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75th Year ? No. 25
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, June 23, 1960
Price 10 Cents
Sixteen Faee
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1960-61 listing has 54,146 names.
THE CHEROKEE dranrn, "^
to These
? 8the most popular oiitdoor
haves^en it stoce
IJTopenlAg perlormance July
1' fRANKLINITES, at 1 east,
should be famUia^ with mark{
?gU ^the Swt& they've
^'nlo the polls in the past
"^THE MAIN Street Sports Cen
ter has changed hands twlc
? r^nt days. ^Charles *
Whittlngton bought it
Raymond Dalrymple and then
sold It to Radlord Jacobs.
A NEW furniture store,
son's Furniture Company has
opened in the old Reeves Hard
ware building on Main Street .
The Belt's
STREET SCENE. A Bei*
bargain sign "nder 'he wind
shield wiper of a Burrelis
C1TO%TTVACATi6n trip to St.
8^^ island, Ga given away
free at the /tockln,
vue" was won by Miss
qLoZ of Route 4. The out
Hvine display was won by
C D Corbln. To keep the record
straight Mrs. Corbin Is not a
S3r of the Franklin Junior
Woman's Club. Club members
and their families were not
^AMG^IACK. bear was spot
ted one day last week in Holly
sis ~ "?,srsS
building by Mr. and Mrs. Cnax
He Williams. The critter ambled
Into sight about 6 o'clock. Dogs
tracked him for some time, but
failed to catch up with him
THOSE QUICK thunder show
ers that have been talllng on
Franklin cool things off tem
porarily, but It long be
fore the heat is back.
THE JAYCEES are planning a
lot of to* fun for the
dav n&rt before th* Fourth.
Why no* Just stay at home and
enjoy it? ,
THERE ARE rumors of one,
and possibly two, new industries
going into Rabun County, Ga.
A NUMBER of Maconians
were In Charlotte Sunday for
the Inaugural World 600 stock
car race. Seems that few events
are too far away to attract at
least one or two from here.
THE NEW water standplpe on
Golfvlew Drive is rapidly near
lng completion. Town workmen
were busy Sunday afternoon on
the project.
HAVE YOU made It to the
evangelistic series yet? This
year's presentation is a stimu
lating thing and one you
shouldn't miss.
umats
1
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doing?
JAYCEES: First and third
Mondays, 8:30 p. m., eagle's
Restaurant on US 33-441 south.
ROTARY ; Every Thursday, 7
p. m., Slagle Memorial Building.
LIONS: Second and fourth
Mondays, 7 p. m., Slagle Me
morial Bulldkig.
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.
V. F. W. Auxiliary: Second
Monday nights, 8 p. m., at post
home.
^MERCIAN LEGION: Third
Tuesday, 7:30 p. m., Slagle Me
morial Building.
BUSINESS AND PROFESSION
AI> WOMENS CLUB: Fourth
Tuesday at 7 p.m., at the Nor- i
mandie.
Saturday: Run-off primary, polls
open 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 pm? coun
ty precincts.
Sunday: Methodist Men's Club
picnic. ? p.m., Patton community.
Sunday: Receptin for new Pres
byterian minister, 4 to 8 p.m?
Franklin Presbyterian Church.
THIS IS just a portion of the crowd that packed Friendship Tabernacle Sunday night to hear
Dr. Laubach open the annual evangelistic series. Although not as heavy as this one, crowds at
tending have been good other nights. (Staff Photo)
Enloe Is Sent
Back Here As
ASC Fieldman
J. H. Enloe has been reassigned
to District II, with headquarters
in Franklin, as fieldman for Agri
cultural Stablizatlon and Conser
vation.
He left here two years ago to
serve as fieldman in District 8,
with headquarters In Winston
Salem.
Mr. Enloe succeeds B. R.
Parmer, who has been transferred
to District 10. with headquarters
in Avery County.
About $50 Needed
For Cancer Drive '
About $50 is still needed to put
the American Cancer Society drive
over the top of its $1,712 quota,
according to the chapter presi
dent, Mrs. Lester Cbnley.
Contributions this week have in
cluded Higdonville Baptist
Church, $3?.41: Union School,
$15; Cowae Baptist Church. $9.25:
and Carson community. $5.
HE'S MISUNDERSTOOD -
Lake Vows Not
To Close Schools
I. Beverly Lake branded as an
absolute falsehood .the charge
that he would close North Caro
lina's public schools If he were
elected governor, in a speech
at Macon County's courthouse
Monday.
"My opponent who has made
these charges knows very well
that no governor of this state
has the authority to close the
schools, and I wouldn't want to
if I could," Dr. Lake said.
Cites Record
Speaking to a crowd of ap
proximately 55 people. Dr. Lake
cited his 18 years as a teacher
as proof that he is Interested
in good schools. "Just ask
Tommy here (Franklin's Dr.
Tom Huff), who lived in my
home when he was at Wake
Forest, how much I'm interest
ed in education," he said.
Arriving at 4:15 p. m. from
Bryson City, Dr. Lake was in
troduced by Marcellus Buch
anan, of Sylva. Traveling In Dr.
Lake's press party were John
Parrls, of The Ashevllle Citi
zen, Ann Sawyer, of The Char
lotte News, and Roy Covington,
of The Charlotte Observer. Also
traveling with Mr. Lake was
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 8
AT ANNUAL SERIES -
Capacity Audience
Hears Dr. Laubach
It was standing rcom only Sun
day night at Friendship Taber
nacle when the world famous mis
sionary, New York's Dr. Prank C.
Laubach, opened the annual in
terdenominational evangel istic
series. - ?
Late afternoon rains hurt at
tendance Monday and Tuesday
nights, but the crowds were, never
theless. large and enthusiastic.
Dr. Laubach also spoke Monday
night. Tuesday night the speaker
was Dr. Alfred W. Price, of Phila
delphia, Pa., an outstanding leader
in the American church in the
field of spiritual healing. Last
< Wednesday) night's speaker was
Mrs. Ruth Youngdhal Nelson, of
Washington, D. C? evangelist and
authoress.
Tonight (Thursday), the fea
tured- speaker will be Leon H.
Sullivan, businessman and lay
leader of Philadelphia. Pa.
Friday night, the speaker will
be no stranger in Franklin. He's
Jay Fesperman ,a former resident
and manager of the Lees Carpet
Plant at nearby DIUard, Ga. A
Presbyterian. Mr. Fesperman re
signed from the Lees organization
several months ago and is now
with the Konnia Foundation of
Baltimore, Md.
Saturday night ,a special youth
rally Is planned under the di
rection of a youth team sent here
for the series by the State Baptist
Association. Members of the team
are Bill Denton, of Nashville, who
is majoring in religion at Camp
bell College; James D. Shelton. of
Boynton Beach, Fta., a Duke Uni
versity student; Miss Jann Gra
ham. of Ooldston. who attends
Woman's College, University of
North Carolina; and Miss Patricia <
Withrow, of Ellenboro. a student
at Appalachian State Teachers
College.
Sunday and Monday nights, the
bishop of the diocese of Western
North Carolina, the Rev. M.
George Henry, will speak. He has
been a series speaker before.
Another former series speaker,
Don Austin, is scheduled for two
nights, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Of High Point, Mr. Austin is a
widely-known evangelistic and
formerly was with the Billy Ora
ham organization.
The closing speaker. Thursday
and Friday nights, will be Dr. J.
Lem Stokes, president of Pfeiffer
College. He also is not stranger to
Macon County, having been a
minister here in the early 1940's
He has been president of the col
lege since July of 1953.
SCHOOL REUNION
A reunion of the old Morrison- i
Maxwell Schools will be held Sun
day at the Slagle Memorial Build
ing. All students and teachers are
urged to come and bring a picnic
lunch. A short program is palnned. |
A BAREHEADED Dr. I. Beverly Lake meet* a supporter in front of the courthouse. His local
manager, Fred Arnold, Is at left. (Staff Photo)
7 Teachers
Are Dropped
In System
Macor. County has lost *>ve.i
school teachcri. because of a drop
in average ?;.-ii-y attendance. ac
cording to Supt H. Bueck
District 1 ? Franklin) has been
?:>;i from 77 ti ichers to 73; DU
. act 2 <Nartahala> from seven
'o six: ant; Di t . let 3 (Highlands)
/jni 11 to nine.
Teachers are allotted on the
Is of me.,- [B daily attendance
the be t six months out cf
v n during the school ye, r
Reception Fcr
New Minister
Slated Sunday
The Rev. Fred Guthrie. Jr..
preached his first sermon Sunday
as pastor of the Franklin Pres
byterian Church.
A reception tor the new minister
and his family, wh: moved here
this week, will be held Sunday
afternoon from 4 to 8 o'clock at
the church. Everyone is lrfvited to
attend.
Mr. Guthrie was graduated this
month from Union Theological
Seminary, Richmond. Va.
PRESS Coming
Out Day Early
To give members of THE
PRESS staff a holiday, next
week's issue of the newspaper I
will be published a day earlier
aind the following week's a
day later.
Next week's will go into the
mails Tuesday night for de
livery Wednesday. The adver
tising and news deadlines for
this issue will be noon Mon
day.
The first issue in July will
come out Friday, July 8, in
stead of on Thursday.
Folk Festival
Set In August
Dates for the '60 Macon County
Folk Festival are August 4-5-6
As In past years, the festival,
which features local musical talent
in three nights of competition,
will be "under the stars" In the
high school stadium.
The event is sponsored by the
Franklin Jaycees.
Franklin Beats
League Leader;
Idle Sunday
Franklin's baseball team defeats
ed the league leading team from
Blalrsvllle 8 to 4 Sunday after
noon in Blalrsvllle.
This leaves the locals still in
second place, however, with five
wins and two losses. Blalrsvllle
now has five wins and one loss.
Grady Corbin was on the ir. vund
for Franklin, giving up nine hiis
and striking out seven.
Top hitter fir Franklin wa ,
Norman Seay with two for two
Seay broke a finger in the fourth
inning, however, and piobably will
see little action for the remainder
of the season. Orady Corbin was
next In the batting department,
hitting three for five.
Franklin is idle this coming
Sunday in the Tri-County League.
CANDIDATE SANFOKD Is shown shaking hands at the airport with a supporter. At left is
Bob S. .Sloan, Mr. Sanford's manager. (Staff Photo)
LIGHT VOTING PREDICTED -
Maconians Heading For Polls
Again In Governor's Run-Off
Lake Emory Folks
Up In Arms Over
Dumping On Road
Residents of the Luke Sniory
community are up in aims over
dumping of garbage a::d refus*
along tile Lake Emory Koud.
"No Dumping" signs are' now
being erected and a $50 fine will
be Imposed on anyone caught
t.umpir.g.
At the reque.it i of the ommun
ity, the cit*' cuihp ab-b has been
chained off to the public.
'Vacation Week'
At Plant Slated
The week of July 4-9 will be
observed as "vacation week" at
Franklin Hosiery Company, ac
cording to s. A Bunday. super
intendent.
The plant will close down at the
end of operations Saturday, the
2nd and will resume operation",
Sunday, the 10th, he said.
All eligible employes will re
ceive vacation pay based cn length
of service.
Brown Gets Assigned
To Cullowhee Church
The Rev, Aubrey Brown has
been assigned as associate pastor
of Cullowhee Methodist Church.
He has been on the Franklin
charge, but is being succeeded by
the Rev. M. O. Perkins.
PINE GROVE EVENT
Bingo, cake walks, and refresh
ments will be featured Saturday
night at the Pine Orove Commun
ity Building to raise money for
community projects. Activity
starts at 8 o'clock.
SONUNC SUNDAY
The northern division singing
convention will meet Sunday at
1:48 at the Rose Creek Baptist
Church, it has been announced.
Tor the second time with
in a month, Macon Ccunty
Cuunfy voters will go U? the
\iolls Saturday.
The coming o.retiou is a
run-off in the governor's race
between Terry San ford. whs
failed to get a rlear major
ity in the May 28 primary,
Mid !>r. I. Beverly I .a UcK the
runner-up. ? ? ?
Allhtugh the supporter* of
both candidates have been
BAIJyOTS INSIDI
Reproductions of sample bal
lots for the runoff mat He found
on the inside of this issue.
beating the drums loudly, a
light vote is predicted. The
oaitdfidUes have spoken here
(see other stories and Vie-)
tares) within the past week
during whirlwind tours ?t
Western North Carolina.
Voters will be handed two
ballots; one for the contest
between the gubernatorial
candidates, the other for the
special election for Congress
from the 12th district The
congressional ballot lists enly
the name of Democrat Roy A.
Taylor. A blank space for a
write-in vote appears on the
Republican half of the ballot.
The Republican nominee,
Heinz Rollman, requested that
his name be Left off the bal
lot and he is not a candidate
for the short term.
more for w. n. c. -
Togetherness Is
Sanfords Promise
A bold pio<rtim of togetherness
between th; governor's office and
the people of Western North Car>
llnu Is promised by gubernatorial
candidate Terry Sanford.
Flying here last Thursday after
noon for a brief speech at the
courthouse. Mr. Sanford was
sharply critical of the segregation
stand of his opponent In the run
off primary. Dr. I. Beverly Lake.
"The bold appeal of race pre
judice ... is not worthy of the
great tradition of this state." the
candidate declared He said North
Carolina and Its Pearsall Plan
Is cutting the pattern for the rest
of the South In the integration
VI blf-m. adding "we're dolnK it
the rliiht way, let's keep on doing
it the rlKht way."
Lradx Motorcade
M. Sanford, traveling In a
private plane over the western
area, arrived promptly at 3:30 at
the local airport and led a motor
cade to town At the courthouse he
*1 ok hands with 50 or so before
speaking to about 200 in the cout t
room for 18 minutes.
In an open attack on the
National Association for the Ad
vanceent of Co! ? d People, an
oiKanization he <;e.>c,ibed as only
8EE NO 2. PAGE 8
JAYCEES AT WORK ?
Beauty Contest To Feature
Fourth Fun In Franklin
A beauty contest to Fe'.ect "Miss
Fourth of July" will be :ne of
several entertainment features of
Franklin's celebration of the holi
day.
Jaycees are now arranging a
Floridians
Form Club
A Florida Club has been or
xanizt d here by summer residents :
fiom the land of sunshine.
Officers are C O. "Robbie" Hob- j
inson, president; Ashlev Russ.
vice-president; Mrs. J. 3. Evans.
Jr., secretary-treasurer: and th"
Rev. John Tucker, chaplain.
The organizational meeting was
held June 15 at the parish house
of St. Axnes Episcopal Church.
Purpose of the new club Is to
plan organized entertainment,
picnic.-., and outings for Florida
visitors here and in surrounding
counties.
The next meeting will be a
covered dikh supper on July 1 at
5:30 p.m. at the parish house. All
Floridians are asked to attend
and bring a covered dUh and
place settings. A group outing will
be planned as the next event.
night program (or the Saturday
before the Fourth. Free to the
public, it wiil be held on the Vest
side of the courtl'.u.e.
Edward Shatley. Jaycee Presi
dent Bob Carpenter, and R. M.
Biddle. Jr., , are in cha.go of the
beauty contest and they expect to
have a large number, of contest
ants. Rules for the contest are:
<lr contestant must be single, (2>
contestant must be 14 years or
over. 13 > contestant must be spon
sored by some club or business
A SS entry fee will be charged
to. each contestant and the money
will be used to purchase prizes for
the winners.
Club or businesses wanting to
sponsor a beauty may get in touch
with any of the three contest
committeemen for more details
and instructions. .
Bill Zickgiaf Ls general chair
man for the celebration. Jaycee
committees Include Tom Collier
and Max Holland. Bingo: Olenn
Davis. Steve Duncan, and PauJ
Orier. concessions: Alfred Higdon.
c.ntesU: and Dr. J. L. Hill and
Dr. O. R. McSween. square danc
ing.
*1
Students Taking . |
Driver Training
Fifteen students are enrolled in
Prank Ramsey's summer driver
education program.
They are Turner Bryson, Oary
Young, Bill Walker. David Reber.
Lyman Bryant. Sonny Burrell.
Steve Heafner, Wayne Seabock.
Sandra Norton, Sandra Henson.
Marcla Kay Olson. Linda Sue
Phillips, Linda Cagle, Rebecca
Grant, and Larry Burch.
CUB TO MEET
The monthly meeting of the
Organic Club will be held Monday.
June 27. at 6:30 p.m. at the home
of Mrs. Robert Burnette in the
Bethel community. A covered dish
supper will be served. The pro
gram will be a discussion of or
Ktthlc methods being used by sev
eral members in different parts
of Macon County.
AT O.E.S. MEET
Attending sessions of Grand
Chapter of North Carolina. Order
of the Eastern Star, in Asheville
last week were Mr. and Mrs. Will
lam Crawford, Mi's. Prank I. Mur
ray. Mrs. Carl Cabe. Mrs. Prelo
Diyman. Mrs. Lacy Harper, Mrs.
Ma:garet Ramsey, Mrs Bill Phil
lips. Mrs. Ed Carpenter. Mils. Mack
Suttles. and Mrs John Kusterer.
WEATHER
FRANKLIN
High Low Rain
Wed., June 15 82 51 00
Thursday 85 45 .31
Friday 80 58 00
Saturday 85 54 00
Sunday 88 57 00
Monday 87 61 00
Tuesday 83 63 .82
Wednesday 62 1.78
COWETA
Wed . June 15 83 50 00
Thursday 82 45 00
Friday 87 57 00
Saturday 81 52 00
Sunday 85 54 00
Monday 86 56 00
Tuesday 85 . 60 .16
Wednesday 82 57 1.15
HIGHLANDS
Wed., June 15 79 52
Thursday 79 48
Friday 77 60
Saturday 78 $54
Sunday 76 53
Monday 77 62
? No Record.