Macon Highway Safety
Record for 1948 to Date
(Fraoi State Highway Patrol records)
KILLED ?
INJURED 7
Do Your Part to Keep
These Figures Down! '
)t l}igl)latri>? JRacotuan
Frople who never would tol
erate a dirty house or an un
kept yard seem to be blind
how dirty their town is.
VOL. LXIII? NO. 30
FRANKLIN. N.
THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1948
88% IN SCHOOL
IN MACON DAILY.
REPORT SHOWS
Girls Attend Better Than
Boys, Whites T han
.Negroes
The average daily attendance
at the 22 Macon County school
last year was 88 per cent ol the
total school membership, a re
port prepared by the olfice of
County bupt. Guy L. iiou?c
;,hows.
The report, compiled for state
school authorities, also reveals
that girls attend school more
regularly than boys, and that
wmte children attend better
than Negroes.
The total enrollment during
the year in the 22 schools was
3,893 3,803 white, and 90 Ne
gro. In the course of the year,
225, or about six per cent, drop
ped out of school. The 3,668 re
maining constitute what the
schools term membership. Tiie
average daily attendance for tne
year was 3,225, or 88 per cent
of the 3,608 members, Mr. Houk
explained.
While girls attend school more
regularly than boys, the uliler
ence is slight. The boys' average :
daily attendance percentage was
87, and that for the girls was 89.
The lowest average daily at
tendance for any school in the
county was that of the Negro
school? 61 per cent.
The difference between en
rollment and membership, Mr.
Houk said, is accounteu ioi- uy
a number of factors. Some chil
dren's families move away, ior
one thing. In more caaes, How
ever, it is a matter of ciiuuti.ii c
stopping school for reasons o.
weather, health, or lack of in
terest. In commenting on the
latter, Mr. Houk pointed out
that, while moit children enroll
in school at the age of six, tne
compulsory school attendance
law does not apply until a child
had reached the age of seven,
and many six-year olds drop
out before the end of^the year.
Attendance is compulsory only
from the seventh through the
sixteenth birthday, and other
children, he said, stop school
when they become 16.
The report shows that an
average of 89 per cent of the
children in the Macon County
schools were promoted at the :
end of the year. Of those in the
elementary schools, 87 per cent
are promoted, while 93 per
cent of those in high school
moved up to a higher grade.
Another phase of the report
? Continued on Face Eight ;
r '
Do You
Remember . . . P
(Looking backward through
^ the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
The Young People's Society of
Christian Endeavor has become
quite an institution at High
lands. It was organized on May
5, 1894 with Charles Henry as
president, Olive White and
George Paul as vice-presidents,
Cora Rogers, secretary, and
Irwin Rice, treasurer. The so
ciety is still in a prosperous
condition with Miss M. E. Ed
wards as president. In its meet
ings can be seen Baptists, Epis
copalians, members of the two
branches of the Methodists,
Presbyterians, and members of
other denominations.
25 YEARSAGO
In a fast boxing contest held
at the courthouse here last Sat
urday night Larry Avera, frank
lin favorite, administered the
sleep producer to "Knock-Out"
Crosby, of Philadelphia, in the
sixth round of a battle that
had bgen scheduled to last for
10 rounds. Two fast prelimi
naries were staged before the
fight by local boys.
10 YEARS AGO
Rev. C. F. Rogers, pastor of
the Andrews Baptist church,
has accepted a call as pastor of
the Franklin Baptist church and
expects to begin his pastoral
d. -lea the first of August. The
Franklin church has been with
out a pastor since the Rev. W.
B. Underwood resigned in the
early spring to take a charge
In Douglasvlllt, Oa. Mr. Rogers,
who has been pastor In Andrews
for the past three years, comes
highly recommended and the
people in Franklin feel ex
tremely gratified to get a man
M hU ability,
GIVEN LIONS HONOR ? J
Ward Long, above, recently was
appointed district deputy gov
ernor of Lions International. Mr
Long, who is chief clerk at the
Nantahala Power and Light
company headquarters here, will
serve the Lions region that in
cludes Canton and all the North
Carolina section west of Can
ton. His new Lion duties will
require him to visit the clubs in
the district and assist the dis
trict governor in the latter's
work. Two zone chairmen will
work under Mr. Long. The
Franklin Lion has a seven-year
perfect attendance record, and
lias served the club as secretary,
director, and president. He also
has been chairman of this zone.
SCOUT LEADERS
CAMP ON WAYAH
Men From 4 States Here;
Consider Permanent
Camp For Seniors
Between 30 and 40 adult Boy
Scout leaders from lour states
?North Carolina, South Caro
lina, Georgia, and Florida? are
spending a week camping on
Wayah Bald.
The purpose of the camp, the
second held in as many sum
mers, is twofold, it was ex
plained: First, to give the adult
leaders "clinical experience in
the arts and techniques of trail
and wilderness camping", with
a view to their taking the skills
and ideas acquired back with
them to their local troops; and
second, to give the leaders some
idea of this region, with a view
to the possibility of establish
ing a permanent camp for sen
ior Scouts of this,' the sixth
Scout region, embracing the
four southeastern states.
The party, which includes a
few leaders from New York and
other states outside the south
east, went to Wayah last Sat
urday night and will remain
through tomorrow (Friday). The
expedition is under the leader
ship of Herbert Stuckey, of At
lanta, deputy regional Scout ex
ecutive.
Senior Scouts usually become
one of three types? sea Scouts,
aviation Scouts, or explorer
Scouts. For the first two types,
there are camps in Florida, and
e fyoup of Franklin senior
Scouts recently visited the sea
Scout camp at Jacksonville.
There is no camp for this reg
ion, however, for explorer
Scouts, and one of the purposes,
of the meetings here is to look
over possible sites fr such a
camp.
Eleven points in this section
of the state are said to be
under cons'.deration : The Cook
place, Ike Patch, the Justice
place, and Dogwood cove, all
near Fontana; Swln Bald moun
tain, overlooking the Nantahala
gorge; Meeting House mountain,
on the nouth shore of Fontana
lake; Hoise Cave branch, on the
south side of Lake Santeetlah;
Standing Indian mountain and
Deep gap' White Oak Bottoms,
on the headwaters of the
Nantahala river; Vanhook
Olade, between Franklin and
Highlands; and Wayah Bald,
where the group Is at present
camping.
Headquarters for the expedi
tion Is again "High Haven", the
Gilmer A. Jones camp, use of
which he has donated both last
year and this.
enjoy street Nances
HENDERSONVILLB, - Visitors
young and old this summer art
enjoying the street dances held
here each Monday In the cool
mountain night air,
MACON REMAINS
FREE OF POLIO:
CARE IS TAKEN
P:.vion? F rom Infected
Areas Subject To
Quarantine
Macon County continues free
of polio (infantile paralysis i.
No case has developed any
where in the county this sum
mer, it was said yesterday
(Wednesday) at the county
| health office. In making the
announcement, the health o.ficc
explained that physicians are
required by law to repoi t
promptly any case diagnosed as
. polio.
i Dr. M. B. H. Michal, district
health officer, said a week ago
. that there was no polio here,
i but during the week many ru
; mors have gone the rounds. The
I condition has not changed, the
health office said yesterday
There still are no cases in Ma
con County.
The situation is being watch
ed carefully, Mrs. Frank Shope,
county health nurse, said yes
terday.
As a matter of precaution, she
added, any person who comes j
here Irom an area where polio
is epidemic is subject to a two j
weeks' quarantine. The same
applies to local persons who
visit infected areas and return i
home. A number of persons who j
have gone to Piedmont North
Carolina, where conditions are
worse, and returned have been
requested to remain at home for
two weeks, she said, adding
that, should they fail to com
ply with the request, their
homes will be placarded with
quarantine signs.
In view of the widespread
publicity about polio in North
Carolina, and the failure 01
many news stories to indicate
that the disease is chiefly con
fined to the middle section of
the state, the Highlands Cham
ber of Commerce this week is
distributing by mail, throughout
the South, reprints of the news
story in last week's Pres3, which
pointed out that there are no
I cases here.
Woman Hurt
In Collision!
Of 2ModelT,s|
Of four persons admitted to
Angel clinic late Thursday as a
result of accident, one was in
jured in an extraordinary auto
mobile mishap? the collision of
two cars, both Model "T" Fords.
The last Model "T" was manu
factured some 20 years ago.
The person injured is Mrs.
Ernest Long, of Tryphosa, who
was said at the hospital to have
suffered a fractured skull. She
had sufficiently recovered to re
turn to her home Wednesday.
The machines, 1927 models,
were driven without lights and
collided in the Riverside section
about 11 p. m. Thursday, Pritch
ard Smith, Jr., highway patrol
man, said. The drivers, Ernest
Long, husband of the woman
injured, and James Stockton,
were brought before Justice of
the Peace John Moore and fin
ed $15.50 each for operating an
automobile without lights.
The others injured in Thurs
day's series of accidents were
Charlie Parker, of Rainbow
Springs, a chest injury; Walter
Roach, of Hiawassee, Ga., a
broken back; and John Hay, of
Rnoxville, Tenn., a fish hook
caught in the corner of his eye.
Mr. Parker will be able to re
turn home in a few days, It was
said at the clinic yesterday. Mr.
Roacli remains liv a serious con
dition. The hook was removed
from Mr. Ray's eye and he re
turned t.n his hnme.
Launch Move To Get A-l
Man To Direct Athletics,
Head Recreation Program
A movement to materially
supplement the state salary of
a teacher of physical education i
so as to employ "a really top- |
notch man" to give instruction
in physical education at the j
franklin school nine months in !
the year, and to direct an in
tegrated program ol community
recreation during the three,
summer months is under way
here, and already a consider
able part of the $2,000 sought
has been raised.
The funds are being solicited
by John M. Archer, Jr., Guy L.
Houk, and Grant Zickgraf, rep
resenting the Rotary ciub, and
T. W. Angel, Jr., W. C. Burrell,
and Frank B. Duncan, repre
senting the Lions club. Mean
while, County Superintendent
Houk has been in touch with a
number of educational institu
tions seeking the right man,
and several applications already
have been received.
Mr. Archer, appointed at the
Rotary club meeting Wednesday
evening of last week, named Mr.
Houk and Mr. Zickgraf as the
other members of his commit
tee, and the three representing I
the Lions club were chosen at
a called meeting of the Lions' '
board of directors the latter
part of last week.
Tuesday the two grous met,
divided into teams of two men
each, and started solicitation.
The .movement was initiated
at the Rotary meeting, when
the idea was outlined by Mr.
Archer, who explained that it
had been worked out by him
and T. W Angel, Jr., for sab
mission to the Kotary club and
other organizations here. Coun
ty Svpt Guy L. Houk, whose
cooperation had been enlisted,
discussed the plan from the
school's viewpoint.
The proposal calls for raising
funds by donations to supple
ment the salary the state will
pay an instructor in physical
education.
Mr. Archer explained that
such recreation as is available
in Franklin is good, but that
"most of us get tired of going
to the movies and playing
bridge". He added that it !ong
has been generally agreed that
Franklin needs a balanced, inte
grated recreational program,
with someone to direct it, and
that he and Mr. Angel, in a
lecent conversation on the sub
ject, derided it was time some
body tried to do something
about it.
The statj will pay a teacher
of physical oducation approxi
mately $175 per month, or $1,
G00 a year, it was explained. To
get a man qualified to make a
first class job of the tasks
school physical education in
structor and community recrea
tion director? will require a sal
ary of $3,000 to $3, GOO, it was
added. That would mean a sup
plement of about $2,000 a year.
And, Mr. Archer continued, the.
only place to get that Is by
donations from business houses
a rrt individuals.
In outlining the plan, Mr.
? Continued on Page Eight
Highlands Board
Votes To Employ
Night Policeman
The Highlands board of
commissioners, at a meet
ing Monday night, voted to
employ a night policeman.
The night policeman is to
be put on duty as quickly
as a competent man can be
found, it was said.
The board's action follow
ed the robbery of three
Highlands business houses
the night of July 9-10.
The board deferred action
on adopting a budget and
fixing a tax rate until later
in the week, probably Wed
nesday night.
With
Softball
League
The Burrell Motor company
team has a substantial lead in
the standings of the Franklin
Softball league, a tabulation of
standings to date reveals.
Latest data on the league fol
lows:
Teams' Standing
Won Lost Tied Pet.
Burrell 9 1 0 900
Legion 6 3 1 667
Zickgraf 4 3 1 571
Oilers 5 4 0 556
Rotary 1 7 0 125
Power Co 1 8 0 111
Results
Friday night games:
Zickgraf 5, Rotary 3.
Oilers 9, Legion 8.
Monday Night games:
Legion 13, Power Co. 6.
Zickgraf 9, Burrell 6.
Coming Games
Friday Night, July 23:
Burrell vs. Rotary.
Oilers vs. Power Co.
Monday Night, July 26:
Zickgraf vs. Oilers.
Legion vs. Rotary.
PLAN DAIRYMEN'S COURSE
A short course for milk pro
ducers will be held at the
Franklin school next Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday, it was
announced this week.
Exhibition Match Sunday
At Highlands Expected
To Write Golf History
Some golf history will be
written In Highlands Sunday,
when what Is generally conced
ed to be one ol the most re
markable mixed foursomes ever
brought together on a golf
courac will stage an exhibition
match oil the Highlands Coun
try club course.
The match, a benefit for the
Highlands Community hospital
fund, Is Mt for 8:30 Sunday
afternoon.
The foursome Includes Robert
Tyre (Bobby) Jones, Jr., great
est golfer of them all; Louise
Suggs, who recently added the
British Women's title to her long
string of victories; Dorothy
Klrby, outstanding In national
golf circles since she won the
Southern Women's at the age
of lli and Dlclt Darlington,
president of the Atlanta Athlet
? Continued on Hit Eight
AUGUST COURT
JURORSDRAWN
Term To Open August 23
With Sink Presiding;
2 Women Drawn
The jury list for the August
term of Macon superior court
was drawn at Monday's meet
ing of the board of county com
missioners.
The court term is set to open 1
Monday, August 23, with Judge
H. Hoyle Sink, of Greensboro,
presiding.
Among the 54 drawn, only two
women, and, by coincidence, they
live directly across the street
from each other in Franklin.
They are Mrs. Erwin Patton and
Mrs. L. B. Phillips. The names
of the prospective jurors were
drawn from the box by Gary
Crawford, five-year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Crawford.
The commissioners also ap
proved a petition that a road
that leads off the Tellico road,
just to the right of the" Tehico
church, be taken o>er .or main
tenance by the State Highway
and Public Works commission.
The list of jurors follows:
V. T. Watkins, of Franklin,
Route 2, T. T. Henderson, of
CUllasaja, Lex Vanhook, of Route
2, C. N. West, of West's Mill,
Wiley Anderson, of Route 1, E.
A. Burt, Jr., of Highlands, A. O.
Hicks, of Aquone, Lewis Gregory,
of Cullasaja, Mann Norton, of
Route 2, Talley Corbin, of High
lands, W. R. Parrish, of Route
3, Clyde Clark, of Franklin,
Henry B. Cabe, of Route 2,
Charlie Sondheimer, of Culla
saja, B. W. Justice, of Route 4,
Curt Wilson, ot Highlands, B. A.
Baldwin, of Aquone, W. S. Cal
houn. of Stiles.
Fred Childers, of Route 3, R.
H. Calloway, ol Highlands, Joe I
Wright, of Aquone, Ben E. Gib
son, of Cullasaja, Robert Downs,
of Route 3, George Gibson, of
Route 3, Z. V. Cansler, of
Franklin, L. E. Billtngsley, of
Highlands, Eu Cabe, of High
lands aioert H. Hedden, of
Gneiss, Erastus Wood, of High
lands, Luther Jacobs, of Aquone,
R. E. Norton, of Highlands, Lee
Barnard, Jr., of franklin, U. W.
Owenby, of Flats Lyman Bal
lew, ot Route 2, W. H. Cobb, of
Highlands, F. H. Vinson, of
Scaly, M. W. Beck, of Prentiss.
George R. Pattlllo, of Route
4, J. R. Bulgin, of Franklin, A.
G. Kinsland, of Route 4, Will
Talley, of Route 4, Jack Cansler,
of Route 3, D. E. Chastain, ol
Highlands, Andrew Gregory, of
Gneiss, Mrs. Elizabeth Patton,
of Franklin, J. R. Shields of
Flats, s. M. McCoy, of Gneiss,
Joseph Hlgdon, of Cullaiaja, W.
C. Taylor, of Route 4, Pink
Gregory, of Routs 2, Sam Wat
ers, of Aquone, Mrs. L. B. Phil
lips, of Franklin, Fred Jacobs,
of Franklin, and Mel Cabe, of
Rout* a.
FUNDS IN SIGHT 1
FOR X-RAY WORK1
IN THIS COUNTY
dust Examination To Be
Available Free To All
Macon Adults
Funds for the chest X-ray? I
survey of Macon County's adult
population are in sight, PUrltch
jrd Smith, Jr., committee chair
man, announced this wceK.
Approximately $600 is already
in hand, he said, and reports
are yet to come in irotti High
lands and a number of rural
communities. The J.800 sought,
Wo pay >ui' clerical help, an ed
ucational campaign, incidental
expenses 01 the survey, and tol
low-up work, now is assuied,
Mr. bmiih believes. The luud
raising was sponsored by tne
iTanki.n Lions club.
A mobile X-iay unit provided
uy the state Board ol Health
will arrive in this county Aug
ust 3 and remain lor days,
stopping at various convenient
points to mane X-rays 01 tne
adults in the various commun
ities in the county.
Under the plan, the X-ray
macnine and plates are furn
ished by the Hoard 01 Heann,
with the local community pay
ing the incidental expenses of
the survey. The survey here is
a part of one being made of
the adults of this entire health
district.
ii is nopea mai cncsi g-rays
can be made of every person la
years 01 age or older. The serv
ice will be provided Jree of
charge.
Such examinations, it was
pointed out, will show if tu
berculosis is present, and, in
many cases, make a cure rea
sonably sure by early detection
01 the trouble. A secondary ad
vantage, health authorities point
out, is that many persons live
in constant fear that they have
tuberculosis, although Uiey are
free from the disease; a chest
X-ray will bring them peace of
mind.
The first stop of the mobile
X-ray unit will be at Beeco's
store, in Millshoal township.
Other communities to be visited
include Cartoogechaye, Smith
bridge, Cowee, and Franklin.
Another unit, to be stationed at
Nantahala August 18 and 19,
will serve the Otter Creek and
Kyle sections of this county.
Perry Morgan Will
Preadh At Baptist
Church Hare Sunday
Perry Morgan, former manag
er of the Southern Baptist As
sembly ground at Ridgecrest and
lormer Sunday school secretary
of N. C. iiapiut convention, will
fill the pulpn 01 the Fina bap
tist church here ut both serv
ices Sunday.
The pastor, the Rev. Charles
E. Parker, is away assisting in
a revival at the Reeds C100S
rcads Baptist church in Lex
ington. Mr. Parker, v. ho left
ivionday, is expected to return
to Franklin Friday of next
week.
Mr. Morgan is widely known
among Baptists of uus and
other Southern states.
Many Visit Exhibit
Brought Here By Army
Scores of persons visited the
ninth air force recruiting cara
van during its visit htie Mon
day and Tuesday. The caravan,
in charge of four enlisted men,
brought here for public display
many types of llrearms and
other interesting war materials.
The trailers weie parked just
east of me county jail.
WILL HOLD SING
The southern division of the
Macon County Singing conven
tion will hold a sing at the
Pine Orove Baptist church Sun
day at 2 p. m.
Temperatures and precipita
tion tor the past seven days,
and the low lemperature, yes
terday, as recorded at the
Coweeta Experiment station,
follow :
Wednesday 77 64 .00
Thursday 84 64 1.28
Friday 89 84 .20
W* dnesday M .10
The Weather
High Low Prec.
Saturday
| Sunday ,
: Monday .
Tuesday
89 61 .02
88 58 00
81 &8 .08
84 61 .00