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VOLUME 62?NUMBER 44 MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MAY IS. 1952 ,\- TWELVE PAGES THIS Wt-fc*
HONOR STUDENT?Miss Mil
dred Roberson, who is valedicto
rian at Hiwassee Dam School ,is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Koberson of Oak Park.
STUDENT SPEAKER?Mrs.
Geraldine Allen Sanders, saluta
tuiian at Hiwassee Dam School, Is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.
N. Allen, Turtletown, Tenn, Route
I.
CLASS LEADER ? Castile
Floyd, senior class president at
Hiwassee Dam School, is the son
oi Mr. and Mrs. John Floyd, Hi
wassee Dam.
Andrews Graduates
To Hear W.E. Hall
ine nev. wiuiam r,. nan, pas-'
tor of St. Andrews Lutheran
Church, Andrews, will deliver the
Baccalaurate sermon to the An
drews High School class of 1952
Sunday at 7:30 p. m. at the high
school auditorium.
The invitation will be given by
the Rev. E L. Kirk, pastor of An
drews Methodist Church.
Special music will be presented
by the high school glee club un
der the direction of Mrs. H. A.
Van Gorder.
The benediction will be given by
the Rev. J. C. Neville, pastor of
the Andrews Presbyterian Church.
Graduation exercises will be
held Thursday at the high school
auditorium at 7:30 p. m.
Elementary nnai exercises will
be held Friday morning.
Miss Peggy Bangh
Is Elected To
College Offices
Miss Peggy Baugti. a third
quarter freshman at Truett-McCon
nell Junior College. Cleveland.
Georgia," has been elected to serve
as program chairman of the Fu
ture Teachers of America Associa
tion and secretary of the Student
Government for the next school
session.
During the past year, she has
served as secretary and treasurer
of the Training Union; secretary
and treasurer of the Freshman
Class; and adviser of the "Ganne
taha", the year book. She is also
a member of the Young Woman's
Auxiliary and the college Sunday
School.
Miss Baugh is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Baugh of
Murphy.
L.W. Shields,
Teacher, Retires
L. W. Shields of Murphy is re
tiring from the teaching profes
sion after 34 years of service. Mr
Shields began teaching back in
1916 when a one-teacher school
was "the newest thing out". He
had an enrollment of 65 students
which included seven grades. He
has seen the North Caroline, school
system grow from the one-teacher
school to the modern consolidated
system we have today.
Mr. Shields plans to devote his
time to the operation of the Arbor
Autel of which he is owner and
manager.
Mrs. Weimar Jones
To Represent PTA
This 11-county P. T. A. district
has beea honored in having its
district director chosen as one of
14 delegates to represent North
Carolina at the watt?1 P. T. A.
convention next week, it has been
learned here. The director, Mrs.
Weimar Jonas, at Franklin. will
leave Saturday for the convention.
Which will be held in Indianapo
lis, tod, May 18-21.
Town Officials
Take Oaths Of
Office Thursday
L. L. Mason, Jr., elected mayor
tf Murphy In the May 6 election,
took his oath of office and assum
ed duties Thursday night along
with six council members: Robert
M. White. Harry E. Bishop. Lonzo
V\. Shields. Cloe Moore. Robert
Fasley. Jr.. and J. Newt Boling.
All were elected on the Demo
cratic ticket. *
Rev. C. Z. Miner
Resigns Pastorate
The Rev. C. X. Miner, pastor of
Murphy Free Methodist Church, ds
resigning idue to ill health The i
Miners will leave Thursday morn
ing for St Petersburg. Fla., where
Mr. Miner will take an indefi
nite rest.
They were visited this week by
their son. William C. Miner, of St.
Petersburg. Fla.
Mr. Miner was secretary-treas
urer of the Cherokee County Unit
of the Allied Church League. ? <
The Rev. L. E. Latham, former
Free Methodist Minister here, will
preach Sunday evening.
I
Attend Baptist
Convention
Among those from this county
attending the Southern Baptist
Convention in Miami, Fia., this
week are: the Rev. and Mrs. A.
G. Brooks, the Rev. Floyd B.
Clark, Miss Velma Umphfres,
Miss Faye Boling, Miss Eloise Da
vis. the Rev. and Mrs. J. Alton
Morris and children, Sally and
John, the Rev. and Mrs. J. A.
R'chardson. Lee Pullium and Mrs.
James Glenn.
Byrum Announces
Church Services
The Rev. R. Delbert Byrum, pas
tor of Murphy First Methodist
Church, announces that his even-1
ing worship sermon at 8 o'clock1
will be on "Nobody Cared". There
will be no morning service.
A service will be held Wednes
day at. 8 p. m.
Present Play
The eighth grade of Ranger
School presented "Tom Sawyer",
a play, under the direction of Mrs.
Mamllee Henry, eighth grade
teacher, May 1.
The proceed* will be used to
pay for a shipment of soup bowls
for tbe school cafeteria. The en
tire class helped produce the play
by bringing various properties.
CAMPAIGN MANAGES
Robert M. White of Murphy will
handle Hubert E. OUver'a cam
paign for Governor ill Cherokee
County, State Campaign Manager
R. E. Earp announced recently. i
Hiawassee Dam
To Begin Finals
With Recital
The series of public programs
which marks the year's end at Hi
wassee Dam School begins with a
recital of the music pupils of Mrs.
Margaret M. Akin Friday evening.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered by the Rev. H. Les
ter Stowe in the school auditorium
Sunday at 8 p. m.
Eighth grade promotion exerci
ses will be given Tuesday at 10 a.
m. in the school auditorium with
R. L. Kaenum in charge. Senior
graduation exercises will take
place Tuesday at 8 p. m. in the
school auditorium.
Speakers for the senior class
are: Miss Mildred Roberson, vale
dictorian. Mrs. Geraldine Allen
Sanders, salutatorian, and Castile
Floyd, class president.
Citizenship awards will be made
as a result of a citizenship elec
tion in the high school to Miss
Irene Robersori, ninth grade,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Roberson and to Loy Williamson,
eleventh grade, son of Mr. and
Mr3. A. A. Williamson of Oak
Park.
Hold Funeral For
Sfc. Ray Stiles,
Korean Veteran
Sgt. First Class Ray Stiles of
Letitia died in an Army hospital
at Hot Springs. Ark., Friday.
He enlisted in the Army, No
vember 24, 19SO, at Fort Jackson,
S. C? and went overseas in March,
1951.
He was attached to the Second
Chemical Mortar Battalion, spend
11 months In Korea. He returned
home in March this year and spent
t 30-day leave and then went to
Ft. Jackson. He became ill and
was sent on April 21 to the Hot
Springs hospital.
''he body arrived in Murphy
Sunday and funeral services were
held Monday at 2 p. m. in Oak
Grove Baptist Church. The Rev.
Fred Stiles and the Rev. Thomas
Truett officiated. Burial was in
the church cemetery with military
honors.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Stiles; three bro
thers, Troy, Gordon and J. L.
Stiles: two sisters, Eureka and
Eulala, all of the home.
Townson Funeral Home was in
charge.
Unaka Community
Votes To Enter
Rural Contest
At a community gathering on
May S the Unaka Community of
Cherokee County voted to enter
the 1952 rural community devel
opment contest in western North
Carolina.
A community boundry line was
agreed upon, and a determination
tc get the community graveyard
cleaned up before Memorial Day
was voiced and approved by every
one. A committee was also ap
pointed to soUclt additional funds
for equipping the school lunch
room.
Eighth Grade At
Peachtree To Have
Finals Friday
The eighth grade commence
ment exercises of Peachtree
School will take place Friday at
8 p. m. in the school auditorium.
Members of the class will partici
pate and certificates will be pre
sented by Supt. Clarence Hendrix.
A special feature of tthe program
will be a commencement talk by
the Rev. Robert Barker.
Prior to the eighth grade finals
Mrs. J. C. Howse will present her
music pupils in a short recital, af
ter which the seventh grade will
give a one-act play "Tom Saw
yer Wins Out" by Pauline Phelps
Friends and patrons of the
school are invited.
Murphy Is Second
At Cullowhee
Field Day Events
Murphy High School placed sec
ond with 221 points in the sixth
annual High School Literary and
Athletic Field Day at Western
Carolina Teachers College, Cullo
whee, recently. Franklin won first
place.
Divisions of events and Murphy
winners are as follows: Fine arts:
water color, Ann Dockery, first 3:
oil paint. Coy Hunsucker, second
2: poster design. Sue Ferguson,
first 3, Wanda Wilfong, second 2,
Annette Strange, third 1; sculp
tering, Cecil Hughes, first 3; 11-1
noleum block. Wanda Wilfong. j
second 2, Arlene Burns, third 1; ?
pastels, Ann Shields, second 2. |
Indus trial arts: mechanical |
drawing. Noah Johnson, first 3;!
metal work, Bradford Cantrell, |
third 1.
Handicraft: metal, Carlene Kil
patrick, second 2; leather, Chris
tine Elliott, first 3, Bob Boling,
third 1; iflbd^T' building,"):> H. C.
Bueck, second 2, Frederick Rob
inson. third 1; weaving, Helen
Estes. first 3, Martha Hill, third
I: wood carving. Ed Gibbs. third
1; pottery, Homer Raper. third 1.
Home Economics: Appearance,
first year, school dress, Emma
Jean Shields, third l; second year,
rayon gabardine suit, Lucille Hall,
second 2, third year, evening
dress, Helen Estes, first 3; work
man ship, third year, evening
dress, Helen Estes, first 3.
Written tests: business educa
tion, Stenography, Alma Stiles,
second 4, typing, Maxine Kilpat
rick, third 2; bookkeeping, Helen
Haney. first 6.
English literature: Mary Helen
Hatchet, second 4; mechanics, Sue
Ferguson, third 2.
History: civics, Barbara Led
ford, second 4; American History,
Christine Elliott, first 6; work
book. Christine Elliott, third 2.
Languages: Latin, reading, Jean
ne Elliott, first 6. grammar, Sus
ie Miller, third 2
Science: chemistry. Bill Hens
ley, second 4 individual exhibits,
Nina Hampton, third 2, class ex
I hibits. third 4.
?viusic: instrumental solos, car
ol \n Rich, first 6, bass viol, Ger
aldine Ruth Smith, first trumpet,
Yvonne Monteith, second, bari
tone, George Hall, first 6, trom
bone, Gene Bates, first, oboe, Su
sie Miller, second, alto sax., Mil
dred Taylor, first, tenor sax.,
Jeanette Kilpatrick, second, piano,
Shirley Bates, third; instrumental
ensembles: piano duet, first 6,
brass trio, second 5, horn quarte
tte, first 7, flute quartette, sec
ond S, brass quartette, third 3,
saxaphone quartette, third 3,
trombone quartette, second 5,
woodwind quintette, second 3,
brass sextette .third 3; bands, I
third 3; vocal solos: alto, Jerry I
Ruth Smith, first 5, girls trio,
third 3, girls quartet, first 7, girls
glee club, second 5.
Sports: 30 yard dash and stand
ing broad jump, Louise Hall, first
t'lace; girls relay swimming team,
Sally Morris and Carolyn Alexan
der, third place; football kick, Ed
die Joe Elliott, first place; 100
yard dash, James Arrowood, third
olace; football throw, Eugene
Dockery, third place; boy's relay
fwimming team, Gene Betes, Sam
my White, Elmer Taylor, Randall
Odom, third place.
Clean-lip?. ek May 19-24
Is Sponsored By Regal Club
Brotherhood
To Give Program
The Brotherhood of Murphy
First Baptist Church, under the
direction of John Gill, president,
will bring messages at the service
i.t 7:55 p. m. Sunday. The Cherub
and Junior Choirs will bring spec
ial music.
Sunday School will begin at
9.45 a. m., followed by the bacca
laureate at Murphy High School
auditorium at 11 a. m.
Choir practices are as follews:
Tuesday, 3:15 p. m., Junior; Wed
nesday, 3:15 p. m., Cherub, 8:30,
Adult; Thursday, 3:15 p. m.,
Youth.
The deacons will be in charge
of the Wednesday prayer services
at 7:30 p. m.
HD SPEAKER?M i s s Claire
Gilbert who was principal speaker
at the annual First District Fed
eration of Home Demonstration
Clubs Tuesday at First Methodist
Church, Murphy.
Club Is Guest
In Palmer Home
Murphy Regal Club will spon
sor a clean-up week in Murphy
May 19-24, and asks that the town,
all civic organizations and indivi
dual citizens cooperate. A com
mittee composed of Mrs. F. W.
Hubbell, Mrs. J H. McCall Mrs.
Ruby Hill, Mrs. Dixie Palmer, and
Mrs. J. B. Gray are heading the
campaign.
The club met Friday evening as
guests of Mrs. Dixie Palmer and
Miss Hattie Palmer. Mrs. Margie
Witherspoon, president presided.
Mrs. J. H. McCall was in charge
of the program, which was on
Memorial Day.
Refreshments were served to the
16 members and one guest pres
ent: Mrs. E M. Dudley of Raleigh,
a guest; Mesdamcs Margie Wither
spoon, T. S. Evans, J. W. Thomp
son, J. H McCall, Ruby Hill, F.
W. Hubbell, Dixie Palmer, Bessie
IXickson, Jo Phaup, and S. D
Akin, and Misses Phyllis Snyder.
Addie Mae Cooke. Josephine
Heighway, Hattie Axley, Marvie
Walker, and Hattie Palmer.
District Federation
Attracts Large Crowd
Osborne Elected
Grange Master
The Cherokee County Pomona
Grange was organized last week
at a meeting in the Courthouse.
The following officers were
elected: James Osborne, master;
W. A. Hembree, lecturer; A. J.
Martin, secretary: and MTs. Frank
Battle, treasurer.
All Granges in the county, in
cluding Peachtree. Marble. Shoals
Creek township. Martins Creek
and Bellview were represented.
The Pomona Grange will meet
again in the Courthouse in Mur
phy. Monday June 2
The chief speaker at the organi
zational meeting was Harry B.
Caldwell, master of the State
Grange, of Greensboro.
CLINIC IS SUCCESSFUL
Pre-school clinic h-eld at Ran
ger School May 5 was highly suc
cessful, according to Miss Willie
Lovingood, county health nurse.
The children and their parents
were guests in the cafeteria at
lunch.
Mrs. William Cherry of Graham
County was elected chairman of
the Graham-Clay-Cherokee Dis
trict Federation of Home Demon
stration Clubs at Tuesday's meet
ing in Murphy First Methodist
Church.
Others elected were: First vice
chairman. Mrs, Geraldine Ford,
Clay County; second vice-chair
man. Mrs. W. E. Graham, Chero
kee County; secret a^-treasurer
Mrs. David Riddle. Graham: TiTs^
torian, Mrs. J. F. Smith. Chero
kee.
Home club members from the
three counties heard Miss Claire
Gilbert. University of Tennessee,
speak on "Today's Home Builds
Tomorrow's World". Other speak
ers were Mrs. H. M. Johnson, Kin
ston. president, North Carolina
Federation of Home Demonstra
tion Clubs, and Miss Nell Kennett.
district Home Demonstration
agent, Raleigh.
Miss Edna Bishop, county home
agent, said that she was very
pleased with the program and at
tendance. She said there were 29
registered from Graham County,
35 from Clay, and 106 from Cher
okee, including nine visitors, mak
ing a total of 179.
Sgt J. E. Walker
Succumbs To Four
Years' Illness
Sgt. John Emory Walker. 34. of
Hiwassee Dam died at 9:30 a m.
Wednesday in Lawson General
Hospital. Atlanta, Ga . after an
illness of four years.
He spent five months on Layte
1 l?}?*d in. the Sou'to Paejrfic be- '
fore his illness.
Funeral services will be held at
I 10 a. m. Friday in Bearpaw Bap
j lis Church with the Rev Noah
I Stiles officiating. Burial will :e in
I the church cemetery with Town
I son Funeral Home in charge.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs
Florence Floyd Walker; two sons,
Charles and Ralph; three daugh
ters. Dora Mae, Carol and Louise
all of the home; the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Gar Walker, Murphy.
Route 2; three sisters, Mrs. Naomi
Cook and Mrs. Irene Chastain of
Lawrenceville, Ga., and Mrs. H.
B Helton of Route 2, Murphy;
four brothers, Everett of Oak
Ridge. Tenn., Junior of Detroit,
Mich.. Robert of Lawrenceville,
Ga., and Wesley of Route 2, Mur
I Pby.
SPONSORS?Pictured above are five of the
aponsora of the University of North Carolina Tbeta
Chi fraternity's annual "Dream Girl" dance, which
will be held Saturday evening In Woman's Gymna
sium, Chapel Hill. The girls,-top row, left to right,
are Miss Margaret Green, Thomasvllle, with Presi
dent Alan R. Perry, Charlotte; Miss Virginia Jones,
Mt. Olive, with Vice-president Neil B. Glenn, Bur
llngton; Miss Mary Nell Hawkins, Murphy, with
Secretary Bill Dellinger, Charlotte. Second row.
Miss Gwlnn Gore, Raeford, with Treasurer Jerry
Kefalas. Wilmington; and Miss Nancy Young, Chap
el Hill, with Alvln B. Samuel, Paragouli, Ark., past
president Not shown is Miss Camllle Walker, Char
lotte, with Pledge Marshal Henry B. Lewis, Raleigh