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VOL. LVI, NO. 46
FRANKLIN. N. C. THURSDAY. NOV. 13.1941
$150 PER YEAR
MACON 4-H'ERS
MEETJOV. 15
Annual Achievement Day
Will Summarize
Activities
The 4-H clubs will hold their
annual Achievement Day Saturday,
November 15, at 10:30 a. m., at
the Agricultural building.
Emma Lou Hurst, president of
the county council, will preside.
-This meeting will be a summary
of the various activities as con
ducted by the clubs: over the
, county.
A health program will be given
by Clayton Ramsey, Roy Smith,
Ruth Bryson, and Doris Dalrymple.
This program was given at the
Rotary Club a few weeks ago'. Roy
Smith is to summarize the health
program as carried on by the Hig-
donville club last year. A team
demoastration will be given on the
preparation of ah emergency meal
by the two girls. ' .
The Rev. Hubert Wardlaty will
conduct the devotion. .' ,
Reports on the activities will be
given as follows : Camp Grace
Lo,ng and Freddie West; 4-H Short
Course Leroy Roper, Myra Slagle;
State Fair . Arnold Wilson and
Betty Jane Waldroop; District and
State' Dress Revue Barbara Hurst;
District Fair Newell Owenby.
In the afternoon the certificates
and honors will be given to those
completing projects. The girls will
participate in a food preservation
contest while the boys will have
a contest in relation to thew pro
jects. Planned recreation will be
a part of the afternoon program.
All 4-H club members are urged
to attend.
Report Of Cowee Home
i Demonstration Club
The following is the detailed re
port of the Cowee Hctne Demon
stration club made at the recent
Achievement Day meeting:
- The Cowee club members feel
thaY ..by Mrs., Sherrill being our
helper we have lived more at home
in the year 1941 by raising and
canning a greater variety of food.
Our club has canned approximately
15,000 quarts of fruits and vege
tables. "
We have also accomplished much
in the home improvement plans
within and with out carried on
this year. Several homes have been
remodeled and made more conven
ient. . '
Mr.s. Joel Dalton has remodeled
her house and also addedtwo extra
rooms. Mrs. Robert Morgan has
built a new house, has painted it
and electricity installed. Mrs. Grady
Jones has added two new rooms
' and a porch to her house and
bought several new pieces of fur
niture. At least four families have:
used the new 'method of refinishing
their floors-Mrs. Bob Bryson, Mrs.
S. C. Leathermarti Mrs. Geo. Potts I
arid Mrs. Frank Gibson. There has
been two .new pressure cookers
purchased this year Mrs. Cauie
Bryson and Mrs. Bob Rickman.
Mrs. Hazel Hur.st and Mrs. Al
bert Raby has water in their house.
.Mrs. Can- Bryson has had excel
lent results with her lamp brood
er. She only lost three out of 100,
and they died accidently. She also
had a cabinet built.; Mrs. Frank
Gibson . had a brick mantel built
and a small window put on each
side, of the fire place in the living
room. Mrs. J. B. Hurst has added
a new room to her house and had
it all newly covered. Mrs. Weaver
Gipson has had her house remod
eled and painted. Mrs. T. M. Rick
man had her house remodeled and
built ire-cabinets in her kitchen.
Mrs. S. C. Leatherman and Mrs.
J. P. Bryson has a new washing
machine. Mrs. Hattie Shepherd has
added two more windows in her
" kitchen and two in the living room.
Funeral Services Held
For Dan Collins Nov. 11
Funeral services were held for
Dan Collins at the Watagua Bap
tist church on November II. The
service "was conducted by Rev. G.
A. Cloer.
Mr. Collins died at the home of
Harrison Pannell on Sunday, No
vember 9. As there was no evident
cause for his death an inquest
was held Monday, but the' report
has not yet been made public
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Lola Legion, and Mrs. Minnie Dal
ton; half sisters, Mrs. Lucille
Davis, Mr& Cora Patterson, Mrs.
Bertie Humphries, Mrs. Grace
Hightower Mrs. Bernice Smith,
Mrs. Marie Kingman, Mrs. Thelma
Clemmeth, Mrs. Beatrice Gilliam;
half-brothers, E. H. Collins and
John Collins; one brother, Tom
Collins. .
Jurymen ,
Of Second Week Of Court
Announced
The following men were selected
for jury duty to serve during the
second week of the December term
of court by the Macon county
commissioners at their last meet
ing: Second WmIc
E. B, Beck, Route 4; E. M. Dills,
Gneiss; S. W. Bowers, Gneiss; J.
T. Calloway ; Highlands ; C. H.
Norton, Dillard, Ga., Route 1 ; W.
G. Rowland, Route 3; J. R. Par
rish, West's Mill ; J. M. Ratoy ;
Route 4; A. C. Holt, Highlands;
R. C. Rickman, West's Mill; Jphn
Wishon, Flats; Vance Vanhook,
Route 2; Henry E. Waldroop,
Franklin; T. M. McDowell, Dillard,
Ga., Route 1; Virgil Smith, Stiles;!
J. Ed Crisp Cullasaja ; J. M.Brown,
Route 2; R. L. Parrish, Etna.
Makeshifters
To Play High School On
November 27
Franklin will have its first post
season classic football game this
year. The Franklin high school
team will play a newly organized
group known as the Macon Make
shifts, composed of local . boys.
many of whom were star perform
ers on the local gridiron in the
past, on November 27.
The local eleven will play Rob
binsville here this Friday and it is
expected that many of the "Make
shifters" will be there to gain first
hand knowledge of their ensuing
fate.
While the play of the high school
eleven has been somewhat ragged,
due to lack of experience, their
preformances this year have been
marked by their determined play
and fine spirit. Tuesday they Were
beaten by the strong Henderson-
ville eleven, 21 to 0, but it may be
said that had the breaks not gone
against them they might have
earned a scoreless tie.
, The newly formed "Macoro Make-
shifters are as yet undefeated, un
tied, un scored on, and we might
add, unplayed. Boys who are ex
pected to play in the game are
Willard Pendergrass, John Slagle,
Winton Perry, Bob Sloan, Charles
Hunmcutt, Frank Higdon, James
Perry, Harry Higgins, Charles
Slagle, Fred Vaughn, Jim Cun
ningham, Jim MoCullom, Ray Eng
lish, Boone Leach and many oth
ers that the local managers have
not been able to reach yet.
Franklin High
Sends' Students To Canton
Conference
The Western Carolina Confer
ence of High School Student Gov
ernment will meet Friday, Noyem
bcr 14 at Canton high schooi, Can
. n. c u:t. ,i i
ton. The Franklin high school stu
dent council will send the follow
ing delegates :
Robert Brinkley, freshman class;
Myra Slagle, sophomore class;
Charles Fulton, junior class; Helen
Edwards,' senior class.
John Crawford Advanced
Higher Training Field
Aviation cadet John L. Crawford,
son of Mrs. A. R. Higdon of
Franklin, has been transferred from
Lou Foote Flying school, Stanford,
Texas to Good fellow Field, San
Angelo, Texas.
During his ten weeks' training
at this basic flying school he' will
prepare to take his place in Uncle
Sam's recently re-expanded Army
Air Corps by learning to handle
sleek 450 horsepower BT-13A
trainers. Ahead of him lie ground
school training, aerobatics, cross
country practice, and formation,
instrument, and night flying.' .
From Goodfellow Field he will
go on to advanced training in
larger, more powerful ships for a
final ten Weeks before receiving
his wings and bars as a flying
second lieutenant in the . United
States Army Air Corps Reserve.
Prenatal Clinic
To Be Held Nov. 19
The monthly prenatal clinic will
be held iin the Health Department
office, Wednesday, November 19,
at 1:30 p. m.
All expectant mothers who are
expecting to have the service of a
midwife are requested to attend
this clinic
The clinic will be under the di
rection of Dr. G. B. Lynch, coun
ty health officer, assisted by Miss
Alma Kee and Mm. Lina Padgett.
Miss Kee, district health nurse is
serving Macon county until Mrs.
Gaines successor can be secured.
NAVY C0URTMEN PRACTICE
BASKETBALL ON SHIPBOARD
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Perfect physical fitness is re
quired of sailors in the U. S. Navy
arid Naval Reserve. Excellent ath
letic facilities are provided both
afloat and ashore.
Pictured above are bluejackets
on the aircraft tender U.S.S.
Wright holding basketball prac
tice on shipboard. Almost every
ship in the U. S. Navy has its own
basketball team. Rivalry among
Poppy Sale
By Legion Auxiliary On
November 15
Mrs, Alf R. Higdon, president
of the American Legion Auxiliary,
announces that poppies will be
sold Saturday, November 15, in
stead, of Armistice Day as prev
iously announced. The fund will be
used to .help tnJncedxUd.re
of World War veterans.
The little red paper flowers are
made by disabled soldiers of World
War I, . who are patients in the
government hospitals for veterans,
and are reminiscent of the "pop
pies of Flanders Fields."
Army Service Of
William D. Parrish
The following record of Army
service of a Macon county boy.
William D. Parrish, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Parrish of West's Mill,
will be of interest to his many
friends. "
During six years of service in
the U. S! Army he was stationed
at Fort Hamilton, N. Y. ; feaving
May 19, 1937, for Manilla, Philip
pine Islands, on a voyage as Arms
inspector. On his way he spent
four days in Hawaii, where he was
met by old friends with whom he
had previously served. He reached
the Philippines on July, later pro
ceeding to Shanghai, China, where
he arrived on October 8. He re
turned to the ' United States, land
ing in California on October 31,
1941.
He has been transferred back to
the Fourth Bombing Squadron, (H)
A.F.C.C., Westover Fields, Mass. I:
a recent letter home William re
ports that he is in the best of
health, and is looking forward to
a leave to come home for a visit
soon after the New Year.
Total USO Contributions
Near Sixteen Million
Total contributions to the na
tional United Service Organization
have reached nearly $16,000,000 ac
cording to a report, received here
by John Archer, Macon county
USO chairman. This oversubscribes
the original goal by $6,000,000.
Last July under the direction of
Mr. Archer $275.00 was raised in
this county which was $75 more
than the county's original quota.
Thomas, E. Dewey, national
chairman, stated that due to the
great army expansion program, an.
even larger fund might be raised
to meet anticipated needs, but that
those who had so far helped in
this drive to meet the recreational
needs of our soldiers and sailors
might justly be proud of their rec
ord.
M. M. Buchanan
x omoted To Corporal
Private M. M. Buchanan, of
Franklin Route 4, stationed at
Camp Davis, Anti-aircraft Coast
Artillery - and Barrage Balloon
Training Center, has been promoted
to Corporal, according to a news
release received. He is a member
of the 96th Coast Artillery unit.
the crews of the various crafts
runs high. In addition to basket
ballfootball, baseball, boxing-,
bowling, wrestling and tennis all
rank high as sports with Uncle
Sam's sailors. Organized intra
fleet competitions are held for most
sports. Trophies and individual
awards usually are presented to
the championship winning teams
and players. '
Mothers
Report School Needs To
Board Of Education v
The committees appointed at the
last meeting of the Parent-Teachers
Association ; to present certain
urgent needs of the Franklin
schools to the Macon County Board
of Education, met with that body
last Saturday afternoon. Gordon
, Moore,; chairman, J. EU.Cabeo and
Frank Browning, were present. The
committees were . represented by
Mrs. Emory Hunnicutt, Mrs. T. W.
Angel, Jr., and Mrs. Allan Brooks.
Other members of the committees
are Mrs. R. S. Jones, Mrs. Gus
Leach and Mrs. Katherine Porter
Matthews. Guy Houk, county sup
erintendent and J. H. Finley, prin
cipal of , the Franklin school, at
tended the meeting.
One spokesman for the group
was reported to have told the board
that the committee who had visit
ed the school recently was of the
opinion that the public does not
know the conditions that handi
cap the pupils in the matter of
over crowded rooms, lack of desks,
poor lighting and lack of . cleanli
ness,' and that the school author
ities had been indifferent too long.
A two-hour conference was held,
but nothing definite was promised
to correct the lack of seating ex
cept that chairs had been supplied
to those students who were not
supplied with the usual necessity
of desks.
The board appropriated $50 to
clean up the entire building, in
cluding a thorough renovation of
the toilets and washing of win
dows. The board also promised to
recommend to- the town board the
stationing of a policeman at the
dangerous traffic point on the
Georgia road when the. children
are dismissed in the afternoon. It
was shown that this is almost uni
versally done in other communities.
The need of a sidewalk on the
school side of the highway for the
children's .safety was presented.
Sander's Store
In New Building
Sanders Department Store is now
established in the new building
adjoining the Bank of. Franklin.
Since the fire a year ago, which
destroyed . their place of business,
this dry goods firm has carried
on in the crowded quarters of the
fine-and-ten cents store operated
by them on the other side of Main
strett
The new building is in the same
location, and is the same size, but
the likeness ends there. Their en
tirely new and complete line of
merchandise is displayel in a
building that is modern and com
plete in every way. A double en
trance and three display windows
of plate glass furnish the front of
a handsome interior finished in
light colors, and equipped with
florescent lighting.
The goods are arranged in their
separate departments for the con
venience of customers, the prin
cipal ones being the shoe; ready-
to-wear and complete clothing and
household departments, with a bet
ter stock than ever before,
Red Cross Roll Call
Launches This Week
UNION SERVICE
THANKSGIVING
Rev. Hubert Wardlaw To
Preach At Baptist
Church
A union service of all the Frank
lin churches will be held on
Thanksgiving Day, November 20,
at 8 o'clock in the morning,' at the
Frai&lin Baptist church. All the
town pastors will take part , and
the .Rev. Hubert Wardlaw, pastor
of the, Presbyterian church, will
be the preacher.
This service is in keeping with
the usual custom to have a' com
munity thanksgiving' service, alter
nating each year at the different
churches. It is customary for all
churches to make their offerings
for the support of their orphanages
at this service. All are requested
to designate their church on the
envelope containing their contribu
tions. "This early hur has been chosen
so ' that housewives and business
people may attend.
N.C.E.A.
Committees Appointed By
Local President
At a recent meeting of the local
unit of the North Carolina Edu
cation Association at the Franklin
high school committees were an
nounced and plans for the year dis
cussed.
Mrs. J.' C. Horsley, as president
urged that every teacher become
a member. To date 80 have join
ed and it is expected that the unit
will become 100 per cent as to
membership at the next teachers'
meeting on November 15.
Committees Named
The following committee were
named :
Professional Relations chairman
Mrs. O. F. Summer; members,
Mrs. Annie Pierson, Mrs. Virginia
Ramsey, Mr. E. J. Carpenter, Mr.
W. H. Finley and Mr. Cyrees
routes. This committee plans to
formulate a code of ethics for the
group.
Public Relation Committee,
chairman, Mrs. Katherine Porter
Matthews; members, Mrs. Pearl
Hunter, J. C. Hawkins; Miss Veva
Howard, T. T. Love, Mrs. Joyce
Caglc.
Teachers Welfare Committee,
chairman, Mrs. Dora Lee Carpen
ter; members, Miss EtEhel Callo
way, Mrs. , Albert Aamsey, Miss
Fleta Mason, Mrs. Blanche How
ard.
Legislative Committee, chairman,
E. G. Crawford: members, Jack
Carpenter, Miss Nina Howard,
Mrs. Myrtle V. Norton, Norman
West.
This committee's aim for the year
is to draw up a constitution for
the local chapter.
The Resolution or Fellowship
Committee, chairmani Mrs. Philip
Green ; members, Mrs. Myrtler
Keener, Miss Sarah Thompson,
Mrs. Herbert Angel, Mrs. Paul
Grist. . i
The duty of this committee is to
remember those who are sick or
bereaved. Every teacher who learns
a member who is in distress is re
quested to get in touch with Mrs.
Green or one of her committee.
Community Education, chairman.
Miss Nora Moody; members, Miss
Annie Bailey, Mrs. Nina T. McCoy,
Mrs. Lola S. Kiser, Miss Grace
Carpemter, Mrs. v Mary S. Byrd,
and all principals.
Social Committee, chairman, Mrs.
Margaret Slagle Bolton ; members,
Mrs. Marie Stewart, Mrs. Ward
law, Mrs; Katherine H. Williams,
Miss Amanda Slagle, Mr. E. ' J.
Whitmire, Mrs. Catherine F. Hen
ry. These different committees are
requested by their chairmen to
meet in the rooms adjacent to the
auditorium at 9J0 o'clock Satur
day morning, November 15, just
before the regular teachers meet
ing to discuss plans -for the year.
The chairmen are requested by
the president to make a report at
the general meeting as to these
plans.
FUTURE FARMERS
TO MEET NOVEMBER 12
The Future Farmers held their
first meeting of the season on
Wednesday, November 12 in the
Agricultural department of the
Franklin high school
The following officers were eltct-
Final Plans And Reports
Of Chairmen Made
At Dinner
Final plans for the annual Roll
Call were completed on Wednes
day evening, when chairmen and
workers met at the Tavern for din
ner and to hear report, of the
chapter's officers, and to receive in
structions for 'the canvass this
week.
The Rev. Philip. Green,, i county
roll call chairman, gave an inspir
ing address, noting the fine record
of previous roll calls and the in
creased need this year, as -marked
by the chapter's quota which has
been raised to $900. He appealed
for the spirit of .sacrifice in the
name of Christ. .
The Rev. J. L. Stokes, as prin
cipal speaker, stressed the world
appeal for help that is answered
by the Red Cross, which symbol
izes all that is termed humanitar
ianism, extending aid to friend and
enemy, alike, .recalling that the
minds of the common people of
every nation are close kin to their
brothers of every race.
Chairman's Report
Harley Cabe, chapter chairman,
appealed to all to. renew . their
memberships, citing that the state
of natiial emergency called upon
the Red Cross to shoulder unparal
led responsibilities, comparable to
World War days, when $20,000,000
was raised. He gave the followinp:
figures of the record of the, Amer
ican Red Cross of the last fiscal
year:' 127,000 men in military aerv-.
ice aided, 577,000 First Aid certi
ficates issued, 2,885 emergency
highway first aid stations main
tained and 3,959 mobile units. Re
lief has been extended to 335,000
in disasters, 5,000 reserve nurses
to U. S. Army, 81,000 trained in
home nursing.
War sufferers have been helped
to the extent of $22,000,000. There
are 8,600,000 in 3,700 active chapters
in. the U. S.
Local Chapter
"Our local ' chapter may seem
small, but, I believe, in spirit we
are as big as the biggest," said
Mr. Cabe. He summarized the
chapter's work this year as fol
lows : War production, $98.04 ; Home
service, $87,81, U. S. O. $10.00.
Junior Red Cross Ckeirmaa
Mrs. Lola P. Barrington ' made
a graphic report' of Junior Red
Cross activities in the schools, and
announced that Mrs. Hubert Ward
law was her assistant in this year's
drive. ,
Mrs. J. E. Perry, production
chairman, made the report of gar
ments sent for refugees. Both these
reports deserve special notice, and
will be published in next week's
issue. i
J. D. Chandler Passes
At Tallulah Falls
NewS has been received here by
Mr. and Mr.s. John H. Thomas of
the death of their son-in-law, ?.
D. Candler of Tallulah Falls, Ga.,
on Tuesday night, November 11,
about 10 o'clock. The end came
suddenly, -following a heart attack.
Burial will be in Gainesville, Ga.,
his former home, on Thursday
morning.
Mr. Candler is survived by his
wife, the former Miss Bertha
Thomas of Macon county; their
three children, Thomas 0"Neil,
Frederick and Mrs. Dorothy Chand
ler Bridgers of Elrod, N. ,C. ; two
sons by a former marriage, John
of Tallulah Falls and Jim of Cor
nelia, Ga.
Burial Services Held For
Richard Penland In Ohio
News has been received here of
the death of Richard Penland, for
mer Macon county boy, in Akron,
Ohio. Mr. Penland was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ler Penland, for
merly of Macon county, who now
reside in Macon Ga.
Surviving besides his wife and
children are six brothers: Charles,
William, L. E., Dennis, George, and
Morris; three sisters, Mrs. Charley
Sutton and Doris and Nell Penland.
Funeral services were held in
Akron, Ohio.
ed: Hunter Anderson, president;
Bobbie Waldroop, vice-president ; .
Robert Parkerr secretary ; Sam
Ramsey, treasurer ; Sam Gibson, .
reporter.
Speeches were made by Ander
son and E. J. Whitmire, teacher of
agriculture, who gave the boys
good advice on how to conduct
themselves properly, and plans for
the year were outlined including
the buying of. calves.