Free Methodists
To Hold Opening
Services Sunday
T.e Free Methodist church. ?
M . piiv announces its opening
services on Sunday, June 18. a:
tlif new location, the old Harshaw
chapel, which has been remodeled.
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock
Sunday school will be held.
Preaching is at 11 a. m. and 7:45
p. m.
Tlie revival planned by the Free
Methodists starts Sunday and ex
tends through the next two weeks,
closing Sunday, July 2. with the
Rev Fred R. Horton, evangelist,
preaching.
Mr Horton says: "You will en
joy hearing the word of God and
worshipping at this sacred old
spc: in downtown Murphy. Har
shaw chapel holds blessed mem
ories for scores of people in this
section, because of the old-time
p ospel tliat was preached there in
former years, and you are urged
to join in these special meetings
which mark the completion of
:hc repair work that has been go
in,-: on there for the past month. '
Come and see how God's house |
has been beautified through the
generosity of Murphy people."
There will te a great meeting
for v. ung people especially, this
Sunday night. A guest speaker '
w.. be Buford Cranford .survivor
of Pearl Harbor, who will graphi
describe his miraculous es
cape through the Power of God
and prayer.
Cornwell Is In
Enfland Doin<i
Engine Repairini?
Air Service Command c>ia- 1
' ? Somewhere in England"?'
? Harland J. Cornwell *on of
I' t Corn well of Rt No. 1 Mur- 1
C. is now overseas witli
Eneine Repair Section of an
A r Ser ice Command depot
ruowh re in England".
' son and Packard Merlin en-,
are disassembled and given
')]< ro overhaul by the skilled
!n<:ars of this section. In
' on. they manufacture dies,
jig-;. and fixtures which
needed to meet the ever
ing iemands of aerial war
fa re
? 5 Harland J. Corn well is
of t le men recently com
- ' dod ?y Lieutenant General
( Spaa z. Commanding General
h United States Strategic Air
ir Europe, when produc
at i ie depot was increased
by more .han 100 percent.
Before entering the Army, he
emp.oyed by the T. V. A. in
Murphy.
Jurors Drawn For
Superior Court
Jurors for the June lerm of
Cherokee county superior court
which convenes Monday. June 19,
have been drawn by the board of
conty commissioners as follows:
First week ? P. W. Kilpatrick.
Murphy. R. P. D. No.' 2; J. W
Farmer. Grandview; N. W Mintz,
Murphy: N. E. Hunsucker. Mur
phy. R. F D No. 1; Aud Sudderth,
Murphy. R. F- D. No. 1: J. T.
Kephart. Murphy. R. F. D No
3; G. W. Rogers. Murphy. R F
D. No 3: Ed English. Murphy.
R. P. D No. 1: D M. Reese. Mur
phy; J. M. Robinson. Patrick:
Oscar Davis. Unaka: Joe Bran
nan. Unaka: Everett Martin,
Murphy. R. F. D No. 3: Drew |
Davis. Murphy; Dee Mick ins. ^
Vests: Walter Graham, Unaka;
C. F Woodard. Andrews: J D.
Carringer. Murphy. R. P. D. No.
2: B. R Peek. Murphy. R. P D.
No 3: H. W. Arrowood. Andrews;
A. D. Smith. Andrews: J W. New
man. Culberson. R. P. D.: Clay
ton Stiles. Postell : A M Greene.
Murphy.
Second week ? George W. Wil- J
son. Murphy. R. P. D. No. 1 B.
H. Wilson. Murphy. R. F D No.
2: Fred Sneed. Murphy. R. F D.
Nc. 1 : Porter Axley. Murphy:
Floyd Evans. Ranger: J. U. Firm
er Grandview: Willard Kephart.
Murphv: Oscar Rice. Turtletown.
Tenn.R F D: J. M. Brvson.
Marble: J. V. Hall. Marble: Ray
Matheson. Andrews: Z. L. Whit-:
ikcr. Andrews' M J ITang
cr: B. T Helton. Culberson. R. F
D No. 2: C. C Forrester. Culber
son: J. T Dorkerv. Grandview:
D. L. Parris. Andrews: D. A Cald
well. Murphy. R F D. No. 1:
Howard West. Murphy: T. E
Self. Turtletown. Tenn.. R. F
D lee Godfrey. Letitia: Ed King.
Murphy: Robert Bault. Murphy:
C. S. Evans, Murphy
Salo Horowitz
Accepts Position
j E Ranters who has served
as treasurer of the Cherokee
Lumber Corporation since its or
ganization two years ago. and as
bookkeeper for Murphy Box and
Flooring Manufacturing Compaq .
left Monday for New York City.
Salo Horowitz who recently ar
rived here from Amsterdam. Hol
land. succeeds Mr. Kanters.
Shields Is Re-elected
Murphy Town Clerk
E L. Shields was re-elected j
city clerk at the regular meeting
of tiie town council Monday night, j
It was voted to rearrange the !
fire hydrants in Factory Town j
to give greater fire protection.
It was also voted to survey and
open the alley connecting Dillard
Street and Bayless Street.
The council accepted the resig
nation of Arnold Dalrymple, city
Policeman. His successor waa
hot appointed at this meeting.
In case an extra policeman is
needed at any time, it was voted ,
to pay him $3 without a car, or j
$5 with a car.
"facing the worst"
Is sermon subject
Dr Ralph H. Taylor, minister
a: First Methodist church, will |
Preach Sunday at 11 o'clock on
ftc subject. "Facing the Worst".!
SINGING
The third Sunday singing will
be held Sunday at the Hanging
church. Everyone is invited
*? attend.
Fifteen Men Are
Re-Classified 1-A
Fifteen Cherokee county men
have been classified 1-A this week. I
With 21 cJassifed 2-A; one 1-AH
and one 2-B. They are:
1-A Hobert Picklcsimer, Jack
Adams. Richtfrti. WiMfeon^ {Law
rence Hogsed. Clarence G. Miller,
James Lemons, Aubry L. Brown,
Junior B. Arms. Clyde E. Thomas,
Fred D. Almond. Herbert C. Hen
ry. Monroe Lee. James M. New
man. John A. Ray. Solomon H.
Rich. 1-AH John O. Gilmore.
2-A Walter W. Radfcrd. Willard i
G. Forrester. Clarence L. Payne, |
Cecil W. Verner. Floyd A. Clark.
Ralph L. Lovingood. Boyd N. Mar
tin. Fred L. Moss. Frederick W.
Hughes. Charles G. Owenby. Den
nis M. Shields. James D. Davis.
James C. Rice. Wade E. Kephart,
John B. Bryant. Ernest Allen, Don
ald H. Green. Jack Almond. Henry
Kelley. Arthur J. Elrod. Gordon I
Ware.
2-B Clyde A. Dockery, Jr.
'invasion y\ApmmmmmmTKmmmmT.
( Soundphoio )
Invasion moves as depicted on the map above were planned to
isolate German troops in fortified zones according to forecasts by
military experts. How close those forecasts came to being right
s now indicated by the actual invasion.
Lions Club Awarded
Two District Trophies
IN NEW GUINEA Pfe. Lester
G. Forrister, who has been in
the army since 1941. has arrived
safely in New Guinea. He re
ceived hi.s basic training at Camp
Shelby. Miss., Camp Carson.
Colo., and Camp Adair. Ore., be
fore going overseas. Lester is
the husband of Mrs. Wilma For
rister of Culberson. R. F. D. 2.
Murphy Lions club was award- j
ed two of the three trophies a
warded to district 31 -A. at the
state convention held in Char
lotte Sunday through Tuesday of I
this week. This club received the
trophy for doing the best work
for the blind and also the attend
ance trophy, which is based on
the miles traveled and the num
ber attending. S. N. Bobo was
given honorable mention for his
work as secretary.
Attending the convention from
the local club were: Frank For
syth. H. A. Mattox. H. G. Elkins.
Dr. W. A. Hoover. Dr. J. R. Bell. I
R. S. Bault. K C Wright, and
Robert Easley.
Bible School Is j
Held At Ranger
The Annual Vacation Bible
I school, which is being held this
week at Ranger Methodist church
under the direction of the Rev.
W. R. Crowder of Duke Divinity
School, will close Saturday with
! the closing exercises to be held
' Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
Clyde Woods Is
Killed In Action
Nazi Planes Burning
BRITAIN ? This official U. S.
A. A. F. photo, showing German
planes burning on the ground after
a low-level attack by fighters of the
U. S. 8th Air Force, was made over
an enemy air field in Europe. Gen.
H. H. Arnold, commanding general
of the U. S. Army Air Forces, in
Chicago, said that this aerial
pounding of enemy territory and
planes constitutes an invasion "in
the deadliest sense of the word"
and is not a prelude as some peo
ple believe. *
Mrs. Maggie Woods of Murphy. !
f Route 3. received a message Sun
day that her son Staff Sgt. Clyde
Woods was killed in action May
27. on Biak Island. He was 27
years of age. He went into ser
vice Jan. 16. 1941. and went over
seas March 1942 He was in ser
vice in Australia and New Guinea, i
Surviving are his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Woods, two sis
I ters, Mrs. Callie Whitner of
Syrmaville. Ga.. and Mrs. Olen
Taylor. Murphy Rt. 3. and one 1
brother, Arvil Woods of Murphy, j
More People Must
Buy Bonds To Go
Over Top In Drive
The Fifth War Loan has been
on since Monday, and it Ls re
ported that Cherokee county
people are buying bonds but not
sufficiently to go over the goal
of $237,000 unless there is more
interest before the drive ends.
Included in the quota for
this county is an "E" bond
quota of S76.000.
Mrs. W. M. Pain took her
daughter. Miss Mary Porter Pain,
to Gatlinburg Thursday where
she has accepted a position with
i the Park Highway commission.
Plan Formal
Opening Of City
Park On July 4
Members of the Park commiss
ion met at the mapor's office Tues
day evening and discussed plans
for t e formal opening of the city
park on July 4. Before this time,
grass will be mowed, tennis
courts, badminton and shuffle
board courts will te constructed,
swings and seesaws put up. and
water and lights installed.
It is planned to enlarge the
park committee by adding mem- |
bers from different civic organize |
?lions, as an advisory committee.
Doyle Burch representing the
Lions club, E. P. Hawkins and
Robert Weaver of the town coun
cil. and C. H. Kirkman. assistant
farm agent were present at the 1
meeting, in addition to the fol- |
lowing members of the commit- 1
tee: J. B. Gray. Mrs. Thelma i
Dickey. Mrs. Howard Moody. A. |
L. Martin and W. M. Pain.
Troy L Ledford
Is In Signal
Corps In Italy
Allied Force Advance Press
Headquarters. Italy ? Private
Troy L. Ledford. Lineman, hus
band of Mrs. Louise Ledford.
Route No. 2. Murphy. N. C. is
serving with the wire section of
Signal Corps regiment that es
tablishes. operates and main
tains communications for an im
portant part of the Allied Annies
in Italy.
Early in the campaign this wire
scction was given the almost im- j
possible task of setting up in fif
teen days an entire telephone sys
tem for one of the most import
ant headquarters in this war
theater. With every man in the
unit working day and night, the
job was finished on time. Estab
lishing this system involved ac
tivating a six-position commercial
switchboard and installing 35
miles of buried lead ctle. 60 miles
of field wire and rubber cable and
200 telephone instruments.
Construction crews, linemen,
cable splicers anid switchboard
operators are proud to see the re
sults of their work in operation.
A total of 700 officers and en
listed men. most of them who
were telephone technicians in
civilian life, are now engaged
with this unit in keeping open the
lines of communications that are
vital to the success of a fighting
army.
Sister Of R. C.
Mattox Dies
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Mattox re
turn: d Wednesday from Daniels
ville. Ga.. where they were called
Monday on account of the death
of Mr. Mattox's sister. Mrs. C. C
Kidd. Funeral services were held
in Danielsville Tuesday afternoon
at 4 o'clock Mrs. Kidd had visit
ed Mr. and Mis. Mattox here once.
IN ENGLAND
Mr. and Mrs. Hadley Dickey
have received word that their son.
Pfc. John E. Dickey, has arrived
in England and has been assigned
to headquarters service.
ENTERS NAVY? Russell Sims.
18. son of Mr anil Mrs. Paul Sims
of Murphy, who left May 24 for
the Naval Training Center at
Camp Peary, Va? where he will
take his boot training.
Superior Court Is To
Convene On June 19
AWARDED PURPLE HEART
? Sgt. Herman Jones, who has
been wounded in action in Italy
and awarded the purple heart,
according to a message received
here by his wife. Mrs. Lois Jones.
Herman is th son of C. A. Jones
of Unaka and is a member of the
Masonic Lodge there. He has !
been in service 15 months and
overseas since December. 1943. He
received his basic training at i
Camp Robinson. Ark.
Vacation Bible
School Closes
Session Friday
The Vacation Bible school
which was held at First Baptist
church for the past two weeks,
closed Friday evening1 with a pro
gram of songs, scripture memory
verses. Bible Quiz and a panto
mine showing the value of in
fluence.
An exhibit of land work done
by the children in all departments
was on display.
Murphy First church. Calvary
and Pleasant Valley churches co
operated in the school. The en
rollment reached 200. Friday af- |
ternoon. a picnic was held for
the children at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Cash.
The Rev. R. Lane Akins. pastor
of Hayesville Baptist church,
was in charge of the school. He
was assisted by a faculty, includ
ing the Rev. A B. Cash. Mrs.
Cash. Mrs. J. M Ammens. Mrs
VV. S. William.1 and Mrs. Lloyd
Hendrix. superintendents of de
partments. with others assisting
in each department.
WOMEN'S C HAIRMAN
Miss Dora Ruth Parks has been
appointed chairman of the wom
! cr's division rf *he Fifth War
Loan drive for Murphy and vicini
ty to work with the local chair
man. She was appointed by Miss
Frances Cover of Andrews, chair
man of the women's division for
Cherokee county.
Cherokee county superior court
v;ill convene Monday. June 19,
for a two weeks' term, for the
trial of civil cx*ses. only. Judge
Felix E. Alley of fWafynesville
will preside.
Following is the calendar: June
19. Roy Rich vs. Hester Stile
Rich Elsie Marie Mull vs. George
Mull: Allen Bell vs. Evelyn Bell;
Hobert Brown vs. Ezra Price;
Carsie Ferguson vs. Herman H.
Ferguson Peoples Furniture Co.
vs. Elizabeth Grandstaff ; Frank
Laney et als vs. W P. Cuthbert
son et al: Walter C. Witt vs. E.
L. Townson.
Tuesday. June 20: Cherokee
county vs. J. W. Donley et als
'protested*: Cherokee county vs.
J. W. Donley et als 'protested);
County board of education vs. J.
W. Donley et aLs 'protested);
county board of education vs. J.
W. Donley et als (protested): J.
L. Hall vs. J. W. Donley et als
(protested: J. L. Hall vs. J. W.
Donley et als (protested).
Motions: West vs. West; H. L.
McHan vs. Dillard 'Bell): E. A.
Andrews et als vs. Murphy Baptist
church for final judgment;
Beecher Luther vs. Anderson et
als ? Witherspoon) : W. S. Dickey
vs. Coleman Head < Witherspoon) ;
Mattie Smith vs. Floyd Laney
<Bell>: Floyd Laney vs. Scott
Laney et als 'Bell); Citizens Bank
and Trust Co. vs. Elmer Holt, Jr.
et als: Cherokee county vs. J. W.
Donley et als 'protested*: Chero
kee county vs. J. W. Donley et als
(protested): Board of education
vs. J. W. Donley et als ( protested) :
Board of education vs. J. W.
Donley et als (protested: J. L.
Hall vs. J. W. Donley et als (pro
tested ' : J. L. Hall vs. J. W. Don
ley et als (protested): Wither
spoon et als vs. Latt et als.
Draft Board
Puts Nine Men
In Class 1-A
Fourteen men were classified
this week by the Cherokee coun
ty selective service board. Nine
were placed in 1-A They were:
1-A. Alfred Lafevers. William
A. Jones. Rome B Manev. Hoyt
O. Gladson. John R. Parker. Clif
ford C Dotson Fred H. Verner.
John H. Brooks. Ross Dockcry.
2- A. Ralph R. Wilcox. Edgar W.
Newman. William Raxter.
2-B. William H. Ramey: 1 -C,
Wayne C. Hass
In order that the public may
understand the reclassification of
selectees, following is an expla
nation :
Men classified 1-C are in ser
vice: 2-C in the farming class:
2-A. occupational deferment: 2-B.
occupational deferment for those
engaged in essential war work:
1-A. available for service: 4-F.
physically unfit: 3-D Needed at
home.
Twenty-Eight Men
Leave For Exams
Twenty-eight men left Murphy '
Tuesday morning for Camp Croft I
for pre-induction physical exami- J
nation. Quetter Lesley Louder- ,
milk was leader and Mack Howard
? Logan assistant leader. Others
in the group were:
Allen Dockery. Charles Elisha
Coleman. Aston Curtis. Frank
Harrill Ashe. Jack Charlie Gibby.
William Harvey Kephart, Broad
us Graves. Harvey Jewel Case.
Cha-rles Edward Lee Boyd Millard |
Hedrick. Arvil Moore. Young Al
bert Beaver. Howard Orton. Zeb
j Burley Lee. Johnsy Hillard Pat
j terson. Arnold White. Arvile
White. Jack Adams. Richard Wil
son. James Lemons. Lawrence
Henry Hogsed. Pi ed Dennis Al- !
mond. James Newman. James I
Richard Roberts. Glenn Augustus
Eller. Marion Lewis Morgan. ?
Oran Picklesimer did not report.
Anyone knowing his whereabouts
| is asked to notify the draft board.
Youth Night To
Be Held Friday
Murphy's Youth Night will be
held Friday night at the gymnas
ium beginning at 7:30. All of the
young people are cordially invit
ed to attend. Those persons hav
ing small children will note that
beginning this week, there will be
someone on hand to take care or
them while the parents take part
in the youth night activities. A
large crowd is expected to attend.
HAS BROKEN" ARM
Pfc. Calvin H. Stiles, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Stiles, has
been in the Fareda Army Air
Field station hospital since the
| last of April with a broken arm
i and other slight injuries sus
tained while in training. Upon
J release he will be sent home until
ready for duty again.