North Carolina Newspapers

w m Give A Pint Help Conquer Cancer ? ? On April 22 I. c. VOLUME 62?MMBER 40 tllKPtf Y NOR IH CARUI ISA THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1052 TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK Postmasters Hear M. H. Ackerman Praise Work Of Postal Employees Inspector In Charge M. H. Ack erman of Atlanta was the princi- ' pal speaker at the Spring meet- ' ing of the North Carolina 12th District, National Association of Postmasters, held at Murphy Re- ' gal Hotel, Friday night. The 12th District includes all | post offices west of Buncombe ; County including Transylvania and Henderson Counties. Joe Ray, Murphy postmaster, as host, presented a varied and en tertaining program. The Rev. A1 Smith gave the de votion. During the dinner music was furnished by pianist, Glenn Ellis. Mr. Ray began introductions that carried around the dining room until all guests had been in troduced. H. Bueck, Supt. of Murphy Schools, gave a welcoming ad dress in which he stated that mem bers of the postal service, unher alded and unsung, had done more to advance the progress of this country than perhaps any other one group He praised the integri ty and devotion to duty evidenced by the postmasters and hy the car riers and other members of the postal department. He expressed appreciation for the privilege of welcoming the postmasters to Murphy. A response on behalf of the guests was made by Mrs. Marion Current of Liecester. Gene Bates of Murphy present ed a trombone solo, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Glenn Bates. Kenneth Brown, Inspector of Asheville, was Master of Ceremo nies Mr. Brown introduced Col J. H. Howell, postmaster of Waynes ville. whom he referred to es the (Continued on Page 4) Time Extended For Entries In Amateur Show A talent show and amateur night on May 2, Murphy School Auditorium at 8:00 p. m., is to be en? of the hlglights in the observ- j pnee of'National Home Demonstra tion Week. Talent will be featured representing three groups: Home Demonstration, 4-H. and invited tal?nt. More definite details will j be plblished later. Deadline for? submitting entry blank has been extended to Monday, April 21. t Club members, both 4-H and Home Demonstration, may secure an entry blank from the County 1 Recreational Chairman, Mrs. Lu-' clus Lochaby, or from the Home Agents' office. Other features in observance of National Home Demonstration Week as planned by the County , H. D. Executive board Include: a special page in The Cherokee . Scout and The Andrews Journal, I a window display to be arranged by the Cheroke County Crafters and a letter writing contest on "Why I Like My Home Demon stration Club". Miss Rose E. Bryan To Demonstrate Brining Pickles Miss Rose Ellwood Bryan, Ex tension Specialist in Food Conser-j vation and Marketing. N. C. State : College, Raleigh, will be featured 1 in a demonstration on brining pickles at the Presbyterian Church on Monday, April 21, at 1:S0 p. m. The Cherokee County Home Demonstration Council sponsors Miss Bryan's demonstration, es pecially designed to train Home Demonstration leaders in the art of making pickles. However, any one desiring more information on this interesting phase of food con servation is Invited to spend a pleasant and profitable two hours with Home Demonstration mem Assoriatkmal W. i. U. Meets 28th Mrs. Elmer Chllders of Nanta bala announces that the annual W. N. C. Asasdatlonal Baptist W. M. U. meeting will be held on Mon day. April 2*. at Traett Memor ial Baptist Church. Hayeaville Miss Grace Weill, missionary to China and HtweU, and Ifloa Ruth Presents, executive secretary of the State W. M. U, will ha guest The program will open on day at 1ft a. rn.and will adjoure I ft p. m. The "The Power of Jeeus' A full program will DR. JOHN O. GROSS To Be Methodist Hour Speaker Dr. John Owen Gross, Executive. Secretary, Division of Educational Institutions of the Board of Edu cation of The Methodist Church, Nashville, Tenn, Is the guest speaker on the Methodist Series of the Protestant Hour Sunday April 20. Dr. Gross' sermon subject will be "Maturity Through Christ" and the Fellowship Choir presents a medley of old time Methodist Hymns Including Charles Wesley's "Jesus, Lover of My Soul." Recognised as an outstanding educational leader of the Metho dist Church, Dr. John Owen Gross has received honorary de frees from Ashbury College, Un ion College. Mt Union College. Florida Southern College, Ken tucky Wesleyan College, Boston University. Morningside College, and the University of Chattanooga. He is a native of Kentucky and K?s long been one of the Annual Conference delegates to General and Jurisdictional Conferences. As one at the executive secretaries of 'he Board of Education Dr. Gross is charged with the supervision ?nd promotion of the educational program of Methodism through its colleges and universities. The Protestant Hour is heard nsrh Sunday over radio station WSB at 8:30 a. m. Church League Hears Putnam, Organizes 59 Children Are Examined At Pre-School Clinic A. pre-schoo' clinic, sponsored by the PTA. was held Monday in "'ix-phy primary school auditor ium. Fifty-nine children who will enter school in the fall were giv r- physical examinations and im munization by Dr. tf. E. Dolan, l1' rict Health officer, assisted by ' "iss Willie Lovingood. district health nurse. Miss Clara Mc Combs. chairman of the summer round-up, Mrs. Claire Olson, su pervisor, and high school girls. WNCAC Meets In Asheville 22nd Civic leaders and their wives of Cherokee County are Invited to at tend the quarterly meeting of Western North Carolina Associat ed Communities to be held at the Battery Park Hotel, Asheville, or Tuesday, April 22. The meeting will begin with a "dutch" luncheon at 12:30, with the business session to follow Im mediately, according to,Dr. Paul Reld. president of the 11-county group. Tourist business for IB32. and specific action on bills now pend ing before congress which would affect national forests and the Blue Ridge Parkway will be on the afternoon agenda, according to President Reld. Sims Represents Baptist Church Ray Sims was sent by Murphy First Baptist Church as a del egate from W. K C. Baptist As sociation to R. A. Congress which met in Charlotte April 4 and 9. He gave a resume of his trip at Wednesday night prayer meeting. He wet the only one this side of Cherokee to attend the meeting. There were two ? The Cherokee County Unit of the Allied Church League com pleted its organization at a meet ing held Monday evening in the courthouse. Members also heard an address on Socialism and Com munism by Robt. J. Putnam of ! Canton. The Re'-. R. Delbert By rum is president; Dr. W. A. Hoo | ver. vice-president; and the Rev. C. Z Miner, secretary-treasurer. The following committees were elected: Legislative: Chairman, Rev. C. A. Smith. Murphy: Pearlie Math e-on, Andrews; M;.? Addie Mae Cooke. Murphy; Fred Martin. Unaka; Joe Myers, Route 1, Mur phy. Educational: Chairman. Charles Freziar. Andrews; R. L. Keenum, ? Suit; Mrs R. H. Foard, Murphy: Mrs. Lloyd Hendrix, Route 1, ! Murphy Law Enforcement: Chairman, ! P-v. J. A. Richardson. Andrews; ' Neil Sneed, Murphy; Wayne Ab 1 crnathy, Route 3, Murphy. R-habilltation: Chairman. Mrs. Johnsie Nunn, Murphy; Mrs. Tom j Gibson. Hiwassee Dam; E. H. j Brumby, Murphy. You'h Division: Chairman. Rev. j A G. Brooks, Andrews; Miss Vel , ma Umphfres. Murphy; Miss Eu 1 nice Shields, Murphy. Prayers were offered, by the I Rev. Rhett Winters, the Rev. R. II ' Delbert Byrum, who presided; and Mr Putnam. Plans for organizing six counties of Western North Car olina were announced by the Rev. J. Alton Morris, who is district chairman of the Allied Church League of the State. Mr. Putnam stated that there is a r'nlater plot under way by god less and unscrupulous people to control the minds of the people of this country and take over the ?-orld. He discussed Socialist!} and Communism in the world today and how It affects this country, and pointed out the superiority of the American Way of Life. Tell ing how the enemy is seeking to destroy the fundamentals of life In America, be said that people must get right with God Indivi dually in order to preserve this way of lite. "Shall we have the freedom road or slavery?" he con cluded. W. A. Singleton made ? builnen trip to AahariUe Friday Murphy Library To Celebrate 30th Anniversary Irvin Green To Direct Recreation Irvin Green of Concord will re turn to Murphy this summer to act as recreational director, spon sored by business men in Murphy. Hay Sims will assist Mr. Green. Mr. Green is teaching in O'Dell High School at Concord. He will teach in the Murphy schools next year. Mr and Mrs. Green spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sims. Contributions To Red Cross Reach $1,245.70 Donations to the American Red Cross climbed to $1,245.70 during the past week, according to Don Ramsey, campaign chairman for Cherokee County, an increase of $66.60 since last week. The county's quota is $2,118. Mr. Ramsey again urges commit tees to turn in reports as soon as possible, and he urges all workers to increase their efforts in order that the campaign might be fin ished on time. Morris Announces Baptist Services Prepare to Meet Thy God" will I be the Rev. J. Alton Morris" ser mon topic Sunday morning at 11 J a m. at Murphy First Baptist , Church. Sunday School will be at 9:45. Training Union will begin at i 7:30 p. m and will be followed by ?b?> pvening service when the Tru ett-McConnell Choir will give a concert. At the Wednesday hour of pow ?r services the youth of the church will be in eharge. Thursday the Junior R. A.'s will meet with Don Peacock at 3:15 p. m. For Youth and Intermediate Sunday the Rev. Julian Snyder "?ill speak at the m orning wor ship service and Miss Grace Wells at the evening service. SING HERE?Pictured above are members of the Truett-McConnell Choir of Truett-McConnell Junior College, Cleveland, Ga., who will give a con cert at Murphy First Baptist Church Sunday even ing at 7:55. They are, first row, left to right, Erao gene Carringer, Betty McGraw, Lonez Adams, Re becca Hardman. Jeanette Moore, Louise Reed, Jim mie Ann Hutto; second row, Don Phleger, Cecil Jackson, Peggy Baugh, Esther Beard, Evelyn Snell Ings, Bonnie Compton, Ruth Locke, David Harris, Jose Mendez; third row, Oscar Gardner, Charles Godwin. Neal Hubbard, Bill Maxwell, Bob Abies, Lowell Alexander, James Jackson and Bill Gatlin. Truett-McConnell Choir To Present Musical Play The 40-member choir of Truett-1 McConnell Junior College, Cleve land. Ga , will present a playlet Sunday at 8 p. m. in First Baptist Church, Murphy. The title of this musical playlet is "Behold, The Master Speaks." It was written by Miss Lounell Mullis and Mis Charlotte Sheets, instructors at Truett-McConnell. This playlet is a story of the lives of Dr. George W Truett and Dr. Ferd C. McConnell for whofn the school is named, and yet the story s a living inspiration to everyone 'oday. In the story y<^u will learn some of the secrets of Dr. Truett end Dr. McConnell's great lives to^d both in story and in music. The playlet takes place in the Bap. 1st Student Center at Truett McConnell where Neal Gutner. a student, is discussing with Miss Mullis. a teacher, the portraits of Dr. Truett and Dr. McConnell and how they have inspired him for greater Christian Service. Throughout the story there are inspirational songs sung by spec 'M .groups and by the entire cho rus The audience will hear Jose Mendez, a Mexican student sing, a girls' octetet number, and climax ing the musical story will be the mi' ed chorus singing Fred War ing's "Onward Christian Soldiers". Six Registrants Are Inducted S'. rtgis.i" nts were forwarded tor induction from Cherokee County Monday. They were: Er ? nest Decker, J. V. Pace, Lynn 1 Gord-r .V.'cods. Billy Eugene Col 1 '"tt. Marvin Ross Rogers and J. C. Medfprd. I Also, twelve registrants were I forwarded for physical examina [ tion Monday. Sets Murphy Blood Goal At 125 Pints Missionary Speaks To Free Methodists The Rev. Louis E. I-athem of the Radio Missionary Hour will speak a! the Free Methodist Church Sun day at 11 a m. He is sponsored by an inter-denominational mission ary society. A sound and color film, one hour long. "The Cry of the Ori ent", portraying conditions of In dia. Formosa and Japan will be shown at 7:30 p. m. Sunday. Sunday School will be at 10 a. m. Prayer meeting will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. Byrum Announces Church Services The Rev. R. Delbert Byrum's topic Sunday at 11 a. m. at Mur phy First Methodist Church will be "The Magnetic Christ". ' Sunday School will be at 0-45. a. m Evening worship will be at 7-30 p. m. The pastor's topic is "The Necessity of Prayer". Bloodmobile To Be Here Tuesday J. L. Savage, chairman of the | Cherokee County blood program, j ? ays that he hopes Murphy and i!l 1 icinity will give as much as 125 pints of blood when the Red Cross j bloodmobile makes its visit here Tuesday. 1 The canteen will be open in "Murphy First Baptist Church base ment from 12:30?6 p. m. Officials point out that Red ^ross blood is available to anyone from Cherokee County at a hos-' ; pita! in any section erf the coun i ry. if it is made known that the person is from a blood program participating chapter. Some of the blood will go to ; fighting men. When th? bloodmobile made its visit in January residents of Mur phy and vicinity gave 98 pints of : Vic 1. Members of the Civitan. Lions. I Regal and Junior Woman's Clubs | ere recruiting donors and will ie'-> while the bloodmobile is' here. SINGS IN COPPERHILL Vi=s Velma L'mphfres, acrom j pani .-d by Mrs. Catherine Cortel i you Place, sang for Copperhill ' Lions Club in Copperhill, Tenn, Tuesday evening. Training Unions To Convene April 25-26 In Sylva Church Hundreds of Baptist Training Union members from six counties will assembly in Sylva Baptist Church on Friday and Saturday, April 25-26, for the annual Re gional convention. Ray Wright of Bryson City, regional director, will preside at the opening session. The convention will open at 2:55 Friday p. m.. when the Rev. Les ter Stowc of Hiwassee Dam will lead "the devotional. The Rev. C. M. Warren of Sylva will extend the welcome, following which con ferences will be held for a|l de partments. After a business ses sion. Mrs. Clay Rogers of Hayes villc will conduct the adult scrip ture rending tournament, and the Macon association will give special music. At the close of the after noon program, the Rev C. M. Warren ?U1 direct aiatgnment to homes. Everette White of Franklin, as sociate director, will preside over the Friday evening program which opens at 7:00 while worship per iod conducted by the Rev. John Corbltt of Highlands. Miss Addle Mae Cooke of Murphy will con duct the young people's better speakers tournament. Summer op portunities for training will be dis cussed, and a Bryson City quartet will give special music. The Rev. J. Alton Morris of Murphy will bring the message on. "When Christ Speaks", and Mrs. Tom Clayton will sing. Mrs. M. T. An ders will be in charge of the hymn festival, in which the youth choirs of Murphy and Andrews and per haps others will participate. An drews choir will then shut the benediction, "Have Tea Read Cod's Word Today". The Rev. J. G. Miller of Bry- j -on City, pastor advisor, will pre side at the Saturday morning ses sion which opens at 9:25 with a worship period conducted by Miss Doris Raxter of Andrews. Miss Dorothy Edwards of Bryson City will conduct the Junior memory work tournament, and the Train ing Program for 1952 will he pre sented. Mrs. Carl West of An drews will conduct the interme diate sword drill. Reports of com mittee and election of officers will take place, following which Mr. Miller will Install new officers. ' Miss Velma Umphfres of Murphy will sing, and the dedication mes sage o n, "Wait?Receive?Go" will be delivered by the Rev. L. Soirelis of Franklin. The benedic tion wiH be by the Rev. Joe L. Orr of Robbinsvtlle. (Jpen House lo Be Held On Tuesday Murphy Carnegie Library will celebrate its 30th anniversary next eek. Open house wHLll be held on Tuesday from 7 to 10 p. m. At S o. m. the two short films, "Not By Books Alone" and "In the Name of Freedom" will be shown. Miss Josephine Heigh way, librarian in vites the public to visit the library throughout the week ard see the various exhibits especially plann ed for the anniversary celebra tion. Miss Heighway, who his been 'brarian since 19553. give? the fol lowing summary of library activ ities through the years: "In April 30 ye.i.-j ago the Mur phy Carnegie Library opened its doors to try to bring people and books together A lew jears before litis an interested group of women, the Murphy Woman's Club, and the town officials envisioned li brary service for our town. They contacted the Andrews Carnegie Foundation, whioli agreed to give $7,300 to build a library if the town would provide a site and sup port the library. For this the to Wit paid $2,000. "In order to open the library in 1922, the mayor, Don Withers spoon, gave his salary to pay a librarian. Miss Mary Norvall was the first librarian. The first trust ees were: M. W. Bell, chairman, C. M. Sneed, J. B. Story, Mrs. G. W. Candler, Mrs. J. H. Dillard, and Mrs. L. Kimsey. "With the coming of T. V. A. to our midst in 1987, they wanted library service for their employ ees, so a contract was drawn up between T. V. A. and the library to provide this service. Thrtfiigh the efforts of many interested peo ple, Cherokee County voted a li brary tax in 1040. "The Nantahala Regional TxlJjra ry consisting of three counties is the outgrowth of the contract be tween Murphy Library and T. V. A. Its headquarters are in Mur phy Library. "The city fathers have certainty contributed to making the library more attractive. "However, with the progress that has been made, considering the growth of our town we an not satisfied with the service we are rendering. Many books wear out each year, so we need more books and want to give better ser vice "Our memorial book collection started in 1945, the first on_> be ing given by Mr. C. M Wafford. This is a source of pride, as we have some lovely editions that we w ould not be able to purchase with our small book fund. We also have a memorial fund started, anfe this will go for reference books: on equipment" Youth Take Over Baptist Services The youth will take over in Mur phy First Baptist Church AprW 20 through April 27 and will con duct all services. Ray Sims wIH act as pastor. Deacons are: Gordon Bates, Sammy White, Billy Adams, Son ny Gillespie and Tommy Gentry. Those acting as ushers are: Eh gene Dockery, Roy Stiles. Bijly Ramsey, Bob Boling. Roger Baugh, Franklin Mulkey, Harry Burgen and Billy Thompson. Bob Boling will be Sunday School Superintendent, and vnll be assisted by Harry Lovingood. Department superintendents are: Intermediate, Jo Garett: Adults. Joanne Adams: Youne People, Jimmie Davis; Juniors, Doris Pw mer; Primary, Ann Shie' is. Be ginners, Evelyn Radford. Shirley Bates will be W. M. U. president, Sally Morris ' will act as educational secretary and Gleo i dt Ivie will be T. U. director Rrrhsra Rhoads will be Junior No 2 Training Union Sponsor, Billy Jane Rush will be Junior No. I Training Union Sponsor, and Rrsaland Stalcup will be story hour leader and pianist. Special music will be amngAl by Miss Velma Umphfres, educa tional director. Those who wiD play horns are: Sammy White, Tommy Gentry and Gordon Bates. Democrats Make Campaign Plans The Democratic party met at Duke's Lodge on Tuesday (Ma ine and made plans for their cam paign for the coming 1hwn elec tion Refreshments were wni< by the ladies. Plans were also made for their next meeting, an lea cream sap per. to be held on Friday April 25. at 7:80 p. m. at ~ School lunch room. AO n of the party are urged to be ent, says L. L. H. A. to his Illness