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VOL. LVI, NO. 43
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1941
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P. I A. LEARNS
SCHOOL NEEDS
Members Tour Buildings;
Supt. Houk Speaks;
Teachers Welcomed
"The Needs of Our School" was
was announced as the subject for
the year of the Franklin Parent
Teachers "Association at their first
meeting of the Fall held at the
high school last Monday afternooin,
by Mrs. R. S. Jones, chairman of
the program committee. Other
members of the committee are Mrs.
Ben W. Woodruff and Mrs. Allan
Brooks. k ;
The first feature of the program
was a tour of the school building
by parents and teachers, with a
view of getting firsfc hand knowl
edge of conditions and needs of
the school and the pupils.
This tour revealed that there
was . insufficient lighting in many
of the rooms, one reason being
given that the janitor did not have
time to wash the windows; there
was discovered to be a serious
shortage of seats, Qne room hav
ing 65 pupils and seats for ap
proximately 40 was reported by
one member, where books were
piled in the window sills and ore
the floor. The condition ot the
boys' . toilets was found to be par
ticularly bad. Twenty children oc
cupied one " small room with two
doOrs and no windows. Ihese were
recognized as remedial defects,
On the bright side, many rooms
' showed loving care and interest
on part of pupils and teachers,
being attractive and well kept, "and
the fresh paint last Spring had
improved the interior of auditorium
and rooms.
Following a discussion, Mrs. John
"Wasilik. president, appointed the
following committees: Mrs. Allan
Brooks, chairman of a committee
to see the Nantahala Power and
Light company in regard to im
proving the lighting of some of
the rooms and supplying units
. where necessary ; Mrs. Emory . Hutt-
nicutt, chairman, to remedy sani
tary conditions, and Mrs. Gus
Leach. Mrs. R. S. Jones, and Mrs.
Katherine Porter Matthews to see
the Board of Education to find
ways and means to supply seats
and other equipment necessary
W. H. Finley introduced the new
teachers to the meeting. It was
decided to give a party to the
room having the highest percen
taee of attendance of parents dur
ing the year. Mrs. Wasilik urged
mothers to interest fathers in the
. P. T. A. program for improvement
of the schools.
Speaking on the appointed sub
ject. Superintendent Guy Houk out
lined the financial setup of the
school system, explaining that the
state's appropriation of $120,000 for
Macon county schools ' went to
teachers' salaries and other operat
ing expenses and that the county
had to supply school buildings, re
pairs, heat, lights, equipment and
insurance. He stated that the coun
ty', contribution was $6,000, in
round numbers, last year, part of
this from revenue, part from the
poll tax and court fines. The ex
pense per pupil per year, on the
basil of last year' enrollment of
4,004 pupils is about $30, he said.
Referring to the Franklin school
buildings at length, he stated that
they had not yet been fully paid
for and saw little prospect of do
ing anything to improve the con
ditions. Some of the schools in the
county, however, he said would
compare with these buildings as
"a shanty with we of your ten
thousand dollar homes; some ire
dark and always have been; seven
grades have been taught by one
teacher; there are old- stoves, few
or .no library books, and many are
gloomy and dismal." "
On the bright side the uperin
. tendent noted the WPA consoli
dated schools at Ottb and West's
Mill; the vocational building, and
the agricultural program supported
by joint federal, state and county
funds under E. J. Whitmire; also
the painting and repairs done to
the high school building last spring.
Stating that the county tax rate
'was $1.30, with . no chance of in
creasing it and that valuations are
lower now on "property than in
1927, Mr. Houk saw no way of
remedying present conditions other
than to "get $1.10 worth for every
dollar you spend." '
Mrs. Gordon Moore reported for
the Franklin Girl Scout troop, of
which the P. T. A. is sponsor, an
all-day training school for leaders
at Camp Lumpkin on Saturday,
November 1.
Delightful refreshment were
served by the hostesses of the
afternoon. Mrs. Emory Hunnicutt,
Mrs. L. H. Page and Mrs. T. W.
Angel, Jr.
Food Will Win the War
And Write The Peace
If every farmer will grow his
own food and feed in 1941, he
: will not have to buy as much,
and more will be available to
strengthen America's defen.se
forces, and the Armies of our
friends across the sea.
Prepare to do your part in
the "Food ; for Freedom" cam
paign. Ask your county agent
how you can help, and be ready
to pledge your support when
your AAA committeeman comes
to call.
Mrs. Gaines
To Leave For New Work
.In Alabama
Mrs. R. R. Gaines, Macon county
public health nurse, has resigned
her work here to accept a position
with the state health departmen
as staff nurse' in Selma, Ala. She
will begin her new work November
1.
Mrs. Gaines, who came to Frank
lin . four and a half years ago as
Miss Josephine Dixon, has done
outstanding work in her field. She
has carried on a progressive health
program of visiting and clinics,
covering even the mast inaccessible
sections of the county. The clinics
and home visiting have included a
definite schedule for remedial and
preventive measures against con
tagious diseases, besides prenatal,
maternal and infant hygiene. Moth
ers and babies have been cared for,
school hygiene taught, clinics con
ducted for children of prc-school
and school age, tubercular clinics,
toxoid-clinics-for smallpos, diptheria
and whooping cough, venereal diS'
ease clinics and others.
Mrs. Gaines has endeared her
self not only to many friends in
Franklin but to thousands through
out the county who regret her de
parture. Her oharming personality
and devoted service will be missed
in the many homes where she has
carried help and comfort , to the
sick and those needing her minis
trations "as nurs?. 'In'thls ""SeTv1ce7
she has gone far beyond the re
quired demands of her position as
public health nurse, giving of her
time and strength wherever she was
needed. It is safe to say that health
conditions-in Macon County-are bet
ter and knowledge of -.hygienic
methods for disease prevention have
bean raised to a higher standard
through the efficient work caried
on by Mrs. Gaines. Her many
friends and admirers wish her
continued . success in her new field
Oak Grove Dedication
Sunday, October 26
Dedication of the Baptist church
of Etna, of whkh Rev. Robert
Williams is pastor, will be held
October 26. The program follows!
9:00 Sunday .school.
9 :4S Welcome, by the pastor.
10.(10 History of the Church, by
Rev. D. C. McCoy SCnd W.
L. Bradley.
10:30The Church's Value to the
'" Community, by Rev. W. E.
Conner of Knoxville, Tenn.
11 :00 Dedication Sermon, by Rev.
Deitz of Beta.
11:45 Does the Church Belong to
the People or the People
to 4he Chureh, by" Rey. N.
E. Holden.
12 :1S Dinner.
1:15 An address on the Church,
by Rev. C. F. Rogers of the
Franklin Baptist church.
l :45The Church Member's Duty
in this Changing Age, by
Rev. G. A. Cloer.
2:15-The Relation Between the
Church and its Different
Organizations, by Rev. Mose
I Woodard of-Hazelwood.
3:00 Adjourn.
Defense Bond Clarifies
Bldg. Materials Priorities
With a view toward clarifying
the building situation the Supply
Priorities and Allocation Board re
leased a statement outlining the
"haves" and "have nots" of the
building situation.
The following statement is in
tended to clarify many misunder
standings in regard to the priority
of building materials: There is no
specific ban on residential con
struction as such, there is no ban
on private construction in farm
and rural areas. There is no ban
on rehabilitation and repair ac
tivities. Perhaps the roost serious short
age in regard to the builidng sit
uation is that of obtaining skilled
workmen.
Mrs. Nancy Carden, Mrs. Elsie
Hurst and Irevlell Hurst and his
small daughter, Irene, of Leather
man, took a trip to Arlarka in
Swain county.
4 or.
i3h
Air Raids And
Encountered
On Trip Round The World
First Uncensored Letter
Home Gives Vivid
Description Of
Trip '
A . trip around the world on an
American freighter carrying lend-
lease materials to the British forces
is no. dull experience, a-s related
by a former Franklin boy, Richard
R. Johnson, in' a recent letter
home.
Postmarked from Honolulu, Ha
waii, October 15, 9 a. m., and sent
air mail, this letter was received
three days later, in the morning
mail reaching Franklin October 18.
Some of the experiences related
in this letter are published here
that may be of interest to our
readers at this time. ' ,
Leaving New York on May 31,
the route of the Bienville was not
disclosed until she left Singapore
for Hawaii. This letter was written
on the voyage between this forti
fied English port of the Malay
Peninsula and the U. S. Territory
of Hawaii. The continent of Afri
ca was skirted and an exciting two
weeks .spent in the Red Sea and
in the harbor Of a Suez port;
followed by visits to ports of India
for valuable cargo. Several days
spent at : Singapore, Straits .Set
tlements, were described in a previ
ous letter. .
Now that I can write unrestrain
ed by any censorship, I can rer
late some of the highlights of the
past four and half months "Now
it can be told."
On lea vine New York on May
31 we were loaded down with the
materials of war. Below decks
were filled with huge crates Con
taining army trucks (made espe-
cialjy for desert travel), tanks, field
pieces, automatic rifles and other
mobile fighting equipment; and
cases of evaporated milk, sacks of
flour, and even some .phonograph
records. On . deck we had more
box crates containing more trucks
(lorries that's what they are call
ed by the British), and airplanes
10 of them.
At sunset, as we backed up
cautiously away from pier 10,
Staten Island, slipping between
many barges and several other
ships, all loaded with the same
kind of cargo as we had, I think
all of the crew felt that they were
starting on a voyage that would!
bring them many experiences they
had never bumped into before.
After backing out of the slip.
and just as we were turning around
in the narrows to head her out to
sea, we saw a huge fire up the
harbor aways, on the Jersey side.
Next day we learned from a report
over the radio that this was a 15
million dollar blaze.
Through Th Caribbean
The trip down the coast, through
the Mona passage into the Carib
bean to Port of Spain, Trinidad,
was uneventful However, wt were
Convoys
By Local Boy
reminded' of Uncle Sam's ever-
watchfulness in these troubled
times. A day out from Mona pas
sage, (between Puerto Rica . and
Dominican Republic), a navy patrol
.pfcMMalatoGonsolidated PBY) swoop
ed down low : overhead to identify
us-we could even see the pilots
up forward in the plane. A few
days later. we passed the "Dragon's
Mouth"-rso named by Columbus on
bis last voyage to the New World
on into the bay on which lies
Port of Spain. Before we dropped
the hook, the Royal Navy came
alongside in a motor launch, on
which was mounted . a small, but
formidable looking gun. They pro
ceeded to -go through the regular
routine of inspection of ship's pap
ers, etc.,' just as I had. seen them
do here and in other British Col
onial ports that we visited. If
we approached a. port before day
light we had to signal our identi
fication to the ' shore station or
patrol boat with the blinker
"Bound F Capetown"
We left Trinidad early in the
morning of the ninth of June. That
night we heard the report of the
sinking of the Robin Moor, by
Lowell Thomas. When he said,
"this is the second time within a
month that a ship, bound for Cape
town, has been reported .sunk," it
sounded very ominous to all of us
who were "bound for Capetown."
On July 2 we arrived in. Cape
town after a long and tedious pas
sage against strong, head prevail
ing winds, and current I found
Capetown a delightful city and
more like the American cities than
any of the other places we visited.
Here, however, there were no fa
cilities' immediately available for re
fueling the ship. Consequently we
had to stay anchored out in the
stream until the following morning
before we could go into the inner
harbor, inside the breakwater, to
re-fuel. Capetown, at that time,
was truly a bottleneck for ships.
Some of them had been lying there
for days waiting on fuel. The har
bor was full of them, an entire
troop ship convoy too, including
several very large liners. The
streets were full of soldiers all
kinds. There were Aussies, New
Zealanders, Indians, Malayans,
Sudanese, South Africans, and
goodness knows what else. Cape
town is very hospitable to -men of
all services, including the "mer
chant navy" and the American
merchant marine. There are many
places of entertainment provided
for them by various organizations,
where they can get entertainment
free and refreshments at the . very
lowest prices.
W. EaUr Th. Rd Sw
After 17 days we came to Aden,
on the Gulf of Aden, at the en
trance to the Red Sea. As I went
off watch at 4 a. nv, we were re
tracing our wake at slow speed in
order not to enter the port before
CoatuK4 mm Pat Six)
Achievement Day Observed
By Demonstration Clubs
NOTICE
'The JunioT Gass of the
Franklin High School will' pre
sent their Annual Hallowe'en
Carnival in the High School
Auditorium on Saturday, No
vember 1, from 7 :30 p. m. un
til 11 o'clock. Admission price
will be 10c and tickets may be
secured from members of the
class. Everyone is invited.
Many new ideas will be pre
sented. '
Two First Prizes
Won At State Fair
Macon .Entries
By
Two first prizes and several oth
er awards were won by the six
calves exhibited at the North Car
olina state fair last week in Ral
eigh by Macon county boys. The
two tirst place awards were won
by Logan Allen exhibiting "Chunky
Boy," who won fir.st place in the
heavyweight class and Bill Gregory
whose calf, "Will", won first place
in the lightweight class and was
crowned Reserve' Champion of the
FFA show. Logan Allen also re
ceived first place for showman ship
in exhibiting his calf.
At the sale held following the
stock show the boys were able to
sell their calves for a total income
of $1003.35 and each one of Ma
con's .Future Farmers was able to
show' a nice profit for the year's
work. The profit made by each boy
is listed below:
Max Parrish, whose calf "Raffe"
won fifth place in the heavy weight
class, made a profit of $65.33 ;
"Chunky Boy" owned by Logan
Allen brought 17j4c per pound and
made a profit of $92.26 for his own
er; "Will", owned by Bill Gregory
was sold at 17c a pound making
a profit of $85.43; Charles Brown
ing was able to . show a profit of
$24.78; $43.00 was the amount made
by , George Moore on his calf
"Captain"; and Paul Taylor with
a fourth place winner in the mid
dle weight class made a profit of
$48.77.
John Priest Bradley
Dies At Georgia Home
News has been received here of
the death of John Priest Bradley,
of Tignall, Ga., a former Macon
county resident, father of J. Roarae
Bradley of Franklin.
Mr. Bradley was born and reared
in the Utto community, lie was
the son of the late John H. and
Flora Hopper Bradley: He has
made his home in Tignall for sev
eral years.
The funeral services were held
at the Mallorysville Baptist church
with the Rev, J. B. Landrum, of
Tignall, officiating.
Surviving are the widow, the for
mer Miss, Mary Virginia Hopper;
also of Macon county; two daugh
ters, Mrs. James 'Brown, of Cor
nelia, Ga., and Mrs. Rudolph Smith,
of Washington, Ga.; four "sons, J.
Roane, of Franklin, Jim of Elb
erton, Ga., Bill, of Tignall, and
Grady Bradley of Cornelia, Ga.;
three sisters, Mrs. E. EE. Conley
and Mrs. William Seagle, of Otto,
and Mrs. Marvin Davidson, of
Sedro Wooley, Wash., and two
brothers, Reese and Robert Brad
ley, of Burlington, Wash.
Old Sol Brings Encore
erfarmance By All-Stars
In keeping with this warm sum
mer weather we continue to have,
the Franklin "All-Stars" have ar
ranged a double header base ball
game for this coming Sunday after
noon. The All-Stars . will play
Gene's Vetrans" from Asheville,
this team will be remembered by
the local fans as - the old Walkins
Corner club. The second game will
be between the colored boys of
Franklin and Bryson City.
The first game will start at 2
m.
Air Raid Organization
To Become Permanent
Although as yet no definite ac
tivity has taken place in this vi
cinity and officials have not re
ceived instructions from military
headquarters in Charlotte to man
the observation posts. C Tom Bry
son, organizer of the' county air
warning system,, stated that we
are ready to man our posts on 24
hours notice."
Mr. Bryson further stated that
while tbere might not be any ac
tivity in this area at this rimie the
organization would remain ready
for service at any future date if
called upon.
"Food For Defense" And
, Home Improvement
Reports Made
Women from all the 14 Macon
county Home Demonstration clubs
and visitors crowded the Agricul
tural building last Saturday in at
tendance upon the all-day Achieve
ment Day program.
Visitors included Miss Margaret
Martin, home agent, Jackson coun
ty; Mrs. Alline R. King, home
agent, Cherokee -county.; and Mrs.
Gorda C. Boney, home agent, Ashe'
county.
Mrs. J. S. Gray, president of
the county council, presided. Rev.
Rufus Morgan led the devotional
Special music by Rev. Philip
Greene, Dr. J. L. Stokes, ' Rev.
Hubert Wardlaw,' and Ben Wood
ruff was enjoyed. '
Miss Anna C. Rowe, western dis-'
trict agent, welcomed the club
members and offered congratula
tions over the attendance.
The address for the day was
given Dy Miss rauhne Uordon,
home management and house furn
ishings specialist of State college.
Her subject was "Woman's Part in
National Defense." In addition to
caring for the physical needs of
the family, women must learn to
manage better in order to look out
for the mental, spiritual, and moral
needs of the family she said.
Many guests from Franklin were
included in the hospitality of a
delicious luncheon served by the
clubs in honor of the out-of-town
guests, .
An afternoon program was given
by 4-H club members which includ- 1
ed a dress revue, in which 17 girls
participated.
A team demonstration was given
by Ruth Bryson of the West's
Mill 4-H Club and Doris Dalrymple
of Cartoogechaye. These girls dem
onstrated an emergency meal to
be prepared from cannad foods.
dub Report
Reports were given from the
various clubs on the year's work.
The major project for 1941 was
"Home Improvement Within and
Without".
These reports were nothing short
of amazing in their scope and size
of accomplishments, which fulfilled
the purpose of the season's "Food
For Defense" program.
Practically all clubs reported
more vegetables grown and more
food canned than ever before in
their history, and most of the clubs
reports did not include complete
returns from all members.
"Home Improvement" covered
many improvements and additions
to farm houses and furnishings, and
electrical labor-saving furnishings,
as refrigerators, stoves, washing
machines, irons, etc. Electric lights
have been added to many homes.
Many pressure cookers have been
added.
An average of two cows ore every
member's farm was reported from
Walnut Creek. New vegetables,
bees, poultry, hogs and other items
are listed as additions to the
sources of cash ' income for the
home Brooders have been built,
sinks and bath rooms installed.
Dried and stored food is report
ed in large quantity, Stiles-Tellico
reporting that five . women alone
dried and stored 4,935 pounds. Eight
members of Otter Creek filled 3,- ,
706 quart cans. Mrs. Lawrence '
Ramsey of lot la was reported to
have put up 800 quarts. Scaly re
ports that every family has put
up from one to 22 dozen more cans
than ever before.
Reports from various clubs were
given by the following:
Holly Springs, Miss Callie Deal;
Walnut Creek, Mrs. Ella Peek;
Otto, Miss Clara Norton; Culla
saja, Mrs. Prkhard Peek; Iotla,
Mrs. Paul Swafford; Oak Grove,
Mrs. Thelma Parrish; Cartooge
chaye, Mrs. Joe Setser; Scaly, Mrs.
John Burnette; Patton, M.rs. Kate
McNeil; Hickory Knoll, Mrs. J. S.
Gray; West's Mill, Mrs. Leo.
Gibson; Tellico( Mrs. Geva And
erson; Union, Mrs. Walter Led
ford. Tribute To Mr. Sharr!
All clubs paid tribute to the un
tiring help gjven by their leader,
Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill, to whom
much of the credit was given for
the results of their work.
Legion Auxiliary To
Meet October 27
The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet on Monday evening, Oc
tober 27. at 7.30 o'clock. The meet
ing will be held at the home of
Mrs. Henry. All members are urg
ed to attend.