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Only Fourth Of War Bond Quota Is Sold With a quota of $237 000. and a ? little more than a week to work on the Fifth War Loan drive. Cherokee county had sold $61,804. about 26 percent of the quota, as of June 23, it was announced this -v! <k by P. B Feretee. chairman county. Of this amount. $48 962 were E series. Tie quota for the county is $237,000. Merle Davis Is Made Captain On Invasion Day Lt. Merle Davis was promoted 1 on Invasion Day to the rank of Captain. Captain Davis is serv ing with the Medical Corps, some where in the Hawaiian Islands. He has been in service three years and has spent most of that time overseas. Captain Davis has two bro thers who are also serving their country Sgt. Boyd Davis, serving ft litUe over two years at the In- 1 cucting and Recruiting Station a: Camp Croft. S. C.. and S/Sgt. | Kenneth Davis, who is now over teas. has been in service two ! years, having recently arrived overseas. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs Fred Davis of Grand view. Donley Cases Transferred To A Referee Cherokee coumy superior court in session here last week, ad journed Thursdny afternoon. ' Felix E. Alley of Wavnes ? . > presidd. i e case of Frank Laney et als W. P. Cuthbertson et al occu rred Tuesday and Wednesday. The case was decided in favor of Lane?. The case of Walter C. Witt vs. E. L. Townson for commission of S500 for sale of property was de cided in favor of Witt. Notice of appeal was given. The cases against John Donley referred to Attorney Frank Waison of Spruce Pine. Missionary Preaches Here The Rev. J. V. N. Talmage. D. | 1- a missionary to Korea for 33 vcai-s, and who was a prisoner of le Japanese in Korea for four months following the attack on Pearl Harbor, preached at Mur pi'Y Presbyterian church Sunday evening, and told of his exper- 1 f iv es while in prison. Dr. and1 Mrs. Talmage are now living at Montreat. BIIECK S FATHER ILL H. Bueck was called to Salis bury Tuesday to the bedside of his father. Howard Bueck. wlio is critically ill in a hospital. AP.mvES HOME ? Sgt. Cecil Jones, who has been serving in the South Pacific for 28 months, has arrived here to spend a 21 rtay furlough with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Jones, at Unaka. Sergeant Jones entered service in April, 1941, and took h's basic training at Port Mc Clellan, Ala, Fifteen Men Leave Friday For Induction Fifteen Cherokee county men lef. Friday for Fort Bragg for in duction into the army. Clark Harrison Kirkman, Jr., was lead er. Others in the group were: Robert Lester Beaver. George Glenn Farmer. Roy William Rap er, Edwin Francis Brooks. Will iam Elbert Hughes. Glenn Noah Pace. Jack Columbus Guthrie, William Dawes Woody. Robert Lee Byers, Ralph Vincent Kent, Gilbert Warren Solesbee, William Carson Ferguson. Albert Luther Taylor, John Bert Oregon- Jr. Old Address Is Needed Subscribers to the SCOUT who wish to have their address es changed should state at what address they have been receiv ing the paper when they re quest changes made. With hundreds of names on the mail ing list, it is often difficult to locate the name. The paper is | glad to change addresses for any subscriber who moves, and will appreciate this helpful in formation when the requests arc made. Relatives who subscribe for men overseas are requested to heep a record of the expiration dates and renew the paper at the proper time, so that the boys will not miss any issues. Mrs Wells. And Rev. Ralph Taylor I Jons Speakers Mrs. Winifred T. Wells made a report on application for pro- ' posed chances in the L & N rail road schedule and discontinuing the Culberson station at the meet ing of the Murphy Lions club Tuesday evening. The applica t ion for change in schedule has been withdrawn, but hearing will be held in Asheville Friday morn ing relative to discontinuing the Culberson station. The Rev. Ralph Taylor read a speech sent by W. A. Goodson, field representative for Standard : Oil Company, who could not be i present, calling attention to the gasoline black market and appeal- 1 ing to the hearers to help curb the illegal purchase of gasoline. H. A. Mattox and K. C. Wright made a report on the State Lions convention in Charlotte recently. Harry McBrayer of Anderson, S. C . guest of Frank Ellis, and Dale Lee, another guest, were wel comed. President Frank Forsyth an- , nounced that the club members had been given a special invita tion to attend the Farmers Federa tion picnic on July 8. at Murphy j school. Edward Brumby and J. D. El rod were welcomed as new mem bers. H. G. Elkins reported on the district Boy Scout executive com mittee banquet which was held in Asheville Monday evening. Culberson Station Hearing To Be Held On Friday The application of the Louis ville and Nashville railroad for change of schedule from Murphy to Blue Ridge has been withdrawn, according to information receiv ed here from both the railroad company and the Utilities com mission in Raleigh. However, the railroad company still re quests that they be permitted to discontinue the station at Cul berson. and hearing on that will be held Friday as advertised. Several Murpihy people are expected to attend the hearing, which will be at Langren hotel 1n Asheville Friday morning. j MRS. ALLINE R. KING Mrs. King Resigns As County Home Agent Mrs. Alline R. King, for the past, seven years home demonstra tion agent of Cheroke county, has resigned her position, effective July 1. Her resignation was given this week to the county commis sioners and to the North Carolina Extension service i n Raleigh. Mrs. King gave as her reason for resigning the condition of her mother, Mrs. J. A. Richardson, who is in declining health. Mrs. King is the former Miss Alline Richardson of Murphy. She attended Woman's College of the University of North Carolina. Greensboro, and taught home economics three years in Polk county and three years in Forest City, following which she accept ed the position as home agent here. In December 1940 she married W. D. King, who is in business here. She was the first full-time permanent home agent in this county in the past several years. During these seven years the work ha? reached out into practically every community in the county. Starting seven years ago with no clubs, she lias been instrument al in organizing 18 which are now functioning and holding regu lar monthly meetings, successful ly. Mrs. King says that with the difficult days of founding the clubfc behind -she expects the women to carry on in a great way in the future, making home de monstration work result in bet ter living in all farm homes in the county. She states that she lias enjoyed working with and for the women in her clubs and deeply regrets that it is necessary for her to give the work up. She expressed gratitude for the coop eration the women and other county citizens have given her. Mrs. King will continue to make her home in Murphy. Plans for future work of home demonstration work in the coun ty will be announced next week. Howard Walker Is Killed In The Pacific Mrs. Lily M. Parker of Suit re-< ceived a telegram from the War Department last Wednesday ad vising her that her foster-son. 1 Private Howard Walker was kill ed on June 4th in the Pacific area. No details were given. Private Walker entered service September 8. 1942. and was sta tioned for a few months at Camp Butner. He was home on leave in December. 1942, and left for overseas duty in February. 1943. He stayed for sometime in Aus tralia later going to New Guinea. Private Walker is survived by ? his foster-mother, Mrs. Parker | and two foster-sisters. Miss Hattie Parker of Suit and Mrs. Ralph Keenum of Sylva. Revival Closes Sunday Evening Revival services which have been in progres sat the Free Metho dist church since June 18, with the Rev. Fred R. Horton. evangel ist. in charge will close with the Sunday evening service July 2. Regular midweek prayers ser vices will be held every Thursday evening at 7:45 o'clock. SERMON SUBJECTS "How to Talk to Yourself" will be th esubject of the sermon at 11 o'clock. Sunday, by Rev. Ralph Taylor at First Methodist Church. "The Ox Driver'' will be the sub cet at 7:45 o'clock. fc Pearley E JVIann At Fort Knox Armored School Port Knox, Kv. ? 'Special! ? A new class of soldier students had reported at the Armored School today to take a special course in the Wheeled Vehicle Department. New students include: Corporal Feaiiey E. Mann, son of Mr and Mrs B. C. Mann, RFD No. 2. Murphy. N. C. The Armored School, of which Brig. Gen. P. M Robinett is com mandant1. trains the thousands of officcr and enlisted technicians who perform the specialist tasks in the Army's molibe, powerful armored divisions and tank bat talions. One of the largest tech nical schools in the world. It graduates several times more stu dents each year than the average civilian university. The Wheeled Vehicle Depart ment trains the student mechanics in the intricacies of keeping peeps and jeeps, trucks and scout cars rolling in combat HOME FROM OVERSEAS T/5 Homer M| Brown, return ing from 20 months overseas in the European theatre of opera tions. was expected on June 16 at Port Bragg, prior to reaching his home at Brasstown to visit hi! father, N. P. Brown. Murphy Recreation Park To Be Formally Opened July 4 Harold Raxter With Efficient Military Police City Of Naples Allied Force Advance Press Headquarters. Italy ? Pfc. Harold R. Raxter, Special Guard, son of Mrs. J. W. Raxter, Andrews. N. C. is with the regiment of Military i Police that has made war-disrupt ed Naples into one of the most efficient ports in the world through its regulation of traffic in the city's maze of narrow alleys and congested streets. Traffic MPs have had to un tangle snarls of vehicles driven by soldiers of the American. Eng lish. French, Indian and Polish Armies while happy-go-lucky Neapolitans sauntered down the middle of the street. Despite their many problems these men have cut traffic accidents by 85 percent, allowing more than 30, | 000 tons of war equipment to pass I through the city daily. Black Market operators find it so difficult to get ilegal food past the law that they pay $3000 for a truckload of flour that formerly cost them $1000. Counterfeit rings have been broken and the regiment, in its thorough style, even operates improvised radio patrol cars. Funeral Rites For I. P. Hawkins To Be Held Today Israel Paul Hawkins, 85. died at his home at Culberson at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning, fol lowing a year's illness. Funeral services will bo held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday at Shady Grove Baptist church, of which he was a member, with the I Rev. Thomas Truett officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins had been I married 64 years the 10th of last j March. Surviving are the widow. Mrs. I Frances America Hawkins; four sons, E. P. Hawkins of Murphy. Joe of Culberson, and Casteel and Gay of Suit: four daughters. Mrs. : Lillie Hensley of Detroit. Mich . Mrs. Mattie Arp and Mrs. Daisy i Arp of Isabella, and Mrs. Nettie j Rice of Culberson. Lieut. Wilhelniina Hinton Transferred To San Francisco Fort Mason. Calif. ? Wilhel niina Hinton. daughter of Mr. and I Mrs. A. N. Hinton of Murphy, who 1 | is a second lieutenant in the I ! Women's Army Corps, was recent- j ly transferred from the Seattle I ; Port of Embarkation to the San Francisco Port of Embarkation, where she has reported for duty , and lias teen assigned to the Administrative Division. She is the second WAC officer assigned to the San Francisco Port of Em barkation as an "operation offi cer." Lt. Hinton attended Brevard ' Junior College and before enlist ing in the WAC she was employ ed by the Federal Reserve Bank | at Chicago and Detroit. Baptists Choose Pulpit Committee The members of First Baptist cliurcli on Sunday morning elect i ed a pulpit committee to recom ; mend to the church a pastor to i succeed the Rev A. B. Cash, who leaves August first to become superintendent of city missions in Columbus. Oa. Following is the committee: i Peyton O. Ivie, chairman. Cy rus C. White. Lloyd W. Hendrix. ; C. W. Arnold. R. D. Chandler. i Roger Ammons. Noah Loving ood, i Mrs. J. W. Davidson and Mrs. J. C. Ammons. KILLED IN ACTION ? S. Sgt. Clyde Woods, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Woods of Murpfhy, R. F. D. No. 3. who was killed in action over Biak Island May 17. accord ing to word received by his par ents. THOS. DEWEY AND BRICKER CANDIDATES At the Republican national convention in Chicago this week. Governor Thos. E. Dewey J of New York was nominated as Republican candidate for president of the United States, and Gov. John W. Brtcker of Ohio was nominated as the party's candidate for vice-presi dent. Clyde Jarrett of Andrews was a state delegate to the conven tion. Murphv People Speak At WNC Press Meeting Murphy people were prominent on the program of the Western North Carolina Weekly Press as sociation at S & W. cafeteria in Asheville Saturday evening. Miss Dora Ruth Parks spoke on "What a Weekly Newspaper Means to Community Agencies"; H. G. El kins on "Advertising and Public Utilities": and Mrs. J. W. David son on "The Weekly Press and the School". The Rev. W. Perry Crouch, pastor of First Baptist , church, Asheville, spoke on ?"The1 Press and the Church". Josephus Daniels, editor of Raleigh News and Observed and former U. S. Ambassador to Mexi co. concluded the program with a short address on the press. He urged the publishers to print the news and to crusade for good. Miss Addie Mae Cooko of Mur phy was program chairman. Henry Henderson of Brevard presided over the meeting. The members voted to hold their next meeting in August. B. I Arp Lowrance of Charlotte in vited the members to attend a ! meeting of the Mid-Western asso ciation at Shatley Springs in 1 Ashe county in August. The I meeting of the state press associa : tion in High Point July 13-14 was I announced and members urged to attend. Majority Of Stores Are To Close July 4 Most of the stores and other { places of business in Murpliy ! will be closed on next Tuesday, I July 4. Some stores which close ! on Tuesday will remain open all day on Thursday instead of I taking a half-holiday. However, | several merchants have an nounced their intentions of closing both Tuesday and on Thursday afternoon. Several merchants have an nounced their intentions to close Tuesday, on the page ad vertising the opening of the park. Murphy's recreation park will be formally opened on Tuesday. July 4. with a ceremony and tour naments thai start at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Following the dedications by some prominent man at 4 o'clock, a marble tournament will be held. A prize of $5 in war stamps is be ing offered to the winner. Suffleboard and croquent- con tests will be held, following which two horseshoe tournaments will be held A prize of $5 in war stamps is offered in the young people's horseshoe contest. For archery another prize of $5 in war stamps is offered. 9 barbecue supper at 7 o'clock is being planned. Those not desir ing to partake of the barbecue are asked to take picnic suppers and enjoy this first event at the park. Church Celebrates Freedom From Debt Sunday The congregation of First Bap tist church will celebrate the lift ing of all indebtedness on the church property with appropriate exercises on Sunday at 11 o'clock accordig to annoucement by the Rev. A. B. Cash, pastor. The exercises Sunday will bring to a successful close the program launched three yews ago to lift the debt on the church property. At this service, the cancelled bonds and notes of indebtedness will be burned by the church officers, and the laying of the cornerstone will conclude the ex ercises under the direction of Mr. Cash. TVA-Southern Power Company Case Is Being Tried, Asheville A rehearing of the case of the Tennessee Valley Authority against the Southern States Power comp any was opened Monday before a special three-judge Federal Court in the district courtroom in the federal building. Judge E. Yates Webb. Judge John Paul, and Judge J. W. War ing are sitting in the case. Wit nesses were heard Monday. The case has been fought through the federal courts since it was originated in 1936 and has been to the supreme court. It was sent back for a rehearing be cause of the methods used in de terming the value of certain lands. Originally involved was some 12, 000 acres of land in the extreme western part of the state. GOES TO KENTUCKY J. H. Pitzer will leave Monday to take over the management of the Cumberland Mountain hotel, Middlesboro. Ky. IN ITALY ? Pvt. Charley H. Haigler who entered the service in 1943, and took his training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Arizona and Mexico. Charley was sent | overseas in January, 1944, and was sent to Italy after he landed ! in North Africa. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Haigler.
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