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Macon County A $300,000
Payroll In 1957 See Story
And Pictures On Page 3.
73 Year ? No. 21
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, May 22, 1958
Price 10 Cent>
Sixteen P
MEANDERING
ALONG
MA'N STREET
GUNE HOLLAND found a
carrier pigeon on the Georgia
highway. He saw it on his way
home and tried to catch it. The
next morning he found it dead,
apparently a victim of an auto
mobile. The bird had two bands
on its legs, one .metal and one
rubber. On the metal hand are
the numbers AU 56 CNC 830.
The rubber band says Q 068 on
the outside and 636 on the In
side. Anyone missing a mes
senger?
THE FIRST patient to be ad
mitted to the renovated C. J.
Harris Community Hospital in
Sylva was a Highlands man,
Stanton Terrell.
COMPETITION IS stiff in the
tourist game, particularly so for
the upcoming season. Every
businessman should double his
membership to the chamber of
commerce so Franklin can put
Itself in the running with the
right kind of publicity.
THE WEEK END'S warm
weather turned 'em out at the
pool at Franklin Lodge and
Golf Course.
THE OBVIOUS absence of a
band at the high school was
felt along Main Street Saturday
morning when the 4-H clubbers
staged a noiseless and musicless
parade. Sure would be nice to
hear parade music once again
as a signal that a parade was
in progress.
MRS. ROOSEVELT'S lecture
at Western Carolina College last
Thursday night was heard by a
large number of Maconians.
She gave her impressions of
life in Russia and also discuss
ed several issues in a question -
answer session.
NOTHING LIKE a sunny Sun
day to bring everyone out to
the Macon County Airport to
watch the flying, is there?
A SQUIRREL, tame as a kit
ten, just ambled into Mrs. Mc
Kelvey's seed store Wednesday
of last week and made itself
"to home". Mrs. Mac figures it
was a pet because the animal
even ignored the broom when
she tried to shoo it out.
FRED SLOAN, the Raleigh ex
tension official, who was in his
home county of Macon last
Thursday with some foreign vis
itors, was marveling at the
scope of the technical exchange
program in North Carolina.
More than 500 visitors from 72
foreign countries have visited
in the state and have learned
about Democracy first-hand, in
stead of having it strained
through international channels.
THINGS ARE beginning to
look real "Springified" along
the main drag ? men are wear
ing short sleeved shirts, the
women are out In cottons, and
the youngun's are going bare
footed.
RANKIN SQUARE certainlv
has been beautified, thanks to
the efforts of the Franklin
Garden Club. The wrought iron
fence, the flowers, and the
new grass enhance its appear
THEV'RE DOING some roof
ing at the J. B Pendergrass
building. Even the pile of as
phalt in front hasn't slowed up
a checker game.
What's
Doing?
i .
ROTARY CLUB, every Thurs
day, 7 p. m., Slagle Memorial
Building.
.1AYCEES, 1st Monday at air
port at 7:30 p. m.; third Mon
day, social meeting.
JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB, 4th
Monday, 8 p m., Agricultural
Building.
I-JONS CLUB, 2nd and 4th
Mondays, 7 p. m., Methodist
church.
V. F. W. POST, 2nd and 4th
Wednesdays, 8 p. m., post home
on Palmer Street.
V. F. W. Auxiliary, 2nd Mon
day, 7:30 p. m., post home.
AMERICAN LEGION, 3rd
Wednesday, 7:30 p. m., Slagle
Memorial.
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILI
ARY, 1st Monday, 8 p. m? at
homes of members.
GIVING ADDRESS
Macon Supt. H. Bueck will bp
in Murphy Tuesday to deliver the
commencement address to the 1953
ernduntir.rr class of Murphy High
School.
HOMECOMING SLATED
Dryman's Chapel Methodist
Churc h v ill hold its annual home
'convjr? Sunday. A picnic lunch
will be served at noon. The public
Is invited.
Franklin High Seniors Are Marching
(Staff Photo*
STANDLEY TO PREACH ?
They're Marching At FHS;
Graduation Slated May 26
One hundred and five Frank
lin High students "are march
ing" this week.
They're the graduating class
of 1958 and the marching
means they're practicing for
commencement exercises sched
uled Monday night at 8 o'clock
in the high school gymnasium.
Standley To Preach
The Rev. R. R. Standley, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church,
will deliver the baccalaureate
HIGHLANDS PLANS
Commencement exercises at
Macon County's third high
school. Highlands, are sched
uled for May 30.
sermon to the seniors and their
guests Sunday night at 8
o'clock in the gymnasium.
At the baccalaureate service,
the Rev. S. B. Moss, Methodist
pastor, will give the invocation.
Following a scripture lesson by
the Rev. Donn Langfitt, Pres
byterian pastor, and two selec
tions by the high school choral
group, a prayer will be offered
by the Rev. John Tucker, Epis
copal minister. Mr. Moss also
will give the benediction. Music
will be under the direction of
Mrs. H. W. Cabe and Mrs. Mar
garet Flanagan.
Commencement Features
Features of the commence
ment exercises include the in
vocation by Mr. Langfitt; the
salutatory address by Miss Shir
ley Henson; "Our Responsibili
ties", by Mrs. Geneva H. Shul
er; presentation of awards by
Principal C. K. Olson; the val
* ? *
NantahaLa High
Has Commencement
Fourteen seniors stepped up
last (Wednesday) night at
Naritahala School to receive
diplomas.
Commencement speaker was
Dean William B. Harrill, of
Western Carolina College, Cul
lowhee.
The graduating class held
its baccalaureate service Sun
day night. The sermon was
delivered by the Rev. John
Christmas, pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Andrews.
Members of the graduating
class were Misses Susie Den
ny, valedictorian, Frella Dills,
salntatorian, Nancy ChastaJn,
Jessie Jacobs, Judy Shields,
Reva Morgan, andf Joan Sol
esbee, and Boyce Waters, Jack
Solesbee, Dover Roper, Clif
ford Evans, C. G. Douthit,
Pearly Oweinby, and Billy
Dills.
Nantahala School will atf
journ Friday for the summer.
edictory address, by Miss Joann
Burrell; presentation .of the
senior class, by District Prin
cipal Harry C. Corbin; and the
presentation of diplomas by
Supt. H. Bueck.
At both events, the tradition
al processional, March from
"Aida'V by Verdi, and recession
al, March from "Tannhauser",
by Wagner, will be played by
Mrs. Cabe.
The choral group also will
SEE NO. I, PAGE 8
FIGURES ARE GIVEN -
Registration Books
Close For Primary
Registration books closed Sat
urday at 6:30 p. m? drawing the
May 31 Democratic primary In
to sharper focus.
J. Lee Barnard, elections
board chairman, reported an
unofficial 2,900 registrations In
$40,000 Asked
For Schools By
Finance Group
A letter recommending a $40,
000 budget allocation for mainte
nance ana repairs of schools dur
ing the 1958-59 year is now being
drafted by the finance committee
of the Citizens Committee for
Better Schools.
In turning its recommendation
over to the county board of edu
cation next week the finance com
mittee will be following up on rec
ommendations made last week by
two other citizens committees
that asked for a total of $157,585
for maintenance, repairs, and
equipment.
To Commissioners
If the recommendation for $40,
000 this year meets with the ap
' pioval of the school board, it will
include the item in the budget it
will submit to the board of county
commissioners next month.
In recommending $40,000. the
finance committee chairman, C
H. Bolton, said his group felt that
amount would take care of "top
priority" items, including the re
placement of roofs at Highlands.
Nantahala, and Cowee schools
About $20-525.000 of the amount
would be used for maintenance
he said.
Long Financing
It is planned, the chairman
continued, to finance the program
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 8
Mr. Bolton
. . . Finance Chairman
BUT THEY'RE WATCHING -
Highway Slide L> Unlikely
A wary eye is being kept by
state highway officials on a dirt
fill that is settling on US 23-441
about a half mile this side of
Cowee Gap.
Although a small section of the
highway appears to be on the
verge nf sliding away, George
3yrd, of the Macon highway shed,
this week said engineers inspected
he fill ana .eported there is little
ikelihood of a slide.
That particular section of the
highway roadbed has been settling
since the highwhy was opened two
ears ago, he recalled, and crews
have refilled it several times.
Plans now call for letting the
section settle still more before
it is filled again and paved.
The drop in the pavement is
.
about a loot deep now and warn
ing signs are up.
Mr. Byrd said numbers of
motorists have called to report
the "slide", recalling, no doubt
wjien a huge fill gave way several
hundred yards up the mountain
soon after the highway opened.
As a result of this slide, the high
way department had to relocate
the highway.
Dotted Line Indicates Sunken Area In Highway
the four new precincts of
Franklin, East Franklin, Iotla,
and Union. The breakdown, by
CANDIDATES NOTE
Candidates are reminded
that The Press will accept
advertising in the issue (May
29) just prior to the primary.
However, political advertising
for this issue cannot be crit
ical of "the other side" since
there would be no opportun
ity for an answer to any
charges madfc. The advertis
ing deadline is Tuesday noon.
precincts, goes something like
this: Franklin, 1,450; East
Franklin, 550; Iotla, 325; and
Union 575.
Mr. Barnard said he has re
ceived only a few requests for
absentee ballots from service
men. Only armed forces person
nel are allowed to vote by ab-.
sentee in primary elections in
the state.
Both Democrat and Republic
an ballots are now being pre
pared for the May election.
Mrs. Barnard
Wins Award
From V.F. W.
Mrs Marie Barnard, of frank
lin, immediate past president of
the 17th V.F.W. Auxiliary Dis
trict, has received a special a
ward from the National V.F.W
for her work on the local post
and auxiliary community service
record book.
In addition to serving in the
district post, she also was com
munity service chairman locally
last year.
Check Lane
Operating
An automobile safety check
lane is in operation in Franklin
today (Thursday) in front o? the
R. S. Jones residence on West
Main Street.
Toinorrow it will be in High
lands, according to Robert W.
< Bob) Moore, county coordinator.
The lane is being manned by
mechanics and volunteers from
local civic groups.
Automobiles meeting safety re
quirements will receive windshield
stickers signifying they have pass
ed.
Cub Scouts Plan
Demonstrations
Sunday Afternoon
Demonstrations on automobile
and pedestrian safety will bo
staged Sunday afternoon at 2:30
in Franklin by Cub Scouts.
The Scouts show the "dos and
don'ts" of safety in front of the
R. S. Jones residence on West
Main Street and they invite the
public to watch.
Their demonstrations are in re
sponse to a traffic safety program
being sponsored by the governor.
Lions To Sell
Brooms Again
Members of the Franklin Lions
Club will a;4ain. sell broom^ Mon
day night.
The club canvassed about a
third of the town last Monday
night in conjunction with "Clean
Up Week" activities.
Made by the blind, the brooms
are first quality. Proceeds from
the sale are earmarked for blind
work
Otto School
Plans Benefit
A box supper ahd cake walk,
sponsored by the Coweeta Baptist
Church, will be held at the Otto
School Friday night, beginning at
7:30
Proceeds are to go to the build
ing fund of the new Coweeta
church.
Admission is free and the public
is invited.
V.F.W. MEETING
A meeting of the 17th District
of the V.F.W. Post and Ladies
Auxiliary in Hayeavllle is set for
2 o'clock Sunday. Several local
members will attend.
OAK GROVE EVENT
. A honr.pcomlng and decoration
is scheduled at the Oak Grove
Bnptist Church Sunday, it has
been announced. A picnic lunch
will be served and the public Is
invited.
The Iotla Chicken House . . . Where Something Goes On
Checked Your
Armspread??
Using more arm spread to
open up The Franklin Press
this week?
In case you haven't noticed
it, you're using about five
more inches.
There's a reason for this
stretch. The Press is stretch
ing: and growing in another
forward step to give its read
ership a bigger and tetter
newspaper.
With this issue. The Press
changes to an eight-column
page, from the seven-column
page it has been using since^
the mid-4(ys.
This means The Press read
ers, in an average 12-page
newspaper, will gain an addi
tional 336 column inrhes of
reading matter an.tf pictures.
In pointing to the shift to
eight co!mnus. coupled with
the newspaper's recent addi
tion of an electronic picture
engraving machine. Publisher
Hob ,S. Sloan said, "It is our
intention to give the readers
of The Franklin Pre?s t>io
biggest and best weekly news
paper in the country."
Bueck Gives Welcome
At Travel School
H. Bueck. of Franklin. presiT
dent of the W N C Associated
Communities, gave the welcome
in Asheville Tuesday at tire
Travel Host School sponsored
tv the Travel Council of North
Carolina
The council is an advisory
group concerned with the p o
motion of the travel industry in
the state. One of its functions
is the sponsorship of Travel
Host Schools to make those who
meet the traveling public more
aware that "travel is every
body's business ' and that the
travel industry benefits all.
DECORATION IWV
Tile R v. L. Paul H. alii-i p
tor. has announced that c.tcji ;
tion day will fce observed Su.u'aj
May 25, at the Riveryisv. wieth >
dist church'. The projiasr. i.j. t.
day will V. i !' :ue Su.x i,.
at 10 a.m. ;>:ea>.h . p 1
lowed by dinner "on the ground'
The pub'ic is invited.
A GUESSING GAME -
What's Going On
In Chicken House?
or4:e tilings going on in* Mayor
v, V Buive^'l* chicken house
down on lot la. that's for sure.
Seme -ay ?t's going to >e a
furniture factory of some kind.
They've got banc: saws and other
jjiLC - .of rr.ach.ieiy in : >? th.
Dr. A. K. Hinds
Named College
Dean At W. C. C.
Cullpwhee ? The board of
trustees of Western Carolina
College. In session here Tues
day, appointed Dr. Anthony
Keith Hinds to the position as
dea.i of the college.
Dr. Hinds, now head of the
rial hematics department, will
. urcetd Professor William B.
. n i? mafciiii
Dr. Hind*
Ha.'rill, who has teen acting
dean since March, 19.36 The ap
pointment becomes effective
J..iv ..
Dr Hinds. 43. begun his aca
demic career as valedictorian of
:.u class at Carlisle School,
Eatr.berg. S. C.. in 192^. He re
SEE NO. 3. PAGE 8
WAVING AT THEIR SUBJECT 3
Waving at their "subjects" along Saturday's 4-11 parade mute
are Charlie Knloe and l.ind:i Wallace. Kin* and Queen of 4-H".
Both are from the Carlmnerha.ve Junior club. Kunners-up were
Michael Hastings and Joyce Cloer. of I'nlon Senior. For pictures
of the winning 4-11 fhiats, turn inside. iStaff Photoi
iormer two-story home of hatch
ing hang. There's wood piled up
down there too.
The lew fellows working down
here aren't saying much about
what's going on. They say. se->
tie boss. And the factory (?)
supervisor, a pleasant fellow by
the name of Howard Haithcoek.
uyi hs just works for "the man''
and isn't at liberty to mak? any
statements to the press about
what's going on in the chicken
house. Mr. Haithcock's wife is very
pleasant too. She's sales manager
of the alleged furniture factory.
'The man" to see, it Is reported
i s a "lawyer feller" by the name
of J. W. Harrell, who seems to
divide his time between interests
in Waynesville and Atlanta, 0?.
For several weeks now. The
Press has tried to catch up wUh
"the man". Mayor Burrell h*A
told hOp .tile (krteHtSttet WMtiRT
like to run a story on the opera
tion. Telephoning doesn't help
much: "the man" lent around.
Trips to the site of the big chicken
house produce near-negative re
sults.
Inside the building, there's
some sawing going on. Some say
they're making some tables ana
things like that.
They're not doing any hirlc-.
though, so don't go runnin' cff
down that way.
Some road work Is being do-*?
in the vicinity of the chicken
house by state highway crews.
Meanwhile, some thin 's going pi
in Mayor Burrell's chicken hou.e
^that's for dang sure!
JONES TO SPEAK
Weimar Jones will deliver th?j
commencement address May 30
for the graduating class of Web
ster High School. The event will
be held at the Savannah School,
s.nce Webster does not have an
aucitorlum.
MEETING CHANGED
The Franklin Music Study club
has postponed its monthly meet
inn from tomorroy (Friday) night
to next Friday night. May 30. It
Wed.. 14th
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
T'usday
Wednesday
Wed.. 14th
Thursday.
Friday
Saturday
Sunday r
Monday
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HIQHLAND6
Wed . 14th 70
Thursday 80
Fridajr 80|ff?
SaturdMlJ !
Suniajr 75
Monday
I ues<"
Wedrj
is oeen announces oy Mrs. aam
Moss, program leader for this
month.
< EMETERT CLEANING
A eemetery cleaning Is scheduled
Saturday at 8 a.m. at the Maiden' <
Chapel Methodist Church, It has
be n announced.