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VOL. LX? NO. 15
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1945
$2.00 PER YEAR
Approximately 200 Attend
Annual C. Of C. Meeting
Asheville Speaker Praises
Local Body On Past
Year's Activities
D. Htden Ramsey, president of
the Asheville chamber of com
merce, prominent and versitile
promoter of many worthwhile
movements and organizations
in Western North Carolina,
spoke before approximately 200
persons at the annual meeting
and banquet of the Franklin
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday
night at the Panorama Courts.
In the opening moments of
his speech Mr. Ramsey con
gratulated the directors of the
local Chamber of Commerce
upon the many activities that
body has sponsored in the past
year. Chief among these achie
vements listed was the estab
lishment of the airport under
the able direction and manage
ment of Grant Zickgraf. "Any
town," Mr. Ramsey said, "will |
recognize that such an improve- ]
ment is definately an asset in i
attracting post war vacation- ]
ists." Other activities listed j
were the operation of the .
Chamber of Commerce tourist ]
bureau on West Main street and
extensive correspondence with
tourist bureaus, chambers of
commerce, and individuals.
witn me great migration or
persons initiated by the war
and its various allied activities
it has become the duty of
every community to plan defi
nate and attractive measures to
many home-seekers and retired
persons from various branches
of Industry and government. A
concerted effort by every com
munity in this area is needed
to meet the demands that will
be made," Mr. Ramsey said.
m ' . He cited the scenic attrac
tions afforded by Macon , coun
ty and spoke particularly of the
Nantahala National forest. Per
sonnel in the local office of the
Forest Service here have been
very active in developing rec
reation parks, fish hatcheries,
and swimming pools in numer
ous scenic spots throughout this r
area. ?
The election of officers to
serve through the coming year, S
was held following the speak- v
ing, and the following directors i
werl elected: a
E. A. Schilling, Grant Zick- t
gra-f, W. C. Burrell, B. L. Mc
Glamery, Carl S. Slagle, L. H. e
Page, and Sam W. Mendenhall. r
Others voted on included Gil- s
mer A. Jones, A. G. Cagle, Roy t
Cunningham, T. W. Angel, Jr., t
and Thad W. Patton. 1
E. A. Schilling, president of c
the local Chamber of Com- c
merce, presided over the meet
ing and told of some of the e
accomplishments during the t
past year. They were instru- t
mental in helping to get the I
air port here, Mr. Schillings I
stated, of which many of the v
younger crowd I are taking so (
much interest in and many are t
learning to fly. Also advocated C
the^Highlands Briar Plant, the j
Future" Farmers of America 1
program and various other
worthwhile programs toward (
the promotion of the better- \
ment of Macon county. (
Lee CHiffey, secretary of the j
Chamber of Commerce, gave a ]
financial report of last year's i
work. 1
Funeral For George M.
Stanfield Friday, 3 P. M.
Funeral services (or George I
M. Stanfield, 67, who died at
the home of his sister, Mrs. 1
Miller Ledford on Thursday <
morning at 11:15, will be held l
at the Union Methodist church <
on Friday afternoon at 3 i
o'clock. The Rev. V. N. Allen, (
pastor, will officiate. Burial will 1
follow In the church cemetery. .
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THE FRANKLIN PRESS
PFC. RAY HUNTER
Pfc. Ray Hunter, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Hunter, of
Franklin, who was recently re
turned to the Lawson General
Hospital, Atlanta, Ga., follow
ing wounds received in over- 1
seas service, is here to be with 1
his mother who is ill.
Franklin Church
I*o Be Host. To Pastors
Conference
The Western North Carolina
baptist Pastors Conference will
>e held at the Franklin Bap
ist church on Monday, April
16, it has been announced by
;he pastor, the Rev. J. F.
Harchman.
The program is scheduled to*
ipen at 10:30 in the morning
ind "The Sunday School in
evangelism" will be used as
heir theme.
The devotional -will be given
>y the Rev. Forest Blankenship,
if Dillsboro at 10:30, and will
>e followed by the business and
ntroduction at 10:50. The Ex
ilanation of the Program will
le given at 11:10 by C. M. War
en, of Sylva, who is secretary
if the Conference.
The Rev. B. S. Hensley, of
lylva, will speak at 11:15 and
fill use for his topic "Teach
ng in Evangelism", after which
in Open Forum discussion will
te held at 11:40.
Dr. L. L. Carperiter, of Ral
igh, will bring the principal
nessage of the morning ses
ion at 11:50, after which the
lenediction will be given and
he group will adjourn for
unch, which will be served in
hurch basement by the ladies
if the church.
The meeting will take up their
ifternoon program at 1:30 and
he devotional will be given by
he Rev. W. L. Sorrells, of
^ranklin. At 1 :50 the "Bibical
lecorder in Sunday School"
rill be stressed by Dr. L. L.
Carpenter, of Raleigh, at 2:10
he Rev. J. J. Johnson, of
/herokee, will speak on the sub
ect of "Visitation in Evangel
sm".
The Rev. William Welch, of
Cherokee, will speak at 2:35 and
rill take "New Testament Evan
gelism in Sunday School" for
lis topic, and at 3 o'clock the
lev. R. A. Kelly, of Canton,
rill speak on "Preaching in
Svangeltsm". The session will
idjourn at 3:30 o'clock.
Legion Auxiliary Aids
In Collecting Of Clothing
The American Legion Auxi
iary. one of the organizations
assisting in the collection of
lsed clothing to be sent for
Overseas War Relief, asks that
inyone who will contribute
through this unit to either leave
;he clothing with Mrs. Gilmer
Tones at Room 24, Bank of
Franklin building, or call 127
ind arrangements will be made
to call for It If It Is In or near
town.
Former Macon Resident
Escapes Injuries
Cecil M. Raby, a nephew of
Mrs. Jud Potts, Franklin, re
cently escaped serious Injuries
when the yard locomotive of
the Norfolk and Western Rall
road, pulling 15 empties, jump
ed a dead-end track and took
a nose dive into the street.
Mr. Raby, a former Macon
county resident, Is foreman on
the locomotive, and was the
only member of the five-man
crew that escaped injuries.
The best -dressed boys in their war-ruined Greek village, they
speak for Kur<u>e's 30.000,000 children who are in tragic need of
clothing Give all the garments, shoes and bedding you can to
the United National Clothing Collection.
Superior
Court To Open Monday,
April 16
Macon county Superior Court
Is scheduled to convene here
on Monday morning, April 16
With Judge J. W. Pless, of Ma
rlon, presiding, and John Queen,
of Waynesville, as prosecuting
attorney.
The court docket, which is
very light this term, is expect
ed to take only a few days to
dispose of the cases. There are
only five new cases added to
the criminal docket/ however,
there were a number of minor
cases left over from previous
courts.
There are 23 cases on the
civil docket, 13 of which are
divorce cases.
Aged Macon Resident
Passes Monday
Josiah H. Raby, 89, died at
the home of his son, James M
Raby in the Watauga section 1
of Macon county on Monday
morning at 6:30 o'clock follow
ing an illness of three weeks.
Death was caused from heart
ailment.
Mr. Raby had lived all his
life in Macon county except
for about 10 years he lived in
McMinn county, Tejin. His life's
work was farming. He was a
member of the Holly Springs
Baptist church. He was married
to Miss Kansas Webb, of Jack
son county, in 1875, who sur
vives him. He was a great ad
vocator of good roads and the
rural mail routes to his section
of his county.
Mr. Raby, son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Elijah Raby of the
Cowee section, was born on De
cember 14, 1855. He was the
oldest of nine children and the
last survivor in his immediate
family.
Funeral services were held at
the Watauga Baptist church on
Wednesday afternoon at 3:00
o'clock. The Rev. W. C. Pipes,
pastor of the Holly Springs
Baptist church and the Rev. J.
F. Marchman, pastor of the
Franklin Baptist church, offi
ciated. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
The pallbearers werer Paul
Raby, Junior Seay, grandsons;
Parker Raby, George Raby,
Frank Raby, nephews, and
Frank Bailey.
Surviving are the widow and
eight children, seven boys, A.
T. Raby. High Point, James M.
Raby, Franklin route 4, Oscar
A. Raby, Candler, Vester C.
Raby, Burlington, John E. Raby,
Athena, Tenn., William A. Raby,
Council, Fred V. Raby, Ken
tucky, and Mrs. Etta Seay
Franklin route 1. Also 31 grand
children and eight great-grand
children.
Potts Funeral Directors were In
charge of the arrangements.
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Final Rites For Macon
Resident Held Friday
Funeral services for Perry
man Cabe were held at Asbury
Methodist church at Otto, Fri
day, April 6, at 4 p. m., with the
Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt,
pastor of the Franklin Metho
dist church, officating. Inter
ment was in the Asbury ceme
tery.
Having lived all his life in
the Otto community, the body
was taken to the church at 2:30
where it lay in state until the
hour of services.
Pallbearers were Andy Lee
Howard, Claude Cabe, Louin
Cabe, Clennie Bradley, Ras and
Ralph Penland, nephews of Mr.
Cabe. Nequassa Chapter No. 43,
Order of the Eastern Star had
charge of the flowers.
Mr. Cabe passed away Thurs
day afternoon at 2:40 at the
home of his daughter, Mrs.
Lee Guffey, in Franklin. He
had been irt declining health
for the past year and had been
confined to his bed for four
months.
He was born June 1, 1866, at
Otto, where he spent all of his
life, except for three years in
the state of Washington. Upon
his return to North Carolina,
he was married to Miss Emma
Penland on October 31, 1894.
To this union were born six
children. Mrs. Cabe died on
April 1, 1934.
Aji active farmer, he too"k
part in all civic affairs of the
community and was especially
interested in the betterment of
schools, roads and churches. He
was a member of Asbury Meth
odist church, where he always
took an active interest in
church work.
Survivors are two daughters,
Mrs. Carl Jamison and Mrs.
Lee Guffey of Franklin; two
sons, Carl P Cabe, Franklin,
and Alex W. Cabe, Fontana;
two sisters, Mrs. Callie Howard
and Mrs. Betty Bradley, Dillard,
Ga., Route 1; two brothers,
Robert and John Cabe of the
Otto community, and four
grandchildren.
Funeral Services For Mrs.
Evans Held at Cowee
Final rites- for Mrs. Ethel
Sallle Moore Evans, 35, were
held at the Cowee Baptist
church on Monday morning
April 2, at 10 o'clock, with the
Rev. Norman E. Holden-, offic
iating, assisted by the Rev. Or
vil Swafford. Interment was "in
the church cemetery.
Mrs. Evans died in the state
hospital on Saturday morning
at 7 o'clock following an illness
of nine months. She was born
on November 3, 1908, the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. N.Moore,
of Rabun Gap, Oa. On June 9
she was married to Claude
Evans, of this county. She was
i a member of tha Cowee Baptist
churchi
What You Can Spare
That They Can Wear
PVT. I.OVE IN HOSPITAI,
Pvt. John Love, who has been
in overseas service for 15
months, was recently Returned
to the states and is now a pa
tient at Bruns General Hospital,
Santa Fe. N. M.
Pvt. Love, husband of, the for
mer Miss Helen Womack,
daughter of Roy Womack, of
Franklin, was stationed in. the
European theatre, qrtd. served in
five different countries, includ
ing Northern Ireland, England,
France, Belgium and Germany.
He has three battle stars on
his campaign ribbon.
Pvt. Love has two brothers
in the service. Pvt. Harry Love,
a prisoner of the German gov
ernment and Pvt. Melvin Love,
a patient at the Woodrow Wil
son General Hospital, at Staun
ton, Va.
Mrs. Love, who has been with
her father and stepmother here
recently joined her husband in
New- Mexico.
CANDIDATES
ANNOUNCE FOR
TOWN OFFICES
Registration Books Oper
April 15, 21, 28, For
Those Not Registered
Interest in the town election
had been lagging and for sev
eral days it looked as though
there would not be enough can
didates file to fill the places
on the Bqard of Aldermen, but
with the deadline drawing near
Saturday interest began to
grow and there were two filed
for the place of Mayor for the
town and nine for the Board !
of Aldermen.
T. W. Angel, Jr., and George
B. Patton, are both candidates
?for the place of Mayor, and
four of the present board of
aldermen have filed for re
election are J. S. Conley, Mark
L. Dowdle, Cecil Pendergrass
and Harry A. Wilhide. Others
on the ticket are L. B. Phillips,
John Archer, Elbert Angel, Frank
Duncan and Fred Cabe.
C. A. Setser has been ap
pointed registrar of the elec
tion, and George Mashburn and
George Dalrymple, were ap
ponted judges. While a new
registration is not required this
year, the registration books will
oe open Saturday, April 14, 21,
and 28, for the purpose of reg
istering anyone who has not
previously registered or who has
moved here since the last elec
tion.
Challenge day has been set
for May 5.
The polls will operi on the
day of election at 6:30 a. m.,
and close at 6; 30 p. m.
The pallbearers included
Wayne Duvall, Oscar Mason,
Cecil "Duvall, Perry Brendle,
John Brendle and Wade Welch.
Surviving are the husband
and six children, Leonard, Wil
lie, Rogers, Abie, Richard and
Donald Evans, all of Franklin
route 3, the parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. N. Moore, of Rabun
Gap, Ga., one brother, Allison
Moore, In the United States
Army serving in Prance, and
three sisters, Mrs. John Brendle,
and Mrs. Perry Brendle, of
Franklin route 3, and Mrs.
Wade Welch, of Rabun Gap,
Ga.
Potts funeral directors were
I In charge
Now Is The Time To
Clean Out Your Closet
And Help Others
April has been designated as
"Clean Out Your Clothes Clos
et Week", by the Campaign
Committee of the United Na
tional Clothing Drive, and Gil
mer A. Jones, chairman ot the
Macon county drive who is
working the campaign through
the Sunday Schools throughout
the county, urges the people to
cooperate in this drive by giv
ing everything available.
What Can you Spare
That They Can Wear?"
In the attics, closets and
trunks of American homes are
millions ot pounds ot service
able used clothing, shoes and
bedding. In the war-devastated
areas abroad there are millions
of people who are suffering and
dying because they lack such .
essential things.
United National Clothing Col
lection offers an opportunity
for you to show your patriot
ism as well as your humanity.
By providing war sufferers with
those things they most "desper
ately need, you will enable
them to reestablish themselves
and help us in establish'"K the
peace which is to come.
There is a United National
Clothing Collection receiving
depot in your neighborhood. See
that your spare appalel is de
livered there.
Classifications
Announced By Local
Service Board
The following classifications
were announced by the Local
Selective Service Board on April
5th:
I-A ? Walter Lee Roper, Frank
Medlin, John Ward Long, Amos
Willie Harris, John Alexander
Bulgin, Loyal Thomas Mason,
Thomas Vinson, Jr., John Dolce
Clark, Rogers Oliver Wells, R.L."
Cloer, Fred Bell, Cecil Tallent,
Joseph Edgar Garland, Ernest
Earl Grawbarger, Charles John
Ferguson, Jess George Hedden.
II-A? Carl Juan McCall, Carl
Leander Baldwin, George Glenn
Campbell, L. C. Knight, John
Perry England, col., Eugene
Clinton Wood, Lyman Luther
Crawford, Roby Clarence Roper,
Austin Russell, Claude Finex
Talley, Joyce Clarence Dayton,
Burte David Douthitt.
II-B ? -Dillard George Size
more, Howard Crunkleton, B.
T. Sanders, Sanford Carpenter,
col., Clarence Edwin Brogden.
IV-A? Berlin Clifford Pruett.
XV-F? James David Tallent,
Andrew Howard Rowland, An
drew Carl Tysinger, Jr., Otis
Burnette, James Charles Myers,
Albert Ammons, William Marlor
Bradshaw, Truman Alexander
Keener, John Wesley Edwards,
Robert Hayward Hoyt, Grover
Phillip Passmore, Carl Roose
velt Welch, Clarence Wm. Hen
ry Sanders. Morris Parker, An
drew Nelson Carver, Fred Jun
ior Hooper, Norman Ray Hen
ry, James Aylor Zachary, Dov
er Cleveland Hastings, Urban
John Wiley Pendergrass.
I-C ? Dexter Wilson McCon
nell, Lawrence R. Ledbetter,
Dan R. Reynolds, James William
Horsley, Ralph Wayne Queen,
Thomas Ralph Peek, Robert
Logan Tallent, Cameron Wood
row Franklin, Robert Carl Don
aldson, James Frank McCall.
Classified by board of appeal:
In I-A ? Bob Witt.
In II-C ? William Roy Potts.
Eighteen-Year Olds
The following 18-year olds
registered for Selective Service
with this Draft Board during
the month of March:
Dillard George Sizemore, Du
ane Clayton Wilson, Jesse
Greenwood, Frank Scott, D. C.
Stanley, Rondal Conley, How
ard Thomas Swafford, Clyde
Samuel Talley, Adam Harold
Jenkins, William Howell Justice.
COWETA CHURCH TO BE
HOST TO SINGING SUNDAY
The regular Third Sunday
afternoon singing, under the
direction of J. M. Holt, will be
held at the Coweta Baptist
church on Sunday afternoon,
April IS. Singing is scheduled
to begin at 1:45 and all sing'
erg are urged to attend. The
public Is also invited to attend.