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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 <L to R) Mrs. Smith, Ira Lee Brookahlre, of Cartoorechaye,
Katherine Berry, of Blrdonrille, and Claudette L^lherataa, of Cowee.
Homecoming
Event Date
Is Changed
Date of Franklin High's Homo
coming Day" has been changed
from November 18 to the 17th.
according to Principal Harry C.
Corbin.
He said the change was made
to avoid conflict with the state
AA football playoff between the
Smoky Mountain and Blue Ridge
conferences.
Except for this change. "Home- -
coming Day" features will com?
off as scheduled, Mr. .Corbin as- i
sured.
An open house for alumni is
slated in the afternoon and the
Franklin-Sylva football game in
the evening. A special dance is
planned for both students and
alumni after the game. The lo
cation will be announced next
week.
Meanwhile, the student body is
preparing to pick a "Homecoming
Queen" and attendants from a
mong 13 nominated by members
of the football squad.
A coronation ceremony for the
queen and her court will take
the spotlight at half-time at the
game, along with the presentation
of an award to the most valuable
player on the Panther squad. The
player trophy will be given by the
local V. F. W. post.
A special "Homecoming Day"
half-time program also is sche
duled by the Macon County Band,
under the direction of T. A. Orr.
Nominees for the queen include
Misses Kay Ledford, Joy McCol
lum, Nancy Sutton, Helen Coch
ran, Frances McClure, Nancy
Cable, Jane cickgraf. Joann Bur
rell, Frances Alexander, Beverly
Stockton, Martha Womach, Jean
McCollum. and Sue Solesbee.
Panthers Beat
Bethel 19 to 13
By TOMMY OffilSE
Franklin uncorked a flashy
offensive in the first half to
roll to a 19 to 6 lead, but then
had to stave off several Bethel
drives to finally edge the Blue
Demons 19 to 13 Friday after
noon on the Bethel field.
The locals tallied in the first
stanza to take an early lead
with Jerry Finney setting up
the score with a 30-yard run.
Furman Mason went over on a
short line buck for the touch
down.
In the second period. Bethel's
ground game began to click and
the Blue Demons marched to a
touchdown to tie the score, 6
to 6.
The Panthers came back with
two quick scores before the
half.
After receiving the kick, the
Panthers drove to their second
score with Willard Smith going
the final 10 yards. Morris Jones
paved the way for the final
Franklin score by intercepting
a pass on the Blue Demons' 45.
The Panthers then took to the
air with Crawford Moore con
necting with Bill .Mendenhall on
two passes, the second of
which was good for the touch
down. Buddy McClure kicked
the extra to put the Panthers
out front 19 to 6.
After a scoreless third period.
Bethel opened the fourth by
combining a 20-yard pass and
57 yards on the ground to drive
to the final score of the game.
The extra was good, making
the score 19 to 13
Franklin's most serious threat
in the second half came in the
closing minutes when a fumble
was recovered on the Bethel 20.
The ball was moved to the 5
before the drive was stopped.
Otto Will Elect New
Officers For Contest
New officers for the 1955-51
rural content year are to be cleci
ed by the Otto community to
morrow (Friday night at 7:30
at the school. it has been an
nounced.
All members arc uried to turn
out so' a!!, offices and committer
c!v.iirmap?hips can be filled a'
this meeting.
Thanksgivir? Program
To Feature Cowee P.T.A.
A Thanksgiving program, to b"
presented by the seventh and
eighth grades of the school, will
feature the meeting of the Cowee
Parent-Teacher Association at the
school tonight ? Thursday) at 7:30
o'clock. Mrs. Carroll Gibson, the
president, will preside.
LEGAL SNAG
DELAYS VOTE
IN TOWNSHIP
Special Tax Election
Rescheduled For 22nd;
For Hospital Support
A legal snag has changed thfe
date lor the special election in
Highlands Township this month.
Onginaily set for the 8th, the
date had to be changed to com
ply with a law which says an
election cannot be held until 30
days after a hearing is held. Th*
hearing was held October 14. mak
ing the date of November 8 for
the election illegal.
Balloting is now set for Novem
ber 22.
Voters in the township will go
to the polls to determine if the
Highlands Community Hospital.
Inc., will receive a 40 cent ad
valorem tax for operation and
maintenance.
Registration books will close in
the township Saturday. Challenge
day will be the 19th.
The polling place will be the
old high school building.
GNUSE REELECTED
H. H. GNUSE, Jr.
Mr. Gnuse, of Franklin, has
been reelected commissioner of
the Smoky Mountain Boy Scout
District for a second one-year
term. He also is serving on the
1955-56 board of the DaJiiel
Boone Council. The Rev. Roy E.
Bell, of Sylva, is the new dis
trict chairman, succeeding R. E.
McKelvey, of Franklin.
14 Tons Of Baby Beef Sells
For $7,297.68 Through Sale
More than 14 tons of top
baby beef sold on the hoof by
Macon 4-H and F. F. A. mem
bers at the W. N. C. Fat Stock
Show and Sale brought $7,207 -
68.
Average price per pound for
the local beef was 25 cents, as
compared with the sale average
of 24 V4
The sale was held Wednes
day of last week at the Hom
iny Valley Horse and Hound
Pavilion, near Enka. At the
stock show the prior day, the
14 tons of beef (29 animals)
copped 27 blue ribbons and two
reds.
Bill Fouts' 965-pound calf at
30 cents per pound was the
highest of the local entries.
The drop in the price of beef
in the past year is reflected in
a comparison of this year's local
average with last year's, which
was 28.8 per pound; or 3.8 cents
higher.
A list of local supporters of
the sale will appear in next
week's issue.
Young owners selling animals
and the prices they brought
are as follows:
Floyd Kimsey, $270; Wayne
Gregory, $260.55; Frank Kiilian,
$327.28; Dale Morgan, $297.70;
Johnny Klllian, $295.10; Bruce
Houston, $287.30; Lamar Hous
ton, $265.20; Wayne Sheffield.
$272.85; Ronald Harper, $202.50;
Ralph Allen, 232.50; Charles
Gregory, $266.25; Grover Shef
field, $220.50; Charles Long,
$210; Leo Mclntyre, $275.67;
Glenda Sheffield, $208.80; Dew
ey Taylor, $320.90; Frank Con
ley, $272.40; Tommy Hunter.
$184.48; Clark Sheffield, $240.15;
Jack Taylor, $220.18; Robert
Shepherd, $230; Ted Kirkland,
$230.40 ; Kenneth Childers,
$242.55; Frank Nolen, $233.75;
Guy Fouts, $231.60; Bill Fouts,
$289.50; Elizabeth Ann Am
nions, $212.40; Huel Sorrells,
$239.70; and Johnny Taylor,
$168.02.
ABOUT JIM YOUNG ?
The Marshal Without A T own
As a town marshal. 75-year-old
James L. <Jim> 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
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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
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