MISS PHILLIPS IS ENGAGED
The engagement of Miss Patricia Louisa Phillips,
of Franklin and Ashcville, to Frank Richardson
Meech, of Columbia, S. C., and Arden, has been an
nounced. She is the daughter of Mrs. Louis B. Phillips
and the late Mr. Phillips. Mr. Meech is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. G. Meech, of Columbia. A
June wedding is planned.
DRIVER TRAINING -
How Is That $1
Used In Schools?
By JOHN COREY
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Macon's
three high schools have driver
training programs. A full time
man is employed at Franklin.
Part-time teachers instruct at
Nantahala and Highlands. Cars
are donated by Burrell Motor
Company and Conley Motor
Company."
By mid-February, better than,
a million Tar Heel auto owners
had plomped down an extra
$1 to get their '59 license tags.
The dollars finance driver edu
cation in schools.
Many wonder:
Is the training a frill? Does it
actually take 30 hours classroom
instruction and six hours practice
training for 10 years, observed
first-hand over 100 programs op
erating in the United States.
Driver education emphasizes
how to drive but its sharpest ac
cent centers on developing sensi
ble driving attitudes among young
sters, says Dr. Tinnell.
He names this the key to re
ducing accidents, which took a
heavy death toll in North Caro
lina last year.
The accident rate can be sliced
in half by proper driver training
in high school, predicts the pro
fessor. The forecast is based on
his own teaching experience and
a Cleveland. Ohio, study of 1,700
students who took driver training
and 1,700 who didn't.
The 1,700 who didn't had twice
the accidents of those who did.
Most school administrators In
North Carolina seem to agree.
Eighty-one percent ? or 693
high schools ? of the schools this
year offer driver education to ap
proximately 37.000 students, or 58
per cent of high schoolers reach
ing legal licensing age.
Each local school administra
tive unit receives $5.25 for each
high schooler enrolled. Local con
ditions determine the exact time
when courses begin in various
schools.
Lack of qualified instructors
has posed a roadblock. Only 18
per cent of schools had the pro
gram in 1957. The obstacle is
rapidly being removed as revealed
by the 81 per cent now having it.
Dr. Tinnell. for instance, is cur
rently conducting in Burke County
an extension course for 15 pro
spective driver education teachers.
He'll teach a similar course on the
Appalachian campus this summer.
Youngsters should take driver
training just prior to reaching
licensing age, states the profes
sor. In North Carolina, most at
tain the minimum legal driving
age during the tenth school year.
The course is not forced upon
the student. It's an elective.
In some schools the course is
driving to learn to operate a car?
Some boast they learned in an
hour.
Will the training reduce high
way fatalities, the State's num
ber one accident killer of youths
between the age four and twenty
five. larger than all other accident
categories combined?
Dr. Benjamin C. Tinnell, a pro
fessor at Appalachian State
Teachers College, Boone, N. C.,
thinks it will.
He's taught and studied driver
taught during regular school
hours. At others it's afterward or
during summer. Dr. Tinnell ven
tures that best results come dur
ing regular school hours because
practice driving and classroom
instruction can run concurrently.
Required for driver training
are text-books, psycho-physical
testing devices and automobiles
with dual controls for both stu
dent and instructor.
PRIZE WINNERS
At
SOSSAMON'S BIG JUBILEE BALL
1st Prize ? Kelvinator Refrigerator
Mrs. Lavada Ledford
Route 1, Franklin, N. C.
2nd Prize ? Speed Queen Dryer
Mrs. Vance B. Vanhook
Route 2, Franklin, N. C.
3rd Prize ? Bedroom Suite
Mrs. Willodean Holland
Route 1, Highlands, N. C.
4th Prize ? Sossamon Holliday Box Spring
and Mattress
Mrs. Fred Cabe
Franklin, N. C.
5th Prize ? Fibre Rug (12 x 15)
i
Mrs. Roselle McCoy
' Route 3, Franklin, N. C.
Hundreds of People Have Taken Advantage of
the Bargains Prices at
SOSSAMON'S
During This Big Sale
We are still offering YOU Sale Prices on
Complete Home Furnishings
i ? ?
UNBELIEVABLY LOW PRICES
EASY TERMS
Sossamon Furniture Co.
"Everything For Your Home ' '
Phone 67 Franklin, N. C
TWO MACON STUDENTS ELECTED AT PFEIFFER
Miss Laura Cabe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl P. Cabe, and Miss Edith Christy, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Christy, have been elected to offices at Pfeiffer College. Miss Cabe is fel
lowship chairman for the Methodist Student Fellowship, and Miss Christy has been named editor
of the STEEPLE LIGHT, a publication of the fellowship. Officers pictured are (L to R) front
row, Miss Dot Chance, of Lumberton, president; Fred Falls, of Kings Mountain, vice-president;
Miss Elaine Frick, of Richfield, secretary ; Miss Christy; Miss Cabe; and Jerry Ann Meachum, of
Rockingham, freshman counselor; back row, Joe Rhinehart, of Webster, District 11 chairman;
Max Davis, of Gaston La, treasurer; Miss Julia Lee, of lawndale, publicity chairman; and Eddie
Ramsey, of Gastonla, freshman counselor. (Pfeiffer College Photo)
SOME ARE LISTED ?
Postmaster Warns Patrons
To Watch Out For Schemes
Postmaster Zeb Meadows has
announced he has been advised
that all United States attorneys
have been alerted to a growing
number of schemes victimizing
the public, and have been in
structed to press prosecution ac
tion whenever violations of feder
al criminal statutes have been dis
closed.
In publicly disseminated state
ments, Postmaster General Arthur
E. Summerfield and Attorney Gen
eral William P. Rogers have in
dicated concern with this problem,
Mr. Meadows said.
He added that both the United
States attorneys and postal in
spectors will coordinate their ef
forts under the guidance of the
Criminal Division of the Depart
ment of Justice.
Among the schemes that may
be of special Interest to members
of the Franklin community, as
outlined by the head of the
Criminal Division, are these:
OFFERS TO ACT AS AGENTS:
FRAUDLENT OBTAINING OF
ADVANCE FEES: The gist of
these schemes is the swindler's
offer to perform impressive serv
ices which will aid the victim in
his attempts to negotiate a par
ticular transaction. Performance
of the services is always con
tingent upon payment of an ad
vance fee: once the fee is paid,
however, no services of appreci
able value are ever rendered.
The most. .common use of this
scheme is where a small business
man desires to sell his business.
In a variation of this scheme,
businessmen desiring loans are
induced to employ the swindlers to
obtain financing. In another
variation, persons .owning real
estate in a state other than that
of their residence are induced to
employ a swindler to aid in the
sale of the real estate.
There is another type of scheme
involving sales of accounting
services. In the mhin, the services
are of little if any, value. Some
instances are reported where the
swindlers, having gained access
to the books of their client,
utilize the information for black
mail.
Local auto dealers usually loan
schools new vehicles for driving
practice. Manufacturers give deal
ers $125 off list price. Both bene
fit from obvious advertising re
ceived.
Some manufactures believe that
75 per cent of the people . will bu.v
the make of car in which they
first learned to drive, says Dr.
Tinnell.
Driver education standarizes
driving techniques. This eliminates
parents possessing ' poor driving
habits from passing them on to
their children.
It also teaches drivers how to
save money. For example, many
clutch their car in high gear be
fore putting on brakes. "Apply
footbrake before applying clutch
pedal" advises Dr. Tinnell. "It'll
enable the driver to stop the car
in less distance and save wear and
tear on expensive brake shoes."
VENDING MACHINES: The
prospect of obtaining large profits
in return for a relatively minor
investment and no physical labor
is often irresistible. Swindlers,
therefore, find it relatively easy
to sell vending machines by gross
ly overeXaggerating the profits
that can be realized by the sale
of candy, peanuts, and similar
vending machine items. These
fraudulent promoters capitalize
further on this lure by promising
to obtain profitable locations and
to repurchase the machines if the
venture is unsuccessful. Of course,
these promises remain unfulfilled
and, in some instances, the mis
representations form the basis for
a successful prosecution.
WORK AT HOME SCHEMES:
The general approach of this type
of scheme is to create the belief
that there is a ready and sub
stantial market for certain goods
which can be produced at home.
The swindler, of course, sells the
machine and produces these goods.
The victim is convincingly per
suaded to purchase the machine
by the swindler's assurances that
he will purchase and resell any
goods produced. In reality, pay
ment for the machine assures only
the disappearance of the swindler.
This scheme is particularly vicious
because it is most appealing to
those who can earn a livelihood
only at home, e.g., the aged or
Infirm.
EASY-TO-WIN CONTESTS:
The general format of these con
tests usually consists of an open
invitation to the public to win
a "prize'' by the performance of
a relatively simple task. For
example, an advertisement shows
a Woman attired in a polka dot
dress; a cash prize is to be award
ed to the person who correctly
counts the number of polka dots,
a feat requiring i)o more than a
mastery of elementary arithmetic.
All entrants, of course, are win
ners and are told to call for their
prizes at the business address of
the advertiser. The winner then
learns that his "cash prize" can
be obtained only as a credit
against the purchase price of mer
chandise sold by the advertiser.
In spite of the credit, the price
actually paid is usually more than
the cost of the merchandise if
purchased elsewhere, and the
merchandise offered is often of an
inferior quality. It should be
noted t|pat this type of scheme
injures not only the gullible con
sumer but also reliable business
men through loss of sales and
injury to reputation.
Q. The needles on some pines
in our vicinity are turning brown.
Are the trees dying?
A. Not necessarily. A fungus
disease called needle rust attacks
pine needles during this time of
year and makes sections of the
needle turn brown. This disease
does not kill the pines. In a few
weeks the trees will regain their
green color with no apparent ill
cffects, although there may be
some loss of growth There is no
practical control for this disease
' HEADQUARTERS
FOR
FINE APPLES
?
OPEN ALL DAY ? EVERY DAY
Orbion Sets and Plants
Cabbage Plants ? Tomato Plants
SPECIAL
FINE BANANAS ? LB. 10c
FRANKLIN FRUIT STORE
Palmer St.
Corner Philips
Phone SM
? West's Mill
News Items
Mr. and Mrs. Dent Simonds and
small daughter, of Norfolk, Va..
recently visited relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. McLean, of
Whittler. were recent visitors here
with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Burgess and
small son, of Waynesville, spent
last Sunday with relatives.
Mrs. Ruth West Ramsey, who
teaches in Tryon, spent the week
end with her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. C. N. West, recently.
Miss Pallie Allen, of Bryson
City, was here on business recent
ly.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Owens
and children, of Enka, spent the
week end with Mr. Owen's mother.
Mrs. Clara Owens.
Q. How did the value of farm
products sold in North Carolina
in 1958 compare with those sold
in 1957?
A. There was a sizable increase.
The total value in 1958 reached
$1,082 million as compared with
$821 million for 1957. Of the $261
million increase last year, crops
accounted for $192 million and
livestock products accounted for
$69 million.
J A Helpful Mint
READY FOR SUMMER?? It's
a good Idea to start planning lor
the activities that summer will
bring. This, (or the most part,
means getting ready (or outdoor
living.
I( last year's chairs and tables
seem shabby and run-down, a
little Imagination, energy and a
can o ( paint will make them look
like new. Color outdoors con
tributes to the over-all mood and
atmosphere just as it does indoors
in the (amily or recreation room.
It is a good idea to itemize
the various things which need re
pairing and repainting. It might
be the breezeway. retainer walls
or fences. lawn decorations, chairs,
tables and benches, (lower poU
and flower boxes. If the list looks
extensive, you'd be wise to rely
on an experienced painter. How
ever, if only a few items need
painting you and your family
could do it.
YOUR PAINT JOB? The first
step in any paint jeb is to clean
the surface. If old paint is In a
powdery condition, use a wire
brush on the surface.;
An easy way to paint metal
furniture Is to use a spray enamel
packaged in Its own spray can.
Such a spray enamel can be ap
plied to wood, wrought iron, and
even wicker and straw furniture.
TRY-OUTS AGAIN
After being rained out Satur
day, the Babe Ruth League will
try again this Saturday to organ
ize for the coming season. Try
outs will begin at 1:30 at the East
Franklin field. Players also will
be measured for uniforms.
BAKE SALE SET
The Women's Auxiliary of St.
Agnes Episcopal Church will hold
a bake sale Friday of this week
at 9 o'clock at the Chlldreas
Shop.
North Carolina cotton allots
ments have decreased from ??0,
000 acres to 470,000 acres In the
last 10 year3.
OPENING
Saturday, May 2
For the Season
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DINNER
$2.50
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Reservations Early
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