The Weather
er In This Wide World Devoted Exclusively iu demoting The flights,
the Highest Elevated and Most Hospitable Town In Eastern America.
Air Cotuli
Thursday. April 1.1971
Volume 13
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Hearing
Appn
attended
Macon
jki. mApntnn aka
levyitjg of an additional one
cent sale* tax. but tat a single
word of opposition to die addi
tional tax Was voiced. Bear
ing unforeseen difficulties. die
additional oqe cent levy should
star. May ».'•* . ' » •: ■
After ft. & Jones, Jr.,county
attorney tad outlined the history
of the one cent sales tax mea
sure and Mr. Oscar Ledford,
chairman of the Macon County
Board of Commissioners, said
die Commissioners planned to
use funds from the one cent
levy to pay. for die county ad
ministrative building, die new
county, vocational training
building to be built, and to sup
port community organisations
such as chamber of commerce
ssu.rsi-T0’
toted out as was
t week's PRESS,
f would be divided
9 of Highlands,
, J*Un and Macon
County on (fee basis of the
ad valorem uut levied radter
than: a population baste (the
law would allow tidier) and that
the state would: collect die tax
along, with their three cent levy
and return die money to die
towns and county.
; Mr. Ledford then asked for
statements from the group
either for or against die pro
posal. /; >■';
Representing various town
and county groups and agendas
the following spoke in favor of
t'he*onecentleuy KennethDodg
vice mayor ot toe Town i
off
public schools of
Countys Jerry Sutton, chairman
of die Macon County Democratic
executive committee; Gilmer
Henson, chairman of the Macon
County Republican executive
committee; Robert Scott, pre
sident of the Franklin Chamber
of Commerce; Gary Clark, pre
sident of the Franklin Jaycees;
Merriman Poster, Franklin
Merchants Association; Mrs.
John Crawford, director of
Macon County Social Services}
James Roper president of the
Macon County Rural Develop*
ment Council} H. Bueck, for
mer superintendent'of public
schools} E. J. Whitmire Dis
trict Highway Commissioner}
and Robert Rollins head of the
county agriculture extension
department.
Grady Nichols, rural store
keeper perhaps best expressed
the feeing of the group and
drew a round of applause when
he said: "The only complaints
1 heard were when they took
it off; let’s put it back on and
go home.”
No one spoke against putting
die measure back. Mr. Led
ford informed the group that it
was estimated that the two towns
and the county together would
receive approximately $228,
000.
Notice About
Sunday School
Beginning with this Sunday.
April 4, the church schools
which have been meeting to
gether at the Presbyterian
Educational Building eadiStm
day morning will meet at their
own respective churches.
The "union** Sunday School
was held during the winter
months since attendance at each
individual church was some
times very small, due to weath
er and other conatderatlons.
Highlanders
Are Asked
from the
Highlands area are asked to
attend a meettqg of the)'
n* itm L, — m«.
Three top officials of West
ern Carolina Telephone Com
pany will be present to dis
cuss and explore thepossibility
of a toll-free service between
the towns of Franklin and High
lands, add to explain what pro
cedures are necessary to bring
this about.
It is hoped diet a represen
tative group from the Highlands
area can be present.
Snow last week added extra enchantment to the “purple mountain majesty" of Wkfeside View between Highland and Cashiers.
_ . . . _ (H. H. Photo) i
school Libraries Add Materials
Macon County Schools have
just completed a library en
richment project which added
books and visual aid materials
to the various schools' librar
ies totaling *12,500.00.
RwmmMnina eatuenql rtiffer*
torn!
amount was made available for
this use. *5,000.00 was qllo
cated from ©SEA Title n
fort
for the over all
financing.
Schools were allocated their
portion of this money on the
basis of enrollment and need
determined by books and mat
erials on hand.
Individual school allocations
were as follows:
Highlands High,*400.00: East
Franklin, *2,000.00; Nantahala
High. *182.00; Iotla, *740.00;
Clearance of the post office parking area (died up huge mounds of wet snow. (H. R PhotoX
>« scene at Highlands Country Club lake shows St Clair residence on right wrier* a wina storm
tier this winter uprooted several trees Oat crashed Into the house. (H. H. Photo)
Inlon, $860.00; Cowee, $641.
0; Highlands Elementary,
990.00; Nantahala Elementary,
520.00; Cartoogechaye, $665.
10; Otto, $705.00; Franklin
il^i, $3,200.00; Franklin Jr.
U0i, $690.00; and Cullasaja
1770.00.
The sdiool libraries were
ible to add many volumes of,
lew interesting books for stu- '
., readinc »t' with a
llmstrlps, slides, transpar- ^
ences and similar enrichment*
items.
Teachers were 0ven an op
jortunlty to work with their
librarians to select the most
rital materials to aid in the
instructional programs.
Youngsters in our schools
will profit from this project.
Rotary
Pleased
The Highlands Rotary Club
held their regular Tuesday
meeting at 1:15 at die Phelps
House.
There were two visiting Ro
tarians as guests at this meet
ing - Mr. Lloyd F. Evans of
Plantation, Florida, and Mr.
Verge Hadlock of Freeport,
G. B.
Mr. Hadlock is building a
home in Cashiers and hopes
to become a permanent resi
dent in die near future.
The basketball game between
the Rotarians and the Highlands
Fire Department was termed a
success. The winner was die
Fire Department, but the score
was much closer than anyone
had anticipated - 48 to 38.
The real winner of die game
was The Highlands Recreation
Park, as you. know, die game
was played for die benefit of
die new Recreation Park. After
paying all expenses, there was
a profit of approximately $260.
00. It is very encouraging to
note that so many people turned
out to see a good game, and at
the same time were helping a
very worthy cause.
Worth Sherrill was in charge
of the program for the day.
He shared with those present
by way of color slides and nar
ration, his trip to Australia
and New Zealand.
It was pointed out that parts
of these countries are very
modern while other parts of
these countries are almost in
die dark ages. Sidney, Austra
lia, is one of die most mod
em cldes in the world. Not
so very far from Sidney on
one of die small islands you
find just the opposite. Here,
he took pictures of die natives
walking in a bed of hot ashes
and not receiving so much as
a single blister. TV use slides
were thoroughly enjoyed by all
present.
Next week. Bill Upchurch
from die State of Franklin
Health Council, Inc., will 0ve
Rotarians an overall view of
their programs at this time,
and also tell cf a new Health
Care Delivery System which has
been proposed for this area.
Big Business
By Nancy Jolly
Ic schools
70 school year
iies from a re
Expen&turesby
Public scno
ness and tbere’tj
It. The total;
North i
during the
was $649,647,17
The figure)
port, “Current 1
SourcecfJ
funds - $435,045,161.15 - was
provided by the Sute. some
12.8 percent camefrom Federal
sources, and the remaining 17.5
percent was provided by local
revenue.
In the Macon County school
system a total of $1,940,738.80
was spent. Of this amount,
69 percent was provided by the
State, while the Federal gov
ernment’s share totaled 19.8
percent, and local sources a
mounted to 11.2 percent. The
total per pupil expenditure was
$639.03 with $72.00 comine
from local sources.
The average
penditure for
the average amount
each schoolchild—
Of that amount, $410.26 came
from Sute funds, $75.08
the Federal government,
$102.95 from local sources
Comparing the pti<~«
Sute, Federal, or local expu.
ditures in Individual school sys
tems, 'Sute funds spent rang
from a high of 86.2 percent in
Alexander County to a low
56.0 percent in Hendersonv
City Schools,
The total expenditures in
joining counties per pupil
the amount furnished by
county Is as follows: Cherokee
$581.67. $52.52; Clay $683.32,
$53.66; Graham $627.31, $20.
06; Jackson $704.63, $65.49;
and Swain $639.62, $37.21.
Federal sources ranged from
a high of 30,3 percent In Max
ton City Schools to a low of
4.0 percent In Caldwell County.
The high for local finds spent
as 35,7 percent In Mecklen
percenf1
Comparing data reaching
back to the 1966-67 school year
it can be seen that per pupil
expenditures are rising, pri
marily through additional State
and local expenditures. Some
$292.18 per pupil in State funds
were expended in1966-67, while
the figure had risen to $410.
26 by 1969-70. Local funds
spent per child in 1966-67 was
$68.54. By 1969-70 that figure
had risen to $102.95.
Federal expenditures, on the
other hand, rose very little.
The Federal average per child
In 1966-67 was $65.66 as com
pared tb $75.08 in 1969-70. The
percentage of Federal funds In
cluded in the total expenditure
per child dropped, however, as
additional State and local
monies were added. The per
centage of Federal funds spent
on each child in 1966-67 was
15.4. By 1969-70 that per
centage had dropped to 12.8.
The percentage of State funds
remained steady, rising from
68.5 percent in 1966-67 to 69.7
percent in 1969-70. The great
est gain in percentage of the
total funds spent was in local
funds: this figure rose from
16.1 percent in 1966-67 to 17.5
percent in 1969-70.
Two Killed In Accident
Mrs. Herbert Johnson and
her 7-year-old daughter, Pat
ricia Margaret, died from in
juries received in a one-car
automobile accident early Sun
day morning on U.S. 19A, 5.9
miles east of Sylva. Another
daughter, Joan, is in an Ashe
ville hospital for treatment of
injuries.
Mrs. Johnson was the daugh
ter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs.
Riley Johnson, formerly of
Hifihlands, now of Yellow Moun
Talent Show
Postponed _
The talent show which was
scheduled for last Saturday
. night at Highlands School was
post-poned doe to weather con
ditions.
The show will be held this
comiqg Saturday night, April
3, at 7:30 instead.
Sponsored by the Junior
Class, the admission fee is
$1.00 for adults and 50# for
students.
Satuloh Club
To Meet Mon.
The April meeting of the
Satulah Club will be held Mon
day, April 5., at 2:30 pan. in
thl Fellowship Hall of the Epis
copal Church. '
Hostesses will be Mrs. Char
lotte Talley and Mrs. Gordon
Burriss.
tain. Her husband grew up
here, and was known by the
nickname "Shorty". His par
sent home is in Charlotte.
According to investigating of
ficer Bruce Pike of die State
Patrol, Mr. Johnson said hewai
driving one car and his wife,
with their two daughters, driv
ing another behind him. When
he failed to see their head
lights behind him for quite some
time, he went back to see what
had happened.
He found the car overturned
some 83 feet off the road down
a 30-foot bank, lying on its
side against trees and rocks.
Joan had been thrown from
the car, and Johnson pulled his
wife and. Patricia out of die
demolished car, the trooper
said.
Patricia Margaret was dead
on arrival at C. J. Harris Hos
pital from massive skull frac
ture. Mrs. Johnson tied at
12UO p.m. Sunday at Men. rial
Mission Hospital in Asheville
from a broken neck and other
injuries.
Herbert Johnson also suf
fered broken ribs and other
minor Injuries in a fall down
die embankment to reach his
family in the wrecked car.
the bodies of Mrs. Johnson
and her daughter were trans
ferred to Charlotte from Moody
Funeral Home of Sylva for
burial Wednesday.
JfPi
Sanitary Landfill Plans Told
"fi'nl
A Military laixiwii |j {banned
to 90 into operation noon on the
Wilson up Road The old
'‘garbage dump” located on the
Dillard Road will be closed due
to limited area to operate.
District Ranger James
Brown said, "The sanitary
landfill site has been leased
under a Special Use Permit to
the Town of Highlands and con
struction is well under way.
The site has been cleared and
the aceess road and fence are
now under construction. Open
ins date should be early May/’
Deepest Snow Falls
Highlands experienced Its
deepest snowfall of the winter
last week, four days after the
calendar announced that spring
had arrived.
Snow began falling Thursday
morning, lightly at first, but
Increasing In intensity gradu
ally so that school was dis
missed almost as soon as it
’had convened.
The ground was not frozen,
so it took awhile for snow to
accumulate, but by afternoon
roads and streets began to pre
sent traffic problems while
snow fell so rapidly that "salt
ing’’ would have had l«ft» ef
fect. Cars began iktSjj|eiic
of die road in places, th&gi no
serious accidents were re
ported.
Luckily die thermometer
stayed not too far below freez
ing and there was no strotg
wind. Snow continued on into
the night, and by Friday morn
ing measurements of from 13
to 16 inches were reported from
different sections of the com
PTA Supper
Reminder
Remember to attend the PTA
"covered dish" supper which
will be held in the school cafe
teria at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow
(Friday) the 2nd of April.
Contributions for PTA pro
come.
File For
Election
Mayor Claude Patterson filed
this week as a candidate for
mayor in die May 4th election.
Filing for die Town Board
of Commissioners were Dr.
Thelma Howell, incumbent, and
John CleavCland.
The only candidate filing pre
viously was Steve Potts, incum
bent, for the Town Board of
Commissioners.
Cemotery Co.
Meeting
The semi-annual meeting of
the Highlands Cemetery Com
pany will be held Tuesday,
April 6, in the Conference
Room at Town Hall, at 7:30 p.m.
Election of officers will be
held and details pertaining to
the maintenance and supervi
sion of Highlands Memorial
Park will be discussed.
All persons who have In
terests in die town cemetery
are encouraged to attend.
Chamber To Mee
The regular meeting of the
Highlands Chamber of Com
merce will be held Wednesday
night. April 7, at the Town
Conference Room, beginning at
7:30.
All members of the Board of
Directors are urged to attend,
and all members of die Chandler
and other Interested persons
are welcome.
in unity.
The heavy covering of snow
kept many people “snowed in"
Friday, especially those off the
beaten path, or those who had
no 4-wheel-drive method of
transportation. Bright blue sky
and warm sunshine Saturday
started a fast melting process.
Main highways had been cleared
Friday, anda number of second*'
ary roads scraped, but huge
piles of snow along cleared
highways and streets melted at
a slow rate, and some snow
was still in evidence Wednes
day of this week.
Highlanders were much more
fortunate dun people in Atlanta
and some other parts of
Georgia, as well as some sec
tions South Carolina. There
a mixture of snow and freez
ing rain-did inestimable dam
age at power lines and timber,
and many residents were with
out electricity for a long per
iod of time.
Zoeliner
Cited
Richard Zoeliner, Jr., who
recently completed his service
with tbeU. S. Navy and is cur
rently employed with Southern
States Pharmaceutical Com
pany hero, was awarded the
Navy Achievement Modal at a
“ “ 15 ■ iMimm
the U. S. Naval Reserve Train
ing Center there with this cit
ation!
"The Secretary of the Navy
takes pleasure in presenting
die Navy Achievement Medal to
Journalist Second Class Rich
ard C Zoeliner, Jr., United
States Navy, for professional
achievement in the superior
performance of his duties while
serving as American Forces
Radio and television Service
Circuit Manager and Staff Co
ordinator, Piddle Affairs Of
fice, on the staff of Commander
Naval Air Force, U. S. At
lantic Fleet during the period
14 October 1968 to 30 October
1970. Petty officer Zoeliner
consistently performed his de
manding duties in an exempl
ary and highly professional
manner. Displaying exceptional
managerial expertise, he con
tributed significantly to die im
provement and perfection of a
new dimension in enterolnmem
for deployed untis of die force.
Through his technical skill, ap
proximately 10,000 personnel
from two constantly-deployed
carriers in die Mediterranear
received for viewing each weel
SO hours of stateside televlsiot
programming and 70 hours oj
radio programs which have
proven to be a valuable con
tribution to the morale of de
ployed forces. By his outstand
ing performance and inspiring
devotion to duty, Petty Officei
Zoeliner reflected great credit
upon himself and die Unitec
States Naval Service."
dent.
Vice President Harold War*
stler will explain die new sys
tem of share insurance, a Fedr
eral insurance known as
National Credit Union Adinto-v
istration. •
Members af the BoaM of
Directors are to be elected at
this time.
In lieu of a, speaker. board
members will discuss phase* of
the credit union Add member*
win be given an opportunity to
express ways of strengthening
the organization.
, Residents cf Highlands have
requested a branch office cfthe
credit union. AS interested
persons are invited to ateendfee
annual meetiqg.
Cashiers
Easter Service
The Rt Rev. John E. Hines,
Presiding Bishop of the Ejpis
copal Church in the United
States at America, will have the
Easter Service and preach the
sermon at U.A,hl on ApfilUat
the Church of the Good Shep
herd, the little white church
across from High Hampton Ian
in Cashiers.
Everyone Is cordially invited.
Ttaugh
is stm plenty of nm
{dace now owned by the F. R Cooks off Hie.