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VOL. LX? NO. 22
FRANKLIN, N. C? THURSDAY, MAY 31, >945
$2.00 PKR YEAR
Baccalaureate Sermon Of
Franklin School June 3rd
Commencement Exercises
In School Auditorium
Wednesday, June 6
The baccalaureate sermon for
the Franklin high school will be
held Jn the auditorium of the
Macon theatre on Sunday night,
June 3, beginning at 8 o'clock,
it has been announced by
George H. Hill, principal of the
school.
Dr. George C. Bellingrath,
president of the Rabun Gap
Nacoochee school, will deliver
the sermon. The Invocation will
be given by the Rev. J. F.
Niarchman. pastor of the Frank
lin Baptist church; the 'scrip
ture lesson will be read by the
Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt,
pastor of the Methodist church, ,
and the prayer will be led by
the Rev. C. B. McCubbins, pas
tor of the Episcopal church.
The "Lord's Prayer" will be
sung by the Coral club, after
which the seniors will stand
and sing their class song. The
benediction will be given by the
Rev. J. F. Marchman.
The recessional "March from
Tonnhauser" by Wagner will be
played by Mrs. Henry W. Cabe,
who has been directing the
school music.
The audience will remain
seated while the seniors leave
the auditorium.
Commencement Exercises
The Commencement Exercises
will be held in the auditorium
of Franklin high school, Wed
nesday, June 6, at 8 o'clock.
The Salutatory Address and
the Valedictory Address will be
given by Cecil Tallent and
Frances Furr, respectively.
Short talks will be made by
four members of the Senior
class. Carolyn Long will speak
on "Federal Aid for Education."
"Soil Conservation" will be pre
sented by Lee Roy Roper. Violet
Barnard will present "Home
Economics Education" and Anne
Flanagan will speak on "Educa
tion for Peace."
The Awards to be given are
as follows:
Commercial ? Annie Lou Hus
cusson; French, Howell Smith;
science, Dorothy Rogers; ath
letics, Bill Cochrane; English,
Margaret Moore; history, Mary
Lou Liner; home economics,
Helen Johnson; citizenship, Ruth
Edwards; agriculture, Lee Roy
Roper; mathematics, Janice
Reynolds; attendance, Dorothy
Leatherman.
Names of graduating class
may be seen under photograph
on page two.
IMPROVEMENT
SHOWN IN DRIVE
Total E Bond Sales Now
Amount To Fourth Of
Macon's Quota
The Chairman of the War Fi
nance Committee and the Chair
man of the Seventh War Loan
Drive state that' our county's
sales show a considerable im
provement since last week, the
total E Bond sales now amount
ing to $41,000 or about oae
?- fourth of our quota. The over
all sales is running along in the
same proportion. Splendid work
is being done by the women's
organizations which have un
dertaken to make a house to
house canvass in and near the
Town of Franklin, and the
county wide organizations under
the direction of Mrs. Florence
Sherrill are also well organized
and doing splendid work.
The drive was given consid
erable impetus locally on Mon
day night by the appearance
and short talks made by Lieu
tenants Best and Wilson from
Moore General hospital. These
two young men appeared at the
Macon Theatre on Monday
night and in the short addresses
% which they made, let their lis
teners understand that they
need not expect peace in the
Pac^iJc for many months, per
^ .taps years, to come.
Services To Be Held At
Morrison Sunday
The Rev. C. R. McCubbins,
pastor of the Franklin Presby
terian church, has announced
that he will preach at the Mor
rison Presbyterian church on
Sunday afternoon at S o'clock.
The public Is invited tp attend.
PVT. CLAUDE ASllE
NOW IN FRANCE
Mrs. L. W. Ashe, of Franklin
Route 3, recently had a letter
from her son, Pvt. Claude. Ashe
who Is now stationed in France,
stating that he was getting
along very nicely.
Pvt. Ashe, who was in the
tank division, was recently re
classified and placed in the
army air corps. He likes his new
assignment so much better and
is happier in this department
of the service than he has been
since he entered the armed
forces in January 1942. Pvt
Ashe has been overseas since
August 1942, however, he is a
long ways from the front line
and told his mother not to
worry i about him.
PVT. BILLY B. RABY
Pvt. Billy Bryson Raby. who
arrived overseas in March and
was assigned to the infantry In
the Third Army until the end
of the European war, has now
been assigned to the military
police in Germany, according to
a report given by the parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Raby, of
the West's Mill community.
Pvt. Raby entered the armed
forces on October 18, 1944 and
received his basic training at
Camp Wheeler. Ga. He was sta
tioned at Fort George Meade.
Md., before going overseas. He
U a graduate of the Franklin
high school in the class of 1944.
He is A grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Raby and Mrs. J.
L. Bryson, of West's Mill.
Classifications
Announced By Local
Service Board
The Local Draft Board an
nounced the following .classifi
cations in I-A at the last meet
ing of the Board on May 25.
Clifford Ernest Teague, Rob
ert Lee Clark, Rozell Moody
McCoy. Russell Cayton Cabe.
Kelly Junior Moses. Doyle
Rogers Sanders, Gordon Quin
cy Barnes, R. L. Denny, .Buel
Martin, Herschel Lee Cunning
ham, Charles Worley DeHart.
David Lee Fox, George Wylie
Estes, Fred James Hopper, Ear
nest Sylvester Hedden, Archie
Clingmon Stockton, Bert Henry
Baldwin.
Representative Of Social
Security To Be Here
A representative of the Ashe
vllle field office of the Social
Security Board will be at the
Postoffite, Franklin, at 2 p. m?
Thursday, June 21.
Wage earners who have work
ed in a job covered by Social
Security Act since December 31,
1936, and have attained age 65,
may be eligible to file claim
for themselves, their wives, or
minor children, whether they
have an account number or
not. Surviving relatives of de
ceased workers, such as widows,
children, or parents, or if none
of the above, persons who have
paid funeral expenses, may be
eligible to file claim.
In addition, persons who have
need of social security account
numbers or other Information
pertaining to the Act, are in
vited to meet this representa
tive at the time and place men
tioned.
Pfc. James B. Porter, has re
turned to camp at Long Island,
N. Y.. after a visit here with
hia wife, the former Miss Cath
erine Bowden, at "her Mbe on
Harrison avenus. ^
NEWS OF OUR
MENwWOMEN
IN UNIFORM
S/SGT. NORTON JUSTICE
PFC. J. D. JUSTICE
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Justice, of the Otto section of Macon coun
ty, have two sons in the armed forces. S/Sgt. Norton Juslir<
entered service August 5, 1941. He took his basic training a:t El
lington Field, Texas, and Roosevelt Field, N. Y. He is an air
plane mechanic and has been in England for the last sixtee'
months. He was employed by the Farmers Federation in Ashe
ville prior to going in service. He is a graduate of Franklii
high school.
Pfc. J. D. Justice entered the armed forces April 16, 1943. He
took his basic training at Greensboro and in Tampa, Fla. Is
now serving in the infantry somewhere in Germany.Has beer
overseas since January of this year. Before going into service
he was employed by the Marita Bread Company.
Cpl. Potts Dies
In Germany
Cpl. C. L. Potts, 29, son of
Charlie W. Potts of East Frank
lin, who was seriously injured
in Germany, on April 28 was
reported by the War Depart
ment to have died from injur
ies received on that date, ac- '
cording to a message received
on Saturday morning.
Cpl. Potts, who was an aerial
observer with the 10th armored
division, entered the armed
forces on November 22, 1942, and
took his basic training at Camp
Gordon and Fort Benning, Ga.
He was sent to overseas serv
ice in September of the past
year.
Cpl. Potts, who was born on
July 7, 1916, was the only son
of Mr. Potts, and the late Mrs.
Potts, the former Miss Maggie
Higdon. who died on December
30, 1942. He was a member of
the Franklin Baptist church
and a graduate of the Franklin
high school. Before he went in
to the armed forces he was em
ployed by the A ti P store here
and later worked as ar painter
at Wayah garage for the Nan
tahala National Forest Service.
On August 22, 1942 he was
married to Miss Gladys Owens.
Satoluh, Ga.. who died on Aug
ust 23, 1944, before he was sent
to overseas in September.
Surviving are the father, the
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Potts, of East Franklin, and
a number of other relatives.
On the plane in. which Cpl.
Potts was serving as an aerial
observer crashed while taking
off from a landing strip in
Memmingen, Germany. He died
of injuries on April 28 at a hos
pital in Southern Germany. He
was laid to rest in an Amer
ican cemetery in Southern Ger
many where religious services
were performed by a Protestant
Chaplain.
Final Rites For Leveraon
Hedden Tuesday
Funeral services for Leveraon
Hedden, three-week-old infant
of Mr. artd Mrs. Oscar Hedden,
who died at a Franklin hospital
were held Tuesday afternoon at
the home in the Gneiss sec
tion of Macon county. Burial
was in Strain cemetery.
In addition to the parents,
the child is survived by three
sisters. Aileen, Evelyn, and Dor
othy; one brother, Harold; and
the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Hedden.
Miss. Dorothy Sloan and Miss
Mildred Roper spent the week
end in Athens, Ga., with Miss
Sloan's grandmother, Mrs. M.
L. Kinnebrew.
Win The Jap War
Buy E War Bonds
Franklin Soldier
Wounded In France
Wounded in the left leg by
shrapnel from a German mor
tar shell Pfc. Marvin Bryant.
| 19, of Franklin. Is now conval
escing at a United States Army
general hospital in England
' "Our unit was advancing in
the Moselle-Saar triangle," said
Pvt. Bryant, who was awarded
fthe Purple Heart. "The Ger
mans threw a mortar barrage
at us. and I was wounded by
shrapnel."
After receiving medical treat
ment at an aid station, he was
taken to a field hospital and
four days later he was flown
to England.
"Pvt. Bryant's progress has
been very satisfactory," said his
ward surgeon. Major Harry Z.
Johnson, of Memphis. Tenn. "In
a short while he will be ready
to return to duty."
Pvt. Bryant entered the Army
in June, 1943, receiving his bas
ic training in Camp McKain.
Miss.
He is the son of Mr. Mark
Bryant of Franklin and he was
a farmer in civil life.
PFC. EDWARD CARPENTER
COMMENDED
Mrs. Edward Carpenter, of
the Mulberry section of Macon
county, received the following
letter of commendation recent
ly given her husband. Pfc. Ed
ward -Carpenter following his
return to the States from the
Philippine Islands.
The commendation was for
an exceptionally long and try
ing trip on the S. S. Alcoa
Patriot in this year and for
faithfully performing his duties
as baker. Because of his good
work and fine spirit, I extend
this man a commendation,
signed. Henry Von Kolnitz.
Major C.A.C., Troop command
er.
A Beautiful Bird
Makes Last Flight
A species of the parrot fam
ily, thought to be a parrakeet
or love bird, clothed in a beau
tiful shade of greenish blue,
yellow and green and a multiple
supply of yellow and green
striped feathers, was found in
the Iotla section of the county
on Tuesday afternoon by Mrs.
Kitty Shields.
The bird, which seemed prac
tically starved and very weak,
died the same night. It is
thought to have been brought
to this country from some trop
ical zone by a service man and
was probably turned loose or
escaped. On one leg was a band
bearing the number 47.
The bird was brought to the
Franklin Press office Wednes
day.
Now ? Buy Bonds
Are You Doing Your Share
T o wards Winning The War
S 1/C COLONEL HOWARD
TKAINS FOR DESTROYER
Colonel Perry Howard, 24.
seaman, first class, USNR, of
Franklin, arrived at the Naval
Training Station, Norfolk, Va.,
recently for training tot duties
aboard a new destroyer of the
Atlantic Fleet.
He wears ribbons for the
American Area Campaign, Asia
tic-Pacific Area Campaign, with
one star, and Philippine Liber
ation with one star.
Son of Marvin Howard, Dil
lard, Ga., route 1, Howard is
married to the former Agnes
Ledford of Franklin. Before en
listing, he was employed by the
Franklin Laundry and Dry
Cleaning Co. He attended the
Franklin high school.
AWARDED PURPLE HEART
T/5 William Shope, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Shope, of Dil
lard, Ga., Route 1, who entered
the armed forces on September
6. 1943, and was wounded in the
fall of 1944 in France, is now
back with his company again,
according to a letter received
by his wife, the former Miss
Nell Ledford, of Franklin, Rt. 1
Pfc. Shope took his training
at Camp Barkeley, Texas, and
Camp Reynolds, Greenville. Pa.,
and was sent to overseas duties
in March 1944. He was placed
in the medical detachment.
Mrs. Shope has received the
purple heart award for wounds j
received by her husband.
PFC. E. G. CRTWFORD
WOUNDED IN OKINAWA
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Craw
ford, of Franklin route 4, have
had a letter from ' their son, ]
Pfc. Emerson G. Crawford, stat
ing that he had been wounded
on Okinawa about the middle
of May.
Pfc. Crawford was serving
with the 96th Division in the
Medical Corps, also served
with this Divisfci in the Leyte
campaign. He has been over
seas for the past year. He
taught in the public schools in
Macon county prior to entering
the armed forces.
Memorial Day
Service Honoring Soldiers
Of World War 1 And II
An impressive Memorial Day
service was conducted Wednes
day morning at 11:30 in Ran
kin Square. Every service per-'
son from Macon County, who
lost his life in World War I
and II, was individually hon
ored by a small white wooden
cross bearing his name. The
crosses, which had been pre
viously erected on the grass
plot, were adorned with flow
ers.
Traffic was blocked off from
the Square, and the parents,
wives and friends of the serv
ice people being honored stood
on the sidewalk and street.
Mrs. J. C. Harrington, of the
American Legion Auxiliary, was
in charge of the service. Rev.
Rufus Morgan led the invoca
tion, and Rev. C. R. McCub
bins read appropriate Scripture
lessons. Then Rev. W. Jackson
Huneycutt delivered the ad
dress. The service closed with a
benediction by Mr. McCubbins.
W. M. Officer, who is work
ing in Macon, Ga.. is spending
two weeks with his family at
their home on Iotla street.
Verlon Swafford, who Is in
the navy, spent the past week
end with his family at their
home on Harrlion avenue.
Everyone's Responsibility
To Keep Our Fighting
Till Victory Is Won
One had landed in Normandy
with an airborne division on
D-Day. He with 16 men under
his command was among the
few of his outfit that survived.
After disrupting German com
munications and destroying in
I stallations for a number of
hours, they were finally over
powered by more than 1000
; enemy troops and were forced
I to surrender. While a prisoner
a German guard ran his bayo
i net through one knee. Finally,
| hall starved and after suffet
I ing the most brutal treatment,
| he escaped and, notwithstand
! ing his wound, rejoined his
command and kept on lighting.
He ' is now at Moore General
hospital recuperating from nu
merous wounds that he receiv
ed.
The other was with a tank
outlit in the Pacific. He wears
the stars of many engagements
and is now suffering as a re
sult of severe wounds received
in both arms which still fester
and refuse to heal. He also is
in iv.oore General hospital re
cuperating from these wounds
and lrom tropical lever brought
back lrom the jnngtes of New
Guinea.
The former Is Lieutenant Wil
son. He knows lirst hand what
the Germans did to our men
who were prisoners of war. At
one time he went without food
lor five days and at the end of
that time he and his buddies
were given two ladles of soup
made from the flesh of a horse
that had either died or the
Germans had no further use
for and shot.
The other is Lieutenant .Best.
While not at any time a pris
oner of war, he knows first
hand of the treatment given
American prisoners of war by
the Japanese, such as drivifig
splinters under the finger nails
and other similar treatment, in
addition to starvation and beat
ing. He knows how the Jap
ground troop can fight.
It would seem that these two
young men have done their
share toward winning the war.
but they don't think so. Each
of them is eager to rejoin his
command and get back into the
fighting. They are of the type
who simply say that no one has
done his share so long as there
is a bit of fighting or a bit of
work left to be done, and so
long as there is life left within
them with which to do it. They
can do no fighting now. So. if
they could help to sell bonds
while their wounds were heal
ing, why not? They came to
Franklin to help us and al
though neither of them had ad
dressed a civilian group before,
they appeared at our local
theater Monday night modest
ly recited some of their expe
riences for the purpose of im
pressing upon us the necessity
of our buying bonds until the
war is finally finished.
Of course, many young men
of Macon county, more than
most of us know about, have
records comparable or surpass
ing that of these two young
officers. They are also from Ma
con county hundreds of young
men who, like them, feel that
they have not done their share
so long as there is any fight
ing to be done or work to be
done, if there is life left with
in them with which to do it.
The war is no more their re
sponsibility than it is ours.
While Macon county's record in
past war loan and other drives
is an enviable one, can every
man, woman and child of us
say that we are doing our
share? In the present drive,
although more than half the
time has lapsed, still we have
bought only 25 per cent of our
quota. If we fail in this one,
how shall we explain it to the
boys when they come back?
Second Lieut. Robert T. Hig
don, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Higdon. of Sacramento, Calif.,
formerly of Franklin, recently
arrived in' the war theatre of
operations and received a brief
orientation course at the Unit
ed States Strategic Air Forces
in England, designed to help
him adjust himself in life in a
combat zone.
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