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FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 19S3
TWELVE PAGES
FRANKLIN HI
GRADUATION
PROGRAM SET
Class Of 1953 Lists
116; Exercise On
May 26
Graduation plans for Frank
lin High School's Class ol 1953
were announced .this week by
Principal C. Ray Lowe.
One hundred sixteen students
? 46 boys and 10 girls ? will be
graduated on May 26 at 8 p. m.
at the school stadium. A speak
er has not been selected.
On the Sunday preceding
graduation, May 24, the Rev.
Tommy Gales will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon to the
graduating class at the Frank
lin Methodist Church at 8 p. m.
Mr. Gales, pastor of the Cowee
Baptist Church, was the choice
of the class.
Graduation arrangements are
being directed by Mrs. S. F.
Beck, Mrs. Roberta Parker, and
Mrs. C. Ray Lowe, class spon
sors.
At the graduation exercise,
nine honor students will be
recognized. They are Misses
Ann Hays, Julia Moody, Nancy
Ramsey, Virginia Franklin, An
nie Ruth Dean, Barbara Jean
Pannell, Myra Crawford, and
Jack Love and Max Phillips.
The school did not pick a vale
dictorian and salutatorian this
year
Graduating seniors include:
Boys: Dennis Arvey, Bob
Bingham, George Brown, Charl
es Cabe, Junior Cabe, R. L.
Cabe, Carroll Childers, Grady
Corbln, Emory Crawford, Lon
nie Crawford, J. D. Hastings,
Harley Henderson, Sammy Hen
derson, John Henry, Ray Hen
ry, Bryan Hurst, Mack Jones,
Thomas Jones, Carroll Keener,
Paul Killian, Clyde Kinsland,
Jimmy Kinsland, Jack Kusterer,
Jack Love, Arland McCall,
Charles McCall, Kenneth Mc
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 12
PLANE SPOTTER
SESSION SLATED
Set For Tuesday Night
To Organize Unit
In Franklin
Tuesday night a special meet
ing is slated -at the V. F. W.
building on Palmer Street to
organize a Ground Observer
Corps unit in Franklin.
At the meeting, set for 7:30
o'clock, the function of G.O.C.
in the nation's defense set-up
will be outlined by S/Sgt.
George Cook, of TOe U. S. Air
Force, who is with the air de
fense filter center in Knoxville,
Tenn.
All persons over the age of
16 are invited to attend.
For those unfamiliar with the
organisation and plan of action
of the airplane spotter units,
which are being organized on
a nation-wide scale, the follow
ing facts are printed in ad
vance of the meeting:
The G.O.C. is composed of
non-military personnel who
volunteer their services on a
part-time basis to report on
the movement of aircraft. This
personnel includes observers to
man observation posts, and
plotters, filters, and tellers to
man the filter centers.
Because of Franklin's proxi
mity to the Oak Ridge Atomic
Energy Plant in Tennessee and
-the hydrogen bomb plant now
under construction near Aiken,
S. C., the organization of a
unit here could prove to be in
valuable in the event of an at
tack on this country.
The director of Civilian De
fense in the state is responsible
for organizing and maintaining
the G.O.C. The air force is in
charge of only education and
training of members.
In the event a unit is formed
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 12
Town Clerk
Of Highlands Resigns
To Take Bank Job
V. W. McCall, town clerk of
Highlands for the past six
years, has resigned to accept
a position with the Highlands
branch of the Jackson County
Bank.
He will assume his duties July
1. His successor has not been
announoed.
Construction
Of Catholic
Church Begins
Preliminary construction of a
new $25,000 Catholic church in
Franklin started Friday after
noon following a brief ground
breaking ceremony.
Father Newman, of St. John's
in Waynesvllle, and three Fran
ciscans held the brief ceremony
on the site of the new church
at the intersection of the Geor
gia highway and Maple Street.
For several years Catholic
services have been held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Wasilik.
Plans call for the small
church to have living quarters
on the basement level and a
chapel on the street level. It
will be of cement block con
struction with brick veneer and
will face the highway.
7 County Men
Report Monday
For Army Duty
Seven Macon County men left
here Monday morning for Knox
ville, Tenn., and induction Into
the army.
Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones, draft
board secretary, listed them as
Haze D. Edwards (volunteer),
Richard T. Houston (volunteer),
Lawton J. Brown, and Henry
J. Keener, all of Highlands,
Harold J. Welch and John Har
vey Ledford, both of Franklin,
Route 3, and James W. Wal
drobp, of Franklin.
Ten men also were sent for
pre-lnductlon examinations.
Mrs. Jones announced an In
duction call for two men has
been received for June 8 and
a pre-induction call for 13 men
on the same date.
Cullasaja
Soldier Wounded May 5
In Korea Action
Pvt. William Gibson, serving
with the army in Korea, was
wounded in action May 5 and
is now recovering in a hospital,
according to information receiv
ed by his father, Henry Gibson,
of Cullasaja.
Pvt. Gibson entered service
October 13, 1952, and received
his basic training at Fort Jack
son.S. C. He was sent overseas
in March of this year.
Only P.T.A. Designated 'Standard*
? Staff Photo by J. P. Brady
The East Franklin Parent-Teacher Association was the only one in the county this past year
to qualify as a "standard" P.T.A., meeting all requirements outlined by the state organization. The
outgoing officers of the East Franklin group last Thursday night were presented a certificate for
the achievement by Mrs. Weimar Jones, district P.T.A. director, at an executive board meeting.
Looking oyer the certificate are the outgoing officers (L to R) Mrs. Owen Amnions, secretary,
Mrs. Ernest Hyde, president, and Mrs. Walter Taylor, vice-president, who took over as president
for the next year at an installation held Monday night. Only one other P.T.A. in the county has
ever received one of the certificates. Several years ago the Franklin organization qualifiedNfor one.
BAND SPRING
CONCERT SET
Annual Event Slated
Sunday Afternoon
At Theatre '
The annual spring concert of 1
the Franklin High School Band, 1
under the direction of S. F. ]
Beck, is scheduled Sunday aft
ernoon at the Macon Theatre ?
at 4 o'clock. 1
Each year the concert draws 1
a capacity house. This year's i
program lists: i
"Host of Freedom", a march
by K. King; "Prince and the i
Pauper", and overtour by John- I
son; "Trombones Triumphant", <
a trombone novelty by Don :
Keller; "Andante and Finale'', <
from Rhapsody in Blue; bari- i
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 12 i
Bit Of Paris Blossoms Here
At Saturday's Junior-Senior
A bit of Paris nightlife blos
somed in the Franklin school
:afeteria Saturday evening as
several hundred joined in the
festivity and gayety that is so
nuch a part of the bustling
European city.
This remarkable transplant
ng was done by the Franklin
rfigh Sehool Junior class, which |
jidding "au revoir" to 117 sen
ors at the annual Junior-Sen
or banquet. >
Using the theme "Springtime
n Paris", the Juniprs deftly
patterned everything/'a la fran- !
:aise" (after the French style', j
i banquet and dance "a la belle j
;toile" (in the open air at
light ? , and even Apache danc- 1
:.rs.
Their approach to under-the
stars dining and dancing was
ingenious. Several thousand
yards of cheesecloth were dy
ed a midnight blue by some
helpful mothers and was drap
ed overhead, forming the sky.
Strings of blue and white lights
glittered through the sky-stars,
naturally.
Thus, in this unique setting,
one of the most successful Jun
ior-Senior events in the history
of the school took place.
Franklin Principal R. G. Sut
ton gave the invocation, follow
ed by a welcome to students
and guests by Raymond Led
iord. president of the Junior
class. A response a&s given by
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 12
Miss Bori
Retired Opera Star Is Highlands Visitor
?J' i ft f'hoto by J. P. brmd\
Miss Lacrecia Bori, of New York City, retired Metropolitan Opera star, lUuea at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold N. Cooledfe at "Uplands", the Cooledge summer home on Whiteside Road,
near Hifhlands. Miss Bori, a native of Valencia, .Spain, is still quite active in operatic circles. She
retired in 1>3< at the height of her career. *
By Mrs. Louis Edwards
And Mrs. H. G. Story
Miss Lucrezia Bori, of New
York City, retired Metropolitan j
Opera star, is the gues' of Mr. j
and Mrs. Harold N. Coc ledge at I
"Uplands", their sumir.er home j
on Whiteside Road near High
lands.
Miss Bori was born in Valen
cia. Spain, and made her debut
in Rome, Italy, in the title role
of Carmen at the ape of 19. j
After appearances in France
and Latin America, sh? became
associated with the Metropoli
tan Opera. She recalled in an
interview this week that her
most famous roles during her
24 years as a Metropolitan star
were Manon. LaBoheme, and
Tales of Hoffman. It was in the
latter that she made her debut
in the Metropolitan Opera in
Atlanta, Ga. She retired in 1936
at the height of her career.
Miss Bori is a member of the
board of the Metropolitan
Opera Association, and an hon
orary chairman of the New
York Metropolitan Opera Guild,
as is her hostess, Mrs. Cooledge. j
who feels Miss Bori has bee<n
a great inspiration to young
artists at the Metropolitan.
The vivacious Miss Bori was
educated in convents. Her favo- |
rite hobbies are stamp collec- ]
ting, painting in oils, and cook- j
ing Spanish food. Although
resting from the festivities of
the ow-ra\ season in Atlanta,
where she was also the guest
of Mrs. Cooledge, Miss Bori has
taken time to enjoy a few
games of golf here ? her favor- '
ite sport ? since she could not
resist playing at 4,000 feet alti
tude. Ecstatic over Highlands.
Miss Bori said it reminded her
of her summer home In, the
Adirondack Mountains ? it is
SEE NO. 5, PAGE 12
? 1
Macon Is In
New Highway
Division 14
Macon is in a new 10-county
state highway division stretch
ing from Cherokee County to
Polk, under a State Highway i
Commission reorganization an
nounced in Raleigh Monday.
The new division, to be known i
as the 14th, will be headed by
Harry E. Buchananl of Hender- j
sonville, as commissioner.
Mr. Buchanan, theater owner,
has long been known in Ral
eigh as a lobbyist for N. C.
theatre interests. He has been 1
prominent in promoting the I
Cherokee drama, "Unto These
Hills", and other projects of
the Cherokee Historical Associa- j
tion, as well as projects of
Western North Carolina Asso
ciated Communities. He has re
signed his position as the the
aters' legislative representative,
it was announced.
Macon formerly was in the
10th division, with headquarters
in Asheville. Where the new
14th division headquarters will
be has not been announced,
but it is presumed the district
office will be in Hendersonville.
Counties in the new 14th dis
trict are Cherokee, Clay, Gra
ham, Swain, Macon, Jacksqn,
Haywood, Transylvania, Hend
erson, and Polk.
Under the reorganization, A.
H. (Sandy) Graham, of Hills
boro, becomes state highway
commissioner, succeeding Dr.
Henry Jordan.
BULGIN GETS
SCHOLARSHIP
Davidson' Senior Awarded
Fulbright To Study
In England
R. M. iMaci Bulgin, grandson
of Mrs. W. B. McC litre. oi
Franklin, has won a coveted
Fulbright Scholarship for a
j year's study in England, accord
ing to an announcement from
R. M. (MAC) Bl'LGIN
Davidson College, where Mr.
Bulgin is a senior.
An English major at David
son. he will study Middle Eng
lish Literature at the University
of Bristol and do research work
at the British museum in Lon
don. He will sail for England in
September.
Mr. Bulgin is an outstanding
campus leader and is a member
of both Phi Beta Kappa, na
tional honorary scholastic fra
ternity, and Omicron Delta j
Kappa, national honorary lead- j
ership fraternity.
He also is president of Sigma
Upsilon, honorary English fra
ternity, and Phi Society and La
Circle Francais.
In 1952 he won the Vereen
Bell award, Davidson's highest
honor for creative writing.
Mr. Bulgin's scholarship will
amount to approximately $2,400.
Local N.C.ELA.
Group Dinner
Meet On Friday
A dinner meeting . of the
local unit of the N. C. Educa
tion Association is planned to
morrow (Friday i night at 7:30
at Kelly's Tea Room.
County School Supt. Holland
McSwain, members of the board
of education, and Rep. Walter
Dean have been Invited as spe
cial guests.
Mrs. Gay Teague, of Union
School, is acting president of
the organization.
SCHOOL BOARD
MOVES TOUCH
OFF PROTESTS
Informal Meeting Held
Tuesday Night; No
Action Taken
Last week's decisions by the
county board of education to
rehire Franklin Principal R. G.
Sutton and dismiss Franklin
Coach Ralph <Chuck> McCon
nell touched off a barrage of
criticism from school patrons
and students.
Tuesday night, at J. C. Sor
rells Motor Company, the five
man board met informally to
discuss the ticklish situation in
the school district, but took no
official action, according to
Chairman J. C. Sorrells. County
School Supt. Holland McSwain
was not present.
At its May 4 meeting, votes of
3 to 2 on both issues, with the
chairman breaking the ties, the
education board overriding the
superintendent's recommenda
tion approved Mr. Sutton as
principal for another year and,
upon recommendation of the
principal and the district com
mittee, dropped the coach from
the teacher list of the Franklin
schools.
Mr. Sorrells said yesterday the
board did not "fire" the coach,
"we just didn't rehire him".
Soon after the board's decis
sions became public, petitions in
the hands of school patrons
and students began circulating,
protesting the moves.
In an interview Supt. Mc
j Swain yesterday i Wednesday)
said he had a student petition
with signatures representing ap
proximately 55 per cent of the
high school student bo"-'
A petition being circ-j.tted by
' school patrons yesterday, has
not been turned over tc the
superintendent and was report
ed to still be -in circulation,
i Another petition signed by 25
members of the high school
football squad, likewise hart not
j been turned in In this peti
tion. the members of the .'?quad
signing say they ' reiuo ;c take
j part in any athletics at Frank
: lin Hish School unless Principal
R. G. Sutton is remove J as
principal and Coach McConnell
I is replaced as football coach."
Reports that the Frrnklin
teacher list was not approved
by the district school commit
tee are unfounded, according tcr
Chairman Sorrells. He sa:ci yes
terday:
ine leacners were recom
mended to us \)y the principal
and the district school commit
tee", and got the approval of
the school board and superin
tendent.
Franklin Teache.r Richard D.
Stott. recommended for condi
tional reemployment, said this
week he has submitted his res
ignation.
The student protest petition
reads as follows: "We the stu
dents whose names are under
signed think that prejudiced,
unfair, and unjust statements
have been rendered to the
School Board by Principal R. O.
Sutton against Coach Ralph
McConnell, who for our part
has done a great job for ath
letics at Franklin High School.
A student protest walk-out a.
the high school was reportedly
set for Monday morning, but It
failed to materialize.
When recommending to the
board that the coach not be re
employed, Mr. Sutton said the
SEE NO. 6, PAGE 12
The Weather
The week's temperatures and rainfafl, m
recorded in Franklin by Mtnioa Stilea,
IT. S. weather observer, and at the Coweeta
Hydrolofric Laboratory:
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low R?' I
Wednesday 70 54 1." !
Thursday 69 47 .19
Friday 69 44
Saturday .... 74 41
Sunday 83 41 ~
Monday 85 45
Tuesday 84 46
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rata
Wednesday 68 53 M
Thursday 68 41 .10
Friday 87 35 .13
Saturday 73 47 .?
Sunday 81 37 _
Monday 81 42 _
Tuesday 82 42 ?