Pb* ISjighlan^s: Baconian
U.S. WAR BONOS
PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
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VOL. LVIII? NO. 5
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 1M3
N. C. Weekly
Roundup
CARRY THAT .CARL)? All North
Carolina ii\en between the ages of
18 and 45 who are subject to class
ification under the Selective Ser
vice Act are (notified that after Feb.
1 they will be required to carry
classification as well as registra
tion cards at all times. Failure to
do so may result in prosecution
in the Federal courts, and the
res|>Qnsibility of securing a class
ification card ? which states tliia4
the registrant l>as been placed in
3- A, 1-A, 4-F or whatever it may
be ? f?sts with tike individual. If
for any reason (lie lias not re
ceived a classification card, or
lias lost the one sent him, he
should immediately tell his local
board.
WARNING? Automobile owners
are da-utioned this week that
much damage may result from tihe
use of an ti- freeze solutions con
taining chloride and other salts.
Materials being used in some anti
freeze solutions corrode parts of
the auto engine, water pump and
radiator, Presence <jf salt in anti
freezeing solution may be tested
by placing a few spoonfuls of the
compound in an iron skilkt or
dish (I>o not use aluminum) and
allowing it to boil slowly on a
stove until tlhe liquid has evapor
ated. A substantial residue of salt
provides evidence that the com
pound is a brine solution which
should be removed from the rad
iator.
OPE'N FOR REPAIR ? Good rvews
to all fanners in North Carolina
is a new amendment of the War
Production Board raising the quota
lor the production of repair pats
fror f&rni machinery from 130 per
cent of the average annual net
sales of repair parts during 1940
and 1W1 to 160 percent. WPB
says the change is the result of
its iVfemrinattofl thiM adquate sup
plies of repair parts be available
for farmers in 1943, particularly
since the production of new ma
chinery has been drastically cur
tailed. It is expected that every
madhine on a farm that can be
used to advantage will be repaired
and put into good working con
dition, and to accomplish this,
more than ordinary quantities of
repair ports ore being made avail
able.
NO SANTA CLAUSE TODAY
Any North Carolina employer who
pays the 5 percent Victory Tax
on behalf of his employees, without
deducting it from their pay en
velopes, mu?4 first obtain priority
approval mrtn the War Labor
Board, for WLB has ruled that
tlw tax payment by the employer
constitutes a wage or salary in
crease, and thus requires approval
under wage and salary stabtfcea
tion..
NO RIDEiRS! ? North Carolina has
responded in an exrremely sat
isfactory manner to the ban on
pleasure driving, according to tUe
State Office pf Price Administra
tion. A survey shows an over-all
drop of about AS peroent on State
highways since the ban went into
effect. As a result, depot wagons,
backboards and buggies whirh
haven't seen the-4ight of day sinre
1915 ore now almost becoming a
common sight aepin on country
roads and suburban streets.
IT'S GOT TO BE GOOD, OR
ELSE I ? Any person who buys
a Jicw car or truck can Test assur
ed tl?M his purchase is going to
be in good running order, for the
War Production Board ihow re
quires that ?he vehicle receive
s|>ecial conditioning prior to being
turned over to the purchaser for
use. 1*1 addition, OPA requires the
seller to furnish a certificate stat
ing that pre -deii very operations
have been performed and also
furnish the purchaser with a copy
of the check-list showing that the
work has been done.
FUNDAMENTAL* .ASSISTANCE
? Farmers who have been some
what concerned about the restric
tions on the sale of rubber boots
and rubber work shoes have been
given some enpotuogement by the
State OPA n#iich says: "Because
their work has to do with supply
ing food ? which is the home {font's
amunition ? we tMMtt the farmers
of the State to realize .they will
be given every consideration by
the local War Price and Ration
ing Boards."
Pvt. Wade McConnell is ?ww
?UfeMd at Fort Jackaon, S. C.
Point Rationing
Explained By The Block
Leader*
Miss Gladys Maxwell 'has been
appointed Director of the Citizen's
Service Corps which will under
take the work of instructing homes
in point rationing amd kidred prob
lems resulting from war regulation
of food ajid other commodities.
This organization is part of the
Civilian Defense, and will be <iom
l*>sed largely of wiv.es of the war
dens as block leaders. This group
will be permanent for the duration,
and will serve whenever it is nec
essary for housewives and others
to have information or assistance
in regard to rationing and kin*
dred problems. Miss Maxwell states
that full plains of the block lead
ers will be outlined next week.
Classifications
Given By Local Board
For Selective Service
The Local Board has announced
the following classifications of reg
is* rants:
In I-A: Joseph B. Hoglen, Don
Marsliall Cat*e, Zebulon Wilburn
Canley, Jr., J. D. Beasley, Andrew
Garhnd May, John David Leath
erwood, James linton Smith, Claude
Wayne Holland, James Wilmer
Passmore, R. L. Gregory, Zeb
Weaver Lakey, Herman Pernell
Sorrells, Frank Baldwin ;
In II-C : J. D. Dayton ; in 4-F,
George Robert Rochester and Geo
rge Clifford Arrant.
The following were re-classified :
From 4-F ta 3-A, George Mc
Donald, colored ; from 3-A to
IV-H, Charles Alexander Williams;
from 4-F to I-A, David Marion
Sanders and Berton Arthur Corp
ening; from II-A to I-A, Morris
Edison Gibson; from 3-A to IIA,
Roy Wheeler Morton; from I-A to
11-A, Claude Siler Waldropp. Dor
man Dale Gibson.
The following were rejected at
the Induction Station, from the
January 8 call, and placed in 4-F :
Melvin Alfred Cody, Harold Gor
don Woody, Jesse Lyle West, Jr.,
Johnnie Lawton Talley, John San
ders, Hunter Pritchard Roland,
Charlie Bingham, William St*ll
Baughn, Pulaslca Sylvester Castle
The following were accepted
from the January 8 call and are
ptaced in I-C: Charles Otto Ar
vey, Don Owenby, Joseph Bernard
Hen son, George Lyman McCon
nell, Joe Glenn Meadows, William
Porter Pierson, Eugene Norman
Clampitt, Cecil Poindexter, Euell
Cordell Owens, Arnold Lee Pass
more, Frank D. Shultr, Oscar
Janie# Ledford, Charles Emmet t
Roper, Robert Lawson Carpenter,
Jr, George Lee Guffey, Fred Gar
kand Duvall, Willard Jesse Moody,
Frank Alex Gibson, Hayes Eugene
Houston, Jess Willard Johnston,
Robert Haywood Frazier, J. B.
Franklin Anderson, Frank Soles
bee, Jack Harvey Head, Horry
Jackson Duvall, Arthur Allen Tur
pin, James Har grave Ptarridh, Dock
Levi Chile, Jr., Roy Lee Jones,
Joe Mashbum, Harry Haworth
Hedden, Canary Franks, Warren
G. Owcnfcy, Nelson Jones, Julian
Bun Kiser, Wayne Reginald Van
hook, Wallace B. Shepherd, Char
les Radford Owens, Charlie Wade
Ro|?er, Earl Moody once, John L.
Angel, Ralph Monroe Henson, Al
bert Nathan Panmngton, Maurice
Edward Norton, Carl Herbert
Owenby, Arvel William McCall.
Gene Cabe, 9
Succombs To Long Illness
Gent R. Cabe, nine-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. Weaver Oabe,
died at hit home Sunday morning,
January 31. He had been ill for
a year with heart trouble. Every
thing possible was done to save
the life of this beautiful boy. .The
hereaved family have the sympa
thy of the entire community.
Funeral services were held Tues
day morning, February 2, at 11
o'clock at the Holly Springs Bap
tist Church. The Rev. Robert W.
Williams read the service ; tie was
assisted by the Rev. Dt. J. L.
Stokes, II. Burial took place in ithe
church cemetery.
Hi* pall-bearers were H. D. Cor
bin, Jr., Qarenc* Corbin, Arthur
Cabe, and Robert Cabe.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. Weaver Oabe; four
sisters, Bertha, Iris, Shirley, and
Akin, who m a member of the
WAVES and is stationed in N*w
Orleans; and four brothers, James,
Arthur, Earl, end Ernest Cabe.
Bryant funeral directors made
the funeral arrangement*.
GEORGE SLAGLE
RITES AT HOME
Franklin Citizen Pum
After A Brief
Illness
George McPherson Skagle, 73,
died at his home it 12:15 o'clock
Friday morning, January 29, and
final rites were held at the home
at 11 o'clock Saturday morning.
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, sec
tor of St. Agnes Episco|*tl church
assisted by the Rev. J. L. Stolces
II, of the Mefhodist church, con
ducted . the service. Burial was in
the Franklin cemetery.
Mr. Slagle was a life-long resi
dent of Macon county, the son
of El am and Amanda Crawford
Slagle, and was born at the ok)
family home on Wayah road, on4
of the oldest and most beautiful
farm tomes in the coirvty, oil
April 13, 18 tf). The place is now
occupied by a sister, Miss Slagle.
He was a member of the Franklin
Presbyterian church.
Mr. Slagle was married on Octo
ber 8, 1909, .to Miss Rosadell
Holmes of Newman, (in. He was
always devoted to his home, whioh
is one of the attractive farms on
the outskirts of Franklin. He also
engaged in the lumber business.
For the last few years his health
has not been robust, but he was
not seriously ill until after suffer
ing from a case of flu since last
Thanksgiving, after which he had
a heart attack and spent some
days in the hospital.
Surviving art his widow and five
ohildren ; George M., Jr., of Frank
lln. Miss Alice Slagle of Franklin,
Mrs. Claude Bolton, of Modesto,
Calif., Mrs. Thomas A. Fagg, of
Franklin, and John R. Slagle, of
Nantahala; three grandchildren;
one brother, Thomas M., of
Franklin, Rt. 1, and one sister.
Miss Anne Stagle.
-Mrs. Jane P. Justice -
92, Dies On Tesenta
Mrs. Jane P. Justice, 92, a resi
dent of Macon County for n*a.ny
years died at live home or her
son, Vance Justice, iw the Tesenta
section of the county, Friday
tnoniuig at 8 o'clock.
Mts. Justice, a great grand
mother, had been ill for severed
months. Two works ago she fell
and fractured her hip.
She was the widow of Samuel
H. Justice, a confederate veteran,
who died 18 years ago. Mrs. Jus
tice was a member of th,e Tesenta
Baptist church.
Funeral services were held at
the Tesenta, Methodist church Sat
urday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The
Rev. John Baty of Highlands of
ficiate!; burial was in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are four children :
Vance and Horace, of Tesenta,
Mrs. Lelia Lewis of Walhalla,
S. C, and Mrs. Montgomery Rus
sell, of Highlands. Mrs. Justice
leaves seven grandchildren, eight
great-grandchildren, and three
great -great-grandchildren.
The pallbearers were C. S. Calx,
Lloyd Justice, Osaar Carpenter,
Lynn Stiwinter, Everette Patter
son, and Mann Norto.n.
POLIO DRIVE
NOT COMPLETE
Chairman Shope Reports
Quota Of $348.00
Lake V. Shope, chairman of the
Infantile Paralysis Fund for Ma
con oounty, reports that bit is
gratified by the interest and re
sponse o i citizens, and that the
county quota of $348.00 is in sight
when all reports and collections
come in.
Already receipts from Fnuiklin
total $201.50, and Highland's final
report as announced by Mrs. J. E.
Massey, chairman, amounts to
$10&4&
Some of the rural chairman are
yet to be heard from, and the
Rotary club and others in town,
Mr. Thorpe reports. J. J. Mann
is assisting Mr. Shope.
The bunco party given at the
Agriculture building last Saturday
night, of which Mrs. Carl P.
Cahc was chairman, netted $20.70.,
.The business firms of Franklin
contributed through the page ad
vertisement in the Press, which
netted around $88. March -of Dimes
tags sold on the street by Caro
ling Leach and Caroline Lang
brought in the sum of $33.70.
The final report will be made
next week.
Men In Service
Cadet John Lyle Palmer, who
lias been visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. James A. Palmer of
Franklin, has returned to Santa
Ana Air Base, Calif., to resume
training in pre- flight school as a
Bombardier. After completion of
?tiairiinK he will receive his com
mission in tfie Army Air Corps.
Cadet Palmer enlisted December,
1941, and after five months train
ing at the Ohio Institute of Aero
nautics, he was sent to Fairbanks,
Alaska, as a member of a repair
squadron until recently called to
commence his training as on Air
Gadet.
ANGEL BROTHERS
ARE ARMY INSTRUCTORS
SEYMORE JOHNSON FIELD,
N. C, Feb. 1. ? Herbet B. Angel
and Ralph V. Angel, both sons of
Mrs. A. A. Angel, Fnuiklin, N. C.,
have recenly been appointed junior
instructors in the airplane mech
anics school here, Brigadier Gen
eral Walter J. Reed, commanding
general of Seymore Johnson Field,
has announced.
v Hiring civilian instructors, for the
Technical School here enables skill
ed enlisted men now servwig as
instiuctors to apply for combat
duty in grown crews of the Army
Air Forces, General Reed said.
Technical experienqe in airplane
mechanics is not essential, General
Reed pointed out. Herbert was
manager of a monument company,
and Ralph was a teacher before
appointment.
Pvt. Htrel Sanders, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. B. Sanders is now
stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C.
He volunteered for service Nov
ember, 1942.
David Griggs of the U.S.N, is
now waiting orders to sail after
completing a six-weks course in
Richmond, Va.
Pvt. William L. Shope, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Z. V. Shope is now
stationed at Gamp Tyson, Teran.
Cpl. Wade T. Peitz is spending
a ten-day furlough with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Deitz,
of West's Mill. He is stationed at
Fort Benning, Ga.
? ?
Pvt. Grady M. Holland and Pvt.
Dewey W. Holland, brothers, are
stationed alt Fort Benning, Ga.
TTiey are sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Holland of GneUs. They
also have a son, Cpl. Charlie R.
H' '"""'V f-Tiewhere overseas.
Emory Moslhburn of the School
of the Air, located in Alberqueque,
New Mexico, is visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A A. Mash
burn, at Gneiss.
Cpl. William S. Johnson, of the
Headquarters Squadron, stationed
at Santa Maria, Calif., spent four
days fast week at home with his
mother, Mrs. Jk W. C. Johnson.
The remaining ten days of his
two weeks furlough was spent on
the trip across the continent and
return. Cpl. Johnson is a partner
in The iFranklin Pre$s and mvos
business manager prior tQ enlist
ment in the Army Air Corps in
June, 1941.
The family of Sgt. Ray Moffitt
who is overseas in the Pacific
area, ihave received a letter from
him written on Christmas Day,
reporting that he was well and
happy, and is (hoping to be home
before another Chrisitmas. This is
his third year in the D. S. Mar
ines.
Mir. and Mrs. Robert Henry of
EUijay have 'two sons in service,
John C. Henry, statioedn in Ire
land. and Walter Lee, stationed
in Africa,
Red Cross War Fund Drive
Will Begin March First
: : : * ?
Men Leave
For Induction Thursday
Morning
Below is m list of the selectees
and volunteers who left Thursday
morning for induction:
The volunteers are : Silas Jen
kins, Robert Greer Skates, Michial
John Zemba, Glen Thomas Smith,
Warren Grover Kller, William Hbx
vey Hastings, William Fred Court
ney, Robert Lee Williams, Arvil
Joe Sknonds, Allen /ones Green,
Carl E. Itowdte, and Jiames Boston.
The selectees are: Clint Herman
Wilson, L. M. Johnson, Henry Ar
thur Cleveland, Buren Van Owen
by, T. C. Rogers, Robert Leo
Sanders, Toliver Barnett Wilson,
Onley Weaver Webb, Thomas Wil
lard Crisp, George Mack Bing
ham, John Harvey Roper, Carey
Leon Re,ese, Henry Percy Webb,
R. L. Scott, Atlas Nelson Wilson,
Cairol Emmctt Pendergrass.
Jacob Carl Mason, Alvin Augusta
Younce, Willnoiu J. B. Collier, Law
rence Berlin Welch, John Harv*
Swafford, Carol Camemn Mason,
Tearl Fiwioe Ashe, Zeb Vance
Lakey, JohnHarve McConnell, Jr.,
Warren Edison Hedden, Samuel
Eugene Tallent, Joseph L. Keener,
Ted Veroe Cabe, Charlie Mathis,
John Denver Gregory, Charlie
Frank Mashburn, Lenex Tom
Webb. ,
Harve Lee Brown, Burl Wayne
Kay, Robert Paul Ray, James By
ron Foster, Walter Raleigh
Dowell, Mack Owen Sanders,
Jiames Forest Johnson, Thomas
Kinsland Samuel Luther Snyder,
Lyle Alonzo Til son, Jacob Astor
Waters, William Leon Sellers,
Herman William Norton, George
William Roper.
Rufurs Collier, Willard Nelson
Carver, John Henry Burch, D. L.
II intaiil. Hatymnxt WsllU Wood,
Howard Theodore Brendle, Frank
Burnette Watts, John Henry
Wood, and Johnnie Clyde Reeves.
The following selectees from
other boards ore being sent by
the local board here : Rex Duval),
Gaston ia ; Horace Alvin Davis,
Bayboro; Thomas Kay McConnell,
Winder Haven, Fla.
The Franklin Garden Club will
present each man with a gift prior
to leaving.
Square Dance
Sponsored By Fire Dep't
Nexit Friday Night
The Franklin Fire Department
will give a square dance in the
Leach building, in the vacant store 1
next to The Tavern, on Friday
evening, beginning ait 8 o'clock.
There will be good string band
music, and, a good time is promis
ed to all.
This promises to be one of the
most enjoyable entertainments of
the winter. When the IFire De
pqrtment boys put on a party, it
is always a success. Proceeds will
be used, usual, for the improve
ment of the local fire fighting
equipment The firemen and junior
firemen give their services through
their organizations of volunteers,
and not only answer cails to ex
tinguish fires but serve in many
ways in promoting fire preven
tion.
There is no more important or
useful community group than the
men who make up Franklin's fire
fighting force, and they deserve
the wholehearted support of all.
FINAL REPORT
BOOK DRIVE
Committee Pleased With
336 Books For The
Service Men
J. E. S. Thorpe, oltairman of
the Victory Bpok campaign in
Maoon county, reports that 336
books and 366 magazines were
received during \<ie pSst two weeks
for tlve men in the armed forces
The quality of the gifts is good,
M.r. Thorpe reports, and ihe is
pleased with the prompt response
mode. Miss Lassie Kelly assisted
Mr. Thorpe. Young people brought
40 books to the Macon theatre
feast Sunday afternoon. This num
ber includes the books collected
by the Lion's Gub. Grover Jami
son was chairman of the club.
The committee expresses appre
l c lotion to all who contributed to
tbii appeal. It ii expected that
Rev. A. R. Morgan, Chm.
Will Announce Worker#
Next Week
With the opening date set for
March 1, the Red Cross War
Fund drive will start this year
with every citizen vividly conscious
of the desperate job the Red
Cross is doing for our own son#
till over the world. This will be
the inspiration of the Red Cross
workers here as well 'as in every
other county in Lhc United States.
For this drive ' is being put on
simultaneously throughout the Un
ited Stages to meet growing war
needs.
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan,
county chairman of the drive, will
announce committees wul workers
next week. Mrs. T. W. Angel, Jr.,
wlio ihas accepted th* chairman
ship oi window displays, has al
ready begun to' plan tliiesc in co
operation with the merchants.
"Flans are to have every store
in town feature the Red Cross and
its worldwide program during the
week of the drive, says Mrs. An
gel. She reports that the mer
chants are seizing the opportunity
with enthusiasm to help the rais
ing of Red Cross iunds in this
way. Those having large window*
will feature full displays, while
posters will be used in other
places of business. Mrs. Angel
will be glad to assist in planning
these displays.
Mrs. (Jharles Myelichor, chapter
publicity chairman, will have charge
of publicity for the drive.
ers will be outlined next week.
Boy Scout
Week To Be Observed By
Local Troop
Benny McGtamexy, chairman of
the local tBoy Soout troop has
announced that Boy Scout week
will be observed in FrankUn dur
ing the week of February 14. Mr.
McGtamery, Dr. J. L. Stokes and
Jesse Gonley, attended a meeting
of .the Smoky Mountain district
at Sylva Wednesday night, wihere
plans were made for the annual
adult membership drive. Mr. Con
ley is finance chairman for the
district, and .Dr. Stokes is finance
chairman of the local drive. At
this time funds are raised for the
Daniel Boone council and for lo
cal needs.
Full plans for the observance of
Boy Scout Week will be made by
the committee next week.
Jasper C. Wert
Pastes On Watauga
Jasper Clingman West died Mon
day at the age of 87; he was a
resident of the Watauga section
of the county. Mr. West had been
a semi-invalid for several years.
A native of Swain aounty, he
had lied in Macon county since he
was a boy. He was a former, and
he was twice married. His first
wife was Miss Addie Sellers and
the second. Miss EHa Pickens.
Funeral services were held at
th* Cowee Baptist church Wed
nesday morning, Feb. 3, at U
o'clock. Rev. J. C Boo field offi
ciated; he was assisted by the
Rev. Philip L. Green. The burial
service was held in the church
cemetery.
Pall-bearers were Claude Sand
ers, Frank Jones, and Dilbrd Hol
brooks.
Surviving are the widow; tOree
children, Mrs. CHarlie Grindstaff
of Murphy, Jess West of Hinting- 1
ton, Ore., and Kathleen West of
Franklin.
J. E. Potts and Sons were m
charge of funeral arrangements.
WAAC Leader
Here Thursday
Lieut. Adeline Sears of the Wo
men's Auxiliary Army Corps it
expected to be in Franklin at
.WAAC headquarters at Roy Cun
ningham's store on Thursday af
ternoon from 1 :30 to 3 JO o'clock.
Mr. Cunningham states that con
siderable interest has been shown
since the information booth about
the WAACS has been set up in
his store.
Mr. and Mrs. Jule Tallent of
Franklin, received word that their
son, Sgt. R. L. Tallent has land
ed safely overseas.
the books will be taken to the
headquarters for Western North
Carolina in Ash evilly at the Ashe 1
ville Citizeni-Times buiklng.