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PROGRESSIVE )t IjigtyanW Jttacontan LIBERAL INDEPENDENT eJV v- *?5S CTV^ 1 BUY BONDS AND STAMPS ?nd DEFEAT THE SCAMPS VOL. LVltl? NO. 11 FRANKLIN. N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH It, 1M3 92.00 PER YEAR FALL FATAL TO MRS. ZACHARY Funeral Service* Held Al Methodist Church Sunday I-ast riles were held at th< Methodist church on Sunday after - noon at 3 o'clock (or Mrs. Maria Dawson Zacliary, 73, wlio die<] Saturday morning after a fall the evening before had resulted in a broken hip. Deatih was attributed to shock caused by the accident. Mrs. Zachary had been wi frail heal oh for some time.' A native of Lewisburg, W. Va., she was (he daughter of the laJe l'rof. A.M. Dawson and Mrs. Jose phine Wise Dawson, who moved to Western North Carolina when Mrs. Zachary was a small girl. Mrs. Zachary was a teacher in Transyl vania county scfhools prior to her marriage to Wiley J. Zachary in 1886. Mr. Zachary preceded his wife in death by seven years. Mrs. Zachary was a woman of keen intelligence and trained mind, and was active in the work of ther church as long as her health per mitted. Serving for a number of years as president of tihe mission ary society, she led in the first observances of the World Day of Prayer held in Franklin. She was supervisor of the primary depart ment of the Sunday Scliool, and was instrumental in obtaining a piano "for that department. The Kev. Dr. J. L. Stokes II and the Rev. A. Kufus Morgan con ducted the funeral service; her pastor, Dr. Stokes paying tribute to Mrs. Zachary' s devoted service to ,her church. Surviving are two daughters Mrs. H. S. Higgins of Franklin and Mrs. J L>. Porter of Belmcot; one son, E. H. Zachary of Franklin ; otve sister Miss Minnie Dawson of Washington, D. C; two brothers, E. H. Dawsoni of Briarfield, Ala., and Claude Dawsn of Seaattle, WW.; ? icven p one Kreat-gnwidchild. Pallbearers were Carl Stagle, < mover Lewis, Haiyne C Arthur, R. S. Jones, Bill Moore and Thad D. Bryson, Jr. Many out-of-town relatives and friends attended tHfc funeral. Thjese included Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Porter of Belmont, E. H. Dawson of Bir mingham, Ala., Mix Minnie Daw son of Washington, D. C; Mis? Kuoh Higgins of Charlotte and Pvt. Harry Higgins of Fort Ben ning, grandchildren; Mrs. C C. Shackleford of ' Athene, Cm., a niece; Roy W*st and Mr. and Mrs. Frank West of Simpsonvitte, S.G, land Dorothy, Goldie Raymond and Billy West; Miss Annie Zachary Cassaway, Mrs. Ruth G. Duckett, Mr! and Mrs. Graves Duckett, of Soutih Carolina; Dick Zachary and L. Lewis of Brevard, Mrs. J. C. Cannon and James Cannon of Dillsiboro, Mr. and Mrs. Hayne C. Arthur and Thomas Arthur of West AsheviHe; Miss Agnes WiN son and Miss Hicks Wilson, Sylva; Mrs. Maude -Hunter, Mrs. V. <3. Carter and Mrs. Ransom Messer of Bryson City. Gilmer Jones Appointed Hsao Of Navy Program Gilmer A. Jones, Franklin Attor ney, accepted Tuesday am appoint ment v chairman of the Navy's program- in Macon County to pro cure voting men for training as Naval Aviation Cadets. The appoin intent was made by Franci* O. Clarkson, North Caro lina co-chairman of the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board. Mr. Jnaes has been for some time chairman of the Navy's re cruiting for enlisted personnel in Macon County, having btrn ap pointed by Lieutenant Commander t ha'les B- Neely, officer-in-charge of the Navy Recruiting in North larolina. Commenting op Mr. Jones' acti vities in connection with Navy Recruiting, Chief W. S. Bosker ville, Jr., officer-in -charge of the Asheville Navy Recruiting Station, said Tuesday while on a visit here, "His work has been outstanding He is one of the Navy's best sup porters in this state and has shown by his efforts a patriotic interest in the nation's war pro gram and in the welfare of the young men of Macon County." REV. DUMONT CLARK TO SPEAK AT ASBURY Rev. Dumont Ctark, head of tfi< religious department of t!he Far mers Federation will speak at thi Aabury church on <he Lord's Acrt work on Saturday night, March 20 The public 1? invited. * * Men In Service J. H. ENLOE'S NEPHEW KILLED IN PLANE CRASH J. H. Enloe has received a tele gram staying his nephew, Captain Walter Webster, was killed in an airplane crasili at Philadelphia, Pa., Tuesday, a. m. Pvt. Frank L. Crisp, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Crisp of Rt. 4, Franklin, N. C. He is stationed at Fort Benning, Ga? and is now in the Medical Detachment. Mr. and Mrs. George Dills of have received word from their ??i, the/ Otto section of. Macon county Fred, thait he is safe and well in North Africa. ^ - ? Fred, 21, entiered the armed forces last September and was attached to the military police at Ft. McCleltan, Ala. Later he went to Robins Field Ga., and left this country in January. ? ? ? J. Edgar Whitaker, Seaman F. C., stationed at Camp Peary Wil iamsburg, Va., was at home on a 60-hour leav? last week. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Moffit of Franklin have received two tele grams from their son, Sgt. Ray Moffit. One on Saturday, March 6th and one Friday, March 12th. He has been serving with the Ma rine corps in foreign service since December, 1941. He is now at some unknown Pacific base. Word has been received fey Mrs. Sallie Leatherwood, saying that her son, J/csse leatherwood, has safely arrived somewhere im Africa. Pfc. C L, Potts of Fort Ben ning, Ga., was here on a visit last week. Mrs. Potts returned with him to spend a few days. ? ? ? Pvt. Harvey Gabe, Jr., of "the U.S. Air Corps has received his diploma from the Radio School at Truax Field, Madison, Wis. He is now at Boca Field, Fla. After com pleting this course he will be as signed to a flying squadron. Pvt. Cabe volunteered for service Sep tember 29, 19*2. Pvt. Harry Higgins, Jr., who has recently won his witx?s in Plara troop Regiment 106, has re-turned .to Fort Benning, Ga., after a brief furlough and also a return home on account of the death of his grandmother, Mrs. Zach ary. Navy Recruiting Representative Be Here On Next Wednesday Mr. Sheeti of the U. S. Gvil Service will be at tihe Post office on Wednesday, March 24, for 4he purpose of recruiting laborers and skilled workers for the Navy for important positions in Hawaii and and the Panama Cannl. The need is urgent, and free transportation will be furnished. Mr. Sheetz is also recruiting stenographers aiyt typists to work for the Navy Dept. in Washington, D. C. with good salaries and new overtime pay rates. Further information and applica tion form may be obtained from Mr. .Sheet* at ohe postinoffice in Franklin on March 24. AH inter ested should Arrange an interview with him. Rotary Club To Elect Officers The Rotary Club will elect offi cers at their meeting next Monday, evening at 'their regular meeting. : The time of the club's meeting has been dunged from the mid-day i hour. The president Dr. J. L. Stokes, II, delighted the club recently with an impersonation of an imaginary Japarfies, "Mr. Moto," delivering an address. Having spent the first ! twenty years of Ihis life in Korea where his father was a missionary, ! Dr. Stokes is well qualified to give c a truthful kin of the way die '? Jap mind worlu and exprestes Khk Our First Acid Test? War Bonds and War Taxes ttyRBOHtfl MM# TO*. Hmr * You've Done Your Bit? Now Do Your Best S. I rtasury Orpmrtmiml Sgt. Jos. G. Gibbs Safe In Hospital After Plane Craah Mrs. Florence Gibbs, mother of Sgt. Joseph G. Gibbs, who was one of a four-man crew of a training plane which crashed on Mount Baldy, Ariz, last Sunday morning, received a telegram Thursday, a? follows : 1 am happy 40 advise you that searching party has located your son, Sergeant Joseph J; Gibbs I although suffering from exposure and undertermined degree of frost bite, both -feet. He is at present in hospital at White River, Ariz ona, and complete recovery ex pected. FRANK D. HACKETT, Colonel Air Corps, Commandant AA Kirtland Field, N M. An Associated Press dispatch had reported that the plane had been found by a rescue party higfi up on a 10,500 foot peak with a note from the crew that they were headed west toward a town in the valley and had escaped serious injury in the crash. Death Claims C. A. Hauser, 72 Charles Augustus Hauser, 72, died Thursday at 1 p. m. at the Angel Clinic after an illness of two weeks. The funeral will be held at the honv of his brother. Love Hauser, on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and interment will be in the Franklin cemetery. Rev. Philip Green and Dr. J. L. Stokes II will official. Mr. Love was born in Green county, Tennessee, rtie son of Eph num and Martha Love Hauser. He has been a farmer for the last 15 years. He was unmarried, and a member of the Pat-ton Methodist church. He is survived by Jiis brother and five nephews; Tim and Quince of Franklin; Bill of Wilkes tx>ro, Milton of Winston-Salem and John of the U.S. Army, overseas. Rural Women Will Pledge More Food For Freedom Mrs. EstelU T. Smith, assistant home demoimration -agent at N. C. State College, has announced that all rural women in North Carolina will be given the opportunity of signing a pledge in the "Food For Freedom campaign, which will be held during March. Home demonstration club women, with the assistance of neighbor hood leaders, will visit every fam ily in their districts and1 explain the food situation. Plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables during sea son and enough home-canned pro ducts for the remainder* of the year, will relieve the strain on rationed foods, and guarantee an adequate supply of commercially canned products for the aimed forces and the Allies. Rural wo men are asked to make plans for about one ton of food for each member pf their families for the year. Classifications Announced By Our Local Board The following new classifications ore announced by the Lpcal Board : In I-A : William Howard Cor txeni,ng, and Earnest Elvin Watts. The following are changed clas sifications: From I-A to IV-F, Erwin Randal) and Robinson Cru sp Fouts; from I-A to II-A. Clyde Octavis Morgan; from I-A to III Q Thad Stockton ; from III-A to Il-B, Welton Lee Cochrane, col.; -m*trrn-K to m-B, 7^ mom- ? der; from III-A to II-C, Jess George Hedden ; from III-A to I-ArO, William Shope; from III-A to I-A, Gus L. England, col. ; Geo rge May Scruggs, ooln Edward Marshall Harshaw, col., William Burgess, col., James Hayes, col.. Iverson Hayes, col., Edward Char les Day, Clinton Roger Cabe, James Newton Brown, Harry Coch ran, Robert Andrew Wilson, Lloyd Henry Donaldson, Carl Edward Farmer, Boyd Henry Collier, Carol Rowland, Grover Webb, Robert Lee Mashbarn, Turner Elmo Dills, Oscar Wykle, Cecil Tallent, John Leslie Reese, Terry Hail Bolick, Dewitt Waldroop, and Annies Geane Cabe. 100 Planes Daily Could Feed England Because of reduction in the volume and weight of food in dehydrated form, England could be kejft completely nourished by the daily flights of 100 airplanes carrying dried food cargoes. This statement was made in a General Electric Farm Fbrum ad dress by R. B. Tobin, field super visor for the War Deportment, dehydrated beets stored in a five foods. He said that 20 pounds of specializing in the dehydration of gallon container will serve 600 sol diers when the product is recon stituted according to directions. Betts in dehydrated form have a ratio of 11.5 to one over field weight. Another striking illustration aan be made with the canned sweet potato versus the dehydrated swett potato. "In containers equvalent in size to five-gallon cans, the same 40 cubic feet of loaded cargo of dehydrated sweet potatoes will fur nish 3080 pounds of sweet potatoes when served. Thus the dehydrated food has the advantage by nearly 3,5 to one." Scientists a* the University of California have found that, if prop erly treated, several of the dehy drated vegetables have bitter vita min retention than the same ones canned, Mr. Tobin asserted, citing especially spinach and peas. In the convoys of World War II, 40 to 50 of every 100 ships are required for food supplies. It will not be easy to increase the ratio, according to Mr. Tbbin, because "an acute labor shortage faces the food processing industry in' 1943." About fifteen million more pairs of "durable" wartime shoes for civilians will be produced this year than last. Many peacetime types wiU be discontinued for the dure Mm ef war. Day's Pay Plan Urged For Red Cross War Fund /? Fishing Season Opens April 15; Licenses On Sale "Fishing licenses are now on saJe, and fishing is expected to be the best in Macon cotyifty in many years," says J. Fred Bryson, county -game warden. Trout season opens April 15th, t^,e hate limit beimg 12 a day, and size limit seven inches and up, Mr. Bryson announces. He says tthat the Nantahala. Lake is heavily stocked with trout. Licenses may be bought at the following places: Macon County Supply Co. and Angel's Drug Store, Franklin. Wil ey Clark's Filling Station, Cullas-' aja ; Highlands Drug Store, and Harry's Cafe, Highlands; J. D. Bumette, Scaly; W. W. Cochran, Flats; Mrs. Frank Philips, Rain bow Springs; Mrs. Carl Nelson, Aquone; J. R. Southards, Cartoo gechaye. Navy Officer Speaks To High Schools Chief Petty Officer W. S. Bas kerville Jr., officer- in-ch?rgc or the Asheville Navy Recruiting Station, and Yeoman Tom Adams of tjje Asheville Station conducted an in formal discussion Tueesday after noon at fhe Franklin High School and answered questions lor the high school students about the var ious departments of the Navy ? what the Navy officers, the re quirements for each, and methods of making application. The recruiters paid a similar visit to the Highlands High School on Tuesday morning. The program of the Navy offi tfUh here part of their tsor of all the high schools in Western North Carolina to give every high school student complete first-hand information on the Navy's present activities and the opportunities open to those who desire to en list. "We encourage you," Chief Bos kerville told the students, "to get your high school diploma before enlisting if you can graduate be fore you are 18 years of age, although -the Na.vy does not re quire that you be a graduate be fore enlisting. "And we want you to beair in mind, also, that when you enlist in the Navy you do not cease studying, because every man in the Navy becomes skilled in a trade which will enable him to draw a high salary while in the Navy and to handle any position within his trade in civilian lfe when the war is over." , Over 60 percent of the men in the Navy, 1fve recruiters said, are petty officers, this fact being due to the intensive technical training which every man receives. Chief Baskerville announced that the Asheville Navy Recruiting Sta tion is now accepting applications from women for enlistment in the WAVES. Complete information on any part af the Navy's program may be secured by anyone if those in terested wiH write to the Navy Recruiting Station, Post Office Building, Abbeville, N. C., or by applying directly at office of the local recruiting chairman. Attor ney Gilmer A. Jones. Booklets and other information is available for high school students at the office of Mr. Pugh, principal of Frank lin High School. Mr*. Etta Evan* Dies At Iotla Mrs. Ella Evans, 48j died at 7 a. m. Saturday at her home in the lotla community after a brief ill ness of pneumonia. Born in Tennessee, the daughter of the fete Mr. and Mrs. William Marett, ?he had lived most of her lift in Swain county, moving to Maoon county two .ytars ago. Funeral services -were oonducted at 3 p.m. Sunday At Jenkins ceme tery near Bryson City, with ?he Rev. Judson Medlin in charge. Surviving are her husband Pick tns Evans; two sons, Chester H. Evans of Gas ton in. and 'J- B. Ham I pton Evans of the U.S. army, stationed at. Camp Swift, Texas; one daughter, Mrs. Ada Thomason of Bryson City; one brother, Har ley Marett of Bryson City; and three gT?n<tchildr?n, Chairman Reports Third Of Quota Of $3,650 4 Raited The Rev. A. R. Morgan, chair man of tilie Red Cross War Fund makes the following report : "The Red Cross War Fund has Deceived response from a Urge mumber of people in Macon Coun ty. For this we are most grateful. However, the fact that we are halfway through March and are still 60 percent short of our ob jective prompts us to study tlve situation. We find that a small proportion of people have given more than the amount of the usual Red Cross membership of rvne dol lar. Throughout the country the slogan has huren "Give at least double." If we are to reach our goal a further real effort must be made. A tthree-fold appeal is there fore made : ThrwFoU Appeal "1. That those who have not ma<le a contribution do so at once. Tin the county get in touch with Mrs. Florence Sherrill. In the Highlands area contact Mrs. F. E. Potts. In Franldin call or see Mrs. H. E. Church, tihe Rev. Philip Green or the Kev. A. Kufus Mor H*n. If you know who the canvas ser is in your area get in touch with him or her. "2. That those who have regu lar jobs and can possibly do so contribute a day's pay to the War Fund. This does not seem to be too great a sacrifice in face of the present need. ? "3. That those who have made a contribution make an additional contribution of at least the same amount as they have already made. If the above three groups will cooperate, thoroughly *mL (W ottsly we should be able to com plete flhe amount tor which we started out, $3650.00. By all work ing together we can attain the goal." Mrs. Katherine Stewart, field representative, arrived Thursdav to assist t.he chapter in the War Fund drive now in progress. Fin* Rum] Rcifonu Mrs. Florence Sherrill, choirmin of rural collections announces that $582.64 has been deposited by her workers, all of whom have not reported. The complete list with amounts will be printed next week. Rationing Board Announces Rulings For Food And Tires The Office of Price Administra tion changed the point values of dried .fruits and dried beans effec tive as follows: Dried prunes, per pound, 12 points. Raisins, per pound. 12 points. All other dried fruits, per pound, 8 points. Dried beans, peas and lentils per pound, 4 points. Tire laipactfoa Periodic inspection of passenger automobile tires is as follows: Class "A" ? First inspection in'ijt be made by Marcih 31, 1W3, sub sequent inspections within every mon "*i nerWIs thereafter ; i.e. on or before September .10, Bind Vf.trch 31 of each year. Inspec tions must be at least ninety days apart. Class "B". first inspection was February 28, subsequent inspec tions within everv four montlhs period thereafter. Inspections must be at leta-st sixtv dmvs apart. Class "C", first inspection was made February 28, subsequent in spections within every three month period thereafter. Inspections must be at ten-st fortvjiv.e days apart. RataiUr RcpitnAun Retailers who deal in processed foods will be required to register between April 1 and April 10, 1943. Forms for this purpose may be secured fev calling the local War Price and Rationing Board. LEND-LEASE The United States is supplying 44 countries with lend-lease food and materials. Those coon tries in turn, are fontributmg food, equip ment and resources to American armies on foreign soil. Miss Ruth Higgins has returned to Ghartotte where she is a radio technician at Morris Field.