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9fo CfijeriAet It Pays To Buy Advertised Goods. P.ntronize Those Who Ad \ riise In I his Newspaper. VOt-l'ME M NO 27 Ml KI'IIV NOKTII CAROLINA Till KMIAY. JAN ?* 1943 5c COPY??1.5# I'RR VI AH Scout W?ns Second Place Among Weeklies In State The Cherokee Scout, the only newspaper nuhH*Hn#i ??* ?ml for Cherokee county, wa ? winner of a certificate of merit, second prize for general excelleene among the wc< ;ly newspapers of the slate. in the annual contest conducted by tli? *.'.r t h Car'!'j?n Pr??? assocta t on. Tlv w.nm .?* ?n the contest wete announced las*. Sunday by W. K Iloyt of Winston-Salcmn president of the association, and Rikv II M. Orumnum dirrctor of the University Extension Division at CT.apel Hill, who managed the contest. The contest was open to all papers which are members of the North Carolina Press association. It was required that the issues of the first week in June and the first week in November and any ctiier three consecutive issues be submitted. Tli?- papers were Judged on the folowing points: Mechanical excellence 25. general and department news 25. editorial page 15. advertising enterprise 15, promotion of community interest 10. and reporting excellence 10. Out-of-state newspaper editors, reporters and teachers were Judges m the contest. Cash awards for the best edi torial. spot reporting, feature writing and photography were won by men on daily newspapers. The Alleghany News of Sparta, and Transylvania Times of Bre vard were winners of trophies for first places in the general excel lence contest. The News-World of North Wilkesboro was winner of second prize in the B division of the general excellence contest. The Elkin Tribune at Elk in was awarded a trophy for best com munity service and The Williams ton Enterprise of Williamston for the b*st special edition. Second prizes for the same went to: Hert ford County Herald at Ahoskie and Elkin Tribune, respectively. SHARE YOUR CAR The North Carolina Office of Civilian Defense this week will push car-sharing in all sections of the state through block and com munity leaders. OCD says that car-sharing is "all imoprtant" in the present gasoline and rubber crisis and every effort should be made to share as many rides as possible. CELLOPHANE GOES TO WAR Housewives will see less and less articles wrapped in cellophane now until the war is over. Reason is that cellophane is needed for gas capes for the United States Army. Hiwassee Library Is Expanding Mi.s s Ellen Axley. camp librarian . Hiv.a: e D.?m announce? that m w room ha.? been added to i;io library and is being used as m adult reading rtx>m. It is at raetively furnished with map!< J furniture and a new ruir. The Hiwassee library is a pan ct Nan t aha la regional library. Scouts Start New Scrap Drive North Carolina's Boy Scouu will make the month of February a scrap coiiccuon month. Ali Coy Scou! couneils in the state will j co-ope: ate in the national scrap drive for Scouts. J. B. Voglcr. se cretary of the North Carolina State Salvage Committee, said After the scrap drive ends the Boy Scouts will set up a systematic* method of collecting waste greases and fats from housewives* kit chens The gTease drive will begin about. March 1. Child Dies From Severe Scalding Virginia McClure. four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George McClure of Warne. died Saturday from scalds sustained when she fell into a tub of hot water and lye. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Mt. Pisgah church. Pallbearers: Nath Moo4y. Roy Anderson. Hai 1 drem Payne, and Carrol Fo:d. The child is survived by her parents: two brothers. Howard and Harold: and one sister. Joyce. Ivie Funeral home was in charge of the arrangements. Hiwassee Red Cross Working | The Hiwassee Dam Red Cross ; has been very active lately. The j Red Cross room has been painted, i The Woman's Club gave new ' shades for the room. [ The bandage making got un derway last week with a talk by | Mrs. T. A. Case of Murphy. Ban I dages are made on Thursdays and Fridays. Sewing is done on Mon days. Schools At-War Program Presented By Students Mrs. Mauney's home room as-1 sisted ty Mrs. Davidson's 7th Grade, presented another "Bond and Stamp" program on Tues- ! dav morning of week. Boys and girls with fathers, mothers, sisters, and brothers in the armed forces were "honor guest" and each one had a badne of red. white and blue pinned on. Carl Meroney reported the suc cess of the Boy Scout drive. The following program was presented: Song ? The Star Spangled Banner." Pledge to the Flag. Led by Doyle Burch. "Sac rifice - short story - written by Lois Hatchett reead by Fred Bren dle. "Goals ? Mrs. Mttuncy. Sons ? "Ood Bless America." Mary Frances Axlcy read the following report of sales: Grammar School Teacher Miss McCombs Mrs. Patton Miss Shields Mrs. Shields Mrs. Meroney Miss Sword Mrs. Adams Miss Leatherwood Miss Moore Miss Hayes Mr? Davidson Total for Gram mar School $ 2130.65 Hi*h School Teacher Amount Miss Felmcr 390.50 | Miss Varner 1289.80 i Miss Farrow 29.05 ! Mrs. Bault 24.35 ; Mrs. Maunry 58.GO Miss DcHart 15.55 ! Miss Folgcr 56.30 Mrs. Bueck 34.70 | Mrs. Spainhour 42.60 i Mrs. Ray 123.55 I Mr. Smith 42.80 Miss Akin 2.10 Total $211.80 Administration 137.50 Sold ?n Halls 29.65 Total for School $4408.no At the conclusion of the pro j pram ? Faculty members were presented Honor Badges for mem bers of their families in Srrvicc. Mr. Pitzer read a poem written by a soldier who fell at Corrcgi | dor which inspired the student body. The seventh grade, which is sponsoring the Schools-at-War" j program in the school will pres . rnt a pageant "United We St' r\" in the near future. The slogan. "Every grade 100" owncr of Stamps and Bonds" has been adopted. Fill your stamp albums Ex change them for Bonds NOW t A half-filled stamp album Is like a half-equipped soldier. Carl Mexoney Room President Jungle Fighters THESE AUSTRAI.I \.NS photographed within 100 yard? ol Japan??? positions in New Guinea ?re coming out of the lines for a rest. Australian and IJ. S. troops have driven the Jjps out ol most ol New Guinea. Their next job may to protcct I'inior or New llritaio. strategic islands northwest ol Australia. Town Council And Firemen Honored W. S. Dickey and J. W. David son were hosts at a dinner party in honor of the town council, mayor and firemen, at Hotel Re gal Tuesday evening. Guests present included: Loren Davis. Mayor Shields. Fred John son. Frank Crawford. Ezra Price. E. A. Browning. Thomas Axley, Dr. B. W. Whitfield. Wess Garrett. Robert Weaver. H. G. Elkins, Reu ben Cook. Frank Dickey. E. O. Christopher. Dutch Kinley. Jim Franklin. George Townson, Walter Coleman, Fred Swain. Bill Wat kins. Frank Ellis and Joe Ray. Victory Garden Food Available North Carolinians who plan gardens this year will be able to obtain Victory garden fertilizer, the WPB anounced this week. This special fertilizer will be used only for the production of food and not for lawns, flower beds, or shrubs abcut the home. OPA has set price ceilings on the new Victory plant food and it is label ed "Victory Garden Fertilizer For Food Production Only." Tire Inspection Rules Relaxed North Carolina motorists arc taking better care of their tires than ever before, the OPA has relaxed its rules on tire inspec tion. All holders of A cards will now have until March 31 for their initial tire inspection, and sub sequently will have their tires in spected ever:'" six months, instead {of ever/ feu/ months as first I stated. Motorists with B or C card.; | must have their tires inspected by the end of February. After , that, inspections for B holders will be held every 4 months, and | for C holders bulk coupon holders once every three months.. The Office of Defense Transportation has also postponed the deadline date for initial commercial motor vehicle tire inspection from Jan , uary 15 to February 28. NO LANTERN CUT North Carolina farmers will be , able to keep buying liquid fuel ! eii lamps and lanters. While a iarge number of other articles made of steel for war use have been s toped for the duration ? there will continue to be lanterns for use around the house and 48 Reservists Leave For Fort Jackson Forty-eight. Cherokee county reservists left Tuesday morning for Fort Jackson. 3. C. to start their army training, following their seven-day p re-service fur loughs at home. Those leaving Tuesday morning were: Dennis M. Helton. Coporal in charge. Luther Rogers. Royal A. Hicks. John A. Bettis. Oscar F. McDonald. Claude McLean j Sheridan S. Kephart, Warren Ma . son. Wallace A. Taylor. Martin J Palmer. James R. Stalcup. James ' R. Cook. John N. Cornwell. Marvin ! B. Radford. WaKer C. Kimsey, i Goldman W. Reece, Gordon G. | Roberts. Herman J. Roberson. Wayne Gragg. Harold L. Curtis. Richard P. Dockery. Herman D. Akin. Charles W. Cavender. Char les E. Aiken. George W. Floyd. Luther C. Rich, William H. White, Roy L. Led ford. Robert. L. In gram. Earl Johnson. Dewel E. Curtis. John W. Pratt. Calvin H. , Stiles. Blaine Patterson. Charles R James. Horace J. O'Dell. Ralpn F. Payne. Eugene V/. Hall. Her man L. Taylor. Rhuell H Parker. Glenn Radford. Willard Martin. Horace G Everett Arthur B Mulkey. Char-rs C. Odom. Gordon L. Smith, and Lloyd E. Ramsey. Troy J. Bvers left Thusrday morning for the army training center. Home On Leave Howard Hampton Hall of :he Naval Reserve stationed at Brook lyn N. y.. pent a fifteen day have with his parents. Mr. anr! Mrs M I. Hall of Murphy. Rt. 3. Mr. and Mrs Hall have three c'her sons in the services: John A. Hall at Camp Lee. Va T | Glen Hall at Camp Roberson. ' Little Rock. Ark., and Donald L Hall in Australia. | RETVRNS TO TEXAS Pfc Waynes Bowles left Tues day for Camp Bowie. Texas after a 10-day furlough here with his parents. Mr. C. H. Bowles. He was inducted April 7. ?942. and was sent to Fort Sill. Okla., where he received his basis training. He participated in Louisiana maneu ver during the summer and was later transferred to Camp Bowie. Texas. He is with the Tank Des troyer Dev. And ha? received his expert rifleman medal. Before en tering the army he was with the President's Birthday Ball Sponsored by Lions Club Large Number Books Donated For Campaign figntcrs from the Murphy high .school under the supe: vision of Alfred Smi'.n canvassed Murphy heme, for books for the Victory Book Campaign on Wednesday. January 27. The collection in cludes: "Victory Through Air Power." "Our He ar Were Young and Gay. "They Were Expenda ble." "The Lom Time I Saw Paris." "War and Peace." "The Mediter ranean," W*iu Gccsc Call ins." "Come and Oet It" and many other good volumes. A number of good mysteries and westerns wen donated. Fifty-Eight, pocket edi tions and sixty-one other titles were given. Wednesday was the first day of the drive in Murphy. Books are still coming in. Mrs. Holt Home On Furlough Mrs. Neva Holt, the first Chero kee county woman to join the Woman's Army Auxiliary corps, is j at home on furlough. She com pleted her training in tlie ad I ministrative specialist school at I Fort Des Moines. Iowa on Decem ber 4 and was recently transferred to Fort Sheridan. Illinois, as a member of the first contigent of WAAC to be sent to that Fort. Mrs. Holt is the daughter of Mrs. R. M. Reece of Andrews, and i the widow of Dr. E. L. Holt of Murphy. She has two brothers in ervice. Lieut. Harry Ward, who is j n the Canadian army, and Sea i man Raymond Ward, of the U. S. Navy. KNOW YOUR OFFICERS Before you surrender your gaso- ? .ne ration book to any officer ?' e sure that he is authorized to 1 ?nforce the pleasure driving ban.' Vorman Shepard. state OPA at orney. warned this week. She- j pard said that all OPA in ves i ga- ! tors carry sufficient identification.? All persons questioned by persons claiming to be OPA investigators have the right to demand this identification and should report persons who are without it. She paid said. Sales of Feed Wheat Continue Federally-owned wheat for use a livestock and poultry feed still i available to North Carolina farmers under the 1043 sales pro pram announced by the Commo dity Credit Corporation, accord i ing to H. A. Patten, acting state AAA executive assistant. The wheat Is being offered to farmers by the CCC at prices in l.nc with the cost of corn in an effort to increase production of livestock and dairy products. Re lease of the wheat for this pur pose wes authorized by Congress NO CREDIT Effective February 1. 1943. fill ing stations and other dealing In rasclinc and other petroleum pro ducts cannot extend credit in any v ay to civilian users. Only ex ceptions are federal or state gov ernment*. comercial use of motor boat? and motor vehicles display | ing "T" ration stickers. Credit k i OUT for the duration for the North Carolina pasenger auto owner. WORKS IN WALTERRORO ; Mtm TKtyfg ha* iust I completed a course at the Spencer I Watchmaking School at Spencer, and has left for Waltertoro. S. C.. i where she has accepted a position Have Three Sons in T he Army Mi and Mrs. J. II. Lovingood , ? : Vciv . an Crock have three . :in the U. s Army. Pfc Wil lorU I.oviii rod who entered th< army Am : 13. 1941. is now sia t ion* it at Philadelphia. Penn. Pvt. Eugene Lovingood is sta- > tionr-d at Fort Jackson. S C. He < n*.? red tin- army August 12. 1942.1 P*.i Clyde Lovingood entered I the army September 7. 1942 and ; is now ationed at San Franciso. Calif. Farm Machinery Restrictions Are Modified RALEICtH. January 21 ? Sev eral restrictions on the manufac ture and distribution of farm ma chinery and equipment werc mo dified today by WFB. Tiie amendment does away with the 3 months restriction on the distributor's inventory of repair parts and eliminates the necessity of his filing a "certificate for em ergency order" to obtain repair parts. Certain provisions in the origi nal order are changed as they ap ; ply to silos so that the weight of critical materials necessary for their construction, rather than the number of units constructed, governs the quota. At the same time quota percentages of silo construction is increased from 12 to 16 percent. Repayment of FSA Loans Up T o 92% The U. S. Department of Agri culture lias announceed that re payments on Farm Security Ad ministration rehabilitation loans jumped :o 92 per cent of maturi ties on December 1. 1942. com pared to 75.4 per cent on the same date in 1941. The figures were received from the Department by FSA Super visor E. F. Arnold, of Murphy and cover loans throughout the coun try. MORE BICYCLES The February bicycle quota for North Carolina will be 1.767 i'. was announced this week by Chrcston Holoman. state OPA commodity ration officer. Almost anyone can qualify for a bicycle ration purchase certificate now. Full information may be obtained from your local rationing board. ph.. L> k Club will sponsor Pr- Birthday Ball to be Id ..lurda;. evening from 9 to i- c' k a* Hotel Regal. as a m? an of raisin? funds for the J. infan ilc paraly^i- cam ; ,w. v At i: ' Lions meeting held Tu .t.a ? t n?np. Pre .dent W. A. app i:v.< d II. Bueck chair man of the ball A committee lo work with i am was appointed as Ju- Ray P. ar.k Porsyihe. W. A Shcrrill. A. Q Ketner, and Jim Gibbs. Tick? s will bt in the hands of ail I.ions . ib members for the remainder of the week, and those cU ij'ing to purchase advance tickets ma\ secure them from the members. The club voted Tue-vlav night to have the secretary to write the representative of the county and senator of the district requesting them ?o approve tin appropria tion of S200.000 per year for state aid to libraries, in the budget for the next biennium. Special guests for the meeting were: F C. Bourne and W. S. Collins of Asheville. and "two boy scouts. Buddy Brendle and Nick Howell. New Dentist To Establish Office In Local Hospital Dr. W .W. Abernethy. dentist cf Mayodan. will move here the second of February and establish an office in Murphy General Hospital, it is announced this week by Dr. F. V. Taylor and Dr. Abernethy. The new dentist was born in Murphy. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Abernethy. the former a Methodist minister wtio dedicat ed the local Methodist church. A graduate of Vanderbilt Uni versity Dental school. Dr. Aberne thy also has taken post graduate work in several New York City schools. He specializes in oral surgery, orthodontia, anaesthesia. Dr. Abernethy will be acompain ed here by his wife. The couple were visitors in Murphy Tuesday night and Wednesday. COMPLETES JR. CLASS Paul William Padgett. Seaman 2nd class, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Padgett, has completed his junior class in the hospital corps., at Great Lakes. 111. He this week .-.tarted on his senior class, which will last three weeks. When he has completed this course he will be *ent to a Naval o: Marine Base for more advanced training. Acrobatic Program Given At Woman's Club Meeting A program consisting of exer cise routine, solo and group acro batic numbers was presented by classes in physical education, at, the meeting of the Murphy Wom an's club in lie school auditorium Wednesday afternoon The pro cram was directed by Mis? Char lotte Vainer Those taking part in the exercise were: Margaret Mrr oncy. soloist. Jean Davis, comic soloist. Jean Wakins. Frances Kennedy. Mary Evelyn Caninger. Blaine Richardson. Eva Nell K<?as ler. Wda Estates. .June Mulkev. Alice Jane Dockery. and Barbara Arnold. I Jacqueline Cash were narrator. I and Virginia White and Billy Adatu*. uaherctts. Mrs Duke Whitley played "Ka mennoi-Ostrow." ty Rubinstein. A business session followed, pre sided over by the president. Mrs Harry Miller. She reported on a 1 meeting held recently by the county agricutmal council, and : stressed the importance of plant J ing "Victory Gardens." and urged all who could do so. to secure victory seed packs, and plant gar dens. * A i i'poi t from different depart showed that all are busy sewing knitting and making surgical di< ssinss Mrs. T. A Case, chapter chairman pointed out the neces sity of more workers in the sur gical dressing department. The home economic? classes under the direction of Miss Ruth Davis Lmc .. . have made 115 soldier kit bags, the chapter's quota, and they are awaiting only one article 0 be put into the bags, and they ?a ill be ready to be filled and sent a w?y. There was a request from the ; home economics department for j eld clothes, to be made over for needy children, especially men's suits to be made into suits for I girls, and -to give pupils practice in making these suits. j The club voted to sponsor the bill for an increased aproprta I tion for libraries, and the secre i tary was instructed to write Mrs. G. W. Cover. Sr.. Cherokee coun ty's representative in the legis lature. to work for passage of the 1 bill. | The club adjourned to the hcrcr I economics room wnere refreni ments were served by the foods classes under the direction of Miss
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