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ttllift f f t **fc VOL. LXVHI? NO. t Qh* JHaeiroian FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1953 TWELVE r Local Concern Gets Sewer Project Job Fire Chief Asks Board For New Truck; Old One 'Inadequate' The Franklin Board of Alder men Monday night officially awarded the contract for the Bonny Crest sewer project to the low-bidding local concern, Phillips and Ward. Bids for the project were opened ancf reviewed at a spe cial session December 22, but awarding of the contract was postponed at that time because of the absence of Mayor W. C. Burrell and Aldermen J. C. Jac obs and Oscar Ledford. Phillips and Ward, one of four concerns bidding on the project, got the job with a low bid of $2,601. .tentative date lor beginning work on the new sewer exten sion, which Involves the instal lation of approximately 7,432 feet of sewer line and con struction of 19 manholes, is January 15. It was disclosed at Monday '8 session that the town plans to hire an engineer to supervise the project. He is at present unnamed. Monday's meeting found ald ermen discussing a number of subjects, including pay raises for the fire chief and volunteer firemen, a request for a new fire truck, unpaid taxes and water bills, and garbage dispos al. Action was taken on several matters. Fire Chief A. C. Ty singer, who also serves as building inspec tor, was granted a salary in crease from $20 to $30 per month. Volunteer firemen re ceived a boost of $2 per fire ? from $1 to $3. Payment of $3 per practice for fireman was not changed. The firemen hold mock fire drills once a month. Chief Tysinger requested a new fire truck, explaining that the town's present small truck '"isn't adequate" to meet an emergency. For the town to be on the safe side, he said, two trucks should be standing by at all times. Should the town have a big fire with the present equip ment, "it would be pitiful", the fire chief declared. Chief Tysinger said he would hesitate to start a major over haul of the present fire truck, which has been in use since 1937, because the town would be unprotected for several days. He also pointed out that fre quently the fire truck answered calls outside the city limits, al though it is not obligated for use in the county. On such calls the town is left unprotected. "But it's hard to tell a man who is pleading for help that you can't go outside the city limits", Chief Tysinger remark ed. While no action was taken on the matter, aldermen plan to invite a representative of a fire equipment manufacturing con cern to attend the board's Feb SEE NO. 3, PAGE 12 Local Scouts Will Receive Eagle Palms Two Franklin Boy Scouts will receive Eagle palms and a third scouting's highest rank ? Eagle ? at a Smoky Mountain District Court of Honor tonight (Thursday) in Sylva. Three other local boys will be awarded Tenderfoot rank, the first step In scouting. Eagle Scouts Herbert McKel vey and Ben Edwards will be presented Eagle palms for hav ing earned 26 required merit badges. The former Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McKel vey, the latter the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Edwards. A 14-year -oW Scout, Lewis Cabe, will be advanced to Eagle. Scoot Cabe, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cfcbe, was schedul ed to receive the advancement In December, but his authoriza tion from Asheville headquar ters was delayed because of the pre-Christmas mail rush. John D, A] sup, of Franklin, will make the presentation. Tommy McCollum, Jimmy Mc Collum, and Bobby Swann will receive Tenderfoot badges. Scout Mark Dowdle will re ceive- the Pioneering merit badge. The honor court will be held at the Sylva Methodist Church at 7:30 o'clock. DAIRY SCHOOL PLANNED HERE Dairying Outlook And Problems Will Be Discussed An all-day dairy school for Macon dairymen, prospective dairymen, and interested farm ers is scheduled to be held at the agricultural building on Wednesday, according to County Agent S. W. Mendenhall. The school will open at 10 a. m. and the day's program calls for discussions on feeding and feed production, herd man agement, and breeding, and the outlook of dairying in the county. A feature of the session will be the awarding of prizes far the best exhibits of hay and silage. Those planning to at tend have been asked by the county agent to bring hay ex hibits in a neat bundle and silage exhibits in a half-gallon jar. Arrangements for the school were made because of the coun ty's substantial and healthy growth in the development of SEE HO. 4, PAGE 12 Fifty-Fomr Taxpayers RELEASED FROM PAYING 1952 TAXES BY FRANKLIN i * A Fifty-four persons and con cerns, charged through error, were released from payment of 1951 taxes by the Franklin Board of Aldermen in regular session Monday night. Taxes charged to the 54 total ed $559.69, according to Town Clerk C. O. Ramsey. Those released, the amounts, and the reasons for excusing payment follow: Mrs. John Bingham, $5.50, previously released by the board j of county commissioners; H. L. | Bryant, $65.45, charge errone- 1 ously made on portion of tax payer's property lying outside of the city limits; J. R. Bulgln, $3.03, outside city limits; J. C. Crisp, $12.21, $1,110 valuation released by board of county commissioners; John Jamison, i $880, did not own automobile listed; Mason Grocery Com pany, $14.30, store listed outside of city limits; Nantahala Pow er and Light Company, $44, $4,000 valuation released by the board of county commissioners; C. L. Pendergrass, $15 95, prop erty outside of city limits; R. D. Rogers, $8.80, automobile re leased. not in the city; Paul Russell, $0.11, error made in calculating taxes; James P. Shuford, $8.80, property not in side city limits; A1 L. Merck, $7.70, not resident in 1951; W. C. Allison. $1.65, property out side of city limits; E. E. and Herbery Angel, $8.80, charged twice; Berry's Fruit Stand, $.3 85, out of business; Mrs. Ada Brown, $6.60, error, payment made; Mrs. E. T. Calloway, $14.30, charged twice, once in name of Mrs. Nellie C. Callo way; Claude Crunkleton, $3.35, :si!Uin Xjjd jo apisino jt^jadoid Dillard Builders Supply, $35. 75, out of business; Franklin Used Parts, $33, outside of city limits; Mrs. Martha Hatnmill, $22, outside of city limits; Elsie M. Hayes, $2.20, outside of city limits; Ruth \ Holbrooks, $8.80, outside of citj\limits; Barbara Hunnicutt, $7.70, trntside of city limits; ? George L. Hunnicutt, $8 80, outside of city limits; Os SEE NO. 2, PAGE 12 SYLVA DOCTOR NEW DISTRICT HEALTH MAN Dr. Campbell, Native Of Indiana^ Gets ActingJrost Dr. Leo P. Mcttampbell, a na-j tive of IndianaC who has been practicing medicine in Sylva for the past year and a half, has been named part-time actv, The weekly clinic day at the local health department has been changed from Monthly to Tuesday, according to Mrs. Frank Shope, public health nurse. Hours will be 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. The health officer will be at the clinic from 1:30 to 3:30 p. m., she said. ing health officer for Macon, Jackson, and Swain counties. Dr. Campbell, who is associ ated In Sylva -with E*r. P. E. DeWees, is a graduate of Pur due University and the Univer sity of Cincinnati. He spent more than two years in the navy. Christmas Mail Rusk ( As Heavy, Or Heavier Than 1951, Long Says The Christmas mail load was as heavy or heavier than last year's, according to Franklin Postmaster E. W. Long. Mb record of letter cancel lations was kept this year, fee said. Last year, cancellations totaled 84,170. SING PLANKED The second Sunday sing -will toe held at the Ellijay Baj)tist ChurcSa beginning at 1:30 p. m? Carter Henson, staging conten tion president, hat Announced. Death Takes Lee Guffey At His Home Lee Guffey, well known civic leader here, died suddenly at his home on Bldwell Street about 1 o'clock Saturday morn ing. He was 62 years old. In ill health for a number of years, he had suffered a stroke about four years ago, but had sufficiently recovered to at LEE GUFFEY tend church regularly, and le niently had attended anniversary ?celebrations of Junalnskee Lodge No. 145, A. F. and A. It, and of the Franklin Rotary club, which recently made him an honorary member. A native ol Towns County, Georgia, he had made his home in Franklin since about the time of his marriage hi 1935 to Miss Elizabeth (Beth) Cabe, who survives. Friends often remarked on his willingness to help in any good cause, and his civic-mind edness resulted in many calls, SEE NO 4>, PAGE 12 What Happened In Macon County 1952 Chronology Wallowing i6 a chronology occurrences in Mb con County revealed by headlines in The I JANUARY William Homer Cochran, Jr., 24-year-old son oi Policeman and Mrs. W. H. Cochrax of Franklin, and agricultural teacher near Mt. Airy, died in a Mt. Airy hospital some 13 hours after a booby-trap explosion demolished his pick-up truck as he was leaving for work. Robert M. Dillard, Franklin's "Clear-up Mayor", died at the age off 67, following a series of heart attacks. The Franklin Press won sec ond place among North Caro lina weekly newspapers for ed itorial page excellence at the annual North Carolina Press Association Institute in Chapel Hill. The Wantahala Power and Light Company moved into its new $200/000 building on Main Street. FEBRUARY The congregation of the First Baptist Church approved plans for building a new $200,000 chur?h. The Rev. A. Rutus Morgan, rector of the 8t. Agnes Epis copal Church, was presented the Rural Fellowship Award "in rec ognition of his outstanding service to the church" at an Episcopal Clergy Conferente in Asheville. A school-by-school survey conducted by the Macon Coun i ty Citizens for Education and I presented to the board of coun j ty commissioners showed that j $201,890 was needed to provide equal educational facilities for | all ttyi county's school children. MARCH Preliminary plans for a new i chapel (Negro) School were ap I proved by the State Board of ! Education. School children moved into the new $100,000 Union School, i the seventh to be completed I under the county's million dol ; lar building prbgram. A zoning ordinance was ap proved by the Franklin Board of Aldermen. At a special banquet, the Franklin Junior Chamber of Commerce became the 90th of some ol the more important during the year just ended, as iYanklin Press during IP52: junior chamber to be formed in the State. Gov. "W. Keer Scott and Br. Clyde A Erwin, state superin tendent <of public instruction, made & whirlwind tour of Macon's 11 new schools. Miss Georgia Nell McDonald and Miss Martha Ann Stockton were named valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, of the 1952 graduating 6 ass of Frank lin High School. APRS, W. W. Beeves, Franklii hard ware merchant, was reflected commander of the local Veter ans of Foreign Wars post. The April term of superior court was cancelled because of the illness of the presiding judge, Frank M. Armstrong, of Troy. Wally Butts, head coach at the University ol Getrgia, was guest speaker at a Rotary ban quet honoring the Franklin High basketball team. Franklin High School was awarded third place in the High School Field Day at West ern Carolina Teachers College with 22 first places, slj sec onds, and seven thirds. MAT R M. (Mac) Bulgin. grandson of Mrs. W. B. MoGuire, of Frapklin, was presented David son College's highest award for creative writing, the Vereen Bell Award. First place in livestock and third in dairy judging went to Franklin Future Farmers of America teams at the Nanta hala Federation Judging Con I test. I Macon County and its two j towns. Franklin and Highlands, were honored for outstanding highway safety records made' in 1950. Awards were presented ' at a special ceremony in : ; Franklin by H. D.. (Tarvia) j ' Jones, head of the State High way Commissioner's safety divl- j j sion. Fred C. Vaughn was elected commander of the Macon Post No. 108, American Legion. Louis Reese and Haze Ed SEE NO. 1, PAGE 5 ? DIES DRIVE ] OPENS HERE ONJRIDAY Goal $3,509; McSwain Names Leaders In T ownships Macon County will swing into the fight against polio tomor row (Friday) when the annual March of Dimes drive gets under way under the leadership of County School Supt. Holland McSwain. The county's goal is $3,500 and quotas have been assigned to 11 townships on the basis of population. In announcing the opening of the drive and the names of township chairmen, Mr. Mc Swain emphasized that dimes contributed this year may well be the key to stamping out the crippling disease since it was recently announced that a polio vaccine may be developed In the very near future. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, founded by the late Franklin D. Roosevelt, has been supported through the years by the dimes and dollars of millions of Americans eager to help science stamp out polio, which strikes an average of 30, 000 people each year. Township chairmen who will assist Mr. McSwain with the drive include Owen Amnions Millshoal; Miss Marie Jennings Ellijay; Mrs. O. C. Corbin, Sug arfork; the Rev. Robert E. Ear ly, Highlands; Mrs. Fred Vinson Flats; Mrs. Harry Roberson Smithbridge; the Rev A. Rufui Morgan, Cartoogechaye; War ren Owenby, Nantahala; Mrs George Byrd, Oowee, and Nor man Blaine, Franklin. Committees to assist in the townships with collections wil be appointed by the abovi chairmen. Mr. McSwain hopes to wiw . up the drive toy January 24. ROTARY FETES FOOTBALLERS University Of Georgii Coach Is Banquet Guest Speaker The Franklin Rotary Clul feated the Franklin Higl Panthers. Oeach Ralph ( Chuck McConnell. and the schoo Cheerleaders at a banquet las (Wednesday nighl at StagU Memorial Bedding WTlliam (Bill i Hsitman. heac backffield couch of the Univer sity of Georgia Bulldogs, wai guest speata r. Rotaurian C S Brown was in charge of ih< program. BOX .SUPPER PLANNED A box supper is dated, to b< ! held vt the Bolly Spr ings Cwn ! munity Building Saturday be ginning at 6:30 o'clock, it ba: been announced. Music will t >? tfurniahfld by Hunter Youmr'i string band. The public is i? \rited ti attent More Negro School Funds Are Assured Man Winter ( Hands Macon Stiff Dose Old Man Winter swung a cold and snow-laden left hook at Macon County this week, caus ing citizens to scurry for over coats and motorists for chains and extra shots of antifreeze ? the automotive variety. It is reported that Highlands was blanketed with from four to six Inches of snow Friday and Saturday. An eighth of an inch of the fluffy stuff fell on Franklin on Monday, according to Manson Stiles, U. S. weath er observer. Travel to Highlands over the week-end was treacherous be cause of icy roads and many motorists postponed trips out of the county because of the weather. A chilly low of 19 was re ported In the Franklin area Monday and Tuesday. Yesterday (Wednesday) Old L Man Winter appeared somewhat , subdued, for early morning ris ers were greeted by sunny skies ' and slightly warmer tempera [ tures. i Korea Vets May Now Apply For G. I. Farm Training Veterans of the Korean War may now enroll in the G. I. Sarm training program under ] Public Law 550, according to E Wayne Proffitt, vocational agri I cultural teacher. j Further details of the pro gram and application blanks may be obtained' trom R. E. Welch, Veterans Administration 1 officer here. Men qualifying can enter I training on February 1 and | March 1. After March 1, no ap ' plicants will be permitted to enter until about October, it l was explained. Three County , Officials To I Address PTA [ Three county officials are , scheduled to speak at a meet ing of the Oowee Parent-Teach j er Association tonight rrhurs . day) at the school. 5 They are County School Supt. Holland McSwain, Mrs. F. H. : Potts, superintendent of the lo cal welfare department, antL Miss Kate McOn. clerk of su perior court. The meeting win | get under way at 7:30 o'clock. PTA TO MEET The regular meeting of the s Cullasaja Parent-Teadber Asaa ! ciatkm will tie held Tuesday i evening at the school beginning ? at 7:30 o'clock, President W. L. Harper has announced Twenty H. P. Clab? NAME NEW OFFICERS ANEkWORK OF YEAR County leaders and eft? of ficer* tor 1*33 have been pick ed by Macoc County's 20 .home demonstration clubs and the year's calendar of work pre pared. The name (if one club foas been changed this year, accord ing to Mrs. Florence S. Sher rill, counfy home agent. The old Travelers Club is now going under the name of Olive Hill Oak Dale. New county leaders include: Mrs. Jack Cabe, of Franklin, Route, 4. president; Mrs. Dan Reynolds, of Franklin. Route 1, vice-president: Mrs. Frank Sell ers, of Franklin. Route 4, sec retary; and Mrs. Clyde Pen nington, of Franklin. Route 3, treasurer. Named to county project lead er posts: Foods and Nutrition, Mrs. Carl Slagle; Prentiss, Star Route; Home Gardens, Mrs. T. T. Henderson, Cullasaja: Home Poultry, Mrs. Ed Duvall, Frank lin, Route 3; Publicity, Mrs. Clarence Taylor, Franklin; Food f'wserratioTi, Mrs. Lester Waldroop. "Franklin, Route 1; Home Management, Mrs. Wood row Teague, Prentiss; Family Life, Mrs. Donald B. Smith, Franklin; Home Beautiflcatlon, Mrs J. R. Ray, Franklin, Route 1; Clothing, Mrs. T. H. McNish, Franklin. Route 1; Arts and Crafts, > Miss Sally Kessler,, j Frankiin, Route 1. Mrs. E. M McNish. of Frank- i ! lin. Route 1, will serve as dis l trict vice-president. ] County committee chairmen include; Health, Mrs. Ralph Bradley, Franklin. Route 3: Ed ucation, Mrs. Ed Bradley, Franklin, Route 3; Citizenship, Mrs. Ruby Gibson. Franklin. | Route 4; Recreation, Mrs. J. S. | )Oray, Franklin, ^oute 2; Mark- | ets. Mrs. Ella Peek, Gneiss; 4-H i Club Leader, Mrs. Elmon Tea- , gue. Prentiss; and Music. Mrs. Robert Burnette. Franklin. J The calendar of t work out- I J lined for home demonstration ) J SEE NO. 6, PAGE 12 bounty Promises Budget Outlay; Construction Costs Shaved 11shaving $12,000 from onstruction costs and recety ng assurance of more coxta h ?? to the 1953"M budget .he Macon County Board of Ed Jcation Monday moved to award contracts for the new I Negro) School. "apei Exactly when construction; !w er way ^ not known* the contracts mus4 receive - he approval of the state edac , ?f board, County SchooC . Holland McSwain sai<* yesterday. However, he added). H the building should . ready for use in the fail. A revision in building piana. has enabled the tow -bidding general contractor. William B. pillard Construction Company hMCUt. I12'000 from ite ?rigbJ* n 't ?* it was brought; cut at Monday's board meeting. By reducing the size of rooms and shifting the lunch room-auditorium te the floor, school officials estimate? the school can be built for $58, 000. instead of the original esti mate of $66,851.25. Obtaining funds for buiidinc a new Negro school has been & major problem for the Ited eA $40 0M ?board> because only $40,000 is earmarked for its reviidCtiZn,EVen UI>der the Accordingly , m session witb countw b?fd' the Lu*ru of county commissioners M6ndav; agreed to provide for a mum of $18,000 in tie new budget to finish bvildirg the morf This agreement was made with the understanding ieft ove" from. tnrnS ? ?.?Utlay WOUld be rp~ turned to the county. Bnhd"iCao,?n B0ard Chairman Bob S. Sloan told the conynis Jnhrfr^~W* E IGenel Baldwin, John Roane, and W w sa_ P??iWy still more d be saved w!len the revisions in construction are explained to the tow-bidding concerns on plumbing, heating^ and electrical wort *"?? said some plumbing and. ?tectrical jobs couJd be Tough ^ ' " for the present and com pleted as funds are available. In addition to the eenerai theTr 'IT' S ds are: Plumbing; C K. Holder, of Andrews *4?^" Jt Heating, C. ?Tolc? J PanT'w^S arUD meCttic C<ml I ySSL.'ZfZ'SSS at that time piaaned to ^ ted^ea|r?^fld0r rf as futljre c]awscootn f SEE NO. T, PAGE 12 ' WANTED MEN ! ARE ARRESTED Patrolman Bryson Gets. Two Charged With Georgia Robbery . Two men, reportedly wanted in Atlanta, Gq.. on tt lewtiry store robbery charge, were ar rested in Highlands Tuesday night by Highway Patrolman V. E. Bryson and are now lit the county jail here. " * The two were identified as C E. Green, 23, and James H-, Gorbin, 26. The highway patroT in this area had been altered: to be on the lookout for the men. Georgia State Bureau of In vestigation agents are expected to come here and take the pair back to Georgia to ansavK rharges of the alleged robberf:. The Weather FRANKLIN Temperatures High Low Rain Wednesday 46 34 .1M rhursday 57 28 ? STiday 4? 27 -3? Saturday 36 28 Sunday 32 21 tra Monday 41 19 Jfc" Tuesday ?. 53 19