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#fant|Iiti f ttU $h* Jftacotvian PRICE 10 Cents VOL. LXIX? NO. 38 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 16, 1954 TWELVE FAQES ? Stmff Photo by J. P. Brady HAVE A SEAT ? Indicative of crowded conditions existing in the Macon school system is the fact that some Franklin High students are having to sit on the floor. The school's coal bin also has been converted to classroom space. Principal Ralph L. Smith (in doorway) talks to teacher Jack Angel (left) over the heads of students seated on the floor. The new building program is expected to alleviate the situation somewhat. Building Program Will Only Temporarily Ease Conditions At best, the 18 new class rooms to be constructed at Ma con schools soon will only stave off temporarily the mounting problem of providing enough classroom space to keep pace with increased enrollment. This is the feeling of County School Supt. Holland McSwain, who commented in an inter view this week: "To put it bluntly, this new building program will meet only the needs of last year (1953-54). This year is bringing its own problems." In a nutshell, the problem boils down to this fact: there are 125 teachers in the system this year and only 107 class rooms. That means 18 teachers and more than 500 pupils (gen erally about 30 pupils to the teacher) do not have a regular room. So, until these 18 rooms are provided, auditoriums, libraries, cafeterias, and even coal bins will continue to be used for classrooms. "There is Just nothing else we can do", the superintendent de clared. Bv Januarv. he hopes the 18 classrooms will be ready for use. Bids lor their construction and for lunchrooms at Cowee and Otto, are now being asked and actual building possibly will begin next month. But what comes after the 18 classrooms? Mr. McSwaln answered: "Be cause of Increased enrollment, the minimum need at the be ginning of the 1955-58 school SEE NO. S. PAGE 12 Late News and Briefs IS HOSPITAL TRUSTEE Orover B. Woodward, Franklin pharmacist, has been appointed a trustee of the Baptist Hos pital in Winston -Salem by the denomination's state board. Mr. Woodward Is a member of the Scots Creek Baptist Church in Sylva, where his brother-in law, the Rev. E. 8. Hensley, Is pastor. ? ? ? WILL ATTEND MEETING Some 30 teachers and prin cipals from Macon plan to at tend a guidance conference to day (Thursday) at Swain High School In Bryson City, the school superintendent's office has announced. The conference, being staged for the eight western counties, is sponsored by the North Car olina Department of Public In struction. Among panelists appearing on the program is Mrs. Katherlne O'Neil, Franklin High teacher. ? ? ? MOOSE PICNIC SET The annual picnic of the local Moose lodge will be held at Ar rowood Olade Sunday, starting at 1 p. m., it was announced yesterday by Lake V. Shope, secretary. All members of the Moose and their families are invited. ? ? ? PLAN POLIO MARCH Members of the Franklin Jun ior Woman's Club tonight SW yo 2 PAGE 12 Enrollment Hits New High Here School enrollment this year has jumped an official 231 pupils, pushing the Macon system to an all-time high of 3,918. The school superintendent's office this week reported 117 more pupils in the elementary grades and 114 in the three high schools. Of the total of 3,918, a breakdown shows 850 in the high schools and 3,068 In the elementary schools. Last year's enrollment at the close of school tfas 3,687 ? 736 high school, and 2,951 elementary. Enrollment figures by schools: Franklin High, 656; Frank lin Elementary, 398; East Franklin, 369; Cullamja, 356; Union, 245; Cowee, 274; Otto, 271 : Cartoogechaye, 301 ; loth, 234; Nantahala High, 89; Nan tahala Elementary, 229; High lands High, 93; Highlands Elementary, 331; Chapel High, 12; Chapel Elementary, 60. TEAM LOSES TO ANDREWS Friday Game Slated With Swain High At Bryson City Field By TOMMY GNUSE Sports Editor Franklin High A flashy Andrews squad rain ed Franklin's conference open er here Friday night as they rolled to an 18 to 6 victory. Tomorrow (Friday) night, the Panthers Journey to Bryson City to meet Swain High for a non-conference tilt at 8 o'clock, later In the season, October 22, the two schools will meet here for a conference scrap. In Friday's game, Andrews took advantage of good down field blocking and speedy back as they returned punts for 57 and 69 yards for two touch downs. The visitors got the first break of the game early when JAYTOES TO PLAY The Franklin High Junior Varsity will meet the Sylva Jay t ees here Saturday night at 8 o'clock, it has been an nounced. Panther Back Richard Renshaw fumbled on a punt return and gave Andrews the ball on the Franklin 30. The Andrews backs took charge and five plays later, Jerry Gilbert scored from the 12. The extra was no good. The tide changed late in the opening stanza when Leonard Long broke through the line on fourth down\ to stop the An drews kicker Vfrom booting the ball. Three playS~Tater, Panther Back Bobby Jack Love took to the air and hit Bobby Womack for a 25-yard touchdown to tie the score, 6 to 6. The"" rest 'of * the scoring is summed up in Andrews' two punt returns^, one In the second quarter by Jiijimy Holland, the J other In the fourth by Bob Cooper. The Panthers gained as many i yards passing (146>, as Andrews did rushing. ARNOLD NEW YDC LEADER Local Organization Selects Delegates For State Meeting Alec Arnold, of Franklin, Route 5, is the new president of the Macon Young Democrats Club, succeeding Frank Plyler. Others named to serve with Mr. Arnold at a meeting of the organization Wednesday night of last week at the courthouse are Z. Weaver Shope, vice-pres ident, and Bruce Palmer, secre tary-treasurer. Delegates picked to attend the state Y. D. C. meeting, which opens today (Thursday) in Charlotte include Mr. Arnold, Mr. Palmer, C. Banks Finger, John Long, C. N. West, and Sheriff J. Harry Thomas. The meeting runs through Saturday. Republicans Set Nantahala Rally Friday A county-wide Republican rally Is scheduled tomorrow (Friday) night at Nantahala School, George Reece, county chairman, has announced. Guest speaker for the meet ing, which Is set for 7:30 o'clock, will be W. W. Candler, of Ashe vllle, lawyer and a former Re publican candidate for Congress from the 12th Congressional District, Mr. Reece said. The chairman said all local I candidates in the November election will be on hand for the , gathering. AUXILIARY MEET SET A meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary Is planned Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs. E. G. Crawford, It has been announced. Dues will be payable at the meeting. It Is said. SCOUTS SET 'LOST DAY EXERCISE Cowee Bald Area Here To Be Scene Of Mock Search Persons lost In the woolly wilds of the W. N. C. mountains will have the odds more in their favor if a practice scheduled this month by the Explorer Scouts of the Smoky Mountain Boy Scout District is success ful. Appropriately dubbed "Opera tion Lost", the practice actual ly will send the Scouts into the tall timber September 25 in search of two dummies, which will be dropped by airplane in the vicinity of the fire lookout tower on Cowee Bald, accord ing to B. B. Scott, of Frank lin, who is in charge of search methods. Details of the practice are now being worked out by dis trict leaders. After the Scouts locate the dummies, which will be dropped the day before the exercise by Grant Zickgraf, of Franklin, their work will not be finished. The dummies will have Injuries requiring treatment, including exposure, sprained ankles, and shock, Mr. Scott explained, and the Scouts must administer first aid to the "victims". Briefing for the practice will begin at 8 in the morning and the Scouts will take to the brush In search of the "lost couple" at 10 o'clock. Stump Blast Kills Dorman Friday A. M. A stump dynamiting accident Friday morning claimed the life of R. B. Dorman, retired At lanta, Ga., textile supply busi nessman, at his summer home In Wayah Valley. The body of Mr. Dorman, ripped and bruised by the ex plosion and clad only in socks, was found about 10 a. m. by a neighbor, Claude Thomas, who decided to Investigate after hearing an explosion about two hours earlier in the vicinity of the Dorman home. At an inquest held on the scene, Coroner George R. Hen son ruled the death of Mr. Dor man, who was about 70, as ac cidental after a jury Investigat ed at the scene where the sum mer resident was dynamiting a stump from the side of the road leading to his home. Deputy Sheriff Newell Pen dergrass said the force of the explosion "shredded" the man's clothes, and the body was found about 28 feet from the stump. One shoe was 58 feet from the stump, he said, the SEE NO. 5, PAGE 12 DETERMINATION? Ten-yeai tion personified, and her brothe new bicycle, which the young la pers from note book paper. ? . Staff Ph0to by J. P. Brady -old Carol Calloway, determina r, Gary, are shown with Carol's tdy wan by saving 10.000 wrap r RANK.L1N GIRL PROVES She Has The Determination 8 MACON MEN ARE INDUCTED Six Of Contingent Volunteers; Next Call October 11 ? Eight Macon men ? six of them volunteers ? boarded a bus for Knoxvllle, Tenn., Tues day morning and induction into the U. S. Army. Those volunteering for the draft Included Robert I. Cole man, Lawrence C. Howard, Jr., John Robert Shlffli, James M. Haney, Dan L. Pendergrass, and Frank V. Watson. The other two in the contingent were Ebbie Lee Bingham and Clarence Levi Crane. Nine other registrants were sent to Knoxvllle at the same time for pre-lnduction examina tions. In announcing the departure of the draft, Mrs. Ollmer A. Jones, selective service secre tary , listed Macon's next In duction call as October 11. At that time the board will send seven men. The following day, October 12, Mrs. Jones said 37 registrants will be sent for pre lnduction examinations. LN YEARS ONLY, MIND YOU Mrs. Lee Crawford May Be 90 . . . But! ? Staff l note r>\ /. i . nrr ty NO SLOW DOWN? The fact that Mrs. Crawford last iveek marked' her 90th birthday means little as far as her daily routine goes. Here she is shown preparing to bake her favorite rake, lemon Sponge. "I don't think much of the Idea, but I don't figure I'll ever be 90 again so maybe you bet ter take it." This facetious approval to have a picture taken came from Mrs. Lee Crawford, who marked her 90th birthday In Franklin September 7. And the splrltely remark typifies Mrs. Crawford, whose looks place her as far from 90 years as the world Is from everlasting peace. In other words, the fact that this little lady with the effer vescent personality made her debut just before the end of the Civil War has not appeared In her face or slowed her dally routine. She tackles the chores of one half her age with no ap parent effort. Item: Members of her family are still laughing about the time when Mrs. Crawford, at the youthful age of about 80, got a pitchfork and ran a bull into the barn when the men present refused to deal with the critter. Item: For more than 70 years, she has made her favorite cake, Lemon Sponge, for the Siler lamily meetings. And that's what she was doing when the photographer called this week. So her family faces the issue squarely ? Mrs. Crawford is 90 SEE NO. 4, PAGE 12 - Elfish Carol Calloway, a 10 year-old miss with a personal ity that shines all over the place, curtsied low. "Thank you, sir", she said In mock seriousness, skipping a couple of steps in the direction of her home. As she spoke, her voice held the buoyant ring of one who usually gets what she goes after. Carol had just had her pic ture taken to Illustrate a news paper story about the determi nation behind that buoyant ring in her voice. Just what, one might ask, does a 10-year-old know about determination? And especially enough determination to be newspaper material? That's easy to answer. Carol has just won a beauti ful new bicycle with nothing but sheer determination. This little wisp of a girl, a Frank - SEE NO. 0. PAGE 12 MAN CRUSHED BY BULLDOZER McClure Killed In Accident Friday P. M. Near Cartoogechaye A 45-year-old farmer and bulldozer operator was crushed to death late Friday afternoon In the Cartoogechaye Commun ity when the small bulldozer he was loading on a truck slip ped from the truck bed and pinned him to the ground. The victim was Identified as Delwln W. McClure, father of five, who had worked for A. B. Slagle here for the past year. Highway Patrolman H. T. Ferguson, who Investigated, re ported Mr. McClure had backed a ton and a half truck against a high bank in order to drive the bulldozer on to the bed of the truck for transporting else where. As he maneuvered the machine on to the bed, It slip ped from the right side, pitched him to the ground, and then fell over on him, the patrolman explained. The mishap occurred about 5:30 on the Maxwell School Road near the Parker farm. Cecil Parker Witnessed It, Pa trolman Ferguson said. Funeral services for Mr. Mc Clure, who lived in the Car toogechaye Community, were conducted Saturday at 3 p. m. at the Oak Forest Baptist Church in Hayesville by the Rev. Sim Martin and the Rev. Verlon Martin. Burial was In the church cemetery. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mr. McClure was the son of Al fred and Mrs. Emma Nelson McClure, of Hayesville. His wid ow is the former Miss Nancy Cheeks, of Hayesville. In addition to his wife and parents, Mr. McClure is surviv ed by two sons, Buddy and SEE NO. 7, PAGE 12 ENGINEER REPORTS ON COWEE JOB Jackson Grading About 60 Per Cent Complete, Usry Says Roughly 60 per cent of the grading on the Jackson County side of the US 23-441 project has been completed, according to Resident Highway Engineer S. T. Usry. In reviewing progress on the job ? a continuation of the re cently completed project in this county ? the engineer said "things are going along accord ing to schedule" and the high way should be ready for paving next summer as, planned. At the present time, he re ported, most of the grading with heavy machinery is con centrated on the Dillsboro end of the project. Most of the highway has been graded on the other end in the Cowee Gap area, he added. "Structures ? bridges and cul verts ? are about 65 per cent complete and work is now cen tered on the two big bridges. Four culverts already have been completed, Mr. Usry said. When the Jackson side of the project is completed, Franklin and Sylva will be linked by a completely new stretch of high way. The Franklin side of the project was paved this summer. Houk Talks Segregation Bill Idea Guy L. Houk plans to intro duce a bill In the 1955 General Assembly, If he is elected as this county's representative, to permit a form of "local option" on the matter of school segre gation. Mr. Houk, Democratic nomi nee for representative from this county,' explained his proposal in a talk at the meeting of the Franklin Rotary Club Wednes day night of last week. A state-wide measure, it would be purely permissive, he said. It would provide for pupils of a school unit to be sent to a spe cified school, upon petition of 75 or 80 per cent of the patrons. To Illustrate: if the required percentage of the patrons of Chapel School (now operated for Negroes) petitioned to have* their children continue to go to that school, the school author ities would be authorized to comply with the request The same would apply to Franklin school or any other. The proposal was discussed by Mr. Houk, speaking on the legal aspects of the Supreme Court's segregation decision, after be had outlined the three propos als advanced so far for meeting the situation in the South. He listed those three as follows: 1. Abolish the public schools, lease the school property to private corporations, and ap propriate funds for tuition of the individual children. Mr. Houk questioned whether that proposal is either practicable or SEE NO. 8. PAGE 12 The Weather The week's temperature? and rainfall, as recorded in Franklin by Man son Stiles, U. S. weather observer, and at the Coweeta llydrologic Laboratory: FRANKLIN Temperatures High Low Rain Wed. (Sept. 8).... 93 54 trace Thursday 89 54 Friday 88 61 Saturday 83 55 Sunday 84 43 Monday 83 48 Tuesday 88 48 HIGHLANDS Temperature High Low Rain Mon. (Sept. 6).... 82 54 Tuesday 84 52 Wednesday 82 52 Thursday 77 54 Friday 78 60 Saturday 76 52 Sunday 71 42 COWEETA Temperatures High Low Rain Wed. (Sept. 8).... 89 52 Thursday 87 53 Friday 81 58 .75 Saturday 1.. 80 51 .11 Sunday 80 43 f Monday 79 48 Tuesday 83 45
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