COUNTY AND I
TOWNS TO GET
SAFETY HONOR
Jones Coming Here From
Raleigh To Present
Certificates
Macon County and the towns
of Franklin and Highlands are
to Be honored for the outstand
ing highway safety record made
In this county in 1950.
That year this county had no
automobile fatalities, and it had
the largest automobile registra
tion v of any North Carolina
county with no fatalities.
The situation was called to
the attention of H. D. (Tarvia)
Jones, head of the State High
way commission's safety depart
ment, some time ago, and Mr.
Jones announced this week that
he will come to Franklin April
22 for a joint presentation of
special certificates to Macon
County, Franklin, and High
lands.
A public ceremony is plan
ned, it is' understood, but the
program is yet to be worked
out, and the hour for the cere
mony to be set.
Chairman W. E. (Gene) Bald
win, of the board of county
commissioners.., and Mayors W.
C. Burrell and W. H. Cobb, of
Franklin and Highlands, respec
tively, are expected to meet
shortly, possibly accompanied
by members of their boards, to
work out plans for the cere
mony.
Last Minute
Items
GREEN CAIJLOWAY DIES
Green C. Calloway, a farmer
and native of Macon County,
died Tuesday morning In a hos
pital here after a long Illness.
Funeral services will be con
ducted today (Thursday) at 2
p. m. at the Rldgecrest Baptist
church.
BROGDEN SUCCUMBS
James Andrew Brogden, a
well-known farmer in Macon
and Swain counties, died Mon
day in a local hospital after a
long illness.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at the Bryson City Meth
odist church today <Thursday)
at 3 p. m.
WILL GIVE 9PERA
The Macon County unit of
the N. C. Education association
will sponsor an appearance of
the Giass Roots Opera in
Franklin May 2, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Cancer Fnnd
Campaign Opens Here;
Goal I? $416
The annual American Cancer
society fund drive got under
way here Tuesday wtfc the
county's goal set at $416 ? an
Increase of $1W over last year.
Explaining the distribution of
funds, Mrs. Lester Conley, com
mander of the local A.CS. ohap
ter, said 60 per cent will be
kept within the state for nee
In state and county project*;
25 per cent will go to the na
tional research projram ; and
15 per cent to the national or
ganization for education, serv
ice, campaign, and promotion.
Pointing to the success of last
year's drive, the local command
er expressed confidence that
Macon County will go over the
top for the increased goal.
Funds will be raised through
the schools and various civic i
and business organizations, as
in the past, Mrs. Conley said.
She also announced that the
home for needy cancef patients
in Lumberton is now open, and
she said application for admit
tance may be made by contact
ing her at her home on Harri
son avenue, Franklin, or by tel
ephoning 104.
PLAN SALE
A food and grab bag sale,
under the sponsorship of the
W.8.C.S. of the Salem Metho
dist church, Is scheduled for
April 10 at 2 p. m. at the Cul
lasaja school, it has been an
nounced.
? Staff I'hoto by J. f. tSra<Jy
AT DEDICATION CEREMONY ? Congratulati ons Macon County! Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, left, state
superintendent of public instruction, congratulates County School Board Chairman Bob S. Sloan, who ac
cepted this county's seven new schools from Dr. Erwin at a dedication ceremony Tuesday afternoon of
last week. Looking on is Macon School Supt. Holland McSwain. The Xantahala dedication climaxed a
tour of the county's 11 schools by Gov. W. Kerr Scott and Dr. Erwin.
201 Of 482 Fj
Have No
SILER SPEECH
MEET WINNER
Robert Slier, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Slier, of "Franklin,
was the county -winner In a
speaking contest sponsored an
nually by the North Carolina
Banker's association and agri
cultural agencies.
Others placing to the county
elememation, held Friday at
Franklin High school, were Miss
Mary ftnn Killian. daughter of
Dr. ana Tars. Franfc M. Killian,
second jtface; and "Emory Craw
ford, eon of Mrs Gilmer L
Crawford, third. The speakers
were awarded $10, $5, and $5,
respectively, by tte Sank ot
Frank! Un.
The three contestants were
the only entrants. Highlands
school planned to send an entry,
but the speaker was unable to
attend, according to T. H. Fagg,
assistant county agent, Who Is
in charge of arrangements
locally.
Yesterday (Wednesday) young
Slier represented Macoii Coun
ty in a sub-gnoup contest here,
In connection *rith county win
ners from .Jackson, Swain,
Cherokee, Clay, and Gr.aham.
The three top winners n this
elimination feature ? as yet un
announced ? are scheduled to
compete in a district oratory
contest io Waynewille tomor
row (Friday). The winner of
this feature will advance to the
state eliminations Is Raleigh
April 12, where a $300 casb
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 6
imiiies
\ Garbage Cans
Public Cooperation Asked
So Collections Can
Be Systematized
The town garbage truck here
makes 482 stops weekly in the
residential districts, and at 201
'?of those the families do not
have garbage cans, a survey
Just made by Alderman Oscar
Ledford revealed
Mr. Ledford recently was up
pointed to study and reorganize
i garbage collection.
The reorganization already
done has made it possible to
eliminate one of the three men
assigned to garbage collection,
Mr. Ledford said, and he is now
working on a collection schedule
that will enable each family to
know on what day the truck
will pass. The aldermen added
that he believes the schedule
can be so workad out that the
.entire residential .cnUection
work can be done the -first
three days of the week, ao that
ittie two men on (the truck can
?be assigned to other town work
the remainder of the week.
That will not be possible,
hewever, he said, without the
co*peratiqn of citizens. Jt will
not be possible, te explained,
far the garbage truck to main
tain a schedule unleiss the gar
bage is put out by .the house
holder on the proper day. Some
times, he added, the garbage
?SEE NO. 3, PAGE 6
r. T. A. TO MEET
A meeting of the Cwtooge
chaye Parent-Teacher gcsocia
tlon is scheduled for Tuesday
at 7:30 jp, m., it has been an
nounced.
,260 Attend Van Raalte Pin Party'
An estimated 260 persons at
tended the Franklin Van
Raalte "Pin Party" at Cullasaja
school Saturday night, an an
nual affair.
Twenty-five Van Raalters
were presented service pins by
E. W. Maebert, of Blue Ridge,
Ga., southern plants manager.
A brief address was made by
Dave Brody, of New York City,
hosiery merchandising manager,
and "nonsense" on the eve
ning's program came under the
quick tongue and wit of Frank
Burkhead Brown, of Atlanta,
Oa. N. L. Gilbert, of Blue
Ridge, served as master of cere
monies.
Those awarded service pins
Included: More than five year*,
Jeanette Elliot, Grace Rogers.
Bernlce McCracken, Dollie Ang
el, Betty Gregory, Mertis Long,
Shirley Houston , Lola Pouts,
Nell Welch, Dorothy Finney,
and J. N. Blaine; more than one
year, Chrietella Estes, Robert
Swindell, Ralph Duvall, Edith
Fritzgerald, Paul Holbrooks, Sal
ly Gregory, Lillian Evans, An
nls Kiiusland, Hazel Shelton,
Nellie McConnell, Wilma Roper,
and Charles Seay.
Activities Included Bingo, door
prizes, and square dancing. The
school was decorated and re
freshments served by members
of tne Cullasaja Parent-Teach
er association.
Reece
Again Heads Republican
Party In Macon
George W. Reece was reelect
ed county Republican chair
man at an organizational meet
ing of the party here Tuesday
night at the courthouse.
Guest speaker at the session
was Hugh Monteith, Sylva at
torney, who recently was nom
inated for congress at a district
Republican convention here.
Another county meeting OS
the party is scheduled for Tues
day at 7:30 p. m. at the court
?bouse for the nomination of
judges, a representative, And
state senator.
Others elected to serve with
Air. Reece include Roy Masii
burn, Mrs. Ed Carpenter, and
W. L. McCoy, vice-chairanen,
and Calvin Henson, secretary
treasurer.
186 Gallons
Of Whiskey
Poured Out
Hf 'Frogi)wn Branch"' ?ver
aspired to reach "high" Cade,
opportunity was pecking at the
dot/r Mondaj' morning.
Local officers dumped 186
galkms of nan-tax paid whiskey 1
into the small Franklin stream.
Th? whiskej was found aboard
a th*re-quarter ton truck in the
Scaly community earlier thai
morning by Highway PatrolmeD
C. M. Byrd and Ed Bryson and
Sheriff J. Hart}- Thomas. The
truck's Illegal cargo was camou
flaged by bushel, baskets and
from all outwarfl appearances
this vehicle was a produce truck. 1
officers said.
CSiarged with transporting
SEE 1*3. 4, PACE 12
HEALTH MEET
PLANNED HERE
A health work conference for
Macon school teachers? featur
ing all phases of health con
nected with schools ? is slated
to be held tomorrow (Friday)
at Franklin High school be
ginning at 2 p. m.
Several doctors and health
authorities will assist in the
program as consultants.
All schools in the western
district have been invited to
(send representatives to the Ma
con County session, according
i to Jack Angel, program chair
man.
The conference will get under
way with a general assembly in
the high school library, and
"workshops" will begin at 2:30
o'clock. Following are the topics
scheduled for discussion:
Nutrition and School Lunch
ton program: Mrs. Jessie D.
Cabe, home economics teacher,
will be the discuss ior leader
SEE I iC. 5, PAGE 12
Miss Higdon
Wins PhS Beta Kappa
Honor
Miss Julia Ann Higdon,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. R.
Higfion, of Franklin, recently
was elected into Phi Beta
Kappa, the highest national
scholastic fraternity, by a fac
ulty selection committee at
Wake Forest college Where she
is a senior this year.
To become a member of the
farternlty, a student must have
a 2.3 average in all work, and
at least a 2.5 average in all
wpper division work. A formal
induction ceremony for new j
members will be held in the .
spring, according to a college
announcement.
Lt. Horsley Tells Of Close Call
? And Tight Friendships In Korea
Lt. James C. Horsley, Jr., of
Franklin, who is cleaving the
Korean "wide, blue yonder" in
a P-51 Mustag, has a war story
to tell? a story of a narrow
escape he recently had, and a
clear picture of the Iron-bound
friendship of American pilots as
they carry the air war to the
Communists.
Following Is a portion of a
letter recently received by the
lieutenant's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Horsley:
. . Monday at 11 a. m. my
lead man and I took off for a
road gap between Kaesong and
Pyopgyang. We got some flak at
several places, but that wasn't ?
toa bad. My plane was a gas
eater and I was getting low on
fuel at about 12:45. We started'
back from Pyongyang at 10,000 '
feet and I had just enough gas
to get home then. Here Is where
the fun started!
"At Hwangju I spotted some1
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 12
List Negro School
?? w i> >ash. __ ~nB* *
And Busses As T op
| Needs Of Schools ]
Reeves
Again Named Commander
Of V. F. W. ?!]
W. W. Reeves, Franklin hard- j
ware merchant, was elected to ,
his second consecutive term as ,
commander of the local Vet- .
erans of Foreign Wars post
Wednesday night of last week.
Elected to serve with the
commander were Jack Ragan,
senior vice-commander, J. Ei (
Perry, Jr., junior vice-com
mander, C. Banks Finger, post
advocate, J. G. "Speck" Murray,
post quartermaster, the Rev.
Robert D. Burnette, post chap
lain, and George R. McSween,
post surgeon.
Named as a three-yeai; trus
tee was Frank W. Plyler, a past
commander.
3 From Here
Escape From
Haywood Jail
Three prisoners recently
moved from the Macon County |
jail to the Haywood county jail
for safekeeping were among six ?
who escaped from the Haywood i
jail Sunday night.
The three were Identified as I
Jake B. and J. B. Hall, Jr.,1
brothers, of Traveler's Rest, S. i
C., and Bennie Queen, a former !
Macon County resident.
Sunday's jail break was the i
first in the history of the 16- i
year-old Haywood jail, and the j
second for Queen, who sawed
i his way out of the Macon jail
i February 7. He later was a.r- 1
rested in Detroit, Mich., and re
turned here to await trial on
charges of abandonment and
automobile theft.
Queen and the Hall broth
ers, both ex-convicts with
lengthy records, were taken to
the Haywood jail about the
middle of February.
The Halls were arrested Feb
! ruary 11 on the Georgia road
j (US 23), their small coupe load
ed with guns and stolen goods.
A companion, David Lee Over
man, an escapee from a North
I Carolina prison camp, was tak
en to the Macon prison camp.
All three were wanted for the
j robbery of a South Carolina
store the week-end before they
were apprehended here.
Two of the six escapees have
been captured, according to loc
al officers, leaving Queen, the
Halls, and Jerry Smith, 27, of
Balsam, still at large.
Sunday's break made by
cutting a hole In the wall of a
bull pen shower, the prisoners
lowering themselves three stor
ies to the ground on a rope
made from blankets, author
ities said.
Mrs. Shuler,
Of Watauga,
Dies, Aged 92
Mrs. Harriett Brendle Shuler, j
one of Macon County's oldest
natives, died Wednesday morn
ing of last week at her home ,
in the Watauga community.
Ninety-two years old, she had
been in poor health for some
time.
Funeral services were con- j
ducted at the Watauga Baptist
church Friday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock by the Rev. Lee Craw
ford and the Rev. Joe Bishop.
Burial followed in the church
cemetery.
Born In June, 1800, Mrs. Shul
er was the daughter of John
and Mrs. Amanda Ingram I
Brendle. A member of the Wa- , i
tauga church, she was married '
in 1880 to W. H. Shuler, who j '
died in 1922.
Surviving are 92 descendants:
a daughter, Mrs. Martha Cog- 1 1
gins, of Franklin, Route 4; three ! ,
sons, John, of St. Charles, Va.P j
H. T., of Asheville, and Lon, of (
SEE NO. 6, PAGE 12 I
Citizens' Group Will Urge
Commissioners T o
Take Action
New school busses and a rew
tfegro school for the 1952-53
>chool year are given top prior
ty in a recommendation ap
proved by the Macon Cour.ty
citizens' Committee fo' EdncT
tion. *.auca
The group's recommendation
for the two ? ur- nV needs?
suggesting that .-<>0.000 be made
available either f . n the county
3ebt service surol . 0r an in
!;T52sVn ,ax " -*s sched
uled to Oc pr<v.c-:.- d to the
boaid o. cor.hty corr.missioners
at a board mooting ? Tone' a v.
Endoi moments of the citizens*
committee's $201,000 school
need report, by mtir.bc-r organ
izations of the citizens' group ?
also will be turned over to the
commissioners. The report, aft
er being endorsed by the county
board of education, was placed
with the county commissioners
several weeks ago.
Decision to place new school
busses and construction o. a
new Negro school foremost
among needs followed len? .\y
discussion at a meeting of the
citizens' committee Mondav
night. '
Present at the session a*
vited guests were Bob S. Sic"4j,
chairman of the county tc d
of education, and Board N. 1
bers J. C. Sorrells and V,
Gibson. According to officei ?
the citizens' organization, en
invitation was sent to the 1.
bers of the board of cou-;y
commissioners, but that th. -e
man board was not rep re. -
ed.
Placed third in the comm.t
tee's recommendation was
torial supplies, it was brought
out at the meeting that aJa:
tional supplies are needed to
keep the new school build.ngs
clean.
"The transportation system
will be even worse next year
| than now," County School Supt.
Holland McSwain told the group
j during the discussion of more
busses for the county fleet. W
jG. Crawford, principal at ?ast
j Franklin elementary, and Lions
[club representative oa the citi
j zens' committee, pointed out
that a number of children ar
rive at his school as early as
7:30 a. m.( and because of a>
shortage of busses, frequently
do not leave for home in the
afternoon before 4:10.
"That isn't very easy on a
first grader", Mr. Crawford de
clared.
Mr Sloan suggested a method
to raise funds that "will not in
I crease the tax rate one penny".
that the count?
nu3 ttftre than <100,000 In debt
(service surplus, and "although
I m told legally you cant spent
'said 1 ?0ard chairman,
saia, the county could mwt
I n?t year s debty serv^ ^
gatlon from surplus, and then
take an amount of tax receints
needed for the school?
it m school capital outlay
Mr. Sloan explained that this
method was used by the countv
'P* $60,000 to complete
this county s new school build
SEE NO. 7, PAGE 12
Mrs. A. B. Slagle has return
ed to her home, following a
visit with "her daughter, Mra.
G. C; Butler, in Aynor, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Clinton Brook- ,
shire, of Aiken, S. C., spent th?
week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Brookshire.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipitation for the
past seven days, and the low temperature ;
yesterday, as recorded at the Coweeta E? j
pcriment station.
High Low Pet.,
Wednesday 64 34
Thursday 62 32
Friday 59 33 ,
Saturday 66 22 _
Sunday 68 28 _
Monday 68 46 .IS
Tuesday 75 50 JC
Wednesday 41 .IS
Franklin Rainfall
A? recorded by Manson Stiles far TVA>
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
Saturday, Sunday, none; Mon
lay, .04; Tuesday, .08; Wednea
iay, .10.