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MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1944
TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK
Snow Storm Hampers
Traffic In This Vicinity
Snow which began (ailing early 3
Monday morning continued to fall
all day till it reached a depth of
three or four inches. Due to rain
which fell during the night much
(< the snow melted as it fell, leav
ing about two inches on the j
ground. Being of the wet clinging '
variety, it stuck to the trees, shrubs
and weeds, and the mountain sides
presented a beautiful picture.
More snow continued to fall
through Wednesday night.
This is the first snow of the
season to stay on the ground, and
because of the sticky variety, it
has packed on the streets and
highways, making them slick and
dangerous; however, buses con
tinued to operate through Murphy
to all points. A landslide on the
highway near Rhodo where snow
was about four inches deep, block
?1 traffic for several hours Mon
day, but steam shovels soon clear
ed it enough to permit travel.
Travel between Murphy and Cop
per-hill where snow was four inches
deep was reported hazardous, and
cars unable to get over Franklin
Mountain, were abandoned by
their drivers.
School was dismissed early Mon
day in order that buses might get
over the roads before they became
impassable. A high wind blew all
through the night and the mer
cury dropped to 24 early in the
night. Much damage from high
vinds is reported in different
parts of the state, but no accidents
or damage is reported in this
county.
Supt. H. Bueck of the Murphy
school unit, and Lloyd Hendrix
county school superintendent, an
nounced Tuesday that schools will
be suspended for the Christmas
holidays from this date, and class
es will be resumed on December
27, which maki? on'i a '
day's difference in the length of
the holidays, and the time of
closing in the spring. The date
for the holidays has been announc
ed for December 20 to January 1 .
Teachers Leave
For Holidays
The following teachers of Mur- 1
phy .schools left this week to spend >
the Christmas holidays at their |
homes:
Miss Peggy Johnson to Lilling- j
ton; Miss Beatrice Robbins to |
Conway, Ark.; Miss Laura Bynum
to Martin, Tenn.; Miss Virginia i
Ann Morpran and Miss Mary Lee j
Felmet to Ashevitle ; Miss Emma
Louise Jenkins to Young Harris. |
Ga.; Mrs. J. J. Berry to Augusta, i
Ga.: and Mrs. Woodrow Miller to j
Culberson.
Miss Mildred Farrow will spend
the holidays in West Palm Beach.
Pla.
POST OFFICE TO BE
OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAY
Postmaster Howard Moody an
nounces that the Murphy post of
fice will be open both Saturday
afternoons before Christmas, for
the convenience of those doing
Christmas mailing. The post of
fice will be closed on Christmas
day. 1
Mrs. Huffstedtler
Hurt In Wreck
ANDREWS ? H. L. Higdon has
just received word xhat his daugh
ter. Mrs. L. D. Huffstedtler. Idaho,
was in a car wreck in which she
sustained serious injuries. Hei
left leg was broken in two places.
The accident occurred on December
11, while Mr. and Mrs. Huffstedt
ler and their three year old son.
Robert Lee. were enroute to the
state of Washington. The last
word received by Mr. Higdon on
December 12 reported Mrs. Huff
stedtler's condition as favorable.
Mrs. Huffstedtler is the form
er Miss Hazel Higdon. She and
her husband were here for several
days around Thanksgiving. Her
husband is a chief petty officer in !
the United States Navy.
Clingman O'Dell
Maintains The
"Little Friend"
A Ninth Air Force Advanced
Thunderbolt Base. Belgium ?
"Little Friend" is a P-47 Thunder
bolt which Staff Sergeant Cling
man O'Dell, RFD 3, Murphy, N
C.. has maintained in perfect con
dition for 105 consecutive combat
missions without once having it
turn back because of mechanical
failure.
Sgt. O'Dell is assistant crew
chief on the fighter-bomber which
dive-bombs and strafes enemy gun
em placements and military ob
jects ahead of the U. S. First Army
" "Little Friend' has never turn
ed back from a mission over
France. Belgium and now Germ
any. but she has returned with
battle damage. Sgt. O'Dell said
On e a tail section had to be re
placed. Another time a new sec
tion for tiie landing gear and a
new cylinder had to be installed."
4-H Clubsters Have
Achievement Day
Woman's Club
Meeting Is
Called Off
Mrs. J. W. Davidson, president
of Murphy Woman's club, has an
nounced that there will be no
meeting of the club for December,
since school closed Tuesday until
after '.he holiday k T j program
v/as to have been given by the
high school glee club, under di
rection of Miss Virginia Ann Mor
gan and Mrs. Duke Whitley.
Twenty Two Men
Are Inducted
Into Services
Twenty-two Cherokee men left
Murphy Wednesday morning for
Camp Croft. S. C. for induction
into the Aimed Forces. Neal
David Johnson was leader and
Samuel Edmund Clonts. Jr.. as
sistant, leader. Those leaving
were as follows:
Willard Gay Forrester. George
Allen Morrow. John Embry Walk
er. William Clarence Arms. Fred
Vivian Killian. Wayne Lovingocd.
Clyde Ballew. Ruful Theodore
Stiles. John Dec McDonald. Will
ard Kimsey. Verlus Andrews
Mason. Norris James Hogsed,
James Hollard Martin. Raymond
Lee Tanner, James Porter Reece,
Dwight J. Brown. Eastley Horton,
Luther Lee Garland.
STORY HOUR
Mrs. J. M. Hughes will tell
stories for children at the library
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock,
announces Miss Josephine Heigh
way. librarian.
Methodists Overpay
Their Crusade Quota
The First Methodist Church of
Murphy overpaid its Crusade fund
$2500 last Sunday at the 11
o'clock service. Within ten min
utes, it was announced Monday by i
the Rev. Ralph Taylor, pastor of
the church, the church had raised
its quota, and after the service
Sunday morning a good overplus
ctune in. "A great many of our
People who did not have the op- 1
i portunity of making their contri
j bution to this fund last Sunday
I vill be given the privilege of doing
5o next Sunday", Mr. Taylor de
c,ared. in announcing the church's
success in this endeavor. "Our
People responded enthuiastically
appeal for a practical dem
^tration of Christian love and
mercy for the starving and desti
tute men, women and children of
war-torn areas".
Plans for the other phases of
the Crusade-for-Chrirst in the local
church are progressing under the
j leadership of the Crusade Council.
Continuation of Methodism's
Crusade for a New World Order
calling for expressions of opinion
in favor of "international colla
boration for all nations, special
evangelistic efforts, education in
Christian stewardship, and in
creasing Sunday school enrollment
and attendance are included in
the four-year Crusade program in
I which Methodists here will have
1 a part.
Local 4-H Club Achievement
Day programs were presented at
Robbinsville. Sfcecoah and Tapoco
Schools on December 7 and 8.
Miss Helen Higdon, home agent
in Swain county, was guest speak
er. and club boys gave a hybrid
corn demonstration. A list of
county winners follows: Best All
around Club Girl award, $5 in
war stamps given by Mr. and Mrs.
Jim On to Bonnie Lee Odom;
Canning award. $5 in war stamps
given by Sears Roebuck and Comp
any to Venice Garland; Dress Re
view award, $5 in war stamps
given by Frank Cblvaid's Filling
Station to Joan Phillips: Clothing
Achievement award. $5 in war
stamps given by Snowbird Supply
Company to Kathleen Cabe; Food
Preparation award. $5 in war
stamps given by Ingram's Drug
Store to Genevieve Hall: Room
Improvement award. $5 in war
stamps given by the Graham
County Women's Club to Venice
Garland: Victory Garden award.
$7 in war stamps given by Sears.
Roebuck and Company to Bonnie
Lee Odom: Safety award. $5 in
war stamps given by Clyde Gar
land's Store to Beryl Lequire.
The Citizen's Bank and Trust
Company gave $5 in war stamps
to Bruce Garland, the best all
around club boy: 4-H Clubs gave
$5 in war stamps to Odema Odom.
the champion potato grower:
Southern Dairies gave a purebred
Guernsey bull calf to Marshall
Deyton. the dairy calf champion:
J. J. Snider "s Department Store
gave $5 in war stamps to Robert
Owens for the best poultry pro
ject: Patton Phillip's Store gave
$5 in war stamps to Ruffus Wig
gins for the best baby beef: Otis
Orr's Grocery Store gave $5 in
war stamps to Johnnie Stiles, the
corn champion: the Robbinsville
Lion's Club gave $5 in war stamps
to Harold George for the best
brood sow project; the Citizen's
Bank and Trust Company gave a
$25 war bond to Ben Orr who won
the Feed a Fighter Contest: J. D.
Strartton's Store gave $5 in war
stamps to S. A. Cable. Jr.. for the
bast tobacco project; the Wilson
Packing Company gave a gold
medal to Ted Phillips for the best
record in meat production; Bemis
Hardwood Lumber Company gave
a $25 war bond to Berlin Aldredge
for the best forsetry project and
Hooper's Garage gave $1 in war
stamps to Verlie Hooper for the
best beekeeping project.
SINGING
The third Sunday Singing will
be with the Calvary Baptist church
Sunday. December 17 at 1:30.
Every one is invited to attend.
IMPROVED
Pvt. Frank G. C louse, who was
hurt while on maneuvers at Fort
McClellan, Ala., recently, is re
ported to be much improved.
County Expected To Go Over Top
In Sixth War Loan By End Of Week
Sixth War L^an Chairman P
Miss Slayton Is
In Who's Who
Miss Thomasine Slayton. a
graduate of Murphy high school,
now a student at University of
North Carolina. Chapel Hill, has
been, selected, as one of 15 stu
dents. to appear in the next issue
of Who's Who Among Students
in American Uiversities and Col
leges. one of the highest honors
tnat can come to a student.
Who's Who has appeared every
year for the past 11 years, and
represents more than 600 colleges
an universities in the nation. The
publication selects the campus
leaders and outstanding students
cn the campuses of the country
cn the basis of character, scholar
ship. leadership in extra-curri
cular activities and for future
usefulness to business and society.
Only juniors, seniors and students
in advance work are eligible to ap
pear in Who's Who.
Miss Slayton will graduate from
*.he School of Pharmacy at the
University in July of next year.
She is the youngest student in her
class.
The Slaytons now live in Knox
ville. Tenn., formerly having re
s;ded in Murphy.
Edward Chastain
Wounded, Germany
Pfc. Edward W. Chastain of
Murphy was wounded in the face,
light arm and both ie^s on Nov.
22 somewhere in Germany, when
struck by a shell, according to a
message received here by his wife.
Mrs. Irene Hughes Chastain. Pfc.
Chastain. son of E. L. Chastain
of Blairsville. Ga.. entered the
service De<\ 4. 1943. and received
training at Camp Blanding, Fla.,
and Fort Meade. Md. He left for
overseas duty. June 30. 1944.
War Bond Rallv
Is Held In
Robbinsville
War bonds and stamps amount
ing to $3400. were sold at a war
bona rally and auction in Robbins
ville on December 7. The rally
was sponsored by the Graham
county Women's club. Admission
was by war stamps, and during the
e\ening. articles contributed by
Robbinsville merchants were auc
tioned off with Jim Miller, auc
tioneer. The Fontana quartet,
the Robbinsville quartet, and the
Robbinsville glee club, under the
direction of Mrs. Donna Edwards,
syng religious and patriotic songs.
SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS
High school boys and girls who
work in business or industrial jobs
ouring the holidays were urged to
day by D. W. Lambert, manager
of the Asheville office of the Soc
ial Security Beard, to take care
of their social security account
number cards, and show them to
every employer for whom they
work.
mi
Annual Christmas
Tree To Be Held
At Marble Church
The Marble Baptust Church will
sponsor a Christmas Tree for the
entire community at the Church
on Saturday night, December
23rd. at 6:30 o'clock. The com
munity tree is an annual event
of the church and is looked for
ward to by the community. Christ
mas music and a short Christmas
program in addition to the giving
of gifts will be part of the pro
gram. White Christmas will also
be observed in connection with
the Christmas tree.
On Sunday evening. December
24. at 7 o'clock a Christinas play
"The Nativity", will be given at
the Marble Baptist church. Spec
ial Christmas music in connection
with the play will feature the pro
gram.
Wounded Are
Remembered By
Junior Red Cross
The Junior Red Cross of Murphy
lecently completed the following
items which will be carried to
Moore General Hospital this week :
200 Christmas nut cups, 50 Christ
mas tray favors. 100 New Year's
nut cups. 125 score pads for games.
25 scrap books, and 25 mounted
cross word puzzles.
Several weeks ago 100 menu
covers vrere made by the high
school art classes to be used ty
the navy at Christmas time.
After Christmas, various schools
that have joined the Junior Red
Cross will fill boxes with educa
tional supplies to be sent to schools
in the European countries now in
the hands of the allies for the |
rehabilitation program.
Ninety-Two Men
Take Military Exams
Ninety-two Cherokee county'
men left Murphy Monday morn- j
ing for Camp Croft for pre- indue- 1
lion examination. Ben David '
Palmer was leader of the group. (
which included:
Atlas Sirous Ledford, Harvie |
Earl Hamilton. Andrew James Tay- ?
lor. Skilcr Bunyar. Stiles, Emory
Thomas Beaver, Roscoe Lamb.
James Lee Morrow, Cecil Phillips.
Herbert Holloway, Lawrence
Dockery, Everett Lee Bruce, Ervin
Malone Hughes. Wade Lawrence
Garren, Grady Grogan Watkins.
Elmer Robert Stiles. Lloyd Bayless
Lunxford, Randle Edgar Cook.
Charlie Winford McClure, John
Clifford Rose. Ralph Edwin Ram
sey. Herbert Ma k Collett. Alvin
Edgar Clayton. Arnold William
Deireberry. Aubrey James Regis.
Wilburn Patton Rose, William
Derreberry. Aubry James Regis,
man Stiles. Glenn Dale Johnson.
Hadley John Self. Ben David
Falmer. Ab. Gentry. Clarence Clay
Hemphill. Arvil Cronan. Nulin
Jackson. Joe Conley. Taft Hyatt.
Willie Ledford. Glen Alfred Owen
by. Alonzo Taylor. Wayne Vin
cent Truett. Frank Harford Byers.
Wiley Edward Wakefield. Ernest
Wocdroe Reighard. William
Franklin Tilson, Noah Webster
Hembree. Glade J. West. Vernon
Dockeiy. Sam Grady Rose, Henry
Hewey Chambers. Robert Ralph
Horton.
Clint Taft Shuler, Mark Hugh
Brit tain. Clarence Max Witt, Ed
Adams, Wade Marcus Hedrick,
Thomas David Elrod, William Gor
don Darnell, Glenn Coy Martin.
Oscar Rollin Davis. Robert Guy
Crisp. Clyde Walker Roberts.
Dewey Franklin Garrett, Lee Row
land Ledford, Ralph Lenard Lov
ingood, Boyd Nesbit Martin. Glen
co Hardin. Vincent Hardin. Frrd
Lee Moss, Allen Bin ton LovingcoJ,
Dave Howard Passmore. James
Willie Ledford. Henry Elwood El
rod. James Cecil Rice. Chestei
Arthur Greene, Ralph Ray Wilcox.
Herbert Mull, Donald Hopson
Green, Thomas Cloe Moore. Ar
thur Joshua Elrod. Kenneth Lee
Wheler, Vernon Hue Davis, Bronce
Hubert Patterson. Charles Finley
Bates, Jr., Enloe Nelson Carpen
ter. Luther Blake Roberts, Harold
Brown. Jesse Ray Whitener. Thom
as Willard Crowder, James Dennis
Hampton. Howard James Gregory,
James Neal Payne. Charlie Brum
by Hall.
SERMON SUBJECT
"The Saviour of Sinners" will
be the sermon subject of the Rev.
Ralph Taylor at First Methodist
Church Sunday morning at 11
o'clock. Everyonfe is most cord
ially invited. "And the folks are
friendly".
Sidney Bryson
Is Driver At
Port Of Leghorn
Allied Force Headquarters. Italy
?Private Sidney J. Bryson. son
| of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bryson,
Route No. 2. of Murphy. North
> Carolina, is serving as a driver
! with the unit controlling the Port
' of Leghorn. This outfit adminis
ters work that sends an average of
nearly 10.000 tons of war supplies
| ta the Fifth Army front daily.
Men of this unit operated the
Port of Palermo. Sicily, before com
i ing to Italy. They sent detach
! ments to the Anzio Beachhead to
i assist in handling of supplies for
1 tne Fifth Army in the early weeks
of the fight there and later man
aged the embarkation of the en
? tire Seven Army for the invasion
j of Southern France.
Last September 1, the outfit's
i first group took over the opera
| tion of the Port of Leghorn while
i German artillery shells were still
! falling in the city. In addition
I to regular port functions, they set
ur* a large ship repair shop and
a small craft-operating section to
speed the unloading of Liberty
Ships arriving with ammunition
and other high priority supplies.
The entire port was wrecked by
retreating Germans and over
1 1 .000 land mines were taken from
the dock area in one day.
Pvt. Bryson has been overseas
19 months and has been awarded
the Good Conduct Medal. He al
so wears the Mediterranean The
ater Ribbon with 3 Battle Parti
( cipation Stars.
L' Ferebee stated Wednesday that
it appears the county will have
gone over the top in the present
drive, with a quota of $194,000 in
bonds, of which $66,000 was for
E" Series, by the end of this week.
Latest figures from the Treas
I my Department, as of last Friday.
, gave the county a total credit of
$100,148.25. of which $54,371.25
was for "E" bonds.
Mrs. J. W Davidson, chairman
of bond sales in the Murphy
schools has reported the total sales
to date to be $31,503.65. Of this
amount the high school has sold
S4.743.65 and the elementary
ichool $26,760.
By classes, the following fe
rn ounts have been sold in the ele
mentary school: Miss Clara Mc
Combs. $1,400: Mrs. Brendle, $25;
Mrs. Patton. $600; Mrs. Schaap.
$25; Mrs. Dair Shields. $225; Miss
Emily Sword. $2,825; Miss Kate
Hayes, $100; Mrs. Martha Adams.
5.875 ; Miss Addie Leatherwood.
$19,310; Mrs. J. W. Davidson.
S3.375.
Schools Close
Early Because
Of Bad Weather
Due to weather conditions and
the fact that school buses may
not be able to operate for several
days. Supt. H. Bueck of the city
school unit, and Lloyd Hendrix.
superintendent of county schools,
decided Tuesday to suspend schools
until the 27th of December which
will make a difference of only a
lew days }n length of the
Christmas holidays, and the time
of closing in the spring.
Pageant Is Given
At Baptist Church
"Gifts", a pageant on the Lottie
Moon Christmas offering, was
presented Sunday evening at First
Baptist church by the Young
Woman's auxiliary, under the di
rection of the leader. Miss Addit
Mae Cooke, and the W. M. U.
leader. Mrs. J. C Ammons.
i Miss Emma Louise Jenkins was
reader, and members of the jun
i ;or choir assisted with the music.
! Rosalind Stalcup sang two solo
j parts. Those taking part in the
I pantomine were: Mrs. Roger Am
nions and baby, the madonna
, scene: Jne Hamilton. Lloyd Hend
i t ix and P. G. Ivie. wise men; Cy
i )us White. Roger Ammons and
R. D. Chandler, shepherds. Mrs.
j J J. Berry, widow with the mite
| bcx: Miss Alice Jayne Dockery.
young lady with an alabaster box:
Mrs. Winston Craig, Chine woman;
Miss Jayne Ricks. Mexican Wom
i-n; Miss Frances Ricks, mission
ary: Sammy White and Gordon
Pates. Africans; and Miss Janice
Hall, peasant woman.
The first scene was of the man
ge r and the second the cross.
Prior to the presentation of the
pageant. Rev. R. Lane Akins spoke
briefly on the subject of "Miss
icnr.".
Wilson Palmer Is
New Scoutmaster
Murphy Lions club will operate
?\ dime board December 16-23 for
the purpose of raising funds to
remember unfortunate families at
Christmas. This method has been
used annually for the past few
years and always finds a ready
| response on the part of public in
i making contributions.
President H. A. Mattox an
nouced that Wilson Palmer, who
was recently granted a medical
discharge from the Army Air
Forces after serving three years
in this war. will be the new Boy
Scoutmaster to succeed Rev. W.
T. Medlin, Jr., who moved away.
This dinner meeting was in
honor of the football squad of the
local high school. Coach A1 Smith
;nd several of the football play
1 cis were special guests.
Miss Virginia Ann Morgan, ac
| companied by Mrs. Duke Whitley,
sang several selections. She was
| presented by the program chair
1 man. Bob Bault.
B. I. Mirkin of New York City,
owner of Murphy Box and Floor
ing Manufacturing Co., and S. P.
Horowitz of Murphy were guests
cf Frank Forsyth. At the close of
the meet in*. Mr. Mirkin contri
buted a cheek for $50 to the blind
work which the club carries on.