SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
and
COMINGS AND GOINGS
FERDIE IIIGDON HONORED
WITH BIRTHDAY DINNER
Ferdie Higdon., of Iotla street,
was honored with a surprise
birthday dinner by his sister,
i?rs. bam Murray at her home
on Iotla street on bunday.
Mr. Higdon was the recipient
of many lovely and usexul gifts
and those enjoying the dinner
with the honoree were Mi. and
Mrs. Charlie Crawford, Mr. and
Mrs. William G. Crawford, of
Franklin route 4, and Parker
Higdon.
mi. Higdon has been in ill
health for the past several
morths, but is reported to be
improving.
CPHM AND MRS. MURRAY
SPEND LEAVE IN FRANKLIN
Chief Pharmacist's Mate and
Mrs. Fred J. Murray arriveu
here on Tuesday afternoon, irom
New York to spend several
weeks with Mr. Murray's par
ents, Mi. and Mrs. Prank I.
Murray, at their home on West
Main street.
CPhM. Murray, who attended
the Franklin high school, left
here . in November 1939 and
joined the United States Navy,
in which he has been serving
since. This is Mr. Murray's first
opportunity to visit home since
May, 1942. Since then he has
been serving in a unit of the
Naval Transportation Service,
which has taken him to every
continent and onto every ocean.
a letter or commenaauon to
CPhM Murray from his Com
manding Officer on transfer,
read in part as follows: "It is
with pleasure that the Com
manding Officer takes this oc
casion to commend you on the
exceptionally efficient manner
in which you have performed
your duties aboard this vessel
during your 30 months aboard.
Your efforts contributed have
enabled her successful trans
port for more than 190,000 miles
with passengers and cargoes,
this milage representing a total
of 109,000 individual pass
engers."
This visit to Franklin is the
first for Mrs. Murray, who was
the former Miss Edna Rauscher,
of Forest Hill, N. Y. The couple
were wedded on June 22, 1944
in the Little Church Around
the Corner (The Church of the
Transfiguration) in New York,
and have resided in that city
since. Chief Murray is at pres
ent unassigned, and is to re
port to the Commandant Third ?
Naval District at the comple- (
tion of his leave for reassign
ment in that area.
MRS. ALSUP TO BE HOSTESS
TO LEGION AUXILIARY
The American Legion Auxili- ?
ary will meet on Monday eve- .
ning at 8 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. J. T>. Alsup, for its reg
ular monthly meeting. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
MRS. REESE TO BE HOSTESS
TO T.E. L. CLASS
The T. E. L. Class of the
Franklin Baptist church will
hold its regular monthly busi
ness and social meeting on
Tuesday evening, February 27, i
at 8 o'clock, at the home of 1
Mrs. Frank Reece. All members ]
are urged to be present. !
Personal Mention
Rev. and Mrs. J. F. March
man attended the funeral of
Mrs. George R. Brown, a sister
01 Mrs. Marchman in High
Point, last week. On their re
turn they were accompanied by
Miss Mattie Adamson, of Bre
man, Ga., also a sister of Mrs.
Marchman., who spent the
weekend here with the Rev.
and Mrs. Marchman, return
ing to her home on Monday.
Mrs. J. B, Ray, Bidwell street,
was called to Birmingham, Ala.,
last week on account of the
serious illness of her mother,
Mrs. D. M. Gilmore.
Mrs. John Love of Charlotte,
was visiting her paremS, Ml.
and Mrs. Hoy Womack, and
sister, Mrs. Robert lallent, this
past week. She returned to
charlotte on Saturday and left
by plane for Santa Fe, N. M.,
where she will join her hus
band who is stationed in the
hospital there.
James F. Marchman., Intelli
gence Officer with the Super
fortress Bomber Group, station
ed in India and China, receiv
ed his promotion to Captain on
January 30. He is the son of
the Rev. and Mrs. J. F. March
man, of Franklin.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis
and two children, of Clinton,
Tenn., have been spending sev
eral days with Mr. Davis' par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Robert
Davis.
Miss Amanda Slagle spent the
weekend in Atlanta, Ga., with
her sister, Miss Lucy Slagle.
Mrs. Lyman Sweatman, of
Cartoogechaye, who is a patient
at the Angel Clinic, is reported
to be improving.
John Campbell, who is work
ing for the American Yarn
Process company, at Mt. Holly,
spent the weekend with his
mother, Mrs. Ed Campbell, at
her home on Franklin route 3.
Mrs. J. B. Deal, of Franklin
route 4, left Monday for
Greenville, S. C., where she will
spend several days with her
daughter, Mrs. Carl Gregg and
Mr. Gregg.
Mrs. Ed Whitaker and Mrs.
Horace Nolen spent Sunday in
Bryson City with Mrs. Whitak
er's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zeb
Morris and Mrs. Nolen's sister.
Mrs. Medford Messer and Mr.
Messer.
Mrs. Nina Johnson, of Ashe
ville, was here on Monday to
see her father, Bruce Duvall.
Mrs. Margaret Tice Oliver and
two small sons, of Omaha, Neb.,
ire here for a visit with Mrs.
rice's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John . Tice, at their home on
Franklin route 3. Mrs. Tice is
employed with the Army In
spectors Signal Corps in Omaha.
Mrs. Nannie Truett, of the
Oak Grove community, is under
treatment at the Angel hospital.
Her condition is reported to be
satisfactory.
SPECIALS THIS WEEK:
Car Robes $5.85 each
Bike Tubes 1.05 each
Soilax to\ 27 each
WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE
Farmers Attention
We are buying Ivy and Laurel Buries
(?tumps) and Paying Highest Prices at
Mill in Franklin or by roadside.
If interested get in touch with Joe Potts
or Will Waldroop at the Pipe Mill in
Franklin, N. C.
Also Top Prices paid for Dog Wood.
v See us for specifications before cutting
Highlands Briar, Inc.
FRANKLIN, N. C.
Wedded November 18th
Miss Mildred Barnes and Fireman First Class Marvin Curtis
Roper, whose marriage was a social event of November 18.
Mrs. Roper is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Barnes, of
Winston-Salem and Fireman Roper is the son of Mrs. Arlesa
Roper of Franklin, Route 3. They are now residing at 426
King Street, Portsmouth, Va.
Mrs. Lou Rogers, returned to I
her home at Hayesville Mon
day after a visit with her
brothers, George Gregory at
the Angel Clinic, and P. M.
Gregory and family at their
home on Franklin route 2.
Mrs. Manson Stiles spent the
first of the week with her
father, Joe Sweatman and fam
ily on Cartoogechaye.
Pvt. Pink A. Gibson, who is
stationed at Fort Bragg, spent
a five-day furlough with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pink A.
Gibson, at their, home at Culla
saja, and his wife, the former
Miss Gladys Smith.
Mrs. Belle Dills, of Hiawassee,
Ga., is spending several days
j with her brother, George Greg
| ory who is a patient at the
| Angel Clinic. She is alst) visit
ing another brother, P. M.
Gregory and family at their
home on Franklin route 2.
Mrs. Graham Grindstaff, su
perintendent of the Colonial
Mica corporation of Newport,
N. H., took a group of women
to Boston last week to donate
blood. Mrs. Grindstaff is a sis
ter to James A. and Joe Palmer
of Franklin.
Mrs. Thad Patton and son,
Kenneth, spent the weekend in
Murphy with Mrs. Patton's sis
ter, Mrs. Robert Reid, and Mr.
Reid, and her mother, Mrs. A.
S. Solesbee, who is making her
home in Murphy at present.
Mrs. Herbert E. Church left
Tuesday for Newark, Ohio, for
a week's visit with her son, H.
E. Church, Jr., and Mrs. Church
and their small daughter, Carol
Leslie.
Misses Pauline and Thelma
Plemmons. daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Astor Plemmons, of
Sylva, were visiting Mrs. Nancy
Cardon, at her home in the
Leatherman community. Mrs.
Cardon. has been quite ill at
her home for several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Osborne
and son, Larry, have recently
moved from East Franklin to
Atlanta, Ga., where Mr. Os
j borne is employed with the Bell
Air Craft Bomber plant.
Mrs. J. S. Sloan has returned
from Atlanta, Ga.. where she
spent a week with her daugh
ter, Miss Timoxena Sloan, and
her son, W. N. Sloan.
Mrs. A. J. Petrozzi. who has
been spending several weeks
with her husband in Columbus,
Ga? has returned to Franklin
for a visit with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Womack.
Mrs. Petrozzi was the former
Miss Marie Womack.
A. V. Garrett, of the Oak
Grove section of the county,
who underwent an operation for
the removal of his appendix at
the Angel hospital Sunday, is
reported to be getting along
nicely.
John Archer and T. W. Angel,
Jr., are spending several days
in Haines City and other points
in Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Weyman
and niece, Miss Betty Hurst, of
Park Hall, Md., spent two weeks
here with Mrs. Weyman's sis
ter, Miss Ethel .Hurst, at her
home on Harrison avenue.
George Moore, who is work
ing in Park Hall, Md., is spend
ing several days visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Moore at their home on Iotla
street.
E. H. Corpening. who under
went a very serious operation
at the Angel hospital has re
covered sufficiently to be re
moved to his home in Bryson
City.
Mrs. L. A. Ross, of Hampton,
Va., arrived here Sunday to
spend some time with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A B. Slagle,
at their home on West Mapn
street, while her husband is
serving in the navy.
Home Nursing Courses
Offered By Red Cress
Farm families all the way
from Ventura, Calif., to Rut
land, Vt? are benefiting from
American Red Cross Home Nurs
ing instruction given by profes
sional nurses. Since Pearl Har
bor, more than 250,000 rural
women have completed home
nursing classes. In many places
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture Extension Service is co
operating in promoting classes,
and county health departments
are furnishing nurses to teach.
Those wishing to enroll should
call their Red Cross chapter.
The standard course requires
but 24 hours. It teaches how to
care for communicable diseases,
give bed baths, change the bed
with the patient in it, take
temperature and pulse, impro
vise equipment for greater com
fort, and give simple treatments
and medicine ordered by the
doctor. The course further in
cludes care of the mother and
her new baby and the preven
tion of illness. A 6-lesson course
of 12 hours on care of the sick
only is also available.
A tight supply situation Is
ahead in shipping containers,
including those for fruits and
vegetables, and in textile bags,
especially, according to the
WFA.
POTTS FUNERAL HOME
Funeral Directors ? Ambulance
"It Cost* Less To Call Us ?
We Never Overcharge.*
Phones ? Day 173 ? Night 164
| Poet's Corner |
The poem ?M written by Lt.
I Dean 1' . Chatlain, while recov
1 ering from wounds in an army
i hospital at Oran, Algeria. The
jfticer's tank had received a
direct hit from a German 88
mm. gun. Lt. Chatlain suffered j
i 74 wounds from shell frag- :
ments, one almost severing *
| leg. He completed the amputa
! tion with a pocket knife and
afterwards laid for eight hours
in the desert before receiving
medical attention. This poem
is a re-print from Nick Ken
ny's column in the Daily Mir
] ror.
? I
"What did you do today, my
friend,
Froih morning until night?
How many times did you com
plain >
The rationing is too tight?
When are jou going to start
to do
All the things you say?
A soldier would like to know, |
my iriend.
What did you do today?
'He met the enemy today
And took the itown by storm. I
Happy reading it will make
For you tomorrow morn.
\ou'll read with satisfaction
The brief communique.
We fought, but are you fight
ing?
What did you do tooday?
My gunner died in my arms? j
I feel ; his warm blood yet;
Your neighbor's dying boy gave
out
A scream I can't forget.
On my right a tank was hit,
A flash and then a fire.
The stench of burning flesh
Still rises from the pyre.
. '
What did you do today, my
friend.
To help us with the task;
Did you work harder and
longer for less,
Or is that too much to ask? j
J What right have I to ask you
this,
You probably will say.
Maybe, now, you'll understand. I
YOU SEE I DIED TODAY." j
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WE HAVE SEED BEANS
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Stringless Green Pod, Highlands Special.
$25.(X) per hundred pounds.
Lespedeza Seed, $9.75 per hundred.
Also Seed Oats
We also carry International Fertilezer
FRANKLIN, N. C.
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