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10 GRADUATING
AT HIGHLANDS
Program for Commence
ment Exercises Is
Made rublic
Five boys and five girls will re
ceive diploma at graduation exer
cises ot the Highlands high school
to he held in the Highlands audi
torium Wednesday night of next
week. They are : Lucian Jones,
jack Potts, Edward Potts, Howard
Lrunkleton, Harry Neely, Mary
Keener, Corinne Paul, Bernice Rice,
trances Rogers and Grace McKin
ney. the complete program for the
commencement exercises, which will
start on May 5 and continue
through May 8, has been announc
ed Dy Principal O. F. Summer as
follows:
11 a. m. Sunday, May 5 bacca
laureate sermon.
8 p. m. Monday, May 6 debate:
"Resolved, that the United States
should adopt the policy of extend
ing aid to general public educa
tion." Affirmative, Edward Potts,
Harry Neejy; negative, George
Penland, Guy Paul
Declamations "International Un
derstanding," by Elihu Burritt
Billy Nail.
Readings "Chalk Marks on the
Gate." by Elizabeth Halloway
Tessie McDowell; ;"The Eclipse,"
by Mark Twain Estelle Edwards.
A gold medal will be awarded to
the winner of each of the three
contests.
Senior Play
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will be presented. Miss Kate Moore
is director of the. play and Bernice
Rice, senior, assistant director. The
cast of characters includes all other
members of the graduating class
and is as follows:
Micro, the chore boy who wants
to be a detective Lucian Jones;
Mrs. Graustark, crippled old lady
Corinne Paul; Helen Hunter,
Mrs. Graustark's grandchild Mary
Keener; Robert Morse, a lawyer in
love with Helen Jack Potts; Hon
or, the house-keeper Frances Rog
ers; Nita, her pretty daughter
Grace McKinney; Braxton Hunter,
Helen's husband, ex-soldier Ed
ward Potts; Sam Houston, private
detective Howard Crunkleton ; Ser
geantHarry Neery.
A small admission will be charg
ed for the play to defray com
mencement expenses.
Herbert To Speak
Graduation exercises will be held
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock,
with the following program:
Salutatory, Corinne Paul; proph
ecy, Bernice Rice; will, Edward
Potts; history, Jack Potts ; analysis,
Harry Neely; valedictory, Mary
Keener; address to the seniors by
Rev. C. C. Herbert, of Franklin;
presentation of diplomas by Prin.
O. F. Summer; response to presen
tation by Grace McKinney.
Two parties were given last
week-end honoring members of the
high school graduating class, va
rious speakers in the coming com
mencement program, and others.
Miss Kate Moore entertained Fri
day evening with a card party. A
number of guests besides seniors
were present and all enjoyed a
pleasant evening. Miss Moore serv
ed delicious refreshments.
Jack Potts gave a dance at his
home Saturday evening, which was
attended by about thirty young
people, including graduates and out-of-town
guests.
Leases Pierson House
W. S. Davis, in Franklin Wednes
day, announced that he and Mrs.
Davis owners of the Pierson
House, Highlands resort hotel, had
leased the hotel for the summer to
D A. Cunningham, of Parrott, Ga.
Mr. Parrott is an experienced
hotel man, having been, in the busi
es for a number of years, Mr.
Dans said. During the past winter
he operated a hotel at Miami, Fla.
113 Years Old
Baptist Church To Ob
serve Birthday
The Franklin Baptist church,
which will be 113 years old on
Tuesday, May 7, will celebrate the
occasion Sunday by holding an an
nual membership day and roll call
of the church.
A circular letter sent out by the
Rev. E. R. Eller, pastor of the
church, urged that all members of
the church, both resident and non
resident, make special efforts to be
present.
"A special feature of the day,"
the letter said, "will be a birthday
offering for the church Each fam
ily of the membership is asked to
lay aside and bring on that day at
least $1.13 as a birthday offering
to the church, this offering to be
separate and apart from the regu
lar offering and over and above
regular pledges. This will be tak
en at the close of the service by
an old time 'marching offering.' "
MACON TAXES
1MB) TO $1
Representative Ray's Tax
Relief Bill Is
Ratified
Representative J. Frank Ray's
bill to limit Macon county's tax
levy to $1 on the $100 valuation
was passed by the senate last Fri
day and ratified on Wednesday,
according to information received
from Raleigh.
It was also reported that another
tax bill introduced by Mr. Ray,
postponing from June until Sep
tember the time for selling land
for delinquent 1934 taxes, had been
passed by both houses and was
expected to be ratified this week.
Law's ProwUion
The bill limiting the tax levy to
$1 declares that an "economic
emergency" exists in this county
and directs the county commis
sioners during 1935 and 1936 to
levy only such taxes for debt ser
vice and other purposes as the tax
payers can afford to pay and re
tain their homes, not exceeding $1
on the $100 valuation. After 1936
the commissioners are empowered
to decide each year, subject to
court review, whether the emer
gency still exists and, if they lind
that it does to levy taxes accord
ing to the ability of the property
owners to pay. The measure also
empowers the commissioners to
conduct refinancing negotiations
with county bondholders.
Other Bills Enacted
Other bills introduced by Mr. Ray
which were ratified this week were :
Fixing the fees of jurors in Ma
con county at $2.50 a day plus five
cents a mile for one round trip
between juror's home and the court
house. Fixing the quail hunting season
in Macon county from November
20 to February 1, inclusive.
The senate elections committee
gave a favorable report Friday to
Senator Browning's bill to repeal
the absentee ballot law for Macon,
Cherokee and Swain counties.
Funeral Service Held
For Miss Emma Siler
Miss Emma Siler died Easter
morning and was buried at Mt.
ion Methodist church the same
afternoon. She was 67 years and
5 months of a. She was a sis
ter of the late Rev. Frank Siler.
The Rev. J. B. Tabor conducted
the funeral.
For the past several months Miss
Siler had made her home with H.
C. Hurst. She had been ill for
s'ome weeks following an attack
of influenza.
She leaves no immediate family
in North Carolina, but had a host
of friends. She joined the Mt.
Zion church as a child and was
a faithful and devoted member all
her life.
147 Pass 7th Grade Exams;
Eligible for
One hundred and forty-seven
grade examination given at four
and will be eligible to enter high school at the opening of the next
school term.
At Franklin, where 209 pupils from 32 schools took the test, 116
made passing grades; 17 passed at Highlands, three at Scaly and
eleven at Nantahala.
Names of those who passed were announced Wednesday by M. D.
Billings, county superintendent of schools, and G. L. Houk, Franklin
principal, as follows:
Franklin
Catherine Angel
Dorothy Ashe
Allison Brown
Helen Browning
Elizabeth Cabe
Sarah Conky
Henderson Dean
Marie Elders
Katherine Ellard
Eugene Fun
Dorothy Grindstaff
Lillian Jones
Gladys Holcombe
Virginia Justice
Rosa Lee Kiser
Philip Noland
Julian Poliakoff
Mattie Raby
Harold Roper
Mildred Roper
Evelyn Scott
Edith Seay
J. D. Sutton
Jack Tessier
Virginia Tessier
John Vinson
Josephine Waldroop
Mildred Waldroop
Ray Franklin
Ray Barnard
Jean Fouts
Dorothy
Sadie Franks
J. B. Morrison
Pauline Reid
George Sellers
Jessie Calloway
Edith Cunningham
John Jamison
Dean Carpenter
Sam Higdon
Robie Higdon
Beula Moses
George Teem
Elsie Tyler
J. D. Crisp
Davis Corbin
A J. Davis
Furman McCoy
Edward Mashburn
Lee Keener
Mitchell McCoy
Shirley McCoy
Hazel Bradley
Virginia Gray
Blon Ramey
Kenneth Young
Dovie Carpenter
Billy Corbin
Dorothy Henson
Montee Justice
Myrel Vinson
Bernice McDowell
Hazel Brown
Wattle Ledbetter
Osceola Lewis
Florence Ledbetter
Mary Jo Setzer
Dempsey Sweatman
Louise Waldroop
Madelyn Warden
Marjorie Warden
Earl Sneed
Charles Owen
Blonnie Gibbs
Lyle Shepherd
Lynette Martin
Lionel Meadows
Marie Duvall
Leona Carnes
Minnie Ledford
Harve Roper
Connie Mason
Zeb Meadows
Trixie Lee Rowland
Albert Ramsey, Jr.
Helen Jacobs
Kenneth Evans
George Patton
Mack Patton
Fred Frazier
Jane Frazier
Earl Keener,
Bertha Cabe
Edith Cabe
Annie Seay
Bessie Seay
Elwood Bailey
J. V. Beeoo
Edith Morgan
Hazel Smith
Election
With Ticket Unopposed,
Few Votes Expected
Franklin will hold a "cut and
dried" town election next Tuesday
with all candidates unopposed.
The ticket reads:
For mayor George. Patton.
For aldermen T. W. Angel, Sr.,
G. E. Brown, J. O. Harrison, H. S.
Higgins, J. A Palmer, W. C. Wilk
es. Few registrations were reported
after the books closed last Satur
day, and a very small vote is ex
pected next Tuesday, as the elec
tion is merely a formality required
under the law.
HIGHLANDS TO
VOTE TUESDAY
Highlands voters will go to the
polls Tuesday of next week to elect
a mayor and five commissioners to
serve for the next two years. S. P.
Pierson, the present mayor, is un
opposed for reelection.
Eight candidates are on the tick
et for commissioners. They are:
J. J. Smith, L. W. Rice, M. A.
Pierson, S. E. Potts, W. W. Ed
wards, W H Cobb, E H. Brown
and G. W. Marett.
Members of the present board
are: J. E. Potts, C. J. Anderson,
L. W. Rice, J. J. Smith and M.
A. Pierson.
High School
pupils passed the standard seventh
Macon county schools on March. 23
Lee Morrison
Alley Edwards
Otela Bryson
Madge Henson
Brownlow Addington
Wilson Donaldson
Alex Rickman
James Crawford
Wayne Bradley
Madge Henson
Darrell Tallent
Lewie Holland
Alice Ledbetter
Violet Bryant
Edna Ramey
Bernice Ledford
HigUhnd
Richard Zoellner
Alma Penland
Frances McCall
Doris Potts
Peggy Thompson
Manila Reese
Marveta Reese
Ona Owens
Harold McConnell
Clarence Creswell
Edith Crunkleton
Harry Beal
Agnes Roper
Corinne Wilson
Leslie Reese
John Alexander
Garaell Miller
Scaly
Oma McConnell
Hoyt Vincent
Lucy Dryman
Nantahala
Julia Lee
R. V. Mack
Locke Stepp
Versa Douthet
Garland Bateman
D. L. Owenby
Bill Wright
Grace Owenby
Irene Wright
Frances Rowland
Christie Douthet
SEEKS AIRPORT
FOR HIGHLANDS
Charles F. Redden Confers
With Officials in
Washington
Charles F. Redden, prominent
Highlands resident, has been in
Washington holding conferences
with government officials in an ef
fort to obtain an airport for High
lands, according to press dispatches
from the capital.
He was at the White House first
and later conferred with members
of the national emergency council,
which has been designated as the
federal agency to consider all in
itial projecf applications under the
$4,880,000,000 work relief fund, said
a news story from the Washington
bureau of The Asheville Citizen.
"It would prove a great boon to
Highlands and the immediate re
sort section of North Carolina to
have airport facilities enabling
visitors from Georgia and else
where to avail themselves of air
plane service in reaching the sec
tion," Mr. Redden was quoted as
saying.
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Mr. Kedden has been living in
Highlands for the past two years.
He came to this county from Geor
gia, where he was a member of
"the committee of one hundred,"
an organization of business men
which did much to promote the
industrial and commercial develop
ment of Georgia.
SCHOOL FINALS
STARTSUNDAY
Special Service To Be Held
For Graduates Sunday
Night
Franklin high school seniors were
busy this week taking final exami
nations and preparing for com
mencement exercises scheduled to
start Sunday. There are 45 in the
graduating class, 31 girls and 14
boys. The names of those who are
to receive diplomas will not be
announced until examinations have
been completed.
The class Thursday was holding
elimination contests to select two
boys and two girls to speak at
the graduation finals to be held in
the school auditorium next Tuesday
night.
Hold Outing
On Tuesday night of this week
the senior class held an outing at
the Dry Falls on highway No. 28.
It was the last social gathering of
the class. The annual banquet for
seniors, given by the junior class,
was held in the Rotary hall several
weeks ago.
A special service for the seniors
is to be held at 8 o'clock Sunday
night in the Franklin Methodist
church. The Rev. C. C. Herbert,
Jr., pastor of the church, will
preach.
To War Cap and Gowns
For the first time the seniors
this year will wear caps and gowns
at the graduation exercises. The
program will start at 8:15. G. L.
Houk, principal, said most of the
speaking will be done by students
and that no outside speakers had
been invited to take part in the
program
Mr. Houk will present diplomas
to the graduates.
CL&m Members
Following is a list of the mem
bers of the senior class:
Girls Browning, Christine; Bry
ant, Ida; Clouse, Esther; Conley,
Grace; Duvall, Shirley; Eaton,
Mary; Edwards, Louise; Guffee,
Gertrude ; Higdon, Mary Will ; Kins
land, Evelyn; Leach, Betty; Led
ford, Jarvis; Love, Elizabeth; Mof
fitt, Wilma; Moore, Cleobelle; Par
rish, Bonnie; Phillips, Maude ; Poin
dexter, Evelyn; Raby, Agnes; Ram
ey, Kathryn; Rickman, Alice; Rick
man, Sue; Seay, Esther; Shepherd,
Kate; Soieshee, Frances; Southard,
Ola; Teague, Mary; Tilley, Vir
ginia; Waldroop, Frances; Wells,
Lois; Dills, Mavis.
Boys Cunningham, William; Da
dy, Edmund; Dowdle, Chas. N.;
Franklin, Wayne; Gibson, Paul;
Hurst, Robert; McClure, George;
Meadows, Rex; Norton, Ervin;
Patton, James D.; Poliakoff, Mat
thew; Sloan, Robert; Talley, Nor
man; Wurst, George.
Baptists To Conduct
Home Prayer Meetings
During the next three weeks the
people of hte Baptist church will
conduct a series of prayer meetings
in the homes of Franklin in the
interest of a special series of re
vival meetings to begin on May
19, according to an announcement
by the Rev. E. R. Eller, pastor of
the church.
'There will be one prayer meet
ing in each section of the town
each week, aside from the mid
week prayer meeting in the
church." Mr. Eller said, "All the
people of the town are most cor
dially invited to attend the meet
ings and join together in prayer
for the blessings of the Lord. An
nouncements will be made from
time to time as to the homes in
which the meetings will be held."
Americanism: Many states con
templating new race tracks to help
business; one track taking twelve
million that formerly went to busi
ness houses.