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Paid Circulation 3113 Average (or April ISM W>e gfmklitt 1# t?? 2ft* %iflb!an^ Baconian ON THE INSIDE ? Staff correapondenta of THK PRE8B kaep the lnaide paces of tbis newspaper alive with new* about your friends and nelchbcn Read the lnaide paces from top to bottom and you'll know Macon County. 75th Year ? No. 18 Franklin, .N. C., Thursday, May 5, 1960 Price 10 Cents Twentv Pa^es JACK GRIBBLE brought a couple of eggs by the office this week, apparently produced by dis contented hens. One has a "welded" band around it, almost like the hen stopped and then started again. The other is a tiny orb about the size of a bird's egg. THE STATE got to work again Monday on that stretch of pave ment over the culvert at the foot of Town Hill. A TALENT PARTY for those who will appear in the '60 edition of "The Red Stocking Review" Is being planned In advance of the June show by the Franklin Junior Woman's Club. JIMMY WILLIAMS is manag ing the Little League Jaybirds, with the assistance of Jim Will iamson. Mr. Williamson was listed last week as coach of the team NORTH CAROLINA has pub lished a oolor booklet, "Variety Vacationland", that has a picture of some girls and a man digging for rubies in Cowee Valley. The ruby mines are finally coming into their own as an attraction. LOCAL OFFICERS have been informed that those responsible for the "safe job" last year at Baldwin's market have been ap prehended by the . FB.I. Details are still sketchy, but it's good to know that the guilty have been caught. DIDN'T HEAR a single kick about the inconvenience of the practice Civil Defense alert in town Tuesday. Guess folks realize that the real thing Is just a but ton-push away. BEGINNING May 30. a "learn ing-to-read" TV program for those who have had little or no school ing early in life will be started over WFBC-TV in Greenville, S. C. School Supt. H. Bueck is sending out questionnaires by school chil dren to see how many in the county would be inertested in the program. Seme schools in other places have offered room and TV facilities for those wanting to leavn in this manner. ISN'T THE dogwood beautiful? Before long, a fellow'll want to do nothing but find a nice warm broom sedge field and take a nap In the afternoon. IF SPRING brings more build ins that has been going on during the winter. Franklin can truth fully be called the boom town of W.N.C. WORK IS progressing on three East Franklin additions to the economic scene ? Baldwin's super market, Womack's motor court, and Stiles' drive-in for Vergil Meadows. WALTER HALL says the same stretch of highway (US 64) has 20 m.p.h. traffic going one way and 55 m.p.h. limit on the other. HAVE YOU gone down and looked over the youth center yet? It is coming along nicely and it would be a worthwile trip to drop down to the park and see what your money, materials, and labor are doing for the youth of the county. THE SLIDES on the Cowee Mountain just keep dropping the level of the highway, particularly on the lower one. It has now dropped a couple of feet and the state is hacking out an emergency route around it higher on the bank. NOW THAT highwater is stay ing away from the airport door, flying is on the upswing once again. Local pilots describe the past winter as the lousiest for fly ing In history. INCIDENTALLY, the Macon County Search and Rescue Squad ron is composed of about 15 adults and 30 high school students. If you're interested in joining this outfit, drop down to their Friday night meetings. TALK ABOUT the abandon ment of the Tallulah Falls has died down. However, this doesn't mean the I.C.C. has forgotten the matter. Probably- the lull before the storm. TIIEY'RIJ STARTING to work on rleaning up the pool at Frank lin Lodge and Golf Course and it won't be long before it'll be ready for use. Also, good weather is bringing golfers out in record numbers at the neat nine-holer with its pretty grass greens. GILLESPIE REVIVAL Revival services will begin Sun day night. May 8. at the Gillespie Chapel Methodist Church. The services will begin each night at 7:30. The pastor will bring the message each night. Sunday through Saturday. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. i TEEN-AGE ROAD-E-O WINNERS RECEIVE SAVINGS BONDS Turner Bryson (in car) and Miss Ann McCoy, Franklin High juniors, were judged winners of the annual "Teen-Age Road-e-o" competition Wednesday of fast week at tbe high school and were presented Savings Bonds by Principal Harry C. Corbin (left). Thirty-one students took part in the written and driving skill tests. Major C. A. Speed, head of the safety division of the State Highway Patrol, addressed an assembly preceding the tests. Young Bryson, who scored tbe high est grade, will represent Franklin in the state driving competition in June in Klnston. (Staff Photo) POTTER WILL SPEAK ? Area Meeting Of Baptist Men Scheduled In Franklin The Rev. James Potter, pastor of the Pritchard Memorial Bap tist church In Charlotte, 'wll speak at the annual regional meeting of Baptist men in Franklin next Tuesday, May 10 at the First Bap tist Church. The meeting will begin with a supper at 6:30 p.m. Dave Mashburn, associate of the Brotherhood Commission, of Memphis. Tennessee, will present the new plan of organization for the Baptilt Brotherhood, which will go into effect on October 1. Democrats Set Meets Plans for Democratic precinct meetings to select county con vention delegates were revealed this week by the party county chairman, Jess Shope. Precinct meetings at all voting places have been called for Sat urday, May 7, at 10 a.m. Delegates to the county convention the fol lowing Saturday, May 14. will b? named at this time. The county convention will be held at the courthouse at 2:30 p.m. and will be featured by the election of delegates to the state convention in Raleigh on the ,19th. Presbyterian Church Gets New Minister The Rev. J. Fred Guthrie, Jr., has accepted a call from the First Presbyterian Church in Franklin and expects to assume his duties ab.ut June 19. He will be graduated from Union Theological Seminary, Rich mond, Va., in June. Mr. Guthrie has preached sev eral tiiftes this year at the church since the departure of the former pastor, the Rev. Donn K. Langfitt, who accepted a call to Arlington. Va. WIN PRIZES Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Simpson attended the Dixie African Violet Convention and show In Nashville. Tenn., April 21-25 and entered plants which won for them the following prizes: a silver tray, a $10 prize, a $5 prize. 12 blue rib bons, and eight red ribbons. Special music will be furnished by Mars Hill College choir. The Franklin meeting is one of ten similar meetings to be held for Baptist men In North Car olina between April 25 and May 12. An estimated attendance of 7,500 men is expected) at the meet ings. Other meetings will be held I in Edenton, Rocky Mount, Ralcgih. Wilmington, Albemarle, Wake For est College at Winston-Salem. I Wiikesboro. Shelby, and Canton. ] Men from Baptist churches in 'J the following counties will attend I the local meeting; Cherokee, Gra j ham. Swain. Macon, Clay, and i Jackson. The Rev. James Potter Free Vehicle Check Lane Operating Here A free automobile safety check lane will be operated In Frank lin today (Thursday) and to morrow from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will be In opertlon on Pal mer Street, across from Jami son's 5 and It, under the super vision of the county safety co ordinators appointed by the state. Robert W. (Bob) Moore and Hall Callahan. Bun-tU Motor Company and Conley Motor Company are furnishing mechanics for the check lane and the "paper work" will be handled by stu dents of Frank Ramsey's driver rducation classes at Franklin High. The safety coordinators em phasize that the check lane is entirely voluntary. Automobiles and trucks passing the in pertion will receive special wind ?hirld stickcrs attesting to their mcchanical safety. Scout Leaders Going To Final Meeting Of Nantahala Council Local Girl Scout leaders plan to attend the last meeting of the Nantahala Girl Scout Council, which is merging with the pisuah council this month. The final session will be tomor row (Friday! at 7:30 pm. at the Cherckse Baptist Church, with Mrs. S. B. Sneed. president, in charge. Local leaders desiring transpor tation to the meeting are askec! to telephone Mrs. Harvey Price. j April Term 'Showers' The Schools $10,100.85 Goes To System From Court Fees Macon County schools got an "April shower" of $10,100.85 from the April term of Superior Court, according tb Mrs. Kate M. Wrinn. cleik. A breakdown of the amount re veals that forfeitures accounted for $5,310.15; fines, $4,278. 45; solicitor fees, $416; Jury fees, $12; and highway patrol tax. $74.25. Board Sets Water Meet For Public The Franklin Board of Alder men has set Tuesday night, May 17, as the time for an open meeting with engineers from the Harwood-Beebe Com pany In Spartanburg, S. C., to discuss any questions relating to the water situation In Franklin. The meeting was set for 8 o'clock at the East Franklin School in action taken at the regular monthly board meeting Monday night. Members of the board ex pressed hope that this meeting would bring all facts on the water question out into the open and serve to answer any questions that towns people might have. In other business Monday night, the board agreed to pay for water and sewer connec tions to a floor level in the new youth center here and to stand good for the electricity Mil there for a year, after hear ing John Bulgln and Alan Brooks make requests for this aid. The board passed a motion to install a new fire hydrant near the new water standplpe on Golfview Drive. A request from Kenneth Clark to get a license for a new skating rink he is building on the Highlands road was okayed, with reservation as to closing and Sunday hours. 1 Bills amounting to $3,602.92 were passed on for the month and plans for this week's Civil Defense exercise were explain ed to the board . NEW POLICEMAN Fred Dills, a former guard at the Macon County Prison Camp, lias been hired as a policeman by the Town of Franklin and is now on duty. He succeeds Ancil Crutch field, resigned. COMMISSIONERS MAKE REQUESTED REPORT - $350,000 Estimate Figured For Courthouse By Architects ? ? ? Detailed Jury Report Made One of the most detailed grand Jury reports ever turned over to Superior Court officials came out of the April term here. The comprehensive report, al though bearing heavily on the need for a new courthouse and allied recommendations, goes into detail In regard to needed repairs at Individual schools as well as at other county facilities. As Jury reports have In the past, this one has highly uncompliment ary things to say about the 79 year-old courthouse. It also sug gest* that a "schedule of mainten ance and repair of the existing building be Instituted that will provide for a clean, safe, and more dignified surrounding for the transaction of the business and judicial proceedings of Macon County." Because of the lack of fireproof storage for county records, the jury suggests the investigation of microfilming all vital records "if present record vaults must be con tinued in use." Included In the report of school inspections was a commendation to School Supt. H. Bueck for "his prudent and wise Judgment con cerning formulation and execution of long-range plans for the Macon County school system and the con tinued operation and maintenance of this system." Jurymen inspecting the county courthouse called attention to un safe conditions from decay of the eaves on the north, west, and east sides of the building and suggested that the immediate area under these caves be roped off until re-' pail's can be made." Pour reasons were pinpoint"') j by Juiymen against the renovation . of the courthouse for lonxterm 1 service: 1. Existlnc stal<- of disrepair throughout. 2. Limited office space, requir- j in? rental of offices for welfare department and the school super intendent. at present. 3. Extremely overcrowded con ition of valuable documents ir present vaults. 4 Limited spare for a: v <'< sired expansion to meet ? n inc county needs. Jurymen found the privon r,t V : arid jail in good condition. EDITOR TO rKKAdl The editor of the P.' 1 " la Jnu/nal. Dr. Aiken Taylor, will b i guest minister Sunday* May a. h I the Franklin Presbyt 'ian C)ri;vli j -ONLY ONE SOUR NOTE SOUNDED Civil Defense Alert Goes Off SmootJhy Tuesday afternoon's Civil Defense practice alert clicked off smoothly. Only one sour , note was sounded in the 10-minute op eration and that was inot a local problem. Unfortunately, because of the mountains rimming this area. Franklin | radios were unable to pick up the CONELRAD stations broadcasting Civil Defense in | structions. Even with a powerful radio, members of the Macon Coun ty Search and Rescue Squad ran raised only a faint .sound from an Asheville < ONKI.KAD station and were unable to understand anything that was said. "That seems to be the only loophole in the whole set-up," commented the county Civil Defense director, A. C. Ty singer. And, he and the town di rector, Sid Carter, .already have drafted a letter to state Defense officials pointing out this shortcoming and request ing that the local radio sta tion, WFSC, be made a CON KLRA1) station. Station Man ager Kdw)n P. Healy says his station is "more than willing" to go along; with the Idra and offer its facilities. .Although operating on short notice, members of the rescue squad handled the ination wide alert with efficiency and skill. With the assistance of city and county law officers and the highway patrol, ve hicles were halted within a matter of seconds after the I o'clock alert sounded on the fire siren. In the downtown area, shop pers scurried indoors, as in structrd, and only rescue squad members and police wer? seen moving a.ong the streets. | j Commenting on the sucress of the alert, Mr. Tysinger and Mr. Carter expressed their appreciation to Ihe law officers for their cooperation and to the people for t iking the practice nlert in their stride aind following instruc tions. "We hope we'll never ex perience the real thing," the directors declared, "but if we do we at least now hav? some j kfea of how to handle things." FRANKLIN'S MAIN STREET , usually teeming with humanity at this hour, is desertctf except for a lone Civil Defense official standing in the middle of the street in the background. Right on the heels of another grand jury report condemning the old county courthouse, the county commissioners submitted a requested report on constructing a new one. These points are brought out in the report : (1) Plans drawn for a modern, two-story court house, prepared by Waynesville architects Foy and Lee, give a construction estimate of $350,000. (2) It's the concensus among taxpayers attend ing recent meetings in the interest of a courthouse that renovation would "not serve the future need of the county". (3) That the present bonded indebtedness of the county, as well as current interest rates, make it advisable to investigate an enabling act in the state legislature permitting a special tax levy for con structing a new courthouse, such levy to be auto matically repealed upon full payment of the debt. (4) That the proposed plan includes a suitable jail facility and would permit sale of the present jail and use the money on the courthouse building. (5) That the new courthouse would include space for offices now rented outside the present courthouse by the county, including the extension service, welfare department, and school superin tendent. A request for a report on construction costs was made by the grand jury ut the December term of Superior Court. IN STREAMFLOW FIGURE - 'Misunderstanding' Aired By Coweeta Coir merit, ins that "evldental ly som- misuniferstmriins li.-is ar en regarding .s'.reamflow mc iMH ' ments of Polish i'ork watershed", t'owffet.i llydrolou ic Lalioiatofy ?),?* Untied a ?statimvnt u'">ut Its A;>ril 1ft moa.ui'i-menl.a, Tiic in''iin<i' m.t andini; centers oil st-'tfiii'-nt. appearing ? In 1 st wr' k'; F : ' \!j.- : ?Ten days a?o. tii.' flow was mcv.su ecj The rc-uJt . v':n <',.r>r-7,S0P Ballon D" - day." . r.jln'K t'-ii.' Mi' <? 'a "ft u CONTESTANT Miss Alice Bradley, daughter of Mr. and M s. I'dwin Bradley, 1 r?f lotla, is representing the Franklin Chamber of C ommerce In the Dogwood Festival this week in Ifavwood County. She is one of several girl's compet- J ing for the "I)or wood Queen" title. MKMBKKS OF THfc Macon Search and Rescue Squadron bandied the enforcement Job dur Tuesday s 10- minute practice alert. They're shown rolling out one of the town's fire trucks. , report says: "it should be und^ystood that the measure ments made oil April 18, 1960 cannot be construed to mean ? that F.ough Fork will produce />me six million gallons of water daily throughout the en t.re year . The t'oweeta statement, sign al by Lloyd W Swift, Jr., act in; research center leader, fol low in full: "Evidentally some misunder standing has arisen regarding ??treamflow measurements of the Rough Fork watershed by Co Weeta Hydrologic Laboratory personnel, -'fiese measurements were mad" on April 18, 1960 and r. norted in the April 28th Issue i) The Franklin Press. The Co w-eta staff wishes to be of serv ice to the town of Franklin by ?filling any request for informa tion on w..ter yields that it Is capable of supplying Therefore the" above mentioned stream flew measurements were made a.-- requested by Messrs. Plem mons and Cabe. The original intent was to make these mea su'ettients during the fall of 1 059 when normal low flows for this area are expected. How- , ever, a wet fall ensued and the measurements were not made. "It should be understood that the measurements made on April 18, 1960 cannot be con strued to mean that Rough I Fork will produce some six mil lion gallons of water daily throughout the entire year. It rather Indicated that yield from Rough Fork is comparable to yields from Coweeta watersheds after a two-week dry period in April. We would like to reemph SFE NO. 1 PAGE 12 The Weather Phf wwk'n tffnp^ratur*** and rainfall ? if i foord< <1 in Franklin by Mansor. Stilaa, U. S. wcathar oheerver; in Highland* by Tudor N. Hall and W. C Newton, TV A phftervor*: and at the CoweU Hydrolo<rie laboratory. R?-adinirs are for th?* 24-lioar md ending at 8 a.m. of the day listed. FRANKLIN I Ugh Low Rmfn Wed , Apr 27 67 55 .03 Thursday 66 51 .11 Friday 71 42 00 Saturday 65 47 trace Sunday 71 54 .40 Monday 70 32 00 Tuesday 74 37 00 Wednesday 36 00 COWETA Wed.. Apr. 27. 66 53 .54 Thursday 69 50 .18 Friday 63 38 00 [Saturday 70 47 trace H j Sunday 65 54 42 [Monday 71 31 00 Tuesday 68 38 00 Wednesday 71 36 00 HIGHLANDS | Mon., May 2 62 31 * Tuesday 69 38 ? 1 Wednesday 38 * j * no record.