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FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, NOV. II, 1949
TEN PAGES
Franklin Reinstated In Smoky Conference
ADVISORY ROAD
GROUP CHOSEN
BY TWO BOARDS
IS- Man Committee Will
Recommend Projects
For ThW County
A 15-man advisory road com
mittee, to study Macon County's
rood needs and make recom
mendations to the Slate High
Way and Public Works com
mission, was appointed by the
board of county commissioners
and the county board of edu
cation at a joint session Mon
day morning.
Appointment of the commit
tee was In line with a sugges
tion made by L. Dale Thrash,
tenth division highway commis
sioner, when he met with citi
zens of this county here Oc
tober 12.
The committee is made up of
one representative from each of
nine townships, iwo from Nan
tahala, and four from Franklin
township.
E. J .Whitmlre, Jar., was ap
pointed as temporary chairman,
to call the group together for
an organization meeting.
Other members of the com
mittee are:
Highlands, Sam Calloway;
Flats, Ray Dryman; Sugarfork,
Fred Henson; Ellljay, C. Tonf
Bryson; Mlllshoal, Ellas Am
nions; Smithbridge, Max Par
rish; Cartoogechaye, J. H.
Brookshire; Burnlngtown, Rob
ert (Bob) Parrish; Cowee, J.
Fred McOaha; Nantahala, Clint
M?y (for No. 2 voting precinct
of that township) and Luther
Jacobs (No. 1); and Franklin,
R. Candler Sution, Glenn Ray,
Jake W. Addlngton, and Mr.
Whltemlre.
Before selecting the commit
tee members, the two boards
agreed that those named should
be good citizens who are inter
ested in the county's road pro
gram and who, as far as pos
sible, live on roads already im
proved, so that they would have
no personal Interest in the Im
provement of any particular
roads.
The question 01 per diem ,pay
And travel allowance for com
mittee members was discussed,
but action was deierred.
Appointment of Mr. Henson
as the Sugarfork representative
was recommended by Oeorge D.
Hedden, of Gneiss, who appear
ed before the board of educa
tion for that purpose.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Miss Ethel Deal is attending
school In Asheville.
Harry Jones has gone to
Chapel Hill to enter the Uni
versity.
James A. Porter left Monday
to resume his work as shoe so
licitor.
Miss Nina Porter left Mon
day for Shorter college, Rome,
Ga., to study music.
Corn will be received on sub
scriptions up to 1st day of De
cember.
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. Tom McCoy's beautiful
residence on top of Cowee
Mountain, between Franklin and
DUlsboro, burned to the ground
Tuesday night.
Attorneys Wlnt Horn, Dean
Sl&k and Henry Robertson at
tended federal court In Ashe
vllle last week.
10 TEARS AGO
Approximately $25 was real
ized from the box supper held
at the Clark's Chapel school
house on Saturday night, under
the direction of Mrs. Lola S.
Riser and Mrs. Fred Arnold,
teachers. George Mallonee was
auctioneer, and music was pro
vided by Furautn Corbln, E. J.
Carpenter, St. cialr Anderson,
and Dean Carpenter.
fiiiop Ko't, Head
Of Methodism, Is
Heard In Frank' in
Bishop Ivan Lee Il^'t, of
St. president ?f the
Me bsd'st church's College of
B shops, preiched at t| ie
Fi anklin Methodist chuieh
Sunday morning.
Bbhop H It, en route from
Lake Juialuska to Atlanta,
topped ki Waynesville to s?e
h!s friend, Dr. C. N. Clark,
superintend ?n* o' this Me ti
odist district. I*. Clark, who
was coming to Franklin to
hold a quarterly conference,
persuaded Bishop Holt to stop
with him here lo.ng emcugh t>
preach at tlhe morning serv
lC The bishop left immediately
after the service. Quince
Hauser driving him to Clay
ton to catch a bus.
MACONSCHOOL
PROGRAM FILED
A proposed school building
program for Macon Coun y has
been submitted to state author
ities lor approval, County Supt.
Guy L. Houk reported to the
county board of education at its
monthly meeting Monday morn
ing.
The program calls for new
buildings at Highlands, Nanta
hala, Iotla, Union, Cartooge
chaye, an elementary bui'ding
in East Franklin for that sec
tion and the Millshoal com
munity, and either a new high
school building at Franklin or
a structure for physical educa
tion and a lunch room.
Mr. Houk submitted alternate
plans- * for Franklin, he said,
erecting a new high school
building and remodeling the
present high school structure
for physical education and a
lunch roam, or cons ruction of
a physical education-:unchroom
building and renovation of the
present high school building for
use as a high school.
The facts on the Negro situ
ation in this county were sub
mitted to Raleigh, Mr. Houk
said, with ihe request that state
school officials offer sugges
tions. The past 26 years, he
said, has shown a steady de
crease in Negro population here.
At present, there are only 108
Negroes in this county ? all in
the Franklin, Cowee, and Ellijay
townships? under 20 years of
age, find only 74 of those are
aged six or older.
Nine Negro high school stu
dents are now being sent by
bus to the Negro school at
Sylva, and an e'.ementary school
for Negroes is being operated
here Three teachers are em
ployed, although the number of
pupils warrants only two teach
ers under state standards.
In submiiting the report, Mr.
Houk said, he called the state
authorities' attention to the re
quest of a delegation from Mill
shoal for a separate school in
that community.
The data showing present and
planned school facilities were
submitted last week, Mr. Houk
said to the survey committee of
the State Board of Education,
and Mr. Houk anticipates he
will be asked to appear before
that body and discuss the pro
gram within the next fortnight.
If and when the program is ap
proved by the survey committee,
it then will come before the full
board for 'formal approval.
The state board already has
approved a number of county
programs and Individual school
? Continued on Page Six
JURORS CHOSEN
FOR DECEMBER
TERM OF COURT
Session Is Set T o Open
l>jcem'ber 5; Bryson
Will Pre#i?&2
A jury list for the December
term of Macon superior court
was drawn at Monday's meet
ing of the board of county
commissioners.
The court term will open
Monday morning, December 5,
with Judge Dan K. Moore, of
Sylva, presiding. Judge Moore
held the last term of court
here, in August.
The commissioners also pass
ed on a number of road peti
tions.
The jury list is unusual in
that there are no Highlands
names among the 54 drawn.
Only one woman ? Miss Laura
M. Jones, of Franklin, retired
teacher ? is on this tferm's list.
The names were drawn from
the jury box by Josephine
Thomas, four-year old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Thomas, of Dillard, Ga., Route
1.
The 36 drawn for the first
week ? the group from which
the grand jury will be chosen?
follow:
John Brend'e, of Franklin,
Route 3, Edwin T. S-iles, of
Route 4, Laddie Crawford, Route
1, Miss Laura M. Jones, Frank
lin, F. R. Roane, Route 1, D. C.
Hambree, Flats, Robert R.
Gaines, Franklin, Luther Raby,
Route 3, Raleigh Shook, Frank
lin, J. M. Fisher, Scaly, J. A.
Brogden, Route 4, Martin An
gel, Franklin.
Grady Dayton, Route 2, Clay
D. Compton, Route 2, E. V. Am
nions, Rou e 4, John Hall, Route
3, Pritchard Russell, Cullasaja,
Sam, my Bryson, Cullasaja, John
Wiley Clark, Cu'lasaja, Carl
Donaldson, Prentiss, Furman
Welch, Route 3, Charlie Downs,
Route 3, Charles J. Ferguson,
Route 4, Curtis Passmore, Flats.
Joe L. Keener, Dillard, Ga.,
Route 1, Charles A. Shields,
Route 4, George W. Reece,
Franklin, O. L. Buchanan,
Route, 2, the Rev. N. E. Holden,
Route 4, J. S. Gray, Route 2,
Lawson Snyder, Route 4, J. L.
Hugglns, Rou e 4, Ted Camp
bell, Route 3, Leonard Myers,
Route 2, Ted Vinson, Scaly,
Horace T. Nolen, Franklin.
Second week:
E. T. Battles, Route 2, Wil!
Bradley, Route 3, J. R. Morri
son, Franklin, H. D. Ditmaie,
Flats, Elbert Angel, Franklin,
Mack Moffitt, Franklin, Bill
Phillips, Franklin, H. Grady
Crisp, Route 4, Paul P. Blaine,
Route 1, Nat Phillips, Franklin,
Fred Cruse, Franklin, Dwigh
Waters, Ky!e, J. G. Hopkins.
Route 1, Britt May, Flats, Frank
M. Higdon, Franklin, H. C. Mill
er, Scaly, Lyman Sweatman,
Route 1, and Marlon Bryson,
Cullasaja.
The commissioners approved
and forwarded to the State
Highway and Public Works
commission petitions that the
state take over roads as fol
lows: Clear Creek road, Carson
Cove road, Norton Branch road,
Franklin-Medlin road, Hickory
road in Highlands, Ledford
road, and the Upper Lake road.
PLAN RUMMAGE SALE
Mrs. Edith Hemphill's fifth
grade class will hold a rummage
sale on Ranldn square Saturday
morning at 9 o'clock. Proceeds
will be used toward Installing
a lavoratory In the room.
Hundreds Rush For Immunization
After 2 Die Here Of Diphtheria
Between 300 and 400 Macon
county children were immuniz
ed against diphtheria over the
week-end, following the death
of two children from that dis
ease last week, Mrs. Gladys
Mae Shope, senior public health
nurse of the county welfare de
partment, reported.
A total of 124 were given the
diphtheria sho's at the health
department clinic Saturday
morning, so many parents
bringing their children that the
department had. to work two
hour* beyond the normal noon
closing hour.
An additional 116 were im
munized at the regular Monday
clinic.
And private physicians gave
the shots to an estimated 100
on Saturday alone, one physi
cian reporting that he Immun
ized 50 that day.
At the health department
clinics, children brought In for
diphtheria shots also were giv
en the whooping cough serum,
If they had not had It admin
istered before, Mrs. Shope said.
Annual Red Cross
Mealing Here Set
For November 18
T.he Itticon Oou.i'y chapter
of tjhe American Red Cross
will hold its annual meeting
November 19 at 7:30 p. m. at
the Stable Memorial building,
it was aronounmd this week
by Harmon H. {Jnuse, Jr,
chapter chairman.
An interesttag program I*
planned, but fiMl details have
not been worked out.
All Red C-? ? members are
invited to attead the meet
ing, at which' officers for the
coming year will be elected
RESERVEPRIZE
WON BY MACON
?? ???
Local Boys Alto Bring
$6,300 Back F i om
Stock Show
Macon County FFA and 4-H
boys came home from last
week's annual Fat Stock show
In 'Asheville with the Reserve
(second place) championship,
two group first places, and 18
out of a possible 21 blue rib
bons.
The boys came home, too,
with $6,300 ? $200 of It prize
money ? jingling In their pock
ets.
The 21 steers were auctioned
for an average of 3214 cents
per pound.
The championship, won by
Macon County in 1948, went to
Buncombe this year.
The reserve championship was
won by a steer entered by Ken
neth and Bruce Crawford, twin
sans of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Crawford, of the Ca^toogechaye
community. In Thursday's auc
tions it brought $387.
The group of boys, under the
direction of E. J. Whltmire, Jr.,
vocational agriculture teacher,
entered 21 calves, and 18 of the
21 were in the blue ribbon class,
the other three winning red,
or second place, ribbons.
The Macon boys also entered
the best group of five animals,
and the best group of three.
Under the regulations, the an
imals In the second group had
to have been raised In th's
county, of Macon County sires
and dams.
In addition to fathers of
several of the boys, a number
of Frank'in business men at
tended the auc Ion Thursday,
bidding for themselves and
others they represented, in
pushing up the price of the Ma
con County animals. Among
those present were Wiley Brown,
M. L. Dowdle, Robert Fulton,
and Harve Bryant.
Frank B. Duncan, the Frank
lin Farmers Federation, and
Franklin Frozen Foods, Inc.,
bought animals entered from
this county.
Macon boys, in addition to the
Crawford brothers, who enter
ed animals were: Billy Teague,
Paul Killian, Bobby Henry, Wil
liam Taylor, Bob Tippet f, Lamar
Houston, Jack Taylor, Pete Set
ser, Lawrence Daves, Wayne
Harrison, Federick Setser, Ed
win Nolen, Jack Roper, Charles
Oregory, Joe Taylor, Prelo Craw
ford, John Tippett, and Hal
Henry.
Board Acts
To Prevent Parking In
Bus Space
The Franklin board of alder
men, at its monthly meeting
Monday night, voted to make it
unlawful for vehicles, other
than busses, to park on the
south side of Main street, be
tween Phillips street and Angel's
drug store.
The action followed a report
by Police Chief C. D. Baird
that he was having trouble
with taxis parking there. The
space in question previously had
been officially designated for
bus parking.
The board discussed ? but ad
journed without taking actinn ?
the controversy over whether
the former Old Georgia road
shall continue as Maple street,
the name recently given it, or
shall again be designated as
Old Oeorbla road.
All members, except for W.
C. Burrell, were present. Mayor
H. W. Cabe presided.
DONALD BROWN
WINS DISTRICT
CONTEST PRIZE
Macon Youth Gets $100
'Better Methods'
Scholarship
Donald Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wiley Brown, of Franklin,
Route 2, was proc'almed district
winner In ihe state- wide "Bet
ter Methods" contest, at a con
ference held In Raleigh Mon
day and Tuesday.
Young Mr. Brown received a
$100 scholarship, good in a?y
college he wishes to attend, and
a gold medal. The district cov
ers the area served by the Nan
tahala Power and Light com
pany ? Cherokee, Graham,
I Swain, Macon, and Jackson j
; counties.
Miss Othella Cabe, daughter
of Mr. ?nd Mrs. Jack Cabe, of i
Franklin, Route 4, who had been
chosen county winner of the
girls' contest, also attended the
conference In Raieigh and wps
presented a gold medal. The
two young 4-H members were
accompanied on the trip by T.
H. Fagg, assis ant county agent
in charge of 4-H club work, and
W. W. Sloan, Nantahala Power
company rural electrification
agent.
John M. Archer, Jr., vice-pres
ident of the Nantahala Power
and Light company, presided as
master of ceremonies at the
Raleigh meeting, and presented
the awards.
Young Brown, had as his Be -
ter Methods project the heating
of potato beds with e'ect-icity. I
as compared with the use of |
beds heated with a wood furn
ace having hea ed flues built
under the beds.
The contest consists of a boy
and a girl selecting some job or
chore on his or her faim or
home and trying to improve the
fob by use of electricity or elec
trical appliance that will save
j money, time and labor or in
| crense efficiency. The con est is
sponsored on a nation-wide
basis by Westinghouse Elcctric
company, and in this area by
the Nantahala Power and Light
company.
Achievement
Award Goes
To Liberty
The Liberty Home Demon
stration club was awarded the
gavel for 1949 accomplishment,
at the Achievement Day pro
gram held at the Agricultural
bui'ding Monday.
| Mrs. Carroll Gibson accepted
the award, which.-, was based
on work of project leaders, ac
tive officers, community activ
ities, and club attendance.
| Cullasaja club was in second
place, and Cowee and Holy
Springs were tied for third
place.
Miss Laura M. Jones was guest
speaker at the meeting, attend
ed by more than 100. with 17
home demonstration clubs rep
resented, and Mrs. J. S. Gray,
state president of the N. C.
Federation of Home Demonstra
tion clubs, reported on .he
meeting of the National Council
of Home Demonstration clubs,
which she recently attended in
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Mis Jones, retired teacher and
vice-president of the Macon
? Continued on Pate Six
HOKSLEY PROMOTED ? James
C. Horsley, a senior .it the U. S.
Military academy, West Po nt,
N. ?., has been promoted to the
rank of cadet sergeant, accord
ing to a dispatch r?ceived here
from West Point. The son of
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Horslev/
of Fianklin, the 22-year old
cadet this fall has fc?en star
ring in his company's hickfiel-l
In the West Point in'ramural
football program. He also is
active in the Skeet, Camera and
Ski clubs at West Point. He was
graduated from Franklin High
school in 1944, and was em
ployed by the Forest Service,
at'ended C'emson college, and
served one year in the .army
before entering West P int.
Upon graduation next spring,
he hopes to be commisioned in
the air forces.
PANTHERS LICK
LIBERTY, 36-0
Liberty, S. C., made a great
mistake by vastly underrating
the Franklin Panthers and send
ing a squad of football players
composed of members of hs
second and third teams to plav
the Panthers here last Thurs
day night. As a result, even
though Franklin played every
member on its squad, the South
Carolina boys went back heme
with a 36 to 0 defeat on then
record.
Franklin scored early in the
first quarter with Charles
Shields going over from the
three-yard line to finish an GO
yard drive. The try for extra
point was blockcci.
The Panthers scored twice in
the second q'.tar er. Bill Hug
gins scored on a two-yard
plunge through the line and
Bobby Potts made the final
tou-hdown of the half on a
beautiful 75-yard lun. the long
est of the game. After break
ing in o the secondary behind
nice interference, the fleet
Franklin back literally outran
the Liberty backs.
Bill Huggins resumed the
scoring in the second half with
a 50-yard jaunt in the third
quarter. Then Pat 'Pattillo and i
Kermit Dehart each added one
touchdown in the fourth. Pat
tillc caught a 15-yard pass from
Archer on the 30-yard line and
ran the remaining distance for
a touchdown.
Dehart, playing in his first j
varsity game as fullback, plung- j
pd from the four-yard line for |
the fifth touchdown of the
game.
Here s Strange Story Of What
Tree Did When Disaster Struck
This is the story of what a
young tree did when a limb
fell on top of it.
Stretching upward toward the
sun, the seedling first grew
around the limb that lay on
top of it, then divided into
two trees, and finally grew to
gether again!
The tree, a hickory, was found
by a forest crew on Dicks Creek,
In Jackson county, last week,
cut, and the freakish section
brought to Franklin.
It all happened, foresters
?peculate, ? generation ago.
Rings at the butt of the tree
indica'e it is about 40 years
old. It is believed that the 4- |
inch chestnut limb, which is
above the ground, the hickory
has grown completely around
the chestnut l'mb. which runs
through the center of the hick- |
ory. A few inches farther up,
the hickory divides into two
well preserved, fell on top of
the seedling some 35 years ago,
Injuring the terminal bud.
However that may have been,
at a point about four feet
?Continued on Page Six
EXPULSION VOTE
IS REVERSED BY
miER COACHES
Local School Had Bosn
Expelled Fcr Failing
To File Records
Franklin High school, which
10 days a?o was expel'ed f om
the Smoky Mountain athletic
conference, was re nslated at a
called meeting of the confer
ence Tuesday night in Bryson
City.
As a result of the reinstate
ment, the Franklin-B'-yson City
football game at Bryson City
will be played November 18 as
scheduled.
Franklin was suspended, at a
confeicnce meeting in Andrews
last week, until the basketball
season of 1951 ? a period of ap
proximately two years. Although
the action was taken on Tues
day night, the ffr?t miblic an
nouncement appeared in the
Ashevi'le newspapers Sunday
The charges against the local
school's athle ic rfficials wis
failure to file reports on the
eligibility of individual r 'vers
to coaches of opposing teams
and the conference secretary,
as required by conference regu
lations.
The suspension order would
have canceled next week's gam*
with Bryson City, which at pres
ent is the No. 1 team In th*
conference, as a result of tta
! victory over Sylva, 27 to 26,
I last Friday night.
Coach Milbum Atkins, of
Franklin, who was not present ,,
at the Andrews meeting, when
the Franklin suspension was
voted, Monday telephoned Coach
Howard Barnwell, of Bryson
City, president of the Smoky
Mountain conference, asking
that a meeting be called to al
low Franklin to state its case.
Mr. Barnwell called the mee -
ing for Tuesday night at th?
Bryson City High school. The
conference organization is mad#
up of the coaches of the mem
ber schools, and the ccaches, in
that capacity, have complete
control of Hhe conference. The
following, in addition to Mr.
Barnwfell, who presided, were
present: Coaches Carl D. Moses,
of Nantaha'a, Frank long, of
Hayesville, James Barnwell, of
Sylva. Conference Secretary
Robert Bell, of Robbinsville,
? Continued on Paee Sis
2 Circuits
Will Held Quarterly
Mrets ci'nday
The first quarterly confer
ences of the Macon and West
Macon Meihodist circuits will
be held Sunday, it was an
nounced this week. Dr. C. N.
Clark, of Waynesville, dist-ict
superintendent, will conduct the
sessions.
The Macon circuit conference
will be held at 11 a. m. at
Union Chapel.
The confe ence far the Vest
Macon circuit is set for 2:38
p. m. at Gillespie chapel.
Thcrpe Seriously 111,
Has Majcir Operation
J. E. S. Thorpe, of Franklin,
is seriously ill in New Orleans.
Mr. Thorpe, president of the
Nantahala Power and Light
company, entered the Founda
tion hospital in New Orleans
Thursday of last week, and
underwent a major operat on
there Monday. Mrs. Thorpe and
their son, Foster Thorpe, of
New York, are with him.
The Weather
Temperatures ami precipitation for tfca
past -.fxrn days, ami tlir low frmperatur*
wstenlny. as recorded at the Coweeta Ex
periment station.
High Low Pet.
Wednesday 68 29 .12
Thursday 46 30 .03
Friday 59 25 .01
Saturday 52 29
Sunday 60 20
Monday 67 22
Tuesday 67 25
Wednesday 24
FRANKLIN RAINFALL
(A* recorded hy Manson Stile* for TVA)
Thursday, .02; Friday, trace;
other days, none.