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Consolidated with GRAHAM COUNTY NEWS Serving Southwestern North Carolina ? Cherokee, Clay, and Graham Counties MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY *5. 1945 Nichols Speaker At Rotary Club ANDREWS ? L. B Nichols, speaking on the fourth object of Rotary Club at its luncheon meet ing here Thursday. "Internationa'. Relations" was his theme, and "Unity In a Post-War World" was the topic discussed. Mr. Nichols began by saying: "There has been a universal de sire to create some method of preserving peace". Such notions have existed since the time of the Pax Romama. Mr. Nichols de clared that the "balance of power" theory for insuring peace so widely followed in Europe in mod em times had not brought tran quility to the world. The universal need of the hour now is some stabalizlng force for preserving in ternational peace. "We cannot escape living to gether internationally", said the speaker, "certainly if we are now no more than 48 hours from any part of the world". Mr. Nichols gave in brief six suggestions that he thought wouM be good for us locally in the post war world: 1. Maintain employment: 2. maintain a high level of income: 3. develop and prerserve our nat ural resources : 4. improve the health of all our people: 5. pro mote wholesome youth, and im prove family life: 6, teach the masses of our people about their government. Cpl. Joe Clayton, aviation gun ner from a Savannah air base was guest of I. B. Hudson. President E. S. Christenbury ?ead a tetter to the club from Jack Herbert, who is now a patient at Finley General hospital. Thomas ville. Oa. Pastors To Meet At Shady Grove The West Liberty Pastors con ference will be held at Shady Grove Baptist church on Febru ary 12, announces the secretary, Rev. Freed Townsend. The pro gram opens at 9:30 in the morn ing with the devotinal by the Rev. Noah Stiles. Following the secre tary's report, the Rev. P. H. Hooker will talk on "A Pastor &nd His Duty". Rev. Thomas Truett will speak on "A New Tes tament Church". The afternoon session opens with devotional by the Rev. Ev erett Nichols. Rev. Grady Chas tain will talk on "A Bible Sunday School", and the W. A. Hedden on Bible Salification". The Rev. P. H. Chastain will speak on "The Coopei-ative Program", and a round table discussion will end the program. Fidelis Class Plans To Secure Organ For Church The following officers for this year were elected at a meeting of the Fidelis class of First Baptist Sunday scihool held with Miss Margaret Curd Monday evening: Teacher, Mrs. J. W. Davidson: associate teacher, Miss Addie Mae Cooke; president. Miss Addie Mae Cooke: first vice-president, Mrs. Sallie Wlhlte; second vice-presi dent. Mrs. Opal Crisp; third vice president, Miss Susan Beck: and fourth vice-president. Miss Hazel Jordan; secretary. Mrs. Oval Don ley; treasurer. Mi's. Anice Cole man; pianist. Miss Margaret Curd; reporter, Mrs. Louise Mau ney Caldwell, and chorister, Mrs. H. Carlson. The class voted to go ahead with plans for buying a Hammond or gan for the church, with the co operation of the deacons and other members of the church. Mrs. Davidson reported that one will be available within the next few months. The devotional was conducted by Miss Addie Mae Cooke. At the close of the business ses sion, Mrs. Caldwell, the former Louise Mauney. was honored with * miscellaneous shower. Mtaa Curd and her mother *CTVei1 refreshment*. Expects Double Polio Quota Dr. W. A. Hoover, chair man of the infantile paraly sis drive for Cherokee coun ty. reports $1,450 in hand, with no reports as yet from Andrews, Hiwassee Dam. the theaters and other places where contributions are be ing made. Dr. Hoover thinks the quota of $964 will be doubled, he says. Court In Session Only Two Hours Court scheduled for this week ended only two hours after con vening Monday. Judge Will Pless of Marion was presiding. The principal business transacted was the signing of the judgment from the report of the Referee E. Prank Watson of Spruce Pine in the six cases of the county, clerk of su perior court, and board of educa tion vs. John Donley. The consent judgment was a compromise for approximately $8,000, plus costs. Two divorces were granted: Ar thur G. Cornwell from Aimer Beavers Cornwell. white, and Theodore McKinney from Julia Mae McKinney, colored. Says Unnecessary Travel By Farm Trucks Must Be Eliminated The Office of Defense Trans portation has made a rarefu' fx ;voy regarding the critical short age of trucks and gasoline, H. N. Wells, chairman Cherokee Coun ty AAA committee, announced here today. This survey revealed that "un less all unnecessary travel by farm trucks is eliminated there v ill not be sufficient gasoline to take care of the critical needs," he declared. Mr. Wells pointed out that, "in many instances, gasoline has been issued for farm trucks, based on the fact that the applicants leceived consideration for such nl locations of gasoline by indi cating that they were taking care of the essential hauling in the community, or of the transporta tion of certain farmers. Investi- 1 Rations revealed that at least a half dozen truck owners had been issued gasoline for the same pur pose and in many instances, far mers were taking care of their jown transportation." The AAA leader cited cases ! where gasoline had teen issued to applicants for pick-up trucks to cany on farming operations and it was later found that the trucks were used. 90 per cent of their operations, for pleasure driv ing. "Something must be done about the gasoline that has been al loted for essential use and used for non-essential purposes," he said. "In an effort to eliminatte such waste and to be assured that our most essential transportation can be carried on. the Cherokee County Farm Transportation committee has been asked to re view all certificates of War Ne cessity in Cherokee county." he concluded. Taylor Elected Vice-President Of W.N.C, Board I Rev. Ralph H. Taylor, pastor of the First Methodist church, spent several days in Charlotte last week attending a meeting of the Board of Evangelism of Western North Carolina Conference. Mr. Taylor was elected vice president 01 the board. Dr. Howard Powell, a former pastor of the local Methodist church, was elected president. IN AN ENGLISH HOSPITAL ? Pvt. Wayne J. Abe mat hy, hus band of Mrs. Virginia Abernathy and son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Abernathy of Murphy, is now convalescing in an English hos pital. He entered service January 24. 1944. and received his basic training at Camp Wolters, Texas and Port Meade, Md. Pvt. Aber nathy went overseas July 8. He was fighting in Germany when he was wounded last November. Two Inducted Into The Armv The following rergist rants of [ the Graham county local toard No. 1 were inducted into the armed services at Foit Bragg, on January 17: | Rube Burton Rogers of Rob binsville, Paul B. Baker of Rob binsville. Ronald Levell Rich of Cheoah, a registrant of Gaston county, was inducted at the same time. W. Ray Truett Is Graduated NORMAN. Okla. Seaman first class W. Ray Truett, son of Mi's. Lucy Truett. of Andrews. N. C,. has recently graduated from the' Naval Air Technical Training Center here, completing a course in aviation machinery. He will not be transferred to a naval unit afloat or to another shore sta- 1 tion for further instruction and | work. Ti-uett has been in Naval serv- ] ice since August 1943. SUNDAY SERVICE Services at the Church of the Messiah will be held February 4. Sunday school will be at 10 a. m and evening prayer and sermon ty the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, at 7:30 o'clock. Ben Warner Is Believed To Be Prisoner Of War The family of Pfc Ben E. Warner, Jr.. who was reported missing in action recently, have received the following message from the War Department: "Fol lowing enemy propaganda broad cast from Germany mentioned the name of Pfc. Benjamin E. War ner, as a prisoner of war. No per sonal message was included. Pending further confirmation this report does not establish his sta tus as a prisoner of war. Addi tional information received will be furnished." Signed ? Lerch. Provost Marshall General. The Use Of Electricity Is Restricted As announced in an advertise ment in this paper last week, by the City of Murphy Electric De partment. the War Production Board has notified the town au thorities that certain uses of electricity will be prohibited after FeKru*ry 1. The public is asked to comply fully with the order from the board and any consumer who vio lates the order is subject to pen alties prescribed by federal law which includes the discontinuance of electric service at the direc tion of the board. The usues of electricity which are prohibited are: Outdoor advertising and out door promotional lighting. Outdoor display lighting except where necessary for the conduct of the business of outdoor estab lishments. Outdoor decorative and outdoor ornamental lighting. Show window lighting except where necessary for interior illu mination. Marquee lighting ir% excess of 60 watts for each marquee. (Mar quee refers to tent or open field.) ' White way street lighting in excess of the amount determined i by local public authority to be i necessary for public safety. Outdoor sign lightining with limited specified exceptions which are noted in the order. SERMON SUBJECTS "In God We Trust" will be the topic of the sermon by Rev. Ralph Taylor at First Methodist church Sunday at 11 o'clock. "Winning Your Wings" will be the sermon subject at the 7:30 o'clock even ing service. School Bills Much In Evidence In State Legislature The past week saw the General Assembly settling down and work ing at an increased tempo, saw some outcroppings of rather defi nite differences of opinion among the legislators upon some import ant issues and hints of other dif ferences which may be aired later or. in the session. The Budget Revenue bill receiv ed a substantial, though not criti cal, jolt when the joint Senate and House Finance Committee voted to reject the proposed amendment which would have returned thea tres to the gross receipts tax which was repealed by the 1943 Legisla ture. Public school people and pub lic school bills were much in evi dence during the week. The school people were in Raleigh in consid erable force to give their testimony before the Joint Appropriations Committee and to ask d> for in creased appropriations for the public schools and (2) that the salary schedule be taken out of the Appropriations bill and left with the Slate Board of Education as an administrative matter. Hie school bills were designed to acfcomplish a variety of ends, some of which the school people favored and some of which they were not so enthusiastic about. One bill would raise the compulsory school at tendance age to 16, starting with the next year. Another would raise it to 15 for next year and to 16 thereafter. Still another bill would provide that children who reach the age of 6 on or before December 31 of the school year ' may enroll as pupils during the first month of that school year. Under the present law, children must have reached the age of 6 by October 1 of the school year to be entitled to enrollment. A fourth bill would add a $10 war bonus to the salary schedule set out in the Appropriations bill. A fifth bill, introduced in both houses, would put school princi pals upon a ten-month basis to provide for compensation for their duties relative to preparing for and winding up the nine-month term. And a sixth bill will make It mandatory for the State Board of Education to provide for a 9 day sick leave for teachers and principals, Instead of leaving it i discretionary with the board to provide a sick leave not to exceed E days. Fifteen million dollars, or seven and one-half million dollars for j each year of the ensuing blen nium. would be appropriated (Continued on page four) AWARDED PURPLE HEART Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Carter of Mur phy. route 3, have received the Purple Heart award for their son, Pfc. Verlon E. Carter, who has teen wounded. Pfc. Carter enter Ed service in December 1943 and leceived his basic training at Ft. McClellan, Ala., Camp Shelby, Miss., and Camp Gordon. Ga. He is in a unit of infantry unit. He was wounded in action in Prance In November, he served three months in the European theatre Df operations. He is now in a hos pital in England. Prior to enter ing service he was a member of the senior class of the Murphy high school. Hiawassee River Is Frozen Over The severe cold weather which swept the country a few days this week sent the thermometers in Murphy down to 5 degrees. On Thurs day morning Hiawassee river was frozen over. The 5 de grees Thursday morning compared with the tempera ture on December 16. the two coldest days this winter. McCIure Preaches ANDREWS ? Rev. R. E. Mc CIure. executive secretary of the Asheville Presbytery, will preach at Andrews Presbyterian church Sunday morning, February 4. at 11 o'clock. The public is invited to attend the service. BAPTIST HOUR SPEAKER ? Dr. Louie D. Newton of Atlanta, Baptist Hour Speaker for next Sunday, February 4th, will have Dr. J. H. Rushbrooke of London, England, as his guest in the broadcast, as announced by the radio committe, CBS, S. F. Lowe, director, Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Rushbrooke is president of the Baptist World Alliance, and his five minute message comes from London, England, via short wave. " Dr. Newton, pastor of the Druid Hills Baptist church at Atlanta, is associate secretary of the Bap tist World Alliance and is chair man of the Centennial' Program Committee for the forthcoming Southern Baptist Convention. I which meets in Atlanta, May 8. | unless war emergencies preclude such possibility. Mr. Lowe announces that the annual fan mail response tills year indicates that the audience is the largest in the history of the Baptist hour, which is heard over 36 stations covering the territory from the eastern seaboard to the far southwest. Tliis broadcast is heard in North Carolina over Radio Sta tion WBIG. Greensboro: WPTF, Raleigh; WSJS, Winston -Salem, and WWNC, Asheville. 8:30 A M l E.W.T., Sundays. All Back Taxes To Be Collected Polio Drive Is Successful In Graham Countv Dr. Nettie Parette, county chair man of infantile paralysis drive, announces, that the 1945 drive in Graham county has been highly successful. Proceeds from the bingo party at Tapoco. the pic ture show at Tapoco and Rob binsville school, the triple header ball games with Teachers vs. Rob binsville business women. Lion's Club vs. Robbinsville business men. and the Cherokee Indian boys vs. Robbinsville high school and the mam program? "Amateur Night" held Tuesday night at Robbinsville gym have exceeded all expectations. Early reports from Fontana show a highly successful drive there. Dr. Parette expressed ap preciation for the cooperation of the county in this drive. Edgar Dickey Is Taken By Death Tuesday Funeral services for George Edgar Dickey. 75. of Culberson, who died early Tuesday morning at a local hospital after an ill ness of two days, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Muiphy First Methodist church. The Rev. Thomas Truett and the Rev. Ralph Taylor officiated. Burial was in Shady Grove ceme tery with Manoic honors. Pallbearers were: Frank E. Dick ey. Elbert Totherow. D. M. Reece, Roy Clonts. E. L. Shields. Ralph Shields. Surviving aie the widow, the former Miss Callie Hall of Min eral Bluff, Ga.; one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Carroll of Murphy; one son. Frank Dickey of Fontana Dam; three grandchildren. Yeo man 3 C Dorothy Christine Car roll of Atlanta. Fanny Ruth and Lillian Linda Dickey of Fontana Dam; and one sister. Mrs. W H. Griffiths of Murphy. Mr. Dickey was a member of a promient Cherokee county fam ily. the son of the late James Burton Dickey. He was a brother of the late W. G. Dickey of Knox ville. Tenn. He was engaged in mercantile business in Culberson until his health failed about 15 years ago. Among those from out of towr. who attended the funeral Wed nesday afternoon were: Mrs. Lon Walker, of Atlanta. Ga.; Mrs. John Loudermilk of Copperhili, Tenn. ; Mrs. W. C. Dickey of Knox ville; Mrs. Jim Burt and Mrs. Syl can Burt of Blairsville; Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Dickey of Copperhill: Mrs. Myrtle Robinson. Mrs. O. G. Anderson. Mrs. J. T Benton. Mrs. Austin Roper, and Roy Anderson of Culberson. Ivie funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Lorenzo Thomas Dies At Age 83 Lorenzo Thomas, 83. died at his home, Culberson, route 1, Wed- ! nesday. after a long illness fol lowing a stroke several months ago. Funeral services were held Fri- 1 day afternoon at 2 o'clock at Mt. Zion Baptist church with the Rev. Manuel Henry and the Rev. Hosea Woody officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery, with Townson funeral home in charge of arrangements. Surviving are the widow, one daughter. Mi's. Walter Wimbrow, of Akron. Ohio; two sons, Loys Thomas of Akron ; and Everett Thomas of Knoxville, Tenn., seven (grandchildren and 13 great-grand children. Mrs. James Robinson has re turned to her home in Akron, O.. after spending a week with Mrs. Myrtle Robinson and family. Members of Murphy Town couri il are taking steps to clear up 1! back taxes for the town. At a neeting called for Monday even iik by Mayor W. M. Pain, to liscuss the street surveys. Uw ouncil instructed Clerk E. L. shields to reuest Mrs. Winifred Veils and E. B Norvel. attorneys n whose hands the tax sale cer ificates have been placed, to take teps to collect all back taxes nthin the next month or return hem to the clerk for collection. Taxes due the town date tack LS far as 1927, and a consider - ible amount of money is involved n the delinquencies. Sgt. Lloyd Orr Missing In Action Word has been received from he War Department by Prank )rr, of the Cheoah sect km of JitLham county, that his son, Sgl. Joyd On. has been missing in ction since December 22. Sgl. >ri entered the service in March. 942. and went overrseas Septem ler. 1843. Pvt. Grover Orr, a brother, is erving somewhere in Prance. Sgt. Orr has two other brothers, toy of Cheoah and Dock of Rob linsville. His mother passed away ibout two months ago. Funeral Is Held For Mrs. Bird Patton Adams Funeral services were held Mon iay afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Maggie's chapel for Mrs. Bird *atton Adams. 67, of Br&sstown vho died at a local hospital Sun lay morning following an illness >1 several months. Rev. A. B. jovell officiated. Burial was in the ?hurch cemetery with Townson 'uneral home in charge. Pallbearers were: Prank Hogan, 3uy Anderson. Wayne Carringei , layden Sparks. Luther Carringer 3. Clayton and Henry Clayton. Surviving are one son. Fred Vdams of Brass town and onesis er. Mrs. Mary Hicks of Shreve x>rt. La. The daughter of the late Dr. John W. Patton. Mrs. Adams was i member of one of the oldest ind most prominent families ill Cherokee county. Two brothers. Dr. W. O. Patton and Dr. Sam 3atton were also prominent phy sicians in the county. R. G. Alexander's Father Dies Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Alexander were called to StatesviUe last Thursday on account of the ser ious illness of Mr. Alexander's father, James R. Alexander, who died at his home there Friday. Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock Mr. Alexander, a retired real estate and insurance agent, had been an invalid for several years. He is survived by the widow, three sons, Fi-ed Alexander and J. C. Alexander of StatesviUe. and R G. Alexander of Murphy, and two daughters. Mi's. Eugene Fra ley and Miss Sadie Alexander of StatesviUe. and 15 grandchildren. Frank and Tommy Alexander ac companied their parents to States viUe. Thirteen Take Military Exam The following boys were sent to Port Bragg, by the Graham County Local Board No. 1 for their preinduction physical exam ination on January 23: James Boyd Crisp, Bruce Ed gar Walters, Carl James Shuler. Pritchard Elmer McMahan. Mike Burton Sherrill, Odell Lovtn. Chas. Olenn Massey. Theodore Birch field, Wayne Joe Hollowly, Wade Clell Gladden. Vincent Elmore lOrr, George Reagan
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