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VOL. LX? NO. 36
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPT. 6, 1945
$2.00 PER YEAR
Southern Dairies To Develop
Macon Grade A Milk Supply
Farmers With 5 Or More
Good Cows Urged To
Go Into Production
About three years ago, South
ern Dairies, working with A. B.
Slagle through his Nantahala
Creamery, began a program to
develop a large supply ot Grade
"A" milk In Macon county and
Rabun county, Ga. At this time
due to the critical food short
age and the army needs, this
company started receiving any
good wholesome milk from the
farmers.
Southern Dairies sent their
field representative, J. D. Elrod
to Franklin who with the aid
of Sam W. Mendenhall, county
farm agent, and the efforts of
the North Carolina Extension
Services, began encouraging the
farmers to build Dairy barns
and get the equipment neces
sary to pro4yce Grade "A" milk.
Several farmers took advantage
of these services and have be
gan the production of the high
est quality milk.
As the prices the farmers re
ceive for the Grade "A" milk
is approximately $1.00 per hun
dred pounds sold, it has been a
splendid investment for those
who have begun .this Dairy
venture. The extra price paid
will pay for the equipment
needed in approximately one
years time and the farmer has
his building and equipment left,
naturally making his farm a
more valuable piece of property.
Mr. Elrod states that if a
farmer has five good dairy
cows it will pay him to go into
the production of this Grade
"A" milk. The milk is received ;
here in Franklin and trans
ported to the Southern Dairies
plant in Asheville. ,
The Asheville plant, under the
able management of C. L.
Beckley, has grown rapidly in
the last ten years and they are
anxious to develop the Macon ,
county and Rabun county, Ga., ;
milk production to a very large ?
volume, as it is expected that
the Asheville Plant will grow
rapidly in the post-war period.
Mr. Elrod will live In Frank
lin, working with the farmers ?
and dairymen, and will be glad
to assist them in any capacity
possible.
Lions Club Hold
Special Meeting
The evening of August 29 the
Board of Directors of the ,
Franklin Lions Club met in spe- '
cial meeting at the home of
President Willard Pendergrass.
It was announced that the 1
new Mimeograph Duplicator,
presented to the Club by the
Western Carolina Telephone
Company, had been received
and was used in running the
current issue of the Club's '
bulletin, "Leo's Roar."
The lollowlng resolutions were
adopted:
1. The Club would continue
to maintain the Service Board
In the town square which it J
erected and presented to Ma
con county two years ago. Fur
ther, the Board would be 1
brought to-date by addition of 1
all eligible names as soon as
the contracting painter could
visit Franklin.
2. During the late Fall the
Club would sponsor the local
sale of Christmas Seals for the
benefit of the Tuberculosis
Fund.
It was announced that the
presidents and secretaries of
the Sylva, Bryson City and
Franklin Clubs were requested
to attend the first Zone Meet
ing of the year, the same to be
held at Bryson City the evening
ct September 6. Invitations were
extended to all other members.
A count of hand* indicated that
ten Franklin men would attend.
Pott* Buys Stockton's
Interest In Funeral Home
Paul Potts has purchased the
Interest of J. Horner Stockton
In the Potts Funeral Home and
sole owner, It has been
learned
Mr. Stockton purchased a
half Interest In the business
two years ago from J; E. Potts,
who with his son, Paul Potts,
opened the Funeral home here
In 1940, and has been a partner
In the business since that time.
Between 800 and 700 cars of
sweet potatoes are now being
shipped each business day.
Final Rite* Held For
Mrs. Worth McKinney
Final rites for Mrs. Worth
McKinney, of Asheville, were
held on Tuesday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock at the Franklin
cemetery, with the Rev. W.
Jackson Huneycutt, pastor of the
Franklin Methodist church hav
ing charge of the graveside
rites. Interment followed in the
Franklin cemetery.
Mrs. McKinney, wife of the
Assistant United States District
Attorney, was the former Miss
Iris Porter, of Franklin. She
died in her sleep at her home
on 28 Washington road, Ashe
ville on Saturday night. She had
been in ill health for a number
of years.
Mrs. McKinney was a daugh
ter of the late Robert L. Porter
who operated a general mer
chandise store in Franklin for
more than 40 years, and the
late Mrs. Florence Meroney
Porter, of Franklin. For 15
years or more Mrs. McKinney
and her mother operated Oak
Hill as a summer tourist home.
She received her education at j
Lucy Cobb college, Athens, Oa.
She was a member of the St.
Agnes Episcopal church, Frank
lin and the Daughters of the
American Revolution. She was
married to Worth McKinney in
1928.
A service was held on Tues
day morning at 11 o'clock at
the Morris-Gearing funeral
home in Asheville, with the
Rev. Isaac Noyes Northup, of
ficiating.
The pallbearers included Paul
Teal, Ed Roberts, Claude Love,
Miller KiUen, Vernon Brown,
Paul Sossomon, Tom 8. Harri
son and W. A. Lytle. The hon
orary pallbearers included mem
bers of the Buncombe Bar As
sociation.
Surviving are the husband; a
brother, J. D. Porter, of Em
poria, Va., and two sisters, Mrs.
Nat W. Dennett and Mrs. Hal
lle V. Bass, both of Asheville.
Emphasis Week
Being Observed By Bap
tist Churches In South
Intermediate Emphasis Week,
which is being observed in all
the Baptist churches through
out the: South, will be given
special recognition at the
Franklin Baptist church from !
Sunday, September 9 through
Sunday, September 16.
The church calander (or the
week includes the following
schedule with the Intermediates
having complete charge of both
the morning and evening serv
ices.
On Monday evening at 8
o'clock. Mrs. I. T. Peek will
conduct an "Ask Me Another"
period at "the church for the
intermediates and will be fol
lowed by a "Popsicle Party". On
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock
the deacons and their wives will
entertain the Intermediates at
the church.
Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock the intermediates will
conduct mid^viteek prayer serv
ice with June Bradley leading
the discussion, using for her
topic "Assisting Each One to
Find His Place in Life." Thurs
day evening at 7:30 o'clock a
"Community Sing" for the in
termediates will be held in the
basement of the church.
On Friday at 6\30 p. m. a
hamburger fry will be given at
Arrowood for the Intermediates
and their parents, and will be
sponsored by the Young Wom
an's Auxiliary. Saturday, the in
termediates will promote Sun
day's attendance and will have
family night at home to con
vene with their parents about
problems in which they are In
terested.
HIGDON REUNION
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
The Higdon annual reunion
will be held at the Major Hig
don old home place at Higdon -
yllle on Sunday, September 16.
Relatives of this pioneer family
are Invited to attend and bring
basket lunch.
Mrs. Frank Reece will be hos
tess to the T. E. L. Class of the
Franklin Baptist church on
Tuesday evening, September 11,
at 8 o'clock. All members hav
ing birthdays in July, August
and September will be honored
at this time. All members are
urfed to attend,
VUr
NEWS OF OUR*
MENwWOMEN
IN UNIFORM i
CPL. C. L. POTTS AWARDED
AIR MEDAL POSTHUMOUSLY
Presentation of the Air Medal
has beeij awarded posthumous
ly to Cpl. C. L. Potts, who was
serving In the Armored Field
Artillery Battalion of the Unit
ed States Army, for meritorious
achievement while participating
In aerial flight in ^connection
with military operations against
an enemy of the United States
in Germany during the period
of December 25, 1944 to March
15, 1945.
Cpl. Potts, who was serving
with the 10th Armored Division,
7th U. S, Army, had been
awarded posthumously the Air
Medal and two oak leaf clust
ers. He was seriously Injured in
Germany on April 28, and later
died of wounds on the same
date. He was buried in an
American cemetery in Southern
Germany where religious serv
ices were performed by a Prot
estant Chaplain.
Cpl. Potts was the only son
of Charlie Potts, of East Frank
lin, and the late Maggie Hig
don Potts. He was married to
Miss Gladys Owens, of Satolah.
Ga., who died on August 23,
1944 before he was sent to over
seas service in September.
PFC. HORACE T. NOLAN
RETURNED TO STATES
Pfc. Horace T. Nolan, who has ?
been in the European theatre
of war for the past several
months, arrived in New York
on Sunday, September 2, on
the S. 8. George M. Bibb, ac
cording to news received here.
Pfc. Nolen, who prior to en
tering the armed forces, was
manager of the Farmers Feder
ation, is the husband of Mrs.
Ruth Nolen, Beautician in
Pearl's Beauty Shop here, and
son of Mrs. Frank Nolen, East
Franklin.
FAMOUS PATTON UNIT
BOASTS FRANKLIN SOLDIER
More of General George S.
Patton's Third Army heroes are
heading for home.
Newest Patton spearheading
outfit to pass through Assem
bly Area Command redeploy
ment at Camp Atlanta, near
Chalons, France, is the 609th
Tank Destroyer Battalion, well
known in combat as the "Claws
of the 10th Armored Division
Tigers."
With this battalion is Pfc
Clell T. Bryant, of Franklin.
JAMES BUCHANAN
COOKS ON DESTROYER
James Buchanan, 21, ship's
cook, second class, son of Mr.
and Mrs: J. E. Buchanan, Route
3, Franklin, Is aboard the de
stroyer Piedmont where he has
served 17 months in Pacific
waters. He helps cook for the
more than 1200 members of the
crew.
Entering the Navy in May,
1943, Buchanan took recruit,
training at Bainbrldge, Md, and
attended the cooks and bakers
school at Washington, D. C.,
and was assigned to the Pied
mont as a member of her com
missioning crew.
He hopes to return to farm
ing when he gets his discharge.
PFC. WILLIAM R. HAUSER
RETURNED TO STATES
Pfc. William K. Hauser, son
of Mrs. Betty Hauser, Fr.anklin,
and husband of Mrs. Musette
Hauser, Morganton. is currently
stationed at the Redistribution
Station, where he will spend
two weeks before reporting to
his new assignment in the
United States.
Private Hauser was returned
recently to the United States
after having served 14 months
in the European theatre of
operations, where he served as
rifleman and messenger in the
Infantry. He holds the Good
Conduct Medal, Combat Infant
ryman's Badge, European The
atre of Operations Ribbon with
three Bronze Campaign Stars
and one Indian Arrowhead. Be
fore joining the army he was
the manager of the Dixie-Home
Super Market, Greenville, S. C.
Mrs. William Cunningham and
son, David, have returned to
their home in Miami, Fla., after
spending two weeks visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wade
Cunningham at their home on
Imrrtwn ww
I LOCAL MAN IN ITALY
| AWARDED UNIT BADGE
Pfc. Charlie C. McLean, son
of Mi. and Mrs. Charlie Mc
Lean, o f Franklin Route 1,
rifleman with the Fifth Army
in Italy, was recently awarded
the Distinguished Unit Badge,
by his commanding general for
the part he and his battalion
for their conquest of Monticelli
Ridge, dominating height oh the
Gothic line in Italy.
JOA A. SHULER
ADVANCED
Joa A. Shuler has been ad
vanced to the rate of seaman,
first class, USNR,
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gus Cagle of Franklin. He en
tered the Navy in May, 1944.
Before that time, he assisted
his father in the operation of
a restaurant. He attended the
Franklin high school.
PFC. GASTON CLARK
SPENDS FURLOUGH HERE
Pfc. Gaston Clark, who has
I the been in Pacific Theatre of
war for the past 17 months, is
spending a 30 day furk>ughwith
his father, Dock Clark, at his
home in the West's Mill com
munity and other relatives in
the county.
Pfc. Clark, who entered the
armed forces in September 1943,
is serving with the First Cav
alary Division. He wears the
good conduct ribbon, the Asia
tic-Pacific ribbon, four battle
i stars, one arrowhead, the pur
ple heart award and the Philip
pine Liberation ribbon. He was
also awarded the Presidential
citation.
Following his furlough Pfc.
Clark will report to Tuscalloosa,
Ala., for reassignment.
PFC. GEORGE MILLER
IN MANILA
Pfc George W. Miller, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bynum,
Franklin, embarked for overseas
duty in January 1944 and has
recently completed 18 months
of overseas duty. During this
time Pfc Miller has been doing
demolition work in the con
structing of roads, air bases and
other military instalations.
Prior to his induction in
March 1943 at Fort Hays, Co
lombus, Ohio, PFC Miller was
employed by the Mansfield Tire
and Tube Corporation in Mans- i
field, Ohio.
In addition to his Goad Con
duct Medal Pfc. Miller is en
titled to wear three battle stars
on his Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon
and the Philippine Liberation
Ribbon with one battle star; he
is also entitled to wear an
award for the Unit Citation re
ceived by his orginization for
its outstanding achievements
during the early part of the
Philippine Campaign.
Pfc Miller is the husband of
Mrs. George W. Miller of Per
ryville, Ohio.
PFC GEORGE ANDERSON
HOME ON FURLOUGH
Pfc. George Victor Anderson,
who has been In the European
theatre of war for the past two
years, arrived Tuesday of the
past week for a 30-day fur
lough with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. George Anderson at their
home on Franklin Route 1.
Pfc. Anderson., who has been
serving with the Engineers
Unit and the Third Army, wears
the Good Conduct ribbon with
three stars and a Unit citation.
A brother, Lieut. Hunter And
erson, was also here last week
visiting his parents.
CPL. ROGER W. SUTTON
ON FURLOUGH HERE
Cpl. Roger W. Sutton, who has
recently been returned to the
States following, 31 months in
overseas service, is spending a
30-day furlough with his moth
er, Mrs. R. B. Sutton at her
home on Franklin Route 4.
Cpl. Sutton was with the 8th
Air Force and at the end of the
war In Europe his outfit, the
56th Fighter Group, had down
ed more than 800 German planes
and was the first fighter group
of the Eighth Air Force to
reach the 800 figure. He was a
member of the Ordance Com
pany which serviced the P-47
Thunderbolt Fighter outfit.
Following hla leave he will re
port to Drew Field, Fit., lor
wtomfo
School Building Program
Proposed By County Board
Funeral Services Held
For Miss Emma Y~ung
Miss Emma Young, 83. died
at her home near Franklin on
Wednesday morning at, 10
o'clock following a lingering ill
ness of several months.
Funeral services were held on j
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock !
at the Watauga Baptist church, j
with the Rev. W. C. Pipes, pas- j
tor of the Holly Springs Bap- |
tlst church, officiating, and in
terment followed in the church
cemetery.
Miss Young, who was a life
long resident of Macon county,
was born and raised in the
Watauga community where she
lived until about 20 years ago,
when she, her brother, and
sister purchased the Jones prop
erty in East Franklin where
they lived for several years. I
She was a member of the Wa- j
tauga Baptist church.
Surviving are one sister, Miss
Margaret Young and one broth
er, John Young, both of Frank
lin.
Potts funeral directors were
in charge of the arrangements. ,
Coble Dairy
Buying Whole Milk From
All Farmers Selling To
Nantahala Creamery
Coble Dairy Products Com
pany, who last week purchased
the butter and cream operations
from the Nantahala Creamery,
have announced that farmers
can get milk cans and other
equipment at wholesale price
necessary for selling milk from
the haulers. This announce
ment was made by Kermlt
Gardner, company representa
tive, and Robert Hunt, manager .
of the Coble Products here.
Mi . Hunt stated that this :
equipment can be charged to J
the farmers. The company will
deduct pay from the milk checks
over an extended period of time.
The Coble Company will buy
the whole milk from all the
farms that were shipping cream
to the Nantahala Creamery |
since this company is no long
er buying cream. In order to
begin selling milk, it will only
be necessary to see the haul
ers. Of course the company
buys any ungraded milk de
livered to it, in the Nantahala
Creamery building.
If a milk route does not pass
your farm, it is suggested that
you contact your nearest milk
hauler, the Coble Dairy Prod- ,
ucts Company, Franklin, or your
county farm agent, Sam W.
Mendenhall, Franklin.
The Coble company recently
established a plant at Murphy
and are installing equipment
to manufacture condensed milk.
The Murphy plant will be
equipped to process all the milk
that can be bought in the
Franklin and Murphy territory.
The Franklin plant will be
operated as a receiving station
where milk will be received,
weighed, cooled and then trans
ported by milk tankers to the
Murphy processing plant.
A ready market is available
throughout the South for con
densed milk and other manu
factured milk products. The I
Murphy plant is well located
for convenient shipment of
dairy products to markets in
South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama and Florida.
To justify a processing plant
and marketing economical op
eration enormous quantities of
milk are necessary. The Coble
company urges farmers to in
crease milk production as rap
idly as possible, since the
available market can handle
an unlimited quantity of milk.
W. C. T. C. Opens
Western Carolina Teachers
College, Cullowhee, will open
for its 56th year ol work on
the afternoon of September 11,
stated H. T. Hunter, president.
All freshmen will meet at 2
o'clock on that date, and the
registration for freshmen and
transfer students will be held
on Thursday, September 13.
Former students will register
for classes on Friday, and class
work for all students will be
I gin on Saturday, September 15.
The wheat supply for 1945-46
Is now indicated to be about
1,429 million bushels, according
to th? U8DA.
$400,000 Plan Provides For
Seven New Buildings
In Macon County
? G. L. Houk. County Superin
tenant of Schools, announced
today that the Macon County
Board of Education has ap
proved a comprehensive school
building program for Macon
county.
This plan provides for new
school buildings to be located
in the Sugarfork-Ellijay; Nan
tahala; Cartoogechaye; Iotla
Burningtown; Millshoal and
Highlands areas, and also an
additional building at Franklin.
A new negro school is also pro
posed.
Upon the completion of this
program facilities will have been
provided whereby every child
in Macon county will attend a
modern school wherein there is
at least one teacher for every
grade.
Mr. Houk pointed out that
with the exception of the new
Otto and Cowee schools, com
pleted just before the war,
there have been no school build
ing erected since 1926. and that
many children in Macon coun
ty are required to attend one
and two teacher schools which
were built a generation or more
ago and which are today un
able to provide educational fa
cilities adequate to the present
day.
The proposed, program has
been worked out, after careful
study extending over a period
of six years, in which popula
tion trends, transportation and
public convenience have been
carefully studied. ?
Upon the completion of the
program the county will be
served by nine white and one
colored school units.
Lost Of Program
The entire cost of this pro
gram, including equipment and
additional transportation, will
be approximately $400,000.00.
This figure may be reduced to
some degree if labor and mate
rial costs decrease sharply. The
figure stated, however, takes in
to consideration probable trends,
for these elements.
The Board expects to submit
its requests for a county-wide
bond issue to the Board of
County Commissioners at an
early date, following which the
question will be submitted to
vote.
In a statement addressed to
the people oi Maoon county,
published elsewhere in the
Press, Mr. Houk states that the
question of adequate school fa
cilities is finally a matter which
must be determined and de
cided by the people and that
the Board is presenting to them
the question vital to the future
of Macon county.
Revival Services
Gaining In Attendance
And Interest
The series of revival services v
that has been in progress at
the Friendship Tabernacle here
for the past two weeks, spon
sored by the various denomiira
tions in Macon county, has been
gaining in both attendance and
interest, it was stated here
Thursday.
The Rev. Bill Sorrells, a Bap
tist minister, is doing the
preaching this week and will
continue on through Friday
evening, when the meeting will
probably come to a close, it
has been announced by the
committee.
The spirit of cooperation
among the ministers has been
fine and the laymen of the
county are singing and work
ing together in a splendid way.
and hoped that much good is
yet to be accomplished before
the meeting closes, the Rev. D.
P. Grant, stated Thursday.
Herbert McGlamery, who has
been in charge of the music,
has been using song leaders of
various sections in the county
to assist in the music.
Geo. W. Seay
I will preach to the people
of Liberty church at 11 o'clock
on next Sunday, September 9,
on the subject: "Importance of
the Church in the World."
Mr. Robert Beckman will talk
on the same subject In open
ing the services.
AU are Invited to hear these
1 Mrvtcw,