nfelttt amb ?II|e IfjtgljlatvbjS Iflacouiati PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL ? JADE PENDENT VOL. LIX ? NO. 48 FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, NOV. 30, 1944 $2.00 PER YEAR Speed Victory With Bond Buying! Tuberculosis Seal Sale Opens County Campaign George H. Hill, School Principal, Elected Chairman George H. Hill, principal of the Franklin high school, has been named chairman of the annual Christmas Seal sales for Macon county, It was announc ed here this week. Seals Being Mailed Mr. Hill stated that the seals would be mailed to the various schools and organiza ions ii the county at once, and the de lay In the county getting start ed on the sales, is due to the chairman not receiving his ap pointment until this wegk. However, the delay in opening the campaign is not expected to affect the sales In the town and county. County Chairman Hill called the attention to the fact that 75 per cent of the proceeds de rived from the sale of seals will remain In Macon county to form the operating. fund* " ' the Maoon County Tuberculosis Association, which expends the funds to aid needy persons af flicted with tuberculosis, and to an active campaign for the prevention of the disease. Definite Rise in Core Already there is a definite rise in the cure of the disease in many counties, Mr. Hill said, and every stamp purchased in Macon county ' will aid in pre venting an upward trend in our county. Every person who buys a stamp, does more than contribute to a worthy cause, he is helping to save a human life and brighten that life with new hope and a chance of happiness. He is also helping to shield himself and his fam ily from the ever present dan ger of tuberculosis. He is buy- ? lng a little health bond. Regardless of the importance of the E-Bond sale, of the Im pending holidays, and regard less of everything else, the little "bug" of the "Great White Plague" works on ? Incessantly, night and day, and the seal bearing the double-birred cross will be the bond that will be demanding the attention during j the next month. RED CROSS OFFICERS MEET Rev. Jackson Huneycutt, Methodist Pastor, Is Elected Chairman Rev. Jackson W. Huneycutt, pastor of Franklin Methodist church, was appointed chair man of the Macon county War Fund Drive, at a meeting held on Tuesday evening by the officers and executive members of the Red Cross. Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, chair man of the Red Cross for Ma con county, presided, and gave the members their role of work for the coming year. Gilmer A. Jones was appoint ed chairman of the Home Serv ice committee who will assist in taking and delivering mes sages to families from the men in service. Mr. Jones will ap point his assistants to help him In the work. Mrs. Hill To Be Here Mr. Morgan announced that Mrs. Caroline Hill, general field representative of the American Red Cross, from Greenville, S. C., will visit the Macon county chapter on Thursday, Decem ber 7, In the Interest of the chapter's work. She Is par ticularly Interested in having an interview with the War Fund chairman, Home 8ervlce chairman. Home Nursing and the Production chairmen. These meetings. In the Inter est of the Red Cross work in Macon county, are held month ly, and at each meeting all the officers and executive members are urged to be present. Meat packers claim they use "all the pig but the squeal." Put the forest industries beat that record by using all the tm? even the bark. Selective Serivce Macon County Men Leave For Induction The following men were for warded to Camp Croft, S. C., on November 24, for prelnduc tion physical examinations, it has been announced by the local service board: Charles Terrell Tallent, Chas. Ellis Allen, Cecil Henry Day, Samuel Astor Ashe, Virgil Fred Crisp, Warren Jewel Grant, Or vel Franks, John Howard My ers, Jay Lloyd Stamey, Carl Lewis Chastain, Virgil H. Tal lent, Kyle Theodore Watts, Paul Gray Ward, James Logan Sanders, Roy Jackson Corbin, Harvey Ronald Barnes, Bert Henry Baldwin, Henry Horace Hurst, Earl Wilson Mason, Bob Franklin Burch, Lonzo Wood ard, Bennle B. Haire, Gordon Hez Dills, John Robert Ander son, Vernon Luther Holland, Aaron Hall Miller, Roy Price William Franklin Billingsley, Cameron Woodrow . Franklin. Clyde Dover Lakey and Chas. Odell Roper who were listed on this call were transferred to other local boards for examina tion. The local draft board wishes to find the present whereabouts of James Frederick Corpening whose former address is route 1, Franklin. Any person having any knowledge of the present whereabouts of this registrant will please advise the board at once. War Bond Sales Moving Slowly Gilmer A Jones, co-chair man of the Sixth War Loan Drive in Macon county has an nounced that $15,203.00 had been reported through the Fed eral Reserve Bank, as the amount of bonds sold in the county in the first week of the drive. These figures are very low for one week of sales, Mr. Jones stated, and if the citizens of Macon county do not show an Increased interest in buying, the county will fall far short of meeting Its quota, which is $i54,000, with a total of $104, 000 to be sold in "E" Bonds or Individual bonds. Mr. Jones urges the people of Macon county to buy bonds, more bonds and buy until it hurts, for the sales In the Sixth War Loan Drive is go ing to be one of the toughest we have ever faced. We will have to fight a spirit of over optimism on the part of many who feel that the war In Eu rope is practically over and for get the all-out battle we have yet bo fight in Japan. The cost of the war must, be paid for In War Bond dollars. Annette Rouda Killed In Car Wreck ?m S. C. News was received here last week by Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wooten of the death of their granddaughter, Miss Annette Rcuda, of Anderson, S. C. | Miss Rouda, 16, a student in the 10th grade of Anderson high school, was killed In stantly on Wednesday of the past week, while standing on the street awaiting her bus. An I emntv car was struck by a passing truck, hurling it over against the girl, causing mul tiple injuries, also including a crushed skull. The driver of the car. who was from Atlanta, did not see the girl, he stated, as the other car was rolling down the street and he ran Into the parked empty car to avoid hitting the roiKn? p McCall, Carl Ervln Hugglns, . James Ervln Smith, EarlMash i burn, Lorenz Moses, CarlDwite . Green, Dewey Hobson Russell, , | Carson Wm. Medford, Thad ?Con Untied On hp Six Total of Has Been Collet ted In Campari John M. Archer, chairman of the United War i una Jam paign for Macon county, stat ed this week that a total of $8,848.48 had been ealloc' ;d la the recent drive wh ~ ,u passes the goal ainu aco-. jun.ty by $384.-1. ;i\ - en the county wa:, $7,000.00. Mr. Archer was highly pitai ed with the way the county responded in this drive. "It looked for a while as though the goal would not be met," he said. "The citizens in Ma con county have never let a good cause down, and they couldn't afford to do jo at thi; time," he further stated. Fontana -i y ? s ? . jra The contribu ft.. i ? ci. Ialia, given cy uie employee., from Macon cumitj totaled $910.35. The communities and work ers with the amounts raised are as follows: Highlands, $2,004.80, Sidney McCarty, chairman; Mrs. Eva Massey, Miss June Thompson, Tudor N. Hall, C. J. Anderson, Potts brothers, Mrs. Roy Phil lips, Mrs. Elliott Caziarc, Miss Ruth Carter, O. F. Summer, J. ? L>. Bumette (Scaly), Mrs. Ag nes Chastain, Miss Marion Norton, Miss Carolina Hall, Mrs. Virginia Merrill, Miss Ellie Wilson, Gene Wood. II. S. Tal ley, Robert Chastain, O. R. Mc Connell, 8. C. Russell., W. H. Cobb, Frank B. Cook. Prentiss-Union, $95.00, Mrs. Ned Teague, chairman; Mrs. John Cunningham, Tom Stiles. Mrs. Jack Oribble, Jack Nich ols. Skeenah, '$57.69, Frank Flem ing, chairman; Harley McCon nell, Mrs. Edwin Stiles, Mrs. Ira Ledford, Mrs. Wiley Stamey. Patton community, $14.50, Thad Patton, chairman. Rabbitt Crek, $158.00, Mrs. and Mrs. John C. Ferguson. Iotla, $41.13, Miss Nora Moody, chairman; Miss Vir ginia Cansler, Miss Dorothy Welch, Miss Betty Jane Tip pett. Miss Helen Evans, Her schel Tallent, Howard Tallent. Jack Roper. Upper Cartoogechave, $142.23. Mrs. Joe Setser and Mrs. Carl ? Continued On P?|f Six SGT. WOODY WOUNDED AGAIN IN ACTION Sgt. G rover Woody of the Burnlngtown section of Macon county, has been, wounded the second time in action, accord ing to a message received by his mother, Mrs. Allie Woody. Sgt. Woody received his first wound oi\ August 7, while In action in France, and was In a hospital in England fors-r^e time before turning t,o the line of duty. A message stated that he had again been wounded and was now in a hospital in Holland. Mrs. Woody has received the Oak Leaf Cluster Pin from him. Buv W Fonds Hurry K:c54'as \r.d Write Santa Caus Dear Kiddies: You havent written Santa yet to tell him of the things you want him to bring for your Christmas ? you must hurry, so we can print your letter in the Press where he will see it. Of course he takes the Press. Santa may have to travel before Christ mas through the snow this Christmas, and might have to use his Rein Deer team to make the trip to visit you if ? the weather is so he can't fly his plane or drive his car, so you better get your letter to him as soon as you can. You know he has thousands of little ones he must visit each year? if they are good children.