Consolidated with GRAHAM COUNTY NEWS
VOLUME 57 - NUMBER 29.
MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1946.
BOY SCOUT WEEK
FEBRUARY 8-14
"Scouts of the World ?
Building Together"
FIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
Milk Price Increases
To S3 Per Hundred
Coble Dairy Products, Inc , an-?
nounce an advance in milk prices,
that will revert back to January
j e. The company is now paying $3
per hundred pounds for four per
rent butterfat milk, $3 40 for five
per cent; $3.80 for five per cent
which is electrically cooled.
With the U. S. subsidy payments,
through the AAA. a producer with
five per cent cooler milk will re
ceive $4 70 per hundred pounds, or
40c per gallon.
Boy Scout Week
To Be Observed
February 8-14
Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Senior
Scouts and their adult leaders in
this county and throughout the
United States will commemorate
Boy Scout Week, which begins Fri
day, February 8, and continues
through Thursday, February 14.
The theme of the observance,
which marks the 36th anniversary
of the founding of the movement
in America, is "Scouts of the
World ? Building Together".
In Murphy the week will be cele
brated with special recognition at
the church services at First Metho
dist and Baptist churches Sunday,
with a special program on Scouting
at the Murphy Lions club Tues
day evening, and other features
which have not been announced.
Red Cross
Officers
Reelected
Elective officers of the Chero
kee county chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross were re-elected at
the annual meeting held at the of
fice of the Cherokee Scout Friday
evening. Miss Addie Mae Cooke
was re-elected chairman; Mrs. T.
A. Case, vice-chairman; Mrs. C. W.
Savage, secretary; and Frank For
syth, treasurer.
Duke Whitley, who recently re
turned from several months over
seas service in the army, has been
appointed chairman of the fund
laising campaign which will begin
March 1, to raise $2,525 in this
chapter area. Harry Bishop, war
fund chairman last year, will work
with Mr. Whitley in setting up the
organization.
The officers were elected after
the names were submitted by a
committee composed of H. Bueck,
chairman, Mrs. J. W. Davidson and
Mrs. Dale Lee.
Reports of the past year's work
were heard.
Department heads and commit
tees will be announced later.
Mrs, Mauney Is
Head Of Council
Mrs. G. A. Mauney was elected
temporary chairman of the county
council for social planning at a
meeting held at the home eco
nomics building Saturday after
noon. Discussion of the purposes
was held, and representatives of
various organizations in the coun- ,
1y expressed their opinions as to
the need for this council. Since
all sections of the county were not
represented, permanent organiza
tion was postponed.
Those attending the meeting
were: W. M. Fain, representing
Town of Murphy; Rev. Ralph Tay
lor, Methodist church; D. E. Sig
mon, Veterans service; Mrs. Laura
Freeman, welfare department; Rev.
J. Alton Morris, Baptist church
H. Bueck, schools; Miss Addie Mae
Cooke. Red Cross; Mrs. Mauney,
chairman of Woman's club com
mittee on public welfare; Mrs. John
Shields, Culberson, county farm
demonstration committee; Miss
Mary Cornwell, home agent; Mrs.
Paul Sudderth, county council of
home demonstration clubs; Mrs.
J. B Gray, chairman of post-war
planning committee; Mrs. Cloe
Moore, Junior woman's club; D
G. Allison, county agent's office
J. B. Gray, Lions club; Mrs. L. A
Siler, Texana church; Mrs. Vallie
Bowman, Texana P. T. A., and
Miss Elma R. Dennis, Texana
school.
Discharge Is
Given Roberson
Camp Lejeune, N. C. ? Marine
Gorporal Susie Mt?e i Person,
daughter of Mrs. Thomas Roberson,
Murphy, North Carolina, has been
honorably discharged from the Ma
rine Corps at this Separation Cen
ter.
While serving in the Marine
Corps, the ex-woman Marine was
assigned to duty in the Post Ex
change as a clerk in Edenton.
North Carolina and Cherry Point,
North Caroina.
Cooper Is
Declared Dead
ANDREWS ? Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Cooper recently received a mess
age from the navy department in
forming them that their son. Har
mon Cooper, CBM is declared dead
after being missing in action since
March 1, 1942. He was aboard
the USS LANGLEY which was
sunk while en route to Java from
Austrialia.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Johnson and
children of Murphy have moved to
Akron, Ohio.
Murphy Takes Twin
Bill From Hayesville
Two of the most exciting games
of the season were witnessed by a
large crowd at the local gym Tues
day evening as the Murphy boys'
end Girls' teams swept Hayesville
boys and girls off their feet in a
thriller diller that has not been
equaled this season. Playing the
best defensive game of the season
Hie local guards held the Hayes
ville forwards while Winsett led
the local girls' team to a 13 to 9
victory.
"Inrphy Girls
Roberts 2
Winsett 9
Head 2
Plemmons
Taylor
Lynn
Johnson
Ilayesville Girls
Crawford 7
Swaims 2
Brackens
Rece
Morris
Ledford
Barnard
Bradley
> ne boys' game was a tumult of
excitement from the time the
thistle started the game until the
inish. The forwards seemed to
ab'e to "Loop the Ball" with
ease as they chalked up 41 points,
guards played i bang-up game
of defensive ball as they held Hay
t-villc to 12 points. Never at any
time was Murphy in danger of de
feat. (
Murphy Forwards Carter and
Green have recently returned to
school from the service and seem
to put new life into the team. How
ever, they were given excellent
backing by the entire team, and
the teamwork displayed enabled
Carter to ring up 25 points and
Green 9 points.
Murphy Boys
Hughes 2
Carter 25
McDonald
Green 9
Pieklesimer 5
iiayesviue ?oys
Johnson 2
Worlcy 2
Kimsey
McClure 2
Cunningham 6
Subs: Murphy, Brcndle, Meroiiev,
Maxio. Christopher, Evans, Hamp
ton. Hayesville, Palmer, Hyatt,
Heal, Crawford, Swanson, Neal.
Murphy boys' and girls' teams
will play lliwassee Dam Friday at
1 o'clock at Hiwassee Dam. They
will play the Bryson City boys'
and girls' teams on the Murphy
court Tuesday at 7:30 p. m.
IN OKINAWA ? Miss Stella
Kathleen Roberts, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Roberts of Murphy,
who is now in Okinawa where she
is serving as clerk typist for the
American Red Cross. Miss Rob
erts went to Washington, D. C., in
November, 1945. and received train
ing for overseas duty, and was sent
first to Manila. She was transfer
led to Okinawa a few weeks ago.
Methodists Buy
New Pipe Organ
The First Methodist Church has |
purchased a new Reuter (pronounc- i
ed "royter") Pipe Organ from the j
Reuter Organ Company of Law
rence, Kansas.
The organ consists of two man- !
uels and pedal with thirty-three j
stops including Cathedral chimes, i
The specification embodies the lat
est improved voicing, console j
equipment, and stops will include \
representative examples of all the
families of tone color.
The Reuter Organ company is j
one of the older builders of fine
Music at the University of North
Carolina.
PREACHES SUNDAY
ANDREWS ? Rev. R E. Mc
Cluri, Executive Secretary of the
Asheville Presbytery, will preach
at the eleven o'clock hour at the
Presbyterian church Sunday, Feb
ruary 10. He will also preach at
the evening service hour at Rob
binsville on the same date.
H. D. Barnett Dies
From Heart Attack
Henry Dennis Barnett, 53, promi- <
nent Murphy building contractor, I
died at Murphy General hospital |
at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday morning i
following an illness of six weeks.
Mr. Barnett suffered a heart at- j
tack six weeks ago and was thought
to be improving, when he had an
other attack Friday and rapidly
grew worse until his death.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
First Haptist church with the
pastor, the Rev. J. Alton Morris
and pastors of the other Murphy
churches, the Rev. Ralph Taylor,
the Rev. T. G Tate, and the Rev.
L. E .Latham, officiating. Burial
followed in Sunset cemetery with
Townson funeral home in charge.
Active pallbearers were: Neil
Sneed, Frank Dickey. J. W. David
son, Salo Horowitz, John Davidson,
Walter Mauney, John Brittain,
Robert Weaver and Frank Craw
ford.
Honorary pallbearers were: Tom
Mauney. Fred Brendle Max Sneed,
Neil Davidson, Dr. Harry Miller,
C. W. Savage, J. B. Gray. Dr. R. S.
Parker, Zeb Morrow, W. M. Lay,
Dr. B. W. Whitfield. P J. Henn.
Walter Witt, H. G. Elkins, Walter
Coleman, E. L. Shields, L. M.
Shields, E. A. Browning. W. A.
Brandon, E. O. Christopher, Fred
Christopher, Hadley Dickey and
J B. Hall.
Serving as flower girls were:
Hallie Winesett, Jane Sneed, Mary
Evelyn Carringer, Betty Lou Am
nions. Elizabeth Ann Elkins. Joyce
Coleman. Elaine Richardson. Bar
bara Arnold. Faye Boling and Jean
Ileid
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Helen Allen Barnett; two sons,
Dennis Barnett, Jr.. and Billy Bur
ton Barnett; and one daughter,
Joan Barnett; three grandchildren,
Tony, Judy, and Jimmy Barnett.
all of Murphy; one sister. Mrs. Ben
Grant of Andrews; and two broth
ers. Ed Barnett of Murphy and Vir
gil Barnett of Andrews.
Mr. Barnett owned an operated
a lumber business, planing mill and
dry kiln here, and has ben a con
tractor and builder for a number of
years.
He had a contract for building
the Smoky Mountain Trailways
bus station and garage here. The
garage is nearing completion. He
also held the contracts for a busi
ness house and apartment building
combined, on the corner of the
square for C. W. Savage, an addi
tion to the home of E. A. Brown
ing on Peachtree street, and a
home for Robert Weaver on Fain
street.
Watchmaker
Joins Davis'
The servrices of M. L. Williams
of York, S. C.. as watchmaker have
been secured by Davis' Jewelers.
Mr. Williams has had several years
of experience.
His wife and son will join him
here as soon as he finds a place to
live.
Boy Scouts
Get Charter
A Boy Scout court of honor was
held at First Baptist church Tues
day evening, when the Murphy '
Scout troop No. 2 received its
charter. The charter was present
ed by Assistant Scout Executive
F. V. Smith of Asheville, and ac
cepted by Harry Bishop, president
of Murphy Lions club, sponsoring
organization.
Tenderfoot awards wei . present
ed the following: Ralph Iscenhour,
W. A. Sherrill. Jr., Olin Price.
Felix Palmer, Jr., and Maurice
Hall.
Representatives from the follow
ing troops were present: Fontana,
Robbinsvillc. Andrews, Ilayesville,
Topton and Murphy.
Harry Bishop has been named
publicity chairman for the local
troop.
Roger Ammons is scoutmaster
of the local troop Don Allison, as
sistant scoutmaster, and the follow
ing compose the troop committee:
Lloyd Hendrix, chairman. Rev. J.
A. Morris, H. A. Mattox, Rev. Ralph
Taylor. Alvin Buchanan. Rev. Al
fred Smith, and Harry Bishop.
Rev. T. G. Tate
To Be Formally
Installed Sunday
"The Open Door" is the subject
announced by the Rev. T. G. Tate
for his sermon Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock at the Presbyterian
church.
At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Mr.
Tate will be installed as pastor of
the church by a commission of
Ashcville Presbytery, including the
Rev. R. E. McClure of Asheville,
chairman- the Rev. C. R. McCub
t-ins. D. D. of Franklin, the Rev.
Jack Davidson, and ruling elders.
L. B. Nichols of Andrews and T. C.
Gray of Hayesville.
The Young Peoples' society will
meet at 6 o'clock.
W. A. Cleveland
Taken Bv Death
*
W. A. Cleveland of 2101 8th
Ave.. South Birmingham. Ala.,
formerly of Murphy, passed away
at 4 a. m Monday. January 28. in
St. Elizabeth Hospital. He had
I been seriously ill for sometime due
to a heart attack. Mr. Cleveland
was 38 years of age.
Surviving him are his widow,
Mrs. Cleveland, formerly Miss Lu
cille Hill of Murphy, and three
children. Billy Jean, Kathaleen.
?nd W. A., Jr.
Among those attending the fu
neral from out of town were Mrs.
Toby Fain of Akron, Ohio, sister
of Mrs. Cleveland, and Mrs. Eliza
beth Tate, neice, of Bessimer. Ala.
Medical Society Favors
Tri-County Hospital
SPEAKS SUNDAY? Bringing to
the Baptist Hour twelve years of
experience in successful religious
broadcasting, Dr. J. W. Storer of
Tulsa, above, will be the speaker
Tulsa, above, will be the speaker in
the broadcast next Sunday, Febru
ary 10. as disclosed by The Radio
Committee of the Southern liaptist
Convention, S. F .Lowe, Director.
Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Storer has
been pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Tulsa for fourten years.
The subject of his broadcast mess
age is, "Freedom for All Men."
The Atlanta announcement dis
closes that Dr. Storer is a member
of the Sons of the American Revo
lution, of the Southern Historical
Society, a 32nd degree Mason, and
has many positions of trust and
leadership among Southern Bap
tists. He has been selected from
iimong the 22,000 Baptist preachers
of the South to preach the Conven
| tion sermon at its forthcoming
meeting in May in Miami. Florida.
The Baptist Hour Choir will sing
in the broadcast, rendering a spec
ial number following the message,
according to Mr. Lowe.
The program can be heard in this
section over: WWNC, Asheville;
WPTF, Raleigh; WSJS, Winston
Salem; WSB. Atlanta; WNOX,
Knoxville; and WRVA, Richmond
at 8:30 a. m.
Dan K. Moore
Announces For
Solicitor
Dan K. Moore. Sylva attorney
and recently discharged veteran of
J World War II. today announced
that he would be a candidate for
the office of Solicitor of the Twent
ieth Judicial District in the com
ing Democratic primary.
Mr. Moore was educated in the
public schools of Sylva and at the
University of North Carolina. After
completing his education, he open
ed his offices in Sylva and prac
ticed law there from 1928 until he
entered the service in 1943. He
served with the Army Ground
Forces in the Medical Department
and later in the Judge Advocate
Department until his discharge in
October. 1945. Thirteen months of
this service was on the European
Continent. After his discharge, he
reopened his offices in Sylva. where
be is now practicing.
During his fifteen years' practicc
piior to his entry into the service,
Mr. Moore was active in civic, relig
ious and political affairs in his
town and county. He served as
county and city attorney for twelve
years, representing his county in
the 1941 Session of the General As
sembly. and is now and has been
for many years a member of the
Hoard of Trustees of the University
of North Carolina, and is a member
ol the State Democratic Executive
Committee. He is a Mason, a mem
ber of and past President of the
Sylva Rotary Club, and for the past
seventeen years has been a mem
ber of the Board of Stewards of the
Sylva Methodist Church.
Mr. Moore is the son of the late
Judge Fred Moore and Lela Enloe
Moore, and is a nephew of the late
Judge Walter Moore. He is mar
ried and has two children.
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Concert Here
Is Postponed
Until Feb, 21
The concert by Nelson O.
Schreiber, violinist, A. M. White,
pianist, and Mrs. Charles G. Gul
ley, vocalist, members of the music
faculty of Western Carolina Teach
ers college, Cullowhee, scheduled
to be given at the school auditor
ium Friday evening, has been post
poned until Thursday evening,
February 21, due to unavoidable
circumstances, according to an
nouncement by Mrs. H. Bueck, pro
gram chairman of Murphy Wom
an's club.
Two Men Enlist
In Regular Army
The following men from this
county recently enlisted in the
regular army: Billy R. Carroll,
Murphy, Route 2, who enlisted
January 23, in the Army Air Forces,
the son of Mrs. Laura Carroll; and
Gerald E. Jones. Andrews, who en
listed January 24. in Field Artill
ery, the son of Mrs Grace Jones.
Mrs. Robert Wakefield of Stan
ley, is the guest this week of Dr.
and Mrs. F. V. Taylor.
Realizing the demand for en
larged hospital service in this area,
the Cherorkee county Medical So
ciety, which is composed of mem
bers from Clay, Graham and Cher
okee counties, at its last meeting
voted to start a campaign to as
certain public interest in a tri
county hospital.
Tuesday evening. March 5, was
tentatively set as a time for a mass
meeting at the courthouse in Mar
phy. to discuss a 75-bed hospital to
serve the counties of Clay, Gra
ham and Cherokee, as well as sur
rounding counties of Georgia and
1 ennessec.
Dr. W. A. Hoover and Dr. F. V.
Taylor, owners of the two local
hospitals, approve the proposal,
and other doctors attending the
meeting were favorable.
The physicians are anxious to
have expressions from the public,
to determine if there is sufficient
interest to put the project over.
Dr. W. H. Scruggs of Andrews
was elected president of the so
ciety; Dr. L R. Staton of Hayes
villc, vice-president; and Dr. R.
H. Cox of Murphy, secretary-treas
urer.
The third Wednesday of each
month was set as a time for meet
ing, the next meeting to be held on
February 20.
Attending the meeting were: Dr.
Scruggs. Dr. Staton, Dr. Cox. Dr.
B W. Whitfield, Dr. Harry Miller,
Dr. W. A. Hoover, and Dr. F. V.
Taylor.
Gate At The City Park
Entrance To Be Built
A gate at the entrance of the city
park will be erected soon. The
posts will be of rock and each top
ped with a light. AJso, two rock
drinking fountains *VI!1 be con
structed. The Murphy City Park
commission voted to do this work,
at a meeting held Tuesday evening
in the home of Miss Addie Mae
Pfc. C. B. Newton
Gets Discharge
Atlanta, Ga. ? Pfc. C. B. Newton
ci Marble, N. C.. who was wounded
in Germany, was honorably dis
charged today from the army here
at Lawson General Hospital, where
he had been a patient
He served with the 4th Inf. Divis
ion in Belgium and Germany and
was wounded last April 4.
At Lawson General Hospital, he
received advanced medical treat
ment, underwent special recondi
tioning exercises and is now in ex
cellent physical condition.
Pfc. Newton is the son of Mr and
Mrs. S. D. Newton of Marble. H?
e ntered the army August 1944.
SERMON SUBJECT
"Their Works Do Follow Them"
will he the sermon topic of the
Rev. Ralph Taylor Sunday at 1 1 ?
o'clock in First Methodist church.
Cooke.
E. L. Shields, chairman; R. V.
Weaver, and L. A. Frasch, compose
the committee to * fi*ve thfc gate
built. If. G. Elicins. chairman,
Edward Brumby and Miss Mary
Corn well compose a committee to
have the fountains built .and also
to have tennis courts put into
shape for use. J. W. Davidson,
chairman, Mrs. T. A. Case, and
Mrs. W. A. Hoover were appointed
by Chairman R. S. Bault to have
some bleaches built beside the ten
nis court.
Starting of construction on the
swimming pool at the park is con
tingent on the completion of the
topography of the park by a local
surveyor so that TVA officials can
designate th ? location of the pool
The committee in charge of getting
plans and bids for the pool is
composed of: Doyle Burch. chair
amn; Dr. B. W. Whitfield, and W.
M. Fain. The latter was requested
ta take the maps to the TVA as
toon as they are completed, so that
work can be begun soon.
The commission voted to pay
for a bath house which it contract
ed several weeks ago to buy from
W. M. Fain. The bath house was
cwned by the TVA at Fontana
Dam. and the park officials believe
it will be adequate for the local
park needs.
R. T. Heaton, Former
Mayor, Passes Away
ANDREWS ? Funeral services
for Robert T. Heaton, 6(5, former
mayor of Andrews and a prominent
wholesale groceryman, were held
( Saturday, February 2, at 2:30
o'clock at the Andrews Methodist
church. Mr Heaton died on Thurs
day at Duke hospital, Durham. He
had been in ill health for two
years. The Rev. C. C. Washam con
ducted the services. Burial was in
the Andrews cemetery with For
syth funeral home in charge.
Mr. Heaton was a native of Car
ter county, Tenn.. and spent his
youth there. He was educated at
Butler Institute. Butler. Tenn., after
which he moved to Hewitts, where
he married Miss Etta Mabel Me
liaffcy and shortly after their mar
riage they moved to Andrews.
Mr. Heaton had been active in
numerous business enterprises
since moving to Andrews and was
prominently identified in the lum
bor business and in iron and talc
mining for a number of years. He
was the founder and president of
the R. T. Heaton Lumber Company,
which he operated a number of
years; was one of the founders of
the Citizens Bank and Trust comp
any of Andrews which was organiz
ed in 1924 . He served as cashier
two years in the bank. At the time
ot his death, he was president of
the Chain Grocery company, a
wholesale grocery concern.
He was elected mayor of Andrews
in 1942. and served in that capasity
until ill health forced his retire
ment.
Surviving are the widow: seven
children, Mrs. Lonne Nave of Salt
Lake City, Utah. S 1/c Paul Hea
ton of the navy, Mrs. S. B. Clayton
of Greensboro. Misses Hildred and
Eetty Heaton and Robert and Clar
ence Heaton of Andrews; two bro
thers, L. L. Heaton of Miami, Fla.,
and J. S. Heaton of Decatur, 111.