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War Plants Work Overtime ClaiAij/ied A<h Work All The Time vol I >11 M NO. 49 MIKPHT. north CAROLINA THI'KSDAV. JIXY Sc COPY?51.SO PER YEAR Farmers To Hold Picnic On July 10 Andrews. June 29?With the' blessing of OPA for gasoline and tire, .11 least a thousand persons ire upected to attend the Farm. ?* federation picnic scheduled ;o be Held at Andrews. Saturday July 10. ' 0= :Sat day I-trner? - !!! force* (or one day there ever was a war* As M.on as tlie cows are milked the Pigs slopped, and the biddies fed pa and ma. and all the kids ?rc expected to board the family jilopv for the annual Federation Picnic. The picnic Is being held for the first time at Andrews. Last year the f. -tival was held at the Ogden school In Clay County, The picnic ?t Andrews is for the Farmers Federation members of Clay Cherok.,.. and Oraham counties' ud tlieir friends. The days entertainment will ran the gamut from a serious talk by President James G. K McClure of the Farmers Federation to a ** beju? ?iven to the most baidheaded man present. The program win open at ten o'clock E W. T. After a report**, pven by president McClure short talks will follow by Jack Gattis I manager of the Federation hatch ery. Pern- Green of the supply tor * ? Ke,ner- coun'y agent lor Ciierokee. o. O. Farthing county agent for Clay, and W d' Bennett, county agent for Gra- i p B ^rebee will a tt&on V s. bonds and the sale of them m this area. Music will be ?WPhed between speeches b-y the ' "derations string band Two Hours will be given for ?unc,. it is recommended tha? ^.."s "ring their lunch with; ??? However, sandwiches and L?* ??? " ont '?le by ehurcH i from Andrews, and it will 1 EL* necessary for anyone to tong his ration book with him. Durmp ihe lunch hour the "WfiK contests will take nine be foot races forays eirls. The State Highway thoroughly condition e 00)1001 P'ayground for these ""?est. There will also be tuT Kames between several Mected teams. Clarv ln1'Cl0Ck the RPV- D^mont 1 will present the Lord s Acre min'' Th'S WU1 bf fo???ed W a singing contest for both tote and quartettes. A complete kS w*" be Riven the' do ,nnmg first prize, while a toTh uE b?0ks w111 be ?warded ssr,ss55S? *- - ? * offereci for I ?ttendin " '0ad of Passengers N pte ??'0' 2nd ?? KnZr ?ffPrCd for the larg >c?lPrfsent' f?r the most ?rnZ rri!,e<' with bride and *ho haTwalk ^ '?r 'hC pcrson Picnic Ikcd fartherest to the ihe i::n",Dri- wl11 be given to *>ost m a family Who has > counting?.^ in m,,,tary service, ^liters SOns' viv<*- antl w?memTareh0 Plily strinRO<l ln-| Thcv ,ir. , uri!ed to attend, ready , 10 Practice and be -to perform when called up. nele Sam tells us to waste buy only what we ma*e w^at we have last. JJthat means everything. Bible School To End Friday Night The \ acation Bible schocl I u-htrh beer, in prepress at First Methodist church for the! past two weeks, will close with j commencement exercises Frida\ evening at the church. Approx; \ mately 65 children have been en- j roiled. Edgar M. Darnell Gets Promotion In Marine Corps U. S. Naval Station. Jackson ville. Fla.?Edgar M. Darnell, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Darnell. Murphy. N. C., recently graduated from the Aviation Machinist's Mate School here and was pro moted to Private First Class in the U. S. Marine Corps. He enlisted in the Marines Oct. 4, 1942. and was sent to Parris Island. S. C.. for indoctrinal training before being transferred to the NavU Air Technical Train ing Center at this Air Station. Darnell is now a qualified avi ation mechanic and will probably see service with a Marine Aviation | Detachment. Mrs. Katie Palmer Dies In Ohio Mrs. Katie Palmer, 71, wife of the late J. H. Palmer of Murphy. Ut. 3. l i.d at the home of her son. Oscar Palmer in Akron. Ohio. June 23. Funeral was held at the Grandview Baptist church Satur day morning with the Rev. Thomas Truett officiating. Mrs. Palmer is survived by three daughters. Mrs. Ola Lovin. Mur phy. Rt. 3; Mrs. Icie Harper. To motla. and Mrs. Elsie Stephens of Akron, Ohio; two sons, Lawson of Murphy, Rt. 3 and Oscar of Akron, one brother. Fait Arrowood of Murphy, Rt. 1. Pallbearers were Glen Smith, D. A. Keener. Lawson Clark. Frank Palmer. Charlie Arrowood. and John Timmerman. Flower girls were: Frances Vandiver. Frances Arrowood. Grace McDonald. Mrs. Howard McDonald. Ellen Jane McDonald. Mrs. Ralph Adams. Mrs. Casteel Howard. Eunerla Brockman, Kathryn McDonald. Rcba Beavers. Genell Hensley. Joan Adams. Townson funeral, home was in charge. Hospital Council Service Organized The Red Cross is responsible for supplementing and assisting the army and navy with welfare services for the able bodied and for social service and recreation for patients and convalescents and in addition commanding of ficers may request the Red Cross ana other organizations to pro vide service, equipment and sup plies that may be needed when | they cannot be secured from of ficial sources at the time to meet the need. To prepare for serving this need a meeting of Red Cross representatives from 17 chapters in Western North Carolina was held at Moore General Hospital. Sixty Communities Given Benefit ^?od Conservation Demonstrations 'Jw""11 the PRSt few wefks * ' ? food conservation j"*" haT<" been held In the most ai] have been attended. Home economists *r*ttoru|d Chartfe ?* thc demon ' Sixt^n more meetings ^?a-WulM. The leader* report - - iraucin icyun *??nta Intere?1 has been _ *">Pte but accurate , out accurate ^^ods of canning. Worn en present were asked to take in formation on to their neighbors. Latest bullettns and pamphlets | were distributed. The following were demon strated: Pressure cooker canning, hot water bath canning, home drying of fruits and vegetables, home brining, sulphuring o f fruit?, storage of canned and dried foods, and canning budgets were emphasized. ClubsJjPlan Special Features For July .mi iiueresuiig monin is DCing planned by the members of Home Demonstration clubs, say the agents. Several members in each club are to have part in the pro gram. One feature is a contest in which all may participate. A prize will be given. Recognition will be given to the oldest and youngest members present. The subject for the Demonstration will be "Busy Day Meals." Some of the leaders are to help by having a Busy Day Dish prepared. Sev eral interesting things are on for the afternoon. Every woman in the county is asked to attend one of the meetings. The schedule is a follows: Friday. 2nd. Topton. Mrs. Em ma Watson. 1:00; Tuesday 6tli. Macedonia. Mrs. C. R. Kincaid. 2:00; Wednesday 7th. Culberson. Mrs. Willie Hyatt. 2;00; Thursday 8th, Slow Creek. Mrs. Callie Mor rison. 1:30: Friday 9th. Sunny Point. Mrs. Virgil Jenkins. 1:30. Monday 12th. Bellview. Communi ty Room. 130:; Tuesday 13th. Suit. Mrs. Will Keenum. 1:30: Wednes day 14th. Liberty and Wehutty. Mrs. Orace Postell. 1:30: Thurs day 15th. Tomotla. Mrs. John Rogers. 2:00. Friday 16th. Martins Creek. Mrs. Ben Mann. 1:30; Monday 19th. Bates Creek, to be announc ed. 1:30; Tuesday 20th. Grand view. Mrs. Ralph Adams. 1:30; Wednesday 21st. Unaka. Mrs. Geneva Brannon. 1 ;30: Thursday 22nd. Ranger, to be announced. 1:30; Fridsy 23rd. Wolf Creek. Mrs. Sadie Cook. 1:00; Monday 26th. Marble, to be announced. 2:00: Tuesday 27th. Ogreeta. Mrs. Bettye Whittner. 1:30; Wednes day 28th. Andrews. Mrs. Richard Waldroup. 2:00. Swannanoa. Tuesday. Representatives from the Cher okee chapter attending were: Mesdames T. A. Case, H. Bueck. Willard Axley and Harve Elkins. and Miss Addie Mae Cooke. A camp and hospital council service organization was formed on a temporary basis, and at the next meeting a permanent or ganization will be formed. PARSONAGE IS RE-DECORATED The parsonace of the First Methodist church has been re decorated in the interior and a new electric refrigerator install ed. Recreational room and the children's division at the church, also, have been refinished. Rules Loose Shoe Coupons Worthless Growing evidence of illegal sales of shoes has prompted the Charlotte District OPA to caution both dealers and the public against the use of loose coupons for the purchase of footwear. The No. 18 coupon in War Ra tion Book 1. which may be used to purchase shoe until Octobei 31. is worthless if detached. OPA emphasized. Merchants have been instructed that in cases where they find necessary to refund a ration stamp in connection with the sale of shoes, they arc to give the customer a special shoe stamp known as ' OPA-R-1708". The merchant must date this stamp at the time it is issued to the cus tomer. and write on it the war ration book number of the person to whom it is given. Even then the special shoe stamp is of no value in purchasing a pair of shoes unless the customer presents his war ration Book One and his special shoe stamp when purchas ing shoes with the stamp. Loose stamps for shoes may be used only in ordering shoes through the United States mail Where a mail order house is un able to fill an order, it will keep the stamp and mail "OPA-R-1708" back to the customer. The OPA has sent letters to all dealers throughout the District stating that the regulation against accepting loose coupons will be strictly enforced. Steps Taken To End Idleness; Meeting To Be Held Monday At The Courthouse In Murphy Bue) Adams Is Petty Officer In The U. S. Navy N. Burl Adams of Murphy will j leave on July 6 for Camp Peary., Va.. to be a First Class Petty Of- i ficer as transitman with United States Navy in the Seabees. M>. Adaor.s has been w4* i the T V. A., witn headquarters in Mi.rphy, f*>? the past few years. Mrs. Adams, who teaches ia the local school, will continue to live and work here. To Observe 5th As Holiday As the paper went to press Thursday moht of the busi ness houses of Murphy were undccidcd whether they would close on Monday. July 5, in celebration of Independ ence Day. Most of those con tar trd stated that they would close if others did. Citiiens Bank and Trust i Co., will close all day. The post office will be closed all day except for a period of 45 minutes in the afternoon. The morning city delivery will be made. Reporter Robert Brumby Has Profound Respect For The United States Marines Back in the United States alter j nine months overseas, War Cor respondent Robert M. Brumby, j son of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Brumby, j of Murphy, is expected to spend i some time here with his parents. He plans to spend some time I working on a book and a movie scenario. The following interview by a staff writer on the Atlanta Journal Saturday brings to light the pro found respect he has for the Marines. By PRESTON GRADY L After six months on Guadal canal. War Correspondent Robert M. Brumby. 38. was home Satur day with a profound respect for the United States Marine Corps and a report that the Jap is a most co-operative prisoner because his emperor and his family regard him as dead. Mr. Brumby, or Lieutenant j Brumby, if you prefer, is the son , of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Brumby, of j Marietta, and was a writer for a time on the staff of the old Atlan ta Georgian. He has to wear an I Army uniform, but on Atlanta streets Saturday had removed most of the Army insignia from his cap and shirt becausc he didn't want "all those soldiers 1 having to salute me." i Once a Jap is captured and you offer him a cigarette or food, i and he sees he is not going to t? i tortured, he will gladly tell you ! anything he knows?about gun j emplacements or anything else. 1 said Mr. Brumby. I Expected to Kill Self ?That- is because, in his train-j ing. it is not considered possible i that he will be captured, and J consequently he is given no in struct ions on what to say oi do1 in enemy hands. His officers ex pect him to kill himself rather \han submit to capture. But if, the odds are tough, and the Jap knowr he can be captured, hej ' will be. | "They carry little insurance <arcts with them. If we capture ?hem. their families arc paid their insurance and they are officially dead. Therefore, even if the Japs ! won the war. they could never go home, no longer being citizens They would have to settle down wherever they could?and most i of them want to come to the United States. Actually, however. I since we arc going to win the war. ! these prisoners will eventually be i sent some." 1 Correspondent Brumby has born overseas nine months. He lmd three attacks of malaria and , one of pneumonia on Guadalcanal, and had to go to Australia for hospital treatment. Before be coming a foreign correspondent. J he ?rote sports for five years for the New York Daily News, theatri cal news and sports for PM for a year and a quarter and then joined the Internationa) News Service. Marine? Are Tough The Army 1? ail right, he thinks. but "those Marines! Kids 18 and I 19 years old. fighting for three months with no relief. And they were still in there giving the Japs hell when the fighting ended, in a driving tropical rain, on Feb ruary 9." The Marine opposition was the toughest kind of Jap there is. he pointed out. "Those Japs had been through the worst of the campaign in the South Pacific. They were what you might call Commandos. And they freely ad mitted that they took a terrible beating?that the Marines were the first real opposition they had had." Correspondent Brumby went on 14 bombing trips and was in five major engagements. He plans to spend some time in the North Carolina mountains, working on a book and movie scenario. Exceptions In Calling Fathers RALEIGH ? While it is true that fathers generally will not be called for military service until the supply of single and childless married men is exhausted, there are three exceptions to that policy, it was pointed out today by Gen eral J. Van B. Metts, state direc tor of selective service. The exceptions are: 1. Men who have become fa thers since September 14. 1942. 2. Registrants engaged in non deferrable activities or occupa tions. The War Manpower com mission has designated certain activities and occupations as non deferrable. General Metts explain ed. and fathers engaged in these non-dcfrrrable activities and oc cupations may be classified as 1-A and selected for service. 3. Registrants who have been classified as essentia! farmers, but who have left the farms on which they were found to be essential without first obtaining permission of their local boards to do so. Men in the last two groups are subject to selection for service, regardless of number of children or the dates of their birth. Gen eral Metts said. At the request or Governor J. 4. Broughton and to cooperate >i the ttaie-widc effort to end all dliness and loafing a meeting ?ill be held at tht cuurtroom in Vlurphy next Monday morning at 10 o'clock, announces Mrs. G W. -over. Sr. county chairman. J. B. Gray is working with Mrs. -over in preparation of a program or the occasion. Every citizen is nvited to attend Tlie proclamation by Governor Broughton. elsewhere in this paper, explains the reason for the meetings being held. All police of ficers. county commissioners, the sheriff, mayors. farm leaders, health and welfare workers, min isters. members of the press and Dther public spirited citizcns have been especially requested to at tend. The Governor rnd local lead ers are calling upon Cherokee county people to respond to this urgent need to get every able bodied person productively em ployed. Many Farmers Are Interested In Producing Milk For the purpose of increasing milk production, both Grade A and Grade C, the local agents have encouraged farmers of the county recently to build the nec essary barns and install equip ment. Many farmers have ex pressed the desire to produce Grade A milk, according to Farm Agent A. Q. Ketner. but in most cases they believe the cost of building a barn to meet the health requirements would be beyond their means. A bam meeting the require ments has just been built on the farm of Allen Hatchett, at a total cost of SI90.55 for materials. This figure does not include equipment such as a cooler, wash tank or labor. Itemized cost of materials is as follows: Lumber $1C4. cement $22.50. nails $8. roofing $12.50. screens $3. sand $15. bolt and hinges $1.50. locks and hinges $3. cost of cement mixer $6.50. and windows $8 55. and slating outside $6. To Have Exhibit Food Conservation Mrs. Alline R. King and Miss Mary Corn well will have charge of an exhibit on food conserva tion at the Farmers Federation picnic in Andrews July 10. The exhibit will consist of: Electric home made dchydrator. com mercial deh.vdrator. home dry ers. pressure cookers, hot water canners and food models with each: canning equipment, quali ty products to be canned, brining models and sulphuring models. CHEROKEE I,OIK,K TO MEET MONDAY EVENING The regular communication of the Cherokee Lodge No. 146. A. F. and A. M. will be held Monday at 8:00 p. m R R. Beal. Master of the Lodge asks for all members to be present. Dr. James. T, MeDuffie Leaves To Practice Medicine In Bryson City Dr. Jat. T. McDuffie. who for ! the past two years has been con nected with Petrlc hospital here, left this week for Bryson City to start private practice. He an nounces that his offices for the practice of medicine and surgeary j will be opened in the A. J. De j Hart building there on July 1. Dr. McDuffie's going to Bryson City leaves in Murphy only the following physicians who do gen eral practice: Dr. B. W Whit field. Dr. W. A. Hoover, Dr. Harry Miller. Dr. S. C. Heighway. and Dr. B. B. Mcroney. Dr. N. B. Williams went into the army as a lieutenant a few weeks ago. Dr. McDiiffie. a native of Helen?. Mont., is a graduate of the College of Medical Evangelism. Loma Linda. Calif. He did his in terne rvork at James Walker Memorial hospital in Wilmington. Mrs. Lucile McDuffie, Doctor McDuffie's mother, will remain in Murphy a few weeks before Join ing him in Bryson City.