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dlfmtltrr Guard Those You Love - GIVE To Conquer Cancer VOLUME 57 ? NUMBER 40. MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1947. FIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK CONDUCTS SCHOOLS ? Miss Kose Ell wood Bryan of N. C. State Extension Service, who is conduct ing schools on room improvement for 4-H club members at Murphy and Andrews this week. Mrs. Miller Is President Girl Scout Association At a meeting of 18 adults inter ested in promoting the total Girl Scout program in this county Thursday, April 17, a Girl Scout association was formed and offi cers elected. Mrs. Harry Miller of Murphy was elected president; Miss Marian Jones of Hiwassee Dam. vice-president; and Mrs. Howard Adair, of Murphy, secre tary. Mrs. Robert Alexander, Miss Marian Jones, and Mrs. Ed Brum by were appointed as members of a committee to work out camping arrangements. The next meeting of the associa tion will be sometime in July, but ether committees will be appointed to be working in the meantime. Girl Scout leaders and troop com mittee members in any other com munities of the county are invited to make themselves known to members of this association in order that they may work together in the future. SERMON SI'BJECTS 'The Word of the Lord Endur cth Forever", and "Rejoicing in the Lord" are the subjects an nounced by the Rev. T. G. Tate for his sermons Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and at 7:30 in the eve ning. respectively. Youth Fellowship will meet at 6 15 p. m. and Sunday school at 10 o'clock a. m. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Lee and Mrs. G. W. Candler are expected to ar rive home today (Thursday) after an extended visit to Mobile. Ala., with Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Ward, and Atlanta. ERNIE LIND Three bulls-eyes in the twinkling of an eye with a lightning-fast re volver, are among the spectacular 'cats performed by Ernie Lind at 'he pubic shooting exhibition by Ernie and his wife Dot, to be given by the Cherokee County Wildlife Club on April 26 at City Park in Murphy This exhibition of rifle, shotgun and pistol shooting by the "nous Winchester- Western marks men, u sponsored by the Cherokee rounty Wildlife Club and is free w the public. Dr. W. H. McCall Is Speaker At Uub Dr. W. H. MeCall of Asheville was guest speaker at the meeting of Murphy Woman's elub last Thursday afternoon. Dr. McCall spoke on India, where he spent 30 months during World War II, tell ing of the people, their manners end customs, their religion and ! other interesting facts about the j | country. He had a number of ar- 1 i tides made in India, on display, ! which he explained. Mrs. II. Bueck, program chair man. introduced Mrs. J. W. David son who in turn, introduced Dr. McCall. whom she has known since childhood, he being a Murphy boy. j Prior to Dr. McCall's talk, Mrs. j Bueck introduced Arthur Heinrich j who played "Song of India", and ' Porter Raper. member of Murphy school faculty, who sang, "On the Uoad to Mandelay", accompanied by Mrs. J. W. Davidson. Mrs. T. S. Evans, president, pre sided over the meeting, and heard reports and announcements. Mrs. Dair Shields is program chairman for the May meeting. She an nounced that the subject will be "Cherokee County Crafts". Members of the Konnaheeta club of Andrews were special guests of the club. Mrs. B. W. Whitfield, chairman of refreshments, had an attractive ly appointed table, covered with an | embroidered linen cloth, centered with a bowl of Japanese magnolias, with silver candelabra holding white tapers, on the corners, from which brick cream, cup cakes, nuts ( and coffee were served. Mrs. E. : 11 Brumby and Mrs. J. H. McCall poured tea. i Miss Jane Hill, home economics , teacher, and her pupils were in | j charge of refreshments. Awards Made To Girl Scouts I At a meeting of Murphy Girl Scout Troop No. 1 Wednesday. April 16. Betty Jim Davis and Blondell Isenhour were awarded the rank of Second Class scout. Ann Dockery was invested as a Tenderfoot. Nancy Coy was re ceived as a member of the troop by transfer from Betsy Layne, Ken tucky Troop No. 1. Sally Morris and Ann Shields gave book re views and read poetry to the troop as part of their Reader Badge ac tivities. The whole troop made and equipped small pocket first aid kits. The girls are taking turns telling stories in the Library Story Hour which is held at the Public Library every fourth Saturday at ( 10 a. m. The sum of $76 was col- i lected by the Girl Scouts last Sat- 1 urday for the Cancer Drive. Hold Exam For Mechanic An examination for an automo tive mechanic is being held at Hi wassee Dam through May 6 The rates of pay are $1.26 to $1.38 per hour. Applications are to be on file with the Naval Ordnance Lab oratory. Hiwassee Dam. not later than the close of business May 6. Forms may be obtained at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Hi wassee Dam, at the post office. Murphy, or from the U. S. Em ployment office, courthouse, Mur phy. Group Attends Carringer Recital The following from Murphy at tended the voice recital of Walter Carringer at W. C. T. C? Cullo whee, Thursday evening: Mrs. Ruth Carringer, the Rev. and Mrs. J. Alton Morris, and son, John, Mr. and Mrs. H. Bueck. Mrs. R. H. Foard, Mrs. Jean White, Mrs. J. W. Davidson. Mr and Mrs. Robert Hunt and son, Joe, Miss Mary Evelyn Carringer, and Miss Addie Mae Cooke. Mrs. Charles Gulley, Carringer's music instructor, and Miss All bright. dean of women, entertain ed at a reception, following the recital. Sunday Episcopal Services Listed Tho Church of the Messiah will have a fellowship supper Saturday l ight at 6:30. Holy Communion will be celebrated by the rector at ! 8:45 Sunday. He will lead in Morning Prayer at 11:00. There will be a sermon at this service. The Church school will meet at 10:00. The children's Easter offering for missions in the Philippine Is- j lands was $5.95. The adult's East er offering for World Relief was . $20.44. The Church School is add- \ ing $10 to this offering from their treasury. The children's Birthday Thank Offering this year is going to Anking, China, for a children's j ward in the Dispensary. Real Estate Transfers Mattie Warren and husband, Taylor G. Warren and Frank E. Hughes, to M. R. Morgan and wife. Dora Morgan, property in Cherokee county adjoining property of Joe Led ford. .Jim Kil pat rick and Will Sneed. Jack Raper to W. F. Lucky and wife. Viola Lucky, property in Shoal Creek township. Ralph Adams and wife. Anna Lee Adams, to Charles McDonald and wife. Vcy A. McDonald, prop erty in Cherokee county adjoining A. T. Kephart. Sidney Davis and Ralph Adams. W. R. Morgan and wife, Dora Morgan, to Peyton G. Ivie and wife, Edythe Ivie. lots Nos. 16 and 17 in section 5 of Duke Land and Improvement company addition to town of Murphy, adjoining prop erty of Wells and Wofford. Laman Sutton to Claud Pieklc simer and wife. Ellen Picklesimer. lot in Murphy adjoining property cf Claud Picklesimer Ed Oliver and wife. Vaudie Oliver and Coy Oliver, to Bob Stephens and Norma Stephens, property in Murphy township. Oscar L. Mauney to Thomasine Slayton. undivided one half inter est in tract in Murphy township, known as the M. L. Mauney home place. J. A. Bristol and wife. Maggie E. Bristol, to G. W. Clayton and wife. Lula S. Clayton, tract in Valley town township. George Barton and wife, Nan nie Barton, to Hoyt Barton and wife, Hazel Barton, property in Cherokee county, adjoining lands of Scott Hall and Hoyt Barton. Grover Collett and wife, Hester Collett, to Frances Collett Barker, i tract in Valleytown township. Dr. L. T. Russell. Jr . and wife. Kathleen Russell, to Lillard R I Walker and wife, Ruth Walker, j property in Murphy, adjoining I property of Mrs. J. H. Phaup and Miss Adella Meroney. Claude Patterson and wife, Leah Patterson, to Mrs. J. M. Patterson, property in Shoal Creek township. Claude Forrister and wife, Etta Rowland Forrister, with the know ledge and consent of A. T. Row land. land in Cherokee county, ad joining lands of Grover Coffey. J. W. McMillan and wife, Nancy McMillan, to A. J. Ramsey and R. H. Wells, property in Murphy on Iliawassec street, adjoining prop erty of C. L. Alverson, A. J. Ram sey and Fred Swaim. Willie Nix West and husband, Howard West, to A. L. Gillespie and wife, Emma Jo Gillespie, prop erty in East Murphy. R. E. Kephart and wife, Elizabeth Kephart to Jerry Solesbee and wife. Annis Solesbee. property in Cherokee county, adjoining lands | of M. L. Abernathy and others. Mrs. W. L. Scott and Calvin Scott of Anniston, Ala., Mrs. J. A. Garren and son, Jerry, and Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Barton and chil dren, Eloise, Howard, Dorothy, Johnny, Guy, Mary and Jane, all of Alcoa, Tenn., were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Bar ton and Sally. Mrs. E. A. Browning is reported to be ill at her home here. Intermediate Day To Be Held At Baptist Church Intermediate Day will be ob served at the First Baptist church Sunday, the importance of Inter- J mediate work being emphasized in all services. The pastor, Rev. J. Alton Morris, will preach Sunday morning on, "Anoint Thine Eyes". In the evening at 8 o'clock he will begin a series of sermons on. "The j Home". Tli youth choir will sing at both the morning and evening serv- j ices Sunday. Sunday school begins at 9:45 and ; Training Union at 7:00. The Hour of Power service is at 8 o'clock ! Wednesday, prior to which the youth choir practices at 7:15 and :i preview of the Sunday School lesson is given, also. The adult choir practices at 9 o'clock. The Fidel is class will meet Mon day evening at 8 o'clock with Mrs. 1 Rae Moore. | The church will have a special observance for Elderly people on Sunday, May 4. and all aged people not in some other church will be invited to attend. Palmers Win Trip To Havana Jas. H. Palmer, district manager j of the Life and Casualty Insurance Company, with headquarters in j Murphy, is in Havana. Cuba, this I week, attending the annual con vention of the company. He won ! the trip for himself and his wife, who accompanied him. for his | outstanding services with the j company. Trout Season Set Up For Two Areas RALEIGH ? A f'-'iing season of j 89 days in trout streams of eoop- ; erative wildlife management areas! cn Pisgah and Nantahala national forests was announced today by > the N. C. Division of Game and | Inland Fisheries and the U. S. ? Forest Service. First fishing day will be April I 29. when the South Toe River and ; tributaries in the Mt. Mitchell ] Wildlife Management Area of Pis- 1 gah will be open. Other openings I will come on May 3. After the opening week, the season in the management areas will be in full swing, and from then until August 31. last day of North Carolina's trout season, there will be open dates somewhere in the forests every day of the week ex cept Mondays and Tuesdays. Initial dates for the areas on Pisgah: Mt. Mitchell ? April 29; Pisgah Game Preserve ? May 3; Sher wood Forest ? May 7: and Daniel Boone. May 10. Initial dates on Nantahala: Cliff cide Lake. Wayah Bald, and San teetlah ? May 3; Standing Indian and Fires Creek ? May 10. Pettingill Is Winner Creel Census Prize C. L. Pettengill of Hiwassec Dam won the prize for catching the larg est fish at the creel census con ciucted by the TVA, under the sponsorship of the Two Lakes Iiec r cation club, recently at Hiwassec Dam. He was presented a now rod and reel. Only residents of Iliwassee Dam i reported fishing for tagging pur poses-. Fishermen from Murphy, Ducktown and Copperhill were ex pected but were not present. There were 38 fish caught, most of them being crappie. Already two of the tagged fish have been caught, by Mrs. Dewey Brock and Public Safety Officer Crawford. Each of them received a prize. On had traveled down stream about a mile and the other up stream about a mile. Anyone else catching the tagged fish is asked to report to the Two Lakes Recreation club, and receive his prize upon presentation of the tag. and giving information on where he caught the fish and the length of the fish. Another creel census will have to be taken to get the desired in formation. Plans arc under way for conducting it. Methodist Revival Will Start May 18 The Rev. Russell L. Young, pas tor of First Methodist Church, will preach on "The Gift of Life" at the 11 o'clock service Sunday morning and "I Believe in the Risen Christ" at the 8 o'clock eve ning service. Sunday School will begin at 9:45 a. m.. and Youth Fel lowship \% ill meet at 7 o'clock, to which all those of intermediate and young people's age are invited. Prayer meeting* is at 7:30 Wed nesday evening. Adult choir re hearsal follows. A baptismal service and recep tion of members will be held on the first Sunday of May at the 1 1 o'clock hour. Revival services will begin on the morning of May 18. License Inspector Here Wednesdays B. B. Higgins. license inspector of the State Highway safety divis ion. Bryson City, will be in Mur phy every Wednesday, instead of : Tuesday, from 9 to 5 o'clock, at j the sherriff's office in the court house. He will be in Robbinsville Tues day mornings and Andrews, at the city hall. Tuesday afternoons. On Thursdays he will be in Hayesville from 9 to 12 o'clock. The Rev. T. G. Tate and Elders J. B. Gray and E. H. Brumby at tended the meeting of Asheville Presbytery which was held in I Waynesville Tuesday. Ciarabel Roberts To Be May Queen Miss Clarabel Roberts will be May queen and Mrs. Carolyn Head Hall, maid of honor, in the May court for May Day celebration on Murphy school grounds Friday. May 2 at 2 p. m. Attendants will be: Misses Bar bara Arnold, Elaine Richardson. Mary Evelyn Carringer, Doris Mc Gill, Doris Chamber, Janet Allen, Virginia Clay, Ruth Barton, Alice Jayne Docker,', Faye Boling, Verna Lee Decker, Alice Davis, Jean Reid, Joan Barnett, Henrietta Pemmons, Joyce Coleman, Grace Taylor, Jane Sneed, Lucille Bar ton, Betty Lou Ammons, Mildred Hendrix, and Janet Gentry. Dances will be as follows: May pole by ninth and tenth grade girls: Virginia reel, eighth grade girrls and boys; Here We Go 'Round the Mountain, seventh grade: Kerry dance, sixth grade: Sicilian circle, fifth grade; boys' clown dance, fourth grade boys; and seven jumps, fourth grade. Mist Lucy Winston is chairman of arrangements. Guernsey Sale To Be Held Here Friday, May 23 The sixth annual Guernsey sale conducted by the Cherokee County Guernsey Breeders association will be held in Murphy, at the fair grounds. Friday, May 23, starting at 12:30 p. m. Forty-two head of selected ani mals have been consigned to this sale. Included in the number are: 26 heifers, five cows, five bred heifers, and six young bulls. A. Q. Ketner, county agent, is now distributing catalogs and other material on the sale. Mr and Mrs. W A. Phipps visit ed Mr. and Mrs. James I. Givens and children, Ellen Jeanne and Patricia Ann in Knoxville last week. Joe Ray is President Murphy Lions Club FINALS SPEAKER ? Dr. Clyde Erwin, state superintendent of Public Instruction, Raleigh, who will deliver the address at the graduation exercises of Murphy high school on Wednesday. May 14. Couple Arrested For Auto Theft Jack Blanchard. 18, and Joe Jack \\ ittenbarger. 20. of Copperhill, ' n n., were arrested here early Friday morning and turned over to Copperhill authorities where they were wanted in connection with the theft of an automobile be longing to Guy Aldridge of Cop perhill there. Thursday night. The car. a 1942 Chevrolet sedan, according to Sheriff Frank Craw ford and highway patrolman. Charles E. Galloway, was parked on the street in Copperhill while the owner went into a store to buy groceries. The officers said the men had bought gasolfne at Shields' service station, and after being trailed to Clay county and back to Murphy, they recovered the car parked in the alley between the Cherokee hotel and King's ! store. The car bore a Georgia li- j cense, and a North Carolina tag | was found in the car, which offi cers said was stolen. Sheriff Craw ford said Whittenbarger was ar rested here some time ago while attempting to steal a car in front ef the Murphy laundry. Dr. Matthews Is To Give Another Sermon Sunday The Baptist Hour will present Dr. C. E. Matthews of Dallas, Texas, in the broadcast next Sunday morn ing. April 27. who has selected for his subject. "Man's Greatest Need.'' as announced by the Radio Com mission of the Southern Baptist Convention. S. F. Lowe. Director. Atlanta, Georgia. According to the Atlanta an nouncement. the service of the Baptist hour is being greatly ex tended by beautiful printed copies of the messages, which are being mailed out to churches, pastors and other listeners who request them for use in evangelizing throughout the territory. Every such printed message also carries one or more membership cards through which a league of One Million is being formed who will pray every day for the spiritual awakening America and the world so much needs at this time. April 27 is the date set for the change over to daylight saving time. Many of the stations will be op crating on daylight saving time and all interested in the Baptist Hour will watch their daily papers and listen to their local radio stations to learn of the exact time of the Baptist Hour on that date and the Sunday following. The Baptist Hour may be heard in this section over station WSE Atlanta. RESIGNS Frank Ashe has resigned a* chief of police of Murphy, anc Sheridan Stiles has been selectec to replace him. Everette Whiti has been added to the police force Joe K Kay on Tuesday evening as elected president of Murphy I. ions club for the coming fiscal I year. Other officers elected were ; s follows: R. \V. Easley, Jr., sec ictary; John A. Davidson, treas i tirer; W. A. Sherrill, tail twister; , li A. Mattox. Lion tamer; H. G. ! Elkins. first vice president; Dr. W. I A Hoover second vice-president: I and W. M Davis, third vice-presi dent; and the following directors: If E. Bishop. T. A. Case, and J. B. Gray. Miss Hose Ellwood Bryan of State College Extension service, Raleigh, and Miss Mary Cornwell were guests of Miss Addie Mae Cooke Miss Bryan made a few remarks. The club will sponsor a calf sale in connection with the annual Guernsey Sale to be held here on Friday. May 23. Tickets were given to the members to sell. Tickets for a dance to be spon sored by the Junior Woman's club for the local unit of the Cancer Society were distributed for the members to sell. Carr Hooper is in charge of the tickets. Frank Ellis announced that a number of members have made plans to attend the state conven tion in Asheville May 25-26-27. II. E. Bishop announced that at the next meeting the Standard Oil Company motion picture on North Carolina will be shown. Sunday School Convention To Be Held On April 27 The Western North Carolina as sociational Baptist Sunday School convention will be held at Mt. Pis I Kah Baptist church near Hayesville ' Sunday afternoon, April 27, at 2:30 ~'clof Xr The program will emphasize Intermediate Day" in the Sunday School work. The Murphy youth | choir will render the special music j for the meeting and the featured | .speakers will be Cyrus White. P. G. Ivie. and the Rev. Algie West. Mrs. Beach Is 105 Years Old; Has Celebration Mrs. Susan Ray Bcach, familiar ? ly known as "Granny Beach," ob : served her 105th birthday with a . dinner at the home of her daugh ter. Mrs. Iowa Green, with whom ! -lie has resided a number of years, ! at Brasstown, last Friday. Mrs. Beach, a native of Macon ' county. but a resident of Clay ' < ounty for a number of years, has j been blind for the past 18 years, I but she is still able to be up and j around the house and derives a | great deal of pleasure from recall ing incidents that happened dur ing her early girlhood. Twice married, she is the mother of five children, all of whom are living. Her first husband was I John Jones. He passed a" \y soon 1 after their marriage ar she was later married to I. T. .Beach, who died December 1. 1892. Her children are: John Bcach of Warne: Mrs. Essie McCrary of El Paso. Texas: Wade Beach of Brass - town: Mrs. Zona Sales of Ellijay, Ga ; and Mrs. Iowa Green of Brass town. She has two grandchildren who are well known here: Mrs. J. If. Brendle, Jr., now living in j Raleigh, and Worth Greene, a resi dent of Murphy. She says that being a Christian l is the secret of a long and happy | life. On her birthday she was honor ed by the Le Fevers trio over | WGST. Atanta. singing her favor ite hymn, "Amazing Grace." For birthday dinner, she ate chicken dumplings, her favorite food. The Rev. J. J. Wood, former pastor of Hampton Memorial | church here, was in Murphy Tues day. Mrs. Walter G. Savage and daughter, Ann, of Baton Rouge, La., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Si v age this week.
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