Director Discourages
Asking For Building
Flight Strip Here
Forty B Pcrebee. state highway
commissioner of the tenth division,
who lias been cooperating with the
Murphy committee that is work
ing tx> obtain a flight strip in this
vicinity, in a letter tills week to
Miss Addie Mae Cooke, member
of Uie committer . stated: 'For
the letters enclosed it would seem
that, there is slight possibility of
getting a flight strip in this coun
ty at this time."
diaries Ross, acting chairman
of the state highway and public
works commission, wrote Mr
Ferebee recently : "I have chased
tliis tiling around from one to
another and apparently have
wound up where I started. I en
close letter from Mr. Fred E
Schnepfe. director of the Flight
Strips Division of the Pi blic Roads
Administration."
Mr Schnepfe wrote to Mr. Ross:
"I have your letter of December
29. regarding the proposed flight
strip somewhere near Murphy in
Chorokee county. North Carolina
I have discussed this matter
with a Colonel in the Army Air
Forces, and he suggested that in
view of the fact that a flight strip
to be constructed under this pro
pram must be requested by the
Army, and as tihe Army is not now
requesting the Public Roods Ad
ministration to build any flight
strips, it would be most inoppor
tune for you to take the matter
up with the Army at this time as
it would undoubtedly result in a
disapproval."
For the past several months,
following the crashing of several
planes in this vicinity, citizens of
Murphy have been working for the
construction of a flight strip.
Drurv S. Davis
Training At
Keesler Field
Keesler Field. Biloxi. Miss.. |
Jan. 4 ? With his intensive Army
Air Forces basic training already
behind him. Pvt Drury S. Davis,
son of Mr. and Mi's. J. B. Davis.
Rt. 3. Murphy. N. C.. has begun
airplane mechanical training at
Keesler Field's huge B-24 Libera
tor lx>mber school.
Pvt. Davis was selected for the
course on the basis of his excell
ent marks received on the Army
mechanical aptitude tests. The
coitroe at this unit of the Army
Akr Forces Training Command will
extend over approximately 17
weeks and will inlcude training in
al) phases of "first echelon" main
tenance for B-24 Liberators.
The last phase of the course will
place him in the open under
simulated battle conditions where
^e will cet his first taste of the
job before him. Upon graduating,
he will be readv for active line
duty, maintaining the sting of the
Liberators by keepine them in pood
condition, or will be sent to a
factory or gunnery school.
Wni, J. Townson
Dies Monday At
The Age of 90 j
William J. Townson. 90. died j
a* a Murphy hospital " Monday |
night at 7 o'clock following an ill- j
ness of several months.
Funeral services were conducted
fiom Bethany Baptist church at
10:30 o'clock Thursday morning. |
j with the Rev. J. C Ammons of
ficiating. Burial was in the
family plot in the church oeme
' tery near the farm where he had
lived most of his life. Grandsons '
were pallbearers.
Townson funeral home was in
charge.
He was born in Towns county.
Ga.. the son of the late Elisha and
Sarah Anthony Townson. one of
North Georgia's oldest and most
prominent families, but had lived
for the past 70 years in Cherokee
county where he reared his family
of 11 children, all of whom sur
vive. They are six daughters:
Mrs T. Thomas. Mrs. A. J. Thomp
son. Mrs. Ora Turner of Culberson:
Mrs Pat Cearley. of Atlanta.
Mrs. OLsen Hall, of Marble, and
Mrs. Mary Pope, of Gastonia: and
five sons. E L. of St. Petersburg.
Fla.: John of Culberson; W. D .
J. C.. and George of Murphy, one
brother, Joseph Townson of Blairs
ville : a number of grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, and great
great -grandchildren.
Catholic Church
Closed, Burns
Goes To Capital
The Rev. Brendan F. Bums, I
Catholic priest who has been in i
charge of the local Catholic I
1 church for the past several
months, has moved to Washing
ton. D. C., where he will be an in
structor and do some studying at
Catholic University.
He stated: "The only reason I
I am leaving is that I can be of more
i service there than here."
i Catholic services were held in
I a room of Regal hotel, where the
Rev. Mr. Bums had a suite. With
| only a small membership left here.
! regular services now are discon
! tinuod.
Club Meeting Is
Postponed For
Parker Lecture
Due to the illness of Dr. Willie
I A. Parker, the January meeting
! of the Woman's club will be post
| poned until early in February, it
i has been announced by the presi
'dent. Mrs. Harry Miller.
TO HOLD ANNUAL
RED CROSS MEETING
Ttie annual meeting of Ohero- '
kee ocunty chapter of the Ameri
can R/xi Cross will be held Friday
night at 7:30 o'clock at the home
economics building, it has been
announced by Mrs. T. A Case,
chapter chairman.
Reports of officers and chair
men of various committees will be
heard.
A nominating committee com- i
Posed of H. Bueck, chaiiman, Mrs
R. H. Poard and Mrs. T. J. Mauney
will present a slate of officers,
who will be elected at this meet- ;
ing I
|
Mrs. Case urges all officers and
members of the chapter to be
present. She pointed out that
everyone who has paid at least
$1.00 to the Red Cross is a mem
ber of the chapter. Is entitled to
?ote, and Should attend this meet I
tat.
Final Rites Held
For A. J. Waldroup
Funeral services for Aaron J. i
Waldroup, who died at his home 1
in Clay county Sunday morning.
January 9. were held Monday at
Philadelphia Baptist church with
the Rev. Pelding Garrett officiate |
in#. Interment was in the church i
cemetery.
Surviving are five daughters. ?
Mrs. Jenie Hogsed. Mrs. Lucy
Stuart, Mrs. Ethel Burrell. and
Misses Lillie and Etta Waldroup; I
Two sons. Verge and Herbert, all
of Clay coimty; one brother. John
Waldroup and one sister. Mrs
Samantha Gunter. both of Rob
binsvile.
Townson funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. E. A. Davidson
Dies Friday At
Florida Home
Ni-v. s .us been received here of
ti?e Midden death of Mrs. Estelle
Hilton David < n. 75, formerly of
Murphy. at her home in Lake
Wales. Fla.. Friday. Jan. 7.
F I'.neral services were held at
Spring Hill in Atlanta Monday.
Jan. 10. Interment was in West
View cemetery.
A native of Baldwinsville. New
York. Mrs. Davidson was the
widow of E. A. Davidson of Mur
phy and lived here for many years,
going to Florida ten years ago to
make her home.
She is survived by two step sons,
J W. Davidson, of Murphy, and
Edward W. Davidson, of Los
Angeles. Calif.: one brother, Ern
est W. Hilton, of Baldwinsville
N. Y . and a niece, Mrs. Helen
Hilton Hagaman. of Syracuse. N.
Y
TO STUDY RADAR James
R binson. son of Mrs. Myrtle Rob
inson. who has finished his boot
training at t.lie Naval Training sta
tion. Great Lakes, HI., and has
been sent to San Diego. Cal . where
he will take up radar. Before en
listing in the navy James was em
ployed with the T. V. A at Fon
tana.
County Quota In
Fourth War Loan
Drive Is $210,000
Agents To Take
Phosphate Orders
For the convenience of farmers
who have not placed their orders
for TVA phosphate for 1944.
Cherokee county farm agents will
be at the following scheduled
places to take their orders:
Jan. 17 ? 2 to 4 o'clock. Peach
tre school: Jan. 18 ? 2 to 4 o'clock.
Andrews school: Jan. 19 ? 2 to 4
o'clock. Ranger school; Jan. 20
2 to 4 o'clock, Martin's Creek
school: Jan. 21?9 to 11 o'clock.
Marble school.
Cherokee county's quota for the !
Fourth War Loan Drive which
starts January 18 is $210,000. of
which $81,600 must be sold in E. ;
bonds, announces County Chair- ;
man Percy B. Fere bee.
H. Bueck. superintendent of
Murphy city schools, will be chair- j
man for Murphy. Miss Addie Mac
Cooke is publicity chairman.
Mr. Ferebee appeals to people i
of Cherokee county to cooperate
in this drive, which will continue
through the remainder of this
month, beginning next Tuesday.
He states that unless everybody
cooperates and does their very
best it will be hard to reach the
quota this time.
Court To Convene
24th; Jury Drawn
Paul W. Adams
Ready For Duty
On Submarine
Paul Willard Adams. 25. ship's
cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A
Adams, Patrick, has completed
basic training at the Submarine
School. Submarine Base. New
London, Conn., for duty with our
growing fleet of underseas fight
ers.
S/C Adams will be entitled to,
wear the twin dolphin insignia
of the submarine service after
further experience aboard a sub
marine during which he must
demonstrate to his commanding
officer that he is fully qualified to
cany out the the duties of his
rate. The insignia is regarded as
a mark of distinction.
Adams joined the Navy last
March and was given preliminary
naval instruction at Bainbridge,
Maryland, training station.
The Submarine School, the
only one of its kind in the Navy,
is attended by a picked group of
men who must pass special physi
cal. mental, and psychological
tests.
The school work takes place not
only in classrooms and labora
tories. but also in numerous train
ing submarines in which students
master the actual techniques of
operating the powerful fighting
craft.
Many students at Submarine
School already have seen battle as
members of surface ship crews be
fore volunteering for submarine
duty.
AVIATION CADET
Stft. Thomas 'Buddy) Elliott
Dickey, former drill instructor in
the Marines, is now an Aviation
Cadet, at the Uoiversity of Pen
nsylvania in Phi'adelpihia, Pa.
The list of jurors drawn by the
board of county commissioners for j
the January civil term of Cherokee j
county superior court which con- 1
venes January 24. with Judge
Felix E. Alley of Waynesville, pre- j
siding, has been annnounced as j
follows :
First week Kelly Bradley.
Andrews: W P. Bryson. Unaka: j
Maynard Killian. Murphy, R.F.D. i
No. 3: C H .Matoy, Andrews:
Howard Po<k. Murphy. R.F.D. No.
3: J. E. Truett, Andrews: M. H.
Morrow. Unaka: L M. Anderson.
Culberson. R.F.D. No. 2: D. C.
Watson, Culberson: H. C. Nichols.
Culberson: Utey Stewart. Topton:
Grover Whitener. Murphy. R.F.D
No. 3: Wade C. Anderson. Murphy,
R.F.D. No. 2: Lon Chastaine. Le
titia: W. P Odom. Murphy: Grov
er Collet t. Andrews: J. W. Glad
. n. Culberson: N. B. Graham. Le
titia: S. W. Green. Ranger: F. U.
Davis. Grandview: J .N. Chastaine.
Murphy, r.f.d. No. 2: J. B
Shields. Marble. Rt.: R L Chas
taine, Murphy, R.F.D. No. 2: G.
C. Radford. Murphy. R.F.D. No
3.
Second week : B. B Palmer.
Marble: J. M. Craig. Marble, R.F
D. No. 1: B Mostcller. Andrews:
J. R. Corn well. Murphy. R.F.D.
No. 2: L. F. Snerd. Letitia: J. A
Martin. Culberson. R.FD. No. 1:
J. E. Ledford. Murphy. R.F.D. No.
2: Lee Coker. Brasstown: Frank
Coleman. Murphy: S. V Evans.
Rantrer: Luther Burgess, Patrick
W. M. Stiles, Letitia: J. J. Barn
ard. Andrews: Victor M. West.
Marble: W D Jump. Grandview:
j George O. Neal. Brass-town: Paul
i Martin. Murphy. R.FD. No. 2:
I C. A. Hunsucker. Murphy. R.F.D
No. 1: Dewey Kephart. Murphy,
| R.F.D. No. 3: Robert P. Martin.
' Murphy. R.F.D No. 2: George
j Lovingood. Murphy. R.F.D. No.
I 3: R. C. Mattox. Murphy: Leonard
, McClure, Murphy. R.F.D. No. 2:
; C. L. Lunsfomd. Murphy. R.F.D.
' No. 1.
President's Birthday Ball
To Be Held Here January 29
Brothers Meet
Accidentia!!}
h Baltimore On
New Year's Day
F . Elmer Slagle and Pvt. Will
iam P. Slagle. sons of Mis. R. A
Crisp of Bryson City ar.d Murphy
m' t unexpectedly in Baltimore
an i spent New Year's day togeth
er.
Pvt. Elmer Slagle, who was in
the engineering training batallion
at Camp Abbott. Oregon, was
transferred to Fort Belvoir. Va.
for twelve weeks' study of photo
topograhy. On the same day in
December. Pvt. William P Slagle
of the anti-aircraft division at
Camp Hann. California, was sent
to Aberdeen Proving Grounds. 1
Maryland, as a student in ordi
nance for eight weks. The broth
ers met in Baltimore and spent
the day together.
In July. 1942. Pvt. William P.
Slagle was married to Miss Van
Johnson, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Attend Funeral
Of Mrs. Whichard
Among those from out of town
attending the funeral of Mrs. M
P. Whichard last Friday were:
Air Cadet William A. Whichard.
Maxwell Field. Ala.. Mrs. Murray
P. Whichard. Jr.. Norfolk. Va..
Paul C. and Robert G. Morgan
Birmingham. Ala.. John G. Mor
gan. Chicago. 111.. Mrs. R. Kelly
White. Nashville. Tenn.. Mrs.
Agnes Stancill. Birmingham. Ala..
Miss Mary P Oliver. Robbinsville ;
and Mrs. Florence Thompson. I
Hayesville
Mrs George Byrum. sister of Mrs I
Whichard of Edenton and West ,
Palm Beach. Fla.. was here just !
before her death.
W. M S. Officers
Installed Tuesday
At Baptist Church
Installation of officers of the |
Woman's Missionary Society ol
First Baptist church was held
Tuesday afternoon at the meet
ing at the church, by the Rev. A
B Cash. Offieers installed were
Mrs. J. C\ Amnions, president :
Mrs. Lloyd Hendrix. first vice
president ; Mrs. Bessie Deweese.
second vice-president: Mrs. A. B
Cas'i. third vice-president; Mrs. E
J. Darnell, secretary: Mrs. I? D
Chandler. treasurer. Circle lead
ers: Mrs. J. L. Savage. Lotti^ Moon
circle' Mrs. Henry Hyatt. Mae
Ferry circle: Mrs. W. C Kinney
Fannie E Heck circle.
Mrs. Amnions presided at the
meet in 'T and Mrs. Bessie Deweese
was leader of the program, which
opened with the theme song "The
Morning Light is Breaking". Mrs.
Ammons conducted the Bible
study: Mrs. Savage led in prayer
Topics discussed were: "Char
acteristics of Citizens of t.he Kin'1
dom": Family Altars": Christians
Observance of Sunday": "High
Social Standards": "Patriotism
and Law Enforcement': Interna
tional Justice: "World Peace and
Jewels for the King" by Mrs De
weese. Mrs. Robert Reed. Mi A
E. Vestal. Mrs. B B. Cornwall,
Mrs. Darnell, and Mrs. Henry
Hyatt.
The meeting was clased with
prayer by Mrs. Cornwell.
NEW WELFARE
SIPERINTENDENT
Mrs. Lucinda Candler Cole of
Asheville has been appointed sup
erintendent of public welfare for
Cherokee county, to succeed Mrs
Grant Folmsbee who resigned the
first of the year
RETT TINS TO GREAT LAKES
Zeb W Chastain, Petty Officer
Second Class, has returned to
Great Lakes. 111., after spending a
ten day leave with his mother.
Mrs. Elizabeth Chastain. Upon
! arrival at Great Lakes he receives
his orders for sea duty.
Red Cross Workers
To Meet Monday
Members of the Cherokee coun
ty and Andrews chapters of the
American Red Cross have been
invited to attend a regional confer
? nee to be held in Asheville at
i Battery Park :.utel on Monda\ .
January 17. registration beginning
at 9:30 a. m.
Several from the section plan to
attend.
The meeting will close after a
morning session and luncheon.
Four-H Theme For
Year Selected
The theme of 1944 4-H club
work is "Together we work, save
and serve." If 4-H elub members
are to live up to this theme during
the year 1944 they must make
plans for the things they are to do
For just how well our families,
our country shall work, save and
our country shal work, save and
serve will depend upon what each
will do as an individual, says Miss
Mary Cornwel. assistant Chero
kee county home agent.
The theme for the month is
"Time for Team Work." and fol
lowing is the schedule: Jan. 17. 1
o'clock ? Peachtree 4-H club: Jan.
18. 9 o'clock ? Marble 4-H club:
10:30 o'clock. Andrews high ? 4-H
club: 1 o'clock ? Andrews Element
ary 4-H club: Jan. 19. 10 o'clock ?
Hiwassee Dam 4-H club: 1 o'clock.
Ranger 4-H club: Jan. 20. 1 o'clock
? Martin's Creek 4-H club: Jan
21. 1 o'clock - Murphy 4-H club.
m :.._ u v Li* ins ciuD voted mes
day night to be co-sponsors with
i the two local women's clubs of a
Pro-- i dent's Birthday ball here on
January 29. to raise funds for the
infan . " paralysis drive The bal!
will be held at the lunchroom at
Murphy graded school and will
be from 8:30 p. m. to 12:00 mid
i.ight, Tickets are now on sale
by members of the three clubs.
Dr. W A. Hoover is county
chairman of the drive and an
nounces that the county quota is
$320. K C Wright and Robert
Bault were appointed by President
Frank Forsyth to have charge of
local arrangements, in cooperation
with Mrs. Harry Miller and Mrs.
J H. Pitzer. presidents of the
, women's clubs.
M W. Bell, chairman of the
board of trustees of Murphy
Carnegie Library, made a talk on
the progress the local library has
made in the ten years of its exist
ence. stating. "Because of the fine
library service now available, wr
are making a generation of read
ing people." He pointed out that
in one month's time a total of
1C00 books had been borrowed
from the library by Murphy school
children.
Charles Worthen. Loren Davis
and E. L Shields were initiated
into the club as new members. J.
B Gray and Dr. L. T Russell. Jr..
were re-instated as members. C
H. Kirkman was a guest of A. Q
Ketner: Edwin Allison of Sylva
of Dr. J. R. Bell: and Mrs. J. H
Pitzer. president of Junior Wom
an's club, of Dr. W. A. Hoover
polio drive chairman.
Treasurer H. A. Matfox made a
report of the treasury, indicating
that the club's activity during the
past six months had been profit
able and the money used for the
benefit of many worthy q uses.
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Hoover Is Head
Of Polio Drive
Dr. W. A. Hoover has toon ap- r
pointed Cherokee county chairman r
of the infantile paralysis drive 1
here and notified that the county
quota is $320. by Dr. Ralph Mc
Donald. state chairman.
Mrs. G. W. Cover. Sr.. of And
rews has been appointed as vice
chairman for the county.
Doctor Hoover announces that
the principal activity in connection
with the drive will be President's
birthday balls. Already plans are
underway for a ball to be held
in Murphy on January 29. and i'
is expected that one will be held
in Andrews and one in Hiwassee
Dam. K C Wright and R. S.
Bault. representing Murphy Lion - :
< lub; Mi's. Harry Miller, represent- ]
ing the Woman's club: and Mrs. '
J. H Pitzer. r presenting the Jun- 1
tor Woman's club have been ap- :
pointed to have charge of arrange
nents here. E S Christenbury.
irea education officer of the T.
J. A and president of Andrews
II was learned just as the
paper went to press that An
drews Rotary elub voted to
day to sponsor a hall at the
youth building on the Andrews
school campus on January 29
from 8:.10 to 12 o'clock. Every
member of the Rotary club
agreed to sell at least S5 worth
of tickets, which guarantees
a total of $115. President E.
S. Christenbury will announce
committees later.
Rotary club has been asked to
have charge of a ba.ll in Andrews.
R. H. Douglas, camp manager, has
b. en appointed to plan a dance at
Hivvassee Dam Addie Mae Cooke
was named publicity chairman.
League Starts Off
With F ive Conte?ts
Tiie Western Carolina high
school basketball league got off
to a flying start Friday afternoon
and evening with five contests
t"\at found Hayesville. Fontana.
and Murphy boys victorious along
with Robbin. ville and Nantahala
girls. The Murphy girls were idle
; mi did not see action until Tues- j
da. .
The season got underway with
an afternoon game at Murphy in
which the Bulldogs piled up a 32
15 margin over the inexperienced
Hiwassee Dam five. Friday night
Fontana boys staged a second half
spurt to come home in front of
Robbinsville by a 31 to 18 count.
Meanwhile at Hayesville. the home
, boys delighted the crowd with a
! vicfory over Nantahala by 39 to
24 to cop scoring honors for the
first day of play.
Tn the girls' division Robbins
ville outclassed a fig^iting Fontana
sextet by 29-7. establish. in g them
selves as favorites to take the
championship. At Hayesville
Nantahala girls eked out a close
18-16 verdict when Hayesville 's ,
goals at the close of toth the first
half and the came failed to leave
the player's hands before the final
whistle.
Action in the league will be re
sumed Tuesday with Murphy in
vading Fontana for a pair of af
ternoon contests. Tuesday night
Murphy returns to liobbmsville
for another pair.
Hayesville invades Hiwassee
Dam Thursday for a boys game
and Rcbbinsville goes to Nanta
liala Friday niglht for two en
counters.
T1IE STANDINGS
EOYS W I,
Fontana 1 0
Hayesvile 1 0
Murphy 1 0
Robinsville 0 1
Nantahala 0 1
Hiwassee Dam 0 1
GIRLS W L
Robbinsville 1 0
Nantahala 1 0
Fontana 0 1
Hayesville 0 1
Murphy 0 a