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VOL. LXVn? NO. 22
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1952
Diplomas Conferred
115 Macon Seniors
One-hundred and fifteen high
school seniors stepped out into
the "big, wide world" this week,
following commencement exer
cises at Macon's three high
schools ? Franklin, Highlands,
and Nantahala.
The departing seniors' shoes
were more than filled, however,
by a large number of eighth
graders who will move to high
school this fall. One-hundred
and ninety-four were promoted
at nine of the county's 11 ele
mentary schools. Figures were
not available from Highlands
and Nantahala. ?
Diplomas were conferred on
101 Franklin High school sen
iors by County School Supt.
Holland McSwain Monday after
noon at Macon theatre. The val
edictory address was given by
Miss George Nell McDonald, the
salutatory address by Miss Mar
tha Ann Stockton. "America",
"Marco Poco", and "Blue-Tail
Fly", were played by the Frank
lin band. The invocation and
benediction were given by the
Rev. C. E. Murray, pastor of
the Franklin Methodist church.
Twenty-three special awards
were made to students by Prin
cipal R. G. Sutton, including
three cash awards by Dr. Fur
man Angel to Grady Corbin,
voted the most valuable player
on the high school football
team, Miss Jean Setser, an out
standing member of the girls'
basketball team, and Mrs. Edith
S. Hemphill, fifth grade teach
er at Franklin elementary
school.
special gins were presencea
the seniors by Mayor W. C.
Burrell, and J. C. Crisp, Frank
lin photographer, gave ?ach
graduate a group picture of the
graduating class.
Special tribute was paid the
senior class sponsors, Mrs. Ma
rie G. Stewart and Mrs. Kath
erine P. Matthews, by Mr. Sut
ton, for their untiring efforts.
Music was under the direc
tion of S. F. Beck, band direct
or, and Mrs. Henry W. Cabe,
pianist.
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan,
rector of the St. Agnes Epis
copal church, delivered the bac
calaureate sermon to Franklin
High's graduating class Sunday
evening at Macon theatre. The
invocation and benediction
were given by the Rev. C. E.
Murray, pastor of the Franklin
Methodist church, and the Rev.
M. W. Chapman, pastor of the
First Baptist church, gave the
scripture lesson and prayer. The
high school chorus, under the
direction of S. F. (Sammy)
Beck, sang "Hear Our Prayer",
and a quartet, composed of
Misses Audrey Hays and Libby
Murray, Sam Holland, and
Bryan Hurst, sang "Thanks Be
To God" The processional, a
march from "Aida", and the
recessional, a march from
"Tannhauser", was played by
Mrs. Henry W. Cabe, pianist.
Franklin High's graduating
class was made up of 42 boys
and 59 girls.
They were Ann Blaine, Bar
bara Shepherd, Betty Burch,
Caroline Crawford, Dorothy
Medlin, Ella Jo Bishop, Patsy
Arnold, Libby Murray, Iris Long,
Virginia Setser, Mary Ann Kil
lian, Emma Lou Ramsey, Betty
Henry, Kathryn Roten, Mary
Frances Bingham, Betty Guffey,
Olga Kimsey, Betty Angel, Ruby
Dehart, Catherine Cunningham,
Martha Nell Penland, Carol Lee
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 6
Local Airman
Given Medal
At Ceremony
S. Sgt. Grady J. Green, a
veteran of more than 27 bomb
ing missions over Korea, was
awarded the Air Medal at a
ceremony held on the island of
Okinawa in February, it has
been learned here.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Green, of Franklin, Route 1, he
received the medal for "meri
torious conduct in flying mis
sions over enemy territory."
S. Sgt. Green, who entered
the* air force in August, 1950,
recently was promoted to his
present rank and at that time
had completed his 27th mission
over Korea.
He took basic training at
Randolph Air Force base, Tex.,
and received B-29 gunnery
training at Lowry Air Force
bf??e, Terr or, Co'o-.
LEGION TEAM
OPENSSEASON
IN CHEROKEE
First Home Game Slated
Wednesday; Practice
Turnout Urged
The newly-organized Ameri
can Legion Junior Baseball
team here will move Into the
first of a 12-game schedule
Monday afternoon at Cherokee.
Cherokee will journey here
Wednesday for the local's first
home game. Play will get under
way at 2 p. m.
All boys in the county who
will not reach their 18th birth
day this year are eligible to
try-out for the team and are
Urged to turn out at practice
I sessions this week at the Frank
lin athletic field. Practice will
start each afternoon at 2
o'clock.
The team's schedule is a split
one, listing six home games and
six a-way. The locals will play
junior Legion nines from Cher
, okee, Canton, and West Ashe
ville.
Coaching the team is the Rev.
I M. W. Chapman, and his assis
tant is C. Banks Finger. Frank
lin High Coach Dick Stott has
been putting the lads through
their paces for the past several
weeks, but is unable to contin
ue with the team for the sum
mer because of previous com
mittments.
The schedule follows:
June 2, Franklin at Chero
kee; June 4, Cherokee at Frank
lin; June 7, Franklin at W.
Asheville; June 10, Canton at
Franklin; June 13, W. Asheville
at Franklin; June 16, Franklin
; at Canton; June 17, Cherokee
at Franklin; June 19, Franklin
1 at W. Asheville; June 23, Frank
lin at Cherokee; June 25, W.
Asheville at Franklin; June 28,
Canton at Franklin; July 1,
Franklin at Canton.
Franklin's home games will
be played in the afternoon, be
cause of inadequate lighting
facilities at the athletic field.
Funds for the formation of
a Legion team were raised here
through the sale of member
ships, entitling the bearer ad
mittance to all home games.
Uniforms for the team have
been ordered and should arrive
here this week, according to
Mr. Finger.
Rosman Youth
Is First 1952
Road Fatality
A 24-year-old Rosman youth
Saturday night became Macon
County's first highway fatality
in 1952 when his automobile
failed to negotiate a sharp
curve in heavy rain near High
lands and pitched over a 12
foot culvert.
He was identified by the in
vestigating officer. Highway
Patrolman V. E. Bryson, as
Frank E. Hensley, father of
three children.
The wreck happened about j
6:30 p. m. on US 64, some three
miles north of Highlands.
Four men, who got out of the j
car just prior to the accident,
were arrested and jailed for
public drunkenness. Al! five had i
been drinking, the patrolman
said.
Young Hensley's body was |
pinned beneath the vehicle and j
he died of chest and head in
juries. Damage to the car was
light.
Patrolman Bryson said his
companions were Arthur Orr,
38, of Rosman, E. I). Griffin,
50, of. Brevard, John Griffin,
18, also of Brevard, and Earnest \
Gaddy, 25, of Rosman.
Tea Planned
Honoring Gold
Star Mothers
All (Sold Star mothers in the
county will be honored at a
tea Sunday afternoon by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars la
dies auxiliary, it has been an
nounced.
The tea will be held from
3 to 5 o'clock at the post home
on Palmer street.
Since the auxiliary does not
have a complete list of Gold
Star mothers in the county, it
has extended an invitation for
all Gold Star mothers to call
during the afternoon.
According to auxiliary offic
ers, plans have been made to
serve some 150 mothers, guests,
and auxiliary members.
Meeting Of Town Board
Canceled; Set June 16
Due to the absence from
town of several of the board
members, Monday night's
scheduled meeting of the
Franklin board of aldermen
has been canceled, it was an
nounced this week.
The board will meet, in
stead, on Monday night, June
16.
The American Legion auxili
ary will meet Monday at 8 p. m.
at Slagle Memorial, it has been
announced. Mrs. Lon Dalton and
Mrs. Frank Murray will be hos
tesses.
? Staff ri.vo >? J. /'. Bhuiy I
Clyde Sanders, of Franklin, is shown with the five-pound
small month bass he pulled out of Nantahala lak? last Thurs
day evening about 8 o'clock. Dock attendants said the fish was
one of the largest to come out of the power lake. Mr. Sanders
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LOW BID FOR
ROAD PROJECT
IS ANNOUNCED
Sum Is $618,856.70 For
Franklin-Cowee Gap
New Highway
A low bid of $618,856.70 was
received yesterday (Wednesday i
by the State Highway commis
sion for construction and re
location of a 7.34-mile high
way from Franklin to Cowee
Gap (US 23) at the Macon
Jackson county line.
The bid will be reviewed by
the commission at its next
meeting and, if found satisfac
tory. will be forwarded to the
Bureau of Public Roads for
final approval before contract
for the project is let, it is
understood.
Companys submitting low
bids on the project were: Pav
ing, J. C. Critche.r, Inc., Ashe
ville, $520,703.50; structures,
Dickerson, Inc., Monroe, $86,
938.20; moving buildings, C. A.
Widenhouse, Concord, $11,215.
According to W. N. Corkill,
10th division highway engineer,
the proposed highway will fol
low the existing road, but will
eliminate most of the sweeping
curves and will cut approxi
mately one mile from the pres
ent distance from Franklin to
Cowee Gap.
Rabbit Creek bridge, at the
foot of Hunnicutt hill, will be
replaced by a culvert and Wa
tauga bridge will be widened
the engineer said.
A 22-foot highway with 1(
foot shoulders is proposed.
Predicts Light Vote
In Primary Saturday
SUMMER HOME
ROBBED: SEEK
INFORMATION
Two Rewards Offered For
Parties Looting
Highlands Home
Information concerning the
robbery of a Highlands , summer
i home is being sought ' by the
| sheriff's office.
Several articles of furniture,
linens, and a vacuum cleaner
were discovered missing from
the holne of Capt. E. A.
Niblack on the Flat Mountain
road last week, according to
Sheriff J. Harty Thomas.
? The actual date of the rob
bery is not known since the
owner has been in Mississippi
for the winter, he added.
Sheriff Thomas theorized
that, because of the large
amount missing, a truck was
' used in the robbery.
Capt. Niblack and the sher
' iff's department are offering re- |
! wards for information leading j
? to the arrest and conviction of
, the robbers.
Persons having any informa
> tion are asked to contact Sher
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 6
194 EIGHTH GRADERS RECEIVE
PROMOTIONS TO HIGH SCHOOL
One-hundred and ninety
four students were promoted to
high school at elementary
school ceremonies throughout
the county this week.
The figure includes only those
promoted at nine of Macon's
11 schools. Promotions at High
lands and Nantahala were not
available at press time.
Fourteen were presented pro
motion certificates at Union
school by R. G. Sutton, Frank
lin school district supervising
principal, at exercises Monday
night. The program featured a
reading of the class history,
prophecy, the last will and tes
tament, and singing of the class
song, and three recitations. Re
ceiving certificates were Bar
bara Cunningham, Deweeta
Marshall, Faye Led ford, Willa
Jean Ledford, Doris Teague,
Annie Sue McConnell, Bobby
Teague, Curtis Hopkins, Barbara
Sanders, Shirley Thomas, Rita
Jean Cabe, Geneva Payne, Betty
Shope, and Joyce Gribble. Mrs.
Lucy C. Bradley is the Union
principal.
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at the Chapel (Negro) School
last Thursday evening. County |
School Supt. Holland McSwain 1
presented certificates to Gilmer j
Thomas, Samuel Ledford, Mary
Harshaw, and Cora Stewart. '
Cullasaja school's eighth grade
exercises were held Monday
night at the school. Certificates
were presented to 32 students
being promoted to high school
by Principal Weaver Shope.
Mrs. Holland McSwain played
for the program, which also
featured the singing of the
class song. "Follow The Gleam*", j
and a summary of the year's !
work by the students. The in
vocation was given by the Rev.
Fred Sorrells.
Those promoted at Cullasaja
were Allen Berry, Wiley Bowers,
Frank Conley, Lloyd Cook, Tom
my Corbin, Kenneth Dills, Eu
gene Estes, Larry Estes, Lyle
Estes, Jerry Finney, Carroll
Gregory, Judson Hall, Donald
Henry, Shirley Holland, Fred
rick Keener, Shirley McCall,
Billy Rhodes, Lloyd Stewman,
Otis Stiwinter, Willis Teem,
Tommy Webb, Lawrence Wood,
Wardie Young, Dorothy Barrett,
Bernice Cook, Joann Estes,
Mattie Pearl Frady, Carolyn
Henderson, R o z e 1 1 e Lequire,
Alice Mashburn, Hester Peek, |
and Geralene Stiwinter.
Twenty-one eighth graders at j
Cowee received certificates at
exercises Tuesday morning at '
10 o'clock. Presentations were I
made by County Supt. Holland
McSwain. Principal T. T. Love
made citizenship and attend
. a ' rds. ? j" s^v-lonJ
was given by the Rev. J D.
Pyatt.
Receiving certificates were
Betty Lou Smith, Betty Jean
Alien, Betty Joe Shepherd, Mary
Lee Hall, Mildred Brendle,
Louise Jones, Ruth Holden, Flag
Jean Icenhower, Mary Frances
Roper, Jessie Lee Morgan, Joyce
Deitz, Christine Peek, Nannie Lee
Painter, G. B McCall, Harry
Cole, Grover Sheffield, Clark
Sheffield, Douglas Arvey, Mar
tin McCall. Coburn Rice, and
Jud Icenhower.
Eleven Cartoogechaye eighth
graders received promotion cer
tificates at a brief ceremony
Tuesday morning from Principal
J. Norman West. They were
Burt Crawford, Thomas Dal
rymple, Buddy McClure, Billy
Sweatman, Thurman Tallent,
Nancy Dayton, Bettie Guffee,
Keneta Hopkins, Ruth Nichol
son, Sue Solesbee, and Jessie
Sweatman.
<jiio scnooi neia us graaua
tion program Monday morning.
Twenty-two were promoted to
high school. Principal E. G.
Crawford presented special
awards. The welcoming address
was given by Jaunlta Haire, the
valedictory address by Wilbur
Cabe. Graduates included Joe
Ballew, Lawrence Bradley, Paul
BurcK David Cabe. Jimmy Cur
tis, Glenn Dills, Howell Henry,
Dale Myers, Jerry Norton, Ernie
Sanders. J. L. Henry. Frances
Carpenter, Gladys Carpenter,
Jaunita Haire, Betty Henson,
Ruby Ledford. Georgia Moffitt,
Helen Moffitt. Geraldine Norris,
Betsy Jean Smith, Wilbur Cabe,
and David Chastain.
Certificates were presented to
49 Franklin elementary students
Tuesday morning. They were
Hugh Blaine, Theodore Blaine,
Kenneth Brown, Danny Byrd,
Harold Cabe, Monroe Dehart,
Mark Dowdle, Tommy Gnuse,
Jajnes Graham. Zeb Guffey,
Farrell Henson. Tommy Higdon,
Morris Jones. Frank Killian, Jr.,
Robert Lewis, Marvel Brendle,
Wanda Brendle, Ruth Brooks,
John Dryman, Dale Edwards,
Laura Belle Long. Mary Ann
Long, Jean McCall, Joy McCol
lum, Jean McCollum, Jerlene
Clark, Carl Ainmons, Earl Dow
tile, Marshall Mann. Johnny
Mashburn, Bill Mendenhall,
Monroe McClure. Tommy McCoy,
Kenneth Patton. i aniel Row
land, Bobby Stanfield, Billy Tal
lent, John Tippett, Joe Tippett,
William Vanhook, Betty Sue
Moffitt, Marjorie Moody, Sue
Myers, Patsy Roten, Ruth Sny
ler, Beverly Stockton, Paulette
Ward, Joyce Wilkie, Martha
Womack, and Jane Zickgraf.
Twenty-four eiehth graders 1
Macon Man
Is National Democratic
Convention Alternate t
Clyde X. West, of the West's ^
Mill community, was named c
an alternate delegate to the
national Democratic conven
tion from the 12th congres- c
sional district at a district
caucus preceding the state
party convention in Raleigh
last Thursday.
Airs. George Byrd and Jack
II. Potts, both of this county,
were selected to serve on the
state executive committee, and
two others, Morgan Shatley
and Mrs. Earl Justice, were
elected to the district execu- (
tive party committee. \
N'amed to serve on the 20th s
judicial district committee ;
were R. S. Jones and C. S. ]
Slagle. i
Two Graduated
With Honors At j
Teachers College <
Miss Jessica Angel and Mrs. i
Ann Cabe Ramsey, both of
Franklin, were graduated with
honors from Western Carolina
Teachers college, Cullowhee, at
commencement exercises Mon
day. Both received Bachelor of
Science degrees.
Miss Ada Ruth West, of
I West's Mills, received a Bach
elor of Arts degree at the com
mencement, and B.S. degrees al
1 so were awarded to Miss Aitha
Joyce Huggins, and Miss Leona
Emma Southard, both of Frank
lin, and Dennis Virgil Stamey,
of Cullasaja.
The commencement was mark
ed by the conferring of the
college's first honorary de- j
grees ? Doctor of Laws on Judge
Felix E. Alley, of Waynesville, j
and Doctor of Literature on D.
Hiden Ramsey, of Asheville,
newspaper executive and vice J
chairman of the state board of i
education.
Awards Made
To 21 School
Bus Drivers
Safe driving certificates and
1 pocket cards have been award
ed to 21 full-time school bus
drivers in the county, County
School Supt. Holland McSwain |
: announced Tuesday.
Drivers, by schools, are:
Franklin, Bill Bradley, Lawrence '
Justice, O. V. Fuller, Grady j
Reece, and Cecil Baldwin; East
Franklin, Tom Thompson; Cul
lasaja, Cecil Holland, Ed Cabe,
and Georgia H. Yoipig; Cowee,
Ray Houston, Carroll Gibson,
and Marvin Barker; Otto, Mill
er Norris; Cartoogechaye, W. N.
Dalrymple; Iotla, Claude Roper;
Nantahala, Newman Wilson;
Highlands, Marcellus Iveste.r,
George Wilson, and Wallace
Henry; Chapel, Charlie Har
shaw, and Gils England.
Awards were made only to
those driving full-time, the su
perintendent said. Those recog
nized were recommended by R.
L. Blaine, head mechanic of the
school system, and school prin- '
cipals. Final approVal was given
by Mr. McSwain.
The certificate reads, "in rec
pgnition of the valuable services 1
rendered and the superior qual- j
ity of leadership displayed while 1
operating a school bus with an
excellent record of safety." Each
was signed by C. C. Brown,
state director of transportation, j
Mrs. Jones Will Present
Piano Pupils In Recital
Here Saturday Evening
Mrs. Weimar Jones will pre- ]
sent her piano pupils in annual '
recital at the Franklin Metho
dist church Saturday evening ?
at 8 o'clock. All interested per- \ '<
sons are invited, Mrs. Jones
said. ?
The scheduled meeting of the ]
Macon County Citizen's Com- t
mittee for Education tonight s
? Thursday) has been postponed, i
according to Harve L. Bryant,
president. Announcement will 1
be made later of the next t
n t e r e s t Here Centered
On Governor, School
Board Races
A light vote is predicted in
he Democratic primary Satur
lay with only 36 . candidates
eeking nomination to state,
ongressional, and county ol
icen.
Polls open at 6:30 a. m. and
lose at 6:30 p. m.
The ho act.-, ity and bush
bating of past t.i :tions is
ni.-.iin-. supposedly because of
he reiativelv small ?late of
andidates. Electioneering for
he most part is still in the
vhisper stages. Ma'ny. however,
ire marking the primary as a
sleeper".
For the most part, the inter
est of M^con County voters
vill be in the gubernatorial,
itate senatorial, congressional,
ind county board of education
races, in the off-season ballot
ing.
Although in the whisper
stages, the local education
Doard race has all the ear-\
narks of being a hotly con
tested one as Saturday moves
closer. Twelve candidates are
seeking nomination to the five
member board, including t.-'-o
women and two incumber.' s.
They are:
John M. Archer, Jr., of Frank
lin, president of the Nanwhsla
Power and Light compan
Neville Bryson, of Highlands,
the son of Walter Bryson. -> re
tiring member of the bor d of
education, who is in b- Ir.ess
with his father.
Claude W. Cabe. of Ot'o. r,n
employe of the State Hirl."'?y
and Public Works comrr..'- :l^n
ItA.A
1ICI c.
W. C. Calhoun, of Fr?nk':n,
Route 3, a retired farmer v ho
moved here from his native
Swain county nine years ago.
Served on the board of county
commissioners in Swain and is
a former deputy sheriff.
Mrs. Joseph W. Fouts, of
Franklin, operator of a Frank
lin kindergarten. Native of
Wake county and resident here
for three years. i
Charles A. Jacobs, a farmer
in the Nantaho.I* community.
Charles W. Nolen. of Car
toogechaye, incumbent seeking
second twc-year term.
James R. Norris, Jr., of Dil
lard, Ga., Route 1, operator of
a store on the Georgia road,
Mrs. Roy Phillips, of High
lands, operator of a grocery
store in the Shortoff commun
ity and mother-in-law of can
didate Brvson.
Calvin Roland, of Franklin,
Macon County jailer.
A. A. Siler, of Franklin, as
sociated with Macon Construc
tion company.
\J. C. Sorrells. of Cowee. in
cumbent seeking second two
year term, owner of J. C Sor
rells Motor company. Franklin.
Following nomination in the
primary, the appointment of
the education board must be
made by the general assembly,
which generally names those
chosen by the voters. Appoint
ments will not be confirmed by
the assembly until next spring
and the board will not go into
office until the first Monday in;
April, 1953.
Although all voters in the
33rd senatorial district (Macon,.
Swain, Cherokee, Clay, and
Graham) will cast ballots, the
state senator will come from
Graham county under provis
ions of a district rotation bill
passed by the 1951 general as
sembly. Seeking the nomination
from Graham are:
Dr. J. H. Crawford, who has
served two terms in the house
nf representatives.
Claude I >evton, farmer and
businessman, veteran of World -
War II.
R. B ijack> Morphew, who
previously has served in both
houses of the general assembly.
The Republican nominee is E.
I. Carpenter, Franklin insur
ince man. '
Rounding out the state sen
itor and county officers ballot
s Rep. C. Tom Bryson, of Cul
:asaja. who is seeking reelection
o the house of representatives,
ind is unopposed in the pil
nary.
The gubernatorial race Is cap
talizing most of the local In