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VOL. LX? NO. 8
FRANKLIN,
, tf. C.,
THURSDAY, FEB. 22, 1945
52.00 PER YEAR
MEETING OF RED
CROSS WORKERS
FOR DISCUSSION
Lieutenant William Piatt
Guest Speaker Of
Evening
Lieut. William Piatt, of the
Moore General hospital, will be
the guest speaker at the Red
Cross meeting on Tuesday eve
ning at Hotel Montague, when
the officers, and a number of |
the workers will meet to discuss |
the final phase of the Cam
paign that will open in Macon
county on March 1.
'Lieut. Piatt has served in the
United States Army in Africa,
Sicily, Italy and trance, and
Will tell of many of his army
experiences and particularly of
the part the American Red ?
Red Cross is doing for our boys
on the battle fields, hospitals
and to the prisoners of war.
The dinner is scheduled for
7:30 o'clock, and it is very nec
essary that all the workers at
tend this meeting and get their
literature and instructions to j
be able to start the campaign !
off in their community on the
designated date.
Tax Payers
"th^es to Check Valuation
Board Meets March 1>
Through 23
Lake V. Shope, register of
deeps and clerk to the county
commissioners, has announced
that the tax listing and ap
praising of property has been
-completed in Macon county and
the tax books have been re
turned to his office.
These boofcs are open for in
spection and examination by
all tax payers of the county.
It might be of importance if
you check your valuation since
this is equalization year, and
particularly so if you failed to
list your property. If you have
any complaint to make about
your assessment, you will then
have a chance to be heard be
fore the Board of Equalization
and Review.
This board will meet at the
Macon county courthouse on
Monday, March 19, and con
tinue through Friday, March 23.
PVT. HERMAN WILKES
Pvt. Herman Wilkes, son of J
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Wilkes of
Franklin route 3, Is now sta- '
tloned over seas somewhere In '
England. He entered the armed ]
forces December IS, 1942, and Is
with th 264th Engineers.
NOTICE TO FARMERS
All firewood sold by farmers
after February 12, 1945, will be
subject to price ceilings, the
Office of Price Administration
announced today. Farmer's
celling prices will be the high
est prices charged by the farm- ?
er for the same types of wood
In March 1942. or as otherwise
determined under the General
Maximum Price Regulation.
x Heretofore, farm sales of fire
wood when yalued at less than
$75 In any one month have
been exempt from price control.
This exemption has led to ex
orbitant prices In some areas,
consequently, this action has
been taken to bring excessive
prices back to the base period
(March 1042) levels and pre
vent similar overcharging in
the future, OPA explained.
AWARDED PURPLE HEART
Pfc. Alex Dills, who was re
cently wounded in action in
Germany, has been awarded
the Purple Heart, according to
a letter received by Mrs. Dills
from her husband.
Pfc. Dills is recuperating
from his wounds in an Eng
lish hospital, and is reported to
be getting along very nicely. He
entered the armed forces in
1942 and has been in overseas
service for the past five
months. He received his basic
training at Fort Benning and
Camp Gordon, Ga. He is serv
ing with the Tenth Armored
Division.
Pfc. Dills is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Dills, of Dill
ard, Ga., route 1.
PVT. FURMAN M'COY
MISSING IN ACTION
Pvt. Furman McCoy, son of J.
D. McCoy, of Glenville, former
ly of the Gneiss section of Ma
con county, was reported by
the War Department to be miss
ing In action in Germany, on
January 30.
Pvt. McCoy entered service in
December, 1942, and received
his basic training at Camp
Phillips, Kansas, and Camp
McCain, Miss., before going
overseas in August, 1944.
Baptist Sunday School
Convention, Fehruary 25
The Macon County Baptist
Sunday School convention will
oe held at the Cowee Baptist
;hurch on Sunday, February 25,
for their regular monthly meet
ing, it has been announced by
Paul Swafford, president.
The meeting, scheduled to
begin at 3 o'clock, will use for
their theme "Enlargement for
Evangelism". The devotional will
be taken from Isaiah 54, and
will be given by Mrs. Frank
Qibson, after which the roll
sail, the offering and the re
ports from the various churches
In the county will be made.
A round table discussion will
be held, announcements made
and department conferences
will be held, and the principal
message of the afternoon Will
be made by the Rev. Roy Davis,
of Clayton. Ga.
All Baptist churches in the
county are urged 'to send rep
resentatives.
L?overncr Uregg Clterry
Asks For 105 Recruits In
Woman's Army Corps 1
North Carolina women were ,
urged by Governor R. Gregg
Cherry to give fullest support
to the current campaign to en
list 105 women for training in
the Women's Army Corps to
serve as medical and surgical
technicians in Army General
Hospitals which now are re
ceiving over 30,000 war casual
ties monthly from the battle
fronts. '
The Army, stressing the need
for quick action so the ill and
wounded men may not suffer
for lack of attention, has ask
ed North Carolina to meet its
quota of 105 recruits by March
20th. Governor Cherry has des
ignated the State Office of
Civilian Defense to cooperate
with the Army in the recruit
ing campaign, and OCD Direc
tor R. L. McMillan appointed
June H. Rose, of Greenville,
Assistant State OCD Director,
to active direction of the drive
among 104 OCD local councils
throughout the State.
Subsequently, Governor Cher
ry appealed to North Carolina
women to give serious thought
to the need for more hospital
aides in, the Wac, and he urg
ed those in a position to Join
to offer their services at once.
To be eligible, worsen must
Now, more than ever.
AMERICAN RED CROSS]
As wounded American boys come back from the battle fronts the)
find American Red Cross workers in all military and naval hospitals ready
to help them. This year there will be more need than ever befora for Red
Cross service in domestic hospitals.
Classifications
Announced By Local
Service Board
The following classifications
were announced by the Local
Selective Service Board Febru
ary 15, 1945: ,
I-A ? Morris Parker, Andrew
Nelson Carver, Charles Ross
Keener, Furman Lee Peek, Fred
Junior Hooper, Norman Ray
Henry, ^ James Donald Keener,
James Aylor Zachary, Dover
Cleveland Hastings, Urban Wil
ey Pendergrass, Andrew How
ard Rowland, Louin Mann
Cabe, Charles Neville Cabe,
Edgar James Tippett, Otis Bur
nette, James Charles Myers,
Vincen Jones, William Arthur
Mosteller, Otis Clark, Oliver
Holmes Moses.
II-A ? William Robert Wood
ard, Lucius Milton Frazier,
Frank Medlin, Martin Luther
Angel, John Doke Clark, Leo
nard Lease Bryson.
II-C ? Oliver Raymond Henry,
Buran J. Pruett, Buford An
drew Cabe, Marcus Nathaniel
Chastain, Fred Harrison Am
nions, Leander Brown, Ralph
Curtis Bradley, Ray McConnell.
III-D ? William Claude May.
I-C? Sol Witner Sanders.
Classified by the Board of
Appeal:
li-A ? Mac ttay wnuaKer.
II-C ? Wade Huffman Higdon.
Classifications announced by
Local Selective Board on Feb
ruary 17:
I-A ? James Madison McCall,
Ray Cochran, Frank Lee Henry, |
Jr. Cleo Cannary Holland, Law
son John Brown, Clarence Jud
son Icenhower, Joe Arthur Lee,
Bobby Fouts Sutton, James
Sanders, George Dillard Hed
den, Jr. Harry William Baty,
John David Hopkins, Coolidge
Austin Burnette.
II-A ? Erwin Clarence Brad
ley, Sam Roosevelt McCall, Ar
thur Miller Hembree, Graham
David Love, col., John Edward
Sorrells, Moses McKree Tuck,
Claude John Crisp, Frank Early
Collins, Harley Jones, Clyde La
fayette Welch, Claude Ellis Mc
Coy, Hubert Samuel Bradley,
Homer Harley Ledbetter, Wil
liam Edgar Hyatt, Verlon
Walker, William Harold Henry.
Charlie Bingham, Ellis Edward
Coggins.
II-B ? Roy William Garrett.
III-D? William Claude Leath
erman.
IV-F ? Richard James John
son, col., James Fred Carpenter,
Forrest Lafayette Hoilman, Del
is Holland.
be U. S. citizens between the
ages of 20 and 50; must have
completed two years of high
school or its equivalent In a
business, trade or vocational
school; and must not have a
child under 14. They may Join
at the Army recruiting stations
at Charlotte, Ashevllle or Dur
hamm, or at any of the re
cruiting sub-stations located at
convenient points throughout
the Statf.
More Women Urged
To Join The WAC
Unless more women enlist in
the WAC immediately for serv
ice in Army hospitals, "the
wounded and hospitalized
American soldier may not con
tinue to get the care to which
he is entitled", it was stated
today by Colonel James M.
Troutt, commanding officer of
the U. S. Army General Hos
pital at Camp Butner.
Colonel Troutt's grim warn
ing, coming in the midst of a
campaign to recruit 105 North
Carolina women for training in
the WAC as hospital technic
ians, emphasized that "Army
hospital personnel is taxed to
the limit" in caring for more
than 30,000 wounded and ill
men returning to this country
monthly for hospital treatment.
He appealed to North Caro
lina women to give serious con
sideration to the pressing need
and to the opportunity offered
them to serve their country in
a highly important way. The
army has asked that North
Carolina's quota of 105 WACS
for training as hospital tech
nicians be reached not later j
than March 20.
Colonel Troutt pointed out
that any woman aged 20 to 49,
inclusive, with at least two j
years of high school training,
of good character and physical I
condition, can easily be train
ed for hospital technical work.
Previous hospital experience is |
not necessary.
"At the moment, every Army
nurse in the United States must
handle 26 hospital beds ? when
minimum requirements call for
one nurse to every 15 beds",
related Colonel Troutt. "The
Army is doing everything in its
power to obtain more nurses.
Yet there are many hosiptal
duties which can be most ef
ficiently taken ' over by WACS.
Here at Butner, WACS have
proved to be invaluable in hos
pital work.
''The plain fact of the matter
is that unless more women are
enlisted immediately for serv
ice in Army general hospitals,
the wounded and hospitalized
American soldier may not con
tinue to get the care to which
he is entitled."
PFC. BRYANT WITH CO.,
MISSING FOUR DAYS
Pfc. Marvin Dewitt Bryant,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Bryant of the Oak Dale section
of Macon county, who was re
cently reported to be missing
in action on January 24, has
been reported by the War De
partment to be back with his
company again following an
absence of four days. Pfc. Bry
ant entered the armed forces
on June 18, 1943, and received
his basic training at Fort Eus
tls, Md., and took his advanc
ed training at Camp Stewart,
G,a., and Camp Van Dorn, Miss.
He has been in overseas serv
ice for the past six months. He
attended the Franklin high
school before going Into the
service,
Plans Completed For Red
Cross Drive, Starts March 1
PVT. JUSTICE COMMENDED
Pvt. A. A. Justice, son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. W. Justice, of
Franklin route 4, entered the
service in December 1942 and
took his basic training at Camp
Houze, Texas and a camp in
Louisiana.
Pvt. Justice, who is serving
with the 84th Infantry Divi
sion, was recently commended
j by A. R. Boiling, Brigadier
General, on the fine job they
are doing.
He says, "In spite of the
snow and cold, in spite of the
fact that hot meals have been
hard to get, in spite of the fact
that you have had very little
rest, you have; advanced and
beater back the enemy. At
Geilenkirchen, Prummern,
Beeck, Wurm. and Lindern you
proved your worth. At Marrhe
you alone stopped the German
advance and held it back until
other units could be built up
on the position you established.
Now you are driving a wedge
into the German's vitals. You
have kept your spirit up and
never for a moment have lost p
the will to win. You should be,
as I am, very proud to be a .
Railsplitter. I SALUTE YOU!"
PFC. WILSON WOUNDED
IN DECEMBER r
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Wilson, of I
East Franklin, have recently had
a letter from their son, Pfc.
Dwight Wilson, stating that he
had been wounded in the leg r
sometime in December, and that
he was in a hospital getting
along very nicely. .
Pfc. Wilson, who entered the c
armed forces in June 1941, is ?
serving with the infantry unit,
and has been in the battles of
Luxembourg, Germany and at =
Brest, France. ] ?
PFC. LAMBERT MISSING IN 1
ACTION IN FRANCE, JAN. 21 f
Pfc. Howard R. Lambert has
been reported by the War De- ;
partment to be missing in ac- ?
tion in France since January
21, according to a message re
ceived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas O. Lambert, of
the Aquone section of the \
county.
Pfc. Lambert entered the I
services on September 6, 1943
and took his basic training at
Fort Jackson, S. C-, and Camp F
Blanding, Fla. He is serving with
the infantry unit and has been
in overseas service since March,
194'-. /
Mr. and Mrs. Lambert have
another son, Wade Lambert,
who is serving, with the navy.
PFC. GEORGE OLIVER
WOUNDED IN GERMANY
Mrs. Margaret T. Oliver has
received a telegram from the
War Department stating that
her husband, Pfc. George E.
Oliver, was slightly wounded in
action on the 29th day of Jan
uary in Germany.
Pfc. Oliver, son of Bert Oliv
er, of Franklin route 3, is serv
ing with the infantry unit, fol
lowing his entering the armed
forces September 1, 1943. He
was sent to overseas duties in
Mav 1944.
Mrs. Oliver was the former
Miss Margaret Tice, of Frank
lin route 3. They have two
small sons.
ATTENTION
It has be?n announced by
Dr. Furr that the local War
Price and Rationing Board
will be closed to the public
on Thursday, March 1, 1945.
Buymore4fo?*?now
'Kick-Off Dinner" Hotel *
Montague Tuesday
Evening 7:30
Organizational plans are now
being perfected to raise $6700
in Macon county for the Amer
ican Red Cross during the lirst
week of March, according to
Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt,
county chairman of the 1945
Red Cross War Fund.
"While the appeal for funds
will officially continue through
out the month, we sincerely
urge every citizen to co-operate
to the utmost with our War
fund workers in order that
they may complete their work
by March 7," said Mr. Huney
;uu.
"In comparison with those
who face the heat of battle
uid the hell of shell fire, our
:ontribution to the war effort
s meager indeed. The very
east that we can do is to pro
vide the money to take the Red
Jross to his side."
"Everything is in readiness
'or the War Fund Workers'
Kick-off dinner at the Monta
;ue Hotel next Tuesday night,
it 7:30. Lt. William Piatt, of
he Moore General Hospital, is
<0 be the guest speaker. He
las many interesting experi
ences to tell of the campaigns
n Africa, Sicily, Italy and
?ranee."
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XI1C II 1 it Itl let i ami IX Ltrl it I UI v
vill be given to the chairmen
it the different communities at
he dinner on Tuesday evening,
md the following list is the
community chairmen J
Chairman, W. Jackson Huney
:utt.
Chairman, Highlands, W. T.
dedlin, Jr.
Chairman of Publicity, Paul
Vest, posters; Mrs. Lester Con
ey, newspaper.
Chairman Window Display,
/Irs. Bill Swan.
Chairman Theatre Commit
ee, Mrs. Agnes Howard.
Treasurer, Claude Bolton.
Chairman Initial Gifts Com
nittee, R. S. Jones (other com
nittee members, Jess Conley,
lenry Cabe, John Archer)
Chairman Special Gifts lom
nittee, J. Ward Long, *other
nember, Frank Henry, t Jr. )
Community Chairmen
Otto, Mrs. Will Parrish; Pren
iss, Mrs. John Cunningham;
ikeenah, Frank Fleming; Pat
on, Harley Stewart; Rabbit
md Cat Creeks, John C. Fer
luson; Iotla, Nora Moody; Up
ier Cartoogechaye, Mrs. Joe
Setser and Mrs. Carl Slagle;
.ower Cartoogechaye, Mrs. J.
I. Ray, Mrs. Jim Cunningham;
lullasaja, Mrs. Tom Bryson;
Vest's Mill Clyde West; Leath
rman, Tom Rickman; Cowee,
Voodrow Gibson, Ed Carpenter.
Tellico, Bobby Ramsey; Burn
? Continued On Page Six
iVork of Civilian Air
'atrol Cadets Progressing
The work of the Civilian Air
'atrol Cadets is progressing
licely in the Franklin high
chool. The Cadets are spend
ng one period in military drill
ind in studying military cour
esy. They have been organiz
ed into one squadron under the
eadership of Professor W. O.
Crawford and Mr. Vic Perry,
rfost all members are already
ible to* execute the command
)f their officers.
The cadets have spent about
six hours in studying the Morse
Dode and radio communication.
Most of them have already
earned the alphabet and are
*ble to send messages.
On February 22, three reels
)f pictures were shown to the
:adets. One was "Cadet Train
ing," and the next was "Navi
gation by Dead Reckoning."
rhe other was "Radio Aids in
Navigation." These pictures were
both concise and thorough. The
cadets learned much from them.
Frank Williams Suffers
Leg Amputation
Frank Williams, of the Elli
jay section of Macon county,
who recently suffered a broken
leg when caught by a rolling
log, has had to have his leg
ammitated at the Angel hos
pital. His condition is reported
by hospital attendants to be
very satisfactory.