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It Pays To Buy Advertised Goods. Patronize Those Who Ad vertise In rhis Newspaper. VOLCMF I ? NO. MIRPIIV NORTH CAROLINA Till KS DAY. JAN. 7. ml. s? rorr? si.m riR thai 4-H Clubs Plan Program Around War Work For Their January Meetings The Four-H Club Member ? Looks Ahead" will be the subfec: | : p .::ams to te held dur :n the m?>nth of January by 4-11 j ,;?li of Cherokee county, an- i . unces Miss Mary Cornweil, who charco of the work. Special i ? mpha-is will ue placed on: Pro-' diu tion of ood. cot nervation of : od. cor ? vat ion ?f materials! nd equi : purr asing td *?r j impf Keeping personal records. . nd participation in special war time acti. trs in the neighbor hood. *n.- schedule of January meet ings is as follows: Tuesdnv ? Jan. 12 ? 9:00 clock Marble: and 10 30. And Wedncsday ? Jan. 13 ? 10:30. Peachtree; and 2:00. Martin's Creek. Thursday ? Jan. 14 ? 9:00, Ranger: 12:55. Murphy Elemen tary. and 1:50. Murphy Hgh. Friday ? Jan. 15 ? 10:00, Hiawassee Darn. Friday ? Jan. 22 ? 1 :00, Wolf Creek. Mrs. W. P. Payne Dies At Home Here; After Long Illness Mrs. Liillie Hediick Payne. 73.! died December 29. at her home j .ollowing a long illness. Funeral i services were held December 30, 1 at Ivie Funeral Home in Murphy. Interment was in Bear Paw ceine- j tery at Union Church. She was converted and joined U.c uuiut'i Bbf lib!/ cllUldl ab Ulc I age of 16. and in 1913 she moved , her membership to the First Bap tist church at Murphy, and was an active member as long as her health would permit. She was a loyal Christian to the end. Mrs. Payne was known by a great number of Cherokee coun ty citizens, was a friend to all, and a mother to all children. She was known to practically all her acquaintance as "Mama Payne," o: "Mother." Active pallbearers were: Ralph Killian. Robert Weaver. John | Donley. Fred Johnson. Abe Hem bree, Charlie Calhoun. Cecil Mon tieth, and Roy Wells. Honorary pallbearers were : EdU Barnett, Fred Moore. J. B. Mul- j key, John Scabolt, Hayes Dockery. E. EJ. Stiles. J. C. Townson. and j Bert Savage. Surviving are the husband: | William P. Payne, and four j daughters. Mrs. J. B. Martin, of Wilmington: Mrs. Homer W. Ricks of Murphy: Mrs. Ralph M. Moody of Raleigh: and Miss Men nico Payne of Murphy; seven grandchildren: one brother, C. B. HedTick of Ranger, one half brother. P. E. Hedrick of Rob blnsvil!?; one sister. Mrs James Alexander of Snow Hill. Ga.. and one half sister. Mrs. Will Smith of Robbinsville. PADGETT TRAINING FOR HOSPITAL CORPS. Paul Padgett, seaman second class, has Just started a six weeks training course for the hospital corps. He Is now stationed at the U. S. Naval hospital Training school at Oreat Lakes. 111. IVTrs W W Vnnno * ' ? ' * ? " ~ O Dies At Unaka Mrs. W. M Young, age 54. wife of : j ? Rev. W. M. Young, died at her home at Unaka on Thurs day December 31. Funeral wa* ai, Unaka Baptist Church on Sat urday morning At 11 o'clock, with the Rev. James Truett and the Rt-v. Mr. Moss officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. She is survived by her hus band and four sons. Townson Funeral home was in charge. R. W. Mclver Is Transferred To Kansas City Base CHAPEL HILL. Jan. 2 ? Cadet Richard Wins low Mclver of Mur phy. has completed the initial step in his training as a Naval Aviation cadet at the Navy Pre Flight School here, and has Deen transferred to the Naval Reserve Aviation Base at Kansas City. Olathe. Kansas, for primary flight instruction. Cadet Mclver was one of 293 cadets to be graduated from the Chapel Hill school on December 23, 1942. after three months of intensive training designed to prepare the cadets for combat flying to come. In addition to the important physical toughening phase, the Pre-Fllght course in cludes military drill, and instruc tion in Naval customs and basic ground school subjects. cadet Mclver now faces 4hre? months of primary flight instruc tion and then three months of advanced training, before win ning his wings in the Navy's air service. W. Dewey Henson Dies From Injury In Truck Accident William Dewey Henson. 36. years old. died on Friday. De cember 26. from injuries received in a truck accident near Blue Ridge. Ga. Funeral services were held Monday at Green Cove church with the Rev. Homer Cof fey officiating. Ivie Funeral home was in charge. Interment was in the church cemetery. urviving aret His mother. Mrs. Lizzie Henson; his wife. Mrs. As lee Henson and six children, L. D., Lloyd. Ruth. Milliage. W. D? Jr.. and Raymond, all of Roy. Ga. Young Girl Dies Friday At Warne Linda Mac Henderson. 13 year old daughter of Mrs. Minda Hen derson of Warne. died at her home on January 1 following an illness of a few weeks. Funeral was at Many Forks Baptist Church on January 2 at 3 o'clock | in the afternoon. The Rev. Omer [ Sparks officiated, and Townson Funeral home was in charge. Burial was in the church yard. She Is survived by: Her mother, three brothers. Don. L. D. and Leonard, Jr., and one sister. Hub by. all of Warne. Masonic Lodge Installs Officers At Meeting Held On Monday Night The Cherokee Lodge 148. A. P. A A. M.. held its annual In stallation ceremonies on Monday night. Jan 4. The following of ficers were installed to govern ^he Lodge for 1943: P Real. worshlD master: Palmer. Sr.. senior warden; 8. Davis. Junior warden; Sam lel Kayc. treasurer: J. Franklin [mlth. secretary: W. A. Sherrill. ?nior deacon: Tom Palmer. Jun >r deacon; T. J. Maune7. and red Swain, steward*. Master Mason degree was conferred on Saul Schmltton. On the Oxford Orphanage com mittee the Miilfr named Tom Palmer. Fred Swain and W. A. Sherrill. W. A. Hembree was named official coach for all can didate?. The lodire will BoM lis npxt re (Hilar communication on Monday night. February 1 for work and Instruction. Two candidates will have the Entered Apprentice de grees conferred on them at UiH time. All master Masons are In vited to attend. SOVIETS SHOVE BACK NAZIS IN DON AREA 1 I SSI A Re<1 infantry fighters attack Nazis In !!>? Do* arch. west of Stalingrad. Latest reports y t; ,, Soviets are developing their pain* in th* Snrovikino area. 90 miles west of Stalingrad tor ; -inching tank battles. Although many -?>?* ?nd transport planes still manage to pene te the area, the number is being lessened. Victory Book Campaign Starts Here This Week A s. a result of the Victory Book Campaign of 1942. several hund red books went from the Nanta hala Region to Camp McClelland. Alabama. The service men there cAprfaanl appreciation for the books on various occasions. Beginning January 5 and run ning through March 5. there will be another Victory Book Cam paign. The slogan this year is. "Any book you really want to keep is a good one to give." Quali ty. not quantity, is stressed. If anyone wishes to donate some looks which they have enjoyed, or if they would lik#? for the library to assist in ordering a book for service men. they may contact their local library bjpneh. in Andrews. Hayesvilfe, Robbins ville. Murphy. Pontana Dam. Hia wassee Dam. Apalachla Dam or the neighborhood bookmoboile custodians. Miss Dora Ruth Parks, regional librarian reminds that only really good books are worth transporta tion to the camps. Special at :ention is directed to "Pocket Book Edition." These sell for 25c each. They are convenient for camps since they take up little space and are unabridged editions of some of the outstanding books in the field of non-fiction as well as mystery and adventuree. Mattie Burch's i Funeral Is Today Miss Mattie Burch. 54. died at | her home at Hiawassee. Ga? on Wednesday, after an illness of five weeks. Funeral services are being held today (Thursday) at | 10 o'clock at Bell Creek Baptist | church, with the Rev. Robert Lovell officiating. Miss Burch is survived by her mother. Mrs. C. C. Burch; five sisters. Mrs. W. L. Carroll. Mrs. J. W. Isley. of Swannanoa, Mrs. E. N. Devlin, of Canton. Mrs. Tom I Poster of Clarksville Ga.. and Mrs Eugene Craig of Hazelwood: five brothers. ?T. C. Burch of Canton. Jack and Frank of Brevard. Wil liam and Herman of Hiawassee. Oeorgia. Townson Funeral home was in charge. Funeral Is Held For J. V. Ledford James Vencr Ledford. age 52. died at his home at Patrick on Tuesday morning at 4 o'clock, after an illness of several years. Funeral services were held at ' I.tfcerty Baptist Church Wcdnes ! day afternoon at 2 o'clock, con 1 ducted by the Rev. W. R. Hamll | ton. Townson Funeral home was in charge. ] Mr. Ledford is survived by: His wife: five sons. Willis. U. S. Army. Camp Wheeler. Oa. Louts. Frank. I Howard and Dlllard of Patrick; j rod. Misses Louise and Kittle May. all of Patrick : two brothers. John Ledford and Wehutt7 Harve of tXrcktown. Tenn.: two sisters. Mrs. Llddle Thompson. Oastonia: I and Mrs Walter Taylor. BlUah. Oeorgia. Pleasure Driving Banned By OPA i OPA on Wednesday ban ned pleasure drivlnr In the East and slashed the amount of fuel oil that school*, stores theatres, and other non-resi dentlal establishment, may consume in the 17-stale area. Authorities said that the best lest for whether motor In* is pleasure driving, which Is forbidden beginning Thurs day at noon. Is "If If, f?n I oot." They stated that going ?o church is not pleasure driving. Taking children to school is probably all right. In the absence of other trans portation: and going to a doctor or a hospital is ob viously all right. Former Scout Publisher Goes To Wilmington Mrs. Ncsfleld Olmsted, who sold the Cherokee Scout in October to the present publishers, has re mained ns a member of the staff until tliis week. She now plans to complete some business here and leave soon for Wilmington, her native home, to resume work with the Western Union, in which she was engaged before here mar riage. | In leaving Tlic 8cout. she writes I the following as her swan song: "In making plans to sell tho Scout. I had inquiries about it from practically every state in the union, but I had the interest of Murphy and Cherokee County at heart to the extent that I did not want to sell the paper to sumeone who would not feel In terested in the town and county as a whole. Just to come in for financial reasons, but one that would be back of the progress of the county. I feel that I could not have found anybody in any one of the 48 states that was quite as well fitted and with the per sonality adaptable to the situa tion as the purchaser of 4 he Cherokee Scout. I do not feel that I am sever tag my connections with Murphy, except in a business way; X will always be coming back here to see my friends. I shall always cherish the many warm friend ships X have made. There will never be a location anywhere that will attract me more as a place to live. But. X feel it my patrio tic duty to go back Into the work for which I am qualified. "Already. I have taken a life line subscription to the Cherokee Scout and will read it with in terest. The public must have been ? =^5 tts improvement ami appearance of the paper, as well as the personality behind the seven-column paper. I am very happy to leave the paper In the hands of such genuinely sin cere and acresste North Caro linian*." Copper Mine Explosion Kills Eight Eight men were killed and the lives of more than two-score uvlifTs cndunscrod at Duckst^wn. llmday in a midafternoon ex plosion at the Tennessee Copper company mine. Oenereal Superintendent La mar Weaver of the mine said a routine detonation of a normal amount of dynamite, set off at 3 p.m.. eaused a dust explosion which in turn interrupted the working of an air fan. Eight bodies had been recovered within a few hours after the ex plo ;ion, Wetwer said, and 14 other miners, suffering from varying degrees of asphyxiation, were! under treatment at Copperhill j and Duck town hospitals. The re mainder of the shift of 54 men in the tenth level, where -the ex- ! plosion occurred escaped serious injury, he said, and there was no indication of further casualties. Weaver said rescue sqauds were clearing the tenth level within an hour after the explosion. The air fan was restored to use to aid the squads in their work. An unofficial list of dead was: Homer Payne. Simon Dunn. Thomas Fritts, L. O. Spurling. W. D. Deal. Elmer Pies s. Ralph Han cock and C. B. Helton. All the victims lived in the cop peie basin which embraces Duck town. Copperhill and North Fan nin county in Georgia. Fire Causes Big Damage To Home Of Miss Murray Tlie home of Miss Jean Murray, known locally as the club house, caught on lire In the basement Wednesday afternoon about 1 :30 o'clock and much damage to floors and walls was done before the fire department could reach the scene. Although the damage has not been ofltclally estimated, it is thought that it amounted to sev eral hundred dollars. There was insurance on the building, how ever. The fire started in the base ment around the furnace and spread rapidly. Firemen worked quickly to extinguish the blaze, when it appeared that the whole house would go up in flames. It was described as "a miracle" that the house did not burn down. H. S. Predmorc. who lives In the home, and Miss Murray, both of whom were at home, were notified about the fire by a neighbor. ODT REPRESENTATIVE TO BE HERE FRIDAY A representative of the OOT will be in Murphy, at the court house. Friday to discuss with truck owners, other than fanners, the rules and regulations regard ing <he use of trucJr* 1*>o?e con cerned are asked to be pm~ ANDREWS SCHOOLS OPEN The Andrews City Schools opened Jwmvy ? AD tcatchm re ported for duty Milk Is Available To School Children For Only 1c Daily J. C. Townson Is Improved J. C. Townson, businessman and former sheriff of Cherokee County, has recovered from n heart attack which he suffered Saturday morning at his ice plant in Murphy. The attack. The at tack occurred soon after break fast. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment and was : r.ble to leave the hospital Mon I nay 4-H Clubsters Are Urged To Start New Pig Projects With the idea of increasing the production of pork in Cherokee County, :r. cc- operation wllh the war prgram. County Agents A. Q. j Kctner and Carl Whiteside have i .secured a loan from the Lions club 10 finance pig projects among 4-H club members and other youths from 10 to 21 years of age. As yet only six hogs have been placed, and those have been with members of the Peochtree club. Eight more pigs have been bought and five others are available. Twenty-five or thirty pig pro jjicts is the goal. I The agents urge those interest ed in starting a pig project to get in touch with them at an eariy date. Local High School Students May Take College Exams All high school principals of this county have been authorized by the State Department of Public Instruction in co-operation with the North Carolina College Con ference. to give special examina tions on January 14 for any high school students who expect to be called into the armed services soon and who desire to better equip themselves with some col lege training before induction. Students passing -the -January 14 examinations will be eligible to enter the colleges at a special u rm which opens January 27, the time when the first semester for most of the high schools ends. Capt. E. F. Fleming I Is Jap Prisoner Relatives of the family recent ly were notified that Capt. E. P. Fleming. Jr.. of the U. S. Army, who was fighting when BaUaii fell, is interned by the Japanese as a prisoner. He is the grandson of L. S. Baylcss of Murphy. HARNETT TRANSFERED Jack Barnett. seaman second class, has been transferred from Great Lakes. 111., to Boston. Mass.. for training as a yoeman. Pour hundred children in Mur phy high school are now receiv ing a half-pint, of milk daily for the price of lc. Milk at this price is made available to the child ren through co-operation of the U. S. Department of Agriculture ar.d the school. The government pays approximately one-third, funds from the scrap metal drive go for one-third, and the child nays the remainder. Sup!. H. Bueck states that Tt> motla and Murphy schools are the only ones under his supervi sion that are now vising the milk plan. In addition, Andrews and Hiawassee Dam schools have started the service. The Murphy school lunchroom i? operated by the WPA. Free lunches are furnished daily to 80 pupils. Since milk is made available to the pupils, many more are buying their lunches at school. Triey buy a month's supply of milk at a time, being issued a ticket which is punched as used. Local Appeal For Polio Victims To Be Held Jan. 15-30 Tiie tenth annual campaign for the benefit of victims of infantile paralysis is to be held in this county January 15-30. under the direction of a County Chairman to be appointed by Dr. McDon ald of Chapel Hill, Y?h"? has ceeded Dr. Julian Miller as State Chairman. Governor J. M. Broughton and six other prominent North Caro lina citizens have been appointed honorary directors of the North Carolina Committee for the Cele bration of the President's Birth day. They will head up the 10th annual campaign for this State. Four of the directors are form er Governors ? O. Max Gardner, J. C. B. Ehringhaus., Cameron Morrison and Clyde Hoey. Josephus Daniels, editor and publisher of the News and Obser ver, and Julian Miller, editor of the Charlotte Observer, are the other two directors. Mr. Daniels was Secretary of the I Navy during World War I when Franklin D. Roosevelt was As sistant Secretary and is the only living man Mr. Roosevelt ever called boss. Dr. Miller has served as State Chairman of the campaign for the last two years with great suc cess. R. W. Madry. director of the University News Bureau at Chapel Hill, has been named State Pub licity Chairman, and J. B. Clark, program director of Station WDNC. Durham, has been ap pointed State Radio ^airman. J MILLS TRANSFERRED FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON, Indiana ? Pvt. Leonard Milk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gid Mills of Murphy. R. No. 3. has been trans ferred to Ft. Moultrie. S. C., for basic training. Peyton G. Ivie Speaks At Meeting Of Ministerial Association Monday The Cherokee - c'?y county ministerial association met at the First Baptist church In Murphy Monday morning at 11 o'clock, for Its regular monthly program The newly elected president, the Rev. A. B. Cash, pastor of the church. pr??ided. Peyton O. Ivle, deacon of the Baptist church and businessman of Murphy, led the discussion on the topic. "What the Layman Ex pects of His Pastor." Mr. r?le presented a high tW.ar.rd S? equipment, consisting of conse cration . humlllfy. unselfishness, sincerity, krre. vision, patience, energy, friendliness, a happy dis position, and prayvrfulnets. The program committee an nounced that at the February meeting. Dr. w. A. Hoover will discusa "The Minister in the Sick Chamber." Present at the meeting Mon day were: Mr. Cash, the Rsv. *. V. Baker, the Rev. R. T. Route, and the Rev. P. K Fetter, pastors of the Baptist Methodist and Lutherean churches of Andrews, respectively, the Rev. Dan H. Dennis of Shooting Creek, ttie 't Tkr?or. pastor of the Murphy Methodist church, the Rev. Dr. H L. Paisley, pastor of the Murpixr and Mr. rvie. Mr. Wee,
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