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VOL. XL? NO. 42
W. N. C. Ministers Receive
Appointments For Year
Transfer Of Rev. Medlin,
Highlands Pastor, Was
Only Change Made
Methodist ministers of West
ern North Caroiiitf received
their appointments (Ji the com
ing year last Friday at the
close of the annual session of
the Western North Carolina
Conference held October 9-12.
in Greensboro.
The only change o I ministers
in Macon county was the trans
fer of Rev. W. T. Meditn, Jr.,
of the Highlands charge, to the
Methodist church in Robbins
ville. His successor at High
lands has not been announced.
The Conference ordered a
division of the Macon circuit,
which Rev. V. N. Allen has serv
ed as minister for the past#wo
years. Mt. Zion, Maiden's Chap
el and Gillespie were taken
from the Macon circuit to form
a new circuit to be called the
Mt. Zion charge. The pastor of
the new charge has not been
announced.
Returning to their respective
charges were Rev. W. Jackson
Huneycutt to the Franklin
Methodist church, Rev. D. P.
Grant to the Franklin circuit,
and Rev. V. N. Allen to the
Macon circuit.
Bishop Clare Purcell, residing
bishop of the Charlotte Area,
presided over the Conference.
Major emphases of the Con
ference were the church school
and evangelistic advances sche
duled for this year. These are
two of the main objectives of
the Crusade for Christ.
Lions Club
Box Supper Held Friday
Night Nets $340
The box supper, sponsored by
the Lions Club at the high
school last Friday night netted
$340, according to Secretary
Treasurer Hill. This fund, along
with donations, is being used to
finance the recent lighting of
the athletic field, as well as
the construction of bathhouse
and showers.
Total oasts of these improve
ments are estimated at $1500.
Hill states that $1000 has been
raised to date, with some $400
in pledges outstanding.
There was excellent atten
dance at The Box Supper," which
was planned and managed by
Roy Mashburn. Ben McGlamery
ably served as auctioneer.
Highlights of the evening in
cluded the election of Byrda
Nell Southard as prettiest girl
and Bob Sloan as ugliest man.
Cornelia, Ga. Minister To
Preach At Baptist Church
The Rev. Joe Brown, ' Baptist
minister of Cornelia, Ga., will
preach at the Franklin Baptist
church here on Sunday, at both
the morning and evening serv
ices. The morning service will
be at 11 o'clock and the eve-,
ning service will be at 7 o'clock!
The public is invited to attend.
Opens Fruit Stand
In Reid Building
v Lawson Shook, who formerly
occupied the Shook Fruit stand
on Town Hill, is now located in
the Reid Building at the inter
section of the Franklin-High
Lands highway, and is now car
rying a full line of fresh fruits
and vegetables.
Final Rites Held For
Mrs. Day Wednesday
Mrs. Mary Isabella MacMas
ter Day, 81, died at the home
| of her daughter, Mrs. L. H.Page
on Rogers Hill on Monday eve
j. ning at 6:45 o'clock following a j
lingering illness of several
months.
Born in Huntington, Quebec,
Canada on September 14, 1864, >
Mrs. Day came to the United [
States 58 years ago and has
lived in California, Boston, Flor- j
I ida" and in Franklin since that
time.
Funeral services were held in
the Bryant Chapel on Wednes
day morning at 11 o'clock with
the Rev. W. Jackson Huney
cutt, pastor of the Franklin
Methodist church officiating.
The body was then taken to
Boston, Mass.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Page, of Franklin, and Mrs.
John Davenport, of Boston,
Mass., three granddaughters,
Miss Mary Frances Page, of Co
lumbia, Mo., Misses Frances and
Beatrice Davenport, of Boston,
Mass., two sisters, Miss Ann
MacMaster, of Boston, Mass.,
and Mrs. Jane Fraser, of Calif
ornia, and two brothers, Jack
MacMaster, of Boston and Wil
liam A. MacMaster, of Duke,
Mont.
The arrangements were under
the direction of the Bryant
Funeral Home.
Funeral Services Held For
Mrs. Addie Sellers West
Final rites for Mrs. Addie
Sellers West, 84, ? were held on
Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock
at the dotla Methodist church,
with the pastor, the Rev. D. P.
Grant, Officiating. Burial fol- 1
lowed in- the church cemetery.
Mrs. West, who was bom on
December 21, 1860 in the Wa
tauga section of Macon county, '
a daughter of the late George
Sellers and Tilathea Bradley
Sellers. She had lived all her .
life in Macon county except for
a few years in Georgia and at j
Murphy. She was a member of ,
the Ridge Crest Methodist
church. She was married to <
Clingman West who preceded <
her in death a few years ago,
and to this union were born ]
eight children, two of whom ,
survive. .
Mrs. West died at the home of -
her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth ,
Grindstaff in Murphy on Mon- '
day night at 9:30 o'clock from :
a stroke of apoplexy suffered a
month ago.
Surviving are one daugther, ,
Mrs. Grindstaff, of Murphy, and j
one son, Jess West, of Hunt
ington, Ore., one sister, Mrs. (
Alex Berry, of Franklin, and
two brothers, W. H. Sellers, of
Franklin, and John Sellers, of
Gastonia. Also three grand
daughters, Miss Lois West, of
Buffalo, N. Y.; Mrs. Thomas
Blair, of Murphy; j and Mrs.
Carroll Allen, of Clayton, Ga? i
and two grandsons, Tommy
?West, in the Merchant Marines (
and Oswald Ray, Tullalah Falls, '
Oa. !
Potts funeral directors were
in charge of the arrangements.
Ch'm. United War Fund i
Dr. R. M. Rimmer, pharmacist
in the Angel Drug Store, is
again chairman of the Macon
County United War Fund cam
paign of the Pharmaceutical
Association. It has been an
nounced this week.
Sossamon Furniture Stores
To Operate Business Here
G. J. Wilton Of Bryson
City Store To Manage
New Outlet
Sossamon Furniture Stores,
with home offices in Statesville,
have leased the new store butld
Jng recently completed by J.
4k ^Stockton, just behind the
courthouse on Iotla street, and
will open for business on Sat
urday, October 20, It has been
announced.
O. J. Wilson, from the Bryson
City store, will com* to Frank
lin as manager of the new out
let. Mr. Wilson plans to move
his family to Franklin as soon
as possible.
In addition to Franklin, Sos
samon Stores are in Sylva,
Statesville, and Bryson City.
They operate a direct van serv
ice from factory to store, and
will carry In stock locally a
complete line of household
furnishings and appliances Just
as rapidly as postwar produc
tion permits.
Mr. Leroy Sossamon, head of
the Sossamon Stores, has been
in town this week getting every
thing ready for the opening
Saturday. Concerning the store
here Mr. Sossamon said, "We
like Franklin. You have a wide
trading area, a progressive,
forward-looking people, and
many other advantages that
have made this town our
number one choice for the new
?tore."
VfRLON E. SWAFFORD
Men In Service
VERLON E. SWAFFORD
ON DESTROYER ESCORT
Verlon E. Swafford, 28 year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Stafford of Route 3, Franklin,
has been serving aboard one of
the Navy's destroyer escorts for j
the past 24 months. During that
time he has earned the rating
of Storekeeper First Class, and
the right to wear the American i
and European theater service
ribbons. SKl/c Swafford now
works in the Supply Office and
is in charge of the Ship's Store,
where he sells candy, chewing 1
gum, cigarettes, etc.
After his graduation from
Franklin high school, and Ce
cil's Business College in Ashe
ville, in 1937, SKl/c Swafford
was first employed as a book
keeper for the Dixie-Home
Stores and later as owner and
manager of his own grocery
store in Franklin.
Swafford first entered the
service on 23 August, 1943, at
Spartanburg, S. C., and after
completing his "boot" training
was stationed in Norfolk, Va.
He is married to the former
Dorothy Bennett', and they have
one son, Benny Joe, who is now
12 months old.
TWO HIGHLANDERS
RE-ENLIST IN ARMY
S/Sgt. Gerald W. ijoit and
Pfc. Lewton L. Chastalxi, both
of Highlands, were listed among
175 men re-enlisting in the
Regular Army at Fort Bragg
this week, according to Major <
John H. Newsome, Commanding
Officer of the Recruiting Sta
tion.
CLYDE T. GAILEY
SERVED ON MONSSEN
Cylde T. Galley, machinist's j 1
mate, third class of Franklin, 1
took part in the occupation of
Northern Honshu and Hokkaido j
when^ the destroyer Monssen'
steamed into Ominato Harbor,
Honshu, with other units of the
North Pacific Fleet.
This Ship was one of the first
to enter this once-powerful Jap
anese naval base. Large groups
of Japanese civilians observed
the vessel as she patrolled just
off shore opposite the city of
Amori. The Monssen crew in
spected the Naval base and Jap
fishing craft in Musti Bay.
The Monssen in the closing
weeks of the war hit this area
as part of Admiral William F.
Halsey's famed task force. These
operations included a daylight
raid at the steel city of Mur
oran followed by a bombardment
of the Hitachi Armament works
70 miles North of Tokyo.
The destroyer also saw ac
tion at Saipan, the Palaus, Tin
ian, Leyte, Luzon, Easterii Phil
ippines, Surigao Straits, Iwo
Jima, Okinawa, Kyushu, the
Kuriles, and strikes at the Jap
homeland.
LT. GEORGE TESS1EK
CONGRATULATED
Lieut, j.g.- George G. Tessier,
son of Mrs. Reby .Tessier, of
Franklin, has received congra
tulations from Capt. G. E. Short,
skipper on the Carrier USS In
trepid, after winning the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross 'for his
work as a pilot of a navy car
rier which flew 23 missions
against the Japs at Okinawa
and the Jap Homeland. He won
the Air Medal and three Gold
Stars in. lieu of additional Air
Medal.
Prior to going into the Navy
he attended Louisiana State
University.
T/4 RALEIGH T. SHOOK
T/4 Raleigh L. Shook, who
has been serving 26 months in
overseas service with the 236
signal service battalion outfit
and signal corps in India,
holds the good conduct award,
the AsaLslc campaign ribbon
and the Presidential Unit cita
tion. He Is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Shook, of the Bethel
community.
LIONS SPONSOR
SALE OF SEALS
Visually Handicappc d And
Blind Of Macon To
Gat Benefits
W. V. Swan, chairman of the
Blind Aid and Sight Conserva
tion committee for the .frank
lin Lions Club, has announced
that on Tuesday morning of
this week each teacher in the
schools of Macon county were
serit'200 seals to be sold by the
school children at one cent eac h.
The Franklin Lions Club have
taken the blind and visually
handicapped under-privileged
people of Macon county, as one
of their various projects, and
are now going forward with
their county-wide survey, which
they expect to have completed
within the next 30 days.
The Club, in order to carry
on with this tremendous pro
ject, hope to raise a. substan
tial sum of money from the
sale of these seals, and of which
every cent will be used on the
blind and under-privileged peo
ple of Macon county, and none
will be spent outside of the
county.
Mr. Swan said that often ap
peals like this fail "because
folks do not stop to realize how
much their contribution will do
in the way of human kindness."
Help as generously as possible
when you have an opportunity.
The principals of the schools
are asked to leave their money
from the sales at the County
Superintendents office by Sat
urday, October 27, and should
any school need more seals,
please do not hesitate to ask
the chairman!
Mr. Swan, as chairman of
this committee, stated, "We
want you to know that we ap
preciate your assistance and
cooperation in helping us do
what we can for those who
need help so badly and we are
endeavoring to see that every
pair of eyes that can be saved,
receive the proper attention be
fore it is too late."
Treasure Hunt Sponsored
By Panorama Court
On Saturday night, November 1
3. between 6 and 7 o'clock, prior
to the dance given at Panorama
Court by the football team of .
the Franklin high school, a
treasure hunt will be given and
will be sponsored by the man
ager- -ot -Panorama Court, Mrs.
Ruth Davis.
Mrs. Davis stated that anyone
purchasing $5.00 worth of tick
ets will be eligible to participate
in the hunt. Lovely prizes will
be in store for the winners and
a good time for everyone.
Burke Mitdhell Relief
Manager Of A&P
Burke Mitchell, who has been
working in the A&P Store in
Sylva, has been made relief
manager of the Franklin store
for an indefinite period of time,
while the present manager, Mrs.
Ruth Whitaker takes ?a vacation
with her -husband, Carpenters
mate 2/C Ed Whitaker, who is
expected to arrive in Franklin
soon.
Carpentersmate Whitaker has
spent the past 29 months in the
Pacific. He was former man
ager of the A&P store here
prior to going into the serv
ices. The new manager and his
wife are stopping at the Kelly
Tea Room at present.
Legion Auxiliary I o
Sponsor Radio Sihow
Members of the American
Legion Auxiliary will sponsor
Lee Baswell and the Range
Riders, radio performers, of
WNRC, Greenville, S. C., at the
Macon county courthouse on
Saturday, October 22, in two
performances.
The first performance will be
at 3:30 o'clock and the other
at 8 o'clock. Everybody invited.
Eastern Star To
Sponsor Bunco Party
A -bunco party, sponsored by
the Order of the Eastern Star,
will be given on Saturday night,
October 22, beginning at 7:30
o'clock at the Kelly Tea Room.
Lovely prizes will be awarded
to the winners. Small admis
sion, so come and have a good
time.
Give NOW To
UNITED WAR FUND
Of Macon County
Macon County's Final War
Fund Drive Goes Forward
Entry Of Macon Boy
Wins Second Flace In
WNC Fat Stock Show
I!aycs Gregory, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Parker Gregory, of
Franklin, a member at the
Macon County Future Farm- '
ers of America club, won sec
| o.id place as reserve cham
| pion with his entry in the
11th annual Western North
i Carolina Fat Stock show in
Asheville this week.
Macon county also won
third place in Class II win
ners, as the best county group
of five animals.
There were 12 counties rep
resented and was said to be
one of the largest and best
stock shows ever to be held :
in Asheville.
FINAL RITES FOR
REV. SORRELLS
Macon Minister Passes
In Local Hospital After
Illness Of Five Days
Funeral services for the Rev.
Lester James Sorrells, 45, were
held on Thursday afternoon at
3 o'clock at the Bethel Metho
dist church. The Rev. D. P.
Grant, pastor, officiated, assist
ed by the Rev. George A. Cloer, i
Baptist minister, and the Rev.
Frank Holland, of Macon coun
ty. Interment will follow in the
church cemetery.
The Rev. Mr. Sorrells, widely
known in the rural area of
Macon county, where he had
held various charges and con
ducted revival meetings in many
of the Baptist churches, died
in the Angel Clinic' here on
Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock
following an illness of five days.
He was operated on Saturday
afternoon.
Born in Macon County on July
17, 1900, Mr. Sorrells had lived
in the county all his life. He
was 'the son of Mrs. Carrie
Pressley Sorrells and the late
Andy Sorrells. At the time of
his death he was pastor of the
Long View and Cartoogechaye i
Baptist churches, having gone ;
into the ministerial work in 1
1934. On December 24, 1920 he
was married to Miss Annie
Guffey who survives.
The pallbearers were the
Rev. Bill Sorrells, the Rev. Fred
Sorrells, Jack and Grover Sor
rells, brothers, and Dave Angel
and Norman Guffey, brothers- j
in-law.
Surviving are the widow and |
12 children, six sons, Herman i
Sorrells, recently returned from j
Germany, Pfc. T. J. Sorrells,
with the army air corps, sta
tioned in Nebraska, Lloyd,
Ralph, Marshall and Jackson
Sorrells, at home, and six
daughters, Nicholetta, Marga
ret, Dorris Ann, Hazel, Cath
erine and Ethel Sorrells, all at
home, and two grandchildren.
Also the mother i4ts._Audit-S-.jr- j
rells, of Cullasaja, four broth
ers, Rev. Fred Sorrells, the Rev.
Bill Sorrells and Grover Sor
rells, of Franklin, and Jack
Sorrells, of Canton, and four
sisters, Mrs. Minnie Sorrells, of
Cullasaja, Mrs. Belle Angel, of
Franklin, Mrs. Bertha Barrett,
Jefferson, Ga., and Mrs. Myrtle
Wooten, of Cullasaja, and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Bryant Funeral Directors were
in charge of the arrangements.
Regular Army Wants
"Guardians Of Victory"
The Fourth Service Command
today called for 70,000 "Guard
ians for Victory" to enlist for
three years in the Regular
Army.
Any young man, 18 to 34
years of age, whether now in
service, a veteran or a civilian,
is eligible.
Their job: To preserve the
peace won by force of arms at
a cost of more than 1.000,000
casualties.
Germany and Japan must be
watched and controlled for at
least a generation, lest they
take advantage of us to build
for another world war.
It will be the task of the
postwar army to keep with this
watch ? to guarantee peace to
the world.
Recruiting stations have been
established throughout the sev
en states of the Fourth Service
Command. One la within easy
Splendid Response Being
Met By Most Active
Solicitors
Both good and bad reports are
earning in from solicitors in the
Macon County War Fund Drive,
according to John M. Archer,
county chairman.
A tentative check of returns
over the last weekend indicates
that those who are really ac
tive are meeting with splendid
success, while others liave made
very little progress in their dis
tricts.
Mr. Archer further stated that
the interest so far manifested
by both the solicitors and the
citizens of Macon county, was
not what he expected in this,
the final drive, and of which
only a small sum of $4,000 is
asked to help our boys who
suffered most iin the long arid
bitter war.
While the campaign is sche
duled to continue through No
vember 8, the solicitors are ask
ed to contact the people in their
district as early as possible, and
get our quota raised ahead of
time. This is the final war drive
for funds and the national goal
is designed to cover a period
of 15 months. Give as gener
ously as possible when the so
licitors come to see you.
Definite figures showing the
progress of the drive should be
available for next weeks Press.
Week Of Prayer
To Be Observed
The Woman's Society ol
Christian Service of the Frank
lin Methodist church will ob
serve the annual Week of Prayer
and Self Denial at the Frank
lin church here on Sunday eve
ning, October 28, at 7:30 o'clock,
with members of the Wesleyan
Guild and the Woman's Society
of Christian Sgrvice conducting
the meeting.
The offering received at this
service will be divided equally
between the Home of Foreign
departments of the Woman's
Division of Christian Service.
Members of both organizations
and any other interested per
son, are urged to attend.
U. D. C. Name Officers
At Meeting Held Monday
Mrs. Carl S. Slagle was hos
tess to the Macon County
Chapter of the United Daugh
ters of Confederacy at her home
on Cartoogechaye on Monday
evening when the members met
for their regular monthly, meet
ing.
Mrs. J. Ward Long, first vice
president, presided in the ab
sence of the president, Mrs. W.
M. Parrish, who is under treat
ment at . the Emory Hospital in
Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Lester
Conley acted as chaplain in the
absence of the chaplain, Mrs.
Herbert E. Church.
The nominating committee
reported the following officers
who were unanimously re-elect
ed: Mrs. W. M. Parrish, presl<- "
dent; Mrs. J. Ward Long, first
vice-president; Mrs. George M.
Slagle, second vice-president;
Miss Arietta Bolick, secretary;
Miss Lillie Rankin, assistant
secretary; Mrs. Lester Conley,
treasurer; Mrs. Herbert E.
Church, chaplain, and Mrs. Lon
Campbell, historian.
Mrs. Slagle made a motion
which was seconded, that the
Chapter hold quarterly meetings
instead of monthly meetings un
less attendance was improved,
and if necessary, called meet
ings could be held to take care
of any business that should
arise between regular meetings.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing the hostess served delicious
refreshments.
Meat allocations for the fourth
quarter call for an average an
nual rate of 148 pounds for
civilians per capita. This is 22
pounds more than for pre-war
years.
Presbyterian Services
For October 21, 1945
Fr&nklin:
Sunday school, 10 a. m.
Preaching, 11 a. m.
Morrison :|
Sunday school, 2:30 p. m.
travel distance of your home.
Detailed information on Army
opportunities may be obtained
upon request.
See your nearest recruiting
station.