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MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1945.
Despite An Increase
Coble Dairy Products
Needs More Milk
Coble Dairy Products is now
paying an increased price of 20c
i hundred for milk if a producer
has an electric cooler and practices
sjmpie sanitary regulations.
The firm 's now receiving about
33 per; cut. more milk than it was
on June L'3 when the business was
taken over from Southern Dairies.
Farmers in this area have pledged
to p oduce approximately double
tha'. amount, and the company
is ! jpinj; that within a short time
this will be accomplished.
During the past two months
more than 100 cows have been
tough; by dairymen on the milk
routes.
Tiie firm has installed condens
ing equipment here, and it is ex
pected that it will be ready for
condensing milk by September 15.
Several major repairs and changes
have been made at the plant, and
the fum is able now to handle any
quantity of milk the farmers can
furnish.
Smith Slesigns
Pastorate Of
Andrews Church
ANDREWS ? Rev. L. P. Smith
who has been pastor of the An
drew^ Baptist church since May,
1943. resigned his pastorate here
Sunday at the eleven o'clock ser
vice. Mr Smith was serving his
second pastorate here, having
first served from 1919 to 1926, a
period of seven yea re. It was dur
ing the first pastorate that the
spier d church building, which
abou; three years ago was fully
paid for, was built, ,
Mr Smith has not yet announc
ed any plans for the future. He
and Mrs. Smith have a host of
friends in Andrews among people
of ail walks of life and all creeds,
and of no creed.
After leaving here in 1926 the
Rev. Mr. Smith held a pastorate
in Winston-Salem for seventeen
year
It -s understood that Peachtree
ani Hayesville Baptist churches
have called Mr. Smith, and he is
expected to accept.
Fet.y Officer Luther Francis
Axley is spending a 30-day leave
.':ere with his mother, Mrs. Nettie
Axley. He has been on Midway
and Hawaiian Islands for the past
20 months, and at the end of his
leave he will report to Rhode
Island for further assignment.
Mrs. John Bayless of Kr.oxville
will a: rive Sunday to be with her
brother for the remainder of his
stay here.
Woman's Club
And Members
Are Honored
Murphy Woman's club, of which
Mrs. J. W. Davidson is president,
has been awarded a certificate of
honor from North Carolina Federa
tion of Women's club, for its part
in the war finance work in this
county.
The following members of the
Blue Star Brigade here have re
ceived the commissions indicated:
Mrs. George A. Mauney. cap
tain; Mrs. Dale Lee, first lieuten
ant; Mrs. H. Bueck, Mrs. B. W.
Whitfield, Miss Frances Fisher,
Mrs. T. A. Case. Mrs. Harry Mill
er, Mrs. J. W. Davidson. Mrs. A.
E. Vestal, and Miss Grace Dockery,
second lieutenant.
These women were commended
for "outstanding patriotic endeavor
snd accomplishment in the sale of
War Bonds". The certificates are
signed by Miss Mary Frances
Cover, county chairman of the
women's division of the War Fin
ance Committee.
Fabrics To Be
Studied By Club
Women, September
Home demonstration schedules
for September is as follows:
Wednesday, September 5. Pos
tell. Mrs. P. R. Jones. 1 :30: Thurs
day^ September 6, Peachtree, Mrs.
Noah Hembree. 1:30; Friday, Sep
tember 7. Violet, Mrs. Harve Rose,
1:30: Tuesday, September 11, Bell
view, Club Room ? Mrs. Maude
Hatchett, 2 o'clock; Wednesday,
September 12. Waynesville, Dis
trict Aegnt's Meeting: Thursday,
September 13. Slow Creek, Mrs.
Homer Nations, 1:30: Friday, Sep
tember 14, Sunny Point. Miss
Julia Rice. 2 o'clock; Monday.
September 24. Marble. Mrs. Her
man West, 2 o'clock; Wednesday,
September 26. Andrews. Mrs. Boyd
Robinson. 2 o'clock: Thursday,
September 27, Ranger, (to be an
nounced).
"Know Your Fabrics" is the topic
for the September meetings.
LEGION TO MEET
An important meeting of the
American Legion, Joe Miller Elkins
Post, will be held at the Cherokee
County Courthouse at 7 o'clock p.
m., September 4. All veterans of
war No. I and II are urged to be
present.
Archer Is Speaker
Murphy Lions Club
John Archer, manager of the
Nantahala Power and Light Co.,
Franklin, was the guest speaker
aL the meeting of Murphy Lions
ciub Tuesday evening at First
Methodist church. He was pre
sented by Frank Forsyth, program
chairman.
The subject discussed by Mr.
Archer was the National War Fund
campaign which will be conducted
? October. He told of the his
tory of the War Fund and how it
has helped service men and war
victims during the war. He urged
"he Lions to support the coming
drive.
C. E. Woody, local forest rang
stated that the Forest Service
hcpes soon to get funds to develop
the property in the Town of Mur
?hy, by building and landscaping,
kit he further said that it had
difficult to find living places
,0r families working for the For
est Service and unless Murphy
c?Uld give fimmo ? itjf and show
1
wanted the Forest Ser
e' the office could be
A few weeks ago the old
h house was converted in
to a dwelling for temporary use,
and Mr. Woody stated that he had
not been able to get the electric
department to erect five poles and
install service for that house.
The club stood in a rising vote
of appreciation of the Forest Ser
vice and expressed a desire to have
the office remain here and the
developments to be made.
C. R. Freed, who came from the
Winston-Salem club, was highly
commended by that club in a let
ter accompanying the transfer,
and he was also presented a per
fect attendance pin for the year
2944-45.
A demonstration on "Using
Dairy Products in a Simple Lunch
ton" was given by Miss Mary
Cornwell. home agent, and two
4-H club girls, Mildred Hendrix
end Robbie Barton.
J. H. Duncan was welcomed
back from the service. He is the
first member of the club to re
ceive a discharge.
E. W. Allison was a guest of
Dr. J .R. Bell. Rev. John Farrar
was guest of Dr. W. A. Hoover,
and Sgt. Verlin Crisp, was a guest
of Rog *r Ammons.
GETS WINGS ? Flight Officer
Paul Edward Hill, 19, son of Mrs.
Kathryn B. Hill of 414 Hrwassee
Stree:. Murphy, one of the two
men from North Carolina to re
ceive the wings of the aerial navi
gator of the Army Air Forces at
graduation exercises held last week
at the AAF Training Command in
stallation, San Marcos, Texas,
Army Air Field. Graduates re
ceived commissions as second
lieutenants or appointments as
flight officers.
,
Parents Receive
Decorations For
18 Year Old Son
Mr. and Mrs. Cnarlie Stile* of
Murphy, Rt. 1. have received rib
bons, stars and purple heart for
their son Hoyt. S 1/C. age IS. who
was killed February 18. just off
the coast of Iwo Jima. They also
received a letter from his com
manding officer saying "Hoyt was
loved by all his friends ana ship
mates, trusted and respected by all
his officers."
Hoyt entered service at age of
16, and had participated in the
French, Philippine, Luzon, and
Iwo Jima invasions.
All-Stars Play
Final Games
Sunday, Monday
The Murphy All-Stars lost to
the strong Le Tourneau club from
Toccoa, Ga. last Sunday by a
score of 8 to 0. The Le Tourneau
club was made up of players that
at one time played with Buford,
Ga., and those who have seen
Euford play can say they were
ball players.
Lefty Mingus went the full 9
innings for the Murphy team, al
iowinjr only 9 hits and striking out
10 batters. The All-Stars just
couldn't hit in the pinches. Atkin
son batting at clean up position
for Murphy got three hits at four
times at tat. The Murphy team
had one of the best line-ups they
have had all season.
The All-Stars will play their
final home game here Labor Day
meeting the Hayesville club. They
travel to Cumming. Ga.. to play
Sunday. Sept. 2. They defeated
the Cumming club at Mui-phy by
a score of 4 to 3.
Social Security
Man To Be Here
A representative of the Ashe
ville field office of the Social Se
curity Board will be at the Court
House. Murphy, September G, 1:00.
Wage earners who have worked
in a job covered by the Social Se
curity Act since December 31,
1936. and have attained age 65,
may be eligible to file claim for
themselves, their wives, or minor
children, whether they have an
account number or not. Surviv
ing i-elatives of deceased workers,
such as widows, children, or par
ents, or if none of the above, per
sons who have paid funeral ex
penses, may be eligible to file
claim.
In addition, persons who have
need of social security 'account
numbers or other information per
taining to the Act are invited to
meet this representative at the
time and place mentioned.
J. H. Duncan has been honorably
discharged from the navy and is
at home with his family.
Lt. R. M. Wilhide Disappeared
Fighting In Plane Donated By
His Home Folks Of Andrews
By Sergeant William ( amp, a Ma
rine Corps Combat Correspondent.
Somewhere In The Pacific i De
layed! ? Maybe the folks back
home in Andrews, N. C.. would like
to know what 1 became of the
money they put into war bonds
to purchase an P6F Grumman
Hellcat fighter plane.
How their plane brought down
the first night-raider bomber, and
how one of their own home town
beys was reported missing in ac
tion in that same plane, was told
here by the Marine Coi-ps squadron
commander to whom the plane
and its 23-year-old pilot. Lieuten
ant Robert M. Wilhide. son of
Mrs. P. S. Wilhide, of Andrews,
were assigned.
The squadron, which establish
ed an American record by bring
ing down 30 Jap night-raiders in
six weeks over Okinawa, is known
as "Black Mac's Killers."
In official parlence. the squad
ron is designated as VMF ' N ) 533,
commanded by Marine Lieutenant
Colonel Marion Milton Magruder,
33-year-old former White House
aide, and a native of Lexington,
Ky.
Let "Black Macv Magruder tell
the story, just the way he told it
when he arrived here, after more
than 400 hours in 16 months op
eration against the enemy.
?'Assigned to my squadron when
we began training in Cherry Point,
N. C., was a young kid named Wil
hide ? Clem' ? we called him.
Good kid. Quiet. Never talked
much.
"After we shoved off from the
West Coast and landed on Eniwe
tok Island, in the Mavshalls, and
had spent 13 months there in
training without even so much as
getting a glimpse of the enemy.
all my fliers were 'first team'
perfect. I had no second team '
"When we were finally ordered
to Okinawa, we received a ship
ment of brand new Grumman
Hellcats, and among them was this
night-fighter plane which the good
folks of Andrews had donated to
the Navy through War Bond pur
chases. It had an inscription on
the side: Donated by the Citizens
of Andrews, N. C.'
"Well, I naturally assigned it to
Clem, and he was so tickled that
he almost cried. He was sure
proud of the folks back home.
"On the night of May 15. short
ly after we arrived on Okinawa,
Wilhide went upinto the midnight
skies and intercepted an approach
ing enemy 'Betty' ? twin-engined
bomber.
"Clem was piloting that gift
plane from home, and in a few
minutes I received word that he
had shot down the first Japanese
night-raiding bomber over Oki
nawa."
Wilhide was reported missing
in action two nights later, in that
home-town gift plane.
"Clem was up on night patrol
when he detected the approach of
two Jap 'Bettys', who were com
ing to bomb Ie Shima," said Ma
gruder.
"Clem was flying low in the
pitch dark, and the Bettys were
at 1,000 feet. He was hot on their
tail, read for the killed, when he
got word over his radio that a
friendly ship, which had picked
up the flight of Jap planes, was
going to send up ack-ack fire at
them."
Here Black Mac Magruder paus
ed to tell that, along with the
ordinary weather and darkness
hazards of nightfighting fliers,
LT. ROUT. M. WILHIDE
I are the hazards of not being recog
nized as friendly by U. S. planes
or antiaircraft ground forces or
surface vessels.
"Clem got the word, all right,
j but I suppose he was determined
to make that home town plane
give the folks back home their
m.sney's worth, so he didn't turn
clear of the flak.
"He was shot down in the en
suing action."
Magruder added that the Jap
bombers got through the ack-ack.
bombed Ie Shima airstrip, destroy
ed a few planes and killed a few
men.
"But that's the story of Lieuten
ant Robert M. Wilhide of An
drews, N. C.. and that is how he
and the plane donated by his
folks back home both disappeared
fighting the enemy.
"I hope the folkj at home are
proud. They have good reason to
be." the squadron leader added.
Experiment Tried Here
Extended Other Lakes
Raleiph, N. C. ? Thirty-three
lakes in North Carolina hence
forth will be open for fishing the
year aorund. Game & Pish Com
missioner John D. Findlay an
nounced today upon authorization
of the Board of Conservation &
Veterans May
Buy Surplus
Gov. Property
Honorably discharged World
War II servicemen can avail them
selves of veterans' preferences in
the purchase of surplus govern
ment property for use in starting
or maintaining small businesses,
District Manager I. W. Greene of
the Small War Plants Corporation
has announced.
Applications are available at
the district SWPC office, 411
Fidelity Bankers Trust Building.
Knoxville, Tenn . for veterans wish
ing to establish or carry on busi
ness in East Tennessee or border
ing counties of Western North
Carolina and South Western Vir
ginia.
Veterans also may receive loans
from SWPC to cover the cost of
the property after making a 15
per cent down payment, Greene
said.
Provisions of the sales to veter
ans are that the equipment be
used in a small business, pro
fessional or agricultural under
taking in which the applicant has
at least 50 per cent interest.
The veteran, under this set up,
cannot buy surplus equipment
for any business or professional
enterprise having an invested
capital of more than $50,000 or
any agricultural concern repre
senting an investment over $25,000.
A limit of $2,500 is place on
individual purchases.
Applications form are available
also at County AAA officers for
veterans who wish farming equip
ment.
Development. Other waters may
be opened later under certain
conditions, he said.
Opening of these waters, which
range from the mountains to the
coast, is in line with recommenda
tions of TVA authorities following
a long study of conditions in Nor- !
ris Lake in Tennessee. A study [
has been made on Hiwassee Lake j
this year, also.
Findlay said TVA research indi- [
cated "that year-around hook and i
line fishing cannot harm the fish
in most impounded waters." It j
was learned that due to the rapid ]
rate of growth in southern waters, 1
many bass reached maturity and |
died before they were caught. !
Also, TVA said, bass are inclined ,
to take a plug best during the j
period ordinarily closed for spawn- '
ing. though the fish actually ,
spawning generally will not bite
at all. Before that, the tests show, '
they are not actively feeding, and
aftr that period the small fry
have grown to a size so tempting
that the natural food is preferred j
to the fisherman's plug. Conse- j
?
quently, the survey concluded,
sportsmen were missing their best
lishing without at the same time
contributing to conservation.
Findlay pointed out that this
step is in line with new fishing
rules in other southern states
which are following TVA recom
mendations.
In addition to the lakes named
below, Findlay was given authori
zation to abandon the closed sea
son in other impounded waters
in the state upon request of per
sons having control of the waters,
provided the move is not antagon
istic to conservation. He is also
authorized to close any portion
or portions of the lakes under this
regulation if he finds such action
is necessary for the best interest
of the fish in the lakes.
Waters in this area now fish
able the year around are: Hiwas
see Lake, Cherokee County: Nan
tahala. Macon County; Chatuge
Lake. Clay County: Lake Santeet
lah, Graham: Lake Cheoah. Gra
ham: Glenville Lake. Jackson;
Waterville Lake, Haywood.
1,114 Are Enrolled
In Murphy City Unit
Approximately 1.114 pupils aie '?
enrolled in the schools of the Mur
phy city unit, which opened for
the fall term on Monday of this
week, according to Supt. H. Bueck.
Enrolled in Murphy elementary
school are 487; in Murphy high
school 350; Tomo>tla, 83; Bates
Creek. 64; Grape Creek, 65; and
Texana. 65.
BREAKS LEU
Gertrude Cook, small daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cook, broke
her left leg Tuesday when jumping
from a tree at the home of her
grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Cook.
Story Hour To
Be Held Saturday
A story hour will be held at
/.tie Carnegie library Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock, it has been
announced by Miss Josephine
Heighway. librarian. Miss Clara
McCombs will be the story teller.
Children are invited to attend
and see the exhibit of dolls loaned
ty Jeanne Weir.
The Rev. R. E. McClure of
Aslieville was in Murphy Wednes
day.
Walter Jones
Held For
Death Of Wife
Walter Jones of Blairsville, Ga.,
is being held here in the county
jail for the sheriff of Union coun
ty, Ga., in connection with the
death of his wife which occurred
a. Murphy General hospital at 1
o'clock Tuesday morning.
Officers stated that Jones
brought his wife to the hospital
last Friday morning and asked
the doctor to take care of her and
then went away. He did not
return and Saturday he saw his
wife's brother, Ed Curtis on the
street and told him his wife was
in the hospital and would be ready
to go home Sunday it was report
ed.
It was reported that Mrs. Jones
had a broken nose, bruises on her
body which showed signs of hav
ing been kicked or otherwise bad
ly treated. She died without ever
regaining consciousness. A war
rant was taken for the arrest of
Jones. Coming into Murphy Tues
day on the bus, Jones was arrest
ed and placed in jail here by offi
cers and is being held.
Funeral arrangements under di
rection of Townson funeral home
are incomplete, pending a auto
psy.
Park Commission
Makes Plans To
Complete House
Mui-phy city park commission
met Wednesday evening of last
week at 9 o'clock in the home of
Miss Addie Mae Cooke, to discuss
further work on the caretaker's
house at the park.
Tile caretaker's home is prac
tically complete, the only remain
ing work to be done being flooring,
painting, plumbing and wiring.
Doyte Burch, chairman," Mrs. "Wal
ter Wict, &' T. A. I vts-_, and
Mrs. Dale Lee were appointed on
a committee to contact interested
citizens for c 'ntnbutions suffici
ent to complete the work. At the
meeting contributions amounting
to SI 00 were made.
Those present were: President
R. S. Bault, who presided; Mrs.
T. A. Case. Mr and Mrs. H. G.
Elkins, W. M. Fain. Mrs. Dale Lee,
Robert V. Weaver, Dr. B. W. Whit
field. Miss Josephine Heighway,
and Miss Cooke.
At the close of the meeting, the
I hostess served ice cream and
cake.
ON FURLOUGH ? Edgar R.
Johnson, who has been spending
a 10-day furlough with his wife
and four children and other rela
tives. He entered sen-ice in Febru
ary and took his basic training
at Fort Bragg. Johnson reported
to Fort Geo. G., Meade. Md. Be
fore entering service, he was em
ployed by the Patterson Products,
Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Culbreth To Lead
Revival Services
ANDREWS ? A scries of re
vival services will be held in the
Andrews Methodist Church, be
ginning on Sunday, September 23.
The guest minister for the series
of services will be the Rev. George
B. Culbreth, pastor of the Morn
ing Star Methodist Church, Can
ton.
The public is cordially invited
to attend these services of wor
ship.