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VOL. LIX? NO. 2
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JAN. 13, 1944
J2.00 PER YEAR
Paralysis Fund Campaign
Committees Are Announced
i
Fifty Per Cent Of Fund
Raited Retained
By County
Ben L. McGlamery, county
chairman of the Infantile Par
alysis drive, annbunces the fol
lowing committees who will as
sist in putting over the cam
paign in the county.
The campaign starts January
14 and closes Jannary 31. The
quota for Macon county is $324.
All funds should be turned in
to C. H. Bolton, treasurer, at
the Nantahala Power and Light
company office. Fifty per cent
of all funds raised remain here
to help victims of the disease in
the county.
Social events scheduled cele
brating the President's birthday
according to custom, are a bun
co party sponsored by the East
ern Star at Kelly Inn on Satur
day evening, January 22 and the
President's birthday ball at Pan
orama Court on the evening of
Saturday, Jannary '29.
Committees
Women's: Miss Lassie Kelley,
chairman; Mrs. John Bulgin,
Mrs. Mac Ray Whitaker Mrs.
W. H. Sellers, Mrs. W. V. Swan.
Lions Club: T. W. Angel, Jr.,
chairman; F. B. Duncan, Ed.
Crawford.
Publicity: Mrs. J. W. C. John
son, Mrs. Lester Conley.
Special Events: A. O. Cagle
chairman, J. Ward Long, A. B.
O'Mohundro, A. C. Tyslnger.
School Committee: J. F. Pugh,
chairman, E. J. Carpenter J. J.
Mann, Miss Nora Moody.
Rnral Committee: Otto, Mrs.
Parrish, J. J. Mann. Cullasaja:
Wiley Clark. Pine Grove: C. W.
Henderson. Highlands: Wilton
H. Cobb Tudor N. Hall, Stacey
Russell, Miss f>otts: Uhlon' "Mrs.
Ned Teague. Cartoogechaye:
i Mrs. Henry Slagle, Mrs. J. R.
Ray. Patton Settlement: Harley
Stewart. Iotla: Miss Nora Moody.
Burningtown: Mrs. Grady Du
vall. Co wee: Clyde West, Tom
Rickman. Holly Springs: Ad
rain Howell. Nantahala: T. T.
Love. Scaly: Mrs. Albert Brown.
Higdonville: Mrs. Lancia Moses.
Kyle: Mrs. Lolita Dean. Styles:
Ed. B. Byrd.
G. W. Stiwinter
Taken Bv Death
George W. Stiwinter, 81, far
mer of the Walnut Creek sec
tion, died at his home Wednes
day morning following an illness
of four months.
He was a native of Tennessee,
but had spent most of his life
in Macon county. He was marri
ed to Miss Mary Jane Watson,
who died several years ago.
Funeral services were held at
the Straine cemetery on Walnut
Crtek, Thursday after at 2
o'clock, with burial in the church
cemetery. Pallbearers were Ju
lian and Melvin Stiwinter, J. P.
and Ed Crisp, and Quince and
Elmer Hedden.
Surviving are three sons, John,
Charlie and Arank Stiwinter of
Walnut Creek; two daughters,
Mrs. Amanda Gregory and Mrs.
Amy Leopard of Walnut Creek;
and 14 grandchildren.
Potts funeral home of Frank
lin was In charge of arrange
ments.
Grade Shields
Diet On Iotla
Funeral service* for Oracle
Jeanette Shields, one-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Shields of Iotla, who died at
her home Tuesday, following an
Illness of three weeks, were held
Wednesday afternoon at the
Burnlngtown Baptist church.
The Rev. Robert Polndexter of
ficiated and burial was In the
church cemetery.
In addition to the parents,
she Is survived by three bro
thers. B1H, Oarland and Joe
Shields, and her grandmother,
Mrs. Emma Tallent of Franklin,
Route 3.
FARMERS MAT APPLY
FOR TOBACCO ALLOTMENT
Fanners who grew tobacco in
1943 without an allotfent may
come by the AAA office and
make application for an allot
ment before February 1, 1M4
according to Sam / Mendenhall
farm agent.
. Committees
I Appointed For Economic
Post-War Planning
At the meeting for post-war
planning last week, when a
committee for economic devel
opment was launched for Ma
con county, the following citi
zens were appointed to serve in
the groups outlined by the
chairman, J. E. 8. Thorpe.
Mr. Thorpe stated that he
had selected names of persons
well known in the community
who had accepted the responsi
bility of serving under the di
visions suggested and the com
mittees designated.
He defined the function of the
research division to be the col
lecting of information on post
war activity which is being fur
nished by several national or
ganizations and the Depart
ment of Commerce in Washing
ton.
The Action committee's work
is to get behind the communi
ty's problems to activate them
into results.
The Relations division has a
fruitful field in co-ordinating
the work of all groups' to ac
complish the purposes of the
whole committee. The purposes
of the following committees are
self-evident, Mr. Thorpe obser
ved. They are designed to cover
the economic fields of this coun
ty's resources.
RESEARCH DIVISION:
H. W. Cabe, Chairman: H. H.
Gnuse, M. L. Dowdle, A. R. Hlg
don, G. L. Houk and Gus Leach.
ACTION DIVISION:
John M. Archer, chairman;
Dr. Edgar Angel, S. C. Russell.
E. A. Schilling and J. H. Stock
ton.
? HEI.4TIOMR .DCOaiQtt;^.,^
J. S. Conley, chairman: A. A.
Brooks, J. O. Harrison, R. S.
Jones, E. W. Long and W. A.
Rogers.
INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE:
W. C. Zickgraf, chairman; L.
H. Page, Floyd E. Snow, J. Lee
Tippett, Grant L. Zickgraf and
C. L. Pendergrass.
DAIRY PRODUCTS. COM.:
A. B. Slagle, chairman; J. W.
Addlngton and Adrian Howell.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST
PRODUCTS;
E. J.Whitmire, chairman; C.
W. Henderson, S. W. Menden
hall, C. F. Moody and C. S.
Slagle.
SERVICES COMMITTEE:
[ Prank B. Duncan, chairman;
W. C. Burrell, Paul Carpenter,
J. R. Hughey and B. JL. McGlam
ery.
MERCHANTS COMMITTEE:
W. H. Cobb, chairman; T. W.
Angel, Jr., O. C. Bryant, Roy F.
Cunningham, L. C. Hlgdon, A.
B. O'Mohundro. R. S. CMohun
dro, J. E. Perry, Jr., and Jack
Sanders.
TOURIST COMMITTEE:
Miss Lassie Kelly, chairman,
A. O. Cagle, Mrs. J. W. C. John
son and Mrs. S. H. Lyle, Jr.
Scout Troop
Of Franklin Wins Ribbon
Scouts Awarded Badges
The Franklin Scout Troop
von a ribbon on advancement
and attendance at the district
court of honor held in Sylva
last Monday night. ,
Franklin Boy Scouts who re
celved awards at this court of
honor were: Tenderfoot, Bill Mc
Mah&n; Merit Badges, Howard
Baldkln, Charles Baldwin Cul
len Bryant, Jack Tilley and Jim.
my Waldroop.
Other scouts attending the
faceting were Stanley Sutton
and Manuel Holland. They were
accompanied by the Rev. Carl
Judy who is assistant scoutmas
ter to James Hauser, and Dr.
J. L. Stokes.
OPA Announces
"Ration Fr?" Sim P?rm't
The Office of -Price Adminis
tration has Issued Amendment
49 to the Shoe Ration Order,
which provides for the transfer
. "Ration Free," a certain per
centage of dealers' stock of Wo
. men's low priced shoes, during
, the nerlod, January 17 to 29th
Inclusive.
Sgt. Carlyle Shepard and 8/ Sgt. Crawford Shepard are the
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Dock Shepard of Iotla. The brothers, who
had been separated for three years met during the holidays
which they spent with their pa rents. Crawford is stationed ih
California and Carlyle is in Oklahoma. .
Ensign Rose Rodgers, niece
of Mrs. Gns Leach, graduated
from the Franklin High school,
the Florida State college, and
did post-graduate work at Col
umbia University. In December
1941, she enlisted in the WAVES
and is now at the Naval Train
ing Station, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
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G. L. Bryant
Dies At Kannapolit
Gilmer Lee Bryant, 23, a na
tive of Macon county, died on
Tuesday at a Kannapolis hospi
tal following an illness of one
week.
He had been employed in Kan
napolis for two and one-half
years and spent a Christmas
vacation with his parents Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Bryant of
Franklin, Route 3.
The body is expected to ar
rive here Thursday and will be
taken to the Bryant funeral
home where it will remain un
til the hour of the funeral. Last
rites will be held at the Oak
Dale Baptist church Friday af
ternoon at 3 o'clock with the
Rev. Norman E. Holden officiat
ing. Burial will follow In the
church cemetery.
In addition to the parents, he
is survived by six sisters, Mrs.
Lola Roper of Macon county,
Mrs. Ola Rowland of Nantahala,
Mrs. Geneva Rowland Misses
Lois and Emogene Bryant of
Macon dounty, and Mrs. Virgin
ia Starnes of Kannapolis; one
brother, Ezell Bryant of Macon
county; the grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Wilks of Macon
county, his grandmother, Mrs. i
Cordelia Bryant of Macon coun- ;
ty; one niece and three neph
ews.
18-Year Olds
Register For Draft
The following is a list of the
boys who reached their eigh
teenth birthday during the
month of December and regis
tered far Selective Service:
Frank Burrell Moffitt, Way
mon Chastain, John Harris Hen
son, Walter Evans, John Tho
mas Seav, W. J. Mason, William
Lee Hall, Berlin Wilson, William 1
Shirley Childers, Adrian Mar- j
shall Peek, William Claude
Flowers, Ernest Royal Dills, Jr., !
James David Tallent.
Sams Infant
Found Dead
Coy Allen Sams, aged one
month, was found dead in bed
on Sunday morning, December
26. The son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
S. Sams, he is survived by his
parents and one small brother.
Services were held at New
man's Chapel, with the Rev. R.
W. Williams and the Rev. J. I.
i Vinson of filiating.
The Men and Women
In Service Column had to
omitted this week. This
news will he published
next week. -
Sgt. Cochran
Reported "Missing In Ac
tion" On N. African Area
W. R. Cochran of Nantahala,
was in Franklin, Thursday, and
sjlid the news had been received
that their son, Staff Sergeant
Howard B. Cochran was report
ed "missing in action" in the
Horth African area. His wife re
ceived a telegram on Monday,
January 3, to this effect, and
Ho other information had been
received.
Mr. Cochran stated that his
son had volunteered in the
Army Air Corps four years ago,
(tei-lwd tnw a* Eglin
Field for most of the time since
his training as an aerial gunner
field trainer. He was sent over
seas last September, soon after
the birth of their little daugh
ter who is now four months old.
Mr. and Mrs. Cochran have a
younger son who volunteered in
the Air Corps. He entered the
service in June 1942. and went
overseas in fivVmonths. He has
served in the A(|lcan and Si
nlllnn /lomnoltma
i/iiiaii vainpajgita).
Mrs. Bell Queen
Claimed By Death
Mrs. Bell Queen. 51 died
Monday night at 8:30 ' o'clock,
following a brief Illness. She
suffered a stroke several weeks
ago.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning at 11 ;00
o'clock at the Oak Grove Bap
tist church, the Rev. George A.
Cloer officiating. Burial will fol
low In the church cemetery.
She was the former Miss Daisy
Icenhour and was a native and
life-long resident of Macon
county. She was a member of
the Sugar Grove Baptist lhurch
and in 1908 was maTried to
Thomas Queen, who survives
her.
In addition to her husband
she is survived by six sons, Ed
gar, Fred, Cecil and Clyde Queen
of Macon county, Lon Queen of
Bryson City and William V.
Queen of Atterbury, Ihd.; one
Macon county; one brother, Jud
Icenhour; two sisters, Mrs. Sloan
daughter, Mrs. Aleen Jenkins of
Holbrook and Mrs. T. C. Roper
of Macon county and nine
grandchildren.
Jail Breakers
Cauglit By Police
Marshall and T. M. Jones,
brothers said to be AWOL from
the army and Roy Lewis, house
breaker, were captured yester
day near Summer Hill after
breaking out of jail about half
an hour before. They were seen
on the top of the roof letting
themselves down by blankets
tied together. The witness
thought they were mending the
roof. They had removed part of
the celling of their cell' and
crawled through.
Lewis is In Jail for breaking
into the home of Miss Nettie
Hurst and stealing silverware
and other valuables. Officers
Homer Cochran and Oscar Dills
caught the prisoners and put
them back In jail.
Fourth War Loan Campaign
To Be Launched Next Week
MEN ACCEPTED
FORSERVICE
Leave For Assignment To
U. S. Army And
Navy
The following is a list of the
men who were sent to the in
duction station in December and
were accepted for the Army:
Mllford Phillip Kell, Ned Cal
vin Cowart, Norman Garneil Mc
Clure, Carl Edwin Ledford,
Claude Jefferson Boone, Theo
dore Elihu Anders, John Henry
Williamson, Turner Elmo Dills,
Samuel Dewitt Calloway, Harry
Dillard Kinsland, Arthur Kerrr
Blaine, Jr., Frank Mozell Rogers.
The following were inducted
into the Navy:
Samuel Ebenezer Ramsey,
Daniel Thaddeus Bryson, Willi
am Jess Wallace, Wade Craw
ford Lambert, Hal Weaver Cabe,
Annies Geane Cabe, Lake Ran
dolph Ledford, Carl David Moses,
Leo Wendell Corbln, John Emer
son Smith, George Grady
Thompson, Cecil Preleau Seagle.
Classifications
Announced By Our Local
Board
The following classifications
are announced by the Local Se
lective Service Board:
In 1-A: Burte David Douthitt,
Reid Womack, Clyde Taylor Gal
ley, Sam. L. Brooks, James Mc
Clure, Dallas Solesbee, Wood row
Wilson Dowdle, Willard Gold
man Passmore, Frones Plumer
Patterson, Harry Tallent, Buford
Andrew Cafce, JottrrOdus Mash
burn, Roy Gene Grant, Elbert
Herman Hedden, Wylie Glenn
Smith, Roby Billie Rowland, Do
ver Jud Duvall, Lawton Augus
tus Keener, Dexter Wilson Mc
Connell, Ralph Ray Crunkleton,
Hubert Samuel Bradley, Frank
William Mathews, Boyd Henry
Collier, Goodlow Bowman, Percy
Randolph Norton, Lawrence Gil
mer Sanders, George Nelson
Shope, Clyde Allison Hopper,
John Calvin Fox, Jack El wood
Jacobs, Eugene Quinton Scott,
Odean Sylvester Roper, John
Will Ledford, Jack Colman Tay
lor, Marshall Edward Hastings,
James Edward Gibson, Robert
Furman Haskett, Turner Cleve
land Anderson.
In 2-A: Golie Wllburn Pass
more, William Arlene Greenwood'
Floyd Arvil Welch, Thomas Fur
man Vinson, William Howard
Bingham, Yermon Joe Raby.
In 3-C: Everette Frank Hol
land.
In 3D: Marcus Nathaniel Chas
tain.
In 1-A-H: Furman Walker
Stewmon, Fred Dillard Moffitt,
Sheridan Arthur Gregory.
In 4-F: Jack Johnson, col.
President Calls For
National Service Law
President Roosevelt on Tues
day called on the nation to sup
port a sweeping win-the-war
program, including a national
service law which would draft
every able-bodied man and wo
man for all-out home front ef
fort.
"Victory probably can be ach
ieved without it, but it will be
costlier and longer in coming
unless there is total mobiliza
tion of manpower, resources and
capital," he said.
Joint Meeting Held
For Food Production
Joint meetings of farm and
home management will be held
throughout the county for men
women and 4-H members be
ginning January 12. Plans will
be made for food and feed pro
duction in 1944.
The meeting at Highlands
will be held on January 15,
Watauga, January 17 10:30 and
at Holly Springs at 2 p.m. Hick
ory Knoll, Skeener and Union
meetings will be on January 18;
Cartoogechaye and Otter Creek.
January 19; Pine Grove and
Gold Mine. January 20; Stiles,
TelUco and Bumlngtown Janu
ary 31; Franklin, January 23.
"Buy A Bomber" Will Be
, The Goal; Jones Is
Chairman
A number of citizens attend
ed the meeting to organize the
Fourth War Loan campaign at
the Bank of Franklin Monday
evening. Henry W. Cabe, county
chairman of the War Finance
committee, announced that Gil
mer A. Jones, who so success
fully directed the Third War
Loan drive, had accepted the
chairmanship of the Fourth War
Loan for Macon county. The
drive will begin next week.
The quota for Macon county
was announced as set at $160,
000 ? which exceeds the last
quota of $145 000. The county
oversubscribed this quota, with
total sales amounting to over
$200,000.
To Buy A Bomber
In view of the over-subscrlp
tion of the last drive, the meet
ing heartily concurred in the
suggestion of chairman Jones
that Macon county set as its
goal the sum of $175,000, the
amount needed to, buy a bomb
er which the county will be
allowed to name.
It was made clear that this
drive is going to be harder than
the last one and that work and
sacrifice were needed by all to
put It over. There was no doubt
expressed that the sum set
would be raised. "Those who
have boys in service are going
to buy bonds," said chairman
Cabe.
The Committee for districts
in the county are Sam Men
denhall, Mrs. Florence Sherrlll
and Horner Stockton. E. J.
Whitmire was appointed chair
man for schools. The same or
ganization of women will serve,
with the exception of Mrs John
Archer, who has directed so
successfully the women's com
mittee In previous drives. 8he
begged to be relieved of the
chairmanship this time. Her
successor will be announced la
ter. She will assist as a member
of the committee.
Next week's Issue of this pa
per will be devoted to the drive
and the committee will distrib
ute extra copies as in the last
campaign.
Lyle Bradley
Killed By Auto
Ir Norfolk Virginia
W. Lyle Bradley, 34. former
Macon county resident, died
Saturday at 6,30 pjn., in Nor
folk, Va. after he bad been
struck by an automobile as he
was crossing a street in Norfolk.
iMr. Bradley went to Norfolk
two years ago. Before going to
Virginia he watf employed by
the Bradley Mica company, Ma
con county.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 3:00
o'clock at Oak Grove Baptist
church, the Rev. George A. Clo
er and the Rev. Norman E. Hol
den officiating. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers, nephews of the
deceased, were: Willard Carl
and Thad McCoy, Bob Woodard,
and Carl and Howard Bradley.
The body arrived at Franklin
Monday afternoon and was ta
ken to the home of Mr. Brad
ley's brother-in-law, Ed McCoy
at Oak Grove, Tuesday.
Surviving are the widow Mrs.
Anna Mae Roper Bradley"; one
daughter, Carolyn; two sons,
Billy and Don L.; the father,
the Rev. W. L. Bradley of the
Oakgrove section; three bro
thers, Avery, Seattle Washing
ton, Hillaxd, Franklin, Route 3
and Charles Bradley, Franklin;
three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Shil
llnger Soda Springs, Idaho, Mrs.
Margaret Anne Woodard and
Mrs. Maude Potts, both of Frank
lin, Route 3.
Bryant funeral home was in
charge.
3RD SUNDAY SINGING
AT ASBl'RY CHURCH
The regular 3rd Sunday Sing
ing will be held at Otto, Janu
ary 16, at 2:00 p.m., under the
direction of J. M. Holt, presi
dent.
Different choirs, quartets and
gospel singers are expected to
take part in the service.