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VOL. LVII, NO. 35
Red Cross Elects Officers
At Annual
Wartime Program For
County To Be
Presented
' The annual meeting of the Ma
con county chapter of the Amer
ican Red Cross will be held in
the courthouse next Tuesday eve
ning, September 1, at 8:30 o'
clock. There are 900 members
in this chapter. It is hoped that
this will be a big meeting, so
that the entire membership may
have a part . in the wartime pro
gram to be planned aind carried
out.
Mrs. Catherine M. Stewart,
field representative of this dis
trict, will return, to Franklin to
present the program which this
chapter can undertake, under the
leadership of chairmen of the
various Red Cross 'activities for
local and worldwide objectives.
Officers for the coming year
will be elected at this meeting. A
mew chairman will be chosen to
succeed Harley R. Cabe, who has
served faithfully and efficiently
for several years, and who joined
the U. S. Navy recently.
The Rev. Philip L. Green, roll
call chairman for the past two
years, under whose leadership two
successful drives have been made,
is chairman of the nominating
committee, with Mrs. Florence S.
Sherrill and Mrs. W. H. Cobb of
Highlands as the other members
of the committee. Officers to be
elected are chairman, two vice
chairmen, Junior Red Cross chair
man, secretary and treasurer. The
committee will welcome sugges
tions for nominations from any
member. At the meeting, nomin
ations from the floor will be in
vited. Chairmen for the standing
committees who will actively di
rect the activities in the various
fileds, will be chosen by the new
officers. Officers and chairmen
will constitute the executive com
mittee of the chapter.
Reports of the activities of the
past year will be made by the
chairmen and officers of the chapter.
Salvage To Be Collected
By Power Company Trucks
Women's Salvage Work
Is Being Organized
Through County
The trucks of the Nantahala
Power amd Light company will
begin next week to pick up the
scrap and junk which has been
collected and placed on the side
of the highway by the farmers
of the county, according to John
Archer of the Power company.
Sam Mendenhall, salvage chair
man for the county, alsoexpects
WPA trucks to arrive at an
early date to transport the junk
collected to the nearest depot for
shipment to plants where the need
for old iron, rubber, steel, cop
per and aluminum is pressing for
the manufacture of implements of
war.
Rally Day September 10
The women's division, under the
chairmanship of . Mrs. Florence
Sherrill, is beginning a country
wide drive to collect fats for the
manufacture of explosives. A
rally day for the collection of all
salvage materials of every kind
will be held in Franklin Thursday,
September 10. Full instructions
to all householders concerning the
collection of scrap and junk in
Franklin will be published ininext
week's issue of this newspaper.
The Power company's trucks will
do this work, also.
A. R. Higdon Explains
What May Be Built
Under Present Ruling
While the recent building re
striction order from Washington
was intended to curtail large, un
necessary building, it is in no
sonse a stop-building order, and
there are many things which
homeowners and farmers may do,
according to A. R. Higdon of the
Franklin Hardware company.
"As I understand it," declared
Mr. Higdon, "no limit has been
put on the amount of money
which may be spent to put homes
and other buildings in good re
pair. One may re - roof, paint,
repair sidewalks, foundations, side
walls and porches, put new floors
bo uk, iMulau for fuel aavingi,
Meeting Sept- 1
: ,
THEO. HEDDEN
IS SENTENCED
To State Prison For Slay
ing Of Dalrympte;
Other Cases Tried
Theodore Hedden, charged with
the murder of Lonnie Dalrymple
at Shady Nook tourist camp last
June 29, was sentenced in Super
ior court this week to a term of
from seven to 12 years in the
State's prison. -
Others tried for participating in
the affray which resulted in the
stabbing to death of young Dai
ry mple, 20-year-old 'son, of Mrs.
Samuel Dalrymple, of Hamilton,
Wash., were John W. Lenoir, Bill
Berry, Glover Reynolds and Rob
ert Hawks, who were given sus
pended sentences of two years on
good behavior and payment ot
costs; the case against Homer
Hedden was nol-prossed.
Nelwm On Trial
The case of the State against
Hillard and Burrell Nelson for
rape is being tried, but had not
been completed Thursday morn.
Lawrence Taylor was given a
suspended sentence of two years
on good behavior and fined for
assault with a deadly weapon up
on Lawrence Sanders in the Pren
tiss neighborhood. Sanders, ar
raigned on the same charge, was
given the same suspended sen
tence, without fine.
The grand jury found true bills
against a number of offenders
for operating motor vehicles while
intoxicated. The ' failures to ap
pear for trial in a number of
these cases held over from the
last term of court, with defen
dants forfeiting cash bonds to be
paid into the school funds were
considerable. Others charged with
the same offense were given sen
tences on the county roads or
suspended sentences and had their
licenses revoked. Several larceny
cases were also tried.
over worn ones throughout the
and anything else needed to re
condition a home. It is import
ant to conserve what we have
and thus all things necessary to
the repair and maintenance of
present homes and buildings are
allowed under tins order, and
homeowners are urged to con
serve their properties.
In addition to repair work, - a
home may be remodeled or any
new work may be done up to the
amount of $500 each year, which
figure must include both mater
ials and labor, according to this
lumberman. For less than this
amount, he states, one may build
a garage', install new kitchen cup
boards, build a porch and many
other things. In some localities
small homes are being built with
in this limit. These may be add
ed to later at the rate of $500
each year.
Since most homeowners have a
great many things in mind which
they want to do "some day," Mr.
Higdon reconunends that in the
very beginning a complete out
line of all these 'needs and wants'
be made. Then each year, as the
various improvements are made,
they will be done with a view to
the complete job, and thus give
the homeowner the most for his
money.
Under the order, also, homes
which have been destroyed or
damaged by fire, flood, etc., since
December 31, 1941, may be re
stored or reconstructed. Low-cost
defense housing in critical areas
or housing covered by preference
rating orders or cetificates may
also be constructed.
Farm Improvement
On the farm there are many
projects which may be completed
for less than $1,000, the figure
cited as the limit for farm con
struction in the order. For this
amount all wet spots may be tiled,
chicken houses may be built,
banns remodeled, hog houses,
milk houses, grain bins and corn
cribs constructed.
Again, no limit has been put
on the amount of money which
may be spent in necessary repair
and maintenace. Thus any build
ing already on the farm may be
put in first class condition, ac
cording to Mr, Higdon. In ad-
FRANKLIN, N. C,
Men In Service
PARKER
Corporal Edwin B. Parker, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William V.
Parker, who recently was pro
moted from Corporal to Sergeant.
He is stationed at Eglin Field,
Fla.
HOLLAND
Ruel A. Holland of the U. S
Navy, son of Mrs. Pearl Holland,
who volunteered last November
and is at present located in the
Pacific area.
Capt. G. E. Ledbetter, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. C Letbetter,
route 2, has been promoted to
Major at Fort Adams, R I. This
is the first report we have re
ceived of a Macon county nun
being promoted to this rank.
e
Corporal iBryant McClure of
Camp Hood, Tex., is spending a
15-day furlough with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. McClure,
Franklin, route 2.
Pfc. Norton Justice, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Tom -Justice of Otto,
has been promoted to the rank
of Corporal. He volunteered in
July, 1941, and is now stationed
a the 323rd School Squadron,
Cochran Field, Macon, Ga.
' Lieut, and Mrs. George Mc
Clure, stationed at Fort Benning,
Ga., spent the week-end at home.
Pvt. Cash B. Clark of Sylva
and Franklin was enrolled as a
student this week in the mechan
ics school of the Army Air For
ces Technical Training Command
at Keesler Field, Miss., anil has
started an extensive 19 - week
course to qualify as an airplane
mechanic. Private Clark, who
went from Fort Jackson, already
has completed his basic training.
At the completion of the air me
chanics course there, he will be
prepared for assignment to active
duty with some fighting unit of
the Army Air Force.
Elwood Cabe, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. G. Cabe, of Franklin,
route 4, was' recently promoted
from sergeant to platoon sergeant
in the Marine Corps. Sergeant
Cabe has been in- the Marines
for five years.
Corporal Simpson Russell, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell, of
Cullasaja, is spending his fur
lough with his parents. He is
stationed at Camp Gordon, Ga.
Mr. Russell has another son in
the Army, stationed at Fort
Monttrie.
Pfc. Paul Love of the regular
Army, son of J. -H. Love, is
spending his furlough at his home.
After being in the service for
nine years, he left and went back
in March, 1942.
dition, if the owner wishes to re
model it to make it a more-efficient
working unit, he may
spend up to $1,000 to do so. This
amount of money, wisely spent,
will turn many an old farm build
ing into a modern one.
Farm homes, like city homes,
are allowed up to $500 for new
construction, with no limit for
necessary repairs. In discussing
farm construction, Mr. Higdon
again emphasized the advisabil
ity of planning for the future to
get the most for one's building
dollars.
"If a farmer will plan a com
plete building program, outlining
the way he wants his farm even
tually to be," he stated, "then
each new building and improve
ment, no nutter how small, will
be s part of it
Ha
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1942
54 ACCEPTED
FOR JERVICE
Selectees Leave Sept. 1
To Begin Service
At Fort Jackson
The following men were accept
ed for service at Camp Croft, S.
C, and were returned on a 14-day
furlough. They will leave Tues
day, Sepember. 1, to begin their
military service at Fort, Jackson,
S. C.
Everett Odell Smith, William
Hoyt Vinson, Raymond Jojseph
Wilson, Rimer Louis Hoglen, Roy
Lyle Shepherd, Harry Edwards,
Monroe Webb, John Edward
Jennings, William Perry Holland,
Robert Lyle Jacobs, R. L. Ray,
George Pirco Bremdle, Robert E.
Lee Phillips, Norton Holbrooks,
Clyde Howard Patterson, Joe
Cabe Bradley, James Ernest
erane, trnest Leroy Holland,
Vivien Hughes Brown, Ausbonn
Cecil Parker, Frank Clifton Fox,
Robert Loyal Mashburn, Fred J.
Dills, James Furman Shuler,
Charles Vester Pendergrass,
James Henry Houston, George
Dalmer Shepherd, John Herman
Carpenter, Lyell McKinley Wish
on, Andrew Davis Martin, Fred
Samuel Norton, James Dorsey
Elmore, Roosevelt John Henry,
Hubert Robert Lee, Frank Burk
ett Woody, Henry Clarence Nor
ton, William Andrew Rankin,
Charles Kenneth Cloer, Jim Pass
more, Algie Paul Miller, James
Pat ton Con ley, Jr., Mack Reno
McKinney, Dewey Neal, Homer
Lee Green, Oscar Franklin Cross,
David Harrison Ammons, John
Thomas Vinson, Herschel Oscar
McClure, Edwin Woodrow Shope,
Harley Chaven Sanders, Leonel
Elmore Meadows, Noah Newell
Pendergrass,' Roger William Sut
ton, Carl Rozell Wood.
The Rotary club will present
the boys with a gift and a New
r Testament-wtH-be given them, as
usual, at the time of their de
parture. Schools
Of Franklin and County
Open Fall Session
Children and young people of
Franklin and the rural schools
trooped to school this morning to
begin the Fall session. With few
exceptions, the faculty lists were
complete, and a record enrollment
is expected. .
J. F. Pugh, the new principal
of the Franklin schools and Dis
trict No. 1, who succeeds W: H.
Finley, has arrived to take up his
duties. Mr. Pugh, who is un
married, is making his home at
Kelly's Tea Room.
Last Rites For
Mrs. Sarah F. Bolick
Mrs. Sarah F Bolick, 80, died
of a heart attack early Tuesday
morning at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Setser on Cartooge
chaye, where she had been spend
ing the summer. She was the
daughter of H. P. and Louise
Carpenter and was married to
the late Moody Bolick in 1884.
She was a member of the Ellijay
Baptist church.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning, August 26,
at the Franklin Baptist church"
by the pastor, Rev. C. F. Rog
ers. Interment was in Franklin
cemetery.
Surviving are one son, C. B.
Bolick, of Washington, D. C. ;
one brother, George H. Carpen
ter, of Los Angeles, Calif., and
a number of nephews and nieces,
one of whom is Miss Myrtle Bo
lick of Winston Salem.
Pallbearers were J. H. Brook
shire, Joe Setser, W. G. Craw
ford, Wiley Selles, Paul Am
mons and E. V. Ammons.
Navy Seeking
Reserve Officers
The Navy, in order to expedite
the procurement of reserve offi
cers, has established a V-ll class
for the enlistment of men under
39 years of age, the headquarters
of officer procurement for the
sixth naval district announced
recently.
Under this new program, can
didates who are considered good
officer material may be enlisted
as apprentice seamen, and will
be retained on inactive duty for
a period of not more than 90
days while their applications for
commissions sre pending.
Civilian Defense To Meet
At Courthouse Friday Night
RE CLASSIFIED
BY NEW RULING
Local Board Issues List
Of Men To Be
Called
The local board, at its last
meeting, classified .and re-classi-
lied the following registrants.
in viass (available and tit
for general military service, clas
sified first time), registrants
who registered in third registra
tionHerbert Dean Carpenter,
Thomas Jarvis Barnes, Theodore
Blakely Hedden, Job Lee Bar
nard, Jri, Judson Uiarles Cun
ningham, Troy Andrew Bradley,
Hayes Eugene Crisp, Isaac Nor
ton Keener, Grady Thomas Bren
dle, Charles William Norton, Joe
Henry, Dallas Dennis Rowland;
Reclassified from 1-B (slight
defects) to I-A Russell Thomas
Ramey, John Joseph Whiteside,
James Erastus tabe, James Aus
tin Raby.
Reclassified from 111 - A (men
claiming dependents, other than
wife and children), reclassified to
1-A Dennis Vertel Ammons,
Jesse Mason, Wayne Wright
Woodard, Marshall William Car
penter, Oscar Glenn Stiwinter
Molton Buchanan, Madison Mon
roe Chastain, William Porter
Pierson, Olan J. Bradley, Walter
Joseph Hopkins, Chletis David
Gasaway, Elbert Houston.
Reclassified from 111-A (un
married but with claimed depen
dents) to I-B Howard Clark,
Gene Adams Taylor.
Reclassified from 1-A to 1-C
(having enlisted in some branch
of the service) Alvin Odell
Hurst and John D. Crisp; Ralph
Wanlow Greene, from 1I1-A (de
pendent deferred)' to 1I-A, oc
cupational deferment; Fred Clin
ton "Moore, appealed from I-A
classification on grounds of de
pendency and was reclassified by
Board of Appeal in Hi-A.
The following registrants who
appealed on the grounds of de
pendency from I-A classification
by this board to Board of Ap
peals, were continued by the
Board of Appeals in Class I-A
Arvine Lincoln Duvall, William
Nelson Cabe. Robert Woodrow
Wild, Boyce Wilburn Hodgins,
Hoyt Dickey Ledford.
The following were classified
first time in 1II-A, laving de
pendents Edward Lee Whitting
ton, John William Ray, Jeff Har
rison Green, Carson William
Medford, William Burgess (col
ored), John Irven Reighard,
Robert Kibby Womack, Sherrill
Thomas Tramtnell, Grady Henry
Clark, Millard Glenn Robinson,
Jack Wilbunn, Gilmer Lee Craw
ford, Curtis Lamar Pearson,
Lawrence Carl Howard, Colonel
Perry Howard, William Floyd
Nichols, William Oscar Greene,
Harold Moore, Thomas Robert
Hunt, Jr., Samuel E. Bittner, Jr.,
Philip Albert Crane, Burr Allen
Childers, George Milton Dills,
Melvin Prince Keener, Lee Roy
Dills, Harvey Pickens Evans,
Donald Judson Baldwin, John
Bunyan Shields, Parks Wile
Brendle, Lee Roy Rankin, John
Quincy Hedden, John Madison
Morgan, Edward Daniel Chastain,
Robert Kester Carpenter, Curt
Lee Chastain, John ' Ellis Poin
dexter, Dewey Lee Guffey, Sam
Lonnie Bates, Hubert Lyle Wil
son, Eldridge Mack Hodges,
Fred Wilburn Norris, Homer
Paul Angel, Homer E. Potts,
James Wesley Watts, Robert
William Fox, Clifford Manvers
Ledford, Marion Alexander Deal,
Thomas Milton Rickman, John
Murdoch Hall, James Lyman Jus
tice, Raleigh Jarvis Sanders.
The following were classified in
IV-F (unfit for military service)
Paul Judson McCoy, George
Lawrence Beck, Gordan Thomas
Reeves, Roy David Arnold, Earl
Mashburn, John Wiley Bailey.
If investigation indicates that
a candidate is not officer mater
ial he will be discharged. If he
is found acceptable, he will be
sent to an indoctrination school
?nd then will receive further in
tensive training leading to a
commission.
Persons in the sixth naval dis
trict who are interested in be
coming a naval officer through
V-ll enlistment should visit a
procurement office at Charlotte,
Raleigh, Columbia, Charleston, At
lanta or Jacksonville.
$2.00 PER YEAR
Duties of Air Wardens,
Fire Dept. and Police
Coordinated
The Civilian Defense organiza
tion for Macon county has recent
ly been completed, and a meet
ing of the entire personnel is be
ing called for Friday, August 28,
in the courthouse at 8 p.m., for
the purpose of outlining the du
ties of each, member and to make
them familiar with the entire
plan.
The organization at present is
as follows: Chairman and com
mander of Macon Comity Defense
Council, G. .L. Houk; executive,
R. S. Jones; chief air-raid war
don, John M. Archer, Jr.; chief
'of police, Homer Cochran ; chief
of fire department, Carl Tysing
er; chief medical officer, Dr. Ed
gar Angel ; mayor of Franklin, J.
O. Harrison.
Letters are being sent to the
following men of Franklin urgent
ly requesting that they attend this
meeting, as they liave been select
ed as air-raid wardens to serve
in the town of Franklin :
Main street H. L. Leach, Roy
F. Cunningham, Clyde Gailey, Dan
Bryson.
Palmer street Ralph Penland,
Aler Stewart, G rover Jamison,
Jr., Rogers Hill, Grant Zickgraf.
Harrison avenue H. P. West,
J. H. Stockton, Woodrow Reeves,
Bidwell street Paul Potts, T H.
Fagg.
Bonny Crest and Fairground
Rev. Hubert Wardlaw, T. W.
Angel, Jr., Rev. Phillip Green,
Hunter Calloway, Ralph Womack.
Georgia road J. L. Hauser, Ray
Swanson.
West Main street George
Lohr, L. B. Phillips, Ledford Led
ford. East Franklin E. . Whitmire,
H. L. Bryant, H A. Wilhide.
lotla street John McCollum, J.
I). Franks.
Green street Gordon Moore,
Carl Green.
White Oak street H. H. Plem
mons, J. Ward Leung.
Riverview street H. W. Cabe,
F. L. Henry, Jr.
While it is generally conceded
that there may never be an ac
tual air raid in Macoji county,
it is entirely possible. If we wait
to organize and make our prep
aration for an air raid until after
we have had one, it will be too
late. This organization is being
perfected and plans made to take
care of the situation ni the event
of an actual raid.
Located as we are, and with
the other western counties, it is
entirely possible for aircraft to
use the lights from the various
towns as guides to the large hydro-electric
plants and to the
aluminum plant in Tennessee.
It is such a small job to pre
pare now for any possible emer
gency that it is the patriotic du
ty of every American citizen to
lend his ro her support to this
organization.
Chief of Police
Baird Suffers Broken Leg
Last Monday
C. D. Baird, chief of police,
who suffered a fracture of the
left leg below the knee last Mon
day, is reported to be recovering
satisfactorily at Angel hospital.
Chief Baird's motorcycle collided
with a truck about 11 o'clock in
the morning at the intersection
of Riverview street and Main
street at the foot of the steep
town hill.
Moose Picnic To Be
At Cliffside Sunday
The annual Moose picnic will
be held at Cliffside Lake on
Sunday, August JO, beginning at
11 o'clock. AH are asked to
bring baskets for lunch. The
Order will furnish other refresh
ments. All - Day Singing
At Coweta Church
There will be all-day singing
at the Coweta Baptist church,
near Otto, on Sunday, September
13, beginning at 10:JO a.m. All
quartets, choirs, etc, also the
public are invited to attend. Pic
nic lunch will be served at the
noon hour.