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VOL. LIX? NO. 9
FRANKI.IN, N. C. THURSDAW, MARCH 2, 1944
$2.00 PER VEAR
Red Cross Opens Drive
To Raise Quota Of $6,500
List Of Workers And Roll
Of Gift. Of $25
Or More
Red Cross posters went up
and windows in the stores dis
played Red Cross work on, Tues
day morning, March 1, as
Franklin's small army of work
ers started out to collect gilts
for the Red Cross War Fund
Drive. They report generous re
sponse for the first day.
More than 40 workers were
present at the court house Mon
day night when final instruc
tions were given and literature
and other supplies distributed.
Workers have been asked to
bring home to all the necessity
of sacrificial donations if Macon
county's quota of $6,500 Is to
be met.
"Give Your Pay For Leap
Year Day" is the slogan of the
National Drive which has been
adopted for our own, and fol
lowed by a large number of giv
ers. '
Workers Appointed
B. L. McGiamery, Franklin
district leader, has appointed
the following workers:
Mesdames R. M. Rimmer,
Frank Higdon, J. E. S. Thorpe,
Allan Brooks, W. V. Swan, John
Bulgin, J. D. Alsup, H. T. Hors
ley, MacRay Whitaker, John
Archer, George Brown, R. H.
Hull. George McGee, Roy Be
shears, J. S. Conley, Lester Con
ley, Hylda Shepherd, Earl
War.d, M. A. Perce, Harry Wil
hide, L. H. Page, Grant Zick
graf. Frank L. Henry, Jr, and
Miss Gladys Sellers. Gordon
Moore has been appointed to
collect from the State Highway
employees and Willard Pender
grass from the wood haulers.
Mrs. Jim Cunningham and Mrs.
J. R. have charge of the
law.
W. Angel, Jr., has directed' the
show window displays.
Employees at Fontana from
Macon county are urged Jto de
signate their gifts for the Ma
con county chapter. As there is
no chapler at Fontana, the gifts
collected will be credited to the
home chapters of the givers.
In his proclamation lor itea
Cross Month 1944, President
Roosevelt lists the extent of
Red Cross work at home as well
as In the four corners of the
globe, stressing the gifts of 5
million pints of blood which *re
saving the lives of hundreds of
wounded -men.
He says: "I earnestly beseech
my fellow . Americans to . . .
open their hearts to this hu
manitarian appeal in order that
we may keep the Red Cross St
the side of our fighting men
and their dependents In their
hour of greatest need."
Honor Roll
The following is the member
ship of the "Take Care Of A
Boy For A Year,, club by con
tributlons of $25.00:
C. L. Pendergrass
W. C. Zickgraf .
W. C. Burrell
W. R. Pendergrass
Manson L. Stiles
Rev. A. Rufus Morgan
L. B. PhiUips
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Cabe
H. H. Gnuse, Jr.
John W. Archer, Jr.
Lake V. Shope
Dr. Edftar Angel (4)
Dr. J. L. Stokes
J. E. 8. Thorpe
Mrs J. E. S. Thorpe
M. Blumenthal
E. J. Whitmire
Harold T. Sloan (2)
Mrs. J. E. Perry
W. C. Penn
J. S. Conley
O. C. Bryant
J. F. Marchman
Jack Sanders
A. B. Slagle, < ?35.00*
Mrs. Woodrow Reeves
Mr. and Mrs.
A. B. CMohundro
Wrs. Pnarl Mmhburn
Mrs. Charlie 'Higdon
nr W. A. Rogers
Refreshment Shop
Veaucssa Chapter O.E.S.
B<Jv fleoi't Troo" No 1
Dowdle Wholesale Co.
Legion Auxiliary
Macon County Building awl
Loin AiaoeUtlon
Price Panel
Setup By OPA. Merchants
To Be Visited
A price panel of the Macon
County War Price and Ration
ing Board has been organized
for the benefit of both the mer
chants of the county and the
consumer public. The members
of the panel are Mrs. Florence
SherrlU, Gordon Moore, Paul
Swafford. 8. W. Mendenhall Is
community service member.
Every store in the county will
be visited by the merchants'
aides, during the week of March
13.
Altho these persons are volun
teer workers, the people of Am
erica Iqok to them to make the
price program work. Also classi
fied with the price panel are
their assistants or merchants
aides.
OPA Administrator Chester
Bowles states that "a check on
stores made In December shows
that one fifth of all stores were
selling at least one Item which
was checked above the celling
price." He also states that It is
clear that the majority of these
violations are due to misunder
standing. Helping the merchants
to be able to price their goods
correctly is one of the chief
alms of the Price Panel. Where
violations are found and refer
red to the Panel they are then
able to help rectify the error
through local correction.
The Macon County War Price
and Rationing Board through
their Board Chairman and Price
Panel are this week recruiting
Merchant Aides to help with
this part of the program.
Mrs. Nail
To Aunt Mr*. Sherrffi l
As Home Agent
Mis. William C. Nail of High
lands h^s accepted the position
of assistant to Mrs. Florence S.
Sherrill, county home demon
stration agent, beginning her
duties on March 1.
Mrs. Nail, the former Miss
Carolyn Potto, is a graduate of
the Woman's college of the Un
iversity of North Carolina, and
prior to taking this position was
dietician ? of Landers college.
Greenwortd, S. C. Her husband,
Lieut. Naf?, is now stationed In
India with the U. S Army.
Mr*. Baldwin PasMf ^
At Burmngtown Hone
Allle Ray* Baldwin, 79, wife of
John Baldwin, died at her home
in the Bmmtngtown section of
Macon county Friday morning
following ai brief illness. She
suffered ? ttroke on the 8unday
evening previous to her death.
She was * native and life-long
resident of ? the Bumlngtown
section and was a member of
the Oakdale Baptist church. Mr.
and Mrs. Bkxldwln had been
married 83 yaars at the time of
her death. ,r
Funeral aervtces were held on
Saturday morning at 11 o'clock
at the vBurnln gtown Baptist
church, the Rev. Norman Hol
den officiating. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Harry
and Glen R*y, Hoerve Bryant
Harold Swafford, Loyal Mason
and Morris Ledford.
Surviving art her husband,
tour daughters, Mrs. W. T. Tip
pett, Mrs. A. J. Edwards, Mrs.
Perry Swaffortt and Mrs. Jean
Jacobs, all of Macon county;
three sons, Cecil of Macon coun
ty. and Gene and Don of Frank
lin; two sisters. Mrs. Jenle Bar
nard and Mrs. H. J. Bryant of
Macon county; 35 grandchild
ren and 35 great grandchildren.
Bryant Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
FIRST SUNDAY
SINGING AT COWETA
The First Sunday afternoon
singing will be held at the '
Coweta Baptist church Mar. 5
beginning at 1:S0 o'clock. Every
one Is invited to attend.
"LETS ALL BACK
THE ATTACK"
0UT EXTRA BONDS
NEWS OF OL4
MEN??/ WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Pvt. James H. Parrish, son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Parrish,
spent a 10-day furlough at h.s
home He Is stationed at Shreve
port, La.
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Sgt. Ralph Cassada, son of
Mrs. Miller Gassada, stationed
at Camp Odior, Oregon, has
returned to his camp after
spending a furlough at home. ,
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Pvt. Harley C. Sanders, son j
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sanders. I
arrived home Saturday. He has ;
served eight-months in over- j
seas duty. He. won the Asiatic i
Pacific Campaign medal for
service in the Army. The War
Department will announce the j
battles he was in later.
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Pvt. Willie C. Beeco has arri
ved safely overseas according toj
a telegram received
ther, Mrs. Claude Beeco.
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Mrs. J. B. Deal has received
word that her son, S/Sgt. Wil
liam R. Deal, has arrived safe- !
ly overseas. Pfc. Rollin. A. Deal,
another son of Mrs. J. B. Deal,
is serving with the Coast Artil
lery overseas.
CPL. BROWN AWARDED
GOOD CONDUCT RIBBON
Cpl. Vivien H. Brown has re
cently been awarded the good
conduct ribbon bj; his com
pany's commander with the fol
lowing citation:
In recognition of your fideli
ty as demonstrated by your
faithful and exact performance
of duty, the efficiency by which
you have produced _the desired
results, and your behavior which
has been such as to be worthy
of emulation by other members
of this command, it is with
great pride that I present you
with this good conduct ribbon,
knowing {hat you will maintain
in the future the high quality
of service ycfu have rendered In
the past. . I
Pfc. McKinney Wounded
In Italian Theatre
Pfc. Mack R. McKinney. son
of Mr?. Annie E. McKinney ol
Highlands is reported to have
been wounded in action in the
Italian theatre.
THREE MACON BOYS
APPLY FOB NAVY
Three youths of Franklin an d .
the local area made application
last week through Chief Signal-'
man C. J. Rhinehardt recruiter
In th:'s district, for enlistment In
the United States Navy.
They were: Marshall Furman
Stockton. Route 2, Frankfin;
Robert Theodore Gillespie. Route
1. Franklin, John Mack Boston,
Franklin.
paring the last month North
Carolina has led the nation ir>
the number of 17-year-old vol
unteers for the Navy.
The drive to enlist WAVES
has brought many applications
from all parts of the state it
Is said. Women between the
ages of twenty and- thtrty-sl*
are eligible : no education be
v.-?r>d two years of high school
is jvouired Full details ree?rd
tnir t?ie WAVES and aoollc ac
tion blanks mav be obtained
fi-om Remitter Rhinehardt in
jt>i* Franklin postofflce on Mar.
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Pfc. Euell C. Downs, nephew
of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Houston,
is now serving overseas.
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Pfc. Wm. Troy Shields, who
has been at Jefferson Barracks,
Mo., for the past four months,
recently spent a 10-day fur
lough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Shields. He return
ed to a new base at San Anto
nio, Texas.
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Lt. Charles R. Hunnicutt, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Hunni
ctt, has arrived safely overseas.
in the Atlantic irea. ,
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1/Lt. Richard K. Irvin, from
Fort George G. Meade. Md., and
his mother, Mrs. Marion Irvin,
of Birmingham. Ala., were the
weekend guests of Mrs. Hyldah
Shepherd.
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Cpl. A. L. Whitaker is home
rflflffcave rtSftmg "Mrs: witi raker,
at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Cunning
ham. He is accompanied by
Pfc. A. B, Russell of Hartford,
Conn. Both are members of an
amphibian engineering brigade,
training at Camp Gordon John
son, Fla.
Continued On Pas* Two ?
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Classifications
Announced By Our Local
Board
The following classifications,
are announced by the Local Se
lective Service Board:
In 1-A: Glenn A. Tilson, Ver
non Herbert Fricks, Dennis
Davis Wonce, James Silas Green,
Robert Lee Vanhook, Dock Tal
lent, George Taylor, James Ran
dolph Hall. Paul Leon Calloway,
James ?Charlie Johnson, James
Henry Crawford, Lester Marvin
Cochran, Frank Washington
Crisp, Robert Harley Callaway,
Herbert Cecil Cooper.
Oscar Bateman, Robert Mose
Morgan, Ralph Vinson, John
Frank Craine, Gay Garland
I Younce. Wiley Alexander Bry
j son. Jack Cansler, Jr., Grover
Wilson Sorrells, John Alfred
Hall, Daniel Robert Wilkie, El
mer Brown, Franklyn Edward
Verdon. Norman Reese, Garfield
Jenkins. Ftfrman Fuller Stiles,
Lawrence R. Ledbetter, Henry
Wallace Moss.
Tomoe Plorl? fihonVlPrrf .Tud
McGaha, Bruce Wiley Bates, Ol
iver Lee Godfrey, Charlie Wash
ington Wooten, Claude Ceaser
Sole8bee, James Marvin Pick
ens, Oscar Wykle. William Car
los Newton, Alex R. L. Hopkins.
Phil Bruce McCullum, ernest E.
Bowers, Ray Lamorn Welch.
In 2- A: Frank Jones, Daniel
Clyde Vinson, Frank Lee Henry,
Jr., Fred Charles Jones. James
Dan:el Gibson, James Clarence
Crisp. Glen Franklin. William
son, Carl Bernard Curtiss, Be
thel James Davis. Garland Win
ifred Morgan, Charlie Petitt,
Thad Hez Cloer. Clifford Ber
nell Dills.
In 3-A: John Thomas Roane.
In 2-C: John Coy Southards
Bmest Royal Dills, Jr.. Harvey
Bell, Roy Ike Henry, Leonard
Lease Bryson, John Woodrow
Teague.
?Continued On Par* Six
Macon's Final War Bond
Sales Report Is $201,788
AWARDED AIR MEDAL
1/Lt. Winton Perry, pilot of a 1
Thunderbolt, based somewhere
on the British coast. His mo
ther, Mrs. J. E. Perry, haa re
ceived word that he has been
awarded the Air Medal for
completion of a certain number
of missions over enemy terri
tory. Lt. Perry entered the
Army Air Corps in January,
1942, while a student at the
University of North Carolina. |
Rev. Huneycutt
Arrives To Take Change
Of Methodist Church
The Rev, Jackson Huneycutt
arrived to take over the pastor
ate of the Franklin Methodist
church on March 1, and will oc
cupy the pulpit of that church
on next Snday morning. He will
also have charge of Carson's
chapel, where he will conduct
services at 10 a. m. He succeeds
Rev. Dr. J. L. Stokes, Who has
been transferred to Elkin, .
SlrTand Mrs. Huneycutt and
young son arrived Tuesday and
aTe occupying the parsonage,
rhey have come from the Rad
kinville charge where he had
served three years.
Mr. Huneycutt received a BJB.
degree from Davidson college
and his B.D. degree from Duke
Divinity school. He has also
done graduate work at Boston
University, Boston, Mass., to
wards a doctorate, where he
held student charges In that
vicinity. His father is also a
minister, residing at Trinity.
is Registrants
Placed In 1-A
The following registrants were
placed In 1-A at a recent meet
ing of the local Selective Ser
vice Board:
Willie Algie Ratay, Garaett
Stevens, R. L. Long, Roy T.
Mason, Merriman Lyle Ander
son, James Dlllard Southards,
Blane Dope, Henry Hastings,
Lloyd Eldridge Crain, James
Dorman Russell, William Bing
ham.
Algie James Guyer, William
Henry Snyder, Zell Haynle, Hen
ry John Ammons, Ruben L.
Birchfield, Wm. Larkin Alexan
der Holbrook, Paul William
Brown, William Henry Mash
burn, Claude Bateman, Theo
dore Lawrence Dal ton, Fritz
Century Russell, Ford Marshall
Mann, Sam Prince, Wiley Rog
er Ashe. Paul Seay, Ira Ledford,
Roy Price, Geo. Burl SouthaTds,
Albert Eugene Barnes, Herjnan
William Teem, Daniel McOaJeb
Bishop, Wood row Wilson Reeves,
William Furman Welch.
In 1-C: Arnold Dennis Row
land.
In. 2-A: Frank Burrell Mof
fltt, Joseph Forrest Huggins,
Troy Marion Holland. John
Perry England, col.. Charles
Gorman Raby, John Ward Long,
Edward Carpenter, Clarence
George Greenwood.
In 2-B: Warren Wood row
Wilson, Jay Bryan. Houston,
James Wilev Guest.
In 4-F: John Samuel Arnold.
In 1-A-H: Charles Theodore
Hurst. Joel Southerlaml T^mo
Vtns Lake Hudson Stiles. Ralph
Daniel Scott.
AWVTt.LE SEAT
SUSTAINS BROKEN LEG
A ?llle 8?v r>t ' tbp PohbH
Pr?>f?k (Miction i*
at Ansrel clinic
ip<t mhinh ^suited from crush
ing by a log.
This Is $41,788 Above
Quota With E Bonds
Total of $128,000
The final report on Macon
County's sales of bonds In the
Fourth War Loan. Drive, gives
the figure of $201,788, according
to Gilmer A. Jones, county co
chairman of the drive. "This
sum Is $41,788 over the quota of
$160,000 assigned to this county
by the North Carolina War Fin
ance corAmlttee, and should be
gratifying to all whose untiring
efforts were responsible for this
result. We are assured that Ma
con. county will have the privi
lege of giving a name to a
bomber," Mt. Jones comments.
He expressed appreciation In the
name of the Macon county
WaT Finance committee to all
who helped in the drive.
The amount of "E" bonds
sold ? those of small denomina
tion to Individuals ? was $128,
000, a much greater proportion
than the report of "E" bond
sales throughout the nation.
The outstanding feature of
this drive was the work of the
young people In all the schools
In the county. E. 3. Whltmlre,
agricultural teacher at th?
Franklin high school, chairman,
did a grand job and the en
thusiastic labors of the school
children resulted In selling al
most half of the county's total.
The remainder of the work of
active selling was done by the
women's organizations in Frank
lin and the county, headed by
Mrs. James E. Perry, chairman
Mr. Jones stated.
Highlands exceeded Its quota.
Including the bonds sold by tfas
schools, by $10,000; the quote,
being $20,000.
The quota of $500 assigned to
the committee of colored peopl*.
with. Andrew Bay as Mmmm.
was cxcceuvu uy uiii commit
tee.
MACON SCHOOLS
sai mm
"Give Children A Hand"
Says Whkmire
"The old Saying is that 'It
you want a Job done quickly,
give It to a child,' was never
more true than In the bond
drive Just completed," aald E. J.
Whltmire. In reporting as chair
man. of schools of Macon coun
ty. "Our school children accoun
ted for the sale of bonds and
Stamps In the amount of $96,
332.94. In the hands of the
young people are 1,474 unfin
ished stamp' albums which win
mean bonds later on. Citizens
should stand up and give the
children a hand," said Mr. Whit
mire.
The Franklin school won the
$25 bond offered by J. Horner
Sfockton. th's school selling
$66 969 worth, or an average of
$77.00 a child. Highlands
school came second with $11.
229.10 or $32.50 per child. Iotla
school came in third with $25.50
per child. Otto, $18.50 and Buck
Creek $15.00 per child.
All of the schools had com
mendable records, the teacher*
leading off by buying $7,100
worth? over half their salaries
for one month.
Red Cross
Ships 196 Garment*
Miss Lassie Kelly, chairman
of production of the County
Chapter, reports the following
articles of Red Cross knitting
shipped- in Febnir.
mufflers, 80 army helmets, M
army sweaters. Of the above
garments, 16 sweaters and 1*
helmets , were knitted ? by the
Highlands branch of the Red
Cross. ^
Seriously Injured
In Auto Accident
Miss Alice Wallace of Frank
lin and Mr. Robert Hawks of
Detroit, Mich., are patients at
the Angel clinic, seriously ln
luml as a result of on auto
mobile wreck in Clav county
Twt?v nftemonn. E?ch reee!*?
?d injurlw of thi ehMt