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PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
VOL. L VIII? NO. 37
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPT. 16, 1943
FDR iatfA:
Payroll aavitigi ii
our greatent single
factor in protecting
ourselves againut in
flation.
$2.00 PER YEAR
Macon Bond Sales Reach $55,000
Town and Farm
In Wartime
RATION REMINDER
TO START USING
RATION BOOK NO. 3
The first brown "point stamp"
In War Ration Book 3 became
valid September 12. This stamp,
A, is good (or 16 points through
October 2. Brown stamps will
become valid on successive Sun
days and will always expire on
the Saturday nearest the end
of a month. They will be used
for rationing meats, fats, oils,
canned fish, cheese, canned
milk, and all other commodities
now rationed with red stamps
in War Ration Book 2. The
small stamps bearing pictures
of field guns, tanks, ships, and
airplanes are not yet in use.
Anyone who has not received
Book 3 may obtain one by ap
plying to his local ration board.
Continued On Pac* Two? j
MRS. MORSE OF TAMPA
PASSES AT BESHEARS HOME
Mrs. F. S. Morse of Tampa,
Florida, who, with her husband,
has been spending the summer
In Franklin, passed away sud
denly last Saturday morning at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Beshears. Her spirit took its
flight while she sat alone on
the porch writing letters. The
Morses were preparing to re
turn to their home the follow
ing day.
Mr. Morse accompanied the
body to Manchester, Iowa, for
Interment, where funeral ser
vices were held on Tuesday at
11 a. m. He returned to Frank- j
lin on Thursday. * |
Mr. and Mrs. Morse endeared
themselves to many during their
stay in Franklin. They were ap
preciative of the place and the
people, writing a letter for the
special edition of the Press in
July, expressing their pleasure
in being here. The sympathy of
their numerous friends is with
Mr. Morse in his sorrow.
W. C. Dendy
To Preach
Rev. W. C. Dendy of the Ra
bun Gap-Nacoochee school will
preach at the Franklin Presby-.
terian church, Sunday morning
at the 11:00 o'clock service.
LEATHERMAN REUNION
ON SEPTEMBER II
The Leatherman family reun
ion will be held at the home
of S. C. Leatherman at West's
Mill on Sunday, September 19.
All friends and relatives are ur
ged to attend.
F r anklin - Scouts
Hold Court Of Nonor
At a recent Court of Honor
of the Smoky Mountain District
of Boy Scouts, held at the
Franklin Baptist church, the
following Franklin boys were
awarded merit badges and giv
en promotions:
Tenderfoot promotions were
received by Cullen Bryant, Har
old Baldwin, Bergan Hall, from
F. V. Smith, assistant executive
of Ashevllle. James Hauser made
the presentation to the second
class, which included Charles
Baldwin and Sutton Stanley.
J. D. Franks acted as chair
man of the local troop and the
United States flag was present
ed by Morris Franks. Prayer
was offered by Mrs. J. D.
Franks, and Rev. J. F. March
man pronounced the benedic
tion.
HIGDON REUNION
HAS LARGE ATTENDANCE
The 40th annual reunion of
the Hlgdon family held last Sun
day was attended by 150 de
scendants of the late Major W.
H. Hlgdon. The gathering was
held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. William Hlgdon, Jr., at
HlgdonviUe.
The program was conducted
by Mrs. Albert L. Ramsey, Wil
liam G. Crawford and A. R
Hlgdon.
Officers elected at the meet
ing were James L. Hlgdon, pres
ident; W. R. Hlgdon, vice-pres
ident; A. R. Hlgdon, secretary
and treasurer and T. B. Hlgdon
hUtorlan,
Classifications
Announced By Our Local
Board
The following classifications
were announced by the; Local
Selective Service Board on
Sept. 14: i
In 1-A: Edward Brown, Max
Lee King, William Lawrence
Setser, Jr., Ralph Woodfln Wat
son, Tommy Lee Norton, Wiley"
Rogers Shope, Claude Heath
Bolton, Jim Setser, Frank Jack
son Hannah, Thomas Edison
Oarey, Bert Ewitt Gibson, Wil
liam Joseph Lakey, Walter Syl
vester Miller, Robert Bell, Char
les Fred Johnson, Herman New
ell Owenby, George Vernon
Passmore, Dover Dee Welch,
Floyd Richard Sorrells, James
Albert Cabe, Robert Carl Don
aldson, Charley Porter Thomas.
Ralph Welch, Samuel Dewitt
Calloway, Roy Edison Stiwinter,
Frank Harrison Ammons, John
Samuel Arnold, James Wesley
Todd, Edward Webb, Ray John
Bryson, Charles Donald Raby,
Marvin Edd Baty, Herman Roo
sevelt McCall, Lawrence Henry
Long, Claude Jacob Tilson, Har
ry William Baty, Clyde Thomas
Burrell, Ned Calvin Cowart, John.
Dee Tippett.
In S-A: Phillip H. Kline.
In 2-C: Harold Eugene Enloe.
In 3-C: Ernest Wilson Cabe,
Jr., William Henry Peek, Jr.
In 2-A: Benjamin Wilson
Woodruff, Roy Lee Ramsey,
Frank Moody Wild, Buster Mash
burn. .
In 2-B: Frank Wayne Gib
son, Clyde Robert Tippett, Rob
ert Loul# Pattillo, Robert Han
sell Bennett.
In 1-C: Virgil Lindsey Fields,
T. L. Stanfleld, Garland Gilmore
Woody, Kenneth Lee Welch,
Raymond Robinson, Henry Clar
ence Norton.
In 4-F: Novle Gibson, Ernest
Edgar Sanders, Pete James Mo
ses, Bird Monroe Collins, LeRoy
Hurst, Howard Cleveland Sta
nley, Neil Bryson Childers, Geo
rge Louis Webb, Thomas Earl
Cabe.
In 1-A H: Kay Francis Mon
tague, Parks Wiley Brendle, John
Bergin Wilson, Austin Dills.
In 3-A H: Joel Southerland
Tompkins, Lake Hudson Stiles,
Theodore Gillespie.
In 4-F H: Homer Lesley Mc
Coy, Olenn Albert Shields, Al
fred Lester Green.
In 4-A: Fred Chipman Con
ley.
The following classifications
were announced by the Local
Selective Service Board on Sep
tember 8:
In 1-A: Adam Winfield Scott,
William Jess Wallace, Frank
Moody Wild, Frank Thomas
Chadwick, Robert Louis Pattlllo,
Terry Hall Bolick, Robert Han
sell Bennett, Locke Craig Stepp,
Jr., Roland Guffie.
In 2- A: George Glenn Camp
bell, Claire Petltt, George Tay
lor, James Thomas Houston,
Vernon Herbert Fricks.
In 2-B: Ray Dills, Barl Jos
eph Dills, Henry Grady Crisp,
Homer Edison Stiwlnter, Hardin
Ammons Gribble.
In 3-A: Thomas Cobb Harbi
son, Jerry Milas Holbrooks, John
Pierpont Strother.
In 1-C: Ellis Carr Rickman,
Roy Lee Burton, Howard Marsh
all Cunningham, Charles Scru
ggs, Jr., Edward Marshall Har
shaw, Charles William Chavis.
In 4-F: Norman Garnell Mc
Clure, Leonard George Stout,
Welton Lee Cochrane, Gus L.
England, Alvernon Hall, Paul
Wesley Bryson, George May
Scruggs, Iverson Hayes, Lee Jer
ry Cochran.
In 3-C: Coburn George Hol
den.
In 3-D: Bert Coolidge Pickel
simer.
In 3-A H: Ennis Renwick Tll
son, Furman Walker Stewman.
In 3-C H: Charles Alexander
Williams. ^
In 4-F H: Blaine Buck Jen
kins.
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THIRD SUNDAY SINGING
COWETA BAPTIST CHURCH
The regular Third Sunday
? afternoon singing will be held
' at the Coweta Baptist church.
- Sunday afternoon. Singing will
1 begin at 1:30. A cordial In vita -
. tlon is extended to all singers,
quartets, trios, etc.
NEWS OF OUR
i MENwWONEN
IN UNIFORM
SISTER AND BRO. IN SERVICE
Miss Elsie Mae Brendle- is
taking Airplane instruction
Work in Dayton, Ohio.
Pvt. George V. Brendle Is sta
tioned in England. They are
the son and daughter of Mrs.
Eva Brendle of Franklin, Route
4.
Pvt. Ural McConnell, who is
stationed at Camp Edwards,
Mass., with the Amphibian En
gineers and brother Bulen L.
McConnell in Baltimore, Md.,
who is in the Army Air Corps.
They are sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur McConnell of Cullasaja.
Pvt. James H. Brown, son of
Mrs. F. E. Brown, Franklin, Rt.
1, entered Camp Campbell, Ky.,
in June.
Bob Carpenter, who Is a Naval
Aviation Cadet has been sent
to Williams College, Williams
town, Mass., for Preparatory
Flight training.
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A/C Dean Carpenter, recently
finished his Preliminary Flight
training a t Oshkosh, W i
Teachers' College, and has been
sent to the Army Air Base at
Santa Ana, Calif., for further
training.
After spending nine days in
Franklin, Cpl. William Prloleau
Angel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Angel of Rt. 1, and his wife,
have returned to Klrtlap^ Field,
Albuquerque, New Mexlrij, where
he has been stationed for the
past eighteen months with the
Air Corps. Mrs. Angel IS the for
mer Miss Maxlne Loyd of Al
buquerque. '
Pvt. Kelly E. Houston of the
U. S. Army, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. A. Houston, Gneiss, Is
now serving in Australia, where
he has been since January. '
Pvt. Ebb Houston of Rt. 3 is
home on a 30-day furlough
from North Africa visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Houston. He returned as a guard
for War Prisoners, who were
being brought to this country.
Pvt. Houston expects to return
overseas after his furlough.
Pvt. Dick Woodard of the
Medical Corps, stationed at
Camp Barkley, Texas, is visiting
his mother, Mrs. M. A. Wood
ard.
Pfc. Lawson B. Snyder, who
has been stationed in the South
west Pacific Area is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John L.
Snyder. He is now stationed at
Camp Haan, Calif. Another Ma
con county boy, Quentln Wal
droop, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady
Waldroop, was stationed with
Pfc. Snyder.
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Howard Shirley Dowdle, who
is stationed at Bainbridge, Mary
land, In the Navy, is home on
leave with his mother, Mrs. Sal
lie Dowdle, Route 2.
Jacob C. Mason, son of Mr.
and Mrs. V. B. Mason of Leath
erman, has completed his course
of studies as an aviation mech
anic, Amarillo Army Air Field, I
Amarillo, Texas.
Among the six North Carolina
WAVES to complete their basic
training at the Naval Training
School, Bronx, was Jessie Am
anda Ramsey. Apprentice Sea
man, of Franklin, who will re
port to the Naval Training
School, University of Indiana.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Ramsey. She was
last employed as a school teach
er In the Asheboro City Schools.
? CONTINTSD NEXT W*WC
3rd. War Loan Drive
Off To Good Start
W ar Department
Makes Urgent Plea
For Surgical Dressings
An urgent plea has just
been received by the chair
man of surgical) dressings
from the War Department
asking that the chapter fin
ish up and ship Immediately
all material that Is on hand.
Approximately 80 million
dressings per month will be
needed during the four re
maining months of this year
and the Eastern Area, of
which Macon county is a
part, is still far behind in its
shipments.
This is a serious responsi
bility and presents an emer
gency which must be met. A
few faithful women have car
ried the work through the dif
ficult summer months, but
many more volunteers are
needed now to complete the
quotas on hand and to be
ready for new shipments
which will be coming in.
The women of Franklin and
Macon county are urged to
answer this call for this vital
and necessary service.
Mrs. Allan Brooks, Chair
man Surgical Dressings, Ma
< County Chapter American
Red Cross.
High School
Faculty Is Announced By
J. F. Pugh
The High school faculty has
been completed this week, and
has been announced by the
principal, J. F. Pugh as fol
ows:
J. F. Pugh, principal, will
teach French and Spanish un
til a teacher is secured; Miss
Evelyn Arlege, science; Miss
Annie Bailey, commercial de
partment; William O. Crawford,
mathematics and physical edu
cation; Miss Mary Doran,
science; H. Cyrus Fouts, history;
Mrs. Robert Fulton, mathema
tics and science; Miss Emily
Harrison, French and English;
Mrs. Katherine O'Neil, home
economics.
E. J. Whitmire, agriculture;.
Mrs. Katherine Matthews, Eng
lish and history; Miss Olivia
Patton, history, science and
health; Mrs. Mamie Pryor,
mathematics; Miss Virginia Sla
gle, English and public school
music; Mrs. Marie Stewart, Eng
lish.
The Pre** Equipped
With New Type Faces
The Franklin Press and The
Highlands Maconian appears
this week with new type faces,
which replace the type used for
the past 18 years.
The style chosen Is one of
modern and improved design,
which is more easily read, and
with less strain on the eyes
than the older style type.
Louis B. Anderson
Promoted To Pisgah For
est; Hdqrs. In AslheviUe
Louis B. Anderson of the
Nantahala National Forest head
quarters here has been promot
ed to the position of principal
clerk of the Pisgah National
Forest headquarters, Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. ^nderson will
leave Franklin on Monday, Sep
tember 20 for their new home.
The Andersons have made
many friends during their resi
dence here for several years,
who regret that they are leav
ing the community.
Mr. Anderson will be succeed
ed by Frank Rimer, Jr., who
will arrive next week with hi"'
familv from the Kesatchle Na
tional Forest. Alexanderia, La
Thev will occupy the house o*?
Harrison Avenue vacated by thf
| Andersons.
Chairmen Are Encouraged
By Enthusiasm
Shown
The 3rd War Loan Drive Is oft
to a good start," said Henry W.
Cabe on Wednesday, as he re
ported that over $55,000 worth of
bonds had been sold to Individ
uals since the start of the drive
on September 9.
Of this amount, Charles J. An
derson, Highlands chairman, re
ported on Tuesday that $10,814.
had been sold there. This am
ount has been considerably in
creased, it was learned.
erably Increased, it was learn
ed.
The women are active and
selling with enthusiasm, but
they are saying little until the
reports from the various mem
bers of the committees are
made.
The above amount is consid
ered an encouraging beginning
for the first seven days of the
drive towards Macon County'*
quota of $145,000.
21 SELECTEES
ARE ACCEPTED
Macon Men Enter Service
In Army, Navy
And Marines
The following Selectees who
were sent to Camp Croft, South
Carolina, on September 7, were
accepted by the Army:
Paul John Dalrymple, George
Robert Cabe, Joseph Oaither
Teems, William O rover Jamison,
Coolldge Marion Mason, Walter
Neville Bryson* Kenneth Davis
Ledford, Gaston Clark, John
Woodrow Guffey, Cecil Vernon
Carver and Woodrow Wilson
Zimmerman.
The following were accepted
by the Navy:
Thomas Chandler DuFour,
Alex Virgil Howard, Dewltt Tal
madge Thompson, Dwight Ly
man McCloud, Grover Dempsey
Shepherd, Donald Odell Holt,
James Edward Morgan.
Kenneth Lee Welch and Gar
land Gllmore Woody were ac
cepted by the Marine Corps and
T. L. Stanfield by the Coast
Guard.
George W. Reid
Dies At Home
George Wilbur Reld, 79, far
mer, died Sunday, September S,
at 6:30 p. m., at his home,
Franklin, Rt. 4, following an Ill
ness of a year.
Born on March 7, 1864, he
was the son of the late W. P.
and Martha Rogers Reld. He
was a life-long resident of Ma
con county and a member of
the Rldgecrest Baptist church.
Funeral services were held
Monday, September 6, at 3 p. m.
at the Rldgecrest church with
the Rev. C. C. Welch, Franklin,
Rt. 3, officiating. Burial was in
the Craggy cemetery.
Pallbearers were Claude San
ders, Arthur Mincey, Clyde
Downs, Wiley Sellers, Joe John
son and Parker Raby.
Surviving are four sons, Will
iam of California, A. W.,?Frank
lin, George W., Jr., Detroit,
Mich., and Robert T., Murphy;
two daughters, Misses Emma
and Olille Reid, Franklin, Rt.
4; and one sister, Mrs. Morgan
of Murphy.
Rev. J. C. Swaim
To Give Slide Lecture
AT Three Churches
Rev. J. C. Swaim will present
a slide lecture entitled, "Every
Man In His Own Tongue," at
the following churches:
Mount Zion, Friday, Sept 17:
Patton's, Saturday, Sept. 18:
Union, Sunday, Sept. 19. all at
8:00 p. m.
The slides are sent out bv
the American Bible 8ociet,v.
There will be no admission
f*h?r<?e. All our brethren from
' other churches are cordially In
vited.