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Ml'RPHY. NORTH CAROLINA Tlll'KSOAV. SBiT. U. mj
V (WY ? ?I.?o PER VEAt
ONLY 16 PER CENT
COUNTY WAR LOAN
QUOTA SOLD
Who, WHAT. WHEN. WHY? Who can answer these questions about the above
picture? The picture is one of a etoup of Cherokee county people, at some Cherokee
county school or church, so far as this paper knows. Will you reader* held identity
the building and the people?
Keenum Is Head
County Unit NCEA
R L. Keenum of Hiwassee Dam
school faculty was elected presi- '
cent of the Cherokee county unit
of North Carolina Education As
scciation at a meeting of the coun- j
ty unit held in the courthouse
Saturday morning. Harvey H.
Ferguson, principal of Hiwassee
Dam school, was elected vice- :
president, and Mrs. Pearl Wood
srd f*aelier at Friendship, wai
ejected secretary.
The group voted to endorse I.
B. Hudson, superintendent of An- ;
drews city schools, for president I
c! the Western District of N. C. E. '
A
Mr. Keenum presided over the
meeting and made a short address. '
Llyod Hendrix. superintendent of
schools, made a few remarks stat
ing that enrollment is eff this
year, and presented E. S. Christen
hury. area education director of ,
the T. V. A., who lectured on the j
teaching profession.
Mr. Christenbury stated that a j
great burden and responsibility j
Jests upon teachers in many .
schools this year, with faculties I
depleted. "It is up to us to give j
the children the maximum bene- j
fit from the experience they are !
now going through." he declared, j
"We hope that one good thing !
that will come out of the war is a i
recognition of the good that teach- 1
*rs do. We have an oportunity
to make people realize the import- 1
ance of the teaching profession
and the teacher. If It were not I
tor teachers we could not have any I
other profession. We have not j
taken advantage of our opportuni
ties to promote our cause. Au- j
thorlty comes through a Job well |
done."
He spoke of the precious raw |
Material with which teachers j
*ork. "if we do not dearly love
to work with children, wc should
flot be in the teaching profession
at all. The fact that we are in
Profession is an indication to
the public that wc do love them."
At the suggestion of Mr. Chris
anbury. the teachers voted to
meet regularly once a month or
^^7 two weeks to discuss pro
^enal work. The following
committee was appointed to make
^r these meetings R. L.
**num. Mrs. Irene Grant of
?^chtree. and Mrs. Kate Shields
? Rsngcr.
FIRE TRUCK
'?( |h oJT1, In lnrtall
flrr truck body on new
1?5# * a co*t ot approximately
New Pastor Of
Free Methodist
Church Arrives
The Rev. Fred R. Horton. Sr.,
new district superintendent of the
Free Methodist church, and his
wife are. moving here from M*?eon.
Ga., to make their home. Mr.
Horton has been pastor of the
First Fiee Methodist church in
Macon. He will succeed Miss Elda
Himebaugh as pastor of the local
Free Methodist church. Miss
Himebaugh will leave soon to ac
cept a position in Florida.
Mr. Horton succeeds the Rev.
M. C. Ballew as district superin
tendent. Mr. Ballew goes to Ma
con to ?e pastor of th? church
where Mr. Horton formerly was
pastor.
Mr. Horton will have charge of
the services at the Free Methodist
church next Sunday, at 11 a. m.
and 7:45 p. m.
Lions Club Is
Thanked For
Cigarettes
Cigaretts have been sent by
Murphy Lions club to boys in ser
vice stationed In Seattle. Wash
ington. and the following messages
have been received by Lion Presi
dent Frank Forsyth:
Your gift was more than a sur
prise and very much appreciated.
To know that the other half is not
all imbued with lust for money
and more money, and will take
time off to remember those who
are making such things possible,
adds much to the morale. Con
gratulations for having such an
organiation and may others be
guided by your thoughtfulness and
unselfishness. ? T/Sgt. Jesse B
MorTison.
A million thanks! from the boys.
We each received two packages of
camels along with our pay this
month. Sgts. Joe Hibser. whose
home address is Peoria. 111.. Tom
R. Kelloff. La Jara. Colo.. Oeorge
Oarro. Chicago. HI.
The cigarettes arrived O. K.
and were greatly appreciated. Keep
the home front booming and well
try our best out here. S/Sgt. Jack
Webber.
Dentist Works In
Murphy Schools
Dr. D. L. Weils, of the State
Board of Health, who is holding
| dental clinics in the schools of
Cherokee county for the next sev
eral weeks, finished the work in
the Andrews school Wednesday,
and will work in the Murphy city
sthools for the next several days.
He will then go to the schools of
Hiwassee Dam. Peachtree. Mar
tin's Creek and Suit.
Trains To Assist
! Local Sanitarian
Georse Atkinson of Uniontown.
i Ky., is being trained as a sanitar
ian to work in the Cherokee-Clay
Graham health district, as an as
sistant to Sanitarian A. M. Brown.
Mr. Atkinson came here on
September 1. He attended Mur
ray State Teachers College at Mur
ray. Ky.. and spent 22 months
with the health department of the
T. V. A.
Awarded Army
Conduct Medal
For showing exemplary behav
ior. efficiency and fidelity for a
period of one year. Cpl. John
Lunsford was awarded the Good
I Conduct Medal of the United
| States Army.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
! Lawson Lunsford of Murphy. Rt.
| No. 1.
Mrs. West Dies
Result of Burns
Funeral services for Mrs. Ira 1
West. 44. of Blairsvllle. Ga.. R. F.
D . who died Monday in a Mur- |
phy hospital as the result of burn-;
j suffered when a lamp cxoloded at
I her home Saturday night, were
I held Tuesday afternoon at. 2 o*- j
clock at Hood's chapel, near Blairs- ;
I ville. with the Rev. C. C. Boynton. :
j of Suches. officiating.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery. with the Townson funeral
home in charge.
Surviving are the husband. Ira
West, and one daughter. Mary
Lillian: three brothers, the Rev.
?lames J. Hood of Blairsvllle. R. ?
F. D.. William A. Hood, of Los
Angeles. Calif.. Thomas L. Hood,
of Eaton. Col., and two sisters.
Mrs. R. B. Sullivan, and Mrs. W.
I B. Hunter, of Blairsvllle. R. F. D. i
School -At- War Program
Is Launched This Week
The 1943-44 Schools-at-War }
Program will be launched in city j
and county schools in thi: are-.
this week with a new "triple
threat" Jeep Campaign as first
t ig project of the program. Supi.
H. Bueck of Murphy is a member
of the Education division of the
State war finance committee.
Last year the nation's schools
successfully conducted War Bond
Campaigns to finance 39.535
Jeeps. This year they wiil be in
vited to take part in the new
"Triple-threat" Jeep Campaign 1
which will culminate December 7. i
The quota for North Carolina is i
248 Jeeps of any type.
The "triple-threat" school will
sell War Bonds and Stamps to fin
ance one of each of the following:
Flying Jeep, or 4iGrashoppor".
$3,000: Amphibian Jeep of Quack
$2,090: Original Jeep (1-4 ton
| truck). $1,165. A school or class
may also undertake to finance any
one jeep or any number of jeeps.
i. - ** '
Smaller school? which may find
it dificult to become a "triple
threat" school in the Jeep Pro
gram. may enter the little "triple
threat" campaign to buy the fol
lowing: Land. Motor Scooter. $185;
Sea. Rubber Life Boat. $250; Air. 1
Parachute. $65. Schools succeed
ing in either of these campaigns
will be awarded a special treasury
citation by Clarence T. Leinbach,
State Chairman of the War Pin- j
ar.ce Committee.
In addition to the campaign ac
tivities of school pupils, school
faculties and other employees are
giving their support by signing
volunteer pledge cards stating that
they will invest a certain percent
age of their salaries into War j
Bonds each month for duration of
the War.
Pulp wood Cutters Asked To
Put Extra Funds In Bonds
The U. S. Treasury today en
thusiastically endorsed n suggest
ion by the Newspaper Pulpwood
Committee that farmers and wood
land owners invest their extra
earnings from pulpwood cutting
in War Bonds and thus insure
complete succeess of both the
Third War Loan Drive and the
Victory Pulpwood Campaign.
Ted R. Gamlbe. assistant to
the Secretary of the Treasury and
National Director of the War Fin
ance Division, thanked Walter M.
Dear, chairman of the committee,
for advancing the idea to cooper
ating newspapers in 27 pulpwood
producing states.
"The efforts of the Newspaper
Victory Pulpwood Campaign and
pulpwood producers in behalf of
the Third War Loan are greatly
appreciated." Mr. Gamble said in
a letter to Mr. Dear. "Our con
gratulations and best wishes for
success to the thousands of pulp- !
wood cutters and producers.
"Fifteen billion dollars, our !
Third War Loan quota, is a tre
mendous sum. Success in this
greatest of all wars must be as
sured. and it can only be assured
through the patriotism and sac
rifices of us on the home front, in
barking up our boys who are sacri
ficing their lives overseas.
"Back the attack with War
Bonds and the attack will con- !
t'nue until victory."
Rev. A, B. Cash
To Preach At
i
Union Service
The third in a series of Union
services held by the First Metho
1 dist. First Baptist and Presbyter
; ian churches of Murphy on Sunday
! evening will be held next Sunday
evening at 7:30 o'clock at First
I Methodist church. The Rev. A.
i B Cash, pastor of First Baptist,
will preach, using as his subject.
"Whose is Your Life?"
The two services already held
have been well attended.
AIX-DAY SING
There will be an all day singing
and dinner on the ground at. Toe
coa church on Blue Ridse high
way. Sunday September 19. Every
one is invited to attend.
Franklins Buy
The Hyde Home
Mayor and Mrs. J. W. Frank
lin have moved into the W. W. j
Hyde home which he recently pur- 1
chased from Mrs. Hyde. Mrs j
Hyde lias taken an apartment in j
the Whitfield apcrtment house. I
Citizens Urged To Buy Bonds And
Put County Over The Top In Drive
The first week of the I hird War Loan Drive
has ended, with total sales to date, as nearly as
could be learned, only about $36,500. The
county quota is $232,000. and campaign lead
ers state that it must be reached. The entire
county is called upon to do its best and help go
over tile goal before the end of September.
Whitaker
Permanent
War Bond
Chairman Q |
W. D. Whitaker. cashier of Cm
/ens Bank and Trust Company.
Andrews .has been appointed per
manent chairman of the sale of
E P and G bonds in Cherokee
? county. He is working closely with
Pcrcy Fertbee. county chairman
of the third war loan drive, and
I members of Mr. Ferebee's com
j mittee.
Town of Andrews
Adopts Budget
For Fiscal Year
The Town of Andrews on 'Sep
tember 13 approved ard 1 v?d
itr budget for the fi. / j. |
With a tax valuation of $1,159,573.
the tax rate is $1.50 per hundred
dollars.
Appropriations Include**? $]?.
572.03 for thr lencnd t *nd. in
cluding operating costs; $1,112.20
for miscellaneous expenses; $8,
765 for debt service.
The budget was prepared by
Clerk Jack Stribling and Mayor
R T. Heat on and was approved
by the board of aldermen, com
posed of Z. B. Conley. W. G. Mc
Keldrey. and Z. L. Whitaker.
Winston Craig
Promoted To
2nd Lieutenant
Winston E. Craig of Murphy
has received liis commission as
2nd Lieutenant in the Coast Ar
tillery Corps upon successfully 1
completing the officer candidate
course at the Antiaircraft Artill- J
ery School. Camp Davis. N. c.. on
Sept. 9. He spent the week-end
here with his wife.
Tlie newly commisioned local
officer will take up his new duties
lr. the Antiaircraft Artillery after
a short furlough. The course at
the Antiaircraft Artillery School
:< one of the most difficult of the
officer candidate tests in the
army. Not. only do candidates
have to meet the high standard j
of leadership necessary to all offi
cers. but tliey must be able to
master and put into practice the
complicated technical art of Anti
aircraft Artillery.
Singing To Be
At Ranger Sunday
The West Liberty Sinning con
ventlon will be at. Ranger Baptist
! church. September 19th. All are
invited to romp and enjoy the
day of good singing. Dinner will
be served on the groimd states Rev
W. T. Truett.
Guild To Meet
ANDREWS -- The Wrsleyan
Guild and Business Women's Cir
cle of the Methodist church will
meet Tuesday night with Mrs.
Olive Ellis. They plan to sew for
a Christmas bazaar.
EARLY FROST
A lieht. frost was reported at
Bvasstown Saturday morning
There was no damage to crops
however, old timers said it was the |
earliest frost that could be re- 1
membered.
Western Carolina Mutual Bur
jh! Association bought the first
tond in the drive. $5,000 worth.
The purchase was made through
Frank Forsyth, cashier of the
Citizens Bank and Trust. Comp
any. Murphy.
P. B. Ferebee of Andrews is,
county chairman. He has ap
pointed H. Bueck as Murphy
chairman and L B. Nichols as
Andrews chairman. Committees
have been named to assist the
chairmen.
Murphy Lions club Tuesday
night voted to be responsible for
the sale of at least $40,000 worth
of bonds. Each individual member
asked to sell at least $1,000 worth.
Figures compiled Wednesday
showed that the following amounts
have been received at the places
named: Citizens Bank and Trust
Co.. Andrews. $16,381.25: Citizens
Bank and Trust Co.. Murphy. $15,
000: Andrews Post Office. $3,150:
and Murphy Post Office. $1,856.25.
Other post offices in the county
were not contacted.
Because of the inability of the
principal speaker to come, the
rally planned for September 20
has been called off.
Council To Name
Park Commission
The principal subject tor dis
cussion at the meeting of the
town council Monday night was
the city park. The city attorney
was told by T. V. A. officials re
cently that it will be all right for
the town to start the work pre
paratory to having a park on the
old CCC grounds. Joe Ray. rep
resenting the Chamber ot Com
merce. requested the council to
appoint a park commission to dis
charge the duties of constructing
the park.
It was voted to appoint a park
commission. but first to write to
some cities that operate parks and
get copies of their constitution
and by-laws. H Bueck was ask
ed to assist the council in writing
the regulations.
In appointing the commission,
the council plans to include one
member from each of the follow
ing: Lions club. Woman's club.
Junior Woman's club. Chamber
of Commerce. American Leprion.
Ministerial association, schools,
town council, and Medical associa
tion.
Rev. R. E. McClure
Preaches Here
The Rev. R. E. McClure. exe
cutive secretary of Asheville pres
bytery. preacher at the Presby
terian church in Murphy Wednes
day eveninc at 7:30 o'clock. He
spoke on the subject of relig
ious education.
Mr. McClure .will conduct a
series of services here for 10 days
during the month of October.
Squirrel Season
Opens Sept. 15
The squirrel season which was
previously announced to open Oct.
1. will open Sept. 15. as usual, it
was announced yesterday by J.
A. Bradshaw. district game pro
tector.
The bag limit will be 10 squir
rels for a day in all counties ex
cept in and west of Alleghany.
Wilkes. Caldwell. Burke, and
Rutherford counties, in which the
bag limit is six.