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THURSDAY, NOV. 13, 194i tHE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN PAGE THREE Girl Scout Leaders Planning More Defense Foods Births SOCIAL ACTIVITIES ' and COMINGS AND GOINGS ITEMS FOR THIS COLUMN PHONE 24 LIEUT. NEVILLE SLOAN'S ENGAGEMENT TO MISS HARPER OF "FORT BRAGG ANNOUNCED The many : friends of Lieuten ant William Neville Sloan, Jr., now stationed at Fort Bragg, will be interested in the following an nouncement .of his engagement which appeared in the Fayetteville Observer of recent date. i Lt. Col. and Mrs. Arthur Mc Kinky Harper, announced the en gagement of, their daughter, Fran ces Jane, to Lt. William Neville i Sloan, Jr., at a. cocktail tea on Saturday afternoon" at their quar- . ters at Fort Bragg. The - announcement was made late in the afternoon by official bulletins passed by little Carofyn Edmonson,' daughter of Maj. and Mrs. E. B.: Edmoason. The table was decorated with all white chrysanthemums, and the bridal note was further carried out with miniature bride and bridegroom. White tapers in heirloom candela bra shed a soft glow on the beau- tiiuuy appointea tea taDie. , Miss Harper attended Ward Bel mont school in Nashville, Tenn., ' and received her degree from the University of Georgia last June She is a member of Chi, Omega sonority. Lt. Sloan is the .son of Mr. and Mrs. William Neville Sloan of Atlanta, Ga., and Frank lin. He received his B A. and Masters degrees from the Univer sity of North Carolina. He is a member; of the Chi Phi fraternity He is now stationed with Q. M corps at Fort Bragg. EASTERN STAR BUNCO PARTY There will be a Bunco party at Kelly's Inn Saturday evening, No vember 15, at 8;00 p. m., sponsored by the Eastern Star. Everyone is cordially invited. The usual price of admission will be charged. There will be prizes and refreshments. MR. AND MRS. HODGIN TO BE HONORED WITH SHOWER Miss Genevieve Hodgin and Miss Helen Watts of Prentiss are giv ing Mr. and Mrs. William Hodgin a Thanksgiving showr on Novem ber 27 at 8 p. m. It will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rush Hod gin. All friends are cordially invited to come. NEXT MONDAY The Franklin Parent-Teachers Association will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Franklin Committees appoint-ed at the last meeting to appear before the Board of Education will make their re ports. The subject of program will be, "Are We Well Fed?" Mrs. Flor ence Sherrill a,nd T. H. Fagg will be the principal speakers. The f el lowing pupils will present a skit : Clayton Ramsey,. Doris Dalrymple, Ruth Bryson and Emmie Lou Hurst, Stare Health Queen. Roy Smith who attended the Higdonville school last year will tell atout ne health "program as carried out ire that school in 1!M0. Every mother a member is the goal for this year. The small mem bership dues are due at this time. New and old members are urged to attend. Keep Them ggin Sets in wool knit and cloth suits ' Girl's Coats in all colors and sizes Boys' Fancy Plaid Jackets and Sweaters ALL KINDS OF HEAD-WEAR Boys' Helmets and Caps Girls' Wool Pakas E. K. Cunningham & Co. "The Shop of Quality" MACON CHAPTER U.D.C. TO ENTERTAIN DISTRICT MEET At the meeting of the Macon county chapter of the United Daughters of. the Confederacy on Monday afternoon the president, Mrs. H. E. Church, announced that the western district of the organ ization had accepted, the chapter's invitation to hold their April meet ing in Fanklin. About two hun dred delegates usually attend these gatherings, Mrs. Church said. The chapter decided to present a pageant as part of the program of this meeting that has been writ ten and' published by one of the chapter's members, Mrs. E. L. Veasy, entitled "We, The People", a pageant on the spirit of Amer ica, Lieut, and Mrs. Veasy were residents in Franklin while he was educational director for the CCC camp; he is now adjutant at the Army base at Deridder, La. The chapter will invite Mr.'s. Veasy to come to Fraraklin to direct the production of her pageant. Mrs. J. Ward Long was in charge or the program, which was one in a series of. presentations of the southern states. North Carolina, its history and resources, "was present ed iin an entertaining way. A copy of the new publication. Confederate Monument of North Carolina, was exhibited by the president, and the account of the Macon county monument read. The meeting was entertained by Mrs. Thomas J. Johnston and Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson. KEENER-SHOOK Announcement of the marriage of Miss Geneva. Keener and Woodrow Shook has been, made by Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Keener, the bride's parents. ' The ceremony was solemnized in Clayton, Ga., Saturday afternoon, November 1, by Judge R. C, Ramey. The bride wore a navy blue .suit. Both the bride and groom are of Franklin Route 2. At present they are living with the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Shook. MRS. WILEY CLARK ENTERTAINS AT CULLASAJA Mrs. Wiley Clark of , Cullasaja entertained a quilting party at her home on Thursday, Nov. '6. Six beautiful quilts were quil'ted during the day. Those enjoying the occasion were, Mrs. J. L. Clark, Mrs. C. J. Bow ers, Mrs. Pritchard Russell, Mrs. VeTnon Bryson, Mrs. Claude Arn old, Mrs. Jack Conley, Mrs. Fred Blaine, Mrs. Oscar Arnold, Mrs. Sam Bryson, Jr., and Mrs. Bill Estes. A delicious dinner was served by the hostess. Those '..enjoying the dianer besides the party were, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Womack and son, Jack, of Sylva. C. S. Brown visited his mother in Andrews this past Monday. Mrs. Lee Leach of Chapel Hill arrived this week to visit her sons, Frank and Hugh, for several weeks. ivirs.. j. i. ivugci a ui unciw a visisting her daughter, Mrs. Sam i t t r r Wa rm MISS HELEN OPPENLANDER MISS HELEN M. GILLARD Girl Scout Leaders Receive Instruction Service to meet defense needs, in 'the community and home, was stressed at the Girl Scout Leader ship classes conducted recently at Camp Lumpkin. The instruction was given by Miss Helen Oppen lander of New York and Miss Helen M. Gillard of Atlanta, of the national staff. Leaders' attending from Franklin included Mrs. Gordon Moore, Mrs. Zeb Conley, Mrs. L. H. Page and Miss Haas, of the high school, fac ulty. Miss Polly Lee and seven other leaders from Asheville at tended, and Miss Eunice' Jackson from Tryon. The new unciorms - for Girl Scouts will be olive green, the caps shaped like those used now in Britain, where, the Girl Scouts are trained to serve their country in many important duties. Stanfield and other friends this week. Mr. and Mrs. George Patton from Raleigh, were visitors in Franklin over the weekend. Mrs. W. A. Bryson from Sagi naw, Mich., is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. A. Bryso,n, at West's Mill. My. Rozelle a,nd Asberry Dills of Piedmont, S. C, visited their aunt, Mrs. W. R. Pressley of Franklin last week. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Schooley have returned from Sandusky, Ohio, and are now making their home with Mrs. Schobley's mother, Mrs. Lallie Sherrill, - 'v ' ' Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill, Sam Mendenhall and T. H. Fagg at tended the meeting of ,slate farm agenits and home demonstration agents in Raleigh last week. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Ray and two children of Kent, Ohio arc here for a visit with Mr. Ray's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Ray and other relatives in Franklin. Rev. C. : F. Rogers and other Bantist ministers have been attend ing llie 111th state Baptist con vention being held in Asheville this week. Harry L. Bryson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C A; Brysom of West's Mill, was made corporal after serving four months in the U. S. Army. He is now stationed at Fort Louis, Wash. Sgt. Homer Stanfield and Pvt. Cresswell, 3rd Battery 18th Anti- Tank Batallionv of Fort Sill, Okla., visited friends and relatives in Franklin and Highlands the past weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Setser, of Franklin Route 1 have two sons in the Army. Private Ray J. Setser has been in the service almost a year at Fort Bragg, and Private John A. Setser is stationed at Wichita Falls, Texas, in the School Squadron at Sheppard Field. Mrs. John Williamson, formerly Miss May Corpening, has ent her subscription to The Franklin Press from her new borne in 1 Winter Haven, Fla, where the reports, tht , ' - , I if Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stone, for merly of Franklin, announce the birth of a son, Richard Herbert, November ,5 in Milwaukee, Wis. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weise, formerly of - Franklin ; in Walhalla, . S. C, twin girls, Mar garet and Carol, on" Monday, No vember 3. ' v i j Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Calloway announce, the birth of a .son, - at Angel hospital, November 4. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Evans an nounce the birth of a sorts on No vember 12, at Angel hospital. Clark's Chapel School To Publish "Chapel Bell" By Eunice Ray and Joaephine Ray Last week the Clark's Chapel school organized a literary society in each room, ' naming them "The Busy Bees", and "The Willing Workers." The Busy ecs elected the following officers: President, Katherine Cabe; "sec retary, Edwin Hall; critic, Mrs. Arnold. As their officers the Willing Workers elected the following: President, Paul Wooten ; secre tary, Beatrice Ashe; critic, Mrs. Kiser. The societies gave a joint' pro gram .. tor Hallowe en. Although Friday was a rainy day, we had several visitors. Everypne seemed to have a good time. The children in Mrs.- Riser's room decided to have a school paper, which is to be published once each month. They named their paper "The Chapel Bell." Eunice Ray was elected" as editor and Josephine Ray as news re porter. '" . . ' Address With Care Mail Intended For Army Boys First Army Public Relations- Di vision, Camden, S. C. There are 2203 Smiths, 1117 Wiliams, 1079 Johnsons" and 1059 Jones on ma neuver.s with the First Army in the Carolinas. That's just one' of the many mail problems confront ing Major Erastus E. White, Post al Officer of Lt., Gen. Hugh A. Drum's ' First Army. Many 'pieces of mail are receiv ed bearing no other notation than the man's name and Fort Bragg, N. C. Other mail arrives bearing simply the man's name and the no tation "S6mewhere on maneuvers in the Carolinas." About 2500 pieces of such improperly addressed mail are received daily. Improperly addressel or not, 90 per cent of all the mail intended for First Army soldiers on ma neuvers reaches the addressee." If the mail is properly addressed, showing the soldier's compslete name, Army .serial number and organizations , no delay in delivery occurs. But this information, is not sup erfluous take it from Major White. If you're a soldier's r best girl and you want your soldier boy to hear from you with the .shortest possible delay, address your letters as fol lows : . "Private Tames Russell Smith Army; Serial No. 32,147,862 21st Ordnance Company APO 401 Fort Bragg, N. C." , she and Mr. Williamson are doirag well, v Richard R. Johnson, who. has completed a trip 'around the world on the S. S. Bienville carrying Ler.d-Lease materials to the Brit ish in the Near East, has arrived in New York via Panama Canal. He expects ' to spend the holidays at home. Dr. Francis B. Johnson, Mrs. Bit- tersohn and granddaughter, Elinor Still, of Charleston, S. C, spent the weekend with Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson, and took a trip to the Great Smokies. The party experien ced a real snow storm at New found Gap, adding unusual beauty to the still rich coloring of the autumn leaves. Mrs. R. S. Jons spent .several days last . week ii LaGrange, Ga., visiting her family, and especially to meet her brother, Ensign R. M. J. Halman, who is on leave from the Naval air corps. Ensign Hal man . has served with the Iceland contingent, where the air base has recently been taken over officially by the United States. He enlisted in the Naval air corps a year and a half ago and his service has in cluded Pensacola, Fla., Puerto Rico, Norfolk, Va., and Iceland. TO SELL f 'EM, TELL ml With An Ad CI N-UMAWUatMM. MM MOM -if ; X'KSU 1 mm Farmers in this State nnd elsewhere in America are beginning to make fttant' U,r-producing -re "dsfonne. foods" in 1942. Among the highly-nutritious foods m . ..cd , in greater quantity ar,e milk, cheese, eggs, meats, and vegetaMea. (!ood market prices for the year are assured. Every farmer in the nation will be visited this fall by an AAA farm piofeiaiii committeeman who will assist in planning the increases. Union Sunday School Work Reported A brief report of Union Sunday school work on this field for year ending August , 31, 1941,. is nvide by R. H. Hull, local representa tive. Mr. Hull .is.' assisted, by Mrs, Hull. Nine new Sunday schools organ ized enrolling 33 teachers and 289 scholars, Schools are located in Macon county, Allison. Creek, Longr view. South Skeenah, and Hor.se Cove. Sunday schools active, part or all of year, enrolling 86 teach ers and 721 scholars, are 24. Total at tendaKe reported in Sunday schools for the year is 19,386. Eight-nine schools visited and aided during the week; Serv ices held with members of school during the week include, prayer meeting, Bible study and evange listic .services and four prayer meet ings have been established. Bibles, Testaments and Gospels distributed, 83, visitations made to homes, 2,323. Vacation Bible schools . held in Macon county were conducted in the following communities : Turtle Pond, ICowee ' Gap, .'Commissioner Creek, Rainbow Springs, Allison Creek,, Union, South Skeenah, and Horse 'Cove. Two of these schools were held in cooperation with county pastors. Thirty-three delegates taken to Young People's Bible Conference, which was held at Mr. R. G. Le Tourneau's Conference Grounds, Lake Louise, near-Toccoa, Ga. Nine young people attended, from Macon county. The purpose of this gather ing was to train rural young peo ple for Christian leadership. In maintaining Sunday school work 13,766 miles were traveled on this field. ' '. We wish to express our deep appreciation to our many Macon county friends, who through their prayers and gifts have had a part in making possible this ministry in the rural areas. v RONALD 21. HULL WANT ADS GET RESULTS in CLn CHRISTMAS CARDS Printed in bright, gay colors! 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