North Carolina Newspapers

****** ?'*? T'?? Will I ? 3.1 Ji,,-. Cut-a-Caid ! **? v? c. 1 ??r OuoU T.mL.. ? ^ ^ ^ VOLl'Mf 55 ? No. 17. Ml Kl'lll IWIWII CAROLINA TIII KM1AV Nl>\ is |||) 5r J OI'Y _ nil I'lK YtAK large number are TAKEN IN SERVICE Cherokee county men who were accepted for service in the Octo ber quoU. and left recently in clude the following to Camp Jack son. S. C.. for the army. Duk< Duncan Whitley. James Edgar Webb. John Lewis Hughes, jf ?? Hay Anderson. Homer Gar nia Nelson. Alvin Memory Hicks. Robert William Bell. R S Bell, jr . Cecil Horace Crane. Gordon Chester Farmer. Howard Frank Swanson. Ralph Eugene Raxier. Billy King Howell. Walter Elliott Carringer. Edward Howard Mc Donald. Harold Hubert Adams. Powell Stanley Bradley. Columbus Julius McClure. William Glenn. Young. Homer Ellis Anderson. James Harold Parker. Ralph Carl Dale. Franklin McKinney Capps. Cliford H. Stalcup. Franklin Ho mer Cook. Fied Bryant, and Carl Whiteside. To the navy were: John Mauldon Jordon. Jr.. Dock Gibson. James Roy Wright. Clyde Edward Ellis. Clarence William Stiles. James Everette Wells. Ro land Macon Bradley. Julius Harold Bailey. Ned Lee Lovingood. and James Rouley Robinson. Those joining the marines were: Joe William Lcdford. John Rob ert Haney. James Elsbury Payne, and to the coast guard. Ed Ed ward Foster. Accepted in the November quo ta for the army were: George Grady Allen. Joe Edgar Ray. Charles Paul Day. Eugene Ledford, Roy Kimsey Hyde. Win frey Hamby. Junior Cecil Pack. Clarence Luther Little. Bascoin Ramsey, John Allen Davidson. For the navy were: Henry Brownlow Ellis. Lloyd George Simonds. Howard Carlton Arp. Vaughn Noah Coker. Hadley Lee Plemomns. Claude Willard Dockery. Ira Lee Stalcup. Arnold Hayes Robertson. Hoyt Stiles. To the marines: Tarks Jacob Ledford. SERMON SUBJECTS What Ls Christ Thinking?" | will be the sermon subject of the minister at First Methodist j Church, Sunday at 11 o'clock. The j Rev Mr. Taylor will preach at ; the 7:30 o'clock service on the; .subject. "Reverence Human Life." I Rev. W. L. Hutchins To Preach Sunday ANDREWS The Rev W. L. Hutchins. District Superintendent, j of the Waynesville district, of Wayncsville, will preach at the j Andrews Methodist Church Sun- 1 day morning. November 21. at 11 cclock and then holi the first | quarterly conference of the new conference year, it is announced by the pastor, the Rev. C. C. Was ham. The entire membership is urged to be present for the wor ship service, and all church offi cials are urged to be present at the quarterly conference. Five Among New Recruits From Cherokee County New recruits at the U. S. Na val Training Station. Great! Lakes. Illinois, are five Cherokee County. N. c. men. They are now receiving instruc tion in seamanship, military drill, and naval procedure. Soon, they w'll be given a scries of aptitude tests for determining whether they will be assigned to one of the Navy's service schools, or to im Uttdiate active duty at sea. Upon completing their recruit training .these men will be home 0n a nine-day leave. They arc: Julius Harold Bailey. 18. hus~ b?ne of Mrs. Edna Alice Bailey. Koute No. 2. Murphy: Clifford H. Stalcup. 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ptoyd Stalcup. Route No. 2. Mur Dh.v; nC(j LovingcKKl. 18. son Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lovingood. No. 3. Murphy: Franklin McRiniry Capps. 18. son of Mr. *^d Mrs. Samuel Capps. Route 3. Box 81. Murphy: Claude Leonard. Jr.. 17. son of Mr. Mrs. Claude Earl Leonard. ?* Park LIEUTENANT Carl Hardinu Tow won. son of Mr. and Mrs. J C. Townson of Murphy, who has c actuated as an Arm - Air Forces pilot and was sworn in 4s a second ! lieutenant at Napier Field. Ala Lieutenant Townson attended Western Carolina Teachers Collese and the University of North Caro I !ina previous to entering the ser vice in February, 1943. COMPLETES TRAINING? Eu- i did Ray Voyles. Seaman Second ? Class, who lias finished his train ing at Great Lakes. 111., and is now ! at the Naval Air Technical Train- ' ing Center. Memphis. Tenn. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam ! Voyles of Hiwassee Dam. and at- ! tended Young Harris College be- 1 fore entering the Navy last July. I America Asked To Decrease Christmas Lights The American people were ask ed today by J. A. Krug. Director of WPB's Office of War Utilities, to confine Christmas lighting dec orations to Christmas trees inside private homes. Mr. Krug asked that street dec orations. community Christmas trees, exterior home decorations and interiors and exteriors of com- ; medal establishments dispense with decorations this year insofar as lighting is concerned. ??Government and industry have combined in a nationwide conser vation campaign to save critical fuels and materials necessary to produce and consume electrcity." he said. "I am asking the American peo ple to refrain from their Christ mas lighting custom as a part of that campaign. Electric light bulbs are particularly short at present and strict conservation of TTiom is necesary. Widespread con sumption of bulbs during the Christmas season merely will mean a greater scarcity later on. "Because of the shortness of daylight over most of the country at Christmas time, necessary con sumption of electricity is at its peak. Everyhing we can do to a void any additional load will mean direct savings of fuel, manpower transportation and materials." Mr. Krug said no mandatory order was contemplated because "The American people realize the necessity of this conservation and will do lt.M PREAC HES HERE The Rev. R. Lane Akins. pastor of Hayesville Baptist church, preached at First Baptist church here Sunday evening. COUNTY $67,000 OVER THE GOAL Hiial figure* on ihr Third War Loan drlxr Hliirh Has ? < mlm trd ill Sriitrntbrr show ?hat < hrrokrr County sold a total of S:H.W.1S. Thr quo. la was S232.M*. thr rountr coine ovrr Ihr top niorr than SBT.000 P. |t. l-crcbrr of An. drrns uas roiinl\ chairman. Lunch Room Is Opened At Murphy Lunch Voom was op< ned at Mur phy school this week, for the con \ tnience of students in having hoi lunches. The lunch room is bf ink' operatPd on a different basis lrom la^t year. Those desiring to have meals regularly pay a fee of 1 $2 in advance each month. The school will be re-imbursed 9c for , ?ach meal served for 10c. to help j cover cost of preparation and s rving. thus giving the student a 19c meal for 10c. The lunch room is operated on a non-profit basis. ] Student may exchange commo- : riities for lunches on the follow ing basis which represent the wholesale price for the products Salt meat or fat back. 16c per lb Kraut. 9c per Qt. Applesauce. 10c per qt Tomatoes, lie per qt. Onions. 5c per lb Meal. $2.00 per bu. Carrots. 11c per qt. Soup Mix lure. 11c per qt. Okra. 10c per qt. Corn. 15c per qt.. eggs and butter. All jars and containers will be returned to students. A total of 205 we it served the s?cond day. Bassett Announces Circuit Services The Rev. T. J. Bassett. rector, announces the following services at churches in the Hiwassee cir cuit: first Sunday. Bel view. 11 n. m.. Rogers. 3 p. m.: second Sun day. Ranger. 11 a. m.. Culberson. 3:30 p. m.; third Sunday. Martins Creek. 11 a. m.. Maggies Chapel. 3 p. m.: and fourth Sunday. Reed Chapel. 11 a. m.. and Unaka. 3 p. m. Pictures To Be Shown Friday Futures to be shown at the Murphy Library Friday. Novim b< : 19. at 7:30 p m. are: EVERYBODY'S WAR Sow> what one American community can do when the people realize ? uit this war is their war. 10 min utes. U S NEWS REVIEW NO 5 Safety styles: child care: a 1000 plane raid: an absenteeism car toons: the Air Cu'.ps Sons are the subjects contained in this film. 16 minutes. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED The story of the first all-Amcrican raid on Nazi Europe. August, 1942. somewhere in England target, railroad yards at Rouen. 10 min utes. Hobert 0 Hamby Ends Parachute Jump Training FORT BENN1NG. Ga.. Nov. 12 ? T-4 Hobert O. Hamby. son of Polie Hamby of Murphy. N. C., Route No. 3 successfully made his fifth and qualifying jump Friday night. This tactical night jump completed his Parachute Jump 1 raining which lasted the stand ard four weeks and which includ ed jumping from the towers 250 ft. high and learning completely the technique of safe parachute jumping and landing. He has earned the right to wear the cov eted Wings and Boots of the U. S. Armys' most modern soldier. The Paratrooper. The Parachute School at Fort Benning is the school at which all Army parachutists in Tunisia. Si cily. New Guinea and all over the world, received their initial jump training. In the last six n:\.nt^s. as the result of constant study and refinement in 'instruction, .cas ualties in training have been re duced over one third. At the pres ent time a man jumping from a plane at the Parachute School has less than 1% chance of being in jured. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO HEALTH Families participating in the Farm Security Administration program are paying special atten tion to their health this year, ac cording to Mrs. Annie Lee Foard, associate F. S. A. supervisor for Cherokee. Clay and Graham coun ties. Mrs. Foard has just returned l'rom a school on home nursing , and care of the sick held Novem ber 6 at Asheville for F. S. A. sup ervisors in this section. Mrs. Cornelia Hays, acting su pervising nurse and Miss Gertrude Drinker, regional chief of home management, conducted a refresh er course on home nursing and care of the sick. This meeting was attended by the F. S. A. supervis ors in the 27 counties of Western North Carolina. Dr. W. N. Sish. Buncoumbe county health officer, addressed the grodp on the value of immuin i /at ion against communicable dis eases. where possible. Most Health departments in Western Carolina give free vaccination for typhoid, small pox. diphtheria and other communicable diseases. Dr. Sish advises that all protect themselves when possible. He pointed out that the large shifts in population, caused by the war. make health problems more difficult and urged that all persons take advantage of all services offered by the health departments. He also urged the group to stress the need for greater con sumption of protein foods, stating that the small income farmers with whom F. S. A. has worked, have increased the production of hogs. beef, eggs and milk. He stressed the value of soy beans in the diet. "Now. when every ounce of food is needed to help our coun try win the war. it is more impor tant than ever that farm families keep well and strong." Mrs Rays discussed the impor tance of the care of the sick, giv ing demonstrations on how to im provise sick room equipment. Miss Margaret Fuller, associntc district F S. A. supervisor, pre sided at the meeting. Miss Fuller and Miss Drinker outlined how the supervisors will present the Information to their respective counties. Simonds Chapel Church To Be Dedicated Sunday Dedication services will be held at Simonds Chapel Baptist church, in the Upper Hot House community, Sunday. November 21. The service will start at 10 o' clock in the morning and will be continued in the afternoon, follow ing lunch on the grounds. Several speakers will be on the program, which is being directed by the Rev. W. B. Methvin. The building was recently com pleter It Is a 24 x 30 foot struc ture. The women of the church did all the brick laying for the side walls. Cash Is Speaker At R. A. Conclave A regional R. A. Conclave was | held at Sylva Bapti.??t church Pri- \ day evening and Saturday. The Rev A. B. Cash was the after- j dinner speaker at the banquet Friday evening, using as his sub-- \ ject: "The Message We Bring in a World at War". Those from here who attended were: Rev. A. B. Cash. Lloyd Hen- ! drix. W. A. Sherrlll, Jr.. J. B Hal!, i Don Ammons. Amos Cash: from Marble Bobbie Ingram. Morris j Hall: and HayesvJlle: Rev. R. Lan" | Akins. Ralph Carringer. and Carl Ayers. Scrap Metal Drive To Be Conducted Here December 1; Schools Contesting For Prizes Union Service To Be Held Here Thanksgiving Union Thanksgiving services j will I .? held here at 7:30 p. m. on Wednesday. November 24. at the Presbyterian church with the Rev. I Ralph Taylor preaching. The First Baptist, Methodist and Presbyteri an churches are cooperating. Spe- ! cial music will be rendered, and all choirs will participate in the singing. I T. B. Christmas Seals On Sale The annual Christmas seal sale, sponsored by the Woman's club. ^Bln l'"S PROTECT YOUR \n-ek. Mrs c. W HOME FROM Savace. chairman tubhcuiosis j announces. j The sale will b> l put on through , the school as usu I al. Seals will be d i s t r ibuted by Mrs. Robert Bault. and all returns will be made to chflstnas Sells her at school. Money obtained from the sale of these seals is spent for chest X-rays, medicines for needy fam ilies distributed through the coun ty health office, transportation of patients to sanatorium* and for anything that helps to prevent or cure tuberculosis. John E. Conley Is Staff Sergeant At Panama Canal HEADQ JARTERS. Panama Co nal Department ? The promotion ol Sgt. John E. Conley. son of ? Mrs. Clara B. Conley. of Andrews. N. C.. to the grade of staff ser geant is announced in orders is sued by Headquarters of Sixth Air Force Air Depot Group in the Panama area. Sgt. Conley entered the service in June. 1942. and was transferred *o this Department the following. August. His brother. George, has been serving in Australia for the past eightren months. Ski. Conley was employed by j the Tennessee Valley Authority prior to entering the Army at Fort Jackson. S. C. SERMON SUBJECT Dr. H. L. Paisley will use as his , sermon topic Sunday morning j One Generation to Another'*. Th?re will be no eveninc se^vic? , at the Presbyterian church. BUY and USE OVERSEAS Lieut. C E Hyde, formerly practicing attorney of Murphy, who has been head of Recognition school at Sampson Naval Base, Sampson N Y.. for thr past two and a half months and is now serving overseas After completing a four-month initial course in deck officer train ing. at the naval training school at Cornell University. Ithaca. N. Y . Lt. Hyde was sent to Ohio State University, Columbus. Ohio, for additional training, and from there to Sampson Naval Base. Mrs. Hyde was with her hus band until he left for overseas. They spent three weeks in New York City visiting points of inter est, after which Mrs. Hyde went to Cornelia. Ga.. for a visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. S.. TWT Benton. She is now in Murphy for an indefinite stay. Slaughter House To Be Constructed Dr. M. P. Whichard. District Health Officer has announced that an approved Abattoir is to be constructed in the near future by G. G. Stiles, prominent Cherokee county farmer. Mr. Stiles lias op erated a slaughter-house for sever al years according to Dr. Which ard. but there has been an in creased demand for this service in the past several months. The new abattoir will be constructed ac cording to a suggested plan for a small Abattoir approved by the State Board of Health and design ed by F. G. Doggett. Sanitary Engi neer. in charge of Abattoir plan ning and designing The proposed slaughter - house will constitute many features in desiun and construction essential to proper maintenance of -/ood sanitation. SINGING SUNDAY The Third Sunday Singing will be held at Little Brasstown Sun day at. 1:30 p. m Everyone is in vited to attend. Wednesday. December 1. lias been designated lor a couuty-wide scrap nu-'.al campaign. announce the co-i Itatrmen Doyle Burch and A Q Ketncr Announcements of i ther dan - at variance with this one av ? been mad but it is now definitely decided December 1 will be the day for the special drive. School teachers of the county have been contacted and request - ?d to sec that all scrap metal in their respective communities is collected and placed on their school grounds or some place des ignated by them County agricul tural committeemen, also, have been called upon to cooperate in the drive. A contest is being conducted in the county schools, a prize to be presented to the school winning first place and one winning sec ond place in the number of pounds per capita collected. In Murphy city schools the contest will bo between the high school and grades, and a prize will be given. Special emphasis is being plac ed on the need for heavy metals. People arc urged to turn in all of school material that is avail able Other metals are needed. 1 also. Cpl. John Lunsford Awarded The Good Conduct Medal ^CAMP STONEMAN. Calif. Ho, behaw mg S"own "empta,; behavior efficiency and C?n, ?' ?neyear or more ' Jo}l" Lunsford of Rt 1 vr, ' Pvhy; Carolina, ? Medal of *e v" s ^ . C?ndUCt Donova,! Kirk. Comm^dint Offl 'ion Complement S'?ni'm'"1 sta MaPrchr9 Army a: *?* Parents. Mr ,M ,'e Hls Luasrord. live at the^Td" Episcopal Service Services ? ill i,< held at ? copa, C"U".h ?, iiic Messiah Sun" ducted * ^ " " ?'c,ock- ???. ! of FrankHn R" Rl'f"S M??? Bueck Is Speaker At Ministerial Meeting Here | H. Bueck. Supcrintencient of the m Srh??,S W8S at >1" me,.;,? of Illc ciay-Cherokee I M in sterial Association held at the Baptist Church recently I re were no Clay County p^J tois present. Following routine business, ihe ?F ?ker was presented by the Rev Ta-v|or. Chairman of the ^roKium Committee. I ,h"r; BU<'<',, snld- ? ' <">> confident | that a ureal epoch m history is ? . * *' and ?<? near the start of ? new one i>oth churchmen and -cl.oolmen should and must have I 3 He'' in'*\mnK 'hl8 "CW ^'h " He called attention to the slo Kan of the last world war- Make the world safe for Democracy" and saw "While our intentions were good, we failed to appreciate the fact that our Democracy was " tr"' " modified Plutocracy " ?1 il* Hr"rnt cm,Uct can. Tr*J WhOUy UPOn thp "??>" 1'" of two ?r three men. a, ! f* " th<-y may be. but W.?e development of philosophies of Life in the makine for several centuries. The middle and upper SOC'ety haW UWd ^ ^.wer and Drrs,,? 'o keep in subjection Hie lower ,tra ta-commonly referred to as the la elas?_w wh,n ,uoh dem 'cn.unued on pece e?cht) PULPWOOD'S Part in the Invasion... <UM>cui U. S. Signal Corp# rhot ?) POISON FOR DICTATORS of the 75 MM variety at a U. S. Army beach dump (left) in North Africa ? and plenty more to come. The shells are protected by fibre casing* madr from pulpwood, cut in farm woodlands of the United States. At right, a closeup of tvn cnl fibre casing for three complete rounds of these deadly shells. Slove pulpwood is needed to make ammunition containers by the hun dreds of thousands for the drive tmvard victory in Europe. Ore spruce tree will make enough smokele** powder to fire thirty -five 105 MM shells or 7.500 ronnd* of a C.arand rifle.