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VOL. LXIX? NO. 10
FRANKLIN, N. C? THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1954
FOURTEEN PAGES
TREASURER
TO ADDRESS
CHAMBER HERE
Franklin C Of C
Sets Annual Meet
Tuesday At School
State Treasurer Edwin M.
Gill, of Raleigh, Tuesday night
will address the annual dinner
meeting of the Franklin Cham
ber of Commerce at the Frank
lin High School cafeteria.
This year's meeting Is plan
ned as a Joint affair with the
local Rotary and Lions clubs,
according to out-going presi
dent William Katenbrlnk.
At the dinner, which is set
for 7 o'clock, the new chamber
of commerce officers and direc
tors officially take over their
duties for 1954-55.
W. W. Reeves, hardware mer
chant, is the new chamber pres
ident, Verlon Swafford, vice
president, and J. L. West, Jr.,
treasurer. Directors are Mr.
Swafford and H. W. Cabe, both
incumbents, and Mr. Katen
brink, C. Banks Finger, Norman
Blaine, and Erwin Patton.
A lawyer, veteran of World
War 1, and a native of Laurin
burg, Mr. Gill stepped into the
post of state treasurer July 20,
1953, following many years of
service to his state. He served
as private secretary to Gover
nor O. Max Gardner (1931-33),
Commissioner of Paroles ( 1933
42 1 , Commissioner of Revenue
(1942-49), Collector of Internal
Revenue for District of North
Carolina (1950-52), Director of
Internal Revenue (1952-53), and
was a member of the law firm
of Gardner, Morrison, and Rog
ers in Washington, D. C., from
1949-50.
The state treasurer received
his education at Trinity College
(now Duke University). He
studied illustrative advertising
at the National Academy of De
sign and the New York School
of Fine and Applied Arts before
and after service in the army
in World War 1. He was admit
ted to the state bar January 28,
1924.
A.R.C. MAN
IS SPEAKER
Varner To Address
Local Chapter As
Kick-off Of Drive
As a kick-off feature of the
1954 American Red Cross fund
drive here, Joe Varner, of the
A.R.C. area headquarters in At
lanta, Ga? will address a meet
ing of volunteer workers to
morrow (Friday i night at the
Franklin High library.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Elizabeth Mc
Collum. chapter secretary, Mon
day officially opened the Ma
con fund drive. The county's
quota is $3,000.
In announcing Mr. Varner's
plans to come here, Mrs. Mc
Collum said the area official
will give a complete picture o.'
Red Cross activities and will
place special emphasis or. the
benefits the county will derive
from the funds raised .this year.
Franklin volunteers for the
campaign include John Craw
ford and Jack Ragan, who will
canvass Main Street; Mrs. Mar
garet Cabe, Nantahala Power
and Light Company; Wiley
Brown. Losanville; Mrs. Grover
Jamison, Jr., Porter Street; Miss
Elizabeth Meadows, Franklin
Elementary; Harry Corbin, Un
ion School; Mrs. Marie Roper,
Iotla School; Jack Angel, Frank
lin High School; Mrs. Beatrice
Alley. Otto School; J. R. Ove.r
ton, Macon Prison C::mp; Mrs.
H. T. Collins, Georgia highway;
Henderson CaHoway, Franklin
Post Office; Bill Lenoir, Negro
section; Mrs. Lasca Horsley,
Harrison Avenue; Mrs. Polly
Buie Iotla Street, Mrs. Roy
Cunnin .'am, Palmer Street,
Mrs. -V. oodrow Dowdle, Depot
Street' Mr. F. E. Brown, Mur
phy h hway: Olen Stratton,
Nantahnla Power House; Joe T.
Tyler, Furrell Motor Company;
Lake V. Shope, courthouse; Mrs.
Ruth Pattin, White Oak and
PlVervirw Streets: Fred Dov.dle.
Angel Hospital; Mrs. Frank B.
Duncan, Oolf View Drive; Mrs.
Mae Crawford, West Main
Street; George Byrd, highway
shed; Mrs. G. A. Schafer, Wayah
Road; Mrs. Vic Perry, Wayah
Drive; Miss Barbara Jean Pan
nell, East Franklin; and .Mrs.
Ruby Bradley, Bidwell Street.
2nd Cousin To Whammy
? Staff Photo by J. P. Brady
A "Speed Clock", second cousin to the radar "Whammy",
chalked up 22 arrests in the county this past week. The me
chanical cop, operated by highway patrolmen on NO 28, US 64,
and US 23, caught 13 autos, six trucks, two tractor- trailer units,
and one bus exceeding the speed limit by more than nine miles
per hour, according to officers. Most of the violators were from
out-of-state. Highway Patrolmen A. A. Lewis (foreground) and
H. T. Ferguson are shown operating the machine.
Board Asks For $80,000;
State Survey Report Arrives
Request Includes
$20,000 For School
Maintenance Program
Four-Man Committee
Reports On County
Needs For Schools
An $80,000 budget request for
1954-55, an increase of about
$35,000 over last year, was ap
proved by the County Board of
Education in session Monday
morning for presentation to the
Board of County Commission
ers for consideration.
The increase provides for a
$20,000 maintenance prQgram
for the school system; voca
tional teachers at Highlands
and Nantahala and an addition
al one at Franklin; and three
new school buses.
On the basis of present valu
ation, the request would ear
mark about 60 cents of the tax
rate to schools ? an increase of
27 cents. For 1953-54, the school
system received 33 cents for
current expenses and capital
outlay.
The budget request lists
bus driver salaries at $15,840.
This figure includes the sal
aries of three additional driv
ers for the three new buses re
quested, according to County
School Supt. Holland McSwain.
The system currently is oper
ating 41 buses, he said.
Salaries and travel expenses
for the three new vocational
teachers accounts for another
$11,260.
Cost of the three new buses
is listed as $9,000.
Accepts Report
At the brief meeting, the
board also acceptcd the survey
report of school needs in the
county from the State Division
of School Planning and auth
orized the superintendent to re
quest the services of state of
ficials when the time comes to
adopt plans for a building pro
gram.
Permission also was given
elementary principals to con
duct an elementary basketball
tournament. Dates for the
tournament will be decided up
on some time this week.
The report of a four-man
committee from the State Di
vision of School Planning on
the pressing school needs in
the Macon school system was
received this week by County
School Supt. Holland McSwain
and includes recommendations
for:
(1) at least 18 additional
classrooms and lunchrooms at
Otto, Cowee, and Highlands.
(2) adequate furniture and
equipment at all schools, and a
(3) gymnasium and auditor
ium at Franklin High School.
Aside from these major points,
the survey committee, which
visited all schools here in De
cember, .recommended an ex
grams at Franklin High and the
addition of vocational or indus
trial arts programs at both
Highlands and Nantahala.
The committee's report will be
used in determining how much
money .Macon will receive under
the state-wide school building
bond issut which was passed
overwhelmingly by the voters
last October. The county stands
to receive a minimum of $163,
000, and could receive consid
erably more on the basis of
need and effort, according to
the school superintendent.
Mr. McSwain said Tuesday he
understands the formula for
computing allocations to the
state's 100 counties will be ready
In about two months.
Pointing to the county's bond
ed indebtedness incurred in the
recent million dollar school
building program and the sub
sequent growth in school popu
lation, the committee termed
the problem "an acute situation
in so far as capital needs are
concerned."
The furniture and equipment
situation is "critical", particu
larly in the high schools, the
report emphasized, and "class
room space is woefully inade
quate at Franklin High School."
Inadequate classroom space
PAGE Vi
NEW BAPTIST
PASTOR HERE
Altland Takes Over
lotla Church Sunday;
Pennsylvania Native
The Rev. Edward G. Alt'land,
a native of Pennsylvania, Sun
day will take over his duties as
pastor of the lotla Baptist
Church here.
For the past year and a halt,;
Mr. Altland has been pastor of !
Ihe Friendship Baptist Church i
at Suit, N. C. He also Is serv
ing as a professor of the Semi
nary Extension Center at Mur
phy.
Although born in Pennsylvan
ia, the new lotla pastor receiv
ed his education in the south
ir.d ou'hwrst. He is a graduate
of the University of South Car
olina and the Southwestern
Theological Se"Vninary at Fort
Worth, Tex. Prior to taking the
pastorate in Suit, he was pas
tor of the Blumb Baptist
Church, Blumb, Tex.
He Is married and has a son,
Edward, Jr,
t-J <-V T f Trv Q VH
- ?> .A ?J| ? _ J
A Speaker . . .
"My friends, it is indeed a
pleasure . . ." be^an Franklin
Principal Ralph L. Smith last
Thursday night.
And 'hit was as far as he
got.
The fire siren on top of the
file house drowned him out
and firemen scrambled for
the trucks, rolling outside the
city limit* to fire at a small
chicken house be'onging to
Oils C igle behind Scenic Mo
tor Court.
I', wr.s a fitting, but unfor
tunate, climax to the fire
men's monthly dinner meet
ing. They were preparing to
light cigars (new father in
the crowd), following an oys
ter stew dinner at the fire
house when the siren cut
short Mr. Smith's remarks.
"That's sure one way to stop
a speaker", said the startled
principal.
The fire had gained too
much headway and Mr. Cagle's
chicken house was destroyed.
He estimated the loss at $600.
TOURIST GROUP
SETS ELECTION
HERE FRIDAY
.1
Macon Highlanders
Will Map Season
Plans At Meeting
The election of new officers
and mapping of plans for the
1S;>4 tourist season will high
light a meeting of the Macon
County Highlanders tomorrow
(Friday) night at 8 o'clock at
Kelly's Tea Room.
The organization formerly was
known aa the Macon County
Tourist Association.
L. D. Clontz, president, said
listings for the 1954 vacation
map are now being made, and
he urged all members of the
tourist group to attend the
meeting so this project can be
completed. The deadline for
submitting listings is Saturday,
he said.
? Other officers are Mrs. R. M.
Rimmer, secretary - treasurer,
and E. M. McNish, director.
'Day Of Prayer'
Set For Friday
Tomorrow (Friday) citizens
of Macon County will join the
peoples of all free nations in
a concerted prayer for guid
ance to meet the problems of
the times.
Bv special proclamation, the
mayors of Franklin and High
lands have designated the day
as "World Day of Prayer".
Special programs are plan
ned in the schools and union
services will be held in both
towns.
The Franklin service Will be
at the Methodist Church at
8 p. m., and persons of all
denominations arc invited to
attend.
The world-wide day of prayer
is sponsored by the L'nitei|
Church Women.
REECE AGAIN
GOP CHAIRMAN
.Macon Republicans last Wed
nesday reelected George Reece
as party chairman, a post he
has held for the past seven
years.
At a special meeting at the
courthouse, the local party pick
ed delegates to attend the state
convention in Charlotte Satur
day, and nominated three men
to the county board of elec
tions.
The post of assistant county
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 12
Scout District Sets
Training Series Here
The 1st of seven- training
courses for adult leaders of the
I Smo';y Mountain Boy Scout
[ District is scheduled Sunday in
; Franklin at the Nantahala
Power and Light Company
building, local Scout officials
have announced.
j * The courses will be held for
the next six Sundays at 2:30 p.
| m. at the power cc r.pany build
April Term
Jury List
Is Picked
Fifty-four Jurymen ? including
two women? were picked Mon
day by the Board of County
Commissioners for the April
term of Superior Court.
The term opens here April 12,
with Judge H. Hoyle Sink, of
Greensboro, resident judge of'
the 12th Judicial District, pre
siding.
Mrs. Hermie Bryant and Mrs.
William Katenbrink, both of
Franklin, were picked for duty;
the former to serve the 1st
week, the latter, the 2nd.
Brenda Garrett, five-year -old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. V.
Garrett, of Franklin, picked the
names from the jury box.
In addition to Mrs. Bryant,
those selected to serve the 1st
week are Mark Haney, of Nan
tahala; Meldrum D. Cabe, of
Otto; Tom W. Stiles, of Route 2;
Orron Holland, of Cullasaja; D.
J. Baldwin, of Route 3; Leslie
Young, of Ellijay; Ira Keener,
of Gneiss; Sherman McClure, of
Gneiss; Grover Jamison, Jr., of
Franklin; Andy Lee Howard, of
Dillard, Ga., Route 1; Furman
Welch, of Route 3; R. D. Wells,
of Route 1; W. R. Cochran, of
Nantahala; Clifford Dendy, of
Gneiss; Prince Curtis, of Dil
lard, Ga., Route l; Sam R. Mc
Call, of Highlands; M. W. Beck,
of Prentiss; Elbert H. Hedden,
of Gneiss; Fred Cabe, of Frank
lin; Beulon Holland, of Culla
| saja; Woodrow Dowdle, of
1 Franklin; L. A. Speed, of High
lands; Lewis Moses, of Route 4;
j R. O. Wells, of Route 2; Grady
i Coffee, of Highlands, R. D. Car
son, of Franklin, George Keen
er, of Otto; S. C. Wiggins, of
1 Route 2; Lee Cook, of ftoute 3;
Milliard Solesbee, of Route 1;
Jess H. Norton, of Otto; Frank
Stiles, of Route 2; Norman
Blaine, of Franklin; and Louin
j Cabe, of Dillard, Ga., Route 1.
Second week jurors are Frank
Curtis, of- Dillard, Ga., Route 1;
C. A. Shields, of Route 3; Herb
ie Nicholas, of Route 1; Mrs.
William Katenbrink, of Frank
lin; M. B. Norton, of Route 2;
Dan R. Reynolds, of Route 1;
C. T. Bryson, of Cullasaja; D.
T. Allen, of Route 3; Floyd
Nichols, of Route 1; Claude
Bateman, of Flats; Andrew
Gregory, of Gneiss; Robert L.
Estes, of Cullasaja; Jeff Mor
gan, of Stiles; Ralph Bradley, of
Route 3; George Hurst, of Route
4; W. C. Taylor, of Route 4;
?Charlie Conley, of Franklin; C.
A. Williams, of Route 4; and
Perry Swafford, of Route 4.
Spring You Say?
A spring-like Sunday sudden
ly reversed field in the night
r nd Macon citizens awoke Mon
day to find a light blanket of
."now covering the ground.
Schools in the county opened
as usual, with the exception of
Highlands, which closed because
o. icy roads.
The snow had virtually dis
appeared by noon.
.SOCIAL SECURITY MAN
A Social Security field repre
sentative will be at the iJegister
of Deeds ofiice in the court
house March 12 from 9 to 12
. n. it has been announced.
el:; /irst And Last
\
Y. it"/i li> John) .Iciininjrs, who will be TS in two months,
1 > ? ;> l'? 1 I:? the list to pur.-hase a money
t ? i. . ja t'nst Office, which was closed .Sunday
after some CO years. About 50 years ago, Uncle John bought the
first money order at the small office and it wa only natural for
him to want the last one too. So his wish was KHvUed. Mrs. C.
T. Bryson, postmaster, is shown selling him the last one. lie sent
the S5 money order to Toccoa, Ga. Mrs. Bryson reported she
had more than 100 letters from all over the country with re
quests for last-day cancellations. The small Ellljay Post Office
al?-> was closed. Patrons will be served by a. rural carrier.
Rabies Quarantine
Ordered By Doctor
LOCAL LASSIES
AREA CHAMPS
Win Division Crown
With 13 Victories
And No Defeats
A 70 to 24 victory over the
Swain girls in Bryson City last
Friday night saw the Franklin
girls' team close out the 1954
season and bring the eastern
division conference crown once
again to Macon County.
The local high-scoring lassies,
heavy favorites from the start,
wound up undefeated in 13 di
vision clashes. Earlier in the
season, the lassies dropped a
game to Hayesville, a western
division team, for the only
IN SMOKY TOURNEY
Franklin, Highlands, and
Nantahala' teams are right in
the thick of the annual
Smoky Mountain Conference
cage tournament.
The boys' event is being run
in Bryson City. Yesterday
(Wednesday) the Franklin
boys took on Hiwassee Dam,
Highlands met Stecoah, and
Nantahala tangled with Hay
esville. The outcome of the
games was not known at press
time.
Today, the three Macon
girls' teams hit the tourna
ment courts in Andrews. At
12:30 p. m., Nantahala meets
Stecoah, at 5 o'clock High
lands butts heads with Hayes
ville, and at 8 o'clock, Frank
lin and Webster clash.
I blemish on their record,
j Franklin's boys rolled over
I Swain High 61 to 34 to cap off
j the season with a 10-3 record
and 2nd place in the division.
Swain High was 1st with an
11-2 standing.
The Highlands lads and las
sies, facing tough opponents,
ended the season with more de
feats than wins. The girls drop
ped nine games and won four.
The boys lost 10 and won three.
Nantahala, in the western di
vision, also ended the season
with more defeats than wins.
The boys won only two of 12
games, the girls three of 12.
Jody Lenoir paced the lassies
to the Swain High victory with
37 points. Audrey Gibson was
next with 21. Miss Lenoir, high
scorer in the conference last
year, has continued to burn up
the courts this year. She has
averaged better than 19 points
per game. Miss Gibson has bet
ter than a 17 point per game
average.
Rangy Center Dolpha Fouts
fired the boys in Friday night's
game with 29 points, a perfor
mance he consistently repeats.
Statistics show the Franklin
lassies have racked up a sen
sational 60 points per game
average for the year. Their op
ponents have averaged about 34
per game.
Coach R. A. Byrd credits this
impressive record to the delen
-ive skill of his guards, "who
* receive very little credit, but
L.irrj most of the game."
I'lie Franklin boys have bet
ter than a 53 point average per
j ;ame lor the season.
ji'MMNu ON
jiiDWELL AGAIN
Beard Faces Old
Problem; Pledges
Quarantine Support
Speeding on Bidwell Street ? a
".?occurring headache for the |
. ranklin Hoard o Aldermen ?
.jopped up at Monday night's .
ioaid meeting and aldermen
vowed to end it once and for ;
The narrow street, which has'
] . .arge child population, has in
.me, ; > a I been termed a "24
i'>ur race track" and angry
parents along the street are cie-v
irmined to return it to a se
i Uat tree-hned avenue.
A protest letter, signed by a
number of residents on the
' street, was read at the meet
?j ing by Town, Clerk C. O. Ram- '
sey.
Aldermen, also determined to
stop speeding on the narrow !
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 12
Mad Dog Outbreak
Spreads; Schedule
Of Clinics Listed
With the mad dog outbreak
becoming more serious by the
day, Dir. Leo C. McCampbell,
district health officer, today
(Thursday) ordered a 30-day
rabies quarantine of the entire
county.
All dogs, whether vaccinated
against rabies or not, must be
confined for the duration of the
quarantine, the doctor said.
Meanwhile, Dr. O. H. Burn
side, county rabies Inspector,
and Sanitarian H. T. Collins are
scheduling rabies vaccination
clinics on a county-wide scale
as a means of stopping the out
break.
Last week the mad dog out
break was confined to the Iotla
Cowee areas, but since then it
has spread to the Cartoogechaye
and Otto areas, Mr. Collins said
yesterday.
A three-year-old girl is und
ergoing anti-rabies treatment
for a bite received from her pet
cocker spaniel. A Cartoogechaye
man and a 12-year-old boy were
bitten last week, the sanitarian
reported. The dogs responsible
are now under observation and
should they be rabid the two
bite victims will be given im
mediate treatment, he said.
Clinic .Schedule
Dr. Burnside has released the
following vaccination clinic
schedule and all dog owners are
asked to bring their animals to
the nearest location for Imme
diate treatment:
March 5: John Roane's, 4:30
to 6 p. m.
March 6: Otto, 9 a. m. to .12
noon.
March 8: Harley Stewart's
(Patton) 4:30 to 6 p. m.
March 9: Gneiss Post Office
4:30 to 6 p. m.
March 10: Prentiss Post Of
fice, 4:30 to 6 p. m.
March 11: Clark's Chapel
church, 4:30 to 6 p. m.
March 12: Bryson's Store
(Cullasaja), 4:30 to 6 p. m.
?March 13: Highlands, 9 a. m.
to 3 p. m.
March 15: Union School, 4:30
to 6 p. m.
March 16: Iotla School, 4:30
to 6 p. m. *
March 17: Carl Morgan Store,
4:30 to 6 p. m.
March 18: Burningtown Bap
tist Church, 4:30 to 6 p. m.
March 19: Oak Grove church,
4:30 to 6 p. m.
March 20: Crawford's Store
(Watauga) 9 to 11 a. m.
Other clinics will be announc
ed later, Dr. Burnside said.
Against Law
When announcing the quar
antine, Dr. McCampbell empha
sized that it is a misdemeanor
not to have clogs vaccinated.
Owners convicted could be lia
ble for a fine or imprisonment.
He also warned that dogs
running loose during the period
will be pitted up by officers
unci disposed of.
"The situation is becoming
more serious by the day", the
doctor said, "and we must act
quickly. I urge every citizen in
the county to cooperate ... it
may be their own life they are
saving."
One dog in the Cartoogechaye
section is reported to have bit
ten 14 other dogs before it was
caught and killed. Clinical tests
showed the animal to be rabid,
the health office said.
In a 1950 outbreak of rabies
here, more than 2,200 dogs were
vaccinated by Dr. Burnside.
The Weather
I ?? week's temperature# and rainfall, na
? c?>r !e?l iri Franklin by Manson Sttiei,
1 " v weather observer, and at the Cowecta
1 1 v?Ir? >1< >k(c Laboratory:
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
49 24 .07
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
60
65
68
67
51
59
COVVKfclTA
Temperatures
18 trace
26
15
45
38
24
.50
1.52
Wednesday
Thursday .
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday ...
Tuesday ....
66
56
61
59
40
53
High Low Rain
51 38 .11
28
47
25
48
29
21
.01
.78
3.75
1.49