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twtrt f ? ft A a a *"? T??c. Will ?"?? ? SolJ|rr', ' w"" V? ' "" '-??"?? ? ft ft A A A A Cut?-Cart vol I ME 55 ? No. 18. Ml KrilY. NORTH CAMOUKA Till RSDAV. NOV. II. |M3 5c COPY ? J-' OO PER YEAR Chances For Flight Strip Lie With The Military Authorities Hi- way Commissioner Percy B i i ebee recently made known to the State Highway and Public Works v ommission the desire of Murphy citizens for a flight strip here, requesting that Uie officials j ciinu* t the FVderal Public Roa<is J Administration in regard to mak im: .in appropriation for con- ! siAKting a flight strip. U B. McCrary, acting chair man 4?f tile State Highway and Public Works Commission, wrote to C l> Curtiss. deputy commis sioner of the Federal Public Roads AdminiM-ration. Hls letter was forwarded this week to Miss Addie Mae Cooke, by Mr Pert bee who commented: "I understand that if a flight strip is authorized the cost of the land, as well as construction, is borne ? by the Federal Government . . . . It seems that the request will have to originate with the Army Air Forces, at least as long as the war continues." Mr Curtiss' letter to Mr. Mc Crary is as follows: "This will ac knowledge receipt of your letter of November 1, regarding the in terest of Uie citizens of Cherokee County. North Carolina, in the construction of a flight strip in ! that county. The Defense Highway Act of 1941 authorized the Commissioner of Public Roads to provide, in co operation with the Army Air Corps, for studies and for the con struction of flight strips adjacent to public highways or roadside de velopment areas along such high ways. At the present time, sub stantially all available funds un der the Act been aLocaved to specific projects whose con struction is nearing competion. "The present flight strip pro eram is planned in cooperation with the Army Air Forces and as you know is being carried out with the assistance of the Engineers of the State Highway Departments. In the event an additional appro priation becomes available and it should be decided that flight strip in Cherokee County is essential from the viewpoint of the military authorities the Public Roads Ad ministration will be glad to give prompt and full consideration to a proposal for its construction." Harry L. Moore Is Graduated As Radio Operator FORT KNOX. Ky. - Another class of qualified radio operators had been graduated today by the Communication Department of the Armored School. Graduates included: Pvt. Harry L. Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Moore, of Murphy. They were announced from the offices of Maj. Gen Alvan C. Gillem, Jr.. Chief of the armored Command Their arduous 14 weeks' labors behind them, the graduates have returned to their units in armored divisions and separate tank batta lions throughout the United States. There they will play an important part in the signal com munication system which controls units on maneuvers and in com bat. Each soldier in the course learns the International Morse Code, the dit-dah" alphabet ? nd progresses through radio procedure and a I study of radio sets. Pinal phase is field operation, in which radio sets are operated from scout cars un ier simulated battle conditions. 14 Schools Join Junior Red Cross The following schools have re ported enrollment in the Junior Red Cross, announces Mrs. H. Bueck. junior chairman. The -ampaign for enrollment ended November 15: Hiwassee Dam. Peach tree. Ran ker. Ebenezer. Bates Creek. River Hill Texana ? colored >. Boiling Springs. Grape Creek. Tomotla, IJnaka. Murphy elementary. Mur phy high, and friendship. FATHER IS HURT Mr. and Mrs. Alvin L. Buchan an were called to Sylva over the week-end to see the formers fa rhcr. J. W. Buchanan, a patient in C. J. Harris hospital, who lost his right hand in an accident. Health Education Is Subject For Next Teachers' Meeting Hie Cherokee count;/ unit of the N. C. E. A. will hold its next teachers" workshop on Saturday. December 4. All teachers and ad ministrators in the county, in cluding the Murphy and Andrews units Are invited to attend. E>r. M. p. Whichard. district health officer, and Miss Louisa Eskridge of the U. S. public health service. Fontana. have been invited by E. S. Christenbury to lead discussions on Health Education". The first of these meetings was held at the library in Murphy on November 13. with 20 administra tors and teachers present. H. Btteck, Murphy city school super intendent. and Miss Virginia White James, specialist in educa tional methods with the TVA. Participated in the discussions. Most of the time was spent in considering the various problems facing public schools at the pres ent tiny* . - ? . - I Scouts Prepare For Court Of Honor, Hayesville Murphy boy scouts arc getting ready for the Court of Honor to be held in Hayesville the first Monday in December. Murphy won the attendance ribbon at the last Court of Honor, and if they win it again in succession they can keep it permanently. The scouts will meet on the fair grounds after the football game Thanksgiving day to pass tests. There were 11 present at the meeting held Monday night. Mrs. Henry Polk Barnett of Jef ferson. Ga.. and small daughter. Barbara Ann. will spend Thanks giving with relatives here. OLD CLOTHING NEEDED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES An intensive drive for old cloth - ^ and nurs will continue in this Ct**nty from November 22 through DriCTlnl>rr 4. to help people in lib countries abroad, for relief here at home, and to ^J]y **3? desperately needed in industry plants. Clothin* you ^ wn?er need may save the life i**np man, woman or child to*****- ?ivin? hope and the will ioT the better world all ^ for. The Graves store buck of Roy Lovingood's store has been desig nated as a storage plaee to which all raffs and clothing can be tak en. People are asked not to brine them until next Monday, and the storage building will be ready at that time It is preferable for all contributions of clothing and rags be put in bags or boxes. Senders need not assort them. Dry cleaners In the county have been fl-Orrd to clean and assort the materials. Committeemen To Be Elected For The AAA Meeting In a series of commu nity sessions. North Carolina farm Ms run will fleet more tlian 9. ooo community committeemen and alternates who will represent them in operating the War Food Pro mam and the Agricultural Con m i varum Program of the AAA in 1044 it was announced today by G T Scott chairman of the State AAA Committee. The voting places will be: Mur phy. courthouse: Bcavcrdam. Crowe's store. Unaka: Suit, Payne's store: Notla. Walker school house: Peachtree. school: Valley town. Andrews school : Hanging Dog. Fred Davis' store: Shoal Creek. Vcrner's store: Hot House. John McAllls^r's store: Martins Creek, school; Marble, school. All community elections will be held between November 29 and December 4. Scott said, and coun ty conventions for the purpose of electing a County AAA Commit tee will be held following final ^community elections in each coun ty. "Since beginning of the nation al farm program ten years ago. the AAA has been operated on the principle that farmers themselves 'continued on page eight) Niece Of Abraham Lincoln Dies Here At The Age Of 82 Mr 5. Mary M Hyde. 82. died at her home in the Peachtree sec tion Thursday night at 7 o'clock. Mrs. Hyde had been a resident of that section lor a number of years. Mrs. Hyde was a niece of Abra ham Lincoln, the last one of her immediate Enloe family. She was married in Swam and later moved to Cherokee county where she has made her home for the past 55 years. She had lived in the house ?where she died, for 50 years. Funeral services were held Sat urday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Peachtree Baptist ? hurch. The Rev. A. B. Cash and the Rev. Alf red Smith officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were: Dave Mc Clure. John McOuire, Edd Eng lish. George Wilson. Arthur Mai lonee and Vergil Barnett. She is survived by two daugh ters. Mrs. J. P. Parmer and Mrs. George Leather wood, both of Ar lington. Va? one son. Ed Hyde of Peachtree: several grandchildren, among whom are Mrs. Ruth Car ringer and her brother. Mark El liott. and a number of great grandchildren. I vie funeral home was in charge of arrangements. 1 Lions Club To Have Dime Board Again Murphy Lions club voted Tues day night to have the dime board which they sponsor annually again this year, for the purpose of raising funds to give Cliristmas baskets to the needy and to send cigarettes to the men in service. | H. G. Elkins. chairman. C. E. i Weir, and Bob Easley were ap- j pointed as a committee to make an angements. Ensign Jimmie Ward, who is j with the Seabees in Rhode Island, made a few remarks on his work. John Davidson was a griest. nf Wade Massey. Joe E. Ray, who leaves this week for the army, said farewells. Doyle Burch and A. Q. Ketncr announced plans for scrap metal and old clothing drives to te held next week. W. M. Fain reported that much work has been done on the city park. Dr. W. A .Hoover reported on his work with the blind. A. S. Webster announced that a Boy Scout court of honor will be held in Hayesville soon and urged the members to attend. Lion President Prank Forsyth read an editorial from the Atlanta Journal concerning Lion Addie Mae Cooke. Two Men Are Given Prison Sentences Nelson Lyons and Joe Tinker ton of Dayton. Ohio, the two men in the quartet arrested here on November 3 for theft of an auto mobile. gas coupons, and other items, in Ohio and Kentucky, were convicted and given three years in prison when tried in Federal court at Bryson City last. week. Ella Mae Horn and Caroilne Shoc ky were acquitted and allowed to return to their homes. All had been in prison in Bryson City since a preliminary hearing here shortly after the arrest. I Frank Carter of the U. S. Army. , Fort Bragg, who was held here a ! few days for a witness was not in volved in the charges and he re I turned to camp from Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Williams, Mrs. L. E. Bayless. Mrs. J. W Thompson and Mrs. J. L. Savage spent last Tuesday in Chatta nooga. Home Clubs To Hold Achievement Days Mrs. W. D. King. Cherokee coun ty home demonstration agent, has announced that the December meetings of clubs will honor new club members sccured during the mobilization drive. A Christmas prosrram will be carried out with the singng of carols, reading of Christmas stories, and each wo man giving a Bible verse. Officers who have been elected in most of the clubs will be installed. An Achievement Day program will be held including the follow ing features: Attendance records: woman present who has had greatest number of children: woman pres ! ent who has youngest baby: wo man who has a son in service; ; woman who has most sons in ser vice: woman who walked farthest to the meeting: woman who made greatest improvement in her home according to her report: woman who has read three books from the approved list and turns in the ; names of the books to the librari an or home agent. Discussion will be given on fam ! ily living at Christmas time, and each club will have a Christmas tree and exchange small gifts with one another. Games will be play cd and refreshments served in keeping with Cliristmas. Follow ing is the schedule: Dec. 1 ? Culberson, with Mrs. Pearl Nichols ? at 1 o'clock: Dec. 2 ? Pcachtree with Mi's. Docia Clonts. at 1 o'clock: Dec. 3 ? Top ton with Mrs. Emma Watson at 1 o'clock: Dec. 6 ? Marble, with Mrs. Vincent West, at 2 o'clock: Dec. 7. Macedonia, with Mrs. Lu ther Cooke, at 1 o'clock: Dec. 8. Liberty, with Mrs. Clarence Jones at 12 o'clock: Dec. 9. Slow Creek, with Mrs. Callie Morrison, at 12:30 o'clock. Dec. 10 -Sunny Point, with Mrs. Florence Tilson at 1:30 o'clock: Dec. 13? Bellview. with Mrs Bill Hatchett. at 1 o'clock. Dec. 14 ? Martin's Creek, schoolhouse. at 1 o'clock; Dec. 15 ? Unaka. with Mrs. Bertha Odom at 1 o'clock: Dec. 16? Tomotla. with Mrs. Cora Dockery at 1:30 o'clock: Dec. 17 - Ogreeta. with Mrs. Oscar John son at 1 o'clock. Dec. 27 ? Bates Creek, with Mrs. J. A. Timpson: Dec. 28 ? Grand- i view, with Mrs. Fred Davis, at 1 o'clock; Dec 29. Andrews, time and place to be announced: Dec. 30 ? Ranger, to be announced: Dec. 31? Wolf Creek, to be announced. Scrap Metals To Be Collected In County- Wide Campaign Wednesday, December First Crawford Is Chief Of Police Frank Crawford, former Mur phy policeman, was elected chief of police at a call meeting of the town council Monday night. He will assume his duties on Decem ber 1. Crawford succeeds W. W. Rogers, who resigned a few weeks ago. Arnold Dalrymple and Jolin ; Straiten will remain on the police force in the same positions held before. Clerk E. L. Shields was author ized by the council to go to Ashe I vill* and purchase some equip ment to get the stone crusher owned by the town in running shape. The town will have some stone crushed and improve some streets. An ordinance was passed pro hibiting anyone from using ceme tery lots until the full purchase price is paid. Hospital Council Provides Gifts For Service Men Mrs. Tom Mauney. Mrs. H. G. Elk ins. Mrs. H. Bueck. Mrs. W. M. Axley and Miss Addie Mae Cooke, of Murphy attended the meeting of the Western North Carolina Camp and Hosiptal council of the | Red Cross at Moore General hos- i pital Friday. "Hie Murphy coun- " cil is responsible for 50 Christmas i gifts for service men by Decern- j ber 1. Articles taken to tlie meeting | included: One afghan. 21 Christ mas packages. 25 utility bags. 100 j Thanksgiving favors. 100 Christ- 1 mas nufc cups, 100 New Year's nut cups, six ash stands and one lap | board. These articles were made in the Murphy schools. Christmas packages were contributed ty members of the Woman's club. Specialists Discuss Food For Freedom Program Here R. W. Shoffner. farm manage ment specialist. Mr. Wilson of the AAA. Miss Anna C. Rowe. district home agent, and Miss Margaret [ Fuller of the Farm Security ad | ministration, met with county ' farm agent. A. Q. Ketner at his ! office on Wednesday. Nov. 17. to ' give* plans and schedule for the 1944 Food for Freedom program and to set a eoal for the county ! on crops and livestock. Others attending the meeting were superintendents of schools, agricultural workers, farm secur ity and ejetenston supervisors, em ployment officials and members of the library board. Jesse Cable Is Awarded Medal Pvt. Jessie N. Cable of Murphy, who is in North Africa has receiv ed a medal for Oood Conduct. He received his training at Camp Stewart. Ga. He has been serving oversea since March. 1943. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Ca ble of Murphy. This makes two medals he has received. Give $6,150 To War Fund Employees at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Fontana Dam have contributed a total of more than $6,150 to North Carolina's United War Fund Campaign. Fred C. Schlemmer. Project Manager at Fontana. said today. Governor Calls Upon People Of State To Support 1943 Seal Sale GOVERNORS OFFICE. Ra leigti November 17 ? Governor Broughton today issued the fol- 1 lowing statement calling attention to the 37th Annual Christmas Seal Sale of the North Carolina Tuber culosis Association, which opens j Monday. November 22nd. 1943. and continues until Christmas. "Tuberculosis has increased during all past wars and is now the first cause of death among persons between 15 and 45 years of age", the Governor stated, and added that this year's goal of $150,000 is the sole support of the | North Carolina Tuberculosis As I sociation and its affiliated associ J ations and committees over the ! State The Governor noted that this fund will be used to combat j the war-time rise in tuberculosis | ir. North Carolina. The Governor then issued a call ? to the people of this State to con j tribute liberally to the anti-tuber ( culosis campaign by the generous purchase of Christmas seals dur ! mg the annual sale. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Putnam of | Cherryville spent the week - end ! with Mrs. Putnam's sister. Mrs. W. A. Hoover and Dr. Hoover, en route to Camp Forest. Tenn. Salvage day in Cherokee comi ty ls Wednesday. December 1, when a concerted drive will t*1 conducted to net a'.i the .scrap metal in the county collected and made available for the war indus tries Co-Chairmen A Q Ketner and Doyle Burch. with school fac ulties coop*. rating are asking that all business houses close December 1 to allow the employees to devote that time to the collection of scrap metals. All schools in the county are co ope rating in the campaign Scrap will be placed on the school grounds in the various communi ties to await the truck to haul it away. The committee announces that scrap paper will not be collected during this drive, as transporta tion facilities for getting it to the mills are not available. Pat salvage from households is running far below amounts anti cipated. and the country is faced with a serious shortage of fats and oils for explosives, drugs and oth i er war purposes. Present estimates 1 are that 1943 glycerine supplies | will be approximately 14 million I pounds below known needs. 1 Used tin cans ? -the only chem ically pure tin available to make j pain saving hypodermic contain , ers for our soldiers' first-aid kits | ? are thousands v>f pounds short of actual requirements. Collections of metal scrap, needed in tremen dous quantities to make steel for the mills so that adequate sup plies of fight*?? equipment will roll off production lines, is today only about 60 per cent of actual needs. Dr. B. B. Meroney Dies At Age Of 77 Dr. B. B. Meroney, 77. a prac~ ? ticing physician here 50 years, ' died at a local hospital Friday | night following an illness of two ; weeks. Dr. Mercney, who was born and reared at Murphy, continued the ! active practice of medicine until he was taken ill two weeks ago. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 3 o'clock at I Townson funeral home, with the Rev. Ralph Taylor officiating. Mrs. Hadley Dickey sang "Shall We Gather at the River"? Burial followed in Sunset cem etery. Pallbearers were: Toby Fain. L. L. Mason. Arnold Dalrymple. C. E. Weir. Waller Mauney and Dr. Harry Miller. Surviving are his wife, the for- ! mcr Miss Zell Axley: one daugh ter. Mrs. Margaret Akin: one son ; Porter Meroney: two grandsons. 1 Jack Barton Akin of the army air force at Salt L?ikc City. Utah: Call Meroney of Murphy: five granddaughters. Miss Barbara Meroney. of Sylacauga. Ala.: Mar garet Akin. Miss Margaret Mer oney. of Gainesville. Ga. : Boots and Nancy Meroney of Murphy : one brother. W. H. Meroney. of Greensboro, and two sisters. Mrs. John Suddcrth of Texas, arid Mrs Robert. Crooks, of Richmond. Va FBI Conference To Be Held In Asheville Dec. 2 Special Agent Edward Scheidt of Charlotte announces that an FBI Law enforcement conference will be held in Asheville at the Langren hotel on ITiursday. De cember 2. beginning at 2 p. m. Judge Zeb V. Nettles of Asheville will make an address. Mr. Scheidt. will have charge of the program, and will talk on Confidence Men and Impersonates in Wartime". Special Agent J as. E. Wallace of Charlotte will speak on criminal violations of the Selective Service Act. Slides on fugitives wanted in this state will be shown. All law enforcement, officers of this and other counties in thi> Asheville area are urged to attend this confcrence. Among those who are exfrccted to attend are: L. L. Mason. J. E Price. F. A. Fain. A. J. Hembrce. Pritchard Smith. Jr. Mayor J W. Franklin. Arnold Dalrymple. Frank Crawford. and John Stratton of Murphy. Frank Mahaffey and C. D Lindsey of Andrews, all auxiliary policemen and T. V, A policemen. TWO ACTS ENCOURAGE PULPWOOD CUTTING The Newspaper Pulp wood Com mittee this week was advised of j two Federal aetions which should eneoura?e more pulpwood cutting j during the seasonal lull between I harvest ins: and planting of field I crops. i Paul V. McNutt. chairman of | the War Manpower Commission, ( urged farmers and other agricul tural workers to Rive all the time they can spare to pulpwood cut tin*, lumbering, and other essen tial war occupations as he an- j I nounced change* in manpower pro- 1 cedures to make It easier- for farm j ! workers to change jobs, j 'continued on page eight) , Episcopal Service To Be Held Sunday Services will be held at the Episcopal Church of the Messiah Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, with the Rev. Rufus Morgan of Franklin in charge. The report submitted to the Scout last week, stating that services would be held last Sunday. w*<5 in error. TTie service was scheduled for Novem ber 28.
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