j on court conditions. Daniel Joseph Wike. driving drunk, prayer for judgment con- j tinued to July-August term. Culley Eugene Oabrels. speed- j ing, $34. Williston Prank Houston, reck less driving, costs. Robert McCoy Anderson, driv ing drunk. 6 months suspended. $100 and costs. Harris Henry Dryman, violation of prohibition laws. $25 and costs. James Wilson Bales, violation of prohibition laws. $25 and costs. Bobby Welch, driving drunk. $100 and costs. James W. Justice, improper op erator's license, nol pros with leave. Fiank Lemuel Hurst, driving drunk, reckless driving. 90 days suspended $100 and costs. Loy Edwin Parrish, aiding and abetting In transporting whiskey $50 and costs. Earl Floyd Calloway, driving drunk (from Jackson County". $100 and costs. Henry Herbert Bailey, driving drunk, nol pros with leave. F?sul Kent Beal. speeding, nol 1 pros w'th leave. Loy Parrish. aiding and abetting .to driving drunk, permitting non- ' SEE NO I, PAOE R WHO'S RUNNING FOR OFFICE? Filing Deadline Saturday Puts Candidates Under Wire * * * IN RADIO INTERVIEW ? Ejections Chairman Gives Answers To Vote Questions The Franklin voting precinct, which is being spilt into four prencipts for this year's pri mary and general elections, was the biggest In North Carolina, J. Lee Barnard, chairman of the Macon County Board of Elections, said in a radio In terview last Friday on the why, what, when, and how and where of the new voter reg istration in Franklin township. "And I have been reliably in formed", Mr. Barnard added, "that it was the largest in the United States." Approximately 4,400 were registered in the pre cinct, he said. The actual pre cinct vote cast in the 1956 gen eral election exceeded 2.500. The interview was on WFSC station's 6:30 p. m. Friday pro gram, "Let's look at Macon County", conducted weekly by Weimar Jones. Explaining that there seemed to be some confusion about the new registration, Mr. Jones said 4 Boys Admit Vandalism Acts Four 16-yearold Franklin boys have admitted vandalism incidents at four elementary schools last Thursday night, according to Chief Deputy Newell Pendergrass. They are Howard Burch, Jerry Patton, Tommy McCollum. and Jimmy Shook. The officer said yesterday (Wednesday) possibly others were involved. Soft drink bottles and rocks were thrown through windows at Union, Cartoogechaye. East Frank lin, and Cullasaja schools, he said. The sheriff's department and city police cooperated in the in vestigation. 'Bright Enough To Walk By . . .' "Thought someone was shin in? a flashlight on me ... it was bright enough to walk by ... it hurt your eyes to look at it." Talking is Freeman Holland, of the Pinegrove Community.0 who possibly was the only one in Macon County to see the flaming white-hot meateor that streaked across the heavens Monday night on a south-north course shortly before 8:30. Furthermore, he is almost pos itive a particle of the meteor landed in a garden plot near where he walked. But. the ground was soft and no trace was found. The 10-year-olds. Glenn and Perry Holland, cousins, are still searching. "If we find it do we get our picture taken," one inquired. he had heard many questions asked about it, ?'to get the ans wers to those and similar ques tions, it seemed to me the best place to go was to the people who hold elections in this coun ty, our Macon Board of Elec tions", so Chairman Barnard had been invited to be a guest on the program. Here's Interview The interview follows, in question and answer form: Q. To start off with, Mr. Barnard, why is it necessary for voters to register at all? why can't they Just go to tfie polls on election day and vote? A. Well, in the first place, it is necessary for a voter to reg ister because the law of North Carolina says he must. Besides, most voters must realize that if the election officials didn't have some system, there would be confusion. A person could go from precinct to precinct and cast several votes on an election day, if there were no system of registration. Q. As I understand, the old Franklin precinct ? which is the same as Franklin township ? is being split into four new ones. What is the purpose of that? A. There are far too many voters in this old precinct (Mr. Barnard cited the figures and comparison with precincts else where). The change is for the convenience of the voters them selves, who often have to stand in long lines, waiting; and for the convenience of over-work ed election officials, who have to work practically through the night, after the polls close, tab ulating the votes. We feel that, after everybody gets used to SEE NO. 2, PAGE 8 Box Supper, Cake Walk Set Saturday At East Franklin A box supper and cake walk will be held at the East Franklin School Saturday nisht at 8'clock. The public is invited to attend. The proceeds are to be divided be tween the East Franklin P.-T. A and the Pony League. Cancer Roadblock Scheduled Saturday A Main Street "cancer road block" will be manned Saturday in Franklin by the Jaycees for the American Cancer Society fund drive now Jmder way in the coun ty. "Coffee Day" was held by local restaurants Saturday with ail coffee money bein? turned over to the drrve chairman. Mrs. Les ter Coniey. Tuesday, the chairman reported she had more than $500 on hand. WINS TOP CLUB AWARD The Franklin Junior Woman's Club has won the William y. Prayer Award for its worit with the Children's Home Society Df North Carolina. The rotating award was won last year by Greensboro, and this year marks the first time a small club <20 members) has captured it. A bore, Mrs. Cecil Franklin (left), of .Sylva, district vice-president, presents the cup to Mrs. Betty McKay, president of the FrankHn club. (Staff Photo) Saturday's filing deadline brought a large number of candi dates under the wire, particularly Republicans. Here's the lineup; 8TATE REPRESENTATIVE: Weimar Jones (D), James M Raby (D). incumbent O. L. Houk <D>, and Herman Dean (R). SHERIFF: J, Harry Thomas <D>, incumbent. C. D. Baird (D). Ed Wallace <D>, Bulen Peek <R>. and J. C. Crisp (R). REGISTER OF DEEDS: Incum bent Lake V. Shope (D). Mrs. Joann Corbin (R). CLERK SUPERIOR COURT: Mrs. Kate M. Wrinn <D>, incum bent, and Arvil P. Parker, (R>. CHAIRMAN, COUNTY COM MISSIONERS: Incumbent W. E. Baldwin iD>. Wood row Franklin <D>. Wiley J. Brown <R>. COMMISSIONERS: Incumbent John W. Roane <D>, incumbent Wiley Brown <R>, Ted Reber <D>. Glenn Robison <D>, Harvey S. Talley (R), Ernest M. Dills (R>, and Bill C. Higdon (R>. EDUCATION BOARD: Incum bent Erwin Patton'D) . incumbent C. C. Sutton <D>. incumbent George Gibson iD>, Fred Vaughn <R>. John Bulgin iR), and Tom Harbison <R > . CORONER: Incumbent John Kusterer <D>. and Paul Potts (R>. Principals Elected Hendricks Succeeds Hall As Principal Of Nantahala Present school principals, with the exception of or.e, have been elected (or the 1958-59 school year, according to Supt. H. Bueek. Jerry A. Hall, principal of Nan tahala School for two years, has resigned. Charles Hendrix. a Nan tahala teacher, has been elected to succeed him. Other principals and their schools are Fiank I. Watson, High lands: E. G. Crawford. Otto; Harry Moses. Union: Norman West, Cartoogechaye; Z. Weaver Shope, Cullasaja; Donald Seagle. Cowee: Alex Arnold. Iotla; W. G. Crawford. East Franklin: C. K Olson. Franklin Elementary; and Harry C. Corbin. Franklin High. Mr. Olson also will head up the physicial education and athletic program of Franklin High. Mr. Bueck said he plans to call a meeting of the principals in the next week or ?o with the idea of discussing teachers for the coming year. Watershed M^etincr Is Called A special meeting of the Littl: Tennessee River Watershed Asso ciation has been called for next Wednesday night at Otto School at 7:30. Especially urged to be present are residents from the Longview Clark's Chapel community south to the state line, including Scaly. Residents of upper Rabun County. Ga . also will be on hand. The Weath t* r The week's temperatures and rainfall beiow are recorded In Franklin by Man son Stjfee U. 8. weather observer; in Hiffbland* H* Tudor N. Hall and W. a Newton. TV K observers: and at the Coweta Ifjrdroloiri' Laboratory. Readings srs for the 24-hnu* period ending at 8 a.m. of the dav FRANKLIN Hlith Low Vnir Wed.. 16th Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Wed., 16th Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday 70 80 80 78 I -10 76 47 70 66' COWBTA 53 67 80 80 78 75 70 60 Wed.. 16th Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday * No Record, 62 73 78 72 70 70 55 44 33 34 HIGHLANDS 54 41 32 43 33 34 40 46 49 42 31 42 40 34 41 49 44 44 40 .34 00 00 00 trac;* 90 tracc 55 .52 00 00 00 .01 trace 06 #7