Robt. Arthur Akin Is
Accidentally Killed
R A. Akin, 65. died at Petrie '
hospital Friday evening about 6 I
oMo.lt . a short time after he was
struck by a pick-up truck as he I
crossed the street between the I
Hampton Hardware company I
where lie was enmployed. and
the L. & N. railroad station.
Mr Akin, according to witness
es. was crossing the street from
the store to the car of Mayor w
M. Fain, who was waiting to drive I
Dim to his home, at the time of I
the accident.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 Sunday afternoon at First
Methodist church, with the Rev
Ralph Taylor, pastor of the church
and the Rev L. E. Latham, pas
tor of the Free Methodist church
officiating. The body was at the
church one hour prior to the ser
vices. Burial was in Sunset ceme
tery
Artive pallbearers were: Walter
Mauney. Frank Crawford, Harry
Bishop, Q rover Mauney, Clyde
Townson. S. N. Bobo. Howard
Moody and Warren Sneed.
Honorary pallbearers were
N?ah Henrtaee, Abe Hembree. R^
C Mattox, h .A. Mattox, Harve
Rose. Edwin Winchester. Harry
Miller. John Posey. John Posey,
Jr., E C. Moore, W. M. Fain. Tom
Axley, E. o. Clu*istopher, D. v
Carringer, Noah Lovingood. Tom
Evans, Sheridan, Hadley and
Frank Dickey, William Hampton
Frank Taylor, P. c. Hyatt. Robert
Weaver, C. E. Weir. W. D. King
H. O. Elk ins, Porter Axley. j a
Richardson. B. L. Padgett Carl
Townson, Neil Davidson, w. M
Axley, Joe Axley, Mr. Hampton!
P. H. Sword.
Flower bearers were: Mrs. Jean
Townson, Mrs. Bill Brandon. Miss
Emily Sword. Mis. Walter Maun
ey, Miss Ella McCambs, Mrs. Ed
?in Winchester. Mrs. Louise
Schuyler. Mrs. T W. Kindley, Mrs.
Kate HM?Vy, viys C'.'-.r.r.nc
Howell Mrs. Ruby Stiles. Mrs
Virginia Townson. Mrs. Vera Gen
17' Mre Lucl'e Lovingood. Miss
Entha Laney. Miss June Penland.
Surviving are the widow tliree
sons, Pvt. Robert Akin with the
armj m Pfc. Herman Akin,
stationed at Lincoln. Neb., at
home on furlough, and the Rev.
? Akln' pastor of Fines Creek
Methodist church; one daughter.
Mrs. R. e. Wallace of Knoxville
three grandchildren. Eddie. Donald
and David Wallace; one sister.
Mrs .r w Axley of Murphy, one
half sister. Miss Hettie Kate Akin
J Lumberton and a half brother
Henry Akm of Atlanta.
Member of a prominent Mur
Phy family. Mr. Akin was bom
Bn? m Murphy. For a
with A ti 7earS he Was rorm<*ted
?ith the Cherokee Hardware
ompany here as ,-lerk and travel
V ,sa!f.sman He was also con
n . witl1 a hardware company I
n Gainesville. Ga . at one time:
? the tune of his death he was
^Ployed with the Hampton hard
iompany here. He was i
lember of the Methodist church.
SerVed as stewa"l for a
J leader"5 81 ?"e "m'' !
was in;
Being Treated
Stark General
Pfc Robert H. McRae ha-s re
turned from six months overseas
?uty. He servec in the Mediter
fanean theater of operations on
'he U. 6. hospital ship Algon Quin.
Pfc. McRae is temporality being
treated at Stark General Hospital
trior to being transferred to an
other army hospital for definitive
teatment. His home is Murphy,
Route 3. Pfc. McRa^'s nearest
relative is Mrs. Mennie McRae.
D. R. Patterson
Is Promoted
Tec. 5 Delmer R. Patterson of
Route 2. Culberson, N. C., has
recently been promoted from pri
v*te to his present grade technl
C1W 5th grade He Is the son of
Owlie R. Patterson.
He is a mechanic with Lt. Gen
Alexander M. Patch's famed Sev
Army now fiffhtlng in Prance.
STATIONED IN MIAMI Har
ry A. Carringer S 2/c wno enter
ed service January 6. 1944, re
ceived boot training at Bain bridge,
Md. He is now stationed in Mi
ami. Fla., where he is with the
Naval Supply Office. Harry is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. V.
Carringer.
Miss Rowe To
Speak At Home
Club Council
The Cherokee county coun. il of
Home demonstration clubs will
meet in the court room in Mur
phy on Friday afternoon at 1:3C
o'clock.
Miss Anna C. Rowe. Western
district home agent, will be ores
en t to discuss "Plans for 1945 or
the New Year".
Club members from each -lub
in the county are invited *.o at
tend. ?
Miss Ruby Scholz. specialist in
food conservation and marketing
from North Carolina State col
lege was in the county Thursday
and Friday to give demonstra
tions on Shuck Craft. All-day
meetings with picnic lunches were
held for the Slow Creek and Rang
er clubs on Thursday at the home
of Mrs. John Queen on Slow
Creek. On Friday. Marble and
Andrews clubs had a joint meeting
at the home of Mrs. Boyd Robinson
in Andrews. There was good at
tendance at each meeting.
Seek Increase
In State Aid
For Libraries
The following people attended
the District Library Meeting held
in Bryson City last week for the
purpose of planning- with all coun
ties west of Asheville for getting
State Aid appropriation in the
1945 legislature increased to $225.
000 a year:
W. A. Adams. Mrs. T. A. Case.
Miss Belle Slaughter. Mrs. E. B.
Norvell. E. S. Christenbury. Miss
Josephine Heighway. Miss Lucy
Long, Mrs. Florence McGee, Miss
Dora Ruth Parks. MLss Ellen
I Scroggs, Mi*s. Helen Kittrell. Miss
| Mildred Looney, and Miss Gayle
Isensee.
Similiar meetings were held
throughout North Carolina and
within a radius of 50 miles of
every public library in the state.
Last year 165.000 books were pur
dhased from state, county, and
local funds for use in public library
service in the state, but 47,ooo
were withdrawn because they were
worn out. North Carolina has 1/3
book per capita Minimum stand
ards require one book per person.
Population statistics show that %
of the people in North Carolina
are not in schools. This means
| that cf the population must
. be served by public libraries.
CYNTHIA ANN IVIE
Graveside services for Cynthia
Ai.n Ivie. infant daughter of Mr.
end Mrs. Peyton G. Ivie. were
held at Sunset cemetery at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning with
the Rev. Ralph Taylor officiating
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ivie of
Cornelia. Mrs. Lona Greer and
Mrs. E. T. Barnes of Atlanta at
tended the funeral services.
Rev. S. Wheeler
Iiies Saturday
At Andrews
: ANDREWS ? Funeral services
I I'or the Rev. Sammy Wheeler, 58.
| well known and respected citizen
| <>f Andrews, who died suddenly
Saturday night at his home, were |
! held at the Valley River Baptist j
c lurch Monday afternoon at 2
o'clo k. The Rev. James Truett
and the Rev. Algie West officiat
ed. Burial was in the Andrews
cemetery- .
Mr. Wheeler had been a resident
of Andrews 29 years. He married
the former Miss Josephine Davis
of Robbinsviile. fie was employ
ed at the time of his death with
the Nantahala Power and Light
company at Nantahala.
Active pallbearers were: Walter
Erown. Olen Stratton, Charlie
Frazie: . Homer Long, Dillard
Everett, and Robert Bowman.
He is survived by his widow,
five sons and three daughters,
Mrs. J. C. Duncan, Luther and
Herbert of Andrews. Clyde serving
with the army engineers in the
Southwest Pacific, Claude with
the army station hospital in Italy,
Carl in the army at Camp Shelby.
Miss., Mrs. Herman Mehaffey of
Portland, Oregon, and Mrs. Her
man Hayden of Atlanta, Ga.
Forsyth funeral home was in
charge of funeral arrangements.
Ralph Moody Is
Appointed To
Post of Assistant
Attorney General
Atty. Ralph M. Moody of
Raleigh, son of Mrs. J. N. Moody
o< Murphy, recently was appoint
ed assistant attorney general of
North Carolina to succeed Atty.
George Pat ton of Franklin.
Mr. Moody /or the past several
months has been chief counsel
for the Unemployment Compensa
tion Commission, with headquar
ters in Raleigh. Prior to this ap- 1
pointment. he practiced law in
Murphy, with his father, the late
Col. J. N. Moody. He is a graduate
of Sulphur Springs, Ashevilie
school for boys, and took his law
degree at the University of North
Carolina. Chapel Hill.
Has Long Record
With Wholesale
Houses Here
Roy V. Lovingood has resigned
his job as salesman with H. T.
Hackney Co. to devote his time
to his business located in the E.
L Townson building.
Mr. Lovingood has been with
H. T. Hackney Co. for the past
eight years and prior to that was
connected with Wofford-Terrell
wholesale Co. for twelve years,
which makes him twenty years
:n the wholesale business and at
( ne house. During that time he
was off his job only twice for a
short time for sickness.
Kimsey Under
Bond For R. A.
! Akin's Death
Clarence Kimsey, 21. of Suit
was bound over to Superior court
and released under bond of $1500
in connection with the death of
Arthur Akin, at a trial held Mon
day afternoon before P. O. Bates.
Justice of the Peafe. Witnesses
said Mr. Akin was thrown 60 feet
down the street, and the truck
ran 120 feet farther before it was
brought to a stop.
ANDREWS ? Mr. and Mrs. J.
P Phillips received a message last
Monday that their son, S/8gt.
Marks Phillips .serving in Prance,
is missing in action.
HOT HOUSE ? Word has been
received by his parents that Cpl
Voyd Wallace recently was wound
ed in action.
WOUNDED
IN SOUTH PACIFIC ? Grady
V. CaiTinger F 2/c, who received
his booi training at Great Lakes,
111., and Engineers school at Port
Pierce. Fla. He is now serving
with the Naval Amphibious Land
ing Force in the South Pacific.
Grady entered service March 10.
1944. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. V. Carringer.
Wells Awarded
Distinguished
Flying Cross
15TH AAF IN ITALY ? First
lieutenant Harold N Wells, 23,
of Murphy. N. C., pilot of a B-24
Liberator, was recently awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross,
for "extraordinary achievement
during aerial flights over enemy
territory".
A veteran of 50 combat missions.
Lt. Wells has seen action over im
portant enemy targets in Germ
any. Fiance, Austria. Hungary.
Rumania and Italy. He has also
been awarded the Air Medal and
three Oak Leaf Clusters, for
"meritorious achievement during
aerial flights over enemy territory."
Lt. Wells entered the service
July 15. 1942. and received his
wings and commission at Stutt
gart. Ark., November 3. 1943.
Club Programs
To Be on "No
Space To Waste"
Miss Mary Comwell, Cherokee
county home demonstration agent,
has announced the following
schedule for November, the sub
ject of programs to be: "No Space
to Waste":
Nov. 2 ? Peaclitree club, with
Mrs. M. C. Plemmons at 1:30 o'
clock: Nov. 3 ? County Federation
of Home Demonstration clubs
meeting in the court room in Mur
phy at 1:30 o'clock: Nov. 6 ? Lib
erty. with Mrs. Otis Ledford, at
1:30 o'clock: Nov. 7 ? Violet, with
Mrs. Willard Graham, at 1:30
o'clock: Nov. 8 ? Po.stell, with Mrs.
S. Montgomery, at 1:30 o'clock:
Nov. 9 ? Slow Creek, with Mrs.
Arthur Bamett at 1 o'clock; Nov.
10 ? -Sunny Point, with Mrs. Hom
er Bryant, at 1 o'clock.
Nov. 13 ? Bellview. with Mrs.
Jeff Dalrymple. at 1 o'clock: Nov.
15? Unaka, with Mrs. H. L. Mc
Donald, at 1 o'clo k; Nov. 16
Tomotla, with Mrs. Sheridan John
son at 1 o'clock: Nov. 17 ? Ogree
ta. with Mrs. Mac Jolinson. at
1 o'clock.
Nov. 21 ? Grandview. with Mi's.
J. M. Ramsey, at 1 o'clock: Nov.
22 ? Valleytown, with Mrs. Grover
Collett, at 2 o'clock; Nov. 23 ?
Ranger, witih Mrs. Sterlin Akin, at
1 o'clock; Nov. 24 Wolf Creek,
with Mrs. Cecil Clore. at 1 o'clock;
Nov. 27- -Marble, with Mrs. Prank
Battle, at 2 o'clock; Nov. 28 ?
Martin's Creek school, at 1:30
o'clock.
Brumbv Home Is
Damaged Bv Fire
I
Fire damaged the Clearwater.
Fla.. home of B G Brumby, Jr..
of Murphy last Thursday night,
ta the extent of an estimated
$10,000. Tlie lower floor of the
home was everely damaged, but
most of the furniture was saved.
Fire started at an adjoining
home, where there was a loss of
$40,000, and spread to the Brum
by home. No one was at the
house when the fire started. The
owner was In Clearwater but was
r.ot at home at the time.
E. G. Postell Is
Home Wearing
Purple Heart
SAN DIEGO. CALIF. ? Three
hundred and thirty-eight more U.
S. Marines have returned from
long service in the South Pacific j
combat zones and will soon te j
home on a thirty day furlough.
Among them is Corporal Ernest
Gerald Postell son of Mr. and j
Mrs. Thomas H. Postell of An- |
drews, North Carolina. Corporal |
Postell. a member of the Second |
Marine Division, wears the Purple
Heart which he received for
wounds in combat. He also wears
the Presidential Unit Citation a
warded to his unit.
Prior to enlisting in the corps
he was engaged in farming.
Court Convenes
Here On Monday
Cherokee county superior couit
will convene Wednesday, with
Judge Zeb V. Nettles of Asheville
presiding. Several divorce cases
appear on the civil calendar. They
are:
Raymond Dockery vs. Aridie
Weldh Dockery; Clinton Ernest
Swan son vs. Gntter Louise Swan
sen; Willard Clark vs. Myrtle
Clark; Alberta Stowe vs. Jones
Stowe; Emma Passmore Kittrell
vs. Eugene Kittrell; Essie Ledford
Hackney vs. Hugh Hackney;
Myrtle Hubbard vs. F. V. Hub
bard; Marion Lewis Morgan vs.
Irene Locklear Morgan; Evelyn
Sneed vs. Clarence Sneed; Coy
Carringer Ledford vs. Lake Led
ford; Juanita Looper vs. Edgar
Looper. I
Diphtheria Is
In The County
The Health Officer reports that
diphtheria has again made its ap
pearance in Cherokee county,
there being one case in Andrews
at the present time. The state
law requires that all children be
tween the ages of 6 months and
'J years be immunized against this
disease. He requests parents to
bring their children into the of
fice at Andrews on Thursday from
1 to 4 p. m.. Murphy office on
Wednesday; Hayesville on Friday;
Mid Robbinsville. on Tuesday, in
order that those who have not
bten treated may receive the ser
um
Church Extends
Call To Rev. |
Charles Parker
A call to the pastorate of First
Baptist church was extended to
the Rev. Charles Parker of Win
ston-Salem at a meeting of mem
bers last Sunday. He has not
y< t responded to the call, members
cf the pulpit committee announc
ed Wednesday.
M. . Parker pre a lied at the
church here October 22. He was
accompanied by his family, Mrs.
Parker, Sarah Elizabeth, Janet
and Edward.
RETURNS TO SHIP ? RusseU
Sims S 2/c who has returned to
his ship after a brief visit with his
parents. Mr. and Mrs Paul Sims
of Murphy. He took his tasic
training at Camp Perry. Va? and
Norfolk. Va. He is a gunner on
his ship.
Few Local Contests
In Election Tuesday
AT CECILS FIELD ? Jack
Carringer S 2/c, who entered ser
vice May 16 1944, and received his
basic training at Jacksonville. Fla
He is now training at Cecil's Field
with the Naval Air Force. Jack is
the son of Mr and Mrs D. V. Car
ringer.
Lt. Chas. Spivev
Is Killed In
South Pacific
"Word has been received of the
death of Lieut. Charles Frederick
Spivey by his wife, the former
Miss Smaro Black of Midland Lt.
Spivey was in combat in the South
Pacific area. He was the son of
Jess T. Spivey of Andrews. Word
of his death came from the Com- I
mandant of the U. 3. Marine !
Corps.
A former student of Brevard
Junior College, he was a graduate
there in the clas sof 1942. He had
been in servic-e since October 1942.
and was commissioned in the
Marine Coips August 1943. He |
has been overseas since July 1944
Surviving Lt. Spivey are his
father, his wife, two sisters, Mrs.
Fred W. Byrd and Mrs. Floyd C.
Baldwin both of High Point, and
a brother, J. Norman Spivey of
Newport, Tenn."
Spivey Helps
Sinke Japanese
Ferryboat
? i
The following story was receiv
ed just before news of Lt. Spivey's
death came).
Peleliu, Palau Islands 'Delay
ed) ? When the Koror-Babelthaup
ferryboat got behind on its
schedule recently, two Marine
fighter pilots of the "Werewolf"
squadron were held responsible for
the poor service.
Captain Carroll E. McCullah.
23. of Alliance. Nebr.. husband oi
Mrs. Albert H. McCullah, of 3151
Jacksonville. Fla., and Second
Lieutenant Charles F. Spivey, 23.
of Andrews. N C.. were on a straf
ing run over the northern Palau
Islands when they spotted the 75
foot Jap craft.
"That's one boat we didn't
miss." said Captain McCullah,
who has two Jap planes to his
credit. "We made two strafine
runs and stayed around long
enough to see that it was sinking.
I'm afraid the Koror- Babel thuap
ferry sen-ice will be very bad in
the future.
Both Captain McCullah and
lieutenant Spivey have flown on
seven strikes at Jap positions on
Babelthuap sin -e the "Werewolf"
squadron began operating from
the Peleliu airstrip. Twice they
have dropped bombs from their
Corsairs, hitting targets on and
around the Babelthuap airstrip.
Their other strikes were strafing
attacks.
Captain McCullah. who enlisted
in June. 1941. is a veteran of 60
combat missions in the Solomons
Islands area and has been awarded
the Air Medal.
Lieutenant Spivey is the son of
Jess Spivey. of Maryville, Tenn.
A 1940 graduate of Andrews high
school, he attended Brevard Col
lege for two years and enlisted in
October. 1942. His wife, Mrs
Sanaro Black Spivey. lives al
Route One. Midland, N. C.
Pew contests are on the Chero
kee county ticket in the election
f> be held Tuesday
Mrs. G W. Cover. Democrat, is
seeking re-election to the state
house of representatives, with S
A. Voyles making the race as art
iv dependent. In the 33rd sena
torial district, voters will vote for
A. L. Peiiland, Democrat, and
Clyde H. Jarrett, Republi an, for
the state senate seat.
Ed. Dotson. Democrat, is unop
posed for constable of Notla
township, with O. G. Anderson.
Republican, unopposed for survey
or
Mrs Fred Johnson, Jr., clerk
of the board of elections, said 383
absentee ballots were sent to ser
vice men and women arid that 174
have been returned.
Graham Gives
Reasons For
Supporting
Amendment
President Prank P. Graham ol
tne University of North Carolina
.vt Chapel Hill, who is Vice-Chair
man of a state-wide group which
is urging support of the school
amendment to the constitution, to
be voted on in the November 7
elections, has issued a statement
id which he cites the following
five main reasons for supporting
the amendment:
"No one Governor could appoint
a majority of the State School
Board under the provisions of the
amendment.
"The setting up of the needed
office of the Controller should be
left to the Legislature and tfie
Board of Education who can safe
ly be trusted to provide for a sound
and efficient business adminis
tration of the schools.
"The provision for members
from the State at large is a more
certain guarantee of representa
tion of the minority party, as is
just and in according with the
fair and democratic traditions of
our people.
"The amendment eliminates
the requirement that a majority
should be appointed with business
and professional experience and
gives more assurance of repre
sentation from agricultural, pro
fessional. labor, and civic groups
a > well as business and financial
groups.
"It has the support of Governor
Broughton, Democratic Nominee
Cherry, Republican Nominee Pat
ton, Democratic State Chairman
Umstead, Editor Clarence Foe of
the Progressive Fanner, the edu
i.itional organizations, and a large
number of lay citizens who consid
j v "? the passing of the amendment
I to be for the best interests of the
! schools and the State."
Urges People
To Vote Nov. 7
Declaring he had the utmost
onfidence in the judgment of
| the citizens, and that the "only
obstacle" to a large majority for
the entire Democratic ticket would
be failure of citizens to go to the
pells on November 7 and vote.
William B. Umstead. chairman
of the State Democratic Executive
Committee, urged full participa
tion in the election by all citizen*;.
Leonard Ramsey
Here On Furlough
Pfc. Leonard Ramsey is spend
ing a furlough here with h.is
father. A. J. Ramsey and. other
relatives. Pfc. Ramsey has been
in England and France for the
past year. He was wounded in
action in Prance, and received the
Purple Heart. After being in a
hospital in England for some time
he was sent to a hospital in
I Memphis, where he will return
for treatment.
Pfc. Ramsey with his siste*,
Mrs. Roy Cook, and brothers.
Prank and Jack Ramsey, spent,
the wek-end with their brother.
Lloyd Ramsey, a paratrooper at
Ft. Benning, Columbus. Ga.