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VOL. LIX? NO. 39 FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMER 28, 1944 $2.00 PER YEAR
961 ENROLL
AT HLSCHOOL
Twenty-Seven Members
Serve At School
Faculty
Final enrollment this week of
late students brought the num
ber of students attending the
Franklin high and elementary
schools to 961. This total figure
included 590 students in the
elementary grades, one through
eight, and 365 students in the
four year high school classes.
The faculty Included twenty
six teachers and the principal,
George H. Hill.
_ The following list is the fac
ulty and the courses they are
to teach:
Miss Annie Bailey, commer
cial; Mrs. Lorene Tessier, social
sciences; Mrs. Katherlne O'Nell, |
home economics; Miss Emily i
Harrison, French; Miss Mam- '
mie Pry or, mathematics; Mrs.
Lois Fulton, mathematics; Mrs.
Helen Manning, science; Mrs.
Katherlne Mathews, English;
Miss Edith Boesser, 8th grade;
Mrs. Marie Stewart, English;
Mrs. Virginia Baldwin, science;
E. J. Whitmlre,- agriculture; Mrs.
Virginia Ramsey, 7th grade.
W. O. Crawford, athletic coach
and 8th grade; Mrs. W. J. Hun
nlcutt, 6th grade; Mrs. Mar
garet Ramsey, 5th grade; Mrs.
Edith S. Hemphill, 5th grade;
Mrs. Ruth Fouts, 4th grade;
Miss Edna Jamison, 4th grade;
Mrs. Pearl Hunter, third grade;
Miss Esther Wallace, third
grade; Mrs. Kate Williams, sec
ond grade; Mrs. Elsie Franks,
second grade; Mrs. Elizabeth
Ouffey, first grade; Mrs. Amy
' Henderson, first grade; Miss
Mayberyl Moody, 6th grade and
George H. Hill, principal.
F. H. S. Physical Ed.
Program Begun
The Franklin high school
physical education program un
der the direction of W.O.Craw
ford, athletic coach, will in
clude two periods per day for
boys and girls. Although the
high school is short of facilities,
Mr. Crawford says that the
students will make the best of
the situation.
Hunting
Reguulations For Bear,
Bore Announced;
One Each
Regulations for hunting big
game In the N. C. and U. 8.
Cooperative Wildlife areas in
Nantahala National Forest, Pis
gah National Forest and the
Mt. Mitchell and Daniel Boone
area were announced this week
by game officials.
Hunting in the Nantahala Na
tional Forest will be limited to
the Santeetlah forest wildlife
refuge where fourteen bear and
bore hunts have been scheduled.
Hunting will be allowed in the
Big Santeetlah Drainage area,
the Little Santeetlah Drain
age arefc, and the Slick Rock,
Bear and Barker's Creek areas
In tiraham County. Hunting will
be in the two-day periods be
ginning on October 18 and 17.
Each hunter will be allowed
one bear and one bore and no
other wildlife may be molested
in any manner, game officials
announced.
A drawing will be held in
Ashevllle to determine partici
pants in the hunt. The appli
cant who must have access to
dog*, if successful may Invite
not more than twenty-four per
sons. All persons must have a
valid N. C. hunting license. No
hunting will be permitted at
night.
"All firearms except rifles
using rim-fire cartridges, shot
guns, smaller than 18-gauge,
and side tfrms may be used.
Shot-gun ammunition will be
limited to the solid-load type,"
game officials said.
Six bear hunts will be held In
Sherwood Forest area In Pis
gah forest, beginning on Oc
tober 16 and 17. A drawing will
be held If there should be more
applicants than the game au
thorities permit.
Applications are to be made
on forms prescribed to J. H. Lon
ihore, agent, North Carolina
Division of Game and Inland
Fisheries, 38 Latt Building, Ashe
vlUe, N, 0,
Tin Salvage
October 2 To 7 Set For
4
Salvage Drive
Mrs. Charles Bradley, chair
man of Woman's Salvage Di
vision of Macon County, an
nounces that the first week in
October will be set aside for a
broad drive for tin cans. N. E.
Edgerton, chairman of N. C.
Salvage Committee of Raleigh,
in a recent announcement said,
"There Is no tin at all coming
in except from salvage and a
very small amount from Boliva
? the Japs have the rest of it
and soon we'll have it from
them. In the meantime, we can
and will salvage tin food cans
? more and more of them."
Mrs. Bradley commends home
makers for salvaging tin cans
in the past. More than a ton
of cans have already been tak
en to Asheville by the Coca
Cola Bottling Company.
This special drive is to get
those prepared off to the sal
vage headquarters. Mrs. Brad
ley says there will be no one
collecting cans. Please bring
them to Baldwin & Liner Feed
Store on Palmer street, Octo
ber 2-7. These cans are not to
be taken unless they have had
the labels removed, washed, and
flattened.
Final Rite* Held For
Z. W. Crase Wednesday
Zedlc Wootson Cruse, 81 years
old,, died at a local hospital on
Tuesday after an illness of sev
eral months.
Funeral services were held at
Maiden's Chapel on Wednesday
and burial was in the church
cemetery. The Rev. V. N. Allen,
pastor, officiated.
Mr. Cruse was a native of
Cherokee County where he was
born in 1803. He lived in Clay
County for a number of years.
His wife was the former Miss
Arle Mosteller of Clay County
who has been dead for twenty
years.
He was engaged in farming
and timber cutting. He belong
ed to the Church of Ood in
Clay County,
Survivors are one son, Fred
E. Cruse of Prentiss, one daugh
ter, Mrs. Mae Prince of Chat
tanooga, Tenn., one sister, Mrs.
Arle (Doc) Waldroop of Frank
lin, route 1; fourteen grand
children and four great-grand
childrln.
Potts Funeral directors were
In charge of the arrangements.
Methodist Fellowship
Resumes Meetings
The monthly meetings of the
the Methodist Youth Fellow
Macon County Sub-district of
ship will resume its regular
schedule Monday, October 2, at
8 o'clock p. m., at the Union
Methodist church on the Macon
circuit. Meetings for July, Aug.
and Sept. were cancelled be
cause of polio.
Sanders Boy Succumbs
To Tetanus in Gastonia
Manson L. Sanders, 12-year-old
soft of Mr. and Mrs. Edmond
Sanders, of O as Ionia, formerly
of Franklin, died In the Oaston
hospital in Oastonla on Tues
day morning at 8 <30 o'clock,
following an illness of one week.
Death was caused from tetanus,
as the result of sticking a nail
In his foot on Monday prior to
hi* death.
The body was brought back
home and funeral services were
held at the Pleasant Hill Bap
tist church on Wednesday aft
ernoon at 3 o'clock. The Rev.
Lester Sorrells, officiated, as
sisted by the Rev. Lester Wil
liams and the Rev. Terrell
Cloer. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
The pallbearers Included Paul
Ledford, Clarence Stockton, Fred
McConnell, Frank Mason, Ter
rell Cloer and Jay Mason.
Surviving besides, the parents
are two sisters, Mrs. Anna Lee
Radford, and Captolla Sanders,
Of Qastoma; five brothers, Rob
ert P., Orady, Wiley, Charles
and Victor, all of Oastonla; one
brother-in-law, Kenneth Rad
ford, the grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Manson A. Sanders, of
Franklin, and the Rev. and
Mrs. Lester Ledford, or North
Skeenah.
The Bryant Funeral directors
were In charge of the final ar
rangement!.
FHS TEAM
IS ORGANIZED
W. G. Crawford, Coach,
Says Team Has Goad
Prospect
The Franklin high school
football team will begin this
year's gridiron season when it
plays Brevard College at Bre
vard on Friday, F.H.8. Athletic
Coach, W. a. Crawford, anno
unced today. The first home
game will be played against
Murphy high school on Friday,
October 20.
Prospects for a winning team
this year are good despite the
fact that there are only five
lettermen returning to play ball
this year, Coach Crawford said.
The football team has collect
ed more than eighty dollars from
local citizens and firms In
Franklin for equipment. A list
of contributors will be publish
ed next week.
The tentative schedule of
games Is:
Canton high school, (night
game), there, Oct. 6; Brevard
high school, there, Oct. 13; Mur
phy high school, here, Oct. 20;
Cornelia (Oa.) high school,
here, Oct. 27 ; Brevard high
schcol, here, Nov. 3; open, No- 1
vember 10; Waynesville high
school, (night game), there, '
Nov. 17 ; Murphy high school, I
there, Nov. 23.
Rites For Reimer Infant
Held At Bethel Church
Funeral services for the in
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Clay
ton Roosevelt Reimer were held
at the Bethel Methodist church
on Monday afternoon at 3:00
o'clock.
The mother, Mrs. Reimer, was
the former Miss Johnnie Nix
and the father is serving in
the United States Army.
Health Clinic Held
Monday, October 2
The regular Health Clinic (or
Franklin and vacinity will be
held Monday, October 1!, iro:Ti
1 to 3 o'clock, p. m. at the Ma
con County Health Department
office. >
Services offered includc in
fant and maternal welfare pre
school children, maternal hygi
ene and immunizations.
Dr. W. E. F.urr Speak*
At Lions Club Meeting
Dr. W. E. Furr, chairman War
Price Rationing Board of Ma
con County, spoke on the im
portance of the Office of Price
Administration and Its work at
a meeting of the Franklin Li
on's Club, Monday, L*ptcmber
25, at the Dixie Grill.
The Lions Club haj received
a letter from the National
Foundation for Infantile Para
lysis, Catawba County Chapter
for the contribution made to
the Emergency Polk) Hospital at
Hickory.
Also a letter has been receiv
ed from the Macon County
Board of Charities and Wel
fare reporting on the eye clinic
through which thirty-three peo
ple have received service. Sev
en children of school age have
been supplied with glasses by
the Lions Club.
BAPTIST PASTORS TO MEET
MONDAY IN FRANKLIN
The regular monthly meet
ing of the Macon County Bap
tist Pastors will be held at 11
o'clock, Monday, Oct. 2, at the
Baptist church, Franklin. All
pastors are urged to attend.
Dr. George Bellingrath
To Preach Here Sunday
Dr. George Bellingrath will
preach at the Presbyterian
church at the regular Sunday
morning service at 11 o'clock.
Everyone is cordially Invited to
attend.
NEWS or OUR
M EN w WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
CFL. JAMES N. HUNT
Cpl. James N. Hunt, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Hunt
3t Franklin, Is completing his
training on a Liberator bomber
at Pueblo Army Air base. He
is the radio operator on his
crew, and is being fitted to be
a valuable member of a team
that will carry the fight Into
enemy territory. Hunt entered
the service in July 1943.
LIEUT. JOS. L. CLARK
Second Lieut. Joseph Logan
Clark, of Gainesville, Oa., spent
his ten-day furlough with his
uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph L. Clark at Cullasaja,
and parents Mr. and Mrs. R.H. 1
Clark of Gainesville, Ga. Lieut.1
Clark is formerly of Macon
county. He graduated at River
Bend high school, Georgia and
took two years college at Ra
burn Gap, Ga.
Lieut. Clark took his basic
training at Keesler Field, Miss,
and five months' college at C.
T. D., Ersklne College, at Due
West, S. C. He took his flight
training in the Southeast, Mis
sissippi, Arkansas, Alabama, and
Tennessee. He received his wings
at Columbus Army Air Field,
Miss, the 8th day of Sept. 1944.
He will report from here to
Henrich Field, Sebrlng, Fla. for
first pilot training B-17 flying
fortress.
Pfc. Ernest L. Holland, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Z. Holland
of Cullasaja Is spending a 15
day furlough at home. He Is
stationed at Napier Field, Do
than, Ala.
?it?
1/C George N. McPherson,
son of Mrs. J. M. McConnell, of
spending a 21 -day leave at
home.
8 1/C James M. McOonnell,
' son of Mrs. J. M. McConneyl of
Prentiu haa returned to Camp
Peary, Va. after spending a
win-day lf?vi ?t home.
PFC. GROVER Q. WALDROOP
Pfc. Grover Q. Waldroop, son
of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Wal
droop of Franklin, has return
ed from service outside the con
tinental United States and is
now being processed through
the Army ground and service
forces Redistribution Station In
Miami Beach where his next
assignment will be determined.
Pfc. Waldroop served thirty
one months In the Southwest
Pacific theatre of operations.
JOHN M. VANHOOK
John M. Vanhook has arriv
ed in Camp Croft, S. C. for
basic training. He is the son of
Mrs. Effie Vanhook of Frank
lin. He was Inducted Into the
Army on July 20 at Camp
Croft. He attended three years
at high school. Before induc
tion he was employed as a far
mer.
PVT. ALLEN A. ANGEL, JR.
Having arrived at Keesler
Field, Miss., Pvt. Allen Archie
Angel, Jr., son of Mrs. A. A.
Angel, Franklin, U now being
examined by the AAF Training
Command station medical and
psychological unit to determine
his qualifications as a pre
avlatlon cadet.
Flying officer training as a
pilot, bombardier or navigator
will be given Pvt. Angel upon
successful completion of the
processing he is undergoing at
Keesler Field.
PVT. CLYDE H. SHULER
Pvt. Clyde H. Shuler, son of
Mrs. Jess Shuler of Franklin,
has returned from service out
side the continental United
States and is now being pro
cessed through Army ground
and Service forces redistribu
tion station in Miami Beach,
where his next assignment will
be determined.
Pvt. Shuler served 29 months
i as a member of the Infantry
i In the South Pacific theatre of
lopenUwv.
Four Men Casualties
In Overseas Fighting
LIEUT. CHARLES M. HUNTER
KILLED IN ACTION
Burning Permits
Regulations For Brush
Announced
Your cooperation is request- I
ed in preventing forest fires 1
this fall. Our trees are fighting
too. We must protect them. We
will also need them, after we
have won the war.
According to County Forest
Warden, J. Fred Bryson, of the
Division of Forestry, North Car
olina Department of Conserva
tion and Development, there
are numerous ways forest . fires
can be prevented. When you
have brush or other debris that
needs to be burned, see your
Forest Warden for advice on
how to burn and when to bum.
You must obtain a Burning
Permit if brush or other ma
terial is burned between the
first day of October and the
thirteenth day of November, or
between the first day of Febru
ary and the first day of June. I
The State Forest Fire Law
says, "It shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corpora
tion to start or cause to be
started any fire or ignite any
material, In any of the areas
of woodlands under the protec
tion of the State Forest Serv
ice or within five hundred feet
if any such protected area, be
tween the First day of February
and the First day of June, In
clusive, or bewteen the first
day of October and the thir
teenth day of November, in
clusive, . in any year, without
first obtaining from the State
Forester or one of his duly
authorized agents, a permit to
set out fire or ignite any ma
terial In such above mentioned
protected areas; no charge
_i 11 ? i _ a ii ?
siittil uc mauc lUi uic giauwtig
of said permits.
TO BRUSH AND SEDGE 1
1. Clear Strips? Plow a clean '
strip all around the field, wide
enough to keep the fire from 1
getting away. | 1
2. Pile Brush ? Make small 1
piles in the open away from 1
woods and fences. 1 1
3. Have Tools and Help ? Call
In your neighbors to help. Have 1
rakes and water ready. Don't 1
burn on a windy day.
4. Burn Against Wind ? Set j
fire In grass along the edge of 1
the plowed strip to burn Into
the wind. Burn brush piles from 1
the leeward and start on the
uphill side of the field first.
Burn one pile to test the wind;
then only as many at one time
as you know you can handle.
5. Burn on Quiet, Moist Days
? Burn after 4 p. m. when air
moisture is Increasing. Be par
ticularly careful during the
worst fire months? March, Ap
ril, and November.
6. Cut Before Leaving? Keep
at least one man on the job
until every spark is out.
Burning permits may be se
cured from the following:
Register of Deeds Office; Ran
ger John Wasllk, Jj\; County
Warden; or any fire town.
Nantahala Lake Closet
To Fulling Saturday
The Nantahala Lake closes to
fishing on Saturday September
SO, J. Fred Bryson, game war
den, announced this week.
The lake will be open to fish
ermen again oil June 10 of next
year although fishing will be
w? *Mt?r Sunday una
Two Macon Men Killed;
One Missing; One
Wounded
Three Macon County men
were reported casualties this
week according to word receiv
ed here from the War and Navy
Departments. They were: killed,
Lieut. Charles M. Hunter, Pfc.
John O. Hauser; missing, Pfc.
George T. Martin; wounded,
6 1/c Clarence I. Miller.
LIEUT. CHAS. M. HUNTER
Lieut. Charles M. Hunter, son
of Mrs. Pearl Hunter and the
late Nicholas J. Hunter of Frank
lin, lias been reported killed in
action according to woid re
ceived by his mother from the
War Department Monday. He
had been previously reported
missing In action on August 18.
Lieut. Hunter had been over
seas for seventeen months and
had been wounded during the
campaign to capture Rome, the
Italian capital. He entered serv
ice in September, 1941. He re
ceived training at several camps
before he was commissioned at
Fort Benning, Oa. in Febru
ary, 1943.
Lieut. Hunter was a graduate
of Franklin high school and
the University of North Caro
lina. Before entering the serv
ice, he was budget director for
B. F. Goodrich Company, Ma
con, Ga.
Survivors in addition to his
mother Include: one brother,
Nicholas Hunter, stationed at
Jacksonville, Fla. In the navy;
one sister, Miss Ida Lee Hun
ter, of Los Angeles, Calif.; and
sthers.
PFC. JOHN G. HAUSER
Pfc. John G. Hauser was kill
ed In action in France on toep
tember 17, according bo word
received here by his mother,
Mrs. Betty A. Hauser of Frank
lin. Pic. Hauser was 36 years
aid, the son of the late Luther
W. Hauser.
He entered service In May,
1942 and took training at Camp
Wheeler, Macon, Oa., and Camp
Blanding, Fla. In October, ltt4z,
the infantry unit with which
tie served landed in England
md he went to France on the
first day of the invasion of the
Brittany coast.
Before entering the service,
Pfc. Hauser was employed by
the Bryant Funeral Home and
furniture Co. for ten years.
He is survived by his mother,
(our brothers, Quince, James
tt., of Franklin, iiviilion, of Win
ston-Salem, ana William, with
the Infantry soinev/here In ?
France.
PFC. GEORGE T. MARTIN
Pic. George T. Martin has
Seen reported missing in action
in August 30, according to word
received by his mother, Mrs. J.
L. Martin of Franklin, route 1.
He is the son of the late Rev.
I. L. Martin.
Pfc. Martin received his basic
training at Camp Croft, 8. C.
and Ft. Meade, Md. In June, he
arrived in England with the ln
tantry unit to which he was at
tached.
He is a graduate of Franklin
high school and entered service
soon after his graduation In
1943. He was home on furlough
In May, 1944 for fourteen days.
S 1/C CLARENCE I. MILLER
S 1/C Clarence I. Miller, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Miller
has been awarded the purple
heart for injuries received In
Invasion landings off Perry Isl
and, Enewetok Atoll, according
to a navy press release received
here. He is now on duty at the
Navy yard, Washington, D. C.
S 1/C Miller has been serv
ing with the Navy since March,
1943.
Large Potatoes, Corn
Grown by Macon F armers
Fred W. Horn and Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Hyatt have raised
a yield of exceptionally large
potatoes from 100 lbs. of cer
tified Sequoyah potatoes, on a
piece of land Jointly fanned on
the Highland Road, two miles
from Franklin. One potato
brought to the Press office
weighed two pounds and two
ounce*.
Mr. Horn also reports that on
another piece of land he has
grown a stalk of corn fourteen
feet, two inches tall, and the
lowest ear of corn Is eight and
one-halt feet from the ground,