\<>l I ME 55 ? No. 11
Ml RfHT. NORTH CAROLINA Till RSDAY. 0<T. 7,
V COPY ? SI.M PER YEAR
County Over Top
In War Bond Drive
C.irrokee county over-subscrib
l( ? Third War Loan quota by
? vital thousands of dollars, ac
.itni to Chairman Percy B
r bft' According to official re
from the Federal Reserve
r :-.k as of September 30. the total
r,. : <ibscribed and issued as of
d 9 W9t9 HtMH.1l Th
:j :i : y quota was $232,000. During
* ??.?? '.ast 'wo days of the drive.
O tcber 1 and 2. several large
|y-n?k wpi* sold by the hanks and
pest offices, and it is thought that
vi ?n the final figures are com
plied the total subscribed in this
a :uty will reach $300,000
Mr Ferebee this week thanked
his committee chairmen by letters
for f e work they did to make the
drive a success.
The Treasury Department has
extended the sale of E F and G
bonds through the 15th of this ,
month and all that are sold will
be added to the county's quota.
Rev. J. H. Hall
To Preach At
Tomotla Church
Rev. J. Howard Hall of Clyde j
xv il! assist the Rev. John Stan
berry in a series of revival services '
fit Tomotla Baptist church, begin- j
r.inp Sunday. Mr. Hall is a native |
of Buncombe county, but he lived
in Clay for several years and two
years in Cherokee near John C.
Campbell Folk school, where his
wife's people live. He at present ;
pastor of Oak Grove and Sunny j
Point Baptist churches in Hay- j
wood Baptist Asociation. of which l
he is clerk.
Mr Hall had his early exper- 1
fence in teaching at Ogden. Peach- 1
tree. Brass*own. and Grandview. |
and his first pastoral work in the
churches in Western North Caro- j
lina association, where he was '
clerk for three years until 1935
when he moved to Haywood.
Many Visiting
The USO Lounge
One hundred people from in
ana around Murphy have visited
the USO lounge. Service men '
from many different camps con- 1
tinue *.o use the lounge, and several j
have >pent the night. The com- 1
mlttees in charge arc asking for
donation of two single blankets.
The ladies in charge now are
serving coffee and cookies to the
scrv men and women. Peach-',
tree Woman's club recently donat
ed cups and saucers for this pur
pose Mrs. J B. Gray donated an
electric percolator. Mrs. Peyton
Ivle nave five pounds of sugar.
Laundry is being done gratis by j
Murphy Laundry.
Mrs. Tom Mauney recently do
rated an electric sign that will be
installed over the street entrance
this week. Robert Bault did the
te-lettering of the sign.
Miss Anna Rowe
Is Speaker At
Demonstration
Council Meeting
Approximately 60 women at
tended the county council meet
ing of Cherokee county home
demonstration clubs which was
held in the county court room
?VftiaiPsdsy at ? 30 o'clock
Miss Anna Rowe. western dis
trict home agent, was the princi
pal speaker. She presented an ou*
line of work for home demonstra
tion clubs for 1944.
Mrs P. A. Arrowood. of Marble. !
president of the council, presided.
Four 4-H club girls sang, and Mrs
Bertha Odom conducts the devo- ;
tional. Mrs. E. Roach, of Sunny
Point, was secretary.
Mrs. W. D. Kin p. Cherokee
county agent, presided over a
short business session, at which
time Mrs. Ruth Hughes of Ranger, i
was elected secretary of the coun
cil. Mrs King checked with the
clubs to see that they approved
the plan of work and would take
the ideas back to their individual
clubs. Sixteen out of eighteen
clubs were represented at the '
meeting.
The Bellview and Ranger clubs j
will serve lunch at the calf sale !
which will be held at the fair
grounds. Oct. 8.
At the close of the business ses- j
sion. a social hour was held and
lefreshments served.
Forest Service
Phones Serve
Communities
Forest service telephones are
installed in different parts of the
county for the purpose of protect
ing forests and preventing dam
age by fire. People living in the j
communities where the telephones
are installed may use them free |
to call Murphy and various parts
of the county. Recently the main- 1
tenance men have found that I
some vandals are breaking the in
sulators frequently, often within I
less than two weeks after replace- ,
ment. With materials and labor
scarce, the men urge thoi-.e who
have been doing this damage to
stop. They do not want to take
legal steps to have it stopped.
Evelvn Wood Is
Pledged To Club
Miss Evelyn Wood, daughter of j
Mr and Mrs. E. A. Wood of An
drews. has been pledged to the
Del Vers social club at Ward-Bel
mont School. Nashville. Tenn.
Miss Wood is a member of the
college department this year.
Parents Tried For Failure
To Send Children To School
Thee Gibby. Dolphus Jones, and
Hill stiles of the McClelland's
j Creek section, charged with fail
ure to comply with the compuls
^ry school law. were given a hear- ,
ing before Clerk of Court J. L.
Wall Monday in the office of
County Superintendent Lloyd,
Kendrlx. having been summoned ?
M a result of a petition by Miss 1
Linetta Dean, county superintend -
? of Public Welfare. The charg
wrn admitted as true b y all
defendants. Tl> e court allowed UN
**?Mants to go without fine.
being the first time they had :
***** brought Into "ourt on such
* chart"-. how< . . Cl?rk of Court
made M clear that failure to
I in school their children
I yn the ages of 7 and 14 would
? With the full penalty of the
I ?fcould subsequent cases arise
? ? wohttif thtes defendant*.
? cora Green, who was sum
? J***5 for a hearing at the same
? **' *? call
? v ?lh*r paper* wove issued for
? ? trial la \tp?cted to
be hoard later during the week.
Others attending the hearing
were: Superintendent Lloyd Hen
drix. Isham R Hudson, superin
tendent of the Andrews City
Schools, and Boyd B. Robinson.
1 principal of the Andrews Elrmen- ,
tary school.
The above cases were from the ?
Andrews schools. Other cases are
likely to be heard. ac<ording to|
Miss Dean, when it is found that
parents are deliberately refusing!
j to send their children to school.!
Superintendent Hendrix report
| ed that he had a number of cases
: that should be heard by the court
on acount of non-compliance with
I the school law
Boyd B. Robinson, principal of j
the Andrews Elementary school.:
has been active in securing com- i
! pliance with the law in the An
drews unit schools.
Miss Dean let it be known that
I every effort wlil be made to bring
! about prosecutions when the law
appears to be wilfully violated.
STUDIES AREA OF COMMAND
WASHINGTON:, n c ? Soundphet? ?With the aid cf a large ir.ap in
the office of the Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox (left) and Lord
lx>uis Montbatten, Supreme Allied Commander in South East Asia,
survey the area of the latter's command for United Nations operations
in the Orient.
Ten-Day Meeting
Starts Here 14th
Special Services at the Pres
byterian church, with Rev R. E.
McClure of Asheville. the visiting
Preacher, will begin on Thursday.
October 14. at 7:30 p. m. These
services will continue through
Sunday. October 24.
Mr. McClure will have an im
portant announcement to make
at the opening service concerning
how persons may receive credit of
a unit on Teacher Training at
these services. The Gospel of John
will constitute the basis of study
throughout the series. All texti
used will be from that Oospel The
public is invited to all of these
services.
The Sunday School will observe
Rally Day at the 10 o'clock hour.
The morning sermon will be fol
lowed by Communion of the
Lord's. Supper.
HOME NURSING
CLASSES ARE
DISCUSSED
Miss Elizabeth King. Red Cross
Mirsing consultant for Western
North Carolina, met with the
home nursing committee of the
Cherokee county chapter, and
others, at the home of Mrs. T. A.
Case, chapter chairman. Wednes
day evening, for the purpose of
discussing problems of home nurs
ing for Cherokee and Clay coun
ties.
Miss Gayle Iscnsee. public
health nurse at the John C.
Campbell Polk school. Brasstown.
who is teaching a class at Mar
tin's Creek, and one at Peachtree.
with two members of her Peach
tree class. Mrs. Martin and Mrs.
Julia Wells, was present. Upon
completion of these two classes, it
is the plan to start two other
classes, possibly one at Grand
view. and one for negro women if
they are interested. Miss Elba
Sneed. public health nurse, plans
to teach a class at Murphy high
school.
Clay county was represented by
Mrs. C. E. Standridge. and Miss
Vclma Beam, of Haycsville.
Members of the Cherokee coun
ty committee present were: Mrs.
W. D. King, chairman: Miss
Sneed. Mrs. Ola Williams. Mrs.
B. W. Whitfield. Mrs. H. Btieck.
chairman of Junior Red Cross,
and Miss Mary Cornwell.
Mrs. Case served refreshments
at the close of the meeting.
Specialists To
Speak On Storage
Miss Pauline Oordon. home
management specialist, and H.
R. Niswonger. state extension hor
ticulturist. will meet with home
demonstration clubs of Cherokee
county, at the courthouse here
Saturday, at 10 o'clock, according
to Mrs. W. D. King, home dem
onstration agent.
Mr. Niswonger will speak on the
storage of root vegetables, while
Miss Oordon will give instructions
on storage of canned goods.
NEWCOMFRS
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Maner from
Fostoria. Ohio. Mr. Maner is
working for the Cherokee Scout.
Womanpower
Survey Made
A womanpower survey to deter
mine the number of women avail
able for employment in essential
war industry was conducted here
recently by Lt. Elizabeth Cole
man. Sgt. Beatrice Dixon and
Cpl. Lorraine McFarland of the
Women's Army Corps, whose
headquarters are in Asheville.
This is a survey made by repre
sentatives of the War Depart
ment. and results of the survey
axe sent to the U. S. Employment
i Service and the War Department
Advisory Council
Elects Chairman
The Cherokee county advisory
council of the Unemployment
Compensation commission met at
the Employment office In the
! courthouse Tuesday evening for
t the purpose of having a chairman
appointed. It was the first meet
ing of the council since the ap
pointment of three new members
the first of July.
John VV. Donley, who served as
chairman of the council last year,
was a pointed chairman for an
other year. Members of the coun
cil are: D. M. Reece. J. V. Bamett.
and J w Donley, old members,
and J. 13 Gray. Miss Addie Mae
Cooke, and W. M. Pain, new mem
bers. The meeting was called by
C I. Calhoun, secretary to tile
council.
Revival Going
On At Free
Methodist Church
An old-fnshioned revival is in
i progress this week and next, at the
Fiee Methodist church in East
Murphy, the old playhouse.
The district superintendent.
Rev. Fred R Horton. is preaching
! every night at 7:30 o'clock. Sun
day school Sunday is at. 10 o'clock
a. m.. preaching at 11 a. m. and
at 7:30 p. m.
The church invites the public to
attend the preaching service at
Marble Sunday afternoon at 3:30.
Mr. Horton will conduct tlw ser
vice in the building on the high
way where the Free Methodist
Sunday School has been held.
Amos Couple Have
Two Sons In Army
Mr. and Mrs F S. Amos of
Murphy. Route 2. Box 7. have two
sons in the service. Pfc. Claude E.
Amos is now stationed at Shrew- !
port. La., on maneuvers, and Pfc. j
Roy L. Amos, stationed at the ;
Army Air Base. Alliance. Neb.
The latter has received the sol- '
dier's "Oood Conduct" medal. The i
good conduct medal is awarded in
, recognition of exemplary behav- j
, ior. efficiency and fidelity during |
j the past 18 months of his active j
military service.
United War Fund Drive Starts
October 15, Headed By Forsyth
Scrap Drive
Now Going On
Joe Hay. Alio is chairman of
the Cherokee county salvage com
mitter. announced that the fall
drive which began Friday. October
1 and will continue through No
vember 15. Mr Ray has appoint
ed committees and plans to have
r? meeting of next week to instruct
these committees in the work of
the drht.
All civic clubs are requested to
aid the regular salvage committee
set-up for collecting fats, tin cans,
iron and steel scrap and other
items. Each county is asked for $1
for each thousand population. ior
prizes, and $1 additional, to de
fray the expense of a broadcast
by Governor Broughton.
Bill Whichard
Training At
Maxwell Field
Aviation Cadet William A.
< Bill i Whichard has been trans
ferred from the Classification
Center at Nashville. Tenn. to
Maxwell Field. Ala. He was re
cently classified for pilot training
Cadet Whichard is the son of
Dr. and Mrs. M. P. Whichard of
Murphy.
Qualifying Test
To Be Given At
Murphy School
On November 9
The second Qualifying Test for .
the Army Specialized Training: j
Program and the Navy College j
Program V-12 which will be given (
throughout the country on Tues- 1
day, November 9. wilt be admin- j
istered at the Murphy High .
School. K. C. Wright. Principal.,
announces. A pamphlet of general
information which contains an
admission - identification form
may be obtained at V/irphy high
school. This form properly filled,
out will admit to the test students j
between the ages of 17 and 21 in
1 elusive who are recent high school
graduates or who will be gradu- 1
ated by March 1. 1944. Intent to
take the test should be made .
known immediately to Mr. Wright j
in order that the necessary test
supplies may be ordered.
The same examination will be
taken by both Army and Navy
candidates. The examination is
designed to test the aptitude and
general knowledge required for
the program of college training
and all qualified students are urg
ed to take the test. At the time of
the test each candidate will be ;
given a choice of service prefer
ence. but taking the test does not
obligate the candidate to enlist in
the service.
The Army Specialized Training ;
! Program and the Navy College
! Program enable students to con
I tinue academic training at- gov
ernment expense following Induc
I tion into the armed services. Suc
i cessful completion of the prescrib
| ed courses may. following further
officer training, lead to a commis
| sion in the Army or the Navy.
Those selected for the Army
will, after further screening and
basic military training, be sent to
college. Students chosen for the
Navy Program, after selection by
the Office of Naval Officer Pro
curement. will be detailed directly
to college. Students who attend
college under either of the pro
grams will be under military dis
cipline on active duty in uniform
with pay. All expenses, including
tuition, food, housing, books, and
j uniforms will be paid by the Army
or the Navy.
Sermon Topics
i Rev. H. L. Paisley's sermon top
ics for next Sunday, at the Pre*- ,
i byterian church, are: at 11 a. m.: ^
"Making Faith Burglar Proof,,
| and at 7 :30 p. m . "Hungers of a .
Healthy Heart".
Over Seas Parcels
Must Be Mailed
By October 15
Prompt mailing of Christ
mas Rifts to thr armed forces
over seas is urerd by postal
officials. October 15 Ls the
deadline for packages to be
mailed in order to reach the
men and women in service by
Christmas Day.
New Physician
Added To Staff
Petrie Hospital
Dr Robert H. Cox this week be
comes assistant to Dr. W. A.
Hoover on the staff of Petrie hos
pital. He came here from Fon
tana Dam. where he has been with
the T. V .A. since March. 1942.
Prior to poing to Fontana. he was
assistant medical officer for Cha
tuge dam and lived in Murphy.
Dr. Cox received his M. D. from
the University of Tennessee. Knox
ville. and his home is in Mt. Ver
non. Ky. He and his wife are liv
ing in the Harshaw apartments.
J. L. Abernathy
Is Training At
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Cedar Falls. Iowa- p*c. Jacob
L. Abernathy. 26. Murphy. N. C..
son of R. B. Abernathy. Murphy,
has arrived at Iowa State Teach
ers Colege for course of Army Air
i Force instruction lasting apropxi
I mately five months prior to his ap
[ pointment as an Aviation Cadet
I in the Army Air Forces. During
this period he will take numerous
academic courses, as well as ele
mentary flying training. Upon
completion of the course he will
be classified as a pilot, navigator
or bombarier and go on to schools
of the Flying Training Command
for training in these specialties.
Cherokee county will launch its
United War Fund drive on Fri
day. October 15 with a quota of
S3. 000. according to County Chair
man W Frank Forsyth.
H. Bueck of Murphy and John
H Christy of Andrews have been
named chairman of their respec
tive communities. Special com
mutes will be named by them to
ar .sist in the drive.
*nc National War Fund is of
ficially endorsed by the President.
I It has the backing of the Govern
ment as an improvement over the
old confusing way of raising mon
j ey It permits one to budget his
wartime giving
When giving to the United War
Fund, one gives to all the following
I 17 causes:
USO. United Seamen's Service.
War Prisoners Aid Belgian War
' Relief Society. British War Relief
Society.. French Relief Fund.
Friends of Luxemburg. Greek War
Relief Association. Norwegian Re
lief. Polish War Relief. Queen Wil
Helmina Fund. Russian War Re
j lief. United China Relief. United
Czechoslovak Relief. United Yugo
slav Relief Fund. Refugee Relief
Trustees. United States Commit
tee for the Care of European Chil
dren.
| Burning Permits
Must Be Secured
Beginning October 1. all per
sons must cooperate in the pre
vention of forest fires over the
county by securing permits to do
burning unless within 500 foot of
a dwelling house. These permits
may be issued by:
County Warden E. S. Burnetter.
Ranger Schapp. Mauney Drug
Co.. Ranger Stanley. Andrews. W.
S. Calhoun. Andrews^ Anna Mae
| Jones.
County Agents office. H. H. Da
vidson. Ranger. Fred Roberson.
Suit. Allen Brendle. Wehutty. Loy
Lunsford. Peachtree. W. T.Dock
ery. Beaverdam, Grady Waldroup.
Phone No. 2202. Panther Top Look
Out. W. J. Martin. Folk School.
Dewey Kapheart. Owl Creek,
and Willard Forrester. Culberson.
Route 2.
Miss Parks Tells Ministers
Of Regional Library Service
Miss Dora Ruth Parks, director
of the Regional library for the
counties of Graham, Cherokee
and Clay, addressed the ministers
at their monthly meeting held at
the First Baptist church Monday.
She told of how the TVA is co
operating with the library
boards in the region and of the
increased interest being taken by
the people of the region.
Miss Parks gave a typical day
o! the Bookmobile, revealing that
it not only visits the town libra
ries but those of the schools, as
well as schools that have no libra
ries. some homes and other com
munity centers. Recently, it has
made periodic visits to the Prison
Camp at Peachtree. There arc 117
School Sells $38,403
And Bonds; Senior
During the Third War Loan
Drive, which closed October 2. the
pupils of the Murphy school sold
and pledged a total of $38,403.40
in bonds and war savings stamps,
according to announcement ty K.
C. Wright, principal.
The Senior class led. with a to
tal of $19,550. Mrs. Ward's sec
tion selling $10,150. and Mrs. Ha
bel man's section $9,400. Miss Jen
kins* eighth grade girls sold a to
tal of $4,750 for third place: and
Mrs. Spainhour's section of the
Junior class was fourth with $3.
921. Mrs. Houts* section of the
11th grade was fifth with $3,500.
The pupils of the Murphy Ele
mentary School sold a total of
$1,167.70 in bonds and stamps.
The leaders were Mrs. Davidson's
Seventh grade. Miss Leather
wood's Sixth grade. Mrs. Adams
Fifth grade, and Miss Moore's
Seventh grade.
j regular stops for the Bookmobile
in this region. There arc 22.000
books available in the region.
The policy of the TV A is co
operative rather than to lake over
the libary work for these counties.
The work is supported by appro
priation smade by the respective
county commissioners. supple
mented by legislative appropria
tions. There are increasing de
mands for this facility, and the
good that might be accomplished.
Miss Parks revealed, is limited
only by the funds available.
There were present at the
meeting two pastors from An
drews and four from Murphy. On
ly routine business matters were
transacted.
In Stamps
Class Leads
Blaine Donley
Awarded Good
Conduct Medal
At a ceremony, celebrating the
first anniversary of his Battalion,
held at. Eelin Field. Fla.. Cpl.
Blaine Donley was awarded the
soldier's "Good Conduct." medal
and also another medal for high
est score with the U. S. 30 Cali
ber M-l -Rifle.
The good conduct medal is
awarded in recognition of ex
emplary behavior, efficiency and
fidelity during the active Federal
Military Service. Cpl. Donley was
inducted at Fort Jackson. S. C.,
October 14. 1942. and Is now with
the Anti-Aircraft Artillery. Camp
Rocker. Ala.