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VOL LVII1? NO. M
N. C? THURSDAY, APRIL a, IMS
$2 00 PER YEAR
Second War Bond Drive Will Start Monday
Red Cross Over The Top
In War Fund Campign
Macon has again raised its Red
Cross quota although the amount
asked was more than twice as
much as a^y previous sum. The
appeal to / Rive double" has been
responded to generously by many.
It is imiiossible to priiit the names
lof donors, as lias been the custom,
for the reason that it Would be
almost a, list of the population of
the county.
The helpful spirit of all has lent
enthusiasm lift the collecting ai
more 'than the quota of $3,650, so
that interest has increased with the
progress of the drive. Rev. Philip
(ireci, county chairman and Rev.
A. R. Morgan, war fund chairman,
state that while the actual amount
has been reached, additional con
tributions are needed and will be
welcome.
The amount to remain in the
county will be used to carry out
the wartime program of the chap
ter. and to especially maintain the
Red Cross office which is carrying
on the home service activities for
tnen in the armed service and
their families. Dr. Stokes is giv
ing almost full lime to this work.
Which will be needed for the dura
tion and a/fter_
The final report of the drive
will be made next week.
Churches Join
In Census Next Sunday
Afternoon
.The churches of Franklin will
cooperate in the talcing of a re
ligious census next Sunday after
noon between the hoars of 2:30
Tpwiitt- it name iptn WJwwrs
call anil secure the information
from tbeir households. From 50 to
tO volunteer workers are expected
to ipatrticipate, who will work in
teams of two. Assignments will be
made from a prepared map. All
-who have cars are asked to bring
them.
The information thus obtained
will be valuable to all the churches
,(an<J everyone is urged to cooper
ate to make the census complete.
James G. K. McCIure, Jr.
Loses Life On Duty
James G. K. McCIure, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. McCIure of Ashe
villt, of the U.S. Coast Guard,
former editor of the Farmers Fed
eration News and well known in
Macon county, lost his life in line
of duty last Saturday. He succom
bed to asphyxiation on a coast
pat red boot of which he was cap
tain off the coast of Maine.
He is survived by bis parents
and one siMer, Miss Elspeth Mc
Oure Funetal services and inter
im
ment were at Lake Forest, 111,,
the former borne of <he McClures,
The striken fafriily have the deep
sympathy cf a wide circle of
friends throughout western North
Carolina.
Chairman Reports On
Penny Milk Fund
Vqxkms communities in the coun
ty launched a drive last week to
raise approximately $75.00, Which
is the sponsor's share in the ex
pense of tKe school milk prograf
through the end of the schoolyeur.
Inasmuch as workers are reporting
some misunderstandings regarding
the program, a brief outline of
factns is presented here:
(1) Under the pnrogram, the
government insistes that all child
ren mustl be charged the same
price (one cent per bottle) regard
less of ability to pay. The program
o?|kl not be instituted upon any
dtSer basis.
" (2) The progiwn calls for a local
sponsor wbo has a share in the
expense involved. The P. T. A.
assumed this sponsorship for
.Franklin and obligated itself to
pay about ?i cent for each bottl*
sold. It is estimated thart, for the
30 school days the program will
have been in force, the cost to the
sponsor will be about $75.00. It
has been Wt that many parents
whose children have been sharing
in the benefits of the program will
wish to have a part in the expense.
(3) The program has made pos
sible * daily milk diet to over 400
children. Average lales before nhit
QUI? id! Om Paf* Mi?
Registration
Bcoks Oper In Town Hall
April 10, 17, 24
The Registration books for the
town election which will b>e held
May 4 will be open in the town
office on the next three successive
Saturdays, April 10, 17 and 24.
All citizens wlio are qualified to
vot.e and whose names do not ap
ipear on the books, are prged to
register on one of these days.
Mack Led ford, registrar, will have
charge of the registration.
As yet no candi<Lates have an
nounced for Maryor and town
board of ldeimtan.
O P A Puts Ceiling
Prices On Meats
OP A put specific cents-per-pound
ceiling prices on retaH sales of
beef, veal, lamb and mutton, last
Saturday, to take effect on April
15, and said that these prices were
less in most cas*s than recent
prices paid.
Farmers who slaughter livestock
for sale, or who produce lard and
butter or other foods covered by
the Order for sale, are required to
comply with the same regulations
that govern other commercial pri
mary distributors. five cannot
make sales except for points, and
they are required to register.
Butter is eight points per pound.
Members Appointed
On Welfare Board
T.vBosL t?<wm8<inaier
of fhe^tate Board if Clarifies and '
Public Welfare has appointed F.
H. Pools of Highhnds on the Ma
con county Board of Welfare ?o
fill the. unexpired term of the
late James W. Perry who had ser
ved as chairman of the board
since its organization.
Carl .Slagle lias been elected
chairman of the group. On April
5 at their regular meeting the
County Commissioners re-elected
Cecil i^endergrass as their repre
sentative on tlve board.
Mrs. Eloise G. Franks, superin
tendent of Public Welfare for Ma
con county, will preside at a meet
ing of superintendents to be held
in Asheville on Wednesday, April
14, which will be addressed by
Mrs. Bost and Miss Annie C.
Rowe, western home demonstra
tion agent. At this meeting a dis
cussion will be led by Mrs. Sam
Queen of Haywood county, and
other state officials will make ad
dresses.
Dixie Nell Sanders
Laid To Rett At Bethel
Dixie Nell Sanders, who would
have been 14 years old oil April
6,. died at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sanders
in East Franklin at one o'clock,
last - Friday afternoon. She was
laid to rest in Bethel cemetery
after services in Bethel church,
with the Rev. Philip Green, the
pastor, conducting the service.
Little Dixie N<U was a child
that efldeared hnerself to all who
knew her. Although a sufferer
from an infected knee, caused by
a fall several years ago. which
rendered her a cripple, she was
always brave and cheerful, and
bore her long months of pain with
courage and patience, and her
her sweet disposition never falt
ered in five last days of her illness.
Physicians here as well as special
ists in other places to whom her
parents carried her for treatment
did that could be done to save
her life.
T|ie sympathy of her many
frieads it with the bereaved fam
ily. Sur\iving besides the parents
are on*- brother, Beveridge, and
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Srtnders and Mrs. Elvira Mash
burn, all of Franklin.
Pallbearers were Henry Sanders,
Wiley Sander*, Frank Elliotte ami
Baxter Carpenter, <a*l of Franklin.
Pvt. Tssac E. Pitts, stationed at
New Orleans, La., spent a 5-<tay
furlough with Mrs. Pitts and small
son, and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Pitts. Mrs. Pitts and
ton accompanied him to Atlanta
00- hb return to Camp.
COURT OPENS
NEXT MONDAY
Judge S. J. I?rvin Of
Morganton T#
Preside }
Macon County Superior dBurt will
convene for the- April term on
Monday morning, Ajkril 12, with
t*ie Honorable S. j, Brvin, pre
siding, instead of Judge Hoyle
Sink, who it unaMe on account of
illness to attend.
A. L. Higdon, clerk of court,
stated yesterday that the criminal
docket which will fee Ward the
first week, is Ifeht, nutt of the
oases being for miidr offentes.
One case of manslaughter, m con
nection with an automobile wreck
on the Highland* road b chedtrted
to come up.
The civil docket is. set for thje
following Monday, April 19.
Classifications
Announced By Our Local
Board
The following' new classifications
are announced by the local Board :
In 1-A: Ralph Jonet, Wayne
Allen Reese, Louis Eugene Pons.
James Edward Elliott, James Clyde
Burnette, Marvin Ottis MeDoweH,
George Hilton Wallace, JoJpi Wiley
Angel, Harold Hrwton Nix, Wil
liam .Thomas Passmonte, Joseph
Edgar Garland, Bruce Dickerson
Bryant, Herbert Detos Houston,
R. L. Castle, Grady Lewi* Kias
land, Furmart Trotter BrewUe,
James Harold Brown, John Will
Ledford, John Washington Mc
Dowell, Joseph Alffed WcUt, Lewis
Fredericj^-Mbsan. a**
Alvernon Hall, col.. In 1-C, Ralph
J. Reigfcard, and William Lloyd
Gorbin.
The following are changed class
ifications : f
From 1-A to 1-C: Andrew Gar
land May, Robert Reed Luman ;
From 1-A to 2-A, Molton Buchan
an, James Albert Cabe; from 1-A
to 2-C, George Vernon Passmore,
Grov,er Webb; from 1-A to 3- A,
William Earl Shields; from '-A
1-A, Gaude Siler Waldroop; irom
3- A to 1-A Joseph Gaither Teems,
Walter Lee HaH ; from 3-A t? 2-C,
Albert Frederick Brown; 3-A to
3-C, William Caswell Higdon,
C)au<le Keener, Oatfcy Emory
Cabe, James Coil Carpenter ; from
3-A to 3-B, William Thomas Lloyd,
George McPherson Siagle, James
William Porter, Floyd Cranford
Ausborn, Fritz Century Russell;
from 3-A to 4-F, George Green;
from 3-B to 3-A Aaron Hedden,
Leslie Jacob Young, Earl James
Woods; from 4-B to 1-C, Albert
Lyle Ramsey, Jr.; from 4-F to 1-A
Jay Harold Guffy; from 4-F to
2-A lim Setser; from 4-H to 3-C
(H), William HomeT Cochran, Edd
Daily Cross, William Earl Crunk
leton, Carl Vance Dahon, Melvin
Prince Keener, Earl Bright Hen
son ; from 4-H to 4- \ William
Judson Isenhour.
The following new classifications
were announced by the Local
Board, April 7 :
In 1-A Marshall Edward Hast
ings, Hayes Junior Carver, Lewis
Franks, and Charles William (^la
vis, col.
The following are changed class
ifications :
From 3-A to 1-C, George Miller;
from 3-A to 1-A James Ivan Ro
land, Wallace Adam Morgan, Jos
eph Lucius Conley, William Ger
dine Crawford, Robert Reynolds
Gaines, Richard Monroe Hodgins,
Ray Wilburn, Samuel Hee Reece,
Marcus Nathaniel Chastain, Emer
son Gherman Crawford, and James
Stierril Henson.
Rev.W. H. Jackson
To Preach Wednesday
At Presbyterian Church
The Rev. W. Harvel Jackson of
the Guenant Presbyterian Chunk
of Jackson, Kentucky, wiH prmch
at the FitMtklin tVesbyterign
Church on Wednesday night, April
14, 1943, at 8 o'clock. All membn
are urged to he present at Ai?
service.
The Rev. Geo4 Bellingmth will
preach Sunday morning on the
subject "Made" Perfect Throagh
Suff.rini,"
Men In Service
Reported Missing
Pvt. Harold Dalrymple who was
one of the armed forces reported
"missing'* aft*r rtie sinking of two
transports by enemy submarine in
the North Atlantic.
Letter To Mr. and Mrs.
Dalrymple Confirms That
Son Is Missing In Action
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Dal
rymple, who received a telegram
on February 13 and a letter from
the War Department dated Feb
ruary 23, notifying them that their
son, Pvt. Harold Dalrymple * was
missing in action, have received a
subsequent letter dated March 5,
HW3, as follows:
"It is with deep regr*t that I
confirm my telegram of February
13, 19*3, advising chat your son
las been reported missing in the
North Atlantic Area since Febru
ary 2, 1943. It has now been estab
lished - tint It IS miyaq due to
the sinking of B ship in the North
Atlantic, the direct result of ene
my action.
'The War Department is making,
and I will continue to make every
effort to locate your son, and
upon receipt of any further infor
mation you will be advised immed
iately. I am heartily sorry that
more comforting news has not
been received up to this time.
"May I express my deep sympa
thy in this period of uncertainty."
Sincerely yours,
J. A ULIO,
The Adjuant General.
It has been ascertained that
Pvt. Dalrymple sailed from Boston ;
on one of the transports which
was reported sunk by an enemy
Mbmarine when more than 800
?oldiers and crew members lost
their lives. Both ships sank within
? few minutes after thay were
struck.
Pfc. Ralph R. West, of the Army .
Air Gorps, stationed at Shaw Field,
S. C., recently spent a three day
leave with his wife Mr% Ruth
Byrd West, and his parents, Dr.
and Mrs. R. D. West, of Route 3. ,
Pvt. West is a graduate of Frank- i
lin High School and was manager i
of the A. & P. Store in Bryson j
City prior to entering the service.
? i
J. Norman West, Pb M v-3, U.S.
N.R., stationed at Portsmouth, Va., i
Spent an eight-day leave with his
parents. He is a graduate of the
Franklin High School and Western I
Carolina Treacher College, with an
B.S. degree. Before entering the !
service he was principal of one of
Macon county schools.
Seth L. Cabe, son of Mrs. Grady
Bradley, Otto, has been promoted
to Staff Sergeant. He has been in
the service since January, 1941.
He took his basic training at Fort
Dix, N. J. He is now stationed at
Long Beach, Calif. Before enter
ing the service he was employed
in New York.
?A
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Sutton have
just received word from th<ir son,
Pfc. J. D. Sutton is in Los Ange
les, Calif., oc Dessert Maneuvers
ITiey have another son, Wriliam,
stationed at New London, Conn,
in the U.S. Navy.
MEN IN SERVICE?
Mrs. J. B. Deal, of Franklin,
Route 4, has received word from
her son, Sgt. Astor Deal, who has
arrived in North Africa.
Pfc. Floyd Tallin t has returned
to Yuma Arizona. After spending
eight day* with hit parents, Mr.
utd Mr?. Jehu T*Hent of Franklin.
TredBrry Asks Nation For
Loan Of Thirteen Billion
Candidates File
r or Town Office*; No|
)More Beer And Wine
1 On Sunday
i ne folkowing candidates for . the
?V"*s of Mayor and Board of
airmen havje filed for the oom
election on May 4 with E. |
ng, town clerk.
or mayor, J. O. Harrison ; for
mien, T. W. Angel, Jr . Ben
'ullom, Paul Potts, Fred Cabe ;
ibecs of . the present ?board;
rf. A. Wilhide, E. T. Calloway,
J. S. Conley, M. L. Dowdle, John
Mngham, C. S Pendergrass and
Ras Penland.
J* Aginit Lttfuor
At Vie incetanj Monday night |
the town -b.-m.rd brassed an ordi
nance In keeping fcvith the provis
ion made by the\recent Legisla
ture permitting counties and towns
to prohibit the sale of intoxicating
beverages between the hours of
11:30 p. m. Saturday and 7:30
a. m. Monday.
Dr. J. L. Stokes appeared be
fore tJie board and presented a
resolution as follows: "We, the
ministers of thne various denom
inations do request the commission
ers of Macon cobnty to prohibit
the sale of wine, beer and other
intoxicating drinks, to the limit
of the lAr, as passed recently by
the General Assembly in Raleigh."
Dr_ Stokes suited that this resolu
tion had been presented to the
county aommissioners at their
meeting that day ? Monday, April
5, and that they .had gone on
record to pass a similar ordinance
to COTCTtfcp jntire county when
,1* Wfs ol towns '3 Fmoklin
and Highlands took actio. The
Highlands town board passed the
ordinance on the same night.
Gus Leach, chairman of the
board of county commissioners
stated to a representative of the
Fianklin Press and Highlands Ma
conian, that the county ordinance
would be passed at th,e May meet
ing.
2nd Lt, Louis W. Manning,
formerly or Franklin, N. C., has
successfully completed a special
course of instruction at thne Sig- j
nal Corps' school at Camp Mur-"c
phy. Lt. Manning was selected for
this specialized . training on the
basis of his aptitude as measured
by written examination. He grad
uates from the school well fitted
for more important service in the
American Army.
? m ? i
Frank McKinley Hrgcton, Jr., son i
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. His- s
don, is now enroMed as an avia- s
tion oaklet in the Army AiV Forces r
Pre-Flight School for Pilots at <
Maxwell Field, Ala. Here the new I
class is receiving nine weeks of
intensive 'military, physical and 1
academic training preparatory to <
beginning their actual flight in- ]
struction at one of the many pri
mary flying schools "in the Airmy ]
Air Forces Southeast Twining t
Center. <
? ]
Sgt. Carlos A. Rogers, who is in (
the Mptor Division of the Ordi
nance Corps at Ft. Bliss, Texas, 1
has returned to his post of duty ]
after spending a furlough with his
wife here, rand his mother and ]
sister in Asheville.' <
? i
Pfc. Harold J. Fouts, of the
Army air force has been home on |
a 15-day .furlough, visiting his par- r
ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Fouts,
of Route 3. Pfc. Fouts has been
in service 8 months. He is now <
stationed in Portland, Ore. <
Sgt. W. W. Sloan of Camp
Crofct, S. C, spent a three-day .
leave over the weekend in Frank
lin, as the guest of Mrs. George ?
Jones.
-it
Mrs. J. B. Deal of Franklin,
Route 4, has received a letter from
lies son, Sgt. As tor Deal saying
that he has 'arrived in North Af
rica.
J. Edgar Whitaker, Seaman FC,
stationed at Camp Peary, Williams
burg, Vo., was home on a 60-hour
leave Tuesday. Mrs. Whitaker re
turned witnh him to spend several
weeks.
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Macon's Quota Is $77,600
Committees Appointed
By Chm. Cabc
The Second War Bond Drive
history. The American people are
will onpen next Monday, April 12,
with the most gigantic goal in
asked by their government to in
vest 13 billion dollars in the na
tion's securities to buy more planes,
munitions, ships, equipment, cloth
ing, and food for thousands of
more fighting men in the drive to
victory and the end of total war.
Ev.ery state, county, city and
town has been assigned a quota,
.and every one of these is united
with others to put the drive over.
Macon county's quota is $77.<>00
and Chairman Henry VV. Ga-be has
announced that the same commit
tees will serve as in the firs tWar
Bond drive last fall.
Mrs. John Archer, capable chair
man of the women in the list
drive, will again be head of the
worn, en's division. At a preliminary
meeting Wednesday evening the
following chairmen were appoint
?d:
Mrs. Allen Brooks, booths; Mr 8;
John Wasilik, bond instructor; Mrs.
H. E# Church, organization; Mrs.
Florence Sherrill and Miss Gladys
M(axw,ell, rural sections; Mrs. J. W.
C. Johnson and Mrs. Lester Con
ley, publicity.
Zone leaders are Mrs. Gordon
Moore, Mrs. Margaret Cabe, Mrs.
Pearl Hunter, and Mrs. Kathryn
Franks^ ?
PVT. BRENDLE
RITES FRIDAY
Soldier Drowned While
On Maneuvers At
Fort Benning
The sympathy of tfye county is
with the mother, brother and sis
ter of Pvt. Grady Brendle, who
nras drowned at Fort Benning,
r uesday.
Mrs. Lulu Brendle of the Watau
section of Macon county, re
vived a message Tuesday inform
ng her of the death of her son,
jrady Thomas Brendle, 22, who
vas drowned Monday while on
naneuvers at Fort Benning, Ga.
Details as to how he met death
iav,e not been received.
Private Brendle entered the army
November 22, 1942, and was serv
n# in the infantry. He was the
ion of the late Matthew Brendle
ind was emplbyed at the Bradley
nica mine at Iotla Bridge in this
:ounty before entering the armed
orces.
Th,e body is expected to arrive
lere Thursday afternoon at 2:00
>'clock and will be taken to the
lome of his mother.
Funeral services will be held
FViday afternoon at i o'clock at
he Wiatauga Baptist church. Of fi
xating will b?e the Rev. Joe Bishop.
Burial will be in the church cem
stery.
Surviving are the mother; one
brother, Furman, and one sister,
Nell, all of Franklin, Route 4.
Beautiful flowers have been sent
!>y a 'large number of friends in
cluding merchants and business
nen of Franklin.
%. C. Anderson
Taken By Death
Robert C. Anderson, 67, farmer
">f the Tellico community of Ma
:on county, died Wednesday morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock at his home
following an illness of three days
due to heart trouble.
A native of Macon county, he
was married to Miss Lou DeHart
in 1898.
Funeral services will be held
Friday morning at 11 o'clock at
Tellico Baptist church. Burial wilt
be in th* church cemetery.
Surviving are the widow; two
sons, Robert Furman of Rabun
Gap, Ga., and RalpH of Stiles;
three? sisters. Mrs. John DeHart,
of Tellio; Mrs. Harley Mason of
Stiles; and Mrs. Jennie Slagle of
Stiles; two gradchildren and three
brothers, James of Tellico; Mike
of loth; Tom of Gastonia; and a
number of nieces.