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IPf t Cljtrulrr Htfgnwt Brotherhood Week, Feb. 17-24 VOLUME OS?NUMBER U MURPHY NORTH CAROLINA. THURS., FEBRUARY II. 1?K Think On whatsoever thta|i are Just, soever things are pure things are lovely, things are of a food report; H there be aay virtue, sad u there be aay praise, think oa theer things.?Mil. 4-3 EIGHT FAGI Dry Forces W in Beer Election 2-1 CANDIDATE?F r a n k lin Ross Jones, principal of Henderson Junior High School, announces his candidacy for the vice-presi dency of the North Carolina Edu cation Association. He has been president of Henderson Local Unit of NCEA for the past three years and Is also the retiring pres ident of the North Carolina Dis trict NCEA. Mrs. T. Hampton Dies In Florida Mrs. Mary Jane Hampton, wife of the late Thomas W. Hampton ol Murphy and Robblnsville, died at the home of her daughter In Miami, Fla., Friday after an ex tended illness. Services were held in the Chap el of the Lanier Funeral Home Saturday In Miami by the pastor of the Uleta Presbyterian Church of which she was a member. Burial was In Souhern Memorial Park, North Miami. Surviving are tour daughters: Mrs. Ray L. Hamrick and Mrs. Russel L. Smith of Miami, Mrs. Benton M. Taylor of Knoxville, Tenn., and Mrs. Howard Moody of Murphy; one sister, Mrs. Etta Brown of Walla Walla. Wash., five brothers, Robert Davis of WsHs Walla. Charlie and Brodus Davis of Buckhead, Ga., Spur geoh Davis of Haaelwood and Theodore Davis of Zebwlon. Morris Announces Baptist Services & The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pu of Murphy First Baptist urch, announces that his ser mon topic at 11 a. m. Sunday will , be "Jesus Speaks to a Lukewarm Church". Sunday School will be at 9:49 a. m. Training Union will be at 0:30 p. m. and evening worship at 7:30. The pastor's sermon topic will be "Go ... and make disciples". Mae Perry Circle will meet Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. with Mrs. ?amis Deweese. Lottie Moon Cir ri will meet Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. with Mrs. H. C. Pressley, and Fannie Heck Circle will also meet Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. with Mrs. J. L. Baugh. Winters Presents Goals To Board The Rev. Rhett Y. Winters pre sented a brief outline of the goals of Christian education and the needs of adult education to the newly farmed Board of Christian Education (or Muanhy Church of the Messiah at ail% at the last We of the board were for plan education for various age groups In the church. Mr. and Mis. Clair Olsoa will the program for Adult Edu Mr. and Mrs. Myron Jen of plan eon will he In charge of planning youth work In the church. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Warner win plan for children ages ?P and Mr. m Bart Tan Barn will plan for pre r. Winters says the committee already secured Karl Van to tsaeh an adult darn he Sunday. March 2, and win to all adults. hoard of the Wo of Christians of the Church met Tuesday tea house of lln ft an: Mr. J. H. K. A. Marion, Mrs. J. H. McCaU. yrum, Mrs. T. B. Buack an Cast 627 Dry Votes, 293 Wet With more than 200 people ex pectantly waiting In Murphy courthouse last Thursday even ing for the final count of ballots cast In the beer election, the ?jroup spontaneously sang "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow" on hearing thet the drys had won by more than two to one With the first words of the hymn everyone, including the op position, stood, with hats removed, n reverence. With 1.200 eligible residents registered, there were 931 votes cast. Six hundred and twenty-sev ?n voted against the legal sale of >cer, and 293 cast wet votes. Sleven ballots were thrown out due to spoilage. Christian leaders of the commu nity as well as wet forces were in the courthouse throughout the day. During the day there were 17 ordained ministers ""b^^and iround the courthouse lenSng support to the dry forces. The election on legal beer was called by the Town Board after a petition asking for an election, circulated by Fred Johnson, Sr., i former police chief here, was signed by the required number ?>{ registered voters. Christian forces Immediately .vent to work and planned a cam paign to defeat the proposal. They worked through the Cherokee County Allied Church League for the Abolition of Beverage Alcohol and Promotion of Civic Righteous ness. with the Rev. R. Dclbert Byrum as president. Dr. W. A. Hoover, vice-president, and the "v. C. Z. Miner, secretary-treas urer. Johnson was leader of the wet orces, but declined to name mem bers of his committee. Literature was distributed by both sides. Voting In last Thursday's elec :on was favored with unusually rm sunny weather. Murphy, Andrews Girls Win First Tournament Tilts Winner* In the first roi:~.d cl nicy in the annual Smoky Moun sln Conference Basketball Tour nament Tuesday evening were Yurphy, Andrews and Stecoah rlrls and Murphy, NantabaU, Bry -on City and Hiwassee Dam boys. Murphy girls defeated Robblns "le 39 to 37 In the first game of he evening. Louise Hall racked ?p 23 points for Murphy. Andrews boys lost to Nantaha -1th the final score 31 to 25 In he second game. Andrews girls defeated Sylva, 19 to 32. in the third game with T?eien Holloway dropping In 27 points. In the final game of the even -vg Murphy boys knocked off Sylva. 55 to 24. Wednesday Franklin girls de feated Andrews, 27 to 41. Brownlee To Speak At Folk School Dr. Fred L. Brownlee will speak at a special program at John C. Campbell Folk School on file -venlng of February 29. Dr. Brownlee Is a member of the board of directors. The new Tennessee Valley Au thority film, "Land and Life", which has Just been released, will be shown. The narrator Is the same as in "Unto Thaw Hills". The progrsm win end with folk CANDIDATE?I. C, Crawford. 44-yaar old AabovtUa attorney. ?a a Democratic candid A graduate of I IBl cratl< tncuttit ?lty. ft* aarvad a tana aa mayor af ?naoa City and f * 5 Murphy Civitans To Observe Month Of Appreciation Myron Jensen, presiding at the meeting of Murphy Clvitan Club ?londay evening, brought, out the Tact that March is again designat d as "Civitan Appreciation Month," a period set aside each /ear so that all members of Clv itan International may join In showing their appreciation for the opportunity to serve and at -the same time further the program through the expansion of its mem bershlp. . A call will be put out in the text week or so for membership in the Murphy Club. Those who are not contacted and who would ?!ke to join, may Pet In touch with >ome member of 'he club to gel the details of applying for mem bership. says Mr. Jensen. Don Ramsey w?s introduced as new member. He has just been appointed Cherokee County Chairman for the Red Cross Drive and told the club that with he co-operation of everyone the lrlve will be a success this year. C. D. Puett gave the "Civitan J reed". James Hilton was the guest of the club. Walter Puett was in charge of .he program and presented two local high school boys. Gene Jates and Sammy White, in sev eral trombone numbers, accom panied by Mrs. Puett at the piano. Rae Moore, chairman of the projects committee, announced that the club Is sponsoring a car nival May 10-24. ne club is working on several projects at this time and several lew ones will be announced later in as they materialize. Complete 82 Per Cent Of State Road Program More than 4.000 miles of county ?l ads were bardsurfaced In North -rolina last year with funds Irom the >200,000,000 secondary road bond issue. Official year-end figures, releas ed by Highway Chairman Henry 7. Jordan, showed that-the State Highway Commission had com pleted 82 pgr cent of the 12,000 mile secondary paving goal set by Governor Scott when the bond is sue was appro ted. by the voters of North OaroUna ln th erendum. A total of ijm.1 milea of i dary roads wete paved In 18U. bringing the total hard surfaced under the bond psogtaji j 9.U36.5 miles. In the previous err, 4.594.6 miles were paved. The figures do not include pav ng on primary highways or other rrojects not included in the secon lary road program, and do not 'over resurfacing or widening of secondary roads. Chairman Jordan re pored that 3.904.6 miles of county roads had been stabilized under the bond program for ail-weather use. This s 37.41 per cent of the 36,000 nile stabilization goal. Highway offlcals have stated hat, aa the bond paving program near* its end thirf year. Increasing mphasis will be placed on th< stabilization program, which is de signed to help people living on ountry roads that do not carry ?nough traffic to justify paving them. Hogsed Is Yoeman School Graduate Recently graduated from the Naval Yoeman School at the U. 1. Naval Training Center, San Diego, Calif., was William V. Hog wd, yoeman aeasan, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pearlie Hogsed of Murphy. N. C. Hogsed entered the Naval ser ine on July 20. 1050. Before this he attended Murphy High School. Students at the school are trained to perform clerical and -creartlal duties of all kinds at ships and stations. Including typ ing. filing, and general office ork They are aso taught to han dle correspondence, prepare re norts and maintain records and of ficial publications. Three Local Granges Meet Approximately 25 people al ligned themaalves with the Grange en an organxatlon meeting waa held In Marble last Wednesday, according to T. W. Ferguson, spec ial deputy. Another meeting will be held February 28 to complete organisation. Peicntrw Grange alao met Wednesday evening. Miss Dale Sudderth presented the grogram. Organisation plans were made by Hlwaaaee Dam community Thursday evening. In 1M1. total farm waa about two-fifths the li at term labor i DR. M. A. HUGGINS DR. W. K. McGEE Baptists Launching Advance Program "The Baptist Program of Ad-i ?ance", a nine-year program, will te discussed next Tuesday after loon at a meeting in Andrews baptist Church for the Western district. Dr. M. A. Hugglns, executive ccretary of the Baptist State Con -ention; Claude Gaddy, executive secretary of the Baptist Council >n Christian Education; Dr. W." K. McGee, director of religious Edu ation of the Baptist Hospital; and Horace Eason, president of the brotherhood and Wake Forest En argcment director will have a ?art on the program. The advance program was adop ?d by the Baptist State Conven lon at its sessions in Asheviile ??st November. The goals include increased emphasis on stewardship 'trough tithes and offerings, the Cooperative program, a combina on dollar and percentage basis in distribution of convention unds to its various Institutions and 'gnecies, and a unified financial rogram, based Upon the record f the past eleven years and ex ?Mtted growth during the next tine years. The visiting, speakers also wi}l '.tend the opening lehsidn* of the lajxist Seminary Extension Cen t in Murphy Tuesday evening. Byrum Announces Layman's Sunday Sunday will be a special day at irst Methodist Church, says the iastor. the Rev. R. Delbert Byrum. rhroughout Methodism this day ill be observed as Layman's Day "1th laymen participating in the lervices. At the Sunday School hour the Men's Bible Class will unveil a lemorial picture In honor of two 'eceased members. The picture Is lofmann's famous "Jesus and the tich Young Ruler" and is being *iven by the class to the church n memory of Tom Axley and Tom Mauney. Frank Forsyth, president >f the class, will make the pres -ntation. A record attendance is expected for this occasion. At the 11 a. m. service a special ayman's Day program will be iresented. H. Bueck will bring the .ayman's Day message. Others participating on the program will >e: Dale Lee, Mrs. T. A. Case, Irs. J. H. Hampton, and Jamee Chadwlclc. The pastor will speak at the v-ening worship service at 7:30. lis topic will be "A Last Resort". TO SPONSOR BAKR SALS Junior Woman's Club will spon or a bake sale at E. C. Moore's Saturday beginning at 10 a. m. Grange Unit To Be Organized The second meeting for organi zation of the Grange at Hlwassee Da i.i will be held Wednesday, Feb. 27. at 7:30 p. no. at Hlwassee Dam School. James Osborne, principal of Hl wassee Dam School, points out that the keynote of the Grange Is 'Progress" for any community and any group of people, any rur al men and women who are inter ested in progress for their com munity. Mr. Osborne says that Shoal Creek Township is In need of ma ny things, including telephones, better roads and a new school building and can come under the Grange program. Mr. Osborne says, "If the peo ple oi Shoal Creek Township are interested in seeing their commu nity becomelng a bettr place in which to live, now is an excellent time to express your desire in the organisation of a group of rural men and women who will work ogether to bring about the things that are needed." SPC. Hampton Is ROTC Instructor Sgt First Class Roane H. Hampton, son of Mr. John Hamp ton and the late Mrs. Emma Hampton of Murphy, Route 2. a veteran of 12 months' Korean ser vice. has been assigned as ROTC <nstructor at McNeese State Col lege. La. Sgt. Hampton has more than 12 years' service to his credit. He served in the South Pacific dur ing World War 11 with the field artillery. His Korean service was with the B2nd Armored Field Ar ' tilery battalion. IX coqps. Eighth army. His decorations include the Asi atic-Pacific medal with two bat !e stars, the Korean medal with three campaign stars, and the "residential Unit citation. Sgt and Mrs. Hampton live in West Lake, La. TO ATTEND INSTITUTE Rev. and Mrs. R. Delbert By rum will participate in the Waynesvllle District Mid-Year In stitute for young people at Bre vard College on February 22-24.' Young people attending the In stitute from Murphy are: H. C. Bueck, Bobby Hembree, and Harry Mattox. Singleton's Committee Receiving Advance Gifts The Ame.Hoan Red Croat 19.1I raid campitUi of the Cherokee Ce.nty chapter Is getting under ????y this week with the odvmnee ji'ts commH'ti beginning Its work. W. A. Singleton, chairman -,i this cdmmit'i". announces that the followtn t are serving with m to rece'v ? the advance gifts Or. W. A .lloaver Frank Fop ;v?h. Roeeoe Wilk'n.?, C. R. Freed, ttrl Van Horn, Myron Jensen. Joe lay, H. Bueck. Harry Bishop. R. V. Easley. Jr.. Id Brumby, Loren Davis, H. K. Dickey, K. K. Stiles, Mden Coward. J. N. BoUng. J. W. Davidson, Dr. J. W. Dyer, Jim cd Hughes, Clyde Oladsen, Ben Rarsdale, S. N. Boho. Cloe Moore, W. Franklin, and D. V. Carrtng er. Donald Ramsey, chairman Of the other committees have been app ointed and are practically olete Announcement of """ he made at a later data. The i tee's quota this year la the Ouch! World Prayer Day Is On February 29 Townson, Evans Buy $5,000 Bull September 17 liu been chosen as the date for the Hereford Cat tle Sale to be sponsored by Town son Hereford Farm and Evans Hereford Farm. Clifford Ray has been named by W. D. Townson and Tom Evans, owners of the farms, as manager of the sale. Mr Townson and Mr. Evans re-. cently purchased from J. F. Good- j nite of Sard Is. Miss., a seven nonth-old calf at a cost of (5,000 o improve breeding stock in Wes tern North Carolina. This calf was Ired by M. W. Larry Domino 100th. a three-quarter brother to \t. W. Larry Domino 107th that broke the World's record by sell ing for (160,000. This is the high est price for which any beef anl nal has ever sold. Although this calf will not be sold in the Sept. 17 sale, his breeding will be cons pi clous, as several of the heifers offered will be bred to him, by sa'e date Also many of the heifers offered for ;dte will be bred lo M. W. Larry Domino 100tv the sire of this calf md a brother 11 thp champ'on. M. W. Larrv Domino 107th. ? The World Day of Prayer, sponsored by the * United Church Women. National Council of the Churches of Christ In the U. 8. A., will be observed In Murphy Fri day, February 29. at First Meth odist Church. The pastor, the Rev. R. Delbert By rum, says. "The planning com mittee hopes that many people In the town?men and women, children and young people?will enter the church for private pray -r and meditation at some time between the hours of 8 a. m. and 10 p. m " There will be no program meet ing. but printed copies of the "Call to Prayer" will be provided each person who enters to pray. The organ will be played part of the time, and the chimes will be played at Intervals. A money offering may be left In the vestibule to help support the mission projects of the -United Church Women. The World Day of Prayer is ob served in 104 countries around the world. Last year In the U. S. A. the day was observed In 17,000 communities with an offering of 8200,000. Mrs. R. Delbert Byrum 1s chair man of the local planning com rr'ttee and is being assisted by a large number of women repres enting the various churches in Murphy. Walter Carringer Sings In "Messiah Walter Carrlnger of New York City, son, of Mrs. Ruth Carrlnger of Murphy, recently has sung as soloist in Town Hall four times, twice with the famous Collegiate Chorale, and once in Carnegie Hall as soloist with the Robert Shaw Chorale, which on the last tour sang in 46 states and Canada. On this tour Mr. Carrlnger was soloist in the "Mozart Requiem", which he performed 73 times. He also did the solos in a recording to be.released next fall. A for the next Chorale tour, Feb. 27-Mar. 26, the group will perform Beethoven's "Ninth Sym phony" under the direction of Arturo Toscanim, conductor of the NBC Symphony, March 29. The Chorale also will record the "Ninth Symphony". Mr. Carrlnger will sing in two performances of the "Messiah" and one of "St. Matthew Passion" by Bach, in which he will sing the role of the Evangelist, in Lin dsborg, Kansas, in April. While in Llndsborg, he wi'l give a recital at Bethany Cn'lego Oratorto Fes tival. He expects to be in North Car olina most of next year, when he will sing with the Grass Roots Opera 11 Mulkey Begins Lecture Series Harve Mulkey of Andrews, be-, gan a series of lectures to Chero kee Lodge, No. 146, A. F. and A. \1., here at the Lodge Hall Mon- < lay night. Lectures were given Monday. Tueaday, Thursday and' Friday thif week. Next week they, will be on Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday and Friday. Thursday night Murphy Chap ter No. 10, Order of the Eastern Star, will hold its regular meet-! tng when the District Deputy Grand Matron, Mrs. Hassle But-! ler, and District Deputy Grand i Patron. Dillle Lunsford, of An drews win pay their official vis its. There wlU also be an initia tion. Services Held For Mrs. Dockery Funeral services for Mr*. Roxle Cleo Dockery, N, who died at bar, home. Murphy, Route 2. Thuru-' day, were held Saturday at 11 a.: ra. In Pine Log Baptist Church, i with the Rev. Wayne Crisp offld-; stlnf. Burial was In the church reme-! tfry with I vie Funeral Home In charge. Surviving are the husband. Ho- ? mer Dockery; four sons. Jack, Frank, Howard and Jerry, all of, 'he home; three daughters, Mrs. Bertha Loudermllk, Mrs. Pauline Beavers and Miss Belle Dockery.? all of Route S. Murphy, in the! Bellview section. IS ON PRODUCTION STAFF William H. For. BUirsvtlle sei tor. U a member of the production staff for the sixth annual Beauty; Revue at Georgia Teachers Col-1 Friday night. I WALTER CARRINGKK Kindergarten Opened In Andrews Happy Hilltop Kindergarden opened in Andrew* recently at the home of Mr*. Edwin Bristol, teacher. * Those enrolled are: Chuck Van Gorder, Johnny Gernert, Linda Hamilton, Barbara Ann Katzaman, Don Hamilton, Joyce Lynn Mul key, Scotty Calhoun, Jimmy Sha ver, Mary Louise Cooper, Chipper Heaton, Joy Bristol and Gregg Payne. Stiles Announces Republican Meet B. K Stiles, chairman of the Re publican Executive CmboMm lor Cherokee County, onnourn a railed meeting of Republicans from all precincts at Murphy Courthouse Thursday, March ? at 7:90 p. m. This lug to called as the vCotlon for the purpose of elect In* delegate* to the and State Cone ty and for the a tin* candidates for the er election for county ?hip officers, ae well at to other business which may errlry come before the convention. Benefit Dinner Andrews Psrent-Teschen' As sociates is sponsoring a dinner at the school h Tuesday from M p. a will be used te provide hothmefc ^Mnt wSS^^C^reheSawTuf U la of e;
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