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MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1945
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
One Killed And Ten
Injured In Accident
Mrs G. P. Noblet', about 60 '
years of age. died at Petrie hospi
tal Monday afternoon about 2 !
o'clock uf injuries received Sun- j
da)' night about 7 o'clock when the |
fUtoroobile in which she was l id- j
jng collided with another car about j
a mile from Hiawassee, Ga? on |
the Clayton highway. Both thighs
sere fractured and she also suf- (
fered lacerations of the scalp.
Eleven persons, all from near
Hiawassee and Young Harris, were
injured in the accident, four of i
the number seriously injured. G. j
P. Noblett is in Murphy General
hospital suffering from several
br ken ribs and scalp lacerations:
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Maney are in
Petrie hospital, he with a dislocat
ed hip. a compound fracture of the
right leg. fractured skull and
lacerations; Mrs. Maney has a
compound fracture of the left leg
and lacerations.
Others in the party who were in
jured were given first aid treat
ment at the hospitals and dismiss
ed Sunday night.
Mrs. Noblett was a native of
Haywood county but had lived in
North Georgia for a number of
years. Her body is at the Prank
Abeinathy funeral home at Young
Harris. Funeral arrangements
will be announced later.
Four-H Club
Girl Has Eve
?
On The Future
Faye Lakey is one of the many
thousands of 4-H club girls in
Njrth Carolina who has an eye on
the future and is doing something
i.uou? Uiakin^, utoaOw
1950. or thereabouts, come true.
Faye is thirteen years old and
she is determined to get a college
education. Last year she enlisted
the help of the county agent and
he arranged for her to get a pure
bred O. I. c. gilt in the pig club
chain, sponsored by the Lions club,
fr.m her brood sow next year,
tember. Two were returned to the
chain and the other seven were sold
at a profit of $87 50. Faye also
sold a cow and calf which she had
raised and her college bank ac
count began to grow. She has
Preat hopes for further profits
from her brood osw next year.
This daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J- H. Lakey. who are demonstra- 1
tion farmers in the Tuskeegee-Saw- 1
ser s Creek Watershed of Graham j
county, is also an excellent garden- >
er even though she has been a j
member of the Stecoah 4-H Club
for only two years, says Louise
Bum. ;te, assistant home agent of
,he State College Extension Ser
vice. I
Last summer Faye planted, culti- j
^a ed. sprayed, and harvested 20
iffeient kinds of vgeetables in her
garden. She canned 260 quarts j
and stored them for the winter. I
<re will be a greater variety of
"ods on the family's menu be- 1
cause, thanks to Faye, there are
Ilow 14 different kinds of vege
es on the pantry shelves.
Tom Voyles
On Way Home
Pearl Harbor, T. H. ? Tom
Voyles, SF3c, USNR, husband of
Mrs. Leona Voyles of Murphy, N.
C? Is on his way home.
Voyles is one of over 4,200 high
Point Navy veterans whom the
"Magic Carpet" is bringing back to
the States abroad the U. S. S.
'orktown.
The U. S. S. Yorktown ? one of
?ore than 250 carriers, battle
ships, cruisers, and attack trans
ports in the Navy's famed "Magic
Carpet" fleet ? left Guam. No
vember 17, and Is scheduled to ar
rfre in San Francisco about De
cember 1.
Passe niters will go directly to
?>e Separation Centers nearest
'heir homes to complete the for
malities of obtaining their dis
I charges before returning to clvtl
\ ?*?!??.
Big Rationing
Job Is Ended
The recentl^ended rationing of j
meats, fats and oils was the biggest j
rationing job in history, L. W. '
Driscoll, OPA District Director
said today.
In the eight southeastern states
alone, 93,000 wholesalers and re
tailers and about as many industr
ial and institutional users, served
by 886 rationing boards and 14
district offices, played an import
; nt part in making the program
work, he said.
Virtually every bank in the
Southeast ? 1,885 banks ? hand
led ration tank accounts for this
vast region.
OPA District Offices gave mon
thly allotments to 10.650 industrial
users, and every two months, local
boards computed allotments foi
66,522 institutional users, such as
hospitals, restaurants, and so on.
"Tiie administering of ration
currency for the 22.000.000 people
in the eight states was a tremend
ous task," Mr. Driscoll added, "yet
despite the millions of people in
volved, patriotic housewives and
members of the food industry
never let the program get out of
hand."
"Throughout rationing, farmers
in Cherokee county did a magnifi
cent job of production," he assert
ed, "It is because they did this job
so well that supplies have now
reached the point where rationing
can end."
Loudermilk
Corvoc In pm'fip
kjVi V l/D ill 1 UvlllV
Aboard the Destroyer-Transport
UBS Amesbury in the Western Pa
ciiic ? Wentford Loudermilk,
ship's cook, third class, USNR,
Route 2, Murphy, N. C.. and other
Navy men serving on this ship still
sre fighting in the Pacific ? but
this time it's no: the Japs, but the
sea.
The Amesbury was one of the
ships that had to fight the ty
phoon which struck Okinawa and
the East China Sea area last
month. Despite the tremendous
seas and the 90-mile wind that
whipped the waves to a height of
50 feet, the vessel received little
carnage.
For a time things looked dark
for the Amesbury when while roll
ing over 50 degrees, the seas caus
ed a casualty to the steering gear.
But the steering engines were
pumped by hand for several hours
and the ship was able to continue
on its course.
The Ame? bury had been active
in the Pacific for some time, and
took part in the landing of occu
pation forces at Jinsen. Lorea. and
Tientsin, China.
Johnsons Are
Living In Florida
Richard L. Johnson was dis
charge;} from the Coast Guard on
November 5. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Johnson of Mur
phy. He was in the service for
three years. Mr. Johnson and his
wife are making their home this
winter in Miami. Fla.. where the
former is working for a construc
tion company.
Small Snow Here
| Compared With
Other Seections
Murphy and Cherokee county
had a comparatively small snow
Tuesday when most of Western
North Carolina was suffering from
heavy snow stoims. Around Top
ton and other eastern points in
the county the snow was heavier
than here, but roads were not im
passible.
Telephone and telegraph lines
to Ashevllle were down from Tues
day afternoon to Wednesday af
ternoon.
Death Takes
W. A. Nichols,
Merchant For
Fifty-Four Years
\V. A. Nichols, 78, prominent
Culberson mi reliant, died at his |
home at 9 oVl ck Thursday morn
ing. Nov. 29, following an illness |
o i several weeks.
Mr. Nichols had been in the .
mercantile business continuously .
for 54 years, longer than* any |
other merchant in Cherokee coun
ty. He was a member of Sweet
eum Masonic lodge.
Funeral services were held Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock at
Friendship Baptist church, the
Rev. Thomas Tiuett and the Rev.
John Cook officiating. Burial fol
lowed in the church cemetery.
Masons served as pallbearers and
had charge of rites at the grave.
Surviving are the widow; two
daughters, Mrs. Tom Quarles of
Eiowah, and Miss Cora Nichols of
Culberson; four sons. Arthur of
Culberson. Moody and Alvin Nich
ols of Blue Riigc, and Claude of |
Marietta, Ga.: one sister. Mrs. R.
L. Nalley of Blue Ridge; three
brothers, Dr. A. A. Nichols and
Dr. A. S. Nichols of Sylva, and U.
S. Nichols of Oklahoma City, Okla.,
and a number of grandchildren.
Townson funeral h ome had |
charge of arrangements.
Masonic Lodge
Meets Tuesdav
%>
The Cherokee Masonic lodge
will meet Tuesday night at 7:30
o'clock in the Masonic hall in
Murphy. A speaker is expected,
r.nd a degree team from Frank
'in will be p: esent for degree work,
announces Tom Palmer, secretary.
All Master Masons are invited to |
attend.
Red Tokens Are
Required To
Be Turned In
Retailers, wholesalers, and pri
mary distributors of rationed meats
and fats in Cherokee county were
advised by L. W. Driscoll, OPA
District Director, that they are re
quired to turn in to their ration
bank before December 12 all red
tokens in their possession. Only
t i kons are to be tinned in by the
trade, and not meat-fats stamps
which may be disposed of, he said.
The prompt surrender of red
tokens is being required to facili
tate the termination of the meat
rationing program as quickly as
possible, Mr. Driscoll explained.
The tokens need not be counted,
Mr. Driscoll pointed out. and may
be placed either in the standard
container or in a seal envelope. No
ration credit will be given for them.
The only requirement is that trade
members surrender them before
December 12.
Mr. Driscoll explained that con
sumers are not being asked to turn
in tokens. However, consumers
were reminded not to dispose of
War Ration Book Four since it will
be used fo the purchase of sugar,
be stressed.
Crawford Back
As Police Chief
Frank Crawford, who recently
was discharged from the navy, is
back in Murphy and has resumed
his old position as chief of police
of Murphy. J. L. Hall. Jr., who
was acting chief for several
months, has resigned from the
force. D. M. Birchfield and Mr.
Crawford are the only city police
men at present.
TO OBSERVE LORD'S ST PPER
The Rev. T. G. Tate will preach
at the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock on the sub
ject. "The Bread of Life". Follow
ing the sermon, the sacrament of
the Lord's Supper will be observed.
The young people will meet at
6:45, and the evening service will
be at 7:30. The sermon subject
j win be '"Hie Bible, the Best Book."
Bonds Sell
Slowly
Cherokee county is st ill far be- j
hind in the Victory loan drive , I
with n!y about $27,000 in sales be- ?
mg credited to the county, accord- '
ing to P. B. Ferebee, county chair- j
man. The sale of E bonds is par- 1
licularly slow, states Mr. Ferebee,
who uiirrd the county to rally to
the purp se and put the county
over the top this last week of the
drive.
C. E. Galloway
Is New Highway
Patrolman Here
C. E. Galloway of Brevard has
t?en assigned to this area as high
way pa'rolman. He is living at
Dickey hotel and has an office
ever the post office.
M'-. Galloway has just recently
been discharged from the navy,
after serving 27 months in the
Pacific theatre of war. As soon as
he can locate living quarters, he
will bring his wife and son to Mur
phy to live.
McCLURE TO PREACH
ANDREWS ? Rev. R. E. Mc
Ciure, Executive Secretary of the
Ashtville Presbytery, will preach
at the Presbyterian Church Sun- 1
day. December 9. at 11 o'clock. The
public is invited to attend this '
service.
236 Old Age
Assistance
Checks Received
In This County
Tlic Cherokee county Depart
ment of Public Welfare held 176
office interviews relative to assist
ance and ser vice cases during the
month of N -vemtvr, according to
Mrs. Laura Freeman, superintend
ent. ,
Old age assistance checks were
issued to 236 recipients, aid to de
pendent children Checks were is
sued to 68 families representing !
192 children, and 12 checks were
mailed to recipients of county re
lief.
Service cases included seven
paroled prisoner reports, 21 voca
tional rehabilitation cases, two a
duh mental cases. 33 medical and
health care services, and 61 ser
vices to individual children Ser
vices to children included eight
juvenile parole and probation cases,
three children in State School for
the Deaf, three children in State
School for the Blind, one child in
State School for Mentally Defec
tive. two children in boarding
homes, three children in correc
tional institutions, 13 cases of child
placement and supervision, 21
medical and health care services,
three behavior cases, and four
orthopedic cases. One minor's
work permit was issued.
Workers in the department
made 48 visits to homes of appli
cants and recipients, and made 87
?visits to references relative to
eligibility of applicants and recipi
i nts of assistance.
Large Quantity Dope
Captured By Officers
Between $1,000^ an:' $1,500 *
worth of narcotics, two revolveis
? nd a large amount of cigarettes ,
were captured Wednesday about ;
1:30 p. m. by Highway Patrolman
C. E. Galloway and Deputy Henry
Rose. These officers spotted a
suspicious looking car, headed i
from Andii-ws toward Topton,
with two men in it. and started fol
lowing the car. It gained speed
and took the side road leading to
Junaluska. Driving off the paved
road, the car stopped and its oc
cupants stalled to run. Walter
Hubbard of Dayton. Ohio, was
captured and ar sled and the
other escaped.
The automobile bore Louisiana
licenses, but the car was not reg
istered in that state. There was
no switch key, ignition being hook
ed up direct, ar.d Hubbard stated
to officers that he thought it was
a stolen car.
New Equipment
Installed At
Murphy Laundry
During the past week B. B.
Cornwell, owner of Murphy Laun
dry, has installed a new American
ironer to increase the quality of
his laundry service. He states that
he has found it to work perfectly.
Some new presses also have been
purchased by Mr. Cornwell and '
will be installed in the near future.
Cousin Of Mrs.
Savage Dies
Mrs. C. W. Savage received a
message Monday night that Mrs.
K. H. Woosley, wife of her cousin,
had died suddenly of a heart at
tack at her home in Atlanta. Mr.
and Mrs. Savage left Wednesday
morning for Atlanta to attend the
funeral which was held there
Thursday. The body was taken to
Cleveland, Ohio, for interment,
Mr. and Mrs. Savage were joined
here by Mrs. B. B. Bonicamp, Mrs.
Savage's niece, and Mr. Bonicamp
of Chattanooga, who accompanied
thein to Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Freeman of
Atlanta spent the week-end with
Mrs. Freeman's mother, Mrs. Ruth
Carroll.
Changes Made In
Prison Department
By Commission
RALEIGH ? The state highway
commission, in its November meet
ing here Wednesday, approved the
swarding of contracts on 14 con
struction projects, rejected bids
on one project as "too high" and
held eight others in abeyance for
further study.
The meeting was held in the
highway building, with A. H. Gra
ham, chairman, presiding. One
new member, J. A. Bridger of
Blandenboro, was introduced. He
was appointed by Governor Cherry
iu November to succeed Dr. Guy
V. Gooding of Kenansville as com
missioner in the third division. Dr.
Gooding resigned after serving
more than four years, stating in
his letter of resignation to the
governor that the pressure of his
practice as a physician rendered
it impossible for him to give ade
quate time to his duties as high
way commissioner.
The chairman stated to the com
mission that a study of the finan
cial set-up of the prison depart
ment for the first four months of
the current fiscal year indicated a
sizable deficit in operation i-osts
by the end of the fiscal year.
This increasingly large deficit was
attributed to an increased cost of
living which is being reflected in
an increased cost of operating the
prison department. To partially
offset the prospective deficit, the
commission authorized an increase
from $1.40 to $2.00 per day as the
allowance to the prison depart
ment for prison labor used in
highway work. Also, the commis
sion increased from $65.00 to $70.
00 per month the minimum allow
ance for doctors who serve "full"
prison camps.
The allocation of $1,000,000 in
retreatment funds was authorized,
by divisions as follows, for the re
mainder of the fiscal year: One,
$90,100; Two. $64,300; Three, $94,
900; Pour, $98,100; Five, $113,
700; Six, $101,300; Seven, $102,
200; Eight, $116,900; Nine, $111,.
000; Ten. $107,500.
Mrs. Harry Ferguson of Sylva
spent the week-end with her moth
er, Mrs. Tom Evans.
Andrews-Murphy
Airport To Be Built
By E. A. Wood
E. A. WOOD
Committees For
Club Year Named
The following committees for
the club year have been appoint
ed by Mrs. J. W. Davidson presi
dent of Murphy Woman's club:
Committees for the year art-:
Fublic Welfare ? Mrs. George
Mauney, chairman; Mrs. Laura
Freeman.
Youth Conservation ? Mrs. R.
W. Easley, chairman; Mrs. Ben i
Warner. Mrs. H. G. Elkins, Mrs.
Robert Cox, Mrs. Tom Mauney.
Mrs. Myron Jensen.
Post- War service ? Mrs. J. B.
Gray, chairman; Mrs. R. G. Alex
ander, Mrs. P. H. Leatherwood,
Mrs. H. S. Webster, Mrs. B. G.
Brumby. Sr., Miss Addie Leather -
weed, Mrs. A. E. Vestal, Mrs. T. S
Evans.
Literature ? Mrs. Harry Miller. I
chairman; Mrs. C. B. Curd. Mrs.1
Ralph Taylor. Miss Edna Giese- 1
king. Mrs. Arthur Heinrich.
International Relations ? Miss j
Addie Mae Cooke, chairman; Mrs.
E. II. Brumby. Mrs. Evelyn Patton,
Mrs. J. H. Wilson. Mrs. J. L. Sav
age.
Education ? Mrs. T. A. Case,
chairman; Mrs. R. S. Bault. Mrs.
O. K. Erhart, Miss Josephine
Heighway, Mrs. S. P. Horowitz.
Mrs. Jack Taylor. Miss Leila Hay
es. Mrs. Sarah Lloyd.
Citizenship ? Mrs. W. M. Fain,
chairman; Mrs. Fred Johnson
Miss Clara McCombs, Mrs. Dixie
Palmer.
American Home ? Mrs. B. W.
Whitfield, chairman; Mrs. Dale
Lee. M s. R. C. Mattox. Mrs. Duke
Whitley, Miss Mary Cornwell.
Music ? Mrs. Edwina Hagaman.
chairman; Mrs. R. H. Foard. Mrs.
C. W. Savage, Miss Nell Wilson.
Miss Emily Sword. Mrs. E. L.
Shields. Miss Holliday.
Art ? Miss Margaret Curd,
chairman; Mrs. Willard Axley, Mrs.
H. Bueck. Mrs. Robert Reid. Mrs.
W. S. Dickey.
Martin Appointed
As Tax Supervisor
A. L. Martin, who for many
years was superintendent of Chero
kee county schools, cn Monday
was appointed tax supervisor for
the county, by the board of com
missioners.
Tomotla School
Joins Red Cross
The Tomotla school participat
ed in the recent Junior Red Cross
crive. with a contribution of
$3.85, according to Mrs. H. Bueck.
Junior chairman. Teachers in the
school are: Miss Lelia Hayes, Miss
Bertha Mayfield, and Mrs. Willie
Lou Shields.
POSTPONED
The meeting of the Presbyterian
Woman's auxiliary which was
scheduled for Tuesday of this week
has been postponed till next Tues
day, December 11. The meeting
"will be with Mrs. J. B. Gray.
The proposed Andrews-Murphy
: irport for Cherokee county, much
discussed for the past three years,
will bccome- a reality saon when
E. A. Wo .d of And* ews constructs
rne or, the upper east end of his
Valley farm between Marble and
Andrews.
Edga. W od and Robert Heaton,
who recen'ly have been discharg
ed from mililary service, will man
age the business. Wood was an
instructor a: Albany, Ga? and
Heaton was a civil aeronautics
tiair.er.
Mr. Wood ordered four
planes ? two trainers and two
cruisets.
The run-ways will be approxi
mately 4.000 feet long. The land
will be graded and covered with a
grass surface.
At the airport site Saturday af
ternoon, at 4:30 o'clock, a team
from Fort Bragg will give a demon
stration of flying a pilotless plane,
for the promotion of the sale of
Victory bonds.
Seven Men Are
Inducted
The following Cherokee county
men left November 26 for Fort
Bragg for induction into the arm
ed serevices: Burl Alexander Stal
cup, leader; Lonzo Gregory, Regi
nald David Wilson, Vaughn Ken
neth Parker, Jack Doyle Raxter;
Vincent Derreberry; and Weldon
Simonds.
Tires Are
Still Tight
Owners of passenger cars in
Western North Carolina were ad
vistd by L. W. Driscoll. OPA Dis
t . i c t. Direct T that the December
quota for passenger tires is ap
picximately the same as in the pre
ceding six monuis.
Production of passenger car
! iires has increased during the past
I few weeks and. barring work stop
pages, is expected to attain the
j scheduled production goal of 11,
000.000 tires this quarter, he said.
Retention of the same quota in
December as in the past six months
should enable holders of tire certi
i ficates to find the tires they need,
Mr. Driscoll pointed out. He ex
plained fu ther that during the
summer, when demand was heav
iest, qti-'.a-s exceeded production
\ slightly, with the results that in
ventoi ies were cut to such low
levels in many communities that
; ?' >ir.e certificate holders have been
unable to find '.he right size tires
| to meet their needs.
This condition. Mr. Driscoll add
I ed, should be remedied in Decem
ber. >
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Astor Olen Payne
I On IL S. S. Sierra
A?tor O,on Payne, water tender,
i thiid class, USNR. Suit. N. C?
j served aboard the USS Surra, one
of the Navy's famed "floating
j Navy Yards" which has received
a commendation from the com
mander of destroyers. Pacific Fleet,
| for her crew's feat of performing
21.392 man-honrs of work on 65
. hips in one nine-day period.
At another time, during a five
week period at Port Purvis in the
Solcm n Islands, the crew of the
Sierra helped the ship distinguish
herself by substituting divers for
dry dock facilities to complete re
pairs on worn and damaged under
water equipment. During that
period, she also provided tender
service for a Fleet of LST's destin
ed to carry trocps and supplies to
Iwo Jima. ,
Although the Sierra is designat
ed as a destroyer tender, she re
paired all units of the Fleet, from
landing craft to battleships, dur
ing more than a year's service in
cotnfcat waters.