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VOL. LXII? NO. 18
FRANKLIN. N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1947 i
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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 *<SUt(*C ir supper.
And Wednesday evening the
Slagle memorial was used for
the first time when the Boy
Scouts entertained the members
of the Rotary club, which spon
sors the Franklin troop, at sup
per. In the course of the even
ing, the Scouts' annual charter
was presented to the Rotary
club.
The observance here is spon
sored jointly by the Rotary and
Lions clubs.
Baptists Here To
Hold Home-Coming
Service On Sunday
Home-coming day will be ob
served, at the First Baptist
church here Sunday, it has been
announced.
R. F. Jarrett, of Dillsboro, a
former member of the Franklin
church and a recent contributor
to the local church, will be pres
ent, and will be accompanied by
Walter Carringer, tenor, of
Western Carolina Teachers col
lege, a widely known tenor, who
will sing at the service. Clarence
Chrlstman, also of W. C. T. C.,
will be the accompanist.
Lee Barnard, Sr. Is under
treatment at Angel hospital.
McKelvey Elected
As Commerce Head
66 Youths To
Be Graduated
Here May 16
Sixty-six Macon County young
people ? five of them GI's? will
be graduated from the Franklin
High school in exercises to be
held in the school auditorium
at 7:30 p. m. May 16.
Hazel Robinson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Robinson, of
Franklin, Route 1, has been
chosen as valedictorian of the
class of 35 girls and 31 boys,
and Fredrick Corbin, son of Mr.
land Mrs. F. J. Corbin, of Culla
saja, will deliver the salutatory.
Hoyt Bryson is president of the
senior class.
The following awards will be
presented by Principal George H
i Hill : Mathematics, Furman Cor
bin; agriculture, Hayes Gregory;
home economics, Virginia Brook
| shire; citizenship, Mary Frances
I Dalrymple; social science, How
ard Horsley; English, Marjorie
J Constance; athletics, Howard
Penland; science, Mac Duncan;
and commercial, Immogene
Moses.
A special certificate for per
fect attendance throughout her
high school years will be award
ed to Elizabeth DeHart.
Diplomas will be presented by
County Supt. Guy L. Houk.
Commencement activities will
open with the Junior-Senior
banquet at 7:30 Saturday eve
ning, May 10, at the Slagle me
morial.
The baccalaureate sermon, to
be delivered by the Rev. Charles
E. Parker, pastor of the First
Baptist church, is set for 8 p. m.
May 11, at the Macon Theatre.
Newly Chosen Chamber
Directors Outline
Season's Plans
Russell E. McKelvey, manag
er of the Western Carolina Tel
ephone company, was elected
president of the Franklin cham
ber of commerce by the newly
fleeted board of directors, at a
meeting Wednesday night. The
, directors also outlined plans for
j the summer tourist season.
I John M. Archer, Jr., was chos
: en vice-president, and Frank B.
' Duncan was named treasurer.
Members of the board of di
I rectors, in addition to the of
ficers, are H. W. Cabe, W. C.
j Burrell, Armour Cagle, and T.
W. Angel, Jr. Mr. Angel, who
has served as president during
the past year, asked that he
not be reelected.
| The seven directors were nam
ed by the membership in an
Tourist Inquiries About
Franklin Are Pouring In
Request far t Jurist in
formation are pouring in
upon the Franklin Chamber
of Commerce, retiring Pres
ident T. W. Angel, Jr., re
vealed at Wednesday night's
meeting of the new board of
directors. During the past
few days, Mr. Angel said,
inquiries have come from
Michigan, Uie State of
Washington, New York, St.
Lsuis, Dayton, Ohio, Peters
burg, Va., Tampa, Mi
ami Beach, Jacksonville,
Sarasota, Miami, Fort Laud
erdale, and St. Petersburg,
Fla; points in South Caro
lina; and from Winston
Salem, Gastonia, Statesville,
Kings Mountain, and Rocky
Mount in this state.
Death Claims
Mrs. A. Roper
At Age Of 80
Mrs. Amanda Burnette Roper,
widow of Sidney Roper, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Alex Sprinkle, Franklin, at 5:20
o'clock Monday morning, follow
ing a long illness.
Mrs. Roper, who was 80 years
of age, had made her home with
Mrs. Sprinkle since the death of
her husband in 1942. A native
of Swain county, she had lived
in Macon since her marriage.
She was a member of the Telii
co Baptist church.
Survivors include two daugh
ters, Mrs. Sprinkle and Mrs.
Commodore Tilley, of Franklin;
three sons, J. W., ixin, and Har
ley Roper, all of Franklin; a
half-sister, Mrs. Pallie Harper,
of Ottowa, 111.; 18 grandchildren,
and 27 great-grandchildren.
The funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Sprinkle, and burial followed in
the Franklin cemetery. The
Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt, pas
tor of the Franklin Methodist
church, officiated.
Pallbearers were' Max Roper,
Joe Roper, Henry Sprinkle, Jack
Tilley, and George Roper, all
grandsons, and Lawrence Long.
The funeral arrangements
were under the direction of
Bryant funeral home.
U. S. Forest Head
Makes Visit To
Western Carolina
Lyle Watts, chief forester of
the U. S. Forest Service, on an
inspection trip of national for
ests, paid a visit to Western
North Carolina last week-end.
He was accompanied by J. Her
bert Stone, former supervisor of
the Nantahala National forest,
now assistant regional forester.
They spent Saturday and
Sunday at Fontana Lake, which
adjoins the Nantahala forest,
where they conferred with offi
cials of the local forest.
Those making the trip to Fon
tana from Franklin were E. W.
Renshaw, Nantahala supervisor;
Clinton Johnson, regional recre
ational planner, and Mrs. John
son; H. C. Eriksson, assistant
supervisor, and Mrs. Eriksson
land family; and L. L. Bishop,
assistant regional forester In
charge of lands, who came up
, from Atlanta and went to Fon
|tana with the Franklin group.
election conducted by mail Bal
lots were sent to all members
April 8.
It was decided to open the
booth on Main street at the
earliest date possible, and Mr.
Angel, Mr. Cabe and Mr. Bur
rell were named as a committee,
with President McKelvey as a
member ex-officio, to employ a
secretary to keep the booth, an
swer correspondence, etc. Three
applications for the position are
on file, it was revealed. It also
was decided to repair and paint
the booth.
The board voted to seek $1,
250 in 1947 memberships as soon
as arrangements can be made
for the membership campaign,
and Mr. Cabe, Mr. Duncan, and
Mr. Angel were named as a
committee to work with the
treasurer on this activity. Mr.
Duncan's treasurer's report
showed a cash balance on hard
of $950.
Mr. Angel pointed out that
the supply of illustrated folders
advertising Franklin, purchased
several years ago, is about ex
hausted, and President McKel
vey was authorized to obtain
what ever additional number is
deemed necessary for this sea
son.
The board voted to affiliate
the local chamber with the U. 8.
Chamber of Commerce, as has
been the custom in recent years.
Virgil Welch
Killed In Tractor Mishap
While Serving In Army
Word has been received here
of the death in a tractor acci
dent of T-5 Virgil M. Welch, 26
year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Welch, of the Burning
town community. The accident
occured April 25 in the State of
Washington, but no details have
been received.
The body is expected to arrive
here Saturday, and the funeral
services, under the direction of
Bryant funeral home, will be
held at the Burnlngtown Bap
tist church Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock, with the Rev. Oeorge
Cloer officiating, and burial in
the church cemetery.
Mr. Welch, who had been in
the service for 49 months, serv
ed about two years in Italy. Fol
lowing his discharge last sum
mer, he reenlisted.
Survivors, in addition to his
parents, include five brothers, J.
D, John, Bobby, Charles, and
Arlef Welch, all of the Burn
lngtown community; two sisters,
| Mrs. Hettie Holbrooks, of Frank
lin, and Miss Dixie Welch, of
Burnlngtown; and his grand
i father, George Daves, of Com
merce, Oa.