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FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1945
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Don't Let Them Down ... Buy Bonds Now
Grant L. Zickgraf
Civil Air Patrol Comdr.,
Receives Promotion
Lt. Grant L. Zickgraf, one ol
the founders and commanding
officer of the Macon County
Squadron of the Civil Air Pa
trol since its organization in
January of this year, has an
nounced that he has been
transferred from the post of
commander of the local unit to
that of Intelligence Officer on
the staff of Captain Charles
Duncan, of Splndale, Command
ing Group No. 4 of the North
Carolina Wing.
In announcing his promotion,
Lt. Zickgraf stated that Lt.
Robert Cooper, recently trans
ferred to Franklin from Hend
ersonville, will be appointed
commander of the Macon
squadron. It is expected also
that the following appointments
will be made: J. Ward Long to
the post of Executive Officer,
Lt. Lynette Cooper to Adjutant,
Lt. Alan Brooks, who has been
Deputy Staff Officer, to Trans
portation Officer, and Lt. Thel
ma C. Zickgraf, who has been
Adjutant, to Deputy Staff Of
ficer.
Other members of the squad
ron staff are Lt. Guy L. Houk,
Training Officer, Lt. John Arch
er, Intelligence Officer, Lt. H.
H. Onuse, Communications Of
ficer, Lt. Frank Henry, Supply
Officer, Lt. George Hill, Assis
tant Training Officer and Lt.
Jackson Huneycutt, Assistant
Staff Officer.
In relinquishing his post Lt.
Zickgraf expressed his grati
tude to the Town and County
officials, the Chamber of Com
merce, the civic clubs and the
many individuals who have con?
tributed so much to the suc
cessful organization of the local
CAP uWit and to the splendid
growth of local interest in avi
ation. He predicted continuing
growth of the CAP and a place
of prominence in North Caro
lina's post war aviation program
for Franklin.
Lt. Zickgraf is particularly
pleased with the progress being
made by the Highlands flight
of the Macon Squadron. War
rent Officers W. T. Medlin,
flight leader and Instructor in
military tactics; Sidney Mc
carty, instructor in navigation;
Jack Davidson, instructor in
meteorology, and Wade Sutton,
instructor in both the theory
of flight and airplane construc
tion, have organized an active
unit. They plan even further
expansion 'and increased activ
ity during the summer months.
W. O. Wade Sutton, who has
flown several hundred hours
patroling the coast of this
country during the early part
of the war, is the oldest mem
ber of the Macon squadron as
to CAP service.
Lts. Robert and Lynette
Cooper, who received their com
missions while serving with
the Western North Carolina and
Hendersonville squadrons of the
CAP, have recently come to
Franklin to operate the new
Franklin airport. Lt. Robert
Cooper has the Civil Aeronau
tics Authority's flight instruc
tor's rating. Three of his
Franklin students have already
made their first solo flights.
They are J. Ward Long, Harold
Bradley and John Archer.
Rev. Washam, Andrews,
To Fill Pulpit Here
Rev. C. C. Washam, pastor of
the Andrews Methodist church,
will preach in the Franklin
Methodist church next Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock.
At this time the local Metho
dist minister, Rev. W. Jackson
Huneyeutt, is to deliver the
baccalaureate sermon at, the
Andrews high school. In the
afternoon at 3 o'clock, Mr. Hun
eyeutt is to preach the com
mencement sermon at Webster
high school.
Service* At Liberty
A meeting will be held in the
Liberty Baptist church on Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock and
the theme of the sermon will
be "Importance of the Home",
which will be drf'vered by the
pastor, after whh>A a number
of other talks will follow. All
nearby churches arc Invited to
attsnd.
FREE MOVIE DAY
June 6th is the first anni
versary of D-Day! and D-Day
is Free Movie Day at the
Macon Theatre.
Buy a War Bond between
June 1st and June 6th and be
admitted free to the Mac an
Theatre and see "MUSIC FOR
MILLIONS", starring Margaret
O'Brien and Jose Iturbi.
Mrs. Howard, Manager, says,
"All you have to do is to
purchase a bond at the bank
or postoffice between June 1,
and June 6th and jou will be
admitted to the show cn that
day free of charge upon show
ing your band or receipt at
the box office. It will not be
necessary to collect tax."
Help speed TOTAL VIC
TORY in the Mighty Seventh
War Loan and jaw the Free
Movie Day at the Macon
Theatre on D-Day, June 6th.
George B. Patton
Named To Commission
Governor Cherry, announced
the appointment of a five
member commission to study
the needs and facilities for
motor vehicle transportation of
property and to recommend ap
propriate legislation to the gov
ernor for consideration.
Rep. Frank Taylor of Golds
boro was appointed chairman
of the commission. Other mem
bers are Sen. Edwin Pate of
Laurinburg, L. A. Love of Char
lotte, 8en. John W. Aiken of
Hickory, and George B. Patton
of Franklin, a former assistant
attorney general,
Son Of Rev Grant
Seriously Injured
The Rev. D. P. Grant, pastor
of the Franklin Methodist Cir
cuit, left Franklin early last
Thursday morning to go to the
bedside of his son, "Bud"
Grant, who is a patient at the
Rowan Memorial hospital, Sal
esbury. On Wednesday night
his condition was critical.
Before going to press word
has been received that "Buddie"
died on Thursday afternoon at
1 o'clock and funeral services
will be held at the Faith Meth
odist church at Granite Quarry
on Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock, according to a telegram
received here Thursday after
noon by the Rev. W. Jackson
Huneycutt. *
Child Labor Law Not
Affected By School Law
"Interpretation and enforce
ment of the Child Labor Law
has not been effected by the
amendment to the compulsory
school attendance law," Forrest
H. Shuford, state commissioner
of labor, said today in a memo
randum to all county superin
tendents of welfare. "The Child
Labor Law provides that minors
14 and 15 years of age cannot
be employed during the hours
when school is in session. The
only exception to the provisions
of this law is for minors who
are employed in domestic or
agricultural work under the su- ,
pervision or direction of their
parents," Shuford stated. /
The amendment by ? the Gen
eral Assembly of 1945 of the
compulsory school attendance
law provides that during the 12
months following July 1, 1945,
children between the ages of 7
and 15 shall attend school. On
July 1, 1946 and thereafter,
children between 7 and 16 must
attend school. For the duration
of six months following the end
of World War II, children liv
ing on farms or working in
commercial fishing or fisheries
are exempted and superinten
dents of schools may excuse any
male child 14 to 16 years of
age for employment that is per
mitted by the labor laws of
this state.
"Considering the two laws to
gether, one can readily see that
during the coming fiscal year
minors 14 years of age, since
they cannot work under the
provisions' of the Child Labor
Law, cannot, as heretofore, quit
school and roam the streets.
On and after July 1, 1946 this
will be true of all minors up
to 16 years of age."
Now ? Buy Bonda
1?
NEWS or OUR
MEN<w WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Deitz Liberated;
At Moore Hospital
S. Sgt. Wade Reitz of West's
Mill, Macon county, liberated
prisoner of war, has arrived at
Moore General hospital after
two years of overseas service,
six months of which he spent
in the stalags of Germany.
Still thin from the starvation
diet on which he existed dur
ing his internment Sergeant
Deitz is slowly gaining back his
weight. A six-footer, Deitz
weighed 185 pounds when cap
tured and was a 119-pound
"scarecrow" when liberated by
the 44th division April 2.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
W. Deitz, he has been in the
army more than four years and
left for overseas duty in 1943.
Serving with the 30th division
of the first army, Deitz saw ac
uon in trance, Belgium, Holl
and, and Germany. He was
fighting inside the Siegfried line
last October as a squad leader
when his company was isolated
by an enemy attack. The Ger
mans closed in with a bayonet
charge and cut the. outfit to
pieces except for the 17 pris
oners captured.
Sergeant Deitz was wounded
in the arm during the attack
and was immediately interned
in a hospital in Western Ger
many. This was the first of
eight hospitals he was to see
before being freed by the allied
breakthrough. As the pressure
increased on the western front
the Germans moved prisoners
farther east.
Traveling by train, bus, and
foot, sometimes with other pris
oners and several times alone
except for his guard, Deitz saw
his share of German cities and
countryside. He passed through
Leipzig and Berlin heading east,
and when the Russians began
their final push to victory his
captors herded him "westward
again.
Sergeant Deitz had been out
of his hospital bed six days
when the Russian threat ne
cessitated the Germans moving
back toward the western front.
With the transportation facili
ties bombed out, the prisoners
had to be marched back? a 37
day journey. Deitz was interned
at Bad Dard when liberated.
He arrived back in the States
May 1 and reached Moore Gen
eral hospital May 11.
Decoration Day
At Cowee Baptist Church
The annual decoration day
day will be observed at the Co
wee Baptist church on Wed
nesday, May 30. - The public is
invited to come and bring pic
nic lunch.
Services To Be Held At
Monrison Sunday
The Rev. C. R. McCubbins.
pastor of the Franklin Presby
terian church, has announced
that he will preach at the Mor
rison Presbyterian church on
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The public Is invited to attend.
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Buy E War Bonds
Pfc Frank Dills Liberated1
From German Prison
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Dills, of
the Prentiss section of Macon
county, received a letter from j
their son, Pfc. Frank Dills, who |
was reported by the War De
partment to, be missing in ac- !
tion in Luxembourg, on Decem
ber 22, 1944, stating that he was
well and happy to be back with
his outfit again.
He writes his mother that, "It
j has been a long time, Mama, -
since I had a chance to write
j you, but I hope you will let j
" these few words make up the
| empty space. X know now that
I will be able to let you hear
i from me more often. Mama it
sure does make me feel good to
be once again in a good old
j mess hall and eat till I'm full
and know that I can get three
meals a day. I know you was
worried about me while I was
prisoner, but now you can quit
l it, for Uncle Sam has got me
again."
Pfc. Dills, who was serving
with the 44th engineering unit
in Germany, was sent to over
seas duty in March of the past
year. He entered the armed
forces in December 1942 and
took \his training at Camp
Mcttoy, Wis., Fort Knox, Ky?
Libenton, Tenn., and at Camp
Breckenridge, Ky.
This letter received by Mr. and
Mrs. Dills was the first news,
except for a card saying that
he was a prisoner of the Ger
man War, since he was cap
tured in December. He now
writes that he hopes to be in
the states within the next few
months. He has been away for
16 months.
Church To Celebrate 60th
S. S. Anniversary
The Franklin Baptist church
will celebrate the 60th anniver
sary of the Sunday school, on '
Sunday, May 27.
Frank Jarrett, of Dillsboro, 1
first Sunday School superinten
dent, will be present and con- i
duct the Sunday school on
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock,
and the Rev. Eugene R. Eller,
former pastor will deliver the
morning sermon at 11 o'clock.
Basket dinner will be served
at 12 o'clock and during the
afternoon session all the tormet
superintendents are expected to
be present and take parts on
the program. They include John
S. Trotter, Alex Moore, Paul
Carpenter, and the present su
perintendent, Walter Dean.
All members are uregd to at
tend. The public is also invited
to attend.
Jennings Cemetery
To Be Cleaned Off
An all-day working will be
held at the Jennings cemetery
at Holly Springs on Thursday,
May 31, and anyone who have
relatives and friends burled In
the cemetery are urged to come
and bring tools suitable to work
with. The decoration of the
graves will be held on Sunday,
1 June 3, It has been announced
i by Alex Deal, secretary of the
Holly Springs Sunday school.
Macon County Bond Sales
Lagging As Never Before
BOND SALES FAR
BELOW QUOTA
In the Seventh War Loan,
which began on May 14, Ma
con county, according to the
last report received from the
Federal Reserve Bank, has
sold $22,687.50 of E Bonds
against its quota of $168,000.
and has sold $34,861.50 of all
issues of bonds against its
over all quota of $218,000. In
the report of sales made we
are credited with all bond
sales made beginning with
April 9.
According to the report, the
people of Macon county are
buying fewer bonds during
this drive than they normal
ly buy without a drive being
on. We are simply giving
these facts to the public in
<arder that they may know
just what the county is doing
toward meeting iU quota.
On no previous drives has
this county failed to meet
either its E bond quota or its
over all quota, and it is hoped
that the quota may still be
met, notwithstanding the pic
ture presented by the above
figures.
J. E. S. Thorpe Chairman
War Fund Drive
Governor R. Gregg Cherry
has announced the appoint
of the District chairman who
will conduct the October cam
paign funds in the United War
Fund Drive for the western part
of the state, with J. E. S.
Thorpe, of Franklin for this
territory.
District 1, which has had the
leadership of J. E. S. Thorpe
in the first two United War
Fund campaigns, includes Cher
okee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Jackson, Macon and Swain
counties. Every county in the
district has gone far "over the
top" in both campaigns. In his
direction of campaign organi
zation Mr. Thorpe has had the
able assistance of John Archer,
Jr., of Franklin.
Veteran Crosses Placed
On Monument Square
Mrs. J. C. Barrington and
Mrs. A. R. Higdon has announc
ed that the little white crosses
will be placed in the Mounment
Square in memory of the boys
who gave their lives in World
War No. 1. and in World War
No. 2, by Friday of this week
and will be decorated on Fri- j
day afternoon and Saturday
morning.
Anyone having a surplus of
flowers are asked to please
bring them in as they wish to
have flowers at all the crosses.
This tribute is being sponsor
ed by members of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary and the
crosses were made by Ben Har
rison, Lon Dalton and Roy Car
penter at the wark shop of the
Forest service. To Mr. Schilling,
superintendent, they express
their appreciation.
On Wednesday morning be
tween 11 and 11:30 o'clock a
memorial service will be held
at this plot on the public
square by the following minis
ters, the Rev. W. Jackson Hun
eycutt, the Rev. J. F. March
man, the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan
and the Rev. C. R. McCubbins.
Other speakers are expected to
take part on the program to
which the public are urged to
attend.
Payments On Beef
Production Effective
Quoted below is a telegram
received by Sam W. Menden
hall, county farm agent, from
the Washington office announc
ing the new beef production
payments which will be in ef
fect on all sales in accordance
with the information contained
In the telegram beginning as
of May 19, 1945. These pay
ments will be made similar to
the dairy feed payments.
Beef producers should Imme
diately begin keeping records of
their sales as of May IS, IMS.
Chairmen Say Maconians
Will Rally To Cause
They Believe
The chairmen of the Seventh
War Loan Drive, Henry W. Cabe
and Gilmer A. Jones, state that
to date there has been a total
of $22,687 in the E series against
the quota of $108,000, sold in
Macon county, and that so far
very little interest is being
manifested, despite the fact
that this is one of the most
critical periods of the war, and
never in all the previous drives
is it as important to buy bonds
as in this present one.
Despite the lack of interest in
buying bonds, the chairmen leel
that the citizens of Macon
county will wake up to the fact
that we must not let our boys
down, and that we will again
meet our quota as we have in
the six preivous drives.
Two young army officers
from Moore General Hospital,
after having done their share,
and more, in actual combat, are
coming to Franklin on next
Monday, May 28, in behalf of
the 7th War Loan Drive. These
men will make short talks at
the Macon Theatre immediate
ly following the afternoon show
and between the first and sec
ond evening shows.
Five Movie Days
In addition to its main fea- '
true, "A Song to Remember," in
technicolor, the Macon Theatre
is also Showing on Monday af
ternoon and Monday night the *
War Department's picture, Fur
ry in the Pacific." This picture
is one that lays bare the facts
of actual combat in the Pacific
area, and will give us a clear
insight into what our boys are
undergoing in combat.
With' June 6 being the first
anniversary of D-Day, it has
therefore been proclaimed as
Movie Day at the Macon The
atre. All you have to do is
BUY A BOND" between Fri
day, June 1, and Wednesday,
June 6, and be admitted FREE
to the Macon Theatre to see
"Music for Millions", starring
Margaret O'Brien and Jose
Sturbi, it has been announced
by Mrs. Agnes Howard, man
ager. .
Mrs. Howard is doing this in
order to help create more in
terest in the sale of bonds and
help speed on t^ total Victory
in this, the Mighty Seventh War
Loan Drive.
The school children, under
the supervision of E. J. Whit
mire, are busy trying to do their
share in the sales but with
their final examinations and
schools closing in a few days,
it is almost impossible for them
to accomplish very much. They
have in all previous drives done
a great deal toward the county
meeting its quota.
Mrs. J, E. S. Thorpe has an
nounced that on Saturday, May
26, Mrs. Carl Tysinger, chair
man of the Wesleyan Guild of
the Franklin Methodist church,
Mrs. Ruth Smart, Mrs. Harry
Wilhide, Mrs. Grover Jamison,
Jr., and Mrs. Florence S. Sher
rill will have charge of the
booth at the Bank of Franklin.
* The Commodity Credit . Cor
poration will purchase crimson
clover, hairy vetch, and com
mon ryegrass seed meeting the
specifications of the 1945 Seed
Purchase Program.
"WFA will announce beef
production payment 50 cents
per hundred weight effective
sales beginning May 19 on "
good and choice cattle (1) own
ed and fed by applicant at least
30 days. (2) sold to licensed
slaughterer. (3) weighing 800
pounds liveweight or more. (41
sale price at least the amount
listed for minimum stabiliza
tion range for good grade cat
tle (See MPR 574) January 29,
1945 for applicable zones and
price ranges*. Notify counties
to advise cattlemen retain evi
dence of sales payment. Pro
cure similar dairy program.
Formal offer and details fol
low.
Acting Director East
Central Division."
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