PANTHERS WIN OPENING GAME WITH ANDREWS Score: 41 To 7; Game Slated Friday With Clayton, Ga. Hard-driving and fleet-footed backs sparked the Franklin High Panthers to a 41 to 7 vic tc;y over Andrews here Friday night hi a game that officially ' launched the 1952 erid season 1 in Macon County. The Panthers' second game of the season is slated at the Franklin stadium Friday night ! against Clayton, Ga. Game time is 8 o'clock. Despite a muddy field, Coach Ralph (Chuck) McConnell's grid machine went through its paces with professional precision, starting its game-winning drive with the opening kick-off. The Panthers' bull-like line turned the game into a field day for the backfleld. Halfback Richard Rensh s> w and Fullback Sammy Hende-on each power ed over for tvo of Franklin's TD's, with Bac^s Richard Rus sell and Junior I ills racking up one each. A 60-yard drive with the open ing kick-off sent the Panthers pay dirt bound with Renshaw hauling the payroll into the bank from the 12 yard line. Henderson's line buck for the extra point was no good. An other Panther push down to paydlrt in the first half saw Renshaw trot over from the 10 after Henderson set up the sec ond TD with a 25-yard run. Henderson plowed over for the extra. Recharged during half-time, the Andrews lads took the kick off and shoved their only score across on the third play, a pass from Leroy Gllber to Jimmy Cathy. Raxter toed over the extra point. The powerful Panthers struck again with Henderson toting the ball down the middle for 50 yards before being hauled down from behind on the 2-yard line. The hard-hitting little fullback bounced back, powered over for his first TD of the night, and shoved over the extra tally. Dills tucked away a pass in tended for Andrew's Gilbert and trotted 40 yards to rack up Franklin's fourth score and turned over the extra point honors to Henderson ? who tore loose minutes later on a 58 yard Jaunt and extra point ex hibition that pushed the score to 34 to 7. Russell chalked up the Panth ers' final score after Center Roger Seay intercepted an An drews' aerial and took the ball down the field for 20 yards to the Andrews 20. Henderson made the extra. Statistics: First downs (F) 14? (A) 3; Yds. gained rushing (F) 348 ? (A) Passes att'd (F) 1 ? (A) 9; Passes comp. (F? 0 ? (A)3; Yds. gained passing (F) 0? (A) 80; Passes Intercepted (F) 3? (A) 0; Yds. gained Interceptions (F) 85 ? (A)0; Fumbles recovered bv I. P. Rrad9 FOOTBALL SQUAt)? No, bul a squad essential to the success of any football team ? cheer leaders. Chosen last week, the cheer-crew poured on the coal at Frida.v's opening game bet-ween the Panthers and Andrews, boosting their team t tives from the 12th congression- | al district, George A. Shuford, of Asheville, is scheduled to ad dress an organizational meeting of the Young Democrats' club at the courthouse tonight (Thursday). The meeting will get under way at 8 o'clock. In addition to Mr. Shuford's speech, the meeting will be highlighted by the election of new officers lor the year and mapping of campaign plans for the general election In Norem ber, according to Bob S- Sloan, Macon YDC president. Also slated for discussion is the local club's part in the Democratic Caravan, which swing through Western North Carolina the last of this month. C. Banks Finger, local dele gate to the state YDC conven tion In Greensboro recently, will report to the group. Franklin Circuit Church Officials Elected At Meet Officials of the Franklin Methodist circuit for the com ing year were elected at a spe cial circuit conference Monday night at the circuit parsonage. The Rev. C. E. Murray, Frank lin pastor, presided In the stead of the district superintendent, i the Rev. W-. Jackson Honeycutt. The Rev. J. D. Pyatt Is the clr icuit pastor. ! All of the six churches on the circuit were represented at the meeting, attended by about 30 persons. V Stewards for the year were elected as follows: Bethel church : Prltchard Peek, Mrs. Robert Fulton, T. Shook, Leonard Horn, T. T. Henderson, and Mrs. J. M. Mc cracken. Clark's Chapel: Wiley Brown, Charlie Wooten, Ned Dowdle, Charlie Sutton, Wiilard Keener, anil George Doster. Xotla: R. B. Daves, J. C. Myers, j J. C. Cansler, Verlon Poindex ter, Miss Elizabeth Medows, and | John Southard. Louisa : George Reece, Mrs. Byron Waldrooo, Bert Waldroop, Richard Bingham, and Law rence Green. Salem: Mrs. Fred Bryson. Sam Bryson, Sr., Mrs. LOTi* Elders, tend Fred Blaine: Snow Hill: Joel Daltun. C. N. West, Leo Hurst. Mrs. J. L. West, Sr., J. L. West, Jr, GeoiwByrd, and J. C. Sorrells. Sunday school superintendents chosen are: Mrs. Prltchard Peek, at Beth el; Ned Dowdle, Clark's Chapel; Roy Ramsey, Iotla; Lawrence Green, Louisa; Mrs. LllOe Eld ers, Salem; and Leon Cabe, Snow Hill. Quartet Will Give Show Here; Sponsor Is Carson Community The Modern Gospel quartet, of Toccoa. Ga.. will appear at the East Franklin school at 8 o'clock Saturday' night, in a benefit performance sponsored by the Garson Rural Develop ment organization. Admission charges will be 60 cents for adults, 30 cents for children. Bishop Henry Will Hold Service At Church Of Good Shepherd, Cashiers The Rt. Rev. M. George Hen- I ry, of Asheville, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Western ' North Carolina, will conduct a ' servip" at the Cashiers Church 1 of the Good Shepherd Sunday ' afternoon at 5 /o'clock, it has been announced. Franklin Patrons Bring New Problem To Beard At Protest Meeting Split grades ? involving >cmc , 25 fourth, fifth, and sixth graders at Franklin elementary school? are being used, accord ing to Principal R. G. Sutton. Yesterday (Wednesday t the principal said some fourth grad ers taught by Miss Edna Jami son have been shifted to Mrs. Edith 8. Hemphill's fifth grade and several students In Mrs. Lola Riser's sixth grade have been moved to Mrs. Margaret Ramsey's fifth grade. The split-grade Issue turned a protest meeting of citizens of the Patton community and the county board of education Wed nesday night of last week Into a double-barreled affair for the school board, when several pa trons of the Franklin school showed up at the meeting. Patton cltlsens, who had ask ed for the meeting, were pro testing the board's decision to send their children to a dif ferent school; Franklin school patrons wanted an answer from the board concerning rumors that spilt grades would have to be used at Franklin. Explaining their appearance at the meeting, the Franklin patrons said Mr. Sutton was supposed to meet them at the meeting so something could be worked out. The principal did not arrive. After pointing out at the meeting that split grades have proved satisfactory In other county schools as a means of preventing over-crowded classes. Board Chairman Bob S. Sloan ] told the Franklin patrons, "I, i personally, am not going to fa vor Franklin at the expense of the rest of the county", al- ; though he said he was not in favor of mixing classes. Mixed classes, he explained, sometimes have to be used in all fairness to teachers and pupils crowded into a single room. He also pointed out that the , decision was not up to the J board of education, but was up i to the principal. Mr. Sutton, | who has a more thorough und erstanding of the pupil-teacher problem since be is more closely associated with it. Revival Begins Sunday At Mt. Sinai Charch _The Rev. Fred SorrelLs, pas tor trt the Mt. Sinml Assembly of Ood church, announced this week "Quit a revival will open at the church Sunday night, with the Rev. and Mrs. Jim Aademn, of Texas, as evange lists. Services are planned nightly at 7:30 o'clock for two weeks. Death Qf Miss Gribble, Macon Native, Learned; Succumbs In Washington Word has been received here of the death In Forks Wash., of Miss Emma Gribble. a native of Macon County, who had been living in 'Washington for the past -three years. She was 81 years oW. PLAN BAKE SALE Members of the Good Neigh bor Bible club of Sloan's Chap el plan a bake sale nert Thurs day, September 25, at the Chil dren's shop In Franklin, it has been announced. HOMECOMING PLANNED A homecoming is planned at . the Olive Hill Gospel Chapel [ Sunday, it has been announced, j The service will feature special j singing, dinner on the croiinds j and preaching. The public is, invited. PATROLMAN IMPROVINK Jim Waldroop, state highway patrolman in Jefferson county, is reported to be recovering , from injuries received Septem ber 7 when he was beat up and slugged while arresting, several i drunks. Although injured, it is understood he still made his ar- ! rests and then was hospitalized, i Mr. Waldroop is the son of Mrs. Jf.ines Hauser, of Franklin.' P a 1 1 o n Citizens, School Boa' d Reagh Agreement; Uproar Subsides The uproar caused by the county board 01 education's de cision to shift children in the Patton community to a differ ent school subsided Friday when the board and the citi zens of the community agreed to compromise The compromise : Approxi mately half of the Patton com munity's school children will go to Cartoogechaye, the other half to Franklin elementary. The dividing line in the com munity was drawn near where the Louisa church road enters the Patton community ? chil dren on the west side will go to Cartoogechaye, and the east sMe to Franklin Angry opposition to the botnrs decision to switch the Patton children from Cartooge chaye to Union school to fill a vacant classroom picked up speed during a protest meeting at the courthouse Wednesday night of last week, and reached its peak soon after the educa tion board, at a special session following the meeting, unanf mlously voted to stand behind its decision. Veiled threats aimed at mem bers of the board echoed through the lower hall of the courthouse when the board meeting broke up and the Pat ton citizens, who called the protest meeting, learned of the decision. Several men followed Board Chairman Bob S. Sloan to his car as he left the meeting. About 30 men and women ctop ped Board Member J. C. Sor rells in the hall and demanded an explanation. County School Supt. Holland McSwain soon joined Mr. SorreHs to explain why the board had taken such action. Although tempers remained at high pitch and the outcome of the protest meeting .was dis cussed pro and con on a coun ty-wide basis Thursday and most of Friday, the compromise apparently has cooled things off considerably. The classroom at Union' school, which the board was trying to utilize, is still vacant. The education board's initial decision ? designed to relieve crowded conditions and involv ing the transfer of the Palflon' children and three Franklin elementary teachers ? was mad* at a special board meeting 8ep? tember 8. The board sought*, to make the changes because of (1) overcrowded conditions at. the East Franklin and Cartooge' chaye elementary schools, where the average teacher load was 36 pupils at the former and 49 at the latter, (2) a vacant classroom at Union school, <5> having to use the old FranklUr High school building for overt flow classes from the Franklin: elementary school, and <49 w below average pupil load per teacher of 26 at Franklin ele mentary. After studying attendance figures, the board decided that" sending the Patton children to two different schools uirder terms of the compromise would not over burden either school, according to Supt. McSwain. And. he added, the new agree ment still eliminates the use of the old High school building for elementary classes ? something the board has been trying to avoid. However, two Franklin ele mentary teachers hpve been transferred to Cartocgechayr? and East Franklin They am Mrs. Esther Wallace, to Car toogechave ? Mr*. E]i-ab*th Hig don, East Franklin. A third Franklin elementary teacher. Mrs. Margaret Flanagan, who was slated for transfer tcr Uo ion under the eld decision, is teaching the eighth grade at Franklin High, making it pos sible for all of Franklin High's teachers to devote their full time to the high school. In the past, the eighth grade was taught \>y a high school teach er; Another complaint registered SEE NO. 3, PAGE 12