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FRANKLIN, N. O, THURSDAY, JAN. 21, 1944
$2.00 PER YEAR
President ? Ball Will Be
Final Event Of Polio Drive
Wright Orchestra Music;
Everybody Invited;
Tag Day Sat.
The final event of the Infan
tile Paalysie drive will be the
President's Birthday Ball to be
given by the committee on Sat
urday, January 29.
Carl Tyslnger of the commit
tee of arrangements promises
everybody a good tin*. Young
ladles without escorts are spe
cially invited, and Mr. Tyslnger
promises there will be no wall
flowers in spite of the absence
of most of Macon county's
young men.
The committee is fortunate
in securing Vincent Wright and
his orchestra of Bryion City.
The ball will begin at 9 o'clock.
Tickets are on sale at Cagle's
cafe, Western Auto store, and
the Power Company office.
Tag Day will also be observ
ed on Saturday, giving everyone
an opportunity to make a con
tribution. B. H. McOlamery,
chairman, states that the re
sponse has been generous and
the proceeds from entertain
ments most encouraging. He will
publish a complete report next
week.
More Name* Painted
On Roll Of Honor >
John B. Cunningham, sign
painter of Sylva, was in Frank
lin last Monday painting more
names on the RoH of Honor
board.
During his numerous trips
back and forth to paint the .
more than 1300 names already
on the board the dedication.
Lion Frank Duncan, of Duncan
Motor Company, furnlafced the
automobile for Mr. Cunningham
to make the trips. Mr. Cunning
ham stated that it took many a
trip ? inacbriUXSTt than anyone
realized to paint all those
names. "It is not as easy as It
looks," Said Mr. Cunningham.
"It took several days Just to
mark oft the spaces."
As our men continue to enter
the various branches of the
fighting forces their names Will
be added by the Lion's Club.
John W. Houston
Passes At Home
John William Houston, 82,
died at his home in the Iotla
section on January 12, at 1:20
a.m. He had been seriously ill
only one week before his death.
Funeral services were held at
the Iotla Baptist church of
which he was a member, with
Rev. J. B. Benfield and Rev.
Lester Sorrells officiating.
Pallbearers were Leroy Downs,
Flrmin Welch, Floyd Roper,
Robert Downs, Carl Parrlsh and
Taylor Houston.
Mr. Houston was born in Ma
con county, the son of Hensley
and Sallie Houston, and was
married on March 30, 18M, to
Miss Elizabeth Ann Holbrook.
He was a well known fanner in
his section.
Surviving are his wife, two
sons, Norman H., of' Franklin
and Oraden of Brevard; and
six daughters, Mrs. W. D. Welch,
Mrs. W. T. Roper, Mrs. Charlie
Downs, Mrs. Fred Lowe, Mrs.
John Hughes and Mrs. Arthur 1
Holden, all or Franklin; and 34
grandchildren and 33 great
grandchildren.
Potts Funeral Home Was In
charge. . ,,
George N. Cabe
Dies At Home In Otto
George N. Cabe, 87, tftod at
his home at Otto on Friday,
anuary 21. Funeral services
were held at the Asbury Metho
dist church, on Saturday at 3
p.m., with the Rev. V. N. Allen,
pastor, officiating.
Mr. Cabe was the son of the
late Samuel and Martha Mc
Connell Cabe of Macon county.
He was born on June 11, 1896.
His wife wai the late Julia T.
Bradley Cabe.
Surv*v!ng are two sons, P. F.
and J.S?I. Cabe ot Otto; and
four daughters, Mrs. Yevei
Bradley and Mrs. Tom McDow
ell of Otto and Mrs. John Dills
of Canton; one son-in-law, W.
L. McClure of Otto; 25 grand
children and 1? great-grand
children.
Bryant Funeral Horn* wu In
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SCRAP PAPER
DRIVENOW ON
Boy Scouts Will Collect
Paper For National'
Need
The Franklin Boy Scouts, un
der the leadership of Jlmmie
Hauser and Rev. Carl Judy, are
collecting scrap paper In Frank
lin as this community's con
tribution to the National Scrap
Paper Drive. All over the na
tion paper is being collected to
help relieve the serious paper
shortage due to war conditions.
Collections began last Friday
and will continue this Friday
afternoon. Householders who
have paper are asked to phone
Jlmmie Hauser at Reeves Hard
ware store. Arrangements have
been made to deposit the paper
in two of the wheat storage
house* on Harrison avenue. '
The scouts arc divided in two
teams, which are storing their
paper. The teams, the "Ants"
and the "Grasshoppers," under
the leadership of Mr. Judy and
Mr. Hauser, are combing the
town for scrap paper.
All citizen* and firms are
urged to cooperate with the
scouts in this work. ,
Junior Commando*
Join In Nation Drhre For
Bonds, Stamps, Tin Cans
11m Junior Commandos, with
their usual energy and enthusi
asm, are out to collect tin cans
to help swell the nation's short
age Qf this needed metal. They
will call on Saturday, and house
wives are urged to help them by
tuning Mr ?ui ready to de
liver.
They will also mate a house
to-house canvass to sell stamps
and bonds for the 4th War Loan
Drive. They expect a sale for
every doOr-be 11 ring. The com
mandos are a group of Frank
lin young people under the lead
ership of Mrs. Rufus Cnn Ing
ham.
Classifications
Announced By Our Local
Board
The following changed classi
fications are announoed by the
Local Selective Service Board:
In 1-A: Harold Eugene Swaf
ford, John Lester Cabe, Alfred
Joseph Klyne.
In 2-A: Thomas Hudson Hun
ter.
In J-l;, Morgan Owenby.
In S-C: Ray McDonnell, Lem
uel Monroe Stswman.
In 2-A-H: Edgar Angel.
In 1-A-H: Dock Andrew Soles
bee, Perry William Brendle,
James Arthur Sutton, Freeman
E. Hastings. Henry Jackson
Coleman, Henry OlMy May.
Gordon Hayes HlpOs, Orpha
Robert Roper, Mils Ervin
Daves.
In 1-C-H: Charlie Avery
Cloase.
In 3-C-H: Frank Robert Cow
art.
In 4-F-H: Harry Theodore
Morgan, Ernest Edgar Sanders.
In 4-A: William Washington
Lenoir, col., Marlon Alexander
Deal, Dillard Parker, James Ar
thur Wood all. WUllam Lennox
Baughn, Joe Hudson Jackson,
David Lendsey DoutWU, Jake
Slier Waldroop, John Qulncy
Hedden, Clennie Phyletls Brad
ley, Thomas Pink Martin, San
ford Jordon Smith, Arthur Gol
den Stanfleld, Charles Junior
Anderson, Carl Dewey Morgan,
Jim Slagle Gray, John Mason,
WUllam Dewey Ounnln.
AOM S/C George L. Hunnlcut,
has returned to the Naval Air
Base at Daytona Beach, Fla.,
after spending ten days with his
mother, Mrs. Emory 8. Hunnl
cut.
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Hunter W. Anderson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Ander
son is now stationed at the
Michigan College of Mining and
Technology, where he la receiv
ing Imtructlon In itementary
NEWS or OUR
I MEN w WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Sgt. Harry S. Higgtns, son of
Mr. .and Mrs. Harry Higglns of
Franklin, Paratrooper, is sta
tioned with the Parachute In
fantry at Camp Mackall.
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Sgt. Raymond Womack, son of
Otto Womack, who has been
stationed in Panama, has been
home on furlough .recently. He
has been transferred to Fort
Bragg.
Y 2/C John T. Young, son of
Mr. J. L. Young and the late
Mrs. Young of Franklin, Route
2, is now at Navy Recruiting
station, Atlanta, Ga.
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Pvt. Kenneth L. Young, son
of Mr. J. L. Young and the late
Mrs. Young of Franklin, Route
2, is now stationed overseas.
Ervin Norton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Noton of Otto Is
stationed with the Seabees at
Oamp Perry, Williamsburg, Va.
He was employed with the
Trailways Bus Company.
Paschal Norton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Norton of Otto
is stationed with the Seabees In
the Pacific aea. Before Joining
the Seabees he was manager of
the Dixie Store of Franklin.
Cpl. John L. Mashburn, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mashburn of
Franklin, has been home on a
20-day furlough. He has been
serving In the Canal Zone for
32 months and will return to
Fort Bragg for reassignment.
Spar Shirley N. Houston, Sea
man, S/C, daughter of Emlis O.
Houston, was assigned to the
Coast Guard captain of the
port base. Ft. Pierce, Fla., Jan
uary 15.
Spar Houston enlisted In the
Coast Guard women's reserve,
at Cleveland, Ohio, in Septem
ber, 1948. -Has two brothers, H.
E. Houston, serving overseas,
and Ralph M. Houston, Camp
Wheeler, Ga., are also in the
armed forces. ?
Pfc. Orover D. Arvey is now
drill Instructor at Paris Island,
8. C? has spent a few days
with hU parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W?4t Arvey
S/Sgt. Erwin W. Patton and Sgt.
Glenn A. Patton have been
home on furlough this week,
visiting their mother, Mrs. Er
win Patton in the Patton com
munity.
Sgt. Erwin Patton is being
trassferred to Utah, and his
brother, Glenn is now stationed
In Hammond, La.
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S 2/C Raymond W. Wood, son
of Mr. aind Mrs. Fred Wood of
Gneiss, is now stationed at Vir
ginia Beach, Va., wrere he is
bting trained for gunner's mate.
Mrs. F. E. Brown of Franklin
has two sons In the service: Cpl.
Vivian Brown, M. P., is station
ed in North Africa and Pvt.
James Harold Brown is in Eng
land. Each wrote that he had
a pleasant Christmas and a
very good dinner but preferred
a holiday feast prepared by hit
mother and hoped to be athomt
for th# 1*44 ChrUtmw www
Sale Of War Bonds Makes
Fair Progress First Week
LOST LIFE IN CRASH
Claybourne Patton, 21, avia
tion. radio man 2/C of the U. 8.
Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cary
B. Patton, who lost his life when
a navy patrol plane crashed at
Floyd Bennett Field, New York,
on December 27, 1943.
Mitt Setter Auumet
Red Cross Duties
Miss Mary Jo Setser, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Setser
of Cartoogechaye, has assumed
her duties as home service sec
retary for the Macon county
chapter of the Ameria&n Red
Cross. Her office hours In the
Red Cross office In the bank
building are from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., every week day except
Saturday when the Office closes
at 1 p.m. Miss Setser is ready
to assist any service man and
their families.
Miss Wilmot Doane, home ser
vice representative for this area
was In Franklin last Thursday
night for a conference with Red
Crass committees on home ser- .
vice work in wsi time. Rev. A.
Rufus Morgan, vice-chairman,
presided at the meeting In the
absence of the chairman. Rev.
J. D. Stokes.
Selectees
Lhtc For Camp Croft
For Examination
The following men were for
warded to Camp Croft, South i
Carolina, Jan. 20th, for PRE- '
INDUCTION PHYSICAL EXAM
INATION.
Charles Norman Dowdle, Geo- :
rge Thomas Crawford, Herschel
McKlnley Slmonds, T. C. Roper,
Thomas Edgar Adams, Frank
Kelly Pruett, Ray Bates, Clar
ence Edwin Henry, Ephralm Ar- :
Til Ouyer, Douglas Archibald
Tally, Ira Tillman Calloway, Roy
Edison 8 tl winter, Reid Womack, :
Clyde Taylor Oalley, James Mc
Clure, Wood row Wilson Dowdle,
Wlllard Goldman Passmore, Fro
nes Plumer Patterson, Harry
Tallent, John Odus Mashburn,
Roy Gene Grant, Wiley Glenn
Smith, Roby Blllle Rowland,
Lawton Augustus Keener, Dexter
Wilson McDonnell, Frank Har
rison Ammons, Hubert Samuel
Bradley, Grover Buford Shef
field, Harry Doyal Painter, Wil
liam Troy Swafford, Pink Andy
Gibson, Mack Edwin Norrls, Ed
gar McCall, Grady Andy Cope,
Hollls Harold Clark.
Chairman Reports $38,000
Sold; Schools Total
$4,700
The first week of the Fourth
War Loan Drive In the county
shows a total of $38,000 In bonds
sold, so far reported to Chair
man O timer A. Jones. Of this
amount, E. J. Whltnilre, chair
man In charge of sales In coun
ty schools, reports that the
Franklin schoete have sold, up
to Thursday morning, a total of
$4,700 in bonds and stamps.
The above amount does not
cover sales not yet reported to
the chairman.'
Mrs. J. E. Perry, chairman
of the women's committee, has
not received reports from all of
her committees, which will In
crease the above amount. These
will be Included In next week's
report
Mrs. Perry announces that
the U. D. C. will have charge
of the booth in the Bank on
Saturday, and that the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary will sell
bonds at the post office booth.
Macon's quota assigned by the
state committee is $100,000 and
the voluntary quota undertaken
in $175,000, sufficient to pay for
one medium bomber.
W. K. Ramsey
Paases At Tellico Hone;
Funeral Services
On Tuesday
William Robert Ramsey, >6,
prominent farmer of the Tellico
section died at his home Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock lot
lowing an illness of ft>?r months.
He suffered a broken hip in a
fall several months seal and
never recovered.
He wts the son of the late
Samuel T. and Nancy Emeline
Parrish Ramsey, pioneering resi
dents of Ideas comity. Be had
been postmaster atTellleo since
1908.
Church Leader
Mr. Ramsey was a member of
the Tellico Baptist church and
had served as church clerk, sup
erintendent of the Sunday
school, teacher of the adult
Sunday school class, and for 19
years had been a deacon. He
was twice elected clerk at the
Macon Baptist association. He 1
was a member of Jr. O. U. A. M.
Funeral services were held
at the Tellico Baptist church
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock,
the Rev. J. F. Marchman and
the Rev. A. J. Smith officiating.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Active pallbearers were Mark
Taylor, Arlen Smith, Gordon
Cook, Thad Stockton, Veries
McGaha, and Ralph AndersAn.
In addition to his widow, the
former Miss Ardenia Hurst, he
is survived by seven children^
Mrs. Carl Howard of Charts*- i
ton, S. C., Miss Jessie Ramsey
of the WAVES, stationed in New
Orleans, Miss Virginia Ramsey
of the WAVES, stationed in New
York, and Misses Ruth and
Nancy Carolyn Ramsey of Telli
co; two sons, Samuel Ramsey in
the navy in New York, and WS
11am Robert, Jr., of Tellieo;
three brothers, Harley, George
and James Ramsey, all of Telli
co; and one sister, Mrs. B. C.
DeHart of Tellico.
Potts Funeral Home was in
charge.
Taxpayers Urged To List
Property Before February 1
At a meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners held on
January 17, the matter of fines
and penalties for persons who
fail to list their property were
seriously discussed. Taxpayers'
attention is called to the fact
that it is compulsory to list all
taxable property, whether it re
mains the same as the year pre
vious or not. Fuji Information
was given in an advertisement
in The Franklin Press and The
Highlands Maconlan for three
consecutive weeks beginning
December 30.
Lake V. Shop*, tax supervisor,
states that a penalty law em
i powers the tax supervisor with
i authority to assess a penalty
. ! tftltut any pmoiu who ntfll
gently or willfully fall to Hat
their property. He eta tec that
almost all the counties through
out the state have already put
this law in force. Ha urgently
requests all those who have not
listed their property to do so
before the end of January. AH
those for whom It was impossi
ble to list with the township
list taker may list with the tax
supervisor at the court house
between February 1 and Febru
ary 15.
Mr. Shope urges all tax pay
ers to make a special effort to
see their list taker, as publish
ed in this newspaper advertise
ment above referred to, at the
MrtiMt poiitbli moment.