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VOL. LX? NO. 24
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1945
$2.00 PER YEAR
500 Locker Freezer Plant
To Be Constructed Here
Building To Be Erected
For Adequate Supply
Of Macon County
W. S. Bearden, of Clayton,
Ga., R. S. O'mohundro and A.
B. O'mohundro, both of Frank
lin, have purchased a lot from
A. B. Slagle on highway 64,
within the town, limits and will
begin construction of a 500
Locker Freezer Plant, within the
coming two weeks, Mr. Bearden
stated Wednesday.
The building will be built of
brick and tile and will be 50
feet by 100 feet. It will bfe an
up-to-date modern plant and
will have enough lockers to
supply the families in Macon
county. However, in order to get
priorities for building the plant,
It will be necessary to rent at
least GO per cent of the lock
ers in advance.
In addition to the locker ]
service, Mr. Bearden stated, i
there will also be a meat curing ,
plant. This plant will be erect- j
ed on a spacious lot with ample
parking space for the custo- ,
mers. ;
The new plant will be known J
as the Macon County Frozen '
Foods Incorporated. i
Mr. Bearden is agent for the ,
Sinclair Refining Company in ,
Clayton, Ga., and also in
Franklin, and R. S. O'mohundro i
is owner and manager of the ,
Variety Store and A. B. O'mo- (
hundro Is owner and manager ,
of the Western Auto Associate j
Store, both business places of <
Franklin. ?
Fiction Books
Wanted For Boys At Lake
Lure Rest Camp
John M. Archer, Jr., chair
man of the Camp and Hospital
committee of the Macon County
Chapter of American Red Cross,
has received an urgent appeal
for reading materials for the
boys at the Lake Lure Rest
Camp. They particularly re
quest good fiction books, and
If there is any one who have
books they would like to send,
please leave them at the Nan
tahala Power and Light Office
with Mr. Archer and he will
see that they are promptly de
livered.
Rev. R. F. Huneycutt,
Gold Hill Pastor, Passes
Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt, 1
pastor of the Franklin Metho
dist church here received a
message on last Friday morn
ing stating that his father, the j
Rev. R. F. Huneycutt, pastor
of the Oold Hill Methodist
church at Oold Hill, had died
very suddenly from a stroke of
apoplexy suffered on the same
date.
Mr. and Mrs. Huneycutt, and
young son, Wylie. left immedi
ately for Oold Hill and are re
maining for a visit with rela
tives and friends.
Final Rites For Mrs.
Mary Shelton Sunday
Final rites for Mrs. Mary
Brown Shelton, 85, were held i
on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the Brush Creek Baptist
church. The Rev. Miss Mary
Elrod, the Rev. O. C. Nix and
the Rev. F. Baumgarner, offi
ciated, with burial following in
the church cemetery.
The pallbearers included W.
E. Miller, Kermit Rogers, Stan
ley Tllson, Ben Rogers, Dock
Rogers and N. F. Rogers.
Mrs. Shelton, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. John Brown, ?
was born on September 23, 1880
in Jackson county. She had ]
made her home in Macon
county for the past several
years. She was twice, married.
The first marriage was to T.
H. Oalloway, and following his
death she was married to J. W.
Shelton, who survives.
Mrs. Shelton. who had been
at for the past three years,
was a member of the Brush
Creek Wesleyan Methodist
church.
Surviving besides the hus
band, are three children, Mrs. ;
John Lee Shook, of Jackson
( county, and Mrs. Nela Golden, ,
of HUlsboro, Ore., and one son,
Hexter Oalloway, of Vernonla,
Ore. Also a number of grand
children and great-grandchil
dren.
Pvt. John C. Henry, Nazi
Prisoner, Liberated
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry,
of the Ellijay section of Ma
con county, have recently had
a letter from their son, John
C. Henry, stating that he is a
tree man once more after be
ing a prisoner of the German
War since February 18, 1943.
A part of the letter is as fol
lows: "I'm free mother. Can you
possibly imagine what that
means to me? I'm so excited I j
can't write properly. I'm a bit !
sick mother ? from eating too :
much. I've been eating and
eating every since I've been lib
erated. I'm coming home soon
and I can't possibly tell yju
how excited I am. Maybe I'll
get home sometime in June.
There are two things I'll never
forget. The greatest and most
human are the American Red
Cross and the lousiest and the
most inhuman people ? the Jer
ries."
Enlisting in the United States
Army in 1938 at the age of 17
irears, Pvt. Henry has had a
:olorful career in two armies ?
The United States and the Can- i
idian army. After two years he i
reenlisted and was sent to a <
post in Minnesota. I
Seeing no chance of the 1
Jnited States getting into the i
war in Europe at the time, he
>btained a discharge and cross- !
:d into Canada where he en- '
isted immediately in the Royal 1
Canadian forces and was soon 1
sent to England. i
Shortly after Pvt. Henry's ar- \
?ival in England he wrote home t
lescribing a German air attack t
in three troop trains en route <
0 Scotland. He told of being s
1 passenger on the first train, s
vhich was unscratched, while i
he second and third trains '
vere badly damaged with many t
asualties among the troops. 1
While still a member of the s
Canadian army he became en- t
[aged to a Welch girl, Rita ^
Tanner. A German bomb killed 8
ler while she was sitting at r
lis side and he escaped unin- 8
ured. In 1942 he obtained a I
ransfer back to the United *
irmy and was sent to North c
Africa in December. He was in s
ictive duty there until he was v
eported missing in action in v
February.
American Legion !
5
benefit Show Enjoyed By
Large Crowd
Franklin American Legion *
'ost No. 108 sponsored a good .
how at the Court House, Sat
irday night, June 9. The "Crazy ?
Tennesseans" put on a good per
ormance worthy of praise in i
ir out of their own pasture.
They are well known for their
irograms over station WftOL, '
Cnoxville. I
Lon Dalton, Post commander, ?
s to be thanked for bringing c
his excellent entertainment r
lere. He and Frank Reese
landled the affair with cooper- i
ition of other Legionaires. v
A total of $181.00 was taken ?
n by the Legion, which after t
leduction of Federal tax, will c
te put into the fund for local 1
?mergency aid to veterans of t
Vorld War I and IX and their c
amllies. \
The Legion hopes to have \
The Crazy Tennesseans" back
or a return engagement. If t
hey live up to Saturday night's c
>erformance in their new show (
we'll have to build a new court ]
louse to accomodate the crowd, t
L.ast Year't Pumpkin ?
In Perfect Condition
Samuel J. Murray, of Iotla j
itreet, brought into the Press <
>fflce last week a pumpkin that J
le raised last year that was
K>und and in perfect eating
sondltion.
Mr. Murray states that he
,'inds no trouble In keeping
pumpkins through the winter
months provided they do not
jet chilled or overheated. He
kept this one in an up-stalrs
room through the winter.
Members of the Press force
are looking forward to the de
licious pies that will be made
from this pumpkin, and we
hope that Mr. Murray will have
the same good with his
pumpkins next yelrr
NEWS OF OUR
i MENwWOMEN
IN UNIFORM -
PFC. PENLAND AWARDED
BRONZE STAR MEDAL
Pfc. Sdwin H. Penland of
Scaly, while serving with the
irmy of the United States has
listinguished himself by excep
;ionally meritorious conduct In
he performance of outstandi
ng services.
Pfc. Penland was driving a
4 -ton 4x4 truck carrying Lts.
r. W. Bull, J. J. Brady and T.
\. Donohue. The vehicle was
ired upon from ? concealment
ind Lts. Bull and Brady, who
vere seated in the rear seat of
he vehicle, were each shot
hrough the leg. Another shot
leeply indented the back of the
ieat on which Pfc. Penland was
itting. Exhibiting extreme cool
less under fire, Pfc. Penland.
vho had noted the location of
he Air Station in Pagny-Suf
rfoselle, turned his vehicle and
igain passed the same location
torn which fired upon. The
rounded officers were under
;oing treatment within five
ninutes after having been shot,
ind it is considered that the
irompt and fearless action of
>fc. Penland, and his carefully
ultivated habit of observation,
aved the life of Lt. Bull who
could have bled to death in a
rery few minutes.
Pfc: Penland was awarded the
Sronze Star Medal for meritor
ous and heroic service in aid
ng a wounded officer at Pagny
iur-Moselle, France.
Pfc. Penland. the son of Mrs.
Iffie Penland, had previously
leen awarded the Good Conduct
ledal. He entered the service
n December 1943 and was sent
iverseas in April 1944.
Vlrs. George Guest Died
Home, Funeral Sunday
Mrs. Martha Ann Guest. 64,
yife of George Guest, of East
^ranklin, died at her home on
Saturday morning at 12:30
1'clock following a lingering ill
less of several months.
Mrs Guest was a life-long
esident of Macon county. She
vas a daughter of the late John
ind Sarah Ann Kinsland, of
he Watauga section of the
:ounty. She was born on April
., 1881 and was a member of
he Holly Springs Baptist
:hurch. On April 14, 1901 she
vas married to George Guest,
vho survives.
Funeral services were held at
he Holly Springs Baptist church
>n Sunday afternoon at 3
>'clock. The Rev. W. C. Pipes,
Dastor, officiated, assisted by
he Rev. J. F. Marchman, pas
or of the Franklin Baptist
;hurch. Interment followed in
;he church cemetery.
The pallbearers included Paul
Kinsland, John Pennington,
Soy Kinsland, John Franks, G.
3. Kates and Curley Penning
ton.
Surviving are the husband
and eight children, five sons,
Frank and Jack Guest, of Oe
troit. Mich., Coley and Carl
3uest. of Franklin, and Rich
ard Guest, who is serving in
the armed forces in Italy, and
three daughters, Mrs. Norman
Quest, Mrs. Lyman Gregory
and Mrs. Bert Gibson, all of
Franklin. Three brothers, Sam,
A o. and C. B. Kinsland, all
of Franklin route 4, and two
sisters. Mrs. India Pennington,
of Franklin, and Mrs. Cora
Banders, of Canton. Also a
number of grandchildren.
CLYDE TALLENT
rn. a. :juc lant'iu nas Deen
j "Presumed dead", according to
a War Department letter of June
2 received by his wife, Mrs.
Anita B. Tallent.
Pfci Tallent entered the Army
May 30, 1943 and received train- [
ing at Camp Wheeler, Ga., and
at Ft. Meade, Md., before sail
ing the last of October, 1943 (
for the Mediterranean theatre
of war. He was reported miss- ,
hig in action June 1, 1944 after ,
having been wounded by enemy ,
fire while his company was at
tacking near Lanuvino, Italy
and had to be left' behind on ,
the battlefield as his comrades (
advanced.
Pfc. Tallent was the son of ,
the late A. D. Tallent and Mrs. i
Florence L. Tallent of Iotla. In ,
1940 he married Miss Anita ,
Willis of HatteraS, N. C., whom (
he met when he was principal j
of Hatteras school. One son,
Ray Tallent, was born in
March, 1944. There are three ]
brothers: Hiram Tallent, Cpl. '
Darrell Tallent and Howard '
Tallent and one sister, Anna 1
Lois Tallent, all of Iotla. Cpl. ;
Darrell Tallent is recently re
ported in the Marianas where
he is serving with the Army j
Air Corps.
George Patton
Named As Council For 1
Highway Board j
The appointment of George 1
B. Patton, former .assistant at
torney general and legislator,
to succeed Charles Ross as gen
eral counsel for the state high
way commission has been rec
ommended by Governor R.
Gregg Cherry.
The recommends (ion probab
ly will be acted upon at the
next meeting of the commis
sion. The $6,000-a-year .appoint
ment would become effective
July 1.
Ross, counsel for the commis
sion for 22 years and himself
a former assistant attorney
general, has been acting as
chairman of the commission
since the resignation last year :
of D. B. McCrary of Asheboro. 1
Ross has continued to act as
counsel while serving as chair
man.
Patton, 47, served in the 1939
general assembly as represen
tative from Macon county. He
became an assistant attorney
general the same year and
served for five years. He re
signed last fall to return to pri
vate law practice at Franklin.
He is a former mayor of
Franklin, is president of the
Macon Bar association, a mem
ber of the executive committee
of the 20th Judicial District
bar. attorney for the town of
Highlands and Macon county,
and is a civic and church
leader.
Governor Cherry did not in
dicate whether Patton had
agreed to accept the appoint
ment, but it was assumed Pat
ton at least had been offered
the post.
Action on the Patton recom
mendation is expected to take
place at the same time decis
ions In the filling of other
commission - appointive offices
probably will be made. Jobs ex
pected to be filled at the next
meeting Include those of state
penal director, now held by H.
Dig Out Those Hidden Dollars
And Invest Them In E Bonds
Final Rites For M rs.
Pauline Tallent Saturday
Final rites for Mrs. Pauline
Tallent, 68, were held on Sat*
urday morning at 10 o'clock at
the Aquone Baptist church. The
Rev. T. D. Dendy, officiated,
and burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Tallent, a life-long resi
dent of this county, was the
daughter of the late Mitchell
and Menta Wood Hicks. She
was married to Charlie Tallent,
who preceded hei in death a
few years ago. She was a mem
ber of the Kyle Baptist church.
Mrs. Tallent died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Harley
Pendergrass at Nantahala on
Tuesday evening at 9 o'clock
following a lingering illness of
five, years.
Surviving are five daughters,
Mrs. Harley Pendergrass, of
Nantahala, Mrs. Ida Younce,
and Mrs. Etta Pendergrass, ot
Aquone, Mrs. Maude Lunsford
and Mrs. Pearl Moore, of
Peachtree. Also two brothers,
James Hicks, of Lake Junalus
kee, and Arthur Hicks, of
Aquone, and 20 grandchildren,
and 1 great-grandchild.
William Elbert Battles
Died Sunday Morning
William Elbert Battles, 68,
died at the home of his son,
Wylie Battles, in the Otto com
munity on Sunday morning ' at
1 o'clock following a stroke of
apoplexy suffered one year ago.
Mr. Battles, born on May 19,
1877 in the Cartoogechaye sec
tion of Macon county, had liv
ed in the county all his life. He
was married to Miss Callie Guf
fey, of Cartoogechaye, who pre
ceded him in death a few years
ago. He was a member of the
Maidens Chapel Methodist
church on Cartoogechaye, and
his life's work was in farming.
Funeral services were held
3n Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock
at the Asbury Methodist church
it Otto. The Rev. V. N. Allen,
pastor, officiated and interment
followed in the church ceme
tery.
Mr. Battles is survived by two
sons, Wylie Battles, of Otto, and
Charlie Battles, of Fontana. Al
so two sisters, Mrs. Mary Hast
ings, of Dillard, Ga., Route 1,
and Mrs. Annie Southards, of
Cartoogechaye, and six grand
children.
Funeral Services For
Mrs. Beulah Parrish
Funeral services for Mrs. Beu
lah E. Parrish, 69, wife, of
George T. Parrish, of Franklin
route 3, were held at the Burn
ingtown Baptist church on Fri
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, with
the Rev. J. F. Marchman, pas
tor of the Franklin Baptist
church and the Rev. George
A. Cloer, of the Leatherman
community, officiating. Inter
ment was in the Franklin cem
etery.
Mrs. Parrish died at her home
on Burningtown on Thursday
afternoon about 6 o'clock fol
lowing a lingering illness of one
year, although she had only
been critically ill for the past
week.
Mrs. Parrish, who was the
former Miss Beulah Emile Por
ter, was a life-long resident of
Macon county.
She was a member of the
Burningtown Baptist church.
Fifty-five years ago she was
married to George T. Parrish,
who survives.
The pallbearers included Dov
er Duvall, Fred Parrish and
Ralph Baldwin, grandsons, and
Bronce Roper, Terrell Parrish,
and Ernest Huggins.
Surviving besides the widower
are four daughters, Mrs. W. E.
Baldwin, of Franklin, Mrs. Hal
lie Duvall, Mrs. Buren Pruett,
and Miss Bertie Parrish, all of
Franklin route 3, and two sons,
Ralph Parrish, of Brevard, and
R. P. Parrish, of Johnday, Ore.
Also three half-sisters, Mrs.
Nat Gennett, Mrs. Hallie Bass
and Mrs. Worth McKinney, all
of Asheville, and one half-bro
ther, J. D. Porter, of Emporia,
Va., 22 grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren.
Hw Honeycutt as acting direc
tor, and that of warden of Cen
tral prison, now being held by
Acting Warden Hugh WlUon.
Less Than Half Of Macon
7th War Loan Quota
Sold To Date
A report from the Federal
Reserve Bank in Richmond, Va.,
shows that Macon pounty has
to-date sold a total of $70,687.
50 in the E bond sales and that
the overall total has reached
$96,731.50, according to a re
port made by Gilmer A. Jones,
co-chairman of the Seventh
War Loan Drive Thursday.
This is a considerable pick
up over the report of last week,
however, we are far short of
reaching our quota of $164,000.00
in the E series of the overall
quota of $218,000.00, and with
only four more weeks to raise
OUR VICTORY E BOND FLAG.
Citizens of Macon county, dig
out those hidden, dollars and
convert them into E Bonds. We
realize this is a long and ted
ious drive and a lot of bonds
are to be sold, but it can be
done and it must be done. Our
boys in the Pacific can't quit ?
and we can't stop either.
Members of the Junior Civil
Air Patrol will have charge of
the bond sales at the Bank
of Franklin on Saturday morn
ing, it has been announced by
Mrs, J. E. S; Thorpe, chairman
of the Woman's Division of the
county. The girls include Misses
Ruth Angel, Ann Lyle, Freda
Mae Arnold, Jane McCracken,
Bobetta Dean and Barbara Con
ley.
Selective Service
Macon County Men Leave
For Induction
The following men were re
cently classified in IA, accord
ing to figures from the Local
Board of Selective Service, on
June 7, 1945;
Henry Pierson Keener, Jr.,.
Charlie Francis Kenney. Arch
Harold Dills, Oscar Logan Hed
den, James Sanders, Rufus
Butler Justice, Goley Vincent.
DeWitt Waldroop, Claude Ellis
McCoy.
Sent To Induction Station
The following men have been
sent to the Induction Station
and are now in the Army:
George Robert Chavis, Robert
Willard Hall, Robert Lee Alex
ander Gibson, colored. Duane
Clayton Wilson, Howard Thomas
Swafford, George Louis Webb,
William Shirley Keener, Lewis
Engene Gibson. Albert Lee
Poindexter, Major Laurel Woods,
James Clarence Crisp, Jasper
Benjamin Green, Silas James
Ledford, Corbin A. Talley, Har
ry William Baty, James Ran
dolph Hall was transferred to
Waynesville for induction, Leo
Mack Meece was transferred to
Seneca, S. C., for induction, and
Charles John Ferguson was
transferred to Los Angeles,
Calif., for induction.
New Registrants
New registrants with this
Local Board during the month
of May are: Joe David Evans.
Wiley Howard Jones, Henry
Pierson Keener, Jr., Jim Hog
sed, Harley Hyman Seagle, Al
len Bunyan Barnes, John Thom
as Chrisawn, Kelly Gordon
Jones, Lee Oliver, Nathaniel
Patterson, colored, Dover Coch
ran, William Richard Bingham,
Manuel Lee McMahan, Billie
Thomas Bateman. Floyd Ernest
Cruse, Roy Lawrence Pender
grass, Virgil Taylor Holland,
Charlie Francis Kenney, Sam
uel Moses Mashburn.
Azalea In Full Bloom
On Wayah Bald
John Wasilik, Jr., district for
est ranger for the Nantahala
National Forest Service, Frank
lin, has announced that the
flaming azalea is now in full
bloom along the road from
Wayah Gap to Wayah Bald
Lookout Tower.
The white azalea at the Look
out Tower is just beginning to
bloom and should reach its
peak about June 20, Mr. Wasi
lik stated.
This drive, with the flaming
azalea blending in with the
softer hues of yellow makes one
of the most beautiful drives in
the county during this season
of the year.
Buymore/fe^now