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VOL. LX? No. 44
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, NOV. 1, 1945
$2.04 PF.R YEAR
United War Fund Drive
Lagging In Macon County
Total Of $1211 Collected;
Highlands Reports More
Than. Half This Sum
The middle of next week will
see the termination of the Unit
ed War Fund drive in Macon
county, and unless generous
contributions are made on or
before the closing date, No
vember 8, it looks as if our
county will register its first
failure ? and a bad one at that
?in the various war drives.
Although follow up letters
were sent October 22 to all so
licitors less than ten per cent
had made any report on a re
ply postal by, the end of the
past week. The total tabulated
on Monday revealed that only
$1211 had been collected. The
best report came from High
lands which reported $576, or
more than one-half of that*
from all sections of the county.
An intensive drive will be made
in Highlands this weekend in
an effort to raise its total to
$1,000, or one-fourth of the
quota for the county.
The poor showing is not a
credit to any community and
makes it evident that the ma
jority of the citizens, and per
haps some of the solicitors, have
lost all interest since the war
is over. Yet it is not over for
more than three million of our
boys still overseas until they
are mustered out back home.
Nor is it over for the millions
of war-ravaged people who are
facing a grim winter of starva
tion ? a continuing battle against
poverty and disease.
As stated in previous issues
this is the final War Fund
_ drive and the national goal of
" $115,000,000 is designed to cover
USO, and all combined relief
work from October 1, 1945 to
December 31, J.MA. More tluin
half of the sum. will be allotted
to the USO and United Sea
men's Services, and to quote
Fibber McGee and Molly: "We
gave them a warm hand when
they left; we must not give
them a cold shoulder now."
Miss Lassie Kelly Named
On Reception Group
Miss Lassie Kelly has been
appointed to serve on the state
wide reception committee for
the get-together meeting of the
state senate in Statesville No
vember 1 and 2, at which time
President Harry S. Truman, Sec
retary of Treasury Fred M. Vin
son and Secretary of War
Robert Patterson, are scheduled
to address the members of the
senate and the general public.
Supper And Cake Walk
At Cowee Schoolhouse
A miscellaneous supper, box
supper and cake walk will be
held at the Cowee schoolhouse
on Saturday night, November 3.
Also special string music
< throughout the evening. Pro
ceeds to be used for school
cafeteria. Public invited and a
good time in store for every
body. ?
Macon Representative
Appointed On Committee
Wayne R. McCracken, Repre
sentative from Macon oounty
In the General Assembly, has
been appointed as a member of
the state-wide Marshal's Com
mittee for the get-together
meeting of the North Carolina
State Senate in Statesville on
Thursday and Friday, November
1 and 2, at which time Presi
dent Harry S. Truman, secre
tary of Treasury, Fred M. Vin
son, and secretary of War, Rob
ert P. Patterson, will address
the members of the State Sen
ate and the general public.
Mr. McCracken, of Franklin
Route 4, at present holds a very
responsible position with the
Pure Oil Company, with head
quarters in Waynesvllle. He
spent the weekend with his
family and announced that he
plans to move his family to
Ule in the near future.
rreaoyterian Services
Franklin :
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Preaching, 11 a. m.
Morrison:>
Sunday School, 2:15 p. m.
Preaching 2nd and 4th Sun
days, 3:16 p. m.
HAVE YOU DONATED
TO THE WAR FUND?
Final Rites Held Far
Mr#. Martha Gibson, 70
Funeral services for Mrs.
Martha Gibson, 70, were held
at the Oak Grove Baptist
j church on Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock, with the Rev. C. C.
Welch,' officiating. Interment
followed In the church ceme
I tery.
Mrs. Gibson, a native of Jack
' son county, died at the home
of her son, Novia Gibson, in the
, Oak Grove section of Macon
county on Saturday morning at
11:30 o'clock, following an ill
ness of seven months.
Mrs. Gibson was born on No
vember 5, 1874, a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Solomon
Parker. She had resided in Ma
con cpunty most of her life ex
cept for about 15 years she liv
ed at Bayboro with her daugh
ter. She was a member of the 1
Oak Grove Baptist church and j
was married to B. G. Gibson,
who preceded her in death
about 10 years ago.
Surviving is one daughter, i
Mrs. Lillie Barker, and two sons,
Novia Gibson, Oak Grove, and
William G. Gibson, Leatherman,
three sisters, Mrs. Jack Hous
' ton. Franklin Route 3, Misses
J Delia and Carolyn Parker, Ashe
ville, and four brothers, Booth
and Will Parker, Canton; Jim
of Asheville and Shaw Parker,
Old Fort. Also 16 grandchildren
and eight great-grandchildren.
Bryant Funeral directors were
| in charge of arrangements.
Farmers Urged
To Use Materials Under
1945 Program Before
December 31st
With the end of the 1945 Pro
gram Year just two months off,
Robert Fulton, Chairman, Ma
con County AAA Committee,
urges all farmers who have ob
tained conservation materials
under the 1945 Program to ex
ercise every possible effort to
use these materials in accord
ance with good farming prac
tices before the deadline, De
cember 31.
Upon using all materials, a
report should be made at the
Macon County AAA Office by
the farm operator. "If all the
farm allowance has not been
taken up in conservation mate
rials and producers are eligible
to receive payments, applica
tions for payment may be sign
ed at the same time," he ex
plained.
The Triple-A chairman also
urges producers having 1944
conservation materials trans
ferred to the 1945 program to
make proper use of it in order
to obtain full credit and avoid
a double deduction of the value
of the materials.
Hunters Return
With Five Bucks
A hunting party of five Dal
las and Falls City, Ore. men
returned Wednesday morning
with "five bucks and a coyote.
They hunted in the Abert Kim
district northeast of Lakeview
and found luck good. The re
sults were: Walter Smith, Falls
City, 3-point; Ralph Crisp. R 2,
Dallas, 3-point; Lee Hughes,
Dallas, 5-polnt; Stanley Henry
Dallas, 4-point, and Clifford
Neal, Falls City, 4-point. Weath
er was clear and hot during the
trip. They went in last Thurs
day and left for home Tuesday
night.
Mr. Crisp, one of the five men
mentioned in the above story,
is a former Macon county man,
who still enjoys hunting where
ever he goes.
PVT. CHARLES R. KEENER
Pvt. Charles R. Keener, Army,
son of Mrs. W. D. Keener, of
Franklin, was among recent
guests at the United Nations
Service Center on Union Sta
tion Plaza, Washington, D. C.
Health Clinic To Be
Held November 5th
The regular Health Clinic for
Franklin and vicinity will be
held the first Monday, Novem
ber 5, from 1 p. m. to 3:30
p. m. at the Macon County
Health Department office. Serv
ices offered Include infant and
maternal welfare pre-school
children, maternal hygiene, and
Immunisations.
War Bond Workers
The women of Franklin and
Macon county are asked to
meet at the Agricultural
Building at 8 o'clock on
Monday evening i>f November
5, to plan for their part of
the Victory Loan Drive. All
former workers will be need
ed and many new ones far
this last and mighty Bond
Drive.
Come and do your part!
Mrs. J. E. S. Thorpe,
Chairmah
Mrs. B. L. McGlamery,
Vice-Chairman.
JOHN GIBSON MURRAY
John Gibson Murray, 22, avia
tion machinist's mate 2/cUSNR.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank I.
Murray, of Franklin, has just
returned to the States after a
combat patrol as a gunner with
Torpedo Squadron 86 based on
the carrier USS Wasp. He flew
on five missions against the
Japs.
Seaman Murray has two bro
thers in the Navy.
New Chevrolet
Expected To Be Displayed
At An Early Date
W. C. Burrell, Chevrolet Deal- !
Br at Franklin, returned from
Atlanta where he attended a
preview of the new the new
1946 Chevrolet at the company's
sone headquarters.
He was reluctant to discuss
the mechanical and style fea- !
tures of the new car, but by
his eager attitude it was ap- j
parent that he expected the
formal announcement and pub
lic showing of the car to be
it an early date.
Mr. Burrell said he and other
dealers in the area were con- ,
fident that the 1946 Chevrolet
will maintain the record of top
volume sales, which Chevrolet
reached in 10 of the last 11
prewar years of automobile
production, to meet the unpre
ledented pent-up demand for ,
new cars.
Following the same policy as
In former years, the new Chev
rolet will be displayed simul
taneously in dealers' showrooms
throughout the country, Mr.
Burrell said.
Radio and local newspaper
announcements will be made, .
telling when prospective cus- (
tomers may see the new car for
the first time. These announce
ments are expected to be good J
news to motorists and to deal- ,
?rs alike.
Throughout the war period,
car owners have been forced to .
get along with their old auto
mobiles. At the same time deal
ers have expended every effort ,
to service these cars, and to
keep them rolling for the dura
tion.
Mr. Burrell stressed car care,
with the warning that motor
ists should not expect, the 1946
Chevrolet to be available in
great quantities immediately.
The supply to dealers will in
crease as production In the
Chevrolet plants permits.
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
Victor H. Smith, of Highlands
has received an honorable dis
charge from the Army and has
returned to his home.
He was a Pfc. with the In
fantry and was discharged at
Oliver General Hospital at Au
gusta, Ga.
RELEASED FROM SERVICE
First Lieut. Jack S. Tessier
was released from service with
the United States Army Air
Forces Oct. 19 at Drew Field
Separation Station.
Lieut. Tessier is the son of
Mrs. Reby Tessier of Franklin.
He entered the service In Feb
ruary 1M3 and received his
commission In March 1944. 1
Halloween Party
Brings Otto School Total
Sum Of $590.00
James J. Mann, principal of
the Otto school, has announced
that from the box supper, cake
walk and dance at Otto Satur
day night, a total of $590 was
realized, which, will be used for
the school cafeteria.
Mr. Mann stated that already
an electric stove had been plac
ed in the building and that
other equipment would be pur
chased just as fast as available.
Mrs. Onnie Cabe, teacher in
the second grade room at Otto,
and her students recently had
a rummage sale.and made $46.
92, which is being use lo buy
mimeograph and stencils, work
books, crayons and paper for
their room, and have a sum of
more than $10 in the treasury.
The Otto teachers and com
munity are grateful to the pa
trons of the school and to the
visitors who attended the en
tertainment on Saturday night
and helped so generously to
ward raising funds for fitting
the school cafeteria which is
needed so bady for the children.
Steady Growth Of
Sunday School Noted
The Sunday school at High
lands Baptist church has shown
a steady growth recently, the
average being 95 during the
past month. The men's class,
under the leadership of W. A.
Hays, teacher, has had an aver
age attendance of 21, and it is
hoped to build it up to 30.
Eugene Potts is president of
the class; S. C. Russell, vice
president; A. B. Potts, secre
tary, and Wade Sutton treas
urer.
Sunday school officers and
teachers for the year are. Su
perintendent, S. C. Russell; as
sistant superintendent, J. W.
Reese; secretary-treasurer, Clar
ence Munger and Miss Sue
Hicks; pianists, Mrs. W. A
Hays and Mrs. J. L. Hicks;
teachers, Mrs. Tom Gibson, be
ginners; Miss Doris Potts, pri
mary; Mrs. Louise Beale, Jun
iors; Mrs. J. L. Hicks, interme
diates; Carlton Cleaveland,
young people; Mrs. W. A. Hays,
ladies; W. A. Hays, men; Mrs.
A. B. Potts, Mrs Joe Baty, Mr. j
and Mrs. Paul Walden, general
and substitute teachers.
A nursery cradle roll room has
been equipped and is in opera- i
tion in the basement during the i
morning church service.
The Parsonage at the Baptist
church was moved to its new
location last week and work is
now in progress for the exten- .
sion 6f the central heating sys
tem from the church to the :
parsonage. An addition to the
rear of the building is planned,
which will provide a larger
kitchen with the underneath
space to be used as a garage 1
and cellar.
Thanksgiving Offering
For Oxford Orphanage
Each year, at Thanksgiving
time, the Orphanages of North
Carolina attempt to raise funds
to carry on the work of provid
ing for helpless boys and girls
of our state, and are again ask
ing the charitable citizens of
this section to send their offer
ings in before Thanksgiving if
possible.
You need not be told of the
wonderful work accomplished
by Oxford Orphanage during
the past 73 years in rearing and
educating homeless children.
This Orphanage certainly de
serves the good will and finan
cial help from every sympatizer
in our state.
Send contributions to Oxford
Orphanage, C. K. Proctor, Supt.,
Oxford N. C.
St. John's Catholic Church
Schedule Of Masses
Waynesville, every Sunday.
11 a. m.
Andrews, 5th Sunday, 11 a.m.
Bryson City, 1st Sunday, 8
a. m.
Canton, 5th Sunday, 8 a. m.
Cherokee, 3rd Sunday, 8 a. m.
Cullowhee, 3rd Sunday, 7:30
a. m.
Franklin, 2nd and 4th Sun
days. 8 a. m.
Murphy, 5th Sunday, 8 a. m.
Sylva, 1st Sunday, 8 a. m.
Welch Cove, 1st Sunday (C.
S. T.) 11 a. m.
"Every Member, a Bond hi
November" is the slofan of the
more than 90,000 4-H club
members ?f North Carolina.
Prospects Good For National
Industry Locating Plant Here
Mrs. Blackburn Wilson,
88, Passes At Home
In Washington, D. C.
News has been received in
Franklin of the death of Mrs.
Blackburn W. Wilson, 88. in
Washington, D. C., on Wednes
day of the past week.
Funeral services were held at
Rock Hill. S. C., on Saturday
and interment followed in York,
S. C.
Surviving are nine children,
30 grandchildren, and 13 or
more great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Wilson was the mother
of the late Mrs. J. W. Cantey
Johnson, Editor of the Frank
lin Press and Highlands Ma
conian, and will be remember
ed here by friends who met her
while she was visiting her
daughter here in 1940.
Legion Auxiliary
Has Outstanding Record
Through Past Year
The American Legion Aux
iliary, Macon County Post No.
108, which meets once each
month, has been active in civic
and public activities throughout
the past year. The membership
of this organization is compris
ed of the wives, mothers and
sisters of the veterans who par
ticipated in the wars of this
country.
A few of the outstanding con
tributions which the organiza
tion has given the past year
are: Baskets of food last
Christinas to needy families of
Macon county, 118 Christmas
gift packages wrapped and sent
to the boys at Moore General
Hospital, cookies, cakes and
sweaters sent to the boys at
Oteen Hospital. From the orga
nization's furids, gifts of money
were sent to hospitals for ed
ucational work, hospital libra
ries and a three fold program
for rehabilitation. The Macon
County post was the first in
the state to send a contribution |
for the purchase of records to i
be used in war zones. Gifts were
made to the American Red
Cross and United War Fund,
and members gave their time
helping with the bond drives.
One of the outstanding con- j
tributions which has caused |
more public comment than any
other are the wooden crosses
on Rankin Square erected for
memorial day in honor of our
dead heroes.
The Poppy Day sale was a
complete success and the peo
ple of Franklin vicinity and
Highlands responded nobly. It .
can well be added here that
the money receive from the
poppy sale is used for the re- !
lief of children and families
of deceased and disable veter
ans an for rehabilitation work.
Plans are being made to send
gifts to the boys at various hos
pitals again this year.
Red Cross Organization
To Sell Bonds In Bank
Mrs. J. E. S. Thorpe, chair
man of the Woman's Division |
of the Macon county Victory '
War Loan Drive, has announc
ed that the Red Cross organi- j
zation will be in charge of the 1
booth in the Bank of Franklin
on Saturday morning, and will I
be under the supervision of Mrs.
Allan Brooks, chairman. Others
working Saturday will be Mrs.
John M. Archer, Mrs. E. J. Car
penter and Mrs. Mac Ray Whit
aker.
Henry W. Cabe, head of the
county organization, with Gil
mer A. Jones as co-chairman,
have announced that the quota
given to Macon county in this
final campaign was $159,000,00.
and that the "E" bond quota
was $101,000.00.
This is known as the "Vic
tory Loan" drive and is one of
the most important of the eight
drives because the Government
is asking for the citizens to buy
extra bonds on account of war
bills unpaid, and billions of
extra dollars will be needed to
bring our men and women in
uniforms home.
Workers will be in the Bank
of Franklin each Saturday to
urge you to buy bonds and
more bonds, so buy while you
can.
HAVE YOU DONATED
TO THE WAR FUND?
| Favorable Out Come Of
Labor Survey Most
Important Factor
Elsewhere in this paper is an
announcement concerning the
possibility of a nationally known
industry locating a plant in the
town of Franklin. This an
nouncement is in connection
with a survey of the available
labor in and around Franklin,
and it is urged that every girl
or woman interested in work
ing in a plant such as describ
ed in this announcement take
advantage of this opportunity
by visiting one of the regis
tration places between the hours
of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m., Monday.
November 5, and register with
the representative there.
Recently representatives of
the town of Franklin, the Lions
and Rotary Clubs were invited
to visit a plant owned and op
erated by this Company else
where, and reports from these
men are very encouraging.
The management of the plant
visited by these men made it
very plain that his Company
had not definitely decided to ,
locate a plant in Franklin and
did not want the people here
to get any idea that it had. How
ever, if there is an available
labor supply and a suitable
site for the plant, then Frank- t
lin stands as good a chance for
the plant as any other location.
The main solution now is
whether or not enough people
want to work in the plant if it
comes here, and that can only
be answered by the number of
people who register on Monday,
November 5. If we do not have
the labor available, we have no
chance for the plant.
Organ Concert Given By
S/'Sgt. James B. Porter
S/Sgt. James B. Porter, son
of Postmaster and Mrs. T. W.
Porter, of Franklin, was honor
ably discharged from the Army
at Camp New Castle, Wilming
ton, Dela., on October 10. Sgt.
Porter had .been stationed there
as Chaplain's assistant in charge
of music, since his return from
Alaska in May of this year. He
had been stationed with the
Army Air Base at Fort Ladd,
Fairbanks, Alaska for 33 months
previous to his return to the
States. He has returned to his
home in Dayton, Ohio where he
is engaged in a music publish
ing company. He recently visit- -
ed his parents in Franklin on
a short furlough prior to his
discharge, and while here he
gave an organ concert in the
Methodist church to an appre
ciative audience.
His program was as follows:
Chorale Preludes by J. S. Bach,
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; In
Dulce Jubilo; Mystical Adora
tion; All Men Must Die; and
They Who Trust in God. Al
legro from 1st Trio Sonata by
J. S. Bach; Ave Maria by Schu
bert; Antiphones by Dupre, "I
Am Black But Comely, Ye
Daughters of Jerusalem", and
Magnificat, Verse V. Finlandia.
by Sibelius. Bell Preluete- by ; '
Cloxey.
Sgt. Porter's musical ability
is well known in Franklin, his
having taught music here for a
number of years and was organ
ist at the Methodist church.
At the conclusion of his con
cert, a free-will offeriing was
taken at the suggestion of the
pastor. The receipts were im
mediately donated by Mr. Porter
to the Organ Fund of the
church.
LT. RICHARD R. JOHNSON
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
Lieut. Richard R. Johnson,
who has been serving as chief
officer on the SS Banner Sean,
has recently returned from Ge
noa, Italy, and received his hon
orable discharge from the gov
ernment in Baltimore, Md., be
fore returning to his home here
last week. He is the son of the
late Mrs. J. W. Cantey Johnson,
former Editor of the Franklin
Press. He plans to spend some
jtime in Franklin.
New Chevrolet To Be
On Display Saturday
The new 1946 Chevrolet car
will be on display at the Bur
rell Motor Company here on
' Saturday, November 3. .
This is the first new 1948
, Chevrolet to be shown In Frank
lin and is one that Is wqrth
going to see.