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VOL. LVIII NO. 25
FRANKLIN. N. C? THURSI AY, JUNE 24, 1M3
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NEWS OF OUR
MENwWOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Pfc. Beatrice Watson, daughter
at Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mash
bum of Franklin, who is now sta
tioned at Camp Edwards, Mass.,
has been in the WAACs since
January.
Sgt. Thomas T. EV>wns, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Downs of
lotla, who has been in England
with tihe U. S. Army for the past
year.
Brother* In The Service
Sft- WUUrd Sandwi
Pvt. Huel SuaUn
Sgt. Willard Sanders, now in the LaGarde General hospital, New
Orleans, La., who was stationed over seas in Trinidad for fourteen
months. Just spent a. 15 day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mis.
M. B. Sanders of Prentiss, N. C.
Pvt. Huel Sanders, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Sanders, brother
of Willard, stationed at Ft. Jackson, S. C, spent an 8-day furlough
with parents.
Lt. (j-g.) G. Andrew Jones, Jr.,
pilot in the Naval Air Service,
left Tuesday to report back for
duty after a week's visit with his
family.
Lit. Jones, who was in the ser
vice 10 months before Pearl Harbor,
graduated from Pensacola in Feb
ruary, 1942, and was assigned to
battleship duty until Augusf, UM2.
Since then he ha* been attached
to a scouting squadron of the At
lantic Elect.
Lt. Jones was accompanied on
'his first visit hottve in 14 months
)>y his wife, who has been living in
St. Petersburg, Fla., with her par
ents. Two of sisters, Lt. Nancy
Jones of Fort Bragg and Miss
Lillian Jones of Fontana, visited
lion \e at the same time.
Pfc. James M. Fouts, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Fouts, has been
on a 15-<tay furlough. Pvt. Fouts
is stationed at Walnut Ridge, Ark
ansas. During his visit his brother,
W. R. Foots, from Indian Head,
Md., and his sister, Doris Fouts,
from Washington, D. C., we^e home
also.
?
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ropier have
recettfly received a letter from
theiffeon, Charlie Rojier, Mating
that he was somewhere in England.
*? . ,
Sgt. George C l?ray, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Gray of Franklin,
route 2, is now stationed at Davis
Monthan Field, Tusoon, Arizona,
taking advnced training as a flying
engineer on B-24 plan.". He will
train there for a short time and
then transfer to another field for
additional training.
? ' it?
Cpl. Boh Sanders, stationed at
Cam)) Forest, Tenn., spent the
weekend in Franklin with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sanders.
? ? ?
Major George B. Sloan, son of
"W. Neville Sloan, who has been in
the Aleutian Islands at Kodiak and
Amchatka, it Aow at Fort Ord.,
Cillf, wW? Mr?. Slotn h?l jp<n
|4 W*
Pvt. Charlie W. Slagle, son of
T. and Mrs. A. B. Slagle has writ
ten to his family that tic has arri
ved safely overseas. His letter was
dated "somewhere in England",
and he wrote :
"The country here is beautiful.
Along the road the other day I
saw flowers which are dose match
es to our purple rhododendron and
it made me long to see the Nan
tahalas when it is at its best,
Poppies grow wild in the fields,
giving some places the appearance
of a regular floer garden. The
country lias that old comfortable
look of a much used, but well
cared-for, pair of hoots".
Pvt. Slagle recently completed
his training as an airplane mech
anic at the army air base at Eph
rata, Wash.
\
Pvt. Lewis W. Scay, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arvey SeaV of route 4,
is now stationed with the air corps
at Selfridge Field, Mich.
Qaybourn Pat ton of the U. S.
Navy, ?ow stationed in Florida,
spent an 8- day furlough with his
aunt ' and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall Cunningham of Pontiac,
Mich., recently.
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Wilburn Conley, after spending
a week with his .parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Zeb Conley, left Tuesday for
the U. S. Naval Training Station
at Bainbridge, Md. He completed
his boot training there and will be
assigned to further training on his"
return.
??k?
Robert El (Tony) Welch has
been transferred from the Recep
tion Center in Columbia, S. C. to
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. He- will
receive basic training there in rhe
F.nglneering Training Battalion.
LEGION AUXILIARY
TO MEET WITH MRS. WASILIK
The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet at the home of Mrs.
John Wuilik, Jr., Monday, June
? ?? I f W,
Appointed Army Chaplain
The Rev. Philip L. Green, pastor of the Franklin
Circuit of Methodist churches, has been appointed a
Chaplain with the rank of Lieutenant ?
Rev. P. L. Green Leaves
To Became Army Chaplain
Truck Owners
And Institutional Users
Given Instructions
Dr. W. E. Furr, chairman of the
local ration board issues the fol
owing information: Truck owners,
attention: You must register for
your third quarter's transport ra
tion on June 30 or July 1, 1W3,
by presenting your certificates of
war necessity.
The present type T coupons will
be invalid on and after July 1,
1943. Therefore, it will be illegal
for anyone to buy gasoline with
these coupons on afid after that
date. It wifl ?lso be illegal t o have
these T ooupons in vour posses
sion after July 5, 1943? TTvey must
be surrendered to the local Wat
Price and Rationing Board.
INSTITUTIONAL USERS
You will be required to report
the number of persons served and
your gross dollar revenue received
for each month beginning with
the month of March through Jun?,
before you will he allowed any
rationed food for your third allot
ment period.
" When applying for the third
allotment of foods, covered by Ra
tion Order No. 16, the institut
ional user must report to his
board, his inventory of canned
milk as of the close of business
on June 1, 1943.
Amendment No. 28, effective
June 22, 1<M3 requires you to ac
count to the local board for all
rationed foods received as gifts of
home processed foods, and foods
covered by Ration Order No. 1(5
{ which were slaughtered or produc
ed by the institutional user and
the weight vahie of butter pro
duced by the institutional user.
The amount of food so reported
will be treated as excess inven
tory.
V-HOME STICKERS
NOT YET RECEIVED
Mrs. Gordon Moor.e, chairman of
the V-Home Project of the Citi
zen's Service Corps, announces
that the V-Home stickers which
were to have been distributed
some weeks ago have not yet been
received. When the stickers do ar
rive they will be awarded to those
homes iiving ur to the V-Home
standards.
I AZALEA UN BLOOM
WAYAH BALD NOW
Ranger John Wasilik, Jr., re
minds us that the azalea is now in
full bloom on Wayah Bald. It is
?">rth ? hike to *?? it.
Rev.A.C. Wallace Suceeda
To Franklin Circuit
Charge
The Rev. Philip L. Green receiv
ed his commission as Ghaplain in
the United States Army on Tues
day, June 22, with the rank jdi
Lieutenant, and executed his oath
of office before A. R. Higdon,
clerk of court, on that day. He
has received orders to proceed to
the Chaplains' School at Harvard
University, Cambridge, .Mass, for
temporary duty, beginning July 16,
pending further duty, ?
Lieutenant Green states that he
is resigning his church work here
as of July 9, and that the Rev.
A. C Wallace, who is already serv
ing as his assistant, will assume
his pastor tal responsibilities. Mrs.
Green and their two children will
remain in Franklin until Lieut.
Green is permanently stationed.
Lieut. Green was assigned to
this field in April, 1940, as pastor
of the rural Methodist churches in
the Franklin circuit, composed of
Bethel, Oark's Chapel, Iotla, Lou
isa, Salem and Snow Hill churches.
To this work he has devoted him
self untiringly, and it may be saf
ely said that no more beloved pas
tor has ever served in this- county.
His service to the community has
extended far beyond the bounds
of 'his churches, always reaching
out to those who needed his spirit
ual ministrations or aid in time of
trouble. He served as county Roll
Call chairman of the American' Red
Cross between October 1940 and
November 1942, and was elected
county chairman to succeed Harley
Cabe, who had' left to join the
U. S. Navy, at the annual meeting
last Fall. He also organized and
directed the Franklin Choral <3ub
which disbanded on account of the
war. Other community activities in
which Lt. Green rendered valuable
service were the Boy Scouts, the
Parent-Teacher association and the
Chamber of Commerce. Since be
coming Chapter chairman of the
Red Cross this chapter has receiv
ed the distinction of becoming a
direct contact chapter.
The Rev. Mr. Wallace, whose
home is in Hopewell, Va., is a
student at the Duke School of
Religion, Durham, and will serve
this field during the summer. He
has had four years experience in
pastoral work in West Virginia. *
American Legion
To Meet Saturday Night
American Legion Post 108, Ma
con county, will hold a meeting in
the American Legion Hall, Satur
day, June 26, at 8 p. m., to elect
*fflcer( (of ?h? coming y??*.
Payroll Savings Bonds
"To Invasion Tempo"
Industrial Edition
To Be Issued July 8
The Franklin Press and High
lands Maconian will issue a
special edition, reporting on
Macon county industries, on
Thursday, July 8. The county's
contribution to the war effort
is the main purpose of this edi
tion. Valuable facts and figures
will be released. The develop
ment of the mica resources of
the county will be especially
considered, and an over-all pic
ture of Macon's business and
industrial assets given.
The paper requests the coop
eration of *he heads of all busi
ness enterprises to make this
issue a real contribution to the
progress and upbuilding of our
county, for increasing produc
tion for war, n,eeds, and for the
future, when peace ccftfhes.
METHODIST
CHURCH BURNS
lotfa Church Total Lou;
Destroyed Last Friday
Flames of undertermined origin
completely - destroyed the lotla
Methodist church, about four miles
north of Franklin, and all of the
church fixtures Saturday morning.
Church officials said $10,000 to
$12000 would be required to repiace
the structure on which no insur
ance was carried.
Ervin Smith who resides mar
Hie church, said he was awakened
by 4he roaring of the flames about
4 a. m. and that be for* he could
summon neighbors, the roof of the
building was falling in.
The church of which the Rev.
Phillip L. Green is now pastor, was
erected in 1920, during the pastor
ate of the Rev. R. E. Ward, and in
addition to the main auditorium,
oontained four Sunday school
rooms and a basement.
All the windows in the audi
torium were stained glass memorial
windows.
The church is one of twenty
rural Methodist churches in Macon
j county.
Have You A House
Or Apt. To Rent?
"Inquiries for houses and apart- '
ments are pouring m to the Frank
lin Chamber of Commerce", says
Lee Guffy, secretary. He urges
that all persons having accomo
dations for rent will list them with
him.
Ntw Campaign To Step
Up Sales; Local Quota
Not Reached
The new U. S. Treasury Payroll
Savings Campaign which has just
opened throughout the country re
quires a stepped-up tempo of war
bond buying. According to Henry
W. Cabe, county chairman, local
sales for June have not kept pace
with the record for every month
previous, which has to date always
met or exceeded the county's quo
ta.
Mrs. John Archer, chairman of
the Women's division of the coun
1 ty, expresses -the hop^e that all
those who have worked in other
campaigns as well as all other
citizens make every effort to meet
the quota before June 30. "We
have not yet fallen down on our
bond sales. I^et us do .everything
to catch up with this month's quo
ta through the payroll savings way
pointed out by the U. S. Treasury,
says Mrs. Archer. "We are far Hr
hind on our quota of F and G
bonds, which ar.e face value bonds,
bearing regular interest of approx
imately 2l/i percent. Only $1,000 on
a quota of $10,000 has been bought
to date".
Th,e June quota for E bonds is
$23,339, of which only $8,943 had
been sold up to June 15.
New angles suggested in the
present "campaign ar<e cash quotas
asked of local plants, family bond
buying based on toraJ family in
come, canvass of workers to boost
paynoll savings 50 percent nation
ally.
The reasons:
"It's invasion time, and /your
government needs more money.''
"Wages and salaries are now at
record jxeak." 36 million workers
are buying bonds regularly.
Wood Trucks Stopped
By State Inspector
Mr. E. A. Guthrie, Inspector of
the Department of Motor Vehicles,
State of North Carolina, was in
Franklin Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday this week checking truck
weights. Following is a partial Kst
of operators penalized or required
to buy new icenses :
Wallace Morgan, overweight, $3.75
penalty; Arthur McConn^ll, over
weight, new tag, $37.50, penalty,
$9.00; Lease Bryson, overweight,
new tag, $37.50, penalty, $9.00;
Zickgraf Hardwood) Co, 2 trucks,
tandiem wheels, new tags, $32-25
each, 1 truck, $33.75; Arthur
Sprinkles, tandem wheels, new tag,
532.25.
It is reported that efforts ar it
being made to get some relief from
the operation of motor vehicle laws
affecting loading of local trucks.
AH of the above trucks were haul
ing war-critical materials.
W. H. Cobb Is Re-Elected
The Mayor Of Highlands
Funeral Rite*
For Mrs. Sloan
Funeral services wer,e held on
Wednesday morning, June 16, at
11 o'clock, a < Uie Iotla Methodist
church for Mrs. Thomas Sloan, &}.
The Rev. Philip Green, pastor,
officiated, assisted by the Rev. J.
G. Benfield of the Iotla Baptist
church. Interment \ was in the
church ceremony.
Pallbearers were James Morrison,
Ralph West, Jack Cansler, LoRoy
Downs, Gene Baldwin, and George
Gibson.
Mrs. Sloan died Tuesday in the
Black Mountain Sanatorium, where
she had been for two weeks.
She was born March 2A, 1910,
and prior to her marriage to Mr.
Sloan December 11, lfWO,, was Miss
Ruby Russell of MaTyville, Tenn.
Surviving are her husband, Tho
mas Sloan of Iotla, 'her iweivts,
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Russell of
Maryville, Tinn., three brothers ;
Will of Chicago, II., Herman and
Elmer of Maryville, Tenn., two
sisters; Mrs. Lawrence B. Liner,
and Mrs. Clifford Tipton of Mary
ville, Terin.
Mrs. Sloan was always cheerful
and patient in her suffering. She
was devoted to her borne ami was
active as a church worker in the
Iotla church of which she was a
member. A host of friends and
relatives mourn Ker death.
5 Commissioners Chosen
On Tuesday To Take
Office July 5
Wilton H. Cobb was re-elected
mayor of Highlands on Tuesday,
June 20, in the regular Wwn elec
tion wh'ich is held every two years.
Mr. Cobb received 129 votes anil
J. E. Potts received 104 voles.
Five commissioners of the town
were elected as follows : T. C.
Harbison, with 160 votes headed
rhe ticket, the number of votes of
other candidates being listed in
order: H. S. Talley, 144; Harry
Holt, 130; T. N. Hall, 119; S. C.
Creswell, 118. Mr. Creswell, is a
member of the present board.
Other candidates filing received
votes as follows : E. H. Brown, lfH,
Dewey Hopper, 90; C. E. Mitchell,
87; W. H. Rogers, 82; Norm in
Reese, 79.
The voting on Tuesday compared
favorably with that of the election
of 1941, when a total of 239 per
sons cast their votes. This year the
number was 233, which, consider
ing the many absences occasioned
by the war, is a good number. The
election was quiet and uneventful.
All candidates were good citizens,
and those chosen received the con
gratulations, and no doubt, will
receive the hearty cooperation of
all. Those elected will hie sw >rn in
and take office the first Monday
in July,