North Carolina Newspapers

9 foe fftutpn tf tu IfaManfa Baconian I ON THE INSIDE ? A complete listing (or dura of entrant* In the Franklin Garden Club's annual flower show appears on the Inside of this issue. Be well informed, read THE PRESS from cover to 75th Year ? No. 29 Franklin, N. C., Thursday, July 21, 1960 Price 10 Cents Sixteen Pages IF THE LITTLE League all stars win their first game Satur day. let's hope the " undisclosed site" for Monday's game will turn out to be right here in Franklin. ED HEALY, manager of radio station WFSC is taking on some night work. He has taken over the management' of Preston Henn's Macon and Franklin Drive In' theatres. He will, of course, remain on as manager of the radio station. TOWN OFFICIALS can't seem to make up their minds what to do about those traffic lights in front of courthouse square. For months they've been on the blink ing routine, but one day this week they were back in stop and go operation. Gets kind of tricky for poor drivers. WORD HAS IT that some Florida businessmen were in Franklin this week looking for a possible site to build a bowling alley. LOOK FOR a large delegation to show up at August's town board meeting requesting that Palmer Street be put back on two way operation, leaving Main Street as the town's only one-way drag. A LARGE WHITE bird, identi fied by local birdwatchers as an American Egret, has been making his headquarters in the Frog Town swamp at the foot of town hill for the past oouple of weeks. Don't any bird hunters get ex cited though, he's protected by Federal law. MAIN STREET TALK is still centered around the televised Democratic convention of last week, and with the Republican convention coming up, it looks like politics will keep the floor for a while. HIGHLANDS FAIR ot The Four Seasons, an annual bazaar which Is this year featuring gifts ap propriate for the four seasons Is set for July 22-23. HORSE LOVERS and traders might be Interested to know that the Waynes ville horse show opens July 28 and runs through July 30. PICKERS AND SINGERS should be warming up for the an nual folk festival which is set here for August 4, 5, and 6. It's un fortunate that these dates con flict with the dates of Asheville's big annual folk festival. ANYONE WHO doubts that July is usually the hottest month in the mountains should have been around Franklin during the past week. J. P. BRADY, News Editor of the Press who has been out for a month following an opration, will be back on the job Monday, after a week's vacation in Florida. TOURIST'S CARS are still whizzing up Palmer Street going the wrong way almost every day. There's bound to be a bad crack up soon if something isn't done about this. THE HIGHLANDS ROAD has been covered up with the highway department's car counting devices this week. Look's like we can ex pect action soon on the new stretch of road to Gneiss. T iphdts doing? JAYCEES: First Monday. Zick Kraf's Lumber Co., Third Monday. Dillard House, Dillard, Oa. 7:00 p.m. ROTARY: Every Thursday, 7 p. m., Slagle Memorial Bunding. 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. Y. 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. AMERCIAN LEGION: Third Tuesday. 7:30 p. m., Slagle Me morial BulKBng. BUSINESS AND PROFESSION AL WOMENS CLUB: Fourth Tuesday at 7 p.m., at the Nor mandie. Supt. Bueck Announces School Dates Schools in Macon County will open for the 1960-61 year on August 24, according to H. Bueck, county superintendent. Mr. Bueck reports that teachers will report for duty on August 22 and principals will begin their work on Aug ust 10. 4-H Members To Attend Convention Six senior 4-H Club members from Macon County will be a part of the 1960 state 4-H Club delegation July 25-30 at North Carolina State College in Ral eigh, where more than 1,000 members from all parts of the state will congregate. "Learn, Live and Serve through 4-H", is the 1960 theme for the clubs' convention. Macon's delegates are Sue Crawford, Elizabeth Ann Am nions, Susan Cunningham, Reg gie Amnions, Kenneth Reynolds and Lowell Crawford. Partici pating in the week's program will be a high point in their 4-H club career and It carries with it responsibility as well as opportunities. As these Macon delegates ar rive on State College Campus, they will Immediately become members of what leaders call, "North Carolina's finest group of boys and girls." Herman Dean Herman Dean Succumbs At Home Macon Native Was Merchant And Farmer; Active Republican Herman Dean, 66, Macon County native, merchant and farmer, died Wednesday, July 13, at his hoime on Harrison Avenue, following an eight months' illness. Funeral services were held Friday, July 15, at the First Baptist Church, and burial was In Woodlawn cemetery. Mr. Dean was born August 31, 1893 in the Oak Grove commun ity in Macon County, the son of Davis and Alice Morgan Dean. He married Miss Alma Berry of Macon County on De cember 31, 1916, with the cere mony performed at her home In the Holly Springs commun it? *VJ . Mr. Dean was well known In the county as a merchant and farmer. For several years he operated the Franklin Terrace Hotel. He was long active In the Republican party In Macon County and was a member of the county elections board for a number of years and was a candidate for the general as sembly two ''years ago. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. Officiating at the funeral were Hie Rev. Louis Howard, pastor of the Holly Springs Baptist Church and The Rev. Thad Robert Dowdle, pastor of Rldgecrest Baptist Church. Nep hews served as pallbearers. Survivors Include the widow, Mrs. Alma Berry Dean; one son, Davis Logan Dean, who Is a Master Sgt. In the U. S. Air Force at Sunny Vale, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Wayne Franklin, of Statesville, and Mrs. Glenn Davis, of Franklin; two brothers, Walter Dean and George Dean, both of Franklin; two sisters, Mrs. Jeter Hlgdon, of Route 4. and Mrs. Ed J Car penter, Sr.; of Franklin; and two grandchildren. Bryant Funeral Home was In charge of arrangements. THESE 16 LITTLE LEAGUE all stars, chosen from the four teams here carry .Franklin's hopes into tournament play opening in Canton today (Thursday). Franklin's team drew a bye in first round play aind will meet the winner of the Canton-Waynesrille game on Saturday, July 23. The all stars pictured with their coaches ami bat boy are, front row, left to right Johnny Owl, Reddys; Charles Crisp, Reddys; Johnny Stanfield, Jaybirds; Jimmy Perry, bat boy; Ronny Armes, Reddys; Gary Palmer, Thunderbirds; Bobby .Simpson, Red dvs; Alvin Doster, Wildcats. Back row, left to right. Coach Jim Williamson; Homer Holbrooks, Thunderbirds; Ray Jones, Jaybirds; Andy Norton, Thunderbirds; Eddie Hoilman, Jay birds; Eddie Bate man, Jaybirds; Buddy Henson, Thunder birds; Edward Bryant, Thunderbirds; Alton Sutton, Wildcats; Richard Alexander, Thunderbirds; and Coach Bob Carpenter. TOURNAMENT AT CANTON - Franklin's Little League All Stars Meet Canton- Waynesville Winner Sat. CLAYTON INTEREST] 131 Florida C Show Up At I Franklin's fast growing Flor ida Club, composed of Florida folks who vacation here in the Mountains, continues to grow by leaps and bounds with 131 mem bers Showing up for a club picnic at Black Rock &tate Park near Mountain City, Ga., July 15. Total membership is present ly numbered at 176. The club was invited to hold the picnic at Black Rock by the Clayton, Ga., Chamber of Commerce and the president and secretary of the chamber were present to ?: v, %?????? % Captain Henry F. L. Henry Is Promoted To Captain Prank L. Henry III has been promoted to the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army. Capt. Henry entered the Army in July of 1952 and received his commission through the Army Officers Candidate School at Port Benning, Oa. He attended both the airborne and Ranger courses at Fort Benn ing and made a total of 56 para chute Jumps while serving with the airborne units both in the U.S. and Japan. In the past three years Capt. Henry has become a rated Army aviator flying light . arcraft and serving as an Instrument flight instructor with the Army Aviation School at Fort Rucker. Ala Capt. Henry and his family are visiting with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fiank L. Henry. Jr., before moving to Camp Walter, Tex., where he will train to fly heli copters. ED ? lub Members Slack Rock .welcome the Floridians. The Franklin Chamber also had a representative at the meeting, and Clayton ot fleers were so Impressed with the Idea of the Florida Club that they Invited C. O. "Robbie" Robin son, president of the club, to come to Clayton to assist that town in organizing Its own Florida Club in Rabun County, The value and popularity of the club is attended by its growth. Its organizational meet ing was attended by 24 persons. More than 80 were present for the first meeting, a covered dish supper, and indications are that the present membership still has not reached a peak. A covered dish picnic at Cliff side is the next scheduled get together for the club on Friday, July 29. Dinner will be served at 12 noon. All Floridians are urged to attend and to bring along any recreational equip ment they can spare to add to the fun of the day. W-H-O-O-P-S ! ! DEXOLA The price listed for dexola oil in the A and P ad on page 10 is Inadvertently reversed. The price on a quart bottle of dexola is 49c instead of 94c. A Letter From Martti (Editor's Note: Martti 11. tap akoskl is a foreign exchange stu dent from Finland who spent the past year In Franklin and attended Franklin High. At the present time he Is touring vari ous points in the United States along with the other exchange students who spent the past year in this country, before return ing to his homeland. While Martti was In Franklin he lived ' with The Rev. Robert E. Early's family and the Eartys received this letter from Martti this week. The Earleys wanted to share Martti's letter wih his many friends and school-mates In Franklin and it is printed In its entirety below. Lexington. Va July 12. 1960 Dear Folks. Yesterday, when we arrived here in Lexington. Va , I received your letter, and I was so thrilled about it. Many thanks. I have been trying to write you a real letter Instead of only post cards, but evenings are al ways so short that I have to go to bed as soon as I come from our many parties, dances, picnics, and so on. We are really living a busy life Sometimes I even feel whether we're at all going to make It all the way to New York, but now >Thf western district Little League tournament for 1960 opens today (Thursday) in Canton where Canton meets Waynesville, and in Andrews where Andrews meets Sylva. Franklin drew a bye in open ing round play and will meet the winner of the Canton Waynesville game Saturday in Canton at 5 p. m. Amid the high pitched "chat ter" of "atta boy Andy," and "that's slammin the old ball. Eddie," which has echoed around the Franklin team's practice field for the past week, coaches Jim Williamson and Bob Carpenter have commented that, "the all star tournament team is rounding into shape In fine fashion." Made up of outstanding play ers from the four local teams, the Reddys, Jaybirds, Thunder birds and Wildcats, the team Is part of an international organ ization and can go as far In tournament play as champs of the world. If victories hold out. If Franklin is able to down the winner of the Canton Waynesville game on Saturday, the team will then meet the wlAner of the Andrews-Sylva game, at a so far undetermined site, on Monday, July 25. Expressing high praise for "this year's crop of stars", the coaches explained that, "we seem to have good depth in pitching and we will also have some heavy artillery on the bench In case some of our starters falter. "This fact, coupled with a I guess, we will. In most stopping places we have so full schedule that we have hardly time to un pack nor pack again any of our baggat. In some blessed towns we have, however, some free time, which Is usually used for sleep ing. I have had pretty good luck al most all the time. I haven't for gotten anything valuable yet. and I hope I won't do It either. My laundry has been washed in the most families, where I've stayed, so that I have always a supply of clean clothes, which pleases me greatly. Tomorrow we'll leave for Wash lngton, and everybody Is greatly exclt?d, because all the buses will meet there. Today we've been sight-seeing this old town of Lexington 'Vir ginia) and the whole day has been completely full of program so that we've had hardly time to eat. At 9 o'clock we went to see the "Natural Bridge", where we stayed couple of hours. After It came a tour to a big carpet 'rug) factory, called Lee. where we also ate lunch. Then we saw the sights of Lexington 'Lee's Chapel. Vir ginia Military Institute, etc.'. which all was quite interesting al though tiring, because we walked: ! 'Quite unusual.) After this thing we all went to 8KB NO. 2. PAOE 4 very fine overall spirit leads us to believe that we have the best potential for a good showing that we have had in recent years." The remaining half of the current season will be resumed following tournament play. This break between halves of the regular season has resulted In an abnormally long rest for 1 team members on the tourney team, and sharp action is ex pected locally for the rest of the season. Saturday's game at Canton is set for -5 p m. and league of ficials expressed hopf that there would be a large turnout of local folks for the game. Ed Healy. manager of Frank- I lin's radio station, WTSC, said that he hoped arrangements could be completed to broad SEE NO 3. PAGE 4 NO MUSIC (1,1 B MEETS No meetini! of the Franklin j Music Stutiy Club will be held during the summer months. The next niLetinii will be at the regular meeting time in September. Miss Penny Taylor Miss Taylor Awarded Scholarship Miss Penny Sue "faylor of Franklin was awarded a $200 scholarship by the James G. K. McClure Educational and Develop ment Fund. She is the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Clarence T. Taylcr of Franklin. Mr. Taylor is the field worker for the Macon Baptist As sociation. This scholarship was made pos sible by the late Dr. James G. K McClure for the education of stu dent* from the mountain counties of North Carolina. Awards are made to entering freshmen on the basis of scholarship, need, and promise of success In college. Penny Sue's Interests lie in the fields of nursing and music. She plans to enter nursing school after graduating from college. OPENS SUNDAY NIGHT ? Waynesville Preacher To Lead Methodist Revival The Rev. R Herman Nichol- ; 1 son. pastor of the First Meth- j cUst Church of VVaynesville, Is t.o be the guest preacher-evan- 1 llus week, Sunday through I ' r;r.day evenings. 7:45 d'clock. at ti ? Franklin Flr.it. Methodist Church. : Mr. 'Nicholson's over-all theme j ';>r his series of messages dur- ] nip' this week oi' special serv- ' j ices is. "Responsible F> [nnv ] to God". ? ] The evening subjects are to he: Sunday, "Success After Fail ure"; Monday. 'Is God Really Significant?": Tuesday. "For getting the Past": Wednesday, "What's Important About The Church?"; Thursday. "Christian Urgency'; and, Friday. "Our F*trraTT3p po r t u n i t y ' ' . Services Open A cordial invitation to attend and participate In this special \ Christian opportunity and fel- , lowship is urged upon the peo- | pie of tlie Franklin area, it has ; been announced by the central ; committee making the arrange- | ments, Mrs. E. O. Crawford, ( chairman. Mrs Harry Pangle. | Mr Bob Sloan, and the Rev. i Robert E. Early, pastor. ' j Graham Hymns Each evening's opening song t < service of Gospel Hymns (using 1 the Billy Graham Crusade Hym- < nali Is to feature a song by the ' children, and requests from the * Congregation; the children are 1 to form Sunday night's choir, j 5 and both piano and organ are f to be used as accompaniment. Iredell Native Mr. Nicholson was reared in ' Iredell County and Statesville * - -U Kev. Jack Lewis East Franklin Baptist Mission Gets New Pastor The Hev. Jack Lewis has been hired by the First Baptist Church in a recent business1 tneetiim to /stive as pastor of the East Frank lin Baptist Mission. This action | SEE NO. 1. PAGE 4 X-Ray Mobile,, Unit Coming ? Back Here V The X-Ray mobile unit '.f the -j North Carolina state board of p health will be in Franklin, Thuri g day, Friday and Saturday, July g 28. 29 and 30. located near the Jail ^ from 11:00 a m to 5:00 p.m. dally, -j The mobile unit will also be in V Nantahala for one day, Wednes day. July 27, at the Nantahala school from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m * All persons 15 years of axe or ' older are urged to get this free ^ X-Ray If they haven't had a chefct j? X Ray in the past year. ? State officials explained that ^ the X-Ray only takes a minute. ^ is free of charge, doesn't require | ' undressing and a written report Is sent out on each X-Ray V VANIIOOK REUNION F The Vanhook family reunion 8 will be held Sunday. July 31. at S the home of Ray Vanhook In the N Clark's Chapel Community. All 1 friends, relatives and neighbors \ are Invited to come and bring a - picnic lunch. * Rev. R. H. Nicholson vhere he attended Mitchell lunlor Cpllege He graduated 'rom Lenoir-Rhyne of Hickory, md earned his Divinity Degree it Duke University. He served he Louisburg Circuit, and :hurches at Whitnell, Shelby, 'olksville, Providence Road (Charlotte I, and is in his fourth rear at Waynesville First Meth )dist Church. Mr. Nicholson was with the lavy In World War II in the Core.an action, and holds the :ommisslon of Commander in he Chaplain s Corp of the U. >. Naval Reserve He married tfiss Hazel Montgomery of 5tatesvi!!e They have three hlldren. No Stranger Vr Nicholson was the en husiastic and able teacher of i training school course at ?"ranklin Methodist Church last ipring and the church antici pates a great week of spiritual eadership as he brings the series of messages. Cutshall To Train Prison ! Personnel Capt. John E. Cutshall of the rfacon County Prison Camp will lead a school for all prison >ersonnel from the seven camps n th? Highway Department's 4th division next week. Capt. Cutshall recently at ended the Custodial Officer's [?raining School for a week at he Institute of Government In Chapel Hill. He studied courses at this chool in preparation for head ng the school at the Macon :amp He was elected president >f his graduating class at the nstitute, and will return for wo additional weeks of train ng in two months. The school for 14th division >f fleers, which will be set up t the Macon camp, will fea ure the latest methods tn eaciUng, including visual aids nd simulated working condi ions. The Weather WMk'a [nipintuni and rainfall liainw ? ? recorded In Franklin by Hum ffillw I. S. weathar obaerver; la Hlgklaada I* ?udor N. Hall and W. a Newton. T?A beervere; and at tfca Coweta Tljili rdaali laboratory. Readlnjra ara for tba M koar ??riod ending at S a.m. of the day llatad. FRANKLIN High Low Rain Ved., July 13 87 63 .00 "hursday 84 66 .00 "riday 83 55 .00 Saturday 81 58 .00 lunday 82 59 .00 londay 85 61 .00 'uesday 85 60 .00 Wednesday 60 .58 COWETA Ved . July 13 84 58 .00 "hursday 85 65 .23 rittey 83 52 .00 aturday 81 57 .00 unday 80 56 .00 londay 80 55 .00 "uesday 83 69 .00 Wednesday 84 72 .61 HIGHLANDS Ved , July 13 80 60 'hursday 81 60 riday 74 50 Saturday 73 62 iunday 74 54 londay 73 54 'uesday 78 60 Wednesday no record. ,