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WHO'S BEEN Wi 'ERE AND
FOR WH/ i ?
Staff eo. spondf ils of THE
PRESS kt p the inside pages
of this nt spaper alive with
news about vour friends and
neighbors Head the inside
pases from top to bottom and
you'll know Ma.on County.
74th Year ? No. 21
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, May 21, 1959
Price 10 Certs
Sixteen Papes
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TO CLEAR up any confusion,
the Little League Is now using the
Franklin athletic field and the
Babe Ruth League plans to take
over the former Little League field
at East Franklin.
SIDNEY CLAY, who's known
as a "mean man with a banjo
pick" in area music circles, has
gone into the filling station busi
ness. Monday he took over opera
tion of the Indian Mound Service I
Station from Kenneth Neal, who
has operated ft since 1951. Mr.
Neal says he has no business plans
right now for the future.
MAY 26 and 27 will be cele
brating days for the Melvin Mc
Coys. Their daughter, Evelyn, will
be graduated on the 26th, which
also is her 18th birthday. The
27th is Mr. and Mrs. , McCoy's
21st wedding anniversary and
Mrs. Cs birthday.
A NORFOLK, Va. newspaper re
cently carried a yarn about Bob
Stampley, a lad who finally, after
a year's effort, got an autographed
nUfiou nf olnrrov Dnllv Ti a reran
f t U1 OUigV.1 C UU J JJV15V11.
Bob Is the son of the former Miss
Kate Shope, of Franklin, who
taught here for about six years.
Her brothers are Lake, Jess,
Prank, Quince, and Weaver. Mrs.
Ray Swafford and Mrs. Earl Har
rison are sisters.
. . J. B. MYERS, a Maconian living
in Portland, Oreg., sends a clipp
ing about a 71-year-old grand
mother who is hiking from Kansas
to Oregon for a centennial celebra
tion. He thinks he might meet her
and suggest that she turn left and
go to the "best town on Earth",
which is. of course, Franklin.
A THIRD section of US 23-441
in Rabun County is foreseen by
the end of the year by THE CLAY
TON TRIBUNE. This will be the
Wiley-Clayton section. Construc
tion is now under way on the
Tallulah Falls-Wiley link.
COMMENCEMENT at Western
Carolina College is set for the
24th at 3:30 p.rh. with Sen. B.
Everett Jordan as speaker. A
number of young Maconians will
be getting their sheepskins at the
exercise.
THE FRANKLIN All-Stars have
opened their season and have IG
games scheduled. They need your
support, so turn out on the Sun
days they're playing at home.
There's no admission either.
MRS. GILMER Jones, who re
cently attended a garden club
meeting in Greensboro, says about
everyone who learned she was
from Franklin asked about the
ruby inines. Proves, of course,
that publicity pays.
A Nl'MBER OF Franklin High
Panthers have a hankering to
play some baseball and are look
ing for opponents. They played
Sunday 'and wonl. What the boys
need is money enough to buy some
uniforms, balls, and bats. Any
contributions will be appreciated
and promptly put to use.
ITS GRATIFYING to observe
that the Girl Scout movement is
once again on the upswing here.
Hats are off to the adult leaders
who are giving their time to this
?worthwhile program.
ANIMAL SALE
Fanners planning to take heifers
to the Proved Sire Bred Heifer
Sale at Enka August 18 are asked
to notify County Agent T. H. Fagg
not later than May 2S so the
animals can be inspected by the
committee for final approval.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS KEEP THEIR PROMISE
As promised, the first and third period Ens lish classes of Mrs. Anne P. Biddle at Franklin
High turned out Saturday to work at the Franklin Memorial Park. They volunteered their serv
ices to show their interest in the park and the proposed construction of a teen center there. A
bulldozer is expected' to begin work on the center site this week. The FrankHn Youth Center
Association lacks only about $200 of having enough to build the center. (Staff Photo)
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Mrs. Kdwards take;S?a call For police.
MEET MRS. EDWARDS ?
She Has 5 Phones
Franklin's Mrs. Thelma Ed
wards has five telephones;
cout 'em, one. two, three, four,
five!
In explaining why she has so
ir any telephones, a loophole of
long: standing in the town's fire
and police protection system
has been plugged up.
So see, Mrs. Edwards Is the
new "dispatcher" for the fire
and police departments. ?
She's a product of the con
version to the dial system.
At the old telephone exchange,
the operators buzzed for the
policemen and touched off the
fire siren that brings the volun
teer firemen running.
These jobs now fall to Mrs.
Edwards. That also explains
why she has so many telephones.
There are two for the police
department, two for the fire
department, and, of course, her
own private one.
The "dispatcher", who Ls a
semi-invalid and remains indoors
all the time, has one set-up in
her kitchen and the other at
her bedsde. A buzzer for the
police and the fire siren also
are operated from her apart
ment in the Burrell Building.
She receives a call and
So SayS
MR. MACONIAN"
Ili-ya Neighbors :
As I get it, the main idea of this "Operation
Bootstrap" is to get jolts for the home folks and to
stop let t in* our fine crop of seniors slip off to other
parts to work.
I. ike anything, when folks don't have wrinkles
in their belly and are drivin' big automobiles, tryin'
to raise money for the future i- an uphill tote. In
other words, folks are jtist im iincd fo' forget what
it's like not to have Work, or how many of Our
boy- have to go North to live.
Wish there was some way to jog ih.-ir ttiyinories
Yaii-e it's might ly ea-y to get your memory to roil
over and .play dead.
And I thank yoti.
Mr. Maconian
punches the proper one,
A two-way short wave, radio
has been ordered by the town
for Mrs. Edward's use in keep
ing in constant 24-hour touch
with the police department.
Ivi^ht now she's a little un
sure about this facet of her new
job.
"I'm afraid I'll be awfully
nervous trying to operate it,"
she laughs.
Alerting the fire department
is a little more complicated
than buzzing for a policeman.
The emergency number of re
porting a fire is LA 4-2345. When
a fire is reported, Mrs. Edwards
gets the name of the person
calling, the location of the fire,
and the type of fire. She
punches the fire siren button.
The first fireman to reach the
fire house picks up th? tele
phone there and Mrs. Edwards
gives him the information. He,
SEE NO. 1. PAGE 8
Dialing,
(Jingle)
Franklin
Franklin's shift early Sunday
morning to the dial system went
off as smoothly as any in Western
Carolina Telephone's holdings, ac
cording to company officials.
A few minor troubles are being
encountered, but these will be
ironed out this week, they report.
The local conversion was the
last in the company's expansion
program and all of its exchange's,
are now dial.
Jingling Phones
A. C. Tysing :r. V/.C.C. employe,
said telcphores j inkling when
dialing headf* the list of minor
troubles. Of the 1.400 telephones
n the local exchange, "about
1.0C0 of 'em are jinglin^'V he said
this wick. It just takes a minor
adjustment to correct this, he
explained. ? ? ?
Wrong Numbers
Wrong numbers also are com
mon to a conversion, lie con
tinued. bt causr- many are. dialing
improperly. For example. ^Gome
&re dialing the "O" instead ot
the zero; others are forcing the
dial back after dialing a number;
'and the dial spetd on some tele
phones is out of adjustment.
"It is all miror," Mr. Ty inger
declared. "Wf'll have everything
in i^ood shape before long.".
Officials Here
A number of telephone company
officials were here for the con
version and a banquet for local
employes at Slagie Memorial Build
ing Saturday night.
Present were Linn D. Garibaldi,
company president, of Charlotte,
and Fr?ink Richie, chief engineer,
of Matthews.
Also here from Ral ?igh was
R. E. McKelvev. a former com
pany vice-president and Franklin
resident, who is now with the
N.C. Utilities Commission.
Operators held a picnic Sunday
afternoon.
MORE THAN 200 ATTEND F.F.A B/V?.PF.CUE SUPPER
Tuesday night's a inual F.F.A. barbecue sup,j!*r :il the. vooul ona! hui'ding at Franklin lligh
School attracted more than 200 .special guests. T ie II. \. h vs provided entertainment following
the me.il. Wayne Proffitt, atfvteor, introduced th ? F.V.A. team ti. embers who brought honors to
Macon County during the past year in federation ami district competition. (Staff Photo)
PAPERS FILED MONDAY ?
Franklin Motel Sale
One Of Biggest Deals
One of the largest real estate
deals in Macon County's history
went on record Monday with the
sale of The Franklin Motel.
Frank B. Duncan, local real
estate broker and owner of the
motel, sold the property to James
A. Watkins and James Ferebee,
of Andrews, for about $220,000.
The deal has been brewing for
. some time, but the sale papers
were not filed until Monday at the
register of deeds office.
Opened in April, 1955, by Mr.
Duncan, the motel property in
cludes the original 22 units and
10 more under construction. Mr.
Duncan said this week the sa'.e
agreement calls for completion of
the expansion program and he
hopes to have the new units and
the swimming pool on the grounds
ready for use by the first of the
month.
APPROVED BY GROUPS ?
Principals And Teachers
Reelected For Next Year
Teachers and principals in
the three school districts of
the Macon County system have
been approved for 1959-60 by
district committees . and the
board of education.
By districts, and schools,
they are:
DISTRICT 1: Franklin High ?
Harry C. Corbin, principal. Sue
W. Baldwin, Anne P. Biddle,
Roy M. Biddle, Jr., Shirley A.
Cloer, Carolyn C. Cogan, Dar
lene Collins, Rosalie C. Corbin,
Wilford W. Corbin, Marjorie H.
Crawford, Lois F. Fulton, Law
rence Carl Howard, Jr., Ellen F.
Ledbetter, Mildred R. Martin,
Kathryn P. Matthews, Annie
Louise Monteith, Luther W.
Proffitt. Clayton H. Ramsey,
Mamie Yarbough Scroggs, Ber
tha E. Standley, Marie P. Stew
art, Richard Daniel Stott, Mable
Frances Winstead, Frank Ram
sey, Jr., and Jean Hemphill.
Franklin Elementary ? C. K. Ol
son, principal, Hilda T Olson,
Margaret R. Flanagan, Lola S.
Kiser, Edith S. Hemphill, Mar
garet H. Ramsey, May O. Mc
Coy, Edna M. Jamison, Eliza
beth Meadows, Mildred M Rich
ardson, Veva Howard, Kather
ine H. Williams. Margaret M.
Bradley, Elsie W. Franks. Kast
Franklin ? William G. Crawford,
principal, Merle P. Dryman,
Nina T. McCoy, Hazel P. Sutton,
Talitha M. Goodwin, Lucille K.
Wurst, Katherine A. Crawford,
Genevieve M. Barnard. Mary
Louise B. Holden, Dora G. Car
penter, Fannie Mae Reece Arn
old, and Amy H. Deal. Cullasaja
? Zebulon W. Shope, principal,
Georgia H. Young, Mattle M.
Keener, Pauline F. Cable, Pearl
P. Stewart, Joyce J. Cagle, Myr
tle F. Keener, Glee G. Nolen,
Lois I. Keener, Maybur H. Nor
ton, Lovicia J. Moses. Union ?
Benjamin H. Moses, principal,
Conley T. Owens, John B. Bren
die, Jessie B. Horsley, Gay B.
Teague, Alice B. Slagle, Kath
ryn R. J.ones, and Lucy C.
Bradley. Cowee ? G. Donald Sea -
gle, principal, Charles Lee Cabe,
Gladys R. Elmore, Zena R.
Brogden. Selma H. Dalton, Lily
C. Moody, Fleta M. Blaine,
Wilda Bryson. Otto ? Emerson
G. Crawford, principal, Eunice
C. Slier, Martha C. Shields,
Nancy J. Taylor, Mary S. Byrd,
Beatrice M. Alley, Nellie R.
Owens, and Hazel C. Norton.
Cartooffechaye James N West,
principal, Catherine P. Henry,
Mildred S. Swafford, Grace Car
SEE NO. 2. PAGE 8
THEY'RE; CHECKING ?
Did You 'Overlook' Your
Automobile When Listing?
The county tax collector of
fice is now checking on local
automobile owners who have
"overlooked" listing their auto
mobiles, trucks, anil trailers.
Duplicate owner cards for
every vehicle registered in Ma
con County have been sent to
the office by the N.C. Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles, aiul
County Accountant Tom Hcnsori
and his assistant have started
rheritinjr t lie cards against thv*
tux books.
A Sf/O line can he inipoM'tl
a gainst uny?tax payer failing to
list a vchicle, or any ptrsonal
property, Mr. Jlenson reminded
Mat onians this week.
However, if thosr* who "over
looked" listing vehicles will <
by his\oilice in the courthouse
immediately and cprrect the
oversight, ho penalty will !*? im
posed, he promised.
IN SEASON OPENER ?
A1I-S g Beat Murphy;
In Tn-Gcim".y League
The Franklin Allot;"-, took a
10 *o 4 victory Sunday afi'inoon
over Murphy in their fu.t,
in the Tri-County League.
Played . on the local diamond,
the game saw Grady Corbin
handle the Winning mound chores
for Franklin In the batting de
partment. Vic Teague racked up
four for five an<* Roger Seay three
for five.
Franklin's next two Sunday
'?anVs will )>o away from here,
or r in Hiwassee and ahothcKin
Young. Harris. Ga
in addition to the All-Sars.
Teams playing in the Tri-Couruv
League are Murphy 'colored'.
Hiwassee. and Young Harris. A
lG-game schedule has been drawn
for the league, with the Labor
Day week end set for the tourna
ment. J. D. Gibson, of Franklin,
is the league president.
Sunday's starting lineup was
Vic Teague, second base; Harold
Corbin. center field; Norman
Seay. catcher; Rouer Seay. short
stop; Jerry Sutton, third base;
Bobby Gregory. right field; Hutfh
Dowdle. first'' base. Bill Vanhook.
left field; and Grady Corbin.
pitcher. Substitutes were C p.
Corbin and Jim Franklin. ?
The Prankin playing field is on
the county-owned property beyond
Frankln Hosiery Gompahy on US
23 441
Grady Corbin is manager of the
All-Stars.
Little League
Season Opens
A double-header opened the
little Iieai'ue ' < i.son Saturday
afternoon herfc.
The Wildcats blanked the
Thunderbirds 1 to 0 and.tl.' Jay..
b ids beat the Rerldys 4 to 1 on
tile I'Yankim field.
A la i":e number of. !?n turned
c ut for thf* afte'ritootv
Monday afternoon, the , Jay
birds > rev, iste:ed thejr second win,
dtfeatn the Wildcats 17 to 10.
Franklin High's seniors art- inarching.
* ( Staff Photo)
PLANS ARE GIVEN -
161 Are Graduated
From High Schools
One hundred and sixty-one
seniors tire graduating this month
at Macon County's three high
schools.
, Franklin High is graduating 126:
Nantahala High, 21; anil High
lands High, 14.
Hold Monday
Nantahala held its commence
ment exercises Monday night in
the school auditorium. The bac
calaureate sermon. Was preached
Sunday afternoon.
Craduatts at Nantahala were
Mary Lou .'Allen, Birdcll Bryant,
Hover Coch.raifc I ? ? " i ll Cochran,
Tony^ Penny. Earlme Dills Mir
er. l. G. :it. l?arol i'( ? ;ory. * .i.
Mo'ran, JunnHa Mor I'.* : >
ne Charles Owenby, .Shir
l"'y Owen by. Carroll I'ri sum: \
Geneva P;r. rnoie. Cera' Ifei'- h:' :??!'. "
Viole'. fi?0|i' !". Ai! n l?<r '.m
Ker.n^th ?ole.-b ?. .Jo A.ai W:1 son,
and Carolyn ,\Vr i im.
r.r.iirl.lin E ver.ts
.Frai.'.i'in Hi -h's bacc i'.n:r' -i'-\
set f(.r Suricey in: ;, at ? )
o'clock, in ti e k liool i y:n>, i
'Die e!.j:.s I . ? s ? hOs< n. 'the 1:
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First Pi <??,!'?'? firm' Cl.il' 't<j'(i. ?
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taiif.!' y. 'the I? v. John fn '? ??. '
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M'l.rie 'A ill be um r the dira< ti-.:,
( f Mr ITe-sy V/. C J:#- ,:.d I? v
M . Bui;:-!-. .Jr.
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in. tl.< ? ? iv a.;:i._;l i A v. a' ? 1 s v. , ?
p. . r t :jd by I'rjiicir.'al I:;in y C ?
Corbin.
Mr Rebecca Nerves. .damih't -r
of Mr and Mrs. W W Ilecv< .
will deliver the valedictory ad
ulre.ss 'I iie Salutatory address w\'
be given by Miss Barb VV . ? '
droop, (laughter of Mr .1 Mr.
c".'.\iFt;r' Waldroop.
Supt. H. Bueck will present
diplomas to the graduates. ,
Three numbers are listed on the
program by the high school choral
group, under the direction of Mr.
Biddle.
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SPECIAL SECTION
A special eight-page section,
featuring individual pictures of
all graduating seniors at Frank
lin, Nantahala, and Highlands
will be included in THE FRANK
UN PRESS of May 23. Adver
t'lM is ate reminded that the
deadline For this section is to
morrow t Friday) at 4 p.m.
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5f.. h , ..dents will be
V > mi- ' ? < Un; others by
)\l -honor s on their gowns
;?r."d I'.ok! vn th :r caps. They are
K.ilc B'-ichn::;;]', T;r bara Cai'pen
U \ JoAn.n GiU;:?i:. Claudette
I,* !,' , .( Ffobc'-fa McCracken,
T<.mi;iy Mt N; h. Rebecca' Reeves,
Ba?'briia i? r. CI. y 53;, :v Jean
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GIRLS OPERATE ROADBLOCK |
Thrfc Franklin IlUh jjirls, Carol Calloway, Sara Lse Bryson,
and Carolyn Shook, voluiuefred th^ir services Saturday at the
"Operation Bootstrap" roadblock in Franklin. The roadblock
took in about $40 in a little more than three hours. (Staff Photo)