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* ' gOb* IfaManV JRaconian VOL. LXVIU? NO. t nUNIUN, N. C, THURSDAY, 2C, 1953 TWELVE PAGES WARRANT IS SERVED ON PRINCIPAL Sutton Charged With Failure To Post Health Sign Franklin District Principal R. G. Sutton has been served with a warrant charging hljn with failure to display a health de partment sanitation grade card for the Franklin school cafeter ia. Sanitarian H. T. Collins issued the warrant Wednesday of last week, soon after it was reported that the principal had torn down the Orade-C rating card for the cafeteria. Mr. Sutton denies the charge and Tuesday said he would pre sent his side of the case at a preliminary hearing March 18. The sanitarian gave the caf eteria the C rating following an inspection of facilities. He explained that the cafeteria was given a 77 rating (a C -Is 70 to 80, under the department's grading system) for several reasons: (X) the dish washing machine, which is supposed to rinse dishes for one minute at 170 de grees, was functioning for 35 seconds at a water temperature of only 148 degrees. He said a vat sink also was being used to sterilize dishes but that it was not getting them clean. (2) food was uncovered. (3) earbaee disDOsal was in adequate. (4) sinks and stoves were dirty. Mr. Collins said the rating was the first one given the present cafeteria since it went into operation in the fall of 1951. He explained that he has been making inspections of the cafeteria since its opening and has been offering recommenda tions and suggestions to school officials to bring the standard of the cafeteria up. No official grade was given during this time because his inspections were of a preliminary and ad visory nature, he said. A preliminary inspection in November, 1951, gave the cafe teria a rating of 52, the sani tarian said. Changes and im provements have brought the cafeteria's grade up since that time, he explained. At the time of his inspection, Mr. Collins said a teacher was being served in the kitchen, a violation under health depart ment rules. However, he said he did not mark off on the grade because of this, but warn ed that it was in violation. Mr. Sutton identified the teacher as S. F. Beck, band di rector. He explained that Mr. Beck teaches a class during the regular lunch hour and eats when he has time. The princi pal said the cook saves the band director a plate. Sheriff J. Harry Thomas served the warrant the day it was issued. The hearing will be before Justice of the Peace Sam J. Murray. School Bus Drivers Ask Pay Increase Twenty-four of Macon Coun ty's 38 school bus drivers ? re portedly irked over a newspaper story stating that teen-age school bus drivers are safer drivers than adults ? have pe titioned for an increase in sal ary. The petition was placed in the hands of County School Referred To Situation State-Wide, Angel Says Carroll Angel, field repre sentative of the state's high way safety division, referring to his talk before the Frank lin Rotary Club February 4, yesterday issued the following explanatory statement: "I certainly did not intend to, give offence to Macon County school bus drivers, or to criticize the drivers of this county. "As a matter of fact, the adult bus drivers in Macon County have an excellent rec ord. ! "What I was trying to do was to give a picture of the situation, state- wide; based on the facts and figures, state- wide. I did that because ' I thought the public and par ticularly the parents of school children were entitled to know the situation." Supt. Holland McSwain Friday. While the petition failed to say how much increase the men want, Mr. McSwain said they indicated $80 per month. Driv ers here presently receive $60. Although no mention was made in the petition, it report edly was prompted by a news stoiy appearing in the Febru ary 12 issue of The Press, which quoted Carroll Angel, field rep resentative with the state's highway safety division, as say ing that, statistically, teen-age school bus drivers have proved to be safer than adults. Mr. Angel, who addressed the Rotary Club here, cited two fac tors as explaining the better teen-age safety record: (1) the salary of the adult school bus driver is too low to attract the most capable adults, and (2) the adult does not respond so readily to supervision and di rection by the school principal as the student driver. Macon Dairyman Will Be Honored By Association A. B. Slagle, of Slagle Dairy Farm and Nantahala Creamery, is to be honored tonight (Thurs day) by the Henderson County Milk Producers Association as having made "an outstanding contribution to the advance ment of the dairy industry in North Carolina". The widely known dairyman, a former Macon sheriff, will be presented a certificate of appre ciation by the association as a feature of its annual dinner meeting in Hendersonville. Assistant County Agent T. H. Fagg will accompany Mr. Slagle. 1 ?Staff PkM bi J. P. Brady With grading on the Franklin-Cowee Chip (US 23) highway about 25 per Mat complete, W. M. Corkill, 10th division engineer, sa.id this week that a surrey is now under way on the Jack son County side of US 23. The engineer said every effort will be made to begin construction on the Jackson link as soon as possible. Pictured above is a deep cut and fill at the foot of Cowee Mountain, behind the Cowee Mountain Motor C ourt. The large double-barreled 7x8 foot culvert bridges Coon Creek. BL00DM0B1LE VISIT SLATED Unit Coining March 6 To Presbyterian Church; Goal, 101 Pints The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be shooting for a goal ol 100 pints of blood when it comes to Franklin next Friday, March 6, on its first visit of the year here. As in the past, the unit's visit is being sponsored by the FUND DRIVE TO OPEN The animal American Red Cross fond drive will open here Sunday, with the coun ty quota set at $3,575. C. Banks Finger, Franklin attorney, is heading this year's campaign. He will be assisted by a number of vol ) unteer workers throughout the county. Campaign supplies were dis tributed this week by Mrs. Elizabeth McColium, chapter secretary. Veterans of Foreign War post, and it will operate at the Pres byterian church. Hours will be 1 to 7 p. m. Both the home front and the fighting front will profit by the blood collected here, according to Mrs. Elizabeth McColium, Red Cross chapter secretary here. All of the blood is earmarked for wounded servicemen in the form of blood plasma as always, she emphasized, but a biologic product of the blood ? Gamma Globulin ? is being made avail able by the Red Cross for the prevention of poliomyelitis (po lio). The removal of the Gamma Globulin component from whole blood in no way affects the amount of plasma obtained, she said, for shipment to the fight ing front. Donors will be served refresh ments by members of the V.F. W. auxiliary. Local Teams Knocked Out Of Cage Tilt Macon County was bowled completely out of the All-Boys' Smoky Mountain Conference Basketball Tournament. Both Franklin and Nantahala fell under the sting of the Cul lowhee Stingarees, who tucked away the title Saturday night against Bryson City. Nantahala went down first under the press of the Cullo whee sharpshooters on Thurs day night by a score of 61 to 47. In the semi-finals Friday night. Franklin, playing with out the services of high-scoring Ray Henry, Who was out with mumps, followed suit, but not without a fight. The two teams jokey ed along for most of the game in a dead heat, matching point for point. Center Dolpha Fouts bucketed 18 points to pace the lads along. Cullowhee's star player, Eddie Sutton, fouled out of the game in the closing minutes and the local boys bore down and pull ed the score up to 37 to 37; but Sutton's substitute, Emil Hoop er, split the hoop for five of six free throws and iced the Franklin heart-breaker ? 42 to 41. Bryson City played host to the tournament this year. Roland Resigns Jailer Position; Garrett Gets Job Arthur V. Garrett, of the Oak Grove community, has been named jailer for this county, succeeding Calvin Roland, who has resigned. Mr. Roland, who has served as jailer since December, 1950, plans to farm in the Oak Grove section. P. T. A. TO MEET The East Franklin Parent Teacher Association will hold its March meeting Monday night at 7:30. COUNTY FIRE B1LLOFFERED Rep. Dean Introduces Act For Fire Protection A bill designated to provide rural lire protection in this county was introduced in the house of representatives Mon day by Rep. Walter Dean and was referred to the committee on counties, cities and towns. Prepared by J. Homer Stock ton, Highlands town attorney, on order of that municipality, the act would authorize the governing authority of this county to appropriate and ex pend funds for fire protection and would permit municipal fire departments to answer calls outside the city limits, thus let ting towns and communities with fire departments provide protection for the rural areas. Town officials of both Frank lin and Highlands have been unsuccessful in getting the county to allocate funds for the protection of rural residents, who now are dependent upon the Franklin volunteer fire de partment. Although it is illegal for a municipal fire depart ment to operate outside the city limits, the department here continues to help rural resi dents. The Highlands Board of Ald ermen recently authorized the purchase of a new $12,500 fire truck in a move to streamline its inadequate and antiquated fire equipment ? a hand-drawn hose cart. Officials in Franklin also are considering the pur chase of a new truck to supple ment present equipment. Under the bill drawn by Mr. Stockton, the board of county commissioners would be given authority to earmark funds to Franklin and Highlands and any other communities setting up fire departments for the purchase and maintenance of fire trucks and fire fighting equipment. Survey Is Started On Jackson Link Franklin Girls Will Play In Tourney; Game Tonight The Franklin High basket ball lassies will be playing tournament ball tonight in Andrews, thanks to the Gen eral Assembly. A ruling by the state board of education, which cat girls out of regional tournament play, was erased by an act of tht Legislature Friday. So tonight (Thursday) the Franklin girls, who were un ' defeated in conference play this season, will play Hayes rille at 9 o'clock in the first round of a girls' divisional tournament. The NantaJiala girls will meet Callow hee at 7 o'clock. The tournament semi-finals will be held tomorrow night, the finals Saturday night. Polio Fund Still Short Of Its Goal ? i Contributions to the Maroh of Dimes this week totaled $2,~ 657.78 ? $842.22 short of the country's goal of $3,500, County School Supt. Holland McSwain, drive chairman, has announced. A complete report from the Highlands area still has not been received, he said, but the school there alone raised $235. 20, including $52.65 from bene fit basketball games. Union School raised $190.55 and the local American Legion post turned over $25 to the drive this week. Township totals for the week are: Millshoal, $192.07; Ellijay. $66.68; Sugarfork, $60.20; Plats. $25.16; Smithbridge, $292; Car toogechaye, $150.80; Nantahala. $87.10; Burningtown, $20.65: Cowee, $246; and Franklin, 51, 306.92 Highlands School conducted a polio drive of its own, accord ing to Principal F. N. Shear ouse, with goals apportioned to home rooms on the basis of the number of pupils. Amounts rais ed by the individual rooms were: Mrs. Mary Miller's. $24.60; Mrs. Irene James', $16.09; Miss Virginia Edwards', $14.50; Mrs. F. N. Shearouse's $12.60; Mrs Onnie Cabe's, $13.27: Miss Ethel Calloway's, $16.55; Mrs. Paul Grist's, $16.60; Miss Nina How ard's, $14.50; Miss Veva Hcw ard's, $11.38; Mrs. Katherine Lowndes', $11.42; Mrs. Louise Miller's, $10.4#; Mr. Fishers, $10.65; Mr. Norton's, $10; and American Legion and seventh and eighth grade basketball games, $52.65. ADDRESSES CLUB Mrs. Eloise O. Potts, superin tendent of ?welfare, addressed a meeting of the Highlands Ro .tary Club Tuesday, speaking on 1 public welfare. ? Staff Fhoto by J. P. Brady Some five inches (Coweeta llydrolo*ic Laboratory Reading) of rain Friday sent the Little Tenneaaee River spilling over ita bank*. In the photograph above, the swollen river qualified the I KranJtlin Airport as a "seaplane base". At left, the approach to Phillips Bridge on the east is I covered by the river. Engineer Says Job Will Be Started 'As Soon As Possible' A preliminary survey is now under way on the Jackson County side of the proposed US 23 link from Franklin to Sylva and every effort will be made to begin construction on that phase of the project "as soon as possible", W. M. Corkill, 10th division highway engineer, said In a telephone interview this week. The engineer said $500,000 has been allocated for th^Jack son link. Since construction on the $618,000 link from Franklin to Cowee Gap (at the Jackson county line) has been under way for several months, local people predict the Franklin Cowee stretch will be almost completed before work begins on the Jackson side. If this should develop, it is pointed out, US 23 ? the main artery through the county ? will be closed for construction for several years, seriously biting into one of this area's chief money-makers, the tourist trade. I Highway maps already have ' the red-ink detour symbol on the Franklin -Cowee stretch. US 23 is now ready for a $450,000 face-lifting from Frank lin to the Georgia state line. Highway officials are expected here to approve the survey at an early date. However, this phase of the project will not be as time-consuming as the other two because the stretch from Franklin to the state line is fairly level. The Franklin -Cowee Gap link is a mountain-mover, entailing the moving of approximately one million yards of dirt, most of which will be used for fills, engineers have said. But new highway construction in recent months has become as much a part of everyday life in this county as top grade beef and dairy cattle ? and there is still more to cojne. All told, if highway depart ment plans materialize, the next few years will see the ex SEE NO. 1, PAGE 12 Essay Winners At High School Are Announced Four winners in the National Employ The Physically Handi capped Essay Contest at Frank lin High School were announe t ed this week. Winning entries, selected from papers submitted by jun iors and seniors, were written by Misses Barbara Jean Pan nell, and Patty Lou Phillips, and Jimmy Kinsland, of the senior class, and Richard Dry man, Junior class. Mrs. E. O. Crawford and Mrs. W. W. (Bill i Sloan selected the four winning essays, which have been sent to the governor's, judging committee to compete in the state-wide elimination. The essay theme this year was, "The Physically Handicap ped?A National Asset". One paper will be picked by the governor's committee as this state's entry in the national phase of the contest. All high school juniors and seniors in the state were eligible to enter. The Weather The week's temperatures and rainfall, m recorded in Franklin by Matiwn Stil<i? I'. S. weather observer, and at the Coweets II ydrologic Laboratory: FRANKLIN Temperatures High Low Rat Wednesday 55 14 Thursday 59 47 Friday 55 44 .94 Saturday 63 49 1.71 Sunday 50 31 ? Monday 55 21 Tuesday 47 33 .21 COWEETA Temperatures High Low Rain Wednesday 52 13 _ Thursday 48 28 Friday 57 40 .58 Saturday 61 48 5.03 Sunday 49 29 ? Monday 54 20 Tuesday 42 30 .1* Wednesday .... 37 .23
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