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_ __ emit War Plula Work Omtet ClaAAified /Idi Work All The Time VOLUME 54 ? 15 MMtfHV NORTH CAROLINA I IH RSDAY. JI NE 3. 1943 5c COPT?*1.M PER TEAK New Subscription Rates To Become Effective July 1 The Cherokee Seout announces this week that, beginning July 1, a small advance will be made on vubscripMon rates. During the month of June subscriptions will be received at the old rates. Since last October The Seoul lias been a third larger thar. formerly, there being 36 per cent more reading matter published weekly. Several r.ew features, in cluding The Lone Ranger, a loca* editiorial page, special columns, news picture service and others have been added to improve the paper. The size of the paper wa.* enlarged from five columns by 18 inches, to seven columns ty 201* inches. Regular monthly advertis ing service is provided for the advertisers. The new subscription rates will be: In Cherokee, Swain. Clay. Graham and Macon counties in this state. Union. Fannin, and Towns counties in Georgia, and Polk county in Tennessee, one year: $2. six months $1. and four months 75c; outside the above territory one year $2.50, six months $1.25. The old rates are $1.50 in Chero kee and surrounding counties and $2, elsewhere, per year. Through June 30 cither new or renewal subscriptions will be taken for any number of years, at the old rates. The new rates will be ef fective July 1. Practically all weekly papers the size of The Scout and smaller '???e rates comparable u> u<u>t this paper is now ad pot ing. No Court To Be Held In June The county bar members met1 Saturday and decided that be cause there are only a small num ber of civil cases set for trail in the June 14 term of civU court the term will not be held. The next term will be the week of August 9. for trail of both crimi nal and civil cases. Two Members Of Fire Department Get Certificates Two members of the Murphy volunteer fire department. W. A. Sherrill and Loren C. Davis, were awarded certificates at the North Carolina State fire college and drill school in Charlotte last week, after having attended class lec tures and passed their required examinations and tests. The three-day session consisted of two lecture periods and one drill period each day. Classes were held in the morning and evening. | and drills in the afternoon. IS TRANSFERRED Pvt. Robert Rector, son of Mrs. Lewis Hodges of Murphy and [ Hiwassee Dam. has bren trans i /'erred to Camp Wheeler, Ga.. for i his basic training. WAAC Recruiting Party To Interview Applicants June 3-9 The big silver WAAC recruiting trailer will be in Murphy June 3-9, with Lt. Adeline Boland, a native of South Carolina. Sgt. James Nash and Sgt. John Muilenburg in charge of enrolling young wom en of the county in the WAAC. Lt. Boland says, "The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps offers every woman between the ages of 21 and 44 inclusive, that have no children under 14 years of age. that have had two years of high school education, no dependents, that have a good moral character, and can pass a mental nd physical test; the greatest opportunities that have ever been offered to American women! Applicants from this vicinity will go to Port Oglethorpe, Ga., or Dayton a Beach. Ha., for four weeks of basic training. A group is always sent together, and all expenses are paid. "The pay scale for the WAAC the same as in the Army ? $50.00 a month for Auxiliaries ?same as privates) ? and this money is yours to spend any way you wish. At the end of each month, after paying room, board, buying clothes hospitalization, and necessities, do you have $50.00 left to call your own? Everything is furnished in the WAAC?Uni forms. underclothes, hose, shoes, hats, combs, towels, toothbrushes, hospitalization, food, and even dental care. "Advancement in the Corps is rapid ? One does not remain an Auxiliary long ? Your promo tions depend on you ? you can reach any goal you desire. 30.000 officers are needed in the WAAC. and one does not have to have a college education to become an Officer. After two weeks of basic training, any girls interested are given a chance to apply for Offi cer Candidate School, and if chosen and successfully completes this training of six weeks,, will be commissioned 3rd Officer in the WAAC. equivalent to 2nd Lt. in the Army, with salary of $150 per month. We would like to have ten (10) women from Murphy who will be eligible for Officers Candidate School." NEW BOX FACTORY IS NAMED AND WORK IS BEGUN ON BUILDING The new box fatcory announ ced in last week's paper has been registered In the Town of Murphy, under the name of Murphy Box and Flooring Manufacturing Co. The owner of the firm is Borys I. Mirkin of New York City, who Is also the owner of the North Geor gia Lumber Company in Ellljay. Oa.. and co-owner of the Chero kee Lumber Corp. in Murphy. The latter two firms ar<* pro ducing ten to twelve million board feet of lumber annually. The Murphy Box and Flooring Manu facturing Co. will be supplied with the lumber by the lumber firms mentioned above. The new box company's new tuUding will have about 20.000 feet of floor space. It will start operations next month with a r**w of ubout 75 men and wom on one shift. This company concentrate on ammunition boxes exclusively. The North Georgia Lumber Company at Ellijay was organized a few months ago with an au thorized capital of $200,000 and has purchased a tract of about 3.000 acres of hardwood timber from the former Shippen Hard wood Lumber Company of Elli jay. Logging operations have al ready started, and several saw mills are being set up on the tract. They plan the production of about five million feet In the immediate future, consisting prin cipally of yellow poplar veneer logs and white oak for Navy tim bers and truck bodies. Hemlock, gum and pine will be produced as a sideline. Mr. Mlrkin is president of the company and J. 8. Ourewk* is vice president and general mana-? ger. The company Is closely aftt lated with the Cherokee Lumber Corp. of Murphy. June 15 Deadline Pressure Canners June 15 has been set as the (leadline for making application for pressure canners. announces Mrs. Alline R. King, home demon stration axent. Those desiring to purchase the canners should make application before that date Thirty.one canners will be allot ted to Cherokee county people. Sgt. Harold Hall Is Member Of Military Police FORT JACKSON. S C. - Two North Carolinians who are con cerned with keeping law and order in the Army have been pro moted at Port Jackson, according to an announcement by po6t of ficials today. Each soldier is a member of the Military Police Detachment Station Complement. They are: Cpl. Harold E. Hall of Murphy, promoted to sergeant and Pfc. Prank W. Carter of Elm City, to corporal. Chauffeur's Licenses To Expire June 30 Driver License Examiners throughout the Stale will accept applications for renewal of chauf feur's licenses for 1943- 44. begin ning June 1. Ronald Hocutt. Direc tor of the Highway Safety Divi sion. announced today. All North Carolina chaufffeur's licence? are issued for one year and expire at Midnight June. 30. 1943. Hiwassee Dam Red Cross Unit Above Average The Red Cross Hiwassee Dam Unit in three weeks, has made 6300 dressings, size 2x2 inches. This is over the average of 2000 per week. The Hiwassee unit has an aver age of about 15 persons working each work day and is striving to have all who will pledge 100 dress ings each week. Whichard Chosen To Head Legion Dr. M. P. Whichard was elected I commander of the Joe Miller El kins Post No. 96 of the American | Legion at a meeting held in Gray and Christopher's office Friday evening, succeeding P. O. Christo pher. Other officers elected or re elected were as follows: Vice-com manders. Fred Johnson; J. C. Odell. and Homer Davidson, ad jutant, A. W. Lovingood; finance officer, J. W. Franklin; service office. J. C. Odell; guardianship officer. A. W. Mclver; sergeant at-arms. Homer Ricks; chaplain. Fred Stiles; historian, F. O. Chirstopher; athletic officer; H. G. Elkins; child welfare officer. Jake Jordan; Americanism offi cer. W. E. Studstill; national de fense officer, Fred Johnson; graves registration officer. A. W. Mclver; employment officer, C. I. Calhoun; boys* state officer. T. J. Mauney; boy scout officer, Homer Ricks; membership chairman. Workers In Red Cross Room Named Those who worked in the Red Cross surgical dressings room dur ing the week May 24 ? 28 were: Mrs. J. H. Wilson, who worked over nine hours: Mrs. R. S. Parker who worked over five hours; Mrs. B. O. Brumby. Sr.. Mrs. M. K. Baker. Mrs. T. A. Case, and Mrs. M. W. Bell, who worked more than four hours. Those working three hours or more were: Mrs. R. D. Chandler, Mrs. A. B. Cash. Mrs. T. J. Mau ney. and Mrs. Don Witherspoon. Those working two hours or more were: Mrs. O. K. Erhart. Mrs. B. W Whitfield. Miss Bertha Mayfield. Mrs. R. C. Mattox. Mrs. J. H. Hampton. Mrs. J. H. McCall. Mrs. Evelyn Patton, Mrs. E. J. Darnell. Mrs. P. O. Hyatt Mrs. C. W. Arnold, Mrs. J. L. Savage. Mrs. Ruth Carringer. Miss Oillie Martin. Mrs. Charles Worthen, Mrs. J. W. Bailey. Mrs. S. D. Akin. Mrs. C. D. Akin. Mrs C D. Mayfield. Mrs. T. H. Kent. Mrs. Robert Bault. Mrs. Harry MilleT. Those working one hour or more were: Mrs. M. P. Wlchard. Mrs. James Haggard. Miss Nan West. Mrs. Margie Henson. Mrs. Oussie Hampton. Mrs. Minnie Bowles. Mrs. Neil Sneed. Mrs. R. A. Akin. Mrs. Martha Adams, Mrs. Charles Burch. Mrs. Leon A. Prase h. Mrs. C. W. Savage. Mrs. W. p. Odom and Mrs. Bertha Kephar*. Masonic Lodge To Meet June 7 Cherokee Lodge Mo. 146, AT. and A.M.. will hold It* regular communication on Mond?7 even ing. Jone 7, at S o'clock. An mem ber! are urged to be preaent. Jake Jordan; publicity officer, W. S. Dickey; chairman, sons of legion. H. E. Dickey. Pred Johnson was elected chair man of the delegation to attend the twenty-fifth annual conven tion of the American Legion to be held in Charlotte June 21-22. J. W. Franklin wa^.-e'-ected secre tary of the delegation. Delegates: are John O'Dell. A. W. Mclver. J. L. Hall, and alternates; Paul Mc Clure. T. J. Mauney. and Carl Dobbs. In the post's annual report to the convention, it was stated that the total paid-up membership of the post as of June 3. 1943, is 80, the largest in history. The regular meeting nights of the posts are the second Thurs days in each month. Rogers Is Elected Chief of Police W. W. Rogers was elected chief I of police of the Town of Murphy at a meeting of the council Thurs day evening. He succeeds Fred Johnson, who has been chief for j the past several years. The elec- | tion was by secret ballot, and Rogers received four votes and Johnson two. Rogers assumed duties of the office June 1. Prank Ashe and Leon Hatchet t were elected policemen. but neither acccptcd. Therefore, at a call meeting held Tuesday evening. Chief Rogers was asked to ap point someone temporarily to fill the vacancy. He appointed Ar nold Dairymplc to serve until the board meets again to elect the officers. Because of a town statute, the council is not allowed to pay the chief but $100 a month and police men $75. plus an allowance for their automobiles. Heretofore the chief has been paid the $100 plus $105 for his car. making a total of $205. and one policemen $75 plus $105 for his car and the third man $75 plus $75 for his car. The new council voted to allow $50 for the use of cars, mak ing salaries and expenses paid: $150 for chief and $125 for police men. It is understood that the reason Ashe and Hatchet t did not accept the positions was that the salaries were too small. At the Thursday night meeting Auditor Henderson who had been employed to adult the town books made a preliminary report. He was instructed to make an audit of the records of the clerk and mayor, in cooperation with the outgoing officials. Ita audit Is to include a confirmation of the light and water accounts and a cash audit of the mayor's and clerk's records. The council voted to have a water and sewer line laid in the alley adjoining the building oc cupied by Southern Dairies, work to be started last week. Thursday evening W. C. Kinney resigned as a member of the coun cil. stating that his duties prevent ed his giving sufficient time and cooperation as a member. A suc cessor will be appointed at a later date. The matter of providing a curb market for farmers who bring produce to town for sa!e was dis cussed but no definite decision 1 made. i The attorneys were requested to j draw up an order prohibiting the' parking of 1 Vi ton or larger trucks on the streets as follows: Valley River Ave., to Methodist church: Peachtree st.. to courthouse: Hia wassee street, to Farmers Federa tion: and Tennessee St.. to post office. Trucks will be allowed to park outside the above areas. This order does not apply to loading and unloading. It was voted that streets shows be cleaned in the early morning : before cars are parked on them. , in order to speed tip the work and have it done more efficiently. ! The attorneys were requested to write an order against vagran : ry. requiring that all able-bodied ! persons be engaged in useful work or be able to explain why. MAyor J. W. Franklin stated that citizens of the town are wel come at the council meetings, which will be held regularly on the second Monday evening in each month. Canning Demonstrations To Be Conducted In Every Section Of County In June And July Southern Asks Public Not To Ride On Trains For the first time in its history, the Southern Railway System is I asking people not to lide on the' railway's trains unless it is abso- | lutely necessary. This annual ap- | peal is contained in a statement 1 to the public by Ernest E. Norris,1 President of the Southern. "Please don't ride on a South em Railway train this summer ? j unless you conscientiously believe that your trip is necessary." These are the precedent ? shattering words of Mr. Norris, who added that he never thought the time would come when he would ask the public not to ride on the Southern's trains. "But that time has come," he explains, "an in escapable by-product of our na tion's fight for Victory." "The South is serving the Na tion as the location of many im portant war Industries going at top speed or more than half of all the larger training camps and military establishments in ttie country." Mr. Norris continued. "This means simply that our pas senger facilities tnis summer will undoubtedly be strained to the limit. Many of our passenger cars and locomotives will be assigned to troop movements. Our regular trains and our stations are bound to be literally jammed with men and women in uniform, traveling under orders and on furlough, and civilians traveling in connec tion with war work. "We're going to do our level best to handle this heavy load, including those civilians who con scientiously believe that they must travel. But, until our trains and stations are no longer over crowded by essential travel, we hope that you will patriotically forego all unnecessary travel over our lines." The Civilian defense of Chero kee county, through the nutrition rommittee. is sponsoring a food conservation program this year to help the housewives of the county conserve the abundance of food that is being produced. A canning demonstration will be held in every neighborhood in the county. Every woman in the county is urged to attend the meeting nearest her. to get the newest and safest methods in con serving food, and also to help others in their communities with their canning problems. Best methods in bringing, drying and storing will be discussed and de monstrated. also. The demonstrations will be con ducted by Mrs. Alline R. King, home agent; Miss Mary Cornwell. assistant home agent; Mrs. Annie Lee Foard, home management supervisor of the Farm Security; Miss Frances Dillingham, home Men Needed In Murphy Fire Department The Murphy Fire Department needs some men to Join the pres ent force due to the loss of some of the regular fighters. The De partment needs twenty-five men and boys above 16 years of age who are not afraid of work and who can give some of their time for work and fun. The Pire Chief states that the Fire Department is going to have some fire drills soon, to train all new men who wish to be on the force. All who are interested, can see W. A. Sherrill at Sherrill's Servicenter or Loren C. Davis at Dickey Feed Store sometime be fore Wednesday. June 9. Ration Book 3 To Be Distributed Through The Mails OPA Weekly News Distribution of application forms for War Ration Book No. 3 began on May 20. with postmen and rural carriers leaving ono form for every family on their routes. While this distribution is not expected to be completed un til after June 1. many persons who received their early mailed them back early, not waiting until June 1 as requested. On the basis of these "prelimi nary returns." OPA found that one application in five came in without a signature in the lower right hand corner. A few had not postage, and some persons failed to include all members of their families on single applications. Members of the armed services, instructed not to apply for the ration book, were told that they would get theirs later. economics teachcr at Andrews ligh school: Mrs. Margaret K. ^rman, homo economics teachcr it Hiwassee Dsim high school: and Mrs. H. Bueck. home economics eacher cf Murphy. The schedule of meetings and Jem anstrat ions to be held is as follows: June 7. Coalville. Mrs. O. W Anderson. 1 30 p.m.: 8th, Macedonia. Mrs. Garland Crisp: Fairview. Mrs Ira Allen, both at 1:30: 9th. Liberty and Wehutty. Mrs. P. W. Hill: Culberson, Mrs. Claude Nichols, both at 1:00; Boiling Springs. Mrs. Dock Cooke. 1:30: 10th. Penhooke. Mrs. W. O. Almond; Slow Creek. Mrs. John Queen, both at 1:00: Owl Creek, Mrs. W A Kephart. 1:30: 11th. Violet. Mrs. Gay Murphy: Ven geinee Creek. Mrs. John Thomp son: Sunny Point. Mrs. H. C. TJ1 son. all at 1 00 June 14. Moccasin Creek. Mrs. Guy Hill. 1:00; Midway, to be an nounced; Ebenezer. Mrs. M. H. Palmer. 1:30; 15th. Bellview. Mrs. Andy Keasler, 100: Pleasant Val ley. Mrs. Oscar Hensley. 1:30; Hanging Dog. Mrs. Pred Davis. 1:30: 16th. Little Brasstown. 1:30; Unaka. Mrs. Reba Jenkins, 11:00; Letitia. Mrs. Will Graham. 1:30; 17th, Tomotla, school, 2:00; Be thel. Mrs. Will Thompson. 1:00; Mount Pleasant, Mrs. C. S. Jen kins. 1:30; 18th, Martin's Creek, school. 1:00; Maltby, 1:00; Johns ville. 1:30. June 21. Ranger, school, 1:00; Bates Creek. Mrs. Vance Docker/, 1:30; Postell, Mrs. Burl Brown, 1:30; 22nd, Ogreeda. Mrs. Mae Johnson, 1:30; Morrow and Buck berry, Mrs. H obex t Cole, 1:30; 23rd; Shady Grove, Mrs. G rover Bryant, 1:00; Texana, 1:30: 24th, Glnsey. Mrs. J. G. Haney. 1:00; Hiwassee, Mrs. Prank Deaver, 2:00; Peachtree, school, 1:30; 25th, McCombs. Mrs. Julia Walls. 1:30; Grape Creek. Mrs. Worth Woods, 2:00; Wolf Creek, Mrs. Alvin Cole, 1:00; and 28th. Marble, school, 2:00: Factory Town. Mrs. E. E. Vandiver. 1:00; and Beaver Dam 1:00. Meetings to be held in the An drews section by Miss Prances Dill ingham are: Andrews, Beaver Creek. Stuart. Rodo, the meeting places and time to be announced by Miss Dillingham. Other meetings are: Valley town. Mrs. Lawrence Anderson, June 23 at 2:00: and Junaluska, McClellans Creek. Pisgah, and Whitaker. time and place to be announced: and Topton is to be held on Friday. June 4. at Mrs. Pearl Ruffiner's. Murphy meetings on food con sevration will be hel dthe first part of July by Mrs. H. Bueck, places to be announced later. Meetings to be held in the Hiwassee Dam area by Mrs. Mar garet K. German are: June 7, Bear Paw: 8th. Suit. Mrs. Bob Kcenum. 1:00: 9th. Oak Park: 10th. Vest: and 11th, Hiwassee Dam. the omitted places and time to be announced later. 158 Boys and Girls of Cherokee County Given NY A Training Por the period beginning July 1. 1942. though May 15. 1943. 158 boys and girls from Cherokee county were trained In NYA war production training projects In North Carolina and were placed in employment in war industries as a result of their training. Of those trained in the state. 79 were trained at the Asheville NYA war production training project and placcd in employment in war industries as a result of their training. These youths are now working In this gainful employment and thus making their contribution to wards winning the war. in manu facturing industries, such as air craft forms and engines, machine shops, and other iron and steel industries, ship-boat building and navy yard*, service industry, such rs radio with the United States Signal corps. In training and placing these youths at the Asheville NY A war production training project, three eight-hour shifts per day In ma chine shop, aircraft woodworking, mechanical shop, electrical shop, radio shop, sheet metal shop, and welding shop, are maintained. The trainees are carried to the Asheville project from the 17 Western North Carolina counties, and are housed In dormitories and fed in the project dining hall. Each one is given a complete physical examination by a medi cal doctor, and a nurse is in resi rence at the center 24 hours a day in case of emergency. Recrea tion facilities are also provided | for the trainees on their off schedule time and a planned re ! creatkmal program is carried out.