CIRCULATION Last Weak 2711 ? / Net Paid fulfill anb PRICE J 10 Cents ?H)? ^igblan^ JHacotvinn 70th Year ? No. 45 Franklin, N. C., Thursday, November 10, 1955 Fourteen Paees N. C. E. A. Banquet Tuesday Honors Houk And Teachers 3 Retired Teachers Gel Life Memberships In Local Organization Three of eight retired Macon teachers were on hand Tuesday night to receive life member ships in the local unit of N. C. E. A. They were Miss Laura M. Jones, Mrs Vernon Hlgdon, and Mrs. Pearl Hunter. Also recog nised, but not present, were Mrs. Eva Keener, Mrs. Annie Pearson, Sam Bryson, Sr., Com modore Tilley, and Gaston Dean. Held in the Franklin High cafeteria, the banquet was serv ed by members of the local gar den club. Life memberships to the teachers were presented by. G. L. Houk, former school superin tendent, who later was honored for his role in educational progress in the county schools. He was Introduced by Supt. Hol land McSwain. Mrs. Dora Carpenter, presi dent of the local N. C. E. A., presided and welcomed the teachers and special guests, who included presidents of communities and members of the Future Teachers Associa tion at the high school. Special exhibits of art work and other arrangements deco rated the cafeteria. They were briefly explained by Mrs. Beth Guffey, elementary supervisor, who extended an invitation to all to visit the county schools this week in observance of "National Education Week." Playground Space Needed At Schools More playground space Is the most pressing need at the Franklin and East Franklin schools. This conclusion was reached Monday afternoon by the Ma con County Board of Education, following visits to the schools with Supt. Holland McSwain. The board members ? Chair man Erwln Patton, Charlie C. Sutton, and George Gibson ? and the superintendent had lunch in the high school cafe teria. The tour of the schools serv ed as the board's regular monthly meeting. Mr. McSwain said the board plans to visit all schools In the county during the year to sur vey needs. Iron Fence Enhance* Appearance Of Square Enhancing the appearance of Rankin Square in Franklin is a new black wrought iron fence on the Main and Phillips sides. Installed this week, the fence is a project of the Franklin Garden Club. A third section is to be in stalled next to Fred Cabe's building soon, according to Mrs. Prelo Dryman, project chair Man. Total cost of the fence will be about $700, she said. Former Superintendent Surprised With Version Of This Is Your Life' A TV-Inspired version of "This is Your Life" put a sur prised G. L. Houk in the spot light Tuesday night during a banquet sponsored by the local unit of the North Carolina Ed ucation Association. The former school superinten dent, who now practices law in Franklin, attended as a spe cial guest to present special life memberships in the N. C. E. A. Mr. Houk unit to eight retired teachers, in whose honor the banquet was staged. Following his presentation to three of the eight, the attorney found he was the center of at traction when the lights dim med, spotlights struck a stage, and the master of ceremonies, Dean Henson, solemnly an nounced, "This is your life, Guy L. Houk." Seated on the stage, Mr. Houk witnessed flashbacks in his active career projected on a nearby screen and met old pupils and friends who recalled many events of the past; of his service in World War 1, teach ing in Franklin, serving as prin cipal of a school in Pilot Moun tain, Franklin High principal for 10 years, passing the state bar in 1936, stepping up as Ma con school superintendent in 1939, and his leadership in the consolidation of the county schools. , Brief sketches of some of his activities were noted by W. G. Crawford, Z. Weaver Shope, Weaver Cochran, E. G. Craw ford, and O. F. Summer. ?Mrs. Houk joined her hus band on the stage midway in the review. They were present ed gifts by Mr. Henson on be half of the education unit. "Commercials" during the program were plugs for N. C. E. A. by Future Teachers. 'Buddy Poppy* Sale "Buddy Foppy Day" will be observed in Macon county Sat urday. ?Members of the local V.F.W. Auxiliary, under the chairman ship of Mrs. Nancy Keener, plan to sell poppies as a fund rais ing project. JURY DRAWN FOR DECEMBER TERM HERE No Women Selected; Names Drawn Monday At Board Meeting Jurymen for the December term of Superior Court here were drawn Monday morning. Under the supervision of the Macon Board of County Com missioners, the names were drawn by three-year-old Ann Perry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Perry, of Franklin. No women were picked for duty this term. A grand jury and trial jury for the first week are to be selected from the first 36 names on the list: The first 36 and their ad dressed are Ralph Crunkleton, of Highlands; C. W. Parrish. of Route 3; Bert Zachary, of High lands; Fred Hannah, of Route 1; A. B. Potts, of Gneiss; Frank J. Crane, of Highlands; Lex Van hook, of Route 2; R. H. Calloway, of Highlands; George W. Nix, of Highlands; Don Watson, of High lands: Roby Roper, of Route 3; Joe Reese, of Highlands; Carl E. Bateman, of Nantahala; Arro wood Lee, of Route 2; Roy H. Fouts, of Route 2; Jess A. Keener, of Highlands; Clyde Clark, of Franklin; Carl Donaldson, of Route 2; L. E. Grant, of Nanta hala; D. L. Clark, of Route 3; B. F. Waldroop, of Route 1; Marion Bryson, of Route 5; Frank X. Murray, of Franklin; C. B. Kinsland. of Route 4; F. B. Cook, of Highlands; T. A. Bate man, of Route 5; Bronce L. Roper, of Route 3; Taft Henry, of High lands; Wiley G. Smith, of Route 1; Lee Keener, of Gneiss; John H. Campbell, of Route 3; Ned Dowdle, of Route 2; Glenn Smith, of Route 3; Terrell Hoilmaa. of Franklin; Wiley Stamey, of Route 2; and J. E. Hicks, of Highlands. Slated for duty the second week of the term are B. L. McGlamery, of Franklin, J. R. Ray, of Route 1; M. L. Bell, of Route 1; J. R. Bui gin, of Franklin; Prank San ders, of Franklin; H. A. Wilhide. of Franklin; Fred Taylor, of Route 2; Carlton Cleaveland, of Highlands; Robert Downs, of Franklin; Luther Jacobs, of A quone; W. D. Neal. of Aquone; iTohn L. Crawford, of Franklin; Adolph Zoellner, of Route 1; O. R. Roper, of Route 3; Talley Cor bin, of Highlands; F. H. Potts, of Highlands; C. F. Burnett, of Franklin; and Arnold Rowland, of Aquone. The presiding judge will be Dan K. Moore, of SyWa. The term will convene Decem ber 5. St. Agnes Auxiliary Plans Christmas Sale The St. Agnes Episcopal Auxil iary will hold its annual Christ mas bazaar at the Nantahala Power and Light Company Fri i'iv and Saturday. November 18 and 19. Mrs. Robert Korte. bazaar chair man. has announced that a wide assortment of gifts and foods, in cluding Christmas cakes and pud dings. will be on display. MEMBERS OF THE NEW senior 4-H club at Franklin High (sec story on Page 14) are shown ?n*ln| Ctariatmas decorations from pine conea and paraffin under the cnperriaion of Mrs. Mar raret D Smith, anaisUnt home agent Young is som" thing of an oddity. He doesn't even have a town in which to enforce the law ? ex cept on paper. Futhermore he's never made an arrest. Mr. Young is the sole survivor of the governing body of the Town of Otto, a settlement that flashed only briefly over the Macon County scene shortly after the turn of century. Under the impetus of lumber ing, the Town of Otto was in corporated by the 1909 General Assembly and was well on it? way toward being a thriving, though smal1. municipality with a mayor, three commissioners, and a marshal. The mayor was I. T. Bradley, the commissioners. A. 1 . McClure. William Holbrooks, and Charles H. McClure. James L. (Jipi' Young. 28. was marshal. :-v~ - ' And these men, for some un known reason were the only ones to ever serve the Town of Otto. An election to pick their success ors was never held. "I don't recall -exactly what did happen," the badge-less marshal said this week. "About a year and a half after I was appointed I went to Lincoln County. Ga.. for four years . . . the town 'Ottoi just didn't grow like we thought it would. I guess.'' He did have some trouble one with a "fellow who was pretty high . . . wouldn't do for me to tell you who he was. because a lot of folks probably remember him." Marshal Young told him to be have or "I'll have to take charge of you.ii Apparently this settled thin," ;. for the man gave him 110 more trouble. Later, however, Mr Your.; SEE NO 1. PAGE 10 Marshall Young Relaxes MRS. STUFFEL BOUND OVER WITHOUT BOND Wife Of Slain Man Posts Bond Monday; Teen-Ager Still In A 34-year-old woman, Mrs. Hazel Stuffel, has been bound over to Superior Court on a charge of murder in connection with the October 22 siaying of her step-father, Kenneth T. Shelton, near Franklin. At a preliminary hearing Fri day afternoon before three jus tices of the peace in the county courthouse, the accused mother of two children was denied bond. A bond of $5,000 was set for her 14-year-old son, Gene Autrey Stuffel, and $2,000 bond for Mrs. Gertrude Shelton, wife of the slain man. Mrs. Shelton, 54, was released on bond Monday morning for appearance in Superior Court on December 5, the opening day of the term here. Details Of Shooting At the lengthy hearing be fore justices Sam J. Murray, C. C. Stamey, and J. R. Morrison, details surrounding the early afternoon shooting of Shelton at his home on the Georgia highway were introduced by Sheriff J. Harry Thomas, Chief Deputy Newell Pendergrass, Coroner C. Jack Ragan, and Police Chief C. D. Baird. A maneuver by attorneys Gil mer A. Jones and G. L. Houk to clear the teen-age Gene and Mrs. Shelton was unsuccessful. Solicitor Thad D. Bryson, Jr., represented the state at the hearing, and he indicated the boy and woman were "definite ly Involved" In the case. Mrs. Stuffel has admitted shooting the T. V. A. lineman with a .32 revolver after an argument. Sheriff Thomas and his dep uty found Shelton dead on his front porch about 1:30. They SEE NO. 2, PAGE 10 1st Forest Fire Of Year Reported Forest service "smoke-eaters" snuffed out the first fire of the season Sunday afternoon in the Wayah District of the Nanta halas. About two acres of govern ment timber was destroyed by the blaze on the head of Little Laurel, near the Macon-Swain county line, according to Dis trict Ranger W. L. Nothstein. A "hunter-smoker" is believed responsible for the fire, he said. Eleven men from Macon and Swain were called to fight the fire. Ranger Nothstein urged all hunters, particularly fox hunt ers, to exercise caution when in the woods. TO HONOR TEACHERS The teachers of the Cartooge chaye school, and their wives and husbands, will be honored tonight i Thursday i by the ladies of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church with n dinner at the school cafeteria. The dinner will b- served prior to the P T A meeting. SING AT SIIORTOFF The second Sunday sing of the southern division of the Macon County Singing Convention will be held at the Shortoff Bap tist Church, five miles east of Highlands, beginning at 1:45 p.m., according to Tom Henson. secre tary. All singers and the public are invited. The Weather -itm ? - 'i.l nfnll. a? I : 1 .11 i ?> M :? n -< ? StiJes, ?tliMTVi !i U- Vijr I VV < N. v. TV A I it ' h? ? . . w . . ? ? . H)ilrnlofi# FRANKLIN Temperatures High Low P.aln 28 36 20 19 21 40 20 Wed , Nov Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wed , Nov. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday 2 71 62 56 64 66 61 60 COWEETA Temperatures High Low Rain .05 .22 71 51 53 62 64 60 59 29 38 20 21 24 44 21 .04 .19