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CIRCULATION Net Paid Last Week 3100 Wht IjiflblattV Baconian ON THE INSIDE ? WHO'S BEEN WHERE AND FOR WHAT? Staff correspondents of THE PRESS keep the Inside pages of this newspaper alive with news about your friends and neighbors Read the Inside pages from top to bottom and you'll know Macon County. 74th Year ? No. 30 Franklin, N. C., Thursday, July 23, 1959 Price 10 Cents Twelve Pages State Allocates $520,500 For Secondary Roads Here THEY MADE IT! - Cloggers Are Back 1 From West Coast FLASH FLOODS seemed to be the rule here last week, rather than the exception. Folks just looked up and commented laconi cally, "Here comes another one." NORTH CAROLINA is sure do ing some highway butchering. As of the 13th, highway traffic deaths totaled 575, exactly 100 more than for the prior year. A LITTLE MORE cooperation between all businesses engaged in meeting the traveling public would keep more visitors here. A who-cares attitude serves only to run people out of town. A Let-me goout-of-the-way-to-help-you atti tude will convince travelers this is a friendly town and they'll want to stay overnight. On the average, each car stopping over night will leave $25 and $30 here THERE'S A parking meter in town that gives two hours for a penny. If all of them were that considerate there wouldn't be so much opposition to their use. CAMERON LEE. who is well well-known here, has been named chief engineer of the State High way Commission. He is a former chief engineer of the 14th division and has been in Raleigh for more than a year as assistant director of state highways. JACK GRIBBLE says we've al ways had a Lost Bridge. Now we've got a Lost Culvert. A. C. CAGLE, master restaura teur. opened his new restaurant on US 23-441 Monday morning with breakfast. He's really got a beautiful place, with plenty of class. It's a credit to the commu nity. A LOT OF folks predicted im mediate financial ruin for Paul Carpenter's new motel because it is so far from town. It must be a nice way to go broke because he's been full every night since he op ened. ALL THIS weather must have a name: Maybe "Dog Days" or something like that. Something surely is responsible. RED STOCKINGS are the vo gue in town with the Junior Wo man's Club. They'll stage their "Red Stocking Revue" the last of the month. DID YOU SEE the little amphi bian airplane land at the airport one day last week? One fellow wanted to know if it landed on the river. STILL THINK the county should put that colored drinking fountain in operation. Or maybe it's the town's responsibility. Macon County's Smoky Moun tain Cloggers returned Saturday from a western tour that saw them score solidly in both the movies and television. The new famous dance team was booked by Hal Kemp, a Hol lywood N. B. C. executive, for an .appearance In a fall color spect acular, "The Roy Rogers Show." They'll be flown back to the coast for this appearance. While auditioning for MOM. they did an encore for three fa mous movie personalities, who were working on nearby movie sets ? Prank Sinatra. Gene Kelly, and Donald O'Connor. Just Three Weeks It was just three weeks ago that the Cloggers, their manager, Mrs. Lois Roberson, their band, and talent scout Bob Cox headed for the west coast to see if they could take Hollywood, by storm. Mrs. Roberson figures the young dancers "gained in exper ience and knowledge equal to a year of school" and, in addition, gave Macon County at least "$50 000 worth of free publicity." Ev , erywhere they stopped she rep orts. the first question asked was 1 "Where are you from?" Were They Liked? How did the rest of the country react to the Cloggers as the) worked their way across the coun try by dancing, A rancher in Lordsburg. New Mex.. gave them a free two-day vacation on hi* 100.000-acre ranch; they were non paying guests at "The Dunes" in Las Vegas, Nev., where Prankie Lane was featured: and while in Las Vegas, Ed Sullivan heard they were there, called them in to renew old friendships, and assur ed them he would have them back on his show again soon. They visited the Alamo, the Court of the Two Sisters in New Orleans, saw a bull fight in Jua rez, Mexico, saw Carlsbad Cav erns in New Mexico, ilie Sequoyah and Yosemite National Parks, the Petrified Forest, and the Painted Desert. Oh yes, and a big heaping of Hollywood. MEETING ANDREWS ? Little League All-Stars Play Today In Andrews Franklin's Little League All Stars will play Andrews, In An drews, today (Thursday) at 4 p. m? in the first round of the 1959 Little League Mountaiu Area Tournament. Sylva will play the winner of this game tomorrow at 4 p. m. in Andrews. Saturday at 4 p. m . the winner of the second round will play the Section Planned A special tourist section, "Ru bies, Recreation, and Rest," will be included in next week's issue (July 30) of THE FRANKLIN PRESS. About 1,$00 extra copies of eight-page section will be print et ii These will be given to adver tisers in the section for distri bution as they see fit. While all facets of Macon County's complex tourist world will be covered in the edition, heavy emphasis is being placed on ruby mining in famed Cowee Valley since this is the only place short cf kda were rubies are found and the only place in the world v/here anyone with a dollar bill ^nd a penchant for a little ^crk can look for Jitones. Tourist winner of the Waynesville-Can ton game for the championship. This game also will be held in An drews. The area champion will then go to Shelby for the District 1 championship. Players for the local team were selected on the basis of playing ability. They are Owen Reagan Ammons. Thomas Rich Crawford. Dan Robert Reynolds, and Gary Mack Shields, of the Thunder birds; Larry Ross Cloer, Dennis Gerald Holland, and Andrew Parker Norton, Jr., of the Reddys: Robert Edward Dalton, Donald Woody Fisher, and Hugh Albert Rogers Franklin, of the Wildcats; Ben Pryor Grant, Dennis Melvin Houston, Raymond Lee Jones, and Terry Fred Mashburn, of the Jay birds. Managing the team are the Rev. Earl T. Crowe. Jr., and Joe Wil son. CLAN TO MEET The family of the late Joseph Clark will hold its annual reun ion Sunday. July 20, at the Hit; donville picnic ground, according to Mrs. Vernon Bryson, secretary. All relatives and friends are inviv < d to attend and bring a picnic lunch. JUDGE RULES TALLULAH FALLS RAILWAY IS SAFE I After studying the pros and cons, II. S. District Judge Boyd Sloan has ruled that the Tallu tah Falls Railway is safe for operation. In petitioning for the 57-mile line's abandonment. South ern Railway has said it was unsafe. The line's receiver, however, contended it was safe. A ruling on the abandonment petition is now up to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Meanwhile, trains continue to move over the picturesque railroad; and its wooden trestles (above) between Franklin and Cornelia, Ga. (Staff Photo) FAIR CATALOGUES HAVE BEEN MAILED TO MACONIANS Catalogues for the '59 Maccn County Fair went into the mails Tuesday and Maconians are now thumbing through them. Miillng was handled by extension service personnel. Shown pre paring a mailing are (L to R) Agricultural Agent T. II. Fat::, Mrs. Pauline Houston, office secre tary, and Bryan Anders, assistant agent. The fair is iet for August B-7-8. (Staff Photo) Folk Festival Dates Selected August 13-14-15 are the dates set for the annual Macon County Folk Festival. As in the past, ttv Jaycee-spon sored mountain entertainment show will be held "under the stars" in the Franklin High sta dium. A Jaycee committjP making ar rangements for the festival in cludes the Rev. Donn K. Langfitt. chairman, Alfred Higdon. Bob Bryson, and Dr. J. L. Hill. Jr. Entertainers are asked to regis ter in advance with any Jaycee. 'Tourist Night' For Dancing This Saturday night will be "Tourist Night" at the weekly square dance sponsored by the Jaycees at Slagle Memorial Build ink. Jaycees President R. M. Biddle, Jr., said the dance caller, Henry Wilkie, assited by others, will giv? free instructions in dancing to vis itors sp they can join in the fun. Dancing will begin at 8 o'clock with music by the Cumberland Mountaineers. Bob Moore, who is in chaise of the dance project, reports the activity is "a urowins: thing" and that larger crowds are attending each Saturday. The weekly 'dance Was started by the Jaycees .this summer as a civic venture n'pio vide entertainment for visitors and local people alike Chief Quits His Job ^ Police Chief Sid Carter, h i li stened and is now working out lr. notice. He has been on the Franklin force for the past 25 montlis A new officer, Brice Rowland has been employed by the town to replace Nelson Ledford, who tfas relieved of duty the first of the month. Officer Homer Coch ran is working part-time until a man can be hired to lake his. place Chief Carter said the recent shake-up in the polle# department did not influence his decision to resign. He has no immediate plans for the future. Team Plays Franklin's Babe R?th All Stars last (Wednesday) night played Beacon In division play offs at McCormick Field in Asheville. Outcome of the game was not known at press time. The winner of the Franklin - Beacon game is scheduled to play the winner of the Ashe ville-Brevard game. On the All-Star team are Ronnie Higdon, Jimmy Wil liams, Tommy Kiser, Morris Davis, John Swan, Sonny Bur rell, Ronnie Mashburn, L. T Gibson, Qeorge Tallent, Larry Franklin, Jimmy Cabe, Alex Corbin, Steve Heafner, David Simpson, and Bill Plyler. AT FRANKLIN CHURCH ? African Quartet, Speaker To Kick- Off Methodist Missionary Program The Waynesville Dis'.rict Mis sionary program of th j :u; churches will have i i kick-off Si slon at the Firs'. \U ? i.. <ii i Church here Monday Light at 3 o'clock. The emphasis for i;.e y?c: is Africa and appealing on tne pro gram will be a nnths African quaret. "The Ambassadors,'' aa>1 a speaker, the itev. L.ster Grif fith, who was a prisoner ot th* Algerian rebels for 40 cays. The quartet's progium vail be a varied one. The emphasis wii! he on African folk music, espe cially the songs of the Mashona Tribes people of southern Rho desia, home of the quartet mem bers! Inherently musical, the African people do much cf t,h"ir daily work to song. These ever day work songs will be a part of the program. The quartet also Will sing African lullabys. wedding and festival song.j, hymns, and chants. Western hymns ..nd song1* also will be included. They w:ll bring various African musical in struments and will demonstrate iheir ur/\ Tlie qwlrte' 111 ?? -in " and drum in the garb of witch doctors and in .the ' -i.ntmn! !: ii garments that Aiiiiuu vwl.i like to wear on f ' <r : :>?i . The quartet's ton: 'i'J sponsored by the Rhodesia Meth odist Annual Conference, in colla boration with the Methodist Board of Missions. Dr. Griffith, a young Methodist missionary, whose merican home is* Cleveland. Ohio, returned to the United States last October, shortly after he was released un harmed .by the Algeria rebels Sept. 27, 1958. He has served in Algeria five years as a literary teacher and social worker. On August 18. Mr. Griffith was taken prisoner ,by a rebel com mando group wnile he was on the way from Algiers to his home at Fort National in the Atlas moun tains. He is believed to be the crlv American to hii'p b^en ? prisoner of the AUiciian leotis for so !orfr aftlr*e, sir^e tho i\. l.aliuiialsit ci^nllict began in 1904. ?k::i ,\Nii . The annual Pcul nid f; tnily r ?? union will -be h<;l 1 f-Unitiav. At: u .1 ?> o? ft* V:\rn\i ? vvcj i, oi Ilayesvi':!. , it I., ;? .'i a?.- ( rw)?in' rt'. A ho; ;')" ? : ?. > ' ?, 1 U, uV ? <i /Ml ? :.rl i.:?nd.s* ;;rc i: ' <m V > - ? - ::u' -h: l/liu .4 OH-ii ?? . i 1 . CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING CULVERT SOLVED Where's the culvert they're building at the foot of limn hil!? It's milder water and that strip of concrete peeping up through the moisture is one end of it. A flash floca Wednesday of last week dumped 2.36 inches on Franklin in i matter of atx.ut an hour or so and "Krogtown Branch" rose and covered the rulvert. Workmen had to close the detour road for several hours while the water receded. (Staff Photo) An allocation of $520,500 has been set tip for Ma con County for the 1959-00 fiscal year for mainte nance aixl construction work on its secondary road sl'stein. > Figures received this week from the State High way Commission in Raleigh break the allocation into two parts, one for maintenance and the other for con struction. Thi amount lor maintenance .is $199*00 and ' " " tor constructioti. $321,500. Abandons Job Here The Stat.' Highway Commis sion's planning board has de cided to abandon plans for ex tending US '"3-441 south from the south Franklin city limits near A R Hlgdon's to US 64 near George Reece's store. In a memorandum letter to Mayor W. C. Burrell and the 14th division engineer, F L. Hutchison, the commissioner's new chief engineer, C. W. Lee, explained: Bad Intersection "This decision was reacched due to the bad intersection that would be created at US 64, particularly since the City of Franklin is against mak ing the one-way street system as was originally proposed, using US 64 for eisthound traffic and the street back of the Nantahala Creamery (West Main) for westbound traffic. "It was also brought out that the primary problem fin Franklin was not this section of highway, but was the fact that parking is aK';>wed on both sides of Main Street and this creates the main restric tion to the flow of traffic through Franklin. "1 do not recall the width of the existing section of US 23-441 which passes in front of the school, hut it appears to me that some improve ment of this section i< war rain ted. I would Uke to re quest, therefore, that you study this section of the ex isting highway to determine if improvement i.s warranted by widening -the existing highway, taking out or easing the two bad curves, and to revise the grade line near the school <k> adequate sight dis tance is provided for the school entrance . . Working On Plans Macon will receive 1 786 per cent ol the total allocation of $42. J!)!). 585 for the state's 100 counti's. Of the statewide total $18,000,000 Is set aside for road construction according to the se condary road plan of each county, which Is now being worked up. The ermalning $24,299,585 is ear marked for maintenance of the slate's 58.000-mile secondary road network. Basis of Need Harold Makepeace, secondary roads officer, said the $18,000,000 allocation was distributed on the basis of each county's relative need as determined by a compre hensive study of all unpaved ru ral secondary roads in the state The survey, which was conducted 'during the first live months of this year, carried estimates of cost to stabilize every road to minimum standards and the cost to pave those roads serving more than 50 vehicles per day. Such costs in each county were totaled and compared with costs in all other counties to secure a percen tage of need for each county, he explained. Allocations were made strictly on the percentage of need In the county compared with total state-wide need. Thus, a county with one per cent of the state's need was given one per cent of the $18,000,00 available. .Under the allocation method, Wilkes County, with 3.8 per cent of the state's need, -received the largest construction appropria tion, $608,900. Several counties received more than $400,000 for road construction, including Guil ford, Randolph. Ashe, and Bun combe, Burke County, came clos est to having a "average need" for new construction with 1.01 per cent of the state need Burke's share of the $18,000,000 was $183,400. New Hanover County, with less than 20 miles of un paved roads, got the smallest con SEE NO. 1, PAGE 6 COMING BACK SATURDAY - 27 4-H Clubbers Are In Raleigh - In Monday's dawning hours? 27 _tj r !?.!-) ?.},?.-: ;,nf? .jr j, ;lfji;rs were ji: on ,? ,;ifi p.? tan : ,i RaI.;i^Ji iiui "St i te 4 !l Club W; ek ". Inrliicied in the M/r-on Corjnty ?' !* ? ? .'v.- ' ? v.- I- of the '(-? : I...- iu .i danee' ? %in.r ? ? ?? . thl ? s i < ! a- <.? ' . iii S.iii-ai n't Uk> i ?Ovi.t . .".I it .i. , als-> are representing the district in 4-H activities. B rendu Cunning ham and Peggy Dills, of the Car son club; will take part in the vreetable and fruit use competi tion; Peggy also will be in the health, event; Sandra Henson'? i n ion club, will compote in ento ; Robert Ehjoe, CartOoge < h. yt club, will drive in the trac C'liiiiin "ham. Sandra Norton, Ro ? t Lh!o' . puvid Er.loe, "Patsy Coi/bin. Sandra Henson. Spike Madcl'o.x, Dennis Brook Hire, Peg v Dills. .J an D.ilis. Sieve Cabe, Kenneth Reynolds. Robert Vin son. 'Eli/a belli Ann Ammons, Sal ly Moore. Diane Clay. Jewel Fox, Rlonnie Waldfoup. Raymond .Fh< plurd. Margaret Cowart. Ed die Mokes, Gary Phillips. Jimmy Shook. Mary Jo Waldroop. Lowell Crawford, and Bili Dills. Leaders going included Mrs. J. F. Cunningham, manager of the Carson doggers. Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill. horVie economics agent, and Kenneth Perry, assitant agri cultural agent. Macon's group will return here Saturday. and Patsy Corbin. l ite cire.v* 'review Those ui.ikiii- t- trip werR eiimim-.jh'am. Suzanne I lie Weather franklin Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wed.. 15th Wednesday Hirh I>nw Rain 84 62 .95 83 63 2.36 80 64 ,06 80 65 .00 83 64 .19 82 65 .41 82 63 .50 67 .17 HIGHLANDS Wed., 15th Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday. Wednesday 74 60 76 62 74 60 73 62 75 62 73 59 72 57 64 * * no record.