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Avenge for October I960
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75th Year ? No. 46
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, November 17, 1960
Price 10 Cents
Sixteen Pages
?
THE PERRY'S were trying
to sell all Republicans who en
tered their drug store after
election day a special remedy
for nervousness and upset
stomach. Its name? Kennedy's
Mixture.
BOTH POLITICAL parties
are smiling over the outcome
of the general election on the
local front. This, naturally, is
unusual because most of the
time they crawl back into their
shell and pout for a couple of
months.
THAT RUMOR about a
bowling alley in East Franklin
was true. Look for something
to materialize soon.
ANOTHER Main Street store
front has "had a face-lifting.
They've spruced up Crisp's
Camera Shop with some Kodak
yellow. Who's next?
A TRUCK belonging to J. H.
Duncan, Phillips 66 distributor
here, was involved in a head
on collision in Georgia Monday
of last week and its driver, of
Murphy, was killed. The com
pany had a truck burn in this
county several months ago.
ALTHOUGH Monday and
Tuesday suggested it, Spring
hasn't arrived. The "woolly
worms" are crawling and the
old timers tell us that means b
bad winter in ahead.
DON'T THROW away your
old books and magazines. The
Jaycees are now planning
"Operation Library" for early
December and they'll want 'em
to boost the local library.
DEER HUNTERS! Don't for
get to bring your kills by THE
PRESS office and let us take
a picture.
A NEW "face" is now going
on at The Children's Shop.
Won't be long before Franklin
will have the most colorful
Main Street in the U.SA.
KEEP YOUR fingers crossed
while the rural judges are here
today. It would be a nice feath
er in our cap for Cowee to be
a winner in the area rural con
test.
BOTH SIDES are to be con
gratulated on the orderliness
of tike general election. Win
ners and losers both came out
anillng and with most of their
friends intact.
PLEASE, PLEASE get your
V-nted Fund contributions
; a ned in. It would be a pity
if this worthy drive flopped.
ARE YOU ready for the
basketball sttason? it won't be
long now for the balls have
been bouncing in practice at
the high schools for some time
now.
GET THE rakes out friends.
Fall has done its dirty work
and we must now get to work.
But. wasn't the colors pretty
while they lasted?
u?hat's J
ji doing? |
JAYCEES: First Monday,
Zickgraf's Lumber Co., Third
Monday, Dillard House. Dillarri.
Ga? 7:00 p. m.
_ ROTARY : Every Thursday,
6:30 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.: St ond and Fourth
Wednesdays. 8 p. m., ^.F.W.
Post Home on Palmer St ret t.
V.F.W. AUXILIARY: Second
Monday nigiit. 8 p m.. at past
home
AMERICAN LEGION: Third
Tuesday. 7:30 p. m.. Slagle
Memo, ml Building
BUSINESS AND PROFES
SIOANL WOMEN'S CLl'B:
Fourth Tuesday at 7 p. m;. at
the Normandie.
Tonight 'Thursday): Frank
lin Music StiKty Club. 8 p. m .
home of Mrs. Weimar Jones.
Monday: F.nnklin P.-TA, 8
p m? higti school cafeteria
LAKE EMORY ROAD PROJECT PROGRESSING
Grading on the Lake Emory Road relocation project is about 80 per cent completed,
according to Resident Highway Engineer Ge nrga Clayton, and gravel already is being
poured an the section from Franklin to the vicinity of the radio station turn-off. Pav
ing of the 2.035-mlle job is set for next spri ng. Workmen are shown pouring concrete in
the big four-barrel culvert on the Rabbit C reek point of the lake near where the old
bridge crossed the stream. (Staff Photo i
IN MACON COUNTY ?
Engineers To Invite
Bids For Radar Unit
An invitation for bids for
construction of the p.oposcd
U. S. Ait Force radar unit in
this county is expected to be
issued next week, possibly
Monday, by the US. Army En
gineers in Wilmington, accord
ing to information received
here.
Officially, the site for the
*105,000 facility has not been
disclosed and an application
to build the structure on for
est service land still has not
been received by Wayah Dis
trict Ranker W. L. Nothstein.
However, THE PRESS has
learned from reliable sources
that the unit probably will be
built on Buck Knob between
Wayah Bald and Wine Springs
Bald, where the Federal Avia
tion Agency has Its unmanned
radio unit.
On Buck Knob, it will be
possible to utiliw the electrical
power used by the Wine
Spiings Bald radio facility.
Should Buck Knob be chos
en, Ranger Nothstein said the
facility, because of the terrain,
would not mar the beauty of
Wayah Bald.
SPONSORED BY CLUB ?
Grass Roots Opera
Coming December 3
America's top touring opera
company, the National Grass
Roots Opera Company. Ls sche
duled to perform on December
3 in Franklin.
Being brought here under the
sponorshsp of the Franklin
Music Study Club, the troupe
will present Rossin's comic
opera, "La Ceneratola (Cinder
ella)" in the Fianklin High
gymnasium at 8 o'clock. Admis
sion will be $1.25.
A free performance, set for 1
o'clock, has been .scheduled pri
marily for the school clrildren
of the county.
The trope, which was formed
in Raleigh, . is now in its elev
enth year of bringing live opera |
in English to the American I
public. In this state and on i
national tours, the young pro
fessional singers bring this
form of music theatre to many |
towns and colleges that are
missed by the "grand" opera,
touring troupes.
Reporter Reece*
'Borrowed' By
His Uncle Sam
I
Uncle Sara has "botiowed" .
PRESS report*. Todd Reece J
fox six months.
Mr. Reece, who Joined the :
newspaper Last February. is
leaving the 27th lor a six- !
month tour of duty in the U.S. |
Aimy at Port Jackson, S. C? I
as part of bis service obliga
tion as a member of the Na
tional Guard.
N He went on leave of absence
f om the newspaper last week >
to put his affairs in order be- !
fore leaving for Port Jackson, j
Mr. Reece. a native of An- i
draws. plans to return to I
Franklin when his tour ol'
duty ends. I
A going-away party for the
reporter was hold last Thu s
day night at Frank B. Dun
can's borne, with some 35 of
his friends attending.
Music Club Sets
Meeting Tonight
A meeting of tJie Franklin I
Music Study Club is set fo. 8 !
o'clock tonight i Thursday at
the home of M.s. W imar
Jones.
Co-hostess is Mrs. Julian i
Madc.ox and the program lead- i
er for the meetinR is Mi-s. Wil
lard Bell.
CAB DRIVER BAGS BIG BEAR
A smiling Franklin cab-driver, Ralph Canlngham (front, left), say* he waited mm
than 40 years for this big black bear to com ? alone and get In his sights. He bagged the {
critter Monday afternoon In the Rainbow Sirinp im. With him were FJbert Hedden
(front, right.) Sam Frady, J. M. Shuler, and Vrril Hedden. The bear weighed about 390
i pounds. (Staff Photo i ' I
Violations
Charged
By Cox
William A. (Bill > Cox. the
unsuccessful Democratic can
didate for the stqfe House of
! Rep esentative in the Novem
ber 8 general election, charges
violations of election laws.
In a letter handed Monday
to J. Lee Barnaul, chairman
of the county elections board.
M. . Cox chained that viola
tions were committed against
him in favor of his Republican
opponent, Mi's. W. N. "Nellie"
Cook.
Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Cox
said he wa-s preparing specific
charges, but would not have
them ready for publication this
week. He declined to pinpoint
the violations.
In his letter to Mr. Barnard,
the defeated candidate said
"My attorney will file an ap
I peal naming more specific the
violations of elections laws In
regard to the November 8. 1960
election. These violations were
committed against me ?William
A. Cox i, candidate for the N.
C. House of Representatives, j
and in favor of Mrs. W. N.
Cook, the Republican candidate '
for the House of Represent*- '
tives."
I
Coin Named
Director
Of Council
Franklin's Bob Coin lias been
nam"d to the board of dlrectoi s
of the new W.N.C. Travel Coun
cil.
An organizational meeting
was held Monday at Western
Carolina College for the 11
county council, which was ad
vanced by thu W.N.C. Asso
ciated Communities.
In addition to Mr. 'Coin, at
tending from here were H.
Stuck, a former W-N C-A.C.
pii-Jdent, Eawin P. Healy.
manager of indio station
WPSC. Mrs. Lasca Horsley.
executive secretary of the
Franklin Chamber of Com
meice, Bill Horsley. and Wei
mar Jones, editorial page edi
tor of THE PRESS.
Ned Tucker, of Waynesvllle,
was named president of the
new council. He Is executive
secretary of the Waynesvllle
Chamber of Commerce.
Membership in the council
will be limited to the 11 coun
ties embraced by WN.CA.C.;
that is. Buncombe, Cherokee.
Clay. Oralmm, Haywood. Hen
derson. Jackson. Macon. Madi
son. Swain, and Transylvania.
W.N.C.A.C. President Frank
Brown presided at the organi
zational meeting. He was as
sisted by Mr. Bueck, who was
instmmental in bringing a
bout the c:eation of the new
council during his tenure as
president.
Primarily, the travel organi
zation wt'.l promote tlie travel
industry in W.N.C. by advanc
ing project i eas.
Voting Results
Change Little
An official tally Thursday
by the county elections
board didn't alter any races
in the November 8 general
election.
Save for a vote or two one
way or another, the unoffi
cial result* reported last
week stand.
A table of the official vote
In Macon County, by pre
cincts, may be found on the
front pa kp of the second sec
tlon of this issue.
Maconians Attending \
School Meet Today
Several Maconians will be in J
Asheville today ' Thursday ' for i
an area meeting of the N. C. I
Citizen.; Committee lor a tier ,
Schools.
Planning to take in the ses- '
slon beginning at f o'clock are
W W 'Bill' Slo?n. vice-chair
man of the local committee. J
C. Jacobs, prenldent of Frank
lin P.-T.A.. Ervln Patten. chair
man of the board of education.
Wiley Brown, a county ronv (
muwioner, Mrs W N. Cook.
rcpre*ent?Uve - elect. School
Supt. S. Bueck. and Mnt. Bueck
THIS IS Peak-Lines' new plant now under cons'ruction in the Bunny Crest sretion
of Franklin. (Staff Photo)
FOR PLANT CONSTRUCTION -
'
Corporation Authorizes
Bonds For Peak-Line
A new industrial organiza
tion, Macon County Business
Development Corpora tion. has
been organized and already
ha.<i authorized the sale of
bonds totaling $72,500 for con
struction of a plant for a local
furniture factory.
President of the o: ganlzation
Is W. W. Reeves. Franklin
hardrware merchant: .'ee-pres
ldent, Ervin Patton: scc.etiry
treasurer. Verlon Swaffor,:
and R. D. Carson and Bob S.
Sloan, directors.
The $72,500 In bonds being
Issued by the coporatlon are to
finance a building (or Peak
Line Furniture, a Kiowinti local
industry that has out*. own its
quarters in a large two-istoi y
chicken house on lotla. The
building Is now under construc
tion on a sixac e site in th :
Benny Crest section of Frank
lin.
BY YOUR LOCAL COMMITTEE ?
Gary Crawford Picked j
As Morehead Nominee i
Gary Cawfod. 17-yea-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Crawford,
of Franklin, ha* bet-n selected
as Macon County's nominee in
the competition for a $5,000
Morehead Scholarsliip at the
University of NorUi Carolina.
He wtw one of two tapped
by Franklin HiRh for consid
eration. This year, each hisrti
school was allowed only two
contestants. The other student
was Bill Hyde, iwmi of M. . and
Mrs. E. L. Hyde, who k; no*- In
Oermany as an ex .'hangu stu
dent.
A-s county winner. Oatv ad
vance* to district comp-titlon
In January.
M?nb?xs of the county ,
Mo elwad .selection con'mitte* .
are W. W. < Bill > Sloan. chair
man. Victor H. Perry, ai.d Mrs.
Prank Pot Is. " |
FOR CONTEST JUDGES ?
Cowee Has Best Bid
And Tucker On Today
Cowee community lias its
best bib ami tucker on today
i Thursday" foi a visit by the
judK?*t of tlw W.N.C. Ruial
Community Development Con
test.
Tlve Judges are scheduled to
stop In the prize-winiUnif com
munity at 1:15 p. m. and will
spend an hour and 45 ?linutes
talkinx with community offi
cers and viewing jome of the
projects undertakt n last year
Cowee is one of 13 winning
communities competing for
some $2,000 In the area contest
Winners Willi be announr?d In
AshevUle on December 3 at the
annual awards luncheon at
City Auditorium
Judges are Miss Louise Lowe,
assistant professor of home
economics at Woman's College
in Grienabo.o. C. S. Mint/.. |
southeastern dL-nict agent of |
tlie N C. Fxtuiion Service. |
and Jo #? Howard, agricultural !
engineer for Duke Fowet Com '
puny. Greensboro.
Another Macon County com- J
munily, Carson, cam? under
the eyes of judge* last Friday.
This \kh< for the ne*' youth
activities p ogram in the area.
Carson wen the county incen
tive award for havintt the. be a
youth progitun during the con
test year jast ended
IN RAI.KIGIf
Mrs John Crawfoid. Howard
Baldwin. and Mrs. Harold Cor?
bin are attending a public wel
fae institute at the Hotel Sir
Walter in Raleigh this week.
Newtlr.K moit .-.pace bi-ause
of Increased production. offi
cials of Peak L:ne recently sent
out feelers to a number of
Western North Carolina and
Nortli Oeoiitia towns. indicat
ing an Interest in moving If a
bnlldtr.K could be provided.
Franklin Chamber of Com
merce, of wlkich Mr. Sloan Ls
cha) man, deleted to Lake steps
to keep the furniture facto: y
and its payroll In Maion
County and the industrial cor
poration was orgajiized to tin
am- ti e building
fVak-Llne now eovs more
than i half million a year and
employs about 40 men. The
Mineral manager. Howard 8.
Hnithoock. recently said the
company expects to be woik
lng about 60 to 70 men with the
next year and to leach a cross
of about three-quarter* of a
million.
dny and date above
GOLD
ilssloner of Insurance.
CANY
>y State ment Filed:
$19,936,356.84
15.866.649.71
636.726 04
due and
162.214.8S
207,368.40
i38.809.31S.84
The Weather
FRANK U.N
HiCh Lew Rain
W'-d . Nov. 9 58 25 00
Thursday 62 43 .37
Friday 55 27 00
Saturday 59 26 00
ST.nday 60 22 00
Monday 73 23 00
"Tuesday 59 23 00
Wednesday 37 00
COWKT A
Wed , Nov 9 51 25 00
Thursday 57 38 .94
Friday 62 27 00
Saturday 53 23 00
Sunday 61 22 00
Monday 60 25 00
Tuesday 72 29 00
Wednesday 68 38 00
CAR HITS WALL, DRIVER UNHURT
The driver of this automobile, Adolph "Red'" .Irudlry, of the (artoc^echaye section,
unhurt, ?re for i scratch or two, about 4 o'clock J-'riday morning when it went
through the railing and over the wall Ju*t beivm Angel Clinic on Town Hill, nrnml a
field, and smaahd Into a retaining wall on Riverview .Street. The driver, who haa keen
charged with recklen driving, told Police Chief C. D. Baird he fell aaleep. The car was
entering Main Street from Derby Just below the clinic. 'Staff Photo >