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FRANKLIN, N. C.. THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1*43
(2.00 PER YEAR
$109,178 Oversubscribes
Macon's War Bond Quota
May Quota Of $22,288
Almost Met By
May 15
Macon oounty lias oversubscribed
the quota of $77300 assigned in the
2nd War Loan drive with a total
of bonds purchased reaching >the
sum of $109,178.00 according to fig
ures received by Henry W,.. Cabe,
county chairman.
Mr. Cabe (has received a letter
from C. H. Robertson, State Ad
ministrator, in which Ive writes:
"We ask you and all of those in
your county who contributed to
this magnificient accomplishment to
please accept our sincere congratu
lations and admiration.
May Quota
Mr. Gabc has received the fol
lowing import in a letter from Mr.
Robertson on the amount of bonds
?old tWards meeting the May quota
of $22,228.00.
"According to reports received
from the Federal Reserve Bonk Df
Richmond and Charlotte Branch
Bank, . the issuing agencies of Ma
con county halve fpr the period
May 1-15 sold Series "E" bonds in
the amount of $18,618.75.
Chairman Cabe stated Thursday
{hat he was certain the May quota
would be n\et or exceeded.
Scholarships
To Go To Worthy Farm
Youth* At N. C. State
RALEIGH, May 25. ? Twenty '
scholarships worth $100 each are
available at N. C. State College for
worthy farm boys desiring to en
ter the School of Agriculture and
who need financial assistance, Dr:
Z. P. Metcalf, director of instruc
tion, announced today.
TV award* are open to high
school graduates who have not at
tended any college. Dr. Metcalf will
select youths to receive the
scholarships, which will be good
for the 1943-44 school year, jyid
application blanks may be secured
by writing to him.
The scholarships are provided
annually by Sears, Robuck and Co.
, Since the serves began in 1939, the
scholarships have assisted 80 farm
boys to enter State College.
In setting up the scholarships,
the firm atvnounce.d: "We feel
that it is only natural that busi
ness phould cooperate in any way
possible in developing oar most
basic of all industries in the South,
I farming. To do that seems to be
to aid in the development of a
better farm leadership".
The ? firm requires merely that
the money shall go to needy farm
youths "who have made the most
of their opportunities in high
school and on the farm".
CROPS REDUCED
BY APRIL FREEZES
The spring crop report states
that te April freezes killed or de
layed all truck! crops, reduced
prospective peach crops to one
rhird of 1.942 production, and de
layed general crop preparation by
about two weeks. Early potatoes
were it severely and yield pros
Itccts reduced. The small grain
yield, however, is likely to be
larger than average except for
wheat, production of strawberries
is' less than March forecasts. J. J.
Morgan slates, however, that re
planting of corn, cotton, and other
damaged crops is completed and
planting .of other crops is advanc
ing rapidly.
CLARK'S CHAPEL PLANS
FOR DECORATION DAY
Clark's Chapel cemetery will be
cleaned Saturday, May 29, and alt
day Decoration Day services will
be held Sundy. The Rev. Philip H.
Green will prewch at 11 a. m.
,MT. ZION CEMETERY
TO BE CLEANED
An all-day working will be held
at Mt. Z?n cemetery Saturday,
May 29. AM interested are request
ed bring lunch.
MR. AND MRS. HULL TO .
BE AT WALNUT CREEK
Sunday, May 30, at 2 p. m., Mr.
and Mrs. R. H. Hull, missionaries
of the American Sunday School
Union, will Ihold services in - the
Walnut Creek schooUxwse.
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Mrs. BUI Moore, who is under
Doing treatment at Duke hospital
this week b reported much tat
provri
Classifications
Announced By Our Local
Board
The tallowing classifications are
annuonced by the local Board.
In 1-A, Olin 2tb McClure,
William Boyd Thompson, Col.
The following are changed
classifications: From 1-A to 1-C,
John Gbson Murray, Andrew W.
Cope, John Kenneth Rees^, Gol
man Alexander Pennington, James
Ernest Potts; from 1-A to 2-B,
Jack Porter Howard; from 1-A to
2-A, James Sherill Henson, Arch
Harold Dills; from 2-A to 1-A,
Frank Baldwirv; from 2-B to 1-A,
Welton Lee Cochrane, col; from
2A to 3- A, James Floyd Deweese;
from 3-B to 2-B, Clarence Gra
ham; from 4-F to 1-A, Thomas
Nyle Roper; from 3-A to 1-A,
George Robert Cabe, Dewitt Tal
mage Thompson; from 3-B to 1-A,
Howard Marshall Cunningham;
from 4-H to 1-A (H), Alger Por
ter Harris,, from l-A(H) to 2-C
(H), Fred Tallent, Jessie Edgar
Carver; from 3-A (H) to 3-C
(H), Claude Truey Houston; from
1-A to 2-C, James Newton Brown,
Emery Houston Douthitt, John
Lewis Moore; from 3-A to 3-C,
William Furman Welch, Homer
Harley Ledbetter, Earl James
Woods.
Ration News
Gas Ration Book Must Be
Returned When Car Sold
In view of the number of instan
ces that hav* come to our atten
tion wtiere an individual trading
an automobile has turned his ra
tion book over to the buyer of
the car, we feel that it woukl be
wrtl to quote a memorandum re
ceived from the Natioaal Office
on this subject, said Dr. W. E.
Furr, Chairman of tfhe Ration
Board.
"Regulations impose a duty upon
every person who transfers a veh
icle to another to turn in his
ration books to the Ration Board
within five days thereafter. The
Regulations give no authority to a
dealer or person who buys such a
vehicle to accept possession of the
ration books. Any person who
possesses a ration book, unless
authorized to do so by Ration
Order No. SC, is a violator of the
rationing Regulations. A dealer or
other transferee of a vehicle is
subject to penalties if he accepts
transfer of a ration book from
the transferor of the vehicle".
Stamp* IS ud M In War Ration
Beak On* Far Ham* Canning
Beginning Monday, May 24, 1943,
stamps IS and 16 in War Ration
Book One are valid until October
31, 1943, for five pounds of sugar,
to be used for home canning.
These stamps are to be Handled
by retailers and wholesalers in the
same manner as they handle othei*
sugar stamps.
In Memory Of Our Heroes
White crosses hearing the names of men of
Macon county who gave their lives in World War
I has again been placed in Rankin square as a mem
orial to them this Decoration Day.
There are five new crosses added bearing the
names of those who have died for their country in
World War II.
The Auxiliary to The American Legion has un- '
dertaken this labor of love to bring to mind on
Memorial Day the sons who have sacrificed rtieir
lives that we may live in a free land.
Members of the Legion Auxiliary, the United
Daughters of the Confederacy and other relatives
and friends are requested to bring flowers to place
beneath the crosses and around the Confederate
monument on Saturday, May 29.
These are the names inscribed on the crosses :
World War 1
Roy F. Howard
Harley Henderson
Grady C. Moore
William Z. Taylor
Lawrence D. Roland
Samuel Mason
Charles McCracken *
Erwin P. Dowdle
Louis K. Stiles
Charles McPherson
Victor Horn
McXallv Sla^le
Joseph W. Shepherd
William H. Hurst
John L. Crawford
Fred P. Vinson
; Garcia C. Edwards
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World Ifar 2
Harold Dalrymple
Wayne Bradley
- Gradv BrencUe
.Tom Carpenter
Carl Shuler
Legion Auxiliary To Sell
Poppies Saturday, May 29
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Buddy poppies go on FraokKn
streets for sale this Saturday, May
29, tJie day before Memorial Daty.
Benefits from the sales of these
poppies will go to support the fa*n
j ilies, widows, and orphans of. vet
erans who have served overseas.
These poppies are manufactured
by disabled veterans in army hos
pitals. Therefore, they serve a
double purfpose; they give unem
ployed veterans an occupation and
provide their dependents with a
living.
Sale of Buddy Day poppies in
Franklin is being sponsored by the
American Legion Auxiliary if Ma
con county, Post 106. Mrs. Gilmer
Jones and Mrs. Lola P. Barrington
head _(fce committee in charge of
tolfio will sell the poppies
in Hraoklin are Babara Stockton.
AnillWyson, Elizabeth Wasilik,
Ann^ Qabe, Ann Lyle, Caroline
Lon2 and Julia Ann Higdon. In
Cariogechaye, Mira Stagle and
Ninaf Saiy Waldroop will be poppy
sale? girls.
WAAC Silver frailer
Is Here For Recruits
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U. S. A. Needs Women
To Release Men
To Fight
The big silver WAAC recruiting
trailer, stationed now in front of
tihe postoffice in Franklin, will be
here for a week. May 27 through
June 2. Lt. Adeline Boland of the
WAAC, Sgt. James Nash, and Sgt.
John Muilenburg, in charge of the
trailer, will fill in . application
blanks, answer any questions, and
give any information concerning
the organization.
Congress passed the bill creating
the SVAAG just one year ago,
MajpH, 1942. Jn that year the
wonui of She Corps have proven
thei&blity to do Army jobs which
prevjpusly kept at home soldiers
needed in' oombat
Thi President has ordered im
mediate enlargement of the WAAC
to fuH strength. With the increas
ed demand for manpawer on the
fighting front, the War Depart
mentj has called for 500,000 WA
ACsft needed to release men from
non-oombatant jobs. ,
Any woman betweea the ages of
21 afcd 44, who has no children
undei 14 years of age, who has
President Eduard Benes
tfa* Pmident and ihi Amtric.n Government <or?id *'Y*a
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Agricultural Leaders Of
N. C. State College Here
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Men In Service
Cpl. WiHiam S. Johnson ihas
been transferred recently with his
squadron to th,e Army Air Field,
Pueblo, Colo.
Lieut. Kenneth Cabe
Awarded Silver Wings
Kenneth R. Cabe, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry W. Cabe, was gradu
ated as an army fighter pilot with
a Second Lieutenant's commission
from the advanced flying school
at Altus, Oklahoma; the hard-won
sHver wings were awarded in grad
uation exercises held there May 24.
Lt. Cabe arrived in Franklin
Thursday, May 27, for a visit with
his family before he is assigned to
post-graduate specialized training.
Wig Ifcp. 1
"Missing In Action i ?
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. White
recently received the message that
their son, Ferguson B. White, 22,
is reported missing in action. White
held the rank of Second-Class
Quartermaster. He was serving on
a submarine somewhere near New
Guinea about two weeks ago when
the craft was reported missing.
The War Deportment wrote Mr.
and Mrs. White that they had had
no further news of their son.
Mr. and Mrs. White were resi
dents of Macon county about thirty
years ago; at that time they lived
on Iotla Creek. They have been
living of late years at Darlington,
Washington. Since August, 1942,
tlvey have again been in Macon
county, but they are leaving soon
for Imperial Beach, California,
where another son, Verco Hopkins
Wihite, is preparing for overseas
service as radio man on a bomber.
Revival
To Be At Union Church
By Rev. P. H. Green
The Rev. P. H. Green will con
duct revival services a* Union
churdh, beginning next Sunday
night, May 30, and continuing for
10 days, it is announced by the
pastor. Rev. J. C Swakn.
Bible school will begin Monday
morning, May 31, and continue for
a week. The Rev. A. P. Wallace,
of the Duke School of Religion
will assist with the Bible school.
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two years of high school education,
no dependents, good moral char
acter, and who can pass a mental
and physical test, can become a
WAAC.
Applicants who sign this week in
Franklin will go to Fort Ogle
thorpe, Ga., or Dayton* Beach,
Fla. for four weeks of basic Mail
ing.
He pay scale is the same as the
Army; $50.00 a month for Auxili
aries with all necessities furnish
ed.
After two weeks of basic train
ing, any girts interested are given
the opportunity to apply for Offi
cer Osuididate School. If they suc
cessfully complete the six eeks of
Officer training, they will be com
missioned 3rd Officer, equivalent,
to Second Lieutenant in the Army,
with t salary of $150 per month.
REV. J. C DENOY
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCR
The Rev. J. C. Dendy of Rabun
G*p witl preach ?t the Franklin
Pr?ibyterton dhurch next Sunday
It the \\ o'clock Htvtee.
Extension Heads Make
Survey Of Western
Counties
F. H. Jeter, editor ior North
Carolina State College and the
agricultural extension service ar
rived in Franklin Wednesday with
other members of the extension
service staff from Raleigh. Th^y
are J. A. Arey, dairy expert, and
John Hollman, dairy expert. They
are accompanied by F. K. Farnoni,
district f arm talent.
The group are making the rounds
of this and neighboring western
counties, with the special mission
of observing the development of
dairying and results of the program
for better pastures through the use
of phosphate fertilizer.
"I find encouraging results in
Cherokee arid Clay which we have
just visited, and Where receiving
stations have been established,"
said Mr. Jeter an. commenting on
th,e encouraging results noted on
their tour. They are spending
Thursday in Macon county in
specting the dairy and pasture
growth and the i\ewly established
milk routes, under the guidance
of Sam M^endenhall, county agent.
"This opportunity for the small
farmer to have a market for his
milk can be of great benefit as a
caslh crop above mere shbsistence
farming methods," said Mr. Jeter.
"Now our farmers have not only
a msarket but our army camps
right here in North Carolina need
every drop of milk we are produc
ing. Our soldiers are not getting
enough milk, and we are shipping
it into the state an tank cars from
Minnesota and Wisconsin. We
have the resources to develop an
output to meet all needs." he stat
ad.
Mr. Jeter spoke in praise of
Mmwi- dairies- - Or ThwxUy
they inspected the milk routes and
the grade A dairies of the county.
In the afternoon a conference of
extension and farm officials was
held to discuss the possibility of
increasing the county's output of
dairy [>noducts.
Buford Downs
Taken By Death
Funeral services for Buford
Downs, well known citizen of the
Watauga section, were held Wed
nesday morning, May 26, at 1 1 ;00
o'clock, at the Ridgecrest Baptist
churdh, of which he was a member.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
Rev. C. C. Welch, the pastor, offi
ciated.
Pallbearers were Grady Meadows
John Snyder, Sloan Hotbrooks,
Austin Snyder, Claude Sanders and
James Sanders.
Mr. Downs, who was 61 years
old, was a farmer and also a cat
tle buyer, and, up to a few days
before <hls death appeared to . be
in good health. He was stricken
with a heart attack and died after
five days illness. He was a native
of Haywood county, having moved
to Macon Si 1900.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Florence Sheffield Downs ; one son,
J^sse of Franklin, route 4; one
grandchild ; three brothers,, Bee
cher of Leicester, Kance of Can
ton, and Clyde of Franklin, route
4, and five sisters, Mrs. Lou Liner,
Mrs. Lora Moore, Mrs. Inez Hyatt,
-Mrs. Obra Sanders, ,and Mrs.
Crawford Smith.
First Aid
And Life Saving Classes
Offered By Red Cross
Mrs. R. R. Gaines, newly elect
ed chairman of First Aid .and
Life Saving of the county chapter
of the Red Cross has announced
that the chapterrr will sponsor
classes in first aid and life saving,
of which the -public is urged to
take advantage. A meeting is call
ed for next Fri<fay evening, Juive
4, ?t 8 o'clock to make ptans for
the dasses. All interested are ur
ged to come and join a class for
the junior coarse.
DF^ORATION DAY
AT OAK GROVE
The annual decoration at the
Oak 'Ggpve cemetery will be -the
JOtfh of May. Rev. Forest Blanken
?h!p of Bryson City will preach
at 11 o'clock; after the service,
the decoration wilt take place.
W. W. MacConnell went to Duke
hAnjvital for treatment last week.