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(She (Ehernkre ?>raut THE LXADINC WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TEURITORY JOIN BEDCROSS VOL. '? .'.?NO. MVRMIY. N. c. Tin K>D\V Dt< KMBFK I V 1943 REDCROSS 54- (orv-si.-i I-fcK H AK TownDonsChristmas Raiment for Season Social Activity Gets Underway Locally; Decorations Out Murphy and all its inhabitants Stfir. te y' ,n th* *mas "spWt" ?his week as (ray decorations blos somed out in windows and doorways of homes and business places, and ;hf annual yule ornaments were ar -jnefi through the streets. An absolutely new and orlph.al dea is being carried out by the local schools thus year.-in the form of a nupf lighted Christmas display atop ?he new Home Economics building. A scene depiciting the journey of of the three wise men seeking the Chris? child has been displayed in :?rre (icures on the roof of the buil ding and brilliantly lig'rted with hure flood lights from all sides. Tall palm trees, and the three wise men on their camels may be <?r. as though traveling toward the i?r that guided them. The star is placrrt in the top of a tall hickory ?jff directly by the building to the tast Or. each of the four corners of the building small brilliantly lighted tree? have been placed, and an ar nv of holly and lights have been *rea:hed around the main front en ? *he build iz ">n elthc ilde of ;be c*oor there s'Snd large red candles. Tne entire scene may be easily de scribed from the streets of the busi ns action of town or from any tv n East Murphy. annual Christmas tree has ?nised in the bull moose pen on quare and long tentacles of lit -s stretched to the eight corners of building surrounding the square. Store windows, cafes, filling stat ic: and all business places have beautiful displays in their windows, tvith even more elaborate decorations on -he interiors. In connection with the current comest being sponsored by the local Lions Club, homes have blossomed 'Continued on Back Page) W.N.C. Association Sunday Schools To Meet December 15 A meeting of the Sunday schools of the Western North Carolina As sociation will be held at the Wrst Baptist church in Murphy December 15 at 2 o'clock CST. J. P. Ballew, as sociated Sunday school superinten dent witt preside. Cyrus White will be in charge of devotional exercises. The principal address will be delivered by Rev. Norman Kllpatrick. Sunday school worker of the West Liberty Associ ation. Other features on the program Include the following talks: "Teac hers Who Really Teach" by M. I. Hall and "Our Sundar School Needs" *>? W. a. Adams. Music will be rende red by the various church choirs at tending. The purpose of the meeting is to recognise the Assoc!8tlonal Sunday School Convention, which under the leadership of W. A. Adams was a I '?oon to the Sunday school of the as sociation several years ago but has not been active for some time. Officers will be elected at this meeting and plans will be made to hold regular sessions in the future. M Sunday School workers in the Association, and especially the of ficers and teachers, are urged to at tend. Hi School Glee Clubs To Sing Xmas Carols Thf Glfe clubs of thf Murphy high school will five an open air program or Christmas Carols on Thursday night. December 19. in front of the Home Econo mics building on the local school campus. Caroline: will begin at 7 o'clock. The public is invited to attend, j ?"'??? RED CROSS DRIVE NETS 255 MEMBERS; I WORK CONTINUES Mrs. C. W. SavErce. chairman of | the Red Cross Roll Call in this area j announced today that 255 members ' had twn listed in this years drive. ' with possibility of many more to i come in before the campaign is fini I shed. | No quota was set for Murphy this year, Mrs. Savage said, due to the fact that so much was needed for Red Cross support at this time, and this chapter has been asked to raise as much money as possible without any limit. T.e Urive will continue through i ...L? week under the sponsorship of the Woman's Club. All persons who : have nol yet joined arre urged to join n-hon called upon by some worker in the campaign. In case anyone is missed, it was pointed out. that per j son should contact either Mrs. Sav age or Mrs. T. A. Case to place his membership. Achievement Tast Will Bp Given 6th Graders Wednesday, Dec. 18th County-wide sixth grade examin ations will be given in the Murphy schools by members of the Murphy faculty all day Wednesday, December 18. according to ar. announcement by H. Bueck this week. The examination to be given is the Stanford Achievement test, gradings from which will classify aril students taking the test and will also desig nate teaching weaknesses. For this latter reason, the tests are being given in the middle of the year rat her than at the last as is the custom: teachers then will have an opportu nity to overcome weaknesses in the various subjects. The sixth grade tests have been taken up as a substitute for the seventh grade tests formerly given annually. Additions to be Built On School Workshop Members of the woodworking classes of Murphy high school are this week tearing down and moving material from one of the old build ings at. Hiwassee Dam to the local campus. The material will be used In extending the present wood working shop. Shortly before the present term of school opened this year, the build ings. deserted by the TVA when Hi wassee Dam was completed, were turned over to the schools for use In rural and city schools improvements o Miss Kate Padgett returned Satur day from a six weeks visit In JeTsey City with her sister. Mrs. Dean Wakefield. H1WASSEE DAM GROUP SEEKS ROAD REPAIRS School Busses Are Urcab'e to Travel Muddy Stretches A concerted drive was started I last week by residents of Hi was see ' Dam and vicinity to obtain repairs j on two hn*s of road in that section which are impassable during winter weather. Led by the Hiwassee Dam Parent Teachers association, these people have contacted various state officials toth in the administrative and high way departments. Although r.o yr tual results have been obtained, pro mising letters have been received both from Governor Hoev and high way commissioner McKee The road in question is a one-mile stretch in the vicinity of Poste'.l postcffice and a three-mile stretch in the Berrrpaw district. Practically 60 school children must pass over this road in order to reach school at Hiwassee Dam If. how ever, the busses cannot be driven over 'hese two stretches, these children will be denied the opportu nity to attend school, it wn= pointed out. A committee composed of Mrs. Edna Gschwind. president of the P T. A.. Mrs. Tullos and Mr. Howard Hirkey. have interviewed several of the highway officials in thi; area, including McKee and Drover Mau ncy. but as yet have not received promise of immediate help A letter received by Mrs. Gschwind frcm Mr. MrK >e states that this and other repair* will be made en county reads from the new appropriation? after the first of the year. This. Mr.--. O1 ' r ' ? ' o*'; mid help ven- little as the roads are traversibV* in nlea^nm weatVr. hi" it is during the worst months of winter that they become so bad. o i ' THREE MEN STAGE ST. PATRICK ACT; KILL 15 SNAKES i' Our good friend. Mr. Luther Hun sucker of Grape Creek, was in the office the other day and left us awe stricken with the story of cleaning out the poisonous snakes around his home a few weeks ago. Remembering that several rattle snakes and copperheads had been killed near his home the year before. Mr. Hrnsucker says. he and his son. Clifford, decided to take a look at the spot recently. Upon turning over a big rock, the two found 11 rattle snakes and 4 copperheads, all measu ring from 3 to 4 feet long. After bat tling for about two hours, the two of them managed to kill 811 the snakes. Mr. Hunscker says he became vi olently ill from the stench of the snake den. "So ill." he avows, "that T doubt that I could have held my head up lone enough to kill an other snake." D. Hampton Suffers Broken Back in Fall Word was received here this week of serious injuries sustained by Del lma Hampton, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Hampton of Murphy. In a fall while working in Charlotte a few days ago. Hampton suffered a broken back and a broken ankle and is now In Presbytertsm hospital in Charlotte. Physicians attending him say he will be unable to leave the hospital for 90 days. One Killed, Six Hurt 7 In Auto Crash Friday Navy to Recruit Men Mere December 16-18 A repr< tentative of the United States Navy Recrui? ne station. Ashe villi will be in Murphv for three days. December 16-17-18. for the purpose of inerviewing ana examin ing younp men of this county who , wish to enter naval service. | j The local station for the three days will be in room M of the post office buildinc each nary from 9 o' clock each morninp until 4 30 o' 1 rlock :n the afternoons. THRFE BOUND OVER TQ FEDERAL COURT IN ROBBERY CASE S500 bond was set for each of Ed Gurthrie. Vernon Harrtness and Hugh Sneed. all of Cherokee coun ty. in a hearing before TJ S Com- ' mlssioner W. O. Calhoun in Bryson City Tuesday on charges of robbery. Unable to make bond they are being held in Swain county jail. The three men are charged with robbing; the postoffice at Ramger. a i bout 10 miles west of Murphy, on the ' night of November 29. Sheriff Carl Townson trailed the men on the day following the rob . bery with bloodhounds and placed 1 them under arrest Federal officers came for them later and transferred j them to Bryson City where they were bound over to Federal court. Registrar of U-sra? Pror-iDt Daath A nc Registration j Cooperation of all persons in this i county is bcint sought by Dr. \V. C Morrow, registrar of vital statistic?, in an effort to get more comnletr registration of births trod deaths Tn trying to effect this cooperation. ; Dr. Morrow cites the law. the require | mcnts of which are as follows: I The law imposes a $500 fine for I the failure to report a birth or a death that occurs in North Carolina j or to remove a dead body, either for burial at the place of death or else where. All deaths or births must be reported within five days. Tf mide wife or doctor is employed in the j case of a birth, either he or she will l report : in case no doctor or midewife i is employed, then it is the duty of I some member of the family to report ! the birth within five days. In the case of death the report, a i full death certificate, must be filed | with the undertaker or Registrar of Vital Statistics for the district in which the death occurred. The regi stration of both births and deaths must be made by the registrar of the district. In the case of death some member of the family must | fill in the side of the death certifi cate relative to the family history. I The doctor only fills in the cause of | death, etc. o Lunchroom Opened In Kinsey School Friday The lunchroom at Kinsey school opened last Friday. Under the sup ervision of H. Bur etc. superintendent, the N. Y. A. boys in the Murphy school converted the back room of the building into a kitchen. New cabinets have beer, built In. a new table built, and a cook stove put in. Hot lunch is served every day to the children. The:.' may exchange commodities or pay for the meal. Funeral Services Held Sunday For Cecil Jenkins, 23 A head-on collision of two auto rr.r^i^r cn hirhway No 64. a Lout two miles west of Murphy Friday night proved fatal to on?5 person, while five others sustained very se rious injuries Tlie dead man Cecil Jrnkins. I 23 son of Mr. Jerry J^r.kins of Un I aka The iriured arc: Ro.?^ Adamc. Ralph Ramsey and Wiley Brook*, all of Murphy: Or; Kilby and Herbert Ramsey, of Unaka Kilbv \* a.~ released from Petrie spiral Monday, bur the other four are still undergoing treatment. The accident occurred on a lone curve on highway No K4 just out bid? of Murphy around 11 o'clock Friday night The two cars struck directly head on af about the center o? the curve, completely wrecking them both. Jenkins Kilby and Hurbrrt Ram sey were in the car traveling to ward Murphy, and Ralph Ramsey. Adams and Brooke were in a taxi rab travelling west from the town. According *o report p *he three boys in the fir?: car had bff-r working with the TV A at Jeffers n Citv and ?rfrf. returning to -pend the week end with their folk*. A parsing truck came upon the "k and immediately summoned nn amouianr Wit: thf aid of -?vr ? - carr:* d to ?B r whete Jenkins c": wlthiv i*s than an hour, The chers v * ? mociical aid as < n as. r< f; their condition is reported as satisfactory. Funeral >?rvic< for Cecil Jenkins e conduct'd from the Unaka Baptist church Sunday ;.ferno >n at ! o'clock Interment was in the church cemetery. Townson funeral home had charge of arrangements. Tie' is survived by his father, three sisters and three brothers. ^'na! Tribute Paid To Margaret Lance, Age 101. Sunday Mrs. Margaret Adaline Lance 101 year old resident of Blairsvill". and wife of the late Russel Lance who died 10 years ago. died Saturday. December 7. art G:45 p. m. Funeral [services were held in the home. Sun day. December 8 at 2 o'clock with the Rev Lum Conley officiating Burial was in the Ivy Log cemetery. Mrs. Lance was probably the old est person living in Union county. Georgia At present there are six living generations in her family She is survived by 3 daughters. Mrs. Dellitr Collins. Blairsvil1<\ Mrs. Julia Cook. Locust Grove Okla.: and Mrs Augusta Young. Guania. Texas. She is also survived by a host of grandchildren and great great grandchildren Ivie Funeral Home hjrd charge of funeral arrangements. VAT'GHN QVARTET TlieVauqhn-Abner quartet will give a program at the court house Satur day. December 14th at 7:30 o'clock CST. This program is sponsored by the Home Demonstration Clubs. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cooper of Washington will arrive this week end for a visit here with their daughter. Mrs. H A Mattox.
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