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Area Stops Electricity And Communications^
Service Mostly
Bade To Normal
A heavy.
crew* atarted working
Tuesday neotiUin in
the
IS
Saturday night to
work on the telephone ansa. R. K.
of the western dHh
?too of Western Carolina Telephone
Co., said.
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drauUc Data DtvMon at TV A re
ported the a??res? bo* on the
pound Sunday w two and ?
?nail amount tailing Sunday.
He ?dd It we* en eafcunely wet
?ww equalling 1S0 Indies at
precipitation. A dry enow at thet
?mount would have ?quailed 16
radle aet at
Mr. Manthey handled
out ot Murphy for people during
the days long (Itatanoe linae wee*
out He had oontact with aU major
towns naartiy as woH aa with 99
by la
North Carolina.
Tuesday, he got a message
through to Atlanta, Ge.. tor a
salesman who wanted information
about his aicfc wife
fen
at gays.
Mr. ManHify, in his werfrty re
view, said the coldest mercury
reading was yesterday morning
the thermometer went down
14
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, Coldeat day wao Tuniay a
at only to U
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dayllcN on
The mercury ataitod Ito Call
til It tot the low 14
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Strong Murphy Squad Continues In Tournament
"Col." Bayless Dies
Following Illness'
Luke Edward Bay leas, 84, one
of Murphy's oldest citizens, died
it 5 ?. m. Wednesday following a
few weeks' Illness.
Mr. Bay less was a native of
Limestone, Tennessee having come
to Murphy in 1900. He was presi
dent of the Old Murphy Bank for
(0 yews, and for a number of
years was engaged in the Insurance
business until his retirement two
years ago.
He is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Virginia Fleming of Asheville,
two sons, William E. Baylees of
Weaverviile and John H. Baylees
of Murphy; two sisters, Mrs.
Margaret Bomford of Tampa, Fte.,
and Mrs. Ida Hull of Johnson
City, Tenn.; 12 grandchildren. Dr.
Jr N. Hill, Miss Ann Hill In Ger
many, Mrs. Mildred Payne of
Atlanta, Mrs. Jane Crawford, Mur
phy, and Paul Hill University of
N. C. Cot. E. P. Fleming with the
U. S. Army In Germany; Mrs. Bob
MiHer of Jacksonville, Fla. Luke
Edward and John Graham Bayless
of Murphy, Billy, Susan and John
Bayless of Weaverville; also 12
great grand-children.
Funeral arrangements under
direction of I vie Funeral Home
are incomplete.
Andrews Baptists Call]
Rev. John C. Corbitt
The Rev. John C. Corbitt of Highlands will assume the pas
torate of the First Baptist Church in Andrews the latter part of
March according to announcement made today by Lee Pullium,
chairman of the pulpit committee.
iwrv. vviviu u a uauvc vi kn/uui
ern Illinois, and is a graduate of
the University of Illinois and Sou
thwestern Baptist Seminary at Fort
Worth, Texas.
He served overseas during World
War II with the Army
For the past 18 months Mr.
CorbiU has been pastor of the
Highlands Baptist Church. Before
going to Highlands he served in a
church in Texas.
, Mr and Mrs. Corbitt and their
two small children, a boy, 2 and a
,'daughter, a few months, will mak
their home in Andrews in Hie
' church parsonage.
J. B. Hall Dies
In Andrews Hosp.
Funeral services for J. B. Hall,
83, prominent citizen of Marble,
will be held this afternoon at 2:30
at Marble Baptist Church.
Mr. Hall died at an Andrews
Hospital Tuesday evening follow
ing a brief illness.
He was a retired Railway Sec
tion Foreman, well known through
out Western North Carolina, buy
ing worked for the railroad about
90 years. He was an active member
of Marble Baptist Church for 39
years and was formerly Sunday
School superintendent and Was
active in church attain end a
regular attendant until the time
of his death.
Funeral sendees will be coo
ducted by the Rev. J. S. Stana
beery, Rev. Nendo Stevens, and
Rev. A. B. oLvell and burial will
be in Mom Cemetery at Marble.
Flower giiis wiH be members of
the AduH Women's Sunday School
Class and pall Mann will be
Wayne Edwards, Ernest Kilpatrick,
Vernon Griggs, Harold Jenkins,
James Bryant and Gordon Wilson.
Mr. Hall is survived by his
widow, the former Miss Davie
Henry; one daughter, Mrs. James
Bennett of Sylva; three sons, Ed
of Canton, Vinson and Olson of
Marble; and two adopted children,
Mrs. James feyaon of Marble god
Clyde Chambers Hall of
lii; also 8
11:
Gets Thanks
From Prexy
A Christmas gift to the new
First Lady brought forth a per
sonal letter from the President for
Murphy's Mrs. Leila Dickey recent
ly.
Mrs. Dickey crocneted frocks
for two dolls, dressed the dolls
uid mailed them to Mrs. Eisenhow
er for Christmas. A thank you
note came the next month, mailed
m Inauguration Day, although it
tad been written from the Commo
dore Hotel in New York.
The reply was written on the
President's gold initialed personal
stationery and now rests in the
frame in which Mrs. Dickey placed
It
The letter, signed in the famil
iar handwriting of Mr. Eisenhow
sr, reads:
Dear Mrs. Dickey:
The two golden haired, beauti
fully dressed dolls completely
Mptivated Mrs Eisenhower.
We both thank you very much
for your thoughtfulness in sending
this charming gift.
Sincerely,
D wight D. Eisenhower
The dolls dressed, one in pink
ud the other in Woe, were named
Miss Tarheel" and "Miss Empire
State" toy the aeexler, an Eisec
lower supported from the begin
Murphy's Champion Squad
Champions of the western division of the Smoky
Mountain Basketball Conference, Murphy's squad
plays Hayesville tonight in the conference tourna
ment at Bryson City. Members of the champion
ship team are: 1st row, left to right: Edwin Hen
drix, guard; Edward Lovingood, guard; Randall
Shields, center; Ray Amos, forward; Carlos iia:l,
forward; Lyle Carrlnger, forward, and Coach "Ike"
Olson. 2nd row, left to right are Scott Laney, mgr.;
Tommy Gentry, forward; Birder Coffey, guard;
Dallas Hall, guard; Daniel Hendrix, forward; Jim
my McCombs, guard, and Bobby Stiles, forward.
Mauney Has "Open Mind
On State Liquor Referendum
RALEIGH?Rep. Richard P. Mauney of Cherokee County1?
said today he has "not obligated" himself to any person or group
with regard to the question of a referendum on the sale of whiskey
and that he still has "an open mind" on the subject.
"When and if the matter of a i merits.
state-wide referendum comes be
fore the 1953 General Assembly
and I am called upon to vote on
the matter I shall do what I think
is for the best interests of the
people of Cherokee County and
North Carolina. I have not obligat
ed myself either way on the re
ferendum matter and I have an
open mind with regard to it,"
Rep. Mauney said.
The Cherokee County represen
tative was recently selected to
serve on a five member sub-com
mittee of the House roads com
mittee to study a bill to increase
the number of State highway
divisions from 10 to 15 as advocat
ed by Gov. Umstead.
SCHOOL BUS BILL
Rep. Mauney co-introduced a bill
aimed at placing the duty of pur
chasing school buses on the state.
The present policy divides the re
sponsibility between the counties
and the state.
Under the present set-up the
counties make initial purchases of
buses and the state bum reolace
Mauney signed a bill to . amend
the State Teachers and Employes
Retirement Act to provide a mini
mum retirement allowance and
pension of $60 per month for 30
years service or $50 for 20 years.
He also was co-introducer of
a bill that would require school
buses' to be routed within a half
mile of all school children who
live a greater distance than a
mile and a half from the school
they are attending.
He co-signed a bill to boost by
$60 per month the pay of State
Highway Patrol members. The in
crease would come in the form of
an allowance for expenses Incur
red while on duty.
By request, the Cherokee solon
introduced House Bill 263 to set
uniform costs that may be levied
by Justices of the peace in this
county. The costs ana in line with
thoae allowed In other counties,
according to the Institute of
Government, Mr. Mauney said.
The proposed new coats are $2
far affidavit and uramnf far mm
Schools Raise Over
$600 For Polio
Murphy and Andrews School
Units pupils raised $615.09 for the
March of' Dimes, Mrs. C. K. Olson,
supervisor said today.
The Murphy "Unit collected a
total of $375.35 with $312.73 com
ing from Murphy School; $27.62
from Tomotla; and $25.00 from
Texana.
The Andrews Elementary School
raised $154.74; Marble School rais
ed $60.00; and the Andrews Negro
School and PTA, $25.00, making
a total of $239.74 from the An
drews Unit.
Mrs. Olson reported that some
money is still coming in and these
totals are not complete.
defendant; 50 cents for each ad
ditional defendant; $2 for trial and
Judgment; and 50 cents for eaoh
witness.
At Rep. Mauney's request, the
Governor's office appointed H. P.
Leather-wood of Murphy as a jus
tice of the peace in Cherokee
County to succeed the late Fred
Ratwi a 1 tart nf Mtirnhv
Team Seeded Second Place
For Class AA Playoff
The Murphy boys basketball squad takes the court at 7 p. m.
today against Hayesville in Bryson City when the Smoky Mountain
Tournament goes into its second round. >
A rather sluggish, over-confident
Murphy team last Friday was able
to spark just at the right times to
beat underdog Steeoah, 64-43, in
the first games of the tournament.
Hayesvllle drew a bye during
that session and automatically
faces Murphy tonight.
If Murphy gets by Hayesville
tonight they will go into the
semi-finals against Cherokee er
Bryson City. Do pesters have
Murphy and Bryson City win
ning their tilts tonight.
If tSe guess proves correct, Mur
phy will see action against Bryson
City at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow.
The winner of that tilt will go
Into the finals against the winner
of the other series of games. The <|
experts believe that Franklin,
winners at the eastern division Mf .
the conference, will go into the
finals.
Besides taking the wester* ,
division championship, Mnrpfcj I
was honored tn the last AA play
offs at Enka by being
second by the playoff <
lite strong Hendersonvttle Bear
cats, defending state champions,
was seeded first spot.
The tilts will be staged March,'
2, 3 and 4 at Enka with Murphy
playing the winner of the Bryson
City-Canton game at 8:30 p. in.
March 3.
B'oodmobile Gets 121
Pints Of Blood Here
LUCKY 13?H. A. Mattel of Ihqt
a doubt that he is not raperstttteaa when tee
Friday, the 13th. Mr. Mattes shewed ap at the
"unlucky" day and cave a pint at Mood, the 13th
ed blood to the Ked Cross. He dldat say tt he wal
on the way or saw any black eats. (Seoat Photo)
The Red Croat Bloodznoblle had
a lucky Friday the 13th teat week
when it collected 1X1 pints of
blood at Murphy after getting 118
pints at Andrews the week before.
A"*"" U?* (fear ffirtop Hmy At M?t
A stern warning to learn more about Communism and stop
'labeling" was coupled with the statement that Communisin can't
itand up to the truth about mankind when the Rt. Rev. M. George
Henry of Asheville, bishop of the Western North Carolina Episcopal
iiocese, spoke at a spaghetti dinner of the Andrews Lions, Club
fhursday night.
Pointing out that be bad been
wtted ? commie himself, the
>Miop warned that while name
wllingis done on the side actual
Communism is working within.
LKARN ABOUT BKDS
He asked Andrews Lions Club
Members and tbsir guests to go
? the library and
The greatest pitfall before uc.
Bishop Henry said, is fear. The
only reason to leer Communism
h if Communism is a better way
of ljfe than our own democracy.
Democracy, he asserted, is baa
ed on the idea that Christ it
supreme and man is a mere shin
ing being. Communism, an the
other hand, he pointed out, is baa
ed on the false principle that men
reach perfection in relationship
with each other.
don't label hint a Red, the
bishop said, while pointing oat
that we tend to
thine that goes wreag en
We are prone to
the audience to stop
hot to
go to the library
m
Then, be taid, tell others where
the strength of Communism Hes
and where its weakness is.
SELFISH VIEWPOINT
Get out of the selfish viewpoint
in relation to the colored race, he
asserted, and look at the whole of
life.
Democracy is a by-product of
Christ Inky, Bishop Henry aaM.
Our way of Ufa la based on the
Kingdom of God, he pointed out
"Daat
Lions Club
members end guests from other
civic clubs In Andreses. Lions
Clubs from several nearby towns
were represented at the "reel
Italian spaghetti" dinner.
Mrs. Sam W. Jones supervised
the preperatkm of the roeai which
is served at the school lunch
Dr. Charles O. Van Oorder, club
president, was ta charge of the
meeting. Biahop. Henry was
duced by Bart Muuger. dub raem
The unK hit the tw? towns just
toe peak at tfet'dn pbagu* ,
bat was aide to coUaet dote to ?
toe quota to each torn.
CaUcce. people tram Union Coun
ty and others joined Murphy pen- .
pie -who turned out to else Mood ?
for oversets, bmi use and tar
potto experiment*.
Privahi citizen* in an
Murphy. eMc clubs and
groups turned up at the First 1
ttetChuroh where toe Mood
collected fNn noon to ? p. at
The MoodnaoMlo wUl be bfck
to Murphy May 18, John
chairman said.