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JAN.
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FRANKLIN. N. C., THURSDAY, JAN. 18, 1945
$2.00 PKR YEAR
gaining Classes
Held Thursday
kgrar acting
if " of the Macon
Squadron ' of the Civil
,trol, has announced that
rst training class will be
,d Thursday evening, Janu- I
26, at 7:15 o'clock in the
[culture Building in Frank
e first training class 101
iets will be held at 2:30
:lock Thursday afternoon at 1
Franklin school.
Lt. Colonel Frank E. Dawson,
of Charlotte, Commanding Of
ficer of thi North Carolina
Wing, will be present for both
the senior and cadet sessions.
He will conduct the initial class
in Orientation, explaining the
organization, purpose and his
tory of the Civil Air Patrol and
its plans for the future. This
program and the entire train
ing course will be under the
direction of Ouy L. Houk, ex
ecutive and training officer of
the local squadron.
More than one hundred Ma
con county persons have ex
pressed their intention J* join
the squadron. Formal applica
tion for membership forms will
be distributed during this in
itial meeting, and typists will
be present to complete the
forms.
At the first meeting of the
Squadron Staff, Tuesday, Jan
uary 16, the following acting
^f fleers were present: Grant L.
Hfkgr&f, squadron commands ;
?y L. Houk, executive and
Hining officer; John Archer,
?Eelligence officer; H. H.
W5nuse, communications officer;
Dr. Edgar Angel, medical offic
er; and Rev. W. Jackson Huney
cutt, assistant staff.- . officer
Staff officers appointed, tut not
present include Oeorge Hill, as
sistant training officer; Allan
Brooks, deputy staff officer,
Frank Henry, supply officer,
and Thelma C. Zickgraf, adju
tant. All appointments are tem
porary and subject to approval
of National Headquarters.
Additional officers and non
commissioned officers will be
appointed during the training
period.
Attention Relatives
Of Service Men
Will the parents or other re
latives of service men who have
made the supreme sacrifice
from Macon County and ever
attended Franklin high school
please send their names to Vio
let Barnard, secretary physical
education class, Franklin High
School, Franklin, H. G. Please
include date of death In 90 far
as practicable.
The Physical Education Class
has purchased a roll of honor
board for former students who
have .given their lives for our
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_ The Rev. C. R. McCu bbins
D. D., of Fort Worth, Texas,
will preach at the 11 o'clock
service at the Franklin Presby- i
terian church on Sunday morn- 1
Ing. The public is .invited to
attend this service.
Health Clinic To Be Held |
Friday, January 19
The regular Health Clinic for
Franklin and vicinity will be
held the third Friday, Janu
ary 19, 1945 from 10:30 a. m.
to 12 p. m., and from 1 p. m.
to 3:30 p. m., at the Macon {
County Health Department Ot
Services offered Include
int and maternal welfare,
children, maternal
Immunisations.
itrd Peek Injured
t hen Houae Burn*
, Pritchard Peek's house on
CuUasaJa In the Mashburn
lection was completely
by^llre Tueeday after
noon, aBM with most of the
household goods.
Mr. Peek suffsrsd burn* of
hands, fact and *yss and was
brought to Angtl hospital for
treatment. He is sxpecttd to rt
main In the hospital for sev
Wiley Clark'* Filling
Station Destroyed by Firt
Answering a call about 8
O'clock Wednesday morning the
Franklin Fire department found
Wiley Clark's filling station on
the Highlands highway aflame.
Efforts were made to pump
water from Cullasaja river but
the fire had progressed too far
to prevent destruction of the
building. The garage building
was saved, it was reported.
Origin of the blaze had not
been determined Wednesday,
afternoon, the only known clue
being Mr. Clark's report to the
Franklin firemen that he first
saw smoke coming from the
awning.
Baptist Meetings To Be
Held Next Week
On Wednesday, January 24,
the Royal Ambassador's and the
Oirl's Auxiliary of the Franklin
Baptist church will meet at the
church immediately after
shcol, and at 7:30 o'clock. pray
er service will be held at the
church. Choir practice will be
held immediately following
prayer service.
On Thursday morning, begin
ning at X0 o'clock, Leadership
Conference will be held at the
church. All officers of the
Woman's Missionary Union in
the Association and anyone in
terested, is urged to attend.
Both Missionary circles will be
held at the church following
the conference session.
At 8 o'clock in the evening
Miss Pauline Wild will be hos
tess to the Young Woman's
Auxiliary, and the program will
be under tbe leadership of Miss
Clara Sue KinneU,
On Friday at 7:30 o'clock the
Assoc iational Baptist Training
Union Conference will be held
at the church.
British Battle Fleet
Tc Aid U. S. Units
News has been received that
a big British battle fleet is now
ready to go into action against
the Japs in the Pacific area
and will be fighting with the
U. 8. Navy In the near future,
according to Adm. Sir Bruce
Frazier, commander-in-chief of
the Brittain's Pacific fleet.
The Press rejoices to know
that we are soon to have more
help in the Pacific to blast the
Japs from their homeland wat
ers.
Soon, it is hoped, that the
Joining of these powerful fleets
will get long-needed relief to
China.
If America and her Allies will
continue' to fight together it
won't take so long to knock out
the Japs and Germans.
Cooperation and strategy of
Allied fighting heads and com
batants on both sides have
learned that fighting side by
side lends power to Allied ef
fort* to win the war.
Work-Or-Ftght Lawi
Pushed By Senator May
Chairman Andrew J. May,
<D., Ky.), of the house military
affairs committee, urges prompt
action on work-or-flght legis
lation with provisions to put
all essential war Industries on
a 48 hour work week in order
to speed up war effort by bet
ter use of available manpower.
Chairman May's bill calls for
testimony from Lewis O. Hlnes,
representative of the American
Federation of Labor, and urges
the use of other means to bring
about greater production of vi
tal war materials.
Squaire Dance At Otto
School Friday Night
There will be a square dance
held at the Otto schoolhouse
on Friday evening, beginning
at 7:30 o'clock, it has been an
nounced by James J. Mann, co
chairman of the Infantile Par
alytic fund for the Otto com
munity.
Mr. atated that the proceeds
would go toward the 11,515, the
quota given to Macon county,
and that t large crowd was ex
pected to be In attendance.
, String music will be furnished
1 by local musician*
I The public U Invited to At
tend.
NEWS OF OUR J
MENw WOMEN
IN UNIFORM j
AWARDED PURPLE HEART
MISSING IN ACTION
PFC. NED P. HOWARD
T/SGT. EDWIN STILES
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Marine Pfc. Ned P. Howard,
20, of Dillard, Ga., Route 1, has
been presented with a Purple
Heart medal at Impressive cere
monies in which 373 Marines'
wounded in the Marinas, were
also decorated.
Pfc. Howard suffered shrap
nel wounds In the back and
arm on June 18, on Saipan.
. when self-propelled artillery
piece he was serving was struck
t by a Japanese shell and blown
up.
He recovered from his Injur -
I ies and returned to active duty
with his unit before the cam
paign was over and later en
gaged in the assault upon Tin- 1
ian. He bad previously parti- |
cipated in the Marshall Islands [
operations. Pfc. Howard is the ;
son of John Howard of Dillard,
Ga., Route 1. He enlisted in ]
May, 1943. ,
Cpl. W. P. CONSTANCE
An 8th Air Force Service
Command, England ? Corporal
William P. Constance, son of ;
Ezra Constance, Franklin, Is
stationed at this strategic air
depot where B-17 Flying Fort
resses of the Eighth Air Force K
are maintained and repaired.
He is an automotive equipment
operator in the transportation '
division.
Prior to his entry into the ;
army November 30, 1942, at ]
Fort Bragg. N. C., he was em
ployed by the Baldwin and
Liner Market in Franklin. Cor- 1
poral Constance has been sta
tioned in the European The
ater of Operations since May,
Seaman 1/C CLARENCE PAUL
Seaman 1/C Clarence E. Paul,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Paul '?
of Route 4, Severville, Tenn.,
has recently completed a course ?
in aviation ordnance at the U.
S. Naval Air Technical Train- I
ing Center. He will now be 1
transferred to a naval unit
afloat or to another shore sta
tion for further instruction and
work. Paul attended Highlands '
High School. Before entering
Naval service in Atlanta, Ga
in December, 1942, he was em
ployed as a projectionist at
Highlands School Theatre.
Cpl. BO HENRY
Cpl. Bo Henry who has been
R.' D. Rogers Sails
Property To Lee Woods
Robert D. Rogers, who pur
chased the old Palmer Shop be
tween Palmer and Main streets,
and converted It into a furni
ture shop last year, sold the
property to Lee Woods this
week.
Mr. Rogers recently built the
storeroom where the Town Hill
Market is located and made
three livable apartments out of
the furniture shop. He has al
so sold his new brick and tile
dwelling house on Rogers Hill
near the Franklin school house
i tn Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Cagie
which they are now occupying.
Mr. Rogers has purchased the
Myers' old property on Iotla
street near the Franklin Bap*
tlst church, and recently con
verted it Into two apartments.
Re plans to buy other property.
: and to continue his home In
1 Franklin,
Mrs. Edwin T. Stiles received
a telegram from the War De
partment this week that her
husband. T/Sgt. Edwin Stiles,
was reported to be missing in
action in Luxembourg. Germany
on December 22,
T/Sgt. Stiles entered the
service in 1942 and took his
training at Camp McCoy, Wis.,
and was in Tennessee on two
different occasions on maneu
vers. He was in the 44th En
gineers and was sent to over
seas duties in March, 1944 and
had been in Normandy,- Bel
gium and then to Germany.
Prior to entering the armed
forces, T/Sgt. Stiles worked as
a carpenter on defense projects.
He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas W. Stiles, of Prentiss,
and was married to Miss Willie
Sanders, also of Prentiss. They
have one son two years old.
in overseas service for the past
year, and who has been sta- j
tioned In a hospital In Okla
homa, is expected to arrive
next week for a visit with his 1
grandfather, R. F, Henry at his
home on Franklin route 4.
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S/Sft. CRISP IMPROVING
Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Crisp,
of Franklin route 3, received a
letter from the war depart
ment, stating that their son,
S/Sgt. Troy L. Crisp was mak
ing a normal improvement, fol
lowing his serious wounds re
ceived on November 13 in ac
tion in France.
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PVT. JAMES H. BROWN
AWARDED GOOD CODDCCT
BADGE
Mrs. Ada J. Brown, of Frank
lin, has been notified of the
award of good conduct badge
presented to her son. Pvt.
James H. Brown.
The good conduct award is
given for exemplary behavior, i
efficiency and fidility true un
questionable evidence of good
character, and the qualities of
character that so clearly dem
onstrate the result of home and
family Influence.
The soldiers receiving this
distinction of honor were per
sonally congratulated by their
commanding officer, Willard T.
Day.
?IT? ?
PFC. RAYMOND WOMACK
HELPS OUT-MANEUVER
NAZIS
Pfc. Raymond H. Womack,
who is serving with the Sixth
Army Group in France, with
the 398th infantry regiment of ,
the 100th division, has had an
experience that few soldiers
will ever forget.
The 398th Infantry was acti- !
vated at Fort Jackson, S. C., in
November, 1942, and participat
ed in maneuvers In Tennessee
and later moved to Fort Bragg
for training In coordination of
Infantry with tanks, artillery
and air force. They learned
their lesson well, as was proven i
when the regiment skilfully
out-maneuvered the Nazi's pre
pared defenses and took the
high ground which surrounds
the town and command* a
stretch of oper terrain to the
east? in the direction of the
Rhine.
The enemy held prepared po
iltlohs, deep dugouts, covered
With logi And well ctmouflai
Two Killed In Action; Three
Missing and One Wounded
Pfc. LyJe Dills
Awarded C. I. Badge
Pfc. Lyle H. Dills, son of Mr.
and Mrs Will Dills, of Frank
lin route 1, who is serving in
the 81st "Wildcat" Infantry Di
vision. has been awarded the
Combat Infantry Badge for his
exemplary conduct and skill in
action against the enemy.
The Wildcat Division recently
invaded the Southern Island of
the Japanese-held Palu group,
S00 miles east of the Philip
pines.
Mr. and Mrs. Dills have two
other sons in/ the service: Pfc.
Turner E. Dills, who is in the
Infantry, has been in action in
England and Germany, and is
now hospitalized in France for
a rest period. He went overseas
in July of last year; and Sea
man First Class James D. Dills,
now in the South Pacific.
has been in service since April
1, and was sent across in July.
^OLIO CAMPAIGN
MOW UNDER WAY
Ball, Theatre, and Suppers
To Help Raise Quota
Of SI, 215
R. S. Jones, chairman of the
Macon county drive in the In
fantile Paralysis campaign, is
mailing letters to the local
citizens instead of having solic
itors making an individual con
tact as in all previous drives,
and to residents in the rural
sections of the county, chair
men are being appointed in
each community.
Mr. Jones stated that with
the large majority of both men
and women working on various
jobs, he felt sure they would
rather mall their contributions
than to give it to a solicitor.
Coin boxes are being placed
in all the stores and pcetoffices
in Franklin and surrounding vi
cinity.
The Macon Theatre will par
ticipate in the national theatre
drive from January 25 through
31, and in addition to the co n
boxes in the lobby, collections
will be made between showings.
A President's Birthday Ball
will be held, sponsored by the
Franklin Lions Club, but de
tails have not yet been an
nounced. The dance will be
held on January 30.
Highlands Organize' Committee
Highlands has organized a
a local drive committee, with
Dr. Jessie Mooreland, as chair
man. C. C. Potts, of Highland.';,
chairman of the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis
. >r Macon County, and R. S.
Jones, chairman of the 19i3
drive, have announced that bo<
suppers, cake walks, and squat-;
dances will be held througnout
the county to ? help raise the
$1,215 quota.
Fcrest Service Employee
Transferred To S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Bal
lard a lid young son, James, left
Franklin this week for their
new hom? at Moncks Corner,
S. C.
For the past four years Mr.
Ballard has been associated
with the Nantahala National
Forest. His work has dealt
principally with administration
of timber sales. Master James,
two years of age, was born in
Franklin.
Mr. Ballard's new position
with the Forest Service will be
assistant to Ranger Martin L.
Sylverson of the Francis Ma
rion National Forest, with
headquarters at Moncks Corner.
Mr. Ballard was graduated with
a degree In Forestry from the
University of Montana.
ed, artillery placed on moun
tain top above the forest level,
and In weather conditions that
Included rain, snow and ankle
deep mud, the 389th proceeded
to help take Baccarat, to cross
the swift flooded Meurthe river
and press the Nazis further
back toward the Rhine, In a
Baptism of fire.
Pfc. Womack Is the son of
Mr. Otto Womack. and the late
Mrs. Womack, of Franklin.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Orady
Dalton, of franklin route 3, i
son, Joseph Lane, on January a
Six Casualties From Thi?
County Reported
This Week
Pfc. Wayman Chastain. 19. of
the Smith Bridge township of
Macon county, died in Germany
on December 14 from wounds
received on December 13, while
in action, according to a mes
sage received by his parents.
! Mr. and Mrs. Mac A. Chastain,
( of Dillard, Ga., Route 1.
Pfc. Chastain entered the
aimed forces on April 4. 1944,
and was placed in the Inlau
tiy. He received his basic train
ing at Camp PicKett, Va., and
was sent to overseas duties In
October. He was first in Eng
land. later to Belgium and then
i to Germany. Prior to going in
to the armed forces he worked
c n the farm.
Surviving besides the parents,
are one sister and seven broth
ers, two of whom are serving
in overseas service. Mark Chai
tcJn is in Germany and Lee
Roy Js at Leyete.
Pfc. Dills Missing
Pfc. Frank Dills 'has been re
ported by the War Department
to be missing in action since
December 22, in Luxembourg,
Germany, according; to a mas
sage received this week by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mack
Dills of the Prentiss section of
Macon county.
Pfc. Dills entered the army
on December 1942 and took h.'.s
basic training at Camp McCoy,
Wis., Fort Knox, Ky.t Libentbn,
Tenn., and Camp Brickenilg
Ridge, Ky. He was sent owr
t-esib in March of iast year, ajnri
wat serving in the 44th jnfej
neering unit.
Pvt. Jaty H. Henson Kiilei
Mrs. Grady Henson. of the
| Otto community, has received
! a message , from the War De
partment stating that "her son,
Pvt. John H. Henson, was killed . -?
in action In Germany on De
cember 28.
Dii? Tift 1 n a. _ j
1 v<i. nciisuu, i v , ti 1 it' i tu biic
service in April, 1944 and re
ceived five months training at
Fort McClellan, Ala. He was
given a delayed route home in
August which allowed him a .
few days visit with his mother
and family.
Following his visit home he
had a short training period at
Camp Pickett, Va.. before he
was sent overseas in October.
He has been in England, Bel
gium and then to Germany,
where he met his brother, Pvt.
Elmus H. Henson, who has been
in overseas service for the past
19 months. They are the sons
of the late Orady Henson.
Surviving are the motlrfr,
three brothers, Sherrill Hensor
of Brevardy Colbert Henson. of
Otto, and Elmus H. Henson,
serving in Germany, and four
sisters, Freda Sue Henson, of
Otto, Mrs. Lonnie Chastain, of
Central, S. C? Mrs. Hubert
Bradley, of Brevard and Mrs.
Fred Littleton, of Highlands.
Also two nephews, Hugh R.
Bradley and Thomas M. Hen
son, of Brevard and a large
' number of other relatives.
Pfc Harold Swafford Missing
Mrs. Harold Swafford, of
Franklin route 3, received a
message from the War Depart
ment on January 14, that her
husband, Pfc. Harold Swafford
had been reported missing in
action since December 20 in
Luxembourg, Germany.
Pfc. Swafford entered the
armed forces in April 1944 and
has been overseas since Sep
tember. He was inducted
Fort Bragg and took his basic
training at Fort McClellan,
Ala., and at Fort George Meade,
Md.
Pfc. Swafford has a brother.
Sgt. Frank Swafford, who is
serving somewhere in France.
Mrs. Jesse Tessier left Wed
nesday for Atlanta, Ga., for a
visit with relatives and friends.
Mr. Joe Setser and two
daughters, Misses Jane and
Margaret Setser, attended the
wedding of their son and
brother, Lieut. Mac S. Setser in
Greensboro last Thursday.
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