SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
and
COMINGS AND GOINGS
MISS GLADYS BALDWIN
WEDDED TO SGT. EAVERSON
Mr. and Mrs. Harley E. Bald
win., of Palmer street, Frank
lin, have announced the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss
Gladys Baldwin to T/Sgt. James
E. Eaverson, of the Army Air
Force, of Waynesville and Se
bring, Fla.
The wedding ceremony was
performed on Saturday, May 26
in the Post Chapel, Hendricks
Field, Sebring, Fla., with Cap
tain Fred P. Jones, chaplain,
officiating.
The couple entered the Chap
el unattended, and a program
of wedding music was presented
by Pvt. James Holbert, organist.
The bride was attired in an
afternoon dress of light blue
crepe with which she wore
black and white accessories.
Her corsage was of yellow rose
buds.
Mrs. Eaverson is a graduate
of the Franklin high school and
Blanton's Business College,
Asheville. Prior to her marriage
she was employed in the Macon
County Welfare Department Of
fice, Franklin.
Mr. Eaverson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Eaverson, of Wayn
esville, has recently returned to
the States after serving as gun
ner with the Eighth Air Force
in England. He is now an in
structor at Keesler Field, Bi
loxi, Miss., where he was re
cently transferred.
Mr. and Mrs. Eaverson will
reside in Biloxl at present.
MISS LEDFORD ENGAGED
TO G. E. BUCHANAN
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Ledford,
of Franklin route 2, have an
nounced the engagement and
approaching marriage of their
, daughter, Miss Bernice Sue Led
ford to George Edward Buch
anan, son of Clade J. Buch
anan, son of Claude J. Buch
anan of Brevard.
The wedding ceremony will
take place at the First Bap
tist church in Brevard on Sun
day, June 24, with, the Rfv. B.
W. Thomason, pastor, officiat
ing.
Miss Ledford is a graduate of
the Franklin high school and
attended Rabun Gap Nacoochee
Industrial School, Rabun Gap,
Ga. For the past two years she
has been employed at the Ecus
ta Paper Corporation at Bre
vard.
Mr. Buchanan, formerly of
Bakersvllle, is a graduate of the
Bakersville high school, and of
Brevard college, Brevard, in the
class of 1943. He attended a
printing school In Nashville,
Tern., following his graduation
and is now job printer for
Ecusta Paper Corporation, Bre
vard.
FORMER MACON GIRL
RECEIVES HIGH HONORS
Miss Ethel Williamson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Omer Wll
'..amson, of Burlington, Wash.,
formerly of Cartoogechaye, was
graduated 'Vith honors from
the Burlington high school re
cently.
Miss Williamson received a
scholarship to the Western
Washington College of Educa
tion. She also received the gold
honor pin of the Torch Honor
Society, which is presented to
students making a "B" average
through high school.
.MISS MILDRED SHULER
ENGAGED TO SGT. SHEPHERD
Mrs. Julia Shuler, of Franklin
route 4, has announced the en- |
I.gement of her daughter, Miss
ildred Shuler to Sgt. Crawford
Shepherd, of the United States
Army stationed in the Philip
pine Islands.
Miss Shuler is a graduate of
the Frrnklin high school In the
class of 1945. .
Sgt. Shuler is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dock Shepherd, of
Sylva, formerly of Franklin
Route 3. He entered che armed
forces on June 24, 1941 at Ft.
Bragg, and took his basic train
ing at Camp Lee, Va. He was
then sent to Panama "anal
where he spent 22 months be
fore he was returned to the
States. Following a stay of eight
months in California, he was
then sent to overseas service
and for the past 15 months he
has been in N e-/ Guinea, East
Indies and the Philippine Is
lands.
The wedding arrangements
a.-#^'ncomplete pending the re
turn of Sgt. Shepherd.
MISS PORTER
GRADUATES
Miss Leona Lane Porter,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas W. Porter, Sr., was
Among the members of the June
graduating class at George Pea
body College for teacher* at
Kautvllla, Tenn., with a Bach
elor of Art (UfTH.
MISS LEACH HOSTESS TO
U. D. C. CHAPTER
Miss Nora Leach was hostess
to the Macon County Chapter
of the United Daughter of i
Confederacy at her home on
West Main street on Monday .
evening with Mrs. Zeb W. Con- ,
ley as associate hostess. There
were 11 members In attendance. (
Mrs. W. M. Parrish, president,
presided over the meeting and j
Mrs. H. E. Church acted as ,
chaplain in the absence of the
chaplain.
A report from the various out
committees were heard and
Mrs. Zeb W. Conley was af>- i
pointed chairman of the flower i
"committee. A report was made :
by the solicitors in the Seventh I
War Loan Drive, stating that a .
total of $3,975.00 had already i
been sold by this committee.
Following the business session
the president gave a sketch on
Jefferson Davis, who was born
In June 1808 and became presi
dent of the Confederacy in 1970.
\ poem "Jefferson Davis" was
read by Miss Arietta Boiick.
and a radio script entitled "A
Confederate Flag Waves aver
Bermantown", was given by
Mrs. Carl S. Slagle. A poem,
'The Flag is Passing By" was
read by Mrs. Herbert E. Church.
In the Flag contest on "Flag
Day" Mrs. Lester S. Conley was
winner of the contest.
At the close of the meeting
the hostesses served a delicious
sweet course.
The July meeting is schedul
ed to meet at the home of Mrs.
Frank Moody at the Moody
Farm on the second Monday
night.
Personal Mention
Miss Ethel Hurst has return
sd to her home on Harrison
avenue after a visit with her
sister, Mrs. L. B. Barney and
Mr. Ramey and her brother,
C. Hurst and Mrs. Hurst at
their homes in Champaign, 111.
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Mrs. Marshall McElroy, of |
Spartanburg, S. C., Is spending
several days visiting tier father.
W. G. Hall and Mrs. HilU at
their home on Bonny Crest.
Fred Guest, of Baltimore, Md.,
attended the funeral of his
sister-in-law, Mrs. George Guest
Sunday. *
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Guest and I
three children and Frank |
Guest, all of Detroit, Mich.. I
were called home last week on [
account of the death of the ,
Messrs Guest's mother, Mrs. j
George Guest. They are spend
ing this week with their father !
here.
Mrs. La!li? SherHtl and
daughter Mi*s Fan Sherrlli
are spending several days in
Knoxville.J Tenn., with their
daughter and sister, Mrs. Bill
Schooley and Mr. Schooley.
Miss ' Barabra Stockton, who
has been attending Brenau col
lege, Gainesville, Ga., has re
turned to her home in Frank
lin for the smrner months.
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Gates ancl
John Franks, of Anderson, S.
C., came Up Sunday to attend
the funeral of their aunt, Mrs.
George Guest.
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STRAIGHT TALK
ABOUT THE? WAR LOAN
THE 7,h WAR LOAN
Americans, as individuals, are taking on their big
gest quota to date ? 7 billion dollars, 4 billions
in E Bonds alone.
You may be wondering, "Why this biggest of all
individual quotas now? Haven't we already reached
the peak?"
A fair question ? requiring a straight answer.
The Money Is Needed for War
The Battle of Japan has just begun. It must be
backed up, paid for, fought for by a free people,
intent on sweeping the Pacific clear of fascist hate
?forever.
With the war in the West our first and major
concern, we have not yet been able to go all-out in
the East. But neither has the Jap.
The war to crush Japan will be bigger, tougher
and longer than most Americans expect. The
Allied Military Command has estimated that it
will take years, not months.
The destruction of Japan's armies has not yet
reached the annual rate of normal replacements ?
between 200,000 and 260,000 men a year. And the
Jap, as our men in the Pacific know, fights to the
death.
As far as Japan is concerned, the outer Empire
? and the men who defend it ? are expendables.
The Jap will fight the Battle of Japan from inside
the inner Empire, of which Iwo Jima was an out
post. And Iwo Jima, according to Admiral Nimitz,
was a pattern of the resistance our forces may
expect to meet in future offensives.
New Tasks, New Needs
The single greatest obstacle to our crushing of Japan
is distance. While in the Battle of Europe supply
ships from our bases in England had only an
overnight run to make, ships in the Pacific have
long-reach round trips taking up to 5 months
to make.
To crush Japan will take time, heroic and back
breaking effort, overpowering equipment.
Millions of fighting men ? freshly outfitted and
equipped ? will have to be moved from Europe
halfway around the globe and supplied day-in,
day-out by hundreds of new ships now building.
More of everything will be needed. More B-29's.
More tanks, half-tracks, jeeps and trucks. More
rockets, mortars, airborne radar.
A whole new air force is in creation ? huge new
bombers dwarfing the Superfortress ? fast new jet
propelled combat planes, the P-80 or "Shooting
Star," coming off the lines by thousands.
These are just some of the 101 ways in which
your dollars are needed more than ever to bring
America's might to its full strength ? so that we
may crush our foe the faster, make an end of
killing, and bring our men back home.
And Lest We Forget
The sick, wounded, and disabled will require
medical attention and care.
Many millions of dollars will be required for
mustering-out pay and benefits voted by Congress to
help our veterans get started again in civilian life.
That's the least we can do in return for what
they've done for us.
Winning the Peace
There are other weighty reasons for supporting
the 7th War Loan ? reasons that take us from the
present to the future.
By investing in the 7th War Loan, the patriotic
American is safeguarding his own future, his
country '8 future.
By putting every dollar over rock-bottom ex
penses into the purchase of War Bonds, he is
delivering a body blow to wartime Inflation ? -
thus putting a lid on the cost
of living and maintaining intact
the purchasing power of the
dollar. At the same time, too,
he is insuring the country
and himself against the
catastrophe of a possible post
war deflation ? with its depres
sion, unemployment, misery,
and heartache.
So save for your country ? save for yourself.
In helping your country, you are also helping
yourself! Come peace, we'll all need money for
education, replacements, retirement, new homes,
a new start? and we'll need a lot of it. And there
isn't a better or safer highroad to your goal than
United States Savings Bonds.
Making 2=3
This year there will be only two War' Loan Drives,
not three. But in those two drives the Govern
ment will have to raise almost as much money
from individuals as in the three drives last year.
That means bigger extra bonds in the 7th. Because
only by buying more can we make 2 take the
place of 3.
The 26 million Americans who buy bonds on
payroll savings are already off to a flying start!
These patriotic men and women began their buy*
ing in April. And they will keep on buying extrM
bonds through May and June!
It's now up to the rest of us. It's our turn t9
swing in line. To raise the vast sum needed, ever f
American will have to dig deeper into current
income ? dig deeper into cash reserves. Only by
buying bigger extra bonds can we stretch 2 into 3|
Let all Americans do their part ? for their ow*
sake, for their country's.
If you have an income ? whether from work^
land, or capital ? you have a quota in the 7th War
Loan. Find out what that quota is ? and make itl
FIND YOUR QUOTA . . . AND MAKl 171
F YOUR AV!RAGE|
INCOME
PER MONTH IS:
YOUR personal!
WAR BOND
QUOTA IS:
(CASH VALUE)
MATURITY
VALUE OF
7TH WAR LOAN
BONDS BOUOHT
$187.50
1S0.00
131.25
112.50
93.75
75.00
37.50
1B.75
ALL OUT FOR THE MIGHTY 7th WAR LOAN
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