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FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPT. 7, 1944
52.00 PER YEAR
Three Maccn County. Men
Missing In Action Overseas
Pvt. Robert L. Mashburn
Wounded Im Servics
Abicati
LIEUT. CHAS. M. HUNTER
Lieut. Charles M. Hunter, son
of Mrs. Pearl D. Hunter and the
late Nicholas J. Hunter of Frank
lin, was reported missing In
action in France on Agust 18.
Lieut. Hunter volunteered for
the service on September 1,
1941 He received training at
several camps. He was commis
sioned from the Officers Can
didate School at Fort Bennlng,
Oa. In February, 1843.
From Fort Bennlng he was
sent to Camp Croft, S. C. and
then to Greenville, Pa., where
he received his final training
before going overseas, in May
1943.
Lieut. Hunter had been serv
ing as company executive of
ficer In Italy for slme time and
was wounded in action during
the capture of Rome. The purple
heart medal which he received
In this action, he sent to his
mother a few weeks ago.
After recovering from wounds
he went back into action. In
letters to his mother he said
he was quite well, busy, and
hopeful of the Job being fin
ished before very long and the
happy day of his coming home.
T/SGT. WILLIAM V. QUEEN
T/Sgt. William V. Queen, son
of Thomas H. Queen, and the
late Mrs. Qaeen of Franklin,
route 3, has been reported miss
ing in action on August 7 in
France according to a message
received by his wife, Mrs. Cora
Joe Queen, of Kannapolls.
JOHN H. KEENER
Sict. John H. Keener, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Keener of
Franklin route 4, has been re
ported missing In action over
Yugoslavia on August 17, ac
cording to word received here
by his parents. He was an aer
ial gunner on a bomber.
Sgt. Keener entered the army
in 1943 and received training at
Miami, Fla. before being sta
tioned at Mitchell Field, N. Y.
for advanced instruction.
Before entering the service,
Sgt. Keener attended Franklin
JOHN H. KEENER
Missing In Action
LIEUT. CHARLES M. HUNTER
Missing In Action
high school and played football
for two years.
PVT. ROBERT L. MASHBURN
Pvt. Robert L. Mashburn, son
of Mrs. R. L. Allman of
Franklin, has been wounded in
action according to word receiv
ed here.
Lieut. Val S. Pierson Outwits
Nazis In Avellino Action, Italy
Highlands Soldier Escapes
' After Being Captured
By Nazis
Editor's Note: The follow -
) ing story Is an Army release
whtah is typical bi the sense
that it describes the heroism
and initiative of U. S. fight
ing men that is whining this
war for America on all the
battlefrants.
After one parachute Jump in
battle near Salerno, 1st Lieut.
Val S. Pierson, 24-years-old, of
Highlands was captured, he said
on 'his return from twenty-two
months in Africa, Sicily and
Italy.
His next leap was made from
n moving train at night near
Rome In a successful escape
from the Germans.
"I had only one combat
]ump," Lieut. Pierson related in
an Interview released recently
It was at Avelllno, a few days
att it the Salerno landings. Our
mission was to divert German
pressure against the invasion
loroes."
The young para troop officer
wore the Presidential Unit Cita
tion awarded to his 509th Par
achute Infantry Battlion, sepa
rate for Its bulldog heroism In
shopping an all-out German at
tack at Ansio later in the Ital
ian campaign.
A former employee of the
Atlanta (Oa.) Athletic Club,
and graduate of Georgia Mil
itary Academy, he was called to
duty as a reserve officer nearly
three years ago. He trained at
the parachute school at Fort
Denning, Oa., and Joined the
509th as a replacement In Eng
land in October, 1M2. Back in
this country, he Is spending his
leave with his father, 8. P. > ier
son, of Highlands.
About the Avelllno action, he
eoutlnued:
"W# took off from Sicily and
flew up to Salerno. We lumped
?t midnight, X landtd right In
LIEUT. VAL S. PIERSON
Escapes from Nacis
the town of Avellino."
The Germans kept the para
chute Infantry invaders fighting
continuously from the moment
they landed. The town was
headquarters for a regiment of
enemy Panzer Grenadiers. Other
German forces pitched into the
battle against the Americans who
were fighting from buildings
and fields throughout the area.
"It was a day and a half later
that I was captured," the lieu
tenant said. "Here's the way it
happened. We were all split up
and had suffered a lot of cas
ualties since the landing.
"Three of us were concealed
In the middle of a cornfield
right next to a road. A Jerry
spotted us and several Germans
set up a light machine gun
and fired on us. There wasn't
ir.uch to do but give ourselves
up."
But It wasn't long before
Lieut. Plerson was back with
his outfit again. The enemy
held him prisoner for two weeks
and sent him by train toward
Rom* to a prison camp.. He
lumped off the train at nighl
,mt Rap*, uii M?ftp* took
PFC. JOE MASHBL'RN
Pfc. Joe Mashburn son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Mashburn, who
was killed on August 1, in action
In France.
? uumallAN BtllHLE
SERVICES
11:00 a jn.? Every Sunday in
the S. T. Marett building on
Main Street. !
Mrs. George S. Saussy and
family have returned to Colum
bia, S. C., after spending the
season at "Highfield," their
summer home on the Walhalla
road.
LIEUT. D. L. DEAN
First Lieutenant Davis Logan
Dean, son of Herman Dean.!
of Franklin, has been assigned
to Buckinghan Army Air Field;
it was announced by Col. H. F,
Muenter, the commanding ofi
ficer. I
Lieut. Dean was an auto me-<
chanic before entering the army
approximately three and on?
half years ago. He was previ-1
ously stationed overseas In thd
European theatre of operation^
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to acknowledge witl
grateful appreciation the man]
Funeral Services For
Frank E. Mashburn
Frank Edward Mashburn, far
mer of the Sugar Fork section,
was buried at the Sugar Fork
Baptist church cemetery at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Funeral services were con
ducted by the Rev. J. F. Mash
burn and the Rev. Hull. Pall
bearers were Frank Ramey, En
nis Mashburn, Fred Cabe, Ed
Crisp, Sam Wilson, and Wiley
Brown.
Mr. Mashburn was sixty years
old.
He had been ill for two weeks
and died at Angel's hospital
Satuurday, September 2.
The son of the late Lon Hen
ry Mashburn and Synthla Aro
mlnta Mashburn, he was born
at Cullasaja on April 30, 1884.
In 1921 he was married to
the former Miss Faye Moses in
Ellijay.
He was a member of the
Christian church.
He is survived by his widow;
two daughters, Anna Lee Mash
burn of Goldsboro, Lucy Mash
burn of Allentown, Pa.; five
sons, Edward Ray, now serving
in the Merchant Marine some
where in the Pacific, Samuel,
James, Gilbert, and Richard, all
of Macon county; two sisters,
Mrs. Bertha Abernathy of Ashe
ville, Mrs. Nellie Ramey of
Waynesville; and two brothers,
Harley and Amos of Macon
county.
more than two additional weeks
be lore the paratrooper fugitive
regained American lines. After
that he had to spend a month
in the hospital recuperating
from yellow Jaundice. >
One comment the lieutenant
had about the Germans was:
"They seem to have fewer of- 1
fleers than we do. The officers
are good, but non-commission- j
ed officers seem to run the
German army, Just as 'non
coms' run the British army."
In December Lieut. Pierson
rejoined his 509th Battlion,
which then was getting ready
to go into the landings at An
zlo on January 22. During the
509th 's more than forty days
on the beachhead, he saw some
of the worst fighting of the
campaign amid winter mud as
fresh German troops strove des*
perately to push the Allies back
Into the Mediterranean? or kill
i them on the spot.
i "I don't remember much about
i Antlo," he said eoftly," except
i they got ? lot of my good burt
t 4lri there."
George H. Hill
To Assume Duties
As F. H. S. Wm ipal
George II. Hill, new principal
of Franklin hitsh schc ... will
assume his duties when -iacon
county schools open uu k. .iday,
September 18.
Mr. Hill, a graduate of Lin
coln Memorial Ui:i%ersu/ at
Harrogett, Tenn., h..s a mas
ter's degree from the Univer
sity of North Carolina, at
Chapel Hill.
Mr. Hill, a native of Georgia,
is and has been in the leach
ing profession mote Uu..- . ..ven
ty-live years of whitn ...ore
tnar. twenty has been s^eiit in
North Carolina. Beuie c.ming
ta Franklin, he taughi, ui Ojtk
boro for eight yeais.
He is married and ha., .hree
chilldren.
Town Boaru Appiw.j
Rest Benches
The Town Board at a meeting
Monday night made appropria
tions for rest benches 10 be
placed klong Phillips bt., near
the square and the jail, J. O.
Harrison, mayor, announced this
week.
O. C. Bryant Undergoes
Seirious Operation
O. C. Bryant, of Bryant Fur
niture Co. and Funeral Home, is
in Angel Clinic, after undergo
ing a serious appendectomy last
week. His son, Clell, is home
on emergency leave from Camp
Hood, Texas.
Eighteen-Year-Olds For
Selective Service, Who
Registered In August
The following 18-year-old boys j
registered for Selective Service j
during the month of August:
Lloyd Harmon Hodgins, Oeo.
Percy Cabe, Guy Monday Hen
son, Ralph Jackson Wood, Carl
Raymond Dowdle, James Ouffie,
Erwln Charles Rickmon, Ken
neth Roger Norton, Thomas Ira
Miller, Bennie Thomas Brown
ing, John Mack Boston. Billy
Dowell Norris, Charles Terrell
Tallent and Marlin Ray Benfiel.
Classifications
The following classifications
are announced by the local Se
lective Service Board:
1-A: Coyl Justice. Geo. Robert
Chavis, (col.), William Berkley
Speed, Carrol Kenneth Jacobs.
Henry Elmer Tippett, George
Keener, Jr., Joseph Jefferson
Buston (col.), Paul Everett Bu
chanan, Robert Willard Hall
(col >. Billy Deweese Meadows,
Howard Richard Hopkins, Clar
ence Conrad McMahan, Mar
shall Glenn Nichols. Bobbie Tom
Ledbftter, Arthur Junior Hurst
Herbert Lewis Crawford.
2-A: James Madison McCall.
Frant Medlln, Lambert Earl
Talley, Gus Daniel Hedden, Carl
Samuel Tallent, James Monroe
Grant, Lewis Lee Fouts.
2-B: Willard Bryant Sanders.
2-A-H: William Arlen Green -
wciod, Henry Augustus Holt,
Glenn Dehart.
Kail.
2-B-H: Frank Wayne Gibson,
Alex William Oarland, Dewey
Hobson Russell, John Murdoch
4-F-H: Cleveland Lafayette
Cartledge, Harry Doyal Painter.
1A-H: James Wm. Beasley,
Oeorge Washington Bateman,
Fred Davis, Wm, Elby Hodgin
Chas. Louis Corn, John Frank
lin Crane, Arthur Montgomery
Morgan, Harold Waldroon, Wil
liam Jerry McCall, Everett Benj.
May., Fred S. Littlejohn, Lad
die Harrington Crawford, Jim
Dewey Henry.
4-A: Oeorge William Reece,
Frank Dan Ray, Henry Plerson
Keener, Charles M. Rogers, Jno.
Fhilllp Anderson, Jesse Karr
Conley. Raleigh Jarvis Sanders.
The following men were clas
sified in 2-B by the Board of
Appeal: Riley Geronimo Saw
yer, Rany Anderson.
Health Clinic At Franklin,
Friday, September IS
The regular Health Clinic for
Franklin and vicinity will be
held the third Friday, Septem
ber IS. 10 to 12 A. M. and 1
to 8:30 P. M. at the Macon
County Health Department of
flco. Services offered Include
Infant and maternal welfare
pre-?chool chtlldren, maternal
tiyfien?, and tmmuniutiQM.
Harold Meyer Speaks
On Recreation At
Methodist Church
Dr Harold Meyer, executive
director of the North Carolina
hccreaiion. Committee, address
ed members of the Rotary Club,
the Lions Club and interesteu
citizens ot Macon county on
the subject of "Recreation" at
a meeting in the Franlln Meth
odist church on Tuesday even
ing.
Classifying recreation as one
of the live vital necessities of
a luxl lue, Dr. jvieyer stated that
all ages need some form of
recreation. Governor Broughton
sensed a need of a program ol
this kind in North Carolina and
last year appointed a commit
tee lor this purpose.
In giving facts and figures for
other communties where this
program is already in operat
ion, Dr. Meyer stressed that it
was not alone for children, for
delinquents, for people who did
not have the same advantages
as others, but It is for "We,
The People."
Recreation is definitely on the
march. President Roosevelt in
a recent speech stated that It
must be considered in the next
peace conference.
Since this meeting was spon
sored by the Rotary Club in
the hope of getting some plans
under way for a recreational
mogram in Macoun county, Dr.
Meyer gave some suggested
steps to start such a movement.
By putting recreation in a
proportionate place in the whole
some life of a community, Dr.
Meyer believes that "We The
People" will have a richer more
abundant life.
T. W. Porter Improving
After Severe Fall
T. W. Porter, Franklin post-'
master, who fell from a tree
last week trying to catch some
chickens, Is improving. He broke
an arm and leg in the fall. On
Monday he returned to his home
from the hospital.
HUNTING RULES
ARE ANNOUNCED
Seasons and Bag Limits
Given By Warden
Fred Bryson
Hunting regulations for the
coming season have been an
nounced this week by J. Fred
Bryson, game warden. a
On September 15, the season
will open on squirrel with a
limit of six and ending on De
cemter \5.
The season on rabbit and
quail will open, on November 23
and end on February 10 with a
limit of ten for each.
Deer hunting will be restrict
ed to the fifteen days between
November 1 and November 15.
The limit is one buck.
The bear season opens on Oc
tober 15 and allows the hunter
inimals before closing on Jan
jary 1.
Ruffed grouse can be hunted
Between Thanksgiving Day and
Fanuary 1 with a limit of two.
Raccoon and 'possum can be
lunted from October 15 to Feb
ruary 15 with no limit.
There will be no season for
?urkey this year, Mr. Bryson
tnnoUnced.
Muskrat and mink can be
rapped by hunters from Ne
'e bpr 15 to February 15.
There will be no Sunday
milling. Ail repeating shotguns
nust be plugged to hold not
nore than three shells.
Licenses can be bought from:
l"ranklin, Macon County Sup
>ly Co., Angel's Drug Store;
lighlands. Highlands Hardware,
larry H. Holt; Cullasaja, Roy
Stiwlnter, C. T. Bryson; Scaly,
r. D. Burnett; Otto, L. M. Hen
011 ; Shortoff, Robert McCon
lell; Cartoocgechaye, J. R.
iouthard; Rainbow Springs,
4rs. Frank Phillips; Kyle, Bruce
>uvall; Flats, W. W. Cochran;
Jantahala, Fred L. Babington;
lurnlngtown, Orady Duvall;
Vest's Mill, C. N. West.
NEWS OF OUR
M EN w WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
PVT. WOODROYV ZIMMERMAN
Pvt. Woodrow Zimmerman,
son of J. Sidney Zimmerman of
Franklin, who was wounded in
action according to word re
ceived here.
S 1/C EDGAR N. GUFFEY
'L.8. V? Mw Ouffey la sta
I ESd A'?*. F1?- He ?n
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SGT. NEWEL LAKEY
Sgt. Newel Lakey, son of Mrs.
Maggie Lakey of Franklin, has
recently arrived at Welch Con
valescent hospital, the army's
new reconditioning center in
Davtono. Beach, Fla. The care
fully planned program of phy
sical and educational recon
ditioning will keep him very
busy, and will put him in the
pink of condition. Sgt. Lakey
entered the army in August 1939
in Charlotte. Since then, Newel
has served thirteen months
overseas. He also got the Purple
Heart.
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LIEUT. HORACE C. HURST
Second Lieut. Horace C. Hurst,
of Franklin, navigator on a B
17 flying fortress, has been
awarded the third Oak Leaf
cluster to the Air Medal at an
Eighth Army air base in Eng
land. The presentation was
made by his group commander,
Col Hunter Harris, Jr., of Ath
ens, Ga.
I.;. Hurst is the son of Mr.
nrd Mrs. H. C. Hurst, of Frank
lin.
Prior to entering the Army
forces in May, 1942. Lt. Hurst
was a student at N. C. State
college. He received his naviga
tor's wings in February, 1944,
at Selman Field, Monroe, La.
FRED HOUK IN NAVY
Fred Houk, son of Mr. and Mrs.
O. L. Houk, spent the week end
with his parents He is sta
tioned at Carson-Newman, Jef
ferson City, Tenn. with the
Navy V-12 training unit.
PVT. CLELL BRYANT
Pvt. Clell T. Bryant, son of
O. C. Bryant, is home on an
emergency furlough because of
his father's illness. Pvt. Bryant
is stationed at North Camp
Hood, Texas with the tank dls
troyers.
Pvt. Victor Horn Perry, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Perry of
- Harrison avenue, is home on
* i furlough. Pvt. Perry Is statlontd
tat Davidson college, Davidson,
In, o,