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Calendar
Of The Week'*
EVENTS
?
Data for this column should roach
The Presa by not later than aool
Tuesday. In order to keep the calendar
accurate, secretaries of organizations arc
requested t o notify the newspaper
promptly of changes In the time or
place of meetings.
THURSDAY. APIUL 7
7:30 p. m. ? Post No. 108. Amer
ican Legion, at Slagle Memorial
building.
7:30 p. m. ? Nequassa Chapter
No. 43, Order of the Eastern Star,
at Masonic hall.
SATURDAY
10 a. m. ? Macon County 4-H
Club council at Agricultural
building.
3 p. m. ? Franklin Junior Mubic
club at home of Mrs. Weimar
Jones.
7:30 p. in. ? Teen Age club par
ty at Hotel Hearn.
8 p. m. ? Dance (American Le
gion benefit) at Memorial build
ing.
SUNDAY
8 p. m. ? Easter cantata by com
bined choirs of Franklin churches
at First Baptist church.
MONDAY
7 p. m. ? Franklin Lions club
at Memorial building.
WEDNESDAY
7 p. m. ? Franklin Rotary club
?at Memorial building.
7:30 p. m. ? Macon County Me
morial Post No. 7339, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, at Agricultural
building.
Draft Board Seeks To
Contact 3 Registrant*
Macon County local draft
Board No. 58 this week asked
that the following registrants re
port in person or by letter at
once to the board office in the
Burrell building, in Franklin:
Lester Patterson, of Star route,
Prentiss; James Wiley Stamey,
Franklin; Wilie J. McKay, Dil
lard, Ga., Route 1; and Bobby
Webb, Franklin, Route 3. Any
one knowing the whereabouts of
any of these men is asked to no
tify the board.
AUTOS KILL 67
During February, 87 persons
last their lives in 83 fatal traf
fic accidents on North Carolina
streets and highway.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Prea)
V ' Mil ?? T*?
50 YEARS AGO TEDS WEEK
Highlands seems to be In good
shape. She sent a large petition
to the legislature against a dls
psnsary, and on it were over
two-thirds of the voters within ,
the town corporation, A large
number .of our citizen^ feel
that to encourage a dispensary 1
would show Indifference to a
?class of Visitors whose influence
:1s worthy of consideration. i
Wanted: One hundred good
locust fepce posts six feet long, <
Hews df the death In Bryaon
In Franklin at 6 cents each. ,
25 TEARS AGO
. ..Ne?rs ?of the death in Bryaon
City on 8unday. March 23rd, of 1
D. K. ColTlns, prominent Swain
county man, reached here last
week.
The regular meeting of the
Woman's llub will be held Fri
day afternoon In Miss Weaver's
stud'o In the school bulldlnr.
Party-seven little boys and
elrls were entertained by Mr.
and Mrs. Harry S. Hlgglns at
t*>elr home on Harrison avenue
Monday evening from 3 to 5
o'clock, the occasion being the ]
Nrthday of their little daughter
Ruth. ,
It TEAM AGO
The members of the new Ma- 1
-non County board of eduaa- 1
Hon were sworn In Monday and 1
fleeted C. Tom Bryaota as chair- ]
wan and Ourtl* Prtoe, principal ?
of EUenooro high school, as
count* tuperlntendmt .
KchooU (Lew than two month* ,
later. Mr. Wei re,igned tad 1
the brArti elected 0, U Kavft
4i mperintmiwM
Franklin High Has Three Honor Students
ELIZABETH ANN PHIJJJP8
Valedictorian
MARY ALICE ARCHER
Valedlctprkui
IRIS HAZEL CASE
Sahitatorian
These three students hold tbe top scholastic rating* amon g members of the Franklin high
school graduating class. Miss Archer and Miss Phillips, having tied tor first place, each will de
liver a valedictory address at the graduation exercises. They are the daughter* of Mr. and Mr*.
John M. Archer, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Phillips, respectively. Miss Cube, the satatatorian, is
the cfcughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cabe, of Franklin, Route 4. ,
135 Pupils
On Franklin
Honor RoB
A total of 135 pupils in the
Franklin school earned the right
to have their names listed on the
honor roll for the third quarter
of this school year.
The list, made public this week |
by R. G. Sutton, principal, fol
lows: . ,
Second grade: AuCrey Ander
son, Frances Whittington, Kath
erine Sorrells, Bobby Hunter,
Willard Hedden, Ann Sutton,
Ruth Tallent, Jeun Burrell, Bev
erly Bryson, Jac^jg^ Oark,
Jackie Corbin, Katnna
Bretta Wilkie, Judy Wurst, Clay
ton Richardson, Barbara Wald
roop, Dickie McWilliams, Johnny
Killian, Ann Hall, Rebecca
Reeves, Sarah Jean Mallonee,
Edward Downs.
Third grade: Sue Bailey, Betty
Russell, Frances Guest, Frances
Tallent, Judy Houston, Judy
Hooker, Pete Henry, David Alex
ander, Rachel Brown, Jo Ann
Burrell, Carolyn Dowdle, Mary
Louise Long, Susie Mashburn,
Janet Green, Shirley Ann Hen
son, Shirley Cruse. |
Fourth grade: Launa Baker, J
Helen Cochrane, Jean Phillips,
Jackie Dockery, Jimmy Tysinger,
Frances Anderson, Doris Bailey,
Margaret Jones.
Fifth grade: Jerry Bailey, Mon
roe McClure, Crawford Moore,
Margaret Allison, Beverly Stock
ton, Ruth Ann Crawford, Tommy a
Gnuse, Bill MendenhaU, Donald t
Henry. F.
Sixth grade: Virginia Swanson, c
Annette Garner, Caroline Reece, tl
Helen Moore, Alvin Solesbee, s
Hattie Mae Wiggins, Margaret
Thomas, Robert Siler, Herbert p
McKelvey, Cleo McDonald, Leon- 'to
*rd Long, Bobby Womack, Oma h
Lee Hogsed, Thelma Tallent, tl
Robbie Gay Tallent, Mavis Mc- ?
Call, Betty Hurst. v
Seventh grade: Max Hender- Q
son, Richard Russell, Eugene Mc- F
Donald, Norma Jean Welch, Ray- E
mond Ledford, Adolph Conley , ^
Jimmy Sherrill, Viola Keener, s,
Dan Gibson, Thad Dowdle, Rob
ert Finley. h
Eighth grade: Martha Ann tl
Roten, Robert Dowdle, Paul Kil- tJ
lian, Jack Love, Max Phillips, n
Mertis Angel, Annie Ruth Dean, "
Mildred Gregory, Julia Moody. ?
Ninth grade: Meda Mae Angel, ^
Lesher Green, Richard Jones, u
Eugene Patton, Billy Solesbee,
Martha Stockton, Johnnie Dills, ^
Lucille Edwards, Martha Rogers,
Verlie Poindexter, Georgie Mc- w
Donald.
Tenth grade! Una Crawford,
Carolyn Bryson, Luanne Gibson, fc
Barbara Sue Holland, Connaree V
Koelen, Mariann Sherrill, Sarah
Ledford, Agnes Carpenter, Dud
icy Conley, Barbara Gribble, M
Viary Ellen Stoudemire, Ann ^
reague.
Eleventh grade: Donald Brown, ^
Mvin Stile*, Robert Kiaet, With b,
Sunt, Patricia Landrum. n\
Twelfth grade: toy Allot dl
# m t*f W ir
Serving Dinner
For V?n Raalte
Net* PTA $382
The Franftlin Parent
Teacher association mad* a
net profit of $382 on tha din
ner it served for tha Van
Raalta company at that firm'*
housewarming party hara
March 26. it was announced
this weak by Mr*. C. N.
Dowdla. association presi
dent.
The proceeds will bo usad
on school battarmant work.
Mrs. Dowdla said.
Meanwhile. Van Raalta of
' ficials expressed appreciation
for the way the P. T. A. han
dled tha catering project, and
Mrs. Dowdla remarked the*
the success of the dinner was
due to the enthusiastic co
operation of parents end
teachers, as wall as tha sup
port given the organisation
by churches and business
firms in furnishing services
and equipment and in do
nating supplies for tha din
ner.
Board O. K.'s
Purchase Of
School Site
The county board of edulatlon, i
,t a brief meeting Monday, au
horlzed County Supt. G. L.
[ouk to proceed with the pur
hase of land as the site for
tie proposed new Nantahala 1
chool.
The meeting was the last the
resent board will hold. A new
oard. In tact, normally would
ave taken office Monday, but
tie legislative bill appointing
tie five who will serve tor the
ext two years? C. Gordon
[oore, Bob S. Sloan, axil Walter
Hbson, Incumbents, and Mrs.
lorence S. Sherrill, and Fred
dwards, new members ? had not
een ratified by the general as
?mbly.
The omnibus school boards
111 is expected to be ratified
lis week, and it Is anticipated
lat the new board will meet
ext Monday. Its first * ness,
' it follows usual pi dure,
111 be to elect a chairman and
ppoint a county superlnten
ent to serve for a two-year
trm, starting next July 1.
At Monday's meeting, Mr
ouk reported that he had
btalned options for aDprori
tately four and one-half acres,
t the Intersection of the Camo
ranch and Forest service roads.
ft $2,200. The property for the
until hula school is being ac
llred from the IVnithlt heirs
id from Warren Owenby, he
tid.
Th? hoard also rele^tM th?
ile Wd received for labor on
>?> Fill lay school. The bid was
in per thmwanr for Jnyftur
ricV and SO o?r b'nck for
larin* rtnd^rbWV*. The lyv-d
?elded to ?m*tru?t tht build
If with diy Iftkw.
Will Make No
Charge In '49
At Arrowood
No charge will be made this
gea?on for the use of recreation
al facilities at Arrowood Glade,
but a charge will be made at
Cliffside, It was announced yes
terday by E. W. Renshaw, super
visor of the Nantahala National
Forest.
This is in line with instructions
Mr. Renshaw has received from
the Atlanta regional office of the
Forest Service.
Earlier it had been announced
that a charge would be made at
both areas, but Mr. Renshaw later
was told to operate Arrowood as
in the past, unless an arrange
ment could be made whereby the
Town of Franklin would operate
it, keeping the proceeds above the
cost of ordinary maintenance.
Mr, Renshaw explained that the
Forest Servwe headquarters in
Washington directed that charges
be made for use pf recreational
areas in all National Forests, but
later modified that order, giving
the regional offices the authority
to select certain forests on which
to make the charge as an experi
ment.
The Atlanta ofice, he added,
picked a forest in Arkansas, one
in Florida, and the Nantahala as
those on Which a charge would
be made, leaving the other forests
in the region free this year to op
erate their recreational areas as
in the past.
Basketball
Tournament
Opens Today
Boys' and girU' basketball
team* from eight Macon County
school* will participate In a tour
lament that will get under way
this (Thursday) morning and end
Saturday night, It was announced
yesterday by Coach Mllburn At
tina.
All the games will be played
it the Franklin School.
The boys' schedule follows:
Thursday: Franklin vs. Otter
>eek at 9 a. m.; Cowee vs. Sla
[le, 2 p. m.; Highlands vs. Hig
lonville, 5; Otto vs. Pine Grove,
r.
Friday: Winners in the first
wo sets of ptdrings will play at
' p. m., and the second two sets
it 0 p. m. ' ,
Saturday night at 8:30 the two
Friday winners will meet to de
ermine the championship.
The girls' schedule:
Thursday: Otto vs. Franklin, (
it 3 p. m.; Higdonville vs. Hlgh
ands, t; Cowee vs. Otter Creek,
I; Slagle, bye.
Friday: Winners In the second
wo Mti of pairings at 6 p. m?
ind in the first two leta, at 7. i
Saturday at 7:S0 p. m. the two ,
rinnlni team* will meat to da* i
ermlitp tha glrli' ihimptoMhlf
CANTATA TO BE
PRESENTED BY
40-VOICE CHOIR
Group From 4 Oiurchea
Plana Easter Music
Sunday Night
A 40-voice chorus, from the
choirs of the four Franklin
churches, will present an Easter
cantata at the First Baptist
church Sunday evening at 8
o'clock. The group, under the
direction of Mrs. Clarence Henry,
has been working on the cantata
for more than two months.
In addition to the choral se
lections, solos, trios, and readings
are on the program, which was
announced yesterday by Mrs.
Henry.
Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones is or
ganist, Mrs. H. W. Cabe, pianist,
and Mrs. B. L. McGlamery, read
er.
The program will open with an
organ prelude, "Easter Medita
tions," to be followed by a read
ing, from Luke and John, ac
companyling the showing of a
picture, "Christ in Gethsemane."
The other readings are a poem,
"Praying Hands," accompanied
by the showing of the picture of
the same title, and a story, "The
Walk to Emmaus."
Musical numbers, in addition
to the prelude, follow:
"Tis Midnight," by Tappan;
"In Joseph's Lovely Garden,"
Dickinson; "God So Loved the
World," Stainer; "They Have
Taken Away My Lord," Stainer;
"Let Not Your Heart Be Trou
bled," Speaks; "The Holy City,"
solo, Adams; "O Lamb of God, I
Come," Blair; "O Morn of
Beauty," Sibelius; "Were You
There?," trio, Negro spiritual;
"Thee We Adore," Dubois;
"Christ fhe Lord Is Risen To
day," Wesley; "Cast Thy Burden
Upon the Lord," Mendelssohn;
and "Hallelujah! Christ Is Risen,"
Simper.
The benediction will be pro
nounced by the Rev. C. E. Par
ker, First Baptist pastor, and
Howe's 'The Battle Hymn of the j
Republic" vfill be used a# the re
cessional I
The wlowts will be Mrs. Henry.
Miss 8er?h Rliwbeth Parker, and ,
Riphard Moan. Members of the
trio are Mr?. LuciUe Laaaiter,
Miss Edith Plemmona, and Miss
Parker,
The complete list of those who
will appear In the chorus follows:
Altos: Mrs. Hoyt Evans, Miss
Lucille Jacobs, Miss Lillian
Jones, Mrs. Lucille Lasstter, Mrs.
E. R. White, Miss Mlldren Dal
ton, Mrs. Prelo Dryman, Miss
Edith Plemmona.
Tenors: J. C. Hawkins, Phil
McCollum, Walter Dean, Richard
Sloan, E. R. White, Horace Nolen,
Mac Duncan.
Sopranos: Mrs. Ernest Hyde,
Mrs. Earl Harmon, Mrs. Gilmer
Crawford, Mrs. B. S. Philbrick,
Miss Sarah E. Parker, Miss Pau
line Keener, Mrs. Donald Jones,
Mrs. Louise Gray, Mrs. Betty
Alexander, Mrs. Elsie Franks,
Miss Ehtrer Wallace, Mrs. Roy
Kinsland, Mlaa Betty Sharitz,
Mrs. H. 0. Champion, Miaa Lo
raine Angel, Mrs. Hyldah Shep
herd, Mrs. Roy Cunningham, Mrs.
Bob Sloan, Mrs. Fred Grant,
Miss Harriett Murray, Mrs. F. I.
Murray, Mrs. Bill Bryson.
Basses: Hoyt Evans, S. W.
Mendenhall, Herman Childers.
Road Petition Given
O.K. By Commissioners
The board of county commis
sioners, at its meeting Monday,
approved a petition requesting
the State Highway and Public
Works commission to take over
Cherokee drive, near Highlands,
for maintenance. The petition
was sent to the commission in
Raleigh.
The remainder of the commis
sioners' meeting was occupied
with routine business.
WILL HOLD rOOD KALE
Ths Franklin Presbyterian 1
Business Girls' circle will hold
i food isle Saturday morning,
April 16, from 10 a. m. until noon
M the NsnUhsl* Power ind
Light company building. 1
Highlands To Levy
Privilege Taxes On
Taxis, Liverymen
The Highlands board of
commissioner*, al Its meeting
'Monday night, adopted a
resolution placing privilege
license taxes on taxi cabs and
livery stables ? business that,
in the past, have paid no
privilege license fees.
The board set $10 per taxi
as the license for taxi oper
ators, and SS per horse for
hire as the charge on livery
stable operators.
The board also named
Glenn Shuler as registrar for
the town election to be held
May 3. Mr. Shuler succeeds
Harry Wright, who originally
was appointed, but was un
able to serve.
DEFER ADDING
3RD POLICEMAN
Franklm Aldermen Act
I On Number Of Minor
Matter*
The Franklin board of alder
men, at Its meeting Monday
night, voted to defer action on
a proposal that.L third police
man be employe^ acted on a
number of other matters, and
heard several delegations ask for
street, water, and sewer im
provements,
Police Chief C. D. Balrd point
ed out that he Is spending about
KW?-.i10urs 8 day at the school
bulldta? directing traffic, and
that much of his time is devoted
to kwklng after the parking
meters. He suggested that Tom i
Phillios, former member of the
Franklin force end now night 1
policeman at Highlands, be add
j ed to the force.
Cierk E. w. Long told the
ooord that the town is going to
have no more than e noagh ,
funds, between now and the end
of the fiscal year, June 30, to
pay for contracted obligations,
/tnd boafd members, while
nffreeinif that a third policeman I
needed. said it waa not fin
a nr tally feasible to add a man '
now.
The clerk waa authorized to '
L?sue a check for $1,250 to oav I
for the lots. Durchase o' which !
had been contracted for on
^>itch the water tanks stand I
The check is to be issued after
ne town attorney has approved
the deed.
Th? hoard disused hi me I
detail the nuest'on of reouire
ln? tnsoectlon of private sewer
"nes to he tied into Mwn rTv?in
Mw,r' "Tf dlsciwd the sii?
eestlon that a charge might be
"">de for tieine into p main
but took no action. It was
pointed out that Highlands
makes a ?25 charge for tleing
into a town sewer line.
At the suggestion of Fire
Chief Carl Tyslnger, it was de
c ded to paint the tops of fire
plugs with aluminum paint, so
that they can be seen at night,
and It was decided, upon rec
ommendation of Police Chief
Balrd, that two new tires be
bought for the police car.
Due to lack of funds, action '
on several requests for improve
ments was deferred. While the 1
town's cash balance Is low it 1
was pointed out that the bud
get is prepared with a view to 1
Jrovlding no more than enough '
operating funds for the year '
and that at the end of a fiscal 1
year there usually ia little cash
in the treasury.
Since action in this particu- I ,
lar case had been promised'
earlier, one delegation's request
was granted. Claude Patton
David Carpenter, and Will Col- 1
Jler, appearing to ask that stone \
be placed on the road leading
aouth off the Murphy highway ,
near Barnard's store, explained
that they had furnished the ,
abor to build a bridge across
the stream the road crosses.
Aldermen L. B Phillips and W.
C. Burrell offered to donate the
of trucks to haul the stone,
the board voted to buy
?tone for the project.
,trwt **** leads ,
off the Dillsboro highway, near ,
DlMs Amusement place, was ac- !
eented from L. L. Shook. 1
tidM pet- I
*? W. AA|ll, Jr.. who Was a.wav 1
?n nuti*. ? ,
NO CANDIDATES
OUT SO FAR IN
MAY 3 ELECTION
Saturday Is Deadline
Here To File For
Mayor, Board
With only three more days left
for filing, yesterday at noon no
body had come out as a candidate
for mayor or member of the
board of aldermen, in Franklin's
biennial town election, to be held
May 3.
The same situation obtained in
Highlands, which also will elect
its town officials May 3, but there
the deadline for filing is a week
later.
Candidates who wish to run for
mayor or alderman in Franklin
muit file with the town clerk by
Saturday of this week. In High
lands, they have through Satur
day, April 16.
In Franklin, a mayor and six
aldermen are to be chosen. High
lands voters will name a mayor
and five town commissioners. The
terms, in both towns, are for two
years, and both elections, under
the law, are non-partisan.
While it is anticipated that
some, possibly all, of the officials
in both towns will be candidates
to succeed themselves, no an
nouncements have been made.
Franklin's present officials are
T. W. Angel, Jr., mayor, and W.
C. Burrell, Russell Cabe, Erwin
Patton, L. B. Phillips, and E. J.
Whitmire, aldermen. The sixth
place as alderman was left va
cant by resignation.
Highlands incumbents in the
town offices are J. O. Beale,
mayor, and J. D. Burnette, W. A.
Hays, .Sidney McCarty, Joe Reese,
and Edward Potts, commission
ers.
The registration books will
open in both towns Saturday, and
'ttflt 'r&tfein open through Satur
day, April 23, for registration of
eligible voters whose names are
not now on the books.
Farm Method
4-H Contest
Is Announced
For the second successive
year, the Nant&h&la Power and
Light company and the farm
and home agents In South
western North Carolina are
Jointly conducting a Better Me
thods Electric contest among
4-H club boys and girls In the
counties of Macon, Jackson,
Swain, Cherokee, and Graham.
The first prizes ? one for a
boy, and one for a girl ? In
this area will be $100 college
sc hoars hips, offered by the Nan
tahala finn. The second prizes
will be engraved watches.
In addtlon, the winning boy
and girl In each county will re
ceive a free trip to the 4-H club
Electric Congress In Raleigh in
October, and a gold medal, of
fered by the Westlnghouse Elec
tric company, which alao Is co
operating.
Territorial winners at the 4-H
congress in Raleigh will be eli
gible to compete for an all-ex
pense trip to the National 4-H
Club Congress In Chicago in De
cember. There, the state winner
may compete for one of six $300
icholarships.
The purpose of the contest, It
was explained, is to Improve
ways and methods of doing
things on the farm and in the
[arm home, electrically.
lb compete, a boy or girl
nust make an analysis, step by
ttep, of some farm or home
:hore as It is now being done;
work rwt a nlan whereby It can
* better done by electricity;
md then make a second analv
its to show the savings of lab
>r *nd time when it is done
?lectrically.
The Weather
Wednesday
Thursday ...
IViday
Saturday ...
Sunday
Aonday
"uetday
VMbwxky
High
65
70
60
56
59
67
49
Low Prer.
40 T*
52 1.57
47 .00
29 .0(1
43 .03
33 .11
43 .38
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