MURPHY BASKETBALL TEAM, above, tied
with Fontana for the Western North Carolina
Ijeague penant with nine victories and one defeat
each. Each suffered a defeat at the hands of the
other, and neither was pushed by the other teams
during the season. However, both teams were
eliminated in the league tournament.
The players are: lent to right, first row,
Picklesimer. Fleming, Mauney. McDonald; second
row, Rogers, Hatchett, R. Ferguson, Junior Fer
guson; third row. James Ferguson. Guthrie, Craw
tord, Kephart; and fourth row. Keener and Coach
Pitzer.
Andrews Over Top
In War Fund Drive
ANDREWS - L. B. Nichols.
War Fund Chairman of Andrews
Chapter of the American Red
CiOoo, lias jUSt 1 iX i?i?
gram of commendation from Al
len J. -Carter, Regional Director
Eastern Area, Atlanta. Ga.. on
the early success of the War Fund
Campaign.
Mr. Nicnols states that And
rews 'nas already exceeded its
quota of $2400 by $400. All the
town has not been covered, and
he is asking those who have not
teen called on to see any of the
workers named below or to leave
contributions at Nichols Store.
The workers are: Mrs. Pauline
Palmer. Mrs. Lucy Laughter. Mrs.
Pauline Matheson. Mrs. Boyd
Robinson. Mrs. Luke Ellis. Mrs.
L. B. Nichols. Mrs. Frank Swan.
Misses Gladys Christy. Emogene
Hall, Daisy Battle. Polly Hicks.
Gene Matheson ; workers on the
faculty are: Mrs. Edna Bailey, i
high school. Miss Ethel Boone,
grammar grades, and Miss Ada
Mae Pruette. primary grades.
Mr. Nichols especially thanked j
the Andrews Tanning Company :
officials and their employees for
raising $750.82. and Teas Extract !
officials for their donations and ;
says that their employees will be
called on at a later date.
COMPLETE TRAINING
Pfc. Charlie J. Hughes, son of
Mrs. Lassie Hughes of Murphy.
R. F. D. 2. who has teen in the
U. S. Marine corps at San Diego.
Calif., since September. 1943. has
completed his training in the
Paymasters Department and has
been transferred to Miramar.
Calif., for advanced duty. After
graduation from Murphy high
school in 1942. he was employed
by The H. T. Hackney Co.. until
he entered service.
DEMOCRATIC
MEETINGS ARE
SCHEDULED RY
STATE ROARD
County Democratic Chairman
H. A. Mattox has been notified by
the State Democratic executive
committee that Saturday. April
22. has been fixed as the date
for holding precinct meetings for
the purpose of electing commit
tees. Saturday. April 29. was fix
ed as the date for the county con
vention. and Thursday. May 4.
was decided upon for the biennial
state convention. It will be held
at city auditorium in Raleigh at
12 o'clock on that date
At precinct meetings at least
five Democrats will be elected, who
will constitute the precinct com
mittees. Each precinct commit
tee will elect its chairman, who
becomes a member of the county
executive committee.
At the county convention, the
executive committee will elect a
chairman and at least one vice
chairman. The convention also
will elect delegates to the state
convention. Each county is en
titled to one delegate and one
alternate for every 150 Democra
tic votes, and one delegate and
one alternate for fractions over
75 Democratic votes cast therein
for governor at the last guberna
torial election.
P. C. Gentry
Suffers Stroke
P C. Gentiy. who suffered a
stroke of paralysis Tuesday morn
ing. was taken to Petrie hoBpital
Wednesday. He was night
watehman at the Murphy Box and
Flooring Manufacturing Co. and
Cherokee Lumber Corporation. He
did not return home from the |
mill at his usual time Tuesday
morning, and Mrs. Gentry, be
coming alarmed started out to
meet him and found him lying
in the street a few feet from
home. He was unable to speak,
and she found that his left side
was paralyzed. She called some
neighbors, and they carried him
into the house. He was not im
proved Wednesday night.
Mr. Gentry is a former sheriff
of Cherokee county, ana city
policeman.
26 Men Leave For
Induction Into
Military Service
The folowing 26 men left Mur
phy Wednesday morning for Port
Bragg for induction into the arm
ed forces:
Thomas Harold Coffey. Luther
Burgess. Duel Burgess. Clarence
I Hope King; Wayne Clyde Will
iamson. Clyde Dockery. Roy Earn
est Flowers. Wayne Gibby. Clif
ford Dale Elliott. Frank Hendrix
Taylor. Homer Roberson, Allen
Leon McLellan. Venson Merion
Lee. Ernest Everett Mull. Fred
Swaim. Jr.. Charlie Quentin Phil
lips. Albert Jewel Martin. Wayne
Claude Pullium. John William Bur
cess. Clinton Gragg. Floyd Gar
rett. Hubert Lee Anderson. Mark
Dockery. Horace Jennings Mc
Lelland. Blaine Vinson Ensley.
James Ernest Morgan.
Fourteen reservists left last
week for the Naval recruiting sta
tion at Spartanburg. S. C.. for in
duction into the navy, they in
cluded :
Woodrow Lee Hembree. Frank
Edward Maxey. Sherman Joseph
Postell. Grady Vinson Carringer.
Burl Clint Mason. Guy Arthur j
Brittain. Pritchard Smith. Jr.,
James Harlson Duncan. Charles
David Lindsay. John Castell
Moore. Charles William Hipps.
William Pierson Campbell. Guy
Edward Hall. David Clinton Tat
ham.
Revival Starts
Free Methodist
Church March 22
Tho Free Methodist church will |
conduct a revival meeting at its ;
place of worship in East Murphy.
Natural Springs, <the old play
house) beginning Wednesday
night. March 22. and continuing
through Sunday. April 2.
The Rev. Fred R Horton will
be ^he exangelist. Those who
have heard him know he preaches
the "Old Time Gospel".
There will te special music and |
messages on prophecy at differ- j
j ent times. Services start each
evening at 7:30. and the public is
invited to attend.
Regular services will be held at
Free Methodist church with the
pastor, the Rev. Fred R. Horton.
in charge. Sunday.
THIRD SUNDAY SINGING
The Third Sunday afternoon
singing will be held with Little
Glade church Sunday. March 19.
at 2 o'clock, announces Frank
Coleman. All singers are urged
to attend.
War Fund
Half Raised
The Rev. A- B. Cash, chair
man of Cherokee chapter of
Anurcan Red Cross war fund
drive, reports only ppproximate- I
ly one- half of the quota has '
been donated. He reported
Thursday morning that a total
of around $2300 had been con
tributed or pledged. The goal
k S4300.
R<d Cross officials request
all citizens of the county to co
operate in helping the chapter
to so over the goal at an early
date.
Postwar Planning
Organization To
Be Set Up In
County March 27
J. W. S. Thorpe of Franklin,
chairman of the committee for
economic development and post
war planning, and Percy B. Fere
bee of Andrews, county chairman,
will preside over and lead discus
sions at a public meeting to be
held at the courthouse in Murphy
on Monday. March 27. at 3 o'
clock p. m.. when an organization
will be perfected.
Chairman Ferebee urges every
interested citizen of Cherokee
county to attend.
Whitfield Named
Assistant Surgeon
For The Southern
Dr. B. W. Whitfield of Murphy
recently was appointed on the
medical staff of the Southern
Railway System as t^sistant com
pany surgeon at Murphy. Dr.
Milton B. Clayton, chief surgeon
of the Southern, stated: "This
appointment was made because
of the outstanding professional
ability, high standing in his com
munity and leadership in his pro
fession."
Cpl. Idris Adams left Tuesday
for Camp Crossville. Crossville.
Tenn.. after a week's leave at his
home here.
Draft Officials
Resign In Body
Wayne Walker, clerk to the
Cherokee county draft board; W.
S. Dickey, chairman, and H M
Whitaker, member, resigned in a
body Thursday of last week, and
it is understood that their resig
nations have been accepted by the
state selective service office.
Mrs. W. G. Darnell has been
appointed to succeed Mr. Walker
as clerk. Walter C Witt is the j
only remaining member of the '
board.
Chairman Dickey stated that I
the resignation resulted from un
due criticism from the Raleigh of- j
fice. and not from any local criti
cism. It is understood that sev- 1
eral days ago the state office sent
buses here to transport a group
of selectees to an induction cen
ter for examination, and that
none were ready. Clerk Walker
stated that no call had come to
this office.
Miss Willie Mingus
Dies Wednesday
After Long Illness
Miss Willie Ann Mingus. 60
died Wednesday morning at 4
o'clock at a local hospital after
an illness of almost a year.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at 2 o'clock at Ivie
funeral home, with the Rev. A
E. Cash officiating Burial will
be at the old Methodist cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Loren Davis.
W S. Dickey. Prank Dickey. P.
C. Hyatt. H. G. Elkins. and Jim
Green.
She is survived by one sister.
Miss Bennie Mingus. of Murphy,
and Wilburn Mingus of Hayes
ville. Mrs. Nell Everett, of Bristol.
Va.. and Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt
Hayesville. cousins.
For a number of years. Miss
Mingus was river stage observer
here, and was timployed as clerk
at Candler's department store,
and other stores, and worked for
a while at the local library.
ATTENDING C'OIRSF
The Rev. Ralph Taylor and the
Rev W T Medlin. Jr . are in
High Point this week attending
a training course on Evangel
ism". They expect to return to
Murphy Friday night.
Critical Need For Surgical Dressings
Exists; Chairman Names Supervisors
Mrs. J. H. Wilson, chairman of
tiic surgical dressings committee
for the Cherokee county chapter
of the American Red Cross, states
that she had received information
recently from area headquarters
that there is a critical need for
surgical dressings. Allen J. Car
ter, regional director, pointed out
the fact that the Red Cross is
not meeting war department
contracts. Mrs. Wilson urges
local women to give more of their
time and assistance in the surgi
cal drerssings work being done
here, so that this chapter can do
its part to relieve the need.
Mrs. Wilson announces the fol
lowing supervisors and hours they
are working at the surgical dress
ings room: Monday afternoon.
Mrs. W. M Axley. Miss Jean i
Murray: Monday evening. Mrs A. ,
B. Casli. Mrs. R. D. Chandler:
Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. B W.
Whitfield. Mrs. J. H. Wilson:
Tuesday evening. Miss Gillie Mar- ;
tin. Mrs. Harry Webster.
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. J.
W. Thompson. Mrs. E. F. Arnold:
Wednesday evening. Miss Addic i
Leatherwood. Mrs. Charles Wor
ihen: Thursday afternoon Mrs.
C. C. Richardson. Mrs. C. A.
Beatty: Thursday evening. Mrs.
Buel Adams. Miss Mary Cornwell;
Friday afternoon. Mrs. R. S. Par
ker. Mrs. Don Witherspoon: and
Friday evening. Mrs J. W. Dav
idson. Miss Emily Sword
Afternoon work begins at 2:30
and evening. 7:30.
Doubleheader At
Robbinsville Sat.
Robbinsville Girls vs. Bethel
Girls! And Hayesvjlle Boys vs.
Canton E: js! is the tar
rain fo.- S&iurday i.ight ai the
Robbinsvi.lr gym. Plans to '?v.*
t :c winders of the Canton Gold
Medal tninnaments and th.? %Vc*t
ern Carols. a Leai'.ui tourn^^.icnt
meet in a pair c posc-sJ...'^n
games have finally material! c'
The starting time is sew 1 o
dock .Sat .w day night, when Urhel
brings the well-known sextet :nto
Graham eounty for the first time.
At eight o'clock Canton boys will
engage Hayesville boys who up
3t the dope bucket last week at
Murphy to defeat Pontana in the
finals of the tournament.
Bethel girls walked through the
Canton meet without much dang
er and won their second straight
championship. Robbinsville won
the regular season pennant in the
Western Carolina League and
then proreeded to prove that it
was no fluke by carrying off
honors in the tournament.
Hayeville boys finished third in
the regular season behind Fon
tana and Murphy but were red
hot in the tournament as usual
and once again carried the champ
ionship back to Clay county. Op
posing them will be Coach C. C.
Poindexter's fast breaking quin
tet from Canton. The Canton
boys upset Sylva in the finals of
their tournament and it will be a
case of two upset winners meet
Distinguished Guests
Entertain At Lions
Club Ladies' Night
HEADS LIBRARY BOARD ?
H. A. Mattox. who was recently
elected chairman of Murphy
Carnegie Library board, to suc
ceed the late M. W. Bell.
Stuffed Tovs Are
Being Made Here
The newest industry started in
Murphy is the manufacturing of
stuffed toys, by Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Brumby, formerly of Mariet
ta. Ga . under the firm name of
Fayola Manufacturing Company.
M: and Mrs. Brumby and two
daughters are now living at the
Henry House. Their business for
the present is being operated in
the Cherokee Hosiery Mill build
ing.
SCNDAY SERVICES
The Rev. W T Medlin. Jr..
announces that preaching service
will be held Sunday. March 11. at
Rogers Chapel church at 11 o'
clock a. m.: and at Bellview
church at 3 p. m.
LEARNING A NEW TRICK?
Mayboe Marine Private Joe W.
Lcdford of Murphy. N. C . never
mopped before he went into the
Marine Corps, but he's becoming
an expert at it now while taking
recruit training at the Parris Is
land, S. C.. Leatherneck base. ?
Marine Corps Photo.
By .V M. Cooke
The Lym' Reporter extends to
one and all a hearty welcome to
night. To our guests male and
female; to visiting Lions; and *o
! cur own fair companions, the
1 Lionesses of the Murphy den, we
bid vociferous welcome," stated
' the semi-monthly bulletin of
Murphy Lions club, a copy of
which was placed at each guest
and member's place at the ladies'
night dinner held in the dining
room at First Methodist church
Tuesday evening.
The Lions had spared no efforts
to make the occasion one to be
long remembered by their Lion
esses and other guests, and they
were fully repaid by the hearty
response and appreciation for the
entertainment that had been pro
vided.
Coming over from Bob Jones
college at Cleveland. Tenn.. were
Mrs J R Faulkner, instructor in
piano, who was accompanist for
Miss Margaret Smith, voice in
structor; and Miss Louise Cherry,
speech fellowship student. Ac
companied by Mrs. Faulkner,
Miss Smith sang several selec
tions and played "Meditation
from Thais" on the violin. Miss
Cherry gave the reading. "Mrs.
Miniver". The theme of their
program was the United Nations,
and all numbers represented one
of the Allies.
Hon. Allen J Bell of Clay
county, renowned for his after
dinner speaking, made a short ad
dress. telling some tales of Clay
county
H. Bueck was program chair
man and had arranged to present
some local ta?ent. in addition to
the program presented by the
above. He called upon Wade
Massey and Frank EH lis to imi
tate Dorothy Lamour. first hav
ing attired them in appropriate
costumes. Both men were given
hearty applause, but Wade won
the prize. His performance was
so accomplished that even Frank
ceased his dancing for a moment,
to watch his contestant.
Bob Bell, with Bob Easley ancf
H A. Mattox standing by to give
him bravos or raspberries, de
pending upon whether he accom
plished the task correctly or not,
was given a diaper and instruct
ed to put it on a doll. He receiv
ed bravos.
Harve Elkins was asked to de
monstrate with motions how a
lady undresses in preparation for
taking a bath. His performance
kept the guests in an uproar of
laughter.
Jimmie Weir was assigned to
the task of walking, blind-folded
and with his shoes off. down an
isle strewn with eggs and avoid
stepping on the eggs, which he
did perfectly.
Guests were welcomed by Presi
dent. Prank Forsyth, who presid
ed. and by K C. Wright, to whose
remarks Mrs. H. Bueck respond
ed in behalf of the Lionesses.
Among the special guests pre
sented were Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Lee Dr and Mrs. Robert Cox.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Kirkman. O.
E. Roberts of Mars Hill. Mrs. Joe
Ray. Mrs. Duke Whitley, and
Mrs. Thelma Dickey.
Each lady was presented with a
corsage and a gift. Favors were
made by Miss Margaret Curd and
her art classes Tables were deco
rated with forsythia and spirea,
and yellow candles. Mesdames
H Bueck. Frank Ellis. Frank For
syth. and Wade Massey were
thanked for assisting with ar
rangements and decorations.
Rev. R. E. McClure
Preaches Sunday
The Rev. R. E. McClure. exe
cutive secretary of Asheville
1 Presbytery, will preacn at the
! Presbyterian church Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock. Following
the sermon, a congregations
meeting will be held for the pur
' pose of extending a call to a pas
| tor and the transaction of other
matters of business.