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THE PRESS from cover to
cover
75th Year ? No. 50
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, December 15, 1960
Price 10 Cents
Sixteen Pages
JiDGE MXEAN seemed to
be an the rieht tract in letting
JMdge Nettles handfle the sec
ond week of Superior Court
b^re. The first week was balmy
and spring-Mice, but the second
. . . man, the pot-bellies were
red hot in the courthouse,
wanning on one side only.
AFTEH seeing the nice dec
orations in other towns the
size af Franklin, many seem to
ted ours are a letdown. It
should be recalled, however,
that the town has nothing to
do with our Christmas decorat
10118 ? were purchased sev
years ago with money
""?Od by local organizations.
TAX LISTING starts tn
January. Ldaters are now being
contacted by the county to see
if they'll serve.
A HYMN written by Neville
I -ester Norton, a Macon native
who lives in Cairo, Oa., was
sung at the Presbyterian
church here recently by Jay
Fasperman. The title of the
hymn is "I Met God On A
Mountain."
WA1AACE HYDE, executive
secretary of the State Derao
crafiio Executive Commit; e.
was tn town Monday for talks
with local party leaders.
QUITE A few people here
have received invitations to
JFK's inauguration, but so tar
we ha vent heard of any who
plan to attend.
IN NEW YORK yesterday
?Wednesday) was Paul E. Ver
non, son of the Rev. and Mrs.
John C. Vernon, of Highlands
He was one of about 100
Northfleld Schools, of East
Northfield. Mass.. in the big
Cl^y 10 P,esent a prog-ram of
Christmas music to alumni
and friends in the metropoli
tan area.
FOLKS WHO started beef
ing about cold weather and
snow flurries Monday are re
minded that we'd had a couple
of good snows by this time
last year
THERE'S a bit of irony in
the fact that Nanlahala Pow
er and Light Company uses oil
and not electric heat. After
this proposed rate increase, it
also seems a bit prophetic.
MRS. FLOYD Downs, who
was featured as "Woman of
the Week" in Monday's ASHE
VILLE CITIZEN-TIMES is the
wife of a Macon County ua
tiv.e They live in Asheville.
CHRISTMAS fallins* on Sun
day Bives the fellow who warts
until the Inst minute to shop
a wonderful id vantage. He can
now carry right up to das
in* time Saturday.
IT'S A fhame United Fund
has flubbed in Uw Franklin
area because of little support
Its participating agencies, of
course, will be the jnes to suf
fer because of no monev for
operating.
TIIE BOY Scouts will hoid a
bis auction Saturday morning
SEE NO. 2, PAGE H
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JAYCEES: First Monday.
Zickstraf's Lumber Co.. Third
Monday, Dillard Hoase, Dillard,
Ga.. 7:00 p m.
ROTARY: Every Thu.sdav.
6:30 p. m. S'agle Memorial
Building.
LIONS. Second and fourth
Mondays, 7 p. m.. Slagle Me
morial Building.
JUNIOR WOMAN'S CI.I'B:
Fourth Monday. 7:30 p. m.. Ag
ricultural Building.
V. F. W.: Second and Fourth
Wednesdays. 8 p. m., V.F.W.
Past Home on Palmtr Street.
V.F.W. AUXILIARY: Second
Monday night. 8 p. m? at post
home.
AMERICAN LEGION: Third
Tuesday. 7:30 p. m.. Slagle
Memorial Building.
BUSINESS AND PROFES
SIOAVL WOMEN'S CLUB:
Fourth Tuesday at 7 p m.. at
the Normandle.
SOME OF the Christmas decorations (hand-made, of course) to be shown at the
"Tasting Tea" are being arranged by Mrs. Ruth Patton, chairman of the tea. These deco
rations, from native materials and tin cans, were fashioned by Mrs. K S. Purdom.
(Staff Photo)
AT TASTING TEA' ?
Cookbook Debut Set
Saturday By Women
A new cookbook featuring
355 favorite recipes of Macon
Count'' home demonstration
clufo *'jmen will go on sale
Saturday at a special "Tasting
Tea" being held in honor of
its debut
The tea ? set for 10 a.m. t.o
4 p.rr. at the Agricultural
! B liUiiiir; in Franklin and ey
i cry ov 1*. Invited, accord?n? io
1 Mr.i. !_j wTence Patton, county
foods jJki nutrition leader, who
is in tiuuge.
Also cn display will be
Christmas decorations made
by cluh members.
Cook'e.s to be served at the
tea. including several in the
holiday vein, all arc featured
in thj ixw cookbook, Mr. Pat
i ton saici.
j PriepQ at $2 per copy, the
cookbook has been more than
five y?*ars "In the making."
Many ol the recipes have ap
peared over the years in "The
Cooking Comer", a recipe col
umn printed In THE PRESS.
The cookbook has a spiral
bmdin.fi and plastic backs de
signed bj a Macon c'nb wom
an, Miss Sally Hester.
Serv.ne tea will be Mrs. '
Frank Reece, Mi's. E. J. Car
penter Mrs. Earl Ca<be, Mrs.
Leona Moore. Mrs. Ed Bradley,
and Mi's. Earl Rickman.
A 1~ cerve as "salesmen"
for ilv cookbook are Mrs.
Marie Ro-.rs. Mrs. Alfred Wil
son, Mrs. Cecil Parker, Mrs. R.
G. May.". Mi's. Ruth Royal,
Mrs. T. T. Henderson. Mrs. A. I
C. Mooiv, and Mrs. C. T. Bry
!Cr
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| AT AGE 101 ?
Mrs. Setser, County's
Oldest Woman, Passes !
i . . i
Death has stilled the briar
. sharp mind of Macon County's
oldest woman, Mrs. Christina
Elizabeth Cloer Setser, who at
101 maintained a steady inter
est in local, state, and nation
,al affairs and voted in the No
vember general election.
Widow of William Andrew
< Andy i Setser, she had been
seriously ill for the past five
weeks at the home of a daugh
ter, Mrs. W.R. Waldroop, with
whom she had mad? her home
for many years. She died Tues
day morning.
Funeral services for Mi's. S?t
ser were conducted yesterday
(Wednesday i afteanon at 2:30
at the Mt. Zion Methodist
Church by the Rev. J. C. Lane, I
pastor, the Rev. R. R. Stand
ley, pastoi of the First Baptist
Church, and the Rev. W. L.
Sorrells, a Baptist pastor In
Wayn^sville. Burial was in the :
SEE NO. 3. PAGE 8
Auction Set
Saturday
For Scouts
An auction to ralAe money
far the Boy Scouts program In
Macon County will be held Sat
urday morning at 10 o'clock on
the Town Square in Franklin.
B. L. McGlamery will be in
charge.
Items for the axiction will be
donated by local merchants.
Should the weather be bad.
the auction will be held at a
later date.
Andy Jones
Appointed
Assistant
O. A. (Andy) Jones. Jr., a
Franlthn native, has been
named an assistant attorney
general.
Mr. Jones, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones, practiced
law with Jones and Jones here
in the early 1950's before go
ing to Raleigh in 1955 and en
tering private practice there.
He was with the State High
way Commission before Joining
the attorney general's staff.
A Chilly Thief?
Cold weather might have
someithin?; to do with the theft
of three articles of clothing
from a basket in a local laun
dromat.
A jacket was among the
items reported missing by Mrs.
Wood row Franklin.
61 Fair
Plans Are
Started
All officers of the Macon
Cbunty Pair Association have I
been reelected lor 1961 and
planij.ni; next fall's fair is un- ,
der way.
The reelected officers are
Cecil Parker, president; Fred
Hannar, vice-piesident; Jerry
Sutton, secretary: and Mrs.
Grace Tatham. treasurer.
In a treasurer's report. $762
lt> on hand and the association
has voted to apply $500 to the
$5,500 debt outstanding on the
new fair exhibit hall.
Those decisions also have
been made concerning the 1961
fair:
? It wll be held the third or
| fourth week in September.
I ? Aii extra day will be added,
making the fair run four days |
with the official opening on
Wednesday instead of Thurs
day.
? The "Harvest Sale" held
i for the first time this year to
raise money will be an annual
event.
? A fence will be erected and
a gate fee charged to enter the
fair prounds.
?"School Day" will be ob
served Friday. Z. Weaver Sliope
and E. O. Crawford will be co
chairmen of this feature.
Whitmire And Sloan
Confer With Sanford
E. J. Whitmire, chalrrruin of
the county Democratic Execu
tive Committee, and Bob S.
Sloan, publisher of THE
PRESS, conferred Tuesday
afternoon with Oovernor-elect
Terry Saivfara on a variety of
matters important to the west
era section of the state.
They met with Mr. Sanford
nt liis home in Fayetteville
Mid returned to Franklin yes
terday i Wednesday) morning.
It's Official Now,
Shope Is Supervisor !
Jess Shope, of Cartoo?e- j
chaye, the lone nominee, is now
J officially a soil conservation
supervisor following the dec
j tion December 5-10.
j He will begin his three-year
term January 1. The other
supervisors are Waiter C. Tay
lor and George W. Mohes.
P.T.A. MEETING
The East Franklin P.-TA
will meet at the school tonight
i Thursday* at 7:30. Miss
Nancy Sutton will .speak on
the subject, "Youth Wants to
Know."
- MIGHT HAVE TO RAISE TAXES -
Town And Schools In A Bind' If
Power Rate Increase Approved
Same Naritahala Powe.- cus
tomen-s, particularly the Town
of Franklin and the Macon
| County School System, are go
I ing to "be In a Wnci" if the
company's proposed rate in
crease is approved by the N.C.
Utilities Commission.
Residential customers us
ing electric heat also will be
hart-hit by the increase ?
j their annual bills going up
, from 54.9 per cent to 67.7
per cent or higher,
i Conceivable, boith the town
ar.d county might have to raise
taxes to meat tho increases
that would bo imposed by a
rate boost. Without this re
course. customers using elec
tric heat will have to cl- deep
t-r into their pockets c: wear
heavier clothing.
| At present <1959-<iu fiscal
year ' , the Macon County
School System's elect tfe bill
runs at $16,053 annual v. ii~
coreJing to Supt. H. Bueck.
Nantahalr.'s propose J !r- .i e
woiild raise tids by *5.350 ? a
sum the superintendent says
the hard-pressed system dt> n't
liave.
The increase ca.t !>o nr. T
ed In two ways, by a tax in
crease fwith a one per cent
per hundred increase bring
ing In |1,(M, this would
mean a three-cent boost of
the county lerr) or by cot
ting back on needed equip
ment and classroom instruc
tional supplies.
"We'll just have to tighten
up our belt and do without
some of the things we need,"*
Suprt. Buttk declared.
Town Clerk Ray Swafford
estimated , Franklin's annual
power bill will jump from
$8,000 to the neighborhood of
$10,400.
Ha. like* Supt. Bueck, says
"well cut down on something"
or ittise taxes.
Large mdfustry alco will feel
the sting of the increase.
Pi-anklin Hosiery Company's
annual power bill would go up
$6,000. according to Sup.t. St. v
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OPPOSITION FORMS
Opposition to the propos
rd rat* Increase by Nanta
hala Power and Light Com
pany is mounting in othT '
towns served by the com
pany. Bryson City, for exam
ple. is protesting the Increase
as too high and is Investigat
ing T.V.A. power. A slory on
this town's stand and com
ments by some of Its lead
ing citizens may be found on
the front page of the snond
section of this issue. Hylva
also plana to protest the in
crease, it is understood.
en A. Burdy. This is an in
crease of ^ 2.3 per cent. The
hosiery plant presently spends
about $17,000 a year for electri
city. Mr. Burwiy has informed
his superiors in the Burlington
Industiies organization of the
siunat ion , but docs not know
wha/t action they will take, if
any.
Another local hosiery plant,
Van Raalte, being smaller than
Franklin Hosiery, would have
only a 25.9 pes , cent incr -a.se
ufjc'er the proposs-l late sche
dule. Its annual in"1. according
to Ma.na.ga* Noiniar. B' lirie.
woulc. xo fiom $9,200 to $11 500
? an increase of $2,380. He.
too has pas.<ed word on to his
sin* ricr.-.
For its "avrru<e rustomrr,"
Nantahala Pow. r figures the
lnrrfMf at about 31 per
rent. An "average customer"
Is drfined as one who uses
415 KVVII (kllorott hours)
monthly. At prisert rate*, a
eiisfomr-r uslnr 4"0 KH'H
has a monthly bill of $7.50.
but under the new rate his
hill would co up to *9.40 <a
30.S per rent Inrreawl. Th~
bUI of a rustimer using 450
KWII would so front fl to
$10.50.
A can/Jin- uvnp mo e pow
er than the "average custom
er" would find his monthly
bill climbiiiB into the higher j
percentages. For example, a '
customer whose present
monthly power bill is $24
(2,500 KWH i under the in
crease would see his bill rise
to $40.90, or an increase of
70.4 per cent. Another whose
bill Is $34.50 <4.000 KWH i
would face a jo'tlng 84 p r
cent increase when his tab rose
to $63.40).
Nantaiiaia Power estimates
its "avcrane cu.<Ao:ner" heat
.tig wit'n electricity u:>es 17 580
KWH annually. HU bill will no
up from $194 33 to $300.00 an
nually ? a 54 9 per cent in
crease.
However, the bills of (ho*
hi itlnc electrically will vary,
an will their percentage in
crease* under the proposed
rates. For example, a home
owner heating a five-loom
house has discovered thai h's
annual heating bill, on the
ba.sis of 1960 consumption of
power, stands to to up 67.7
per cent. At the rate of
21,712 KWH annually. Nan
tahala e- 1 1 ma ten his bill will
Ko from S2I6.56 to $363.08.
Nantahala officiate say they
will pUdiy apply the proposed
rnUa to pres?nt krtlta for cus
'omers mlel-ested in learning
lion- the increase would affect
them.
- MAKE SCHOOL RECOMMENDATIONS -
Grand Jurymen Suggest
Election On Courthouse
Taking up the almost age
loss cry of previous court bod
Its for a new courthouse, the
grand jury of the December
term of Superior Court suggests
that an election be called to
let the public speak on the
iasue.
Tho grand jury endorses
"the reports of previous grand
Juries with respect to the ur
gent need of a new courthou-ie.
with adiequate and safe sjxue
for storage of county records
and a dignified building for
court proceedings. We recom
ment to the county commis
sioners that an ejection be
called Immediately for the pur
pose of deciding if the people
desire a new courthouse and If
tile people are willing for a tax
levy for the express puipose ol
paying for this new courthou.se.
This tax levy to be automati
cally repeakd on payment in
full of a new courthouse."
Six county schools were vis
ited by grand Jurymen and a
letter suKKesthwt improvements
and r< pairs at each has been
sent to School Supt. H. Bueck.
The schools visited were Nan
tahala, Highlands. Cullasaja,
Cowee Otto, and Chapel.
Jurymen said "We would
like to commend Mr. Bueck.
county school superintendent,
and members of his staff on
the Rood appearance of all
| school buildings and grounds."
In its courthouse recommen
dations. the Jurymen suggested
compliance with an August
ON DECEMBER 21 ?
Club Sponsoring Yule
Lighting Contest Here
A Christmas lighting contest
for the Franklin area Is again
planned this season under the
sponsorship of the Franklin
Garden Club.
Judging will be held Wed
nesday night, December 21,
according to Mrs. William T.
Walker and Mrs. J. Ward
Long, contest cooluurmen.
The contest embraces three
clasps; ? home, civic, and busi
ness ? and the judges will pick
the best windows, doors, and i
outside decorations. Rt-cogni- j
tton will be (riven for first,
second, and third place.
Anyone llvinpr within a mile
of the city limits is eligible for
the contest and those wishln#
to have their displays judged
are asked to telephone either
Mrs. Walker or Mrs. Lom; be
fore the JudRlnK date so they
may be mclud-'U in the Judg
ing Itinerary.
I
SIGNS ALL AROUND ?
No Doubt About It,
Christmas Is Coming!
' No doubt about it ? Christ
mas Is com in* !
Rapidly too.
The signs are all around.
Horn* decorations are en
hancing the town and county
soene.
Even a few business places
have put up outside displays.
Business is picking up in the
stores and gift 'wrapping on
packages is the rule rather
than the exception when shop
pers take to the street.
Franklin Post Office finds it
self busy in spurts, but ex
pects to have a heavy rush of
mailing about the 21st and
22nd.
Too, churches and other or
ganization.* have plans for
plays and Christmas parties.
Here re a few:
Pageant-Service
At Franklin Prasbyterian
Church, a Christmas pageant
am' candle lighting service
will be held Sunday, December
18, at 5 p. m.
Meeting Tonight
A Christina* program will
feature a meeting ol the Frank
lin Mask- Study Club tonight I
(Thursday ? at 8 o'clock in th,- '
assembly room of the Mcth- 1
dlst church.
Roy M Biddle, Jr.. is in
charge of the program. Hostess- j
cs are Mil's. Gilmer A. Jon "s
and Mis,*. Elsie Hayes. ' !
Ilappy Holidays
In the Macon County
schools, Christmas holidays
will run from Thursday. Dec- j
ember 22. through Monrfiy.
January 2.
Church Plav
A Christmas play en tit I'd. ?
"His Wonders To Pe form," i
will be presented at the Burn- |
Ingtown Buptf.st Church Tues- |
c'?y right. December 20. it (
7:30. The public is invited to
att:).d.
lotla Event
?Membei-s of the Iot a Bai>ti' t J
Chyich will present, a play.
"Blue Oveialis An?el," Sunday
night. December 18. at H
o'clock in the lotla School auci - I
tori'un. Leading chuact: :-s are i
Etl Whit-ako*. Arrr "e Swat
fold. E. J Bradley, ard Vickv
Peniand
FIVF.-YEAJt-old Jimmy Deal irets his wants to old SanU
( laui in prnon and jets nomt candy from the old gentle
nun to boot. Jimmy Is the ton of Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Deal of Route 4. (Staff Photo )
Brand Jury recom mendaiaoi i
for a water cooler tn tile
courthouse. Because public
restiooms are situated tn the
courthouse on the rmun floor,
the Jury recommended that
the dors of the <-ourthouse re
main unlocked until 9 p.m .
Instead of 6 p.m. as in the
past.
Jurymen aie lunch at the
Macon County Prison Camp.
They lvpoited tills facility In
(food condition and the "food
well prepared and In ample
quantity."
The county jail aim was re
ported in Kood condition.
William V. Caruvler was chair
man of the grand Jury. Mem
bers were Wymer Gibson, Cyde
Sanders. E. T. Chambers,
Claude Cabe. T. H. Hunter, J.
F. HuKsms. J. S. Cunningham,
0<-or?e W Roper, Luther Ra
by, Oeorxe Srtanfleld, Weaver
Hurst, Ervin Moffitt, Pritdiard
Chastain, J. N. Lowe, Fred
Amnions, Walter Morgan, and
Robert WaLciroop.
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Judge Finds
Little Work
To Be Done
Judge Zeb V. Nettles found
little work to be done here dur
ing the second week of Superior
Court
Mom, of the civil actions
docketed for trial were either
continued . or settled, so the
Ashevllle jurist heard four di
vorce ca^es Monday and return
ed home. The term is now re
cesKtd. but will remain active
through Saturday in th ; event
any ca-ses ne^: ina attention
arise.
Aw ther Ashevllle Judge. -
William K. McLean. presided
the first we k. during which
several hundred criminal ciis
posftidns were made.
A complete listing of the
court dispositions wal appear
in n.xt we k's isfue.
Kiss Is
Snowy
Sn >*? on the high topr
flurn.s in vaiUys oarre will.
Wlrit. r's f.r t ki's Monday
The tempera ?uie went 'u a
low of 20. but tx?rudfr;ngy
climbed to 46 duruig the day
W ay-.' h Bald a..d most of l ha
oth:ir high top.vwere capped
with white. Ltrh! flurri-s of
snow b!'.-w In Franklin nu?t of
the morning. The side? ??* n od
in Mily afternoon. tat a
nippy wind k pi. ovt rooats as
the I'flicial <and only comfort
ab ei uniloim of the day.
OTTO MEETING'
Tile Ofo P.-T.A. will meet
toriglt*. < Thursday > at 7:30.
'Irs. Jay Fesperman will give
the devotional and a film,
'Christ's Flight mto &rypt."
will be shown.
The Weather
Tin- wt-fk's l?-ni|vmturw and rain
fall Im-Iow an* rtcordwl in Prank -
lin hy Man*<>n Stil?*N. IT. N. weath
er obxrrvrr; in Highlands by Tn
1(?r N Hall and \V C N.wton,
TV A ofmiTwrs; :i nd at the Cowt
ta f! yd rolngic laboratory. Rend
InjfH art- for th<? 24 -hour period
ending at s a. in. of the day ltoted.
FRANKLIN
High Low Rain
Wed., Dec. 7 63 31 00
Thursoay 57 30 00
Friday 46 17 00
Saturday 59 14 00
Sunday 49 31 1.15
Monday 46 20 .55
Tuesday 41 13 00
Wednesday ? 8 00
COWETA
Wed., Dec. 7 60 30 00
Thursday 63 30 00
Friday 54 20 00
Saturday 45 15 00
Sunday 19 1.58
Monday 49 28 .31
Tuesday 32 10 00
Wednesday 41 8 00
HIGHLANDS
Wed , Dec. 56 34 ?
Thursday 48 39 ?
Friday 54 16 ?
Saturday 46 34 ?
Sunday 44 36 *
Monday 32 22 *
Tuesday 28 7 *
Wednesday ? 18 ?
' No Record