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FRANKLIN, N. C.. THURSDAY, DEC. 14, 1944
VOL. LIX? NO. 50
? Macon Resident Found
| j Dead In Cartoogechaye
Life-Long Resident Meets
Death In Cartooge
chaye Section
James M. Blaine. 64, resident j
of the Cartoogechaye commun
ity, was found dead in the Car
toogechaye creek near the Sla
Dairy barn, three mile?
of Franklin, on Thursday
about 9:30 o'clock by
neprww. Earle Blaine, with
Jhom he lived.
""Mr. Blaine had been in ill
health for about five years, and
had been accustomed to sleep
ing late fn the morning, and on
TWOiday #uiorning he got up
and dreiraed and went to the
barn, and when he failed to
return, his nephew went in
search of him. and trailed him
to the creek bank. He found his
hat and walking cane on the
creek bank and the body sever
al yards down the creek.
Walter Dean, deputy sheriff, I
stated that he went to the
scene and all evidence shewed
that he had evidently tried to
wade across the creek and I
found the water to be too deep '
and swift, as his body had been i
Vashed about 100 yards down
th?e creek and was lying in |
sallow water. No inquest was
"Ifjemed necessary. |
Mr. Blaine, who was unmar- 1
ried, ww the son of the late!
John and 8a rah Rnloe Blaine.
a farmer and had lived |
in lfacon county all his life. ||
He ??as a member of the Pat
ton Chapel Methodist church.
Funeral services will be held
on Friday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock at the Patton Chapel
Methodist church, with the
Rev. V. N. Allen, ?pastor, offi
ciating. Interment will be in
the church cemetery.
The pallbearers will be John
Blaine, Jess Shope, Ted Blaine,
1yd Long. Paul Blaine and
lyde Ledford, all nephews.
Surviving are four brothers.
L. Blaine, of Franklin route
T. L. Blaine, Prentiss, J. W.
Blaine, and O. L. Blaine of
Franklin route 4. and five sis
ters, Mrs. Bessie McClure, of
Charlotte, Mrs. John Moffitt. of
Horse Shoe, Mrs. Florence Led
ford, of Frartklin route 1, Mrs.
Belle Long, of Ellliay, and Mrs.
Zeb V. Shope. of Prentiss. Als"
a large number of nieces and
nephews.
The body Will remain at the
Bryant Funeral home here un
til the hour of the funeral.
CHARLIE MOORE REMAINS
CRITICALLY ILL
? ifeRley Moore, of Virginia
Beach, Va., aod Tom Moore, of
Wilmington, were called here
this week on account of the
critical illness of their father.
Charlie L. Moore, at the home
of his son, Gordon Moore Mr.
Moore, who suffered a stroke
of apoplexy last week was re
ported to be slightly Improved
Wednesday
Modern forest management
and good fire prevention have
cut losses from forest fire in
i half in the S&vlet Union in the
pMt five years, say Moscow.
Pvt. Vic Perry, who 1 in the
air oorps division of the army
specialized training reserve at
Davidson college, Davidson, has
been here for a visit with his
mother, Mrs. J. E. Perry, at her
home on Harrison avenue.
SHOPPING
DAYS 'Till |
CHRISTMAS
PFC. DONALD CUNNINGHAM
wmt i
WOUNDED OTTO SOLDIER
RECOVERING IN ENGLAND
Wounded as his squad ad
vanced to take a German artil
lery position near Saint Lo.
France, Pfc. Donald Cunning
ham, 20, of Otto, is recovering
at the United States Army i
general hospital in England. Hi
has been awarded the Purple
Heart.
"The woods on both sides of
the road were full of snipers,"
the North Carolina soldier said,
"and the position we wanted to
take was placed back a consid
erable distance from the road."
As he made his way forward,
the young grenadier was woun
ded in the left knee by a
German sniper's bullet.
After making his way back to
his ? own lines, Pfc. Cunning
ham was taken to a battalion
Rid station, then to an evacua
tion hospital. He was later
flown here and "is making a
very satisfactory recovery,"
said bis ward surgeon. Captair
Samuel Berman, of Boston..
Mass.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis
Cunningham, of Otto, Pfc. Cun
ningham attended Franklin
high school in Franklin, North
Carolina, and worked on his
father's farm before enlisting
in the army in January, 1943. i
He received his training at
Damp Croft, S. C,
Classifications
Arirou ceJ By Local
Service Board
December 7, 1944:
The following classifications
are announced by the Local
Selective Service Board:
1-A: James Frederick Cor
pening, Leo Mack Meece.
2-A: Ray Dills, Clell Robert
Wasson, Lewis Webb.
2-B: Ralph Joseph McMullen,
Harry William Baty.
William Taft Henry, El
d ridge Mack Hodges. Leon Har
rison Cabe, Willard Odell Hol
brooks, John V.'iV'am Martin,
Clyde Moss, James D. Ander
son, Paul Eugene Leatherman,
Cletis Everett Gibson.
4-F: Virgil H. Tallent, Kyle
Theodore Watts, James Logan
Sanders, Roy Jackson Corbin,
Harvey Ronald Barnes, Henry
Horace Hurst. Bob Franklin
Burch, Earl Wilson Mason, John
Robert Anderson, Vernon Luth
er Holland, Roy Price, William
Franklin Billlngsley, Warren
Jewel Grant, Orval Franks,
John Howard Myers, Jay Lloyd
Stamey, Hudle Cline Crawford.
4- A: Agner Owenby, Carnie
gie Andrew Gregory.
December 12, 1944:
The following classifications
are announced by the Local
Selective Service Board:
1-A: Weimar Edison Young,
Prelo James Dryman.
1-C: Newel Lakey, Harvey
Richie LaBoone.
Classified by Board of Appeal
in 2-C: Ernest Earl Grawbar
ger.
NEWS OF OUR
i MENwWOMEN
IN UNIFORM
?m ttiipt'i tii
PVT. JAMES L. HUGGINS /
Pvt. James L. Huggins has
returned t<S Langley Field, Va..
after spending a 15-day fur
lough with, his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John L. Huggins and sis
ter, Miss Kathryn Ann Huggins
of route 4.
Pvt. Huggins recently com
pleted an intensive course in
radio and received a diploma
at Scott Field, 111. He joined
the Air Corps on July 28, 1943,
and was called to active duty
on March 22, 1944. He received
his basic training at Keesler
Field, Miss.
Pfc. GREER DOWDLE HUGHES
Pfc. Greer Dowdle Hughes,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Hughes, and a descendant of
the late E. P. Dowdle, of the
Clark's Chapel section of Ma
con county, was on the six
wheeled army trucks that rode
through Belgium in a convoy
hauling supplies for a Ninth
Air Force fighter plane base
according to a report from the
Ninth Air Force unit in France.
It was a rough trip, Pfc.
Hughes declared, and some
days they drove nearly 250
miles, but it was worth it to
see the big signs "Welcome" in
the villages, "the convoy passed
along roads lined with guns and
tanks that had been knocked
out by the Allies or abandoned
by the Germans who were driv
en out.
Pfc. Hughes is a driver in a
truck company assigned to a
quartermaster group with the
Ninth Air Force Service Com
mand In France.
PVT. LILLIAN R. BEECO
Pvt. Lillian E. Beeco has re
turned to Amarillo, Texas, af
ter spending a 20-day furlough
with- her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Beeco of Franklin, and
her sisters. Ruby and Mildred
Beeco of Newport News, Va.
Pvt. Beeco has a twin brother
stationed in New Guinea.
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Vic. JOSEPH B. HOGLEN
When Berlin blazes from in
clndiary bombs loosed by Am
erican war planes, Pfc. Joseph
B. Hoglen. of Franklin, shares
the credit for another blow to
ward victory.
Assigned to this important
air service command chemical
depot, he is helping to rush
vital supplies of fire-spreading
weapons to the combat air
forces.
Record numbers of incen
diaries are now falling on Ger
many as a result of his day
and-night job speeding mis
sels from railheads in England
to the bomb-bays of planes
waiting to take off over the
continent.
He is the son of Mrs. E. B.
Hoglen of Franklin.
Before joining the army,
March 1943, he was employed
as a sheet metal worker by the
Newport News Shipyards, Va.
S/Sgt. Ernest L. Munger, who
has been overseas for 30
months has been returned to
the States and has been visit
ing at his home for a short
while before he went into the
hospital at Chickasha. Okla..
for a rest period.
Macon War Bond Sales
Series E Below Quota
This issue of The Franklin
Press and The Highlands Ma
conian is published with the
hope and intention of the own
ers and publishers to assist in
selling more "E" BONDS in
Macon county, ss that once
again, we Maconites, may prove
to fighting men and our allies
in World War II, that Macon
county will again shine forth on
the Home Front.
Warrant Officer Herschel
Henson, who has been in the
South Pacific for several
months, is spending his leave
here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Eli Henon at their home
on Franklin route 2.
Accident Fatal To
Claude Dills, Macon Mar
Final rites for Claude Samu
uel Dills, 29, who was crushed
beneath a pile of falling wood
at Lake Toxaway, on Friday
afternoon, were held on Mon
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at
the Cartoogechaye Baptist
church. The Rev. Lester Sor
rells, pastor, officiated. Inter
ment was in the church ceme
tery.
Mr. Dills, a former resident
of the Cartoogechaye section
of the county, had made his
home at Brevard for the past
four years. He and another
man were hauling wood to a
box car and were backing a
truck up to a tall pile of wood
when the truck became stuck
and Mr. Dills was lying in the
back directing the driver in an
effort to extricate it. Suddenly ' 1
the spinning wheels bit into i :
solid ground and the truck 1
lunged backwards, strifcking the
wood and causing it to fall on
to the truck, killing Mr. Dills in
stantly.
Mr. Dills was born on Decem
ber 14, 1914, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie W. Dills of Car
toogechaye. He was married to
Miss OUie Mae Butler of Jack
son county and had been a
truck driver for a goodly num
ber of years:
The pallbearers included
Grover Dayton, George Ander
son, J. H. Brookshire, Bill Hus
cusson. Frank Johnson and Ho
mer Ledbetter.
Surviving are the widow and
two children, Daisy Diana and
Richard Dills, the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Dills of Frank
lin route 1; three brothers, Lu
ther, Earl and Floyd Dills and
three sisters, Mrs. Beulah Nich
ols. Mrs. Eula Anderson and
Mrs. Laura Pruitt, all of Macon
county.
Bryant funeral directors were
in charge of arrangements.
Pvt. Bobby Jacobs, stationed
at Maxwell Liner Air base.
Maxwell, spent the weekend
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fr?d Jacobs at their home in
Saw r-ruiu-un.
Cpl. Quince Corpenlng has
arrived overseas and is now
stationed in Belgium, according
to a ^message received by his
sister, Mrs. Henry Christy, of
Franklin.
i
Chairman Cabe Urges
Every Macon Citizen
To Buy Now
Henry W. Cabe, chairman of
the Sixth War Loan campaign,
stated Thursday that approxi
mately $55,000 of the total of
$104,000.00. the goal given Ma
con county in the series "E"
bonds, had been sold, and only
a few more days remain to buy
In the final week of the drive.
While the go?l of $154,000.00
was given the county, the $50.
000.00 in other series have been
met and surpassed. Mr. Cabe
stated, and only the Bonds in
series "E" are lagging. How
ever, the county will have the
remainder of December to buy,
and If more - bonds are not
bought by individuals during
the few remaining days of De
cember, the county will fall far
short of its quota, for the first
time in the history of the war.
Mr. Cabe further said that
with the demand for war ma
terials greater now than ever
before, and the lives of oir
boys being given for the lack
of ammunition, it Is high time
the citizens of America are
waking up to the fact that we
are prolonging the war and
jiving our own sons, becauw?
we do not and will not deny
jurselves of a few wanted plea
sures.
Go today and make a pur-,
chase of as many "E" Bonds
as you think you should buy.
then ask yourself if that Is
enough?- Then buy more!
Well-Known Macon
Citizen Passes Sunday
Final rites for Robert L. Un
:r, 76, were held on Wednes
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at
the Iotla Baptist church. The
Ftev. J. F. Marchman, pastor of
the Franklin Baptist church,
jfficiated, and interment was
in the church cemetery.
Mr. Liner died at the home
Jf his son, Lawrence B. Liner,
near Iotla Bridge, on Sundav
evening at 7:15 o'clock, follow
ing a lingering illness of sev
eral months.
Born in Haywood county on
January 24, 1876, the son of
Ihomas and Meda Turpln Lln
E.r, he had resided in Macon
county for the past 50 years,
lie was married to Miss Lou
Downs, who survives him. His
life's work was spent on the
farm. He was a member of the
Totla Baptist church.
The pallbearers were Clyde
Downs. Jim Liner, C. F. Moody.
James R. Morrison, W. E. Bald
win and George Gibson.
Surviving are the widow and
three children, Lawrence B.
Liner, of Franklin route 3, and
Mrs. E. B. Duvali and Mrs.
Fannie Gibson, both of Frank
lin route 3. Also six grandchild
ren. and four great-grandchlld
ren.
Funeral arrangements were
under the direction of Potts
funeral home.
NOTICE
It will be greatly appreciated
by the staff of the Franklin
Press if the parents, wives or
sweethearts of men in service,
who receive changes of address,
will kindly notify the Press to
this affect, in order that they
may correct their mailing list
and the boys receive their pa
per promptly.
Each week the Press in In re
ceipt of a large number of .
changes with insufficient ad- V
dresses for mailing papers, and I
by this insufficient address, the 1
boys are not getting their pc
pers. Without the oo-operation
of the parents in theses
chainges, we are greatly handi
capped in the proper service "
we would like to render to our
boys in service.
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