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FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1945
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FINAL RITES FOR
GUS LEACH HELD
Chairman Board Counly
Commissioners Died
In Raleigh Hotel
Funeral services for Gus
Leach, 75, were held at the
Franklin Presbyterian church
on Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock. The Rev. C. B. McCub
bins, pastor officiated, assisted
by the Rev. W. Jackson Huney
cutt, pastor of the Franklin
Methodist church, the Rev. J.
F. Marchman, pastor of the
Franklin Baptist church and
the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, rec
tor of the St. Agnes Episcopal
church. Interment followed in
the Franklin cemetery.
Mr. Leach, a widely-known
citizen of Macon county and
chairman of the board of coun
ty commissioners, died sudden
ly in a Raleigh hotel on Mon
day morning shortly after his
arrival. He left here on Sunday
to attend a hearing before the
state board of tax assesments
In connection with county af
fairs. With him at the time of
his death was Richard S. Jones
of Franklin and George Ward,
an attorney of Asheville.
Mr. Leach was born in Swain
county on May 25, 1870, a son
of the late Franklin Leach and
Susan Cunningham Leach. In
his early life he was engaged
in the construction business at
Lake Toxaway and elsewhere,
later returning to Franklin
where he was manager of the
Macon County Supply Company
for a number of years. He then,
with his brother, the late A. L.
Leach, formed the firm of
Leach Brothers, which dealt in
hardware.
Mr. Leach served for a num
ber of years as a member of
the board of aldermen of
Franklin, as a member of the
school board and was serving
his third term as chairman of
the board of county commis
sioners at the, time of his death.
He was always taking an ac
tive part in the business life of
his community as well as in
politics. He was a member of
the Franklin Presbyterian,
church.
The active pallbearers includ
ed Bill Waldroop, Frank Leach,
Harold Waldroop, Nat Macon,
Charles Waldroop, and Hugh
Leach, all nephews.
The honorary ballbearers were
Charlie Blaine W. W. Edwards.
Lake Shope. A. R. Higdon,
Harve Bryant, John. Cunning
ham, Sam W. Mendenhall, Gil
mer A. Jones. Roy S. Cunning
ham, Richard S. Jones, Carl S.
Slagle, Dr. W. A. Rogers, A. B.
Slagle, Joe Ashear, Henry W.
Cabe, M. L. Dowdle, George
Mashburn, Dr. R. M. Rimmer
Dr. Edgar Angel, George Brown,
Lyman Higdon, E. W. Long.
Ernest Rankin and Guy L.
Houk.
Surviving are the widow, the
former Miss Althea Collins, and
three children, Mrs. Sam D.
Alexander, of Knoxville, Tenn.-,
Franklin Boone Leach, in the
navy on seas duty, and Pvt.
John A. Leach, of Fort George
Meade, Md. two grandchildren,
David Alexander and Rebecca
Leach; one brother, John Leach
of Andrews, five sisters, Mrs.
Lee Waldroop, of Franklin route
1, Mrs. John Wright, Misses
Nora, Laura and Ida Leaoh, all
of Franklin.
Potts funeral directors were in
charge of the arrangements.
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Men Must Be Ordered
Effective July 1, all sub
scriptions for the Press and
other periodicals to person
nel In the Navy, Marine Corps
and Coast Ouard overseas
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This order, No. 278S1, is
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4he Navy Department, in
cludes renewals as well as
new subscriptions. Payment
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made by anyone provided the
addressees have initiated the
request.
The address on all such
mailings must Include the
statement: "Mailed in con
formity with P. O. D. Order
87881."
Service# At Morriscn
Preaching at the Morrison
Presbyterian church Sunday at
3:30 p. m. Sunday school at
2:30 p. m.
The Dally Vacation Bible
school will continue each day
through July 13.
Evangelistic services will be
held at the church each night
next week Dr. C. R. McCub
j bins will preach.
GUS LEACH
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LEGION ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS
Meeting Saturday Night
Drew Small Attendance
Got Business .Done
At the called meeting of the
American Legion Post, Frank
lin No. 108 Saturday night at
the courthouse, Lon Dalton was
re-elected Post Commander, W.
R. Waldroop was elected 1st
vice-commander and Adolph
Zoellner 2nd vice-commander.
Miss Lassie Kelly was unani
mously elected to the offices of
adjutant and finance officer,
succeeding Alf Higdon who had
resigned due to press of other
duties. "Alf" was none-the-less
kept in harness by being elected
service officer, succeeding Tom
O'Neal who resigned the office
due to the fact that he lived
out of town. John A. Johnson
was elected assistant service of
ficer, J. D. Thomas sergeant at
arms, the Rev. R. C. McCub
bins chaplain and Frank C.
Murray historian.
Roy Carpenter was elected
graves registration officer, John
D. Alsup, Boy Scout officer and
Thomas M. Moss membership
chairman. _
A picnic is planned by Post
108 for the near future to which
all service men and women will
be invited. Costs of the "feed"
will be met by funds already
in the Legion treasury. Plans
and date will be announced
soon.
The next regular meeting is
scheduled for July 21.
Eastern Star To Sponsor
Hillbilly Concert
The Nequassa Chapter of the
Order of the Eastern Star will
sponsor the Tennessee Hillbillies,
radio performers from station
WNOX Knoxville, in a perfor
mance at the Macon county
courthouse on Tuesday night,
July 10. >
Featuring in the entertain
ment will be Smiling Eddie, as
master of ceremonies, Marion
Sumner, champ fiddler of Ten
nessee, Leonard Dabney, favor
ite radio singer, Johnny Wright,
hillblllle song writer, and cous
in Nimrod, the old maid's heart
throb.
This promises to be an eve
ning of worthwhile entertain
ment to which the public is in
vited to attend. A small admis
sion will be charged.
Elmer Justice Kills
Five Copperheads
Elmer Justice of route 3,
Franklin, received the surprise
of his life Tuesday night. Re*
turning to his- cabin under Oo
wee Bald after a hard day's
work logging he crawled into
bed and started to go to sleep.
Just before slumber overcame
him he felt a movement at the
foot of the bed. Instinctively,
he kicked and the things his
toes touched squirmed.
Elmer jumped out of bed,
grabbed his shotgun and with
one blast killed five copper
heads and on* mattress.
Brothers In Service
1 W. T. 2/C SANFORD DILLS
Sanford C. Dills, W. T. 2/C,
son of Mrs. Lila Dills entered
service in August, 1943. He re
ceived his training at Bain
bridge, Md. Since February 1944
he has been serving in the Pa
cific Area.
PVT. JOHN C. DILLS
Pvt. John C. Dills, son of Mrs.
Lila Dills of Franklin, Route 2,
entered service in January 1945.
Pvt. Dills received his training
at Paris Island, S. C. He is now
stationed at a camp in Calif.
Civil Air Patrol
Sponsors Dance
At Panorama Court
Robert A. Cooper, 1st Lt. of
C. A. P., Squadron Commander
of Macon county squadron,
North Carolina Wing, and man
ager of the Franklin airport,
announces that the new Sum
mer class of the local squadron
started Thursday night, July 5.
The new C. A. A. regulations
concerning private pilots' licen
ing was discussed. The Civil
Aeronautics Administration,
looking forward to post-war
flying needs, has simplified reg
ulations governing the issuance
of private pilot's licenses. The
written examination now covers
only the Civil Air Rules and
general service of aircraft.
Flight examination has not
been changed, according to in-f
formation from the District of
fice of C. A. A. However, the
number of hours required be
fore taking private flight ex
amination has been shortened
to 30 hours instead of the 35 as
previously stipulated.
The executive officer of the
Squadron, Lt. J. Ward Long, an
nounced that the local squad
ron would sponsor a dance at
Panorama Court on Thursday,
July 12, the date of one of its
regular meetings. Proceeds will
be used for the purchase of
training material for cadets at
the high school. The public, as
well as flying students, are in
vited to attend. Special guests
will be the seven students who
have soloed at the Franklin
airport: J. Ward Long, Harold
Bradley, John Archer, MacRay
Whittaker, Jimmy Horsfley, Clyde
Sanders and Elbert Hedden.
The Army air corps, which
recently took over direction of
th 48 State "Wings" of C. A. P.,
of which oyr local squadron is
a part, is adding daily new in
structional equipment to that
already on hand *at our local
'port. Recently received is a Navy
gun turrent trainer, electrical
ly operated.
The Franklin airport, built by
Grant Zickgraf and Oscar Mey
er, Jr., and officially opened
on March 28, has a North-South
runway which has been used
by transit aircraft. It is the
only accredited C. A. A. Air
port between Asheville and
Knoxville. Twenty-five students
now are taking flying lessons,
including some from Clayton,
Sylva and Highlands, as well
as those from Franklin.
Brownie Scouts
Have Camping Trip
The Brownie Troop No. 1 of
Franklin went on a camping
trip to Lumpkin Friday and
Saturday. It was the first trip
of the summer for the scouts,
but they are planning several
more before school opens in the
fall. Last year the scouts were
unable to have a camping trip
because of polio.
Those on the camping trip
were: Misses Marianna Johns
ton, Julia Waldroop, Laura
Lyle, Roberta, Ruth, and Ann
Snyder, Martha Ann Stockton,
Barbara Pannell, Joan Wilhide,
Beverly Higdon, Patty Lou Phil
lips, and Ellen Franks. The
scouts were chaperoned by their
leader, Mrs. Ernest Hyde and
the assistant leaders, Misses
[Merrily Brooks and Elizabeth
WmUUc.
George Patton
Appointed Counsel Stale
Highway Commission
George B. Patton, Franklin
attorney and former assistant
attorney general, who was re
cently appointed by Governor
R, Gregg Cherry as general
counsel for the State highway,
left Monday for Raleigh to as
sume his new duties. Mr. Pat
ton, serving as assistant attor
ney general, lived in Raleigh
for the past five years. He and
Mrs. Patton returned to Frank
lin last fall.
Mr. Patton succeeds Charles
Ross who was counsel for the
Highway Commission 22 years.
The appointment carries a sal
ary of $6,000 per year.
The public service of George
Patton, who is 46 includes Gen
eral Assembly duty as repre
sentative from Macon county.
He became assistant attorney
general in 1939. Previously he
had served as Mayor of the
Town of Franklin. At one time
he was president of the Ma
con Bar Association and was a
member of the executive com
mittee of the 20th Judicial dis
trict bar.
Picnic Saturday
Farmers Federation Pres.
James G. K. McClure
Will Preside
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The annual picnic of the Ma- ,
can County Farmers Federation
will be held on Saturday, July
14, at the Franklin high school
building at 10 o'clock.
The meeting will be presided
over by James G. K. McClure,
president of the Federations,
and will be opened by special
string music featured by Farm
ers Federation string band.
The morning session will be
spent in short talks and reports
of the progress of the Federa
tion in the county. Also music
will be rendered by any musi
cian in the county who wishes
to contribute to the morning's
entertainment. Lunch will be
served at noon, furnished by
the attending families, and will
be servey by the Federation.
Owing to the shortage of sugar,
the lemonade will be eliminated
this year.
Following lunch there will be
foot races, relay races, tug-o
war and various other contests
will be held, and to the win
ners, appropriate prizes will be
awarded. There will also be a
prize offered to the boy or girl
that writes the best letter on
the benefits of the Farmers
Federation to the farmers. The
writer must be a member of the
Future Farmers or a 4-H club
member to be eligible to enter.
Special prizes will be offered
to the largest family in Macon
county attending this picnic.
The prize will be three large
pictures of the reunion group.
Beginning at 2 o'clock for the
afternoon session, there will be
two hours spent in music and
singing. This is open to all
choirs, quartets and other sing
ers in Macon county. Song
books will be awarded to the
winning choir and prizes will be
given to the winning quartets.
All the farmers and their
i families In Macon county are
urged to attend this picnic
which Is expected to be one of
Macon Still Behind Quota
On E Bonds; $66,000 Short
Up in the Aleutians they put
up a War Bond poster at an
army post with this convincing
sales message:
BUY A BOND TODAY
SO YOU CAN AFFORD
A BLOND TOMORROW
DR. EMBREK H. BI.ACKAKI)
Dr. Blackard, Charlotte
Pastor, To Preach Here
Dr. Embree H. Blackard will
preach a series of special evan
gelistic services in the Franklin
Methodist church, beginning !
next Sunday night and plosing
Friday night, July 13. Services [
will be held each evening at J
8 o'clock.
Dr. Blackard is now pastor of
Myers Park Methodist church, <
Charlotte. He moved to this
pastorage in 1941 from the
Wesley Memorial Methodist
church, High Point. Before com
ing to High Point he served
the Wilson Memorial Methodist
church, Baltimore, Md.
Dr. Blackard was delegate to
the World Conference on Faith
and Order, 1937; traveled and
studied in Europe and the
Holy Land, 1928; Orient, 1931;
Europe, 1937; exchange preach
er for Great Britain, 1939.
"We feel fortunate in having
Dr. Blackard with us for these
evangelistic services," said Rev.
W. Jackson Huneycutt, "and we
extend a most cordial invitation
to the people of Franklin and
Macon county to be with us in
this meeting."
Home Demonstration
Schedule Announced
Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill, dem
onstration agent for Macon
county, has announced the
schedule as follows:
On Monday, July 16, the Wa
tauga meeting will be held at '
the home of Mijs. Frank Sellers
at 2 o'clock; on Tuesday, July
17, at 2 o'clock, Mrs. Ray Brad
ley will be hostess to the Oak
Grove club, and Mrs. C. E.
Wild will be hostess to the Car
toogechaye club at her home
at 2 o'clock on Wednesday, July
18.
On Wednesday, July 18, at 2
o'clock, Mrs. Carlos Rogers will
entertain the Olive Hill club;
Thursday, July 19, Mrs. George
A. Cloer will be hostess to the
Leatherman club at 2 o'clock,
and the Union club will meet
at the home of Mrs. Elmon
Teague at Prentiss at 2:30
o'clock. At 2 o'clock on Friday
July 20, the Burningtown club
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Terrell Parrish, and on the
same date, the Cowee club will
hold their meeting at the Cowee
schoolhouse.
S/SGT. BOB WALDROOP
S/Sgt. Bob Waldroop, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Waldroop,
of Cartoogechaye, returned home
June 13 for a 30-day leave after
spending 11 months in military
service with the Eighth Army
Air Force in England.
S/Sgt. Waldroop entered the
service in November 1942, and
took his basic training at
Keesler Field, Miss., and March
Field, Calif. He is wearing the
E. T. O. ribbon with four bat
tle stars and the Presidential
citation.
Following S/Sgt. Waldroop's
leave he will report to Sioux
Falls, S. D., for reassignment
to the Pacific.
ttw largest held In Macon
county In A number of years.
Ovsra.i Quola Reported
Oversubscribed To A
Total Ot $333,771.70
Macon county has again ex
ceeded it's overall quata of $218,
000 in the Seventh War Loan
Drive, by oversubscribing to a
total of $333,771.70, however, the
drive cannot be termed a suc
cess until tha "E" quota of
$168,000 has been reached, ac
cording to an announcement
made by Gilmer A. Jones, co
chairman Thursday.
Mi. Jones further stated that
while the county had over
subscribed the quota by sever
al thousand dollars, there had
only been a total af $102,277.50
sold in the "E" series, wirich is
approximately $66,000 short of
the quota given to the county.
"We would like to make as
good a showing in this drive
as we have in all previous
drives," Mr. Jones stated, "but
it will mean full cooperation
on the part of every citizen in
Macon county. The drive will
end on July 7, and that means
only a short while to buy that
E. bond. This will be the first
time Macon has failed to reach
its quota in every way."
Henry W. Cabe chairman,
and Mr. Janes, co-chairman,
wishes to thank those who
have worked so diligently and
untiringly in this drive and par
ticularly the women who have
helped so faithfully in putttng
these sales across.
Classifications
As Announced By Local
? Service Board
The Local Selective Service
Board has announced on June
29, the following registrants
were placed in I-A:
David Joe Evans, Wiley How
ard Jones, Jim Hogsed, Allen
Bunyan Barnes, John Thomas
Chrishawn, Nathaniel Patter
son, colored, Dover Cochran,
William Richard Bingham,
Manuel Lee McMahan, Ernest
Floyd Cruse, Virgil Taylor Hol
land, Wayne Mathias Smith,
Elmer Davis Justice, Loren Hoyt
DeHart, Andy Albert Owen, Gil
mer Thomas Russell, Manley
Cleophas Watkins.
Discharged
The following men have been
discharged from the service and
have returned to this county:
Hoyt Dickey Ledford, John Bu
lord Gibson, Harry Woody, Eu
gene Aubey, Samuel Cee Fergu
son, John Richard Tyler, and
Challie McCoy Dills.
Sent For Induction
The following men were sent
to the Induction station at Fort
Bragg on June 26 for induction
into the service:
Joseph Harley Roper, Cecil
Porter Ayes, Lyman Wilson,
Arthur Stanley Proctor, Carl
Edward Webb, Charles Ross
Keener, James Donald Keener,
John Edward Alexander, Joseph
Leon Hawks, Soloman Perry
Shepherd, Albert Carter Cloer,
Cresley Webb, George Dillard
Hedden, Jr., Charles John Fer
guson. Ira Lawton Keener, Lam
bert Earl Talley, Charles Rob
ert Waldroop. John Edward
Alexander was the leader In
charge of the group. Five regis
trants were transferred to other
boards for induction. They were
Dan Mack Boston to the State
of Washington, James Flood to
Chatworth, Ga., Horace Moss to
Walhalla, S. C., Forrest Denton
Curtis to Murphy, and John
Erwin Hamer, to Jackson, Miss.
Navy Men Like
Gifts All Year Round
The Navy Department en
courages the mailing of over
seas gift packages to Naval per
sonnel throughout the year.
There Is no restricted mailing
period for the personnel of the
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast
Guard.
Navy Christmas packages
should be mailed prior to Oc
tober 15, if they are to reach
their destination by Christmas,
however.
Due to the distances ? more
than 5,000,000 square miles have
been won from the enemy since
1941? and the size and frequen
cy of combat operations In the
i far Pacific, no guarantee ot de
livery can be made.