w .. '* itMitt xnb PRICE 10 Cents i | l\)t Jlacottiati ?ol. utvm? no. ? 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 Leqend-* *?*tr fUtV