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VOL. LVII, NO. 10
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1942
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HOME NURSING
AND NUTRITION
Classes Will Be Conducted
Under Red Cross
Macon Women Work In "Food For Freedom Gardens"
Record Breaking Snowfall
Of 13 Inches Covers Macon
Program
The Macon Red Cross will offer
classes in home nursing and care
of the' sick and also in nutrition
as part of the home defense pro
gram, Harley Cabe, chairman, an
nounces this week
Mrs. George K. Pattillo of Frank
lin, a graduate nurse, has volun
teered to assist the xounty health
nurse, Miss Katherine Shuford, in
teaching the classes. Miss Gladys
Maxwell, of the Farm Rehabilita
tion office, is chairman of the
group arranging the classes
throughout the county. They will
. be held at the following places :
Scaly, with Mrs. Albert Brown;
Burningtown, Mrs. Robert Parrish ;
Cartoogechaye,' Mrs. Carl Slagle ;
Walnut Creek, place to be an-
nounced.
Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill, head
of Home Demonstration, and an
experienced teacher of home eco
nomics, has volunteered to add to
her duties the teaching of nutrition
classes in communities where there
are no home demonstration clubs.
The neighborhood leaders chosen
by the Extension Service will or-
ganize these in the following
places : Kyle, Pine Grove, Higdon -
ville. Oak Grove. Uim.-r Gartoose-
ehaye, Watauga and Skeenah.
All courses will require 24 hours,!
in 12 sessions of two hours each,
The nutrition classes will be taught
from 9 to 11 a. m. on. Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays, dates
to be announced later.
High bChOOl seniors
Take TVA Exams
Th.. filw;n KY,nU; K;h
high school seniors who are over
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Brendle, Margaret Guest, Virginia
Bryant, Jessie Barnard, Helen Ed-
wards, Marie Cloer, Lucille Callo-1
way, Geraldine Wells, Barbara
Hurst, Delma Edwards, Elura Belle
Sanders, Lois Clark, Rob Canpen-
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ter, Carl Masons and Edgar Welch. I
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Christine Hugg' Gladys Stiles,
Evelyn Norton, Edith Sellers, Fran
ces Mashburn, Mildred Shope, Kate
Sanders, Hazel Carpenter, Frances
Dawdle, Mericus McCoy, Alex
Keener and J. C. Cutuningham.
Physical Defects
Of School Children Listed
By Mrs. McCracken
A talk before the Franklin
P. T. A. on the subject, "Are We
Physically Fit?" by Mrs. J, R
McCracken of Waynesville, district
supervisor of public health nurs
ing, cited the serious physical de
fects found among men examined
for military service. A large per
centage showed some form of phy
sical unfitness, as shown by quot
ing national statistics, stating that
the prospect for those now in the
schools is no brighter.
Reporting the findings of exami
nations from time to time by the
county health department of chil
dren in the Franklin school, Mrs.
McCracken listed the following:
Of 329 children examined, 62
were underweight ten per cent or
more; 101 were found to be under
nourished, 239 had poor posture
and two had orthopaedic defects.
Dental defects were found in
every one of the 329, with poor
oral hygiene (lack of mouth clean
liness) in 271 of these. Of 100 re
porter to parents as having dis
eased tonsils. Only 12 had had their
tonsils .removed.
These examinations showed that
none of the 4-H girls had full
chest expansion, and 80 per cent
needed derMal care. Three were
found to have thyroid, and nearly
all had poor condition of scalp and
skin.
No Follow Up
Mrs. McCracken called attention
to the disturbing fact that there
was no follow-up of reports of the
health department of physical der
fects of school children.
"Do we practice what we desire
for our children and try to get
them to do?" asked the speaker,
stating that the object of health
supervision is not only to prepare
the child for life, but for parti
cipation in life. She defined health
as That quality of life that rend
ers the individual fit to live best
and tern most"
This typical scene of food growing for health and freedom shows Mrs. Amy Hall, Mrs. Lillie Smith
and Miss Ella Evans in their WPA garden, last summer as they worked a field of corn and beans
with plots of other vegetables nearby. Free lunches for undernourished school children have been
served from these gardens all over the county. Now, war needs will speed up this good work begun,
six years ago.
Honor Certificate
For Distinguished Service
1 . j
mSCOn I.eQ ITOSS
The following letter has been
received by Harley Cabe, chairman
of the Macon county chapter of
the Ked Cross
My dear Mr. Cabe:
The Chairman has awarded to
your Chapter an Honor Certificate
frr r1ictinixiiichH artitvomn in
the 25th Roll Call and I take
pleasure in forwarding it to you
under separate cover. This certi
t:.... j-j -i .
ls -wrueu w-pien
reaching their goals or enrolling
r .-m
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ter population.
I please extend our congratulations
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to your rvon an nairrraan ana
",ernocrs 01 . comm,uce- ana
our. "T aPPreclatln l a, 1
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successful.
We are faced with unprecedented
tasks at this time, but with a
united membership the Red Cros
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will continue to carry on in thi
carry on in the
name of the American people, do
ing those things which are vital
and essential to the war effort
Very sincerely yours,
Wm. Carl Hunt, Acting
Mgr. Eastern Area.
Men In The Service
J. Norman Blaine, son of Mrs
Dave Blaine of Franklin, who has
recently enlisted in the U. S. Army,
is now stationed in the Army hos
pital at Haan Field, Riverside Cal.
Doyle DeHart, son of Mrs. E. B.
DeHart of Franklin, now stationed
in the U. S. Navy at Boston,
Mass., spent three days of the
past week with his mother. He
has been in the Navy six months.
Corp. Harry Bryson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Bryson, who has
been stationed at Seattle, Wash.,
in the 162nd Inf., has been trans
ferred to New York.
Frank Swafford, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Perry Swafford of Franklin,
now stationed in the U. S. Army,
spent a few days of the past week
with his parents.
Howard Emerson Barnard, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lee- Barnard of
Franklin, has entered the Army
and is now stationed at the Civil
Aeronautics Barrage Balloon
Training Center at Tyson, Teran.
He had been an engineer with the
U. S. bureau of public roads with
headquarters at Buena Vista, Va.
A. J. Davis, Jr., grandson of
John C. Dills, is in Army Air
Corps, and is now stationed at
Scott's Field, 111.
Hugh Johnston, son of Mrs. T.
J. Johnston, has been promoted to
Corporal attached to staff head
quarters in Montgomery, Ala.
Gu Baldwin, part owner of the
Baldwin and Liner grocery store,
Franklin, is now stationed in the
4th Regiment F. A. R. Training
Center at Fort Bragg.
Pre-Easter Topics
Rev. C. F. Rogers is preaching
a series of sermons leading up to
Easter, on the outstanding char
acters associated with Jesus in His
life and death on the cross.
The evening worship hour is
changed to 8 o'clock.
PJ- Committee
lo . Look Into Need
Of School Equipment
At the last meeting of the Par
ent-Teachers association, which
was postponed on account of the
weather, the committee appointed
to look into the matter of seats
reported that the primary grades
raeeded 25 seats. The need of lights
lavatories, drinking fountains, and
also seats for the high school was
also reported with an estimate of
the cost.
The following committee of men
was appointed to look into matter
of the above equipment needed
Rev. J. L. Stokes II, Jack Sanders
R. S. Jones and W. H. Finley.'
The president, Mrs. Wasilik, asked
Mr. Jones to interview the County
Commissioners and the Board of
Education and find out how much
of the money recently coming to
the county from Nartfahala For
est timber sales is available for
the schools. (This amount which
has been paid to the county for
roads and schools has been an
nounced as $5,410.17).
The summer roundup committee
appointed is Mrs. Elizabeth Guffey
and Miss Amy Henderson-.
Employment Service
Representative to be Here
In order to give a better service
to the citizens of Macon county,
the representative from the United
States Employment Service will be
in the county two days each week.
The office has had a representa
tive stationed here Tuesdays of
each week for severed years. Now
that men are so needed and we
are having so many calls for per
sons of all skills, it is felt our
service to the county should be
extended. Beginning March 9 the
representative will be in Franklin
Monday md Tuesday of each week.
James R. Bates
Dies At Prentiss
James Rufus Bates, 66, a farmer
of the Prentiss community, died
at his home an Saturday morning
February 28, at 11:30 o'clock. He
had beem ill a week and death was
due to a stroke of paralysis.
Funeral services were held at
the Coweta Baptist church, Sunday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Burial
was in the church cemetery. Rev.
George A. Cloer officiated, assisted
by Rev. Lester Sorrells.
The pallbearers were, Lee Phil
lips, Lee Bates, Roy Arnold, Ned
Teague, Vannie Sanders and Ral
eigh Bingham.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Mary Phillips Bates; three chil-
dren Mrs. Emma Stockton and
Mrs. Lola Bingham, of Franklin
Route 2, and Jesse of the U. S.
Army; two brothers, N. S. and
Henry, of Franklin Route 2, and
seven grandchildren.
Girl Scouts
Elect Officers
The Franklin Girl Scouts Troop
1, have elected officers as follows:
Patrol leader, Elizabeth Wasilik ;
assistant patrol leader, Ida Mae
Dowdle; secretary, Louise Pender
gnass; treasurer, Mary Margaret
Davis; reporter, Merrily Brooks.
The refreshment committee for
the next meeting is: InezCrawford,
Ida Mae Dowdle and Louise Pen-
dergrass. The new tnxxp is under
the leadership of Mrs. Herbert
Wardlaw. They are now planning
to do Mine kind of defense work.
Commissioners Pass
On Jail Repairs
And Other Business
At the meeting of the county
commissioners last Monday, re
pairs to the jail were authorized
which will amount to an expendi
ture of $300 or more. The cond
tion of the concrete flooring o
the second floor has been unsafe
lor some time, which will neces
sitate strengthening the floor sup
ports and a new floor.
Completion of the Jacobs Branch
road in the Iotla community was
authorized, following favorable con
sideration ot a petition of citizen
in that section by L. B. Prince
chairman of the State Highway
and Public Works Commission in
Raleigh.
Twenty dollars a month was vot
ed towards clerical help for the
otfice of the home demonstration
agent, which has previously been
supplied by NYA funds.
The meeting adjourned to com
plete its business on Saturday,
March 7, when they will daw
the jury for the April term of
court.
Final Rites
For Mrs. Elliott
Final rites for Mrs. Nancy Jane
Elliott, 87, were held at the' Holly
Springs Baptist church, February
26. The pastor, Rev. J, I. Vinson
ot JJillard, Ga., officiated.
Mrs. Elliott died with pneumonia
at the home of her son, Walter
1). Elliott, Franklin Route 4. on
Wednesday. She had been confined
to her bed for several months suf
fering from injuries received in a
fall.
She was born in Cherokee county
on January 22, 1855, the daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
McConnell. She moved to this
county with her parents at the age
of five and had lived here since
that time. She married George W.
Elliott in January 1877, who died
several years ago. She was a mem
ber of the Holly Springs Baptist
church.
Pallbearers were: Theodore El
liott, Lefferts Higdon, Frank El
liott, Roy Crispe, Dewey Elliott,
and Naaman Elliott.
Surviving are four children, Wal
der D., Charlie, and Mrs. Robert
Crawford, of Franklin Route 4, and
Mrs. Hester Dowdle of Franklin
Route 2, and one brother, Charlie
McConnell, of Martin, Ga.
Dominick And Miller
Meet Death At Nantahala
Joe Dominick 28, of New York
and Edward W. Miller 26, of Tex
as, were discovered dead in a shaft
where they were working on the
Utah Construction company's Nan
tahala project, Sunday afternoon
between 4 and 5 p. m.
The accident was not discovered
until after 8 p. m. when Mrs.
Dominick, who resided in a trailer
in Andrews, went to the project
to see why here husband had been
detained.
Both men, welders, who have
been employed since the work be
gan on the project, were using
electric welders about 100 feet down
in a 300-foot shaft. They were on
an eight-foot-wide wooden scaffold
when either a short circuit or
spark caused the scaffold to catch
fire. Miller's body, which was found
on the scaffold was recovered at
11 a. m. Sunday. Dominick fell 200
feet to the bottom of the shaft.
and hi body wis not recovered
Income Tax Advisor
To Be Here March 10
A representative of the Interna
Revenue Service of the U. S
Treasury will be in Franklin on
March 10 at Brysoni Hotel to as
sist taxpayers in filing their in
come tax returns, is announced
from the state office of interna
revenue in Greensboro by C. H
Kobertsorv collector.
Mr. Robertson states, "We are
anxious to serve as many tax
payers as possible during the day
that our representative will be in
Franklin."
Macon Enrollees
Who Have Been Given
New Classifications
The Macon County Selectiv
lioard has posted the following
classifications and re-classification
of enrollees according to the revis
ed rulings :
Carlyle Shepherd, continued in
I-A; Raymond Frank New, con
tinued in I-A; Clint Teague, white
and George McDonald , colored
were classified in I-A first classi
lication, coming from a tentative
l-A temporary classification. Dan
lei Sylvester Vinson, a conscien
tious objector to combatant serv
ice, but physically fit, was placed
vs Class I-A-O.
Charles Herbert Carpenter was
placed in I-B, physically qualified
tor limited military service ; John
Clifford Dendy was changed from
l-A to I-C, having enlisted and
oeing accepted in military service;
John Irving Kerns was moved. from
tentative class I-A to I-C, having
enlisted in the regular army.
Earl Alton Dendy was classified
1II-A, man with dependents; Nor
val Woodrow Norton was classified
III-A, man with dependents; Rob
ert Behill Dupree was changed
from III-A to IV-D, an ordained
minister; and Madison Monroe
Ledford was classified 1V-F, phy
sically disqualified for military ser
vice. The following men were classi
fied or reclassified in Class I-A on
February 24:
Charles Bryant McClure, Bemnie
Wykle, Gordon H. Gibson, Leslie
LeRoy Johnson, Bert Mozeley Hall,
Loy Edwin Parrish.
Perry Epps Merritt was placed
n Class II-B.
Wade Burgess, Furman Daniel
Holland, Wallace Conrad Henry
and John Marshal Jones were
classified in 4-F.
On Februrary 20 the following
men were classified or reclassified
in Class II-A:
Homer Steve Woods, Clate Davis
Mashburn, Charlie Wilburn Franks,
John Paul Solesbee, Hayes Edward
Buchanan, Elmer Rich Williamson,
William Lescar Parrish, Arthur
Howard Cross, Elmer William Tal-
ley, Raymond Frank New, Wade
Hampton Childers, Fred Donald
Dalton, Chester Frank Speed, Chal-
ie McCoy Dills, Corbin A. Talley,
Jasper Wanlow Greene, Carlyle
Shepard, Ellis Floyd Yonce, Ruben
Henry Callahan, Vester Anderson,
Wade Howard Boone, Leslie Ar
thur Reese, Lawson Haskel Owen-
by, Carl Lee Zachary. Elisha Mar-
on Fox, Charles Henry Chasteain.
The following men were placed
in Class III-A: William Dee Hod-
gin George Nelson Shope, Charles
Lyman Hooper, Olan J. Bradley.
The following men were placed
Class I-C on February 20 be
cause of their induction into Jhe
Army or enlistment in the Navy :
Frank Edward Raby, Henry
Ford Raby, John Henry Seagle,
Eldon Charlie Owens, Frank Vir
gil Bell, Emerson Hershel Wil-
iamson, Ralph Furman Waldroop,
Willis O'Neal Bradley, Gordon
Jerry Ramey, Lona Gregory, James
Benjamin Cope, Arthur Cannie Mc-
Call, Joseph Thad Hodgin, William
Marion Adams, Coy Franklin Nor
ton, Thomas Lee Ledford, James
Robert Vinson, Morris Edgar Lem
mings, Claude Olen Clark, Herrell
Ledford, Edgar Edwin Dowdle,
Clarence Robert Scroggs, Lee Wil-
iam Higdon, Dan Neal, William
Clay Altaian, John Howard Wood,
Eckel Dwight Rowland, Gus George
Baldwin, Frank L. Amnions, Jacob
Weaver Holbrooks, Vester Arlen
Ledford, Albert Randolph Bryson,
Ralph Bruce Edwards, Rollin Aster
Deal.
until 3 p. m. Sunday.
A Macon county coronor's jury,
at an inquest held Sunday, re
turned a verdict of accidental
death. John Dills, deputy sheriff,
was called to the scene at 11
'clock Saturday night. The in-
auest was conducted hv rnrnnr
Zeb Shop.
Cars Stalled, Traffic Held
Up, Wires Down,
Schools Closed
Early Monday mbrudng a beau
tiful snow covered the landscape
at daylight, falling in feathery
flakes last and steadily all day,,
continuing through the (light, and
in "fitful flurries on Tuesday, liy
5 o'clock Monday afternoon, many
cars were so snowed under on
Main street and other parking
places that their owners did not
attempt to move them until Wed
nesday morning. Others attempt
ing to get home laiaded 111 snow
uanks on the streets. Only those
.tarsighted enough to put chains on
earlier in the day were able to
.uccesstully combat the daugeious
highways.
.buses failed to make schedules,
and schools were closed until the
snow could be cleared from coun-
y roads as well as highways.
No Serious Accidents Reported
No serious accidents resulting in
njury to motorists or pedestrians
lad been reported on Wednesday,
when the snow began to melt and
people resumed normal traffic. Id
adjoining counties the snowfall was
deeper, and casualties were report
ed. Those ujon whom the burden
of this record-breaking snowstorm
tell were the highway, telephone
and power crews who worked two
days and two nochts to clear the
road, repair broken wires and keep
communications open. Much of this
work took heroic measures, which
were dangerous and exhausting.
Few citizens enjoying the comfort
and safety of their firesides real
ized how much they owed to these
field crews of the Narotahaka Pow
er and Light company, the West
ern Carolina Telephone company
and the State Highway for their
uninterrupted services and safe
travel.,
Federation
Stockholders Meeting On
Friday, March 13
The aunual meeting of the Ma
con coumty stockholders of the
armers Federation will be held
the Franklin Federation ware
house at 10 a. m., on Friday, March
13, instead of March 6, as previous
ly announced.
Prizes of 30, 20 and 10 baby
chicks respectively will be given
to the three winners in a stock
holders' drawing at the close of
the meeting.
A. L. Ledford
Masses At Prentiss
funeral services tor Abraham
uedtord, 75, were conducted at the
r'leasant Hill Baptist church on
Skeenah on Thursday afternoon.
The Rev. C. F. Rogers, pastor of
the Franklin Baptist church, offi
ciated. Interment was in the Pleas
ant Hill cemetery.
Mr. Ledford has been ill for 17
days and suffered a stroke of pa
ralysis four days before he died.
He was the son of the late
George Ranson and Eliza Ledford
and was born in Clay county, Sep
tember 28, 1866. He married Miss
Callie Sanders on October 6, lbV7
and lived several years in thi
county. Mr. Ledford was a farmer
and merchant and operated a gen
eral merchantize and grocery store
on the Georgia highway about five
miles south of Franklin.
Pallbearers were: Harry Tallent,
Ralph Waldroop, Frank Howard
Ledford, Fred Cowart and Charlie
Stamey.
Surviving are the widow; one
son, Walter Ledford; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Essie Dills and Mrs.
Lola Hopkins of Franklin Route 2,
and eight grandchildren.
Home Demonstration
And 4-H Schedules
Home Demonstration appoint
mens: Monday, March 9, 2 p. m.
Otter Creek school; Friday, March
13, Union, at school house, 2 p. m. ;
Saturday, March 14, Stiles-Tellico,
with Mrs. Maud Mason.
4-H Clubs will meet: Monday,
March 9, Slagle school, 10:30 a. m.;
Otter Creek school, 1 p. m. Tues
day, March 10, 9 a. m.. West' Mill
school; Oak Grove school, 10:30
a. m.; Iotla, 2 p. m. Wednesday,
March 11, Higdonville, Pine Grove
and Holly Springs. Thursday,
March 12, Burningtown, Franklin.
Neil Bishop, state highway em
ployee, was drown in Tuckaseegee
river near Dillsboro on Monday,
when he skidded on the snow
covered road.