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VOL. LVIII ? INO. 1C
FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, APRIL 22. 1M3
$2.00 PER YEAR
76 Seniors Graduated At
Finals Monday Evening
Students Are Honored
With Award* For
Good Work
A large, congregation attended
the baccalauerat* sermon by the
Kev. Kufus Morgan, Sunday even
ing at the Macon Theatre, begin
ning the commencement ea&ercises
of the Franklin High School.
Mr. Morgan's subject was "Find
ing Our Place In Life," based on
the text from St. John 1 :4, "In
1iim was life, and the lif/e wia.s the
light of men."
On Monday evening the graduat
ing exercises were held in the
High School auditorium. The in
vocation was giv^en by t!he Kev.
Philip Green. Music wa-s directed
by Mrs. Henry W. Cabe.
The salutatory was given by
Betty Horstey, the valedictory by
Babara Stockton, land talks by
Clell Bryant, Louise Williams, Vir
ginia Farmer and Harry Kinsland.
(f. F. Pugh presented awards to
13 honor students as follows :
' Margie Blumenthal, commercial;
Mary Margaret Davis, . French;
Betty Jane Waldroop, science;
Ned Ho\ward, afhtettfs; Vic Perry,
nglish; Ruth Crawford, history;
Catherine Young, home economics;
Louise Williams, citizenship; Har
ry Kinsland, agriculture ; Gharles
Fulton, activities and mathematics ;
Annie Byrd Bradley, attendance ;
and Betty Jane Waldroop, Balfour,
activities, citizenship and loyalty.
Diplomas were presented to the
class of 76 students by Supt Guy
Houk.
Th/e graduating class consisted
of Logan Allen, Jack Angel, Thel
mta. Baldwin, Ruby Baldwin, Ruby
Recco, Margie Blumenthal, Annie
Byrd Bradley, Lotis Bradley, Mat
tie Pearl Bryson. Gell Bryant,
Jean IJryson, Virginia Burrell,
Marve Dean Burrus, Jack Cabe,
ry ^CorBiit^ Wuln \l'ffcwfora; it
Mae Crisp, Mary Margaret Davis,
Ernest Dills. Erwin Dowdle.
Sarah Belle Dowdle, Dorothy
Duvall, Ollie Duvall, Ina Belle El
?liotte, Virginia Farmer, Jean V.
Fnizier, Charles Fulton, Freda Mae
Hall, Betty Horsley, Fred Houk,
Dorothy Houston, Ned Howard,
John Hustusson, Garlyn,e Jamison,
Robierta Keener, Sue Dell Kimsey,
Harry Kinsland, Kathryn Kiser,
Robert Leach, Crawford Leckord,
George Martin, Elizabeth McCall,
Homer McCoy.
Sallie Lou Moore, Coolidge Mor
gan, Hazel Morgan, Laure Belle
Morgan, John Gibson Murray, Lo
rcne Nichols, Louise Pendergrass,
Vi^ Perry, John Potts, Sam Ram
sey, Mary Alice Ricktran, Manilla
Rogers, Annie Jean Roland, Ruth
Rowland, Mildred Roper, Edith
Sanders, Dorothy Scott, Tom Set
ser, Dora Shepherd, Leona South
ards, B?rf>ana Stockton, Eloise
Teems, Betty -Sue TiUon,_ Lucille
Vinson, Belva Waldroop, ' Betty
Jane Waldroop, Louise ' Williams,
James Younce, and Catherine
Young.
Saturday
Last Day For Cittdens
To Register For
. Town Election
The last registration day for
citizens to register for voting in
the town election! on Tuesday,
May 4, will he SsturcLay, April 24.
The registratio#^%ooks will he
open in the town office in the
bank building witih K. M. Led
ford, registrar, in charge. All
citizens whose names ifcre not on
the registration books are urge'd
?to accept their responsibility by
registering to vote in the town
elecion for Mayor and aldermen
for the next two years. Saturday,
. May 1, the registration books will
be open for review by any citizen
?wiho has tihe right under the law
to challenge any nurve registered.
WAAC Recruiter
Will Be Here Tuesday I
Lt. Ruth J. Merrylees, recruit
ing officer for the WAAC'S will
be in Franklin on Tuesday, April
27, at the WAAC information booth
in the Frances Shop Store, dur
ing the afternoon to tell the wo
men of this area how they can
best serve their country.
If you tavnt tottao around
tto b?ytof ? *? L**n
Bond. "top ??d thtak wll*t '*
would me?n to m H ?" 1 '"J"
? hadn't gotten row* to
?' Uia WW.
Valedictorian
Barbara Stockton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Horner Slock ton,
made a four-year average of 92.7.
Salutatorian
Betty Horsley, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. H. T. Horsley, made a
four-year average of 92.1.
Editor
Charles Fulton, Editor of the
High School pai>er, The Moun
tain Eciho, and the annual, The
Laurel Leaf.
PTA Installs Officers;
Franklin School Reports
On Bonds And Milk
J. F. Pugh, principal, installed
die following officers of the
Franklin Parent -Teacher Associa
tion, on Friday, afternoon at the
final meeting : Mrs. Carl Stable,
president ; Mrs. Pearl Hunter, vice
president; Mrs. Emory Hunnicut,
secretary; Mrs. John Archer,
treasurer; Mrs. Haug>hton Williams,
historian. <
Mts. Stogie '.expressed apprecia
tion to the tea<1hers for their
faithful attendance during the
year The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan
conducted t.he devotions.
On* Cant Milk Raport
Mr. Pugh reported that Wie one
cent milk plan had been in opera
tion since February 2, in which
time 14,040 half pint, bottles Iliad
boen sold, at a total . cost to the
school of $421.20. This, was paid in
full from a fund amounting to
$432.85 from sale of milk and
donations by citizens. He sum
merized the work of PTA for the
year, pointed out its great value
to t!h? school, asking for its oo
ofveration in the coming year.
School Sail* Bond*
Mrs. Philip Green, faculty V"<1
ch?lrm?n reported that $500 m
Secret Missions Sub
THREE HIGHLY IMPORTANT MISSIONS WHICH PAVED THE WAY lor the Allied lending! in North
Africa were entrusted to the Briti?h suhmerine's erew shown in this picture. The firit wei important reconnaissance oS
the Algerian coast in preparation for the Allipl landing*. The second job was to lend, and later re-embark, the secret
mission of American Army staff officers, hsflril by General Mark Clark, who made contact with pro-Allied French
leaJers. The other operation was to embark General Giraud secretly o 8 the French coast, take him out to the opes
Mediterranean, then meet a lying boat whieb flew him to General Eisenhower's headquarters. No wonder they look
pleased as they proudly diaplay the Jolly Roger lag which attests to the success with which they carried out these difficult
end dangerous tasks. ^
Macon Bond Sales Mount
To More Than $50,000
Booths And Fostoffices
To Sell Bonds On | {
Saturday
Macon County bond sales have
mounted to well over the $90^000
mark toward the county's quota of
$77,300. Chairman rtcary W. Cafee
>rte<i
'salt*- tdtdU'd to <15?
Highlands had already sold $10,000
worth, with the ' expectation ai
doubling that amount. C. J. An
derson is chairman of the 2fcd
War Bond Drive for Highlands
and vicinity.
The rally on Saturday afternoon
drew a big crowd which was ad
dressed by Ben McGUrajery and
Dir.- J. L. Stokes II. Music was
furnished bv the Anderson band.
Place* Of Booths
Besides the sale of bonds by
the woman's division in the two
booths at tl\e Franklin postoffice
' and bank, and at Macon Theatre
in the afternoon, War Bonds will
be sold in the rural areas of the
county by mail carriers and from
booths set up in stores and homes
of the eleven townships. The two
days set aside for booths to oper
ate will be Saturday, April 24,
and Saturday, May 1. Bonds may
be purchased from mail carriers
at any time. The following places
have. Keen, .designated for War
Bond Sooths, 'to mate it conven-i
ient for rural families to buy bonds 1
30 Men Accepl
9 Are Indu
Selectees Will Report To
Fort Bragg This
Week
The following men" were accept
ed by the Array and reported to
Fort Bragg, on April IS :
Brtice D. Bryant, Robert L.
West, Dover ,R. Stamey, Ray B.
Hunter, Winston M. Baughn, J.
1). Justice, Bulen L. McConnell,
James D. Sanders, Carl D. Mc
Malian, Richard K. Sloan, James
P. Norton, Jr., Ernest E. Watts,
Eugene B. Boston, William D,
Thompson, Samuel H. Shepherd,
Jumes W. Passmore, James L.
Hurst, Algie C. McOUl, George
H. Roper, Carl N. Crunkleton,
William C. Corbin, William A.
Setser, Thomas L. Jamison, BUly
Bryson, Claude W. Holland, Lloyd
R. Slanders.
T)ie following are to report on
April 16: Porter C. IXincan,
Thaddjeus S. Waldroop, Thurman
F. Rogers, L. M. Johnson.
The following were inducted in
to the Navy and are to report
for duty on April 14: Frederick
-J. Cunningham, Hoyt R. Pentand,
bonds and $150 in stamps had been
told at the school during the
week,
vCTf . .. ?
?in their own communities. Glen
Brendle Store, East Franklin ; Bry
sou Stare, Culfasaja; O. C. Corbin
Store, Gneiss ; Norris Store; Cul
las;ua Star KoutyC ; John Burnette
Store,- Scaly ; Mrs. Parrish Store,
Otto; Prentiss Postoffice; Flats
Postoffice; Aquone Postoifice;
Stile*' PostoMicc ; Ramsey's Store,
IjKiHbSPfcJir&E
GQrovie ; Clyde West Store, West's
Mijl ; and Oscar Rickman Store,
l^ajttherman.
Ihostnttster T. W. Porter od
vijte s everyone who can to pur
chase bonds, which he considers
S safest investment in the United
tes.
Henry W. Cafce, county chair
man of the War Loan Drive an
nounces the following committees:
For Franklin and county:
J. E. S. Thorpe, J. R. Franklin,
L Houk, Mrs. J. W. Gantey
Johnson, Miss Lassie Kelly, T. D.
Brjrson, Jr., Clyde Gailey, J. O
Harrison, John Archer, Jr., J. *S.
Conley, C. ? S. Stagle, Sam Men
denhall, B. A. McGlamery, J. E.
Cabe, Mrs. W. M. Parrish, O. C.
Hall, Weaver Cochran, J. D. Burn
ette, C. N. West, E. 0. Rickman,
Gilmer A. Jones, Clms. Melichar,
Frank Duncan, Roy Cunningham,
J. :>L. Stofces.
for Highland*:
Gbarles Anderson, chairman, C
E. Mitchell, F. B. Gook, Frank
Potts W. H. Cobb, Will Edwards.
ted By Army;
cted Into Navy
Meeting For Block
Leaders On May 3
M*s. Gordon Moore, director of
the civilian service corps for
Franklin, announces that there
be a ipeeting for block leaders
Monday evening. May 3 at the
Agricultural building. Plans will
be made for the workshops for
demonstrating canning, drying and
dehydrating o f foods. Material will
be at hand to be distributed to
the women of the county.
The Department of Agriculture
recommends the pressure cooker
as the'only safe method for can
ning certain vegetables, and these
will be rationed to the counties bp
the Farm Machinery Board. Those
' whb wish to secure cookers should
make application through Mrs.
Florence ? Shjerrill to be sent in to
YCSkigh. The quota for the county
' has not yet been announced.
Joseph A. ^Vebh, Edward S. Boo
her, Zebu km W Conley, Jr., Ed
gar E. Welch, George E. Moore.
Kenneth O. Bryant and Samuel G.
Crawford were also inducted into
the Na?ry but did not return for
their s<even <fe.y furlough.
The boys wiH be given a part
ing gift by the Masonic Lodge.
Venereal diieate hat trebled in
Prance ?in?c the Naxi occupation.
Cpl. Hugh Johnston
Slightly Wounded In
South Pacific Area
Mrs. Thomas J. Johnston re
ceived a wire from the War De
partment last Friday night that
her son, Cpl. Hugh A. Johnston
had received a slight gunshot
wound on April 14, and that de
tails would follow in a letter.
Cpl. Johnston is in the South
Pacific area, halving soiled for
overseas duty in the army air
corps several months ago. He en
tered the service in August, HH1.
t No ftrther details "Rave yet been
received by Mrs. Johnston.
H.DALRYMPLE
GIVES LIFE
Parents Receive Letter
That Son Wat Killed
In Action
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Dalrym
ple have received a communication
from the War Department express
ing deep regret in reporting that
their son, Pvt. Harold Dalrymple,
who hod been previously reported
as missing in action, 'had been
killed in action in line of duty
in the North Atlantic area.
The deep sympathy of all goes
out to this bereaved family who
have been called upon to suffer
(he loss of their young son who
has given his lite for his country.
Dr. Stokes Conducts
Revival In Bryson City
Dr. J. L. Stokes II has been
conducting a series of revival meet
ings at the Bryson City Metho
dist churdh, beginning Wednesday
evening, April 14, and continuing
through Easter Sunday evening.
Chamber Of C
Open Season
Meeting At Legion Hall
Monday Night To
Plan Activities
The Franklin Chamber of Com
merce will begin preparations for
the tourist season next Monday
evening when there will be a
dinner meeting at the Legion Hall
at 7 JO o'clock, to formulate plans
for the cooling months. This meet
ing is open o all interested citizens
who wish to cooperate with the
people of Franklin in making this
a good tourist season. The Lions
and Rotarians will combine their
meetings with' this gathering, as
announced last week.
Tickets are on sale at thei Nan
t aha la Power & Light Co. oTfice,
The Franklin Press office, the
Town Office, or from Lee Guftey,
secretary. Members and friends are
requested to buy their tickets this
week, so hat notice can be given to
the ladies of the Presbyterian
cburch who will serve the dinner
of the approximate number expect
ed.
; Benny McGUmery, president of
the bow 4 pi director* wfti *
Men In Service
Carpenter Brothers
Pvt. Elbert Carpenter, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Carpenter
of Dillard, Gi., has been in ser
vicer six months. H$ took hit
basic training at Camp Blanding,
Fte, but has recently been trans
ferred to Camp Forrest, Tenn.
His brother, Technician, Coporal
Ervin A. Carpenter, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harley Carpenter, lias
been in service two years. He is
now serving with the Signal Corps
overseas, he recently wrote home
he was well and doing fine.
2nd Lieut. Polikoff, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Poliokoff, com
missioned in the U. S. Marine
Corps, stationed at Quant ico* Va.
lommerce Will
With Dinner
full attendance in view of the un
precedented need at 'this time to
keep tail ? activities on Jhe home
front up to a high level. "Other
directors are O. C. Bryant, Clyde
Gailey, G. A. Jones, E. W. Long,
Dr. J. L. Stokes II and E. ,J.
Whitmjre.
Revival
Reverend R. C. Johnson
Planned For August
The Rev. Ralph C. Johnson of
Chattanooga, Tenn., has accepted
an invitation from Whe ministers
of the community to preach' a
county-wide revival at the Taber
nacle, August ? 8 to 22, it was an
nounced yeslerday.
At a recent meeting of the min
isterial association appointed the
committee which extended tlhe in
vitation to Mr. Johnson. They were
the Reverends J. F. Maxchman,
C C. Welch, Robert Williams, J.
C. Swaim, Lester Sorrells. J. . L.
Stokes from tlhe ministers; also
Mr?. J. A. Flanagan, R. H. Hull
an4 Oscar Bryant.