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VOLUME 56 ? NUMBER 18.
Ml RPIiy, NORTH CAROLINA, THl'RSDAV, NOVEMBER 23, 1944
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People Urged
To Shop And
Mail Christmas
Gifts This Month
Public resjjonse to the Post Of- !
lice Department's "Shop Now!
Mail In November" campaign is
good but needs to be better, ac
cording to Postmaster General j
Frank C. Walker.
Extraordinary wartime condi- '
tions face us," Mr. Walker said.
-Unless more people buy and mail
this month the Postal service can
not do its job of delivering all
Christmas gifts on time.
It is not pleasing to us to have
to ask the American people to
mail packages so far in advance
of the delivery date. We do so
cnly because it has to be done.
The job is a tremendous one. but
we are confident that it will be
dene because we know from experi
ence that given sound reasons
American cooperate magnificently.
"Unprecedented shortages of
man power and transportation
facilities growing out of the war
t mpel early mailing. The Postal
Service has given 50,000 experi
en ed employees to the armed
forces and 300.000 railroad work
er have gone to war. Equally
serious is the fact that rail and
other transport facilities are taxed
to the limit with the great burden
of war traffic which all of us know
must take precedence.
In a great number of our
43.000 post offices the man pow
er .situation is critical. The 200.
000 extra workers whom we nor
mally recruited t* handle the
j-rollen Christma olume of mail
were able to work long hours of
< ertime and to do heavy work.
Tins cannot be expected from the
women and hyrh school boys and
rls to whom in large part we
must lcok this year to meet the i
i/uation.
The way in which everyone re-}
M'onded in making if j*oss'ble 'or J
lis to liandle a volume of 70,000.000
jar -els for the armed forces over
seas leaves no doubt in my mind
that the November Christmas
mailing will be equally successful.
1 ask for the help of the press,
radio, business advertisers, civic
groups and all Americans in mak
ing it possible for the Postal Ser
vice to do its work.
We urge everyone to buy now.
mail in November and mark gifts
'Do Not Open Until Chritmas'."
Chester Farmer
Gets Paratroop
Wings At Benning
Port Benning, Georgia. ? Pvt.
Chester Parmer son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Farmer, of Grandview.
N. C. has won the right to wear
"Wings and Boots" of the United
States Army Paratroops. He has
completed four weeks of jump
tr. lining during which time he
made five jumps, the last a tacti
cal jump at night involving a com
bat problem on landing.
Jumping at The Parachute
School has been steadily develop
ed to a recognized war science.
American Paratroopers have been
recognized throughout the world
for their meritorious actions
against the enemy.
In addition to producing jump
ers. Parachute Specialist Training
is given to qualified men in Com
munications, Demolition. Riggers
and Parachute Maintenance, vital
skills for Airborne troops.
Workshop To Be
Held Wednesday
An elementary worship will be
by the lementary department
of the Murphy city school unit
next Wednesday at 3:30 o'clock,
in the seventh grade class room
Everyone interested is invited to
attend.
The program will be as follows:
Art in Grammar Grades". Miss
Margaret Curd: "Art Appreciation
? Teaching Materpieces". Mrs.
Evelyn Pat ton: "Art Program for
Rural Schools, "Mrs. Porter Ax
ky: "Handicrafts". Mrs. Dare
Shields; and roundtable on "Cor
relation of Art with Other Ele
mentary Subjects'*, with Miss
?mily Sword leading.
Lesion Is To Erect
Service Board Here
i
Disaster Poster
Is On Display
H. Bue k. Disaster Chairman for
the local Red Cross Chapter, has
cn display at the Scout office
photographed maps of North
Carolina, prepared by the South
eastern Area Red Cross headquar
ters, showing the disaster data for
a period of 20 years 1924 to 1943
inclusive. The map shows the
data by counties and takes into
consideration hurricane, tornado,
and flood damages.
I' is of interest to note that
nearly 30,000 people were aided
n North Carolina. The map
shows more than 13,443 people
aided be ause of floods; more
tnan 14,936 aided because of tor
nadoes; and 1.090 aided because
of hurricanes.
The tornado data shows that
there were 30 separate tornadoes;
43 separate hits in counties. Out
c fthe 100 counties in the state,
35 were hit. There were 24 coun
ties hit by floods, and 3 counties
affected by hurricanes.
The 1944 da/ 'a will show a far .
dilferent story on hurricane dam
ages.
Hybrid Corn
School Planned
For January
All farmers who plan to grow
hybrid seed corn next year should
make plans to attend the two-day
Hybrid Corn School at State Col
lege on January 23 and 24. says
Dr. Landis Bennett seed improve
ment man for the Agricultural
fciXperimeni Station. 4
The school will be conducted by
rhe Extension Service and the
N. C. Crop Improvement Assoc ia
tion. Corn breeding, yields of
variety tests, new demonstration
plans, seed stocks, and certification
will be studied and discussed.
The state seed law. regulations,
marketing and sizing, and the
treating of seed will also receive
consideration. Practical methods
of rat control and the latest fer
tilizer and cultural practices for
com growing will be considered.
Corn hybrids, adapted to the
areas in which they are grown,
are proving themselves superior
io standard vaireties of corn t-oth
in yields and in quality. Addi- !
tional supplies of seed are needed
.ind many growers are now going
into the production of these seed
or a small scale so that they may
learn all the details of the business
and supply neighboring areas with
seed. The demand for hybrid
corn is Trowing each year.
Dr. R. D. Lewis, head of the
agronomy department at Ohio i
State University, who has seen
hybrid com acreage expand in |
tnat state from practically nothing
to more than 3.000.000 acres, will J
be one of the chief teachers in
the school, which is the first to be |
held in North Carolina.
The American Legion is spon- j
soring a movi ment to build a ser- 1
vice board in honor of the men
and women in military service
from this county. The board will
cost approximately $300, and it
will be erected in Murphy.
Private contributions are being
solicited for the erection of the
board. It i sthought that all who
have sons or daughters or mem
bers of their families in the service
will want to make a contribution.
Contributions wil lbe received
by Mrs. J. L. Hall. Mrs W. D
King, Mrs. T. J. Mauney. or the
Scout office, in Regal hotel build
in*;.
Mailing Deadline !
For Christmas
Is December 1
There are now less than two
weeks left to meet the December
1 deadline set by the government
for sending all Christmas holiday
gift packages.
That reminder came yesterday
from L. F. Manneschmidt Dis
trict Manager of the Charlotte
District Office of Defense Trans
portation. ,
Cooperation of the public in
meeting the December 1 dealine
i.s absolutely essention if over bur- .
dened transportation facilities are |
to be able to handle the tremend
ous volume of 1944 gift sending,
the ODT official declared.
And, the ODT District Manager
reminded, you get better selection
and tetter service at local stores ,
when you shop early.
Andrews School
To Have No
Holiday 23rd
ANDREWS ? In line with most
ether schools Thanksgiving Day
will not be observed by the An
drews schools this year. However,
on Friday afternoon, Nov. 24. j
class work will be suspended, and
the school will have a picture show
in the school auditorium. The 1
picture will consist of the main
feature. "So You Won't Talk",
with Joe E. Brown as leading man .
and three shorts. The picture will .
be free to all pupils.
School for the Christmas holi- 1 |
days will dose on Wednesday. I
Dec. 20, and resume again on Mon- 1
day. Jan. 1, 1945. With favorable |
weather the school will be able j
to close its 1944-45 session June 1.
1945. I 1
SERMON SUBJECTS
The subject for the 11 o'clock
service on Sunday. November 26,
a. Calvary Baptist church will be.
"Man's Life Planned by God".
The evening service at 7:30 sub
ject will be "Christian Character"
Public is invited to attend. Preach,
ing at each service will be by the
pastor. Rev. C. A. Voyles.
Murphy And Andrews
NCEA Units Hold Dinner
Meeting Here On Tuesday
Supt. H. Bueck gave a review
of Lud wig's STALIN at the meet
in g of the Murphy and Andrews
units of the North Carolina Educa
tion association in the home eco- 1
nomic.s building Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Mai tha Adams, president of
the Murphy unit, presided, and
Miss Mary Lee Pelmet and Mrs.
H. Bueck had charge of the pro
gram.
Miss Virginia Ann Morgan
sang a group of solos, accomp
anied by Mrs. Duke Whitley; Mrs.
Bueck introduced the Murphy
faculty with a story, in which the
names appeared, and the Andrews
faculty with a musical number in
cluding their names which she
sang. Mrs. J. W. Davidson play
ed the accompaniment.
Billy Fain gave a chalk drawing
of the harvest season, with Ann
Taylor sinking the vocal the ac
c mpaniment, and Miss Virginia
Ann Morgan at the piano.
Miss Addie Mae Cooke spoke
on "The Relationship Between
the School and the Local News
paper"'.
Several stunts were staged by
Mrs. Bueck, with H. G. Elk ins.
Miss Margaret Curd, I. B Hud
son. Bob Bault. Miss Addie Leath
erwood. Miss Elizabeth Troxler, |
Miss Vivian Moore, and Mrs. El
mer Stiles participating.
Mrs. Lelia Axley. president of
Andrews unit, expressed apprecia
tion to the Murphy group for the
fine dinner meeting and program.
Dinner was served by Miss Peggy
Johnson and her home economics
girls.
Table decorations had been pre
pared by Miss Curd and her art
classes.
Guam Recruit for Marines
r (U. S. Marine Corps Photo)
Marine 1st Sst. Charles Gulliford of Atlanta, Ga., and 17-year-old
"would-be" Marine Jimmv Guerrero of A^ana, Guam, look over
enlistment papers at a Leatherneck base in the South Pacific.
Jimmy stowed away aboard ship to accompany the Marines who
freed his homeland and now is seeking admittance to the Corps.
Meanwhile, he's unofficially attached to the first sergeant's unit.
Junior Red Cross
EnrollsJjTotal Of 744
The annual enrollment of the
American Junior Red Cross was
lield November 1-15. Ten rooms in
;he grammar grades and six in
liijrh school had one hundred per
cent enrollment. The total a
mount collected in Murphy schools
iv as $76.15. The total enrollment
was 744.
Miss Antoinette Beasley. field
worker for American Junior Red
Oorss, spoke to the grammar
grades at chapel, showing articles
made by other schools for Junior
Red Cross distribution.
High school art classes have al
?eady made Christmas menu covers
for the army and navy. The
grammar grades are planning to :
make bridge score pads, nut cups,
tray favors, mounting crossword
puzzles, scrap books, and ice cream
spikes.
The schools in the Murphy unit
contributed the following amounts !
to the Junior Red Cross: Murphy
high school. $34.54; Murphy
grammar school. $41.61: Tomotla.
$7.68: Grape Creek. $2: and Tex
^nna $1. making a total of $86 83.
Murphy Observes
Thanksgiving
The bank, post office, library
fall the offices in the courthouse
and most of the stores in Murphy
will be closed today 'Thursday)
in observance of Thanksgiving.
The school will observe a half holi
day. with a ball game with Frank
lin, beginning at 1 o'clock.
Hearing In
Donley Cases
Is Completed
Hearing in the cases against
John Donley, former clerk of
Cherokee county superior iwurt,
to recover funds totaling approxi
mately $12,000 alleged by plain
tiffs he failed to ascount for, was
concluded Monday, and the ref
eree, Judge E. Frank Watson of
Spruce Pine, has it under advise
ment and will report his findings
in 15 days.
Gray and Christopher represent
the plaintiffs, and Mallonee and
Jenkins the defendant.
FLORIST RE-OPENS
Mrs. J. Roy St-alcup has re-op
ened Murphy Florist, in the build
ing adjoining Dickey Chevrolet
Vompany and announces this week
lhat she will keep fresh flowers
constantly.
Dr. and Mrs. B. W. Whitfield,
Mrs. O. K. Erhart and Mrs. F. V.
Taylor spent several days in At
lanta last week.
Critical Need
For War Workers
J. J. Cun in, area ' supervisor,
civil service ouinmission, has an
nounced an intensive recruiting
campaign throughout western
North Carolina for the purpose of
tilling numerous positions to meet
critical needs in war establish
ments.
Due to the increased demand for
additional supplies and repair of
battle damages greater emphasis
is being placed on West Coast re
cruiting for both Army and Navy
establishments. The war agencies
j : elude, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard.
Hawaii. Mare Island Navy Yard.
Puget Sound Navy Yard. Hunter's
Poin;. Naval Drydocks, Seattle
Naval Air Station. Naval Supply
Depot, Clearfield. Utah. Ammuni
tion Depot. Hawthorne. Nevada
and others.
fcKinea as wen as unsKiiieo
workers are wanted and women
may be appointed to positions for
which they qualify Clerical work
ers are needed at many of these
installations.
It is emphasized that the need
a: Norfolk Navy Yard continues
10 be urgent and all types of work
ers are sought. Also many vacan
< ,es exist in the Departmental Ser
vice. Washington. D. C. Especially
reeded are Clerks, Typists, and !
stenographers. Transportation j
will be paid from the point of
recruitment to the place of em
ployment.
Recent needs have develO|>ed
for Nurses, Nurses Aides and Cleri
cal workers in the Asheville area.
Miss Sara H. McClure. Recruit
ing Representative from the Char
lotte. Office, will work on this
program in conjunction with Fred
eiick Sheetz, recruiting represent
ative of the Asheville office.
On November 30. December 1st
and 2nd. Miss McClure will be at
U. S. Employment Service. Mur
phy. While Mr. Sheetz calls at
Shooting Creek. Hayesville. Brass
town. Culberson. Ranger, Marble.
Andrews and Topon. Mr. Sheetz
will visit Robbinsville and Nanta
hala on Thursday. Friday and
Saturday of this week.
Interested applicants are urged
to contact these Representatives
j for additional information.
DISCHARGED
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Abernathy
and baby. Linda, were visitors in
Murphy today 'Wednesday). Mr.
Abernathy, who has been in ser
vice for the past 26 months, locat
ed at Fort Riley. Kan., and Fort
Brorwn, Texas, as stable sergeant,
and mechanized reconnaisance
instructor, has been honorably
discharged.
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County Makes Good
Start In Bond Drive
Kotarians Hear
Letters From
Service Men
ANDREWS ? The Andrews Ro
tary club's program at its last
meeting was devoted to the lead
ing of letters from service men.
Letters read were not confined to
foimer Rotarians who are now in
the military service, although nine
former members are in service,
this being one of the largest per
centages throughout the country.
Club members now in service
are: Jack Herbert, South Pacific;
Gerald Almond, at sea. South Pa
cific; Robert Heaton. temporary
discharge. Clinton. Tenn.; Arthur
Watkins. The States; Simeon
Chilewich, European theater; T.
G Ellis. India; A. B. chandle*. |
S: John's. Newfoundland: Alden'
Coward. Prance or Germany: Mor
ris Bush. The States.
No meeting will be held Nov. 23.
this being a legal holiday.
On Thursday evening. Nov. 30.
at Terrace hotel ladies' night will
be observed. Honorary guest of
the club on this evening will be
Mis sAda Mae Pruette. who is now
teaching in the Andrews schools
for the twenty-seventh consecutive
yea?.
Fourth Of All
Cigarettes Go
To Armed Forces
The shortage of cigarettes ex- ,
perlenced throug'io *t the country
reflects the bad distribution due
to war time conditions and the fact
that the armed forces are now ,
smoking a fourth of the country's!
total production, but no rationing
of them is contemplated, the Of
fice of Price Administration states.
The War Food Administration re
ports that the number of cigar
ettes being manufactured for civil
ian and soldier consumption is
the greatest in the history of the
tobacco industry. Only a negli- ,
gible amount of tax-free cigar- !
ettes is sent abroad for consump
tion other than by our armed 1
forces. Black market operations
and hoarding are also believed to '
bo factors contributing to the'
spotty distribution and civilian
shortages.
Delniar Postell
Is Promoted
With The Fifth Army. Italy
Private First Class Delmar Postell
son of Mis. Clara D. Postell. who
lives on Route 1. Andrews. North
Carolina, has been promoted to
corporal. He is a tank gunner
with a tank unit of Lieutenant
General Mark W Clark's Fifth
A'-my in Italy.
The Sixth War Loan in Chero
kee courry trot underway this week
with much activity in the banks,
post off iocs anion*? Uie ladies'
groups, and in the schools, an
r.ounees Chairman P. B. Ferebee.
H Bueck is Murphy chairman;
W. D. Whi taker, Andrews chair
man; Miss Frances Cover, women's
chairman; Miss Dora Ruth Parks,
Murphy women's chairman; and
Miss Addie Mae Cooke, publicity
chairman. Others are doing defi
nite work on the drive.
The Murphy high and grammar
schools have assumed a fyoal of
$125,000 in bonds, to buy a hospital
service plane Mrs. J. W. David
son is chairman for grammar
school and Mrs. Mary King Spain
hour, high school.
For the Women's division of
Murphy. Mrs. E. F. Arnold is
chaiiman of booths. Volunteer
workers are asked to contact her
at the Dickey House for schedul
ing hours at which they can be
at booths. There will be one
booth in the Court House every af
ternoon. and one in Parker's Drug
store. Members of the Junior
Woman's club are under the di
rection of Mrs. C. S. Worthen;
Members of the Senior Woman's
c.'u'o are under the direction of
Mrs. Jerry Davidson. Plans have
been made for sale of bonds in
(ffices. stores, hotels and the li
brary.
Bonds will be on sale at the library
from 9 to 12 and 2 to 3 daily and
7 to 9 Tuesday and Saturday eve
nings. There is a special award
for libraries selling a certain quota
of bonds. "Help your library win
an award. Even if you ao not
have time to find a booth down
town you can buy at the library,"
says the Women's chaiiman.
All women whether members of
any club or not. are urged to give
as much time as posible to the
sale of bonds.
Anderson Made
2nd Lieutenant
Kirkland Field. Albuquerque. N.
M. Aviation cadet Hugh R. An
derson. son of Mr. and Mrs. Early
L. Anderson of Box 154. Hayesville.
North Carolina, a recent graduate
of the Army Air Forces bombar
dier school here has been Com
missioned a second lieutenant and
awarded the silver wings" of the
aerial bombardier, supplementing
previously won aerial gunner's
insignia.
Lieut. Anderson is a graduate of
Hayesville high school, class of
1940 and before entering military
service was employed as a diesel
mechanic.
Prior to his successful comple
l on of 18vweeks of flight and com
bat training in high level precis
ion bombing and navigation at
Kirtland Field. Lieut. Anderson
\va- statione dat Las Vegas. Neva
da. where he graduated from the
Army Air Forces flexible gunnery
school as an aerial gunner.
Now ready for active duty, his
destination is not disclosed.
Christmas Seal Sale
Starts On Nov. 27
The sale cf tuberculosis Christ- &
mas seals sponsored by the wom
an's club begins Monday, the 27th.
As Usual, the seals will be sold
through the school.
Mrs. Mary King Spainhour will j
supervise the sale in the high I
school and Mrs. Martha Adams in 1
the elementary school.
Seventy-five per cent of the
sales remains in Murphy to be
used for the cure or prevention of
tuberculosis. The money this year 1
has been used principally for chest j
X-rays and medicines for tuber- (
oular paptients. through the heal- '
th department.
The quota for Murphy is $125. ;
Tne John C. Campbell Polk school |
ha." purchased $5 worth, and Hi
wassee Dam school asked for $25
worth, which leaves $95 worth
for Murphy. It is hoped that every
seal will be sold this year, says
the seal Sale Chairman, Mrs. C.
1 W. Savage.
Jas. Ray Suit
Arrives In China
Lt. James Ray Suit has arrived
ill China according to word re
ceived by his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. E C. Suit. He has been plac
ed with the famous flying Tigers.
Lt. Suit received his wings and
promotion in Marianna Islands.
He is a graduate of Murphy high
school, class of '36. and was presi
dent of student body a tthat time.
He entered service in April 1941.
served at Orlando. Fla.. with the
experimental squadron before go
ing overseas.
Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Hoover were
called to C rouse last week by the
illness of Dr. Hoover's father. Mr.
Hoover was reported to be improv
ed Tuesday.