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MURPHY. NORTH C AROLINA. THURSDAY. JUNE 1 1944.
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
150 Enrolled In
Bible School At
Baptist Church
Enrolled in the dally vacation i
li bit- school which is being con
ducted at the First Baptist church, 1
through Wednesday morning,
were more than 150 students. The
c iiool began Monday, and ses
sions are being held daily from
8 30 to 12 o'clock noon, all this j
week and next.
Cooperating churches are: First
Baptist Calvary and Pleasant
Valley Rev. A B. Cash is pastor
and Rev. R. Lane Akins of Hay
esville is principal of the school.
All children between the ages
of four and 16 are invited to at
tend. The daily schedule in
cludes, among other things, songs.
ones, Bible lessons, refresh
ments. play and handwork.
To Start Test
Drilling For Iron
Ore Around July 1
The U. S. Bureau of Mines
plans to teg in a program of test
pitting and drilling the Cherokee
and Clay county iron ore deposits
soon after July 1. according to in
formation received here.
R. Bruce Etheridge. director of ?
?v. State department of Conserva
\on and Development, wrote Mrs.
W G Cover. Cherokee county's
representative in the general as
? mblv. that he had been advised
to tliis effect by Dr. Jasper L.
St ; key. state geologist, who stat
'<1 that maps of the area are now
made by representatives of
Bureau of Mines and that test
ng and drilling is expected to
1 soon after July 1.
IKSSE PATTERSON'
Jessie Patterson,
Aerial Gunner,
Awarded Wings
Harlingen Army Air Field. Tex
Another large class of Aerial
Gunners to guard Army Air
Forces' bombers was graduated
*nis week from the AAF Training
Command aerial gunnery school
here and among the qualified
Sharpshooters of the Sky'' was
Pfc. Jessie R. Patterson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jess W. Patterson
of Andrews.
At brief graduation exercises
held here he received a pair of
gunner's wings as well as a pro
motion in grade. Unless retained
at Harlingen as an instructor, he
will join an aerial combat team.
A comprehensive seven-weeks
course in every phase of aerial
Runnery warfare prepared him
for his place in America's step
Ped-up air offensive. Besides
learning to fire every type weap
on from camera guns to the dead
ly caliber .50 Brownings, he stud
ied turret manipulation, aircraft
recognition and was required to
tear down an assemble weapons
while blindfolded. He climaxed
the course by firing on towed tar
pets from Liberator bombers un
der simulated combat conditions.
Thos, C. Leonard
Made An Ensign
Great Lakes. 111., May 18 ?
Thomas C. Leonard, 25, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George K. Leonard,
Hiwassee Dam. N. C. was com
NOMINATED GOVERNOR ? Gregg Cherry of Gastonia, who
was nominated governor of North Carolina in the primary held in
the state Saturday.
Cherry And Hoey
Win In The Primary
Gregg Cherry of Gastonia was ?
nominated North Carolina's next
governor in the primiuy held
last Saturday, with more than
?if> ono majority o- his oppon
ents, Dr. Ralph McDonald and
Olla Ray Boyd. Cherry received
more than 173,841 votes, .to
slightly more than 127.749 for
McDonald and 1.800 for Boyd.
Clyde R. Hoey received a big
majority over his opponents.
Cameron Morrison. Marvin Ritch.
Arthur Simmons and Giles New
ton. for the United States Senate.
L. Y. Ballentine of Fuquay was
nominated lieutenant governor:
Thad Eure. secretary of state: ,
Geo. Ross Pou. auditor: and Chas.
M. Johnson, treasurer. The last
three are incumbents.
Cherokee county citizens gave
all of the winners a majority
here. The way the precincts vot
ed is shown in a ta bullion in this
issue.
ARRIVES IN ENGLAND ?I
Pvt. Charles Roscoe James who
has arrived in England, accord
ing to a message received ty his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Asa James
of Murphy, R. F. D. 3 Before
going overseas he was stationed
at Port Jackson. S. C., and took
his basic training at Nashville,
Tenn.
missioned an Ensgin in the U. S.
Navl Reserve when he graduated
recently from the Naval Training
School for midshipmen at Abbott
Hall, Northwestern University.
Chicago, 111.
His completed three-month
course consisted of navigation, I
seamanship and gunnery. The
newly commissioned Ensign will j
now see action with the fleet as '
a deck officer.
U. S. SENATOR Former Gov
ernor Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby
who was nominated to the seat
now held by Senator Robt. R.
Reynolds in the United States
Senate, in the prima iy held Sat- ,
urday.
Si NDAY SERVICES
The Rev. W. T. M<xilin. Jr.,
pastor of the Hiwassee Circuit '
of the Methodist chureh, will I
preach Sunday morning; at 11
o'clock at Bellview and at 3 p. m.
at Culberson. The public is in
vited to attend.
SINGING
The Annual singing will be held
at Shady Grove Sunday. All
singers are invited to attend.
Jack B. Akin
Is Praised By
Gen. Doolittie
An Eighth AAP Liberator Sta
tion. England - A B24 Liberator
Heavy Bomber Group of which
ate First Class Jack B Akin
of Dillard St. Murphy. North Caro-'
Una. son of Mrs Margaret Akin
is a member, recently was offi
cially praised by Lieutenant Gen
eral James L. Doolittie. Com
manding Officer of the Eighth
An- Force, for achievement on its
first mission which was against
Berlin. The action was the Ger
man Capital's worst daylight
raid of the war and left huge fires
raging in the city.
In part General Doolittle's un
usual commendation of the B-24
Group commanded by Colonel
Arthur J. Pierce of Montague
Mass. read. "Participation in the
Berlin Mission marked your initi
ation into Eighth Air Force opera
tions against the enemy. I wish
to welcome all personnel of the
Group and supporting units whose
efforts reflect the skill and effi
ciency essential to the success of
our operations. It is noteworthy
hat your initial mission was the j
longest first mission undertaken I
ty a group in this theater. My |
congratulations to all of you
'signed) Doolittie."
New Hardware
And Building
Supply Firi To
Open In Murphy
Hampton Hardware and Sup
Ply Company will open a store in
tile Wofford building next, to the
I' V. A. garage around July l. The
building; was purchased ty the
company recently from Charlie
Wofford and is now being rennov
oted and remodeled.
Tin- firm will carry hardware,
furniture and building supplies
and It will be managed by w. E.
Hampton, of Copperhill, Tenn.
The Hampton Hardware and Sup
ply Company now has two stores
one at Copperhill and one at
Blue Ridge. Qa . and the Murphy
store will make the third. Asso
ciated with Mr. Hampton in the
ownership of the stores are: W
Frank Rogers. Copperhill: and
John A. Bagwell. Blue Ridge.
Ml-. Hampton plans to move
to Murphy to make his home
bringing his wife and three of
his children.
Pre-A vial ion
Cadet Tests Are
Taken By Palmer
Kee.sler Field. Biloxi, Miss., May
- Pvt. Gene Palmer, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W F. Palmer. And
rews. N. C. Box No. 31 is now be
ginning medical and psychological
tests, classification and training
at this unit of the Army Air
Forces Training Command. This
Army processing is designed to 1
determine his qualifications as a,
pre-aviation cadet.
Upon successful completion of
this phase he will be sent either
to a college or university for five -
months of further study or di
rectly to a pre flight center for
cadet training, depending upon |
his previous academic back- j
ground.
Thos. L. Sasser
Dies On Eve Of
His Graduation
News was received here last
week of the death of Thomas Liv
ingston Sasser, 17-year-old son of
the Rev. and Mrs. T. L. Sasser of
Greensboro. Thomas, a sufferer
from diabetes was found dead in
bed ty his father Thursday morn
ing. and cause of death was judg
ed a diabetic condition, by the
county coroner.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 6 p. m. Saturday at First
Baptist church. Reidsville, by Dr
J. Clyde Turner, pastor of First
Baptist church of Greensboro,
with burial in Greenview cemetery.
Reidsville.
Young Sasser was a senior at
Greensboro high school and was
to have received his diploma at
commencement exercises this
week. A talented musician, he
was a member of the Woman's
college symphony orchestra.
Mr. and Mr.s Sasser lived in
Murphy for seven or eight years,
while Mr. Sasser was pastor of
First Baptist church here. It was
during that time that Thomas
was born in Atlanta. While he
was an infant the family moved to
Reidsville. where Mr. Sasser was
pastor of First Baptist church 15
years.
It was through Mr. Sasser 's ef
forts during his pastorate that
the present church here was
erected. Mr. and Mrs. Sasser
and Tiomas visited here a num
ber of times while Thomas was a
small boy. They have many I
friends here.
CONDUCTS COURSE Dr
B G. Childs of Duke University.
Durham, who is conducting a
study course on "Stewardship of
Life" at the Methodist church
each evening this week, through
Thursday.
Youth Night To
Be Held Friday
Youth Night will be held at the
gymnasium again Friday eve
ning. beginning at 7:30 An in
creased program of activitiy is
contemplated. The public is in
vited. and it is hoped that there
will be even more this week in
attendance. One of the notice
able fetures of this recreational
program has been the participa
tion in all events by practically
all present. Volley ball, table
tennis, badminton, horseshoes,
shuffleboard. and miniature golf
are on schedule for this week.
Business Places Asked To Close
For Prayer On Invasion Day
Plans for D-Day. with Prank
Forsyth as chairman, were map
ped out at a meeting of citizens j
representing the churches, clubs .
and other organizations of the j
town, Wednesday, afternoon in
the library.
.On invasion day special services
will te held at the First Baptist.!
First Methodist, and Calvary Bap- 1
tist churches in Murphy. 30 min- j
utes after a signal is given that j
th invasion Is taking place. The |
signal will be the up-an-down
sounding of the lire siren for five j
minutes, followed by the ringing
of church bells All places of j
business are asked to put up a
flag in front of their establish- j
ments as soon as the signal is
given, and then go to the church
of their choice for an hour of
prayer and worship. Everyone in
town is asked to attend one of
the church services, which will be j
held simultaneously, thirty min
utes after the indication that in
vasion lias started.
If announcement of the invas
ion comes between 9 p. m. and
8 a. m., the signal will be delay
ed until 8 a. m.
H G. Elkins. H. Bueck. and J.
W. Franklin were appointed by
Chairman Forsyth to assist in
contacting the business people,
requesting them to close on invas
ion day when the signal is given,
to put up the flags and to attend
services. Mr. Elkins was appoint
ed to have chArge of sounding the
siren.
Lt. M. Fain Weaver
Is Killed In Burma
KILLED IN ACTION ? Lt.
Maxwell Fain Weaver, who was
killed while on duty as a pilot
with the army air forces, over
Burma, on Tuesday. May 16, He
is the son of Mrs. K. V. Weaver of
Murphy.
Cherokee Men
Gasified In 1-A
The Cherokee county draft
board this week reclassified the
following men. Only four were
placed in 1-A.
They were: 1-A ? Grant Rober
son Jack Charlie Gibby. Hardin
Columbus Kephart, Charles Rich
ard Sutton.
2 A Clifford Henry Killian.
William Clarence Arms. William .
Odis Mason. D. L. Swanson. Edwin
Lewis Kinc. Ralph Randall Ros
ers, Ernest Nutting. James Fran
cis Postell. Garrett Henry Ramey.
Wayne L. Franklin. James Ray
On*. Leonard Decker. Raymond
Charles Rorcis. Harvey Earl Ham
ilton.
2-B ? Hoyt Otis Gladson.
2-C ? Claude Lee Coker. James
Lewis Simonds.
4-F ? Odeen Bunvan Allison
Roy Stiles.
Red Cross Here
Gets Check From
Fontana Dam
Cherokee county Red Cross
chapters last week received a
check for $1534 from the Fon
tana Dam war fund campaign,
representing the amount designar
ed for the county by men from
here working on the construc
tion project there. Of the $1534
the Cherokee county chapter at
Murphy received $084 52 and the
Andrews chapter $549 48.
The total contributions at Fon
tana Dam were $20 08(5 74.
Lt. Maxwell Fain Weaver, 25,
son of Mrs. K V. Weaver of Mur
phy was killed in action May 16
over Burma, according to a war
department message received by
his brother. Robert Weaver, here
Saturday. He was serving as
pilot in the army air forces. No
details of the death have been
learned up to this time.
He was sent overseas December
6. 1943. having received his wings
and commission July 29 a; Pam
pa Field. Pampa Texas.
Prior to this. Lieutenant Weav
er traine dat Grenada, Miss., hav
ing entered service in February,
1942. He was home on leave last
November.
Lieutenant Weaver is survived
by his mother, two brothers. lit.
Edgar Samuel Weaver, serving in
England with the armed forces,
Robert, of Murphy, and one sister,
Mrs. Glenn Taylor, of Oakboro.
The lieutenant was a graduate
of Murphy high school and at
tended Brevard college.
Singing To Be
Held On June 11
The Cherokee county annual
singing convention will be held at
Martins Creek school house on
June 11 at 9:30 o'clock. Every
one is invited to be present. All
singers, classes and quartets arc
urged to come. There will be a
stand on the grounds for those
who do not wish to bring lunch.
IN TRAINING UNIT ? Cpl.
Richard P. Mauney, soil of Mr.
and Mrs. T. J Mauney of Mur
phy. who is stationed at Fort
Bragg and is with the special
training unit, in the reception
center. He entered the service in
August. 1943.
Before enterinp the army. Cor
poral Munry was assistant cashier
in the State Treasury department.
RaleiRh. He is a sraduate of
Murphy high school and attend
ed the University of Georgia,
where he was a member of the
Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. Cor
poral Mauney married Miss Cath
ryn Morrow of Andrews, who now
resides in Raleigh.
Shields Appointed
Purchasing Agent
E L. Shields, city clerk, was
appointed purchasing agent for
the Town of Murphy, at a call
meeting of the town council Thurs
day evening. Purchases are to
be approved by the board, except
in cases of emergency.
Tlie board voted to have sewer
I lines connected for Murphy Box
and Flooring Manufacturing Oo?
the company to pay for materials
and labor.
The resignations of Pulton
Hartness and Wess Garrett of
the water departmnt were ac
; repted. Hershell Hall was tera
I porarily employed on the water
J department. The town has appli
I cation with the State Board of
I Health for a trained man to be
superintendent of the water de
partment here.
It. was announced that tennis
equipment, horse shoes, badmin
ton. and other games have been
purchased and are ready for u.?
I at the city park when back stops
for the tennis courts can be ob
tained and the grounds prepared.
OVERSEAS ? Pfc. Robert L.
' Raper, who entered service in
May, 1943. has boon stationed
with the Quartermasters Corps in
England since Ociober. 1943.
Robert is the son of Mr. and Mrs
Edgar Raper of Culberson.
Missing
Williard Cecil Anderson. S 1/C,
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Ander
1 son. was reported missing May
13. He has been overseas since
December, 1943.