wwt Buy An Extra $100 BOND This Month VOI.I U* 55? No. 9 Mt'RMnr. WORTH CAROLINA TIIIRS SEPTEMBER 13. 1MJ Sc COPY _ ?J.4t pkk YEAR Five Trees Will Save a Soldier's Life II takes only five trees to bark up and protect one Midler. Only five trees to keep him safe ?nd brine him back home. One tree is needed to supply him with living quarters, a mess hall, chapel and recreational facilities. Another provides the eas ing* necCMary in shipping him food, clothing, guns, munitions and medi ral supplies. Wood from the three remaining trees is used for making equipment for waging modern war tare such as nitrocellulose in high explosives, plastics for training ?lanes, parachutes, gasmask can is ters. gun coven, food emergent rations, fibre containers for blocil plasma. Only five trees to back up and protrct one soldier ? your son your brother, your swretheart! Is h r worth that much to you? Put youi trees to work for victory. Cut More PULPWOOD? Now! Guernsey Sale To Be Held In Murphy On October 8; 41 Registered Head Offered Forty-one head of registered Guernseys will be offered for sale a*, auction in Murphy on Friday. October 8. according to announce ment by A. Q. Kelner, county j went. This registered Quernsey promotion sale, sponsored by the I extension services of North Caro- j iina and Georgia and the breeders j ol Western North Carolina and North Oeorgia. wili be hVd at the lair grounds, starting at 12 o - ' clock noon. The Guernseys offered for sale will include 12 bulls and 29 cows and heifers. These animals are being con signed by the following Guernsey bleeders in this section: Miss Flor ence Osborne. Canton, four; John Shields. Culberson, five; Reigel- ! dale Farms, Trion. Ga., eight; M D. McNorton, Hendersonville, five F. E. Lykes, Arden. five: A. B. Slagle, Franklin, four; Frank Corpcning. Henderson ville, one; Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hammond. Berryton. Georgia, one: J. A. and P. A. Agnew. Trion. Ga., three; L B. Compton, Asheville. three: ar.d Dr E. L. Shuford. Ashevjlle. two. This sale is being conducted with an effort to stimulate greater milk production in this territory i and to bring in a totter grade of ' cattle, since there is an enlarged , market for milk in Murphy now. Farmers desiring - information on the cattle mentioned above may obtain it from the county agent of their counties. inventory Of Rationed Shoe Stock Must Be Taken On 30th Re tailers. Distributors. Jobbers, and Manufacturers of shoes must 1 take inventory of thei| stock of shoes on hand as of the close of business September 30. according to a ruling made try the Office of Price Administration. The forms for listing the in ventory will be mailed to the hand lers of shoes by the Office of Price j Administration Inventory Unit in the near future, and the shoe dealer must fill out the forms in ' duplicate, and mail one copy to j the Office of Price Administration Inventory Unit. Empire State Building. New York, on or before October 10. Any Shoe Dealer fail- ; ing to rcceive his inventory forms through the mail by September 27 should apply to his Local Ra tioning Board for his copies of j Form R-1701A. When the Shoe Rationing Order was issued, it required dealers to j report their inventories at 6 months' intervals on a date to be named by the Office of Price Ad ministration. The first report was called for on April 10. 1943. The Continued on page four County Council Of Home Clubs To Hold Meeting September 29 Miss Anna C. Rowe. western i district home agent, will be in | Murphy Wednesday. September j 29. to rpeak at a county council | meeting of home demonstration clubs of, Cherokee countv. The j meeting will be held In the court j room at 1:30 p. m. Miss Rowe will present to the dicers and leaders the outline of *0Tk for 1944. Some changes in the program wll lbe made, and the j members of the council will be giv- J en the privilege of approving the I D'an of work. They then will take j 'he ideas back to their Individual | clubs. Each club in the county is j urged to have a representative at | the meeting, that they might the plans for the coming Tear. Mrs. p. a. Arrowood of Marble k Presklrnt of the council and will Pr^lde over the meeting. Besides Miss Rowe's discussion. | y*re will be other interesting fea- j tor**, | A *orial hour will be held at the , Note of the business meeting. Asks Retailers Not To Stock Up On Meats The local War Pricc and Ra tioning Board has cautioned meat retailers not to stock upon supplies larger than their normal demand, such overstocking probably will re sult in serious financial loss, he pointed out. The recent elimination of slaughtering quotas does not mean that civilians will receive larger amounts of meat, since no appreciable reduction of point values on meat and meat products fc expected. MORE SUGAR Increased supplies of sugar are being shipped in from Cuba and Latin countries, and the public Is receiving about 15 percent more of the sweet. The general opinion Is that there is enough sugar to discontinue rationing it. D. J. Moses Dies At Age of 74 c'aZT\tn Hayesvi,!p- Sw ? * 2 Wdaf -ttrrr wrre heid sat ? ay at 2 p ?? at Sugar Pork Baptist church. Cuilasagee. with the Rev. A. J. Clemmer, of Hayes vijie, officiating. Burial was in ' church cemetery. The Ivie funeral home of Murphy was in charge of arrangements He is survived by five daugh Mrs p E. Mashbum. 8of Gneiss. M.s. Eva M. Cabe of Franklin. Mrs. Ida M. Alley. 0f Portsmouth, va.. Mr,. Sidney Goodwin, of Wilson, and Miss Mamie O. Moses, of Hayesvi,,^ vine R?ns f Z Moses' of Kn?* ville Roy. of Goldsboro. and Carl. ?inri ainRa: 35 Brandcliildren and three great-grandchildren. Elmer Hedrick Dies At Marble rlMlc SUndaV a'ternoor> at 2 0\ Funeral services were held at the Marble Baptist church, at 2 oclock. Tuesday afternoon, with e Rev. Algie West officiating The Townson funeral home was In charge of arrangements Bur ial was in the church cemetery Surviving, besides the father and mother, are two brothers. Boyd and Gene, and three sisters. baby slate'**" ' ^ ^ ? Mrs. Byers Dies Monday At Ivy Lo# Mrs Nancy Jane B.vers. 60. died Monday morning at 10 o'clock at her home In the Ivy Log see tlon in Georgia. Funeral services were held Wed nesday morning at 10 o'clock, at Old Brastsown near Warne. with the Rev. c. Conley. of B:?ir.,vllle. the Rev. Henry a-own of Warne and the Rev Rolf Swatuon. of " n'ing Harris, officiating. She Is survived by her husband. N.ck A. Byers: one son. Ralph who Is In the navy stationed a' Balnbridge. Mrt : f??r daughters. Viola and Ella Pay. of B'alrsville: Mrs. Leila Brown of Dalton. Qa and Mrs. L. W. Moss, of Greens bore. The I We funeral home was in charge. Pastors To Give Dialogue At Union Services Union services will be held at | the First Baptist church Sunuay j evening at 7:30 o'clock. Itistead of a sermon, there will be a dia- 1 logue by The Rev H. L. Paisley. A. B. Cash, and Ralph Taylor, pas tors of the participating churches. The subject will be: ' The Church Facing World Peace". The Sunday evening service will close a scries held during the rncnth of September. The pas tors hope to have union services every fifth Sunday evening here after. Lovingood Family To Have Reunion The l<ovingood family will have a reunion at Hamdngdog Baptist church on Sunday. October 3. be ginning at 10 o'clock in the morn ing and ending at * o'clock in the I afternoon. J. M. Lovingood of Marble v president of the reunion. He re quests that everyone bring basket lunches. TO PREACH ON "GOOD HABITS" The Rev. H. L. Parley will preach on "The Power of Good Habits" at the Sunday morning service at Presbyterian church. Lease For Park Site Is Received The City of Murphy has receiv ed a draft of a lease agreement for the park site on the old CCC camp ground, from the Tennessee Valley Authority, through A. D. Rieger, manager of properties in the Chattanooga area. Representatives of the T. V. A. will meet with the group who aie interested in the project at the town hall on Friday of this week at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. At this time R. M. Howes of the re gional studies department of the T V. A.. Knoxville. will discuss preliminary plans which his de partment has been working up for the development. Mr. Reiger stated that after the T. V. A. representatives have the comments and suggestions of the group sponsoring the project, the ! final draft of the agreement will i be prepared and. after approval by their legal department, will be presented to the town council for signature. Alfred Gibson Awarded "Good Conduct" Medal El Paso. Texas ? At an impress ive ceremony here this week. Pvt. Alfred M. Gibson, of Murphy. N. C., was awarded the soldier's "Good Conduct" medal ty Colonel George M. Edwards of the Army Service Forces, commanding offi cer of the William Beaumont Gen eral Hospital. The Good Conduct medal is a warded in recognition of exempl ary behavior, efficiency and fidel ity during one year or more of ac tive federal military service, and entitle? the recipient to wear the official red and white striped rib bon on his uniform. We think your readers will be giad to hear of this lad's splendid work. Sept. 30 Deadline For Silk, Nylon Mrs. Alline R. King, home dem onstration agent .reminds women i of the county that September 30 ! is the deadline for collection of j old silk and nylon hose. She urges | them to get all available hose to! the depot at Candler's store be- j fore the de; inc. The women also are urged to bring in all their waste fats and to save their tin cans. Mrs. W A. Savage and Mrs. S M. Benton, of Cornelia. Ga.. are visiting in Murphy this week. Townsons To Operate Hotel, St. Petersburg E L. Townson, who owned and operated the Townson department | store here for a number of years. j has sold his stock of goods to Sol j Schulman. of Sylva, who has mov- j ed the stock to his place of busi nes there. Mr. Townson sold his store building some time ago. to Bright Raper, of Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. Townson left Wednesday for St. Petersburg, ria.. where they have leased a twenty-room hotel, the winck. which they will operate. They were accompanied by their son in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Alden Coward, of Andrews. Mr. Coward will leave soon to en ter the service, and Mrs. Coward will remain with her parents while he is away. Morris Allen Is Shot Accidentally Morris Allen, eight, of Wolf Creek a school comunity. son of Mr. and Mrs. Jade Allen, was ac cidentally shot Saturday morn ing, allegedly by Claude Bailey, who was hunting squirrels. According to reports. Mr. Bailey thought the boy's feet were a squirrel he had already shot, and he fired and sprinkled the calf of each leg with shot. He rushed the boy to the hospital, and Allen is recuperating nicely. The injured boy is a student of the Wolf Creek A School. Carters Have Three Sons In Military Service Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Carter of Murphy. RFD 3. have three sons iii the service. Pfc. Sheridan Carter entered the service May 27. 1941. He took his basic training at Camp Wheeler. Ga.. and is now serving ai Catnp Livingston. La. Pfc. James Homer Carter enter ed the army June 18. 1942. and took his basic training at- Camp Pickett. Va. He is now on man euvers in Los Angeles. California. Pvt. Andrew Jackson Carter entered the air force July 29 and is now stationed at Miami Beach. Florida. " ' 1 Officials Say Need For Chestnut Extract Is Urgent The urgent need for chestnut ( extract, which in produced from | rh?stnut wood, has ben pointed out forcibly in recent weeks. Teas Extract Company of Andrews. ! which manufactures chestnut ex tract. has had several appeals in | recent weeks from government au | thoriUes for an increased produc I tion of this critical war material. Brigadier General Theron D. Weaver, of the production division | of the war department, recently 1 wrote the company: "Despite our ' thousands of planes and tanks. j most American soldiers still fight 1 on their fret. They need the best \ shoes made. Production of chest I nut wood extract is essential to! the tanning of Rood shoe leather I Every cutter and hauler of chest- j nut wood, every person connected ' ; with the making of this badly j i needed extract is striking a blow at the enemy. Let's hit- the enemy hard." Teas Extcict Company is on the j payroll savings plan. 100 percent, and the average is much more I than ten cent. County Far From Goal In ^X^ar Loan Drive Camp And Hospital Council Meets At Lake Lure Center The most recent meeting of the Western North Carolina Camp and Hospital council was held at l ake Lure Rest Center, with the chairman. Mrs. Scott Bra/neJi of Hmdersonvllle presiding. Eight of the 14 member chapters of the American Red Cross were repres mted: Caldwell. Henderson. Ruth , ? : ford. Polk. Clay. Cherokee. Bun i ombe. and Swain. The council members were wel comed by Captain Howard Lan caster, who brought greetings fiom Colonel Dudley Cocke, com manding officer of the Rest Cen ter. who was unable to attend, and by Bob Berlinger, American Red Cross Program director, who in vited the members to visit the day room before leaving. Members reported what their councils had done for the hospi tals and many of them pledged cash donations from their chap ters. including the following: Clay. $100: Buncombe. $100: Polk. $150: Caldwell. $50 until March 1 Cherokee $200: Swain. $100: Hen derson. $100: and Rutherford. | $200. Some councils have not been heard from. | The following chapters of the Red Cross are represented on the council: Cherokee, Clay. McDow ' ell, Macon. Polk. Rutherford. Calrt j well. Black Mountain. Buncombe. Haywood, Madison, Swain, Tran sylvania. and Henderson. I The Cherokee chapter council was represented by Mrs. T. A Case, chapter chairman, and Miss Addie Mae Cooke, council chair man. Many Graduates Of '43 Leave For Colleges Among Murphy high school sen iors of the class of 1942-43, who i have gone away to colleges and business schools are: Robert Glenn Alexander, Ger- ! aid Arthur Beatty. and Paul Ed ward Hill, to Georgia Tech; Lillie ! Irene Jordon, to Western Caro- s lina Teachers* college. Cullowhee; | Prances Helen Dockery and Fran- 1 ces Virginia Hampton, to Busi- , nes college. Chattanooga. Tenn.; Loster Lee Mason. Jr.. Mary Fian ces Shields, and Eloisc J. Davis. ! to Mars Hill college: Margaret Twiggs Meroney. to Brenau Col lege. Gainesville. Ga.: Annie Laura Mulkey. Asheville: Virginia Ann . White. Toccoa Falls Institute. Toccoa Falls, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Hyatt visit ed their son. Charles, at Fort Bragg last week. Cherokee county is far from its coal of $232 ooo in th?- Third War Loan Drive, according to reports received this week. Only $65,000 has ben sold to date, with a bal ance of 177.000 to be sold by September 30. the closing date of the drive. During the Second War Loan Drive in April, when the quota for the county was $127,000. a total of $174 146 was sold by the county. Those in charge of the sale of londs urgt the County citizen ship to respond to this call of the Government for $232 000. to do it: part in financing the war. Many counties in this area have exceeded their quotas, and leaders do not want to see Cherokee lag ging behind. During the next week, those who can buy both the large and small bonds should con tact their bankers or post office officials and purchase the bonds oi their choice. Detailed informa j tion on the kinds of bonds offer ed in this drive can be obtained from the banks and post offices. Recuperates From Injury Sgt. J B Green, son of Mr and Mis. Walter R. Green of Murphy. I has recently recuperated from a j fractured ankle and was able to ] leave the hospital. He is located at Camp Crowder. Mo. J Sergeant Green went into the j service in the signal corps Febru i ary 25. and the radio school with | a skilled, excellent rating. He is now taking a six week's advanced course of frequency modulation Prior to entering service, he was in Coleman's radio shop in Mur phy. Holy Communion There will be celebration of Holy Communion at the Church of the Mesiah Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The Rev. Rufus Mor gan will be present to conduct the service. Picture Is Not Yet Identified The picture of an old church or school building, and a large group of people, taken several years ago, which was published in last week's SCOUT has attracted wide atten tion. As yet no one has positively identified the time and place. Many suggestions have been made, and numerous people have come to the office to see the original picture. It has been suggested that the place might be Hanging dog. Marble Springs, or Ml. Zion church. The paper had hoped that someone who was in the picture might identify it. Distinguished Guests On Woman's Club Program "What, ts Back of Buying a War Bond" was the subject of an ad- 1 dress ty Mrs. Albert Latlirop. of 1 Asheville. chairman of the Wom en's Division of the War Finance committee for Western North Carolina, at the meeting of Mur phy Woman's club in the club room Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Lathrop gave the story be- , hind buying bonds, describing the I ammunition and materials various denominations, small and large, will buy and place in the hands of the fighting men. She appealed : to the approximately 53 women 1 present to do a selling job on the ' idea of buying war bonds, stating that, people must want, to buy them and not have to be urged, for the program to be effective. She stated that one-third of the third war loan quota must, be pur chased by the small buyer. Mrs. Lathrop was presented by Mrs. Harry Miller, president of the club. Following her address. Mrs. Shoemaker of Asheville. vice state chairman of the Women's Continued on page four Home Nursing Courses Are Being Held Two home nursing classes are being conducted in the county at the present time, with an enroll ment of 20 members each. Miss Gayle Isensee. public health nurse at the Folk School, is teaching each class. The classes are spon sored by the Cherokee County chapter of American Red Cross and the county home demonstra tion clubs. Mrs. Alline R. King is home nursing chairman. The Peachtrec class is being held a4- Mrs. Clarence Hendrix" home every Tuesday and Thursday night at 7 o'clock, and the Mar tin's Creek is being held at the school building Wednesday and Friday afternoons at 2 o'clock. As soon as these two classes are completed, about the middle of October, two more will be started.

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