TOWN TO HAVE CLEAN-UP DRIVE APRIL 10-14
ORDINANCE PASSED TO REGULATE KEEPING LIVESTOCK
No Hogs, Cows
Or Other Stock
May Be Kept In
20G Feet Of Homes
An ordinance regulating the
keeping of livestock within the
city limits of Murphy was passed
by the town council at a meeting
held Tuesday evening.
Provisions of the ordinance are :
That it is unlawful for anyone to
keep any hog pen or hog lot with
in 200 feet of any residence or
other building occupied by human
beings, or within 200 feet of any
public street or alley in town.
The same applies to cows, horses,
mules and all animals of like na
ture.
If hogs are kept beyond the
200 feet limit, within the city
limits, the plac> must be washed
iind thoroughly cleaned daily.
Anyone keeping a cow stall
within the city limits must clean
it daily and bury the refuse so
that flies cannot get to it during
the period from March 15 to
November 15 of each year.
Those keeping horses and mules
and animals of like nature must
clean the stall or stable daily and
bury all manure so that flies can
not get to and breed in it during
the same period as mentioned in
the above paragraph.
Violations of the ordinance will
carry a penalty of $10 fine.
Open Office To
Help Farmers
In Deferments
The county war board has set
up an office to assist farmers who
desire to file applications for de
ferments for farm work. Every
one seeking deferment must file
an application with the selective
service board. Blanks are avail
able at the office, which is located
next to the county superintendent
of schools, in the courthouse.
Mrs. Warren Sneed is in charge
of the office and will be there
every Saturday from 8 to 12 in
The morning and every Monday
from 8 to 4:30. She will assist
in filling out the blanks.
SERMON SUBJECTS
The Rev. Ralph Taylor, minis
ter of Firsi Methodist Church,
will preach Sunday on the sub
jects: "Great Days Are Ahead For
Us" at 11 o'clock and "The Re
jected Christ" at 7:30 o'clock.
IN NORTH AFRICA ? Pfc.
Garland Ramsey, who has been
in the army since 1942 has ar
rived safely in North Africa. He
received his basic training at Port
Jackson, S. C.. and before going
overseas he visited here with his
wife and family.
ON FURLOUGH
Pvt. Venson Queen of Marble
is spending a ten day furlough
with his wife end parents. He
entered the service in November
1943 and received his basic train
ing at Camp Wheeler, Ga.. and
will return to Port Meade. Md.,
for further training. He was em
ployed in West Virginia before
entering the servfce.
IN ENGLAND ? Cpl. Willard
Cecil CJonts, son of Mrs. Docia
Clonus of Murphy. Route 1. who
is serving as a gunner in the tank
division in England. Cpl. Clonts
entered the service in June. 1941.
He served in North Africa and in
the invasion of Sicily.
Eleven^Are Honored
For Food Production
For their outstanding contri- .
buttons toward winning the war
on the home front, as shown by
their cooperation in the produc
tion of esesntial war crops, a num
ber of farm families in Cherokee
county have been presented gov
ernment merit awards, it was an
nounced today by the Cherokee
county committee of Farm Se- J
curity Administration.
The merit awards issued will be
forwarded to the farmers through
the mail. "These families not
only have reached their goals but
some have surpassed them by wide
margins," said the committee
chairman, Claude S Day. "The
winners have done fine work on
the food front", the announce
ment said.
The exact number of merit
awards has not yet been deter
mined, but some cases of excep
tional farming have come to their
attention. Hie committee has
issued awards to the following
families: Benjamin H. Clontz,
Letitia: E. C. Cook. Marble; Mark
H. Fox. Ranger. Arzo Hughes.
Route 2. Murphy; John D. Logan,
Brasstown: H. L. McDonald.
Unaka; A B. Stalcup, Route 2.
Murphy: Wesley Totherow, Mar
ble: J. Lee Hughes, Marble: Bas
comb B. Lunsford. Andrews; and
Beecher M Luther, Culberson.
These awards were issued to
farm families working with the
help of PSA credit and supervis
ion. Members of the committee
will review the production re
cords and select additional farm
ers to be honored when they meet
at the PSA office next week
"The ones chosen will all be
farm families cooperating with
PSA in its wartime task of in
creasing food production." said
County Supervisor E. P. Arnold.
Serving on the Cherokee County
PSA Committee are. Claude S.
Day. Marble: Ben L. Pox, Route
2. Murphy: and Burton H. Mc
Nabb, Suit.
Algernon Swan
Is Commissioned
2nd Lieutenant
Headquarters Army Air Forces
Central Plying Training Com- !
mand, Randolph Field, Tex., Mar. j
13 ? Into the ranks of the Army
Air Forces today the central unit
of the AAF Training Command
graduated enough bomber and
fighter pilots to replace or re- 1
double the entire American air
arm over Europe. Among these 1
new pilots is Algermon G. Swan, j
son of Capt. and Mrs. F. W. Swan
of Andrews.
The graduation ceremonies. !
wherein wings were awarded com
bat pilots in eleven Southwestern
advanced flying schools of the
AAF Training Command, were the '
largest ever held ty the CFTC. I
Among the new pilots were scores |
of officers from other branches
of the service who had been ac
cepted for pilot training and many
former enlisted men already deco- i
rated for air crew operations over j
enemy territory.
The record graduation ceremon
ies were held for fighter pilots at j
Eagle Pass, at Aloe and Foster j
Fields in Victoria, and at Moore !
Field at Mission, all in Texas. |
Bomber pilots were graduated atj
Frederick and Altus in Oklahoma
and ai Blackland Field, Waco; j
Ellington Field, Houston; Brooks
Field, San Antonio, and at Lub
bock and Pampa, all in Texas.
Swan was graduated at AleO
Field, Victoria. Texas, and com- 1
missioned a second lieutenant.
Funeral Held
Wednesday For
P. C. Gentry,
Former Sheriff
P. C. Gentry. 70. died at a Mur- !
phy hospital Monday morning '
following a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at i
3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. j
at First Methodist church, with |
the Rev. Ralph Taylor and the j
Rev. A. B. Cash officiating. Burial j
was in Sunset cemetery, with ,
Townson funeral home in charge.
Members of the Masonic lodge
were in charge at the church and
the grave.
Mr. Gentry had been night
watchman at the Murphy Box and
Flooring Manufacturing Comp
any and the Cherokee Lumber
corporation two months. When he
did not return home at the usual
time Tuesday morning, his wife
became alarmed and went to
meet him. She found him in
the street a few feet from home
where he had suffered a stroke.
Mr. Gentry had served as sher
iff of Cherokee county three
terms and was on the city police
force a number of years.
Surviving are his wife: five
daughter. Mrs. Irvin L. Young,
of Chicago; Mrs. A. H. Hillis, of
Murphy: Mrs. C. E. Holder of
Andrews. Mrs. M. L. Dills and
MiSs Mildred Gentry of Newport
News. Va.. three sons. Lowery
and Donald C. Gentry of Mur
phy. and Pvt. William S. Gentry
of Camp Reynolds. Pa., five
grandchildren. Melba. Howard
and Doris Emily Holder. Tommy
Gentry and Mary Linda Dills:
one sister. Mrs. W. J. Whi taker
j of Abilene. Tex., and three broth
i ers. S. C. Gentry of Grandview:
M. L.. and E. M. Gentry of Mur
phy.
j
IN CHATTANOOGA HOSPITAL
Mrs.Thomas Spencer is quite ill
in Erlanger hospital. Chattanoo
ga. it has been learned here.
TO LECTURE
Dr Willis A. Parker of Ashe
ville will deliver a lecture at the
I library Friday evening at 7:30.
DA VISES HAVE SEVEN
SONS IN THE SERVICE
Mr. and Mrs. J. B Davis of
Murphy Route 3. have sevew sons 1
in service. Each one has a name
of three letters by which he is
called. They are: Ned Davis, age
32. of Springfield. Ohio, who was
inducted into the navy March 2. |
1944. at Columbus, Ohio. He
attended Murphy high school.
S/Sgt. Max Davis, 30, of Wright
Field, Dayton, Ohio, was inducted
into the air force ground crew
Nov. 20. 1942, at Columbus, Ohio.
He also attended Murphy high
school.
Hal Davis, E. M. 3/c, age 28. 1
volunteered Into the navy August j
17. 1942, at Springfield, Ohio. He
has been serving in the Pacific
for 17 months.
A/S Ray Davis, 26. of South
west Missouri State Teachers
college. Springfield, Mo., was in- i
ducted into the air force Nov. 23,
i 943, at Columbus. Ohio.
Oid Davis, Mo. M. M. 2/c, 24
years of age, volunteered into
the navy July 20, 1942, at Spring
field, Ohio, and is now serving
over seas. He is a graduate of
Murphy high school.
Cpl. Don Davis, 21, was induct
ed into the army Dec. 20. 1942 at
Camp Croft, S. C., and is now at
Fort Bragg. He is a graduate of
Murphy high school.
Pvt. Sam Davis, Age 19, was
inducted into the air corps July
28, 1943 at Columbus, Ohio. He
is now at Keesler Field, Miss.
He is also a graduate of Murphy !
high school.
J. B. Davis, father of the boys,
is 65 years of age, and their moth
er. Mrs. Mary Jane Davis, is 56. .
Feed A Fighter In '44 Program Is
Explained To 4-H Club Members
"Caring and Raising of Chick
ens" was the lesson topic for dis
cussion at the ten regular 4-H
Club meetings held last week
throughout the county. Miss Mary
Corn well, assistant home agent,
and C. H. Kirkman, assistant farm
agent, attended hes'- meetings.
The agents explained the "Peed
a Fighter in *44" program for 4-H
Club members, pointing out the
fact that during 1944 the 4-H
club programs will stress those '
activities which will aid most in
the war effort and encourage j
4-H club members to join in this ,
"Peed a Fighter Program in For
ty-Four."
The N. C. Banker's Associa
tion through its agricultural com- 1
mittee and its 10 key bankers will j
provide an $18.75 War Bond to |
be presented this fall to the 4-H |
Club boy or girl in each county of
the state who does the most out
standing work in the 1944 Peed a
Fighter Program.
Any one of the following pro
jects is the equivalent of the total
amount of food required to feed
a man in the Armed Service for
one year:
Conduct a meat animal project
whijjh will produce 1300 lbs. of
meat. Either of the following
should be sufficient :
(a) Peed 2 baby beef animals.
<b) Peed 6 pigs. (c> Peed 16
lambs.
Grow 300 broilers to 2 '4 lbs
or a total of 750 lbs.
Care for 50 hens that will pro
duce 470 Dozen Eggs.
Peed and handle one milk cow
which will produce 5500 lbs. of
milk.
Grow 113 bushels of corn.
Grow 110 bushels of Tomatoes.
Grow 135 bushels of sweet po
tatoes.
Grow 135 bushels of Irish po
tatoes. I
Produce 270 gallons of cane (
syrup.
Grow one acre of mixed vege
l tables.
Can 500 quarts of vegetables.
Boys and girls are asked to
j chose the project test suited to
, their individual situation and to '
limit- the size of the project ac- 1 :
cordng to their own home cond- j
I tion.
MUST FILE FORMS
Employers are required to sub
mit to employees original of form j
W-2 which is a statement of j
wages for last year and the in
come tax withheld and the dup
licate must be sent to Collector
of Revenue. Greensboro. The
original of form W-3 should be
sent to the collector and dupli
| cate given to the employees. This
filing should have been done by J
January 31 and a heavy penalty !
is put on employers if late.
EPISCOPAL SERVICE
The Rev. Rufus Morgan of j
Franklin will hold Holy Commun
ion services at the Episcopal |
Church of the Messiah Sunday 1
morning at 11 o'clock.
i IN ENGLAND ? Pfc. Leonard
Ramsey, who lias been in Eng
i land since Thanksgiving. Prior
. to going to Eng'anc'i he was trail
ed at a me -baric s school in At
lanta. as a -aroiTator and tui
tion spec'alis*. He entered ser
vice ii Feori ? ? nil and :t.. 1
? | his basic tra'Pi.ifc a. Ft. Belvoir,
? Va. He is son of Allen F.-tnsey
of Murphy.
ON MANEUVERS ? Sgt. Lloyd
| Ramsey entered the army in
January 1943. and has been sta
tioned at Camp Haan, Calif .
since then. He is second cook in
the antiaircraft division. He is
son of Allen Ramsey of Murphy.
WOUNDED ? Word has been
received here that Pvt. Luther
Rogers, above, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leam Rogers, of Murphy,
has been wounded in Italy. He
received the purple heart medal.
Pvt. Rogers has been in service
since January 1943. He receiv
ed his training at Camp Croft,
3. C. He has been overseas since
September. 1943.
$1300 Lacking in
War Fund Drive
Cherokee County Chapter
of the American Red Cross
has received approximately
S3000 toward the sroal of
S4300 in the present war fund
drive, according to the Rev.
A. B. Cash, war fund chair
man.
Solicitation in Murphy has
not been completed, but if
anyone is missed he is re
quested to contact the chair
man or other Red Cross of
ficials and make a contribu
tion.
Senior Class To
Present Play On
Friday, April 7
The seniors of Murphy high
school will present "Foxy Mrs.
Poster", a farcial funfest in three
acts by Bruce Brandon, in the
school auditorium on Friday eve
ing. April 7. at 8 o'clock.
The play concerns the great
love of Mrs. Leon Foster, for her
only daughter. Lynn. Mother
Foster has been widowed for a
year, having lost her aviator hus
band. when his plane crashed in
South America. She has always
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Civic Groups Are
Asked To Assist
In The Campaign
Murphy town council voted at
a meeting Tuesday night to co
operate with civic organizations
in a clcan-up campaign for the
town during the week of April
10-14. The town will coaperate
to the extent of hauling away all
trash that is placed accessible to
trucks. The council is asking
Murphy Woman's club. Junior
Woman's club. Lions club, and
boy scouts to lend their support
to the campaign.
The council passed an ordi
nance against keeping hogs, cows
or other livestock within 200 feet
of any home, street or alley in
town. Details of the ordinance
are published elsewhere in this
paper.
J. B. Gray was elected by the
council as a member of the Mur
phy Carnegie library board, to
succeed H. A. Mattox who was
elevated to the chairmanship of
the board following the death of
M. W. Bell.
The town called an election to
be held on May 2 for the purpose
of electing a mayor and council
men. W. W. Rogers was appoint
ed registrar and will be asked to
keep the registration books open
on April 1. 8. 15. and 22. April
22 will be challenge day. Porter
Axley and Arthur Akin were elec
ted Judges of election.
W. M. Pain and Harve Elkins
reported that plans are being
outlined for starting work on a
swimming pool at the recreation
park.
Drinking fountains which
formerly were in operation on the
square for the use of the public
will be repaired and put into use
again, it was ordered by the coun
cil.
Pruden Davidson
Is Promoted To
Rank Of Captain
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davidson
have received word that their
son, Lt. Edward Pruden Davidson,
has been promoted to the rank of
captain in the army air forces.
He has been transferred to head
quarters of a new staff in the
third air force tactical army di
vision. Thermal army air field.
Thermal, California. He has
been stationed at San Francisco
with the second division since
October 20. of last year.
Larg^lGrouD?of Men
Undergo Examination
For MilitaryFService
The following 133 men left
Murphy Tuesday morning for
Camp Croft. S. C. for physical ex
amination and possible induction
into the armed forces. Frank
Crarles Crawford was leader, and
Jewell Thaddeus Miller was as
sistant leader. The number in
cluded :
Carl Bryson. Jr.. Vinson De- ,
hart. James Vinson Holloway.
Rush Cutshaw. Rob Prank Tay
lor. Harold Milton Payne. Richard
Charles Rhodes. Jewel Memory
Young. James Edwin Bristol.
Henry Clayton. Ray William Bar
ton. Noil Wallace Hughes. Will
iam Marion Robert4:. Emer Bas
comb Collins. Dallas William Mill
saps. James Elven Denton. Alex
Postell, Pearl Swaim. Alfred Le
fevers. Gilbert C. Stiles. Prank
Vinson King. Ralph Ernest Led
ford. Jessie' Green. David Phil
lips. John Quince Hcmbree, Way
ne Edgar Truelove. Oscar Theo
dore Thomas. Jodson Harmon
Chastain.
Lee Envm. Wade Martin. James
Thad Creasman. Leo Franklin
Lanning. James Troy Hughes.
James William Mints, Arvil Mc
Clure. Grant Henry Stiles. Julius
Young. Eugene Payne, William
John Hancock. William Clarence
Hogan. Ralph Killian, Emory
; Robert Shields, Fred Herbert
1 Holloway, Maurice Herbert Gen
try. Vernal John Hughes, Jewell
Thadeus Miller. Horace Thomas.
Henry Luke Carver. Buster Mar
tin. Eugene Beecher Williamson.
Matt Herbert Reighart, Dewey
Tissue Frankum. Jason Baines.
Frank Charles Crawford. Oarland
Crisp, Earl Windell Patterson,
William Clifton Allison, Charles
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