WOUNDED IN FRANCE ? A
j. Ramsey ;is been notified that
son. PK* Leonard Ramsey, was
wounded in France July 28. A
subsequent letter to his sister.
M:v Irene Ramsey, from Pfe.
Ramsey stated that he was back
ir. England in a hospital and is
now able : > sit up. He was hit
in :he back with shrapnel.
p:, Ramsey entered service in
IP42 and went overseas last year.
He ut nt to France a few clays
after the invasion started.
Homecoming To
Be Held Reeds
Chapel Aug. 27
T:.< annual Homecoming at
K H:\vassce Dam. will
bt Sunday. August 27.
Sunt; i s, . .1 w.U begin at 10:00.
M< 1 -:i:p with the sermon
;n a 11:00. This service
.. the- beginning of the
-Ties to be held at this
Following the morning
: - there will be a picnic on
the grounds.
I oped t:-.at many former
and pa. tors w 11 b$ pres
to ? " ' cccar: ~.zi. Tl. ? .svv.al
ill be held each evening
be- :.:. at 7:30. The public is
im. (i to attend. Rev W. T
Me;. :. Jr.. is pastor of Reeci>
Ci:a;>
heed Wheat To
Be Sold On
Saturdays
H N Wi lls, i airman of comi
ty A c \. Committee announces
:!.a" ..ill be at the wheat bins
a ? c h ouse Saturday. Aun
us l ? nine a. m. to sell f'^cd
u. tarh Saturday there
fc! it : the- bins there are
*mp/ Then l.e will lie at th?
l\n- r : ,? ? lair errounds each Sat
urday
D the shortage ol labor in 1
t'.u* : < a the couniy committee1
etc hat cne day each week
till -ufficient to take care of
Ihc farmer's need. Since most ;
?.l farmers come to town on
Satxci the committee chose
Saturday for distributing the
*heat.
Gordon Hasty
Found Dead In
Bed Thursday
Funeral services were held Sat- j
urday afternoon at 3 o'clock at |
Dobbins funeral chapel. Marietta, i
Ga for Gordon A. Hasty. 49. who
^as found dead in his bed at his
?warding house in Murphy Thurs
day horning. Interment was in
Mount View cemetery in Marietta
beside his father and mother. He
*as a veteran of WorM War 1.
Surviving are four sisters, Mrs.
W. Anderson and Mrs. J. J.
S:ch=rd?. Smyrna. Oa.: Mrs. C. ?
W. Rfece of Atlanta, and Mrs. W. j
F McCurley of Marietta: four |
toothers, R. K. Hasty of Moore, i
s c D. p. and W. A. Hasty of
A"anta. and C. C. Hasty of Miami,
Fla.
Townson funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
hivvassee circuit
'' schedule for the Hiwassee
CU1! of the Methodist Church
?r s?n<lay, August 20. is as fol
*s: Rogers Chapel, 11:00 a. m.:
"alia, 3:00 p. m.; Bellview, 7:30
,, m R*v. w. T. Medlin, Jr., is
I "* minister.
Rev. W. T. Medlin
Succeeds Cash
As Scoutmaster
At a meeting of the Troop Com
mittee of the Lions Club held
Tuesday afternoon, the Re\ W. T.
Medlin. Jr.. was named Scout
master of Troop 2. Murp . ..v. to sue
ceed the Rev. A. B. Cash, who
recently moved to Columbus. Ga.
Attending the meeting Tuesday
w re: H. A. Mattox. K. C. Wright
Chairman of the Troop Commit
tee. Harry Webster, who will con
tinue to act as assistair scout
master, Doyl" Burch. Peyton Ivie,
and W. T. Medlin. Jr.
The troop will have its regular
meeting Friday night. August 18.
at 7:30 p. m. All Scouts are urg
ed to t:1 present on time, and
Fully Uniformed.
IN ENGLAND P\ Vincent |
H. Stiles has arrived safely in '
England, according 10 word re- j
ceived by his wife Mr> Y H i
Stiles of Murphy. P\;. Si: :rs is!
the son of Mr. and M.s. E. E? !
Stilts of Murphy. He e : ered the
service in September. 1943. an.;
took his basic training at Ft
Bragg. He received advanced
training at Camp B wic. Texas.
Late News
Bulletins
Lt. <len George S. I'atton's arm>
is within miles ot Paris: 60.
0C0 Germans have been captured
in tin I S. third army's sweep
through Brittaiuy.
( anne is reported to have fall
en to the allies who now hold a
72-mile beachhead between ( anne ,
and Toulon: Winston Churchill !
watched the invasion from a de
stroyer .
Eleven parked Japanese air
planes were destroyed in a bomb
ing raid upon Halmaliera island
west of New Guinea, headquarters
have announced.
Moore General hospital at
Swannanoa has been designated
as the army's tropical disease
center for the United States it was
announced Wednesday.
Supreme headquarters Wednes
day denied reports that Gen. Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery had been
removed from command of all
Allied ground forces in Western
France.
The Germans on the battlefield
know they are beaten. Gen. Sir
Harold R. L. G. Alexander, Allied
commander in Italy, declared last
night in turning over the civil
administration of the provinces of
Rome. Frosinoneand Littoria to
the Italian government.
"But the war is not over yet*',
he said. "The German tyrants
will fight to the last because they
know peace will bring them in
exorable extermination."
Glenn Ashe Is
Wounded, Hiwaii
Mr. and Mrs. Anldy Ashe have
received word that their son, Pvt
Glenn Ashe, has been wounded
111 Hiwaii. Pvt. Ashe entered ser
vice February 9. 1942. and has
spent several months overseas.
Hill Miller
Contacts Family
j The following message was re
; reived by Mrs. Bill Miller of At
lanta. I am interned at Phil
1 i)jpir.3s Military Prison Camp
No. 1. My hcalt is excellent,
my condition remains excellent as
i (ported before. Have had tele
gram from Mother and hope to
luar from you soon Give regards
to all my friends. Love to you and
to all the family. Bill". The mes
sage was forwarded on to Miller's
mother. Mrs. E. S. Miller of Mur
i hi'.
Carroll R. Brown
Completes Course
Can oil Robert Brown, son of
James Elbert Brown of Andrews,
has recently completed the course
[ cf training as Aviation Orda
I nanceman at t e Naval Air Tech
nical Training Center. Memphis.
Tenn Seaman Brown enlisted
in the Navy in September, 1942.
and took his boo; training at
Great Lakes. 111.
Seaman Brown was torn in
A Q none. N. C. He attended An
drews high school, and was em
ployed as a drill sharpener prior
to his entering the Navy.
Johnson Opens
lunch Room
V . M. Johnson opened today
T... ?? .ia; 1 . a lunch room in con
>. .ti.'n with his market. It is
mpletely furnished with all new
qmpmcnt and is clean and sani
tary. Mr. Johnson will serve
< :iik>r mails and short orders.
IN ENGLAND P : Warren
McDonald, son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. C. McDonald of Murphy, wli .
is stationed in England. He is a
member of the antiaircraft divi.
i ion of the army. Private McDon
] aid entered service with his broth
j er. Rotcrt Binion. who is also in
J England in the navy.
Family Reunion
Held In Home Of
C. T. Winklers
A family reunion was held re
cently at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. T. Winkler of Marble.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Donaldson of Marble. Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Hensley. Mr. and
Mrs. Hayden Hensley and chil
dren. John. Mary, and Rebecca.
Mr. J. O. Hensley and son. Greg
ory of Murphy. Billie Hensley,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hyde and chil
dren. Louise. James and Wayne.
Mrs. W. L. Bailey. Woodrow. Mary.
Gladys. Ruth and Lois Bailey of
Jasper. Ga.. Mr. and Mrs. B. N.
Hyde of Robbinsville.
Celebrate 18th
Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Davidson
celebrated their 18th wedding an
niversary with a dinner at their
home here Sunday. Guests at
tending were: John W Davidson
and family. Mrs. Maxine Fish and
daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Gay Dav
idson and family, and Mrs. Hat
tie Davidson. f
The Rev. Ralph Taylor visited
in the afternoon and conducted
a short devotional period.
Republicans To
Hold Meetings
.
Murphy Boy In
Group Capturing
Mt. Alto, Italy
With The Fifth Army. Italy
Piivate First Class \ t non Mar
tin of Murphy. N h Carolina,
was a member of a neatly out
numt.red group of 17 men of the
B8th Infantry Division who storm
ed German-held Mt. Alto, captur
ed the hill and en a 1 ,i tj eir bat
talion Lo .\rsue ih retreating
enemy on the Fiftii ny fron
.. i .r .
Wlv.i the fierce 1. . had end
id. 4a n man dead i-jvereil the
mouniiin. sevenl w. wounded
and ' h? lerv.iAiits ol :.ie defend
ing force fled.
Germ a.1 resist'. w.i$ s:ub
'oorn ana l 10 V.?:.k .? :i :td ?
'our to or.r, w?re ' ? : > :.d
vane? in the face ol heavy ma
ehinegun. rifle and mortar fire
u they climbed up to push Jerry
fl the ill. Witli skillful plac
ing of machinegun and Browning
automatic mi s. and bringing into
play dea.ly lifle grenades, the
Americans forced :h harrassed
G( : mans t<- evacuate ? ? ir p ??
t it ns and join the s ea ly st ?< am
;f Naz .- ret rt at in : nor hward to
vai'.i R me.
iii: c >mpU te success t the at
tack wa evidenced by th( man?
j N'; /: (it .'.(i strewn on tin ..i.
Makes Apology
Tr:> Bu.i. editor ol Nc h Genr
L'i.i News. Blair, ville re i ies?.> the
Seen: to publish an apology for
luni. H.1 regret the la; \v?ek h.
l)Mb1ished an er: on. ..u:> . po. a
*K)ut infaatil ? paralysis in Mur
: i y and Andrews. He stated that
>t was reported in Blairsville r.ai
number ol" :? cf inf?nu!
paialysi-- liaci developed it: Murphy
?aid Andrews and ilial the- >.'w
iion was alarming to the extent
'ha; the school oj. :iin;',:- ":au bei-n
))r ? ;i ned.
On a visit .. ?atuiUay Mr
But i learned t .. was ?/. error
and stated fcha felt he had
com- Murphy and Andrv tiiv.
injustice and v 1 to apo'c gizc
SINKING
The third Sunci.-v :?veniim sing
ing will be with Calvary Baptist
< . ureh on Augus !0. Everybody
i - invited to attend.
Mrs. Jack Crawford will go
to Chattanooga Friday to mee
her husband wh.? will spend the
I wc k-end with her there.
I '
I
VISITS HOME Ray C. Smith
.s??n of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Smith, j
has returned to Farragut, Idaho. ^
after spending a 1"> day furlough
with his parents. and wife, the |
I f< rmer Christine Barton of Lenoir I
City, Tenn.
Smith entered the Navy in !
September, 1943 and took his I
b )ot training ai Bainbridge. Md.
H 3 completed the Storekeepers'
School in April. 1944. and was
sent to Bradford. Va.. where he
received Amphiious training. From '
Bradford. Va.. he went to Puget
r^und Navy Yard at Bremerta.
Wash.. and is now stationed at
Farragut. Idaho, in Ships Comp
eny.
Mrs. F. R. Cagle and son. Jim- j
my spent last week here with her I
mother, Mrs. Sallie Queen.
Republican meetings will be:
held in Clay. Cherokee and Gra
ham counties on Augus: 17 and j
18. with Hon. F. J. Bin] new sec
retary of the Republican State
Executive committee and other
Republican leaders present at |
each.
The Cherokee meeting will be
held at t :e courthouse on Thurs- 1
day evening. August 17. at 3 o'- 1
clock. The Clay meeting will be1
that afternoon at 2 o'clock at the |
courthouse. The Graham meet
ing will be on Friday evening. |
August 18. at 8 o'clock, at the
courthouse.
All Republicans in various
counties are requested by State
Chairman Sim A. DeLapp of Lex
ington .o attend these meetings
and complete plans for t ie fall
campaign.
Tilmon Phillips
Is Promoted
Army Service Forces Training
Center. Camp Barkele\ Texas
Headquarters of the Army Service
Forct Training Cen: : announc
ed this week the promotion of
Pjc. Ti mon J. Phillips. tl'J ii Medi
cal Training Bn. to T 5 He re
.-ides a: Andrews. N. C.
S^KMON SI B.I I ( I S
The scmon subjtci of the
R -v. Ralph Henderson Taylor a
F:: Methodist churci. Sunday
wi" !.?.?: 11 o'clock. "Th? Cliristain
A.n.u'.ic Toward the Govern
m n'": and 7:45 o' . ? -k. What
Bills Di You Pay?"
OVERSEA- Robert Ben ? .
McDonald. Sm 3 c. son of Mr.
and Mr-. T. C. McDonald of Mir.
phy. who, with his brother. War- i
ren. has been in the sen it- for '
eighteen months. Both are in
En". land. Robert is a navy signal |
man.
las. W. Newman
Dies At Culberson
James W. Newman. 76. di*?d
at his heme at Culberson. R P. D.
No. 2. last Saturday following a
j ear's illness.
Funeral services were held at i
Hope Well church. Monday after
noon at 2 o'clock, with the Rev. (
Freed Townsend and the Rev P.
H. Chastain officiating. Burial
services were in charge of the j
Masonic Lodge.
A member of one of the pioneer
families of Cherokee county. Mi
Ncwtii.tn owned and lived on his
father's farm. He was loved and
respected by all who knew him
for his patient care of his wife, an
invilad for many years and of his
family of six sons.
Surviving are the widow. Mrs. i
Ellie Newman and six sons. Clyde '
of Culberson. Wade of Davis, '
Calif., Cpl. Edgar Newman and
Cpl. Alfred Newman, both in !
France. Pfc. Owen Newman. Italy,
and Pearlie Newman. Petty offi
cer. 3/c, Jacksonville. Fla.
Bremer's funeral home of Duck
tewn. Tenn.. was in charge of
arrangements.
TRIED FOR ASSAULT
Mrs. Abe Healey was tried be
fore Mayor W. M. Fain Tuesday
lor asasult with a deadly weapon
upon her son and bound over to
superior court under a $300 bond.
Group Of Men
Leave For Army
Examination
The following men left by
| special bus Wednesday morning
lor Camp Ci ft for pre- induct ion
t xamination
Lovwn Pat Docke . y. leader:
1 Ee^cher Jam< Cornwall Jack
Charlie Gibby Frank Let Kep
hart, Harold J Ledfoid Elvin
Monroe Dill.. Charlie Hooper.
Earl Vaughn Smith. Boyd Hay
Pace, Albert Junior Led ford. Ed
ward Guynn Owenby. Lonzo
Gregory, Thomas Joe Henry Bur
rell, Vernie Hartness. Jr.. Hubert
Gano Stile-. Pied Dennis Almond.
Junior Henry Gregon Jame.
Junior Blaylock. Poley Gordon
Campbell, Alvm Russell. Erne-'
James Deckei. Harold K.iil
GET.- SECOND MEDAL Wo; 5.
?;i b< en leceived by M;> Willa
Miu Mv-K nza of Hiwa>see Dan.
that her husband. Pfe. John D
MrKenzie. 1 as been awarded the.
Infantry Comba: Meaal in Franc -.
1 Hi al^< . old-> the good conducr
| medal. He has been in France
- ince th< Invasion, Pfc. McKen
zie has been overseas since Octo
brr. 1043. and he entered the ser
wee in September. 1940 He re
ceived his basic training at Fort
Sam Huston. Tex and Camp
\' Coy. Wis. His wile former
Mi*s Willa Mae Fltn : Hiwassei
Dam. is living then now.
Morganton Ladv
Dies In Murphy
Mrs. Martha W:.. ixu> (J8. v .
of William O. Will .m- : Mo: an
ton. Ga.. died a P : < hospital.
..rurp. y. at 11:05 ck Wednis
;;o morning foil an illno*
; five weeks.
Funeral servi ? s . be held at
\< Hop ? Bap: i>: :.. bette
l.nown as Flint K. . ? i wiiich she
.i a member, wi junal in the
hui c ? . metexy. i '? ? date an i
our * .^."vicc ' ' been set
waiting the arr:. i. 'if relative
. : cm Ohio.
She is survived b> husband
: iire e du.^hle:.,. ' Char I
ones of Ljvin. Ch Mis. Rufu.
Ross of Mineral IV Ga.. M:
^ est a. A. p of Nov. Oh* >; tir. . ?
ons, r.aii William Struthers.
G io. Carl Wiliiai. - of Morgan
ton and Cpl. Allen Williams of
i he South Pacific a: ?? ? : four broth
< s j. B. Ammon.1 ?f Athens. Ga.
A. J. Ammcns of Alma. Ga.. tht
Rev. J. C. Amnions of Murphy
j nd L G. Ammoib f Angus a
Ga.; lour sisters. Mr> Alice Queen
i i Oklahoma City. Okla . Mrs. E
( Grantham of West Point Miss..
.Mrs. O R Guthrit and Mrs. Craw
ford Beavers, both of Morgan ton:
and eight grandchildren: Richard.
Raymond and Johnnie Arp. Billy
a ;ui Doris Jones. Tommy. Sammy
:id Bobby William
Mrs Williams united with the
E.ist Fork Baptist church in
. ackson county. N C at the ape
if 12 years and was an active
. mbr i of the New Hope church
Morganton until her health fail
| ed.
In her young womanhood, she
was a teacher and many of her
pupils are indebted to her for a
more constructive and useful life.
Mrs. A. C. Kimsey of Chatta
nooga. returned hom? Sunday
after a week-' visit here with her
sister-in-law. Mrs. Sallie Q'aeen.
Miss Ethel Donnelly of Philadel
phia. returned to her home last
week after spending a week here
with Mrs. O'Halloran
WOUNDED IN FRANCE ?
Word has been received by Mrs.
Rozelle Zimmerman of Murphy,
Route 1. i hat her husband. Pvt.
Abrom A. Zimmerman, was wound
ed in action in Fiance. July 15.
Further details of his injury have
not been received Pvt. Zimmer
man entered the servu- in Sep
tembe. 1942 und iCvCi.^d his
basic training at Fort Jackson and
Camp Fannin He went overseas
jr April of t s year. He Is the
son of Mr A. A Zimmerman of
Murphy. Route 1
Horace >Ii!lsaps
Killed In Italy
T!. follow ng telegram was re
ceived recently ty Mr> Icie Sea
bolt of Murph". Route 3. The
? eiar of War desires that I
tende.* his deepest ympa ly to
: ou in the loss of your brother
; Private First Class Hoi ace S.
1 Millsaps wh was pi. re
J ported missing in action. Re
[ port now received state- he was
i killed in action February 4 in
: Italy. The Adju ant General."
ranme Deneese
Assigned ! o
Greensboro
Fort Oglethorp* Ga Private
Iannie L. DeWct i daughter ol
Mrs. Bessie E. DtAVct Murphy.
N. C.. who has bu n stationed at
1 tae Third Trainim Center of the
Women's Arm?. Corp :e re. has
been assigned ?? WAC Detach
ment at Sede< Fie: Greensboro.
N. C.
, KII*LED IN FRANCE ? Pfc. A.
! J Roberson, who was killed in
France July 19. according to word
received by his wife. Mrs. Vir
, ginia Rcberson. Pfc. Roberson
was inducted into the Army in
February. 1942 and received his
basic training at Ft. Jackson, S.
C\ He was sent oversea* served
for six months before his death.
Pfc. Roberson served with the
117th Infantry in the invasion of
Fiance. Before entering the ser
\ ice he was employed by the TV A.
Roberson was a member of the
Macedonia Baptist Church from
l his early childhood.
He is survived by his widow,
j i he former Virginia McClure, his
parents. Mr. and Mrs John Rob
erson. two brothers. Walter Rob
(son of Graham, and Pvt. Wayne
C. Roberson somewhere in the
Aleutian Islands, two sisters. Mrs.
Nora Hyatt and Miss Donnie Rob
erson of Culberson.
MOVE TO MURPHY
Dr and Mrs. W. A. Paper and
daughter have moved from An
drews to Murphy and are occupy
ing an apartment at the home of
Mrs. Ruth Carringer. Dr. Paper
is employed at Parker's drug store.