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WHO'S BEEN WHERE AND
FOR WHAT?
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PHESS keep the Inside pages
of this newspaper alive with
news about your friends and
neiKhbors Read the inside
panes from top to bottom and
you'll know Macon County.
74th Year ? No. 20
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, August 20, 1959
Price 10 Cent>.
DID YOU SEE Bob Carpen
ter rolling that wheelbarrow
load of money Tuesday after
noon from the post office to >
The Bank of Franklin? Sacks
full of nickels, dimes, and
quarters.
TOURISTS HAVE really been
in town in the last; week. Most
of 'em are buying things, too,
taking advantage of sales in
stores and the like.
AS WILL BE noted elsewhere
in the paper/ Franklin couldn't
^et the baseball tournament
here because of a lack of facil
ities. Does this suggest a need?
The addition of bleachers, at the
local diamond would put Frank
lin closer to getting the tourna
ment next year.
THE franklin Junior Wom
an's Club wants to give its
heartfelt thanks to the anony
mous donor of $200 for its shoes
for needy children project.
SLACK'S AUTO Parts has'
moved into the new building
Mayor Burre'U built for the
firm next door to its old
quarters.
DON'T MISS Saturday night's
performance of the Macon
County Folk Festival. Rain
ruined things for the Jaycee
sponsored event last Saturday ?
everything but the enthusiasm,
that is, and this Saturday's
"try again" is expected to be
of high quality.
THAT NEW FRONT on Bow
er's really does pick up that
side of the main drag. Almost
makes an entirely new store
too. There are other stores that
need to think along these lines
and help turn the town into a'
modern-looking shopping cen
ter.
MACON COUNTY'S new movie,
"The Majestic Nantahalas",
should really put some starch
in a promotional program. Ken
Stambaugh has done a superla
tive job on the color film and
we'll be reaping the benefits
for years to come.
THAT'S NOT a revival tent
on US 64 in East Franklin, but
a skating rink.
FLYING ACTIVITY at the
local airport has been heavy in
recent weeks, most by transient
aircraft. Several twin-engine
planes have stopped over.
SCHOOL SUPT. H. Bueck has
some interesting stories about
moderating a panel discussion
on integration while at a con
ference at Columbia University.
If you're interested, ask him
about them. ?
THOSE LITTLE afternoon
"cooling off" showers keep peo
ple on the trot rolling up car
windows or getting in the dry.
HAVE YOU noticed the in
creasing use of air conditioning
units by offices and business
firms? Before long one'll be
able to dial the weather he
wants in the clothes he wears.
SATURDAY NIGHT'S folk
festival promises to be a top
drawer show. For a quarter,
few can afford to be anywhere
else. t
POOR FRANKLIN High cheer
leaders. They don't have a way
SEE NO. 1. PAGE 8
SUNDAY MORNING FIRE DESTROYS WILLIAMSON HOME
A fire, believed to have been started by faulty electrical wiring, destroyed the Eb William
son home in the Prentiss section early Sunday morning. Called about 1:30, volunteer firemen
found the blaze too advanced to do ainy good. The Williamsons lost everything. "But I guess we
ought to be thankful we got out." Mr. William sqn said. He .said the house caught fire the night
before but he and some neighbors extinguished it. He had the wiring checked the next day.
(Staff Photo)
RESCHEDULED AFTER RAIN -
Closing Performance Of Folk
Festival Is Saturday Night
Rain Saturday night forced the
postponement of the last per
formance of the three-night Ma
con County Folk Festival "under
the stars" in the Franklin High
stadium.
The sponsoring Jaycees, with
fingers again crossed, plan to
stage the final show this coming
Saturday night, beginning at 8
o'clock.
"And if it rains again we'll just
hold it the following Saturday
night", the Rev. Donn K. Lang
fitt, festival chairman, declared
this week.
Entertainers are asked to report
to the stadium by 7:30 so the
program can be arranged with a
minimum of trouble.
The Thursday and Friday
shows have been described as the
best in the seven-year history of
the festival. In addition to local
talent, a number of entertainers
showed up from nearby counties.
Entertainment was varied, rang
ing from square dancing to spoon
playing. An estimated 500 saw the
show Thursday night and upwards
of 700 Friday might.
Admission is 25 cents for all.
Local Airing
The festival also served as a
kick-off event for a new record by
a Macon Couhty singer" and
musician, Les Waldroop. To be
so Aays "MR. MACON! AN"
Hi-yp Neighbors: /
Winter's comin' and we might take some les
sons on stocking up and plannin' ahead from the
animals.
F'instance, Macon County needs a tourist pro
motion plannin' committee to organize and arrange
things, with committeemen from all over the coun
ty, not just Franklin. Highlands should be just as
interested in this as Nantahala.
If we don't toot our own horn we're not gonna
be heard, friends, you can put your bottom dollar
on that !
Cherokee's business is up more than 10 per cent
and practically all the credit goes t;o advertising
in the right way.
1 we're gonna be a tourist resort let's be a good
one-? or e|se we just won't be in another five years!
And I thank you,
Mr. Maconian
released this month by Country
Jubilee Records, of Demorest, Ga..
the songs are "They Said It
Couldn't Be Done" and "The Wife
of a Hard Working Man". Les
sang both for festival goers and
also "Moonlight's A'Wstin' an
original composition he recorded
some years back.
Team Dances
The Carson Cloggers turned in
excellent dancing, reflecting the
progress they have made since
their debut Just a year ago at the
folk festival. In the year, the
team has been on television 11
times and this month was runner
up in the Mountain Dance and
Folk Festival in Asheville.
New Talent
Advertising Macon County as
the "square dance capitol of the
world" (home of the famous
Smoky Mountain Cloggers), the
Jaycees introduced a new team
of cloggers.
Composed of seven and eight
year olds, the team, in the words
of a spectator, "has enough
energy to put a missile into orbit".
Members of the "Promelettes" in
clude Nancy Crockett, Donald
Waldroop, Donna Sanders, Mark
Crawford, Susy Stinson, Terry
Waldroop, Patricia Lane, Billy
Crawfprd, Debbie Bowman. Jim
my Cunningham, Stevie Bowman,
Jerry Wallace, Ginger Sanders.
Mike Waldroop, Betsy Conley, and
Jerry Hodgen.
Both the Carson Cloggers and
the "Promelettes" are expected to
perform Saturday night.
Others Listed
Other entertainers on tap are
the Macon Ramblers, Wallace Tal
lent and Bennie Browning; Ed
Oreen and his "talking harmoni
ca"; Mary Lou Holbrooks: James
Carver and buck dancers: Jimmy
Tallent; Jay Dowdle: Katherine
Holland: Sandra Henson; Earl
Corbin; Lloyd Waldroop: Steve
and Wade Waldroop, who made
their first public appearance
.Thursday night; Herbie Nichol
son and his banjo; Jack Frady,
77-year-old buck dancer: Debra
Ledford. four-year-old buck
dancer: the Cumberland Moun
taineers. Hunter Young, Dave
and Bob. Miss Darleni; Collins,
and Sidney Clay.
Out-of-towners expected include
Doyle and Paul Barker, of Mur
phy. ar.d Oar Mosstiller, of An
drews.
REUNION SUNDAY
The annual Donaldson and
Kimsey family reunion will be
held Sunday, August 23, at the
old Donaldson homeplace.
Friends and relatives are in
vited to come and bring a pic
nic lunch.
NEWCOMERS
TO SCHOOLS
ARE LISTED
Teacher List For
Year Announced
For County
At least 14 new faces will
greet Macon County's estimat
ed 4,000 school children when
they resume classes next week '
for the 1 959-00 school year.
In addition, two former resi- '
dents, Mr. and Mrs. R Guy j
Sutton, have been added this |
year.- A former F'ranktin High !
principal arfd superintendent in I
Graham' County, Mr. Sutton will !
be principal of Highlands
School. Mrs. Sutton will be on
the Highlands faculty
Most of; the new 1 1 icMers are '
natives of this county.
Newcomers to Franklin IT. ;h
v. ill be Miss jean, H"" i i i>ii il 1 . . a
Maconi.au' who has been tx-acli
i'lg in Richmond. V i ; Mrs.
kutherine Long Perry, who
taught sonje yi'.'i':; ;u:o a' the
htsrh school; Lonnie 1! Craw
ford, Howard Carey I'attdn,
and Grady W. C'ofbin, all Ma
conian.s and graduates of West- ?
ern Carolina Cbllei'e; and Jerry
Sutton, Maconian anci N. C.
State graduate.
At Cartoogechaye, a new
teacher, but no stranger here,
is Miss Amanda Slagle. A Ma
conian, she is a former super
visor in Jackson County.
Iotla will have Mrs. Emma
Ramsey Myers, who taught
several years in Highlands
Edward Leon Roach, of Hay
esville, and George T. Lynch
and Lawrence B. Welch, both
Franklinites and W. C. C. grad
uates, will be new at Nanta
hala.
In addition to Mr. and Mrs.
Sutton, Highlands newcomers
will include Mrs. Jean B. Prob.st,
wife of the Baptist pastor; Miss
Sue Crawford, of Andrews, a
W. C. C. graduate; and Tony
Migalolo, of Liberty, a W C. C.
graduate.
Following is the teacher list,
by schools, excluding the names
of the newcomers:
FRANKLIN HIGH: Harry C.
Corbin, principal. Carolyn C
Cogan, Luther W. Proffitt, Mar
.iorie H. Crawford. Shirley A
Cloer, Roy M. Biddle, Jr., Ber
tha E. standley, Anne P Biddle.
Annie I<ouise Monteith, Ellen F.
Ledbetter, Kathryn P. Mat
thews, Rosalie C. Corbin, Law
rence Carl Howard, Jr., Marie
P. Stewart, Darlene Collins.
Richard traniel Stott. Mabel
Frances Winstead, Lois F. Ful
ton, Frank L. Ramsey, Jr.. and
Mamie Yarbough Scroggs.
FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY
Clair K. Olson, principal and
SEE NO 3. PAC.E K
ON PRICE IS RIGHT -
Nurse Here Wins
Television Jackpot
"I was so excited I don't
even remember!"
And what Mrs. Blaine W.
Goss can't remember is the
name of the master of cere
monies on the NBC -TV give
away show "The Price Is
Right", i gentleman who ex
citedly announced .*st Wed
nesday night that she was the
winner of S7, ?20.10 north of
merchandise.
But, in all fairness to Mrs.
Goss, who twice before had
ttau for the program jackpot
and was gathered around the
television set waiting breath
lessly with other members of
her family, the master of cer
emonies (we don't know his
name either) was substituting
for Bill Cullen, who was on
vacation.
And nt?# buck to Mrs. G?is
ar.d her winnings.
A resident of Bryson City
and practical niirse at Angei
Hospital in Franklin, this was
her f rst stab at entering
contests ? but she thinks she'll
keep 6n trying.
Mrs. (joss said she was tel
ephoned last week and told
that she had tied with an
other, person in gue?ising the
price of a diamond ring. She
was :inviten? to break the tie
bv guessing the price of a
humidor.
I gave th? first number
that p' ^Ped into my mind,"
she recalls.
That was SfM.'O.
'And then I just knew I
had overbid."
Hut, she hadn't overbid.
The price of the custom-made
humidor was $70.5? and her
guess was closer than the
other person's. Which means
that she won a station wagon,
a sedan, an air purifier for
a room, a Polaroid camera
kit, a set of golf club**, a
diamond ring, and the humi
dor.
What about the federaJ tax
on all that stuff?
"We plan to sell some of it
to raise enough to pay the
taxes," the nurse disclosed.
Schedule Of School Opening
Districts 1 and 2
Monday, August 24, 8:30 a. in., coilnty-wi !.? teach
ers' meeting at East Franklin School.
Tuesday, August 25, 8:30 a. in., children report to
their respective teachers for a half day's prepared
ness for beginning of regular work. Busses will rim.
Wednesday, August 26, full day's schedule begins,
with lunch rooms serving lunch.
Who's Champion?
Who Is the champion of th>?
Little League, the Wildcats or the
Jaybirds?
Yesterday ^Wednesday) after
noon the two teams were battling
it out as the newspaper went to '
press, so the winner wasn't known.
The Wildcats won the first game
last week 6 to 5 and the Jaybirds
evened things up by winning Sat
urday 7 to 4
WHAT A ROCK!
Mrs. Wiley Corn, of Arden,
was walking along Wednesday
of last week at Holtirooks Mine
No. 2. She looked down and
noticed a "pretty rock". That
"pretty rock" turned out to be
a chunk of star sapphire of over
500 carats in the rough. It
weighed a quarter of a pound
and is prohablv the biggest star
material ever found here. "I
nearly fell out of my chair
w hen she handeif it to me," de
clared gem cutter Jim llrink
man.
Mrs. Corn is shown compar
ing the sapphire with a pick
of regular ciparettes.
ASC VOTE
SLATED FOR
SEPTEMBER
Commur ties Will
Pick Officials
, For Program
A county-wide election to select
A-i icultural Stablization and Con
m rvatibn community committee
men I ts been called for Septem
ber 10
Milton Fouts. chairman of the
r.unty A.S.C. committee, has an
nounced the following polling
plat s:
Franklin Agricultural Buiiding;
M'ilMioal. Holly Springs Cominun
! ' y Huiki.ni; Cartoonechaye. Hus
' i . i s Stoic.: Klli.l ay. Estes Serv
e ? ' .:tior. : Hl 'liiands. H. S. Tal
su.: < n ?vs, sraiv PosTOftlcfc;
M. .'! bi:,v . P;ui..h's Store; Nan
Bateni :?>. Stofe; Bum
in ' wn. Parnsh "Store; and
Cowi,e. Hickman's .Store.
p. W\.\ be open from 7 a.m.
i') <; p.m 'ii: - mm 5 of nominees'
! oni i n il community will be
V??>tfd in the pollii.r place. Ad
dition to the list of nominees
H1..V h ? pi id: i it re quested in a
p.? t it ion : in d by 10 or more
* li 'tblc voters and presented to
the community election board by
August 25.
Ai y farmer who has owner,
operator, tenant, or sharecropper,
is participatin or Ls eligible to
participate, in any program ad
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 8
The Weather
,Th?? wirk'n ??-mperfitijr?*H and rainfall below
ur? in'ordnl n I r inHin by Mnnmr. Stile?,
I' S. v. ii.'ier ulwrv. r; <n IVghlanda by
'Ifcidor N. Hall- and W. <" Newton. TV A
observer - : "nnd at th?? fow.-ta Itydroloiric
lailtor:itory. I i r ' kh- ore for the V4-hour
|M-rioii ending ;it H a.m. ??f the day listed.
FRANKLIN
Wed. 12th
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
' /
Wed.. 12th
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Hich
85
86
? 80
87
83
86
84
COWETA
83
84
84
85
86
86
85
82
HIGHLANDS
Wed., : 12th
Thursday .
Friday
Saturday
F.unday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
79
80
82
79
74
76
76
Low
60
63
65
66
54
55
54
63
56
50
49
?54
54
53
60
55
60
52
59
56
54
58
60
no record
DRIVE THIS FALL ?
Hosiery Official Named
To Head United Campaign
Earl Adams, personnel director
of the Franklin Hosiery Plant,
has been elected chairman of the
1959 United Fund drive here.
He was active In United Fund
campaigns in Anson County be
fore coming here
In accepting the chairmanship.
Mr. Adams expressed his willing-.
nesS to accept this responsibility
for guiding the town's most im
portant civic project of the year
ai d to call upon every citizen for
all-out support Vhen the campaign
nets under way within the next
few weeks.
The United Fund past-president,
the Rev. Donn K Langfitt, in
speaking of the new chairman,
raid, "The board of directors feels
most fortunate in securing the
services of Mr. Adams to head
this year's United campaign. His
leadership of our United campaign
will be an Inspiration to all citi
zens of this community."
Mr. Adams ? a native of Dur
bnm and has been employed by
Burlington Industries for four
years. He Is a graduate of Cataw
ba College and is married to the
former Miss Ann Jester, of Thorn
nsville The Adams' have a son.
Bill, 2. 11
Announcement of the goal for
this year's campaign is expected
within the next few weeks. The
United Fund includes a number
of agencies serving the commun
ity and makes it possible to con
tribute once a year for the sup
Didn't Makfe It!
Georgia's ''Flying Rebels" c'idn't
make it here Saturday for ruby
digging.
A mix-up between fl.o flyuv
club, and the chamber of com
merce occurred and the flight
was cancelled.
port of all health, welfare, and
recreational services of Franklin.
Mr. Adams
Thursday
Will Be FHA
Day Here
Macon County 's Farmers Home
Administration office, which
has been closed as a regular
office, will be open every
Thursday from 9:30 a. m. to
3:30 p. m.
In charge of weekly visits
here will be Garland E. Den
ning, county supervisor, of
Hayesville, and Mrs. Xrma Mc
Clure. Hayesville office clerk.
Mr Denning also will visit
Macon County farmers on Frl
c sys. but will not be in the of
fice.