Hiwassee Scouts
Entertain At
Court Of Honor
Nant&hala district court of
honor for Boy Scouts was held at
Hi*a?ec Dam Tuesday evening,
following two hours of entertain
ment including a tour of the dam
planned by B. M. Harbin. Frank
Brown. R. L. G randy, W. A. Shcl
Von. Frank Walton, and Wm. F
Biiktr. scout leaders. Guests ar
rived at Hiwassee Dam at 5 o'clock
and were conducted over the site
of the dam and to Third ridge
where eames were played. They
then assembled at the gymnas
ium. and a movie was shown by
the TV A. Following the picture,
supper was served by courtesy of
ladies of the community and
members of the coast guard . A
total of 145 attended.
The court of honor started at
7 30 and was held in the gymnas
ium. Scouts who received star
rank were: John Smart. Hayes
ville; Gordon Schmitton, Robert
Ratchford. and Robert E. Keim.
Fontana Dam. Badges were a
warded by Clarence Bales district
camping chairman, of Tapoeo.
Rank of first class was attained
by the following: B. M. Harbin.
Jr.. Walter B. Dockery, Robert
C Brown, and James R. Brock.
Hiwassee Dam. Awards were pre
sented by Fiank Brown of Hi
wassee Dam.
Attaining second class were:
Howard Holder. Andrews: Jack B.
Smart. Hayesville; and Billy
Heath, Fontana Dam. These a
wards were made by H. R. Brad
shaw of Hayesville.
Those receiving tenderfoot a
wards, presented by F. V. Smith,
assistant scout executive, were
Jimme R. Arrington. Tapoco; Dan
Hawk. Andrews; Preston B. Henn.
Gerald and Jewel Mintz, F. J.
Teague, Murphy; Morris Davis.
Jr.. Hayesville; and Howard Ed
Martin, Howard Simpson, and
Harold L. Dyer. Fontana Dam.
Merit badges were awarded to
t ie following boys by R. L. Gran
dy, district committeeman: Jack
Stewart. Whitaker Davis. And
rews; Drew Colvard, Tapoco: Rob
ert Crawford. Harry Mauney, Fred
Brendle. Murphy; Jimmie Palmer,
Kent Beal. Kyle Beal. Alex Brad
ley. Jr.. Robert Cunningham. Otto
McClure, Harry Neal. Howard Pal
mer. Paul Setzer. and John
Smart, Jr., Hayesville; Wm.
Adams. James Bales. Robert Ber
ry, Donald and Frank Lockery,
Norman Little. Robert Ratchford.
Gordon Schmitton. and Bobby
Wescott. Fontana Dam; James
Robert Brock, Robert C. Brown.
Walter B. Dockery, Jr., and B. M.
Harbin, Jr.. Hiwassee Dam.
Wm. F. Baker acted as chair
man of the meeting, and Scout
Billy Sanders of Hiwassee acted
as court clerk. Bugler was Scout
Bob Brown, who sounded "To the
Colors" and "Taps". Rev. A. B.
Cash offered the invocation.
The Nantahala district com
niitee meeting was held immedi
ately following the court of honor,
under the direction of District
Chairman Frank Forsyth.
The next meeting will be held
in Andrews on Tuesday. April 4
Local School Takes
Advantage of Child
Feeding Program
Murphy school is one of the 262
in the state taking advantage of
foods distribution administration,
a child-feeding program sponsor
ed by the Federal government. In
taking part in this program chil
d:en are securing well balanced
lunches for the small sum of ten
cents a day. At present 275 ele
mentary and high school pupils
and 20 faculty members are eat
ing in the lunchroom.
Since warmer weather, plate
lunches replace the soup, and
touch favorable comment has been
heard among the students on the
for is they receive.
Mrs. McClellan recently Join
ed the lunchroom force. Others
working are: Mrs. Myrtle Robin
son. Mrs. Maggie Winkler and a
number of students.
II. A. Mattox Is
Fleeted Head Of
Library Board
K. A Mattox was elected chair
man of the Carnegie Library 1
board to succeed the late M. W. !
Bell, at a meeting held Thursday.
The member on the board to sue- j
| teed Mr. Mattox has not yet been i
I appointed. This member is chos- j
en by the Murphy town council.
Other members of the board j
! are: Mrs. E. B. Norve'1, Mrs. T. A.
I Case. Mrs. H. Bueck. and Frank
I Forsyth. Miss Dora Ruth Parks j
1 and Miss Josephine Heighway, li- J
1 brarians. are ex-officio members.
Mr. Bell, who died February 20.
was a charter member of the
! board, having been appointed in 1
I 1922 at the organization of the li- j
brary. by Mayor J. H. Dillard. The
I first board consisted of the fol
lowing members: Mr. Bell. C. M.
: Wofford. G. W. Candler. Mrs. L.
P. Kinsey, J. B Storey, and Mrs.
1 J. H. Dillard.
Mrs. Guthrie Is
Killed Near Athens
] Funeral services were held
I Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
I Erasstown Baptist church for
? Mrs. Lucille Guthrie. 23. whose ?
i body was found about 4 o'clock
Sunday r lorning on the highway
between Cleveland and Athens.
I Tennessee, by a passing motorist, i
I The Rev. John Green officiated.
] Burial was in the church cemetery
j with the Townson funeral home |
I in charge. Coroner's report was ,
that she was struck by an auto- 1
mobile or truck driven by party or
parties unknown.
Surviving are her husband.
Ralph Guthrie, of Ranger; her
father Johnnie Payne, of Brass- 1
town; mother. Mrs. Sallie Payne, j
of Murphy; one sister. Miss Opal j
Payne, of Knoxville. a brother, j
Edgar Payne of Brasstown. and j
a niece, Miss Annie Sue Mundy.
of Knoxville.
; W. E. Kimbrough
Keeps Planes
In Operation
A U. S. Navy Air Base, England i
Feb. 18 "Delayed) ? Wayne E.
Kimbrough, 22 years old. Marble.
N. C.. a skygoing sailor in the
Naval Air Force, recently rounded
out six months service in the Brit
ish Isles as a member of a Navy 1
Liberator unit now based here.
Kimbrough, an aviation ma
chinist's mate 1st class, is charg
ed with keeping the big plane in
top operating condition during
long range sweeps over the Bay
of Biscay in search of enemy ship
ping and submarines. He also
mans a machine gun during com
bat.
A former student at the And
rews high school. Kimbrough en
listed in the Navy on Aug. 27.
1941. He is the son of H. S. Kim
i trough of Marble.
| Wm. T. Stalcup
Dies At Age 70
William Thaddeus Stalcup, 70,
j died Tuesday at his home in the
Martin's Creek section, after a
short illness.
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon . t 2 o'clock
at Old Martin's Creek Baptist
church, with the Rev. Alfred
Smith officiating. Cousins were
pallbearers. Burial was in the
church cemetery with Ivle fu
neral home in charge.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Tina Bumett Stalcup, two sons.
! Floyd and Horace, and one daugh
ter. Mrs. Ross Hughes, all of Mar
I tin's Creek section.
Dawn ? Before Attack on Rabaul
* orriciAL u. s. ??** r..oioi??r.i.
Men, ?iins, ami a plane of the U. S. S. Saratoga ore eU V-d
a<'ainat the Pacific dawn as the giant flat-top moves in to sir 'ike
the Japs at llabaiil.
Nantahala Victory
Takes Murphy Out
Of Tournament
WAR CASUALTY ? Capt. Du- j
rant J. Hartness of Mineral Bluff, j
who was killed in the Med iter- j
ranean area in January'.
Captain Hartness
Of Mineral Bluff
Killed In Battle
Captain Durant J. Hartness.
26, son of Mrs. J. T. L. Hartness.
Mineral Bluff, was killed in the
Mediterranean area January 27th.
His wife, the former Virginia Edge
of Muskogee, Oklahoma, which is
near Camp Gruber, where he was
last stationed in the United
States, has been notified by the
War Department that he died
from injuries accidentally incur
red when some dynamite explod
ed during battle practice.
Captain Hartness graduated
from Fannin County High School
where he was an outstanding
j member of the basketball team.
I and. in September 1935, entered
the Army after having become
! interested in military training the
j previous summer while in CMTC
i at Ft. Oglethorpe. He continued
| his studies after entering *he ser
j vice and. in addition to routine
! training, completed a number of
Army Extenson Courses.
Before leaving for overseas
duty and only a few weeks before
his death he said in a letter to
his mother: '"At last we have
| reached the goal for which we
I have been striving. I am glad.
: proud, and looking forward to
i the future."
Upon entering the Army Hart
i ness was stationed at Ft. McPher
; son near Atlanta where ty? spent
I the greatest portion of his ser
vice.
After reaching age 21 he ap
| plied to Mineral Bluff Masonic
Lodge for membership and the
? degreees were conferred by the
I East Point Georgia Lodge where
( Continued on page four>
In the opening round of the
Western Carolina Basketball tour
nament here Tuesday night the
Robbinsville girls defeated Hiwas
see Dam 36 to 11; the Hayesville
girls won over Bryson City, 27 to
5; the Fontana boys defeated
Bryson City beys. 41 to 22, and
the Nantahala bos's wen from
Murphy boys, 34 to 22.
In the second round Wednesday
the Nantahala girls defeated the
Fontana girls. 28 to 21, and the
Hayesville boys won over the Hi
wassee Dam boys. 16 to 9.
Owenby paced the girls' scoring
with 19 points, while Hunter led
the boys with 6.
Thursday's games at Murphy
were :
Hayesville girls vs Murphy girls.
Hayesville boys s Nantahala
boys.
Thursday's games at Robbins
ville :
Robbinsville girls vs Nantahala
girls.
Fontana boys vs winner of Rob
binsville - Franklin game.
Jack Dickey Is
Enrolled Bomber
Mechanic School
I
Kecsler Field. Biloxi, Miss.,
? Feb. 29 ? Pvt Jack Dickey, son
I of Mr. and Mrs. Wilford S. Dickey
Murphy. N. Carolina was enrolled
) this week in the Keesler Field
| B-24 Liberator bomber mechanics
school.
Private Dickey, will begin the
intensive Army Air Forces Train
ing Command 17-week course in
! airplane mechanics, successful
completion of which will lead to
his assignment either to active
duty on the line, servicing and
I maintaining the huge bombers
| which are carrying the war to the
enemy, or to a factory or gun
nery school.
COMMITTEE TO MEET
Tlie Cherokee County Demo
| cratic Executive Committee will
j liave a meeting at the Court
House. Saturday. March 11. at
10 A. M.. according to H. A Mat
tox. chairman.
SUNDAY SERVICES
The Rev. W. T. Medlin, Jr..
I pastor, announces that the fol
lowing services on the Hiwassee
Methodist circuit will be held
Sunday, March 12: Ranger chap
el. II a m.: and Reid's chapel.
3 pm.
SERMON SUBJECTS
The Rev. Ralph Taylor will
preach Sunday at First Methodist
Church on the subjects, "What ii
Christ Hearing?" at 11 o'clock and
"The Forgiving Christ" at 7:3C
o'clock.
Rev. W. L Hutchins
Guest Speaker
At Ministerial
Meeting Monday
The Rev. W. L. Hutchins. sup
erintendent of the Waynesville
district of the Methodist church
was guest speaker at he regular
monthly meeting of the Cherokee- (
Clay ministerial association which
was hfld Monday at 10:30 a. m.
at Murphy First Baptist church.
He spoke briefly of the preach -
; er's responsibilities and oppor- j
{unities in the post-war world,
j "the age of transition."
The Rev. C. C. Washam. pastor j
of Andrews Methodist church
spoke on "The Pastor and His '
I Reading". "A minister can af
i ford to do without many things in
j life", he said, "but he eannot af
! ford to do without good books if
I he is to have a vital, effective
j ministry."
Mrs. A. B. Cash was recognized
] and welcomed as a guest of the as
[ sociation.
| The Rev. Ralph Taylor, presi
dent. presided over the meeting
i The Rev. W. T. Medlin. pastor of .
; Hiwassee circuit of the Methodist j
' church was welcomed as a new (
j member. Others present besides
j the speakers were: The Rev. A.
B. Cash, The Rev. L. P. Smith.
: of Andrews Baptist church, the
Rev. Clark Benson, pastor of Hay
i esville Methodist church, the Rev
Fred Stiles, and the Rev. R.
Lane Akins, pastor of Hayesville
Baptist church.
Following the meeting. the
ministers had lunch, in a body at
the Regal hotel.
Makers Surgical
Dressings Needed
More workers at the surgical
I uressings room are needed, Mrs. |
J. H. Wilson, chairman an
; nounces. The room was opened
Monday, and will be open every
day in the week except Saturday,
at 2:30 and 7:30 p. m. The
I quota consists of 4x4 sponges
I which everyone has made before:
i there is nothing new to learn. Ex
j perienced supervisors will be in
j charge to assist all those who j
I need it. If you have even an hour !
I to spare in the afternoon or eve- i
, ning. Mrs. Wilson urges that you '
I come and help in this needed j
i work.
Nurses Discuss
Salaries And
Private Duty Pay
Mrs. Fisher Hubbell was hos- ;
tess for the meeting of the Tri
county Registered Nurses' club i
Monday evening.
Mrs. Mary Crawford, president, j
presided. A discussion of sal- j
aries of registered nurses, and :
rates for prh ate duty nurses was ;
| held.
Following the discussions. Mrs. I
Hubbell served a salad course,
j canying out the St. Patrick's Day
motif, with coffee. The home
was decorated with quantities of
early spring flowers.
Attending the meeting were:
j Mrs. Wayne Townson. Mrs. L. R.
' Staton and Mrs. Florence Thomp
j son. of Hayesville, Mrs. Elizabeth
i Burke, of Marble. Miss Nancy
Rogers. Mrs. Gill. Mrs. Crawford.
? Mrs. Gayle Isensee. Mrs. Ola Will
i iamd. Miss Helen Ghormley and
| Mr Hubbell.
Youth Fellowship
Sponsors Contest
Youth Fellowship, of which
Miss Magdalene (Toots) Cook is
president, will sponsor a beauty
contest on Friday evening. Mar
ch 17. at 8 o'clock in the school
auditorium.
Business houses in Murphy will
be asked to sponsor contestants
A program of music will be
presented, in connection with the
i contest.
PATROLMEN LEAVE
The two state highway patrol
men of Cherokee county ? Charles
D. Lindsay of Andrews and Pritch
ard Smith. Jr.. of Murphy ? leave
Third Of Red Cross
War Fund is Raised
COMPLETES BASIC TRAIN- !
ING ? Private T. C. Laney, who j
has completed his basic training |
at Camp Barkeley. Texas, spent j
last week with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Scott Laney. He re
turned to Camp Beale. Calif.,
where he is now stationed. Pri- 1
vate Laney is in the medical
corps.
GRADUATES Pvt Grover C
Hampton, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.
T. Hampton of Murphy, R. F. D.
2. graduated at Scott Field, HI.,
February 26. in Radio Operator
and Mechanic Course. Private
Hampton has been transferred to
Yuma. Arizona, for advanced
training.
tomorrow for induction into mili
tary service. They will report -o
Camp Croft.
Willi a quota of $4300, the
, Cherokee county chapter of the
American Red Cross thus far has
k coved $1570 in the present war
1 unci campaign, according to the
war fund chairman. Rev. A. B
Casta.
Committees iiave been appoint
ed to work in all sections of the
I chapter territory, but if anyone
who wishes to donate to the Red
Cross war fund fails to be con
tacted, he may send his money to
! either Frank Forsyth, treasurer;
the Scout office or Rev. A. B.
Cash.
Last year the chapter went far
over its quota, and it is hoped by
chapter officers that the same
will be true this year. The chair
man urges everyone to give gen
erously.
Knitters Needed
By Red Cross
Committee Here
A shipment of yarn for knit
ting V-neck sweaters and hospi
tal bed socks has been received
by the local Red Cross chapter.
Miss Dora Ruth Parks, chairman
of the knitting committee, has
announced. Miss Parks would
like to have more knitters. Any
one who can knit and will make
a sweater or socks, is asked to
see Miss Parks at the town li
brary.
On the committee with Miss
Parks are: Mrs. Dale Lee. Miss
Marvie Walker. Mrs. Thelma
Dickey. Mrs. Harry Webster. Mrs.
E. F. Arnold and Mrs. C. W. Sav
age. who will be glad to assist
I those who want to knit.
I
Social Security
Service Offered
The Social security board field
office at Asbeville will give ser
vice on claims and account num
bers. at the courthouse in Murphy
1 on Thursday. March 16. at 10
' a. m.
Payments are due at death of
survivors of workers insured un
der the law as follows: widow,
widower or children; parents,
other. Payments are made at
! the age 65 or thereafter to work
ers insured under the law and to
the following: Wives who are age
65 or reach age 65 later; children
i under age 16 (18 if in school).
Clayton Home After
Completins Fifty
Flying Missions
ANDREWS ? After 18 months
in service as a radio operator and
gunner on a flying fortress in the
Mediterranean area Technical
i Sgt. George Clayton, Jr.. is at
! home in Andrews on twenty-day
; leave visiting his father and
mother. Mr. and Mrs. George W
Clayton. Sr. Sgt. Clayton has
! earned a rest by completing fifty
flying missions over enemy terri
tory. Aviator Clayton wears the
Air Medal with nine oak leave*
cluster and also the North Afric-ar
campaign ribbon with two stars
Sgt. Clayton enlisted in th<
Army Air Forces on October 5
1940. and is now a seasoned vet
eran of the air service. He wa;
trained at Jefferson Barracks
Mo., and Scott Held. 111.. radi<
school. He arrived in England it
September. 1942. and in Nortl
Africa in November of the sam
year. He completed bomber miss
ions to Tunisia. Sicily. Sardinia
Italy. Southern Germany am
Greece.
After completing his higl
. school work in the Andrews hig'
school in 1938 where he was val(
! dictorian of his class of fift
members. Clayton attended a bus
nes scollege, and was later en
: ployed as office clerk in the plai
ning department of the Beaco
manufacturing company until tl
time of his enlistment.
Sgt. Clayton was reluctant to
talk of his experiences in the
field of aviation. When pressed
to tell of his narrowest escape, he
supposed it was when he ittempt
ed to close with a crank the jam
med bomb bay doors to the plane
at an altitude of more than 25,
000 feet, and losing his oxygen
bottle, he came near "passing
out" and falling out of the plane
through the open doors.
He had a good word for the
Red Cross, which he said pro
1 vided a service club in every siz
i able community overseas where
the armed forces are. The Arab
> women "were good looking ? at
least, some of them", and it was
> not a fatal act to talk to them
' as some of the soldiers' rule books
I had said. Sgt. Clayton had a
- good word for the English girls.
- too. He thought they liked the
? American boys.
i Pvt. Joseph F. Clayton, a broth
er of the aviator. Is now in train
i ing at Kcssler Field. Biloxi, Miss.
?> Charles Clayton, the elder broth
- er. is employed in the printing
y department of the Citizen-Times,
i- ? "What was the highest you ever
i- few", the sergean was asked. Re
>- plying with a twinkle in his eye
n and a brightening countenance,
ie "Oh. I guess about six miles".