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FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, FEB. S, 1953
TWELVE PAG1
-TOWN SETS
ORDINANCE
ON PARKING
Limits Harrison Avenue
Parking To One
Side Only
Congestion on Harrison Ave
nue ? a first-class traffic bottle
neck since US 23 was closed ?
has forced the Franklin Board
of Aldermen to pass an ordi
nance limiting parking to one
side of the avenue.
Under provisions of the new
ordinance, it will be unlawful
to park on the left side of the
avenue leaving town, from
Church to Bid well Street.
The ordinance was the climax
to a discussion centering around
the traffic situation on the
avenue during the board's reg
ular session Monday night.
Harrison Avenue, which links
the city with NC 28, became
the main artery for traffic
through Franklin when new
construction closed US 23 east
to Dlllsboro this past October.
All through traffic is now de
touring over NC 28 to Bryson
City and points east.
Several parked cars on the
avenue have been side-sniped
in recent months.
The avenue also was the topic
of a letter to the board from
Mrs. Herman Dean. In the let
ter she urged aldermen to "do
something about It and maybe
save a life."
Ramey Picked
ByW.C.T.C.
As Teacher
The title of "Mr. Student
Teacher for 1952-53" at Western
Carolina Teachers College has
been placed upon Prince M.
Ramey, son of Mr. and Mrs.
V. C. Ramey, of Franklin.
A senior and active campus
leader, Mr. Ramey last fall was
named to the 1952-53 Who's
Who in American Colleges and
Universities.
He is majoring in business
education and mathematics and
is serving this year as state
secretary of the Future Teach
ers Association, an organization
in which he has been quite ac
tive. At W.C.T.C. he is vice
president of the student body,
chairman of the standards
committee, a member of the
judiciary committee, a student
senator, and a member of Alpha
Phi Sigma.
Colleges throughout the state
with teacher education pro
grams annually select "Mr. and
Mrs. Student Teachers" to at
tend the North Carolina Educa
tion Association convention. Mr.
Ramey will be presented to the
N.C.EA. meeting in Ashevllle In
March along with representa
tives from other colleges in the
area.
SING SKATED
The second Sunday sing is
planned at 1:30 p. m. at the
Double Churches, Carter W.
Henson, president, has an
nounced.
?Stott Photo by J. P. Brady
The undefeated Franklin High lassies are occupying the No. I spot in the eastern division of the Smoky Mountain Con
ference aid spptar Bkety te end up as conference queens when the east-west tournament winds up in Bryson City next month.
The lamias are (L te B), bant row, Evelyn Dean, Shirley Dean, Margaret Crawford, Jody Lenoir, Jean Duvali, Ruth Brown,
Audrey Gibson; back row, Annette Dalrymple, EMne Nicholson, Betty Smith, Anna Setser, Mildred Corldn, Nancy Ramsey, and
Fous rruetU
MACON VET
FIRST TRAINEE
Buchanan Approved For
Korean Farm Training
Program
Neville O. Buchanan, of the
Tesenta community, Monday
became the first man in the
15 mountain counties to enter
the Korean veterans' farm
training program.
He was approved for train
ing here last week bjt. B. L.
Lunsford. Jr., of Asheville, as
sistant supervisor of the pro
gram in the western district.
Mr'. Buchanan, who is the sop
of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Buch
anan, will operate his father's
77-acre farm through lease
agreement under the supervis
ion of George Hunnicntt, pro
gram instructor, and Wayne
Profitt. Franklis High vocation
al agricultural teacher. His two
years of service entitle him to
the maximum of 36 months
training under the program,
which is the same as the one
set up for World War II vet
erans.
Eighty-three World War II i
veterans are now in training
here, according to Mr. Proffitt,
and a one time 220 were en
rolled.
ATTEND MEETING
Mrs. T.( W. Porter, Sr., Miss
Laura Jones, and W, N. Sloan
attended the quarterly meeting
of the Western North Carolina
Historical Association in Ashe
vllle on Saturday.
BILL BEING PREPARED
FOR FIRE PROTECTION
A solution to the problem of rural fire protection in this coun
ty may come from Raleigh if a bill now being prepared here
receives the approval of the general assembly.
The Town of Highlands this week took the initiative in the
fire protection fMsue by authorising Town Attorney i. Horner
.Stockton to prepare a bin setting up a cooperative plan between
the county, towns, and communities. |
A delegation from Highlands, led by Mayor W. H. Cobb, Mon
day requested a donation from the county to buy a fire truck
for use in Highlands and in the county. The request was turned
down by the board of county commissioners. Recently, Franklin
aldermen were unsuccessful in selling the county on a joint
county-town fire protection scheme.
Mr. Stockton* said yesterday the proposed bill would authorize
the coonty government to give financial assistance to towns and
rural communities in a joint fire protection set-up. He said it
will be sent to Rep. Walter Dean for introduction in the house.
As things stand now, rural residents have no assured fire pro
tection from the county. The burden of protecting both the town
and the county is being shouldered as a "moral" obligation by
the Franklin volunteer fire department and its lone fire truck.
'Uncle Ham' 102-Year-01d
Ex-Slave Dies On Thursday
"Uncle Ham" Penland is
dead!
The 102-year-old ex-slave, who
not too many months ago stop
ped hoeing in his garden long
enough to be interviewed by a
Press newsman, died early last
Thursday afternoon of pneu
monia at his rustic frame house
in the Cat Creek section where j
he had lived for more than 65
years with memories of the j
Civil War and early Macon
County history.
In his death, the county has
lost a very colorful figure. His j
extreme age, although affecting
his sight and hearing, failed to
dull his razor-sharp memory.
"Uncle Ham" could always be
counted upon to spin his yarns
about his days as a youngster
in slavery and how things were
in Franklin "back yonder". One
of his favorite stories centered
around a visit by a Union
scouting party at the outset of
the war between the states.
"Uncle Ham", whose full
name was Wade Hampton Pen
land, used to be a .familiar
sight in Franklin and his claim
to fame was his reputation for
being a hard worker. By his
own admission, through the
years he had worked for about
everybody from "here to the
SEE NO. 1. PAGE 12
POLIO DIMES
ROUJNG IN
McSwain Says Donations
Total $1,527.49; To
End Saturday
Polio-fighting dimes poured
slowly bat steadily into County
School Supt. Holland McSwain 's
office this week as Macon mov
ed closer to its $3,500 March
of Dimes goal.
Mr. McSwain. who is heading
the drive, yesterday (Wednes
day) said donations totaled $1,
527.49, with only two of the
county's 11 townships reporting
complete collections.
The figure, he said, includes
$320 raised in Franklin last
Thursday night during a
"Mother's March on Polio", led
by the Franklin Junior Wom
an's Club
Mr. McSwain added that he
hoped to wind up the drive by
Saturday.
A box supper and cake walk,
with proceeds going to the
dimes drive, is planned Satur
day at 7 p. m. at the Cowee
School.
2 ENLIST IN NAVY
Roy B. Keener, of Franklin,
and James R. Bryson, of Culla
saja, enlisted in the navy in
January, according to an an
nouncement from the Asheville
recruiting office.
BACK FROM FAR EAST
Pfc. Donald B. Owenby, of
Franklin, Route 3, has return
ed home after six months with
the 224th infantry Regiment,
40th division, in the Far East.
Revised Negro
Plans Approved
Prison Land
Bids Opened
Here Tuesday
Winton E. Perry and Grover
Jamison, Sr., were high bid
ders for two tracts of prison
property land fronting Harri
son Avenue put up for sale by
the State Highway and Public
Works Commission.
Bids for the property were
opened Tuesday morning at the
state Highway garage here by
A. E. Snelson and George Clay
ton, of the 10th highway divi
sion right-of-way department
in Asheville.
Mr. Perry bid $16,312 for a
13.6-acre tract. The second
highest bid for this tract, $10,
126, was submitted by M. L.
Dowdle. A bid of $1,155 made
Mr. Jamison high bidder for
the other tract, 3.85 acres.
Final approval of the bids is
up to the commission.
A total of 10 bids were re
ceived.
Scout Week
Observance
Is Planned
Franklin Boy Scouts have sev
eral special things on tap to
celebrate scouting's 43rd birth
day during Scout Week, Febru
ary 6 to 12.
A scouting exhibit, emphasiz
ing knot tying and mineralogy,
went on display today (Thurs
day) at Belk's Department
Store.
On Sunday, all local Scouts
plan to attend church in lull
uniform in observance of
"Scout Sunday".
And on Monday night, par
ents and troop committeemen
will be special guests of the
Scouts at a covered dish sup
per at Slagle Memorial at 6:30
o'clock. A program of Scout
skills and stunts will be hand
led by the junior Scout leaders.
4 Franklin Men
Sign Air Force
Four Franklin men ? George
E. Curtis, Verlin L. Curtis. Clin
ton E- Campbell, and Lester D.
Norton ? enlisted in the U. S.
Air Force last week, according
to Sgt. Clay Hensley. local
army-air force recruiter.
The recruiter is in Franklin
Tuesday of each week at Ang
el's Drug Store.
SUPPER CANCELLED
The supper meeting of the
local unit of the N. C. Educa
tion Association, scheduled
Monday night at Franklin High,
was cancelled because of the
illness of the guest speaker, D.
Hiden Ramsey, Asheville news
paper executive and vice-chair
man of the State Board of Ed
ucation.
Attorney Authorized To
Settle Disputed Land
With May Heirs
County School Supt. Holland
McSwain told the county board
of education Monday morning
the revised plans for the new
Chapel i Negro i School have
been approved by Raleigh of
ficials.
The superintendent and board
member J. C. Sorrells drove to
| Raleigh Monday of last week
I to discuss the proposed school
with state education officials.
Mr. McSwain said construc
tion will start on the new
building as soon as the archi
tect and contractor discuss fin
al arrangements.
When bids ran more than?
$30,000 above the $40,000 allo
cation, school officials here be
gan revising plans to bring costs
down. By eliminating a pro
posed wing on the building and:
! reducing classroom size, the
contractor's bid of $51,700 was.
cut $12,000, lowering the over
all cost to $58,862.29. In Decem
ber, the board of county com
missioners assured an addition
al $18,000 in the 1953-54 budget,
to go with the $40,000 already?
on hand for the school's con
struction.
At the brief meeting, County
Attorney R. S. Jones was auth
orized by the board to attempt
a compromise with the S. J.
May heirs over the disputed oltt
Otter Creek school property.
. Through Attorney J. Horner
Stockton, the May heirs claim
I ownership of the land, which
: is no longer used for school
purposes, on the strength of a
verbal reversion clause. The ed
ucatios board claims ownership
through a condemnation pro
ceeding filed May 21, 1923.
Livestock Auction
Yards Are Leased
Lease of. the Franklin Live
stock Auction yards, just off
the Georgia road, by Gtorge
I Gibson, of Franklin, and King
brothers, of Murphy, was an
nounced the last of last week.
The yard was leased from the
former operator, B. V. McCoy.
The Weather
Thr week's temperatures and rainfall. aa
recorded in Franklin by Man?<>n >r? e??
I". S. weather observer, and at the Coweett*
ll-ydrologic Laboratory:
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
59 40 43
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
48
55
61
60
61
60
COWEETA
19
19
34
43
28
28
02:
Temperatures
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
High Low Ralrr
49 45 695
17
17
31
42
27
27
49
53
59
61
58
60
.053
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Th. PROPOSED ROUTE
FRANKLIN ? GEORGIA
HIGHWAY- US-23
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Shown above is a rough sketch of the proposed highway
from Franklin to the Georgia state line (US 23). In late
1951, the state allocated $450, (XX) from surplus highway
funds for the project. Yesterday (Wednesday) state high
way officials were here for a preliminary survey of the 15
mile stretch. In the above sketch, taken from a highway de
partinent maj) posted in the county courthouse, a number of
curves have been exaggerated to better show the location
of the present and proposed highways. Also, the Little Ten
nessee River and the Tallulah Falls Railroad have been
drawn in at points where they approach the highways to
hotter illustrate the routes. Construction already has started
on US 23 from Franklin east to Co wee Cap at the Jackson
Countv line.