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CIRCULATION Lut 2584 Ww ffanklin ?fr? JRacoutan PRICE 10 Cent a VOL. LXIZ? NO. 15 FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1954 rMim run TEMPORISES FOR PRIMARY RACES HERE Filing Deadline April 17; Four Incumbents File TV political tempo of the May 29 Democratic primary rose this week with the filing of four incumbents. Filing deadline is April 17. Sheriff J. Harry Thomas and Register of Deeds Lake V. Shope both tossed their hata into the ring Monday. Mias Kate McGee, clerk of superior court, who previous ly said she would not seek re-l nomination, made rumors that she would ran again of ficial Monday by filing with Elections Chairman Lee Barn ard Incumbent Claude Cabe, of Otto, abo became the first to file for the fire -member Board of Education. The local race for nomina tion to the state House of Representatives still waa a one man race as of Wednesday noon. C. Banks Finger, Frank lin attorney, announced last week along with C. Jack Ra gan. Franklin mortician, who is seeking nomination as county coroner. J. M. (Jim) Raby, serjeant at-arms in the 1953 General Assembly, and one of several rumored aspirants for the house seat, put himself out of the race with a statement: "Owing to the condition of my health, I feel that I will be unable to spend the time and energy necessary to makd the race in the primary and the general election in the fall. The field is open, go to it. boys!" District, state, and national races for the primary will be covered in full at the end of the filing deadline. Jaycees Pick G. McSween As President Me.-r.bers of the Franklin Junior Chamber of Commerce Monday night named nr. O. R. McSween, local chiropractor, to head their organization for 1954-55. Vic Perry Is the out-going president. Others named to serve with Dr. McSween, who was picked as "Young Man of the Year" here In 1952, include John Cogan, 1st vice president; Lewis SEE NO. 1. PAGE 6 Young's Father Shot To Death By Warden Charles Young, 47, farmer lumbe.rman of Bakersvllle, who was shot to death by a game warden in Bakersville Monday, was the father of .Maurice Younp, a state highway em ployee connected with the resi dent engineer's office In Frank Un. Oflicers are holding Wall Ellis for the slaying. Sylva Outfit Low Bidder For Center W. B. Dlllard Construction Company, Sylva, was low bidder as general contractor for con struction of the proposed Ma con County Health Center. A total of 17 bids were open ed by the Board of County Commissioners last Thursday. The bids are now subject to the approval of the Medical Care Commission, a state agency jointly financing the center with the county. The fully equipped building will cost $29,181.25, with the county's share of the amount coming to roughly $6,000 under an agreement with the commis sion, according to Lake V. Shope, secretary to the county board. Bruce K. Jones, architect with the commission, was here for the review of bids and .Mr. Shope reported he said he was confident the bids would meet with the approval of the com mission. The Dillard outfit, the gen eral contractor for Macon's recent million dollar school building program, submitted a low bid of $17,400. C. E. Holder, of Andrews, was low in plumbing and heating with $2,050 and $1,845, respect ively. A Franklin man. James P. Wurst, was low bidder for the electrical work with $1,945. The difference between the $23,240 total of all the bids and. the $29,181.25 will be used to equip the building, which will go up on Riverview Street on land donated by Dr. Edgar Angel. Construction is expected to start as soon as approval is re ceived from the commission. Mr. Shope said. POTTS HEADS ROTARY CLUB Highlands Conducts Annual Election; Take Over July 1 C. C. Potts Is the new presi dent of the Highlands Rotary Club for 1954-55. At Its annual election Tues day night of last week, the club elected the Rev. Robert E. Early, outgoing president, vlce-presi dent; Stacy C. Russell, (re elected) secretary; and Leslie G. Misener, treasurer. Along with the above officers, A. L. Chalker, C. E. Mitchell, and Frank B. Cook were elected to the board of directors. The new officers will take over their duties July 1. TAX AGENT ARRIVES Jack H. Powell, of Ashevllle, federal internal revenue agent, has been assigned to this area and reported to the Franklin office this week. He and Agent G. L. Forrester, who arrived in March, will work the five west ern counties. Mr. Powell Is living in the Tippett home on Patton Avenue. -'.MS/ Fkttm by ]. P. Brady Practice what you preach is the byword of Mayor W. C. Burreii (right) and Alderman Verlom Swafford (center) follows his lead, as Prelo J. Dryman, chairman of the Lions Club broom sale, ^ves his approval. The mayor proclaimed "Clean-Up Week" in Franklin the week of April 12-17, in conjunction with the broom sale. Chairman Dryman just happened to have a couple of sweeping tools ready for the two town officials. Broom Sale And Clean-Up Kick-Off Slated Monday Members of the Franklin Lions Club will kick-off their annual broom sale Monday in conjunction -with the opening of "Clean-Up Week", proclaim ed by Mayor W. C. Burrell. Prelo J. Dryman, sale chair man, said Lions will conduct an intensive one-day drive in town and will then pin-point their salesmanship on the rural com munities. Money raised from the brooms ?made by blind workers in Greensboro ? is earmarked for work among the blind in this county, the chairman said. Monday, Mayor Burrell issued a proclamation terming the Girl's Death Strange Case, Doctor Says An 11 -year-old girl, Elda Irene Smith, died Sunday morning at Angel Clinic of chemical pois oning and malnutrition. Dr. Furman Angel, clinic di rector, described the East Franklin fourth grader's death as "a very strange case". She was the daughter of Mrs. Pearl Smith, now of New Orleans, La., and since the age of one had been living with Mrs. Vina Haskett in the Clark's Chapel Community. Sheriff J. Harry Thomas said he considered an autopsy un necessary in view of the doc tor's and undertaker's reports. The child. Dr. Angel said, be came ill while In school Tues day of last week and was brought to the clinic Wednes day. He said her death prob ably was caused by a home per manent chemical, which she somehow swallowed. The doctor SSE NO. 2. PAGE 6 Dotson Family Leaves Here Tuesday On Welcome Overseas Trip To France . TTxrrrms? Needle*, Paper Work Now Pa*t It's an out-and-out case of welcoming overseas duty for Mrs. Lawrence Dotson and her two young boys. They're on their way to join Sfc. Dotson, a veteran of 11 years' service with the army, who is stationed with the engi neers in Toul, France. Mrs. Dotson, the former Miss i Hallie Cabe, of Holly Springs, and her boys, Robert, 3, and Harold, seven months, left here , i Tuesday for Fort Hamilton, N Y., where they will receive sail- 1 ing orders. For the past several weeks, the France-bound Dotsons havr been facing the business end of hypodermic needles and piles of forms and papers in prepar- ' ation for their overseas jaunt. Of course, the boys weren't bothered with the paper work, but those needles! The three were taken to New York by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carbin, who plan to spend a short vacation there before re turning:. Mrs. Corbln la Mrs. Dotson's sister. ?r week of April 12-17 as the time for citizens to "fix-up, clean up, and paint-up." Town garbage trucks will be on call during the week to haul away rubbish. Residents want ing this service may telephone 38. Lions have 65 dozen brooms j on hand for the opening sale and the chairman said more will be ordered if a sell-out is anticipated. Sales in the rural commun ities will be worked through the community development pro gram, Mr. Dryman explained, and through May Lions will at tend each community meeting. "Since most of our organiza tion's blind work is conducted in the rural areas", he declar ed, "we decided to put special emphasis on this phase of the sale." In 1953, more than $800 was expended here, including the purchase of glasses for 30 school children, he added. Mr. Dryman is being assisted by Dr. J. L. Hill and Lake V. Shope. I BOARD TALKS HALL AGAIN Aldermen Now Favor Duncan Sub-Division As Building Site Franklin's proposed city hall received another airing Monday night at a meeting of the Board of Aldermen and the site ap parently has now shifted to the Duncan sub-division at West Main and US 23. Previously, aldermen had fa vored utilizing the present fire house and property at Church and Iotla Streets. However, the board seemed of the opinion Monday night that the property U not large enough. Instead, the likely site, as the aldermen see it, is the upper corner of the Duncan sub-di vision (old Baptist property). They projected a two-story city hall to house the town offices, fire department, and other equipment. "To at least get started", the board followed Mayor W. C. Burrell's suggestion to have H. H. Plemmons draw a set of pre liminary plans for presentation at the May meeting. Mounting costs of maintain ing the volunteer fire depart ment were discussed, with spe cial emphasis on the unreim i " ? " PAOF 12 Principal Quits The resignation of Warren H Deyermond as principal of Nan talmli School was announced yesterday i Wednesday) by School Supt. Holland McSwaln His resignation is effective at the end of the current school year. Mr. McSwaln said Mr. Deyer mond, who has headed the school for the past three years, plans to return to his home in M assachuietU. _L 4 Looters' Trials Headline Criminal Docket For Court v TROUT ANGLERS HIT STREAMS Good Catches Made Opening Day; Area Open Dates Listed opening of the trout season found hundreds of agile anglers getting their feet wet Unponf|COn S man* strea|M Unconfirmed reports havp it Si. TL- mr *>? ??? i umit on the opening day Hieh rs/w.?" the appeut? were stil Hn ?Ut, the streams hooine fir Cd With "Mermen / a sood catch. fo7Thn ^ anglers registered Wlldut ?? g at the Wayah when th^anaBement Area and ?eePs heM IT dropped 'heir 2 tril89 ralnbow and 91 "opening6 mar? With a rod and reel as a With a rod and reel as a prize a frouP ?f franklin High students including two girls, went after brought"0"^ aftern??? "n" Wnnernf^. g??d catches Rav Win. r?d and reel was f6,y >Z} ?S' who landed a 16 4-mch brown with a red XmaMi?,Ho,,r1 wicn a 15'4-inch brown and with6 a l4^df?vfd copPed 'hird th a 14-inch brown. The girl in 8.f SK,b0th of "horn brought Rmw tTOut. were Evelyn Brown and Lois Houston oth eis taking part in the contest we?re BifldWbywthe B?ys Counci'.' were Bill Waldroop, Gene Mash &??*??}; No.en. Gene Mc" lent' aien J*' !Cenneth Tal ent. Glen Sanders, Harold Kimsey, and Max Cabe. In county waters, the Rev ^Underwood, pastor of the Baptist rh, , hand Bigdonville inch brown on C3Ught a 19" <>eek ? '-"SSK Church. nCar the Bigdonville a Tuue "shin* thl* year costs a little more than last with an* !Pefial trout "cense a, an cost si Mn SpeciaI "cense costs j? and a daily permit areas $1. -"MX rrJ7le, st'reams of the Coweeta ed to? fllhinLabfrat0ry are CIos" a to 'tshing at all times. Open dates in the Wavah 1nH s.r,?s Indlan ar,??r, 25A?I": 21 ?MlfwIiV-* 1!' " AV',H 1 ?? '???. P. T. A. TO MEET A short Easter program by school children will feature a meeting of the Cowee P. T. A. tonight (Thursday i at the school. The meeting is set for 7:30 o'clock. Trials of four Transylvania County men responsible for looting 12 summer homes in the Highlands area will headline the crim inal docket when the April term of Superior Court opens here Monday morning. The four men? Herbert Hoover Volrath, 25, Jimmy Volrath, 21, Ray McCall, 21, and Ernest Fisher, 18 ? will be brought before Judge H. Hoyle Sink, of Greensboro, on 12 charges each of lar ceny and breaking and entering. All are members of an alleged organized theft ring that ex* panded its operations over seven counties in North and South Two Easter Dawn Rites Are Slated Easter sunrise services in the Franklin and Highlands areas are now In the final stages of planning. The Franklin service will be held on mile-high Wayah Bald at "High Haven", the camp of Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones. Highlands citizens plan their dawn rite atop Whiteside Moun tain, a top tourist attraction in this area which boasts of "The Highest Cliffs in Eastern Amer ica". The Rev. Bryan Hatchett, pastor of the Franklin Presby terian Church, has been select ed to deliver the Eastern mes sage at the Wayah service. Special recorded music and a loudspeaker system for outside broadcasting are being arrang ed by Frank Martin. Final de tails, including the time of the service, will be announced next week. With other pastors of the area assisting, the Rev. John Buell, pastor of the Highlands Bap tist Church, will give the mes sage at the Whiteside service. The owners of the mountain have announced the toll road winding to the crest of the mountain will be open tree of charge for the service, which is scheduled to begin at 5:24 a. m. ? sunrise.- Music over a public address system will begin at 5 o'clock and will continue until the service begins. The two Macon services an nually draw large crowds of worshippers from over Western North Carolina. Pre-Easter Rites Set In Franklin A pre-Easter revival series opens Sunday at the Franklin Methodist Church with several local ministers assisting the Rev. C. E. Murray with nightly services. The week-long series, which will close April 16, is open to the public, services are planned each night at 7:30 o'clock. Mr. Murray will preach on the opening and closing nights. The Rev. W. N. Cook, retired Baptist preacher, will have charge Monday; the Rev. Bryan Hatchett, Presbyterian pastor, Tuesday; Dr. A. Rufus Morgan, Episcopal rector, Wednesday; and the Rev. M. W. Chapman, Baptist pastor, Thursday. In announcing the series, Mr. Murray also said his church will hold a Palm Sunday bap tismal service at 4 p. m. Sun day (April 11). Highlands Honor Students Miss Hopper Miss James Ml?- Sue Hopper and Miss Geraldine James have been se- ' letted as valedictorian and salutatorlan of Highland* Hi*h School. Class of 1954. The Taledlctorian Is the daughter of Mr. tnd Mrs. Pratt McClure, the saint* to rian the daughter of Mrs. burton lima Carolina earner in the year. Of ficers of the seven counties and two states smashed the ring in a surprise raid February 18 near Brevard and recovered most of the stolen property. For the Volraths and McCall, their trials here put them an other step closer to prison. The three received stiff sentences last week in Brevard for rob beries in that area. Paul Barnes, 20, also of Tran sylvania, the fifth member of the rings, is not charged here. The Volraths are in custody in Waynesville and will be mov ed here under guard for trial, according to Sheriff J. Harry Thomas. McCall and Fisher are in the county jail here. From all Inaications, the criminal docket for the term is going to be one of the largest in recent years. Through Mon day afternoon more than 150 cases ? the majority motor ve hicles violations ? had been dock eted, according to Miss Kate McGee. clerk of court. Those charged on the docket with drunk driving include Lester B. Chappel, Henderson Hayes, Lester L. Arnold, Harold Martin. Arthur D. Hayes (also carrying concealed weapon* , James Daves Tallent, Charles H. Ledford, Jimmie Holder, Ray Gibson, Paul H. Chllders, Rob ert Warren Munger, Bobby Jack Reece ( also reckless driving and speeding ? . Charles Kenneth Cloer, Bobby <Lee Holcomb, Grover Eugene Crisp. Shirley Childers (also reckless driving, hit and run, failing to report an accident i, Arthur O. Irby 'also no driver's license, reck less driving, and manslaughter ?, Charles T. Tallent. Ttves Wiley Canup (also no driver's license", Leslie Leroy Johnson, Charles Terrell Tallent, Clyde Thomas Burrell, Tom Chunk Sherlock, Grover Britt Reynolds (also im proper brakes i ; Willie Mackey, William Robert Cabe, George Herman Harris, John W. Mc Dowell ( also no driver's li cense), Frank Baldwin. James Marvin Pickens, Robert Marion Harris (also speeding and no driver's license", Halen Dills, Howard Richard Hopkins, James Moody Younce, and David Jos eph Watson. Other cases slated for trial are: Rufus A. Askew, fraud; Earn est Bennett, non-support of il legitimate child; Jural Smith and Louise Hall, adultery; Shir ley Walter Kerns, abandonment; Charlie William Paul, careless and reckless driving; Norman P. Fitzgerald, abandonment; J. D. Welch, resisting arrest; Clif ford Alexander Fox, reckless driving, carrying concealed wea pon; Zeb Buchanan, carrying concealed weapon : William Smalls, no driver's license, op erating motor vehicle on bor rowed license; Arthur Elijah, loaning driver's license and per mitting another to operate mo tor vehicle on his license. Qulnton Benfleld. speeding; Oeorge Lambert, violation of prohibition laws; Hoyt Reuben Watts, driving while driver's li cense revoked; O. H. Burnside, assault (two charges); William SEE NO 3, PAGE 12 The Weather The week'* temperature* and rainfall, u ^corded in Franklin bj Vfanaoa SHl?a. S weather observer, and at the Cowe^ta Ivdnfogic Laboratory FRANKLIN Temperatures High Low Rain Wednesday I'hursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday ruesdav Wednesday rhursday F"riday Saturday Sunday Monday 71 55 115 65 32 .21 71 ' 29 73 36 73 34 . 74 43 .. . . 69 53 09 COWEETA Temperatures High Low Rain 70 60 69 73 71 73 58 31 28 39 32 41 1.29 29
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