WOULD WIDEN
TOWNinrrs
OF HIGHLANDS
Board Announces Plan
To Push Boundary
Out Half Mile
The Highlands town board
moved this week to extend the
corporate limits of Highlands.
Under the proposal, the limits
would be pushed an average of
about one-half mile beyond the
present town boundaries, and
would bring into the Incorpor
ation such points as the High
lands Country club and the
dam and lake of the municipal
ity's hydro-electric plant.
The town at present is a
square, each side of which Is
three-fourths of a mile from
the Intersection of Fourth and
Main streets. Under the exten
sion plan, the outline would be
irregular.
The plan adopted for extend
ing the limits Is for the board
of commissioners to give public
notice by legal advertisement,
which appears In this issue of
The Press, that new limits will
be fixed by ordinance to be
adopted by the board at Its
meeting at 7 p. jn. Monday,
March 7.
Under the law, If the board
at that meeting receives a peti
tion signed by 15 per cent of
the qualified voters residing
in the area to be annexed, It
must submit the question of
annexation to the voters within
the area affected. Or, should
15 per cent of the qualified
voters residing within the pres
ent town limits so petition, the
board must call an election
within the town to vote on
the issue.
Unless one or both such peti
tions should be received, the
legal advertisement states, the
the board of commissioners
will adopt an ordinance extend -
ln<* the town limits.
The board of commissioners
voted at Monday night's meet
ing to start the extension move
ment.
X PLAN FOOD SALE t- .
The Auxiliary ot St. Agnes
Enisc/n>a]> church will . hold, a
benefit/food gale at the Kanta
h'lu. Power ar)d T.leht, company
nfflie tomorrow (TVldayl, start-,
ing at 10 a. lift. ' ,!\
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward throufh
the files of The Press)
SO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Advertisement on the front
page: Allman House, W. R.
Stallcupp, Prop'r. Franklin, N. C.
This popular house Is open for
the Summer, and the accom
modations will be as pleasant
and satisfactory as heretofore.
In the Legislature: A bill to,
abolish the necessity of kissing
the Bible in taking oaths.
Up to the time of going to
press (Wednesday) we have had
no mails from the railroad since
last Friday, no news from the
* rest of the world, and have
been compelled to fill up this
week with such matter as we
could find around home.
25 YEARS AGO
The Freeman Hammond Com
pany, coming as the final num
ber of the year's Lyceum course,
will appear at the Courthouse.
Franklin, N. C., the night of
February 18th.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 3
Former President Woodrow Wil
son died at 11:15 o'clock this
morning.
Mr. Alex Moore, - Sheriff of
Macon County, made a busi
ness trip to Highlands Febru
ary l. i
It YEARS AGO
Representative George B Pat
ton's bill to extend the term of
the register of deeds of Macon
County to four years was pass
ed bgr the lower house of the
General Assembly Tuesday.
The Franklin street and side
walk Improvement project is
getting well under way this
week with 191 men at work on
lotla. West Main, Rlvtrvitw, and
Oak strMta. ..
Highlands Man Is Fined
For Failure To Send His
Five Children To School
I
A fine (or violation of the
compulsory school attendance
law was Imposed on J. W. Beck,
of Highlands, here Saturday.
It was the first time In years
that a compulsory school law
case has been taken Into court,
and was said to be one of the
few times ? possibly the first
time? a court in Macon County
has Imposed punishment for
violation of this law.
Mr. Beck, operator of a shoe
repair shop In Highlands, en
tered a plea of guilty, and J. J.
Mann, Justice of the peace. Im
posed a fine of $5 and the
costs, a total of $10.75. Mr. Beck
paid this sum Into the court at
the conclusion of he hearing,
held In the office of the clerk
of superior court.
In passing sentence, Mr. Mann
pointed out that the law per
mits a fine of as much as $25,
and that five such fines, one
for each of Mr. Beck's five
school-age children, oould have
been imposed.
The Justice of the peace, ad
ded, however: "We don't want
to unduly punish anybody, but
children must be sent to school.
They are our future citizens, j
and they themselves will not ;
have a fair chance unless they
take advantage of the educa
tional opportunity the state
provides for them."
Mr. Mann requested O. F.
Summer, principal of Highlands
school, to notify Mrs. Eloise G.
Potts, county superintendent of
welfare, and Mrs. Potts to notify
him, should the Beck children
tail to attend school regularly
'.n future, without a legitimate
excuse. He explained that each
day's absence can be made a
separate offense. The only legi
timate excuse for a child to be
? Continued on Page Fight
School Here
Has 109 On
Honor Roll
? i
One hundred nine pupils of
the Franklin school are on the
honor roll for the second quar
ter of this scbdoi year.
The total compares with 67
who won places on the honor
roll during the first quarter.
To be on the honor roll, a
pupil must make grades averag
ing 93 or higher.
Since first grade pupils are
gig^djtorfyJ'satisfactory" or
"TOSKtWaetory*. first graders
are not listed on the honor
roll.
The list announced by Prin
cipal Robert Guy Sutton, fol
lows:
Second grade: Jean Rurrell,
Beverly Bryson, Jacqueline,
Clafk^ .Jackie Corbin, Katrina
Elmore, Harold Elliott, Roberta
McCracken,. Clayton Rlchardwm,
Dickie McWilli&ms, Sara Jean'
Mallopep, Dwatn Horsley, . Fran
ces Whittti>gtonr Bobby Hunter,
Richard Love. Willard Hedden,
Shirley Dills, Ann Sutton.
Third grade ;? Sue Bailey, Fran
ces Ouest, Judy Sue Houston,
Judy Hooker, Betty Russell,
Frances Tallent, Jo Ann Bur
rell, Janet Oreen, Shirley Ann
Henson, Mary Louise Long, Su
sie Mashburn.
Fourth grade: Jean Phillips,
Randolph Bui gin, Frances An
derson.
Fifth grade: Monroe McClure,
Jerry Bailey, Beverly Stockton,
Margaret Allison, Tommy On use,
Judson Hall, Donald Henry, BUI
Mendenhall.
Sixth grade: Caroline Reece,
Virginia Swanson, Margaret
Crawford, Nanette Garner, Hel
en Moore, Bobby Womack, Rob
ert Siler, Oma Lee Hogsed,
Hattie Mae Wiggins, Herbert
McKelvey, Thelma Tallent, Bet
ty Hurst, Robbie Gay Tallent
Seventh grade: Norma Jean
Welch, Max Henderson, Adolph
Conley, Raymond Ledford, Thad
Dowdel, Robert Ftnley, Jlrmny
Sherrlll, Viola Keener.
Eighth grade: Paul Klllian,
Jimmy Kinsland, Jack Love,
Lee Poindexter, Jr., Mertis Angel,
Julia Moody, Martha Ann Rot
en.
Ninth grade: Eugene Patton,
Mary Ledford, Richard Jones,
Lesher Green, Mary Ann Ka
lian, Charlotte Love, Georgie
McDonald, Martha Rogers, Meda
Angel, Lucille Edwards, Martha I
Ann Stockton.
Tenth grade: Dudley Conley, '
Barbara Cribble, Mary Ellen
Stoudemlre, Ann Teague, Caro
lyn Bryson, Una Crawford, Lu
anne Gibson, Barbara Sue Hol
land, Marlann Sherrlll, Con
naree Nolen,
Eleventh grade: Sarah Dal
rymple, Patricia Landrum, Nell
Waldroop, Donald Brown, Jose
phine Anderson, Pauline Ander
son, Kate Oreen, Barbara Guf
fle, Jo Aim Hopkins, Edith
Hurst.
Twelfth grade: Iris Cabe, Dor
is Dalrympie, Hazel Moses, Dor
Is Phillips, Elizabeth Ann Phil
lips, Margaret Setoer, Mary Al
ios Archer, Julia Ann Hlgdon,
Bsrgm Hall, Jane Tip
pftt, am J,
ROADSIDE TO
BE GRAVELED
Town Boaird Mioveo To
Aid Walkers From
East Franklin
The Franklin board of alder
men, at Monday night's meeting,
decided to place gravel along
the roadside from Lee Folndex
ter's filling station, near the
railway station, to the Intersec
tion of the Highlands and Sylva
| highways, east of the river.
This step was Suggested by
, Mayor T. W. Angel, Jr., with a
view to improving walking con
ditions, and as a preliminary to
| placing a sidewalk .along this
j stretch when funds are avail
able. The town has exhausted
? its street improvement funds, it
was brought out.
A suggestion from Town Clerk
E. Vf,. Long that the board ask
Rep. Carl 9. Slagle to Introduce
a by iu the general assembly1
exempting the Town of Franklin
ftom a state law providing for
a 2 per, . pant discount' on all
pre-paid taxes wasdisapproved. I
Members of the. board expressed
the view that the discount i
would be a proportionately very '
small part ot the town's tax
revenue.
The board heard a delegation
headed by John Vinson request
helo in improving the road
which turns off the Murphy
highway and goes past Mr. Vin
son's home. The purchase of a
culvert, which will greatly im
prove this road, was voted by
the board and the matter was
referred to the street committee.
Members present at the meet
'.ne were Ma.vor Angel, L. B.
Phiiiins, W. C. BuTell. Erwln
Patton, and E. J. Whitmlre.
Lions Will Repeat
'Sing For A Dollar* i
Program On Sunday
The Franklin Lions club will
repeat its performance of last
Sunday this Sunday at 1 p. m.
at the Macon theatre, It was
announced this week.
Under the set-.up for the unu
sual program, any member of
the audience, by paying $1, can
require any of a long list of
Lions to sing any number re
quested. If the vocalising proves
too terrible, someone else, by
paying $1, can get the singer
to stop singing. There Is no
admission charge.
Should a Lion refuse to sing,
he is fined $10.
The proceeds from both per
formances will go to the club's
blind and charity work. Last
Sunday's program netted just
under $100.
VISIT CRASH SCENE
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bradley,
Mrs. Clyde Sanders, Mr. and
Mrs. Homer C. Greene, and
Grady Green, all of Franklin,
drove to Allendale, S. C., Sun
day, where they were met by
Homer L. Greene and Jimmy
White, of Atlanta, Qa. All were
guests at Allendale of Mrs. W.
Z. Bryson. It was on Mrs. Bry
son's farm that Max Greene and
Harold Bradley lost their lives
when their plane crashed Dec
ember , 'j I
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t G. CRAWFORD
TO HEAD DRIVE
FOR RED CROSS
1949 Quota is $1,796;
Mr*. Sloan Resigns
At Secretary
E. G. Crawford, principal of
the Otto school, Monday night
was named to head the 1949
Bed Cross fund drive In Maoon
County.
The appointment was made
at a meeting of the executive
committee of the Macon County
chapter, held In the Red Cross
office in the Bank of Franklin
building. The committee also
decided to hold a "kick-off" din
ner for campaign workers the
evening of Tuesday, March 1,
and to launch the campaign the
morning of March 2.
This year's quote, is $1,796,
about 20 per cent less than the
$2,230 quota assigned this coun
ty In 1948. The lower quota is
made possible, it was explained,
by the chapter's drawing on
reserve funds accumulated dur
ing the war.
The committee also accepted
the resignation of Mrs. Marty
Jo Sloan as executive secretary.
Mrs. Sloan, who has held this
position for five years, had
planned to resign earlier this
year but agreed to remain
until March 31, tn order to be
available for th? March fund
campaign. No successor to Mrs.
Sloan has been delected,
""in accepting thejund cam
paign chairmanship, Mr. Craw
ford, who is a veteran of over
seas service during World War
2, explained that he Is extreme
ly busy and that his health Is
not good.
"But-", he said, "I am glad to
do what I can, because it will
give me an oppoHunity to show
my appreciation of what the
Bed Cross did for me, especial
ly when I was overseas."
S. C. Bussell, of Highlands,
will conduct the campaign in
the Highlands area.
Chairman H. H. Gnuse, who
presided at the meeting an
nounced that this county will
not participate in the Bed
Cross blood program, which is
being set up in Asheville for
Western North Carolina, and
will get under way about April
1.
The Bed Cross will not take
the program into a county un
less the local medical society
requests it, he explained, and
local physicians have said It is
not needed here.
The program, designed to ob
tain blood from donors for use
In hospitals over the area, will
cost more to set up than all
the counties tn Western North
Carolina will raise in this year's
Bed Cross fund drive, Mr. Gnuse
said.
Of the $1,796 to be sought in
this county next month for the
Red Cross. $1,000 is to be retain
ed by the local chapter, and $796
will go to National headquarters.
Teen Agers
Form Club,
Plan Center
A Teen Age club, designed to
provide recreational facilities for
young people here from the ages
of 13 to 19, has been organized,
with approximately 84 paid
members already enrolled. Mem
bership cards were distributed
it the Franklin school y ester -
lay.
The group hopes to obtain a
building and set up a teen age
janteen, or center, where young
people, under adult supervision,
sa-n meet to play games, dance,
jtc.
The club is headed by Bur
den Hall, president. Mariann
Jherrlll Is vice-president, Mar
faret Klnsland is secretary
measurer, and members of the
>oard of directors are Hall Cal
ahan, Dean Hensan, Norma
Crawford, Elizabeth Jones, Fre
la Lee Tallent. Dorlis Sutton,
ind Kathryn Rotetn.
The officers and directors will
neet with Mrs. Clinton John
ion. the club's adult adviser,
ind Interested business men
ind women at Mrs. Johnson's
w>me tonight to outline plant
tor Httfnj up the ouvtMn I
County's Polio
Fund Is Within
$400 Of Quota
Macon County's polio fund,
which stood at only $2,204
a week ago, yesterday was
reported ?o have c limed to
W, f.
This h approximately $400
below the quota of 13,24*.
Pointing; out that the goal
is within sight, and that
most rural communities
have contributed generous
ly, J. H. Stockton, the 194?
campaign director, announ
ced that a canvass will be
made in the Franklin busi
ness district today (Thurs
day), when it is hoped that
the additional $400 needed
i to reach the goal can be ob
tained.
PUSH CAMPAIGN
FOR SYMPHONY
Hope To Get Required
Membership Soon To
Bring Orchestra I
Plans for pushing the mem- ,
bership campaign to completion
this month were discussed by
members of the local committee
of the N. C. Symphony society :
Tuesday night.
The memberships make possi- i
ble appearances of the Little
Symphony orchestra here for aj
free afternoon concert for school
children, and an evening per
formance for members. About
150 additional members are
needed, Miss Laura M Jones,
' county chairman, told the group,
and workers who have not seen
all prospects in their territory
were urged to do so at once.
The orchestra is scheduled to
be in Franklin Tuesday, March
22, less than six weeks from
now. The free concert for child- I
ren from the schools of the
county is set for 1 p. m. at the |
Friendship tabernacle, and the
evening members' performance
for 8 p. m. at the Franklin
Methodist church.
I Miss Jones reported at Tues
day night's meeting that she
and Mrs. Weimar Jones last
Friday night attended the meet
ing of the Clayton Music and
Literary club to present the >
cause of the symphony, and
were assured that a number of
memberships would be obtain- ;
ed in Clayton. A trip to Bryson
City for the same purpose is
planned today.
Meanwhile, the program for
the children's concert has been
announced, and Miss Jones,
pointing out that music is en
joyed and appreciated in pro
portion to how familiar It is, '
asked persons who have records
of the various' numbers on the
program to lend them to one ,
or more schools, through the
principals, so that the records
may be played for the school ;
children before they hear the
numbers of the concert.
The program for the child
ren's concert follows:
Wolf-Ferrari ? Intermezzo No. .
II from the Opera, "The Jewels
of the Madonna.
Mozart-Excerpts from Sym
phony No. 40 in O Minor.
Original composition by a
young North Carolinian.
Everybody Sing ? "For The
Beauty of the Earth"; Hall and
McCreary "Songs We Sing".
Musical Quiz? Based on famil
iar songs such as: America;
Farmer In the Dell; Here We Go
Round the Mulberry Bush; Home
on the Range; Jingle Bells: Pop!
Goes the Weasel; Shell Be
Comtn' Round the Mountain;
Skip to My Lou; Swanee River.
Grofe? On The Trail, from the
"Grand Canyon Suite".
Debussy ? Children's Corner
Suite, a. Golliwog's Cakewalk;
b. The Little Shepherd. 2
Britten ? Soirees Musical es .
(March and Tarantella).
Jessel? Parade of the Wooden ]
Soldiers.
Brahms ? Hungarian Dance
No. V.
FOOD SALE SATURDAY ,
The F. S. Johnston Bible class c
of the Franklhi Methodist t
church will hold a food sale in i
the Nantahala Power and LUrht 1
company building Saturday t
morning, itarttnj at ? a. m. I
Prepare To Issue
Bonds For Schools
WiU Visit Nantahala
To Seek Site For
New Building
Members of the county board
of education and the county
superintendent of schools will
visit the Nantahala section Sat
urday afternoon of next week,
to seek a site for a new school
building to serve that area.
The trip was suggested by
Chairman C. Gordon Moore at
Monday's board meeting, and
the suggestion met with hearty
agreement from other members
of the board.
There Is a widespread feeling
that probably tio community tn
the county needs a new build
big worse than the region
west of the Nantahala mount
ains, and the tenor of the dis
cussion Monday indicated that
the Nantahala building probably
will be the next constructed
although the board did not offi
cially commit itself. A new
building is now going up to
the EMJay section of the
county.
While Mr. Moore's suggestion
was that "we should go over to
Otter Creek and locate a situa
tion and build a building," be
added that It was doubtful if a
site actually could be chosen
on this initial trip. He and other
board members agreed, how
ever. that an investigation of
possible sites should be be
gun.
Commissioners
WUl Proceed With Sale
Of School Bond*
<.. I- ? . * -
The board of county commis
sioners, at Its meeting Mon
day, decided to proceed with the
preliminary steps toward issu
ing the county's $400,000 school
building bonds.
This was In compliance with
a request of the county boa~d
of education, made in a resolu
tion adopted the saihe morn
ing. ?. ;? 'Mi
The commissioners also defer
red action on three road peti
tions and handled routine busi
ness.
Petitions were presented ask
ing that the state take over a
road leaving Highway 23 just
south of Jess Norton's residence
and extending westward for
about half a .mile: a road from
Picklesimer branch, by way of
Pob Plckleslmer's residence, and
continuing up the Ingram
Conlev cove: and a road turn
ing left at Norris store.
None of the petitions was
aooroved, the board holding that
either they dJd not meet re
tirements to be taken over by
the state, or sufficient Informa
tion was not available.
2_Civic Club. Will
Mrrt In Basketball
Benefit Tomorrow
Teams from the Franklin
Lions and Rotary clubs will
clash In a special event sched
uled for 7:30 o'clock tomorrow
(Friday) night at the Franklin
school.
The affair is a benefit per->
formance for the school athle
tic fund, which will receive the
proeeds It was explained
ay Coach Mllbum Atkins, in
announcing the game.
The line-ups yesterday had
lot been announced, but It Is
laid that both clubs have many
me-time outstanding basketh-Ul
Mayers. Whether the years? and
:he oounds? they have taken
m since thev Vast played have
lerlously affected their skill the
>ubllc can determine Friday
llfht. It was added.
The Admission charge will be
!5 and 50 cents.
Bnlistees May Request
Mavy Submarine Duty
Young men who are 18 years
>f age and enlist In the navy _
or one year now may request
tubmarlne duty, It was announ- '
red here this week by a repre- 1
tentative of the navy recruit- '
ng service. Youths requesting 1
t will be assigned to this type '
if duty, provided they art 1
Found qualified, It wu said. '
$400,009 in Itaean Ooan
building bonds "forth*
The request, made in
day's monthly meeting oft1
education board, refect to boa
authorised at a county -*?
election held in December, 11
The board of commit ken
which was in session at- <
same, time, agreed to sjer*
preliminary st$?s
ance of he bonds. ^ v "?
ly 90 days is required dej,
bonds Issued and sold, 8upt C
L. Houk told the educat
buildings not ttten
the Immediate future
mine heir artU.dal
needs, and request*'! 9
to keep minutes of a
sessions.
Issuance of the seq
three years m h
red from time to
It wia sub* \tn?
that the time limit u
1949, and the
school board, at a
in April, apparently
ageement to deter
that meeting it *u 1
that, in the event the i
Tided aid for the
might be on eom
basis, and that if
had sold iU bonds and
the monev, It might
state aid.
The hoard of education _
an oral request in October
the commissioner* teas
bonds, and the latter
said it would take the
under advisement
At Mondavi meeting
tlon board members
?.f possible, all bat
be constructed with
providing for srowth
ment durtmr the n?
five years. Tt ali^ we*
o??e-story
preferable.
In making his sugge*
about school lighttaig. Ut ? < "t
?said he felt? and other men#
indicated agreement? that
oert advice should be obtal
and the money orovlded to
the necessary lighting in bf
inits that are not to b?r%
placed. The buildings
to be affected are t
Franklin. Cowee, and Otto.
class rooms m two of
3,1
The Weat
Temperatures and
tlon for the
and the low
terday, as
Coweeta
Wednesday
rhursdaor 49
Friday n
Saturday 51
Sunday M
Monday ? ? M
rueeday SO
TrMe.
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