66TH YEAR Oldest Weekly Paper In Western North Carolina Hfje Jfetjlitt ffr gtlje l^ighlan^ Baconian CIRCULATION Last Week - 244* Last Year 23S9 VOL. LXVI? NO. J7 TEN FAGES M'SWAIN TAKES OATH AS MACON SCHOOLS' HEAD Plan Final Inspection Of 2 New Buildings Tomorrow Holland McSwaln, newly elect superintendent of Macon Coun ty schools, took the oath of of fice Monday morning at tne monthly meeting of the county board of education. Mr. McSwaln, elected June 4 to Succeed Guy L. Houk, who resigned, formerly served as principal and superintendent of schools in Caswell county, and more recently has been busi ness manager of Flora Macdon ald college, at Red Springs. Sworn in by Miss Kate McGee, clerk of superior court, he as sumed his new duties lmmedi 4 The school board, at Monday's meeting, tentatively assigned teachers, previously elected to the various schools In the Franklin district, and discussed a variety of matters. Meeting with the board were two mem bers. each, from the Franklin and Nantahala district commit tees, H. L. Bryant and Owen Ammons, of this district, and Weimer Cochran, and Warren Owenby, of the Nantahala dis tfMr. Cochran suggested the possibility of turning the pres ent Otter Creek buildings into a teacherage. It was pointed out that the board members and school superintendent had been asked to make a final Inspec tion of the East Franklin and Nantahala schools tomorrow (Friday), and Chairman Bob Sloan appointed J. ^ and Walter Gibson, with Supt. McSwaln, as a committee to study the possibilities at that time and make recommenda tions to the board at its next '"a delegation, made UP and Mrs. Lee Tippett, Wade H. Stockton, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Led ford appeared before the board to protest against Jack Angel's teaching next y$ar in the Franklin school. It was ex plained to the group that Mr. Aneel already has a contract to teach next year, but the board members assured the delegation their complaints brought to Mr. Angels atten report of a state survey of the Negro school situation in this and adjoining count ies was 'read, but no action was taken. The board received a bid of $300 for the old Union school building from J. J. Mann in hu capacity as trustee of the Union Methodist church. Action W*FoUowing the meeting, It was learnfed, Supt. McSwaln offered the position of secretary to the superintendent to Mrs. Nea Johnston, who has held that Dost for several years, but she declined It. The office is betog operated temporarily without a SeMrUMcSwaln recently pur chased the Phillips house on Bldwell street, and he and Mrs. McSwaln and their two sons have moved Into their new home. They arrived from Red Springs last Saturday. Officer Hurt In Fight Growing Out Of Arrest Try Ralph W. (Red) Welch, acting Franklin policeman, received treatment at a local hospital for a dislocated shoulder and lac erations, following a fight with a man he was trying to arrest for public drunkenness Tuesday afternoon about 2:30 o'clock. The Main street fracas drew a crowd of about 75. Fred Dills was jailed and charged with public drunken ness and later was released on bond. Mayor R. M. Dillard said the town would prefer charges against Mr. Dills this week for the attack on the officer. PLAN REVIVAL The Rev. P. C. James, of At lanta, Oa., will conduct a week end of revival services beginning at 8 o'clock each evening, July ?# to ?, at the Mt. Zlon Metho dist church, Mr*. R. H. Hull, jwator, announced this week. I NEW PRESIDENT W. G. CRAWFORD Mr. Crawford, immediate past secretary of the Lions club, will eb installed as president of the organization at a .meeting July 9. He is principal at Cultasaja school. TEACHERS GET ASSIGNMENTS W. G. Crawford To Head East Franklin, Love Goes To Cowee Teachers in the Franklin school district were tentatively assigned to scfiools by the coun ty board of education, at its meeting Monday. W. G. Crawford was named principal of the new East Franklin elementary school, and Tillery T. Love was made prin cipal of the Cowee school, to succeed E. J. Carpenter, re signed. Weaver Shope will succeed Mr. Crawford as principal at the Cullasaja school. It was unnecessary, board members explained, to make as signments for the Highlands and Nantahala districts, since it. is planned to operate only one school in each of those districts. Nor were assignments of Negro teachers necessary, since only one Negro school is operated. The teachers were elected, by districts, some time ago. Since it is not definitely known what new school build ings will be completed by Sep tember, the assignments are necessarily tentative, it was pointed out. The Franklin district list fol lows: Franklin: R. G. Sutton, principal, Mrs. Katherine M. O'Neil, Miss Annie Bailey, Mrs. Lois F. Fulton, Miss Adelaide Brewer, Edwin T. Wil liams, Harry Corbin, Mrs. Marie SEE NO. 1, PAGE 6 No Shots For Immunization Will Be Given Till Fall Dr. Carl C. Janowsky, district health officer, announced this week that the local health de partment will give no immuni zations during the "summer poliomyelitis season". The health officer said this decision was prompted by a let ter from Dr. J. W. R. Norton, state health officer, which stat ed ". . . that persons develop ing poliomyelitis within a month fllowing intramuscular injec tions had a higher incidence of paralysis in the extremities in which the injections were made than would be expected." The letter suggested that the health officer consider omission of immunization Injections un til the end of the summer. In view of this, although only one case of polio has been report ed in Macon County, Dr. Jano wsky said the suggestion would be enforced as a precautionary measure. The ban probably will be lift ed sometime in September, he said. However, Dr. Janowsky said, immunizations already begun will be finished, and children under six months old can re ceive immunizations. Immunizations include small pox vaccination as well as diph theria, tetanus, whooping cough, and typhoid Injections, he said. Regular clinic work and pre school examinations will be con tinued as usual, the doctor said. Plan To Unveil Plaque To Thorpe At Ceremony Plans have been completed for holding a commemorative ce-emonv, honoring the late J. E. S. Thorpe, at the Thorpe de velopment of the Nantahala Power and l ight company near Sylva, Saturday, July 14. In announcing completion of arrnnjements of the program, Jchn M. Archer, Jr., president of the power company, said that a memorial claque was to be unveiled at the power house of I the development. Originally , kn i*vn as the Glenville develop- j ment, the operations have been*; renamed in honor of Mr. ; Thome, former president of the , company who died in early 1950 after serving as president for more than 20 years. According to Mr. Archer, de cision to rename the develop ment of this area's natural re sources. This power develop ment in honor of his predeces sor was made in view of Mr. Thorpe's long and active role in the development of the natural resources of the North Carolina mountain regions. "For more than a quarter of a century," Mr. Archer said, "J. E. S. Thorpe devoted himself to the develop ment typifies the work he did so well. It is only proper, then, that in recognition of his work we hor^r Mr. Thorpe in this manner." Program for the ceremony as outlined by Mr. Archer, includes the unveiling of the plaque by John Forgrave Thorpe and Foster Brown Thorpe, Jr., of Wilton, Conn., grandsons of Mr. Thorpe. The invocation and benediction will be given by the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, rector of St. Agnes Episcopal church, Franklin. Brief remarks are to be made by Mr. Archer, Frank L. Magee, vice-president and general production manager for the Aluminum Company o' America, and Kenneth C. RoyaU, of the law firm Dwight, Royal!, Harris, Koegel and Cnske ol New York and Washington. Among guests expected to be . present are Mrs. Olivia B. Thorpe, of Franklin, wife of I the late Mr. Thorpe; Foster B. i Thorpe, his son; Mr>. Foster B. Thorpe: John F. Thorpe and Foster B. Thorpe, Jr., grandsons, all ol Wilton, Conn.; and the I Misses Nora and May Thorpe, 1 sisters of the late Mr. Thorpe, i of New York. The ceremonies, to which the public is invited, are expected I to begin at 11 a. m. 18 4-H Girls Model Own Handiwork In Dreu Review Eighteen 4-H girls modeled clothes, products of their own handiwork, at a county-wide 4 H dress review last Thursday afternoon at the Agricultural building. The review was under the supervision of Mrs. Barbara B. Hunnicutt, assistant home agent, who awarded prizes to the 18 entries, and ribbons to the winners. In the "school dress" feature Miss Carlene Sorrells won first place, Miss Nancy Cable, second, and Miss Nina Ann Norrls, third. Miss Betty Carpenter, Miss Myrtis Cabe, and Miss Margaret Johnson won first, second, and third places, respectively, in the "best dress" division. Miss Margaret Crawford won first place In "soprts dress", and Miss Margaret Thomas first In 4-H uniform. Report Made On Schools For Negroes . Construction of a two-room school building here, to serve Negro children through the fourth or fifth grades, and transportation of all other Ne gro children to a central school at Sylva are among recommen dations of a state committee which recently made a survey of the Negro school problem in Macon, Swain, and Jackson j counties. The report was read at Mon- | day's meeting of this county's board of education, but no ac- I Hion was taken. The small Negro population in this area makes schools for Negroes a problem, the report points out. The total Negro en rollments in the three counties are? Swain, 24, of which seven are in high school; Macon 87, of which 11 are in high school; and Jackson, 80, of which 12 are in high school. The committee recommends that, since Swain county has a building adequate for Its Ne gro elementary students, that county transport only its high school students to Sylva. It proposes construction of a new Negro building at Sylva, of six classrooms (Including a room for home economics I, with SEE NO. 2, PAGE 6 Brookshire Is Named To S. C. Housing Post J. Clinton Brookshire has ac cepted a U. S. government posi tion as assistant housing man ager at the hydrogen bomb plant project near Aiken, S. C., and has reported for work there. Mr. Brookshire formerly was Macon clerk of superior court. His. family will remain at their home In the Cartoogechaye community, (or the present. CLUB NAMES COMMITTEES Garden Group Wi'l Erect Memrr a' Marker; Plan Flower Lhow Aug. 25 Committees for the yea*- were | announced, a tentative date was , set for the annual flower show. I and it was announced that a j memorial highway sign has been received, at Monday's meeting of the Franklin Garden club, held at the Rlagle Memorial. The big highway sign, of cast aluminum, is in memory of men who lost their lives in Wor'd War 2 and is to be erected by the club's beautification com mittee at some point on Hinh way 64. The project is a i art of the beautification of that highway by the State "ighway commission, in cooperation with the club. The flower show committee announced that August 25 is the date tentatively selected for the club's flower show this summer, j Details will be made public at I the meeting in August, the com mittee said. Mrs. John Wasilik, Jr., the new president, announced the club committees for the year as follows: Program- Mrs. J. E. Perry, Jr., j Mrs. Ted Reber, Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones Mrs. John M. Archer, Jr., Mrs. John B. Maitiand, Mrs. J. L. West, III, and Mrs. W. D. Shufo d. Ways and Means: Mrs. Roy M. Biridle, Mrs. Allen Siler, Mrs. Paul H. Russell, Mrs. John B. Maitiand, Mrs. J. A. Cook, Mrs. Gus Leach, and Mrs. R. F. Hemphill. Publicity: Miss Laura M. Jones, Mrs. Weimar Jones, and Mrs. Lester Conley. Membership: Mrs. Harmon H. | Gnuse, Jr., and Mrs. J. Roane | Bradley. Beautification: Mrs. R. G. Lichtenstein, Mrs. E. S. Purdom, Mrs. Frank Higdon, Mrs. W. A. Rogers, M. s. A. R. Higdon, Miss j Gladys Sellers, Mrs. John W. Kahn, Mrs. Allan Brooks, Mrs. SEE NO. 3, PAGE 6 Wee';! / Services Being Conducted At St. John's Summer worship services are being held each Sunday after noon at 4:30 o'clock at the St. John's Episcopal church on Car toogechaye, the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, pastor, announced this week. Mr. Morgan also announced plans for a vacation Bible school at the church in August. Students from the Southern Rural Church institute in Valle Crucis will assist with the school. WILL SHOW MOVIE A religious movie, "Cross roads", will be shown at the Franklin Methodist church Sun day evening at 8 o'clock, the Rev. C. E. Murray, pastor, has announced. The film should be of inter est to parents as well as young people, Mr. Murray said. The public U Invited to attend. BIGGEST 4TH PROGRAM HELD. DESPITE RAIN Boy Scouts' Float Wins; Miss Katrina Cochran Is Crowned 'Queen' Early yesterday < Wednesday i | morning the prospects of a "glorious Fourth" of July cele bration here were damper th?n the inside of a fisherman's j shoe ? but Old Man Weather cut off the rain in time for Macon County to start o f with what wPr ^rohfihl" wi". be termed "the biggest Fourth celebration ever held here." 7>e Ma di-Gras-like parade, slightly behind schedule, tiii. displayed colorful pageantry and t-vo thousand Mnoon folk lined the streets of downtown Franklin to cheer the show. Th" Bo- Scout tloat w\s awarded first prize by the ,u?gcs, ani runnerup nonors ? '.-nt lo the Ch dren shoe's "old fashioned bathing beauty" entry. "Who says Macon County j hasn't got beauties?" B. L. Mc Glamery, July 4 committee chairman, said as the bathing beauty contest, the first feature of the field events at the ath letic field, started. The winner, who was crown ed "Queen of the Fourth" at the V. F. W. Square dance last night, was Miss Katrina Coch ran, sponsored by the Franklin Junior Woman's club. Second place went to Miss Ann Blaine, Belk's Department store entry Miss Palma Fouts, sponsored by Mason's Feed and Grocery, re ceived honorable mention. Although the athletic fled was ankle-deep in mud, contest ants in the various races re moved their shoes and the show went on. At 12:30 o'clock yes terday afternoon some 150 boys were still trying to get the best of the greasy pole, with $5 on its top. Youth Admits Rifling G^s Station Safe A 19-year-old Gneiss youth has admitted rifling an open wall safe in Lee Poind?xter's service station early Saturday night, and $144 of a missing $250 has been recovered. Sheri f J. Harry Thomas iden tified the boy as Richard Crant1 and said he is being held in the county jail without bond. Crane was arrested at his home ea- ly Sunday morning after attendants at Poindexter's station told officers he had been seen entering the station just before the money was missed. According to the sheriff, Crane had $144 on him when arrest ed, and later confessed to the robbery. Mr. Poindexter missed the money about 7 o'clock when he , went to his safe to cash a 1 check. He said about $40 in j small bills was left in the safe, | probably to conceal the fact . that the larger denominations had been taken. The station | owner said about $250 was j taken. Will Send Macon 4-H Members To Raleigh Plans are now being made to ' send 4-H clubbers in Macon County to the annual 4-H Club Week, slated to be held in Ral eigh July 23 through July 28, Assistant Agents T. H. Fagg and Mrs. Barbara B. Hunnicutt an nounced this week. The number of club mem- J bers planning to attend will be announced later, they said. Col. Sloan Is Oodered To Fly To Duty In Korea Lt. Col. George B. Sloan, na- I tive of Franklin, has been ordered to proceed immediately from Fort Riley, Kans., to i Korea, by air, it has been learn- j ed here. Col. Sloan is the son of W. N. Sloan, of Franklin. SUMMER SERVICES Services during the summer ] months at the St. John's church on Cartoogechaye will be held each Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, it was announced this week. I 58 Here Have Enlisted In Armed Forces Since Jan. 1 The local army and air force recruiter announced this week that 58 Macon County men have joined up for duty through the local office since the first of the year. Of that number, Cpl. Clay j Hensley said 39 men enlisted in 1 the U. S. Air Force and 19 in \ the U. S. Army. The latest enlistee, Lee Oliv er, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert O iver, of Franklin, Route 3, signed up for duty in the air force Tuesday and will report to Charlotte today (Thursday! for final entrance examinations. The recruiter is in F.anklin Tuesday of each v?esk at Angel's D. ug store. TAX RATE HERE SECOND LOWEST IN THIS. AREA McDowell Only W. N. C. Cc -iniy With Lower Levy Than Macon Macon's county-wide tax rate of $1.10 is the second lowest, in Western North Carolina. This is shown by figures com piled by the N. C. Citizens as sociation. with headquarters in Raleigh, for the 1930 tax yenr. The only mountain coun y with a lower tax rate last year was McDowell, where the levy was .$1 on the $100 property Valuation. Graham county, which also had a levy of $1.10, was tied with Macon for second place in the mountain region. The highest rate among the 19 mountain counties was $2.10 in Polk. The 1950 levies in other coun ties in this western part of the state were : Ashe, $1.34; Avery, $1.98; Buniombe, $1.25; Cherokee, $1.42; Clay, $1.50; Haywood, $1.50; Henderson, $1.25; Jack son. *1.53; Madison, $1.23; Mitehe.l, $1.82; Rutherford, $1 70: Swain, $1.70; Transylvan.a, $1.55; Watauga, $1.25; and Yancey, $1.80. O e_ the state, county-wide tax levies ranged last year from 50 cents in Durham and For syth, in the Piedmont, to C2.15 in Hyde, in the far east. On a state-wide basis, Macon was about a third of the way down the list. Thirty-five ajtiong North Carolina's 100 counties had lower tax rates than Ma con. Those 35 low-tax rate cou nties, scattered throughout the state, were; Alamance, Beau ort, Ee tie, Eurke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Ca tawba, Cleveland, Dare, David son, Davie, Durham, Ed<*eoom: e, Forsyth, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Lincoln, Mc Dowell, Mecklenburg, Nash, New Hanover, Orange, Person, Pitt, Randolph, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Surry, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin. Grants Burrell Permit To Construct Building The National Production- au thority has approved a con struction permit submitted by W. C. Burrell, of Franklin, for the erection of a restaurant and office building, a release from th