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FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 2?, 1949
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FIVE SCHOOLS
ARE INSPECTED
BYTOURPARTY
Group Visits Franklin,
Highlands, Slagle,
Co wee, lot la
Thirteen persons Including the
County Superintendent of
schools, O. L. Houk, two mem
bers of the county board of
education, Fred Edwards, of
Highlands, and Bob Sloan, of
franklin, and the Highlands
school district committee, com
posed of Frank Potts, C. J. An
derson, and Walter Bryson vis
ited five schools of the County
system last Thursday.
Those besides the school of
ficials who made all or part of
the trip were Mrs. Ous. Leach,
Mrs. Lucy Woods Collier, Mrs.
Weimar Jones, all of Franklin,
Mrs. Brian Setser, Mrs. Ed Mc
Nish, and Mrs. Irene Phillips, all
of Franklin,. Route 1, and Mrs.
William J. Allen, of Nashville,
Tenn.
The first stop was made at
the Franklin school where both
the high school and the elemen
tary buildings were thoroughly
inspected by the group. The
general opinion expressed by
both school officials and visiting
taxpayers was that the high
school building was badly over
crowed and needed repairs. A
great deal of favorable comment
was expressed by the group
when they saw the four new
i'.oms added to the elementary
building last sununer. The two
most pleasing features of these
rooms were more sunlight due
to larger windows and more
space, as the rooms are con
siderably larger than the oljer
classrooms.
Slagle . school, located in the
Cartoogechaye community, was
the next stop on the tour. Here
the group were impressed with
lack of sanitary JQtt
dangerous playground conditions*
the crowded school conditions,
The school is located so close
to the road that It Is not 20
feet from the front door of the
school to the center line of
heavily travelled secondary road.
Members of the group asked If
the road location had been
changed after the school was
built to place it that near the
school, but Mr. Houk and Mrs.
Brian Setser assured the group
that the road was there before
the school was located In that
spot.
The group's next stop was at
Iotla, an elementary school
which had formerly served as a
hlghschool. While the building
seemed sound it was pointed out
that classes were being held In
a temporary wooden building to
take care of the crowded condi
tions. The lack of space was
partly caused by the consolida
tion of Burnlngtown and Oak
dale with the Iotla school re
cently. Much concern was ex
pressed over the lack of ade
quate sun light in the rooms.
At Cowee, the group inspected
one of Macon County's newest
schools, it being built in 1941
with the help of WPA funds.
At the invitation of E. J. Carp
enter, principal of the school,
the group had dinner In the
Oowee school lunch room. A
delicious meal consisting of meat
balls, mashed potatoes, green
salad, bread, milk, orange Juice,
a.nd peach cobler was served the
group for IS cents per plate, the
same price It coet the children
Not only was the group highly
pleased with the quality of the
meal at such a low price but
they vere also high in their
praise for the entire adminis
tration of the lunch room at
this school.
The group's next stop was at
the new Ellijay school building
now under construction.
Highlands school was visited
and members of the group
which inspected the building
commented on the danger of
fire in the wooden two story
building, the only one in the
county, but were Impressed with
the cleanliness of the building.
Whitmire Is Named
On Trustee Bond
Of WjC.T. College
E. J. Whitmire, Jr., of Frank
lin, Monday was appointed to
membership on the board of
trustees of Western Carolina
Teachers college, Cullowhee. He
U one of nine new members ap
pointed by Governor Scott to
serve for four-year terms.
Mr. Wtttmlrs succeeds R. B.
Joms on the board.
89 To Be Graduated
At Exercises Friday
The 194# franklin High
school commencement program,
which opened Sunday night with
the baccalaureate service, will
be climaxed with the gradua
tion exercises, set for 7 p. m.
tomorrow (Friday) at the Ma
con Theatre.
Eighty-nine seniors? 50 girls
and 39 boys ? will receive their
diplomas tomorrow evening.
The diploma* will be confer
red by County Supt. Guy L
Houk, and Principal, R. O. Sut
ton will announce the awards.
8tudent speakers will be
Misses Mary Alice Archer and
j Elizabeth Ann Phillips, vale
idlctorl&ns; Miss Iris Cabe, salu
tatorlan; and Lewis Pen land
and Miss Kathleen Webb, top
students in agriculture and
home economics, respectively.
A high school girls' chorus
will sing Schubert's "Serenade"
and "Skip to my Lou".
Due to lack of sufficient seat
ing space in any auditorium
here, admission to the gradua
tion exercises, as was true of
the baccalaureate service, will
be by ticket. Each senior was
given five tickets to each event.
A crowd of more than 500
parents, relatives, and friends
filled the theatre Sunday
night to hear the Rev. C. E.
Parker, First Baptist pastor, de
liver the baccalaureate sermon.
Taking his text from the sec
ond chapter of Epheslans, "For
we are created in Christ Jesus
unto good works", Mr. Parker
preached on the subject, "Find
ing God's plan for Your Life".
Telling the seniors that, Just
as the shipbuilder does not build
the ship without a plan and a
purpose, so "God did not make
you without a plan and a pur
pose for your life," he declared
that the one who "fixes his
destiny without taking the Cre
ator Into account has failed
from the beginning".
He urged the seniors to "let
God plu jwir life; if you Will
find His plan, your life will be a
success", itien he cited three
ways to find what God's plan
Is:
"1. By giving him a chance to
reveal his plan to you.
"2. You must yield your will
to His will.
"3. If you will let God plan
your life, you must dedicate it
to Him."
He concluded:
"We are handing you tonight
a nation all but bankrupt and
morally corrupt. In the hope
that In the next decade you
may rescue it, and reestablish
the principles of our lather*
who iounded It."
In opening his remarks, Mr.
Parker praised the class as one
"so great in attainment and so
great In number", and paid tri
bute to the vision of the sen
tors' parents in seeking schools
for this community as fine as
any anywhere.
Just prior to the opening of
the program, the 64 members
of the girls' chorus, each dress
ed In white and wearing a red
rosebud, with Mrs. Clarence
Henry, director, . took their
places on the stage. They were
'allowed by the four ministers
who took part In the service
and Principal Sutton. Decorat
ing the stage were white glad
loll, In tall vases.
In caps and gowns, the sen
iors entered to the strains of
the March from Verdi's "Aids",
played by Mrs. H. W. Cabe, pi
anist. Bobby Porter, small son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Porter,
Jr., and Carolyn Myers, little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon
ard Myers, class masoots, in
caps and gofrns of white, led
the procession down each aisle.
The audience sang "Holy,
Holy, Ho!y", and the Rev. A. C.
Glbbs, Methodist pastor, pro
nounced the invocation and
read the Scripture. The Rev.
Hoyt Evans, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, led in
prayer. Next Mrs. Clarence
Henry sang Malotte's "The
Lord's Prayer".
After the sermon, the 64
voice chorus sang "Beautiful
Savior", by Rob Soy Peery, and
the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, Epis
copal minister pronounced the
j benediction.
For the seniors' recessional,
I Mrs. Cabe played Wagner's
| March from "Tannhauser".
CLUB MEETING
ATTRACTS 150
Farm Editor Speaker At
Home Demonstration
Annual Gathering
Approximately 150 member*
of home demonstration clubs In
Haywood, Jackson, 8wain, and
Macon counties attended the
annual meeting of the second
district, North Carolina Federa
tion of Home Demonstration
Clubs, at the Agricultural build
ing here Tuesday. Fifteen of
this county's 17 clubs were rep
resented at the meeting.
Mrs. H. C. Hurst, of Maoon
County was elected district
chairman for 1950; Mrs. Dennis
Higdon, of Jackson county, will
serve as first vice-chairman,
Mrs. L. B. Cooper, of Swain, sec
ond vice-chairman; and Mrs. L.
J. Cannon, Haywood, secretary.
J.ackson county Issued the Invi
tation for the 1950 Federation
meeting.
A highlight of the session was
the talk, in the afternoon, by
Miss Iris Davenport, woman's
editor of The Southern Agricul
turist. Miss Davenport was in
troduced by Miss Ruth Current,
state home demonstration agent.
Miss Davenport, a native of
North Carolina and an author
ity In the home economics field,
spoke on "Distinctive Dress",
ers, Miss Maud Schaub, state
program planning leader, spoke,
and reports were heard.
The meeting opened at 10 a.
m. with Mrs. Henry Francis,
district chairman, presiding.
Mrs. R. H. Hull conducted the
devotional, and J. 8. Gray wel
comed the visitors. Mrs. Tom
Ferguson, of Swain county, re
sponded, and Mrs. C. N. Dowdle,
president of the Franklin Par
ent-Teacher association, and 8.
W. Mendenhall, county farm
agent, brought greetings.
Mrs. Pauline Hotchklss Pierce
gave a tribute to the club lead
ers, and reports were heard.
Following luncheon, Miss Dav
enport spoke, committee reports
were made, and the attendance
(??el was awarded to Haywood
county b i tyfp^fleree.
Calendar
Of The Week'.
EVENTS
?
(Data for this column should rcach
The Press by not later than noon
Tuesday. In order to keep the calendar
accurate, secretariea of organizations arc
requested t o notify the newspaper
of changes in the time or place).
THURSDAY, MAY 26
7:30 p. m. ? Franklin Lodge No.
452, Loyal Order of Moose, at
Slagle Memorial building.
FRIDAY
7 p. m. ? Franklin High school
graduation exercises at Maoon
Theatre.
SATURDAY
7:30 p. m? Teem Age club
party at Hotel Hearn.
8 p. m. ? Dance (American
Legion benefit) at Memorial
building.
WEDNESDAY
7 p. m. ? Franklin Rotary club
at Memorial building.
Mill Arnold Named
To Student Office
Miss Freda Mae Arnold, of
Franklin, was elected president
of the Women's House govern
ment, In the recent annual
elections at Western Carolina
Teachers college, Cullowhee.
Miss Arnold, who is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred M.
Arnold, is a member of the class
of 1950.
PORTER RETIRES
AS POSTMASTER
Long Will Succeed Him
June 1; Mooney To
Be Town Clerk
T. W. Porter, Franklin post
master since 1934, will retire at
the end of business next Tues
day (May 31), and E. W. Long
will succeed him as acting post
master.
C. J. Mooney has been named
town clerk, tax assessor, and
treasurer by the Franklin board
of aldermen to succeed Mr.
Long In that post.
The post office department, at
a later date, will conduct an
open competitive examination
to determine an eligible list
from which a permanent post
master will be selected, with
preference given to veterans in
establishing the eligible list, it
has been announced.
Mr. Porter has served as post
master since August 16, 1934. He
fir?t was appointed acting post,
master and the following Janu
ary he wa?>*lven a permanent
appointment by President Rooee
velt. He succeeded the late John
E. Rlckman. While the retiring
postmaster has served slightly
less than 15 years as postmast
er, several months' service with
the Forest Service gives him
the required 15 years' federal
service to retire with an an
nuity.
In" retiring, he commented on
the growth of this community,
as reflected by post office ac
tivities. The Franklin post of
fice now handles approximately
three-quarters of a million dol
lars a year, he said, more than
three times the amount handled
15 years ago. The poetmaster
shlp here now pays about $4,
000 a year, it Is understood.
Prior to entering the post of
fice, Mr. Porter for many years
was manager of the general
store here of his uncle, the late
R. L. '(Bob) Porter. Then, for
?lhout 15 years, he was a travel
ing salesman for Bawers Broth
ers, a coffee concern. Following
his retirement, lie said, he plans
a long rest before making any
definite plans.
Mr. Long, who will take over
as acting postmaster Wednes
day, has served as town clerk
since 1941. Prior to that he was
employed by the Tallulah Falls
Railway from 1912 to 1932, and
has continued to do relief work
for the railway since that time;
he served as county commis
sioner and county accountant
from 1932 to 1934: and was self,
employed from 1934 to 1941. A
native of Macon County, he Is
a past chairman of the county
Democratic executive commit
tee, is a Mason, and a steward
In the Franklin Methndlst
church. He served during World
War 2 as chairman of the local
draft beard, a position he still
holds.
Mr. Mooney, the new town
clerk, came to Franklin from
Mooresburg, Tenn., in 1944 as
auditor for Burreli Motor com
pany. He held that positton un
til September, 1946, when he
established Mooney Motor com
pany.# For the time being, that
business will be conducted by
his son, Robert- C. Mooney,
under the elder Mooney's gen
eral supervision.
Mr. Mooney will officially take
over his new duties today.
Mr. long, prior to taking uo
his work In the post office, will
go to Greensboro, accompanied
bv Mrs. Loner, this week-end
for the graduation of their
daughter. Miss Carolyn Long,
from Woman's college.
WILL HOLD SING
The fifth Sunday sing of the
Macon County Singing conven
tion will be held at the court
house Sunday, starting at 10
a. m., J. M. Raby, president,
has announced.
Legion Auxiliary
Plans Poppy Sale Over
County June 4
The local American Legton
Auxiliary will conduct a poppy
sale in this county Saturday oil
next week, it was announced
by Mrs. A. R. Higdon, committee
chairman.
The poppy sale, It wa* e*
plalned, will aid both di&ab ed
veterans and needy childrM^
Hie poppies are made by sick
veterans who receive neither
pensions nor compensation, and
ate sold by them to the Aux
iliary. The Auxiliary, in turn,
uses such profit as it makM
from the sale of the popple# to
the public to aid needy children
In this county. While first pref
erence is given children of vet-,
erans, any needy child is elig
ible for assistance.
Usually the Auxiliary has con
ducted Its annual poppy sale on
or near Memorial Day. Due to a
conilict with a sale by the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars last Sat
urday, this year's Auxiliary sate
was postponed. Since it will f&U
on the day of the bond flec
tion, the Auxiliary plans to h&Tfc
poppies on sale at each of the
voting places.
Name Duncan
A s President
Of Lions Club
Frank B. Duncan, automobile
dealer here, was elected presi
dent of the Franklin Lions club
at Monday night's dinner meet
ing of the organization, held at
the Presbyterian church annex.
Other officers chosen Monday
night are:
Grover Jamison, Jr., first Vice
president; Paul H. Russell, sec
ond vice-president; Wayne
Faulkner, third vice-president;
W. O. Crawford, secretary, Ver
lon Swafford, treasurer; W. V.
Swan and A. G. Cagle, directors
for two-year terms; T. 'Y.-'ktt*
gell, tail twister; and B. L.
(Buck) Shirrill, Lion tamer.
Following a talk by R G. Sut
ton, Franklin school principal,
explaining plans for a school
band and the needs of the band,
the club voted to buy a bass
drum for the band, at a cost
of $130, and to donate $100 to
ward paying the salary of a
band instructor for six weeks
this summer.
Rural Carriers
Organization To Meet
Monday At Arrowocd
The Smoky Mountain unit of
the North Carolina Rural Let
ter Carriers' association will
hold its annual meeting Mon
day ? National Memorial day ? at
Arrowood Glade, It was an
nounced this week by J. H.
Stockton, president. The unit
embraces Madison, Buncombe,
Haywood, Transylvania and all
North Carolina counties west.
During the war, the yearly
meetings were eliminated to
conserve gasoline and tires, and
this will be the carriers' first
annual meeting since 1941.
Retired and substitute car
riers, as well as regular car
riers, and their families are in
vited, Mr. Stockton said, ex
plaining that the regular car
riers will provide basket picnic
lunch. Important business is to
Negroes Raise $75 For
Their Community House
A total of $75 was raised dur
ing the first month of the
campaign for funds to rebuild
ing the Negro Community house
here. The total was reported by
Negro workers at a recent meet
ing. The next report meeting
will be held June 6.
Warns Of Blind Confidence In Science,
Trend To Trade Freedom For Security
As Amerioa assumes the role
of world leadership, this nation
faces two major problems at
home, the danger of "succumb- |
lng to a child-like confidence j
in science" and the tendency
to "put security ahead of re
sponsibility", Dr. Joslah Crudup,
president of Bren&u college,
Gainesville, Oa , declartd in an
address here Wednesday eve
ning of last week.
Referring to the average
America'* "child-like" confi
dence In science", he predicted
that "If we bar* too much ad
vance In science, arm put it in
the hands of weak-moraled peo
ple, they will destroy the
world".
And today American youth,
he continued, are Inclined to
exchange freedom ? and the re
sponsibility that goes with free
dom ? for security. He previous
ly had pointed out that was ex
actly what happened In the
Middle Ages, when the com
mon people became serfs to the
lords in exchange for protec
tion, and what happened In
Italy, and then In Qermany,
and now In 'Russia.
Dr. Crudup was speaking to
approximately 125 men and
women from Franklin, High
lands, and Clayton, Oa., gath
ered at the Slagle Memorial
building for an inter-city din
ner meeting of Rotarlans and
their "Rotary Anns" from the
three town*.
Remarking that the concep
tion of America u the leader
of the world has became com
Con tinned To Ttf* Nine
Macon Would Get
$1,688,000 From
Two Bond Issues
'tit
STREETS HERE
TO BE M ARKED:
Franklin streets are to be
marked with attractive street
signs, which will be erected at
49 intersections within the town
limits In the near future, it was
announced this week.
The Franklin Lions club,
which Is buying the street signs,
has placed the order, following
a series o I conferences with the
town board. The town, under
tip plan, will erect and maln
Uia the signs.
Within the next tew days, the
c also will place an order
tot numbers, so that business
places and residences on the
marked streets can be num
bered.
The marking of the streets
and numbering of business
places and residences are pre
requisites to applying for mail
delivery here by the post office
department.
The signs, delivery on which
ha* been promised within a
month to six weeks, will carry
the street names in 3-inch high
black letters an a white back
ground. The sign plates, of
aluminum, will be 4% by 19%
Inches overall, and will be
mounted on steel posts to be
placed In concrete at or near
the edges of the sidewalks at
street intersections.
Forty-eight of the signs, sim
ilar to those in use in many
cltlea, Including Raleigh and
Wilmington in this state, will
' (JtWytwo plates, one under the
other, placed at right angles
givliig the names of the two
Intersecting streets. The 49th
sign, to be erected at the in
tersection of the Georgia road,
Ridgewood avenue, and Hlllcrest
avenue, will carry the names of
those three streets.
The signs, which carry a 10
year guarantee, cost the Lions
$580.
The project is being handled
for the club by a committee
made up of B. L McGIamery,
chairman, A. R. Hlgdon, and E.
L. Hyde.
At the final conference with
town officials, at least one
major street name change was
agreed upon; the old Georgia
road was designated as Maple
street.
Starting on the Georgia road,
and going counter-c'.ockwise, the
Intersections where two-way
signs are to be placed, and the
street names they will carry,
I follow:
Georgia Road-Wilson Avenue; I
Georgia Road -Golf View Drive;
Maple Street-Wayah Street;
HlUcrest Avenue-Porter Street;
Wayah Street-Porter Street;
Wayah Street-Ulco Drive; Ulco
Drive-Forest Avenue; Wayah
Street-Conley Street; Conley
Street-Forest Avenue; Wayah
Street- Depot Street; Palmer
Street-West Main Street; Green
|8treet-West Main Street; West
Main Street- West Boulevard;
Green Street-Lyle Street; Green
Street-Anderfon Street.
Green Street-Harrison Ave
nue; Harrison Avenue-Bidwell
Street; Harrison Avenue-Ander
son Street; Bldwell Street-Lyle
Street; Sunset Drive-Lyle8treet;
West Boulevard-Sunset Drive;
Sunset Drlve-Bldwell Street;
West Main Street - Bldwell
8treet; West Main Street-Maple
Street; Palmer Street-Maple
Street; Palmer Street-Porter
Street; West Main Street-Porter
Street; West Main Street-Har
rlson Avenue; Church Street
Harrison Avenue; Harrison Ave
nue-Lyle Street; Church Street
Iotla Street.
Iotla Street- White Oak Street;
White Oak Street-River View
Street; Iotla Street-East Main
Street; West Main Street-Phil -
lips Street; Palmer Street-Phil
lips Street; East Ma hi Street
River View Street; East Main
Street-Palmer Street; East Main
Street-Depot Street; East Main
Street-U. S. Highway 64; First
Street-U. S. Highway 64; U. 8.
Highway 23-Flrst Street; First
8treet-Cherry Street; Phillip*
Street-West Rogers Street; East
MMn Street-East Roger* Street;
Porter Street-McCollum Drive;
Oeorgl* Road-Womack Street;
and Porter Street-School Stmt
Bills Set Up Counties'
Proportions Of Road
And School Totals
If North Carolina voters ap
prove the $200,000,000 road bond
Issue and the $25,000,000 school
house bond issue, at the special
election June 4, Macon County
will receive:
$1,576,000 (or roads.
$112,443 for schoolhouaes.
The legislative bills providing
for the bond election set forth
how the money, if the bonds are
voted, shall be distributed to
the counties.
The road improvement bill
says the read funds are to be
allocated to counties on a basis
of area, population, and mile
age. Talcing those factors into
consideration, it fixes Macon
County's percentage of the
total sum as 0.0078, which would
amount to $1,576,000.
The schoolhouse bill provides
that the $25,000,000, if voted by
the people of the state, shall be
divided on a basis of the num
ber of pupils per county during
the 1947-48 school year. On that
basis, Macon County's share of
the school building fund has
been figured $112,443.
The fund for building schools
would be in addition to the
$250,000 per county appropriat
ed outright by the last general
assembly.
Voters at the election Satur
day of next week will cast one
ballot on both issues, but may
vote for or against either.
At the top of the ballot is a
place to vote for or against the
road bonds, and on the lower
half, the voter may vote for or
against the school bonds.
Approval of the road bonds
would automatically Increase
the state tax on gasoline by one
cent.
The road bond issue Is for
work on rural roads, of the
state's 47,000 miles of unpaved
roads. Governor 8cott proposes
to pave 12,000 miles, and place
the remaining 35,000 miles in
all-weather condition.
The schoolhouse bonds pro
ceeds are available for el' her
new buildings or repair of pres
ent buildings, under terms of
the legislative act providing for
the bond election.
If the school bond issues
passes, Macon County will have
a total of $762,000 for school
buildings ? $400,000 in county
bonds that have been authoriz
ed but have not yet been is
sued and sold; $250,000 appro
priated by the 1949 general as
sembly; and $112,000 from the
state bond Issue.
Macon Girl To Finish
Work At Children's Home
Among Macon County girls
who will finish school next
month is Miss Sue McCbnnell,
18, who is one of 17 to be grad
uated from the Children's Home
school at Winston-Salem. Al
though she is a native of Ma
con County, Miss McConneU was
taken to the Children's Home
when she was 18 months old,
and had not visited relatives
here until last summer. The
young woman, who has never
seen her parents and does not
know their whereabouts, is a
niece of Mrs. Ray Dryman, of
Scaly, whom she visited last
summer, and a granddaughter
6f Mr. and Mrs. Rawlelgh Mc
Connell, also of Scaly. At Wln
ston-Salem, she is said to have
made an excellent record In
her studies, as well as on the
basketball and Softball teams.
She has not announced her
plans for the future.
Health Department
Will Cloae Monday;
Clinic Continuing
The local health department
office will be closed next Mon
day In observance of National
Memorial day, it was announced
this week.
The Weather
High Low Prec.
Wednesday 80 43 .00
Thursday .; 83 44 .00
Friday 80 48 .00
Saturday 77 51 .07
Sunday 78 40 .00
Monday 80 47 1.84
Tuesday 71 47 .10
Wednesday - B0 4