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MIRPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THl'RSDAY, SEPT 13, 1945.
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
COUNTY FAIR IS ALL NEXT WEEK
State Board To Study Lakes And Forests In Area
Governor Cherry
To Accompany
Board To Area
The State Board of Conserva
tion and Development will meet
in Andrews on September 24, 25.
26 for the purpose of making a
study of the lakes, forests and
ciher resources and possibilities in
this Southwestern part of the
s ate. Governor R. Gregg Cherry
will accompany members of the
board and other state officials
hi .e for the meeting.
The board has never met west
or Waynesville before, and it is
coning to Cherokee co'jnty this
vine at the invitation of Percy
? Fei ebee. Andrews, member of
the board.
Headquarters will ba Ten ac
el. and business session of the
aid will be held at the t wn hall
in An h ews on Monday, 24th. Tues
c..y and Wedi sday will be used
to.- i-' it-seciri*.
Among those expected for the
irn ciing are: Director R. Bruce
E : fridge. JoEh L. Home, Jr., vice
i airman. Charles S. Allen, J. Wil
bur Bunn, Oscar P. Bietce, K.
C vde Council, R. Floyd Cnuse.
W. J. Damtoft. A. H. Guios, W.
Roy Hampton, Miles J. Smith. D.
M. Stafford. J R. Wolle't. Percy
B F-iebee, nifcmL-. * i../t ixiai'd,
and Dr. Jasper L. Stuckev, state
geologist; W. K. Beichler. state
f rester: W. H. Riley, chief engi
D' J. D. Findlay, commissioner
of game and inland fisheries, and
R J. Perse, superintendent of
parks. Wives of several of the
above are expected to attend.
Special entertainment of the
v. i ais is being planned by towns
in this area. In Murphy Prank
F : yth, chairman, Dr. W. A.
H-ver, J. B. Gray and C. E.
Woody are on a committee from
the Lions club to plan entertain
ment. Mrs. G. W. Cover is plan
um!.' entertainment for the ladies.
PHARMACIST ? Miss Thoma
sine Slayton, formerly of Murphy,
*il'> will return here October 1
to become a pharmacist at Mau
ney Drug company, assisting W.
M. Mauney. She was graduated
6i the University of North Caro
lina School of Pharmacy this sum
mer and passed the State board
examination on August 1.
Miss Slayton, who is a graduate
?f Murphy high school, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. O.
Slayton of Knoxville, Tenn.
QI ARTERLY MEETING
The Rev. Fred R. Horton, dis
trict superintendent, will hold a
quarterly meeting at the Free
Methodist church this week-end.
Sen-ices will be Friday and Satur
day evenings at 7:30 o'clock, Sun
day momlnjr at 11 o'clock and
Sunday evening at 7:30. The pub
lic is invited to attend.
truett to preach
The Rev. Thomas Truett will
Preach Sunday night at 8 o'clock
at Shady Grove Baptist church.
Lovingood Is New
Committeeman
Dr. B. W. Whitfield has r?sign
ec. as chairman of the Cherokee
county aeronautics committee, and
| Mayor W. M. Fain has appointed
Noah Lovingood on the committee
I to succeed him. J. D. Butch has
been named chairman of the com
mtitee. C. L. Alverson is the third
member of the committee.
Overseas Gifts
Should Be Mailed
Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
It's time to be thinking of mail
ing Christmas packages overseas,
says Postmaster Howard Moody
of Murphy.
Army postal officers at Head
quarters Fourth Service Com
mand reminded the public: tl-at
even though hostilities have ceas
er on all fronts, there ar? still
many thousands of American
troops who will spend their Christ
mas in foreign lands and these
troops will be looking forward to
packages from home.
The regulations governing the
mailing of overseas Christmas
rifts to Army personnel remain
the same as last v?- ^ . they must
be posted between September 15
and October 15 . . . one package
a week may be sent 'without a re
quest i by any one person to the
same serviceman . . .the usual re
strictions as to size and weight of
Christmas parcels applies ? not
more than fifteen inches long or
more than 36 inches in length
and girth combined and maximum
weight five pounds. Most stores
have a stock of boxes approved by
the War Department for overseas
gift shipments.
Local postmasters can furnish
any clarifying details relative to
overseas Christmas mailing.
McCamrick To
Preach Sundav
??
ANDREWS ? It has been an
nounced by H. M. Whitaker, chair
man of the Speakers' Committee
ol the Andrews Baptist church,
that the Rev. Lewis McCamrick
will speak at the eleven o'clock
service at the Baptist church Sun
day, September 16.
Mrs. Rich Taken
By Death At 85
Mrs. Leulla P. Rich, age 85,
wife of Coleman Rich of Ranger,
passed away at her home Septem
ber 12.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at Shady Grove Baptist
church Septembere 13 at 11 a. m.
with the Rev. Thomas Truett of
ficiating. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Rich was born and reared I
in Cherokee county. She was a
first cousin of the late Dr. George
W. Truett, of Dallas, Texas.
She is survived by her husband,
four daughters. Mrs. Carrie Chris
topher. Copperhill, Tenn.. Mrs.
Foley Waller, Ducktown, Tenn.,
Mrs. Bell Hyde, Culberson, and
Mrs. Frankie Smith, Cummin*.
Ga. ; two sons. Garlee of Culber
son and Worth, Canton, Ga.; and
one sister. Mrs. Susanna Satter
lield, Cumming, Ga.
Mrs. Rich had been a faithful
member of the Baptist church for
more than 70 years.
CONVENTION TO MEET
The West Liberty Singing Con
vention will be held at Ranger
Baptist church on Sunday. Sep
tember 16. All singers are invit
ed to come.
CAPTAIN EDWARD PRl DEN DAVIDSON
Captain E. Pruden Davidson Is
Engineering Officer With 9tli
Fighter Squadron, First In Tokyo
Fifth A:r Force, Tokyo ? Cap
tain Edward Pruden Davidson, son
cf Mr, and Mrs. Jerry W. David
son. 109 Campbell St., Murphy, N.
Carolina, is the Engineering Offi
cer' of the famed 9th Fighter
Squadron, first fighter outfit to
land at Tokyo during General of
'.he Army MacArthur's formal oc
cupation of the Japanese capital.
Honor of being the first to fly
into the capital was given the
9th's "Flying Knights" for their
unparalleled feat of blasting 276
memy planes out of the skies in
44 months of combat during its
long march from Darwin, Aus
tralia, to Tokyo. This top scoring
fighter squadron in the Pacific
boasts such famous former mem
bers as Major Richard I. Bong.
Major Thomas B. McGuire and
Colonel Gerald R. Johnson.
Capta n Davidson is a graduate
of North Carolina State College
and was employed as an industrial
engineer by the Armstrong Cork
Co., Millville, New Jersey, prior
to his entry into the Army in
April, 1942. He joined the P-38
"Lightning" squadron on Biak in
October, 1944, and was responsible
for keep the outfit's planes in the
air during the vigorous fighting on
Leyte, where they were the first
land based fighters to be stationed
in the Philippines since the fall of
Bataan. It was on Leyte that he
had his closest shave when a burn
ing plane crashed out of control in
his eng:neering area. "If I hadn't
tripped and fallen. I might have
'had it'."
While enroute to Mindoro from
Leyte aboard an LST, a Japanese
suicide plane narowly missed de
stroying the ship '.".hen anti-air
craft fire caused it to veer off
course at the last moment so that
only the wing hit the superstruc
ture. furnish ng Captain David
son his most exciting incident of
the war.
From Mindoro the Flying
Knights moved on to Luzon. Oki
nawa and now, Japan. Asked
how he felt about being ? member
of the first fighter squadron to
land at Tokyo, Captain Davidson
replied; "Naturally I feel proud
of the squad i on and think It's the
best fighting outfit in the Air
Forces".
Presbyterians
To Call Pastor
The Rev. R E McClure. exe
cutive secretary of Asheville Pres
bytery, will preach at First Pres
byterian church here Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock. At the close
or the service a congregational
meeting will be held for the pur
pose of calling a pastor for the
church.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mulkey and |
Mrs. Virginia Crai ?; were in Char- 1
lotte Sunday to see Mrs. Craig's j
baby, Winston, who Is in the hos- 1
pita) there, a victim of polio. He |
is reported to be improved.
$2,600 Is Quota i
For This County
In War Fund Drive
The Cherokee county United i
War Fund quota for this fall is
$2,600, according to announce
ment by the county chairman.
Prank Forsyth. The drive will
te put on here October 8-15.
Mrs. John Christy is chairman
for Andrews; Harry Bishop for
Murphy, and Miss Addie Mac
Cooke, publicity.
Rev. J. A. Morris
Elected Moderator
Ministers' Group
Ministers of the Western North
Carolina association met at the
First Baptist church Monday at
1C o'clock for the purpose of or
ganizing a Minister's Conference.
The meeting was called to order
by the Rev. Algie West. Officers
elected were: the Rev. J. Alton
Morris, moderator ;the Rev. Blaine
Ledford. secretary and treasurer;
and program committee: the Rev.
Robert Barker, chairman; the
Rev. Fred Stiles, and the Rev.
Aipie West.
The conference consisted of
general discussion and adjourned
at 11:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Scroggs Dies
At Age Of 76
Mrs. John O. Scroggs, 76, died
Friday morning at her home in
Hayesville following an illness
of several months.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
Hayesville Methodist church, the
Rev. Clark Benson officiating. Bur
sal followed in Hayesville ceme
tery, with Ivie funeral home in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Scroggs was the former
Miss Laura Matheson of Andrews.
Surviving are two brothers.
Melvin Matheson of Andrews and
Bascom Mathes >n of Wilk Cherry,
Ark.; and the following step-chil
dren: P. C. Scroggs, Mrs. John
Swanson .Mrs. Jarrett Thompson,
and Mi s. Ralph Beal, all of Hayes
ville.
REVIVAL TO BEGIN
Tlie Rev. Arthur Sumners will
begin a revival at Peachtree Metho
dist church Sunday, Sept. 16, at
8 o'clock. Everyone is invited to
attend these services.
THREE BROTHERS SERVING COUNTRY ?
The above three sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Wilcox
of Farner, Tcnn., are in the armed forces. They
are. left to right: Pvt. Ralph R. Wilcox of Ft. George
Meade, Md.: Pfc. Lloyd J. Wilcox, who is now serv
ing with an infantry division in the Philippines; and
Pvt. Calvin Qwinn Wilcox, of Camp Robinson. Ark.
Pvt. Ralph Wilcox recently spent a furlough
with his wife. Ruby Wells Wilcox, and two small
daughters. Edith Paye and Margaret Anne of
Marble, Route I. He received his training at Fort
Draw? and Camp Blandlntx. Fla., where he was
awarded the expert infantryman's badge. Pfc. Lloyd
Wilcox has been in the army since December. 1842
receiving his training at Camp Croft. S. C.. and has
been overseas since the spring of 1943. He has
seen action In numerous battles in the Southwest
Pacific. Pvt. Calvin Wilcox has been In the army
since May of this year and is witii a heavy artillery
unit at Camp Robinson.
Sponsored By Lions
Benefit Of Citv Park
REV. L. P. SMITH
Smith Pastor
Two Churches With
Building Programs
ANDREWS ? In a final sermor
of his sccond pastorate in the An
drews Baptist church, and on the
twenty-ninth anniversary of hi*
his first sermon as a minister, the
Rev. L. P. Smith was heard here
Sunday at the eleven o'clock
service. After last Sunday's ser
vices Mr. Smith becomes pastoi
of the Hayesville and Peachtrec
churches, both of which contem
plate ambitious building programs
The Hayesville church expect tc
build the Geo. W. Truett Memoria
church, while Poachtree churcl'
plans to building the Richarc
Moore Memorial.
"F.i I am not ashamed of th?
gospel of Christ words frorr
Romans first chapter, verse 16
were Mr. Smith's 'cxt here Sun
day. He would not call his mess
age a "farewell sermon", althougl'
in (he beginning of his talk ht
reminisced considerably on hi;
tw > pastorates here. It was dur
ing his first pastorate that thi
splendid Andrews Baptist churcl
was built. The corner stone witl
L. P. Smith's name on it bear;
eloquent testimony to that fact
In speaking of this the retiring
minister declared. "No one livint
has more in this church than we"
The "we" referred to Mrs. Smitl
whom the husband warmly elosr
ized.
In discussing his text the min
ister argued that the compel mus
be carried into the economic
social, and political life of th<
nation, nnd all nations. "Thf
power of the gospel is p >werful be
cause it adorns," he concluded.
The evening server at the Bap
tist church was attended also bj
the Methodist congregation.
At the conclusion of the mom
ing service I B. Hudson, chairmar
of the board of deacons appointee
a church program committe*
whose duty it will be to arrangi
for the eleven o'clock service eacl
Sunday until a regular pastor ii
secured. This committee consist!
of the six persons named here
with: H. M. Whitaker, Chm.. H. L
Mulkcy. Gwen Anderson. Mrs. C
T. Almond, Mrs. Frank Wilhide
Mrs. H. E. Davis.
Previously appointed as a pul
pi: committee was the entire boait
of deacons and Mesdames Franl
Wilhide ,Bn Grant. Violet S. Walk
er. Isabell Trantham .Dillie Luns
ford. C. T. Almond.
Mr. Smith will rerside in An
drews for the next few week
pending the completion and re
novation of a pastor's home ii
Hayesvllle.
For the first time since 1942
I the Cherokee county agricultural
fair is being held this year, Sep
tember 18-22. Murphy Lions Club,
Inc.. is the sponsor, and H. O.
Elkins is chairman. In addition
to agricultural exhibits, J. J. Page
shows and carnival will be special
features of the week's fair.
The committee from the Lions
club, working with Chairman El
kins. is composed of : Harry Bishop,
Dr. W. A. Hoover, J. B .Gray, R.
S Bault. R. W. Easley, Doyle
Eurch. W. M. Fain. A. Q. Ketner,
and Frank Forsyth.
Captains for the six days of the
fair will be: Frank Forsyth. Tues
day; Loren Davis, Wednesday:
R. W. Easley, Thursday; H. G.
Elkins, Friday; and Harry Bishop,
Saturday. These men will have
charge of operations on the dates
named.
Friday will be "School Day",
when school children will be ad
mitted free during the day.
Members of the Lions club, as
[ fisted by Li nesses and other citi
zens of Murphy, will be gate keep
i| ers and do most of the work in
volved in the operation of the
i fair. Proceeds will go toward
- building a swimming pool at the
? city park.
; Prizes are being offered on
? various agricultural and house
? hold products, following the same
; plan that has teen used in pre
? vious years.
me executive committee is com
? posed of E. C. Moore, P. A. Mau
ney. T. H. Cole, J. F. Palmer, J.
F Wood, and J. T. Dockery.
i The grounds will be open from
I Tuesday morning. September 18,
i through Saturday evening. Sep
I tember 22. Exhibits must be in
not later than 8 p. m. Tuesday.
> Gates will open at 7 a. m. daily
i and beginning Wednesday at 1
o'clock p. m.. the exhibit hall will
. be open to the public. Exhibits
. will be removed Saturday morn
i ing.
A. Q. Ketner, Don Allison and
. Miss Mary Cornwell. county agents,
. are cooperating with the club in
. getting farmers to bring their
i exhibits to the fair,
j Competition is open to residents
j of Cherokee. Clay. Graham, Un
ion and Towns counties.
r Those in charge of the various
; exhibit departments are as fol
lows :
. Field crops and fa m exhibits:
. J. Franklin Smith, superintendent,
J. B. Shields. Carl Stiles. John
. Robert Martin, and Victor Ellis.
Horticulture products: J. H.
Hampton, superintendent, A. R.
1 Stalcup. Mis. J. H. Ellis W. M.
, Hatchett, Mrs. Burton McNabb.
Flowers: Mrs. B. W. Whitfield,
superintendent. Mrs. W. A. Puett,
_ Mrs. W. P. Odom. Mrs. John
. Davidson. Mis. H. E. Dickey and
Mrs. T. A. Case.
Beef Cattle: Carl Townson, su
, perintendent, S. C. Gentry, Char
I lie McDonald, and W. S. Dickey.
Dairy cattle: H. N. Wells, su
, perintendent. Randolph Shields. C.
, S Day, J. B. Hall, and A. B.
5 Stalcup.
5 Poultry : Mrs Clarence Hend
. rix, superintendent, Mrs. A. J.
, Barton, Lawson Lunsford, and
Ernest Hughes.
Home economics: Mi's. J. H.
Hampton, superintendent, Mrs.
. R. H. Foard. Mrs. Harry Bishop,
j Mrs. Paul Sudderth, Mrs. W. A.
? Hoover, and Miss Susan Beck.
Pantry supplies: Mrs. J. W.
_ Dyer. sui>erintendent. Mrs. John
Donley .Mrs, Giles Cover, Mrs. J.
. L. Hall, Mrs. C. C. King .and Mrs.
s James Gibbs.
House furnishing and clothing:
j Mrs. R. W. Easley, superlntend
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