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anb gllje IjialjlattW JRacoman Lets All BackThe Attack PROGRESSIVE LIBl.RAL INDEPENDENT VOL. UX? NO. ? FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, FEB. 10, 1943 $2.04 PER TEAR Macon Bond Sales Pass $120,000 4th War Loan Drive In County ,Nears Goal Schools Make A Record With Tien Times Their Quota Macon county sales of 4th War Loan. Bonds hare been soaring since last week's report. Now it appears that the cash value of bonds sold to date ma y l>? stated as three-fourths of -the quota of $180,000. With an other week to bo. with the same active efforts on the pert of selling groups, it appears that the goal of $175,000 set by Ma con for the purchase of a bomb er will be reached. Chairman Gilmer A. Jones states that the report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Rich mond through February 7 shew ed sales In the amount of $118, 462 to the credit of this county. Sales of the past three days will bring this well over $120,000. Greatest credit Is due the schools, which have sold ever ten times their quota of $4,800. ' Chairman Jones sajt, "What : the young people have (kmet^ i selling over $46,000 of bonds bee given momentum to the drives all over the county which sur- j passes expectations. One result j of their enthusiasm has been 1 the sale af more E bonds to j date than were sold during the j entire 3rd war loan drive." ? However, it will not do tor any group to relax efforts, Mr. . Jones says, The women's com- . mittees are working actively, , and the Red Cross will sell t bonds ^ women's sales, states that her ' report will be made next week. The figures above Include sales 1 in Highlands and throughout i the conr>ty. Dr. Stokes v * Transferred To Charge la ? Elk in 1 Dr. J. L. Stokes. II, received I a phone message from Dr. W. < L Hutchins of WaynestlUe, (Us- ' trlct superintendent on Tuesday j night, informing him of the ac- i tion Bishop Clare Purcell and ] his cabinet in transferring him 1 to Elkln from the FTaoklia I Methodist church. Dr. Stokes states thai the 1 change has come about as a result of the transfer of the I Elkln pastor to Ashboro, to fill | the vacancy left by the death by automobile accident fttat week of the Rev. M. T. 8math- j ers. This left the Klkta church < vacant, and Dr. Stokes has been ] appointed to the vacancy. He i ' said that >his successor has not < been announced. He also ah- \ nounced the Dr. Hutchins win l preach at the evening servtoe < at the Franklin MethMlat i church next Sunday evening. ' > ? ti Mao I County Building And Loan Elect Officer? T -- j , , At the annual stockholder*- J meeting of the Macon county Building and Loan Association, held last week, the following directors were re-elected: ?' i Henry W. Cabe, Jess IB. Oon ley, W. Emory Hunnlcutt, ??? ert Fulton, George A. Mash burn, Harold T. Sloan, Harie L. Bry ant, Mark L. Dowdle, Letter C,' Henderson and A. B. Hlagle. Immediately following the stockholders meeting, the dteec tors of the association bcM a meeting and re-elected the tal lowing officers: Henry W. Cabe, president, Harve L. Bryant, vice president; Richard 8. Jones, sec retary and treasurer, and Gil mer A Jones, attorney. Draft Board Wants AddrtM of W. S. Millar The Draft Board is unable to locate Walter Sylvester Miller, formerly of Highlands. Anyone knowing his present address, please notify the Local Board at once in order that he may not be considered ? delinquent. NOTICE TO WORKERS Th? i War Maayowcr Com fnun restricts changing J*ka IttaDr UMl traveling to other areas tor new Jafea. Worker* to MMBtol aetiTitiea ahould aot ayply tor | eta advertised ha V. S. tof toto Men Accepted For Sarrict In The Army, Nary And Marine Corp* The following men listed on the call which toft from this beard on Janw|7 M, were ac septed tor service ht the Army: J?? Milton FhllUpe, volunteer, Uf red Joseph Kljme. wlatoi, Frank William Matthews, Boyd Henry Collier, Ooodlow Bow nan, Frank Wilson Hembree, Hsrshall Cdward Hastings, lames Maud Otbson, John Leo T*?"*" Frank Header - ?n Dean. Fred William Barley, mttam Howard Cable, Beulon 3aMn Houston, Carter Kdward raltoy. The following wsre accepted Hfm WQBh^o5?-aedtt!liM John . ? ' "r? ? ? _ 15 Yo*? Mm lUfkter For Draft : . i " ' . x F?*e?p young me* to Macon aunty who reached their 18th Mrthday durtn* the month of rmmary mUlsrml with the lo sal selective service board. They ndttttei Homer McKlntoy Hodden, Na isldan Odell Anderson, Harvey Sen. Jake David Welch, Harold rbomas Jennings, John Fnrman dcCannrU. Joe Arthur Lee, Fames Taylor Houston, 8ylvee *r Crawford. Roy Lee Dills, kfax Lee Roper, Clarence Bdwln Btogdon, Qa^ <^ WU StaMMf. Crawford Sm&' ?who tor six . county Welfare bM accepted the po rtion of a district aupervisor (rtth t?e state department of rocAtkmal ithibUlUtloa. He Mi ilmdf srnamed hia new MIm, With hia headquarters to' Oreensboro. Hia appointment to this position to a deserved pwoMt U hia pcofsaslon. Mr. Crawford ia the son of tors. Mysa Crawford of Franklin. He ^received his education in kha lfaooBL county schools, and Me< eoOwe wort at Piedmont OoUege.Oa Be ktudied social wprt Ip graduate courses at the Ootocmtjr of North Carolina, apd prior to- his wort with the wetMN department, taught his tory aad dries la the Franklin high school. . Mrs. Crawford, the tonner Miss Lucy Sue Gray, who has been a stenographer with the Nantahala Power and Light Company for the past six years, left last Friday to loin her hus band to their new home. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford are both young people who were born and brought up to Macon coun ty, and the interest of many friends will go with them to their hew home. NEWS OF OUR MENwWOMEN IN UNIFORM i ? ?i ii ? 1 1 nni i miii I ? i ?iiii?mpii nil iw i ? ? qnPsa: ? i Killed In Action CpL Willard Jesse Woody Awarded Order Of The Purple Heart Mrs. Inez Smart Woody, wid ow of Cpl. Wlllard J. Woody, who was killed In action on Oat. 6. 1943, in Italy, has re ceived from the War Depart ment the medal of the Order of the Purple Heart, which was conferred posthumously upon her husband. Pfc. Russell T. Ramey, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Ramey, spent a 10-day furlough at home, re cently. S 8/C Harold T. Ramey, son' of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Ramey, ! spent a short furlough at home! recently. Re has been In service i eight months. I The parents of Sgt. Harry j Hlggins, Jr., paratrooper, have I received word that he has ar-i rived safely overseas. ? ? ? 2nd Lieut. Carter Hurst re-f celved his wings as navlgatorj on February 5, at Salem Field,, Monroe, La. Pfo. Bruce D. Bryant, son of> Mr. and Mrs. Harve Bryant, of. the Army Air Cops, stationed at Las Vegas, Nev., is home or( furtough , Pfc. Garland J. Woody, son of 1 4r. and Mrs. Norman Woody of I 'ranklln, and brother of Wll- ' jurd Jess Woody. Sgt. R. L. Tallent, son of Mr. | And Mrs. Jule Tallent of Frank lin, has been serving overseas | for one year. f Beveridge Sanders, Is receiving an t! -Aircraft training at Camp Jfulen, Texas. - Paul McCloud, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McCloud, Is home on furlough from the Pacific area. S 2/C Colonel P. Howard has been transferred from Little Creek, Va., to Fort Plecer, Fla. He Is attending gunners school. Pvt. John W. Angel from Camp Blandlng, Fla., has been home on furlough visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl An gel, on his way to Fort Mead, "Maryland. ? ? ? Cpl. Robert Hoyt Ledford of the U. S. Signal Corps, has re turned to Nashville, Tenn., after spending a furlough with his mother, Mrs. R. M. Ledford. I ? Cpl. Judson C. Cunningham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Cun ningham, Is home on furlough from his camp In Alabama. | ?Continued On Face Six T. F. Ry. Operation Is Threatened By Receiver Decorated For Bravery Ensign Milton L. Banders, son >f Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sanders, iwarded the George Medal by rhe King of England. HIGH HONOR TO ENSIGNSANDERS "ranklin Man Receives George Medal For Gallantry The story can now be told of tow Ensign Milton L. Sanders, 78NR, was awarded the George raordinary heroism performed tot In the heat of battle but mtside the field of combat" Tie decoration was awarded last 'all by order of the King of Ingland, but the news was not eleased by the Navy for publi lon until this week. In an article in the Saturday Ivenlng Post of February 12, a licture of Ensign Sanders ap lears with the story by a Washi ngton reporter entitled "How 'o Win A Medal." The story is old how Ensign Sanders had ieen assigned by the Navy as a ordnance expert to the Roy 1 Air Force Coastal Command n Northern Ireland. On the ay the accident happened and leath to a whole countryside ras averted by his quick action, lew and highly sensitive bombs rere being tested. Loaded in ne of two RAF bombers, with rders to accmpany one plane r the other, this young expert oaded the first plane and patched its ascent, waiting to ake his place In the second ilane. When 300 feet up the irst plane crashed with its crew f nine, "trapped In a roaring nass of flame." The bombs had not exploded nt might at any moment, forking so close to the flaming lasoline that he had to ex inguish his burning clothing elth his hands, he worked with irrench and wire to defuse one if the bombs. He defused the econd bomb, both taking 40 nlnutes; knowing that every ine of those minutes might be he last. The report stated that lo one had ever defused bombs if that sort before. A farm house nearby and a irafflc Jam complicated the slt latlon, but in that desperate 40 nlnutes the traffic was cleared ind the bomb explosion avert :d. The act was one of routine tor Ensign Sanders, who went Dn with his work and soon af ter left England. The Post article describes his surprise when he returned to London to be congratulated and to be presented with the rare George Medal in a formal cere mony. The parents of the hero, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sanders, have in their possession a pho tostatic copy of the citation as follows: Medal Awarded "The King has been gracious ly pleated to approve the fol lowing award for great gallon - ?Continued On Page Sti Notice Given Of Request To Discontinue Passenger Train Elsewhere in this Issue there appears a legal advertisement giving notice of a hearing before the United States District Court of an application by H. L. Brew er, receiver, for authority to discontinue mall, express and passenger service on the Tallu lah Falls Railway. This hearing will take place In Gainesville, Ga, on. February 25, at 10 a.m., EWT. An order has been entered providing that citizens, municipal and county officials, and businesses In the territory in and through which the railroad operates, may ap pear at the "hearing and "pre sent any matters helpful to the Court in determining the pro priety of the grant or refusal of the application." Franklin Is the terminal of this railroad, and connects with the main line of the Southern Railway at Cornelia, Qa. It has been managed by a receiver for a number of years, and there has been at least one other such hearing for the road's dis continuance. Therfls no men tion in this notice to discon tinue the freight service. Citizens interviewed In regard to the effect of the granting of this order on Franklin and ad Joining territory served by ne other railroad, were unanimous that the order ihould not be granted. The legal notice published in this issue is the first news that has come to Franklin concern ing the proposed discontinu ance. It Is indicated that strong representation will be sent to the court hearing to present Franklin's case. Clyde Gafley Join* Navy; Mrs. Howard To Manage Theatre Clyde Galley, popular mana ger of Macon Theatre for four years, has Joined the Navy, and he announced this week that Mrs. Agnes Howard, cashier for the past three years, will take his place when he leaves. Mr. Galley, In announcing his successor, stated that he knew Mrs. Howard could "CU the bill," and asks for her the same cooperation that he has enjoy ed from the Franklin public, while he has been in charge. Mr. and Mrs. Galley came to Franklin six years ago from their home in Georgia. He con tinued as manager after the theatre was bought by W. H. Collins. Mrs. Galley and their seven-year-old daughter, Leila Jo, will remain in Franklin, Mrs. Galley continuing in her work as one of the Western Carolina Telephone Company's switchboard operators. Perhaps no one leaving the community will be missed more by the people than Clyde Gal ley. He meets the public with a smile at all times and has given of his time and Interest to every good cause. He has al ways been generous In extend ing the use of the theatre free ly for community interests, and his unfailing kindness ad hap py disposition have endeared him to all. Franklin will, look forward to his return when the war 1s over. FRANKLIN SCHOOL DAMAGED BT FIRE Fire of an undetermined ori gin damaged rooms in the ele mentary school building last Monday morning. The alarm sounded about seven o'clock when the Janitor, Andy Grlbble arrived. The fire, smoke and water damage to the building Is estimated at $500, J. F. Pugh. t principal, itatod.
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