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MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1945.
TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK
Couple Killed
In Auto Wreck
In Atlanta
Announcement has been made
here of the death of Mr. and Mrs.
W. B,n Oartrell. Jr., of 454
Venable Sirect, N. E.t Atlanta, as
a result of an automobile accident
last Tuesday night.
Diuble funeral services were
held a: 4:30 o'clock Friday after
noon a; Spring Hill. The Rev.
Coleman D. Clark officiated and
burial was in West View cemetery.
Mrs. Oartrell died Wednesday
morninjr. a few hours after the au
tom.bile in which they were rid
in? crashed into a telephone pole
on Peachtree road, and Mr. Gar
trell died Thurrsday at Grady
hospital from a fractured skull.
One little daughter, Signe, about
three years old survives the
couple.
Mi and Mrs. W. Ben Oartrell,
Sr., Ben Jr.. and his sister, Mary,
formerly lived in Murphy and
have many friends here who are
grieved to hear of the tragedy.
Charles Hyatt, chilhood friend
and schoolmate of Ben, Jr., at
tended the funeral services.
Murphy To Play
Le Tourneau Club
Here On Sunday
Murphy All-Stars will play the
strong Le Tourneau club from
Toccoa. Ga. Sunday afternoon on
the local diamond. Murphy will
be out there seeking a victory as
the Toccoa club defeated Murphy
on their field. The game will get
underway at the regular starting
time 3 p. m. Murphy is anticipat
ing a strong line up for the game
with a number of new players
from Blairsville, Ga.
Murphy All-Stars defeated the
Hayesville club Sa ? 'ic^uy afternoon 1
b> a score of 6 to 5. HaVesville
was leading going in the 7th in
king, when Murphy loaded the
bases with one out. Atkinson get
ting a hard hit scoring three runs
snd stole 3rd base the catcher
made an overthrow and he scored
making it 4 to 3. Hayesville then
came back with two runs, but Mur
I'hy diem t stop they kept right on
hitting, making two more runs be
fore the game was over. Hughes
Pitched sevem innings. Burch re
ievei Hughes for two innings re
nting the side for the final close
01 the game.
Murphy All-Stars were defeated
7 ? hard hitting Beacon Mills
club Sunday afternoon by a score
, 10 to '? Atkinson making the
one score. However, it sems that
Murphy just can't get by the 1st
?ning; but if they do, they really
to town. Nicholson pitched for
rnm ? ' Hp Was unabIe get his
control during the first half of
J Is: inning walking two men.
1 that he settled down and
c led to the hard hitting Beacon
'' r ' letting them down with
8 scattered hits. It was Beacon's
y. so it seems. Every time the .
tars hit, there was a Beacon I
Pla/er there waiting for it.
Dr. G. W.Dickey
Dies In Oklahoma
Mrs. T. S. Evans received word
last week of the death of her
toother, D,- q. W. Dickey, at his
home in Westville, Okla., following
a stroke. Funeral services were
held Monday afternoon, with
burial in Westville cemetery.
Surviving are the widow; three
daughters, Mrs. Jack Miller of
Westville, Miss Ahnawake Dickey,
a nurse in Port Smith, Ark., and
Mrs. Lyle Martin of Oak Ridge,
Tenn.; and one son, John Dickey
of San Diego, Calif., one brother,
M. Dickey, and one sister, Mrs.
^ans. both of Murphy, and two
fandchildren.
Df. Dickey was a native of
Cherokee county. He went to
Oklahoma when it was Indian Ter
tiary .and had practiced his pro
fession there for forty one years.
TO PREACH SUNDAY
The Rev. T. O. Tate of Oakland,
will preach at the Presbyter
71 church iVere Sunday at 11
"clock. The | public is invited to
^ the 1
he] public is
sejrvioe.
Rev. Algie West
Is Baptist Moderator
The Rev. Algie West of Marble ^
was elected moderator of the I
Western North Carolina Baptist
association at the 61st annual ses
sion held Tuesday and Wednes
day at Meadow Grove Baptist
church near Hayesville. P. G. Ivie
of Murphy was elected vice-mod
erator; Miss Dale Sudderth, clerk
treasurer; Rev. L. P. Smith of An
drews, assistant clerk-treasurer;
Rev. Robert Barker, historian; J.
J. Hamilton, B. T. U. director;
Rev. J. Alton Morris, pastor ad
visor for the B. T. U.; Frank
Walsh, Sunday School superin
tendent and Miss Kate Robinson,
vacation Bible School leader.
The association voted to em
ploy a full time associational miss
ionary, and the following commit
tee was appointed to secure one
and to contact the churches in
the matter of financing: P. G.
Ivie, chairman, Murphy; Rev. F.
B. Garrett, Hayesville; Mrs. Chas.
Carringer, Hayesville; Mrs. C. T.
Aimond, Andrews; Lawson Luns
ford, Peachtree, and Rev. Pat Ell
iott, Hangingdog.
Board Of Health
Accepts Dr. M.R
Whichard's
Resignation
The Cherokee County Board of
Health met Tuesday and accepted
the resignation of Dr. M. P. Which
ard as health officer for the dis
trict health department. Dr.
Whichard tendered his resigna
tion to the board on August 9.
Dr. W. C. Morrow of Andrews
has been employed to act in an
advisory capacity in the Andrews
vicinity, and Dr. W. A. Hoover in
Murphy.
Members of the board, who were
present at the meeting, are: E.
A. Wood, Chairman; Dr. W. A.
Hoover, Dr. J. R. Bell, Dr. W.
C. Morrow, Lloyd Hendrix, and W.
M. Fain.
Murphy Schools
To Open Monday
H. Bueck, superintendent of
the Murphy City Administrative
unit, has announced the open
ing of schools for the term 1945
46, Monday, August 27. The school
lunch room will open on Thursday,
August 30. There will be a facul
ty meeting at 10 o'clock Saturday
morning.
The compulsory school age for
this year hps been raised from 14
to 15 years.
Children, to be entitled to en
rollment in public schools, must
be six years of age on or before
October 1 of the year in which
they enroll and must enroll dur
ing the first month of school. It
is required by law that all children
be vaccinated against diphtheria
before entering school.
Following is the faculty:
Elementary ? Miss Clara Mc
Combs. Miss Prances Dickson.
Miss Nell Wilson, first grade; Mrs.
Evelyn Patton, second grade; Miss
Kate Holliday, second and third
grades; Mrs. Dair Shields, third
grade; Miss Emily Sword, fourth
grade; Miss Kate Hayes, fourth
and fifth grades; Mrs. Martha
Adams, fifth grade; Miss Addie
Leatherwood, sixth grade; Mrs. J.
W. Davidson, seventh grade.
Murphy high school and eighth
grade :
Mrs. John Berry, English; Mrs.
Louise Jenkins, Math.; Miss Jane
Hill, home economics; Mrs. Anne
Ward, history and civics; Mrs.
Emily Miller, librarian: Miss Lucy
Winston, physical education; J. D.
Page, math.; Miss Josephine Sulli
van, commercial; Miss Catherine
Morton, biology and English; Mrs.
Ola Vinson Duggan, science and
physics; Mrs. Margaret LeMay
Mauney, math.; Miss Anna Jean
Dickey, commercial; Robert S.
Bault, woodworking; Miss Mar
garet Curd .art; C. A. Smith, physi
cal education.
Grape Creek ? Mrs. V. M. Sales,
grades 1-3; Miss Prances Capps,
grades 4-6.
Bates Creek ? Miss Ella Mc
Combs, grades 1-3; Mrs. Nora Lee
Amos, grades 4-6.
Tomotla ? Miss Bertha May
field, grades 1-2; Miss Leila Hayes,
grades 3-4; Mrs. Willie Lou
Shields, grades 5-6.
Texana (colored) ? Miss Ella
Belle Beatty, argeds 1-3; Miss Elma
Rai Dennis, grades 4-8.
SERMON SUBJECTS
Subjects of the sermons at
First Methodist Church, Sunday,
by the minister, Rev. Ralph Tay
lor, are: 11 a. m. "Will A Man Rob
Ood?"; 8 p. m. "Capitalizing Our
Calamities".
A cordial welcome awaits you
at these services.
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Spratlin of
Hull, Georgia spent last week-end
here with. Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
Chandler.
Early Mailing
Of Overseas
Gifts Is Urged
Overseas gift, packages for the
fighting men of the Navy, Coast
Guard and Marines may be mail
ed all year round. Rear Admiral
Jules James, USN. Commandant
of the Sixth Nayal District and
Charleston Navy Yard, reminded
families and friends of the fight
ing men today.
There is no deadline by which
Christmas mail must be posted,
but the Navy urges packages be
mailed NOW to insure delivery
by Christmas since the fleet is op
erating 5,000 miles beyond the
Fleet Post Office, San Francisco.
Gift packages must be not over
five pounds in weight, no more
than 15 inches in length, nor
more than 36 inches in length and
girt combined.
In mailing gift packages to
Navy, Marine and Coast Guard
personnel, Admiral James called
attention to these recommenda
tions: Use a strong box, use shred
ded paper inside the box, use
strong wrapping paper, and use
strong wrapping cord.
Murphy Soldiers
Pacific Bound
Assembly Area Command,
France ? Among the "early set
tlers" of this mamoth redeploy
ment center are members of a gen
eral hospital unit, which is now
being processed here for direct
shipment to the Pacific. The unit,
of which Pfc. James B. Hall, Mur
phy, Rt. 2, is a member, spent its
entire European career in this
area, establishing and operating
one of the first hospitals in what
was once a famous French military
cncampment.
Also a Quartermaster Railhead
Company is now being processed at
Camp Cleveland, Assembly Area
Command, preparatory to being
shipped to the Pacific. The unit,
of which Pfc. Hoyt A. Arrowood,
Rt. 1, Murphy, N. C., is a mem
ber, at times served over a quarter
of a million rations daily to allied
elements during the Battle of the
Bulge.
Chaplain Watts
To Speak Here
The Rev. Lawrence A. Watts,
chaplain of N. C. Prison Dept.
Central Prison, Raleigh, will be
the gruest minister at the midweek
service Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock in the1 First Methodist
Church.
Gills V. Luther
Has Purple Heart
With the 32nd Infantry Divis
ion in Northern Luzon ? Suffering
thrapnel wounds during an enemy
aitillery bombardment in the re
cent fighting along the Villa
Verda Trail, Private First Class
Gills V. Luther of Andrews, North
Carolina, has been awarded the
Purple Heart.
Pfc. Luther who serves in a
mortar crew of the famed 32nd
(Red Arrow) Infantry Division,
has now recovered from his in
juries and is back on the job. Red
Arrow Infantrymen are now en
gaged in mopping up operations in
the Cagayan Valley.
Serving in Company D of the
Division's crack 128th Infantry
Regiment, Pfc. Luther has been in
action against the enemy for 29
months. He has participated in
four major operations and is en
titled to wear, in addition to the
Purple Heart, the Combat Infan
tryman Badge and Philippine
Liberation Medal. His mother,
Mrs. Effie Luther lives in An
drews.
Vernon Martin
Gets Bronze Star
With the Fifth Army. Italy ?
Private First Class Vernon R.
Martin of Murphy, North Caro
lina, recently was awarded the
Bronze Star for meritorious ser
vice in combat during the Italian
campaign.
He served on the Fifth Army
Front in Company E. 349th
"Krautkiller" Regiment of the 88th
"Blue Devil" Division.
His mother, Mrs. Mollie L. Mar
tin, lives on Route 3. Murphy.
Payne Rites
Held Friday
Funeral services were held Fri
day, August 17. at 2 o'clock at
River Hill for Mrs. Sarah Eveline
Picklesimer Payne, age 75. The
Rev. Ernest German of McCays
ville. Ga., officiated.
She is survived by her hus
band, George Payne, three boys,
Isum and William of Patrick.
George of CopperhiU, and six
girls. Carda Hamby of Oak Park.
Vesta Hamby of Kerville. Ga .
Ada Adams, Millie Williamson,
Gillie Williamson and Agnes Ham
by of Patrick, two brothers. Jim
Picklesimer and Tom Picklesimer,
one sister, Clerenda Coleman, al.
of Patrick, 71 grandchildren and
53 great grand children.
Henry M. Lusk
Dies At Age 82
Henry Milnor Lusk, 82, died
Tuesday at 9 p. m. at his home at
Topton. Funeral services were
held at 11 o'clock Thursday morn
ing i today) at Topton Baptist
church, with the Rev. Ronald Hol
iand of Robbinsville, officiating.
Interment was in Andrews ceme
tery. Ivie funeral home was in
^Surviving are the widow: three
sons. Max Lusk of Topton. Cec.
Lusk of Helen. Ga.. Guy Lusk of
Richwood, West Va? two daugh
ters Mrs. Kathleen McGraw
Topton. and Mi s. Pauline Morrow
of Andrews.
Mr. Lusk was native of Roar
ir.g Branch. Pa. He married Mrs.
Lula Wright of Topton.
Street-Teaching
Tour To Be Here
The Catholic Evidence Guild of
Rosary College. River Forest ^,
will conduct its fourth aTrnual
st reet -teaching tour in St. Johns
Farish in Western North Carolina
this summer. Three undenrradu^
cte girl students, accompanied ^
two Dominican nuns. facu *
members of Rosary College, wi
deliver public addresses in Chero
kee next week. Monday through
Saturday. August 27 through Sep
tember 1. each night at 7 30 at
M TTi/ girl students who have been
chosen for the tour this^mmer
are Mary Constance Wo^.^Wet)
ster Groves, Mo.. Helen McGrath.
Xon. O.. and Marjorte Malay.
Oas city. Ind.
State Commander
Of American Legion |
Visits Murphy
Victor R. Johnson of Pittsboro, (
state department commander of
the American Legion of Noith
Carolina, with Mrs. Johnson and
their daughter, Miss Eleanor Win
frey Johnson, spent Sunday night
in Murphy and met members of
the Joe Miller Eklins Post of the
American Legion here. They were
entertained by John O'Dell chair- |
man of the membership commit
tee of the 20th district of the Le
gion.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and
their daughter attended a picnic
in the afternoon for members of
the 20th district at Cherokee at
which Clarence Bales, of Robbins
ville, district commander, was
host. Other officials attending
the picnic were Roy McMillan,
national representative of the
American Legion, and Burgin
Pennell, chairman of the veteran's
commission for North Carolina.
The 20th district is composed of
the counties of Cherokee, Clay.
Graham, Macon and Swain, and
every post in the district was rep
resented at Cherokee Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Johnson is state president
of the American Legion auxiliary,
the only wife of a state command
er to hold this position.
This was their first visit to
Murphy, and they expressed them
selves as being delighted with the
town and this section.
Nine Men Leave
For Induction
Nine Cherokee county men left
Murphy Thursday morning for
Fort Bragg for induction into the
armed services. They were:
Burton Benjamin Cormvell, Jr ,
leader; Charles Piercy. Homer
Green. Fred William Watts, Bill
Raper. Verlon Ray Allen, J. B
Powell. Luther Lee Garland, Nan
doe Lee Brown.
Pvt. Wilcox
Awarded Expert
Infantry Badge
Camp Blanding. Florida ? Pvt.
Ralph R. Wiicox has been award
ed the Expert Infantryman Badge
after completing a rigorous course
of training in the Infantry Re
placement Training Center here.
Award of this badge, which calls
for additional compensation above
base pay. means that Pvt. Wilcox is
an expert in the sue of several of
the Infantry's weapons and has
done a more than satisfactory job
of learning the other military skills
required of a doughboy in this
war.
He is the husband of Mrs. Ruby
L. Wilcox, who lives at Marble,
N. C? Rt. 1.
The new Expert Infantryman
entered service in February. Be
fore entering service he was em
ployed by T. V. A. in Fontana, N.
C.
Cherokee Asked
For $300 For
'Symphony Fund
Mrs. Zeb Conley of Andrews an
nounces that the quota for Chero
kee county for the North Carolina
Symphony orchestra fund is $300.
Of that amount she has assigned
a quota of $150 to Andrews and
$150 to Murphy.
Various civic clubs and individ
auls are being solicited for the
funds to meet the above quotas.
Among those in Murphy serv
ing with Mrs. Conley are: Mrs. B.
W. Whitfield. Mrs. T. A. Case. Mrs.
J. W. Davidson. Mrs. Martha
Adams, Miss Addie Mae Cooke
pjid others.
Mrs. Conley and Miss Jean
Christy of Andrews met with Mrs
Whitfield, Mrs. Case and Miss
Cooke Saturday to discuss the
program.
When the county meets its
quota it will be entitled to a con
cert to be given by a 12-piece or
chestra. Persons contributing as
much as a dollar will be entitled
to a ticket to the concert.
Conservation And
Development Board
To Meet In County
All Manpower
Controls Lifted
All manpower controls in Noi-th
Carolina wv automatically re
moved at the moment last week
when President Truman announc
ed the end of the war with Japan.
Dr. J. S. Dorton, State director of
the War Manpower Commission,
said in a statement issued at that
time. He discussed the State's
future in this statement:
"Lifting all manpower controls
means that all ceiling and employ
ment stabilization regulations, in
cluding the 48-hour workweek, are
removed and all employers may
hire as many workers as they want
and can get. Workers are per
mitted to accept any job they
may choose and to change jots
as they wish.
People Urged To
Be Vaccinated
For Diphtheria
Recently there have been a
number of cases of diphtheria re- i
ported in Cherokee county. "The
public should be reminded that
this is a disease easily prevented
and every child between the ages
of six months to ten years should
be properly immunized," states
the health department.
The department says:
"Contact your private physician
or your local Health Department
and te sure your child is safe.
The Health Department in Mur
phy is open every Wednesday from
8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m . and every
Saturday morning. Each Thurs
day from 1 p. m. to 4 p. m. the
iiealth office is open in Andrews."
Capt. W. H. Davis
Is Commanding
Officer. Ft. Lewis
/
Madigan Hospital Center, Fort
Lewis, Washington ? Captain
William H. Davis, of Murphy,
North Carolina, is the new Com
manding Officer of the Receiving
and Holding Company at Madigan
Convalescent Hospital, it was re
vealed by Col. M. G Kecler. Com
manding Officer of Madigan Hos
pital Center.
Commissioned at Camp Barke
ley. Texas, in October, Capt. Davis
had previously served in Hawaii as
chief-clerk in the division sur
geon's office.
During civilian life Capt. Davis
wa semployed as Sanitarian, Dav
idson County Health Department
at Lexington. N ,C.
Murphy Clubsters
Win In Contest
"Using Dairy Products in a
Simple Luncheon" was the title
of the demonstration winning first
place in Cherokee County's Dairy
Foods demonstration contest
which was held in the Murphy
Home Economics Laboratory on
Tuesday. August 2! Mildred Hen
drix and Robbie Barton, team
mates representing the Murphy
Senior 4-H club, demonsti-ated the
preparation of a simple and nutri
tious meal based on Dairy pro
ducts. This team will represent
Cherokee county in the district
contest which will be held in
Franklin on August 24.
Dorothy Shields and Mary Fam
er. also of the Murphy 4-H Club
and Lorene Taylor and Darline
Aiken of the Ranger Junior 4-H
Club are to be commended for the
excellent demonstration which
gave.
Judges were Mrs. Edwin Bristol
and Mrs. W. O. Lail of Andrews
and Miss Jane Hill of Murphy.
Murphy Business Men's club is
planning to assist in entertaining
the members of the State Board
of Conservation and Development
when it meets in Cherokee county
jn the latier part of September.
Announcement of the meeting was
made by Mayor W. M. Fain. Th e
secretary, W. D. King, was re
quested, at the meeting held Tues
day evening at Hotel Begal, to con
tact P. B Ferebee, member of the
board, and ascertain the plans for
the meeting so that local enter
tainment can be provided.
Dr. B. W. Whitfield announced
that E. A. Wood had promised that
he will make available enough land
for an airport for the county, if
J. C. Tcrwnson, on whose property
a large portion of the proposed
airport site Is, does not want to
dispose of his property for the
airport.
It was announced that the
Wood for War motorcade sched
uled to come to the county in
September has teen cancelled.
Dr. J. R. Bell announced that
a committee had contacted service
.stations of the town and secured
an agreement whereby one sta
tion will remain open each Sun
day. for service to tourists. Exact
hours have not been determined,
but it is thought they will not be
open during Church services.
J. L. Shields was welcomed by
President W. A. Hoover as a new
member.
The club voted to ask Governor
Cherry for a highway patrolman
to be stationed here, since traffic
has greatly Increased, and acci
dents are on the upgrade.
President Hoover announced
that very little material on Mur
phy and vicinity is on file with
the State Board of Conservation
and Development, and he asked
that the advertising committee
gather some information on our
resources, weather, industrial pos
sibilities, and other attractive fea
tures and send it to the Board.
The next mepting of the club
vill be held on Thursday, Sep
tember 13, since the Cherokee
county fair opens on the regular
date for the meeting.
Former Secretary R. W. Easley,
Jr.. reported that only a few hotels
and tourist homes listed their ac
comodations and rates with the
club recently when an effort was
made to secure that information.
Deputy And
Matron Are
Arrested
MORCiANTON ? A man iden
tified by Burke County Sheriff R.
C. Chapman as Deputy Sheriff F.
A. Fain of Cherokee county, was
released from the Burke county
jail Wednesday on a $500 bond fol
lowing his arrest Monday night
I cn a charge of public drunkenness
and resisting arrest. Sheriff Chap
| man said.
A woman identified as Mrs. Fain
I Bingham, also of Murphy, whom
officers said was arrested at the
same time on a charge of inter
fering with an arrest, was released
under $25 bond.
Sheriff Chapman said he un
derstood the Cherokee Deputy,
with Mrs. Bingham as matron, was
en route to Raleigh with three
white women prisoners and one
negro woman prisoner at the time
of their arrest. The four prison
ers were placed in jail here and
held until another deputy arrived
to take them on to Raleigh.
Burke county officers arrested
Fain and Mrs. Binghain at Valdesp
after they stopped there and re
ported that Fain's gun had been
stolen at a roadside place between
Morganton and Valdese.
ASSISTS IN REVIVAL
Rev. Ralph Taylor has been as
sisting the Rev. V. N. Allen of
Franklin in a series of evangelistic
services this week.