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w- ? f if iffaitWiti f 1 1 1# anb V @[()e ^itgManbsi Maconian PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL ' INDEPENDENT VOL. UX? NO. 22 ~ FRANKLIN, N. C-,_ THURSDAY, JUNE 1 1944 ' $2.00 PER YEAR i UfalfautPMmtfu DOUBLE DOn _D0LLAHS_ Cherry and Hoey Win In Primary Contest Memorial Services For T. Sgt. George C. Gray Promising Macon Youth Gives Life In 11 England A memorial service for T/8gt. George C. Gray, who was killed in action in England on April 22, will be held at the Franklin Presbyterian church on Sunday afternoon, Jtme 3, at 3:30, with the Rev. J. T. Gillespie, pastor, presiding. Guy L. Houk, firmer teacher of Sgt. Gray, will speak briefly of the deceased as he knew him. Dr. George Belllngrath, of the Rabun Gap Na-Coochee In dustrial school, will participate in the services, and the Rev. J. F. Marchman will also have part on the program. Special music, appropriate for the occasion, will be furnished by Mrs. J. A. Flanagan, pianist. Sgt. Gray volunteered for ser vice in the Army Air Corps on October 25, 1942, and received his basic training at Gulf Port, Miss. He also took special ad vanced training at Loreda, Tex_ as, where he received his Silver Gunnery Wings on May 14, 1943. He was then transferred to Tus can, Arizona, for a three-weeks training course and his final training for combat duty over seas was completed in Scotts bluff. Nebraska. T/Sgt. Gray had served as ae rial engineer on a B-24 bomber overseas since OctobeT 24, 1943. In March of this year he wrote his parents he had been on his 19th mission. Sgt. Gray is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim S. Gray, of Franklin, route 2, and was one of Macon county's promising young men. Besides the parents, he leaves two sisters, Catherine and Bet tv Sue Gray, and one brother, Eugene Gray, all of Franklin, route 2. Fontana Dam Project Ahead Of Schedule The 2,000,000th cubic yard of concrete was placed recently In TVA'S Fontana Dam In Western North Carolina, as construction speeded ahead under wartime schedules, TVA announced. Fontana Dam Is being built to supply vitally needed power for war industries. The second million cubic yards have been placed since October 5, 1943. Approximately 800,000 yards more will be need ed to complete the dam. During April 211,000 yards were placed; the schedule for May calls for 240,000 yards to be placed. Fontana Dam Is being built by a force of 2600 TVA con struction workers under direc tion of Fred Schlemmer, pro ject manager, G. E. Murphey, construction superintendent, and Oren Reed, construction engin eer. A. L. Pauls is chief con struction engineer for TVA. I Brevard College To Hold Graduating Exercises Barbara Hurst, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Hurst, of Franklin rQute 1, is a member of the graduating class of Bre vard college, and Joann Palmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Palmer, of Franklin route 4, Is a member of the graduat ing class in the pre-college group. They will receive their diplomas on Tuesday,. June '6. Miss Hurst has been active during her two years at Bre vard. 8he has been a member of the International Relations club, the Christian Workers club, and the Euterpean litera ture society. Miss Palmer, before entering the pre-college division at Bre vard, attended Franklin high school. Starting Saturday and con tinuing for four days, Brevard college will celebrate Its tenth anniversary: An elaborate four day program has been arrang ed, featuring special commence ment exercises and a large number of prominent speakers. Sunday morning, June 3, at 11 o'clock, Bishop Clare Purcell, of Charlotte, head of the Meth odist church In North Carolina ' and part of South Carolina, will deliver the commencement ( sermon to the graduating class es at the Brevard Methodist ' church. That evening at 8 ' o'clock In the First Baptist church, Dr. W. A. Smart, pro fessor of theology, author and j lecturer, Emory University, will < speak at a union service on the ] subject of "Christian Educa- i tion." i Hundreds of people from var- , ious sections of North Carolina ( and adjoining states are expect- | ed to attend this big four-day i celebration. Formal invitations are being sent to over 500 per- ] sons and all former students < and the public generally are in- J vited to attend. * ( Franklin Postmaster j Heads 12th District '< For Postmaster T. W. Porter, Sr., postmaster , of the Frankln office, was elect- , ed chairman of the National As- , soclation of postmasters of the 12th Congressional district at a meeting held on Saturday even ing. i Charles R. Price, postmaster 1 of the Sylva office, was host to i the post-master's of this dis- ' trict in a session held at the Jarrett Springs hotel at Dills- ? boro. 1 Mr. Porter succeeds Wythe I Peyton, postmaster at Asheville. ' Wesleyan Guild To Present Play June 10 On June 10, the Wesleyan 1 Guild of the Methodist church 1 will present a minstrel with an all-girl cast. Don't fail to come ' and bring the family. . At the 1 Courthouse in the evening at 1 8:30. Fun for the whole family. ' J. W. Addington Retires After Thirty Years' Service J. W. Addington, mall carrier Of Franklin route 2 for the past 30 years, has retired from ser vice and Ills mail route Is be ing taken over by Paul B. Car penter, substitute, until a new carrier is appointed. Mr. Addington succeeded Char lie T. Blaine. The first 10 years as carrier, he made the trip by horse and buggy, and often on horseback when the roads were too muddy for a buggy. Then, too, he recalls a few occasions when the trip was made on foot. This was when the un paved roads were Impassable or the high water made bridges unsafe to cross. Now, Mr. Addington says the roads are all paved or graveled and for the past 20 years he has been traveling In an auto mobile. During this period of 30 years, he has traveled approxi mately 375,000 miles, and only on about ilx different occasions was he unable to deliver the , mall at all on account of high water. During the past SO years, Mr. ' Addlngton has served under seven different postmasters. They were H. H. Jarrett, P. B. Benbow, William Jones, Charles L. Ingram, Sam L. Franks, John E. Rlckman and Thomas W. Porter, Sr., the present post master. The office has changed buildings four times in the meantime, many Improvements being made each time. Mr. Addlngton will now devote his full time to his farm and the Addlngton Dairy, which Is located five miles south of Franklin on the Georgia road. The dairy, which is Grade-A, has been in operation for the past IS years. He has a nice herd of Guernsey cows. Mr. Addlngton was presented a farewell remembrance from , the employees of the Franklin offoe and rural mail oarrlen. NEWS OF OUR MENwWOMEN IN UNIFORM Pfc. Henry D. Corbin, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs Henry D. Cor bin of Franklin, route 4, is with the Fourth Air Forte in Fresno, Calif. He has been in service since July 1943 and has received training at Rochester college in New York, at Buckley Field, Colorado, and Harlingen Air Field, Texas, where he recently received his silver wings. William L. Higdon, Jr., former public accountant in Salinas, Calif., has been promoted to rank of Captain at Headquar ters Ferrying Division, Cincin nati, Ohio, where he is station ed. Captain Higdon is Adminis trative Inspector at Headquar ters of the Ferrying Division, Mr Transport Command. The Captain is a native of franklin, and attended the high school here before taking his college work at the University )f North Carolina. In Salinas, 3alif., he was associated with ;he W. H. Scoville Co., CPA. He ;ntered military service Jan. 31, 1942. Captain Higdon is the son of ;he late Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Higdon of Franklin and is well mown in Macon county. ? ? ? Pfc. Elbert Houston, who is serving in the Mediterranean theatre with the Anti-Aircraft sites guard North African port Allied force headquarters, and 15 other North Carolinians are on a 24-hour alert every day as they guard vital North African ports against Nazi "hit and run" raiders. Pvt. Andrew Jackson Patton, son of Mr. R. A. Patton, Frank lin, is now beginning medical md psychological tests, classi fication arid training at the Army Air Forces Training Com mand, Keesler Field, Biloxl, Miss. This Army processing is designed to determine his qual ifications as a pre-avlatlon cad :t. Upon successful completion of this phase he will be sent either io a college or university for five months of further study or directly to a pre-flight center tor cadet training, depending upon his previous academic background. LEACH BROTHERS VISIT PARENTS Frank Leach, Jr., quartermas ter, 1/C, who has been spend ing a month's leave here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leach, returned to his duties at Norfolk, Va., Monday. Petty Officer Leach, who vol unteered at the age of 18, has been i|> service for the past four years and recently com pleted his three years in for eign duty. He was in action In North Africa and spent some time In North and South Atlan tic patrols. His brother, Robert L. Leach, hospital apprentice 1/C, stationed at New River, was also here last week on a short visit. He entered the ser vice in 1943 and has completed his amphibious training and is waiting to be called into active lervlce. Cpl. Richard W. Pearson, son of Mrs. A. R. Nail and the late William Pearson, has recently, left Camp George Mead In Maryland for an unknown des- I tination. He enlisted in the | army the day after the Pearl i Harbor attack. He is a graduate of Christ school, Arden, and the University of North Carolina, where he specialized in poultry fanning. MAJOR FRED GRAY ARRIVES IN ENGLAND Major Fred Gray, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Gray, of Frank lin, Route 2, has recently arri ved somewhere in England, ac cording to a message received by his parents. For the past 10 months, Ma jor Gray has been stationed at an army air base at Rapid City, S. D. He is commanding officer of a heavy bombardment squad ron. Mrs. Gray, who was the for mer Miss Louise Blaine of Franklin, and who has been with Major Gray in South Da kota, is here for a visit with her mother, Mrs. D. W. Blaine. ? ? ? COMPLETES COMBAT FLIGHT TRAINING John Gibson Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank I. Murray, of Franklin, recently completed his combat flight training as an Aircrewman here and is eligible to wear the Navy's coveted Air crew wings formerly issued only to men with at least three months' combat experience. Murray, an Aviation Machinist Mate third class, enlisted In the Navy May 12, 1943, and receiv ed his indoctrination training at the Bainbridge, (Md.) Naval Training Station. Upon comple tion, he was sent t? Jackson ville, Fla. to attend Aviation Machinist Mate School, and la ter, other courses In aviation. Finishing this, he qualified In free gunnery at the Naval Air Gunners School near Jackson ville. He reported aboard NAJ3. Miami on March 9, 1944. He is a graduate of the Franklin high school. Pvt. William A. Setser, of Franklin, Route 1, is among the Macon county men in service who are serving in the Euro pean theatre with the military police. ? ? ? Pvt. Samuel D. Reece has ar rived safely tn England accord ing to a cable received by his wife, who is here from Canton, visiting relatives. Pvt. Reece, a former Macon, county boy, is the son of W. D. Reece and the late Mrs. Reece, of Franklin, Route 1. ? ' ?? Pfc. Roger Rlckman has writ ten his parents, IMr. and Mrs. William P. Rlckman, of the West's Mill community, that he is now located in New Britain and expects to get a furlough home within the next few weeks. Pfc. Rickman, who has been in the service for the past three i years, has been on overseas > duty for more th?n two years. ?Continued On ftp Mb Macon County Gives Big Majority To Winners SGT. CROSS WAR PRISONER Macon Boy From Flats Section Is Gorman Prisoner Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cross, of the Flats section of Macon county, have received a message from the War Department, stat ing that their son, S/Sgt. Oscar F. Cross was a prisoner of war In Germany. He has been re ported missing In action over Hungary since April 3. Sgt. Cross, who was Inducted Into the armed forces at Fort Jackson, S. C., in September < 1942, went into the army air corps. He was sent to a camp in Miami, Fla., for a short per. 1 iod of training, later being sent ' to a mechanical school In Am arillo, Texas, where he complet- 1 ed a course as airplane mech anic. He was then sent to San Diego, Calif., where he studied parts on a new plane, and then i went to % gunnery school at < Harllngen, Texas, where he re- I ceived his wings. He was then ! transferred to Clovls, New Mex co, to a bombardment school; i then to Biggs Field, Texas, < where he received his promo tion to S/figt. 8gt. Cross was made instruc- . tor at Biggs Field and was sta tioned there for several months ? before going to Topeka, Kan sas, as crew chief, where he 1 stayed until he volunteered for overseas duty In January of this year. He only had one 8- 1 day lurlough since his indue- : tion. Mr. and Mrs. Cross have two ? other sons in the service. Sgt. 1 Arthur H. Cross has been in I the service since June 1942 and is now stationed at Westover 1 Field, Mass., and Pvt. James C. Cross is located at West Hamp- i ton Beach, New York. He has < been In the service since March i 1943. I Senior Class Of F.HJS. i Sponsors Square Dance 1 A square dance will be given at the Agricultural building on Saturday night, June 3, by ' members of the graduating class of the Franklin high school. , A small admission of 60c per . couple or 35c per person will be charged and the proceeds , will go toward the Senior An- . nual. Good music will be furnished by local talent and several ! nice cakes will be auctioned off. ( A number of the parents, P.TA. members and teachers . will be present and a good time is expected. $1,044 For Macon County ' R. C. War Fund From Fontana Dam Employees John M. Archer, Jr., chairman of the 1944 Red Cross War Fund 1 Drive in Macon county, recent ly received a check from Ten-, , nessee Valley Authority in the amount of $1,044 for Macon county's donations In the Drive oonducted at the Fontana pro ject. This brings Macon county's total to (10,190.92, and the quo ta was $6,500.00. Leach And Porter Ordered To Depart For University Of Mississippi John Augustus Leach and J. Gordon Porter have received their orders to report to the University of Mississippi on Monday, June 7. They have en listed in the Army Specialized Training Reserve program, and both recently graduated from the Franklin high school. Series Of Services To ! Be Held At Mt. Hope Beginning on Sunday night, , June 4, a series of revival ser vices will begin at the Mt. Hope Baptist church on Cartoogech | aye, It has been announced by . the pastor, the Rev. J. o. Ben All State Officers Were Renominated Last Saturday R. Gregg Cherry won the Democrtic nomination for gov ernor over his major opponent. Dr. Ralph McDonald, in the State primaries last Saturday by an overwhelming majority. Macon county's vote for Cher ry was 1029, and for McDonald, 330. Complete returns of this county for a11 candidates are given below. In the race for U. S. Senator Clyde R. Hoey won an over whelming victory over Cameron Morrison all over the state. Macon county gave Hoey 835 votes and Morrison 382. The three other senatorial candi iates polled a total of 101 votes. L. Y. Ballentine won in the race for lieutenant governor aver W. I. Halstead and J. T. Lyda. All state officers on the tick et were renominated. Official returns by precincts: Franklin township, U. 8. Sen ator? Clyde R. Hoey, 368; Cam eron Morrison, 127; Arthur Simmons, 21; Marvin Lee Ritch, 26; Giles Yeoman Newton, 7. For Governor ? R. Gregg Cher ry, 423; Ralph McDonald, 149; 311a Ray Boyd, 1. For Lt. Governor ? W. I. Hal stead, 147; L. Y. Ballentine, 300; Jamie T. Lyda, 38. For Sec. of State? Thad Eure, 574; W. N. Crawford, 128. For State Auditor? George [loss Pou, 369; Fred S. Hunter, 118. Fgrr State Treasurer ? Charles M. Johnson. 304; L. J. Phipps, 166. For Lt Governor ? Republican ?George L. Green, 0; Robert L. Lovelace, 0; A. Harold Morgan, ?. For State Treasurer? Hiram B. Worth, 1; S. B. Roberts, 0. Mlllshoal precinct, U. S. Sen ator ? Clyde R. Hoey, 58; Cam iron Morrison, 21; Arthur Sim mons, 0; Marvin Lee Ritch, 0; jiles Yeoman Newton, 4. For Governor? R. Gregg Cher ry, 46; Ralph McDonald, 37; Olla Ray Boyd, 0. For Lt. Governor? W. I. Hal stead, 9; L. Y. Ballentine, 62; Jamie T. Lyda, 6. For Sec. of State? Thad Eure, 53; W. N. Crawford, 18. For State Auditor ? George Ross Pou, 369; Fred S. Hunter, 13. For State Treasurer? Charles M. Johnson, 58; L. J. Phillips, 10. For Lt. Governor? Republican ?George L. Green, 1; Robert L. Lovelace, 0; A. Harold Morgan, 9. For State Treasurer ? Hiram B. Worth, 1; 8. B. Roberts, 0. Ellijay precinct, U. 8. Sena tor ? Clyde R. Hoey, 42; Camer on Morrison, 12; Arthur Sim mons, 3; Marvin Lee Rltch, 2; Giles Yeoman Newton, 2. For Governor? R. Gregg Cher, ry, 37; Ralph McDonald, 23; OUa Ray Boyd, 3. For Lt. Governor? W. I. Hal stead, 6; L. Y. Ballentlne, 62; Jamie T. Lyda, 10. For Secretary of State? Thad Eure, 28; W. N. Crawford, 21. For State Auditor ? George Ross Pou, 25; Fred S. Hunter, 23. For State Treasurer? Charles M. Johnson, 36; L. J. Phlpps, IS. For Lt. Governor, Repub. ? George L. Greene, 1; Robert L. Lovelace, 1; A. Harold Morgan, 1. For State Treasurer ? Hiram B. Worth, 0; S. B. Roberts. 3. Sugarfork precinct, U. 8. Sen ator?Clyde R. Hoey, 4; Camer on Morrison, 0; Arthur Sim mons, 1; Marvin Lee Rltch, 0; Giles Yeoman Newton, 0. For Gov ? Cherry, 6; McDon ald, 2; Boyd, 0. For Lt. Gov.? Halstead, 1; Bal lentlne, 4; Lyda, 0. For Sec. of State ? Eure, 1; ? Continued On Page Six field. The Rev. V. N. Allen, pastor on the Macon Circuit will do the preaching each evening at 8 o'clock. The public is invited to attend.