34 Cherokee Men
Enter U.S. Army
At Ft. Jackson
A group of 25 Cherokee county
reservists left Murphy this morn
itiff (Thursday) on a special bus
for Ft. Jackson, S. C.. where they
will enter active service with the
U. S. Army. following a 7-day fur
lough after passing final examina
tion tests at Camp Croft. Two
other groups will leave the coun
ty this week. Six white men will
leave for the training center at
Ft. *r -'.son Friday morning, and
a group of colored men will re
nnrt there Saturday.
Leavi.ig Thursday were: J. B.
Green, acting coiporal. Jack Caue.
Gene H. Berry. Or an Witt. Carl H.
Hickey. George C. Getty. John O.
Kllpatrlck. Austin B. Nichols, El
vin M. Ledford, Henry L. Martin.
Claude L. Mathis. W. C. Davis.
Leonard Ramsey. Earl G. Bryson.
Virgil W. Kear. Hobert C. War?,
Cecil Bob Hedrick. Ned C. Plercy.
V* uui cu D. Taylor. Si! lie A. Di!!?.
Robert West. Homer H. Prince.
John R. McGulre. Ammel H.
Bainc. James C. Simonds. Jr.
Leaving Friday are: J. E. Camp
bell, acting corporal, James E.
mad. Charles S. Garland, Windell
Mas teller. Raymond E. McCor
B. Raper. Homer H. Jones.
Colored men leaving Saturday
are: Ward law W. Mc Kinney, act
ing coporal. Harvey James Kln
cald, William Harding Kincard.
McCrary Baby
Dies, Lance Cove
Claudie Bell McCrary. age 8.
died at her home in Lance Cove,
Sweetwater community, Thursday,
at 10 p.m. Services were held Sat
urday at the Hayesville Methodist
Church. Rev. James Clemmer of
ficiated, and interment was in the
church cemetery.
She is survived by her father
and mother? Mi . and
McCrary. Pallbears were cousins.
Ivie funeral home was in charge, j
Child Suffers
Painful Burns
At Marble Home
Jimice Jones, ten year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N.
Jones of Alcoa, Tenn., was painful- j
ly burned Sunday morning about
10 o'clock at the home of her
grandmother. Mrs. W. B. Mulkey
of Marble.
The child had gone with her
mother to spend the week-end
with her grandmother. While
standing before an open gate fire,
the left leg of her outing pajamas
caught tfiie. The blaze, which
spread rapidly, was soon extin
guished by her mother. She was
brought to Murphy General hos
pital. where the burn which
reached from the ankle to the hip.
was dressed. The burns arc not
considered serious and she is rest
ing comfortably.
Mrs. Jones and Janice are stay
ing at the Regal hoteel while the
wound is treated by local physic
ians. Mrs. Jones is a sister of Mrs.
GOES TO OGLETHORPE
Margaret A. Caldwell, of An
drews. will report as a WAAC to
Fort Oglethorpe. Ga.. on March 2.
Red Cross Speaker
Dr. O. M. Seigler. pastor of First
Baptist Church. Canton. Oa.. who
will speak at the public Red Cross
meeting to be held at the court
house in Murphy Tuesday. March
2. at 7:30 P.M.
I No Women Allowed
In International
Association Lions
In Octcbcr 2942 ?s.'hen Miss Art
die Mae Cooke came to Murphy
to edit The Cherokee Scout, Mur
phy Lions club, wanting repre
sentation in all business and pro
fessional activities and particul
arly the newspaper, extended the
new editor an invitation to join
the club. At the next meeting she
was enrolled.
Soon the treasurer. Dr. L. T.
Russell, reported her membership
to Lions International. An argu
ment between local officials and
that office ensued. Lions Inter- !
national refused to recognize a
woman's Qiemtership. Letters
from the treasurer and President
W A. Hoover, explaining the de
sire of the club for an exception
in this case, brought no result.
Officials pointed out Article III.
section 5. of the Consitution of
Lions International, which states:
"Any adult Male person of good
moral character and good stand
ing in his community and who is
engaged in a legitimate and rec
ognized line of business or pro
fessional activity, shall be eligible
to membership in any duly au
thorized Lions club.
Miss Cooke has been a regular
attendant at the local Lions meet
ings since October. At the Tues
day night meeting the controversy
with Lions International was dis
cussed. The club voted unani
mously to retain Miss Cooke as a
member of the local, even though
Lions International does not rec
ognize her membership.
At the Tuesday night meeting
the Boy Scout quota of $200 for
this year was discussed. Members
of the Club were given a list of
names to enroll as adult scouts.
PAISLEY VISITS PARENTS
William M. Paisley, director of
the Music Libiary. National
Broadcasting Co. Radio City.
visite?| his parents. Rev. and Mrs.
H. L. Paisley, over the past week
end and returned Tuesday. He
served as pianist at the Presby
terian church Sunday morning at
the invitation of the regular pian
ist. Mrs. R. H. Foard.
Start Work On Home Gardens
And Yards At This Season
Don't wait for spring blossoms
to remind you, but begin now to
clean-up and plan the home yards
and gardens, urges John H. Har
ris. Landscape Extension Special
ist of N. C. State College. March
is the last month before next fall
for the planting of fruit trees,
grapes, strawberries, dewberries
and other small fruits.
Harris points out that rose
bushes, fruit trees, and diseased
Shrubs should be sprayed with
lime-sulphur. That, trees, shrubs
and lawn should be fertilized with
manure and perhaps some phos
phate. No fertilizer containing in
organic nitrogen can be used for
this purpose under present regula
tions.
As to pruning, he suggests that
it be done so as to preserve the
natural shape of the plant to be
pruned. Flowering plants that
bloom before July should not be
pruned.
Trees and shrubs should not be
allowed to rock around in the
wind and wear a hole in the soil
around their base. Anchor them
with string and stake and keep the
soil packed around the roots.
As to spring yard cleaning, he
gives the following pointers: Don't
burn over the yard and don't
use a brush broom. Use a rake
to remove the coarse trash and
allow the fine material to remain.
He reminds all gardeners that
I it is time now to plant water lilies.
Use three parts of good soil and
one part of well-rotted manure,
and cover with a layer of sand to
hold the soil in place.
Pruden Davidson
Gets Promotion
First Lieutenant
Mi . and Mrs. Jerry W. Davidson
have received word that their son.
Lt. Edward Pruden Davidson of the
Army Air r\>ros Engine* has
been promoted to first lieutvnant.
Lt. Davidson has recently com
pleted a month's advanced Tech
nical Engineering instruction at
Yale University. He is with the
76th Observation Squadron at
Vichy Air Field. Missouri.
Red Cross Chapter
| Quota 400 Kits
! The Cherokee County chapter
I of the American Red Cross has
accepted a quota of 400 service j
kits to be made and sent to an em- I
i barkation point to be filled. A j
g:oup of women met Monday and !
cut 200. packing them and in
closing instructions ror making.
The chapter already has made
and filled a quota of 115 kits.
Mrs. R. C. Mattox is sewing
chairman. Mrs. Harry Miller, kit
chairman, and the following are
working on the committee: Mrs.
W M. Axley. J. B. Gray. Bessie
DeWeese. O. K.. Erhart. T. A j
Case. W. C. Kinney. Mrs. Harrell. !
and Miss Ruth Emory.
Ladies Active
In Making Red
Cross Dressings
Those who made surgical dress
ings fo: the Red Cross during the
two weeks of Feb. 8 to the 19 were
as follows: Mesdames L. T. Rus
sell. Alleen Howell. J. H. Duncan,
K. C. Wright, Eddie Mallonee.
Minnie Bowles. J. W. Davidson. C.
W. Arnold. B. L. Padgett. John L.
Savage. Ruth Carringer. P. G.
Ivie. W. S. Dickey. R. C. Mattox.
L. E. Bayles. Ed Barnett, J. N.
Hill. E. B. Norvell. S. D. Akin.
Julia Martin. Henry Hyatt. W. H.
Brandon. Misses Parrie Vaughn
Geraldine Shields. Dora Ruth
Parks. Mary Jo Lloyd. June Mc
Coy. Prances Waldroup. Roberta
Henson. Willie McKinney.
C. C. Richardson. W. A. Hoover.
J. H. Hampton, A. B. Cash. R. D.
Chandler. W. M. Axley. C. R. Wor
then. Bill Adams. Porter Meroney.
Leon Frasch. C. A. Beatty. J. W.
Bailey. J. C. Amnions, Don With
erspoon. R. S. Parker. Harry Mil
j ler. Lucile H. McDuffie. Misses
| Adella Meroney. Addie Leather
i wood. Talitha Moore. R. A. Akin
j P. H. Leatherwood. M. W. Bell
j Tom Mauney. Misses Gillie Mar
i tin. Mildred Farrow. Ann Leather -
j wood. Mrs. Evelyn Patton. and
Mrs. T. A. Case.
"THAT'S THE UNION" TO STRIKE FOR NOW!"
12-Year-Old Mother At Petrie
Attracts Nationwide Attention
Murphy's 12-year-old mo
ther, Mrs. R. G. Foster, and
her seven-pound daughter,
Carolyn Louise, have com
manded the attention of the
press, radio and photo serv
ices throughout the country
since the first announcement
of the birth last Wednesday,
Petrie hospital and Dr. James
T. McDuffie, attending phy
sician. were contacted by
numerous telephone calls and
telegrams, requesting infor
mation.
The story has been publish
ed in newspapers and an
nounced on the radio through
out the country.
Among the reporters and
photographers who have visit
ed Murphy to get their stories
first hand were: Miss Betty
Luce and Anthony Calvacca
of the New York Post, New
York City; Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Sherrill with Acme News
Service and Chattanooga
Free Press: and Morris Reed
of International News Photo.
Atlanta.
Mrs. Cherry Dies
In Hayesville
Mrs. Coma Cherry. 60, wife of
J. C. Cherry died at her home in
Hayesville February 20. Funeral
was held Sunday at Hayesville |
Methodist church. Rev. James
Clemmer officiated, and interment
was in Baptist church cemetery.
Mrs. Cherry is survived by two
daughters. Mrs. Garland Haney.
Murphy, and Mrs. James Buckner.
Hayesville; one son, Lofton. Camp
Beal. Calif.
Active pallbearers were: Frank
Hurbert. Weaver Anderson. Mark
Weaver. A. Bradley. Everett C:aw
! ford. Early Anderson. Ed Meese. ;
| Pearl Scrogg.-. Honoary pallbcar- ,
i ers were: Jack Bristol. Rank
Cherry. Clay Rogers, Ed McCor- |
nell.. Howard Rogers. Pearl Cher- '
ry. Dr. P. B Killian. Charlie Car
ringer. Ivic funeral home was in j
charge.
Rev. E. F. Baker
To Leave 5th
Rev. E. P. Baker of Andrews
resigned Sunday as pastor of the
Andrews Baptist church to enter
military service as a chaplain, j
February 28 will be his last serv- 1
ice at Andrews. He will leave on
March 5.
Home Nursing
Group To Meet
The home nursing committee of
the Cherokee County chapter of
the American Red Cross will meet
at- the heme of Mrs. T. A Case on
Friday night at 7:30 o'clock. Miss
Mildred Wieden, nurse vho has
taught several courses in the
county for the past two months,
will make a repo:t of the work.
Plan*, will be made for continuing
: heme nursing training. Mrs. W. D.
King is home nursing chairman.
Town And Farm In ^X/artime
How And When Of War
Ration Book Two
War Ration Book Two. to be
used for rationing canned and
processed foods, will be Issued in
the following manner, says OPA
? 1. Anyone who has War Ration
Book One and has filled out the
"consumer declaration" (one for a
family Is sufficient), may get
Book Two. 2. Application must be
made between February 21 and
February 28. 1943. 3. Local War
Price and Rationing Boards wih
announce places for registration
One adult may apply for all book?
in the family. All books ONE must
be present when getting Book Two
4. After February 28. applications
may be prohibited until March 15.
1943. 5. If War Price and Ration
ing Board permits, applications
may be made after March 1. 1943
Local board rules in this ease.
6. Person without Book One may
make special application for Book
Two. 7. "Consumer declaration"
means stating number of cans of
food on hand as of February 21.
Limit is fiv* cans per person. All
over that number are to be ac
counted for by the board "tailor
ing" Ration Book Two to fit the
situation. 8. Coffee stamps will be
removed from Book One for per
sons under 14 years of age. also one
stamp, for each pound of coffee
1 in excess of one held by an adult
on November 23. 1942.
Declarc Emergency Stocks
Stocks of canned goods that
| may have been set aside lor use iu
case of disaster, must be reported
when application Is made for War
Ration Book Two. OPA has de
clared. There will no need for
a family to keep such stocks be
cause food will be equitably dis
tributed to retailers who will car
ry several weeks' supply at all
times. Warehouses will have addi
tional stocks to meet any emer
gency.
Danrerous To Transfer Food
Transferring food from commer
cia' cans into glass Jars is danger
ous and may result in fatal food
poisoning. Housewives were warn
ed by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture against the practice
which is a resort of some persons
to * scape reporting excess canned
goods when War Ration Book Two
1 is obtained. The subterfuge des
| troys food values and obviously
does not aid the war effort. U. S.
Department of Agriculture nutri
tion experts have emphasized.
Many Job* Are War Jobs
Such essential civilian activities
as agriculture, food processing,
mining, textiles, transportation,
communications, heating, power,
and educational services are "war
I jobs." says the War Manpower
! Commission. People must be hous
ed and fed and elothed in war
j time as well as in pcace. and
I cogciiwa! civilian ?.*or!r '?r* are on
an equal plane with workers in
; basic war industries.
No Frills On Shoes
Unessential frills on shoes have
been eliminated oy order of WPB
which also limited the height of
heels on women's shoes, and res
I tricted colors to four ? black,
white, army russet and town brown.
Some shoes will be discontinued.
They include men's patent leather
men's sandals, men's and wom
en's metal spiked golf shoes, and
women's formal evening slippers.
Heavy leather may be used only
for making work shoes, cowboy
utility boots, and lined police
shoes.
Alfalfa Hay Priee Set
Price ceiling of $20 a short ton
was set by OPA for alfalfa hay
at the farm level in California.
Oregon and Washington where
prices recently had climbed sharp
ly. Parity level for alfalfa hay is
$19.85 a short ton. and sine* pari
ty price had not been reached in
other states, no acllon was taken
in other areas.
Nurse* Should Register
Every graduate nurse In the
(continued on page 2)
W ar Drive To Be
Launched March 2
"Footsteps" Is
Shown Theatres
The motion picture .short, "Foot
steps." on the work of the Ameri
can Red Cross was shown at Henn
Theatre this week and is being
shown at the Chic Thursday. Pri- ,
day and Saturday. It will be shown >
at Hi was see Dam and Andrews
theatres next week. The short is
shown by lite msnagcmcr.l cor. j
pMnemary in connection with the i
7, at fund drive to be started next |
week Mrs. T. A Case, chaptei j
chairman, expressed appreciation,
to P. J. Henn. manager, fo: show- I
ing the picture.
School Lunch
To He Bought
Locally
A new program authorizing local
sponsors of school lunch programs
in North Carolina to do their own
pui chasing to assure better balan
will go into effect soon, C. Hill
man Moody, state supervisor of
the Food Distribution Administra
tion, say s.
Lists of commodities which
sponsoring agencies may purchase
lrom local food dealers for school
lunches will be issued regularly by
regional FDA headquarters in
Atlanta. Moody said.
"This new program will off -set
dilficulties experienced in the
past few months in procuring even
a limited supply of food due to
war- lime transportation tie-ups
and lack of warehouse space."
Moody said.
"The local school purchase pro
gram is designed primarily to con
tinue and to improve community
school lunches in those rural and
small urban areas where the Wel
fare Department is finding it in
creasingly difficult to make dis
ribution. We believe tue combina
tion of the local purchase program
in rural areas and the persent dis
tribution system in urban areas
will accomplish a much stronger
school lunch program throughout
1 the state." he said.
Murphy Defeats
Hiwassee Dam
Murphy defeated Hiwassee Dam
in the game played Wednesday
night, the score being 24-16.
Line-up was as follows:
.Murphy *24 1 Hiuasyce Dam il6>
Simonds 1 3 ? Connel '8'
D. Kephart Hall
Crawford 12' A Simpson ?2?
Palmer ? 7 ? D Simpson
Beatty Brown '6>
Murphy subs Hendrix. Gu
thrie. Ferguson. Roeers. McDonald.
Alexander. R. Kephart '2>. Carter.
Groves. Hiwassee Dam subs ?
Bates. Curtis.
Dr. O. M Scigler. pastor of First
3aptist Church. Canton. Oa , will
e the guest speaker at a county
Ide Red Cross meeting to be held
it th?' courthouse in Murpny
i'uesday evening. March 2. at 7:30
clock, announces the Rev. A. B.
Cash, chairman of the Red Cross
war fund drive to be conducted
during the month of March. Hie
public is invitee? to attend.
Mi Cash states that Dr. Seigler
Is an outstanding speaker and has
been in much demand for patrio
tic and Red Cros-s lectures.
The program will open with a
| skit under the direction of Mrs.
J W Davidson. Flans for the Re?l
Cross war fund drive will be an
nounced by Mr. Cash. Miss
Catherine M. Stewart, field re
presentative of the Red Cross, will
make a few remarks.
. Preceding the public meeting at
I the courthouse, officers of the
chapter and the war drive com
mittee will have a dutch dinner at
the home economics building.
Places are being reserved by the
individuals planning to attend. Dr
Scigler and Miss Stewart will
make suggestions for the war fund
drive.
Group Organizes
Nutrition Work
Representatives of various coun
ty organizations met in the office
of Mrs. W. D. King., home demon
stration agent. Tuesday afternoon
foe the purpose of organizing a
county nutrition committee. Or
ganizations represented were: Red
Cross, welfare, library, farm se
curity. farm extension, health* de
partment. lunch rooms, and pub
licity.
Miss Mary Corn well, of the
county farm extension depart
ment. was elected county chair
man. She appointed the follow -
1 ing committees:
j Publicity and information ?
Mrs. C. W. Savage, chairman. Miss
i Addie Mae Cooke. Miss Dora Ruth
1 Parks. Miss Adella Meroney:
Pood production committee ?
j Mrs. R. H. Foard, chairman Mrs.
1 Margaret German, Miss Frances
1 Dillingham.
Food conservation ? Mrs. W. D.
King, chairman. Miss Marvie
Walker. Mrs. Walter Witt. Miss
' Ruth Emory.
' Public health in nutrition ? Dr.
M. P. Wliichard. chairman, Mri.
Ola Williams, Miss Linetta Dean
and Miss Elva Snoed.
| Education in nutrition ? Mis.
H. Bueck. chairman. Mrs. John
Christy, of Andrews. Mrs. W. M
Axley. Mrs. Carl Whiteside, and
a representative from Hiwassee
Dam.
COMPLETES COt'RSE
Toss Derreberry of Andrews has
completed a course in sheet metal
wcrk at the NY A War Production
training project in Asheville and
was placed with the Tennessee
Valley Authority last week.
Murphy Schools Sell $7097
In War Bonds And Stamps To Date
i The special campaign of the
schools-at-war program was con
cluded on Feb. 22 when the 7th
grade presented the patriotic pa
j geant. "United We StAnd."
j The sale of Stamps and Bonds
I will continue for the duration and
, another special program will be
j presented for the rest of the j
school year. The goals set by the
high school and grammar school :
were reached, and the Murphy
School also met the requirement*:
for receiving the Treasury Schools
j at-War Flag and for the Service
j Certificate.
' The total sales and percentage
j are as follows: according to Fred
I Brendle. room president :
Grammar School
1st grade. Miss McCombs. $108 -
55. 80%: 2nd grade. Mrs. Patton.
$113.10. 90%: 1st and 3rd. Miss
Shields. $4.50. 35%: 3rd. Mrs.
Shields. $55.00. 41%: 4th grade.
Mrs. Meroncy. $7.00. 34%: 4th
; grade. Miss Sword. $114.50. 100%:
5th grade. Mrs. Adams. $153.25.
j 92.5 %: 6th grade. Miss Leather
wood. $133.75. 907*: 6th. Mis&
Hayes. $30 80. 85%: 7th grade,
j Miss Moore. $9.80. 90% : 7th grade,
Mrs Davidson. $3076.20. 100%.
I Total for grammar school Is
$3806 45.
High School
Mr. Pitzer. $16.10. 90%; Mis?
Pelmet. $705.75. 100%: MUs Var
I ner. $1373.75. 100%. Miss Farro*
j $30.55. 10%: Mrs. Bault. $63.25
| 100%; Mrs. Mauney. $185.40
I G8.2% : Miss DeHart. $33.50. 75%
Mis* Folger. $76.35. 95%; Mta
I Bueck. $142.50. 70%; Mr. 8*niU?
$42.80. 100%: Mrs. Spainhour
! $87.50. 100% ; Mrs. Ray. $168.00
j 100%; Mrs. Whitley. $27.50.
100%.
Total for high school is $3015.
85.
Administration ? $212.00. Sold
in Hall* ? $62.90 and grand to
tal ? $7097.20.