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Crowd Attends Park Opening; Hear Gray Murpli.i S city park on the sitt< of the ?ld ccc camp overlooking Bjn-awee lake which was leased from the TV A a year ago, was Jorma' v opened Tuesday after noon A large crowd attended. j. B Gray. Murphy attorney, ma<lt the dedicatory speech. He told how the site was acquired from the TVA and the U. S. For est service, and how it was large ly through the efforts of Joe E. Kay former president of the chamber of commerce, who is now in U?e army, and the town council that the project was finally .stalled. Plans for the development of the park have been mapped by the TVA, and will be brought to completion as fast as money and labor can be secured A marble tournament, with Jack Watkins winner, and Billy Browder and Gerald Davidson runner-up was held. Carl Meroney and Flank Dal rympli Ricliard Murphy and Everett Marr were winning teams in the toys' horseshoe tourna ment- Clyde Pat/ton and Willard Palmer won the men's horseshoe tournament. Johnny Shepherd and Jack Watkiti.s were winners in the arch ery contest. Prizes in the tour nament.-, v. e war savings stamps. A taii ue supper at 7 o'clock concluded the exercises. Whiskey Found In Woman's Home Sheriff L. L. Mason. Chief of Polit e Fiank Crawford, and Deputy Toby Fain went to the home of Eessit Loudermilk in Factory town Saturday where they found 15 gallons of whiskey under a trap door under the bed. The woman was taken into custody, together with Charlie Wise, and lodged in jail. At a preliminary hearing Sunday before Pied. Bates. Bessie Loudermilk. who said the v.hi.sk* v belonged to her. was bcunci over to court on $500 bond. Wii* who was said to have no inter*.-; in the whiskey, was ac quitted. C RITICALLY ILL M s. Grace Cooper is reported to be in a serious condition at Murphy General hospital. Miss Alice Cobb of Pine Moun tain. Kv School spent Satu: day at the Folk School. Rev. W. L. Hutchins To Preach Here Sunday Evening The Rev. W. L. Hutching, sup erintendent of the Waynesville district of the Methodist Church, will preach Sunday evening at First Methodist church at 7:45. Tlie business session of the fourth quarterly conference will be held immediately after the worship service. "Becky" and "Bill" Taylor, twins of the Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Taylor, will be christened by Mr. Hutchins at the evening service. Thieves Enter Davidson Home Thieves entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davidson Tuesday afternoon while the family was out. and emptied a number of pocket books. It was found that dresser drawers had been ransacked and pocket books were scattered all over the floor, and it was difficult to tell just what had fcoen taken. Blood hounds were put on the trail. District Council Meeting Held In Franklin June 29 Members of the County Coun cils of Home Demonstration Clubs I Cherokee. Clay. Jackson. Ma con. Swain. Graham, and Hay vood Counties held their District meeting in Franklin on June 29. M ss Anna C. Rowe. District Home Agent. presided. Reports of the Home Demonstration clubs | achievements and 4-H club work ! were given by a representative i lrom each county. Mrs. J. H. L. 1 Miller, State Chairman of the I Federation of Home Demonstra tion Clubs, was guest speaker. Representatives from Cherokee County were: Mrs. Clarence Hen drix. reporter for the county. Mrs. Paul Sudderth and Mrs. Gilbert , Stiles. Miss Mary Cornwell at 1 tended the agent's Training | School which was held in connec , tion with this meeting. I The Rev. \V. T. Medlin, Jr., re sumed Saturday from a week's vacation spent with relatives and f'iends in Raleigh. Saipan New Hub in Pacific War the biggest naval task force in history battles for the island Saipan (1) in -the Marianas group and for Saipan's fine airfields, the importance of this particular spot ? some 1465. miles from Tokyo and 1470 miles from the Philippines ?becomes increasingly evident. Quite outside its proximity to the Bonins, located about GOO miles from ?aPan. which have just been attacked by a big carrier task force, ?aipan is reported to have flat areas made to order for big land air bases. ? Some already are visioning the giant Superfortresses radiating jjom Saipan (as arrows show), as well as from China (2) to blast N'ppon's big manufacturing areas and slam at the Philippines. Pres ence of great naval forces there, plus other forces battering at the "owns, indicate that the big smash is on. It is./pointed out that the |*cent capture of Biak (3J off New Guinea provides bases fofr crack 9 at areas indicated by arrows. MOORE BROTHERS IN SERVICE Cp!. Hairy B Moore and Sgt. John B. Moore are visiting at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Moore of Murphy. Sergeant Moore, who recently completed a course in high speed tractors and tanks at Fori Sill. Okla.. will return to his station at Camp Livingston, La., and Corporal Moore, who recently graduated at Port Knox, will go to Camp Chaffe. Ark., at the end of this week. Miss Mary Cornwell Is New Home Agent Miss Mary Cornwell has been ? ;?.ppointed home demonstration ; agent for Cherokee county, it was > announced Monday by Miss Anna C. Roue, district home agent. The appointment was made by the N. C. Agricultural Extension service and the Cherokee County Board of commissioners. Miss Cornwell succeeds Mrs. Alline R. King, who has resigned. The new home agent has served as Cherokee's assistant agent for the past two years. A native of Tennessee, she was graduated from Maryville college and took giaduate work at the University of Tennessee. She was engaged in teaching before becoming asso ciated with the Extension service. Her appointment becomes ef fective July 15. Memorial Service To Be Held 16th A Memorial Service for Private Howard Walker, who was killed in the Pacific Area on June 4, v. ill be held at Friendship Baptist Church. Suit, on Sunday, July 16, at 11 o'clock. ENOCH REID HOME Pfc. Enoch B. Re id. with the Engineers, returned recently from 20 months overseas in the Europ ean Theatre of Operation. He went to Fort Bragg, prior to reaching his home at Vests, where i e will visit his mother. Mrs. El la Re id. 61,200 Surgical Dressings Shipped Bv Cherokee Red Cross Chapter In .June Murphy women wrio are mak- j ing surgical dressings are reeeiv- j ing cooperation from Hiwassee | Dam. Font-ana Dam and Camp- | bell folk school women. At Mur- j phy 80 different women working ? 520 hours, made 12.480 sponges. . Hiwassee Dam women made 6.480 sponges and Campbell Folk school 2,500. making a total for the month of 21.460. Women at Fon ana Dam are doing the quota for May. The local women are now working on the June quota and already have on hand the July, August and September quo tas. Mrs. J. H. Wilson, surgical dressings chairman, states that this Red Cross chapter shipped 61.200 dressings in June, to ord nance depot in Louisville. A series of pictures showing the uses to which the surgical dress ings are put are on display at the Cherokee Scout office. Mrs. H. Bueck, junior Red Cross chairman, is asking high school girls to work at the surgical dress ings room every Tuesday and Thursday morning from 10 to 12 o ?c, to assist with the quotas. During the past month the fol i . a ing records were made by local women : Working 34 hours. Mrs. R. S. Parker; 31 hours. Mrs. A. J. Burns; 18 hours. Mrs. W. M. Ax ley; 17 hours. Mrs. Jean Murray. 14 hours. Mrs. C. A. Beatty. Mrs. Charley May field; 11 hours. Mrs. L. E. Bayless. Mrs. J. W. David son: 10 hours. Mrs. J. W. Thomp son; 9 hours. Mrs. T. J. Mauney. Mrs. C .C. Richardson; 8 hours. Mrs. P. C. Hyatt, Mrs. C. R. Eng lish; 7 hours, Mrs. Vera Gentry. Mrs. B. W. Whitfield; 6 hours. Mrs. T. W. Kindley. Mrs. Cleo Pitzer, Mrs. Arthur Akin. Mrs. R. C. Mattox. Mrs. E. J. Darnell. Mrs. T. A. Case. Mrs. O K. Er hart; Working 5 hours were: Mrs. Vivian Gentry. Mrs. J. L. Savage. Mrs. W. C. Kinney. Mrs. Cloe Moore, Mrs. Charles Worthen, Mrs. W. O. Hoffman. Miss Hattie Ax ley. Mrs. C. W. Savage, Mrs. Leonard Johnson. Mrs. B. B. Cornwell. Mrs. Roy Lovingood, Miss Wilam Johnson, Miss Jean Coffey. Others*, working less than 5 hours, were: Mrs. C. W. Arnold, Miss Gillie Martin. Miss Edna Mae Palmer. Miss Frankie Wilson. Mrs. J. M. Amnions. Mrs. B. W. Brumby. Mrs. Ted Howell. Mrs. Allen Howell. Miss Perrie Vaughn. Mrs. J. W. Bailey. Mrs. A. W. Lovingood. Mrs. S. D. Akin. Mrs. P. C. Gentry. Mrs. Connie Hold er. Mrs. L. W. Lloyd. Mrs. Evelyn D< ckery. Mrs. J. W. Dyer. Mrs. Bill Gilbert, Mrs. W. H. Murray. Mrs. Dale Lee. Mis. George Phil lips. Mrs. Jno. Stillman Mrs. A. B. Cash, Mrs. J. N. Moody. Mrs. E. F. Arnold. Mrs. Wayne Town son, Mrs. Clyde Townson. Miss Mozelle Moore. Mrs. Howard Moody. Mrs. Myron Jensen. Miss Toots Cook. Mrs. Marshall Ram sey. Mrs. Bill Adams. Miss Emily Sword. Mrs. Bill Brandon. Mrs. L. W. Hendrix. Miss Ruth Thomp son, Mrs. Robt. Easley, Mrs. Jack Taylor. Miss Mary R. Cruse. Mrs. L. P. Schaap. Red Cross Office Hours Announced The American Red Cross home service office, located in the Mur phy Electrical Shop, is now open daily except Thursday and Sun day from 9:00 to 12:00 in the morning, and from 2:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon. On Thursday the office is open only from 9:00 to 12:00. Those having business with the Red Cross are asked to keep these hours in mind. Rev. W. T. Medlin. Jr.. home service secretary, and Mrs. H. G. Elkins. home service chairman, are in charge of the office. Recruiter To Be Here This Week Frederick Sheetz, manpower recruiter for war industries, will be in Murphy on Thursday, Fri day and Saturday of this week, at the U. S. Employment office, to interview workers for the Gov ernment agencies in the Norfolk area and for the Pearl Harbor navy yard. County $58,000 Short In The Fifth War Loan; Campaign Ends July 8 Harry L. Moore Is Graduated At Fort Knox Fort Knox. Ky. ? The Armor ed School Communication De partment today had graduated a new class of skilled radio repair men. The list of graduates included Cpl. Harry L. Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. John B Moore, of Mur phy. During their course the elec tricians learn to repair and main tain radio sets. Their task is a vital one in keeping in operation the communication system by which the smashing, driving arm ored units control tanks and other vehicles in combat. The Communication Depart ment is one of eight in the Arm ored School, headed by Brig. Gen. P. M. Robinett. commandant. The school, unique among army and civilian institutions, is one of the largest technical schools in the world. It graduates an nually several times more students than the average civilian universi ty or college. Its 500 buildings were erected and equipped at a cost of more than $20 000.000. I Baptist Church Lays Corner Storse MujplHy Baptist church on Sunday morning burned all the ' notes, bonds and deed of truss, j which had existed agair-^ the! church property for a nun.xr of] years. The church is now debt free. At the close of the service I the corner-stone, which was put ? in the basement in 1926, was laid. I with Rev. A. B. Cash in charge. The service was attended by a large crowd. Rev. W. L. Hutchins To Preach At Ranger Sunday The Rev. W. Is. Hutchins. Dis- , trict Superintendent of the Way nesville District of the Methodist i Church, will preach at Rangers Chapel at 11:00 Sunday. Follow ing the morning worship there will be held the Fourth Quarterly Conference of the Hiwassee Cir- , cuit. All of the church officials ; cf the several churches compris ing this circuit are urged to be present, along with the members j who find it convenient to fc-e pres ent. This will be the last confer ence for this church year, and i plans will be laid for n^xt year j at this time. This is the only ap- < pointment for this charge Sunday, j SERMON SUBJECTS ? THE DISTURBING CHRIST ! will be sermon subject of the 1 Rev. Ralph Taylor at First Metho dist Church Sunday morning at : II o'clock. ? i ( has. Robinson Receives Wings F?r; Benning. Georgia. Sgt. Cna:lts M. Robinson .son of M. L. Robinson of Rou.j 2. Murphy. N. I lias won the lig lit to wear W.r.gs anci B.>ots of the United ? art. Army Paratroops. He has completed four weeks of jump training during which he made live jump from a plant in flight, t .c las* a lac. leal jump at night inv. iving a combat problem on ianoing. Jumping at The Parachute School has been steadily develop ed to a recognized war science. There is less than one percent chance of injury while jumping at the school. In addition to producing jump ers. Parachute Specialist Training is given to qualified men in Com munication. Demolition. Riggers and Sewing Machine Maintenance, vital skills for Airborne troops. Jos. E. Clayton Is Graduated At Keesler Field Keesler Field. Biloxi. Miss Pvt. Joseph F. Clayton qualified t recently as an expert B-24 Bomb- 1 er mechanic upon his graduation from Keesler Field airplane me- j chanics school. Pvt. Clayton, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Clayton. Andrews. N. C.. was one of scores of soldier- ! students who firished the "Mn~.se ! of approximately 17 weeks. He will either be assigned to duty ser vicing one of the great four-en gined Liberators, sent to a factor school for advanced study in some phase of their maintenance, or sent to one of the Army Air Forces Training Command's aer ial gunnery schools to learn to shoot Axis fighters out of the skies. all phases of heavy bomber repair school he received instructions in phases of heavy bomber repair and upkeep and then for eight clays before graduation went to Fort Liberator", a field test area, to put into practice under mock combat conditions what he had learned in the previous phases in class rooms and workshops. Chas. Keenum Is In The Invasion Charles K. Keenum. 21. fireman first, class in USNR. was a member of the U. S. Naval crew in the American Assault force which in- ' vaded France. This was his first action with the enemy. Charles* home address is Suit, and his parents are Mr. and Mrs R. L. Keenum. His wife is Mrs. Helen Keenum of Murphy. Before entering the Navy, he was employed with the TVA. Ht has one brother. Johnny L. Keen um. with the Seabees. > Cherokee county was $58,000 short of its Fifth War Loan quota on July 1. according to figures from the Treasury Department, stales Percy B. Ferebee. county chairman. Through July 1, the sales in this county totaled $179, 152.75. The Fifth War Loan ends on Saturday. July 8, and Chairman Ferebee says that the $58,000 must be sold by that time. He urges Cherokee county people to buy all the bonds they can and help reach the quota of $237,000 by Saturday. The war bond booth, conducted by the Murphy Woman's club, un der the direction of Miss Dora i Ruth Parks, chairman of the women's division, has sold several thousand dollars worth of bonds in Murphy. Special efforts have been made by numerous groups and individuals in the county. Youth Fellowship To Meet July 13 In Hayesville The July meeting of the Chero kte-Graham-Clay Me.hodist You th Fellowship will be held Thurs day night. July 13 at 8:00 at Hayesville Methodist Cthurch. The young people of Hayesville will be host to the other groups, and will be in charge of the wor ship program and the hour of fellowship which follows. The Fellowship includes the grcups from Murphy. Hayesville. Robbinsville, Andrews and Shoot ing f'rer**. All of the younj peo ple ?xr?.1 their leaders are asked to be present at this important meeting. Miss Magdalene Cook ol Murphy is president of this | organization. Annual Field Day To Be Held Sunday Annual field mass of St. John's Catholic parrish will be held in the ampitheatre at Cliffside Lake, near Highlands. Sunday at 11 a. m. The Rev. Hugh T. Kennedy will conduct the service. The public is invited. An altar has been erected by the Rev. R. V. Eik, president of t lie Aircraft Corporation of Way nesville. Music will be provided by the chou* of St. Jo.-.n's church, under the direction of Sister Mary Anthony. The religious service wil be 1 olio wed by a picnic, swimming, boating and games. Those desir ing transportation should contact ihe Rev. Hugh T. Kennedy at Waynesville. FIFTH SUNDAY MEETING TO BE HELD The public is invited to attend the Fifth Sunday meeting of the West Liberty Baptist Association to to held at. Liberty Baptist church near the state line, on July 30. Rev. P H Hooker is pastor. MEET IN ENGLAND ? The above three Chero kee county men have met in England while serv ing in the army. They are left to right, Pvt. Don Lovingood. son of Mr. and Mrs. Drew Lovingood of Murphy, Route 3; Pfc. Dennis Garrett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Oarrett of Murphy; and Sgt. William Palmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Palmer of Regal.
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