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VOLUME 61?NUMBER S MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. SEPT. 6. 1951
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Two Large Projects Are Under Way
Hfwassee Dam Naval Ordnance Facilit
The ttoval Ordnance Laboratory
Experimental Facilities at Hhraa
see Dam, 24 miles from Murphy,
is a unique establishment which
started in 1942 as a two weeks test
operating from a trailer boused
laboratory. It has continued to
work and grow without interrup
tion. It at present has a staff of 32
people. Including: Scientists, en
gineers, administrative personnel,
craftsmen, a nurse, guards and la
borers There are 14 buildings,
\yhich include an admlnisrative of
fice with a'well equipped photo
lab, a wood-working shop, ma
chine shop, electric shop, tool
room, garage and an electronic
laboratory.
The work done by the Experi
mental Facilities quickly proved
its v41 i>e to the Laboratory at
White Oak. It had an important
part in the development of the Mk
9 depth charge carrying on the
stability tests to establish the max
imum size of charge which can be
used writhout seriously effecting
the underwater stability of the
weapon. A iarge portion of the
field developmen and evaluation
of the Mark 14 depth charge was
done at Hiwassee between 1942 and
1945. Another big Job involved a
series of tests on depth charge
pistols to determine the effects of
sub-zero temperatures on K-gun
launched depth charges. For this
job a two-story floating laboratory
was specially constructed to pro
vide proper height above water
level for launching the depth
charge.
At the present time there are
two main projects under way. A
pew type of depth charge has been
undergoing a series of tests for
months. The second long range
job involves tests on fuses for an
other of the new underwater mis
siles. In addition there are always
many special jobs which are
brought down from the Naval Or
dnance Laboratory from time to
time.
The NOL Experimental Facili
ties has an Ideal location. Hiwas
see Lake, formed by the huge
Tennessee Valley Authority Dam
is over 250 feet deep and 20 miles
long. It is clear, still, fresh and rel
atively calm so that tests can be
readily carried on. The shores
around the lake are steep and hea
vily wooded and the lake Itself
while outstandingly beautiful is
little used by vacationists. Taking
advantage of this natural situation,
the experiment station has added
its own facilities. A rocket launch
er has been located at the top of
one of the steep hills overlooking
the lake. A float launching tower
has been constructed on a raft to
provide for steep angle water en
try tests. A floating laboratory,
several rafts and a floating boat
house eliminate the problem of
seasonal changes in water level. A
huge steel-mesh net was con
structed on cables so that it could
be lowered into the water or pulled
up on shore. This net can be low
ered into the target area before a
missile is fired and is then pulled
up on the shore to provide easy
recovery of the missile for study.
A large Helmholtz coil is located
in the test area of the lake. This
allows the magnetic fields of ships
or submarines to be simulated so
that tests can be performed on in
fluence fused missels. The newest
test facilitiy is a special cable now
being tested for guiding the course
of experimental rocket launched
missiles. This, if it proves satis
factory, may be a substitute for
the rail launchers used at present
in various testing facilities. The
Experimental Facilities has al
ways been proud of its ability to
meet any problem that is given to
it. The ingenuity of the station per
sonnel in developing new test fa
cilities to meet unusual problems
in the field testing of the new
weapons has done much tq speed
up the development of various
pieces of ordnance at the White
Oak Laboratory.
The Hiwassee station Is a facil
ity of the Naval Ordnance- Labora
tory, and as such operates uhder
the direction of a senior technical
representative. Jack'Love 11, who is
also the resident-in-charge for
Com 8. Considerable credit is due
the TennesseeValley Authority at
Hiwassee for its assistance and co
operation. The lead occupied by
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A CORNER OF THE HUGE NET used by the
Naval Ordnance Laboratory Experimental Facilities
at Hlwassee Dam to provide easy recovery of un
derwater missiles being tested. Joseph L. Cassidy,
Jr., an engineer at the station checks the links to
be sure the net Is In good condition before lowering
It Into the water.
Large Crowd Hear
Governor Kerr Scott
A large crowd attended the tra-<S
ditional cornerstone laying cere-1
mony of the Andrews Primary
school' building by Gov. W. Ken
Scott on Wednesday. The Governor
also addressed the school children,
faculty and public in attendance.
The intricately inscribed stone
is of native Regal Blue marble, a
gift by the Columbia Marble Com
pany of Marble. Within the ma
sonry of the cornerstone is a box
containing a Bible, coins of the
year, a newspaper and relics.
Following the invocation by the
Rev. James A. Allen, pastor of the
Methodist Church, John E. Rufty,
Superintendent of Schools, gave a
welcoming address. Special guests
were introduced by Mayor Percy
B. Fere bee.
Mrs. G. W. Cover, chairman of
the School board, introduced the
Governor. Following the Gover
nor's address a prayer of dedica
tion was given by'the Rev. J. A.
Richardson, pastor of the Baptist;
Church. The Governor then laid
the cornerstone. The Rev. A. B.
Lovell, pastor of Marble Baptist ]
Church, offered the benediction.
Morris' Sermon
Subjects Listed
Sermon topics of the Rev. J.,
Alton Morris at First Baptist
Church Sunday are: 11 a. m. "One
Chosen," and at 8 p. m? "A Call
For All." Sunday School will be
at 9:45, Bealtown Mission service
at 2:30, and Training Union St 7
p. m.
Monday, Elizabeth Hale Circle
will meet at 7:45 with Mrs. B. B.
Cornwell, Jr.; Ruth Bagwell Cir
cle at 7:30 with Mrs. M. L. Wil
liams. Tuesday, Ruth Swan Circle
will meet with Mrs. Clifton Mills
at 8 p. m.
Fellowship Supper on Family
Night starts at 6:30 Wednesday
with State Missions Program at
7:30 and adult choir practice at
8:30. Thursday primary and ju
nior choir practice is set for 3:30.
Youth choir meets at 7 p. m.
September 10-17 will be Inter
mediate Week.
Presbyterian
Services Listed
Announcement has been made
that Bryan' Hatchett will preach
Sunday at the Presbyterian Church
at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
On the following Sunday, the
Bev. R. E. McClure, D. D?
ttve secretary of AahevlUe Presby
tpry, will preach.
Sale Of Telephone:
Company Proposed
Last Friday officials of Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. |
and Western Carolina Telephone
Co. met with town officials and i
some other interested citizens of
Murphy to discuss the proposed
sale of the local telephone system j
by Southern to Western.
Those present expressed their,
disapproval of the proposal, and,
since that time, many people have
raised a protest. Murphy people
express themselves as being pleas
ed with Southern Bell service, and
desire that the system be kept in
the same hands.
S. A. Students
Leave Saturdav
The group of South American1
students who are taking a ten-day
course at the John C. Campbell
Folk School will complete their,
work on Saturday and go to Gat
linburg, Tenn., and Berea, Ky? be
fore returning to their countries.
AUXILIARY TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary will
be held Tuesday at 8 p. m. in the
home of Mrs. W. A. Hoover.
Winter Session
Opens Folk School
The John C. Campbell Folk
School will begin its winter session
r.n Monday, September 10, with
opening exercises in Keith House
at 9 a. m.
Classes in carving, cabinet,
maintenance and repair, iron work,
weaving and Rural Life will be of
fered. Interested persons not yet
enrolled should contact Howard
Kester, Director.
Byrum Announces
Sermon Topics
First Methodist Church, the Rev.
R. Delbert Byrum, pastor, an
nounces the following Sunday sub
jects: 11 a. m? "Rise Up and
Walk," and 7:30 p. m., "Marks of
Maturity."* Sunday School will
meet at 9:45 a. m? and Evening
Youth meeting at 6 p. m.
Family Night will be held Sep
tember 12 at 6:30 p. m. in the as
sembly room of the church. A
filmslrip, "More For Your Money,"
will be shown.
4-H'ers To Exhibit
At Dairv Show
Four-H Club members will take
eleven purebred Dairy Heifers to
the W. N. C. Junior Dairy Show
at Asheviile next Monday and Tues
day. David Hendrix, Ralph Jor
dan, Harry Arrowood, James Mar
tin, W. C. Arrowood hnd Wesley
Garrett will show Guernseys.
James Crisp and Charles Smith
will show Jerseys.
Murphy To Manteo
Motorcade To Start
Here On Monday
The Crusade for Freedom will
be emphasized in North Carolina
next week by a motorcade from
Murphy to Manteo, according to
Kermit Hunter, promotional di
rector for the Crusade. The Motor
cade will start from the Square
in Murphy Monday,, at 0 a. m. A
short program vrill be given at the
beginning of the motor, and the
public is invited to attend, t
The Crusade for tills year was
launched Wednesday night. at a
banquet in Ashevllle, when Har
old X. Stassen was the principal
speaker. Those attending tram this
county were: Percy B. Ferebee,
county chairman, Mr. hnd Mrs. H.
Dale Lee and C. E. Hyde
Jas G. K. McCIure of Asheville
is state chairman of the Crusade.
Mr. Fere bee annoonees the follow
ing co-workers in this county: H.
Bueck, Murphy chairman. Miss
Addle Mae Cooke, publicity; John
Rufty, Andrews chairman, Mrs. J.
S. Smith, publicity.
Stassen said Wednesday night
that having returned recently
from Europe, he Is "more deter
mined and enthusiastic than ever
about the importance of the Free
dom Crusade and its effective at
tacks against Communist darkness
which were launched and are be
ing carried out through the vol
untary support of the American
$45,000 Defense
Bond Qnota In
Cherokee County
County U. S. Savings Bonds
Chairman. W D. Whitaker an
nounced today that Cherokee
County has been assigned a sales
quota of $45,000 for the first U. S.
Defense Bond Drive from Septem
ber 3 through November 13. The
quota will be for the combined
Series of Bonds, E, F and G.
The purpose of the drive Is: To
back boys In the Armed Forces,
the encouragement of thrift and
saving on the part of every Indivi
dual, the restraint of spending for
non-essentials as a means of re
lieving inflationary pressures and
help protect our Nation's economy.
Since the beginning of the na
tional emergency hundreds of
young men have joined the Armed
Forces from this county. Uncle
Sam has enrolled their personal
resources to fight communism.
They may be called upon to give
their lives for their country.
Mr. Whitaker said he was sure
that the people of Cherokee Coun
ty would buy Defense Bonds and
exceed the assigned goal to help
hold down Inflation as well as to
deliver a blow to Communism
Nothing could help maintain the
morale of the armed forces at home
and overseas more than to know
that the folks at home are doing
their part by buying U. S. Defense
Bonds.
'Defense Is Your Job, Too," Is
the title of a poster for the Drive
which Is being distributed to indus
trial plants, retail establish
ments, and other places. Banks and
Savings & Loan Associations are
being sent leaflets to mail to their
customers in their monthly state
ments inviting enrollment in the
Bond-A-Month Plan.
The chairman called on civic,
fraternal, veteran and service or
ganizations to support the Defense
Bond Drive through special talks
st their regular meetings. He said
that farm organizations were back
ing the Drive among farmers and
leaflets and letters were being
mailed to rural residents urging
investment of crop dollars in De
fense Bonds.
The fight against communism
isn't fought only in foxholes, Mr.
Whitaker stated. It's fought up and
down the country roads, the main
streets, the city avenues of Amer
ica. This part of the battle is with
economic weapons. This is the bat
tle for the folks at home. Let's all
buy Defense Bonds and put Cher
okee County over the top.
Highway Funds
Used In County
W. M. Corkill, Division Engin-|
eer, reports that Bond Funds have
been expended in Cherokee Coun
ty through the period ending July
31, in the amount of $825,052.44.
Pfc. Bobby Cruse
Completes Basic
Pfc. Bobby C. Cruse, 18, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Cruse of An
drews, has completed his A. F.
basic airman indoctrination course
at Lackland Air Force Base, the
Gateway to the Air Force. He has
been promoted from Private to
Private First Class.
Lackland, situated near San An
tonio, is the world's largest Air
Force Base and is the site of the
Air Force Basic training for men
and women.
Pfc. Cruse is now located at
Ksealer Air Force Base in Biloxi,
Miss., where he is in Radio School.
Cruse attended the Andrews
High School prior to his enlist
County Fair Dates
Are Sept. 24-29
Baptist Pastors
Hold Conference
The Western North Carolina
Baptist Association Pastors' Con
ference met on September 3 and
elected the following officers:
president, the Rev. Earl Cable;
vice-president, the Rev. A. B. Lov
ell; program chairman, the Rev. J.
A. Richardson, Jr.; secretary and
treasurer, the Rev. Fred B. Luns
ford.
The conference will meet the
Monday after the first Sunday In
each month at 10 a. m. at First
Baptist Church, Murphy.
OPS REPRESENTATIVE
The OPS Field Service repre
sentative will be at the Bryson
City town hall Wednesday, Sept.
12, from 1:30 to 4:30 p. m.
The annual Cherokee County
Agricultural Fair will be held here
September 24-29.
The following department super
intendents have been announced.
Field Crops, Victor Ellis; flor
iculture, J. H. Hampton; Dairy Cat
tle, A. B. Stalcup, Beef Cattle, W.
D. Townson; Sheep, Noah Hem
bree; Hogs, Bill Stiles; Poultry,
Wayne A be ma thy; Flowers, Mrs.
B. W. Whitfield; Home Products.
Mrs. J. H. Hampton, Pantry Sup
plies, Mrs. J. L. Hall; House Fur
nishings, Mrs. Bill Gentry; Cloth
ing, Mrs. Clarence Simonds, Han
dicrafts, Mrs. Clyde McNabb;
Natural Resources, Joe Bailey;
Girls and Boys 4-H Clubs, Emma
Jean Shields.
The directors of the fair are:
H. E. Bishop, W. D. Townson, Mrs.
J. Franklin Smith, Luther Dock
ery, Lewis King, C. R. Freed, W.
S. Dickey, Glenn Patton.
Cpl. Claude Sims'
Funeral Is Friday
The body of Cpl. Claude T.
Sims, who was killed in action in
Korea September 5, 1930, arrived
in Ocoee, Tenn., this morning,
(Thursday) at 6:59 a. m.
It was met there by Ivle Funer
al Home and escorted to Murphy
by members of the Joe Miller El
kins Post of the American Legion
of Murphy.
Funeral services will be held at
4 pm. Friday in First Baptist
Church here with the Rev. J. Al
ton Morris, pastor, and Chaplain
Major Solon H. Couch officiating.
A firing squad, the chaplain and a
bugler will be sent from an army
camp at Rome, Ga. There will also
be a delegation from the Robbins
ville and Andrews Post present.
The firing squad will be com
manded by Elvie H. Holmes, com
manding ORC instructor. Dick
Haynes will be the bugler. The
firing squad is composed of:
M/Sgt. Marvin J. Burgess, M/Sgt.
Leonard S. Vines, Sgt. James C.
Knoles, Sgt. Grady H. Stringer,
Cpl. William T. Bowen, Cpl.
Eaphsom Cheatwood, and Cpl. Al
vin H. Comer.
Burial will be in Sunset Ceme
tery.
Cpl. Sims was born in Baldwin,
Ga? November 5, 1930, went with
his family to Jackson County
where they lived ten years, com
ing from there to Murphy.
He attended the Glenville and
Murphy schools and was employed
with Smoky Mountain Trailways
at the bus station here.
He enlisted in the army July 20,
1949, trained at Fort Jackson, S.
C? Fort Bragg and Fort McClel
lan, Ala., and reported to Camp
Stoneman, Calif., June 22, 1950.
He was assigned to Japan in
July, 1950, with the 24th Division
?nd later sent to Korea, and was
the first casualty from Western
North Carolina.
He was a member of Camp No.
891 Woodmen of the World, of
Murphy.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Sims; one sister,
Mrs. Edna Toiley of Marietta, Ga.;
four brothers, Russell and Troy of
Marietta, and Cline and Ray of
Murphy.
Mrs. Sims has received the 24th
Division Citation, the Purple
Heart Award, and a presidental
citation from President Truman.
Free Methodist
Topics Announced
Murphy Free Methodist Church.
the Rev. C. Z. Miner, pastor, will
have Sunday worship at 11 a. m.
with the Message, " A Perpetual
Sacrifice."
A Spiritual Song-fest beginning
at 7:30 p. m. with the Message,
"Christ The Way", will follow the
y. P. M. S. service at 7 p. m. Sun
day school is at 10 a. m.
Prayer meeting will be on Wed
nesday at 7:30 p. m.
Twelve To Attend
Mars Hill College
The following people from An
drews will attend Mars Hill Col
lege, Mars Hill, this fall leaving
here next Sunday: Misses Grace
Gray, Marjorie Hicks, Betty Mul
key, Sue Hall, Sara Clark, Mar
garet Marr, Tommy Lunsford, Amy
Arrington, Sallie Buchanan, Betty
Jean Greenwood, Doris Crawford
and George Pullium.
Mrs. Pullium Gets
Magna Clim Laude
At Appalachian State Teacher's
College, Boone, Mrs. Ruth Starr
Pullium of Andrews recently re
ceived her B. S. degree with Magna
Cum Laude. Out of a class of 78
there was only two to receive this
honor.
Mrs. Pullium teaches the second
grade in the Andrews elementary
i school.
"Nickels For Know-How" Program
iToBe Explained AtFndav Meeting
A public meeting has been called
for Friday, September 7, at 8 p.
m. for the purpose of explaining
the "Nichols for Know-How" vot
ing. This meeting will be held in
the County Court Room in Mur
phy. A. Q. Ketner and G. H. Far
ley have been named temporary
county chairmen of the campaign.
Farm people will soon have the
opportunity to vote on whether or
not they want to contribute to the
support of agricultural research fit
North Carolina. Machinery for this
vote was set up In the enabling
act passed by the last legislature.
This act provides for a vote by
users of feeds and fertilisers on
this question: Would you bo wil
ling to add one-fourth of a cent
to each bag of food and forttlissr
you buy, this contribution to bo
the benefit of farm people?
The Sept. 7 meeting has been
called by the County Farm Bu
reau, and the public is invited.
George Farthing, Field Represen
tative for the N. C. Farm Bureau,
will be present to discuss the mea
sure and answer questions.
Farm leaders have pointed out
that this is an opportunity to get
needed research in such fields as
poultry diss ess control, weed con
trol, cures for bloat, and crop di
seases. Among the
menU ot the
over the past few
development of hybrid
cultural
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