Watch This Figurs Grow I THIS WEBK . 2,238 Net, Paid-in-Advance Subscribers 2,236 LAST WEEK t ffnnklitt $ff &h* l^ighlati^ Baconian PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. LXII? NO. 18 FRANKLIN. N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1947 i $2.00 PER YEAR ELECTIONS TO BE HELD TUESDAY INMACONTOWNS ^r?.t.er#, ^ ranklin And Highlands To EJ^ct Mayora, Aldermen Voters in Franklin and High lands will go to the polls Tues day to elect mayors and boards 01 aldermen to serve the two towns for the next two years. In each election, the voters will have exactly three times as many aspirants for office from which to select as there are of fices to fill. I In Franklin, three seek to be- I come mayor, and 18 are out for he six seats on the board ox aldermen. In Highlands, there are six oiffices to be filled and 18 can didates ? four for mayor, and 14 lor the five seats on the board of aldermen. Registration for the election was unusually heavy in Frank lin, Alex Moore, registrar, an nounced at the close of regis tration last Saturday night that *37 names had been added to i the registration list ? an increase I of about one-third-to bring the ! total to 1,001. Figures on the re- ' gistration in Highlands were not available here. In both towns, the polls will I cpen 6:30 a. m. and close at 6:30 I E' m'i Municipal elections in both franklin and Highlands are non-partisan. The Franklin candidates for mayor are T. W. Angel, Jr., the "oChnmwn^reJ- M??ney' aldermen* aT w c Burreu- rus ?ell Cabe, Hunter Calloway, R D. Carson, J c. Crisp Wade HUnF^haM' urel? D'wnan. T. fg' .Mack Franks, Oscar edford, A. C. Pannel, Erwin Patton, L. B. Phillips, George W Reece, Edgar J. Whitaker, and E J. Whitmire. Mr Phillips is1 the only member of the present board seeking reelection. I In Highlands, James O. Beale I I-uis A. Edwards, J. Steve Potts,' ! Candidates the five places as commissioners In High lands are J. d. Burnette, Clfud Calloway, e. Carlton Cleveland, Sn W a ?Iand' T" C Harbl" A- Hays, Harry A. Holt, J E PrJt 'y ' John W Pa"1 J. E. Potts, Joe Reese, E. M P?g?ts; w' H Rogers, and Paul Pott^aafen;v,Mr' Holt and Mr. Potts are the only members of election b?ard Seeking re" | PLAN CASHIERS JOB. BENEFIT CLAIM SERVICE Of interest in the ? Highlands area is the announcement that the Bryson City office of the N. C. Employment Security commission (Unemployment Compensation commission and State Employment service) will establish an itinerant service at Cashiers, beginning Thursday of next week. Registrations for employment and claims for benefits will be taken at the Whispering Pines cafe each Thursday from 11 a m. to 2:30 p. m. according to Simon P. Davis, manager of the Bryson City office. Claimants who live In the Highlands community and have been reporting on Wednesday's In Franklin, but prefer to re port at Cashiers, are asked by Mr. Davis to report In Franklin again on Wednesday, May 7, and begin reporting at Cashiers May 15. Claimants who have been reporting In Franklin on Fridays are asked not to report during the week of May 5-9, and to begin reporting at Cashiers on Thursday, May 15. Claimants who live in the vicinity of Cashiers, and who have been reporting in Sylva on Thursdays, are asked to start reporting at Cashiers on Thurs day, May 8, and those who have l?een reporting In Sylva on Mon days are asked not to report May 12, but to begin report at Cashiers Thursday, May 15. Miss Inez Crawford Is a pa tient at Angel hospital. Her con dition la reported eatUfactory. HEADS SENIORS? Andrew J. Patton, of Franklin, has been elected president of the rising senior class at N. C. State col lege. Mr, Patton, a junior in aeronautical engineering, re turned to school in January, 1946, after service in the army, and has been editor of The Wataugan, State college maga zine, this year. He is the son of R. A. Patton. Use Memorial First Time In Scout Event' Seventy persons ? Rotarians, | Boy Scouts, Scout leaders, and guests ? gathered at the Slagle memorial Wednesday night for a ceremony that marked the first public use of the beautiful memorial structure now near ing completion. The occasion was the presen tation of the annual charter of Boy Scout Troop 1, which is sponsored by the Rotary club. With this event, the Rotarians combined their weekly meeting. When the group sat down to dinner, prepared by the Scouts and their leaders, Rotarians and Scouts were seated alternately, and each person present intro duced the person on his right. Clinton Johnson presented the charter to Harmon Gnuse, Ro tary president, who accepted it on behalf of the club, and then | presented It to Russell E. Mc Kelvey, troop committeeman. Mr. McKelvey, in turn, present ed it to Robert (Bob) Lee, scoutmaster, who made a brief report on Scout activities, and then called on Scout Charles Thomas to respond for the boys. In his remarks, Mr. Lee point ed out that Troop 1 is now fill ed, and it will not be long until there will need to be a Troop 2 in Franklin. John Edwards announced mai the Smoky Mountain district Scout Camporee will be held at Camp Lumpkin May 16 and 17. On motion of the Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt, the club went on record as sponsoring the proposed Red Cross water safety program here this sum mer, and Mr. Johnson announc ed that the Forest service will have senior life guards at the lakes at Cliffside and Arrowood this summer. R. S. Jones, promotion chair man, announced that the fol lowing plan to leave Franklin Sunday afternoon for Charlotte to attend the district Rotary conference there Monday and Tuesday: Mr. and Mrs. Harmon H. Onuse, W. W. Sloan, Rufus Snyder, J. C. Jacobs, Albert L. Ramsey, Russell B. McKelvey, Guy L. Houk, Clyde N. West, A. B. Slagle, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Franks, and Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Jones. The club voted to enter a team again this year in the softball league, and John M. Archer, Jr., was named man ager, and E. J. WhiOmire, as sistant. Final P. T. Meet Of Year To Be Held^On May 5 The Franklin Parent-Teacher association will hold its May meeting next Monday night, May 5, at 8 o'clock. The meet ing was changed from the third to the first Monday In order to avoid a conflict with commencement activities later ] In the month. Featuring the program will be reports by Mrs. Weimar Jones, the president, and Mrs. Allen Slier, the Incoming vice-presi dent, on the annual state P. T. A. convention held In Ash# vllle last week. Officers for the coming year win be installed. BOARD 0. K.'S TEACHER LIST Two District Committees' Selections Approved By Education Body Seventy-one of the 79 teach ers in the Franklin school dis trict were reelected by the 'dis trict committee Wednesday night, and were approved by the county board of education and County Supt. Guy L. Houk at a meeting of the county board Thursday morning. The board also approved the reelection of six of the nine teachers in the Nantahala dis- | trict. The committee in Highlands, where the school will not com- 1 plete the year's work until June 9, has not elected teachers. The board of education voted not to renew contracts with teachers holding non-standard ] or war emergency certificates for the present. Six teachers in I this district and two in Nan tahala hold such certificates. The board explained that its action was with a view to wait- l ing to see if it is possible to employ teachers with standard certificates. ~ The resignation of Mrs. W. Jackson Huneycutt and the transfer of Miss Lolita Dean, teacher at Kyle for the past 10 years, to the Franklin district, were announced. Franklin district teachers re elected follow: Katherine M. O'Neil, Annie Bailey, Vesta S. Young, Lois F. Fulton, Vera Pauline Reid, Katherine Long, Mary Canaace Raby, Katherine P. Matthews, E. J. Whitmire, William G. Crawford, Virginia B. Ramsey, May Beryl Moody, Mrs. Edith S. Hemphill, Edna Jamison, Pearl Hunter. Mrs. Margaret R. Flanagan, Esther Wallace, Kate H. Wil liams, Elsie W. Franks, Eliza beth Guffey, Margaret H. Ram sey, Amy Henderson, Nora Moody, Marie G. Roper, Eliza beth Meadows, Martha C. Shields, Hazel P. Sutton, Joyce J. Cagle, Lucy C. Bradley, Mrs. Gay B. Teague, Grace Carpen ter, Sanford Smith, Lolita Dean. John B. Brendle, Gladys Kins land, Vernon D. Higdon, Nancy i J. Taylor, Georgia Howard ! Young, Carl D. Moses, Lovicia J. Moses, Mrs. Eva Keener, Virgil C. Ramey, Sam Bryson, Mary F. Peek, Mildred Richardson, Kath rvn R. Jones, Myrtle F. Keener, J. J. Mann, Mrs. J. C. Horsley, Lola S. Kiser, Mrs. Beatrice F. Alley, Mrs. Catharine F. Henry. Eunice C. Siler, Hazel- C. Nor ton, Pauline C. Holland, E. R. White, Mrs. Clara Harrison, Bertha C. Smart, Glee G. Nolen, Mrs. Fleta G. Mason, Ray N. Moses, Minnie S. Tallent, May McCoy, Mrs. R. D. West, E. J. Carpenter, James Norman West, Nina T. McCoy, Alice Slagle, Merle P. Dryman, Selma Dalton, Dora G. Carpenter, and Lily C. Moody. Reelected in the Nantahala district are: Mattie Brendell, Esther Seay, Rebeccah Ray, Grace Fouts, Pauline F. Cable, and Iva Deane Roper. Health Department Plans X-Ray Clinic For Tuberculosis A clinic, at which patients will be X-rayed to determine whether they have tuberculosis, will be held by the County Health department May 8, it was announced this week by Mrs. Josephine D. Oaines, health nurse. These examinations will be given by appointment only, Mrs. Oaines said, and explained that Interested persons may make appointments by calling at the health office either May 3 or May 6. Catholic Masses To Be Held Weekly Hereafter Announcement has been made that Catholic masses will be conducted in Franklin and Highlands each Sunday, Instead of once a month, beginning Sunday. The services in Frank lin will be held at 8 a. m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Wasllik, Jr., and the Highlands services are scheduled for 11 a. m. Mrs. J. Q. Wallace, who has been suffering from an eye af fection, underwent an eye oper ation In Emory hospital, At lanta, last Sunday. Members of hir family said Thursday that she U doing well. Mexico Club Goes On Sight-Seeing Trip To Atlanta A group of 41 students at the FranKlin High school, members of the Mexico club, spent Wed nesday in Atlanta on a sigm seeing trip. The party, accompanied by Mrs Clinton Johnson, counselor of the club, left at 6 a. m. by chartered bus. Tneir schedule called for a visit to Gainesville, to see Brenau college and River side Military academy; a tour of the plant of The Atlanta Constitution; a bus trip over Atlanta, via the lederai pene tentiary and through the resi dential sections, now particular ly attractive because of the pro fusion of dogwood; and a visit to Grant Park and the cyclo rama there. Arrangements had been made before the party left for Ken Kogers, photographer, Ralph McGill, an editor, and Jack Tarver, columnist, of The Con stitution to meet the boys and girls on their arrival in Atlanta and take them through the newspaper's plant. The Mexico club, made up of students who are taking Span ish, originally had hoped to be able to visit Mexico as an edu cational and good will project, but lack of funds prevented, and it was decided to make the trip to Atlanta. Through a rummage sale and other projects, the club raised about $275 for the trip. ATHLETIC MEET TO CLIMAX BOYS AND GIRLS WEEK Elementary School Youth Of County Invited To Enter Contests The local observance of Boys and Girls Week, a nation-wide event designed to focus atten tion upon youth as the "trustees cf tomorrow," will be climaxed Saturday with a field day at the Franklin High school athletic field. Boys and girls in elementary schools throughout the county have been invited to participate in the event, which will be held from 1 to 4 p. m. A "Flag of Nations" pageant that was to have been present ed by. the Girl Scouts had to be canceled, due to inability to ob tain the flags. The Scouts, how ever, will be present, in uniform. The athletic events will be in two divisions, for boys and girls under 14, and for those in ele mentary school who are, 14 or older, it was explained by coach William Crawford. Competitions planned include 40, 50, 80, and 100 yard dashes, running high jumps, running broad jumps, a potato race, a three-legged race, relay races, baseball throw, basketball drib ble relays, football throws, and bear walking races. Another event will be a horse shoe pitching tournament. The observance opened last Sunday, with special services in many of the churches. Monday night at Arrowood olade the Cub Sc y to mem bers or L. club, Cub sponsor, at an *