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MVKPHT. NORTH CAROLINA 1IUKSOAY. JI'NE I? 1<M3.
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Several To Attend
\
Lions Convention
Tin Hons Clubs of Murphy will
be represented by several mem
bcrs at the Twenty-first Annual
Convention of North Carolina
Lions Clubs to be held In Winston
Salem June 27 and 28. according
to an announcement today by Dr.
\V. A. Hoover, president of the lo
cal elub.
The convention this year will
be .streamlined, in keeping with
the ?reneral trend throughout the
country to cut down on conven
tion ? frills" and hold sessions to
strictly business. Many of the
usual entertainment features of
the state convention have been
eliminated for the Twin City meet.
The annual District Governors*
Banquet and Ball, to be held on
the night of June 28. as the final
of the convention, is the only
#,-ent scheduled that is outside of
"strictly business".
Charles J. Stevenson, director
of Lions International, of Cam
bridge. N. Y.. will be the banquet
speaker.
The meeting will open on Sun
day. June 27. with a memorial
service at the First Baptist church.
Tribute to departed Lions will be
paid by Rev. Ken Goodson, of
Greensboro. Dr. Ralph A. Herring,
pastor of the First Baptist church
o: Winston-Salem. will make the
memorial address.
At the luncheon meeting on
Monday. Henry P. Johnson, dis
trirt-frovernor-elect, of Tampa.
Florida, will speak.
North Carolina is known as a
"muluple distdict" of Lions In
ternational. Distirct governors
are: Wesley W. Brown, of Ashe
ville. of Distirct 31-A: J<
Hay lor. of Winston-Salem, of
District 31-B; and T. S. Payne, of
Washington, of Distirct 31-C. C.
H Hast'rgr e' the Winstor-Sa)/-m
club is general convention chair
man.
Appeal Made For
Extra Feed Crops
An appeal to North Carolina
farmers to plant extra acres of
food and feed crops to offset los
ses in the Mid-West due to flood
and unfavorable weather condi
tions has been received by Dr.
I. O. Chaub. Director of the Ex
tension Service at N. C. State
College.
Dr. Schaub says that the need
for maximum food production is
greater than ever and unfavor
able growing conditions in the
"flood areas has caused a very'
serious situation. Planting of com |
in those areas are being made at
a late date and the crop may
not be able to mature before frost.
Government officials at Wash
ington therefore have asked thai
Tarheel growers make every ef
fort to produce greater amounts
than ever before.
The Director suggests that im
mediately following the harvest
ing of small grains, every single
acre possible be put into some
food or feed crop. With increased
numbers of livestock and poul
try. the need for supplemental
grazing crops of soybeans, cow-1
Peas, sudan grass, millet, and sorg
hum are paramount in helping to,
relieve the feed shortage which
ha?? developed and wfiich will
probably -continue well into 1944.
Since North Carolinians can
have year-round gardens. Dr.
Schaub urges all Victory Garden
ers to seed succession vegetable
crops throughout the year and
help relieve the demand on ra
tioned supplies of canned foods.
"Patriotic cooperation in plant
ing extra acres of feed crops on
^vcry farm in this State and all
year gardens throughout the
St*te is necessary to achieve war
needs". Dr. Schaub said.
attend convention
The following from this county
attended the American Legion
convention in Charlotte this week:
J W Franklin. John OTDell. Paul
McClure. and Pred Johnson of
Murphy and Prank Swan and
^Wle Jarrett of Andrews.
Iron and scrap collections in
/j^e Island average about 3.000
week, or more than nine
Per capita.
"World At War" To
Be Shown Friday
OWI 16 mm. sound lilm to bo
shown at the Murphy Library
Hid ay. June 25. at 8:15 p.m. is
The World At War". If weather
I permits the film will be shown
? cn the lawn.
Mrs. Ed Brown
Dies On Tuesday
1 Mrs. Ed Brown. 49. o! Blue
Ridge. Qa.. died at the home of
j her son. Carl Brown at Cedar
I town. Ga. Tuesday. The funeral
j will be held Thursday > today > at
i the Blue Ridge Baptist church.
! with the Rev. Clinton Cutts of
] Copperhill. Tenn.. officiating. In
I terment will be in the Bell view
cemetery.
Mrs. Brown is survived by four
sons: Carl of Cedartown. Ga.,
Claude o I U. S. Navy. Washington.
D. C.. Charles of Mobile. Ala., and
Paul of Blue Ridge. Ga.; two bro
thers, Charlie and Arthur John
son of Jasper. Ga.: and one sis
ter. Mrs. Mary Stipp of Jasper.
Ga. Townson funeral home was
in charge.
Young Man Hurt
In Auto Accident
Buddie Scroggs.. 13-year-old I
Brasstown boy. was struck Uy an |
automobile driven by Howard Mc
Donald of Murphy. Route 3,
Monday morning about 9:30
o'clock, when he ran from behind
a trbek in front of the McDonald
car. He was not seriously injured,
but sustained bruises and lacera
tions. He was taken to Murphy |
General hospital for treatment.
Richard Powers, driver of tne
truck, and McDonald were cited
to mayor's court for hearing, but
the case was dismissed as the ac
cident was declared unavoidable.
The accident occured in front of |
the home of Dr. Harry Miller.
The young man who was injur
ed was riding with Powers as he j
delivered milk for Mountain Val
ley Creamery.
Hospital Council
Is Discussed
At a called meeting of the ex
ecutive committee of the Chero
kee county chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross Monday afternoon,
it was voted to accept membership
on the Moore General Hospital
Camp and Hospital service coun
cil.
Representatives will be sent to
the organization meeting to be
held at Moore General hospital
Red Cross building, on June 29.
Later, a camp and hopsital com
mittee will be appointed "in the
local chapter.
Automatic counters on rural
roads in 39 states recorded one re
cent month's motor traffic as 56
percent of pre-war normal.
Pvt. Wm. E. Chambers of Peach
tree. Route 1. who was recently
wounded in action oversea?. Pvt.
Chambers is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bedford Chambers. of
Peach tree.
IN REVIVAL. ? The Rev. A. B.
Canh, pastor of First Baptist |
j l iiurch. Murphy, where revival
s?"-vices Will be held from June
-8 throuRh July 8
American Lesion
Will Collect Old
Music Records
Citizens of Cherokee county who
have old phonograph records that
they would like to donate to dis
abled service men who are in hos
pitals. and men in camp are urged
to send them to the Scout office.
If you have no method of Retting
these records to town, notify the
Post Commander. Dr. Whichard.
who will make provision for col
lecting them.
The local post of the American
Legion has received many requests
from men in the service for re
cords, old and new, and the Le
gion is hoping to collect several
hundred from citizens of the
county.
Miss Hinton Is
Third Officer
In The WAAC
PORT DES MOINES. Iowa ?
Wilhelmina Hinton of Murphy,
has been commissioned a Third
Officer in the Women's Army
Auxiliary Corps.
She was selected for Officer
training on the basis of her abili
ty and record of work as an Auxi
liary in the WAAC. Third Officer
is the WAAC equivalent of Second
Lieutenant.
She will be assigned to an exe
cutive position in the , WAAC
Corps immediately taking over a
non-combatant Army job releas
ing a soldier for combat duty, or
patricipating in the expanded i
WAAC training program which j
eventually will replace a full field |
Army with trained womanpower,
in behind-the-lines Army jobs. j
John H. Harper
Is Aviation Cadet
MAXWELL FIELD. Ala.?Avia
tion Cadet John H. Harper, son
of Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Harper,
of Route 2. Murphy, is now en
rolled as an aviation cadet in the
Army Air Forces Pre-Flight
School for Pilots at Maxwell Field,
located on the outskirts of Mont
gomery. the capital of Alabama.
Here the new class of cadets is
receiving nine weeks of intensive
military, physical and academic
training preparatory to beginning
their actual flight instruction at
one of the many primary flying
schools in the Army Air Forces
Southeast Training Centers.
Cadet Harper attended Murphy
high school. 1936-40. He received
10 hours dual flight instructions
at a College Training Detachment
preflight school, as part of
his flight training before coming
to Maxwell Field.
Bill Whichard Is
Wing Commander
William A. <Bill> Whichard of
Murphy, has been aprointed Ca
det Wing Commander for the
Cadet Regiment Air Corps at the
University of Tennessee. Knox
ville. Tenn. Young Whichard was
a student at The Citadel prior to
being ordered to active service
with the army. He Is the son of
Dr. and Mrs. M. P. Whichard.
Attends Meet
State Board
Miss Dora Ruth Parks spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in Bry I
son City on libiary business, and i
on Thursday ?today* will attend j
a meeting of Hie executive board
of the North Carolina Library I
asso< :ation in Greenslmro. Miss i
Parks is second vice-president of j
the state board, beint; one of the |
five members of the executive j
board.
Town To Sponsor
Project For New
Recreation Park
If Land Secured
Dr W. B. Whitfield was elected
by the town to work with the
Lions club and Chambers of Com
merce in securing an airport in
Murphy, at a called meeting of
the council Friday evening.
It was voted also that the town
shall send a committee to Inter
view TV A authorities in Chatta
nooga relative to securing the old
CCC camp property for a recrea
tion park. The town will sponsor
the project if the property can
be secured. Mayor J. W. Franklin
was apointed chairman of the
committee.
All Employers
Are Now Under
Stabilization
Plan For State
RALEIGH ? Norih Carolina
employers of fewer than eight
persons now are covered by
the employmen*-a?M.dixation plai.
that went into effect in this state
May 15. Dr. J. S. Dorton. North
Carolina War Manpower commis
sion head, announced today.
Originally the program did not
apply to firms employing less
than eight persons, but that pro
vision now has been eliminated.
As a result, all employers, re
gardless of the number employed, j
must conform to the plan in their j
hiring practices. The sole excep-1
tions are the state government:
and sub-divisions thereof, employ
ers of domestic servants, and em-1
ployers of casual labor (15 days or
less).
TO SPEAK AT SHOAL
CREEK BAPTIST CHURCn
John B. Payne, layman of Blue
Ridge. Ga.. will speak at the
Shoal Creek Baptist church next
Sunday morning. All members and
friends of this church are urged
to be present for this crvice.
Scout Rates
Will Advance
July 1st
Beginning July 1, sub- I
seription rale.?, to the Chero
kee Scout will be advanced
slighth .to meet the rising
cost of producing. The pub
lishers have been reluctant to
make announcement of the
Increase In subscription
rates, but believe that the
many new features and serv
ices that have been added,
in addition to the rising cost
of newsprint, justifies the
slight increase at the pre
sent time.
Present subscribers still
have a few days In which
to renew their subscription
at the old rate, and are
urged to come in and renew
at the old rate. The new
rates effective Jnly 1. are
as follows. In Ctieroke?\ K
Swain. Clay. Graham and
Macon counties in North
Carolina. Union, Fannin
and Towns counties In Geor
gia and Polk county in Ten
nessee. one year $?. six
months $1. and four month*
75c: outside the above ter
ritory. one y?-ar $2.50. six
months $1.25.
TO PREACH AT BAPTIST
REVIVAL Dr. O M. Seiglei.
of Hendersonville. who will preach
twice daily during the revival
meeting at First Baptist church.
Murphy. June 28-July 8. In the
afternoon Dr. Seigler will speak
on "Prophecy", and in the eve
ning bring evangelistic messages.
Dr. Seigler, who Ls now pastor
of First Baptist church, Hender
sonville, has held three Georgia
pastorates?Canton, Augusta, and
Americus. having moved recently
to Hendersonville from Canton.
He was founder and director of
Jasper Pastor's School, Jasper.
Oa? and it is expected that many
pastors in this section will avail
themselves of the opportunity to
hear Dr. Seigler again. He is a
member of the board of trustee
of Mercer University. He ls re
membered here as the speaker at
the Red Cross rally held in the
courthouse In March.
Twenty-Five Men
Are Accepted In
Army and Navy
The following men were ac
cepted oy the Army and the Navy
where they went to Camp Croft, |
S. C.. for examination recently:
Walter Abraham Zimmerman.
Paul Woodrow Rogers. Ernest
Hoyt Boring. Charlie Raper.
James Neal Matheson. Herbert
Mitchell Coleman. Richmond
Pearson Sherrill. Jr.. Raymond
Henry Carroll. Marshall Martin.
Clinton Dockery, James Walter
Dockery, Horace McKinley Kent.
Richard James Painter. Frank
Vainer Rogers. William Brook
Grindstaff. John Walker Piercy.
Melvin Henry Crisp. Wayne Ladd.
Herman Nelson. Charlie Jones
Hedden. James Floyd Matheson.
James Maxwell Sneed. James
Allen Cornwell. Grover Charles
Hampton, and Ronald Lee Ensley.
More Stamps Are
Required For
Better Cuts Beef
RALEIGH ? Preferred cuts of |
beef?such as steaks and roasts |
will now cost the housewife sub
stantially more red stamps, al
though fewer points will be re
quired for numerous items of
lamb, veal and variety meats, it
is learned from studying the third
official table of consumer points
value for meat. fats, fish and
cheese.
The new table became effective.
Sunday. June 6. The increases in
the point values for beef, ranging
from one to three points per
pound reflect continued large con
sumer demand for these items in
the face of lower production, the
Office of Price Administration
points out.
Consumers who purchase more
of the lamb. pork, and veal, and
variety meats, some of which
have been reduced in point value,
will be able to maintain their
weekly meat, consumption at pre
sent levels. However, those who
continue to use most of their red
stamps for beef will find that they
are rating less meat, the OPA
points out.
The point value on this table
is effective from June 6 through
July 3 and. barring unforseen cm
, rrgencies, no additional changes
will be made during this period
HAS EYE OPERATION
C W. Savage had a tumor re
! moved from his right eye by Dr.
P. V. Taylor last week. He has
recuperated nicely.
Revival Meeting To
Begin On June 28
School Budget
Is Planned
The Board of County Cotnmis
aiuiinn umi lin- Budili of Educa
tion hud a joint meeting Wednes
day at 10 a in. to adpot the school
budget for 1943 44.
Blue Ridge Road
Might Be Paved
According to Fannin County
Times. Blue Ridge. Qa, Governor
Ellis Arnall of Georgia has pro
mised that the highway from Mur
phy to Blue Ridge will be one of
the first to be paved as soon as
materials and labor are available.
The Times says: "This nine
I miles is the only unpaved link on
what would be. if it were paved.
| the most desirable route for traf
fic from Asfteville, ?T. C.. and ail
I points north via Asheville to At
lanta and other points South."
Sylvester Opens
Another Store
R. T. Sylvester, who recently
sold his meat market and grocery
stock to Glenn Hembree, has
opened a grocery and country
produce store next door to Dickey
Peed Company, a location he oc
cupied when he first went into
business six years ago.
Garland Funeral
Held June 18
Sherman Garland. 76. of Cul
berson. died at the hopsital in the
Cherokee Indian Reservation
June 17th after a short illness.
Funeral was held at the Shady
Grove Baptist church June 18th,
with the Rev. Thomas Truett of
ficiating. Townson funeral home
was in charge.
GENNETT TEL
C. B. Gennett. who fell and in
jured his Jaw bone, at his home
last week, is critically ill at Mur
phy General hospital.
Dr.?0 M Seigler of Henderson
villi* and Dr. II C. Whitener of
Huford C?a will arrive Monday
10 conduct revival services at the
First Baptist church, according to
announcement by the pastor, the
Rev. A B Cash The llrst service
"ill be J'.r'.d on Monday night bc
Kinninp at 8 o'clock.
The local church has scheduled
two services daily. At the after
noon services b< ginning at 2:45
on Tuesday. June 29. Dr. White
I ner will speak on the subject. "The
Church at Work' Dr. Seigler's
j subject for each afternoon ses
sion will be "Prophecy
The evening services will fea
ture the sermons of Dr. Seigler
and the singing and music under
the direction of Dr. Whitener.
Branch Bank To
Be Opened In
Robbinsville
Citizens Bank and Trust Com
pany announces this week that
within the next several days a
branch bank will be opened in
Crawford building. Robbinsville.
Smith Howell of Andrews, will be
cashier and manager of the Rob
binsville branch.
Citizens Bank and Trust Com
pany home bank is located in An
drews and a branch is operated in
Murphy.
Fishers Move
Back To Andrews
ANDREWS ? Mrs. W. B.
Fisher, who has lived in Asheville
for several years, has purchased
her former home and joined her
family here. Mr. Fisher has been
in the merchandise business on
Main street for two or three
years.
Mr. and Mrs. Fisher have two
daughters. Mabel and Margaret.
Miss Mabel Fisher has taught in
one of the Asheville high schools
for a number of years. She is
spending her vacation with her
parents. Miss Margaret is em
ployed in Atlanta and is expected
to arrive in Andrews this week to
spend her vacation.
The Fishers are welcomed back
to Andrews.
Cherokee County Chapter Makes
Large Number Surgical Dressings
ed by the Cherokee county chap
ter of the American Red Cross
are enumerated below. The chap
ter began making surgical dress
ings on September 1. 1942. and
showing those which have been
made and shipped, those which
are made and ready to be packed
and shipped, and those yet to be
made are: August. 1942. 30.000
2" x 2" sponges: September. 1942.
9.000 4" x 4" sponges: October.
4" x 4" sponges, all made and
shipped; November. 1942. 9.000
4" x 4" sponges made but not
Surgical dressings quotas rcceiv
Pvt.. Charlir Chambers, who ig
serving with the U. S. Arm7 some
where in North Africa, is a bro
ther to Pvt. Win. E. Chambers.
Pvt. Charlie, as well as his brother.
Wm. E.. has been oversea? for
sometime.
shipped: and 22.500 8" x 10" pads
unmade. December. 1942. 18.000
4" x 4" sponges and 3.600 4" x 8"
sponges made but not shipped and
3.600 4" x 4" sponges unmade
January. 1943. 30.000 2" x 2"
sponges made but not shipped:
February. 1943. 30.000 2" x 2''
sponges now being made: March.
1943. 9.000 4" x 4" sponges and
April. 1943 9.000 4" \ 4" sponges
unmade.
Upon request no quotas were
month of May. June and July. At
assigned the chapter for the
the present rate at which dress
ings are being made, it will take
six or eight weeks longer to finish
the 30.000 2" x 2" Sponges the
chapter is now working on. When
i hey are finished, the chapter will
still be 2'2 months behind with
its quota.
Mrs. T A Case, chapter chair
man. says. "Is it possible that we
people in Murphy and vicinity are
not willing to do our share of
this very essential Job toward
the war effort? Is it going to be
necessary to confess to Red Cross
headquarters that we aren't, and
to ask them again to stop our
quotas? In Making our innidvual
decisions about this matter, let's
being needed, and will be needed
remember that these dressings are
in ever-increasing numbers, topr
our own boys, our fathers, hus
bands. brothers, cousins and
friends. It is a fact that unless the
Red Cross makes the much need
ed dressings, they will not be
available and the Red Cross
means you and you and you. In
; other words, all of us."