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VOLl'MK 58 ? M MBtH 30.
Ml KPIIY, NORTH CAROLINA, Tlll'RSDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1941
r\\ELVE PAGES Tills WEEK
GEIGER FIELD. WASHINGTON A 20-ton combat bulldozer plows through a land "log-jam'
clearing ground for the emergency airplane landing .strip being constructed for the U. S. Forest dept. i
near Priest Lake. Ida., by Aviation Engineers of the Fourth Air Force from Geiger Field. Pvt. Jack '
Lemons. Murphy. North Carolina, is the operator.
Dr. Poe Stresses The Human
Side Of Medical Care Plan
By Clarence Poe. Chairman State '
Commission on Hospital and
Medical Care
Our first article outlined North j
Carolina's pressing needs foi |
more and better hospital and medi
cal care, while the second sum
marized the six main remedies
which the State Commission of 1
leading doctors and laymen is j
recommending to the people and
10 the coming General Assembly
The preceding articles revealed
some appal ing statistics about
North Carolina's rank among the
slates in various health matters
-45th in number of doctors. 42nd |
jn number of hospitals. 41st In j
maternal and 39th in infant j
deaths, and 48th or the very bot- ;
: m in draft rejections for physi- i
cal reasons.
Now let's look at the other side
?the human side ? which is al- 1
ways the first consideration when |
you or one of your loved ones ;
are ill. Let's consider a few cases
cf the sick-and-needy. whether it j
was for want of money, facilities, |
care or what not. and then try
to put ours reives in their places.
Standing in the burying ground
cn tlie old home farm where I
was reared, a cousin pointed to the ?
grave of a fine woman who had
died of childbirth complications 1
and said to me: "Her doctor told ;
me he could have saved her lif<* .
if he had been called in time But |
she and her husband were poor 1
ard. not wanting to make a do
lor's bill they couldn't pay soon
waited too late!"
Stin ting home from my office I
recently, a man going blind asked ?
me to read the bus sign for him.
'I am going to see an oculist for
serious eye-trouble he says might I
have been easily checked when it (
started a few years ago." he said.
"But I had a family who needed ;
every cent I made - and I put
it off too long."
Sometime ago a renter moved ,
?n my farm. I found he had had
two bad attacks of appendicitis but
was risking a third attack < which
Continued on page 8
Third FSA Farm
Purchase Made
By Rov Garrison
* *
The third farm purchase m '
Graham County through Farm Se- i
curity Administration was closed :
in Robbinsville on November 17. j
according to W. T. Brown. Jr.. i
FSA Supervisor. when Roy D. j
Garrison bought the Jake Meyers |
farm on Yellow Creek.
Several farm and home improve- j
ment.s are planned by the Garri
son family, and will be earned out
within the next few months. Out
standing among planned improve
ments on buildings are repair of
the dwelling and poultry house.
Plans for new improvements call
for a new smokehouse and spring
house.
Provisions have been made for
improving the condition of the
water supply also.
Consistent with the plans of
Farm Security Administration,
the Garrisons are interested in
following a practical cropping sys
tem and improving permanent
pasture. Insofar as practical,
all food for home use will be pro
duced on the farm and conserved.
A minimum of 100 quarts of can
ned food for each member of the
family will be the canning goal
ci Mrs. Garrison Miss Martha
B Barnett. Associate FSA Super
visor. will assist in advancing their
live-at-home program.
Purchasers of farms in Graham
County are selected by the County
FSA Committee which is composed
f D. T Hyde. Fi nest Cooper and
H. D. Orr. The farms to be pur
chased must be a family type
farm in order to be approved for
purchase.
"The purpose of the Farm
Ownership Program. explained
Mr. Brown, "is to help eligible
tenant farmers be ome owners
thereby decreasing the trend to
ward great tenancy, and help to
stabilize the farming population."
Andrews To Be Host
To Eight NCEA Units
ANDREWS ? A leadership con
ference of the North Carolina
Education association will be held ^
111 Andrews on Monday. Dec. 11
from 3:00 to 10:00 o'clock. More
than fifty people are expected to |
^ in attendance. Representatives
from the following eipht NCEA
knits will attend: Cherokee. Gra
nam, Swain. Macon. Clay. Jack
counties, and from Murphy
and Andrew
The conferences for the most j
Part will be round table discuss- 1
lQns. Invitations have been ex
tended to the following persons
^ groups: all local units officers.
^Perintendents. the legislative
chairman, the professional service
chairman, the post-war planning
chairman, and the head of any
other organized groups in th?*
various units.
Dr. Ralph McDonald, president
of the NCEA. and Miss Ethel Per
kins. newly elected secretary of
the NCEA. are expected to be a
niong those present.
The visitors will have a dinner
in the home economics laboratory.
This will take place at six o'clock.
The dinner will be .served by the
heme economics department under
the sponsorship of Mrs. Ruthie
Bristol.
Mrs. Leila Axley is president of
the local unit.
IN EAST INDIES Pvt. Gleni:
R. Loudermilk who has formerly
been serving in New Guinea and
har been transferred somewhere
in the Netherland East Indies He
entered service September 3. 1943.
and was stationed in the states
until February 1944. Pvt. Louder
milk was a student of Murphy
high school in 1941. after which
.10 worked for the T. V. A. He is
the son of Mr. and Mis Jesse
Loudermilk of Murphy.
ON LEAVE Billy Crane Avi
ation radioman who recently spent
20-days leave with his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Crane, entered 1
the Navy Oct. 43 as an appren
tice seaman. He took his boot
training at Bainbridge. Md.. where
he was promoted to 2/c Seaman.
He was sent to Jacksonville. Fla..
where he completed a radio course,
and there he was promoted to S
1/c. He took Ariel gunnery at
Hollywood. Fla., and completed
operational training at Miami.
Fla.. where he graduated and re- 1
ceived his gunner's wings and was 1
promoted to Petty Officer 3/c. j
He is now stationed on the West j
coast.
SERMON SUBJECT
"Our Crusade for Christ" will
be the sermon subject of the Rev.
Ralph Taylor at the First Metho
dist church Sunday morning at
11 o'clock.
Wells Re-elected
Chairman County
AAA Committee
H N. Wells has been re-elected j
:iaiiman of the Cherokee county I
AAA committee; Lawson Lunsford '
of the Peachtree section was re- 1
elected vice-chairman, and Victor I
Raxter of Marble re-elected as1
ieirulai member. H. B. McNabbl
of the Suit community was elected
first alternate, and H. C. John
s,;n of Ranger, as second alternate
to the (ounty committee.
The office personnel remains
the same for the coming year;
Ralph Shields, secretary and chief
cleik; Mrs. Eva N:-ll Lauria. treas
urer. and Mrs. Romie A Trant
ham. principal clerk.
Two Men Are
Commemorated
For Bravery
Clyde Charlie Mills. PliM 1/c
of Murphy and Charles Williams.
GM 1 c of the U. S. N.. have been
commemorated for their bravery
shown on board ship in battle, by
word received from their Com
manding Officer. The message
leads as follows: Attention is in
cited to these men for the man
ner in which they acted during an
emergency, when their vessel was
struck by gunfire. In great cool
ness and calmness both men
boarded their vessel while shell
ing was in progress and material
ly aided our crew in tending the
wounded, without taking into con
sideration their own safety. It is
the opinion of the Commanding
Officer of this vessel that services
tendered by them was above and
belond the call of duty."
Sunday Services
Are Announced
The Rev. R. Lane Akins of Hay- '
osville wil preach at the First J
Baptist church here Sunday mom- j
ing at 11 o'clock.
At the evening serv ice a pageant |
:'n titled "Gifts" will be present
ed by the Young Woman's Auxili- 1
ary and the Business Women's
Circle of the Baptist missionary 1
society. The public is invited to |
attend.
Taylor Speaker
In McCayesville
The Rev. Ralph Taylor wa.s j
guest speaker at the ladies' night
.rogram of McCayesville. Ga.. :
j:ons club Tuesday evening. He |
tsed as his subject. "Gratitude" J
others from Murphy attending J
lore: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ellis j
,1 r. and Mrs. R. W. Easley. Jr.
,lr. and Mrs. H. G. Elkins, Mis
Udie Mae Cooke and Dr. J. R
Sell.
Book Review
T B. Gray will give a review of
Walter Lippman's "U. S. Foreign j
Policy" at the Murphy Carnegie
library on Thursday evening. De- '
cember 14. at 7:30. This is the j
sccond in a series of such reviews. |
The public is invited.
GETS BRONZE STAR MEDAL
? Corporal Willard C. Clonts,
67th Armored Regimen. United
States Army was awarded the
Bronze Star Medal for meritor
ious service in action against the
enemy July 28-30 in France. Dur
ing this period. Company H".
67th Armored Regiment was as
signed the mission of taking and
holding a crossroads in the vicini
ty of Coutances. On the approach
march to the crossroads. Corporal
Clonts .a tank gunner, destroyed
five enemy vehicles. After the
crossroads was taken, the tank in
which Corporal Clonts was gunner,
was placed in position as a tank
gunner in accounting for four
enemy vehicles and an anti-tank
gun.
"Corporal Clonts' calmness and
ability as a tank gunner during
this period greatly contributed to
the succesful completion of the
mission", said a citation. His ini
tiative is in keeping with the high
est traditions of the Military Ser- 1
vce. He s the son of Mrs. Docia
Clonts of Murphy. He lias been
overseas two years and 21 months.
Youth Fellowship
To Meet Dec. 15
In Robbinsville
The Youth Fellowship of this
sub-district will hold its December
meeting in Robbinsville on De
cember 15. Under the leadership
of Miss Toots Cook of Murphy as
president and Rev Marvin S.
j Bogg.s "f Robbinsville as adult ad
\ isor. a broad program of work
i fo.- the year has been planned.
I One of the projects of the group is
! a plan to adopt a child at the
Methodist Orphanage.
The sub-distri t is made up of
local Methodist Youth Fellowships
from: Robbinsville, Andrews. BeK
v ir \v. Hayesviile and Murphy.
Pastors' Meeting
Is Next Monday
The West Liberty pastors* con- j
lerence will be held at Oak Grove j
Baptist church on December 11.
according to announcement by j
Rev. Freed Townsend. The pro- j
gram will begin at 9:30 a m. and!
ontinuc through an evening ses- 1
sion beginning at 7 oVlock. Among
those on the program are: Rev.!
Everett Nichols. Rev. Ham Coffee.
Rev. Thomas Truett. Rev Grady
Chastain, Rev. W A. Hedden. Rev.
Fred Stiles. Rev. P. H. Chastain.
and Rev. P. H. Hooker.
Boy Scout District Court of Honor
Is Held In Murphv Tuesday Evening
The Nantahala district court 01
honor of the Boy Scouts was held
Tuesday evening at the Murphy
school, with a large crowd attend
ing. ' It was under the direction
of Frank Swan, advancement
chairman. The meeting was open
ed by the pledge to the flag led .
by Ray Padgett of Fontana Dam. |
followed by the invocation by the
Rev. Clark W. Benson of Hayes
villc.
Whit Davis of Andrews was
court clerk and called?, the follow
ing scouts for the tenderfoot inves- !
titure ceremony: Robert R Owens. I
Robbinsville: Jerry Hill Padgett.
Hayesville; Charles C. Robinson.
Fontana Dam. These boys were
inducted by F. E. Smtih, assistant
scout executive, Asheville.
H. A. Mattox of Murphy pre
sented merit badges to the fol
lowing scouts: Carl Ayers, Boyce
faagett, Jacx fanner, raui oetzer.
and John Smart, Jr.. Hayesville.
The 100 percent "Boy's Life"
banner was presented to Troop 2.
Murphy, by F. E. Smith.
Jimmie Palmer and Harry
Ncal of Hayesville received spec
ia' recognition from the office of
War Production for their collec
tion of more than one thousand
pounds of waste paper.
Men who assisted with the
"Fundamentals of Scouting" train
ing course at Welch Cove recently.
Frank W. Lockrey and Charles H.
McLees. were presented 'heir cer
tificates.
The new troop in organization
at Brasstown was represented by
the boys and leaders. Five other
communities were represented.
The next court of honor will
he January 2 at the city hall in
Andrews.
E Bond Week Is
Being Observed
Robbinsville
Man Instantly
Killed At Fontana
Porter Can mger of Robbinsville ;
v. as instantly killed Monday n;ght
about 10 o'clock, at Fontana Dam
when the steam shovel he was oil
ing go: out of control and backed I
ever him. trushing him.
Funeral services were held Wed 1
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at I
Pock Springs Baptist church near
Robbinsfille.
He is survived by the widow I
I and a two-year old son. Tony, his
I father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. |
Martin Camnyer of San tee tl ah ; 1
three sisters. Mrs. Georye Mill
saps of Robbinsville; Mrs. Jim i
Pai r of Santeetlah, and Mrs. Wil
lie Prince of Gay : and one brother, |
Wayne Carringer. a prisoner of the
Japs for two and a half years.
Townson funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
Home Destroyed
The country home of L. M.
Shields was completely destroyed
by fire Tuesday night about 11
o'clock. The origin of the fire was
unknown. The home was occu
pied by D. D. Dye. It was partial
ly covered by insurance.
Cherokee county is advancing
steadily in reaching its Sixth War
Loan quota, with far more than
:k? E" bond quota already sold
The report reeived by Chairman
I . B. Feiebee from the Treasury
Department Wednesday pave the
< -unty at total sale of $47,133.75
in "E" bonds and an over-all sale
of $88,910.75. The over-all quota
is $194,000 and the E" bond
quota $66,000 for the county.
Special emphasis is being plac
ed on the sale of "E" bonds this
week. De ember 4-9. which was
designated "E" bond week by
Governor Broughton Everyone
is urged to buy "E" bonds this
week.
Murphy schools with Mrs. J.
W. Davidson as chairman, have
reported the sale of $23,450.65 to
date. Of that amount the high
1 school sold $4,743.65 and the ele
mentary school $18,707. By class
es the following amounts have
been sold: High school, Mrs. Maun
ey $37 50. Mrs. Ward $3,109.40.
Mrs Berry $109 30. Mrs. King $1.
i Mrs. Miller $5.20. Miss Jenkins
$280.05. Miss Morgan $95.15, Miss
Fclmet $44.60. Miss Bynum 75c.
Mrs. Spainhour $1,060.70.
Elementary school: Miss Clara
? Mi Combs $1,400. Mrs. Opal Brcn
i die $25 Mrs Evelyn Patton $600.
Mrs. Ruth Schaap $25, Mrs. Dare
Shields $225. Miss Kate Hayes $100.
Miss Emily Sword $2,825. Mrs.
Martha Adams $825. Miss Addie
Leatherwood $9,160. and Mrs. J
W. Davidson $3,350
Crusade For Christ
Starts Sunday At
Methodist Church
Methodists of Murphy are being
called by the Rev. Ralph Taylor,
minister of the First Methodist
Church, to take part in raising
$25,000,000 for world relief and
reconstruction, the first phase of
the denomination's nation-wide
Crusade for Christ program of
post-war service.
The local appeal, for which the
cal is $2500. will begin De e. 10.
Mr. Taylor announced. The
Methodist congregation here Ls
part of nearly 8.000.000 members
of 41.000 churches in the Unite<i
| States who are participating in
I he four-year, five-fold Crusade.
Expenditure of the Crusade
I fund by the regular, general agen
cies of the Church will provide for
"feeding the hungry, clothing the
I destitute, and freeing the minds
' and spirits of the ignorant, the
underprivileged, the driven and
tlie dispossessed." Mr. Taylor said.
Three-fifths of the fund has been
| allocated for tlie "rebuilding and
j rehabilitation of human life" in
1 foreign coutries, nine-tenths in
j war-devastated areas and the rest
i'l other mission fields. Tlie bal
| ance will be used for emergency.
' war-caused needs in this country
Other phases of the Crusade for
Christ program call for continued
education in and expression of
opinion for "co-operation among
nations in the post-war world,
renewed evangelism efforts with
special emphasis in 1946. education
ing Christian stewardship of abili
ty, time and money, and improve
ment of Sunday School enrollment
and attendance.
"The Crusade for Christ is
Methodism's organized resjvonse
for assuming its part in meeting
the unsettled conditions and vast
daggering needs t reated ty the
second World War." Mr. Tayloi
.?-tated "Having proved its will
, to live in the face of all enemies,
the Church is now ready to give
I ractical and spiritual food to the
hungry both of its own household
and others throughout the world
without distinction of race, creed
I cr color."
The local sub-distri t. composed
1 of Cherokee Graham and Clay
counties .is headed by the Rev
Taylor as director and Wade Reece
of Andrews as lay director.
ADULT ADVISOR Rev Mar j
Yin S Boggs of Robbinsville. who
recently was elected adult advisor '
of the sub-district Youth Fellow
ship work. The next meeting of 1
the organization will be in Mr I
Boggs" church in Robbinsville on |
December 15.
HEADS YOUTH FELLOWSHIP
Miss Toots Cook of Murphy,
president of the sub-district of the
Youth Fellowship, which has start
ed a broad program of work for
the new year.