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VOL LVIll ? NO. 23
FRANKLIN, N. C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1M3
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Melichar Leaves To Manage
Goldenrod Rubber Project
Promote*!" To Regional
Office; Schilling
New Supervisor
Charles Melichar, for five years
supervision of the Nantahala Na
tional Forest, with headquarters in
Franklin, hai been promoted to the
Regional office of the U. S. Na
tional Forest Service in . Atlanta,
(ia. Mr. and Mrs. Melichar and
young son will leave next week
for their new hpme. They will live
111 Decatur, a suburb of Atlanta.
Mr. Melichar will manage the 6 00*
acre Gold en rod Plantation from
which rubber will be extracted to
lessen the serious rubber short
age now facing the nation. He
states that this project is stfll in
the experimental stage, the process
being to extract the rubber sub
stance from t:he gofldenrod, and
ship it in jiowdered form to the
manufacturers. The plantation is
located at Waynesboro, Ga., about
150 miles from Atlanta. He will
also assist A. C. Shaw in adminis
tering the timber sales of the
Southern Region.
Civic LmW.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Mehchar
have entered into the social and
civic life of the community in many
helpful ways. Mr. Melictiar served
as president of the Rotary dub
and as a member of the Macon
county War Board. Mrs. Mehchar
gave impetus to Girt Scout ?work
as organizer and leader for several
years, as president of the Garden
club, and, for the past six months,
has served the Red Cross as pub
licity chairman. A trained journalist,
she- has lent valuable aid with sev
eral special editions of Hie Frank
lin Press and The Highlands Ma
conian. Identifying themselves
whole-heartedly with the commun
ity, their presence will be greatly
misted in many directions. :
E. A. Schilling Iwll Mali<W
Mr. Mdichar will be succeeded
by E. A. Schilling, Who for ten
years has been in charge of the
Wild Life work of the Forest
Service througliout the South. He
is well known in Franklin, having
spent much time working out the
development of the <(ame areas
here and throughout the State. He
spent a number of years as a
Ranger in the West. He and hit
family are expected to arrive soon
after June 15.
Recruiting Officer
For Navy Here June 28
ASHEWLLE, N. C, June 1.?
Y,eoman 'Wayne W. B Ian ton of
the Asheville Navy Recruiting
Station -will be at fhe Franklin
Post Office on Monday, June 28,
to nterview applicants for the
Navy, SEABEES, WAVES and
SPARS.
Yeotnan Blanton is particularly
interested in interviewing 17
year-old -youths or those who will
be 17 soon. Any persnn that has
beer, rejected by the Navy please
come in and see the recruiter,
the physical and mental require
ments have been lowered.
REV. L. B. HAYES
RECEIVES DOCTORATE
Rev. L. B. Hayes of Greens
boit) received the h<*torary degree
of Doctor of Divinity from High
Point College at the graduation
exercises held there Sunday, May
23. Rev. L. B. Hayes was pastor of
charges in Park Place, Ardmore,
live Franklin Methodist church in
Central,, Shelby, Waynesvile dis
trict, Charlotte, and has been dis
* trict superintendent of the Metho^
dist cliurdhes in Greensboro for
eight years. He received his edu
cation at the Granite Falls high
school, Rutherford College, and
Emory and Henry college. He
ioined fhe conference in 1914. His
wife is the former Miss Margaret
Rogers of Franklin.
RED CROSS
APPOINTS CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Lota P. Harrington was ap
pointed chairman of publicity to
fill the unexpired term at Mrs.
Charles Melichar who has served
the chapter in that capacity, at
a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Macon Red Cross
chapter last Monday night. Mrs.
Barrimgton, who ha4 served the
ctopter for a number pf y*ars as
Junior Red Cross 1 chairman, re
signed this office to take the pub
licity chairmanship. Mrs. Gladys
Panned Kinsland, a teacher in the
Macon public schools, was elected
to $uccm4 Mrs. Barrington.
Town Board
Of Aldermen Elect Em
ploye* To Serve
Community
The Town Board of Aldermen
eVcted the following employees
and official* at it* meeting last
Monday evening.
E. W. Long was reelected clerk
of the board and town treasurer;
J. H. Stockton, Attorney-; Homer
Cochran, chief of police; O. W.
Dills, policeman ; Dr. H. T. Hors
ley, health officer; A. C. Xysin
gdr, fire chief and building in
spector ; W. H. Hall, town plumb
er; A. C. Pannel, strict cleaner
and garbage collector.
The chief of police would like to
call attention to the town ordin
ance forbidding dogs to run at
large in the town limits unless
muzzled. Chief Cochran requests
that all aomplaints be made to
the Town Office, where they will
be reoorded and brought before
the town board.
Mr. Long states thai tlve duties
of Mr. Pannel do not include the
hauling of trash and brush trim
mings from premises.
One Killed, One Hurt
In Explosion At Mine
Near Franklin
Jim Penlaml, 32, was fatally in
jured and Stokes Buchanan, 37,
seriously hurt at the mica mine at
which they were employed, about
four miles from Franklin on the
DHlsboro highway, about 6 o'clock
Friday afternoon. Mr. Renland died
at Angel dinic in Franklin at 9
o'clock.
Dr. Fttrman AngeT, wVi attftfffed
the men, said Mr. Penland, who
was foreman at the mine, suffered
a broken jaw and internal injuries.
Mr. Buchanan suffered a broken
leg and other injuries, Dr. Angel
said, and is in a serious condition.
Botli of the men are from Spruce
Pine and had l^een working on the
Macon county project, where the
acaident took place, about two
months. The mine is said to be
owned by John Phillips and Char
les Weid, both of Spruce Pii\e.
Eight other men are employed
where the accident took place, but
none of thiem was injured.
Witnesses reported that a dyna
mite charge had been set in the
mine hole and that it went off
sooner than expected and while
the two injured men were stand
ing over rtie hole.
Budget
For OAA And ADC Is
Prepared For County
A joint meeting of thM Macon
County Welfare Board Md the
Macon County GonunissrtMts was
was held on June 7th ttf | reparve
the administrative budget >f the
Welfare Board for this flMil year.
The Legislature this yeaf (it ap
propriations for Old Afl Assis
tance $72,000 below 1941^1 :xpen
ditures, Mrs. Franks statjNt which,
combined with local an4 federal
-reductions means a trxuf cut of
$288,000 to be absorbed, lhie to
improved employment CMditions
thene already has been a Mtuqfaon
of 1446 Old Age Assistant cases
and 1498 Aid to DependMt Child
ren cases in N. C within Ike past
year. However, since tltt Macon
lists of both always have been
very carefully checked very little
reduction is /expected here.
The joint Boards had asked for
a quota of -250 Old Age Assistance
cases averaging $9.00 per month
and was granted 217 cases at $8.00
per month by the State Board of
Allotments and ? Appeals. The
Boards had asked for a quota of
60 Aid to Dependent Children fam
ilies with an average grant of
$15.00 per month and was granted
a quota of 55 families. There are
now 218 persons drawing Old Age
Assistance which means that no
wore can be accepted while the
quota is fuH. The outlook for De
pendent Children cases is somewhat
better as only fifty families are
drawing at present.
FVf Days
The North Carolina Federation
j of Home Demonstration Qubs will
' join in celtbfRtmg Flag Day on
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Melichajr wfto leave next week for his nef
assignment to the Regional Forest Service* office in Atlanta.
Men In Service
PJf. John Henry Borcb, son jof.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Burch of
Franklin, route 1, is now stationed
with Military Police in New Or
leans. Private Burch has been in
the service since Feb. 4, 1943.
This picture of Pfc. Patrick T.
Rogers was taken "somewhere in
the army" while he was training.
Pvt. Rogers is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. N. F. Rogers of Highlands
and is now in Nashville, Tenn.
Pvt. William Qarence Corbin of
the Army Air Forces is stationed
at the AAF Basic Training Center
of Greensboro, North Carolina. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
D. Corbin of route 4.
? Richard R. Johnson, son of Mrs.
J. W. C. Johnson, has completed
the course at the Maritime Service
Officers' School, Fort Trumbull,
New London, Gonn., with 'the rank
of Ensign, and as Third Mate in
the Merchant Marine. He is re
turning to sea this week.
I ?
Staff Sergeant Oran J. Cunning
ham has returned to his post in
Stuttgart, Ark., after spending his
furlough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Cunningham, on route
3.
Pvt. T. B. Mojes, who is sta
tioned in Alabama, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Meh-in Bowman, recently at
Elijay. ,
Mrs. Harold Roper left recently
for New York to join her hus
band who is with the Coast
Guard at Long Island, .N. Y.
Mrs. Fred Gram of Franklin has
received word from her husband,
Cpl. Fred Grant, that he has land
ed s?f?ly somewhere in North Af
rica
Pfc. James H. Mason who spent
several days recently with Ins par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Mason,
of Franklin, route 3, has returned
to Alliance, Nebraska, where he is
|?jHEsSlJL Apnx Au.
Mr and Mrs. Joe Setser have
heard recently from their son, Lt.
Mack Setser of the Marines. He
told that the Rickenbacker party
had been brnght to the Island on
which hrs group is located after
their rescue by a Navy plane.
Kickenbacker and the o tilers res
cued with him wer * kept on the
Island until they were able to go
on.
In the article that Colonel Rick
enbacker wrote for Life1 magazine
in February, he described the Is
land here Lt. Setser is located,
'There is no 40-hour week here1."
Mr. and Mrs. Setser's son, Gene,
is with -the Army Air Corps at
Spartanburg, S. C
Mrs. Rebe Tessier is leaving
Friday to attend the annual dem
onstration of rtie Air Cadets at
Athens, Ga. where her son, A/C
(ieorge Teasier, is taking part in
the demonstration.
A/C Jack Tessier fc stationed
now at San Antonio, Texas, where
Jie is taking examinations prior to
beginning flight traMBg.
?if?
Cpl. 'Ernest Duval ?? now sta
tioned at Macon, Gfc
Barbara Stocktaa Wins
$1,000 Scholarship
J. F. Pugh, prndjal of the
Franklin high school kas received
a letter from the Dm of Brenau
college with the Mtowing an
nounement :
"I am pleased to WDounce that
Miss Barbara Stockton, one of
your seniors, has boan adjudged
one 6f the winners of the $1,000
competitive scholarship contests
held in April. As the contestants
represented a number of states
over "the north and ?*>ufh, yon
and your pupil are to be highly
congratulated."
Miss Stockton is the daughter
of Mr. tnd Mrs. J. H. Stockton,
and was the valdictorian of the
class of 19*3. Her average of
92.7 for fhe four year high school
course merits this honor which she
has won.
Revival Begins
At Asbury Church
Beginning Thursday, Dr. J. L.
Stokes will preach a series of
revival services ait the Asbury
Church. Daily vacation Bible
School will begin Monday, June
14, Rev. J. C. Swaim, pastor of
the <Shtirch has announced. TJhe
revival will continue through nert
WWfc
FBI Conference Instructs
Police In Safety Duties
45 INDUCTED
AT CAMP CROFT
List Of Macon Volunteer*
Ant! Selectee* Leaving
June 3
The following men were sent
to Camp Croft, S. C. on June 3rd
for induction: Volunteer*: Grady
Fox, Christopher McCall, Calvin
Lyman Roland, Jr., Furman
Franks. Transferred away : Henry
I>ickson Corbin, Jr., Frank Clin
ton Brown, Jr. Selectees: Lee Tra
vis - Dryman, Thomas William
Wooten, John Wiley Lenoir, J. D.
Tallent, Grover Davis Arvey, Har
old Tillman Kamey, K. L. Gregory,
Gonley Jefferson Bradley, Frank
Baldwin, Lloyd Shepherd, Arthur
Allan Brooks, Jr., Z,eb Weaver
Lakey, Charles Rudolph Parrish,
Eugene Quinton Scott, Oarn
Roosevelt WaJdnoop, Howard Alex
ander Holland, John Henry Rog
ers, Jr., Odean Sylvester Roper,
Frank Wilson Hembree, Lawson
John Brown, Varnol Wardell Mc
Call, William Haward Chrpening,
Harry Edwin Con ley. Jess Andrew
Martin, Herschel! Dillard Keener,
Calvin Ooolidge Morgan, Qeatus
Moss, James Howell Bingham,
Marvin DeWitt Bryant, Fred Si
ler Littleton, Jr., Ezell Bryant,
Charlie William McDowell, Hubert
Edward Baiteman, Paul Virgil Hus
cusson, Janves Harold Brown, Mar
vin Ottis McDowell. Transferred
away: Perry Epps Merritt. Wil
liam Henry Land and George
She! ton Lohr w*re transferred
here.
Classifications
Announced By Our Local
Board
The following classifications are
announced by the local Selective
Service Board :
Jn 1-A: Willaird OdeH Holbrooks,
Jeff Hail en Enloe, Jr.. Henry Ford
Duvall, Jesse Mason, Wm. Ralph
CaHoway Buren Leopard, Delhert
Wall Angel, Howard Stiwinter,
Thomas Henry Fagg, James Sher
riH Henson, Robert Lee Saunders,
Carl Dewey Bailey, Robert Andrew
Wilson, Wayne Avery Pendergrass,
Robert Prdeau Standfield, Thomas
Robert Hunt, JJr, James Dean
Higdon, Henry Dickson Corbin, Jr.
In 2- A, George Robert Cabe;
in 1-C, William Earl Lewis; in
3-C, William Doyle Long, Cooi
idge Austin Bumette; in 3-D, Ed
ward Waldroop ; in 1-A H, Thad
Erwin Mason, Win ford Martin,
ool. *?
The following new classifications
are announced by the local board:
In 1-A: Garence Judson Icen
hower, John Harrison Keener, Jr.,
Furman Franks, James Robert
Bailey, BiHy Eugene Wood, T. G.
Ledford, Lum Dillard Holbrooks,
Calvin Carpenter, Robert Lee
Leach, Dover Bumette; in 4-F,
Thomas Nathaniel Talley.
The following are changed class
ifications: From 1-A to 1-C, Eu
gene Adams Cope, Charles Herbert
Carpenter, Frank Q in ton Brown,
Jr.; from 3-C to 1-A, Thad Stock
ton ; from 3- A to 1-A, Oscar Wood
row Passmore, Madison Monroe
Chastain, Barnett Bates, Elmer
Neville Frisby; from 1-A to 2-.\,
Ben P. Grant, Jr., William TTiomas
Passmore; from 1-A to 2-C, Jud
son Edwin Vinson ; from 2-A to
2-C, Charles Max Parrish; from
3-A to 2-A, Ralph Joseph McMtil
len ; from 1-C to 4-F, Eugene Nor
man dampitt; from 3-A to 4- A,
Bryson Parker; from 1-A H to
4-D H, Alger Porter Harris; from
4-H to 1-A H, R, L. Parrish; from
3-A to 3? A H, Carl Quinton Nel
son, Leonard Lonza Morgan ; from
4-H to 3-A H, James Haughton
Williams, Lyman Edward Pidkle
sifner, Homer Jerome Passmore,
Curtis Theodore Passmore, Sheri
dan McKinley McCoy, Fred Mor
gan, Arthur Montgomery Morgan,
Turner May, Harlie May, Ev?rett
Benjamin May.
Special Services
For Young People
Rev, L. R. Akers, Jr. of China
Grove, young minister who will
shortly leave for an Army Chap
laincy, will preach in a series of
services for the young people of
the community ? at the Franklin
Methodist Church, from Sunday
June 20 to 27. Services will he held
wch ?v?iiinf M I o'clock,
Macon Officers Attend
Important Meet In
Bryson City
The Quarterly Police Conference
of the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation to be held today at 2 p. m.
at Bryson City and attended by
the law enforcement officers of
the western counties promises ' to
be an informative and important
gathering.
The special topic of th* meeting
will be ('Safety Duties of Police
In the War Effort". The principal
speaker will be Edward B. Whit
aker of Bryson City, able attorney
and State -senator of this district.
Other speakers will be Edward
Sdheidt and Rjoy L. Morgan, spe
cial agents, both of the Charlotte
office of the FBJ, and aiK> a rep
resentative of the State Highway
Patrol.
E. P. Corpening, chief of police
of Bryson City and Frank Hyatt,
sheriff of Swain county, and Sgt.
T. O. Sandlin will make short ad
dresses of welcome.
In outlining the purpose of these
quarterly conferences which are
liefld in every state under the dir
ection of the FBI, a representa
tive of the bureau in Franklin last
week explained the close coordi
nation being carried out between
all law enforcement officer* and
agencies and the FBI.
As a result of a proclamation
issued by the President of the
United States in September 1939,
foreseeing the conditions obtaining
in the face of the rising tide of
world conflict, all law enforcement
agents were made responsible for
espionage, sabotage and subver
sive activities and the internal
security of the country. 'Hie FBI
wasMd?3U0Mtt<4 M .the CQoedinatms
agency. As the result, representa
ties of the FBI have been holding
quarterly police conferences
throughout the United States and
its possessions.
It was explained that this sec
tion comes under the territory of
the Charlotte division which cov
ers all of North Carolina and part
of South Carolina. These meetings
are held in k>calities as convenient
as possible for the greatest number.
All law enforcement officers and
their auxiliary police force are ur
gently requested to attend.
Those who have expressed their
purpose of attending from Macon
oounty are Sheriff J. P. Bradley
and his deputies, Homer Cochran,
Franklin chief of police, Edward
Rogers, Highlands chief of police
and Edward C. Guy, highway pat
rolman.
MACON'S JUNE
BOND_QUOTA
Chm'n Cabe Announce*
$23,339.00 Is Sum
Asked
The kftid quota allotted to Ma
con coMty by the War Savings
Staff Administrator, C. H. Robin
son, fjr the month of June has
been aatounced by Chairman Hen
ry W. Ghbe to be $23,339.00. The
May <]Vta of $22,228.00 was over
subscribed.
Mr. Robertson commended the
chairman "who are carrying the
load of the War Savings Pro
gram." Be defines the success of
the war ibans to be not only in
terms at money raised, but in the
opportunity given to every man,
woman and child to contribute to
the winning of the war, and to
promote thrift and savings out of
income and so reduce the threat
of inflation.
Dr. Gillespie
Arrives To Hold Services
At Presbyterian Church
The Rev. James T. Gillespie, Ph.
D? professor of Bible at Agnes
Scott College, Decatur, Ga., has
arrived in Franldin to fiH the pul
pit of the Franklin Presbyterian
church, temporarily. He preached
his first sermon last Sunday morn
ing. He will conduct a Bible class
each Wednesday evening to which
all interested in Bible study are
cordially invited.
Dr. Gillespie, who is a native of
Rock Hill, S. C, is well known
in this part of the state, having
servied the Bryson City church
years ago. He is staying at the
Franklin Verrace.