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75th Year ? No. 33
Franklin, N. C., Thur?day, August 18, I960
Price 10 Cents
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POUR COPPERHEADS, rang
ing from a foot and a half to
three feet, were killed Sunday
?naming on Cecil Green's farm,
near Wayah Creek by Landy
Pendergrass and Jerry Green.
THIS TEAR'S folk festival
seemed to have left a pretty
good taste In most mouths ? '
particularly Saturday night's
shindig.
appears to be an unusually
large of tourists walking . the
.streets and shopping the stores
for this time of the year. May-,
be most of them are en route
home to put Che kiddies in
school and are looking for bar
gain*.
THE HOT breath is on PRESS
reporter Todd Reeoe's neck lor
sure. He passed his physical
last week and is now sweating
o?t a draft call.
A RIG VOTE of thanks to the
lions who took time out this
?week to repair and straighten
up the battered "Welcome to
Franklin" signs on the high
ways leading into town. Lion J.
' C. Crisp was in charge of the
work.
TERRY SANFORD, the Demo
cratic nominee for governor, Is
iiot only addressing Western
Carolina's commencement this
month, but also will speak the
24th at 12:30 p. m. at a meet
ing at the Jarrett House in
Dillsboro of the W. N. C. Reg
ional Planning Commission.
FRANK MARTIN, local Lion
who is a deputy district gov
ernor, was in Hazelwood Sun
day for the summer quarterly
meeting of District 31-A Lions
Club Cabinet.
THAT NEW MAIN Street
furniture company set up in
the old Reaves Hardware build
ing didn't last very long. It's
moved back to Andrews.
POOR OLD Indian Mound.
It's the largest remaining one
in the whole State of North
Carolina and nobody gives a
hoot about it.
BURRELL'S new Thrift Court
on US 23-441 doesn't say "No
Vacancy". It has" a cheery sign,
neon naturally, that says "Hap
pily Billed".
THE NEW satellite, Echo 1,
was spotted streaking along by
many local persons Saturday
night and Monday. Tuesday
night, however, an overcast
prevented the game of satellite
watching.
FLORIDA GATHERING
Rain forced the cancellation
of last Friday's meeting of the
Florida Club and it has been
rescheduled for tomorrow (Fri
day i at noon at Vern Busch's
home "Wide Horizon".
whats
doing?
JAYCEES: First Monday, Zick
graf's Lumber Co., Third Monday, i
Dillard House, Dillard, Ga. 7:00
p.m.
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.
V. F. W. Auxiliary: Second
Monday nights, 8 p. m? at post
home.
AMERCIAN LEGION: Third
Tuesday, 7:30 p. m? Slagle Me
morial Building. !
BUSINESS AND PROFESSION
AL WOMEN'S CLUB: Fourth
Tuesday at 7 p.m., at the Nor
mandle.
Friday: Florida Club picnic,
noon, Vern Busch's home on
Wide Horizon Drive ' (old Coun
ty Home Road).
Tuesday: Methodist Men's
"ladles night", Carson Com
munity Building, 7 p.m.
COACH DICK STOTT (foreground) watches while his Panthers execute a play on the high
school field. The Panthers are working out twice daily at the scbcol and in "Death V?lkf", their
secret practice field in Patton community. (Staff Photo)
PANTHERS GETTING READY -
Coach's Whistle Runs Things
And the shrill blast of Coach
Dick Stott's whistle is heard
throughout the land . . .
In the early morning f?g in
the Franklin High stadium
and in the vastness of "Death
Valley", the "secret" practice
field of the Panthers in Pat
ton community, Coach Stott's
ruah of breath through his
metal instrument of sound
directs the 'it fortunes of
the team.
Some 60 boys, including those
on the junior varsity squad,
have been working out twice
daily for nearly two weeks.
Franklin High's first game
of the season will be a home
clash September 2 against
Clayton, Ga. Coach Stott de
clines any comment about his
team's prospects for the year
in Smoky Moan tain Confer
ence play, other than to
promise that fans will get
their money's worth.
The Panther Schedule:
Sept. 8, Clayton, home.
Sept. 9, Ga. Industrial, home
Sept. 17, Clarkesville, away.
Sept. 23, Cherokee, home.
Sept. 30, Sylva, away.
Oct. 7, lUbbinsvilfe, away.
Oct. 14, Swain, home.
Oct. 21, Murphy, away.
Oct. 28, Hayesville, away.
Franklin 's j unior varsity
squad has an eight-game sched
ule for the season, all games
scheduled for Thursday nights
at 7 o'clock.
The Jayvee schedule:
Sept. 1, Murphy, home.
Sept. 8, Cherokee, away.
Sept. 15, Hayesville, home.
Sept. 22, Swain, away.
Sept. 29, Murphy, away.
Oct. 6, Cherokee, home.
Oct. 13, Hayesville, away.
Oct. 20, Swain, home.
AT BAPTIST CHURCH ?
Seminary Professor Sets
Youth Series In Franklin
Dr. John Terrill Wayland. pro
fessor of religious education at
Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Wake Forest, will be
the speaker for the annual "Chris
tian Life Emphasis" next week at
First Baptist Church.
The week-long series is scheduled
t4 "begin Monday, August 32, and
to end Sunday, August 28. Services
will be nightly at S o'clock.
This year's theme Is "Problems
of Youth As Seen Through the
Eyes of Jesus." The closing day
of the series will be observed by
the church as "Off-tc-College
Dr. Way land
Day".
A Missourian by birth, Dr. Way
land attended the public schools
of Moberly, Mo . and trained at
William Jewell College. Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary; and
Yale University, receiving^ his
Ph. D. degree from the latter. He
has held pastorates in Monroe,
North Wilkes boro, and Durham
In this state, in Baltimore, Md?
and was a chaplain in the U. S.
Navy during World War n.
During college days he became
the first president of the Baptist
Studeat Union of Missouri. After
coming to North Carolina, he be
came president of the Baptist
Training Union Convention and
has served as speaker and leader
of forums at student conventions
in North and South Carolina. He
is a trustee of the North Carolina
Baptist Home for the Aged and
was chairman of the board at its
inception. Dr. Wayland has be<n
a professor at Southeastern since
1953.
HOMECOMING SLATED
Homecoming will be observed
at the Shortoff Baptist Church
In Highlands; on August 28.
Lunch will be served on the
grounds at noon, following a
sermon by the Rev. G. A. Cloer.
The public and all singers are
invited.
? LOCAL GIRL WINS $2,000 SCHOLARSHIP
Miss Barbara Jean Cunningham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cunningh m, of Franklin,
has been awarded a $2,000 scholarship (>500 (or four years) by the National Foundation. Miss
Cunningham, a '60 graduate of Franklin High School, la shown reading the scholarship certifi
cate with Victor H. Perry, county chairman of the National Foundation. Mias Cunningham will
attend Richmond Professional Institute, a division of the University of Virginia, for study in
orthopedic therapy. (Staff Photo)
; AS MODERATOR -
Cloer Is Named
By Church Group
At the 57th annual session of
the Maoon Baptist Association
last Thursday and Friday, the
K v. W. A. Cioer, pastor of the
Cartoogechaye and Longview
j churches, wa3 elected modera
i tor for the coming year.
A past moderator, Mr. Cloer
I succeeds Frankiin businessman
J. C. Jacobs, who held the post1
, for two years. Named to serve
1 with the new moderator were
' the Rev. J. H. Propst, pastor of
the Highlands church, vice- !
moderator; Mrs. John Campbell,
reelected clerk; Mrs. Arvel I
Parker, reeleated treasurer; Mrs. |
I T. Peek, reelected historian;
and the Rev. Clyde Collins, Co
wee pastor, chairman of the ex
ecutive promotion committee,
succeeding the Rev. R. R.
Standley.
Described a-s one of the
best sessions in seyaral yeirs,
the 57th meeting was held at
the First church in Franklin
Mr. Cloer
Opening Of I
Schools Set
Wednesday
It'll be back to school next
Wednesday for all school children
in Macon County, except those in
the Highlands area.
Because of tile tourist season.
Highlands will have a delayed
opening the day after Labor Day.
according to Supt. H. Bucck.
Summer hasn't been a vacation
for the members of the system's
maintenance staff, the superin
tendent said this week. They've
been busy making' repairs and im
provements. At all schools, traffic
areas "halls, toilets, etc ? and
some auditoriums have been paint
ed. Exterior trim at all has been
painted, heating plants have been
improved at several, and new e^oSc
ing equipment has been installed
at Highlands and Nantahala
Also, a new six-inch well has been
dug at Cullasaja School to supple
ment its existing supply of water
Mr. Butck also announced that
Franklin Elementary School has
been accredited by the state. This
means all schools in District I
have been approved.
Two Arrested
Foi Highlands
i
Robbery Attempt
Two Franklin men are in jail
on a charge of entering the
i room of Mrs Bertha Almond,
: manager of Hotel Edwiirds in
I Highlands, sometime early Wed
nesday morning, with intent to
| commit burglary,
John S. Gregory, about 24. of
Franklin was arrested by High
lands police in the hotel bath
room a few minutes after the
attempted robbery and Is being
! held at the Highlands jail.
| Walter Knight, Jr.. 17, was
arrested Wednesday morning In
Franklin by Sheriff J Harry
Thomas and Highlands police
officers and is being held in the
county jail.
Mrs. Almond told officers
that one of the men tried to
choke her as she was sleeping
and hit her head with a shoe or
tome other object. She man
aged to fight the man off and
screamed for help.
A hearing for both the men
was set for yesterday (Wednes
day) afternoon in Highlands.
amcf at the lUtleetrnt church
with nore than 5W persons
attending.
Reports from the 42 churches
in the association showed a
Bain of 364 members, 236 by
baptism and 128 by letter, for a
total county-wide membership
of 7,345.
Total gifts through the
churches In the past year came
to $13S,730. a gain of $15,730.
Mission gifts came to $16,413
and pastors were paid a total
of $45,560
Highlight of the first day
at First church was tbe an
nual message brought by the
Rev. L. A. Howard, pastor of
the Holly Springs church. The
second day at Ridgecrest was
marked by the doctrinal mes
sage by the Rev. Thau' Dawdle.
Programs of both days in
cluded reports on all phases of
Baptist work in the churches of
the association and of the de
nomination.
Upon recommendations of
tfce credentials committee, the
Mashburn Branch church was
received into full fellowship
with the body after being
under the watch care of the
association for a year. The
newly-organized Horse Cove
church, near Highlands, was
received under the watch care
of the association for a year.
Next year's session will be
held with the Pine Grove and
lotla churches on August 10-11.
Callahan Child
Satisfactory After
Emergency Surgery
Five-year-aid Melissa Calla
han, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Hall Callahan, yesterday (Wed
nesday) was reported in satis
factory condition at Angel Hos
pital after undergoing emer
gency surgery Friday night for
a ruptured liver.
The child reoently fell out of
the family car at the home of
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Henderson Calloway, xs her
mother backed out of the drive
way and a wheel passed over
her midsection. Mrs. Callahan
suffered a fractured wrist In
trying to grab the child as she
fell out of the car
BENEFIT MOVIE
A benefit performance of Walt
Disney's newest Technicolor pic
ture, Pollyanna, will be shewn a'
Galax Theatre in Highlands on
Tuesday. August 23, from 2 pin
to midnight. Proceeds will so t"
the Highlan; > Community Hos
pital.
ST ANW.EY NAMED
Mayor W. C. Burrell has ap
pointed the Rev. R. R Standley
to head a United Nations bserv
mre in Franklin August 23-29.
TAKES TOP SHOW HONORS
Sweepstakes winner in the Krankiin Garden Club's annual
flower lhow Wednesday of last week was Mrs. S. M. Winkle
black, of the Holly Springs community. For more pictures and a j
listing of the show winners turn to the inside paffss of this lane.
(Sum Photo) I
THE C. Kl Mj'Lri) body of' Ilobert Ue Welch, Cartoogechaye
farmer, wis f.'jotl near the doorway of his tarn Friday morn
ill f His son-in-law, Flank J. Hannah, had |?mpnl five .22 rifle
shots jnto him. (Staff I'hoto i
TWO MORE WOUNDED -
I wo Are Dead
in Family Row
I
' Trag dy .truck a heavy blow in
'the CiiU>c,ec/iaye community,
a.ly f tOujr v.ien a 4 J yrar-old
(?aip. nua* v, ?' nt. -tir.scrte And shot
i.nu fciil ci .s fat tie 111 1 ?w. sen
-ly wounded his wife and their
i w )?;.-< ar-cl i child, and then tn
iUcUd a mortal wound on himself.
'i i n :?u . ci iiijii ' ,' d :
K 4>!k I :? ? Welch, ?7. Kilic J
;r-?ta:.tJy by fi/e .22 rifle sh>^
'kH'i* I. n'. o? in-law uho u I 1
t#u -he:! h m as he went t4> his ;
J;ar" to d > th'' imorniri rhorts.
Frank Jackson il:innah. tin*
?on-Ln law. who died at 2:25 p.m.
Friday at Ane'l Hospital from
a t If inflicted pistol wound in
thr left limp'..
Mr . V. Jma llanr.ah. 34. Han
itahS cwtnrurd wife, wounded
twice by her htubiiiui, ^uce witli
a rifle aud or ?cr w'th a pistol,
who yesterday ifVcdnennay * was
imported by .\nfr| Hospital to
~br makn.fi a sa^s'.artmy re
covery.
Ijf cy llai nph. 1 believed by
Slterriff J. Harry lhoma.4 to
have hrcn accidentally shot by
l is father durii g the qr.irref, is
. "O nv.king a saiisrp."lury re
eov- rv at V'rM flo?- >ital.
Friday's shooting spre. it the
Welch I arm came is the alter
xna'h cf domestic difficulties
tween the Hannahs, The hushand
app Mred at the A?must ! nil of
.Superior C:urt h< re or a charge
cf assault on a female 'his wife*.
J'jcge W. O. McLean continued
p a>er for Juc'.?ment in the ca<-e
the Drcerr.1"^- t^trin i:vo ad
vis^i the Hanrahs to 30 heme and
try to i^on out th . ? /if ?uUif >.
Sheriff Thoir.r.s. S B I. Asent P.
P. Kitchen Rave this sequence of
c.c^t.s aftrr their investi-nati n:
Telephone* Wife
Hannah, who hud been living in
Haywood County with re'r.tlves
since separating from his wife,
telephoned Mrs. Hannah it the
Welch fa m Thurtday .asking if
she had deciied to I t him tome
back and live with h. ~r Sue to'a
him she didn't .want Jo li'-w with
h m anymore
With a .suitcase and '< rifle. Han- . .'
nah 'hired a taxi in Wr.ynesvil!e
about 7 p m that night aad. ac
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 5
Til* temperature and rainfall Mow
*rt- rerord?d in Franklin bv M?n?or. StU?a?
V. S weather ohnt-rvr. in Highland* Vf
Tudor N. Hall and W. C. Newton. TVA
ilwfwri; and at th?- Cow?-ta flv.tmJodc
I j, N > r? t rwy llMHtnn * r? for t h ' ?4-howr
l?ri?rf tnilinf rM ? m nt th? dmy
FRANKLIN
High Low Rain
Wed., Aug 10 M 64 00
HIGHLANDS
Wed., Aug. 10 83 60
The Weather
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
77 65 .81
79 61 trace
83 64 1.11
84 62 .08
87 64 00
88 60 00
Wednesday
61 00
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
76 63
70 64
76 tt
80 81
86 60
74 54
?No Report.