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FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1949
TEN PAGES
CITIZENS ARE
INVITED TO GO
ONSCHOOLTOUR
Group To Study Needs
Of Various Parts
Of County
All interested taxpayers are
invited to Join school officials
on a tour that wl!l take them
to five represenatlve Macon
county schools Thursday of next
week, It was announced follow
ing Tuesday's called meeting of
the county board of education.
The tour was suggested by
Bob S. Sloan .as <a means of
familiarizing citizens, as well as
persons officially connected
with the schools, with some of
the school needs' -of the oounty
as a whole, Mr. Sloan's motion
was seconded by Frfed Edwards,
and passed unanimously.
The board also approved ac
tions of the three local school
committees in reelecting all
principals and teachers, with a
lew exceptions.
In making his motion, Mr.
Sloan expressed the belief that
citizens, after visiting some of
the schools, would be In a po
sition to offer constructive sug
gest ions to the board, and It
was decided to ask those mak
ing the trip to appoint a oom
mlttee to make a report and
recommendations, and possibly
to serve indefinitely as an ad
visory committee to the school
board.
Because It is not possioie to
visit all the schools in the
county In a day, five school*,
of different sizes and In widely
separated localities, were select
ed for visits ? Franklin, Slagle,
Iotla, Cowee, and Highlands. It
first was proposed to visit Nan
tahala, but that school was
dropped In view of the distance,
and in view of the fact that it
already has been given first
priority for a new building.
Since there will be no way of
knowing how many will make
the trip, it was decided to ask
each person going to arrange
for his own transportation.
While all local scltott!" 190M-'
mltteemen and heads of parent
teacher associations are espe
cially Invited, members of the
board expressed the hope that
a large number of men and
women with no official connec
tion with the schools will make
this one-day tour. The schools
will be visited while they are
In session, and thus those on
the tour can observe conditions
as ta crowding.
The party will leave the court
house here at 9 a. m. Thurs
day. The Franklin school will
be visited first, and the sched
ule calls for a half -hour's stop
there. From Franklin, the group
will go to Slagle, with the Itin
erary calling for a stop there
between 10 and 10: IS a. m.
Iotla, next on the list, will be
visited from 10:40 to 10:55. The
plans call for a 20-mlnute stop
? from 11:15 to 11:35? at Cowee.
Returning to Franklin lor
lunch, the group Will leave
Frankl'.n at 1 o'clock, and ar
rive at the Highlands school
about 2 p. m., and the visit
there will end the tow.
Mr. Sloan, Mrs. Florence S.
Sherrlll, and County Supt. G. L.
Houk were appointed by the
board as a committee to work
out the details, and Tuesday
afternoon they made public the
following Invitation:
"The county board of educa
tion and the county superin
tendent of schools Invite any
interested taxpayer to meet at
the courthouse on Thursday,
May 19, at 9 a. m. and to Join
In a tour of inspection of ex
isting school facilities in certain
areas of Maoon county.
"The purpose of this tour Is
to acquaint the people of Ma
con county with conditions and
needs of areas to be visited. It
is sincerely hoped that as many
as possibly will be able to JcAn
with us on this trip."
In discussing teachers for
next year, the board adopted a
motion to the effect that It will
employ no teachers who hold
sub-standard certificates and
none who have reached the
mandatory retirement age, ex
cept In emergencies.
It then approved the reelec
tion of all teachers who hold
standard certificates and who
have not reached the manda
tory age, except In the cases of
two persons who have resigned
?Mrs. Clinton Johnson, of the
Franklin school, and Miss Kath
ryn Baker, of the Highlands
faculty.
Vacancies will not t* filled
m hfi III
Prepare To Organize
Franklin School Band
At Meet Next Thursday
An organization meeting {or
a Franklin High school band Is
tentatively set tor Thursday of
next week, and Principal R. G.
Sutton this week expressed the
hope that, when school opens
next fall, the band will be suf
ficiently proficient to begin
playing for ball games and oth
er events. Plans call for weekly
practice during the summer
months.
Thirty-two students who wish
to play In the band already
have ordered instruments ? cor
nets, trumpets, clarinets, trom
bones, French horns, drums,
flutes, etc. ? and others are ex
pected to. Karl Shupe, repre
senting the Lyons Band Music
company of Chicago, will be at
the school all day today (Thurs
day) to sae students and par
ents who are Interested In buy
ing instruments, Mr. Sutton
said.
Par the present, the band will
be trained by Olen Ruff, head
of the music department at
Western Carolina Teachers col
lege, Cullowhee, whs will come
to Franklin for the purpose
each Thursday. The school is
releasing him for (bat time,
and he is making no charge,
Mr. Sutton said; the Franklin
Parent-Teacher association ? will
pay his traveling expenses. Mr.
Ruff also will be available
Thursdays to give private les
sons in band to those who wish
them. It is hoped a little later
to employ a combination public
school music teacher-band in
structor.
Band practice during the
summer will be held at the
school, Mr. Sutton said. Next
fall, If space Is not available
at the school, the plans call for
use of the basement of the
Slagle Memorial building.
Poultry Farming
In This County
Expands Rapidly
Oemmerotinc on the re
sponse of Macon County farm
men and .women tjo the de
mand for move hatching ?ri,
S. W. Mendenhall, county .
agent, this week cited poultry
developments in, this county :
Since the f$?t of tjhe year,
more than 39, 000 baby chicks
and 10-week old pallets have
been placed in the county.
Forty-five houses have been
built with capacity of fnxn
100 to 400 birds.
It b estimated that by this
fall there will have been 50,
000 .birds placed in the
county.
This will be an increase of
more than 35,000 birds over
last year.
Will Present
Awards At P. T. A. Meet
Monday
Installation of new officers
and presentation of student
merit awards will feature Mon
day night's meeting of the
Franklin Parent-Teacher asso
ciation, to be held at the school
at 7:30 o'clock.
The association early In the
school year announced that
cash awards of $25 would be
presented to the high school
boy and the high school girl
showing the greatest Improve
ment during the year, with $3
awards to be given the hoy or
girl in each grammar school
room making the greatest im
provement. The selections, to be
made by the faculty, will not
be announced, it was said, un
til the presentations Monday
night.
The $100 for the prizes, it was
said, was donated by interested
individuals.
Officers to be Installed far
year are Mrs. C. N. Dowdie,
president; Mrs. Frank M. Kll
llan, vice-president; Mrs. Betty
Alexander, secretary; and Paul
H. Russell, treasurer.
Monday's meeting will be the
final one of this school year.
Mrs. Clark To Address
Guild Dinner Meeting
Mrs. C. N. Clark, of Waynes -
vUle, will be the guest speaker
at a dinner meeting of the Wes
leyan 8ervice Guild of the
franklin Methodist church this
(Thursday) evening at 7 o'clock
at Panorama Court. Mrs. Clark
is the wife of the district su
perintendent of this Methodist
district. Reservations have been
made for about 45 persons.
Presbyterian
Youth Meet
Planned Here
A convocation of Presbyterian
young people lrom. the six coun
ties of Southwestern North Car
olina will be held at the Frank
lin church Friday afternoon of
next week.
Plans for the meeting, which
is expected to become an annual
event, were announced by the
Rev. Hoyt Evans, pastor of the
Franklin church. Young people,
he said, from the Presbyterian
churches of Cherokee, Clay,
Orahtun, Swain, Jackson, and
Macon counties have been in
vited. The local Presbyterian
Youth Fellowship la sponsoring
the convocation end wlU be host
to the gathering.
The convocation, Mr.
explained, Is designed to meet
the need of young people of thU
region to meet and exchange
Ideas.
Van Raalte
To Start Second Shift
Next Week
The Van Raalte plant here
will start a second shift in its
hosiery knitting room next week.
It has been learned.
At first, only four machines
will be operated on the second
shift, but it will be gradually
expanded as more employes are
trained, it was explained. The
result will be a gradually larger
number employed.
The first four days of the
week the second shift will oper
ate from 3:15 to 11 p. m., and
on Friday from 6 p. m. to 4
Mrs. Bryant Is Named On
Funeral Directors Board
Mrs. Hermle Bryant, manager
of Bryant Funeral home here,
was elected to membership on
the board of directors of the
North Carolina Funeral Direc
tors of the North Carolina Fu
neral Directors association at
the association's three-day con
vention In Fayettevllle last
week. Mrs. Bryant, who attend
ed the meeting, was nominated
as twelfth district director at
the district meeting In Waynes
vllle last August, the state or
ganization formally elected her
and the 11 other directors last
week. She Is said to be the first
woman in the state to hold this
office.
Cowee Girls, Franklin
Boys Win In Field Day
Approximately 100 boys and
girls from seven Macon county
grammar schools participated tn
the athletic field day held at
the school here last Friday,
under sponsorship of the
Franklin Rotary club, in obser
vance of national boys' and
girls' week.
The Oowee school girls, with
a total of 32 points, won the
girls' trophy, while the boys'
trophy went to Franklin, with
34 points. Other schools partici
pating In the event, directed by
Coach Wliburn Atkins, were
Otto, lotla, Pin# Orovs, Hlgdon
rUls, and ?tgl?.
Vm vtnatn WW announced
by the Rotary club committee
in charge, made up of Row
Zachary, H. L. Bryant, and
Rufus Snyder.
The first, second, and third
place winners, listed In that
order. In each of the 30 events,
follow:
Boys' 50-yard dash ? Wayne
TUson, Franklin, Lawrence
Bradley, Otto; Jakle Mason,
Co wee.
Girls' 90-yard dash ? Minnie
Lee Shepherd, Corwee; Carol Lee
Daves, Iotla; Bernlce Curtis,
Otto.
Running broad Jump ? Oar
land MeCaU, Cowte; Carol Chll
Oon tinned m hn lta~
BURRELL AGAIN
IS ELECTED AS
MAYOR PRO TEM
Cabe Names Committee*
As New Aldermen
Take Office
W. C. Burrell was elected
mayor pro tem and committees
were appointed at a special
meeting Monday night of
Franklin's new board of alder
men, called for the purpose of
organizing.
The hoard also heard B. L.
McGlamerp make a proposal to
the town on behalf of the Lions
club. This organization will pur
chase signs for street marking,
provided the town will erect and
maintain the signs. It also was
requested that the town cooper
ate with the club In approving
the present street names and
in naming any which are not
named. On motion of E. J.
Whitmlre, the board agreed to
Mr. McGlamery's proposal. The
street marking is a prerequisite
to obtaining house delivery of
mail here. /
Following the taking of the
oath of office by the town of
ficials, Mr. Burreil was .nomi
nated for the position of mayor
pro tem by Erwin Patton.
The following committees were
named by the new mayor, Hen
ry H- Cabe:
Water pommlttee, W. C. Bur
rell, chairpian, Russell Cabe and
Verlon Swaffofd; streets. Wood
row Reeves, chairman, Erwin
Patton and E. J. Whltmlre;
budget, E. J. Whitmire, chair
man, W, C- Purrel} apt) yerion
Swa fiord.
The board, on motion ?f J.
Whltmlre, voted to Jain the
North Carolina League ol Muni
cipalities.
The board also voted to de
fer action on hiring of town
employees for the coming year
until the June meeting. No ac
tion was taken concerning the
filling of the town clerk's posi
tion, which soon may be vacat
ed. Clerk E. W. Long has been
recommended acting postmaster.
The board also decided that
it should make $ survey of the
town needs before /pdng the
budget for the oamlffg year.
TWs survey would include a
general inspection trip oyer the
town by ftll the board mem
ber*,
Calendar
Of The Week's
EVENTS
?
Data for this column should reach
The Press by not Inter than noon
Tuesday. In order to keep the calendar
accurate, secretaries of organizations are
requested t o notify the newspaper
promptly of change* in the time or
place of meetings.
THURSDAY, MAY It
7:00 p. m. ? Wesleyan Service
Guild dinner meeting at Pano
rama Court.
7:30 p. m. ? Franklin Lodge
No. 452, Loyal Order of Moose,
at Slagle Memorial building.
8 p. m.? Women of Presby
terian church observe organiza
tion's birthday at Franklin
church.
FRIDAY
8 p. m ? Franklin High school
Letter Club banquet at Memor
ial building.
SATURDAY
7:30 p. m? Teen Age club
party at Hotel Hearn.
8 p. m. ? Dance (American '
Legion benefit) at Memorial
building.
MONDAY
10 a. m. ? Board of county
commissioners at register of
deeds office.
7:30 p. m. ? Franklin Parent
Teacher association at school.
TUESDAY
7:90 p. m.? Junaluskee Lodge
,,o. US, A. F. and A. M., at
Masonic hall.
WEDNESDAY
7:30 p. m.? Inter-city meeting
of Highlands, Clayton, and
rranklin Rotarians and their
"Rotary Anns" at Memorial
building.
WILL CLEAN CEMETERY
The cemetery at Holly Springs
Baptist church will be cleaned
Wednesday of next week, and
all persons who have relatives
or friends burled there are
asked to oome and bring their
own tools, Alex Deal, Sunday :
school superintendent, has an
nounced. I
HONOR STUDENTS
MISS MARY PHILLIPS
Valedictorian
MISS MAKING TAI&EY
SaluUtorUn
Miss Phillips, (laughter of Mn.
J. R. Phillips and of the late Mr.
Phillips, is valedictorian of the
1949 senior class of the High
lands High school, and Miss
Talley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
H. S. Talley, is sahitatorian.
Miss Phillips is the third of
three sisters to win scholastic
honors at Highlands. Two old/a
sisters, Miss Edna Phillips, now
Mrs. Neville Bryson, was satu
tatorian of her phass, and M'W
Evelyn Pt)il|ips, now 4 student
at Bre?4rd college, won the Val
edictory hc?|Ofs in her class,
Local Teams
Win In Stock
Judging Meet
The Future Farmer livestock
judging and dairy cattle judg
ing teams from the Franklin
school, competing In Statesville
Saturday won the right to enter
the state contests in Raleigh
August 18,
It was the Franklin boys' sec
ond straight win In two weeks.
The week before at Waynesvllle
they had won the right to enter
the district competition.
The dairy cattle team, made
up of Bobby Joe Corbin, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Corbin,
Eugene Gray, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jlim Gray, and Frank Deal,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Deal,
was well ahead of all other
teams at Statesville, with Jef
ferson school, in Ashe county,
second, and Mills River, In
Henderson, third. Young Cbrbln
was high scorer of the team.
The beef and hog team, made
up of Clifford Ledford, Jr., son
pf Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Led
ford, Prelo Crawford, son of
Mf. and Mrs. Cecil Crawford,
and Frederick (Bo) Setser, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Setser, ;
? Continued on Page Six i
Will Graduate 89
From School Here
In Program May 27
Number To Get Diploma*
This Year 5 Greater
Than In 1948
Eighty-nine students ? 50 girls
and 39 boys? wlU be graduated
from the Franklin High school
in commencement exercises May
27. The program is set for 7
p. m. at the Macon Theatre.
The prospective graduates rep
resent every section of this
school district, which embraces
Maoan county, with the excep
tions of the Highlands and
Nantahala areas.
The total number who will be
awarded diplomas is five great
er than last year. The 1948
graduating class was made up
of 52 girls and 32 boys.
The complete list of prospec
tive graduates, as announced by
Principal R. G. Sutton, follows:
Oliver Allen, Phyllis Angel,
Mary Alice Archer, Nelle Bing
ham, Carrie Lee Blaine, Wiley
Boston, Horace Bradley, June
Bradley, Louise Bryson, Iris
CUbe.
Lois Cabe, Thomas Cabe, Hall
Callahan, Nancy Calloway, Mary
Campbell, Far* Lee Chambers,
Patricia Chillers, Janet Coch
ran, Lattle Mae Corbln, Max
Cor bin.
Robert Oom, Ruby Corpenlng, [
Lee Crawford, Lennie Curtis,
Eorls Dalrymple, Mildred Dal
'on, Dorothy Dean, Modene
Dills, Sallle Dills, Ethel Dob
son.
Betty Duvall, Helen Evans,
Merrltt Fouts, Grady Greene,
Edgar Guest, Bonnie Guy, Ber
gen Hall, Arley Henderean, Dean
Henson, Earlean Henson.
Freda Hei^agn, Julia Ann Hig
don, MiJiQR Higdcm, D. L, Hug
gins, MareelUne Hughes, Har
old Keen er, Margaret Kinsland, i
Edward Led ford, Sue Ledford,
Marie Uapard.
Kathryn Long, Betty Jo Mc
Coy, carl MoMahan, Hazel
Moses, Phyllis Motes, Robert
Myers, Mcunte Lee Murray, Sar
ah E, Parker, Robert Parrlsh,
Lewis Penland.
Stanley Penland, Doris Phil
lips, Elisabeth Phillips, Thelma
Raby, Ailene Ray, Elfreda Ray,
Wendelyn Ray, Cecil Rlckman,
Earl Roper, Ethel Roper.
Jack Roper, Frederick Setser,
Margaret Setser, Frances Shep
herd, Joan Stewman, Howard
Teem, Beatrice Thomas, Betty
Jane Tlppett, James Waldroop,
Joe Waldroop, Sarah Lee Wal
droop, Kathleen Webb, Louis
Welch, Boyce White, Grace Wig
gins, Leona Wilkes, Charles
Williams, T. J. Williams, Fred
Wooten.
Body Of Major Gray Is
On Way To United States
Word was received here Last
week by Mrs. Louise B. Gray
that the body of her husband,
Major J. Fred Gray, Is en route
to the United States.
Major Gray was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Javan J. Gray, of
Franklin, Route 2.
Survivors in addition to the
widow and the parents are
three sisters, Mrs. Elmer Craw
ford, of Winston-Salem, Mrs.
Ross Davis, of Demorest, Ota.,
and Mrs. Gus Baldwin, of
Franklin; and one brother,
Elam Gray, of Delaware Water
Gap, Pa.
Nantahala School Holds
Junior-Senior Banquet
The Junior-Senior banquet of
the Nantahala High school was
held last Friday night at Kel
ly's Tea Room.
Besides members of the Jun
ior and senior classes and
teachers of the Nantahala
school, those attending Includ
ed Clint May and Weimar Coch
ran, local school committee
men; Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill,
Walter Gibson, and Bob 8.
Sloan, members of the Macon
county board of education; and
R G Sutton, principal of
Franklin High school.
Principal TUlery Love served
M muter of otrtmoniM for tht
occasion and Mr. Sutton was
the principal speaker. The
theme of his talk was that
"Just as education has been a
challenge to this graduating
class, so will life continue to
be a series of challenges which
they must face."
Prior to the address by the
Franklin high school principal,
the group enjoyed a dinner of 1
baked ham, Irish potatoes on
the half shell, mixed salad, hot i
rolls and butter, Ice tea, ice i
cream and cake.
The banquet was arranged for
by Carl D. Moms, prior to hU
departure for Pea body college,
Nuhvtll*, T?nn.
Parker To Preach Finals
Ssrman May 22; Student
Speakers Announced
The baccalaureate sermon to
the 89 members of the 1949
graduating class of the Frank
lin High school will be delivered
by the Rev. Chatles E. Parker,
Franklin Baptist minister, Sun
day evening, May 22, at 7 :30
o'clock, and the graduation ex
ercises will be held Friday, May
27, at 7 p. m.
Both services are to be con
ducted at the Macon Theatre.
Student commencement speak
ers, In addition to the valedic
torians and salutatarlan, al
ready announced, will be Lewis
Penland and Kathleen Webb,
the detailed programs announc
ed this week by Principal R. O.
Sutton reveal.
This year's graduating class
has two valedictorians ? Miss
Mary Alice Archer and Miss
Elizabeth Ann Phillips, who tied
for the honor. The salutatory
address will be delivered by Miss
Iris Cabe.
Junior marshals, chosen on a
basis of scholastic records, will
be Miss Josephine Anderson,
Miss Pauline Anderson, Donald
Brown, Miss Sarah Dalrymple,
Miss Barbara Guffie, Miss Jo
Ann Hopkins, Miss Patricia Lan
drum, Miss Mary E. Sorrells,
Miss Ethel Waldroop, and Miss
Nell Waldroop.
Ftollowing commencement cus
tom here, the March from
Verdi's "Aida" and the March
from, "Tannhauser", by Wagner,
Will be used as the processional
and recessional, respectively, at
both programs.
The baccalaureate service will
open with the singing of the
hvmn, "Holy, Holy, Holy", and
the Rov. A. C. Glbbs, local
Methodist pastor, will pronounce
the Invocation and read the
Scripture les?cm. The Rev. Hoyt
Evans, Franklin Presbyterian
minister, will lead in prayer,
and Mrs. Clarence Henry will
sing Malotte's "The Lord's
Prayer".
The sermon by Mr. Parker
will follow, after which a girls'
chorus will sing "Beautiful
Savior", by Rob Roy Peery, and
the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, Epis
copal rector here, will pronounce
the benediction.
At the graduation exercises,
the singing of "America" will
open the program, and Mr. Mor
gan will pronounce the Invoca
tion.
The salutatory address, by
Miss Iris Cabe, will follow, after
which Miss Mary Alice Archer
wlU deliver the first valedictory,
on "Youth's Responsibility to
the. Future of America". Franz
? Continued o,n Page Six
Baptist Cemetery
I* Being Cleaned;
Need Men Saturday
The cemetery of the First
Baptist church Is being given
a thorough cleaning, and per
sons who have relatives or
friends burled there are asked
to come or send a man Satur
day. It will take about 20 men
a full day to complete the job,
Graham W. Grlndstaff, official
of the church, said.
The church has had a man at
work for about three weeks, Mr.
Grlndstaff said, but the ceme
tery has been neglected so lone
it Is too big a Job for the
church to do alone. Last Sat
urday about 20 men ? some paid
by the church, some paid by
individuals, and some donating
their labor? worked at the cem
etery. And 20 more this Sat
urday will put the cemetery In
good condition, Mr. Grlndstaff
said.
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
and the low temperature yes
terday, as recorded at the
Coweeta Experiment station.
Sunday 82 4? M
Monday 77 52 S#
Tuesday 75 M M
Wednesday ? 86 At
Total rata tall, taebM -.75
The Weather
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday ...
High Low Prec.
.. 84 41 .00
. 88 44 .00
.80 46 .00
.. 85 4? M