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MI KPIIV NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. (KT M. IMS
5r COPY ? FIR YEAR
Registration For New
Ration Book To Be
Held Oct. 25-28
p, tailed instructions for issu
\v?r Ration Book No. 4 are
; , lit this week to all local
.vuMing boards in North Car
, stressing the necessity lor
? , ni, cants for the new took to
... their copies of Book No. 3
time tney apply ior new
books
Registration for the new books
mlll !?? held over the United
Sl l ,S between October 20 and 31.
In' Cherokee county application
Iorms will be Riven to the
school students on October 25-26.
an.' Ilook 4 will be issued to the
indents. Any adult failing to get
bocks on those dates, through the
children, may apply at the schools
October 27-28.
illustration for and Issuance of
ni * books Will be held at schools
s the teachers ?'iu students. In
niost instances families having
children in the schools will not
even nave to appear personally.
Supt H. Bueck. Supt. Lloyd
Hendrix and Supt. I. B. Hudson
have charge of the registration.
A statement from OPA district
headquarters gave this general
picture of the registration pro
ceeding :
1 Applicants will first show at
the registration sites copies of
Bc?k No. 3 already issued to them
or to members of their families
and will receive an application
form with space enough to list
1 ight members of a family If
there are more than eight mom
t,rs it will be necessary to use
two forms.
2. Book No. 4 will be distributed
to all persons except armed forces
personnel eating in organized
messes or who are members of an
officers' mess; persons confined
to institutions; and persons re
ski inp 60 days or less in the Uni
ted States.
Tl>e new war ration book is ex
pected to last at least two years.
It is the same size as Books 2 and
3 It contains eight pages with a
total of 384 stamps, each about
half the size of the familiar red
and blue stamps used in Book No
2 and the brown stamps in Book
No 3. Colors of the stamps in
Book No. 4 are blue, red and
green.
In addition, there are 96 unit
stamps printed in black. Seventy -
two of them are marked "Spaie
and can be used in case additional
ration stamps are needed for any
future program.
Twelve of the black stamps are
printed "Sugar" and 12 are print
ed Coffee." but OPA explained
that the plates for these pages
were printed before coffee was
taken off the list of rationed
foods. It does not mean. OPA
said, that coffee is likely to be ra
tioned again.
Janet Brown Is
Winner District
Dress Revue
Miss Janet Brown of the Wolf
Creek 4-H club represented Cher
l okee county at the Western Dis
, trict dress revue in Franklin Sat
urday. She tied for first place and
will compete with the other five
districts for the state award. The
district is composed of seven coun
ties.
Miss Brown wore a blue plaid
two-piece gingham suit, with a
corded dimity blouse.
She received a gold medal for
her clothing achievement record.
Otners attending the dress revue
were: Miss Mary Corn well. 4-H
club leader. Misses Ruth and Rob
hie Barton. Retha Plemmons. and
Mildred Hendrix. Peachtree; and
Correnia Murphy of Violet.
In addition to the dress revue. I
a clothing school was conducted
by Miss Willie Hunter and Miss i
Julia Mclver. state clothing spe
cialists. Raleigh, and Miss Frances
McGregor, state 4-H club leader.
Raleigh.
Legion Post To
Have Special
Dinner On 22nd
All membe-s of Joe MUjex Elk
ins post No. 9(5 of the American |
Legion. Murphy, are requested to
meet at Dickey hotel for a supper j
on Friday evening. October 22, at
7 p. m. Each member is asked to ;
arrange to be there and bring a
prospective member. The supper!
will be free, states Dr. M. P. Whi- j
chard, commander.
Russell Takes
Training In
Tooth Surgery
Dr. L. T. Russell. Jr.. dentist, j
and family left Wednesday morn
ing for Atlanta, where he will take
a refresher course in tooth sur
gery. Later he will go to Charlotte
and spend a few months studying
there. He plans to be away about i
six months.
Doctor Russell's office here will
be closed while he is away.
CRITICALLY ILL
The condition of R. R. Beal.i
who has been ill for several
months, is reported to be serious.
Lions Receive $681
From Sale Of Calf
Murphy Lions and Lionesses j
displayed their ability (and dis
ability) to spell at the meeting ,
held Tuesday evening with Dr. J
and Mrs. W. A. Hoover. Following
an outdoor supper, consisting of J
ham. potato salad, green peas, i
baked apples, coffee, rolls, and
cup cakes, the Lions held a short
business session. The spelling j
watch was conducted by Mrs. H.
BWck and K. C. Wright, and Mr. |
and Mrs. Robert S. Bault were the i
winners of the prize, a miniature |
Hon. 1
Resident Prank Forsyth an
flounced that a total of $681 was
received from the sale of the
Guernsey calf offered by the club. I
which war. presented to Mr. Nes- 1
bitt of Ashcvllle. I
H Bueck announced the Cher
?**e County War Fund drivr
*hkh starts October 18 and urg- 1
the members to support it. |
T*1*? voted unanimously to back j
campaign.
** W. A. Hoover reported that j
club has purchased white I
for the blind in the county.
An eye clinic will be conducted
soon, and a total of 20 persons |
will be examined and treated.
H. G. Elkins suggested that the
club get behind the park project |
and make its contribution for
work that should be done now. A j
motion made by H. Bueck to make ;
a contribution and let the direct- j
ors and finance committee decide
the amount, was carried.
Rev. A. B. Cash introduced two
visiting Boy Scouts. Eugene Si- j
monds and Bill Portwood.
Letters from service men who i
receivrd the gift packages of cig
arettes from the club were read
by the president.
Serving the supper were the fol
lowing. representing Jim Gibbs
side in the attendance contest: j
Mesdames H. O. Elkins. H. Bueck. !
Frank Ellis. Pritchard Smith.
Dutch Kind ley. Robert Easley. Joe
Ray. Jim Gibbs. Duke Whitley. R.
S. Bault. Doyle Burch. W. A. Hoo
ver. T. L. Russel. Jr.. Robert Wea
ver. and K. C. Wright, and Miss
Addle Mae Cooke.
clen j. Mcdonald, son of Mr. 1
and Mrs. Noah McDonald of Mur
phy, Route 3, ^ho has been pro- 1
moted from seaman, first class, to l
coxswain. He is over seas, in the
Pacific area. McDonald completed '
his high school work in Murphy I
and was working with the T. V A. I
when he volunteered in the navy ,
last December.
Bond Drive
Reaches Total
Of $281,693
The last report received
l'rom headquarters gave Cher- j
okee county a total of $281.
693 in the Third War Loan
drive. The quota of $232,000.
therefore, was surpassed by
$49,693. Since E. F. and <i
bonds can be sold through
the 16th of this month as a
credit on the quota, it is ex
pected that the total will be I
even larger when final re
ports are received.
Four Nights More
Of Revival Free
Methodist Church
There are just four more nights '
| of the old fashioned revival at the
j Free Methodist church in East
Murphy, which closes Sunday
night, October 17. "Do not miss a
| single one of these rousing salva
j tion messages by Dist. Supt. Rev.
I Fred R. Horton," say the leaders.
"God is looking today for people
who will live victoriously and die
| triumphantly. Come and help
' push the battle for righteousnes."
Rev. R. E. McClure
Speaks At School
Tile Rev. R. E. McClure of
' Asheville. who will conduct a scries
of revival meetings at the Pres
byterian church beginning Thurs
day. will speak at the chapel ex
j ercises at Murphy high school Fri
| day morning at 9 o'clock, an
nounces Supt. H. Bueck. He will
give to each student who will
agree to read it a copy of the Gos
| pel of John. This is a part of the
school's participation In Bible
Week.
Rally Day Is
Observed Sunday
Rally Day was observed in the
Fresbyterian Sunday school here
Sunday morning with a program
on the topic. "That the Genera
tion to Come May Know." The i
program was led by the pastor, i
the Rev. H. L. Paisley, with
all members taking part.
The beginners, primaries and .
juniors presented a program
which included: A song. "Tell Me
the Stories of Jesus", by Susie
Miller: the 23rd Psalm, by Hubert
Sneed. 5 years old: song. "Jesus.
Friend of Little Children", by Car
olyn Alexander: the story of
David and Goliah. by Eloise
Sneed: a verse of scripture by
each of eight beginners: a group
j of songs. "Good Morning to You".
"Joy in My Heart". "Praise Him.
i Praise Him!" and "Into My
Heart" sung as a prayer, closing
with the Lord's prayer by the
school.
Mrs. Mary King 8painhour
served as accompanist.
Seventeen Pupils
Enter Newspaper
Essay Contest
Reid Stiles, age 15. eleventh I
made student of Murphy high '
school, was winner of first prize.
$2.50. in the essay contest for j
writing on "What A Free Press i
Means to Me", conducted by The I
Cherokee Scout in connection
with National Newspaper week.
October 1-8. Doris Chambers, age
13. ninth grade student in Mur
phy high school, won second
I pri*i? SI Honorable mention
went to James Thompson of Cul
berson. a seventh grade student
at Ranger school. He received a
subscription to The Cherokee
Scout.
Mrs. Ann Ward is teacher of
the Murphy students who won the
prizes, and Mrs. Kate Shields the
teacher at Ranger.
Seventeen entries were made in
the contest, those besides the
three winners being: From Mur
phy. Loyall Bryson. Dollie Mar
tin. Evelyn McDonald. Kathryn
Cavender, Veda Estes. and Verna
Lee Decker, and from Ranger:
Joan Or ton, Eddie Graham. Lo
rene Taylor, David Rice. Maggie
Morgan Elaine Cearley. Audrey
Darline Aiken, and Mattie Bell
Morgan.
J. H. HALL. JR.. who has left to !
report to San Francisco after '
.spending a 10-day furlough with !
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Hall of Murphy. He has been in
the Panama Canal Zone for the
past three years, as a military po
liceman with the U. S. army.
Given Promotion
Josephine M. Johnson, sistei zt
Mrs. T. C. Campbell, of 10V Chero
kee street, Murphy. N. C.. was pro
moted to the grade of private
first elass for her excellent work
at the Marianna Army Air Field.
War Fund Drive
To Start Oct. 18
Package from home make it
possible for many American pri
soners of war in Germany to en
Joy a better diei than German ci
vilians, according to a report to
Frank Forsyth, received from the
National War Fund.
"Recent pictures of American
prisoners of war in Germany, tak- '
en by a representative of War pri
soners aid, Y. M. C. A., a partici
pating service of the National
War Fund, show our men appar
ently adequately clothed and well
fed," Mr. Forsyth said.
This is only one of the divisions
of service rendered by the Nation
al war fund.
The Cherokee County United
War fund drive starts October 18,
I with a quota of $3000 for the
county. It is headed by Prank For
j syth, who has appointed the fol
I lowing committee chairmen:
j Ralph Buice, Hiwassee Dam; J. H.j
Christy. Andrews; H. Bueck. Mur- 1
| phy; and Addle Mae Cooke, pob
I licity. H. A. Mattox, Murphy. Is ?
treasurer.
Mr. Buice will visit several
schools of the county during the
1 drive and show the motion pic
ture, "Last Will and Testament
] of Tom Smith".
Those desiring to make contri
| butions to the fund may give or
send them to H. A. Mattox.
Sermon Subjects For Revival
Presbyterian Church Announced
The Rev. R. E. McClurc, of!
Ashevillo. who will begin a series i
of evangelistic services at the '
Presbyterian church here Thurs
day evening (tonight) at 7:30 o'
clock. has announced his sermon
subjects from the Gospel of John j
as follows: October 14. "Why Read,
the Bible?" October 15. "That Ye I
Might Believe"; October 17. a. m.?
'"Jacob's Ladder"; p. m. "Spirit
ual Birth": October 18, "From
Death Unto Life"; October 19. ""Eat
to Live": October 20. "Spiritual
Freedom"; October 21. "The Good
Shepherd in Death"; October 24. a.
m. "The Dangerous Lii j": p. m. ?
"A Challenge to Service".
On Monday. October 18.
through Friday. October 22. morn
ing services will be held for 45
minutes, beginning at 10 o'clock,
on -The Sermon on the Mount."
Special children's services will i
be held from 7 to 7 :30 o'clock each
evening from Monday, 18th, !
through Friday, 22nd. on "What
it Means to Follow Jesus". "My j
Sin ? My Saviour My Church ? i
My World ? My Heavenly Home." i
Mr. McClure announced that
while the services will be evangel- '
istic, it will be possible to secure !
Leadership Training certificates
by meeting the following require
ments: 1? Hear at least eight of j
the sermons from the Gospel of
John; 2 ? Read the Gospel during
the meeting ; 3 ? Memorize the j
texts used Sunday morning. Octo- j
ber 17. through Friday night,'
October 22. 4 ? Locate and write
out in full and in the correct or- 1
der the 25 verses in the Gospel,
beginning. "Verily, verily ?
Scout District Court Of Honor
Held: Many Honors Awarded
ANDREWS ? The Nantahala
District Court of Honor was held
in the Town Hall of Andrews.
! October 5. at 7:30 p. m. Those
to become Tenderfoot Scouts were !
Donald Allen of Tapoco. Bob
Christy of Andrews. Hamilton Mc
Clure. and Bobby Waldroup of
Hayesville. Those to be promoted
to the Second Class were Hugh
Allen of Tapoco. Alex Bradley. Jr..
' and Carl Ayres. Jr. of Hayesville.
' Ralph Carringer of Hayesville be
' came a First Class Scout.
The Merit Badges of Animal In
, dustry. Safety. Athletics. Leather- !
1 rraft and Horsemanship were
awarded to Jack Stewart of An
drews. John Axley. also of An
! drews. earned one on Bookbind
ing. Kyle Beal of Hayesville earn
ed one on Public Health. Drew
Colvard of Tapoco became a Star
Scout. There were three from
Hayesville to become Life Scouts:
(Continued on page four)
Wm. D. Bruce Is
,
Made Corporal
DEL RIO. Tex. ? 'Special ) j
The promotion of Cpl. William D. ]
Bruce from the rank of private
h&s oeen announced at Laughlin j
Army Air Field, near this Mexican '
Border city.
At this field student officers re- j
ceive specialized training in pilot
ing the Martin B-6 Marauder. [
world's fastest medium bomber
and one of the deadliest to the
Axis.
Corporal Bruce, son of Mrs.
Mamie Bmce. Culberson. N. C .
resides at Hiawassee street. Mur
phy. N. C. He attended the Mur
phy Hi#h School and Odessa.
Tex.. High School. He is on duty
as an operations clerk.
99 Selectees Go
To Camp Croft
For Examination
Ernest Hawkins
Succeeds Hoover
On Town Council
Ernest Hawkins was elected to
succeed Dr. W. A. Hoover, resign
ed. as a member of the Murphy
town council at the meeting held
Monday evening.
W. M. Pain, who recently was
appointed temporary park super
visor. and E. L. Shields reported
that tennis courts, game sites,
swimming pool and walk ways
were laid off at the park recently 1
when Mr. Sariseni of the TVA.
Chattanooga, came here to work
with them. Boy Scouts cut the
weeds.
W. W. Rogers tendered his res
ignation as chief of police, but no
action was taken.
Citizens Bank and Trust Com
pany was designated as a deposi- I
tory of the town.
Clyde Stalcup Is
Graduated At
Gulfport Field
Pfc. Clyde M. Stalcup. son of I
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Stalcup of
Route 2. Murphy, has graduated !
from Gulfport Field, big army air
forces technical training com
mand school for airplane mechan
ics. He specialized in maintenance j
of cargo and transport type air
planes.
During Ins stay at Oolfpc'.t j
Field, Pfc. Stalcup received a |
highly technical course of instruc- 1
tion. covering 112. At the conclu- j
sion of his formal schooling, he |
spent eight days in Gulfport
Field's "Guadalcanal" and put his ]
knowledge to work under combat j
conditions. The area is nicknamed
? Guadalcanal" because of its rug
ged set-up.
Pfc. Stalcup was a fanner in
civilian life.
Singing To Be
Held On Sunday
Everybody is invited to the
third Sunday afternoon singing
which will be held at Calvary
church, October 15. beginning at
1 :30 o'clock.
The singing held at Marble last
Sunday was well attended.
A contingent of 99 selectees left
Murphy Wednesday morning by
special buses for Camp Croft. S.
C., for physical examination, for
induction into the armed forces.
Those leaving were:
Duke Duncan Whitley, leader,
and Billy Kinr Howell, assistant
leader; John Mauldon Jordon,
Howard Luther Martin. Ira Coker,
Dock Gibson. Robert Rufus
Brown Clinton Hancock. Roes
Moore. James Edgar Webb. John
Lewis Hughes. Jesse Ray Ander
son. James Roy Wright. Glenn
Henry Beaver. Don Henry Hugh
es. Ed Payne, Sheridan Totherow.
Homer Gardia Nelson. William
Lush Revis. Clyde Edward Ellis.
Ployd William Garrett. Edgar Wil
liam Floyd, Ivane Memoiy Hicks.
Robert Lee Bell. Robert Marvin
Johnson, William Dean Simpson.
Jr.. Wayne Ben Pace. Clarence
William Stiles. R. S. Bell. Jr.. Ce
cil Horace Crain, Carl King. Low
in Hubert Lovingood. Ober Allison
Thompson. Gordon Chester Par
mer. James Everett Wells. Lewis
Andrew Hogsed. Rolan Macon
Bradley. Arnold Aims. Howard
Prank Swan son. Tommy Baker.
Joe William Ledford. Powell Stan
ley Bradley, Earl Payne. Ralph
Eugene Raxter. Earl Jackson Mor
gan. James Stover, Columbus Ju
lius McClure, Walter Elliott Car
ringer. J. V. Thomas. Kenneth Lee
Wheeler. Mack Swaim. Ford Sin
gleton Haas. William Glenn
Young. Homer Ellis Anderson.
William Henry Cochran. Ralph
Dee Postell. Buster Gwin Stiles,
Fred Albert Lefevers. Alonzo Ed
gar Bryson, Bobby Eugene Rax
ter, Edward Hal McDonald,
George Monroe White. James
llarokf Parker. George Harold
Mashburn. Jr.. John Ferguson. Jr..
Robert Eugene Revis. Harold Her
bert Adams, Franklin Homer
Cook, Clifford Floyd Painter,
Glenn Alton Ballew. Fred Bryant,
Ralph Carl Dale. Franklin McKin
ney Capps, Carroll Brown Led
ford. Clifford H .Stalcup. Calvin
Gwin Wilcox. Julius Harold Bai
ley. Ned Lee Lovingood, Thurman
Est us Wooten. Benjamin Franklin
Ramsey. Hubert Lee Anderson,
Tommy Rudolph Hall. Clarence
B. Johnson. Ed Edward Foster.
Carl Whiteside. Oran Ray Bryant.
James Rouley Robinson. John Ro
bert Haney. Clarence Noegel.
Howard Henry Owens. John Ed
ward Painter. James Elsburry
Payne. Roy Wayne Newman.
Frank George Ellis. Wayne Lester
Thompson. Charles Hamilton
Laney. Elijah Bly Padgett. Elmer
Gerald Stewart. Hansel Everett
. Bucrs.
Guernseys Bring
Average Of $198
Forty head of caitle were sold
at the Murphy Guernsey promo
tion sale which was held at the
fair grounds here Friday aft-r
i con. for a total of $7,953.5 or
an average of $198.83 per head.
Fourteen bulls were sold at an
average of $102.70 per head, or a
total of $1438.50. Twenty-six fe
males brought $6,515.00. or an av
erage of $212.00 per head. The
highest prize consignor was R*M
geldale Farms. Trion. Ga.. a cow
which sold for $550.00: also the
top bull which brought $220.00.
G. H. Mills, of Hendersonville.
bought the top cow. and five other
top animals. The top bull was
bought by Southern Dairies, at
$220.00. to bo u&ed by farmers in
Cherokee county. Reeves Brothers,
of Easley, S C.. were heavy bidders,
buying nine head. Five bulls and
two cows were bought by farmery
in Cherokee county. Five head
went to Clay county and two to
Hobbinsville. primarily to stimu
late milk business here.
Continued on pace four
TO HAVE OPERATION
Peyton Ivie. proprietor of I vie
Furniture Co. and Ivie Funeral
home, will tmdergo a major oper
ation at George Baptist hospital,
Atlanta, Friday of this week.
Youths To Have
Charge Service
! Seniors will be held next Sun
, day at the First Methodist Church
at 11 o'clock. In the absence of
j the pastor, the youth division will
have charge of the service. There
will be no evening service. Mem
bers of the congregation are ask
ed to worship at the Presbyterian
Church where special services are
being held
i The^e will be no mid-week ser
vice at the church next Wednes
; day evening.
Regular services will be held at
First Church. Sunday. October 24.
Worker Here
Miss Wilmot Doan. of Winston
Salem. Home Service Field repre
sentative of the American Red
* Cross, was in Murphy Thursday
| and Friday, conferring with offi
j cials of the Cherokee County chap
1 ter. and discussing problems, and
giving assistance in the home ser
: vice program. Mrs. H. O. Elkins
I is home service chairman for the
Cherokee county chapter.