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VOLl'ME 54 ? NO 33 M1RPHV NORTH CAROLINA TH1 RSDAY. MARCH 11, 1^13 ^ COPY?*1.50 PER YEAR
Group Of Young
Men Leave 17th
The following young men will'
leave on Wedne*day, March 17. at
6:30 a.m. for an army camp lor
wwiMBon:
Grady H. Hamby, Ralph Henry
Baker. Floyd Dockery, Aster
Edgar Trull. Willard Axley Row
land. Paul William Holloway.
Ernest Allen Dockery Burl Wal
lace Chastain. Charles Aaron Wor
ley. Calvin Warren G. Payne, j
James William Cross, Robert Jack
son Reedy, George Rice. Smuuel
Hutchinson, Paul Gilbert. Henry
Ford Adams, Earl Young Baine,
Homer Poley Floyd, Ralph Wil
liam Radford, Quion Joseph Allen,
Harry Lee Moore, Howard Wil
lard Johnson, Gilbert Floyd, Guy
Derreberry, William Ernest Gib
son, James Woodrow Coffey,
Charles Edwin GulJey Benjamin
Gudger Crawford, Willard Fort
ner, William Ray Anderson, Claude
Leonidus Stalcup, Clyde Martin
Stak-up, Homer Carrol Hurst,
Roosevelt Billy Harris, Samuel
Ralph Rogers, Doyle Alex Hol
land, William Andrew Bullard,
Clinton Lonnie Payne. Homer |
Henry Cole, Clayton Winslow
Stiles, Thomas Clay Beaver, Ralph
Payne, Fred Herbert Mashburn,
John Edgar Mundy, Herbert Hoo
ve." Hall, CSjrd? V/. Ashe, Edwin
Thomas Williams, Robert Vincent
Owens, George Washington Swan
son, Willard John Satterfield, aRy
Birchfield, Charles Kermit Kee
num, Edward Melvin English,
Frank Morgan, Sidney Davis, Tom
Edward McClure, William Bern
ard Phillips, Jack Herbert Lloyd,,
Harold Davis Garren.
Whichard
Asks Help
In Control
Of Disease
"Whooping Cough has become
more or less epidemic in and
around Andrews." says Dr. M P
Whichard, district health officer
"Whooping Cough is a serious
and deadly disease among young
children, one case having died to
the personal knowledge of the
Health Officer.
"TTiere is no health depart
ment that can control the spread
of this disease without the co
operation of the people of a com
munity. As your Health Officer.
I am pleading with the people
in the vicinity of Andrews to
kesp tlieir young children at home
from the age of one month to
five years- While it is dangerous
to older children, after the age
of five years it is not generally
as fatal. The complications of
Whooping Cough, such as Bron
chitis, and Pneumonia, are moro
serious than the disease itself
So. parent*;, if you love your little
children* please keep them at
home in order not to expose
them to a dangerous and deadly
disease
Those reported to have violated
the quarantine law will be prose
cuted
SHIELDS AT MEMPHIS I
Aviation cadet J L- Shields,
who has been stationed at Miami
Beach, Fla with the Army Air
Corps is now stationed at South
Western University. Memphis.
Tennessee.
FRED JOHNSON JR
AT WILLIAMSBURG
Seaman 1st Clr?s* Fiod Johnson
Jr . left Saturday for Camp Perry
Williamsburg Va, after a short
visit here with his parents Mr
and Mrs Fred Johnson He vol
untered for service in ScpU-riiU
and was sent to Camp Periy
Sinee receiving his basic training
there with the 78th Batallion ho
was transferred to Ships Co.,
where he is getting addition. 1
training
Robt. M. Fain
Dies Monday
At Age Of 87
Funeral services for Robert M
Fain. 87, who died at Murphy
General hospital Monday, were
[held at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning at the First Methodist
church with the pastor, the Rev
I Ralph Taylor, officiating, assisted
j by the Rev. A- B. Cash, pastor of
i the First Baptist church
I Mr. Fain had been ill with a
I heart ailment for more than a year
[and was taken to the hospital on
his 87th birthday, last Friday.
Born in Murphy, he was one of the
oldest residents, and has lived
here possibly longer than any
other person in the town.
Hlis wife, the former Miss Mary
Josephine Singleton, preceded him
to the grave nine years ago. just
after they had celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary- Mr.
Fain owned and operated the Mur
phy Mills for about 40 years. He
was a member of the Methodist
church, in which he had been
steward and trustee for many |
years, and was a Mason.
Surviving are three daughters
Mrs. R. E. Hambright of Grover,
Mre. K V. Weaver and Miss Lula ?
Fain of Murphy; eight grandchil
dren. Robert Weaver of Murphy,
Edgar Weaver, who is with the U
S. Army in North Africa. Fain
Weaver in the army air corps at
Muskogee, Okla., Mrs Mary Tay
lor of Oakboro, Mary Frances, Ed
na. Bobbie and Fain Hambright of
Grover; one great - grandchild.
Betty Weaver of Murphy; one sis
ter. Mrs. A. McD- Harshaw of
Asheville.
Burial was in Sunset cemetery
under direction of the Townson
funeral home, with Masons
charge.
Pallbearers were: J W Frank-1
lin. H. G- Elkins. Sheridan Dickey.
Thos. Axley. L. L. Mason and Paul |
Hyatt.
Jack B. Akin
Mechanics Course
KEESLER FISLD. Miss.. March |
10 ? Pvt. Jack B. Akin, son or |
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Akin. Murphy,
took his first step toward becom
ing an airplane mechanic this
week by entering Kecsler Field s
huge B-24 Liberator Bomber
School, a unit of the Army Air
Forces Technical Training Com
mand.
"NISEI" SOLDIERS TRAIN
u-.emwrTrtw r* r tj s Armv Members of the
^ ASHINGTOI*t _r !LlI -v rv. Hnwaiia- Natioft&I tjuarii,
SErTfc. d?. ?T^.lrj>.cu^uw.i, l?ctorM on . mo?
potent form of oitmt, the h?nd ?"""<???
JAPS LOVE LIFE. TOO
SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC?U.S. Navy Phot<>?You've heard many stone* of how Jap |
soldi?*? would rather die than surrender. It ia about as true as the yam that the Jap is a superman. Above
you see aome of the Japs eaptured by our boys on Guadalcanal. They could have- died if they wanted,
but they choose to live and to smoke American cigarettes donated by the doughl>oys who encircle them
at the racifte base to which they were transferred from Guadalcanal.
HEADS WAR DRIVE
The Rev. A. B. Cash, who
chairman of the Red Cross War
Fund drive for the Cherokee
County chapter, which is now
in progress. Mr- Cash's announ
ces that people are responding
nicely to the appeal.
SMALLPOX
EPIDEMIC
IN CLAY
Dr. M. P. Which
ard, health officer, an
nounces that an epi
demic of smallpox,
with ten cases report
ed, has broken out in
the Pinelog section of
Clay county.
Red Cross Workers For
War Fund Drive Are
Announced By Cash
*lhe Rev A B Cash chairman
of the war fund drive for th*?
Cherokee County chapter of the
American Red Cross, announces
the following appointed workers
who will canvass the chapter area
within ihc Fir A i fcYV days tO SO
licit contributions:
Joe E. Ray. Chairman of busi
ness district, Franklin Smith,
Miss Eunice Shit-Ids. Mrs- Had
ley Dickey, Ed Studstill. W M
Fain. Mrs. Willard Cooper. J H.
Gibbs, Mrs. Thelma Dickey. Mrs
J. H. Wilson, Mrs Ruth Carrin
ger. Mrs. J L Savage, Mrs J. H
McCall. Arden D Davis. Mrs
Frank Ellis, Mrs. W A. Hoover,
Mrs. J. N. Moody, E O- Christo
pher, Miss Dora Parks. Paul Hy
att Peyton G Ivie, Noah W
Hembree, Mrs W. D. King, Dale
Lee. B B. Co.nwell, Miss Jose
phine Heighway, Mrs. Wade Mas
sey. Mrs. E. S- Miller, Mrs. L*. E J
Bay less, Mrs. V. M Johnson.
Mrs. T J Mauney, Mrs. C. D
Mayfield, Mrs- C. L- Alverson. I
Mrs Neil Davidson. Mrs. Tom |
Axley, Mrs W. M. Fain, Mrs C
C. Richardson. Mrs. Buel Adams, i
Mrs A. Q Ketner, Clyde Pal- i
ton. Chavlos Bowles, Mis- Rob
ert Weaver, Mrs- W- A Sherril! j
Mrs. T. P Cnlhoun. Mrs. W S |
Dickey. R. If Foard, W A Shcr
rill. Miss Addie Leatherwood. I
K- C. Wright
MISS BEKCIIER McMILLAN
ENLISTS IN THE WAAC
Miss Bccchor McMillan, daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs. John McMil
lan, of Unaka has enlisted in th
WAAC Miss McMillan is with
the Civil Service. Morris Field J
Air Base. Charlotte
THIEVES BREAK INTO
FRANK'S PLACE
Thieves broke into the drink
stand of Frank Taylor last week
anil aioiu several dollar's worth
of cigarettes, chewing gum. pies,
candy and ginger ale Much of
tjie goods was recovered next
day, but the criminals have not
been apprehended
Last Rites For
J. W. Hyatt
On Thursday
J. W. Hyatt. 68, died at his home
at Culberson Monday following an
illness of several months.
Funeral services were held at
11 a. m Thursday with the Rev.
Thomas Truett and the Rev. G B
Benton officiating. Burial was in
the Hyatt family cemetery with
the Townson funeral home in
charge.
Surviving are his wife; three
sons. Guy and Donald of Cul
berson, Ray of the U S. army.
Denver, Colo ; five daughters
Mrs. Radie Maples of Dayton,
O. Mrs Nora Cearley of Burl
ington. Mrs. Inez Arp. Mrs
Grace Deweese and Mrs Doro
thy Mashburn of Culberson: and
one brother. G. W. Hyatt of Cul
berson.
Mr Hyatt was a Mason a
former postmaster of Culberson
and a merchant there for many
years.
Town And Farm In Wartime
North Carolinian* To Answer
Roll Call
On the farm production front,
the Department of Agriculture, in
a roll call be held from March 1
to 20. will caii or. all Norih Carn. j
lina rural women to pledge every
family to produce as much of the i
home food supply as possible. A
good part of farm people, espec
ially in "one-crop" areas, either I
raise only a small part of their !
?wn garden supply, or do not raise
a sufficient variety of fresh vege
tables to Rive a well-balanced diet.
With canned foods limited, it is
essential to improve the diet and
health of rural families through
home gardens.
How To "Spend" Points
Here's a way to spread your
point "spending" as evenly as pos
sible over the full month of March. |
says the State OPA. so you won't j
run short toward the end of the ;
month ? divide March into four
shoppinK periods ? March 1 i
throuRh 8 <eight days). March 9 ;
through 16 'eight days). March 17 j
through 23 ?seven dsys>. March :
24 through 31 'eight daysV
If the 48-point-per-person al- !
lotment is used evenly over these !
periods, the rat/* of spending in ;
each period by families of from ]
two to eight persons works out i
in 12-point multiples. For two In
the family, spend 24 points per
shopping pei lod, for three. 36
points, four. 48. and so on.
Ceiling I'rices On Pork
After April 1
On Apr!! 1. 194?. rpilinsr prices
will be fixed ?>n all retail sales ol
fresh and processed pork Bigger
j markups are allowed to indepen
| dents stores doing less than $250 -
000 a year than arc allowed to
larger ?tores and chains. The
maximum prices for five porks
products are: sliced bacon ?derin
ed. smoked* crade A. 48 and 46
cents per pound: skinned, smoked
ham. center slices. 61 and 58 cents:
skinned, smoked whole ham. 41
and 40 cents: center cut pork
chops 'fresh or fiozcn pork loins).
43 and 41 cents: and salt pork
? dry salt, bellies), fresh, cured or
frozen. 26 and 24 cents per pound
On and after April 1. a retailer
may sell only ? *1) Pork cuts
Riven dollars and cent,?? price un
der OPA 236. and <2> pork pro
ducts whose prices are fixed under
general maximum price regulation,
including Pork sausage, can
ned pork, pork variety meats or
offal ?including ? temple meat
outlets, brains, chitterlings, liver,
plucks, kidneys, tongues, lips,
snouts, ears, hearts, cheek and
head meat, stomachs, weas and
meat and heads, quick frozen cuts
which are delivered to the retail
er in individual packages 111 which
he sells them. Ceiling prices on
pork must be posted in each store
beginning April 1. and. upon re
quest. the retailer jv.ugI give ?
customer a receipt showing the
date, name and address of re
tailer. name and weight of each
pork cut sold, and the price paid
for 4t.
Cookie Prices On Thr KKe
North Carolina housewives will
soon be paying more for crackers,
biscuits, and cakrs The increase
will be .small in the case of cakes,
but- on crackers and cookies, where
Is a larger factor in p;eduction
costs, the increase may eventual
be great. Because rising soft wheat
prices in the East have put a
severe squeeze on flour millers
OPA has Taised ty approximately
8 per cent the cc Ming prices at
which soft wheat flour may be
sold by Eastern. Southern and
Midwestern millers and blenders.
No Clothes Rationing
Acting to spike vicious rumors
which have nearly cleaned out
many stores in NoTth Carolina of
their clothing stocks, the Office
of Price Administration, the War
Production Board and the Office
of Wax InloilSUUU?i k umvt joinrtt
in stating definitely that no ra
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Lions To Celebrate
17th Anniversary
Joe M. Withrow Is
Promoted To (orpl
Joe Marvin Withrow. son of Mr
and Mr-* John Parrish. of Murphy,
Route 2 has been promoted from
Pfc to the rank of corpocal. Cpi
Witluow is stationed at Elgin
Field Fla
Mrs. Johnson
Dies Wed. At
The Age 73
Mrs. A. L Johnson. 73 died
Wednesday morning at 2 45 o'
clock at her home here follow
ing a long illness She is surviv- '
ed by four daughters. Mrs A B
Horton, of Manetta, Ga . Mrs E
C Moore. Mrs Mamie Arnold,
and Miss Cassie Johnson, all of
Murphy, and one son. Virgil M
Johnson of Murphy, one sister.
Mrs. T. E Mashburn of Murphy.
Route 2 17 grandchildren ana
17 great grandchildren Mrs
i Johnson's great - grandmother
I Mary Ball, was closely related to
I George Washington.
| Funeral services will be held
j Thursday afternoon (today) at 4
jo'cock at the First Baptist Church
with the pastor, the Rev A B
Cash, officiating assisted by the
Rev J C Ammons and the Rev
Ralph Taylor Interment will be
in Sunset cemetery, with the
Townson funeral home in charge.
Pallbearers are: Allen Howell,
Walter Coleman. Jim Franklin,
Dale Lee W. S Dickey, and Wal
ter Mauney
BOOKS ON HEALTH
AT THE LIBRARY
The following books on "Health"
are available at the library and
on the bookmobile in Graham
county, ami li&U of them have
been placed in the stores for dis
tributions to customers. It is re
quested that people make us o?
these books:
Klinefelter ? Medical Ocrupa
tions for girls; Thomen ? Doctors
don't believe . . . why should you?;
Norlin ? Everybody nursing for
the everyday homo, Shepard ?
Textbook of attendant nursing;
Bauer ? Health cvlucation of the
public; Hardenbergh ? Municipal
Sanitation; Mursell ? Personal
philosophy for war time; Robert
son ? What do we cat now?;
Steincrohn ? You don't have to
exorcise; Help your Doctor to he* p
you when you have Insomnia;
Jackson ? Answer i. . . . Your
Nerves; Help your Doctor to help
you when you have heart disease;
Parron ? Shadow on the land.
SHOWS RED CROSS
MOTION P1CTVRE
The motion picture "Since
Pearl llaroor." produced for the
Red Cross, was shown at Henn
Theatre Sunday and Monday and
will be shown at Chic on Thurs
! day and Friday of tlvs week
April 3 will bo the seven
teen t h anniversary of the or
ganization < f Muprhy Lions Club
*TW_ Anr.l ? (k* ?>hiK
will be the special Cherokee
county dinner held annually, an
anniversary celebration, and the
close of an attendance contest
conducted for the past thre*
month? Several Chnrtrr mem
bers of the club will be honored
at this dinner
The Rev Ralph Taylor chair
man of civic improvement com
mittee reported that Ms commii
tee had investigated the possi
bilities of having an air port i*i
Murphy It was recommended
that a committee be appointed to
meet with the town council and
county officials and work out a
plan for the three organization?
to send a representative to
Washington to confer with offi
cials there before any other ateps
are taken Dr W. A Hoover
Lion president, appointed such
a committee to meet with the
board on Thursday e\ening
Robert Presley, manager and
secretary-treasurer of the Coca
Cola Bottling company, and M
| F Hensley. of the coolwr and
I vending machine department, of
| Asheville. were introduced as
[special guests of Dutch Kinley
City Election
In Andrews
On May 4th
Both the Republicans and Dem
ocats of Andrews will hold sepa
rate mass meetings on Tuesday,
April 27. at 7 30 p. m. for the
purpose of nominating candidates
for th??_ election to be held on
I May 4, for mayor and aldermen
of the Town of Andrews- The
Republicans will meet at the li
brary building and the Demo
crats at the Municipal building
The officials will be elected for
a two-year term
Registration books will be
open at the polling places from
March 29 to Aprii 23 Aii can
didates must file notice ot their
candidacies by 6 O'clock CWT
on April 29
John Richards Jones has been
appointed registrar for the elect
ion; and Mrs Cleve Almond and
W Allen Ashe, judges of elect
ion
The present officers are: May
or. R T Heaton; mayor pro tern
Z. L. Whitaker; aldermen. W S
Calhoun Z B Conley. W G
McKeldrey, and Z- L Whitaker.
ANNOUNCE LIST
OF WORKEBS
Those working in the surgical
dressings room last week-end and
the hours they worked were:
Mcsdames Julie Martin, 3 hours;
Mrs. O. K. Erahart. 2; T. A. Case,
5*2; Edwina Hagaman. 1; Mildred
Farrow. 3%; Helen Ammons. 1%;
Roy Cooke. 1^4; Anna Mae Jones.
2: T. H. Kent. 1^; Evelyn Patton,
3>2: J. W. Davidson, 2*4; Don
Witherspoon. 2: J. N. Hill. 3'i;
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MARINES RELIEVED AFTER
GUADALCANAL FIGHTING
MARINE CORPS PHOTO?Weary After month* of bitter fighting on
wuAdAieana- thoso u. S. Marines are shown as they Arrived At a
South pAciftc port, heading for a rest. Even the dogs, some Gt thr
men are leading, will get a much needed vAration.