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75th Year ? No. 12
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, March 24, 1960
Sixteen ? es
FRIDAY MORNING'S fire caU
(about 8:40) was a trailer
truck with overheated brakes
after a descent from Cowee
Gap. A garden hose at the Dlx
te Grill had the blaze under
control when the fire truck ar
rived.
' RADIO STATION WFSC got
so disgusted with Lake Emory
Road conditions with the thaw
that It moved for a couple of
days to the basement of Ma
con Bargain Store and did re
mote broadcasting. The station
has moved back to its office
transmitter overlooking Lake
Emory.
FOUR SALESMEN at Conley
Motor Company have been pre
sented Ford Motor Company's
300-500 Club awards. To be a
club member, salesmen must
sell the equivalent of 100 new
cars and 70 used cars. The
salesmen are Bob Moore. R. M.
Henson, J. D. Conley, and Roy
' N. Mashburn
SURE IS nice to see the
streets again, even if they are
filthy. They look a lot better
wihout the snow, don't you
think?
PEOPLE FRUSTRATED by
the weather were still buying
galoshes and overshoes Monday
with the sun shining bright
' and the sky clear. Those quick
ie snows of Saturday and Sun
day must have spooked them.
JUST FOR the heck of it,
why doesn't someone write a
ditty to the tune of "London
Bridge" that choruses '"Co wee
Mountain's falling In . .
BAD WEATHER'S END and
, the filing deadline last week
should flush out a lot of Con
gressional candidates between
now and election time. Brace
yourself votefs!
DONT THE mountains look
pretty on a clear day wearing
that blanket of snow?
FOLKS ARE still raving about
that excellent, meal served at
the chamber of commerce ban
quet Friday night. The food ar
rived at the tables piping hot
and the service was above re
proach.
APPRECIATIVE males say it
was worth the price of admis
sion just to see the young fe
male soloist with the N. C.
Little Symphony. Who says
long-hair music doesn't have
appeal?
IF THE WEATHER ever breaks,
filling stations are going to
have a lucrative field day
washing dirty cars. They're all
messy and dirty.
KITE FLYING signals the ar
rival of the March winds, which
seem to be a bit late.
THE DIRT trucks are hauling
again, this time along the Lit
tle Tennessee behind the Dixie
GrlU.
A RED common prayer book
was lost in the snow In front
of St. Agnes Episcopal Church
and was found by the state
highway boys. The book has no
name 'nslde, but a white hand
gerchlef marks hymn 306. The
? owner can pick it up at THE
PRESS.
whats
doing? I
JAYCEES: First and third
Mondays, 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
ricultural Building.
V. F. W.: Second and fourth
Wednesdays, 8 p. m., V. F. W.
Post Home on Palmer Street.
AMERCIAN LEGION: Third
Tuesday, 7:30 p. m., Slagle Me
morial Building.
Tonight i Thursday > : East |
, Franklin P-T.A.. 7:30.
Friday: 4-H talent show, Earn
Franklin School. 8 p.m.
Monday: Dr. I. E. Ready ad
dress. Franklin High cafeteria. I
7:30 p m.
Miss Pruett
Miss Duncan
OTHERS ARE NAMED ?
Misses Pruett And Duncan
Are Top Honor Students
I Misses Janice Lee Pruett and
1 tion, seevral springs, good lake
Barbara Ellen Duncan have
been announced as valedictorian
and salutatorlan, respectively,
of the 1960 graduating class of
Franklin High School.
The class also has 13 other
honor graduates, who will be
singled out for recognition at
graduation exercises. They are
Arthur Hays, Douglas Slagle,
Ronnie Henson, Max Gladwell,
and Misses Alice Bradley, Jean
Sprinkle, Joann Curtiss, Ann
Dean, Jane Long, Juanita
Welch, Vicky Ray, Lucy Mead
dows, and Lois Norton.
Miss Pruett, the valedictorian,
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
V. C. Pruett, of Franklin. Her
high school activities have in
cluded: 4-H Club, 1, 2; class
secretary-treasurer, 2; junior
senior banquet server, 2; Field
Day, 2, 3; Spanish Club, 3, 4;
junior marshal, 3; Future Bus
iness Leader of America, 4; Fu
ture Teachers of America, 4:
Beta Club, 4; class treasurer, 4:
and senior superlative. She
plans to attend college follow
ing graduation.
The salutatorian. Miss Dun
can, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank B. Duncan, of
Franklin, and is serving this
year as editor of the school
yearbook, The Laurel Leaf. Her
activities: Band, 1; chorus,
1, 2, 3; Future Teachers of
America, 1, 2, 3, 4, and vice-pres
ident, 3; Dramatics Club, 2, 3;
entertainment, . junior - senior
banquet, 1; junior-senior ban-,
quet server, 2; Laurel Leaf staff,
3, 4; W. N. C. High School Ed
itor's Roundtable, 3, 4; decora
tion committee. Junior-senior
banquet, 3; Junior marshal, 3f;
Beta Club, 4; Students Interna
tional Club, 4, secretary, 4; and
senior superlative. Miss Duncan
also plans to enter college next
fall.
AT ANNUAL BANQUET ?
Chamber Hears Mauney
Praise Area Potential
At the 20th annual chamber of
commerce banquet Friday night,
app: ximately 165- well-fed and
musically-entertained persons
heard their own optimism for
Franklin echoed in a short but
concise address by Richard P.
Mauney, state development engi
neer.
Mr. Mauney, sticking to his
engineering role, presented facts
and figures showing North Caro
lina's growth in Industries and
tourist trade and opportunities for
the future.
Not Handicapped
"Western North Carolina is no
longer handicapped by a lack of
adequate transportation and
roads," Mr. Mauney, a native of
Murphy, said.
"Macon County is well-known
all over the United States for its
scenic wonders," he- said, "but
tourist trade will continue to grow
here only if you make the tourists
stay longer by providing entertain
ment for the whole family."
J. C. Jacobs, past president of
the chamber, opened the meeting
and gave a review of the past
year's activities.
The new board of directors were
SEE NO. 1. PAGE 8
POPCYqLE STICK LAMPS
Lewis Gregory, a patient at Black Mountain Sanitorium, spends
a lot of bis time building lamps, baskets, and other items from
popcycle sticks. His daughter, Mrs. Woodrow Holland, of the
Bethel section, is shown with a large floor lamp made from 8,000
sticks. Mr. Gregory dyes rthe sticks different colors to enhance
the appearance of his crafts. It took him about two weeks to
make the big lamp antf he can construct a smaller one, like his
daughter holds, in a day. (Staff Photo)
TO EXPLAIN WORK ?
Dr. Ready, Curriculum
Chairman, Coming Here
Dr. I. E. Ready, director of
i curriculum study with the State
Board of Education in Raleigh,
will speak here Monday night
to school officials, P.-T. A.
members, and the public.
The open meeting Is set for
7:30 in the Franklin High cafe
teria.
Several P.-T. A. groups over
the county, including Franklin,
j will count Dr. Ready's appear
ance as their March meeting
and are urging all their mem
bers to turn out to hear him
discuss the progress his curri
' culum study commission has
| made.
I The speaker will be introduc
[ ed by School Supt. H. Bueck.
Mrs. Bueck, program chair
man for the Franklin P.-T. A.,
j handled arrangements in ob
j taining Dr. Ready and she in
{ vites all school patrons' in the
Dr. Ready
Carpenter
New President
Of Jaycees
Robert C. (Bob) Carpenter, as
sistant cashier at The Bank of
Franklin, has been elected presi
dent of the Franklin Junior
Chamber of Commerce for 1960-61.
A formal installation of the new
Jaycee officers is slated April 4.
The district vice-presic'ent, Hei
hel Buchanan, of Hendersonville.
will be the Installing officer.
Elected at a meeting Monday
night to serve with Mr. Carpen
ter were Tom Collier, 1st vice-presi
dent; Bill Zickgraf, 2nd vice-presi
dent; Glenn Davis, secretary; Paul
Greer, treasurer; Grady Corbin,
Jim Williamson, and R. M. Biddle,
Jr., directors; and J. P. Brady,
state director.
Mr. Bltidle Ls the out-going
president.
Mrs. Henry
Heads Business
Club Here
A Business and Professional
Women's Club has been organized
here with Mrs. Frank L. Henry,
Jr., as president.
Other officers are Miss Ruth
McCollum, vice-president; Mrs
Roane Bradley, recording secre
tary; and Mrs. J. E. Perry, Jr.,
corresponding secretary.
An installation of officers and !
presentation of the club's charter
is slated for April 23. District,
state, and national B.P.W.C. of
ficers will be on1 hand for this
event. 1
Committee chairmen serving th"
new club include Ms. C. K. Olson,
career advancement; Mis? Esta
Childers, finances: Mrs. Jim Mr- j
Ccllum, public relatiorts; Mr: D i
W. Blaine, national security; Mrs
Norman Blaine, health and saf. ty; j
Mr?. Bill Horxley. international |
i taltions; Mrs. Ni a! Johnston,
legislation; Miss Kate Jacobs
mrmb:'ishlp; Miss Ruth McCol
lum, program coordinator; and
Mrs. R. F Welch, public affairs
Thr club had a dinner meetir"
Tuesday night at The Normanclir.
East Franklin
P.-T. A. Meeting
Slated Tonight
The Er! Franklin P.-T.A. will '
meet tonight (Thursday), at the |
hool at 7:30. All patrons arc
urged to attend since the nomi
nating committee will present
nominations for officers to ?ervc '
for the next school year.
A prc?ramion Scouting is also
planned
county to come and hear him. 1
A question-answer session Is
planned following the speaker's
talk.
Born In Johnston, S. C., Dr.
Ready received his A.B. and
A.M. degrees from the Univer
sity of South Carolina and his
Ed. d from New York Univer
sity. He did graduate sttudy at
Harvard, Chicago, Columbia,
and the University of North
Carolina.
Positions he has held in
North Carolina include dean of I
boys at Central High School in
?Charlotte: principal at Rocky '
Mount High In Rocky Mount
and Hugh Morson High in Ral
eigh; and superintendent of i
schools in Roanoke Rapids.
T out Date
Put Back
To April 2
Reversing a decision, the ,
State Wildlife Resources Com
mission has set the opening of .
trout season back to April 2.
Earlier, the commission de
cided to postpone the opening
until April 30 because bad
weather has prevented pre
season stocking of the moun
tain trout waters.
Fishermen put up a loud
howl of protest ? laud enough
to make the state officials
change their minds.
Stocking Is to begin as soon
as road conditions permit the
transfer of trout from the
hatcheries to the streams. <
Leagues
Elect
Officers
Officers for Franklin's Little
League and Babe Ruth baseball
programs for 1960 were elected
at an organizational meeting at
East Franklin School Tuesday
night, iv
Little League officers are Dr. T.
J. Huff, president, Harold Corbln.
vice-president, Mrs. Jo Ann Corbin,
secretary, James Perry, Jr., treas
urer, and the Rev. J. C. Lane,
player agent.
Heading up the Babe Ruth pro
gram are James "Bill" Gregory,
president, Melvln "Pete" Penland,
vice-president. Mrs. Earnest Fisher,
secretary, Richard Murphy, treas
urer, and Grady Corbln, player
agent.
Approximately 25 persons were
present at the meeting.
Books Sent 1
To District
ii
Long time record books of four j >
Macon County 4-H clubbers have
been entered for district judging.
The books have been submlttoc
by Elizabeth Ann Ammons, Holly
Springs club. In the Achievement
category: Patsy Corbln, Mountain
Grove club. Clothing; Suzanne
Cunningham, Carson club. Home
Economics; and Claudettk Mc
Coy, Oak Grove club, Better
Grooming and Home Manage
ment. ?
One of the eight judges in the 4
district will be T. H. Fagg, count1
agricultural agent here.
4-H Training School
Slated For Saturday
A 4-H training sch:ol for girls
and liadnis interested in rt>rn
meal activity and foods projects
Is slated for Saturday morning a'
the Agricultural Building from
9:30 until 11:30.
Instructing will be Mrs. Joxv ?
D, Cabe. assistant home economics
agent. Demonstrations will b- '
piven by Arln Maddox And Oenlj
Kliloe, on vegetable uv. and Su"
and Gail Cabe, n cairy foods
The firs' r;emor.otratlon team is !
from Cartoogechaye club and the if
other represents Clark's Chapel
GOSPEI, SINGING
The northern gospel singing
convention will be held at thf" s
Oak Dale Baptist Church Sunday, f
Merrh 97, beginning at 1:45 p.m i
All . I. j^rs are invited to attend <
Lon Thompson, president, will be <
In charge of the program. I
THESE NEW BARRICADES have been added on US 23-441 east where fresh cracks have
appeared in the pavement from slippage of dirt fill* in the highway roadbed. A state geologist
is investigating to determine the cause of the landslides, which threaten to knock out several
sections of the highway an Cowee Mountain. .... (Staff Photo)
SEEKING A REMEDY -
Geologist Studying
Cowee Landslides
A state geologist has been
:alled In to discover what Is
causing the Cowee Mountain
Landslides on ' US 23-441.
Frank L. Hutchison, 14th divi
sion highway engineer, this
week said the geologist hopes
to come up with a remedy be
fore slides take out several sec- i
,lons of the highway.
At one point halfway up the
nountaln, the highway roadbed
las dropped a couple of feet
ind a detour road has been cut j
Maconians
At N.C.E.A.
Convention
A large delegation of Macon
:ounty principals and teachers at
ended the state N. C. Education
Association convention in Ashe
'U'e la^t Thursday, Friday, unci I
Saturday.
Going were J. Norman W.'st. j
resident of the local N.C.E.A.
hapter, Mrs. Beth Ouffey, Roy
4. Bidcle. Jr., C K. 01s6n, Charles
lenririx. Mrs. E. ? G. Crawfort1.
drs. Joyce Cagle, Mrs. Nancy
raylor, Charles Cabe, George
,ynch. and Miss Nora Moody.
out of the mountain to pro
vide one-way traffic around the
danger area.
New cracks also appeared In
the pavement under at least
two deep dirt fills last week
and barricades have been set
up to keep vehicles away. Hlgh
SEE NO 2, PAGE 8
Music Of British
To Mark Program
Music of the British Isles will
be presented by Mrs. Willard
Bell, March program leader, at
the meeting of the Franklin
Music Study Club tomorrow
(Friday) night at 8 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. Allen Slier on
West Main Street.
Miss Sara Smart will serve as
co-hostess.
OFF FOR MEETING
Mrs. Doris lynch and Miss
Ruth Edwards, secretaries in the
office of the Macon County Board
of Education. left yesterday
< Wednesday > for Durham to at
tend a meeting being held by the
State Department of Education.
They will return Saturday.
Inventory
Of Damage
Under Way
State Engineer
Says Roads
Are Bad
| An Inventory of had weather
damage to highways and sec
ondary roads in the 14th Hlgh
i way Division is now being made
and Division Engineer Frank L.
i Hutchison Is going to Raleigh
this week to report to his super
| lors on conditions.
) In a telephone Interview
j Tuesday afternoon, the engineer
said it Is possible that funds
1 can be transferred from other
counties to make maintenance
I repairs in the hard-hit moun
tain area
Secondary roads are getting
'"rougher and rougher" with
thawing, Mr. Hutchison declar
ed. Paved roads are breaking
up at a faster rate than normal
and gravel roads "are going to
pieces" as traffic and heavy
trucks move over them once
again.
The engineer said a more de
tailed report of Macon's situa
tion would be available by next
week when he returns from
Raleigh.
, "About all we can say right
now Is the situation is bad all
ove? (the division)," he declar
ed.
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FIRST DAY OF WHAT, DID YOU SAY FRIEND?
Sunday was the official first day of sprint. Sunday was bracketed by an inch and a half
now fall Saturday and another almost as heavy early Monday morning. The above scene, taken
rom Town llill toward Angel Hospital, was photographed Monday morn tig, the so-called second
lav of spring. Tuesday, the third day of spring, was nippy and not at all spring-like. Now the
>M timers predict at least two more snows before shirt-sleeve weather arrives. Their sign: The
>wl* are "raising caht" on the south side of th? ridges. Anyone reared In the mountains knows
this meains more bad weather is brewing. ( Staff Photo)