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TOWN ELECTION
FOR FRANKLIN
SET FORMAY 3
Voters T*> Choose Mayor
And 6 Aldermen For
Two- Year Terms
The biennial town election to
choose a mayor and six alder
men tor two-year tern s was
called for May 3, at Monday
night's meeting of the Franklin
board of aldermen.
John M. Moore was appointed
regirtrar for the election, and
George Dalrymple and George
Mashburn were named as Jud
ges. April 9 was fixed as the
deadline for candidates to file
notice of their candidacy with
the town clerk.
No registration will be re
quired, but the period April 9
through April 23 WW set aside
as the period for registration
of persons whose names are not
now on the books. Saturday,
April 23 will be challenge day.
Members of the present gov
erning body of the town are
T. W. Angel, Jr., mayor, and
W. C. Burrell, Russell Cabe, Kr
win Pattern, L. B. Phillips, and
E. J. Whltmlre, Jr., aldermen.
The other aldermen elected In
the 1947 election, T. H. Fagg, re
signed when he moved outside
the town limits, shortly after
his term began.
At a request of a delegation,
the board voted to have a pre
liminary survey and coat esti
mates made on extension of
Church street east to Riverside
street. The hoard members,
hdwever, made it clear to (he
deegatlon? John M. Archer, Jr.,
Dr. Furman Angel, H. W. Cabe,
and H. L. Bryant? that the de
cision will have to be made by
the new board, yhlch will take
office lij June, and the data
will be obtained purely as in
formation for the new board
The cost of cutting and pav
ing the proposed street was esti
mated at from $10,000 to $30,
000.
Mr. Archer, representing the
Nantahala Power and Light
company, told the board that
his firm Is Interested In such
a street, since It would provide
a means of getting In and out
from the rear of the new build
ing the company is preparing
to construct on East Main street
as Its headquarters; that would
tend to take power company
traffic off of Main street, he
added. The power company of
fered to have the survey made
without cost to the town, pro
vided the board's street com
mittee suggested the general
location of the street, and the
offer was accepted.
The board also:
Instructed Herman; Chllders,
water superintendent, to Install
a fireplug on Palmer street,
near Its intersection with the
Georgia road.
Decided to try to find an
Inexpensive, used cab for the
town's garbage truck, so as to
protect the driver from the
rain and cold.
Referred to the street com
mittee a deed for a street right
of-way prooffered by Mr. and
Mrs. L. L. Shook.
Heard a report from E. W.
Long, town clerk, showing an
increase in water revenue. For
the eight-month period July 1,
1947, to March 1, IMS, water
revenues totaled $11,467, Mr.
Long said, while for the cor
responding eight months in IMS
and 1949, the total was $12,406.
The gain of $941 was largely
accounted for by new water cus
tomers, board members said.
The mayor and all members
of the board were present.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Frees)
>' 1 ii?
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
We notice a good deal being
said In some of our exchange*
about good roada. Such thlnga
are unknown In this eectlon
now, and we are afraid to ren
ture to publish anything of the
kind lMt our dtldetu would
think ua vHionar? or $nm>
Order Work Started On w
New School At Ellijay
The county hoard of educa
tion Monday authorized County
Supt. Guy L. Houk to start
construction at once on the
new Ellljay school.
The action was taken In what
may be the last meeting of the
present school board. A board
of five, nominated in last
spring's Democratic primary, is
scheduled to be appointed for
a two-year term by the present
general assembly. Ordinarily,
the new board takes office and
elects a county superintendent
for two years on the first Mon
day In April. Those nominated
last spring are Bob S. Sloan,
C. Gordon Moore, and Walter
Gibson, members of the present
board, and Mrs. Florence S.
Sherrill and Fred A Edwards.
The decision to start work on
the Ellljay school was made at
the suggestion of Board Chair
man Moore. Mr. Houk, who said
he has been collecting materials
for the school since last sum
mer, told the board that he
can build the school, hut that
It will exhaust the school's cap
ital outlay fund.
On motion of Mr. Sloan, sec
onded by Frank Browning, the
board voted hereafter, on Its,
building program, to advertise'
and let to Contract all work In
excess of $10,000, as required
by law. *
Following a recent visit to
the Nantahala area t>y Mr.
Moore, Mr. Sloan, and Mr. Houk,
the board discussed at some
length a site for the proposed
school at Nantahala.
Mr. Houk reported that, in
compliance with a recent board
suggestion, he had contacted
the Nantahala Power and Light
company and that an illumina
tion expert from the Oraybar
Electric company will be here
next week to study the artifi
cial lighting needs of the Frank
lin, Cow.ee, and Otto schools.
Mr. Sloan, Inquiring if any of
% recent shipment of classroom
seats are left, told the board
fhe Ne<rro (Chapel) school Is
badly in need of seats. The
superintendent said he would
look into the situation.
In connection with the Ellijay
school, the board members dis
cussed the use of refractory
glass brick and radiant heat,
but took no action. Mr. Houk
told the members that the lat
ter sti!l "has too many bugs
Frank Murray
Again Named
ToC. C. Post
Prank I. Murray yesterday
was reemployed as secretary of
the Franklin Chamber of Com
merce. This will be Mr. Mur
ray's second year in the posi
tion, which requires full-time
service during the summer
tourist season, and part-time
the remainder of the year
Mr. Murray was etagtafcred by
a committee? W. C. Burrell, ft.
S. Jones, and T. W. Angel, Jr.,?
from the board of directors, -
which appointed and empower
ed to employ as secretary at the
organization meeting of the new
board Wednesday night of last
week.
At that meeting, the board
elected Frank B. Duncan presi
dent, R. S. Jones vice-president,
and Troup Calahan treasurer,
voted to take a page advertise
ment again this year In "High
Tops", Western North Caroline
picture publication distributed
to travel agencies and chambers
of commerce, and discussed
plans far the annual member
ship drive.
The board ordered a letter of
appreciation sent Dr. I. O.
Greer, speaker at the annual
dinner meeting of the chamber,
and voted it* thanks to B. W.
McGlamery, retiring president,
for his services last year.
Mrs.. Higdon
Dies In EUijay Section;
Funeral Today
Mrs. Major Higdon. 28, died
?t her borne in the Elll J ay com
munity Tuesday night about 11
o'clock.
Funeral services will be held
at the Sugarfork Baptist church
today (Thursday) at 2:30 p. m.
Rotary Club
Benefits Make Big Dent
In Furnace Debt
The proceeds from two Bingo
parties and a basketball game
have made a big dent in the
Franklin Rotary club's debt for
the furnace the organization
recently Installed In the Slagle
Memorial.
The first party, held February
IS, netted approximately $140
While final figures are not In
on last Friday evening's game,
which drew an attendance of
about 75 persons, club officials
estimated that that event raised
$100 or more.
And the club's Share of the
Franklin - Andrews Rotary
tasketb*ll game Wednesday
night of last week was $44.
After applying the bonds it
h*d in Its treasury on the onst
of the furnace, the club had a
debt of about fTBO. the three
benefit events ha*e redneed
ipyiiwttsly |460.
PICK JURY LIST
FOR C01T HERE
Moore To Preside At
Session Opening
April 18
A Jury list for the April term
of Macon superior court was
drawn at Monday's meeting of
the board of county commis
sioners.
Judge Dan K. Moore, of Sylva,
is. scheduled to preside over the
'April court, which will open
Monday morning, April 18. It
will be Judge Moore's first court
here since he became resident
judge of this district.
The commissioners also set
March 21, 22, 23, and 24 as the
days on which they will sit at
the courthouse as a board of
equalization and review to hear
complaints about the revalua
tion of real estate, and approved
two road petitions. The petitions
asked that the Poplar Cove and
Angel Cemetery roads be placed
on the state sytem.
Those drawn for the first
week follow:
. Frank Himnlcutt, of Franklin,
Route 2, A. J. Speed, of Dillard,
Ga., Route 1, Miller L. Norris,
Route 1, J. A. Taylor, Ellijay, T.
G. Dean, Franklin, Route 3,
Sherman McClure, Gneiss, Lor
enz Moses, Cullasaja, R. L.
Owenby, Flats, R. S. Peek, Route
2, the Rev. W. L. Sorrells, Route
3, Howard Ray, Route 3, John
Wlshon, Flats, John Roper,
Route 3, Arthur Moore, Route 3,
Claude Arnold, Cullasaja, Lester
Dills, Dillard, Route 1, Parks
Brendle, Route 4, Joe Angel,
Cullasaja.
Claude Duvall, Route 3, C. W.
Elliott, Route 4, T. A. Slagle,
Stiles, Leslie Young, Ellijjay,
John Cope, Flats, Lake R. Led
ford, Route 2, J. R. Grlbble,
Route 2, Frank Roper, Route 3,
Claude Oonley, Route 2, W. O.
Franklin, Route 2, J. V. Smith,
Route 3, R. L. McGaha, Route 3,
Claude Leatherman, Route 3,
E. H. Mason, Route 3, Fred L.
Hannah, Route 1, the Rev. A.
Rufus Morgan, Franklin, Wood
row Foindexter, Route 1, J. B.
Elmore, Route 3.
Frank Cross, Flats, C. B. Kins
land, Route 4, Terry Bollck
Highlands, Grady Cope, - Flats
Arnold Rowland, Aquome, T* J
Scott, Route ?, Frank Garland.
Route 2, R. M. McGaha, Route
3. Gilmer E. Parrlsh, Route 3.
Charlie Bowers, Cullasaja, C. R.
Owenby, Flats, Mrs. Ntrva liner,
Route 1, Dock Solesbee, Flats,
rnvid Stanfield, Cullasaja,
Roy R. Cunningham, Franklin.
Floyd Nichols, Route 1, J. C.
Sorrells, Route 3, and Fred. J.
Corbln, Cullasaja.
PT.AN SING SUNDAY
The Youne People's Commun
ity sing will- to held at the
*e?hel Methodist church, on
CullasaK Sundav afternoon at
1:30 o'clock. All Individual sine- 1
em and quartets, as well as the
??nerat nubile, are tnvHed,
Brnait Vinton, pmldant, aald. <
RETIRES ? W. N. Sloan,
above, has come back home to
Franklin, alter retiring fnora
the U. 8. Rarest Service, with
which he has been connected
(or 31 yean.
BIG ATHLETIC
PROGRAM HERE
IS CONSIDERED |
More Seats And Fence
For School Field
Proposed .
An ambitious program for
more than doubling the seating
capacity ol the athletic stadium
at the Franklfci school and for
constructing a wire rence, back
ed by shrubbery, around the en
tire field, la under considera
tion.
The proposal was outlined at
a conference of representatives
of civic organizations Thursday
night of last week at the Bur
rell Motor company showroom.
It was .under the auspices of
this group that the present 503
seat stadium was built several
months ago.
R. R. (Bob) Gaines, presid
ing, outlined the needs and
opened the discussion.
Various ways of financing the
program were discussed, but no
definite action was taken until
exact figures on the cnet can
be obtained. The present seats
were built, with donations of
labor, equipment, etc., for ap
proximately $1.80 each. Allowing
$2 per seat, the additional 592
seats it Is proposed to build
would cost $1,184.
The cost of 1,550-foot fence,
Including materials and services
isf experts to "put It up, was
estimated at between $3,500 and
$4,000. After some discussion, it
was decided to accept County
Supt. O. L. Houk's offer to get
suggestions on the type fence
to be used and cost estimates
from the state school depart
ment of purchase. A six-foot
fence, with overhang, is what 4s
under consideration.
A fund of about $287, raised
several years ago with a view
to constructing a playground on
the county lot on Main street,
recently was turned over to the
athletic organization, and this
paid the remainder of the debt
for the work done at the ath
letic field previously, leaving a
balance of $187 In the treas
ury.
After discussion of the athle
tic program, the group turned to
the need of a gymnasium and
lunchroom at the Franklin
school. A structure to house the
two is a part of the proposed
county-wide building program,
and those present urged upon
Supt. Houk the importance of 1
these two units, insisting that |
something be done about the i
situation at once.
In the good humored but
'lvely discussion, they emphasis*
?d that the school here *erve?
children from most sections of
the county, and that the im
provements, therefore, would
serve rural as well as Franklin
children.
Sam Stanfield
la Claimed By Death
At Home Here
Sam W. Stanfield, 68-year old
farmer, died at bis home tn the
Bonny Crest section of Frank
lin Tuesday night about 11
o'clock.
Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at 2:S0 o'clock
at the Sugar fork Baptist shuroh.
SLOAN ENDS 31
YEARS WUHU.S.
Hu Jeen Development
Of Forest Service
In Ea?t
After nearly a third of a cen
tury with the U. 8. Forest Ser
vice, W. N. (Neville) Sloan, U
more "sold" on forest conserve
tlon than ever.
"All you have to do to become
convinced is to look at cider
parte of the world, such as
China, where vast regions are
arid or seml-artd, Just because
they cut down their forests' ,
he commented this week, fol
lowing his retirement and re
turn to Franklin to make his
home.
Mr. Sloan "grew up" with the
Forest Service to the Bast, hav
ing Joined the organization a
few months after passage In
1911 of the Weeks act, providing
for acquisition of forest areas
to protect watersheds. In the 37
y?ars since, 19 national forests
have been created In the East,
12 of them tn the southeastern
part of the United States.
It Is in the South, too, that
the best showing Is being made,
he pointed out. In the pine for
ests along the Gulf and Atlantic
coasts, he said, timber U being
grown so rapidly that it Is cut
over every 10 yea?s, and yet the
timber is still Increasing. And.
though the western forests aver
age nearly three times the acre
age of those In the southeast,
the receipts from timber sales
In this region are greater than
any other In the country, save
one.
But because timber ta cut so
rapidly on private lands, the
United States' supply of saw
timber is being depleted more
rapidly than it Is being tt?wn.
he said. Without the protection
?against fire and other dangers,
as well as against the
man's axe? of the Forest Ser
vice Mr. Sloan believes that by
this time America would be vir
tually without lumber of any
kind.
A civil engineering graduate
(1909) of N, 0. SUtc college.
Mr. Sloan has been with the
Forest Service since 19U.
for a break of six
to 1932. During that time he
engaged In private engineering
for about a year, and then Join
ed the North Carolina Park
"?mmlsslcm to survey and map
?ach of the some 300 tracts m
the 230,000 acres on the N. C.
side of the Smoky Mountains
National Park. On completion of
that task, he did similar work
In the Shenandoa National For
est for the State of Vlrlnla.
Mr. Sloan was with the first
survey crew when acquisition
began for the Nantahala Nati
onal Forest, which now embrac
es some 350,000 acres. The first
tract bought, he recalls, was the
Krooneberg land, acquired from
the Macon Lumber company.
Mr. Sloan made his home In
Franklin until 1914. when he
iolned the regional office of the
Forest Service, and he and his
family moved to Atlanta. During
the past 11 years he has been
In charge of surveys and maps
In the region, which embraces
the southeast, from Virginia to
Texas. Inclusive.
Born here, he has always con
sidered Franklin his home, how
ever, and when he retired last
week he returned to Franklin
to make his home.
Beyond catching up on his
gardening, he has no Immed
iate plans for the future. He
hopes, however, to find some
Interesting work In which he
can prove useful to his native
North Carolina.
Highlands Defers
Extension Action
Methodist
Here Plan Observance
Of Dedication Week
The Franklin Methodial church
will observe the denomination's
week of dedication? March 13-20
?with special services, twice
dally, Monday through Friday.
From 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m.
the church will be open (or any
one who wishes to partake of
the Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper. The pastor, the Rev.
A. C. Oibbs, will be present
during th06e hours to officiate.
At the evening devotional ser
vices, set for 7:30 p. m., laymen
will participate.
Thursday evening will be
youth night, when young people
from over the county are Invit
ed. That service will be led by
the Rev. R. E. Early, pastor of
the Highlands Methodist church.
West Macon Circuit
Churches Will Hold
Dedication Services
In observance of the Metho
dist week of dedication, the
three churches? Maiden's chap
el, Olllesples chapel, and Mount
Zlon? of the West Macon cir
cuit will hold a series of ser
vices at 7:30 oclock each even
ing next week, Sunday through
Friday, it has been announced
by the pastor, Mrs. R. H. Hull.
Calendar
Of The Week'*
EVENTS
?
Data for this column should reach
The Presa by not later than noon
Tuesday, In order to keep the calendar
accurate, secretaries of organizations are
requested t o notify the newspaper
promptly of changes in the time or
:>Vace of meetings.
THURSDAY, MARCH 1*
7:30 p. m? Franklin Lodge No.
452, Loyal Order of Moose, at
Slagle Memorial building.
7:30 p. m. ?First Baptist
YWA with Miss June Bradley.
8 p. m. ? Wesleyan Service
guild at Memorial building.
FRIDAY
9:30 a. m? Food sale (First
Methodist F. 8. Johnston Bible
class benefit; at Nantahala
Power and Light company of
fice.
11 a. m.? Farmers Federation
stockholders meeting at Feder
ation store.
6:30 p. m. ? Supper jnee ting
of officers and teachers of Me
thodist Sunday school in church
basement.
7 p. m. ? Troop No. 1 Boy
Scouts, at Memorial building.
SATURDAY
7:30 p. m. ? Teen Age club
party at Hotel Hearn.
8 p. m. ? Dance (American
Legion benefit) at Memorial
building.
MONDAY
7 p. m. ? Franklin Lions club
at Memorial building.
TUESDAY
9 a. m. ? Farmers' meeting
at courthouse.
7:30 p. m. ? Junaluska Lodge
No. 145, A. F. and A. M, at Ma
sonic hall.
WEDNESDAY
7 p. m. ? Franklin Rotary
club at Memorial building.
N. C. Symphony Fund
Here Climbs To $625
The N. C. Symphony Society
membership fund here yester
day had climbed to $625.
Memberships In the society
finance the appearance here of
the N. C. Little Symphony or
chestra for two concert* annu
ally. This year the orchestra
will play in Franklin on Tues
day, March M. The free concert
for school children will be given
at the Friendship tabernacle,
which U estimated to seat be
tween 1,000 and 1,300, and the
evening performance for mem
ben U set for S p. m. at the
Franklin Methodist thureh. Tha
church has a seating capacity
if about 400.
With the concerts less than
two weeks away. Miss Laura
M Jones, county chairman, urg
ed workers who have not com
oleted their canvasses to do so
at once, and those who have
finished their work tout have
not turned In their member
ships to do so.
ROAD CONTRACTS DECLINE
Hlghwaw construction con
tract awards declined mors than
flTt pwr nnt In I HI
Postponement By Board
Kill* Plan; Summer
Meetings Favored
Action on the proposal to ex
tend the corporate limits of
the Town of Highlands was
postponed at Monday night's
meeting of the Highlands board
of commissioners.
While the board's action tech
nically was a postponement, the
vote actually spelled the death
of extension untlll and unless
legal procedure to extend the
town limits is begun ail over
again.
Commissioner Edward Potts
made the motion to defer action
untlll the September meeting,
the motion was seconded by
Commissioner Sidney McCarty,
and was passed unanimously.
Meanwhile, a town election to
pick town officials for two year
terms will be held In May.
The legal procedure under
which the board sought to ex
tend the limits called for adop
tion of an exaenskm ordinance
at Monday night's meeting, un
less a petition opposing extension
were presented by 15 per cent
of cities within the oresent
limits, or 15 per cent of those
In the area proposed to be an
nexed, In either of which cases
the Question was to be submitted
to a vote.
In maktn his motion, Mr.
Potts proposed that no action
on the lsue be considered until
the September meeting and that
before bringing the Issue
again community meetings be
held on the Sunday nearest .Tuly
15 and the Sunday nearest Aug
ust 15, when persons Inside the
present limits and those tn the
area pnoooeed to be annexed
meet to discuss the town's fin
ances and utility services.
Mr. Potts suggested that, at
these conferences., the mswr
d reside, assisted bv a summer
resident whose home Is In the
area it has been proposed to
innex. At. the sugge?M<vn of R.
C. Russell. It was decided to
add to these two a year-oroimd
resident who lives outside the
coroorate limits bi>t buys mu
nlclDal utility services.
With all members of the
board and some 25 or 30 citizen*
and summer residents presept.
Mayor James O. Beale called
the meeting to Order, announced
the business of extension, and
asked If anyone present wished
to be heard.
R. W. Krenshaw. a summer
resident and an official of the
Highlands Country club., said
he wwld like to snenk on be
half of himself and Tom *>nd
Sam Evins. also of Atlanta,
and a number of other Atlanta
oeople who have homes in or
neor Highlands.
He said that he honed that,
no action would be taken now
and that the matter could be
postDoned irntlll these neople
rould meet with the 'own of
ficials and discuss the jn?tter
In an atemnt to find 1 solution.
He pointed out that he had
been making his summer home
there for the oast 20 years end
that such Droblem.s ?s brlneln"
good road to Highlands had
been worked out In the D?*t
bv the local peoDle working with
the summer people.
Mr. Krenshaw said that.
proposed extension had created
considerable stir amine Hlgh
lanrs Dart-time residents, na-t
of which he felt, was mused,
by the fact that they did not.
hove a complete understanding
of the problems faclne the t<v**n
board. He added that. If the
?lection were rolled at this time,
irreparable damage would be
-'one. regardless of which way
the election went, because at
n resent the out-of-town peomle
Ho not. know what the true
?ituatV?n Is. He suggested thet
the matter could be rostnoned.
iint.ni. through discussion. ?oirf
of-town resole could eet a clear
cloture of the sttuatjnn.
We then laid on the t?ble *
petition, signed by abort 140
"?rwn? twm the xrea it
nrooostd to annex, opposing the
extension.
Tt. was ?t, this nolnt that Mr.
Potts mode his motion.
Tom Kvang, long-time srnn
mer resident, snoke ne*t. a<n*e
lac with what Mr. Krenshaw
Owttma ? Ok h(i VfM