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LOCISBURU, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1944
(Eight Pages)
NUMBER
SCHOOLS OPEN
AUGDST28TH
Franklin County Schools to
Begin 1944-45 Term Aug.
28, Announced by Wiley
F. Mitchell, Superintend
ent
The Franklin County Board of
Education. In Its regular meeting
Monday, July 3rd, set the open
ing date ot schools of the County
Administrative Unit for August
28, 1944. Opening at this date
and allowing one week for Christr
mas will permit the completion
of the nine months* school term
by May 11, 1945. Last year
schools opened on August 23rd,
took two weeks for Christmas
holidays and completed the nfne
months' term by May 11th.
In order to cooperate with the
farmers in providing as much
help from the school children as
possible, It was decided to open
schools one week later In the Fall
and reduce the holiday season.
Teachers are allotted to the
various districts on the basis ot
average dally attendance, and not
total enrollment. This means
that every day your children are
out of school, for any reason
whatsoever, you are increasing
the possibility of losing one or
more teachers during the next
school year.
As a result of poor attendance
last year, Franklin County teach
er allotment tor the ensuing term
has been reduced from 196 to 191
teachers. This reduction in tea
ching personnel is going to seri
ously handicap the program of
work in several of our schools be
cause of overcrowded classrooms.
According to the total enrollment
figures Franklin County has
practically the same enrollment
for the ensuing term as we hail
last year, and if the parents will
lend their cooperation there is a
possibility that several of 'our
schools could regain the teacher
lost due to the vast number of
absences during tho past school
term.
LOCAL LIONS WILL
MEET WITH THE
YOUNGSVILLE CLUB
The Louisburg Lions and Llon-(
esses will meet with the Youngs
ville Club on the night of July
11, 1944 (or the iastallation of
their ofHcers for the coming
year and Ladies Night. The
meeting will be Informal and
every Lion 1b expected to bring
his lady. .
Lion Numa Freeman is Chair
man of a Committee to arrange
transportation and a way will be
found for each Lfon and Lioness
desiring to go. It will be nec
essary tor each local Lion to no
tify the Club Secretary not later
than Friday, July 7, 1944 as to
whether you are planning to go
or not. ?
9MITHWICK-EVAN8
I
Announcements as follows have
been received in Louisburg:
"Mr. and Mrs. Daniel White
Evans request the honour of your
presence at the marriage of their
daughter, Kathryn Owen, to
Robert Walter Smithwick, junior,
Lieutenant, United States Army,
on Saturday, the fifteenth of July,
at half after eight o'clock in the
evening, Rlvermont Presbyterian
Church, Lynchburg, Virginia."
The bride-to-be is one of
Lynchburg's talented And popular
young ladies who . enjoys the
friendship of boat of admirers.
' The groom-to-be is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Smithwick,
and ig now among the armed for
ces. He is one of Louisburg's
popular young men and has many
friends who will Join in extend
ing congratulations to he and his
bride.
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PROGRAM AT TILE
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following Is the program
at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin
ning Saturday, July 8th:
Saturday ? Russell Hayden In
'The Last Horseman,' and The
Battle (or New Guinea 'Attack.'
Also Tiger Woman.
Sunday-Monday ? Marsha Hunt
and Henry Trarers in 'N.one
Shall Escape.'
Tuesday ? Bellta, James Elli
son, Henry Busse, Eddie Lebaron,
Mltchel Ayres and Bands in
'Lady Let's Dfincc,' also The
Phantofa.'
Wednesday ? Errol Flynn and
Julie Bishop in 'Northern Pur
suit.' <
Thursday-Friday ? Lucille Ball,
Dick Powell and Virginia O'Brien
In 'Meet The People.'
County Commis
sioners Meet
u
Report Delayed On Account
Of Holiday Intervening
The Board of County Commis
sioners met Monday and con
sumed practically the whole day
solving and disposing of problems
put before them.
On account of the 4th of July
holiday and the Wednesday half
holiday the Clerk dtd not have
opportunity to transcribe the
minutes of the meeting, therefore
they will not be found in this is
sue of the FRANKLIN TIMES. It
is hoped that they can be gotten
for next week.
Allies Advancing
In Normandy
supported by an artlUery Wage
fdeMer i.h1n that whlc? shatter
ed Marshal Rommel's Alamein
defenses In Egypt vesfnrd?
I ot La H?ye du Puits
' the f?ll of La Have re
S arded as imminent Canarii???
flrT? ?rlnBlng fo> ward fn thelr
captured 0Carpiq0unetSfnrn?idspined
weTojVeT" ?nly t^ree miles
eastern anchorTci? ?erman
feSfSss
Press fron^'0^ fr?m Associated
?ade" "was
tha?us:da3bym?Geen |?r%rfU' th""
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rica'n Dconquest!e ^
Heavy Fighting
??S3.'SS*^!:3Sf^w
thirhe^Germans were fighting in
lngLeadgHea9y0en?ne '?W hi" *ua^
Jo"?adquarters d'sclosed that St
Jores, road and rail point ' six
miles east of La Have h?H
ged hands since th? ' chan
took, it Mondal The Germ0118
again were thrown out of Jhtrl
An' iri d,8patches
"anukf gX,n,?rh0^f{?' |
?oUretpond raging
3S?4r:S?'4
miles, capturing Vergon two
mHes below Carpiau? ?ni . 0
miles southwest of Caen ?Ur
the Oer?lnad ??en abandoned by
-ssrssi-ass
British Advance
thesmaH ^i"617 was shelling
m?n rl L Perate band of Ger
sswmsus. as
firsss&r-525
j j the town thus ?
COTTON BLOOMS
The following cotton blooms
hare been received since our last
report:
Lewis Jeffreys, colored, near
Flat Rock church, brought In red
and white blooms Thursday of
last week.
Ed Brodle and J. H. Neal, far
ming just South of Louiaburg,
brought In red blooms Friday.
Alyia Davis, colored, of near
Mapleville, brought In red blooms
Saturday.
| FLEER HOME
FROM WAR
TISgt. C. B. Perry, Jr., Fort
ress Gunner, Given Sev
eral Decorations
A Louisburg man, member of
the American Eighth Air Force,
having completed 30 missions
over Nail Europe as turret gun
ner on a Flying Fortress, is home
on leave. He is T-Sgt. C. B. Perry,
Jr., whose parents live here, and
he wears on his chest ribbons
denoting the Distinguished Flying
Cross, the Air Medal, with three
Oak J^eaf Clusters, and the Euro
pean theatre of operations ribbon
with the star of combat duty.
Perry, who is 23, was inducted
into the Army at Fort Bragg in
August, 1942, and after a Private
Hargrovelsh 10 days in the Army
began his first training at St.
Petersburg, Fla. Those first 10
days Perry didn't even know to
what branch of the Army he was
attached. He was glad when It
turned out to be the Air Force.
Foilowflng his Air Force basic
at St. Petersburg, Perry received
aerial gunnery instruction at Fort
Myers. Fla., and was assigned as
crew member on a new B-17.
There followed hops and training
flights to almost all the four corn
ers of the United States as the
crew learned to work, fight and
live as a team.
Flight Over Europe
One day the Fortress took the
long flight to England and on
Nov. 3. 1943, Perry had his first
mission over Europe. On May 11
of this year the Louisburg boy
and his crew mates completed
their 30th mission. During those
six months Perry had missions
over Augsburg, Stettin, Leipzig
and three different times w&s
over the Nazi capital itself.
Though Perry's plane was dam
aged on several occasions it al
ways managed to get back, even
if not to its home base every time.
The men suffered wounds, too,
and on one occasion a crew mem
ber was killed at his post. Perry
considers himself lucky to have
iome back without a scratch.
The Louisburg gunner said he
guessed he had seen his share of
luck. He said. "It's the boys who
don't come back who deserve the
credit." .
Following a stay at the Air
Forces rehabilitation center at
Miami Beach, Fla., Perry will
take additional aerial gunnery In
struction and be assigned to an
Air Force base as gunnery in
structor.
Red Cross Chair
man Dead
Had Distinguished Career
As Diplomat Before Be
coming Head of Red
Cross
Hot Springs, Va., July 2. ? Nor
man H. Davis, 66-year-old Chair- (
man ot the American Red Cross
and former diplomat, died early1
today of a cereblal hemorrhage.
In 111 health for some time,
Davis had been resting here from
his duties as supervisor of the ex
panded wartime Red Cross pro
gram.
Before becoming Red Cross
chairman in 1938, he had served,
in various diplomatic posts under i
Presidents Wilson, Hoover and
Roosevelt.
Funeral services will be held at
10 a. m., (Eastern War Time)
Wednesday at Christ Church In
Alexandria, Va., where George'
Washington worshipped. Burial
services will be private.
In addition to beading the
American Red Cross, Davis also
was chairman of the board of
governors of the League of Red
Cross Societies, composed of the
organizations of 61 nations.
OTIS HOLDEN
Youngsville. ? Otis Holdenv 39,1
died suddenly of a heart attack at:
his home here Tuesday night.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Lillian Pearce; a daugh
ter, Nancy Fay Holden; his moth
er, Mrs. Docie Holden, a sister,
Jessie Holden, and two brothers,
Toble Holden of Youngsville, and
S|Sgt. Fred Holden of Camp
Blandlng, Fla.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Thursday afternoon at 6:00
o'clock from the graveside at Oak
Level Christian Church ffear here
by the Rev. S. E. Madren and the
Rev. Mr. Hughes. The body re
mained In state in the church an
hour preceding the funeral.
I You can have banana fritters
and I'll take another slice of fresh
home-made bread and butter.
Franklin County Behind In Sale
Of "E" Bonds
Chairman Gaitiier M. Beam is calling on alU town
ship chairmen to make a special effort to sell more
"E" bonds. Franklin County's quota for "E"
bonds is $178,000.00 and only $60,000.00 have been
sold. This means that extra efforts will have to
be exerted if we are to keep up our reputation for
always selling our quota. ? ?
Sandy Creek, Dunn No. 1, and Hayesville have
sold their quotas. Dunn No. 1 had a quota of
$11,500.00 and they have sold $12,850.00 to date.
Hayesville had a quota of $13,000.00 and they have
'sold $13,400.00. These townships will continue to
sell "E" bonds.
Do your part, BUY A BOND TODAY.
Carl Watkins, Jr.
Receives
Eagle Award
The Eagle Award, the highest
rank In Scouting, wag presented
to Carl Watkins. Jr., at the Court
of Honor that was held Sunday.
Carl's father pinned the award
on the sash, which rash was ful
ly covered with different Merit
Badges and awards that have
been earned during the five years
of service in Troop No. 20. One
of the most outstanding recogni
tion Carl has received as a Scout
was when he was chosen to be
come a member of the Flaming
Arrow, a Boy Scout's Fraternity.
Captain Warlick, a father of
two Eagle Scouts, of Camp But
ner. made a very impressive and
interesting talk on the Scout's
Oath and Law.
Eugege Tomjinsbn, a cousin of
Carl. and~ now a student at the
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.,
spoke on what his knowledge in
Scouting has meant to him today.'
He advised the boys to keep up
the good work for they would be
fully repaid) for the time spent.
Merit Badges were presented to
the following boys:
Garland Muslan, Life Rank.
Grady Harris, Jr., Firemanship.
Larry Lewis, Cooking.
George Davis, Woodwork and
Home Repairing.
Frank Rose, Jr., Woodcarving.
Earle Murphy, Jr., Athletics.
Nick Perry, Painting and Auto
mobile.
Mr. Louis )JVord, Chairman of
Advancement Committee, was in
charge of the program.
HOLLYWOOD GRILL OPENS
Hollywood Grill, Louisburg's
newest drink and eating parlor,
opened the first in the building
next to the Loulsbufg Theatre.
This new place is operated by
Mr. W. H. Spencer, Proprietor,
who assures the public the best
service available. Mr. Spencer,
who was a former resident of
Louisburg, after spending some
time at Newport News, Va., has
returned to Louisburg to engage
in business. He Is accompanied
by his wife, the former Mrs. Mar
guerite Finch.)
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Register of Deeds Alex T.
Wood reports Issuing marriage
licenses to the following couples
during the month of June:
WHITE- 'Paul Hudson Wil
liams and Annie Lee Sledge, Cary
M. Howard, Jr. and Jane Row
land Fuller, Edwin Lawrence
Miller, Jr. and Bregetta Carolyn
Mechalka, Henry Lee West and
Pauline Abbott, Edison Theodore
Johnson nd Estelle Ayscue, Jesse
F. Oglesby and Rebecca K.
Pearce, ForreBt Smith and Louide:
Chappell, George F. Hill, Jr. and
Ida Mae Davis, Alvin B. Cham
pion and Adell Wheeler, Jesse
Bernon Williams and Pearlene
Bell, Robert Jerome Sawyer and
Frances Splvey, T. H. Dickens
and Margaret Collins.
COLORED ? Frederic Arrlng
rington and Beulah Mae Evans,
Herman Lee Foster and Bernice
Thomas. Wm.'Conyers and Essie
Mae Perry. ' ,
About six million bushels of
corn will be brought in from
South America in July, accord
ing to reports. The corn will be
shipped in by private importers.
Plans for other shipments are not
yet complete.
Keep on buying War Borlds
and hold on to all you buy.
I ?. i . 'I
Home-Coming
Day
Home-Coming Day will be ob
served at Maple Springs Baptist
Church, Sunday, July 9th, 1944.
The following Is the program for
the day:
11:00 a. m. Sunday School
Hour: Speaker to be announced.
12:00 M: Worship Service:
Hymn No. 212.
Responsive Reading. No. 493.
Prayer.
Welcome Address: Mr. J. A.
Wheless.
Response: Mr. R. A. Strange.
Hymn No. 282.
Announcements.
Offering Unto The Lord.
Special Selection: By the Gor
man Choir. * <
Scripture Lesson.
Sermon: By the Reverend E.
M. Powell.
Prayer.
Hymn No. 146.
Benediction.
1:30 p. m. Dinner on the
Grounds.
2:30 p. m. Song Service.
3:00 p. m. Address: Rever
end Fon Schofield.
3:30 p. m. Special Music.
Hymn No. 117, "Bless Be The
Tie That Binds." " ?
Benediction.
That day marks the beginning
of their annual revival meeting
for this church. Each of you are
Invited to attend these services
dally at 3:30 and S:30 p. m.
Ref. John Edwards will be guest
preached for the week. Go and
take your friends.
BENNETT I\ ALSTON
Funeral services for Bennett
Perry Alston, 63, of Epsom was
conducted Thursday afternoon at
4:30 o'clock at Liberty Christian
Church. The pastor, the Rev. J.
E. McCauley, was assisted in
conducting the services by the!
Rev. Hay Holder, rector of Holy
InnocentB Episcopal Church, of
Henderson. Interment was in
the church cemetery at Epsom.
Mr. Alston died at his residence
Wednesday morning after an ex
tended illness. He was the son
of the late Bennett P. and Caro
line Alston. He was a member of
Liberty Christian Church.
Surviving are a brother, Walter
J. Alston, of Henderson; and six
sisters, Mrs. R. L. Bell, Mr8. G.
W. Macon, Carrie, Bessie Lee, and
Margaret Alston, and Mrs. W. G.
Anderson, of Epsom.
BIBLE SCHOOL AT WHITE
LEVEL
Vacation Bible School was held
at White Level Baptist Church
Monday. June 26 through Friday.
The school was organized and le^
by Rev. Paul Chllders and wife.
Average attendance for the week
was 65. Each day refreshments
were served to the children by dif
ferent classes in Sunday School.
Collection was taken each day
for Missions, Hospitals and Or
phanages. On Friday evening a
picnic supper was enjoyed by a
large crowd in the community
and the children gave their par
ents an idea of what they had
learned during the week.
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MISSING
Sgt. John Edward Nelmp, Jr.,
U reported mj string In action in
France, according to a telegram,
received by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Nelnyi, of R 1,
Loulsburg, from the War De
partiqent Wednesday. He has
been massing since June 15th,
1M4.
Take Capital
Of Marianas
Garapan First Jap City To
1 Fall to Allies; Task Force
j Hits Jap Isles
United States Pacific Fleet
Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, July
4. ? American Marines and Army
troops on Saipan Island have cap
tured Garapan, administrative
center of the Marianas, and the
strategic Tanapag harbor, squeez
ing the remaining Japanese forces
on the island into a nine-square
mile pocket, it was disclosed to
day by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz,
who also announced task force
raid on the Volcano Islands, 7,25
miles from Tokyo.
Apparently throwing the full
weight of their invading forces
against the length of the island
front, the Americans swept for
ward on Sunday to capture Gara
pan and the town and harbor of
Tanapag on the west coast of the
island, seize the mountain village
of Atchugau in the center, and
push northward to within four
miles of Inagsa Point on the east
coast.
First Jup City
Garapan, largest town on Sal
pan, was the first Japanese city
to fall to the Americans since the
war began.
The attack on I wo Jima in the
Volcano group, the second on the
island in a month, was carried
out by a fast carried task force
whose aircraft shot down 39 en
emy fighters, probably bagged 16
more and probably destroyed or
damaged at least 24 on the
ground.
The task force action against
Iwo Jima and an attack by other
carrier aircraft and naval surface
units against Rota Island, 68'
miles south of Saipan, also carried!
out Sunday, apperently was co
ordinated with the general often- j
sive on Saipan to prevent enemy j
aerial opposition.
Seizure of Tanapag gave thei
American forces a virtually land
locked harbor, the best in the;
Marianas, which should ease nia-<
terially the problem of supplying
the Saipan ground forces and
providing shelter for the great
task forces supporting the offen
sive.
Bury 7,312 Japs
Nimitz disclosed that the ad
vancing American forces had bur-|
ied a total of 7,312 enemy dead.j
part of the estimated original]
20.U00 defenders of the 71-'
square-mile island only 1,496 j
miles southeast of Tokyo.
'Postal Notes' to
Make Their Ap
pearance Soon
Washington, July 2. ? Uncle!
Sam's new, streamlined "Money
Orders" will make their bow soon
and a boom business is expected. I
The money orders, to be known
as "Postal Notes," will be issued
in fixed denominations of 10
cents, 50 cents and $1 and up in
multiples of 50 cents ? for
amounts up to $10. Odd cents will
be added by attaching postal note
adhesive stamps.
Congress authorized the notes
in a little-publicized bill. Presi
dent Roosevelt liked the idea and
signed the measure and the Post 1
Office Department is preparing
for a rush business.
The notes will eliminate money
order complications for millions
of persons and save time, ex
pense and sore arches. The fee
for them will be a flat five cents,
regardless of denomination, as
against 10 to 19 cents for regular
money orders.
Purchasers will not be required
to fill out application blanks.
They simply will buy the notes,
attach any necessary stamps and
write in the name of the payee.
They can be cashed at any post
office on proper Identification. -
About 70 per cent of the money
order business is for amounts of
$10"or less. Thus, the new notes
will eliminate considerable ac
counting, correspondence, money
transfers required by the present
system ? and a deficit. Of the
346,000,000 money orders issued
annually, the Post Office Depart
ment averages a loss of one cent
each. This deficit for fiscal 1943
was $3,269,000.
The nation tried the note sys
tem once before? irom 1884 to
1894 ? and the number of orders
issued doubled in that* period.
YARN ON HAND
The American Red Cross Pro
duction Chairman has much yarn
on hand to be knitted for our
boys in Service. Please knit a
sweater or some gloves now.
The disposition of a man to re- i
turn to the scene of his folly Is
well nigh Irresistible.
Nazis Falling Back
Americans Continue Push
Toward Livorno as Brit
ish Near Port of Ancona
. Rome, July 4. ? Allied armies
registered gains of from four to
more than eight miles-?long the
entire 165-mile Italian front to
day, overcoming bitter resistance
of German suicide units In gome
sectors.
The Nazis offered particularly
fierce opposition along the west
coast, where an American infan
? try combat team stabbed north
1 ward from captured Ceclna to
within 15 miles of Livorno (Leg
horn) and within. 23 miles of the
I edge of Pisa.
At points the Yanks were re
: ported within artillery range of
i the enemy's Gothic Line defenses,
; running from the Pisa area across
| the peninsula to Rimini on the
, Adriatic.
Eighth Army Gains
The Eighth Army mopped up
the entire area immediately north
of Lake Trasimeno in hard fight
ing, with some Nazi units resist
ing "to the last man and the last
round," an Allied spokesman said.
Maglone, on the east side of the
lake, was taken after a bitter
struggle.
In advancing to within eight
miles of the Inland communica
tions center of Arezzo, on a main
highway to Florence. British and
other Eighth Army troops inflic
ted upon the Germans what were
officially announced as the heav
iest losses since the Hitler Line
was broken.
It was In this immediate area
that Hannibal annihilated the
trapped Roman army of 15,000
men more than 2,100 years ago.
From historic Siena, occupied
early yesterday almost without a
fcght, French colonial infantry
and American armored units
pushed on to Florence, 31 airline
miles a\vay, after pausing only
long enough to raise their flags
over the city. Only a small gar
rison was left in Siena.
Red Army,
Frees Polotsk
London. Wednesday, July 5. ?
Indomitable Russian troops com
pleted the capture of Polotsk In
White Russia yesterday after
hours of hand-to-hand fighting,
whilg other Red troops drove 37
miles west of previously-announ
ced positions and pointed a spear
head directly at the ancient Pol
ish city of Wino (Vllna), Moscow
said today.
With German defenses crumb
ling all along, the 300-mile front,
the vanguard"^ of Gen. Ivan Gag
ramlan's First Baltic Army burst
through the sparsely-settled lake
country southwest of Polotsk and
occupied the railway station of
Konstantinov, 48 mHes northwest
of Wllno.
In this spreading offensive, Ba
gramian's army also captured
more than 300 other places, one
of which, the district center ot
Myerl, was within 10 miles of the
Lativan border.
Polotsk, already left far in the
rear by the westward rush of the
Red armies, was entered Monday
by Bagramian's troops and was
the scene of bitter street lighting
with bayonets and small arms
during the night.
Nazis Repelled
Moscow said that the Germans
brought up reinforcements and
tought fiercely to hold the city of
72,000, their largest remaining
foothold on Soviet soil. At least
16 counterattacks were made by
the Nazis, striking from their
blockhouses and entrenchments
behind barbed wire, but none ot
these stopped the relentless ad
vance of the Soviet tanks and In
fantry.
The end was Inevitable and the
German radio finally announced
that the Nazis had evacuated the
city even before Its capture was
announced by Premier Marshal
Stalin in a special order of th?
day.
Altogether, nearly 900 places
were captured during Tuesday's
fighting, the Russian nightly com
munique announced.
Forty of these were on the
northern front, where the Reds
continued to drive back the Flnna
northwest of Petrozavodsk.
In White Russia the Red troops
still were mopping up around the
capital, Minsk, which was cap
tured Monday, and even farther
to the rear in the forests around
Bobruisk.
WOUNDED
Tuesday's Nws-Obeerver car
ried an Item statiag that Pfc.
Claude E. Journegaft. brother
Easley H. Journefad, Loulaburg,
was wounded in the European
area.
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