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vol. juxvin ? no. u
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FRANKLIN, N. C? THURSDAY, MARCH IS, 1953
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TWELVE PAGES
SCHOOL SUPT.
LISTS NEEDS
FOR COUNTY
Citizen's Group Votes
To Send Letters To
Rep. Dean
What are the school needs in
Macon County?
<1) Eight new school busses,
three urgently.
(2) $20,000 to $30,000 to equip
the new schools adequately.
(3) Twenty or more addition
al classrooms by 1954.
(4) Auditorium-gymnasium for
Franklin.
(5 Lunchrooms for Co wee and
Otto schools.
This list of needs, prepared
by County School Supt. Holland
McSwain, has presented at last
Thursday night's meeting of the
Macon County Citizen's Com
mittee for Education by Mrs.
Beth Guffey, elementary super
visor. Mr. McSwain was unable
to make the report because of
illness in his family.
Eleven persons attended the
meeting of the committee,
which Is composed of represen
tatives of parent-teacher asso
ciations, home demonstration
clubs, and civic organizations
throughout the county. By con
trast, upwards of 75 representa
tives and interested persons at
tended the committee's meet
ings last year soon after It was
organized.
A suggestion by Mrs. Weimar
Jones, district P. T. A. director,
resulted In the group's voting
to write letters to Rep. Walter
Dean urging him to support
the legislative program being
advanced by the United Forces
for Education. Paul Swafford,
president of the Iotla P. T. A.,
also read a letter from the N.
C. Congress of Parents and
Teachers, Inc., urging support
of the program.
Mr. Swafford, Fred C.Vaughn,
and Norman Blaine were ap
pointed as a nominating com
mittee to select officers for the
new year. April 16 was set as
the ojganization's next meeting
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 12
Eastern Star
Ceremony Is
Set Tonight
At a public ceremony tonight
(Thursday), newly elected and
appointed officers of the Ne
quassa Chapter No. 43, Order of
Eastern Star, will be installed.
The ceremony will be held at
Slagle Memorial Building at 8
o'clock.
Past matrons of the chapter
will serve as installing officers.
New officers are: Mrs. Helen
Snyder, worthy matron; Edd
Whitaker, worthy patron; Mrs.
Blanche Parrish, associate ma
tron; the Rev. W. N. Cook, as
sociate patron; Mrs. Nobla Mur
ray, secretary; Mrs. Alice Ray,
treasurer; Mrs. Catherine Hen
ry, conductress; Mrs. Katherine
Crawford, associate conductress;
Mrs. Emma Jane Phillips, chap
lain; Miss Lassie Kelly, mar
shal; Mrs. Margaret Cabe, or
ganist; Mrs. Ruth Whitaker,
Adah; Mrs. Eula Carpenter,
Ruth; Mrs. Januita McKelvey,
Esther; Mrs. Lucille Phillips,
Martha; Mrs. Ida Orant, Elec
ta; Mrs. Ruby Harper, Warder;
and Mrs. Margaret Bulgin, Sen
tinel.
Associate officers to be intro
duced at the ceremony include
Mrs. Margaret Tyslnger, chap
lain; Mrs. Evelyn West, mar
shal; Mrs. Mary Fisher, Adah;
Mrs. Dorothy Henry, Ruth; Mrs.
Thelma Harmon, Esther; Mrs.
Leona Cansler, Martha; Mrs.
Hermle Bryant, Electa; Mrs.
Frances Wllhide, Warder; and
Mrs. Barbara Calloway, Sentinel. I
The installing officers will be
the following past matrons:
Mrs. Elizabeth Patton, install- '
lng officer; Mrs. Margaret Cabe.
marshal; Mrs. Margaret Bolton,
conductress; Mrs. Genett Thom
as, associate conductress; Mrs.
Beth Ouffey, chaplain; Mrs.
Lillian Cabe, organist; Mrs.
Josephine Long, warder; and
Mrs. Ann Higdon, sentinel.
Prior to the ceremony, the
chapter will hold Its regular
meeting at 81agle Memorial with ,
Mrs. Esther Cunningham, re
tiring worthy matron, presid
ing. This meeting is set for 7
o'cloek.
Now They've Got 'Flying Boxes'
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? Staff Photo by J . P. Brady
WHAT'S THIS PICTURE all about?
Perhaps the best way to answer that question is to reprint the note The Press editor found
on his desk Monday morning. The note was from the photographer, explaining why he thought
the picture should be poMishad. It follows:
"This odd looking box and parachute came from New Mexico ? some kind of U. S. Air Force
weather project, or something.
"It was found Sunday morning fey E. B. Duvall (holding 'chute) in the Iotla community.
There wuz a helluva lot of people up on the Main drag looking the thing over while he wired
the Air Force that he had found it, 90 I figured that it was worth a pix in this week's issue.
"I think the rig was sent up into the higher wind currents by balloon and the parachute
took over when the balloon burst . . .
"Rather newsy for this end of the woods, don't you think?"'
EARLY NAMED
ROTARY HEAD
Highlands Club Elects
Potts Vice-President;
Others Listed
The Rev. Robert E. Early has
been elected president of the
Highlands Rotary Club for the
year beginning July 1.
Other officers are Charles C.
Potts, vice-president; Stacey C.
Russell, secretary; and Leslie
G. Misener, treasurer. Addition
al members of the board of
trustees include Wilton H. Cobb
and Dr. Sherman H. Pace.
The new officers are expected
to represent the Highlands club
at the district assembly of the
280th district, scheduled for
April 12 and 13 in Statesville,
the secretary said.
Highlands O. E. S.
Elects Mrs. Potts
As Worthy Matron
Mrs. Eloise G. Potts has been
elected worthy matron of the
Highlands Chapter, No. 284,
Order of Eastern Star, succeed
ing Mrs. Mayme Hicks.
Other elected officers are
William N. Slattery, worthy pa
tron; Miss Ethel Calloway, as
sociate matron; Henry Cleve
land, associate patron; Dr. Jes
sie M. Hedden, secretary; Mrs.
Vernon Slattery, treasurer; Mrs.
Elizabeth Harbison, conduct
ress; and Mrs. Agnes Calloway,
associate conductress. The new
officers will be installed March
27.
IN CARIBBEAN
Cecil C. Rickman, teleman
seaman, of Franklin. Route 4,
is In the Caribbean taking part
in a six-week refresher train
Ling cruise aboard the battle
ship USS Wisconsin, the Fleet
Home Town News Center has
announced. He Is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rickman.
Eight Communities Enter
Rural Development Contest
Macon County is really swing
ing aboard the W. N. C. Rural
Community Development Con
test band wagon this year, with
eight communities already or
ganized and more planning to
enter.
Last year only two commun
ities participated ? Carson and
Holly Springs. The latter tied
for fifth place in a field of 70
communities in the mountain
area. . j
Communities entered in the j
contest, which is sponsored by
the Asheville Agricultural Coun
cil, include Carson, Holly
Springs, Clark's Chapel, Mul
berry, West Union, Longview,
Union, and Ratton.
The county agents, who are
' assisting with organization, said
( this week that more are plan
ning to enter.
Several of those now in the
contest have elected officers.
Citizens of the Patton com
munity met Tuesday night of
March 3 and named the fol
lowing leaders: Erwin Patton,
president; Wayne Stewart, jun
ior president: Mrs. Walter
Swanson, vice-president; Mrs.
Ted Blaine, secretary-treasurer;
and P. E. Swanson, song lead
er. Th<; community named Gen
eral Jones, Mrs. Thomas Wil
son, and Buster Green as di
rectors.
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 12
CHARGES ARE
DROPPED BY
SANITARIAN
Collins Withdraws Paper
Served On District
Principal Sutton
The warrant charging Dis
trict Principal R. G. Sutton
with failure to display a health
department sanitation grade
card for the Franklin school
cafeteria has been withdrawn.
Through Attorney C. Banks
Finger, Sanitarian H. T. Collins,
who took action against the
principal, issued the following
statement this week:
"Since Mr. Sutton did let the
sanitation grade card remain on
display when it was replaced,
and since he and other lunch
room personnel have cooperated
since this incident to correct
lunchroom deficiencies, I am
asking that the warrant be
withdrawn. This is also being
done to protect the school from
any further unfavorable pub
licity."
The warrant was served on
the principal last month after
it was reported that he had
torn down the C rating posted
for the 'careteria by the sani
tarian.
The principal was to have ap
peared for a preliminary hear
ing March 18 (yesterday i before
Justice of the Peace Sam J.
Murray.
MRS. PALMER,
62. SUCCUMBS
Services For Native Set
For Today At 2:30 At
First Baptist
Mrs. Elsie Palmer, of Frank
lin, widow of Joe Palmer, died
early yesterday (Wednesday l
morning at her home. She was
62 years old and had been in
declining health for almost a
year.
Funeral services will be con
ducted today (Thursday) at
2:30 p. m. at the First Baptist
Church by the Rev. M.W. Chap
man, pastor. Burial will be in
Woodlawn Cemetery.
A native of this county, Mrs.
Palmer was born August 29,
1891, the daughter of Martin F.
and Mrs. Jennie Henry Jones.
She was a member of the First
Baptist Church and was mar
ried in 1916 to Mr. Palmer, who
died several years ago.
Mrs. Palmer is survived by
her son, Charles, of Charleston.
S. C.; her daughter, Mrs. Kath
erine McKinney. of Columbus,
Ga.; her mother, Mrs. M. F.
Jones, of Franklin ; two broth
ers, George L., of Ashland, Oreg., ;
and Frank, of Akron, Ohio;
four sisters, Mrs. N. L. Cunning
ham. of Akron. Ohio, Miss Ella
Jones, of Franklin, Mrs. Laura
Waldroop, of Elizabethton, !
Tenn . and Mrs. Helen Mielke,
of Columbia, S. C.
Bryant Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
HEADS ROTARY
BRYANT STCLUBE
Mr. McClure, now serving as
secretary, was elected president
of the Franklin Rotary Club for
the ensuing year, at the club's
meeting Wednesday evening of
last week. Thomas C. (Tom)
Nelson was chosen secretary,
and W. W. (Bill) .Sloan, Holland
McSwain, C. S. Brown, and
John B. Ray were named to
the board of directors. The re
tiring president, Don Smith,
automatically becomes vice
president, under the club's rules.
The new officials will take of
fice July I.
Mrs. Kenshaw
Elected Head
Of Local PTA
Mrs. E. W. Renshaw was
elected president of the Frank
lin Parent-Teacher Association
at Monday night's meeting of
the organization.
Mrs. Roy M. Biddle was nam
ed vice-president; Mrs. James S.
McCollum, secretary; and Mrs.
J. L. West, Jr., treasurer.
Mrs. Renshaw next fall will
succeed Mrs. John BuTgin, who
took over as president for the
remainder of this school year
only, upon the resignation, sev
eral months ago, of Mrs. Edgar
I Angel. /
The new officers, to be for
I mally installed at the April
meeting, were proposed by a
nominating committee made up
of Mrs. Paul H. Russell, Mrs.
1 Elsie Franks, and Mrs. B. L. Mc
Glamery.
The Monday night program
was a panel discussion, similar
to one recently conducted at
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 12
Go-T o-Church Series
To Be Started Soon
April 2 The Press will start
a series of Go-to-Church ad
vertisements, sponsored by local
business houses. Along with the
advertising, the paper will pub
lish, as news, the schedules of
services at churches in the
county. Churches desiring this
service should supply the fol
lowing information: Name and
denomination of church, name
of pastor, and dates and hours
of regular services.
First Baptist Church Holds Ground-Breaking
? w an Photo by J. P. Urad ?
Principals in the poand-bteikiii{ ceremony Wednesday ni*ht of last week on the site of
the First Baptist Church's proposed new $200,000 building were <L to R) Mrs. Fred Grant,
B.T.U. director, Elbert Anfel, Bill Bryson, Verlon Swafford, chairman of deacons, H. H. Plem
mons, chairman of the construction committee, Mrs. Paul Kinvland, W.M.I', president, Manson
Stiles, and Gus Baldwin, Sunday School superintendent.
A damp drizzle failed to stop
the congregation of the First
Baptist Church from conducting
its ground-breaking ceremony
Wednesday night of last week
on the site of the church's pro
posed new $200,000 building.
Prior to the ground-turning
ceremony outside, a special
service was held in the church.
It was the second ground
breaking ceremony for the
church, which was forced to
abandon plans for building on
another site, and now plans to
erect its new building on the
site of the present one.
The first round of dirt was
turned by Gus Baldwin, Sunday ,
School superintendent, Mrs.
Paul Kinsland, W.M.U? presi
dent. Mrs. Fred Grant, B.T.U. [
director, Kenneth Hooker, '
brotherhood president, H. H. ,
Plemmons, construction com
mittee chairman, and Verlon
Swafford, chairman of deacons.
Mr. Swafford made a short
address at the service preced- ?
Ing the outside ceremony. Mrs. 1
Grant gave the Invocation and ]
Paul Carpenter, the benediction, i
Herman Childers offered the j
prayer of dedication. j
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 12
JAILED YOUTH
CONFESSES TO
3 ROBBERIES
Ramey Implicates His
Half-Brother In Three
Home Break-Ins
A 17-year-old inmate of the
county jail ? arrested last week
in connection with the theft of
300 pounds of copper from the
Town of Highlands ? Tuesday
confessed to taking part in the
robbery of three summer homes
in Highlands.
He also implicated his half
brother in the house breakings.
Sheriff J. Harry Thomas iden
tified the boy as Turner Eugene
Ramey, Jr., of Highlands. Young
Ramey's half-brother, John Ra
mey, about 35, also of High
lands, was arrested Tuesday
night following the boy's con
fession.
The sheriff said the robber
ies at the three homes were
discovered Monday afternoon by
Butler Jenkins, who was mak
ing repairs on the homes for
the owners.
Sheriff Thomas said it is like
ly that the elder Ramey also
took part in the copper theft
from the town in December.
Soon after his arrest, the
17-year-old boy told officers the
copper theft was engineered by
Howard Gibson, formerly a?
Clark's Chapel and Highlands.
Gibson is under arrest in De
troit, Mich., and is being held
there pending extradition pro
ceedings, the sheriff said.
Owners of the homes robbed
by the two R&meys are Jack H.
Wilcox, of Knoxville. Tenn . and
M. C. Weaver, and Mrs. H D.
Randall, both of Cincinnati,
i Ohio.
I Articles taken from the three
| homes have not been determin
I ed, the sheriff said.
TOWN BUYS ?
| FIRE TRUCK
i Aldermen Accept Low
Bid At Called
Meeting
A new fire truck far Frank
lin was assured at a called ses
sion of the board of aldermen
Monday night.
The board accepted a low bid
of $9,465.87 submitted by the
American LaFiance Feamite
Company.
Before considering bids, the
aldermen voted unanimously to
purchase a new truck for the
town. At its March 2 regular
meeting the board moved to ad
vertise for bids, but took no
definite action committing it to
buy a truck.
Only two bids were received.
The other bidder was the F.W.
D. company, which offered to
supply a truck for $12,777. plus
$475 for a high pressure pump.
The new truck, which will be
delivered in 120 to 150 days,
will be purchased by install
ments: one-third down, one
third at the end of 12 months,
and the remaining third at the
end of 24, at six per cent in
terest.
One other action was taken.
The board voted to limit per
sonnel to four in the water,
street, sewer, and garbage de
partments. Six men are now
connected with the depart
ments. Aldermen said two men
will be transferred to another
department.
The Weather
The week's temperatures and rainfall, mm
recorded in Franklin by Manson Stilea,
}'? * weather observer, and at the CoweeU
llydrologic Laboratory:
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
High Low Rain
55 45 .38
46 trace
48 04
37
57
41
30
62
70
74
74
70
73
.02
.13
COWKETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday
Thursday
F*rlday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
50
?1
72
71
72
71
70
44
44
45
35
54
30
27
52
.47
.44
32
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