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0 f tgijUmite JBarontan LIBERAL INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE TOWN ELECTION VOTING LIGHT New Board Decides To Make No Changes at This Time Franklin's unopposed "caucus ticket" was officially elected in Tuesday's biennial town election and the new board of aldermen held its first meeting Wednesday night. Later it was announced that for the time being, at least, there would be no changes in the personnel- of town employes. In view of the .fact that only seven men were running for the seven offices to be filled, voting in Tuesday's election was light, scarcely more than 160 votes being cast. Few "scratches" were re ported, as the tabulation of votes indicates. The official count was as follows: For mayor George Patton 148; for aldermen (sue) T. W. Angel 147, G. E. Brown 153, J. 0. Har rison 143, H. S. Higgins 152, J. A. Palmer 151, W. C. Wilkes. 148. Sam J. Murray was registrar for the election; Frank I. Murray and George Mashburn, judges. During the past two years there have been only three members of the board of aldermen, but Repre sentative J. Frank Ray had the 1935 general assembly increase the number to six Two years ago Frank Ray was elected mayor, and R. D. Sisk, Dr. J. H. Fonts and Broadus Pender grass were chosen as aldermen. Mr. Ray resigned as mayor last fall after his election as representa "tive. The board named Mr. Sisk to succeed him, and then elected W. B. McGuire to fill the vacancy on the board. This board held its Mast meeting Monday night. ELECTION HELD AT HIGHLANDS S. P. Pierson was reelected may or of Highlands Tuesday in the town's biennial town election, L. W. Rke, S. E. Potts, M. A. Pier son, J. J. Smith and W. W. Ed wards was elected members of the board of commissioners. With more than 200 ballots cast, the voting was said to be the heaviest recorded in Highlands for a town election. An unofficial count of the ballots follows : For mayor S. P. Pierson 130; for commissioners (five to be chosen) L. W. Rice 138, S. E. Potts 137, M. A. Pierson 105, J. . J. Smith 132, W. W. Edwards 178, W. H. Cobb 81, J. M. Rogers 84, E. H. Brown 80, E. W. Marett 84. Funeral Services Held For Mrs. Minnie Shepard Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Lee Lanning Shepard, 43, who died at her home at Leatherman at 8 p. m., Thursday, May 2, after a six weeks illness of heart and kid ney diseases, were held at the Shepard cemetery at 4 o'clock Fri day afternoon. The Rev. R. F.' May berry officiated. Mrs. Shepard was born June 29, 1891, near Waynesville, Haywood county, the daughter of the late George and Hester Lanning. She was married on October 9, 1919, to Clyde Shepard, of Leatherman, and th this union were born four sons and three daughters. Mrs. Shepard was a member of the Baptist church. Survivpg are her husband, seven children, Palmer, Rosalee, Lula Bell, Calvin, David, Vance and Bet ty Marie, all of Leatherman; four brothers, Charlie Lanning, of Ore gon; Thomas, Herman and Robert Lanning, of Canton; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Crisp, of Gastonia, and Mrs. Henry Hyde, of Canton. Bill Kitted Ray's Absentee Repealer Reported Unfavorably Representative J. Frank Ray's bill to repeal the absentee ballot law for Macon county is as good as dead, according to information received from .Raleigh. Along with a number of other bills to abolish absentee voting in eastern counties, it was reported, Representative Ray's measure was given an un favorable report by the house com mittee on elections and election laws. With the 1935 session of the gen eral assembly drawing to a close, expected by Friday of this "week, little or no hope is seen of getting the committee to change ' its atti tude, toward the absentee repealers or of forcing the measures onto the floor of the house for considera--tion.' Several weeks ago the senate committee on elections and election laws gave a favorable report to a bill by Senator Browning to re peal the absentee ballot law as it applies to Macon, Cherokee and Swain counties; but, despite this, there is thought to be small like lihood of its final enactment 10 GRADUATED AT HIGHLANDS Presentation of Diplomas Ends Commencement Program four days at commencement ex-1 ercises of the Highlands highf school came to a close weanesaay night with the presentation of di plomas by O. F. Summer, principal of the school, to. 10 members of the graduating class. The gradua tion address was delivered by' the Rev. C. C. Herbert, Jr., pastor of the Franklin Methodist church. Those receiving diplomas were: Mary Keener, Corinne Paul, Ber nice Rice, Grace McKinney, Fran ces Rogers Jack Potts, Edward Potts, Lucian Jones, Harry Neely, Howard Crunkleton. New Auditorium Used The stage of the new Highlands auditorium, where the exercises were held, was attractively decorat ed in futuristic effect with laven der and white, the class colors; lilacs, the class flower; other flow ers, and the class motto: "A win- ner never quits; a quitter never wins," Girls in the graduating class wore white organdie evening dress es and the boys wore white trous1- ers and blue coats. The evening s program was as follows: Salutatory, Corinne Paul; class history. Jack Potts; class prophecy, Bernice Rice; analysis, Harry Neely; class will, Edward Potts; valedictory, Mary Keener; music; graduation address by the Rev. C. C. Herbert, Jr.; presenta tion of diplomas by Mr. Summer; response to presentation, Grace McKinney. The Rev. C. C. McCarty, pastor of the Highlands Presbyterian church, delivered the baccalaureate sermon to the senior class at the auditorium Sunday morning. "Op portunity'' was his topic. Special music was rendered, including solos by Mr. Dozier of CCC Camp NC F-19 and Guy Warren Paul. Medals Awarded On Monday night medals were awarded to the winners of various contests, as follows: Debating, Harry Neely; reading, Estelle Ed wards; declamation, Billy Nail. The senior play, "Drums in My Heart," was presented to a large audience Tuesday night and was one of the most successful senior plays ever given in Highlands. Box office receipts ran to more than $60, which was used to defray commencement expenses. Every member of the senior class had a part in the play. FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 42 GRADUATED AT HIGH SCHOOL Addresses Made by Sen iors; Diplomas Present ed By Houk Thirty girls and twelve boys were graduated Tuesday night from the Franklin high school at exer cises in the school auditorium, which was crowded to capacity. It was estimated that 750 persons found seats, an additional 250 stood in the side and rear aisles, while at least a thousand more, unable to gain admission, milled about in the school yard. It was said to be the largest crowd that ever turned out for a graduation program in Franklin. For the first time in the history of the school the graduates wore academic caps and gowns. Presents Diplomas After a brief address G. L. Houk, principal, presented the diplomas to the following members of the sen ior class: Girls Browning, Chirstine; 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, Wibna; Moore, Cleobelle; Par rish, Bonnie; Phillips, Maude; Poin dexter, Evelyn; Raby, Agnes; Ram ey, Kathryn; Rickman, Alice; Rick man, Sue; Seay, Esther; Shepherd, . . Slrtes&ee, Frances; Southard, Tilley, Virginia ; Waldroop, Frances; Wells, Lois; Dills, Mavis. Boys Dady, Edmund ; Dowdle, Chas. N; Franklin, Wayne; Gib son, Paul; Hurst, Robert; McClure, George; Meadows, Rex; Norton, Ervin; Patton, James D.; Poliakoff, Matthew; Talley,. Norman; Wurst, George. M. D. Billings, county superin tendent of schools, presented cer tificates to a large class of stu dents who had passed the seventh .grade examination and are eligible to enter high school in the fall Graduates Speak This year's program was a de parture from the usual high schoo commencement. Instead of invit ing an outside graduation speaker and having salutatory and valedic- tory addresses, the senior class selected from its own members four young men and women to talk on various phases of the three hundred anniversary of seconday school education in America. Those chosen to maxe the addresses were Edmund Dady, Esther Seay, Mat- thew Foliakoff and Betty Leach Mary Eaton, president of the class, presented $10 to the school in behalf of the graduates, the money to be used toward installing lights in the new school gym nasium. The invocation at the opening of the exercises was pronounced by the Rev. B. W. Lefler. Sunday night the seniors at tended in a body a special service at the Franklin Methodist church. Ministers of the various churches in Franklin took part in the ser vice and the pastor, the Rev. C. C. Herbert, Jr., delivered a gradua tion sermon, taking as his topic "The Abundant Life." Woman Attacked by Ram, Seriously Injured Miss Laura Hawkins is re covering at her home in Hon Cove from serious injuries in flicted last week When she was knocked down by a vicious nam. Miss Hawkins was reported to hve suffered two fracture of one leg, a fractured ankle, a fractured arm and three frac tured ribs. 1935 Evangelist Coming DR. JAMES M. HAYMORE WE CONDUCT REVIVAL HERE Dr. James M. Haymore Coming To Baptist Church May 19 A special series of meetings will begin in the Baptist church on Sunday morning, May 19, and will continue for two weeks or more, according to an announcement by the pastor, the Rev. E: H. EHer. ' Dr. James Monroe Haymore, of Decatur, Ga., will, preach during these meetings. Dr. Haymore is a man of wide pastoral as well as evangelistic experience. ' He has served as pastor of some of the most important Baptist churches in Georgia, namely, First Church, Gainesville ; First Church, Moultrie ; A -:.w:- -?liW BBhESHL. sl Pfl H wKs'' . iiksj.-,:-f ;:'!a First Church, Decatur ; First , it could be built on property al Church, Waycross. and others. He ready owned by the Nantahala was also superintendent of evangel-1 National Forest, and CCC camps ism for the Missouri Baptist board ! in the vicinity could furnish the for five years. During the last labor. ten years he has given all of his! If the government sees fit to time .to evangelistic work among construct the airport, Mr. Redden the Baptist churches of the south, expressed the belief that it would He was born and reared in North greatly stimulate interest in High Carolina, lands as a summer resort and re Dr. Haymore is a strong Gospel suit in the building of a number preacher and is a student and au- of new summer residences there, (Continued on Page Eight) OLD BUSINESS FIRM DISSOLVED Announcement was made this week of the dissolution of Sloan Brothers and Company, one of Franklin's oldest business concerns. For a number of years the com pany has operated Sloan Brothers grocery store, the S. and L. Five and Ten Cent store, of Franklin, and the Clayton Market, Clayton, Ga. The three establishments have been apportioned to separate mem bers of the Sloan family and in the future will be operated by them independently. The grocery store in Franklin is now the property of Mrs. J. S. Sloan; the S. and L. store belongs to her son, Harold T. Sloan, and the Clayton Market is the property of Mrs. W..W. Sloan. Carl Howard will continue as manager of Sloan Brothers grocery store, which this week was install ing modern refrigeration equipment to enable the store to handle meats. Lester Henderson will continue as manager of the five and ten cent store. It was stated that the grocery store would handle both local and western meats as soon as the new refrigeration equipment is put in operating condition, expected about the middle of next week. $1.50 PER YEAR REDDEN HOPES TO GET AIRPORT Enthusiastic over Outlook On Return from Washington Enthusiastic over prospects of obtaining federal aid for the con struction of an airport near High lands, Charles F. Redden returned to his residence there Saturday night after spending the week in Washington, where he conferred with government officials on the project. Mr. Redden not only contacted government officials, including Mar vin Mclhtyre, President Roosevelt's No. 1 secretary, but also gained the interest of a number of promi nent men, including several of the country's most outstanding news paper publishers. The Highlands man, who was a prominent figure in Georgia be fore coming to this state two years ago, has a twofold purpose in view for the proposed Highlands airport. It would serve as a general airplane landing field for use by the public and as a depot for one or more planes to be used by the forest service. He pointed out that as a public field it would greatly in crease the popularity of Highlands and surrounding territory as a summer resort by enabling people from distant points to get there more quickly. Explaining how the landing field would be of great benefit to the forest service, Mr. Redden said the division of chemical warfare of the Department of -War had invented a smoke bomb capable of extin guishing forest fires. One or two planes equipped with these bombs, he pointed out, could afford forest fire protection for the whole Nan tahala National Forest. Construction of the field should cost the government very little ad ditional outlay, Mr. Redden said, as providing employment for carpen ters, masons paimers ana omcr laborers. Ralph Smith, Washington corre spondent of the Atlanta Journal, commented in that paper last week : "Highlands, the beautiful west ern North Carolina retreat, is now about four hours from Atlanta, but if Charles F. Redden succeeds in what he is undertaking and he never says fail why, Highlands will soon be not more'n fifty minutes from the Gate City ... in a word, folks, Charlie Redden is in Wash ington, pulling for an airport for Highlands, and the prospects of his getting it is far from poor.xxx "Redden, by the way, is among the pioneer aviation promoters of the United States, if, indeed, he isn't the actual pioneer. Way back yonder in 1920-21 he organized the Aeromarine Airways, first enter prise in the country for the car riage of mail and passengers from Miami to Havana and Nassau." Troup Callahan Goes To Washington Troup Callahan, who has been with the store of Joseph Ashear for several years, has been called to Washington, D. C, and is now with the United States Census Bureau, where he was formerly employed. Mrs. Callahan and children and his father, P. F. Callahan, expect to join Troup in Washington the latter part of next week.
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