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74th Year ? No. 37
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, September 10, 1959
Price 10 Cent*
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HEY 'GIRLS! Will you be the
next "Miss Ruby"? You can't
even be in the running if you
don't register for the beauty
contest. Those are mighty hand
some trophies they're giving the
queen and her court.
THIS NEWSPAPER'S "corre
spondent" in the Fort Lauder
dale, Fla., area, Mrs. Jean
French, sends a clipping from
that town's newspaper dealing
with the ruby hunting vacation
of nine-year-old Kenny Ross,
whose finds included a 54-carat
ruby One of three pictures has
ruby mine owner Carroll Gibson
grinning at the photographer
like a mule eating briars.
FRIENDS OF Rolfe NeUl, for
mer PRESS reporter, will be in
terested to learn he Is being
sent by the CHARLOTTE OB
SERVER to work in Its Wash
ington, D. C? bureau for the
next two /months. This is well
deserved jump for Rolfe.
SATURDAY S TRAFFIC, heavy
as usual, hit a real barricade
when a motorist, apparently
unable to find a parking place,
parked in the middle of the
street and went in a store. The
left lane was backed up to the
bottom of Town Hill by the
time said motorist returned and
drove off.
ALL THAT RAIN Sunday
found a lot of families eating
their picnic lunches in unpic
nic-like places. It also caused
a lot of cars to become stuck
in the mud around the skating
rink in East Franklin.
MRS. RAY SWAFFORD'S sev
enth grade at Cartoogechaye
School is "kinda perplexing",,
as one of the students puts it.
In the class the teacher has
two Johnny's, two Tommys,
two Lindas, two Franceses, and
four left-handed students!
THE INTERNATIONALLY fa
mous stunt pilot, Bevo Howard,
who can do things in the air
that birds wouldn't attempt, is
scheduled to be here for the
"Pilots Ruby Rendezvous".
ELIS SOPER has donated a
set of Compton's encyclopedia
to East Franklin Elementary
School. The gift also included
a rolling table for moving the
books from one room to an
other.
NEEDING MAGAZINES? The
Junior Class at Franklin High
is selling subscriptions to earn
money for the Junior-Senior
banquet and they'll appreciate
your business.
THE STATE ha* been at
work, using prison labor, on a
heavy storm drain near the In
dian Mound, where the high
way becomes a lake during a
big rain. This Is a welcome
addition.
THE POTENTATE OF OASIS Temple in Charlotte, NeU W. Jones, (!eft), of Greensboro, will
present a charter tonight to the Smoky Mountain Shriners Club. Also present will be Julian W.
Helms, recorder of Oasis Temple, of Charlotte. (Transylvania Times Photo)
THEY'RE THE BEST!
Franklin All-Stars
Win Tournament
The Labor Day week end's
Tri-County League baseball
tournament belongs to the
Franklin All-Stars, a team that
has penned some new sports
history this season for Macon
County.
In addition to winning the
tournament, it looks like the
All-Stars will be champs of the
league. At present, Young Har
ris is a game and a half behind
the locals with two games to
play, one with Franklin. The
All-Stars have won 18 of 21
games.
Defeating Blairsville Sunday
afternoon 7 to 4, the All-Stars,
sparked by the superlative no
hit pitching of Roger Seay,
scratched off Young Harris for
the tournament crown Monday
afternoon 8 to 0.
ii First Ga.me
In the opening tournament
- SBE NO. 4. PAGE 1'
REGISTERED GIRLS? ?
Whoops! We Goofed - Ruby
Rendezvous Is Next Week
Through error last week,
THE PRESS announced the sec
ond annual "Pilots Ruby Ren
dezvous" for this week end,
when the flying treasure hunt
isn't until next week, Septem
ber 17-18-19-20.
A sigh of relief came, how
ever, from the Franklin Jaycees,
who are making vplans for a
Saturday night mountain hoe
down for the visiting Florida
flyers and their families.
"Thank goodness it gives us
another week to get things
ready," declared Roy M. Biddle,
Jr., Jaycee president.
The four-day fly-in is being
sponsored by the Florida Air
Pilots Association and is hailed
as one of the most unique fly
ing excursions in the United
States. Last year's event not
only attracted airplanes from
Florida, but several arrived
from Ohio, Indiana, and nearby
states.
Registered?
As the highlight of the Sat
urday night mountain hoe
down on the west side of the
courthouse, a "Miss Ruby" con
test will be held, with Miss
Jean Hampton, last year's "Miss
Ruby", as the reigning beauty.
Four trophies are being offered
the ruby queen and her court.
The Jaycees are expecting about
50 contestants. The registration
of contestants is being handled
by Mr. Biddle.
Transportation and other ar
rangements for the visiting pil
ots are being handled through
the chamber of commerce.
Shrine Club
To Receive
Charter Here
Presentation of a charter to
night (Thursday in Franklin to
the Smoky Mountain Shriners
Club will highlight a two-day
Oasis Temple visitation in the
western area.
Neil W. Jones, of Greensboro,
potentate of Oasis Temple in
Charlotte, is scheduled to pre
sent the charter to A. G. Ty
singer, of Franklin, president of
the newly-organized Shriners
club, during a barbecue supper
in the high school cafeteria.
' Ladies night" also will be ob
served and serving will start at
7 o'clock.
A Shriners caravan headed by
Mr. Jones, members of the Di
van and Dixie Land Band, and
several ambassadors left Greens
boro yesterday morning for
Charlotte and Hendersonville.
Last night, the Motor Corps
Maneuver Drill and Dixie Land
Band gave a program in Hen
dersonville before departing for
Brevard,- where Shriners in
Transylvania County were guests
of the Oasis Temple for break
fast this morning. The caravan
is having lunch today in Way
nesville and with Waynesville
and Canton Shriners.
The Smoky Mountain Shrin
ers Club, organized here earlier
in the year, is for Shriners
from Waynesville west. Monthly
meetings of the club are rotat
ed between the different towns
of the area.
ANDERSON REUNION
The 63rd annual family meet
ing of the Anderson family
will be held Sunday, September
20, with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wal
droop at their home near the
White Oak Bottoms picnic
grounds. Mrs. Van Frazier, of
Poute l, invites all relatives to
attend.
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AS PROMISED, PLANT SUPERINTEDENT PAYS OFF IN BARBECUE
Franklin Hosiery Company's superintendent, Stephen A.
Buniiy, kept his promise Sunday allernoon, treating plant
employes to a barbecue supper as a reward for their efforts
in setting an all-time quality record at the plant and one of
tin' best in the Burlington Industries family. Rain rut at
tendance to something over 400, Lut it didn't put a damper
on the spirit. The young man above surrounded by travs
of f?od amd the sign is Bill Adams, two-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Karl Adams. Bill s clad works at the plant and the
"BSIQ C lub" stands for "Beat Scotsboro in Quality", some
thing Franklin has come closo to d.-ing twice in recent weeks.
Pr.ljshing off a carton of milk with relish is young J. I).
Wiggins, son of ."Mr. and Mrs. Billy Lee Wiggins, of Route 4.
Turn inside for a picture layout of activities at llie bar
becue. ? Staff Photo*
ASC VOTING
UNDERWAY
HERE TODAY
1 1 Communities
Picking Leaders
For Program
Voting Is under way today
(Thursday i In ll community
precincts to select Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
committeemen for 1960.
Polls opened at 7 a. m. and
will close at 6 p. m.
Three committeemen will be
picked in each of the ll com
munities. The one receiving the
highest number of votes will be
chairman of his community and
also will be delegate at the
county convention on the 25th
to elect a county A.S.C. com
mittee. The county committee
will oversee ASC. programs in
Macon County during the year.
Any farmer who is an owner,
operator, tenant, or sharecrop
per on a farm participating, or
eligible to participate, in any
of the A.S.C. programs may
vote in the election.
Macon Featured
In Magazine
Macon County is featured In
the September 5 issue of THE
STATE magazine.
Illustrated with a number of
pictures, articles cover many of
the historical and economic
facets of the county, from the
shortia, a flower "lost" for lflO
years, to a general informa
tion piece by Editor Bill Sharps
entitled "The Appalachian at
His Best . . . That's a descrip
tion of the people who inhabit
Macon, a county of surpassing
beauty."
It Was Quiet
(And Rainy)
It was a quiet Labor Day
week end here, the spirit, no
doubt, dampened by rainy
weather.
Highway Patrolman H. T. Fer
guson reported only two minor
accidents, one on NC 28 and
another on US 64. No one was
injured.
The Franklin police investi
gated one minor accident.
Panthers Play
Clayton Friday
Franklin High's Panthers will
play In Clayton, Ga., tomorrow
(Friday) night.
The non-conference clash is 1
expected tp attract a large "fol- ,
lowing of Panthers fans.
The ldck-off will be at 8
o'clock.
Meeting Called
To Evaluate
County Fair
An "evaluation meeting" of
the '59 Macon County Fair has
been called for Monday night
at 7.30 at the Agricultural
Building by Fred Corhin, chair
man.
Plans also will be dl.scus.sed *
for procuring building sites for
future fairs. Mr Corbin ex
plained. so it is doubly impor
tant that a representative
group attends.
He particularly would like to
have all exhibitors in the '59
fair present.
The Weather
Th". v < ? k'* t.-mp?*r at ur> : nml rainfall Iwlow
Hn- ri-coitii^l ill Franklin l>y M:nV-or S'i!#'s,
U. S. v>?-ather. ?l>s?-rv? r; in Highlands l>v
Tudor N. 'Hall ar.'l W. V, N ? a ' < > n , TV A
obn?TV?-r*: and at th?- 0*.w<t? UydroI'Mflr
laboratory. Reading* are for th< '.'1-hour
i?-iiod ending ;it. S a.m. of the day. Ii-t??d.
FRANKLIN
Hieh Low
Wed.. 3rd 86 64
Thursday 89 fil
Friday 87 60
Saturday 82 62
Sunday 74 63
Monday 78 66
Tuesday 83 63
W" dncsday - 64
COWf.l \
Wed.. 3rd 82 00
Thursday 8;> 55
Friday 87 // 56
Saturday 85 fj9
Sunday 80 61
Monday 72 63
Tuesday 77 CO
Wednesday 80 59
A GLASS OF PUNCH AND A HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Lee "Aunt Carrie" Crawford's great-grandson, l)arry Crawford. 3, being the perfect lit
tle gentleman, offers her some of his punch to show how much he's enjoying her 95th birthday
party. Mrs. Crawford was "95 ycung" (her own words) Sunday and neighbors and friends helped
her celebrate the milestone Sunday and Monday. "Aunt Carrie" still attacks life with the youth
ful enthusiasm of one many years younger. "We're taking kihu' care of her." quipped her daugh
ter-in-taw, Mrs. Maee Crawford, "so she can look after me when I'm in my 90s." (Staff Photo)
STREET WORK BIDS ASKED -
Sale Of Power Facilities
Protested By Town Fathers
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Duke President Answers
Some Questions Raised
Many questions are bcins?
raised over the proposed sale
of the electric distribution . sys
tem of Nantahpla Power and
Light'i Company to Duke Power
Company.
Questions like this:
"I heat with electricity.
What is this going tu do to
tin power bill carli month?"
"Wh it's going to happen to
Nantaliala's employes? Its
building?"
In line with a Ions-time
PRESS editorial policy, when an
editorial is critical of some pir
ticular situation, copies are sent
SEE NO ? I?
MEETING IS CALLED ?
Board Favors Remodeling
Old County Courthouse
A remodel iny project for Macon < "ount ? \ ant'
ijuateri Courthouse is favored by the three man hoard
hi" commissioners.
Commissioners VV, I.. Baldwin, John \V. Koane,
;ind Wiley Brown made it olticial. this week and also
called for a public meeting September .511 at the court
house to hear the pros and cons from the voters.
Mr. Baldwin said yesterday (Wednesday) that no
cost has been set bv the commissioners for the pro)
i'c t and that this will be discussed at the mass meet
iny.'
An iffioi.il protest, is being
riled with the N C. Utilities
Commission by the Franklin
Board of Aldermen over the
proposed sale of Nantahala
Power and Light Company's
electric distribution facilities to
Di'kr Tower Company.
Town Attorney R. S. Jones
has drawn fie protest and it
will be mailed to Raleigh im
mediately
The "heart'' of the protest
from the town governing body
is -that Duke will not be able
to serve the section as cheaply
as Nantahala has teen doing.
A portion of the protest
stales: ? u is aiao Uie oeuef of
the board that Duke Power
Company cannot bring power
in'.o the section from its near
est generation p:ant and serve
the people of this section as
cheaply as Nantahala Power
and Ligfit Compahy can . ."
Other Business
In othi.-i- actions Friday night
i regular first Monday meeting
rescheduled because of Labor
Day i, aldermen decided to ask
for paving and resurfacing bids
on several streets. Tapped for
resurfacing are White Oak, Riv
et-view, and Dogwood Drive.
About 1,485 feet of street in the
Forest Hill sub-division will be
paved. Town Clerk Ray Swaf
ford said Powell Bill funds will
be used and as much of the
work will be completed as the
money allows.
MACON COUNTY DANCE TEAMS TOPS AT FESTIVAL
Macon County 'lanced ? ff with top honors Friday ni^hl at t lie V. ( . App'? Festival in Hen
dersonville. The Carson doggers (pictured above, with the team manager, Mrs. Esther Cunning
ham) and the Fromelettes' a team of sevrn and cifht-year-djds, placed first in their divisions.
Hunter Younjj's string band, which plays for the (loggers, also won first place at (he festival.
A large number from here drove to llendersouvi lie to watch the teams perform. (Staif Photo)