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VOL. LIX? NO. 17
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1944
$2.00 PER TEAR
MARCH BONDS
EXCEED QUOTA
County Congratulated On
Fine Showing By
WFC
March sales of E, F and O
War Bonds in Macon county
have been reported to Henry W.
Cabe, war flnonce chairman, to
be $28,261.25. The quota assign
ed to this county for March
was $26,339.00.
In a letter from Allison
James, Associate Manager of the
State office of WFC, to Mr.
Cabe, the county Is congratulat
ed on this good showing, in
the following words:
''Your county is one of the
seven counties (in the state) to
have exceeded its March quota.
You have acted well your part ?
therein the honor lies. "Heart
iest congratlations."
The April quota for this coun
ty is tne same amount as the
March quota, and the result is
awaited witn much interest. In
June tne Fifth War Loan will
be launched.
4-F Men May Work
in Home Areas
RALEIGH, APKIL. 24? Men in
4-F classification do not have
to leave their own home areas,
except in rare instances, to find
jobs in essential activities, it is
announced by Dr. J. S. Dorton,
State Director of the War Man
power Commission.
"While shipyards, aircraft,
and munitions plants are en
gaged in vital war activities,
ihey are by no means the only
kinds of war essential activities
in which North Carolinians can
engage," said Dr. Dorton.
'?North Carolina has many vi
tal and highly essential activi
ties and services which are beg
ging for workers and can use
many moftTlhah are available.
Among these are all types of
larming, food processing and
fertilizer producing, most all
types of textile mills; logging;
pulpwood producing, tanning
and leather producing; iron
foundries, woodworking and
construction; producing agricul
tural machinery, certain types
of mining, including strategic
mica; and such services as pub
lic utilities, transportation and
communication; schools, hospi
tals, health and welfare services,
renovation and repair or many
items, and others."
Dr. Dorton advises men clas
sified in 4-F to check with the
U. S. Employment Service Offi
ce servinjg their area If they
are not engaged in essential
activities. The local USES office
can advise them as to whether
or not the work they are doing
is classed as essential, and di
rect them to jobs, usually in
their home areas, which are es
sential to the war effort and
to the civilian +?oaomy.
Noah Fonts Joins
Union At Age Of 89
We are indebted to our friend,
John H. Thomas, for this un
usual bit of news. Remarking
that "Sometimes the unusual
happens," he tells us that Noah
Fouts, 89 year old, * former
citizen of Macon county, has
written his brother, Cliny Fouts,
of Iotla, to get the old family
Bible and go to the proper au
thority and get his birth certi
ficate and send it to him, as he
is Joining the union for a car.
penter's Job.
DID TOD BUT THAT EXTRA
WAR BOND?
Lt. Davis L. Dean
Receives Air Medal And
Oak Leaf Cluster
AN EIGHTH AAP LIBERA
TOR STATION. ENGLAND ?
Second Lieutenant, Davis L.
Dean, son of Mr. and Mrs. Her
man Dean, of Franklin, N. C.,
has received an Oak Leaf' Clus
ter to the Air Medal, ''for ex
ceptionally meritorious achieve
ment, while participating in
five separate bomber missions
over enemy occupied Continen
tal Europe. The courage, oool
ness and skill displayed by
Lieutenant Dean, upon these
occasions reflects great credit
upon himself and the Armed
Forces of the United States."
Assigned to a veteran outfit in
the European Theatre of Oper
ations, he has participated In
bombing missions over Ludwig
shafen. Berlin, Kiel, Bremen,
and other important industrial
targets in Germany and the
Nazi-occupied countries.
Pilot of the Liberator, "Lazy
Lou," Lieutenant Dean was sta
tioned at Lowry Field, Denver,
Colorado, before being sent to
England.
Lieutenant Dean received his
Wings at Luke Field, Arizona.
Classifications
Announced By Our Local
Board
The following' classifications
are announced by the Local Se
lective Board;
In X-A; Ouy Edward Clouse,
Roy Price, John Edward Bar
rens, Granville Boyd Kell, Wil
liam Sam Houston, Charlie Par
ker Moore, Carter Wesley Hen
son, Thomas Theodore Wilson.
Raymond Rogers Tallent, Sam
uel Ebenezer Ramsey, Albert
Wilson, Owen Livingston Am
nions. Charles Ellis Allen.
In 1-A-O; William Frank Car
In 2-A: Fred James Hopper,
Clyde Gwinn Allen, John Reid
Elliott, John Pierpont Strother,
J. D. Beasley.
In 2-B: Paul Chandler Ma
son, Lawrence Wessly Shope,
Rolan Guffie.
In 2-C: William Burt Gooch,
Vincen Jones, Zeb Clifton Mor
gan, James Britt May, Andrew
Howard Rowland, William Mc
Kinley Byrd, Harry Preston
Neely, Claude Keeener, Eugene
Emerson Crawford, Walter Owen
Swanson.
In 4-F: Irlen Jones, Floyd Ar
vil Welch.
In 2-C-H: John David Car
penter.
In 1-A-H: Cecil Curtis Hol
land, Charlie William Harrison
Henry, Frank Cecil Carpenter,
James Floyd Deweese, Raymond
John Hicks, Norman Thad Guf
fey, Alfred Roosevelt Teem,
Tudor Norton Hall, William T.
Woo ten, Jess Walter Johnson,
Lee Bates, Jackson Wiley Sher
rill, Slier Passmore, Theodore
Gillespie.
In 1-C: William Lester Reed,
Perry Mashburn, George Pratt
McClure, George Bulen McCall,
Henry David Tallent, Everett
James Mashburn, Henry Barker
Cabe, Frank Monroe Roper, Jos
eph Walter Reese, Bulen Neal
Peek, Elmer Slier Tallent, Les
ter Alvln Patton, Willie Mitch
ell Moses, Roy J. Collier, Elmer
Luther Hannah, Columbus Mil
ton Frazier, Leslie Vaughn
Smith, James Dorm an Russell,
Paul William Brown, Ira Led
ford, Albert Eugene Barnes,
Daniel McCaleb Bishop, Ralph
Vinson, Gay Garland Yonce,
Cornaro Drayton Baird, Fred
Royal Jones, Rufus Collier, Ho
? Continued On Page Sis
School Playground Will
Receive $100 From PTA
Officers Elected And Tea
Planned For
May 5
The Franklin Parent-Teachers
Association appropriated $100 to
buy equipment for the school
playground at the April meet
ing. Also $25 was voted to furn
ish needed equipment for the
girl's rest room. I
All officers were re-elected
except the president, Mrs. Carl
Slagle, who has completed the
two terms of office which on*
person 1* permitted to Mm
consecutively; and the treasur
er. Mrs. Paul Klnsland was elec
ted president to succeed Mrs.
Slagle. Other officers elected
are Mrs. Pearl Hunter, vice
president, Mrs. Emory Hunni
cutt, secretary, Mrs. Harley
Lyle, Jr., treasurer, to succeed
Mrs. John Archer; Mrs. Haugh
ton Williams, historian.
. The last meeting of the year
wiH be held on Friday, May 5,
at 3 o'clock for the Initiation of
officers. A tea will be given in
honor of the teachers immedi
ately after the business meet
Ms . . .
NEWS OF OUR
MEN^WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Pfc. Urel McConnell, son of
Mt. and Mr% Arthur McConnell
of Cullasaja, recently spent a
14-day furlough at home. He
Is stationed at Camp Gordon
Johnson, Fla.
Pvt. Harley Carpenter, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Carpenter
of Dillard, Oa. Has been in ser
vice since 1943 and is now sta
tioned at Camp Plauche, New
Orleans, La.
Pvt. Zebulon W. Shope, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Z. V. Shope of
Prentiss, is now stationed over
seas. He took his basic training
at Fort Bragg.
S 2/C James H. Brookshire,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Brookshire, recently spent a
short furlough at home.
Pvt. Gaston Clark, son of D.
L. Clark of West's Mill, has re
cently spent a 21_day furlough
at home. He is now stationed
in Calif.
Pfc. Dock L. Clark, son of D.
L. Clark of West's Mill, is now
stationed overseas.
? * ?
Cpl. Bo Henry, son of Esta
Henry, spent a 11-day furlough
at home recently; He is now sta
tioned overseas.
,/ Continued On Page Two ?
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
ELECTS PRECINCT COM.
The Franklin Township Pre
cinct meeting held at the court
house last Saturday morning
elected the following precinct
committee: Ted Blaine, 1M. L.
Dowdle, Miss Lassie Kelly, Gor
don Moore and A. B. Slagle.
The committees appointed at
other precinct meetings could
not be obtained in time for
this issue.
ERROR
The name of Swafford's Mar
ket was accidentaly omitted
from the published list of mer
chants signing the Wednesday
closing pledge, which was print
Pfc. Allan. A. Brooks, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Brooks,
of an Engineering Camoflage
Batalllon, Is now stationed
somewhere In England. He was
a student at Duke University
prior to entering the service last
aummer.
ed in last week's Issue. Since
Mr. Swafford was one of the
first merchants cooperating In
the closing pledge for the sum
mer, we regret especially that
this typographical error was
I mad* by us.
State And Federal Primary
To Be Held In Co. May 27
PRESS OFFICE CLOSES
WEDNESDAY AT NOON
The Franklin Press Office
will be closed after noon on
Wednesday, with other places
of business in Franklin. No
news notices or advertise
ments will be accepted for
publication in the current
week's issue after Wednes
day noon. All advertisers and
those who have news Items
are urged to help us by furn
ishing copy before that time.
Registration
For Canning Sugar By
Teachers At Schools
May 1, 2
Macon County school teach
ers will conduct a county-wide
registration for canning sugar
on May 1 and 2, between the
hours of 1 and 5 p. m. Every
family unit who intends to do
home canning this season will
be expected to register during
this county-wide registration.
War ration Book IV MUST be
presented for each consumer, on
whose behalf the application is
being made.
The place to register is at the
school house in your commul
ty. Mr. Pugh, principal of the
Franklin high school, requests
that all residents of Franklin
who live on the North side of
Main street will register on
Monday, and those who live on
the South side of Main street,
will register on Tuesday.
MR VHIIIMC
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HEADS C. OF C.
Directors Name Officer*
And Discuss Program
For Year
The newly elected directors
of the Franklin Chamber of
Commerce met Tuesday evening
and elected the following offi
cers for the coming year: E. A.
Schilling, president; E. J. Whit
mire, vice-president; Grant
Zickgraf, treasurer. Other direc
tors elected at the annual meet
ing were B. L. McGlamery, Gil
mer Jones, L. H. Page and W.
C. Burrell.
The directors will hold anoth
er meeting on Friday evening,
April 28 to make plans for the
annual drive for funds and
plans for widening the scope of
the chamber's activities.
Navy Recruiting
Officer In F ranklin On
May 3
Chief Signalman C. J. Rhine
hart of the Ashevllle Navy Re
cruiting Station will establish
a Recruiting Station in the post
office at Franklin, on May 3,
and will accept applications
from men 17 years of age and
38 to 50 for service In the Navy,
and from women from 20 to 36
for enlistment and commission
in the WAVES.
TYPHOID CLINICS
BY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
The Macon County Health
Department announces that ty
phoid clinics will be held on the
following dates in the school
houses:
Tuesday, May 2, Mashburn
Branch, 9:30 a. m., Clark's
Chapel, 10:30 a. m.
Wednesday, May 3, Hlgdon
ville, 9:30 a. m., Salem, 10:30 a.
m., Highlands, 1:00 p. m., Scaly,
3:00 p. m.
Thursday, May 4, Walnut
Creek, 10:30 a. m., Pine Grove,
1:00 p. m., Gold Mine, 3:00 p.m.
Friday, May 5, Burnlngtown,
9:30 a. m., Oak Dale, 10:30 a.
m., Cowee, 1:00 p. m., Iotla, 3:00
p. m:
One shot of typhoid vaccine
will be given each year and all
are urged to get this one shot.
Small pox and dlptheria lnoccu
lation will also be given at these
cllnlos.
Registration Book* Filed
Open On Saturday*
Candidates Listed
The county primary tor nom
ination of all State and Federal
officers, will be held on Satur
day, May 27, 1944, according to
an announcement made this
week by J. J. Mann, chairman
of the Board of Elections of
Macon County.
Mr. Mann states that the reg
istration books will be open on
the three coming Saturdays,
April 29, May 6 and May 13.
The books will be at the vari
ous polling places at the pre
cincts throughout the county.
This is for the benefit of those
who have not previously regis
tered in Macon county.
Those who are entitled to
register are citizens who will be
entitled to vote in the next gen
eral election; by residence In
the county six months, and In
the state 12 months, and those
who will reach the age of 21
before the general election.
The following names have
been filed with the county
board of elections and will be
voted on In this primary.
Democratic candidates: For
United States Senator, Clyde R.
Hoey. Arthur Simmons, Camer
on Morrison, Giles Y. Newton,
Marion L. Ritch.
For Governor: R. Gregg Cher
ry, Ralph McDonald, Olla Ray
Boyd.
For Lieutenant Governor: L.
N. Ballentlne, W. L. Halstead,
Jamie T. Lyda.
Secretary of State: Thad
Eure, the incumbent, W. N.
Crawford.
State Auditor: George Rosa
Pou, the incumbent, Fred 8.
Hunter.
State Treasurer: Charles M.
Johnson, Incumbent and L. J.
Phipps.
Republican candidates: Lieu
tenant Governor, Robert L.
Lovelace, A. Harold Morgan,
George L. Green.
State Treasurer; Hiram B.
Worth, S. B. Roberts.
Co. Convention
Of The Democratic Party
Will Meet Saturday
The Democratic Party Con
vention will meet, as has beert
announced by E. W. Long,
chairman of the executive com.
mittee for Macon county, on
Saturday. April 27 at 2 p. m., at
the court house.
At this meeting the chairman
of the different precincts will
elect a county chairman, vice
chairman and secretary of the
County Executive Committee.
They will also set a date to
hold a county conventloh to
nominate Democratic candidates
for county offices and deter
mine upon a plan for nominat
ing the same, according to the
printed notice signed by E. W.
Long, chairman of the county
executive committee. County
officers to be nominated are
representative in the Legisla
ture, 5 members of the Board
of Education and surveyor.
The State Convention will
take place In Raleigh on May
3.
Schedule
P re-School Clinic
Pre-school clinics will be held
as follows for the purpose of
advising parents as to the phy
sical state of their child and
what should be done to prepare
him to enter school In the fall.
Therefore It Is hoped that par
ents will accompany their chil
dren when possible. Necessary
immunizations will be done at
this time, also including those
for any infants and younger
children the parents may wish
to bring.
Monday. May 1?9:30 to 12:00
a. m., and Friday, May 10 ? 9:30
to 12:00 a. m. Franklin Elemen
tary school at the Macon Coun
ty Health Office: Monday. May
8 ? 10:00 a. m.. Cowee, and 2:00
p. m., Otto; Friday, May 12?
11:00 a. m.. Otter Creek: Mon
day May 15?10:00 to 12:00 a. m.
Highlands, and 2:00 to 3:00 p.
m., Chapel colored school at the
Health Department Office.