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75th Year ? No. 9
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, March 3, 1960
Price 10 Cents
Twelve Pages
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LOCAL ENTERTAINERS are,
invited to enter the County Music
Festival contest in Andrews to
morrow (Friday) night. Prizes will
be awarded to winners in each of
four divisions: solo singer, group
singer, solo instrument, and group
instrument players.
THE WE WORKED on that
drainage problem at the foot of
Town Hill. Only a good rain will
tell if it did any good, however.
SEEMED THAT spring might
b? lurking around the corner up
town Monday until that wind with
a lull set of cold teeth whipped
up. Wait a spell!
DIRT, DIRT! How they're mov
ing dirt in Franklin. The bank
across from where Manson Stiles
is building that new drive-in on
US 23441 east is disappearing
fast and the filling behind Lee
Woods' motel is growing.
CAN ANYONE explain thatj
strange little black clpud that
hovered over Franklin for hour?
Monday afternoon and night? it
was downright weird looking and
was the only cloud in sight. Cover
for a fl>ing saucer maybe?
KEEP GETTING reports of
"snowmen-nappers" operating in
Franklin during the last big snow .
They were driving a pick-up truck
and Would stop at home and swip
the labors-of-love snowmen in t!r \
yards. Beats us!
A POOL PARLOR, operating
under the name of The Sports
Center, is occupying the space
?formerly used by The Quality
Shop on Main. The owner is Ray
mond Dalrymple.
WHY DOESN'T some organiza
tion erect some good "sittin* "
benches under the shade trees on
the upper end of Main so folks
can sit and contemplate life when
the weather gets right?
LEE WOODS AND Clyde Sail
ders have a spanking new sign
on their little real estate office
at the end of the river bridge.
Bulletin
At press time yesterday
afternoon. Macon County was
in the clutch of winter's severest
weather so far.
More than three inches of
snow had fallen in Fraklin and
it was still alternately snowing
and sleet in ?r.
Traffic, what little moved,
was crawling along with chains.
Snowplows and) road scrapers
slrattled back and forth In an
effort to kaep the highways at
least passable.
Business, except in restaurants
and drug stores, was almost at
a standstill.
Franklin Woman
Named Assistant
Judge In Kinston
A Franklin native, Mrs. Warren
Perry, has been appointed assist
ant judge of the City-County Re
corders Court in Kinston.
A graduate of the University of
North Carolina Law School! she
is the former Miss Barbara Stock
ton. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Stockton.
Her husband is a Kinston at
torney.
>h
ip hats
doing?
JAYCEE>: First and third
Moaiday.s, 6:30 p. m.; Cagle's
Restaurant on US 23-441 south.
ROTARY : Every Thursday, 7
p. m., Slagle Memorial Building.
LIONS: Second and fourth
Mondays, 7 p. m , Slagle Me
morial , Building.
JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB:
Fourth Monday, 7:30 p. m? Ag- |
rlcqltural Building.
V. F. W.s Second and fourth
Wednesdays, 8" p. m., V. F. W.
Poet Home on Palmer Street.
AMERCIAN LEGION: Third
Tuesday, 7:30 p. m., Slagle Me
morial Building.
Babcock Says No Bypass Is Anticipated
r
North Carolina Symphony . . . Dr. Swalin comluctni^
(Symphony Society Photo)
CARRINGER IS SOLOIST -
'Symphony' Day Is Slated
In Franklin Wednesday
Next Wednesday will be
"Symphony Day" in Franklin.
Under the direction of Dr.
Benjamin Swalin, the North
Carolina Little Symphony will '
pay a visit to this community. I
Local school children will hear
a free matinee at 1 p. m. in
the Franklin High School gym
nasium and an adult concert is
scheduled there for 8 p. m.
Featured soloist will be Wal
ter Carringer, one of North Car
olina's outstanding gifts to the
musical world. Mr. Carringer is
a native of Murphy. A tenor, he
is appearing for his fourth sea
son with the state orchestra.
He will sing Una furtive lagrl
ma (Secret tears), from Doni
zetti's L'ELISIR D'AMORE; 11
mio tesoro (Thou, my treasure),
from Mozart's DON GIOVAN
NI; Lalo's Aubade, from the
opera LE RIO D; D'YS; and
Ingemisco (I sigh), from the
Verdi REQUIEM.
In Demand
Now on the faculty at the
Halthcock School in Greenwich,
Conn, Mr. Carringer received
a B S in music from Columbia
University and was soloist with
the famed Robert Shaw Chorale
for three and a half years. He
has been in demand for con- !
cert work across the U. S., in
Canada, and Europe, in 46 1
states he has given sacred re- I
citals. chamber music pro
grams, and "pops," symphony,
and oratorio concerts.
In 1955 Carrlnger made
his European dsbut in London,
followed ty a four-week tour of
the Continent. This fall he sang
tenor lead in Verdi's LA TRA
VIATA at Town Hall." He has
appeared there frequently as
well as in concerts at Carnegie
Hall in New York.
At Festival
Walter Carringer has spent
several summers at Transylvan
ia Music Camp as a teacher
and soloist during the climactic
Brevard Music Festival.
Selections by the Little Sym
phony at the concert here Wed
nesday evening will Include
Cherubini's Overture to the
opera ANACREON ; Mozart's
Symphony No. 35 in D major
(K. 385) ? often called the
"Haffner". Symphony; Lehar's
Merry Widow Waltz; the Bac
chanale, from Saint Saen's
opera SAMSON AND DELI
LAH: Schreiner's The Worried
Drummer; Grieg's Evening in j
the Mountains; Alfven's Dance
of the Shepherd Girl; and the
familiar Hungarian Rhapsody
No. II, by Liszt. The concert
will open with the audience
singing the Crusader's Hymn.
Special Music
Special music will t>e played
during the children's concert
Wednesday afternoon. Local
youngsters will sing "Marching
to Pretoria", a song from the
South African Veld and Haydn's
"Oh* Worship, the King" with
the orchestra. They will hear
three selections by Debussy:
Snow is Dancing and Golli- 1
wog's Cakewald, from CHIL- |
DREN'S CORNER SUITE and:
Cortege, from PETITE SUITE;
the ballet music from Schu
bert's ROSAMUNDE; and ex
cerpts from the following larg
er works: Delibes' ballet COP
PF.I.TA, Haydn's "Clock" Sym
phony, and Strauss' THE GYP
SY BARON. %
Preparation for this children's
concert has been underway In
local classrooms during the past '
few weeks. The children have
learned to sing the songs and
have become familiar with or
chestral instruments, compos
ers, and the music they will
hear.
LEAP YEAR LADY CELEBRATES
Although she's 76 years young, Mrs. F.. C. Kingsbery has only
celebrated 18 birthdays. You guessed it, she's a leap year statis
tic. Monday, a group of friends surprised her with a party at
her Franklin home to mark her 18th birthday. That's her hus
band with her -as she cuts her cake. (Staff Photo)
'Heart Sunday'
Raises $211
"Heart Sunday" Detections in
Franklin raised more than $211.
iceordinfi to R. M. Biddle. Jr., !
?ounty Heart Fund chairman.
Yesterday (Wednesday) he r
oorted more than $267 on hand
for the drive, $56 of the total
l?ivini< been raised in a recent
to illi>011 sale.
Moore "Heart Sunday" money
till has to be turn, c in. he said.
!efoi*e a final report on the earn
luigri can be compiled.
AT FRANKLIN MEETING ?
Club Women Make Plans
For May Meeting Here
District officers of home
lemonstration clubs meeting at
Franklin Methodist Church
Monday to formulate plans for
i May 4 district meeting here,
idopted a theme of "Homc
i;aking Around The World."
Representatives of Macon
bounty's 21 clubs met in the
morning with Mrs. Florence S.
Sherrill, county home economics
a^ent, a? the church, to adopt
recommendations to present to
th" district officers in the aft
>r:ioon.
At Baptist Church
Plans adapted by the district
; ficers set the meeting site at
ie First Baptist Church edu
itlon building. Mrs. George
Bird, district chairman, will
preside over the meeting.
The morning session will run
from 10:30 to noon, with regis
tration and a coffee hour from
9:30 to 10:30. Following a cov
ered dish lunch, with each Ma
con County club providing one
item on the menu, an afternoon
session is set for 1 to 2:30.
Speaker Picked
Main speaker for the day will
be Mrs. Mena H. Woodle,
"Southeastern Woman of the
Year'' in Progressive Farmer
and a retired Southeastern field
worker with the Federal Exten
sion Service.
The flev. and Mrs. Robert E.
Early will present their slide
picture show, "This Is My Fath
er's World," as a devotional.
Vomen present at the after
noon meeting were Mr3. C. T.
Bryson, council president; Mrs.
V. L. Cope, of Swain County,
district treasurer; Mrs. Sherrill,
Mrs. George P. Byrd, of Macon,
district chairman; Mrs. Marga
ret D. Smith, assistant home
economics agent from Chero
kee; Mrs. John Reagan, of
Whittier, district secretary; and
Mrs. Tom Ferguson, of Bryson
City, president of her county
council.
Other Plans
Other plans completed for the
district meet at the morning
session included choosing a reg
istration committee, which in
cludes Mrs. tester Conley, Mrs.
Carl Slaijle, Mrs. Rex Anders,
Mrs. Sammy Bryson, Jr., Mrs.
Ed Bradley, and Mrs. John Al
sup.
The Franklin club volunteer
ed to take charge of the cof
fee hour.
New Members
Mrs. Terrell Parrish was se
lected as a member to the nom
inating committee for new dis
trict officers and Mrs. Carl
Slagle was picked for the reso
lutions committee.
The Cartoogechaye club will
be in charge of decorations for
the meet.
Mrs. Tom Ferguson will be
the panel moderator for annual
county reports. Mrs. Lawrence
will head the welcoming com
mittee.
Regular .Session
The Monday morning meet
ing also included a regular
business session, at which Mrs.
Sherrill announced that Mrs.
Eugene Couch and Miss Sally
Kesler, Macon County craft
leaders, will teach a course in
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 12
IN BRYSON CITY ?
Franklin Cagers Defeated
By Murphy In District 8
Franklin High's boys basket
ball team reached the semi
finals in last week's District 8
Class AA playoffs before being
eliminated by Murphy, 75-60.
In the opening game last
Thursday, Franklin's lads com
pletely outclassed Sylva High in
stopping them 79-30.
Saturday night Franklin
jumped out to an early lead
over Murphy and then found
itself trailing by eight points
at half-time.
Big Lead
Dispite brilliant play by soph
omores Ronnie Higdon, who hit
for 31, and Jimmy Cabe who
came off the bench to a start
ing berth Saturday night and
scored 14 points, Murphy was
leading by 15 points when the
buzzer sounded.
Franklin lads hit 25 of 74
shots from the floor for 33 per
cent accuracy.
He's Proud
Franklin Coach C. K. "Ike"
Olson explained that, "in most
games an accuracy average of
30 to 40 per cent Is good
enough to win but that was not
the case Saturday night."
"I was really proud of the
way ray sophomores played de
spite the loss", coach Olson
said, "and the other boys put
In a good effort too."
"With the sophomores and
juniors playing now, Franklin
has the prospects of good sea
sons for the next year or two,"
Coach Olson forecast.
Iiig Improvement
The local boys hit 10 of 15
free throws for 67 per cent ac
curacy. an improvement over
their foul shooting in the re
cent conference tournament.
Other scoring for the night
saw Doug Baird sink nine
points: Doug Pearson, flown to'
Franklin from Chapel Hill for
the game, got four; Guy Duvall
hit for two; and sophomore I
guard Jimmy Williams didn't !
score. v
tihowlng fine accuracy. Mur
phy's sharpshooters hit 30 of
53 field goals for 57 per cent
SEE NO. 2. PAGE 12
THOUSANDS APART ON ESTIMATES -
Engineers Disagree On Watershed Job
Franklin's water supply
:m ?' engineering drhat. tl
1 f flip Company and two 1
S,KHU>0(> apart in their e<
from \\ avail in one prop
in another.
1 larwood l>o<l>e, a firn
from Spartaiiltnr^, >. <
l/i: ??"if - with -t li . : tfi'u n
;? - kf?l for a meeting with
iMons and K'lijiscll ' alic.
on the ir oyvn initiative, v
costs, for a Way ah water?
-oine "differences of opinii
mont required, volume of
of the work.
This meeting hel ween
last Thursday at the towi
the X. (*. State Hoard* ol
results of this meeting, v
public, are contained in
prqhletn has turned into
at now .finds Ilarwoqd
oral en.^int'jT: iwnre than1'
? limatcs on a - watershed
osal and 'iivarlv S3' "V f * '
i of imiiii I ] >al
wlii'h iin-i heeii diiinf;
for a TFiiHihi r of \ear-.
engineer* II. II. L'IiMii
who recently |?iv cnled, I
stiifial es of i on t! nil i ion
lied, on the grounds that
in"' existed fin tin- c(|tli]i
water available, and cost
the engineers was held
i hall, with R. 1\ Hill, of
Health, sitting in. The
vhich was closed to the
a letter from 1 larwood
Becbe to Mayor \V. ('. Ri
In tlic fcttar, Kusscll A.
r.cchc engineer, -gives esi
proposed watershed * cstii
dollars above those made
Mr. Cain-,
The Way.'ih stir veV .coin
and Mr. ( ube "ave ihe
1 lipelinc as 2,300,000 galio
5?2%;soo. , '
IIarwo(.d I'eebc coritcnf
done for this amount and
Mr. Hill, the state h<
out as unlawful the fil
by Mr. Plemmons am
Using Rough Fork ai
the Wayath watershed,
tected watershed would
Should a protected >
iirrell anil his aldeiiinen. |
McCoy. Jr., a. Har\voo<(
iinafcs I'dl' building fire
nates manv thousands of j
Iiv Miv I'lemmons and, ;
I- . . '
hicted by Mr. I 'lenunohs !
capacit v of I lie 1 2 iin Ii
uis per I day, at a cost ot
14 that the jolt cannot be
makes these points:"
:alth official, has ruled
tering set-up proposed
d Mr*. Cabe.
i a supply of water on
the cost as an unpro
run as high as $585,756.
vatershed be used, the
SEE NO. t. PAGE 12
With the present volume of traffic being' gener
ated over US 23-441 (Uncle Remus Route), Franklin
can calm its by-pass fears for- at least 10 years, ac
cording to W. F. Babcock, state director of highways.
In a question-answer session during a meeting of
the \V. N. C. Press Association in Asheville Saturday
night, Mr. Babcock said all surveys conducted by the
state indicate the present one-way street system, with
some modification as traffic increases with time, is
adequate to handle the flow over US 23-441 for the
"foreseeable future". ? .. ....
Pressed for a more specific
answer, he then defined "fore
seeable future" as "at least 30
years". State Highway Commis
sioner Robert Buunclle, of Ashe
ville, was in agreement With this
estimate.
Mr. Babcork was guest speaker
at the piess meeting and Commis
sioner Bunnelle attended as a
special ? guest of the association,
along with legislators from several
counties in the western area.
Kaby l'n-M'iit
Macon Rep. James M. (Jim>
Raby attended as a guest of THE
PRESS and he received assurance
from Mr. Babeock that the pro
posed US 64 project from Frank
lin to Gneiss is programmed and
will be done as soon as possible.
In his talk to the press group,
the highway director emphasized
that construction projects over
tilt; t in n c ,M<1 u. ait; I unuillK umiiy
months behind schedule.
It was brought to Mr. Baboock's
attention that many Franklin
businessmen are suffering from
"bypass-itis" and are hestitant to
undertake any major building
plans for tourist courts, restau
rants, and the like until some
thing definite is known about the
persistent rumors of a US 23-441
bypass.
"There's no danger of one for
quite a while," Mr. Babcock de
clared. "One proposal was made
to the town but it was turned
down."
i Editor's Note: This was not
an actual bypass proposal, but a
new US 13-441 connection writh
US 64 from the vicinity of A. K.
Higdon's residence on US 23-441
south to US 64 near Recce's store.
Us primary purpose would have
been to channel the highway traf
fic away from the higlf school.)
AT EAST FRANKLIN ?
4-H Clubbers Set Talent
Show For Friday Night
Talented 4-H clubbers irom
mimics to buck dancers will
stage their annual talent sho.vv
tomorrow < Friday* flight at Ease
Franklin School.
Admission will be 75 cents for
adults and 50 cents for children
Proceeds will be used t ; promote
fhe. 4-H program in the county,
according to Robert Enloe. presi
dent of the 4il County Council.
Talent from every section of Mil
con County is expected.
Following is a tentative lineup I
of the show, by clubs:
Nantahala: "The Census Taker",
skit, by Jenny Lou May and Judy i
Solesbee; "If We Forget Ood", (
Jennie Bateman; "I Love My,
Rooster". Erwin Mason.
Union: "The Golden Stairs I
Waltz", piano solo. Carolyn Luns- j
ford; "Running Bear", skit. Kath j
ryn Sanders and Joyce Cloer;
"Bye, Bye Love", Dorothy Mason
and Kathryn Sanders; "Pink Shoe |
Laces". Mary Ann Rice; "Six Full j
Hours", Doug Sanders. Wade Me- .
I Connell, and Hilton Sanders:!
"Piano Duet B iogie". Joyce Cloer I
and Kathryn Sanders; buck I
dance, Shirley Sanders and Phyl-j
lis Cabe.
Otto: Iannis the Menace".'
Dennis Cabe; piano solo. Kenneth i
Cabe: "The Dance of Greeting".'
f if tli grade girls; "In the Garden". I
Sharon Vinson and Cclia Mason;
buck dance, square 'dance team
fifth grade girls..
('artoogecliayr : "Teen Angel".
Cathy Lane. .Shirley Battled, Tracy ]
Fcsperman; Charleston, Genie
Enloe and -Debbie Rovers; ? The'
Dutch Twins", Tracy F jm rman j
"My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice". ;
Tommy She; rill; "Squabble Over j
1 11" puppet j-b' w. Tommy Shei -
till. Ann -Madddx.' and ' Evelyn j
Johnston ; Cartoov.ei have .'quale!
team. Je an. Dill . S. illy j
Moore. ('!:?: :i Hell (Jjah;im, Lineal
Wallace, Eddie Pruitt, Douglas
Battles. I.: T. Gibson, and Roger
Morgan.
Chapel: "You Got What It
Takes", Marilyn Wilson; "Tears
on My Pillow". Geneva Scroggs;
"The Congo Sisters", Elinda Bry
son and Olivia Chavis.
Cowee: "Missouri Waltz", piano
solo. Jane Byrd: accordion solo,
Ricky Brogden; dance, Emma Lee
Carter and Tava Carter.'
Iotla: majorette act. Brenda
Buchanan .id Judy Martin; fifth
grade dance. Karen Houston, Bet
ty Sue Tallent, Peggy Jean Mar
tin. Melody Lynn Ledford, Carol
Ann Speed, Wanda Willis, Vickie
Lee Penland. Nancy Duvall. San
dra Smith, and Helen. Slagle;
"The Little Space Girl", Ruth
Cunningham and Margaret Dills.
East Franklin: "Paw Paw
Patch", dance, Ronnie Owens,
Judy Guffey, Brenda Arms, Nan
cy Lee Fisher, Judy Arnold. Ginger
Sanders. Debra Suit, Brenda San
ders, June Ammons. Nancy Jane
Sloan, Brenda Sue Penland, Larry
Corbtn. Johnny Williams, Donny
Scagle, James Browning, Ray Mc
Mahan. Danny Ashe. Kenneth
Seay. and Tracy Keener; "Taran
t 11a". piano solo. Sue Crawford;
Jokes, Gail and Sue Cabe; "I'm
Qolng to Leave <J|' Texas Now"!
ung. Nancy Lee Fishrr. Judv
Arnold. Nancy Jane Sloan. Deb
orah Suit. Ginger Sam is. Brer.
da Sane ers, Brenda Arms, and
June Amnions: "Russian Dance",
piano solo. Judy Arnold: baton
i utlne, Nancy June Sloan.
Highlands: Piano .saio. B. vefiy
Calloway; dun. Margaret Woo:!
and Martha Wood.'
Cullasajii : ;>iv paj.l 6rvt>i,e, Caro.
I j 11 Rr?;e: s : pormj Ma' inr Norris;
piano so'k.. Whi-prrin'; Hope",
Aim Spiralis. I
oak (irovr; 'Hqw G . ,it Thou;
Art", du> I inc. i I'aby, Caye and
I'a.ye Phillips.
The Weather
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