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VOL. XL? NO. 40
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1945
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OFFICERS FOR
YEAR 1945-1946
F ranklin Methodist Church
Name Leaders For
Conference Year
The Rev. W. Jackson Huney
cutt, pastor of the Franklin
Methodist church and Carson
Chapel church, has announced
the officials and officers for
the new conference year of
1945-48. They Include the fol
lowing:
Stewards
H. B. Angel, T. W. Angel, Jr.,
Robert Blaine, Earl Cabe, H.
W. Cabe, George Conley, J. S.
' Conley, Joe Dowdle, Mark Dowd
le, Dr. W. E. Furr, Harmon
Onuse, James Hauser, Guy L.
Houk, E. W. Long, S. W. Men
denhall, Fred Moore, Gordon
Moore, T. W. Porter, Dr. W. A.
Rogers, A. B. Slagle, Jess Shope,
H. T. Sloan, W. W. Sloan,
George Stalcup, Henry Wal
droop, Nelson Waldroop, Robert
Waldroop, Edd Wallace, Paul
West, E. J. Whitmire, H. A, Wil
hide.
District Steward ? J. S. Con
ley; Reserve District Stewart ?
H. T. Sloan; Recording Steward
? E. J. Whitmire; Communion
Stewards? Mrs. Carl Tysinger
and Mrs. Fred Moore.
Members of the Board of Ed
. ucation ? Jesse Conley, Mrs. R.
G. Beshears and Anne Cabe.
Church School Superinten
dent ? H. H. Gnuse.
Church School Superintendent
(Carson Chapel)? Fred Moore.
Superintendent Adult Divi
sion? Dr. W. E. Furr.
Superintendent Young Peo
ple's Division ? Mrs. Louis W.
Manning.
Superintendent Children's Di
vision ? Mrs. Zeb Conley.
Trustees
C. G. Moore, H. T. Sloan, M.
L. Dowdle, Dr. W. A. Rogers, J.
S. Conley, Dr. W. E. Furr, Nel
son Waldroop, G. O. Wallace,
Paul West.
President of Woman's Society
of Christian Service ? Mrs. Zeb
Conley.
President of Wesleyan Serv
ice Guild? Mrs. Carl Tysinger.
President of Methodist Youth
Fellowship ? Miss Anne Cabe.
Teachers Of Sunday School
Men's Class, John Alsup; F.
S. Johnston Bible Class, Mrs. T.
W. Porter; Young Adult Class,
George Hill; Young People's
Class, Mrs. Gordon Moore; In
termediate Class, Mrs. John Al
sup; Junior Class, Mrs. Pearl
Hunter; Primary Class, Miss
Annie Baily, Mrs. Marion Perce;
Beginners Class, Mrs. H. A. Wil
hide; Kindergarten, Mrs. Rich
ard S. Jones.
Next Sunday Is to be observ
ed as Promotion Sunday in the
Sunday school with promotion
certificates being awarded.
Forest Service
Holds Fall Fire School At
Wilson Lick
The Nantahala National For
est held its fall fire school at
Wilson Lick near Wayah Bald
on Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday of this week, with E. A.
Schilling, supervisor in charge.
The meeting was composed of
about 35 employees and co
. operators of the Nantahala Na
tional Forest and the work con
sisted of the study of fire prob
lems.
Assistant Regional Forester
A. H. Hartman, of Atlanta of
fice of the U. S. Forest Service,
attended the meeting.
Still Captured In
Rainbow Springs Section
A 65 gallon, capacity copper
still was seized by J. P. Bradley,
sheriff of Macon county, Walter
Dean, deputy sheriff, and Har
ley H. Mashburn, in the Rain
bow Springs section of Macon
county, near the Clay county
line, it has been reported by
Mr. Dean.
Six men were at the still
which was in operation, but at
"^^fche approach of the officers,
mfcde their escape into a near
by laurel thicket. Approximate
ly 1,200 gallons of beer and a
large quantity of whiskey was
destroyed. Also a Dodge auto
mobile was taken into custody.
The officers made another
raid and captured a 30 gallon
copper still In the Walnut
Creek section of the county. The
still was not In operation, but
a large quantity of beer was in
making, which wm destroyed.
Special Deer Hunt
Scheduled For October 15
Tihrough October 27
BREVARD, Oct. 3.? A special
deer hunt for the sportsmen of
Western North Carolina will be
held on the Pisgah National
Game Preserve starting on Mon
day, October 15, and ending
Saturday, October 27, Bill Hub
er, ranger, and J. H. Long
shore, refuge supervisor, an
nounced today.
The hunt is to be confined
to special areas in the forest
that have not been hunted on
previously or only slightly, and
the hunt is for local persons.
All hunters must have a state
hunting license and wear red
hunting caps. The firearms
must be non-automatic rifles of
a calibre 250-3000 or 25-35 or
larger with the exception of
the 32-20 rifle, Ranger Huber
said. Bows and arrows, shot
guns and tracer bullets will not
be permitted. The cost is $1.00
per day.
The daily hours for hunting
in most areas will be from 7:30
a. m. to 6 p. m., with checking
station opening at 6:30 a. m.
Only ? the areas that are open
will be hunted and those violat
ing this regulation will be sub
ject to prosecution and cancel
lation of hunting privileges for
five years. All cars will be sub
ject to inspection and intoxi
cated persons will be expelled
from the area.
The special hunt will open
on October 15, 16 and 17 in the
area from the North Fork of
the French Broad, or the area
west of Gloster Gap and south
of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
This area, which has numer
ous deer, will be opened from
7:30 a. m. to 6 p. m. daily and
60 hunters per day will be per
mitted to participate. The
checking station will be located
on the road from Rosman at
the Gloster warden station.
On October 18, 19 and 20, the
hunt will be staged on Cathey's
Creek and Kuyenriall Creek
areas, with the checking station
at the gate near the entrance
on Cathey's Creek. Thirty-five
hunters will be permitted daily.
October 22, the hunt will
open on Beaverdam Creek with
25 hunters participating daily.
This hunt will continue through
the 22, 23 and 24.
The hunt will open on the
Turkey Creek area, southeast of
Black Mountain and extending
to the Preserve boundary, on
October 25, and continue
through the 27. The hunt will
be limited to 25 daily.
The regular hunt will be held
this fall, but no announcements
have been made.
Miss Mary Sue Potts
Winner Of Blue Award
In 4-H Dress Revue
At a joint 4-H council meet
ing and County Dress Revue
held in the Agricultural Build
ing Saturday morning, Miss
Mary Sue Potts was chosen blue
award winner in the 4-H cloth
ing contest. Miss Potts is the
daughter of James L. Potts, of
Route 4. She modeled a white
cotton blouse and blue figured
skirt appropriate for school
wear.
Miss Annie Sue Conley, of
Franklin, and Miss Kathleen
Webb, of Cullasaja, tied for
second award. Miss Ruth Mor
gan, of Iotla, received third
award.
Miss Potts has been a club
member for two years, study
ing Foods and Nutrition, and
Clothing as her principal 4-H
projects. She will represent
Macon county in the District
Dress Revue to be held in
Franklin October 8. County 4-H
Clothing contest winner will at
tend from Swain, Clay, Chero
kee, and Haywood counties.
Twenty-nine 4-H club officers
represented nine of the eleven
4-H clubs at the council meet
ing. Johnny Smith, president,
had charge of the meeting.
Miss Mary Frances Dalrymple,
of Cartoogechaye club is Sec
retary. Miss Frances Crunkleton,
of Highlands and vice-president
of the council worked with the
workshop groups in planning
club programs for 1946. Each
workshop presented suggestions
to be approved by the council.
The community 4-H Achieve
ment Days will be held early
In November with the plans to
be made by the Executive Board.
Mrs. L. B. Angel, of Haines
City, Fla, Is under treatment at
the Angel boaplUl.
Franklin Eleven
Defeated By Hayesville
In First Night Game
In the first night football
game ever played in Macon
county, a hard fighting Frank
lin high school eleven went
down to defeat before a heavier
Hayesville eleven by the score
of 7 to 0.
Throughout most of the game
the teams were evenly matched
with neither side being able to
gain much ground. In the final
quarter, however Hayesville
scored on 30 yard pass. The
extra point was added by a
plunge into the line.
The defensive play of Horsely
and McCloud was outstanding
for Franklin.
The Franklin second string
defeated the Sylva second string
13-0 in a game played on the
local field Tuesday night.
The flood lights for the field
were made possible by the com
bined efforts of the citizens of
Franklin and Macon county.
Group and individual contribu
tors to the expense of the pro
ject were as follows:
Franklin Lions Club, $300;
Duncan Motor Co., $50; Macon
County Supply Co., $50; Angels
Drug Store, $50; Dave Angel,
$50; Western Carolina Tele
phone Co., $50; Dr. Furman
Angel, $50; Dowdle Wholesale
Co., $25;. Cagle's Cafe, $25;
Sanders Store, $5; Bank of
Franklin, $10; Perry's Drug
Store, $10; Joe Lassiter, $5;
Stewarts Esso Station, $10; Lake
Shope, $2; Emory Hunnicutt,
$5; Rev. Jack Hunlcutt, $2;
Charles Hunicutt, $5; C. J.
Mooney, $5; Hugh Johnston, $5;
Western Auto Store, $10; Clyde
Pennington, $5; Lee Woods, $5;
Frank Potts, $5; Fred Cabe, $5;
Clyde Bingham, $2; J. C. Cun
ningham, $3; Wiley Bryson, $2;
Reid Womack, $5; Rufus Sny
der, $10; Slack Auto Parts $10;
Harry Thomas, $5; C. D. Moses,
$5; Norman Hawley, $5; Willard
Pendergrass, $10; J. H. Kuster,
$5; Earl English, $5; John L.
Palmer, $5; B. L. "WteOlammery,
$5; Roy Mashburn, $5; Jim
Hughey, $5; E. G. Crawford, $5;
J. Ward Long, $5; A. C. Tysin
ger, $5; Bob Sloan, $5; Frank L.
Henry, $10; George H. Hill, $10.
Since these contributions have
been raised by voluntary work
ers it has been difficult to
reach every one who wished to
assist. If you wish to contribute
and have not done so, please
leave your contribution with
either T. W. Angel or Frank
B. Duncan. Additional funds
are still needed to complete the
shower house and installing the
lights.
Kenneth Bryant
Recovering From Injuries
Kenneth Bryant, Quarter
master 2/C who was seriously
Injured on V-J day in Australia
as the result of a fall from a
window, has written his step
mother, Mrs. O. C. Bryant, that
he is much improved. However,
his condition is still serious and
his doctors report that it will
take considerable time for his
recovery. He is waiting for
transportation to be returned
to a hospital in the States.
QM Bryant entered service in
April 1943. He took his train
ing at Bainbridge, Md., and was
sent overseas in December of
the same year.
He has a brother, Pfc. dell
Bryant, who served for eight
months in the European theatre
of war, with two months on the
front line in Germany, who is
now home on a 45-day furlough.
Representative Of Social
Security To Be Here
A representative of the Ashe
vllle field office of the Social
Security Board will be at the
postoffice, Franklin, on Friday,
October 5, at 9 a. m., your time.
Wage earners who have work
ed in a job covered by the So
cial Security Act since Decem
ber 31, 1936, and have attained
age 65, may be eligible to file
claim for themselves, their
wives, or minor children, wheth
er they have an account num
ber or not. Surviving relatives
of deceased workers, such as
widows, children, or parents, or
If none of the above, persons
who have paid funeral expen
ses, 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.
Jess Ballew, 57, Dies
At Home In Scaly
Jess Ballew, 57, a resident of
the Scaly community, died at
his home there on Wednesday
morning at 5 o'clock from a
sudden heart attack.
Funeral services we*e held on
Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock
at the Scaly Baptist church.
The Rev. Frank Miller, pastor,
officiated and burial followed in
the church cemetery.
The pallbearers included Ros
coe Smith, Jess Miller, Albert
Brown, Henry Miller, Earl Dry
man and Ted Vinson. .
Mr. Ballew, a life-long resi
dent of Macon county, was born
in July 1883 in the Tesenta
section of Macon county. He was
a son of the late Bud and
Margaret Ballew. He was mar
ried to Miss Nancy Mize in
1911. His life's work was in
farming.
Surviving are the widow and
five children by a former mar
riage. The children are Mrs.
Inez McCall, and Lester Ballew,
of Scaly, Ralph Ballew, of Mor
ganton, Mrs. Irene Snyder, of
Tiger, Ga., and Mrs. Onnie
Smith, of Tallulah Falls, Ga.
Funeral arrangements were
under the direction of the
Bryant Funeral Home.
County Offices
Open At 8, Close At 4
The Macon county commis
sioners at a meeting Monday
ordered that the public county
offices in the courthouse, con
sisting of the Register of Deeds,
the Clerk of Superior Court and
the Sheriff's offices, be opened
?at 8 a. m. and close at 4 p. m.,
as desired by the employees.
Needlework Guild
60th Anniversary
The 60th Anniversary of The
Needlework Guild of America is
celebrated this week (October
7-13). The Governors of the
States are cooperating by en
dorsing the work, which the
members are carrying on in ex
actly the same way seven
young girls did 60 years ago,
by supplying new clothing and
household linen to the needy,
through the accredited charities
in cities and towns. Only to- |
day, instead of seven members
and one branch, there are a \
million members and 650
branches throughout the United
States ready to give help dur- I
ing the reconstruction and re
habilitation period, through the
Home Service of The American
Red Cross, with which the
Needlework Guild of America I
is affiliated. More members are
needed and everyone who car
ried on so faithfully, in volun
teer war work, can surely spare
a little time to help in this
great civilian work, which is
coming as an aftermath of the
war. For information write the
national headquarters, 1201
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 7,
Pa.
Presbyterian Services
Franklin :
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Preaching, 11 a. m.
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
Morrison :
Sunday School, 2:30 p. m.
Preaching, 3:30 p. m.
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
Franklin Baptist Church
Sunday school at the Frank
lin Baptist church will begin
each Sunday morning at 9:45
a. m., Training Union at 6 p. m.
and Evening Worship will be
held at 7 o'clock each Sunday
evening, it has been announced
by Miss Josephine Hair. Please
note the change of hours. Vis
itors are always welcome.
Henson Reunion Held
September 30t!h
The descendants of the late
A. J. and Mary Rush Henson
held a family reunion Sunday,
September 30, at Fern Spring
Park near Cornelia, Ga. Their
two daughters and two sons
were present, besides a number
of relatives and friends. The
daughters are Mrs. O. T. Brown
of Demorest, Ga., and Mrs. W.
N. Rhodes of Sedro-Woolley,
Wash. The sons are W. H. Hen
son of Demorest, Ga., and G. R.
Henson of Franklin Route 2.
Mrs. W. N. Rhodes Is making
her first visit here from Wash
ington in 20 years. Her husband
had not been here in 41 years.
A bountiful picnic dinner was
served at noon, after which
pictures were taken, and busi
ness attended to.
United War Fund Drive
Deferred Until October 8
Final Rites Held For
Frank Fleming Sunday
Funeral services for Frank
Fleming were held on Sunday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the
Union Methodist church. The
Rev. V. N. Allen, pastor, offi
ciated, assisted by the Rev. W.
Jackson Huaeycutt, pastor of
t^ie Franklin Methodist church,
and interment followed in the
church cemetery.
Members of the Masonic Or
der, Jurialuska Lodge, No. 145,
of Franklin, of which he be
longed, acted as pallbearers and
had charge of the graveside
rites:
The honorary pallbearers in
cluded Thad Nichols, Ezekial
Dowdle, Jake W. Addington,
Ransom Ledford, Carey Cabe and
Monroe Ledford.
Mr. Fleming, principal of the
Maple Springs public school,
died at his home in the Pren
tiss community, on Thursday
evening ab3ut 6 o'clock, follow
ing a brief illness. He had
taught school on Wednesday,
made out his school reports in
the evening and was taken
critically ill on Thursday morn
ing, although he had not been
well for several' weeks.
A native of Greenville, S. C.,
Mr. Fleming came to the
mountains of Western North
Carolina about 1916. He came
to Henderson county and serv
ed as county farm agent for
two years, and then went to
Swain county and served in
the same capacity for six years.
In 1924 he came to Macon
county and was Agriculture
teacher in the Maxwell Farm
School on Cartoogechaye and
operated the Maxwell Farm for
some time. After leaving there
he purchased a farm in the
Prentiss community and has re
sided there since.
Mr. Fleming began teaching
in the public schools in Macon
county about 15 years ago and
had taught In different sec
tions of the county. He had
also served as Superintendent
of the Union Sunday school for
the past 14 years and was a
steward in the church.
In 1910 he was married to
Miss Mollie Burnette, of Green
ville, S. C., who survives. Also
one son, Flight Officer Frank
Fleming, who is stationed at
George Field, 111., a grandson,
and two sisters, Mrs. Fannie
Henderson, of Greenville, S. C.,
and Mrs. Bertha Pittman, of
Greenville, S. C.
Bryant Funeral Directors were
in charge of the arrangements
Burning Permits
Required By Law
The fall fire season is now
with us. Burning permits are
required by law before any ma
terial is ignited in or within
five hundred feet of any wood
lands, from the 1st day of Oc
tober to the 13th day of No
vember.
Burning ? permits may be se
cured from, any of the follow
ing:
U. S. Forest Ranger, Franklin; 1
Lake V. Shope, register of i
deeds; Andrew Gregory, Gneiss; :
J. D. Burnette, Scaly; W. W. '
Cochran, Flats; Mrs. Robert
Ramsey, Tellico; Carr Bryson,
Cowee; any U. S. Forest Fire
tower; J. Fred Bryson, county
forest warden.
Flight Officer Frank Fleming,
Mrs. Fleming and young son,
who are at George Field, 111.,
were called to their home here
last week on account of the
sudden death of Flight Offi
cers Fleming's father, Frank
Fleming.
Relatives and friends attend
ing the reunion were:
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Henson,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Henson
and daughters, Betty Jean and
Sandra Elaine, Mr. and Mrs.
Joel Dalton and daughter Jose
phine, Mr. and Mrs. James I.
Roland and son JLmmie, Mr.
and Mrs. John H. Kuster and
son Jack, all of Macon . county.
Mrs. Porter Henson and son
Billie and Mrs. Ruby Cobb of
Rutherfordton; Mr. and Mrs. W.
N. Rhodes of Sedro-Woolley,
Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. G. T.
Brown and daughter Rebecca,
Mr. W. H. Henson and daugh
ters Betty and Mildred, Mrs.
Thomas Barbree and children
Larry and Gayle, Mr. and Mrs.
J. N. Brabson, and Miss Chris
tine Pills, all ot Demorest, Oa.
Due To Late Arrival Of
Necessary Supplies
For Campaign
John M. Archer, chairman of
the United War Fund Drive for
Macon county, has announced
that due to the delayed arrival
of part''6f the essential supplies
to be used in the campaign, the
opening date has been deferred
until Monday, October 8, and
will continue for a month, or
through November 8.
The quota for Macon county
is $7,000, the same as that of
last year, but after deducting
credits from previous over-sub
scribed contributions, a net goal
of about $4,000 has been estab
lished.
"It is but natural that people
will ask", said Mr. Archer, "why
do National War Fund member
agencies have to continue serv
ing our service men after V-J
day?" He offers the following
in reply: USO clubs will be
needed overseas and in this
country just as long as there
is any considerable number of
men in service. Demobilization
is not expected to be complete
until 1947. Entertainment for
occupation forces has increased
300 per cent. The number of
USO-Camp shows in Europe has
increased from 30 to 185 units
during the past year. United
Seamen's Service now operates
in 135 ports around the world,
including six established recent
ly in Japan. The job of the
USO must continue as long as
there are men and material to
be taken or brought back from
overseas.
Why should the National War
Fund member agencies have to
continue relief in Europe and
elsewhere? President Truman
answered this question in his
radio broadcast of August 9th
in which he said, in part:
. . Victory in a great war
is not something you can win
once and for all. . . . Victory
in a great war must be won
and kept won. It can be lost
after you have won it ? if you
are careless or negligent or in
different.
"Europe today is hungry. Ma
ny of the people of Western
Europe (not Germany) lack
clothes, fuel, tools, and shelter.
They lack the means to restore
their cities and their factories.
"As winter comes on, the dis
tress will increase. Unless we
do all we can to help, we may
lose next winter what we won
at such terrible cost last spring.
Desperate men are liable to de
stroy the structure of their so
ciety to find in the wreckage
some substitute for hope. If we
let Europe go cold and hungty,
we may lose some of the foun
dations of order on which the
hope of world peace must rest."
List Of Workers
The following is a list of
workers for the town of Frank
lin and Highlands:
Main street, A. B. O'Mohun
dro, R. S. O'Mohundro and Bob
by Sloan, alternate; Harrison
avenue, Mrs. A. A. Brooks and
Mrs. J> E. S. Thorpe; Riverview
and White Oak streets, also
Angel Hospital, Mary Evelyn
Angel; Porter street and school,
Mrs. John M. Archer, Jr.; Bid
well street and Green street,
Mrs. R. M. Rimmer and Mrs.
W. V. Swan; Georgia road, be
ginning at Harold Sloan's resi
dence to city limits, Mrs. John
D. Alsup.
Bonny Crest, Mrs. W. G. Hall
and Mrs. Martin Angel; Palmer
street, Mrs. W. A. Rogers and
Mrs. Roy G. Beshears; West
Main street and Wayah road,
Mrs. C. Gordon Moore andMrs.
John Bulgin; East Franklin and
Highlands Briar Company, Mrs.
M. A. Perce and Mrs. E. A.
Schilling; Depot street and Inj
dustrial plants, Mrs. Grant
Zickgraf and Mrs. L. H- Page,
and .Iotla and Church streets,
Mrs. Mac Whitaker.
Highlands, S. C. Russell,
Frank B. Cook and Wilton H,
Cobb.
Workers in the rural district
will be:
Mrs. Ned Teague, Prentiss;
Mrs. Edwin Stiles, Skeenah;
Mrs. Harley Steward, Patton
Settlement; Miss Nora Moody,
Iotla; Mrs. Joe Setser, Car
toogechaye; Mr. and Mrs. Wiiey
Clark, Cullasaja; Olen Stratton,
Nantahala; Woodrow Gibson,
Leatherman; Mrs. Grady Duval!,
Burnlngtown; Mr. and Mrs.
Clint May, Otter Creek and
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