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VOL. LXIV NO. 31
FRANKLIN. N. C.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 4. 1949
TEN PAGES
ALDERMEN MOVE
TO ENFORCE 2
LAWS:JNACT 1
2 Delegations Argue New
Name Of 'Maple' Given
Old Gscrgia Read
The Franklin board of alder
men Monday night ordered
strict enforcement of two ordi
nances already on the books
and enacted a new ordinance.
The board also heard one of
the largest groups of citizens to
appear before it in years, mem
bers of the group arguing for
and against the new name of
"Maple" given a portion of the
old Georgia road.
The existing laws ordered
more strictly enforced require
annual vaccination ,of all dogs
against rabies and fix motor
vehicle speed limits? 35 miles
in the residential districts, 20
In the business area.
The new ordinance, enacted
upon request of Fire Chief Carl
Tysinger, prohibits vehicles from
parking within 1,000 feet of a
fire or from following a fire
truck at a distance of less than
1,000 feet. Chief Tysinger point
ed out that members of the de
partment in the past have been
handicapped, in reaching a fire
and in fighting it, by traffic.
Appearance of the two delega
tions of citizens was precipiated
by the recent announcement
that the name "Maple Street"
has been given to that portion
of the street, in the past usually
known as the "old Georgia
road", which lies between the
home of John B. Ray, on High
way 23, and the Leach resi
dence (which fronts on Main
street). It was pointed out that,
prior to this, the street has
teen designated on maps and in
deeds as the "Georgia road".
Mrs. W. B. McGuiie, the first
to appear before the board,
asked that this street not be
given the new name, saying that
her family had lived there for
50 or 60 years, that her hus
band had given the entire
frontage of his property for the
street, that this was one of the
oldest surveys in this part of
the courtry, and was a land
mark which she felt should not
be destroyed. She added that
she did not believe the people
on Harrison avenue would like
it if a segment of that street
were broken off and given an
other name. She felt, this was
what would happen if this por
tion of Georgia road was named
"Maple", since she said that sec
tion of pavement running from j
the Leach house on West Main ;
Continued on Page Six?
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AQO THIS WEEK
Miss Carey Siler, of Waynes
vllle, is visiting relatives in this
county.
Rev. J. C. Kennedy, the blind
preacher, filled the pulpit at
the Presbyterian church last
Sunday.
Mr. J. S. Sloan and family, of
Walhalla, S. C., arrived Satur
day to spend a couple of weeks
with relatives.
25 FEARS AGO
Miss Mary Allman is spend
ing a month in Atlanta.
Mayor R. D. Slsk and Messrs.
S. L. Rogers, W. B. McGuire,
and T. J. Johnston went to
Andrews Tuesday to look over
the new power plant that is
being built by that city with a
bond Issue. A similar step is be
ing contemplated by our town.
10 YEARS AGO
The annual flower show of
the Franklin Oarden club was
held Saturday In the McCoy
building, on Main street. More
than 5U0 people, Including many
tourists a-nd visitors from ad
joining towns, attended. More
than 200 entries were made
from all sections of the county.
The Rev. J. A. Flanagan was
awarded first and second prizes
for his two gladioli entries.
It now seems assured that
Franklin will have a first class,
50-piece band In the near fu
ture.
Officials Ask Franklin
People For Cooperation
In Keeping Town Clean
Mayor H. W. Cabe and mem
bers of the Franklin board of
aldermen this week issued a
statement calling on the people
of Franklin to cooperate with
town authorities "in keeping
Franklin clean".
Specifically, they suggested
that persons use the contain
ers along Main street for their
trash and waste paper, and that
all businesses and residents on
Main street "provide themselves
with garbage containers, com
plete with covers, and see that
their garbage is placed therein."
It is the desire of the mayor
and aldermen, the statement
pointed out, "to make Franklin
as healthy and attractive town
as possible."
"To Business Concerns, Resi
dents, and Shoppers:
"It is our desire to do our
utmost to make Franklin as
heal;.hy and attractive a town
The statement follows:
"In order to do this, we are
finishing the town with the
bast street cleaning department
possible within our means. In
the past year the personnel of
the department/ has been in
creased, and street washing
equipment has been purchased.
"In order to obtain best re
sults, we want tr, ask everybody
in Franklin to assist us in keep
ing Franklin clean, particularly
Main street and adjacent areas,
as this is our most crowded
section. To do this, we would
like to make the following sug
gest ons:
"1. That all persons make a
special effort to place all trash
and papers in the containers
provided for them on Main
street.
"2. That all businesses or res
idents living on Main street pro
vide themselves with adequate
garbage containers, complete
with covers, and see that their
garbage is placed therein.
'?Respectfully,
"Mayor and Board
of Aldermen."
Keeners Get
First Official
Word Of Son
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Keener,
formerly of Franklin, Route 4,
now of Pisgah Forest, have re
ceived the first official word
about their son, Cpl. John H.
Keener, Jr., since he was report
ed missing in action August 17,
1944.
The family learned unofficial
ly, however, two years ago, that
Cpl. Keener, 19-year old tail
gunner, was shot down over
Yugoslavia while on his second
mission. Johnny Grogen, of
Winston-Salem, the only man
on the plane who survived, vis
ited the Keener's and told them
how, when he went to give the
wounded Cpl. Keener a. shot of
morphine, he (Crogen) was
thrown from the p?ane by an
explosion. He ripped the cord on
his parachute, he said, and
landed safely.
The War department letter,
just received by the Keeners,
informed them that their son
originally was buried in an iso
lated grave in the village of
Orizari - Hanrijepro, Yugoslavia,
and that the remains were later
disinterred by American Graves
Registration personnel, properly
identified, and reinterred in the
U. S. Military cemetery at Bel
grade, Yugoslavia. The remains,
the letter added, have now been
casketed and are being held at
Florence, II aly, awaiting instruc
tions from the family.
The government is being re
quested to send the body home,
Mr. Keener said, and burial will
be in young Keener's native
Macon County.
BAPTISTS WILL
MEET AUG. 11-12
Association Will Hold
46th Annual Session
At Ridgecrest
Messengers from the 40
churches of the Macon County
Baptist association will gather
at the Ridgecrest Baptist church
Thursday morning of next week
for the association's 46th an
nual convention.
The two-day meeting will be
featured by reports, addresses,
and worship services.
Four sessions are scheduled?
at 10 a. m. Thursday, at 1:15
p. m. Thursday, at 9:30 a. m.
Friday, and at 1 p. m. Friday.
J. H. Stockton, moderator, will
preside.
The doctrinal sermon will be
preached Thursday morning by
the Rev. Paul Nix, of Highlands,
and the Rev. C. E. Parker, of
Franklin, will deliver the mis
sionary sermon at the Friday
afternoon session.
Out-of-town speakers on the
program Thursday afternoon
include Dr. Phil Elliott, presi
dent of Gardner-Webb college,
the Rev. M. A. Ifuggins, general
secretary of the State Baptist
convention, and a representa
tive of the Baptist hospital at
Winston -Salem. The Rev. Zeno
Wall, superintendent of the
Baptist orphanage, will speak at
the Friday morning session.
The Rev. W. L. Sorrells will
conduct the devotional at the
opening session Thursday morn
ing, Mr. Nix will preach, and
? Continued on Page Si*
? Photo by Crup Studio
WHEELBARROW PUSHER ? Mrs. Julia Toka St. Clair, who
is pushing her son, Adolphus, 7, in a wheelbarrow from Jack
sonville, Fla., to Detroit, Mich., is shown above as she departs
from Wood's Motor court here, where she and her son spent
last Thursday 'night. They left Jacksonville June 21, and hope
to reach Detroit, where they will visit the boy's grandmother,
by early fall. From Franklin, their route was via Brysom City
and than whom the Smoky mountains to Gatllnburg, Tana.
JUORS DRAWN
FOR AUG. 22
COURT TERM
Judge Moore Te> Preside;
5 Road Petitions
Are Approved
Jurors for the August term of
Macon suDerior court were
drawn at Monday's meeting of
the board of county commts
stoners.
Judge Dan K. Moore, of
Sylva, will preside at this court
term, which will open Monday
morning, August 22. It will be
Judge Moore's first appearance
in court here since he became
a superior court jydge. Solicitor
Thad D. Brvson. Jr., will prose
cute the criminal docket.
The name of only one wo
man?Mrs. Homer (Pearl) Mash
burn? was among the 54 drawn
on the grand and petit juries,
36 for the first week of court,
and 18 for the second. The
names were drawn from the
box by Michael Hastings, three
year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Hastings, of Franklin,
Route 2.
The commissioners also ap
proved and sent to Ra!eigh pe
titions that tour roads be taken
over by the State Highway and
Public Works commission for
maintenance: The Cabe Branch
road in the Tellico section; the
Hudson road in the Highlands
section; the Onion Mountain
road in the Holly Springs-Elli
jay section; and the Blaine
Tallent road in the Iotla sec
t'lon. ___
Jurors drawn for the first
week are:
Horner Fox, of Ellijay, Fred
Mason, of Kyle, A. R. Higdon,
Franklin, Garland Shepherd,
Franklin, Route 4, Ed Welch,
Route 3, N. G. Clampitt, Route
3, Carl E. Bateman, Flats, E. B.
May, Flats, C. L. Pendergrass,
Franklin, Mrs. Pearl Mashburn,
Franklin, J. R. Parrish, Route
3, Jewel Smith, Route 3, D. L.
? Continued on Page Six
G. H. Estes
Killed In Fall From Rsar
Of Truck
A fall from the rear of a
truck Sunday proved fatal to G.
H. Estes, 60-year old truck driver
and farmer of near Franklin.
Mr. Estes, said to have been
a member of a group going on
a picnic in his flat-bed truck,
was riding in the back of the '
truck, which was driven by
Bill Morgan, a neighbor. Near
Lake Emory, Mr. Estes fell out
of the truck .when it rounded
a curve, and struck his head on
the pavement.
He was taken to Angel clinic,
but was pronounced dead upon
arrival there. i
A native of Jack&jn county,
he had lived in this county for
some time. The body was taken
to Sylva for funeral services and
burial.
After investigating the acci- !
dent, Highway Patrolman
Pritchard Smith, Jr., said no
charges would be preferred
against Mr. Morgan, the driver.
Franklin
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Franklin Softball league re
sults to date, with the schedule
of approaching games, follows:
Results
Friday Night, July 22
Rotary, 24; Van Raalte, 6.
Forest Serive, 18; Zlckgraf, 5.
Monday Night, July 25
Rotary, 14; Zlckgraf, 5.
Oilers, 3; NP&LCo., 14
Friday Night, July 29
Rotary, 13; Forest Service, 6.
Oilers, 10; Van Raalte, 8. ,
Monday Night, August 1
NP&LCo., 12; Forest Service, II, ,
Zlckgraf, 11; Van Raalte, 6.
Teams' Standings j
W L. Pet. i
Rotary 8 2 .800 (
Oilers. :..... 5 2 .714
Forest Service 6 3 .666 <
NP&LCo 4 5 .444 ]
Zickgraf 4 5 .444 I
Van Raalte 1 9 .100 i
Coming Games , i
Friday (tomorrow) night? i
7:30, Rotary vs. NP&LCo.; sec- !
ond game, 9 p. m., Oilers vs. I
Zickgraf.
Monday night? 7:30, Rotary I
vs. Van Raalte; second game, <
9 p. m., Forest Service vs. <
Oilers. I
Macon's Schools
To Open Sept. 8
For 1949-50 Year
The Macon County's 16
schools will open (or the 1949
50 year Thursday, September
8.
That date ? about It days
later than the usual opening
was fixed by the county board
of education Monday, at the
suggestion of Supt. Guy L.
Hiouk. Mr. Houk pointed out
?hat if the schools were open
ed before the i ew Culla&aja
bui'ding is ready for use, it
would mean a reorganization
of bus schedules when the new
sch'?ol is occupied, and that
the building will certainly be
ready for classes by Septem
ber 8.
The board decided to call
the new school, which is situ
ated six miles from Franklin,
on the Highlands road, "Cul
Lasija", instead of Ellijay, the
name by which it usually has
been referred to in t.he past.
CRAWFORDHEAD
OF NEW SCHOOL
Is Named Principal At
Cullasaja, Macon's
Third Largest
W. G. (Bill) Crawford was
given the principalship of the
new Callasaja (Ellljayi school
Monday when Supt. Guy L.
Houk and the county board of
education assigned teachers for
the coming year.
The building for the new con
solidated school is now nearing
completion. Pupils who former
ly attended the Gold Mine,
Pine Grove, Salem, Higdonville,
and Mashburn's Branch schools
will go to Cullasaja, starting in
September. The consolidation
will make the school, with 10
teachers, the largest, except for
Franklin and Highlands, in the
county.
Mr. Crawford, former Frank
lin teacher, was transferred
from Slagle, where he served
as principal last year. He will
be succeeded at Slagle by James
Norman West, a teacher in the
Cowee school last year.
Other teachers assigned to the
Cullasaja school taught last year
in one of the five schools be
ing consolidated, with the ex
ceptions of Mrs. R. G. Sutton
(wife of the Franklin principal),
who is new as a teacher here,
and Mrs. Joyce Cagle, transfer
red from Otto.
Other transfers in the county
system :
Weaver Shope, Higdonville
principal last year, to Otto; Mrs.
Mildred Swafford, from Salem
to S'agle; Mrs. Gladys Kinsland,
from Watauga to Oak Ridge;
and Mrs. Vernon Hlgdon, from
Oak Ridge to Watauga.
New teachers this year, in
addition to Mrs. Sutton, include
Sam Beck, band director, and
Mrs. Beck, both assigned to the
Franklin school; H. Corbin,
?Continued on Page Six
SMART HURT IN MISHAP
Wilson Smart, farmer of
Franklin, Route 2, is a patient
at Angel hospital, suffering
from multiple rib fractures,
contusions, and bruises, received
Thursday of last week when his
horses became frightened and
he fell from a mowing machine,
and was dragged by it. His con
dition yesterday was reported as
fair.
Flower Show, Sponsored
By Garden Club, To Be
Held Here Next Monday
The Franklin Garden club will j
sponsor a flower show here I
Monday.
The show, which it is hoped
will be the first of a series of
'inual affairs, will be held In
the Stockton building, on Iotla
street, and will be open to the
public from 1 o'clock In the
iftemoon until 9 o'clock Mon
day night.
In announcing plans for the
;vent, officials of the club em- !
ahasized that the show is open
m people all over the county,
regardless of whether they are |
members of the Garden club,
ind urged all flower growers to j
submit entries. There is no en
try fee.
Entries must be at the Stock
ton building by 10 a. m., pref
erably brought in the owner's
iwn container. Judging will start
it 11 o'clock, and first aftd sec
end winners in the various
classes will be given ribbons,
while there will be a sweep
stakes prize for the most out
standing flower arrangement.
The special classes of entries
are j Roses, gladioli, dahlias,
snapdragons, zinnias, marigolds,
mixed flowers, wild flowers, ,
African violets, miniature ar- ,
rangements, potted plants, artis
tic arrangements, color arrange- j
ments, modern arrangements, \
and miscellaneous.
Final plans for the show were r
made at Monday afternoon's {
meeting of the Garden club,
he'.d at the Blagle Memorial
building, with Mrs Allan Brooks,
president, preying. Mrs. John ,
M. Archer, Jr., Mrs. Brooks. Mrs.
Grant Zickgraf, and Mrs. L. H.
Page were Joint hostesses to the j
40 members present.
Calendar
Of The Week's
EVENTS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4
8 p. m.? Post No. 108, Amer
ican Legion, at Slagle Memorial
bu'iding.
8 p. m.? Nequassa Chapter No.
43, Order of the Eastern Star,
at Masonic hall.
FRIDAY
3 p. m. ? Circle No. 1, Metho
dist Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service, at home of Mrs.
Albert L. Ramsey.
7:30 p. m. -Softball league
games at Franklin Athletic
field.
SATURDAY
7:30 p. m. ? Teen Age club at
Hotel Hearn.
8 p. m ? Square dance (Amer
ican Legion benefit > at Memory
ial building.
1 p. m.? Franklin Garden
Club's flower show, at Stockton
building, on Iotla street, opens
to public'. !
7 p. m. -Franklin Lions club
at Presbyterian church annex.
7 p. m.- Franklin Troop No.
1, Bey Scouts, at Memorial
building.
TUESDAY
8 p. m.? Co-Ed club at Memor
ial building.
WEDNESDAY
7 p. m.- Franklin Rotary club
at Memorial building.
7:30 p. m.? Memorial Post No. J
7339, Veterans of Foreign Wars, i
at Agricultural building.
Plan East Franklin
School; Consider
New High Building
Proposes U*e Of School
Funds For Athletics
And Recreation
A proposal that a part of the
county schools' funds, received
from taxes for capital outlay,
be earmarked for physical edu
cation and recreational pur
poses, percipitated lengthty dis
cussion at Monday's meeting of J
the county beard of education.
The suggestion was made by i
Bob S. Sloan. The board took
no action.
Mr. Sloan stressed three points
in making his recommendation:
1. Physical education is now
required for graduation from
high school.
2. A recreational program is
of value to the schools and the
pupils. ""
3. It is not right to obtain all
funds for physical education
equipment and school recrea
tional purposes? since those are
school functions ? from private
individuals.
"Whenever we need something
at the school", Mr. Sloan said,
"we come down and work the
merchants. It isn't right. That
way only a few people foot the
bill. It ought to be divided."
He emphasized that, if his
proposal were adopted, he would
favor dividing the amount set
aside for physical education and
? Continued on Page Six
1 ?
Will Transform Present
Building Into Gym,
If Practicable
A new grammar school build
ing is to be constructed in East
Franklin, and a plan for erect
ing a new high school build
ing at the Franklin school is
under consideration, discussion
at Monday's meeting of the
county board .of education re
vealed.
The East Franklin school will
be built instead of the struc
ture it originally was planned
to construct in Millshoal town
ship, and will serve East Frank
lin and vicinity, as well as the
Millshoal area. Into the East
Franklin school will be consol
idated the present schools at
Holly Springs, Watauga, and
Oak Ridge.
Erection of a new high school
building here is contingent.
County Supt. Guy L. Houk ex
plained, on whether it is feas
ible to transform the building
now used for high school classes
into a physical education build
ing. Tentative plans call for re
moval of most of the partitions
in the present building to pro
vide gymnasium space, and ar
chitectural and engineering ad
vice is being sought, Mr. Houk
said, to determine if this can be
done.
He explained that the original
school building plans called for
a physical education building
here, but that he proposes to
build a new high school instead,
if it is practicable to use the
present building for physical
education purposes. It might be
possible, he added, to so utilize
the space as to have a lunch
room also in the present high
school building.
The board Monday also re
scinded its action of a month
ago looking toward construction
of a temporary four-room struc
ture at the Franklin school to
provide additional classrooms
for the four extra teachers al
lcted the school here this year.
The plan was to utilize mate
rials in some of the county
buildings that are to be elimi
nated as a result of consolida
tions, but Mr. Houk told the
beard investigation revealed
that there is little usable mate
rial in the buildings to be torn
down.
He suggested, instead, that
the bus storage structure, 120 x
27 feet, be prepared for tempor
ary classroom used, by floors
ing it, cutting windows, weath
erboarding it, finishing the in
terior, and installing plumbing.
This, however, will provide space
for only two classrooms.
Mr. Houk believes that a third
classroom can be made avail
able by a shifting of schedules
in the high school building, and,
after considerable discussion, it
was decided to try to rent space
for a fourth classroom.
Other developments at Mon
? Continued on Page Six
Mar. Who Draws
'Captain Easy'
Is In Highlands
Leslie Turner, the cartoon
ist who diaws "Captain Easy,"
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Bunn, of Highlands, at
their home on the Asheville
road.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
and the low temperature yes
terday, as recorded at the
Coweeta Experiment station.
High Low Prec.
Wednesday 90 57
Thursday 93 57
Friday 92 59
Saturday 91 59
Sunday 84 60
Monday 80 59 .28
Tuesday 72 59
Wednesday ..._ 64 .60
FRANKLIN RAINFALL
(As recorded by Manson fcL.
Stiles, TV A weather observer.)
For the 24 hours ending at 8
i. m. Monday, .80 of an inch;
ending at 8 a. m. yesterday, .24.
Total (or week, 1.04 Inches,