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VOL. LXVII? NO. 19
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1952
Honors County,
Towns For Safety
Safety Director Awards"
Certificates Tuesday
At Ceremony
"What we need is not a good
five cent cigar, but a county like
Macon*', H. D. (Tarvia) Jones,
engineer-director of the State
highway safety division, declared
here Tuesday night.
Mr. Jones was here to pay
special tribute to Macon County
and its two towns? Franklin and
Highlands ? for outstanding safe
ty records in 1950.
The special ceremony, held in
the county courthouse, was mark
ed by the presentation of certi
ficates by the safety director to
the county and towns, selections
by the Franklin band, and recog
nition of a number of special
guests.
County School Supt. Holland
McSwain presided and introduc
ed the speaker and guests.
In a brief talk prior to pre
senting certificates, Mr. Jones
placed emphasis on safety as the
individual's responsibility.
"I think public enemy No. 1
in the state is the reckless, care
less, and speeding driver," the
safety director declared.
'"That person is responsible for
more grief, suffering, and death
than any other."
Politeness and courtesy go hand
in hand with safety, he stressed.
"We need help in promoting
safety in the state," Mr. Jones
said, "and I know no better place
to start than in Macon County."
The county and its two towns
should be proud of its safety rec
ord, he declared.
Both Highlands and Franklin
will receive certificates for hav
ing no fatalities in 1951, the safe
ty director pointed out. These
will be presented at a later dale.
The county will not be eligible
for a 1951 award since a head-on
collision between two automo
biles on the Georgia highway in
November of that year snuffed
out the lives of three persons and
the county's chance of retaining
its title as "safest county in the
state" for another year.
W. E. (Gene) Baldwin, chair
man of the board of county com
missioners, accepted a certificate
on behalf of the county and
Franklin's was presented to Ma
yor W. C. Burrell. In the absence
of Mayor W. H. Cobb of High
lands, the award for that town
was accepted by J. Horner Stock
ton.
Prior to introducing the speak
er, Mr. McSwain paid tribute to
"'the man who keeps his eyes
on the roads of Macon County
and has done and is doing an
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Registration
Books Opened
For Primary
Registration books were
thrown open Saturday in
preparation for the Democrat
ic primary May 31.
Two Saturdays remain for
registering, May 10 and 17.
Challenge day will be May 24,
according to Siler Slagle,
chairman of the board of
elections.
The major race in the pri
marv here will be for nomi
nation to the five-member
school board. Twelve candi
dates have filed, including two
incumbents.
153 Pupils
On Franklin
Honor Roll
One-hundred and fifty-three
pupils of the Franklin schools
were placed on the honor roll
for the fifth grading period, ac
cording to Principal R. G. Sut
ton.
To be eligible for the honor
roll, a pupil must maintain an
average of 90 in class work ?
make as many A's as B's, or
three A's for each C, Mr. Sut
ton said. An A Is 95-100; B, 85
95; C, 75-85.
Honor pupils follow, by grades;
Fourth: Douglas Slagle, Ar
thur Hays, Max Gladwell, Bren
da Cunningham, Barbara Dun
can, Virginia Guffie, Jane Long,
Margaret Simond* Dofls
Sprinkle, Sandy Kinney, John
Phillips, Barbara Cunningham,
Anne Dean, Judy Reber, Willie
Jean Sprinkle.
Fifth; Dwain Horsley, Rebec
ca Reeves, Barbara Waldroop,
Judy Wurst, Grace Wilkes, John
Killian, Edgar B. Shope, Billy
Davis, Dickie McWUliams, Ervin
Bingham, Katrina Elmore, Pat
ricia Dockery, Nancy Slier, Ann
Sutton, Ruth Tallent, Frances
Whlttington, Roberta McCrack
en, Ann Hall, Louise Houston,
Jacqueline Clark.
Sixth; Joan Burrell, Claudette
McNeal, Franklin McSwain,
Gary McKelvey, Perry Wiggins,
Beverly Bryson, Frances Tallent,
Betty Russell, Susie Mashburn,
Janet Green, Myrtle Dryman,
Louise Long, Carolyn Dowdle,
Shirley Henson.
Seventh: Billy Gosnell, Lewis
Cabe, Randolph Bulgin, Jeanne
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The four Girl Scouts above, all members of Franklin, Troop 4, Sunday re
ceived Curved Bars, the highest rank ii) intermediate girl scouting, at a district
court of awards in Cherokee. They are, (L\to R) front row, Misses Joy McCul
lum and Ruth Snyder; back row, Jeanne Russell and Jean McCollum. The Mc
Cullums are the twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip McCollum, Miss Rus
sell is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Russell, and Miss Snyder, the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Snyder, (Staff Photo by J. P. Brady)
M'COLLUMS
GET DISTRICT
V. F.W. JOBS
Finger .Named Advocate;
Endorse Mrs. Murray
For State Office
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Mc
Collum were named senior vice
commander and senior vice
president, respectively, of the
17th Veterans of Foreign Wars
district at a meeting of posts
and auxiliaries in Henderson
ville Sunday.
C. Banks Finger, local attor
ney, was elected judge advocate
of the district and Mrs. John
Murray was named conductress
for the district at the auxiliary
session. She also was endorsed
by the district for the post of
state conductress.
A cup for having the most
impressive ritual was awarded
the local auxiliary.
Those attending from here, in
addition to the above, were ?
John Murray, Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. Reeves, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Williams, Frank Plyler, William !
Garrison, Jack Ragan, Hansel i
Bennett, and Frank Poindexter.
Spring Concert
Of Franklin Band
Set Sunday
The annual spring concert
of the Franklin band will be
presented Sunday afternoon
at 5 o'clock at the Macon
theatre, S. F. (Sammy) Beck,
director, announced Wednes
day.
Choral groups from the
high school will sing selections
during intermission.
The band, now in its third
year, plans 13 numbers for its
concert.
Highlands Man
Appointed Staff
Chief In Europe
Col. James H. Howe, husband
of Mrs. Lise Courtney Howe, of
Highlands, has been appointed
deputy Chief of Staff for the
European Command Communica
tions zone, according to an an
nouncement received here from
Major Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis,
Jr., commanding general, in Or
before going to France in March.
A former student at Sewanee
Military academy, Sewanee, Tenn
and the U. S. Naval academy at
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BLOOD DONORS
GIVE 76 PINTS
Donations Fall Short
On Bloodmobile's
First Visit
The American Red Cross
Bloodmobile, on its first visit ol
j the year here last Thursday, fel
; short of its anticipated goal o:
150 pints of blood, collectinf
only 76 pints.
Twenty prisoners from th<
Macon prison camp were sched
uled as donors, but were un
able to attend at the last mo
ment, according to W. W
Reeves, commander of the loca
Veterans of Foreign Wars post
sponsor of the blood unit's
visit.
To those donors who turned
out, the commander expressed
his appreciation, and that ol
his organization.
Last year Maconi&ns gave 496
pints of blood in five visits oi
the Bloodmobile, which operates
out of the regional blood cen
ter in Asheville.
Donors were served refresh
ments by members of the post
auxiliary.
Negro School
Levy Assured
APPOINTS FIVE
MEN TO ZONING
HEARING BOARD
Mayor Names Plemmons
Chairman; Discuss
Sewer Extension
A five-man board of adjust
ments to hear cases 'arising from |
nkiin's recently adopted zon
ing ordinance was appointed by ,
| Mayor W. C. Burrell at the reg
! ular meeting of the board of Al- j
I dermen Monday night.
H. H. Plemmons. a member of
the five-man commission that
drew the zoning proposal, was
appointed chairman of the ad
justment board for a three-year
term. Named vice chairman was
I Henry W. Cabe, for a two-year
| term. Harold Sloan was appoint -
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HEADS LEGION
!
FRED C. VAUGHN
' Mr. Vaughn was elected com
! mander of Macon Post No. 108,
American Legion, at the post's
meeting last Thursday . night.
Frank Plyler was chosen first
I vice-commander, Erwin Patton,
second vice-commander, Ray
Lowe, adjutant, W. W. Sloan,
< finance officer, the Rev. R. D.
Burnette, chaplain, and Frank
' Shope, sergeant-at-arms. Mr.
? Patton and Mr. .Sloan were re
elected to posts they have held
? this year. The new officers will
t be installed at the June meet
ing. ,
Commissioners Promise
$30,000; Contract
To Be Let Soon
When the county board of ed
ucation deemed the construction
of a new Negro scrool th e"No.
1 problem'1 in the school system,
the board of county commission
ers Monday promised a tax levy
?ri the 1932-53 county budget
that would provide 530,000 for
building the schj.ol.
An estimated " $1 1 .000 ? the
remainder of the. eoounty's state
school bond money ? will be ap
plied to the amount promised by
the commissioners and the con
tract for. construction of the
school will' be let soon, according
t.i Bob S. Sloan, school board
chairman.
County School Superintendent
Holland McSwain said plans for
j Mve building are in Raleigh
awaiting approval of the state
board of education.
After meeting with the com
missioners, the school board went
into executive session, from
which reporters were barred, to
discuss the reemployment of
principals and teachers for the
1952 school year. All principals
and teachers with the exception
of those who resigned were re
tained, Supt. McSwain said after
the meeting.
Resignations of one principal
and seven teachers were studied
and the principalship at Iotla
school was filled. Principal vac
ancies at Highlands and Vnion
were not filled, the super n'.en
dent said.
Meeting in the regis'?-r of
deed's office in the courthouse
8t the same time the schoo joard
was in session, the commis -oners
were invited to sit with the ed
ucation body to discuss the ,'egro
school situation informal 1
If the school is to be built
this year, Mr. Sloan explained,
the contract should be let a.: soon
| as possible in order te t-: -:e ad
| vantage of good weather
"If we could have scm; as
I surance that funds woui J be
| made available," the cha:rman
| told the commissioners, "we
! could begin work almost at ence."
"If you'd rather have it first,
I think it can be provided," W
E. (Gene) Baldwin, chairman of
the county commissioners said,
' "but we may have to leave oth
ei things off for a while."
The commissioners recently
vere submitted a proposal by the
. ! Macon County Citizen's Com
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HOW THEY STAND
Democratic Congress Candidates State Views On Major Issues
Editor's Note
The three candidates for the
Democratic nomination for Rep
resentative in Congress from
this district 'herewith present
their views on some of the major
problems before the country.
Their statements are in res
ponse to an open letter addressed
to them recently by the editor
of The Press.
Thai open letter suggested that
while it is "very nice" for a
congressman to get things for
this district, that that is not
enough ? that "in today's critical
situation, there are more impor
tant things for a congressman
to do."
The letter then asked the can
didates how they stand on these
issues of national and interna
tional importance: 1
Economic and military aid to
our friends in Europe and Asia.
Universal military training.
If and how the national budget
can be reduced.
Whether we should adopt a
pay as you go plan for national
defense or go still further into
debt.
If some shift of emphasis from
purely military defense to some
constructive and positive action
toward peace is desirable.
Democratic voters in this and
other counties of the 12th district
will be interested in comparing
the attitudes and stands of the
three candidates as they appear
in thi? issue of The Press.
FRANK M. PARKER Says:
I am grateful for the oppor
tunity to express through your
paper my views on the pressing
Issues which we face. Today,
even more than In other years,
It Is important that voters
should know the attitudes and
opinions of those who seek to
represent them.
At the outset, I believe that
the man who represents this
district in Congress, whoever he
may be, must always remember
that he represents the best in
terests of this district only as
he represents the best interests
of our nation as a whole. 1 1 In
these times we are to continue
as free men responsibilty to gov
ern ourselves and at the same
time are to discharge the heavy
burdens of leadership of the
free world, then our national
leaders must always place na
tional interests ahead of any
localized or special interests.
I believe that the inflation
ary rise in our costs of living i
constitutes a continuing threat
to our economy and to our way
of life.' Ultimately, inflation can '
only be stopped by a balanced
federal budget. Since I believe ?
that federal taxes are already
dangerously high, obviously we ?
can only balance our budget by >
reducing appropriations. This
may mean that for the time :
being we may have to forego
some federal projects which we
In this district would particular
ly like to support. I believe that
the proper time for such expen
ditures would arrive only when
the danger of inflation had
been overcome.
I believe that we must re
main militarily strong and that
a program of Universal Mili
tary Training offers the best
and most equitable method for
maintaining our armed forces.
I believe that such a program
is the soundest guaranty we
might have against a third
wDrtd war and would offer us
the best protection if such a
war should come. Unless we
train our young men in time
of peace, we may not again
have adequate time to train
them In time of war.
I believe that we must con
tinue, and perhaps for some
years to come, to give economic
and military assistance to our
friends abroad. Even if we
would, we cannot avoid the re
sponsibilities of world leader
ship. Our moral commitments
and our own national self in
terests make it imperative that
we prevent Western Europe
from falling to the Commun
ists.
X believe that internal econ
omies and efficiency in the fed
eral government can be foster
ed by putting into effect the
remaining recommendations of
the Hoover Report and that
these recommendations should
be adopted.
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GEORGE A. SHUFORD Says:
In a recent issue of The
TTanklin Press and The High
lands Maconian you addressed
an open letter to Mr. Frank
Parker, Mr. Dale Thrash and
to me, as candidates for Rep
resentative to Congress from
the 12th Congressional district.
In this letter you stated that
the Democratic voters of this
district have a right to know
how each of us stand, "on some
of the major issue* before the
country to-day ? issues which
the next Congressman from
this district almost certainly
will be called upon to help de
cide." You set forth in your
letter certain specific questions.
I will only undertake to give my
views on the questions asked,
for to do otherwise would make
this letter too long.
Many questions in addition
to the ones contained in your
letter will be presented to the
Congress from time to time,
necessitating immediate decis
ions by that body. Perhaps my
views on those questions can be
now determined from what I
have to sav here.
Here in America we enjoy a
democracy and are determined
that for us this democracy,
"the American way of life",
shall be maintained. This Amer
ican way of life is freedom and
freedom is at grips with the
irreconcilable ideology of Com
munism, which threatens us as
we have never been threatened
before. To combat this threat
it is necessary that we have
allies abroad, for the spread of
CommHnism must be checked
by stn of the people of the
world. I believe we are winning
the battle.
Following World War II it
was necessary, in order to stem
the tide of Communist aggres
sion, to aid economically our
friends of the free world so
tttiat they could be assisted to
a self-sastaining position. Vast
sums harve been advanced in
this connection. It new appears,
however, that this foreign
economic aid can salely be re
duced if not discontinued with
out jeopardy to them cur onr- ,
selves. We cannot spend our- I
selves into bankruptcy. Our '
European and Asiatic friends
ought to support themselves
now without further economic
aid froln the American govern
ment. They should be informed
that we can no longer carry
unlimited appropriations and
that they must begin to assume
their full share of the economic
support burden. i
Because of the unpredictable
Soviet government it is appar
ent that further military assis- I
tanee to our friends abroad is
necessary. This program should
be limited, in my opinion, ' to
that absolutely necessary to
maintain peace. Here in this i
country we must stay solvent !
in order to stay ready to de- I
fend ourselves. Unnecessary ap- I
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iL. DALE THRASH Says:
It has always been the custom
in my community and in bther
communities throughout this
great land when a neighbor's
house bums down we take our
hammers and saws and help
him rebuild his house. If his
granary burns we take seed
corn and seed wheat so he can
produce another crop. We also
keep him supplied with food
until his crop is harvested. He
is then back on his feet and
will accept nothing more from
his neighbors.
We Americans iiave been ex
tending this good neighbor pol
icy to the nations that have
been the scenes of world war
battlefields and we should con
tinue to share our technical and
agricultural "kiow how" with
them. Providence has been good
to most all of these nations .
and to us during the past few
years in that we have been
blessed with bountiful crops. (
These other nations should ,
therefore now be about ready ;
to again stand alone.
While helping the rest of the i
world we Americans must safe
guard our own economy and (
plan well for the future of our s
own nation. We must rem em- j
ber that in about another 35 \
years our population will be g
doubled and that we can no j
longer say to future generations E
"Go West" where you will find v
fertile soil and vast areas of ^
valuable timber, mineral and t
oil. We must also remind our
selves that not only do we not
have these abundant riches to
fall back on but we have de
pleted much of our land of the
timber and rich soil and that
we too must start rebuilding for
the future. Our national and
universal economy, even our
very existence itself depends on
the soil.
I think every boy should go
through a period of some form
of disciplinary training. This
training should be for the mak
ing of men and not just how
to kill men. The military train
ing I received at N. C. State
College has served me well. I
learned how to take commands
as well as how to give them,
how to be prompt and meet en
gagements on time and above
all to cooperate with my fellow
man. One also learns that mor
al living is good for the mind,
so ul and body. I would be in
favor of a four or six month
'.raining course over a three
year period. I would vote
jgainst a seven year compulsory
nilitary period as is proposed
n Congress now.
Out of every one of our tax |
lollars 60c is used far military
lervices and 13c for foreign aid.
Military men are not trained
n business. Therefore men of
lood business judgment should
lave more to do with the arma
nent program which I think
.?ould result in great savings,
"oo many impractical men have
o do with our government.
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