Scrap Drive Reaches Climax
tin U.S. WAR SON PS
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PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
LYDKPEJVlJEJYT
VOL. LVII, NO. 43
FRANKLIN. N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1942
$2.00 PER YEAR
Macon Holds Scrap Round-up
Franklin Stores Close Friday
Business Houses In High
lands Closed Tuesday
For Scrap Collection
Franklin, for Friday of this week,
was scheduled to be all-out in
earnest with the closing of all
I business houses in a last day ef
fort to round up all of Macon
county's scrap, staid Sam Menden
hall, county salvage chairman.
In Highlands, all places of busi
ness were closed Tuesday. High
lands, under the leadership of
Wilton Cobb, Highlands salvage
chairman, was said by county
scrap workers to have done a re
markably efficient job in round
ing up all of its scrap.
ki Franklin, where the town
scrap had been cleaned up two
weeks ago by 40 volunteer work
ers headed by Gilmer Jones, plans
for the county collection campaign
were developing with enthusiasm.
Thirty trucks had been volunteer
ed by business houses with over
100 business men. offering their
services in the drive.
The schools were to remain open,
said Guy L. Houk, superintendent
of Macon county schools, and all
students were required to report
at school as usual. They would,
luowever, be co-operating in the
drive in every way. The sugges
tion was made by Mr. Mendenhall
that they stay open that the work
ers might be able more easily to
get in touch with those young
people who were needed to assist
in the location of scrap. Many
classes were expected 'to be, dis
missed for the day.
E. G. Whitmire with 150 boys
from the school, were scheduled
. to make the rounds of the county
in truk. jupdtei -fwrnish the "man
power" necessary to the collection.
Sam Mendenhall was to be sta
tioned on the grounds at the Agri
cultural building to direct trucks.
Gilmer Jones was in charge of un
loading at the big scrap pile.
Fran4clin Boy Scouts, under Jim
my Hauser, have worked feverish
ly this week collecting scrap that
was kept separate from the main
pile in a contest of their own.
The troop divided in two sections,
one under the leadership of Dick
Angel and Logan Allen, the other
of Frank Murray, Jr., and Harold
Bradley, had brought -in scrap that
Jiad been buried years ago.
Children from schools all over
the county were industriously add
ing to piles at their schools. Chil
dren of Otto school were reported
to have 20,000 pounds of scrap on
its grounds by the middle of the
week. Roy Mashburn, petroleum
chairman, stated Wednesday that
or. his trips around the county he
found piles of scrap stacked in
front of almost every mail box
and literally lining the roadsides.
The scrap pile at Franklin had
reached such a staggering size that
guesses of its weight varied wild
ly One thing seemed sure: Ma
con county scrap had piled up
far beyond expectations and what
the total poundage would be at the
week's end and the closing of the
drive was anybody's guess.
That Macon would go over the
top with its quota seemed fairly
well assured.
Frank Daniels
Commends Macon s
Scrap Metal Drive
Frank Daniels of Raleigh, chair
man of the North Carolina news
paper scrap metal contest, stated
last Saturday that he was proud
tA reports coming out of Macon
county.
The Press and Maconian, a par
ticipating newspaper, made the fol-
lowing report i -
"Macon county's scrap is doub
ling and trebling as children join
grown-ups in big round-up. The
quantity cannot be estimated un
til the final collection day, on
October 22, when all business will
close and all trucks haul m the
scrap to the depots throughout
the county." .
Mr Daniel stated that provision
will be mad to extend the clos-
i 71 tor
ins date beyona "" "
those counties which have not been,
able to complete their collection
and weighing.
C Siler Slagle, left Franklin at
moon Monday for Quantico, Va.,
when be will enter officers- training.
V-Mail
Letter Forms -For Over
Seas At Postof f ice
Letter forms for V-Mail to sol
diers are now at the Framklin post
office, it is announced by Post
master Porter.
Arranged for the purpose of
saving vital space, V-Mail Serv
ice is available to and from the
personnel of our armed forces sta
tioned at certain points outside
the continental United States. If
a message is addressed to or from
a point where V-Mail equipment
is not in operation, it will be
transmitted in its original form
by the most expeditious means of
transportation. Otherwise the orig
inal will be destroyed.
Form Are Neceaeary
The message is written on one
side of a sheet of paper that folds
into envelope shape. These forms
are necessary to V-Mail Service
and a separate form must be used
for every sheet that is written.
The forms are mailed at any post
office or mailbox as any letter
would be. No enclosures, however
are permitted.
What It Is
When transmitted by V-Mail
Service, a miniature photographic
negative of the message will be
made and sent by the most ex
peditious form of transportation
available.
Instructions for sending are giv
en on the envelope. , .
Many are already using this
service and forms are given free,
three to ei'Stomer at one time.
WINS HONORS
Costume Takes 1st Place
In W. N. C. Contest
Of 4-H Club
Winner of more honors was
Myra Slagle when she took first
place in the District 4-H club
dress review over contestants from
entire Western North Carolina.
Myra was also winner of the dis
drict 4-H club health contest held
last May. ' ' ,
Clothing made by the girls was
judged by Miss Julia Mclver, as
sistant clothing specialist of State
college.
Myra's costume was a yellow,
hand-woven cotton dress with a
woven border, a hand made pill
box hat and a hand-woven purse.
Myra still must compete . with
winners from Greensville and
Lenoir to take State honors.
Macon Theatre To
Bring Mrs Miniver
Here For 3 Days
Once in a very great while
mntirai nic lure which,
once seen is never forgotten. Such
a picture is "Mrs. Miniver" which
wiH be shown at the Macon the
atre in Franklin on. Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday of Oc
tober 26, 27 and 28.
The story is simple and straight
forward in its presentation, but
its impact is the powerful one of
today's realities.
Mrs. Miniver, played by Greer
Garsons is the mother of a middle
class English family, a friendly,
neighborly, attractive woman wilh
a son away at school and children
at home.
Hr nlrasant family life is the
setting against which the war is
developed. When her husband,
played by Walter Pidgeotx, is
called in the dead of night to re
port with his small motor boat,
for duty with the river patrol, war
still seems far away. Its impact
comes as his boat joins a grow
ing flotilla of others, large and
small, gathering to affect the res
cue of troops from Dunkirk.
The r as it concerns Mrs.
eflsJee it the war as it concerns
Tt. mUodes affecting her
life could be duplicated in- our
lives.
Ctrsnirrlv PIVOUKh. for U War
story of this sort, the effect is
neither morbid nor depressing. It's
emphasis seems rather on the
ability of people to take what
with riitotJ and with humor
SLAGLE
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illvwll WUIItJ tJ JVi J . - O -
Franklin is shown above. The picture, taken early during the scrap collec
tions is only an indication of the amount of scrap that by the middle of the
week had been accumulated. .
War Needs To Bring Funds
To Farmers Through F. S. A.
.The Secretary of Agriculture has
requested that loan funds and
other services of Farm Security
Administration be made available
to all farm families who are in
need of such services. This is very
necessary because of the great
danger of a food shortage this
country faces. It is very neces
sary for all farmers to increase
their farming operations wherever
possible. 1
1 ne greatest scivicc
render to your country will be in
. . ' . rj ;
The greatest service you can
your acreage piamcn to c"i- AT pVfpt T RAMSFY
by increasing the number of ALBERT L RAM sky,
Tows and poultry. Greater County R R Supervisor
amounts U food may be grown on CARL S. SLAl.kt.,
the farm by W .--asing the size of . Associate Supervisor
Red Cross Workers Strive
To Meet Quotas On Time
Red Cross
StUl Needs Women To
Knit and Roll Bandages
For making bandages:
Work room located over the
Tavern. Honrs, 2 to 5 o'clock
each afternoon from Tuesday
through Friday; Sunday after
2:30 p. m. end Tuesday and
Thursday evenings beginning at
7:30 p m.
Those who can work all day
notify Mrs. James E. Perry,
production chairman.
For Knitting Sailor Caps:
Headquarters for yarn asad
instructions is located at the
hop of Mrs. Reba Tessier on
the court house scruwe.
Classifications And
Re-Classifications A
Announced By Board
The following classifications and
reclassifications have been made by
the Local Board:
In 1-A. Jacob Carl Mason, Alvin
Augustus. Yonce, Charlie B.ngnam
Oscar James Ledtord, riank soies-
bee, Harold Gordon Woody, C.auae
B. Burrell, Elmer Ray Corpei.sng
nenry naworin ncuuwi, i
. r , , . 1 1J -.1.1 A rm
Passmore. Rov Lee Jones,
Harley West, George Lee Hall,
Jerdy Wilburn Passmore, Fred
Garland Duvall, James Vernon
Chavis, Edgar William Aliiier,
Pulaska Sylvester Castle, John
Wiley Lenoir, Henry Herman
Wilkes, Claude Frank Dills, Rob
ert Haywood Frazier, Lyman
Frederick Emory, Melvin Alfred
Cody, CecU P.oindexter, Arthur
Allen Turpin, Harry Siler nig
gins, J. B. Franklin Anderson.
Carol Emmet Pendergrass, Eugene
Norman Clampitt.
Placed in 3-A. Ralph Marion
Elkins, Porter James Arnold. In
2-B, Edgar Napoleon Guffey. In
4-F. Alfred Lester Green.
The following were re-classified .
From 4-F tto 1-A, Elmas H Hen
on, Everett G. Mawm, Luther
Williams. From 1-B to 1-A Joe
Gleen Meadows, Albert Nathan
Penrangton, John Riley Wilson.
Frank Alex Gibson, Jamei Oliver
Scrap Pile At Franklin
thp lot of the
the gardens, by using more ferti
lizer on acreages planted and by
doing all possible to imprive "pas
tures and hay crops by the use
of lime and phosphate.
Realizing that some farmers may
not be able to expand without
assistance, the U. S. Govennmer.-t
has made such assistance possible
through Farm Security Adminis
tration for next year's farm opera
tion. Those in need of a loan for
increase in their farming opera
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t.otw or livestock should call at
thp Farm Security Administration
Out-Put Of Bandages and
Caps Grows As Macon
Women Give Service
If Macon county women con
tinue to work for the Red Cross
as they have during the past two
weeks, says Mrs. James E. Perry,
production chairman of the Red
Cross, Maconcounty may yet meet
its quota of bandages on time.
Twice, the work room over the
Tavern has been full, but Mrs.
Perry emphasizes that on all other
days many more workers have
been needed. She states also that
while each new worker's efforts
add to the total out-put of pre
pared dressings, it is the skill
gained "by repeated visits that
counts for most; the beginner is
necessarily slower than the prac
tised worker.
Knitters, too, have been busy,
reports Mrs. Reba Tessier in
charge of that work, but yarn for
more than 300 sailor caps is still
on hand. By Monday 89 caps had
been finished of the 600 for which
yarn was sent to Franklin.
Fifteen cans have been turned
in by Mrs. W. M. Hamlin, and
- heen hed
, Furr and Miss
Leach. Eastern Star members
ruitors
. "
and residents of Kelly's Tea Room
have made 15.
Through the courtesy and labor
of Gordon Moore the shortage of
knitting needles has been over
come. Knitters are now able to
get metal needles made by Mr.
Moore at 15 cents a set. The price
covers only the cost of materials.
John L. Angel. From 3-A to 1-A,
Robert Lee Mashburn. and James
Blonnie Gibbs. From 1-C to 1-A
Robert Woodrow Wild. From 2-A
to 1-A Charles Avery Cabe, Jr.
From 1-A to 2-A George Winfield
Beaty. From 1-A tto 4-F, Charles
J. Henderson. From 3-A to 3-B,
John Lyle WaWroop, George Ol
iver Glance. From 1-B to 2-B,
James Alexander Hines. From 1-B
to 4-F. Ellis William Hodgin, and
Howard David Cruse. Continued in
2-B, Charles Otto Arvey, Wiley
B. Shop. Continued in 2-A John
Robert Brnghaa.
Agricultural buildiner at
Men In Service
Promotion of P. F. C. Wade T.
Dietz, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W.
Dietz, of West's Mill, To the rank
of Corporal has been announced
here by his commanding officer,
Col. G. A. Schliecker of the 17th
Infantry . Regiment.
Wilfred Brooks, of the U. S.
Army, has been visiting his moth
er, Mrs. Roxie McGall of Gneiss.
-
Carl Crisp, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Parker Crisp is stationed some
where in the Pacific area.
Albert M. Cabe who has been
stationed at Newport News, Va.,
has been transferred to the Land
ing Craft Training Detachment,
San Diego, Calif.
Corporal Earl York has been
transferred from Fort Benning,
Ga. to overseas duty. He is with
the Medical division
(Continued On Page Six)
Navy Day
Proclaimed
Governor J. Melville Brough
ton has issued a proclamation
announcing the State's official
observance of Navy Day pn
October 27.
Broughton, who ieads a list
of 40 other dignitaries who. have
asked designation of a new
Navy cruiser as the USS Char
lotte, reminded all North Caro
linians that "Navy Day this
year carries far more signifi
cance than ever before ir its
21-year histoTy. Our future lib
erty hinges Upon our fleet
and it is only fitting and proper
that we pause momentarily to
honor our first line of offense."
ONE DEAD IN
BICYCLEWRECK
Albert and Clarence Crane
Of Highlands, Plunge
Off Highway
Albert Crane, 18, of Highlands,
died Tuesday at Angel Clinic it
Franklin as the result of a bi
cycle accident Saturday on the
Highlands highway in which Clar
ence Crane, 16, was also seriously
injured. The fetter is reported by
Dr. Furman Angel to be recover-
The Crane boys were riding the
bicycle down the mountain when
they plunged over a high precipice
and landed in the river below.
They were not located until Mon
day about 2 p. m. when the father
of Albert, who had been search
ing for his son, made a trip down
the bed of the Culfesaja river.
Clarence was found partly sub
merged in the water and Albert
was bring on the rocks.
Albert Crane suffered a frac
tured skull and brain iruries;
Garence Crane's neck was broken.
Funeral services for Albert Lin
ton Crane, 18, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Philip Crane of Highlands,
were held at the Highlands Bap
tist church by the Rev. Oscar
Nteki Wednesday afternoon, Oc
COUNTY TO
REFUND DEBT
Action Of Commissioners
Is Taken To Reduce
Interest Rate
The Board of Comity QnmiU
sioners at a meeting held on Mon
day, October 19, passed a resolu
tion for the refurding of the en
tire bonded indebtedness of Ma
con county. The purpose of this
actiom is to reduce the interest
rate now being paid on outstand
ing Macom county bonds. Elsewhere
in this issue of the Press will be
found the formal order.
In 1937 the outstanding indebted
ness of ' Macon county amounted
to $815,000.00, all of which was in
default. After numerous confer
ences with the bondholders and
under the direction of the Local
Government Commission the in
debtedness was refunded at an an
nual interest rate of 4.75 percent.
Since this plan went inU oper
ation the county has met each in
terest in-stallment and has also
been able to pay off and reduce
the outstanding debt of Macon
county to its present total of
$724,000.00, a gross reduction of
$91,000.00.
Market At High Level
With the market tor bonds at
its present high level and in view
of the excellent financial condi
tion of the county, it is felt the
present rate of interest cam be
reduced to not less than $', per
cent, thereby producing a net sav
ing of not less than $8,0Q0.00 per
year in interest alone. Over the
entire period of the outstanding
bonds this will amount to at least
$200,000.
All of the outstanding bonds of
the county may be caMcd on any
interest paying period. It is pro'
posed to sell a new issue of re
funding bonds at the best rate ob
tainable, to use the proceeds from
the sale to pay off all .outstanding
bonds now carrying the higher rate
of interest and thereby to net a
material saving in annual interest
requirements.
Commission Approve
The proposal has receumBMsJB
hearty approval of the Stat Loca
Government Commission, ej
sell the bonds and supenjB
entire transaction. G. L.JJ
couny attorney, spent sornj
last week in Raleigh in 1
ence with the commissfcnHI
out the details of the propol
funding plan, which till g
effect on January I, 1943. F
inn his returni the Oniintv
."sioners introduced the lfwes-
sary i olutioil at heir Monday
meeting, wTtKh had fccn adjourned
from their regular meeting on Oc
tober 5.
While the sale of the new bonds
is made by the Local Government
Commission the Board of County
Commissioners have the right to
accept or reject any bids received
by the Commission.
tober 21, with burial in the church
cemetery.
He was a member of the Baptist
church and was bor,n and raised
in Highlands.
Surviving are his parents, five
sisters, Lena, Ethel, Mary, Marie,
and Katherirae; and three brothers,
Lawrence, Richard and Earl, all
at home.
Achievement Day
Program Friday, Sept 24
Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, assistant
to the State Home Ager and
State Chairman of the Woman's
Salvage Division, will be in Frank
lin Saturday, September 24, to take
part in Home Demonstration
Achievement Day to be held at the
Methodist church.
The program will begin at 10:30
a. m. and will contrnsje until 1
o'clock. Mrs. Smith's subject will
be "Putting our Homes on a War
basis."
All who are interested are in
vited and may come and leave as
they wish.
Mrs. J. S. Gray is council presi
dent in charge of the meeting.
Mrs. Carl Sfegle is in charge of
program.
Featured on the program will
be the West's Mill 4-H toy band
whose leader is Joari Potts. Ada
Ruth West will play for the en
tire program, and Mrs. Anne
Slow will lead the devotional!,