NEW DRAFT CALL SENT TO COUNTY FOR MID - HAY I List of 1-A Youths Fast Being Exhausted As .. Revision is Hinted A new irroup of Cherokee County youths will br call'xi to the colors bbout May 15. accordinp to an an nouncement from the Coun'v r?n?ft Board . Hie number will be about the sam<- as was called last time. Less than 100 names arc lefi in County's 1-A class, and all these art r?-pard*tl as certain to be in camp by mid sumairr. The Draft Bofcrd is ui to b< planning a careful study of th>- en tire lists, with a view to reclassify ing many who now are in class 3-A New Government regulations arc Tending which will do away with muiiv claims of dependencies. parti cularly those made bv married men. A new Federal plan, which is like ly to be adopted, would Rive "-very dep- ndent wife a Government allow ance of $40 per month, with an ad mtjonal allowance of $10 for eae>i ihild. Added to this pension fr-nn the Government, the husband prob y would be uquired to donaf half of hic salary, as ? as the case in W War 1. . Since there is a strong probability that the minimum pay of privates will be raisrd to $40 per month, a wife without children would get at H-ast $60 per month - ? which the Government experts figure. is enough to assure her support. In addition to the general check up of the list of registrants, the County Board also has been request ed. by Raleigh, to reopen the case of Harley Barton, of Marble. Barton, first put in class 1-B was afterwards placed in 1-A, called, and accepted. He appealed, claiming that he was needed at home to sup port his mother, but lost. He was ordered to camp, but instead, took ; his case to Raleigh. Authorities in Raleigh sent for all t'ne papers, kept them for several weeks and finally, last week, sent I them back with the request that the (si tire case be given a rehearing. No date has yet been set for this rehearing. Harley. meanwhile Is working for the TVA. Harley's brother Ray. had a fist ! fight with Sheridan Dickey over the drafting. Ray was given a hearing before Fred Bates, U. S. Commission er in IWurphy last week, on charges of using violence in an attempt to ocetruct the draft. He was released under $500 bond, for trial in the Federal court which convenes in Bryson City on May 25. o Young Townson Leaves' To Join Coast Guard , Quentin Townson. son of the Sher iff Carl Townson left Tuesday for Chattanooga to be enrolled in the Coast Guard service. He had pass ed his physical examinations a week before, and left home expecting to be sent, immediately, to some train ing station, probably near New Or leans. Young Townson had previously tried to enlist as a flying cadet In both the army and the navy. He dieted for a month to get rid of over-weight, only to be rejected be cause his eyes registered 20-30 in stead o fthe required 20-20. The new Coast Guardsman hopes to be sent to an officers training ?>chool which will lead to a commis sion as an Ensign. STOBAT SCHOOL CONVENTION The West Liberty Sunday School convention will be held at Liberty ?Smith, Sunday afternoon. May 3rd ** S o'clock. Ifce program wfll to group eeefenoees. special ?Me and tain *tj fwd Stilts and **?ed Towamn. Nineteen County Girls Given Certificates in Home Nursing Course Ninetten Cherokee County oris hav" won certificates in Home Nurs inp after taking the Standard Red Cross course und>r the Instruction ol Miss Pauline Neal. public nurse, connected with the h afternoon. He is believed to have been the victim of a heart at tack thai strue'K hUr. down without warning: for he hid made no com ! pla-nt of Keline badly. Funeral s+rviws were at the ! I.'dford cemetery, nea' Suit, ai two I oi'ock this afternoon 'Thursday". , \v lithe R>-v. Tom Truett olficiat . nT and Ivle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. .l(iVin>inn h:iri - tt. -n? rit" greater part of the day at Shields' place, waiting for a truckload of fertilizer which he had ordered to arrive from ; Ktioxville. He intended to tide the | truck back to his farm, to supervise j the dumping. A few minutes before his death he st lolled from Shields' store to the rillinjr station, and took a seat, watching one of the employees wash a car. The employee heard a thud, and looking over, saw Mr. Johnson lying face downward. He had top pled from his seat without even a groan. A physician was summoned, and pronounced him dead. A wiciow and eight children: four girls and four boys, survive. All live at the old home. They are. Mrs. Laura Thompson Johnson, Mrs. Edna Biirrel], Mrs. Artie John son. and th eMisses Lorene and Al line Johnson, and Lloyd. Howard. Clyde and Clarer.e Johnson. MRS. W. A. GARREN TAKEN BY DEATH; AGED 88 YEARS Funeral Held on Friday With Six Grandsons As Her Pallbearers Funeral services for Mrs. A. W. | Garren. 88. who died at the home of j her daughter. Mrs. L. C. Piercy, ! about three miles from Andrews I Wednesday, were held Friday morn- j in" at. the Valley River Baptist ' church The Rev. Algie West, pastor i of the Hewitts Baptist church, offi- I ciated. Burial was in the Valley Rivei I cemetery. Mrs. Garren was the former Miss j Two a Whitaker. daughter of the late i Mr. and Mrs. James Whitaker. \ ; prominent pioneer residents of ' t Cherokee county. She was bom April 17. 1854 near Andrews and had 'ived her entire life in this communi ty. She joined the Baptist church in early girlhood and was affection ately known by everyone as "Grand ma Garren." Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Wade Pullium and Mrs. L. C. Piercy: two sons. James and John: one brother. John Whitaker. and three sisiters. Mrs. Ben Rickett and the Misses Mary and Beth Whitaker. all of Andrews. Other relatives include 17 grandchildren: 38 great-grand children and one great-great-grand child. Grandsons acted as pallbearers, is follows: Lawrence. * Fred, James Harold and Arnold Garren and George Pu'Jium. Flower girls, all granddaughtres. were: Daisy and Louise Garren. Ss j sie Garren Phillips a. d Doris Hill. Strty used toothpaste tubes con tain enough tin to solder all the electrical connection sin a aedtam si7*d bomber. Baseball Fans to Meet Saturday Evening To Map Plans For Season A meeting will be held Saturday evening .n 8 o'clock a: the new bowl ine alleys for the purpose of deter mining .vhetlier or no; Murphy will be represented on the baseball field ithfc ???ITlfti ;? A Western North Carolina League *as organized Tuesday night at Biyson City and Murph\ has been invited to join alone with Bryson City. Cherok'-e, Franklin, and poss ibly two olhc rteams The league will probably start play May 17 with Sunday names only and it is necess ary tha: a detmite move be ma and far.r who arc ln 1 1? rested are urired to attend the | meeting Saturday in order that the Wroundwork for a team might be j laid. Over 1,000 Register j For Draft of Men Between 45 and 65 Sonv came limping some were | on crutches: a few had to be helped: . many were full of pep^ but all had i f' ir chins up. and most of them ! were smiling. Such was the picture presented to the casual observer as more than ' 1.000 men between the ages of 45 I and 65 "signed up for the draft 4 at : the various stations of the county on Monday. About 1,400 were expected to : register, the figures being based on tlx1 1940 census. Some 400 failed to show up ? but it is taken for granted that they have sound excus es Tile various registration plact's were closed after Monday evening However, those failed to appear are ? xpeeted to present themselves, as soon as possible, at the offices of the County Draft Board, in Murphy. No penalty is prescribed for those who refuse to register, and there probably will be none. It- is merely a question of patriotic duty. No body believes there will be any slack ers. Secretary Wayne Walker, of the Draft Board has pointed out that none of the older men who sign up will be called for active military ser vice. Indeed, many of them may never be called at all. and there cer tainly will be no draft lottery. The registration was ordered sim ply and solely to give the Govern ment information as to who can do what, if needed. Every registrant will soon receive a questionnaire to fill out and return. The questions asked are designed to show just what job or jobs each person feels him self qualified to fill, and just what lie thinks he can do best. Cards will be filled out from each questionnaire, and filed away ac cording to the fields of ?u.v thsy cover. Thus Uncle Sam will have h. complete list of possible employes at hand for use at any time. The Government guarantees that all information given on the quest ionnaires will be retarded as con fidential. o Ellen Cooper Axley Joins Library Staff Miss Ellen Cooper Axley of Mur phy. North Carolina joins thp staff of the Nantahala Regional Library on May 5. as Camp Librarian for the TV A Camps located in this area. Her headquarters will be at Hlwassee Dam. Miss Axley is a graduate of Wom an's College. Greensboro, North Carolina. She was formely employ ed in the library of the demonstra tion School of Appalachian State Teachers College. Boone. N. C. and in the Schools of Newton, N. C. o AX TO AXM THREE TO MAKE RACE FOR MAYOR; TWO TICKETS OUT Lovingood, Shields and Col. Norvell File: ? Split Votes Likely Attempts to avoid an * lection con test by putting out just one mixed ticket in the eominr - vn tmrna ies failed d. i\ l.ist ? n Rav. who wius slated for tin j>oM oi Mayor, and >? viral of tin proposed | members of the Board refused to i run. ?v \ ? iult. there *iow are tun I tickets and thru1 candidates for i Mayor. Noah Lovingood. p:es*nt Mayor heads on* ticket with 3 O. i Brumby. Z. C Ramsey Dr B W Whitfield. Walter Coleman Jim I Fianklin and Robert Weaver run ! ninif for membership on the Board j of Town Commissioners. The second *:eket is headed by E L Shields for Mayor, with the fol lowing s* eking places on the Board: Jim Fianklin. Loren Davis. Or B W. Whitfieid, E. C Moon-. Edwin Hyd? and Robert Weaver. Col. E B. Norvell. one time Mayor ! and for years one of the leading citt I zens of this section is running for ; Mayor again, independently, staking * his hopes on the signal service he lias rendered th?- town and the section in the past. Mr. J. a. Richardson retired busi ness man also entered the race as a candidate for Mayor, but withdrew. Backers of the Lovingood and the Shields tickets are both workiug hard, and a hot fight is expected. The battle however, will be limited to the choice of Mayor and three Ccmmissionerships, because Jim Franklin. Dr. Bryan Whitfield and Robert Weaver are named on both tickets. It is generally predicted that there will be a lot of "split votes" cast. Seven Big Projects Awarded to State But None For WNC The attention of Representative Zebulon Weaver and Senator Bob I Reynolds, who are supposed to rep : resent this section in the National Con cress is respectfully called to an nouncements sent from Washington as follows: Seven puhlic works projects are planed immediately for North Caro lina. the cost, to be paid by the Fed eral Government. These projects include three school additions, a hospital addition, a fire station and additions to waterworks and sewer age systems. How many of these projects will come to Western North Carolina? Don't- be foolish. The first five will go to Wilming ton and the other two will go to Jacksonville, "over in Senator Bail ey's territory". ? o Commissions Offered To High School Grads In Naval Flying Corps High school graduates can now win commissions as 'Ensigns In Naval Aviation, or as Second Lieutenants in the Marine Corps. Under a new plan, application* will be received from high school graduates between 18 and 27 7f*rs old. Married men win also be ac cepted. Those -who onaTMy win be paid *75 a month during th?tr train In*. Heretofore at least two years of college work was rrcjulred WANT ADS PAY