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VACATION m th. Population CHEROKEE COUNTY. 13.294 MURPHY. 2.433 ANDREWS. 1,397 VOLUME <2?NUMBER ? MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. AUGUST 21. 1952 TWELVE PAGES THIS M ? EK Lovell Re-Elected Baptist Moderator The Rev. A B. Lovell. pastor of Marble Baptist Church, was re flected moderator of Western North Carolina Baptist Association Wednesday morning at the 68th annual meeting, in Peachtree Bap tist Church. P. G. Ivie was re-elec ted vice-moderator, the Rev. Les ter Stowe. clerk; Miss Doris Rax ter. assistant clerk; Mrs. J. J. Ham ilton. treasurer; Mrs. Lloyd W. Hendrix, assistant treasurer; and the Rev. Robert Barker, historian. The Rev. Fred Lunsford, H. E. Danielson and Chas McDonald were elected trustees. The following were re-elected heads of departments: Cyrus C. White, Sunday School; Mrs. Carl West, Training Union; and Mrs. Eimer ChilderS, W. M. U John Gill was elected head of the Bro therhood department. The association will meet next year with Mount Pleasant and Shooting Creek Churches, with the Rev. J. Alton Morris to preach the annual sermon, and the Rev. Earl Cable as alternate. Pcachtrce Church entertained the visiting association, serving plate lunches each day to the hun dreds of delegates and visitors Several representatives of Baptist Institutions and departments of the state were on the program, and reports of local work were made. Clerk Chas. Carringer gave the following report on the churches for the past year: A total mem bership of 6,839; Baptisms 239, enrollment in Sunday School 4762, in Training Union 832, in W. M. U. 271, Brotherhood 76, total con tributions to local expenses $83, 637.63, and to missions, $22,470.42. Registration Of Motor Vehicles In County Is 3,258 Motor vehicle registration stood at 3,258 in Cherokee County at the end of June the Department of Motor Vehicles reported recently. Fifty-three of the vehicles listed in this county are public owned. Motor vehicles registration which zoomed past the million mark last February, stood at 1, 192,430 at the end of June. TO HAVE CHURCH CONFERENCE All members of the Peachtree Methodist Church and other inter ested people are asked to be pres-1 ent at Peachtree School Sunday, j August 24, at 10:30 a. m. for a wor- 1 ship service and church confer-! ence. . The Rev. A. R. Davis, pastor, encourages every member to be I present. REV. A. B. LOVELL Schuyler C. Gentry Taken By Death Schuyler C. Gentry, 83, a retir ed farmer, of Route 3, Murphy, died at 7:30 a. m. Sunday in a Murphy hospital after a brief ill ness. Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p. m. Monday in Hanging dog Baptist Church of which he was a member. The Rev. Fred Stiles, the Rev. W. P. Elliott, the Rev. Frank O. Brown and the Rev. J. Alton Mor ris officiated. Burial was in the church with Masonic rites by Cherokee Lodge, No. 146, of which he had been a member for 60 years. Grandsons, Joe and J. B. Gen try, Harold Hall, Jack, Harry and Bob White, served as pallbearers. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. J L. Yancey of Atlanta, Mrs. Guy Tipton of Maryville, Tenn., Mrs. J. B. Hall and Mrs. W. S. Dickey of Murphy; six sons, Luth er, Carl, Burt, Absalom, John and Earl all of Murphy; also two bro thers, Luther and Ed of Murphy, one sister, Mrs. Jeff Whitaker of Abilene, Texas, 36 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Townson Funeral Ho'me had charge of arrangements. B. W. C. Federation To Meet August 28 A call meeting of the B. W. C. Federation will be held at First Baptist Church, Murphy, Thurs day. August 28, at 7 30 p. m. Mrs Corpenlng will review the book "Hitherto", new officers will be installed, a new year book form will be presented and also other items of interest. | I Andrews Primary School Is Ready Supt. J. E. Rufty stated that beS expects the !>ew Andrews primary building to be ready for occupancy by the opening of the current, school term. The building of concrete, block and brick construction is one of the most modern in the area. It contains nine classrooms, office space and a teacher's lounge. Each classroom is equipped with a lav atory, drinking fountain and toi let facilities. Each room has its individual outside and inside doors. The interiors are painted in different pastel shades with contrasting trim. Large black board and bulletin areas and ade- j quate lighting add to the useful ness and attractiveness of the rooms. New furniture to equip the new building has been purchased and delivered. The building will house all of the first and second grades and part of the third, if the division of students Is as anticipated. The new palmary building will make the use of the small convert ed residence building as claaaroom ansa unnecessary. It will also house the first grades who hsve been in the old white building. Murphy Civitans Hear lion Neu The Reverend Leon Neu, admin istrator of St. Williams Catholic Church, was the guest speaker at '.he Civltan Club Monday evening, August 18. He explained to the club the steps that are taken be fore a young man enters the priesthood and the various sacri fices he must make in order to remain a priest. Then Mr. Neu gave the club some farts about the newly dedi cated Catholic Church in Murphy such as the manner in which It was dedicated and the purpose it is to serve here John Manthey read the "Civl tan Creed." He was also called up on to pass out cigars to the mem bers due to the fact that he be came a "proud papa" of a boy last week. The club will be working the next three weeks on a booth In preparation for the annual Chero kee County Fair. Glen Vandlver visited in Etowah rnd Athens, Tenn, last week-end. Hob Taylor Takes Electronics Course Hob Taylor, electrician supervis or at Lockheed Corp., Georgia Di vision, is now attending Electron ics School in Columbia. Ohio, con ducted by the American Aviation Corporation. He will be an In structor at Lockheed when he com pletes the course. Rev. Joe Miller Conducts Revival The Rev. Joseph Miller, pastor of Bryson City Baptist Church, will preach in a revival meeting at Moss Memorial Baptist Church, Clay County, beginning Monday, services being held each evening at 7:30, announces the pastor, the Rev Earl Cable. 5,068 Are X-Rayed In Health District Richard Mauney Tackles Gunman Richard P. Mauney of Raleigh, formerly of Murphy, was the hero in an attempted shooting at an Ashevllle bote! August 12. Mauney [ was in the lobby when Granville Cheek of Winston-Salem threaten- 1 ed a switchboard operator at the I George Vanderbllt Hotel and tried j to shoot a hotel detective who came running when she screamed Mauney. who was standing near by. tackled the gunman, knocking him to the floor. Cheek, who was Intoxicated, leveled a pistol at the : operator. Cheek snapped the pis-1 tol at the detective several times, but the gun failed to go off, though it was loaded. Mauney, along with Frank Crawford, Cherokee County Sher iff, and Walt Mauney erf Murphy, were attending the Sheriffs Con vention In Asheville. Richard Mau ney is now at Morehead City, where he is deep sea fishing with friends from Raleigh. Mauney la the Democratic can didate for election to the General Assembly as representative from Cherokee County He is at present cashier for the State Treasurer's office In Raleigh. Andrews Teacher List Is Announced Superintendent J. E. Rufty of the Andrews Schools has announc ?d the following incomplete list of j teachers for the 1952-1953 school term: Elementary principal, Charl es O. Frazier; supervisor, Mrs. Clair Olson; visiting teacher, Mrs i ?Tames Bryson. Andrews High School; J. Mar vin Anderson, Miss Annie Ruby Barnett, Mrs. Aline E Bristol, W. Hugh Hamilton. Ruth E. Hamilton. Joe T. McKeldrey, R. W. H. Ram-i sey. Meredith Whitaker. Andrews Elementary School: Trilby S. Glenn, Mrs. Louise C. J McFalls, Mrs. Maxine R. Rufty,! Mrs. L. B. Womack, Mrs. Lenna H. Ford, Mrs. Blanche C. Garner, Mrs. Ruth S. Pullium, Mrs. Louise C. Rector, Elizabeth Kilpatrick, Ada Mae Pructte, Mrs. Veanah R. Radford, Mrs. Leila M. Thomas-1 son. Mrs. Hazel W Elliott, Mrs. ? Annie S. McGuire, Mrs. Ruth C.! Pullium, Mrs. Alice T. Hogsed. Mrs. Agnos Price. Mrs. Mellie R. Stewart, Mrs. Lluise P. Enloe, Miss Bertha McGuire, Mrs. Florence ! Huffman. | Andrews Negro: Mrs. Lillie D. Love. Marble Elementary School: J i Frank Walsh. Principal; Mrs .Helen H. Waldroup. Mrs. Gertrude B j Walsh. Mrs. Bruce Lunsford and Mrs. Minnie Tatham. Secretary and treasurer of the Superintendent's office: Mrs. Mar garet C. Watry; lunchroom super visor, Mrs. William Cathey; custo dian, John Tatham. Byrum To Discuss "Let My People Go" The Rev R. Delbcrt Byrum, pas tor of First Me|hodlst Church, Murphy, will preach the message "Let My People Go" at the 11 a. m. service Sunday. The Rev. John Christy, minist erial student at Duke University, will preach at the 8 p m. service, while the pastor will conduct a revive' service at Highlands. Sunday School will begin at 0:49 a. m. and the Young Peoples meet ing at 6:30 p. nr. The three mobile x-ray units located in the Cherokee, Clay, Graham Health District have tak en 5.068 chest pictures as of Au gust 19. Two thousand and fifty three of these have been taken by the X-ray unit located in Murphy. The;.- figures, according to X-ray officials, indicate that the survey is running below the number nec essary to be considered success ful. All people in Cherokee County who have failed to get their free chest X-ray in their own commu nity are urged to come to the mo bile unit in Murphy. This unit is located in front of the courthouse and will be open each day, Tues day through Saturday, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. No undressing is required and it takes only a minute. Lodge To Meet A special called meeting of Cherokee Lodge No. 146 will be held in the Maaonlc Hall Monday, August 25, at 8 p. m. Worshipful Master Sam Capps urges all members to be present. REV. W. T. TRUETT Rev. W. T. Truett To Be Honored j At Home Coming The Rev. W T. Truett will be '.he honored guest at Upper Peach tree Baptist Church's annual home coming Sunday, August 31, He be gan his forty years in the minis try at the Peachtree Church. Mr. Trueit's tj&th birthday will also be celebrated on that day. Mr. Truett says he has served churches in Trannsylvanla Coun 'y. Union County, Ga., Tennessee, and Cherokee County, as well as surrounding counties. He has preached 9,000 sermons, baptized approximately 2,000 people and conducted between 1,500 and 2,000 funerals. The Rev. Floyd B. Clark, asso ciatlonal missionary, says they hope to have a good singing. A public dinner will be served at noon. Mr. Clark will introduce the speaker. Mr. Truett, who will preach at 11 a. m. Garland Dockery Dies Of Gun Shot Garland Dockery, 38, of Unaka,< died Tuesday, August 19, at 5 p. m. in a Murphy hospital of a 22 caliber rifle wound in the side which was allegedly inflicted by his brother-in-law, Johnny McMil lan, Jr., on August M, according to Buran Grant, chief deputy sher riff of Cherokee County. County Coronor Harry Miller said no inquest will be held due to the fact that eye witnesses were present. McMillan, who was re leased today (Thursday) under a $2,500 bond, waivered a prelimi nary hearing. McMillan has been charged with murder on a warrent sworn out by Mr. Grant. Funeral services will be held at 10 a, m. Friday in Beaverdam Bap tist Church at Unaka. The Rev. Thomas Smith and the Rev M. F. Farmer will officiate and burial will be ir. the church cemetery, with Masonic rites at the grave. Surviving are the widow and nine children; Thurman. Bobby, Edward, Lex, Juanita, Frances. Shirley, Virginia and Margaret; the father, George Dockery, of Unaka; four brothers, John of Murphy, .Tames of Alcoa, Tenn.. Dale of Maryville, Tenn., and Glenn of Akin, S. C. Townson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Hogan Completes Course At WCTC Voyd Hogan of the Cherokee County Schools will complete his work at the Western Carolina Teachers College forestry work shop this week with a field trip to Bent Creek Experimental Station and Holmes State Nursery. The workshop is holding open house Friday to summarize the college' group's experiences In class and on field trips during the year for superintendents and prin cipals of Western North Carolina. All the state and federal forest agencies In this area, as 'well as the Champion Fibre Company and the Mead Corporation, have coop erated with the college by supply ing expert lecturers on soil and water conservation, tree diseases, tree harvesting and marketing. Sfc. Ruth Payne Is Commissioned Sfc Ruth Payne, of Brasstown, N. C., who taught chemistry in Murphy High School, Murphy, N. C., before she enlisted in the Wo men's Army Corps, was commis sioned a second lieutenant in the at Fort Lee, Va., recently. United States Army at ceremonies Her commission was presented at commencement ceremonies for her Officer Candidate Class, held today in the WAC Training Cent er Chapel here. Lt. Payne won the honor of being one of the two dis tinguished graduates of her class. Her first assignment as an of ficer will take her to Camp Stone man, California, where she will serve with the WAC Detachment there. Lt Payne, who is the daughter of Mrs. Flonnie Payne, of Brass town, N. C., attended Brevard Ju nior College, High Point, N. C., and received her Bachelor of Sci ence degree from High Point Col lege, High Point, N. C., in 1947. She taught at Murphy High School the year of 1947 and 1948, and later servrd as Girl Scout Camp director at Sedro-Wooley, Wash ington. A desire for "a wider back ground than civilian life offers," as well as the Army's appeal for more women soldiers to aid in the defense of their country, prompted her, she said, to join the WAC, in which she enlisted as a Private on May 12. 1949. By the time she was selected to attend Officer Candidate School, she had risen to the rank of Ser geant First Class. During her career as an enlist ed woman she completed basic training. Leaders' School, served ea a platoon sergeant and Instruc tor In the WAC Training Center here, and held the position of re "ruiting sergeant In Philadelphia, Pa. W. D. Town son attended the North Carolina Funeral Directors meet in Aahevllle "Wednesday, and attended the District 12 meeting in Sylva (today* Thursday. County Rates High In Buying Power Church To Dedicate Bealtown Mission The Bealtown Mission of First Baptist Church will be dedicated at a special service Sunday at 2:30 p. m , anounces the pastor, the Rev. J. Alton Morris. "Magnifying the Church" will be the theme, and the pastor will preach on the subject. Miss Velma Umphfres will sing a solo. Talks will be made by Miss Addie Mae Cooke, super intendent of the mission Sunday School, and Cyrus White, general superintendent of First Baptist Sunday School. Urges Completion Of Fair Exhibits With the Cherokee County Fair only a little more than two weeks away. G. H. Farley, county agent, r.gain urges farmers and farm wo men to be working on their farm exhibits. C. R. Freed, Secretary-Treasur I er of the Cherokee County Mu tual Fair Association, Inc., says. "Our fair is nothing more than I the picture of our agricultural de-; velopment showing the progress made by quality and quantity of exhibits, especially our dairy and beef cattle, > hogs and poultry, which has grown to an unbelieva ble extent." According to State and Federal laws the fair is now controlled by .the Commissioner of Agriculture. Mr. Freed says if the fair associa te* complies with the commis sioner's demands, the fair will be tax exempt. The fair, to be September 8 through 13, will be three weeks earlier this year. COfCToMeet There will be a meeting of the Andrews Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee, Thursday, | at 8 p. m? in the office of Sam W. | Jones. j I What is the average income of Cherokee County families? How ? much is available to them for | spending, after taxes? How do I they spend it. i Answers to these questions, much sought after for commercial I reasons, are contained in the new copyrighted survey of buying pow er, covering the entire United States, prepared by Sales Manage ment. The figures show that higher incomes and a better standard of living prevail locally. Cherokee County families recorded net earn ings in 1951, after deduction for all taxes, of $8,750,000. This was a gain over the $7,961,000 net in come of th^ previous year. Divided by the 4,400 families in the county, it represented earn ings of $1,989 per Tamlly. This compares favorably with the previ ous year, when earnings per fam ily locally, were $1,809. The figures, it is pointed out, are arithmetical averages, obtain ed by dividing total income by to tal number of families. The better earnings locally led to bigger spending. Cherokee County stores registered a sales volume in the year of $8,363,000. This sales total represented a gain over 1950, when tiie retail busi ness amounted to $7,593,000. The ratio of bow much is being spent in each city and county, as compared with what might be spent, is considered in the survey through a "buying power quota." This is a weighted index which takes into account income, sales, population and other factors. It shows that .0060 percent of the nation's retail business could be "produced in Cherokee County. This compares with the .0055 per cent actually done last year, re vealing an undeveloped, additional potential of business locally. The survey shows that the Uni ted States has grown to a nation of 44.7 million families having an effective buying power, after tax es, ot over 220 billion dollar^ More than two-tbjrds of this spending money finds Ita way Into retail stores. The resultant retail business is above 151 billions. Andrews School Unit Is Improved Mercury Stands In Low Nineties Temperatures, despite heavy rainfall, have been high dur ing the past week. The mercury stood at 93 decrees on three days, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Last Thursday the max imum was 88, followed on Fri day by a maximum of 91. The lowest high. 85. was recorded on Tuesday. Two severe storms, with con siderable wind, thunder and lightning, brought 3.63 inches of rainfall during the week. Mon day. about midnight. 2.19 inches of rain fell in slightly over an hour. On Saturday night 1.44 inches fell. Murphy Ball Club To Play 3 Games Murphy Baseball Club will play Cleveland, Tenn, Thursday, Au gust 21, at 8:15 p. m. at the Mur phy ball field, Edward Townsor says an opposing team has not been selected for Saturday night's game, but say^ there will be a game. Sunday at 2:30 p. m. the local '.earn will take on Blalrfcville, Ga. The lineup for these three games Is as follows: Bob Huggtns, Shag Hunt, Dug, Cole, Jack Crawford, Bill Brannon. Ike Olson, Ed Rog ers, Wayne Palmer, Woodrow Hemphill. Larry Posey, Dub Sher rill and Ted Season. Superintendent J E. Kufty ha* announced that an extensive im provement program that was be gun on the Andrews School Unit building last fall is now largely completed. f During the summer months the school lunchroom has been reno vated, the interior has been paint ed, floors sanded and covered with asphalt tile New equipment bought for the lunchroom includes a steam table, a new, doub'.e-ove it gas range, a hot water heater, a deep freeze, electric mbcer and additional cooking equipment. In the dining area six plastic topped tables and 36 matching chairs have been added. Last fail all halls and rest rooms in the elementary building were painted. This summer ten ad ditional lavoratorles, and d-inkirx fountains have been added X-v light fixtures have been ordered to ' take care of the inadequate I ghting facilities of eight or nine classrooms. To replace double desks and other obsolete types 100 new desk chairs have been added. In the high school, the entire interior of the building has been painted. Two new lavorutories and fountains have been installed. In dividual student lockers have been purchased, but due to the steel strike have not yet been delivered. However, delivery la promised In the near future. The gymnasium was equipped with a new beating system last school year. Plana now are ketball tea (1
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