yoUMf; 5T ^ n, >1BFR 41" MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAY Z, 1946. EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
District Conference
Meets Here May 9
T: , Waynesville District Confer-*
entv of the Methodist Church will
jnoet at Murphy Thursday. May 9.
al 9 30 o'clock. Approximately 35ft
delegate- representing the 33
(ha: ? and 85 churches in the dis
trict compose the membership of
the conference. Rev. Walter B.
West, district superintendent, will
preside.
Pastors will make reports on
their rk for the first half of the
conference year. Committees will
present reports on Education, Lay
Activities. Missions, Evangelism. !
and other phases of the program oi
the church. Representatives of
conference boards, institutions, and
ether interests of the church will
speak.
The program of the conference
will be built about the second
phase of Methodism's quadrennial
Crusade for Christ, namely, the
Crusade of Evangelism, which has
as its goad for 1946, 1.000.000 ad
ditions to its membership. 600,000
of them on profession of faith.
The conference will open with a
devotional period, led by Rev. L j
R. Akers. Jr., recently returned
chaplain from the European the
atre of war. who has been appoint
ed pastor at Bryson City. The
morning session will close with
sermon by Dr. Howard P. Powell,
pastor of Dil worth Methodist
Church. Charlotte, and Director oi
Evangelism of the Western North
Carolina Conference. Features of
the afternoon session will be re
ports of the District Board of Lav
Activities, and the Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service by Guy
L. Hoik k. and Mrs. J. R. Long.
Baptist Ministers
To Have Meeting
The Baptist Ministers' confer
ence will convene at First Baptist
church Monday morning at 19
o'clock.
The devotional will be conducted
by the Rev. Calvin Thompson, fol
lowed by a business session.
"The Pastor's Teaching Ministry" j
will be presented by the Rev. P. .
II Hooker and a round tabic dis- j
cussion will follow.
The Rev. Leonard McClure will 1
pronounce the benediction.
Tate Announces
Sermon Subjects
The Ilev. T. G. Tate announces '
that he will preach at the Presby- j
terian church "here Sunday eve- j
ning at 8 o'clock on the subject, j
"The Greatest Commandment".
Sunday school will convene at 10
o'clock, and Young Peoples' meet
ing at 7:15.
There will be no morning ser- !
vice here as Mr. Tate will fill his
regular appointment at the Hayes- 1
ville Presbyterian church at 11 !
o'clock
Miss Cornwell
Announces Club
Schedule For May
"Save the Foods We Grow" is
the subject of Cherokee county
home demonstration clubs for the
month of May as announced by \
Miss Mary Cornwell, home agent. |
Following is the schedule:
May 1. Postell, with Mrs. C. W. j
Young at 2 o'clock; May 2, Bryson j
City ? Home Demonstration club
council meeting, at 10:30 o'clock: j
May 7. Violet, with Mrs. Stan Ham
by at 1:30 o'clock; May 8, Peach
tree, with Mrs. Glen Hendrix at
1:30 o'clock; May 9, Slow Creek
with Mrs. Arthur Barnett at 1:30
o'clock; May 10, Sunny Point, wit;*
Mrs. J. M. Payne at 1:30 o'clock.
May 14. Bellview, with Mrs. Alfred
Crowder, at 1:30 o'clock.
May 15, Unaka, with Mrs. Glenn
Crowe at 1:30 o'clock; May 1 ti.
Tomotla. with Mrs. Everett Hall, at j
1:30 o'clock; May 17, Marble, with f
Mrs. James Bryson. at 1:30 o'clock, j
May 21. Grandview, with Mrs. Ruth !
McDonald, at 1:30 o'clock; May 22, I
Valleytown, with Mrs. Lawson I
Crawford at 2 o'clock; May 23
Hanger, to be announced, at 1:30:1
Friday, May 24. Guernsey Cattle '
sale; May 28. Martin's Creek. Mar
tin's Creek school at 1:30 o'clock.
Sam Aronson
Accepts New High
Salaried Position
Sam Aronson, manager of Mur
phy Box and Flooring Manufactur
ing Company, states that he is
leaving Murphy on May 1 1 to ac
cept a new position with a $20,000 |
? alary a year. His headquarters j
were not disclosed, but are pre
sumed to be in Chicago or De
troit.
Otto Heinrich, manager of
Cherokee Lumber Corporation,
will take over the management of
the Murphy Box and Flooring
Manufacturing Company.
In connection with his new posi
tion. Mr. Aronson states that he
will be in close touch with the
South, especially North Carolina.
Mr. Aronson built up the box fac
tory exactly three years ago in a
record time of six weeks. The out
put of manufactured products for
three years exceeded 15 million
board feet. The payroll for the
three years was above one million
dollars, the highest payroll in the
history of Murphy, he estimates.
It is understood that Mrs. Aron
son and son. Adir, will remain here
for the summer.
Mr. Aronson is a member of the
board of directors of the Business
Men's club and a member of the
Woodmen of the World.
County Far Surpasses
Cancer Drive Quota
Mrs. Robert H. Cox, county com-1
minder of the Cancer control (
drive, announces that the county i
has far surpassed its goal of $700.
with a total of $1125 already hav |
ing been reported. Several com- j
munities have not yet been heard
from, and it is expected that this
amount will be greatly swelled
when all funds are in.
Included in the $1125 collected |
are the following: $85.53 from Hi
wassee Dam: approximately $15 i
from the boxes placed in stores-*;
5376 74 from Andrews; $159.83
fl?m the dance sponsored by Jun
ior Woman's club; $13.20 for sand
wiches sold at dance by Senior
Roman's club; $18.81 from Tomot
Baptist church where Mrs. Gil
**rt Stiles was chairman and was
assisted by the Rev. Jack Palmer,
Pastor, in solicitation; and $27. 1G
*r?ni North Murphy, where Mrs.
Jessie Millsaps was chairman.
Other contributions were from in
urtry, business and individuals.
Mrs. Sterrett To
Be Club Speaker
The May meeting of the Woman's
elub will be heW next Wednesday,
May 8. at 3:00 o'clock at the home
economics building, according to
I announcement by Mrs. II. Bueck,
( program chairman.
Mrs. Eloise Fain Sterrett, who
I with her husband, the Rev. Norton
I Sterrett. was a missionary to India
from the Presbyterian church for
a number of years, will be guest
speaker. Her subject will be
"Glimpses of India and My Work
There."
The meeting is being held one
week early as Mrs. Sterrett is leav
ing soon for Philadelphia, and
could not be here on the regular
meeting date.
The public is invited to the
meeting.
Taylor Announces
Topics For Month |
The Rev. Ralph Taylor, minister
I at the First Methodist Church, an
! nounces the following sermon
1 topics for the month of May:
j For the 11 o'clock services ?
May 5. "Why 1 Believe in the
Church": May 12. "What Does the
Church Owe to the Community .'
May 19. "Why People Don't Go To
Church"; and May 26. "Why Peo
ple Do Go to Church".
For the evening services: "Why
I Believe in God". "Why 1 Believe? 1
in Jesus Christ", "Why I believe
| in the Bible", and "Why I believe
in Prayer."
! Beginning next Sunday, the eve- ,
! ning services will start at 8 o'clock.
Christian Family Week will be 1
I observed next Wednesday evening
at 8 o'clock, at which time a special
' service wil be held. Homes witli
j in the Methodist parish wil be de
dicated throughout the week of
; May 5-12
The first Sunday in June, the
I Rev. John Carper of Matthews will
begin a series of revival services at
| the church.
John R. Leach
Taken By Death
On Wednesday
John R. Leach. 81. of Andrews,
died at Petrie hospital at 12:45
o'clock Wednesday as the result of
a stroke of paralysis suffered dt
his home Sunday morning.
Funeral services will be held at
j the Methodist church in Andrews
I riday morning at 10 o'clock. The
I body will be taken to Franklin
where a short service will he held
with interment in the Franklin
cemetery, with Forsyth funeral
j home in charge of arrangements.
Surviving are the wife: one son.
' Wade Leach of Washington, one
I daughter, Mrs. Sue L. Hare of
Winter Park. Fla.. and two grand
daughters: and five sisters.
Mr Leach formerly lived in
i Franklin.
Dr and Mrs. W. H. Scruggs of
Andrews have moved to the Ter
race Hotel to live, since the Reece
home in which they were living has
been sold.
Democrats Ask That
Sheriff Be On Salary
The Cherokee Democratic Exe- <3
cutive Committee met at Murphy
Saturday. April 27. Chairman
Frank Forsyth presided.
The following resolution was I
presented by J. B. Gray:
"Be it resolved that the Sheriff |
of Cherokee County be placed on j
a salary. ? be it further resolved i
that the Tax Books be taken out of |
the hands of the Sheriff and that j
the County Accountant be made j
Ex-officio Tax Collector."
The executive committee and the
entire convention approved this j
resolution without a dissenting
vote.
The executive committee elected
new officers: H. A. Mattox of Mur
phy as chairman: Mrs. Cleve Al
mond. Andrews, as vice-chairman:
and L. W. Shields. Murphy, as sec
retary.
A committee was appointed to
appoint delegates to the State Con
vention.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gray will
leave Saturday for Houston. Texas
for a visit with their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Wohlt, Jr.
Member Carnival
Killed Sunday In
Fall From Car
Melvin E. Groves, 38. member of
the carnival company that was here
last week, died at Murphy General
hospital Sunday night of injuries
received, it is said when he jumped
from the truck in which he was
riding Sunday afternoon, en route
to Bryson City where the company
j is showing t'.#s *eek.
Officers reported that the truck
caught on fire and Groves jumped
out sustaining head injuries which
which resulted in his death. The
I accident was reported to have oc
curred in Macon county and Patrol
man Sandlin of Bryson City said
that he investigated thoroughly and
| there was no evidence of foul play,
j No inquest was held.
The body was taken to Townson
I funeral home and shipped to his
I home in Goldsboro.
Dr. S. C. Heighway
Dies At Age Of 89
Dr. Sheridan C. Heighway, Mur
phy physician, died at his home
here at 12:20 Friday afternoon fol
lowing an illness of two weeks.
In February, Dr. Heighway suf
fered a slight cerebral hemorrhage,
and was confined to his room for
several weeks, but recovered suf
ficiently to go to his office and
resume his practice. Two -weeks
ago he suffered another attack and
grew steadily worse until his death.
Born in Cincinnati. Ohio. Sept.
29. 1856. Dr. Heighway celebrated
his 89th birthday anniversary last
September.
He attended Ohio Medical col
lege in 187(?. and was graduated
from Amherst college, Amherst.
Mass.. in the class of 1880. He in
terned at Betts Street hospital.
Cincinnati.
Dr. Heighway 's father was the
late Dr. A. K. Heighway of Cincin
nati. He was a surgeon in the
Mexican army and in the War Be
tween the States. His grandmoth
er was the first white child born
in Cincinnati.
Coming to Murphy in 1393. Dr
Heighway has practiced his pro
fession here continuously since
that time. In his early years here
he had an extensive practice over
the county as well as in town. As
he grew older, and the town grew
larger, his practice was largely
confined to his office but only the
week before his 4ast illness, he
visited patients in the country.
Dr. Heighway was married to
Miss Willa Mundew of Ohio, whe
died March 2, 1923. His son,
Sheridan Henry Heighway. died
May 6, 1937.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
Presbyterian church of which he
was a member . The pastor, the
Rev. T. G. Tate, officiated, assisted
by the Rev Ralph Taylor, pastor
of the First Methodist church.
A quartet composed of C. K.
Freed. Jack Taylor. J. VV. Davidson
and W. D. King sang "Nearer. My
God. to Thee", and Mr. Freed sang
as a solo. Tennyson's "Crossing the
Bar", a favorite poem of Dr. Heigh
way's, which he often quoted.
Mr. Taylor quoted by request a
part of William Cullen Bryant's
"Thanatopsis" which was read at
both the funerals of Mrs. Heighway
and Sheridan Heighway: "So live
that when thy summons comes to
join the inumerable caravan that
moves To that mysterious realm,
where each shall take His chamber
in the silent halls of death. Thou
go not, like the quarry-slave at
night. Scourged to his dungeon,
but. sustained and soothed By an
unfaltering trust, approach thy
grave Like one who wraps the
drapery of his couch About him.
and lies down to pleasant dream."
Active pallbearers were: Dale
Lee, Sheridan Dickey. J. W. Frank
lin. W. M. Fain. R. D. Chandler.
If. G. Elkins. Frank Forsyth and
W. C. Kinney. Burial was in Sun
set cemetery.
Surviving are two daughters
Miss Josephine Heighway of Mur
phy .and Mrs. Jack Lovingood of
Hendersonville, and one grand
daughter, Kay Lovingood.
Ivie funeral home was in charge
of arrangements.
Town Election Is To Be
Held On 1 uesday, May 7
RADIO SPEAKER ? Bishop
Paul B. Kern, author, educator and
church statesman, who will be the
' speaker over a regional network
01 39 radio stations May 5th. on
The Methodist Hour which v. ill
originate from WSB in Atlanta at
i;:30 A. M. EST.
Bishop Kern is a strong preacher
and forceful spiritual leader. For
i several years he was a member of
i the faculty of Southern Methodist
j University at Dallas, Texas, and
i later was dean of the school of
theology at that institution, servinir
I there until 1926 when he returned |
1 to the pastorate and was assigne 1 j
i to Travis Park Methodist Church |
in San Antonio. Texas, where he
, remained until elected bishop m
1930. At the present time he is
serving as resident bishop for the
Nashville. Tennessee Area and has
supervision over the Tennessee and
the Holston Conferences.
He will speak on the subject:
"Do We Moderns Need the Man of
Galilee?"
The Methodist Hour is a part of
the broadcasting activities of the 1
Southern Religious Radio Confer
ence which is "composed of radio
committees from the Southern Bap
tist Convention, the Presbyterian
Assembly and the Methodist
Church, and will be heard over this
regional network on May 5th. May
19th. and all Sunday Mornings in
the month of June.
Dr. William F. Quillian, execu
tive secretary of the Southeastern
Jurisdictional Council of The
Methodist Church, will introduce
Bishop Kern for this second broad
cast of The Methodist Hour.
The program can be heard in this
section over: WWNC, Asheville;
WPTF, Raleigh; WSJS. Winston
Salem- WSB. Atlanta; WNOX.
Knoxville; and WRYA. Richmond,
at 8:30 a. m.
Pupils Presented
In Piano Recital
Mrs. J. C. Ammons presented
her piano pupils in a recital of
solos, duets and trios at 8 o'clock
j Monday evening at the home coo
I nomics building. Those taking part
! on the program were:
Ann Barnett, Doris Palmer. W.
A. Shcrrill. Don Ammons, Billie
| Jane Hush, Lois McClure, Rosiland
Stalcup. Edith Barnett, Ann Leath
erwood, Elaine Richardson and
: Mrs. Ammons.
Junior Brown Is
Fatally Shot
Junior Brown. 23, of Coppcrhill,
1 Tenn., son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W.
Brown of Isabella, formerly of this
county, was shot to death, it is
alledged by a city policeman, Sun
day night in a cafe in Coppcrhill.
He is survived by his parents,
his wife, and a small child. He
recently returned home from sen -
I ing about two and a half years in
? the army in England, having been
discharged three months ago.
SERMON* TOPICS
"Rebuilding Our Altars" will be
the sermon topic of the Rev. J.
Alton Morris at the 11 o'clock ser
vice at the First Baptist church
Sunday mornring. At the evening
service he will speak on "Three
Things Youth Should Resolve".
Training Union
To Have Study
Course Next Week
Beginning next Sunday evening,
the Baptist Training Union of First
Baptist church will have study
courses for five evenings. Law
Mobley, associate in the Training
Union Department of the Baptist
State Convention. Miss Martha
Jane Mitchell, and Miss Louise
Paschall. all of Kaleigh. will be
to teach the courses for adults, in- ?
termediates and juniors. Rev. J. (
Alton Morris, pastor, will teach c
course for young people.
Mr. Morris states that he hopes a !
large number of the church mem- !
hers will attend this training school
and hear the visiting workers.
The first evening's work, on
Sunday, will be only from 7 to 8
o'clock, and beginning Mondpy.
classes, devotional and recreation ;
will continue from 7:30 to 9:15.
9 Citizens of Murphy will go to
I the polls next Tuesday to elect a
mayor and six councilmen for a
term of two years They will have
a choice of three men for mayor,
( and have 17 men from which to
select six councilmen.
The ballot will list the three
mayors on one side, and the seven
teen candidates for council on the
' other. There will be no distinction
as to whose ticket the council can
didates are on. Voters will select
from the 17 the six men of their
choice.
W M. Fain, incumbent, is asking
for relection as mayor. He is op
posed by D. M. Reese and Neil
Sneed.
The incumbent councilmen who
are asking for re-election are: E.
P. Hawkins. W. D. King. A. L. Mar
tin and J. B. Mulkey. Robert W.
Weaver and W. A. Adams are not
seeking re-election. Other candi
dates for council are: T. W. Axlev,
W. H. Brandon, John Brittain, E.
O. Christopher. R. A. Crisp, J. C.
English. M L Hall. J YV. McMil
lan. T^m Palmer. W. W. Rogers, E.
E. Stiles, t H. Townson. and Duke
Whitley.
Baptist Training Union
Convention Bryson 1 Oth
Law Mobley of Raleigh will be
the feature speaker of the Regional
Training Union convention to he
held May 10 in Bryson City. The
afternoon session will begin it
2:00 with worship, hymn, scripture
and prayer. Brief mesages will
be presented on 'Magnifying
I Christ": Christ First in the
I Home" ? Cherokee. "Making Leis
| ure Time Christian" ? Macon, "In
I traducing Others to Christ" ?
Tennessc . River "Christian Hab
its" ? Western North Carolina.
Magnifying the Church of Christ"
? West Liberty. There will he
music with an Adult scripture read
ing following. Special music will
be presented by the Murphy choir.
Law Mobley will present the ad
dress at 3:00 .his subject being
"Christ Above All in Our Church
Training Program".
Following the address the Chris
tian Life conference will be held.
The Juniors will have as their
subject. "Christ Above All in My
Play Life", wtih Miss Martha Jane
Mitchell as leader. The Intermedi
ates will discuss. "Christ Above All
in My Personal Relationships'
with Mrs Marie Stallcup as lead
er. The Young People will discuss
"Christ Above All in My Lil'e '
Choices". with Miss Louise
Pasehall leading. The Adults will '
have as their discussion. "Christ
Above All in My Adult Responsi
bility". The appointment of com
mittees. making of announcements,
and worship service will be held
following the conferences.
The Rev. J. Alton Morris of Mur
phy will deliver a message on.
"The Call of the New Baptist Cen
tury". The afternoon session will
adjourn at 5.05 and at 6:00 every
one will have supper at the church.
The evening session will open at
7:00 with worship service. The
Christian Life conference will be
continued from the afternoon ses
sion. Special music will be pre
sented. The Rev. T. Earl Ogg will
speak on "Southern Baptist Miss
ions and World Peace". There will
be a report of committees and an
nouncements. East Sylva will pre
sent a Playlete titled "The Spirit
of Missions". There will be songs
and prayer, followed by a message
on "Christ AN>ve Alk in Our
Hearts' , by the Kev. Charles E.
Parker of Franklin.
Speer Family
To Give Concert
At McCavsville
The noted Speer family of Mont
gomery, Ala . will give a concert
at McCaysville school on Saturday,
May 4. at 8:00 p. m . Central Day
light Saving Time.
A family of six. the Speers play
a variety of musical instruments,
including piano, accordian, guitar
and others. Mixed quartets, trios,
duets, and solos will be featured.
In all. the concert will be the high
est type of sacred music.
The concert will be sponsored
by Fannin County Convention offi
cers and sings.
The Fannin County Convention
will convene on Sunday following
the concert. May 5. at McCaysvillc
school, and the Speer family and
other fine singers, local and out-of
town will be present.
Thomas E. Leatherwood S 2/C
was honorably discharged from the
Navy April 23. at the Naval Separa
tion center. Jacksonville, Fla.
To Hold Investiture
Ceremony For Scouts
| An investiture ceremony for tae j
j Girl Scout troop of Murphy will
I luv held Sunday afternoon at 3 j
o'clock at First Methodist church, j
Airs. Robert H. Cox. leader, has
announced.
Miss Virginia Griffin of Ashe- |
ville. executive director of Girl j
Scouts of Buncombe county, will
spend the week-end here and make
a talk on "Scouting" at the cere
mony.
Mrs. C. E. Weir will entertain
Miss Griffin and Girl Scout leaders
at lunch Saturday, at her home.
Mothers of the Scouts will have a
Dutch dinner at Hotel Regal Satur
day evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Composing the Scout council
are: Mrs. Harry Miller. Mrs. J. W.
Davidson. Mrs. E. H. Brumby, Mrs.
R G. Alexander and Mrs. Weir.
The public is invited to the in
vest it urc ceremony, and fathers
and mothers oi' girls who would
like to be Scouts are especially in
vited. It is planned to form an
other troop soon, also a Brownie
troop.
Mrs. Weir and Mrs. C. E. Woody
assisted in the organization of the
troop. Miss Magdalene Cook and
Miss Mary Lee Roberts are assist
ant leaders.
Two Baseball
Games Scheduled
Murphy will open the baseball
season this week with the following
games scheduled: Sunday, May 5,
at 3 o'clock, Murphy vs. Hayesville:
Wednesday. May 8, at 3 o'clock,
Murphy vs. W. C. T. C. at Murphy,