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Consolidated with GRAHAM COUNTY NEWS
Serving Southwestern North Carolina ? Cherokee, Clay, and Graham Counties
VOLUME 56 ? NUMBER 34.
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, Till RSDAY, MARCH 15, 1945.
GIVE NOW!
GIVE MORE!
To The Red Cross
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN LINE FOR AN AIRPORT
Red Cross Chapter Yet Has $2,400 To Raise In Its War Fund
*
$3,500 Reported
Thus Far In The
War Fund Drive
With half the month gone, the
Cherokee county chapter of the
American Red Cross has not yet
it. ached its quota of $5,900 in the
war fund drive which started Mar
ch 1. Through Wednesday a total
of $3,500 had been reported, leav
ing a balance of $2,400 to be rais
ed.
War Fund Chairman H. E. Bis
hop urges all committees to com
plete their canvass as early as
possible and turn in their reports
to Treasurer Prank Forsytli or
leave them at the Scout office.
Special gifts. $25 or more, re
ported since last week's list was
published, are as follows: $25 each:
Jim Gibbs, EM Brumby, H. G. El
kins, Allison and Duncan: $50. C.
L. Alverson.
Business Men's
Club Is To
Organize Tuesday
"Hie Murphy Business Men's
club will hold an organization
meeting at Regal hotel on Tues
day evening, March 20, at 7:30
o'clock, when dinner wil lbe serv
ed. The temporary board of di
i ectors met last Th.irsday night
and outlined - X
tion with by-laws and listed nomi
nations for officers and directors
to serve the club for the next year.
Election will be held on Tuesday
evening.
Revival Is In
Progress Here
An old fashioned revival of re
ligion is in progress at Free Metho
dist Church, with Dr. C. F. John
ston of Atlanta, Ga? preaching.
Many have already professed
Christ and the interest is deepen
ing nightly. The campaign will
continue through Sunday. March
18. Dr. Johnston's topic for Sun
day are: "The Word Symbolized"
at 11 a. m., and "The Kingdom of
God", at 7:30 p. m. The public
is invited.
IN HOSPITAL ? Lt. Selby G.
Benton, a University of Georgia
Kradu&te. son of Mr. and Mrs. S.
M. Benton of Cornelia, Ga., and
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Savage of Murphy, who is now re
ceiving medical treatment in a
hospital in Thomasville, Ga., after
action on the western front.
Lt. Benton holds the purple
heart for wounds received last
September near the German bor
der. He also fought in the hedge
rows of Normany and was in the
heavy fighting at St. Lo. He sen
Pd under Gen. Patton during the
breakthrough in France. Among ?
his awards are the Combat In- 1
fantry Badge and the Bronze Stat
-or leading his men to success in j
France after his superior officer
h*d teen killed.
Dakin Couple Freed
From Jap Prison
Charles A. Dakin. son-in-law of
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Sneed. Mur- 1
phy, R. F. D. 2, has been freed from
it Japanese prison camp, accord
ing to a message received last |
Wednesday by Mrs. Sneed. She
had received a message earlier in
the week that her daughter, Mrs.
Bess May Sneed Dakin. had been
liberated by American troops in
the Philippines. Mr. Dakin's phy
sical condition was reported to be
fair.
Mr. and Mrs. Dakin left the
United States October 18. 1939
to go to the Philippines where Mr.
Dakin was engaged in the ope ra
tion of a gold mine on Mast ate
Island. They remained there un
til 'he Japanese attacked that is
land and then moved to Ilo Ilo
Island where they were interned.
They were first held in Santa
Thomas camp and later transfer
red to Los Banos camp from which
they were liberated.
Mrs. Dakin was superintendent
of nurses at the Norris dam hospi
tal while the dam was under con
struction.
The last news Mr. and Mrs.
Sneed had had of Mr. and Mis.
Dakin was in 1943 from Mrs. W
A. Wallace of California, who had
been interned with them, and who
vat freed and ***? 0n the
Gripsholm.
Woody Succeeds
Schaap Here As
Forest Ranger
C. E. Woody who has been in |
Franklin since January as timber
management assistant to the sup
ervisor of Nantahala National
Forest, arrived in Murphy last
week to take over the office of
Forest Ranger of the Tusquittee
district of Nantahala National
forest to succeed L. P. Schaap who
has been transferred to Raleigh.
Mr. Woody who had spent a
year and a half in Franklin was
transferred last May to Lufkin,
Texas, to salvage ice-damaged
timber in that section. He work
ed 1600 German prisoners on the
job.
Mrs. Woody and their two
daughters, Emma Lou and Bar- 1
bara Jean, will join Mr. Woody j
here soon.
Oplinger Is To
Preach Friday
The Rev. N. E. Oplinger of
Woodleaf will preach at Murphy
Presbyterian church Sriday eve
ning at 7:30 o'clock. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
Legislature Is
Swamped With
Volume Of Bills
The ninth full week of the
1945 General Assembly saw both
the Senate and the House go over
the high water mark of the 1943
session with respect to the num
ber of bills introduced. In 1943,
365 bills were introduced n the
Senate and 858 in the House, for
a session's total of 1223 bills. Al
ready this session the Senate has
received 403 measuies and the
house 886. for a total so far of
1289. Of this total. 178 came in
during the past week. The great
majority of them, of course, are
local bills, but there are included
in last week's introductions a
number of State-wide bills of con
siderable importance. From the
volume and importance of bills
still coming in, one would think
the legislature was scarcely past
mid-term. Unless the number of
new bills falls off sharply the first
of next week, one of three things
must happen: adjournment must
1 be further postponed, many bills
will fail to be acted upon, or many
bills will have to be acted upon in
too great haste and with too little
consideration. It is probable
that all three of these things will
happen to a certain extent.
Of interest to this county were:
SB 147 ? Introduced by Pen
land, Feb. 7 (Beer and wine elec
tion) March 6. re-referred to Sen
ate Financie committee: March
10. reported fav. by Senate com
mittee. as amended to postpone
the election until at least 12 mon
ths after the war.
HB 437 ? Introduced by Cover,
Feb. 16 < Murphy mayor and com
missioners' term) March 6. report
ed fav. by Senate committee on
Counties, Cities and Towns; Mar
ch 7. passed 2nd and 3rd leadings
in Senate: March 8. ratified as to
House committee substitute.
HB 760 ? Introduced by Cov
er, March 6. "To amend Chapter
528 of the Session Laws of 1943
relating to the appointment of
trustees for the Andrews City Ad
ministrative Unit in Cherokee
County." 'Would extend the
term of the trustees for two years
from and after first Monday in
April 1945, and provide that they
shall meet and organize on that
date.) To Counties. Cities and
Towns.
SERMON SUBJECT
"Satan's Weapon" will be the
topic of the sermon by the Rev.
Ralph Taylor at the First Metho
dist church Sunday morning at
11 o'clock. Evening service will
be at 7:30 o'clock.
Murphy, Robbinsville
Win In Tournament
ROBBINSVILLE In the fin- 1
?.15 of the Western Carolina Bask
etball Tournament here Saturday |
night, the Murphy boys' team de- j
feated a fighting Robbinsville
quint. 25-20, and the Robbinsville
girls defeated the hitherto unbeat
en Hayesville sextet. 23-20 in a
hard-fought game.
Pololwing the game .all confer- 1
enee and all tournament teams [
v. ere named. The all-conference
tram is as follows:
Girls, Crawford of Hayesville. !
Reed of Hiwassee Dam. Ammons :
of Murphy, Hyde of Robbinsville, |
Ledford of Hayesville, and McMil
lan of Hiwassee Dam. Boys. Ayers
of Nantahala. McClure of Hayes
ville, # Amnions of Robbinsville,
Ropers of Murphy and Ferguson
of Murphy.
On the all-tournament team;,
are: Girls. Reid of Hiwassee Dam.
Lail of Nantahala. Dula cf Rob
binsville, Davis of Robbinsville, j
T. Crawford of Hayesville, M.
Crawford of Hayesville and Am
nions of Murphy. Boys. Ayers ol j
Nantahala. Hooper of Robbinsville. j
Ferp-usun of Muiphy. Toomey oi
Robbinsville. and McClure of i
Hayesville.
George Wilson
Dies On Leyte
Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson of
Murphy, Route 1, have been noti
fied ty the war department that
their son. George J. Wilson, whc
was wounded on Leyte December
20. died three days later on De
cember 23.
The Wilsons have two other
sons in the service ? Samuel H..
who is in England and has been
slightly wounded, and Pfc. Clar
ence, who is stationed at Camp
B landing, Fla.
Bellview Shop
Is To Be Opened
On March 29
The Bellview community work
shop which was established in co- {
operation with the Farm Security ,
Administration will be formerly i
opened Thurrsday, March 29.
The days' program will be an
nounced later by Ernest F. Arnold
and Miss Susan J. Beck. All farm
ers are inviied, whether they are
or. the Farm Security Administra
tion program or not. Everyone is
expected to bring a basket lunch
and spend the day.
The farmers in the community
repaired the old Bellview school '
building and have installed the
electrical shop equipment. Power
has been connect by the REA
and all equipment is ready for use.
Practical use of this machinery *
will be demonstrated.
Bible School
Conference To
Be Held Here
A vacation Bible school confer
ence for Western North Carolina
and the West Liberty association
will be held at Murphy First Bap
tist church, Saturday, March 24.
at 7:30 p. m., it has been announc
ed by the Rev. R. Lane Akins.
Western North Carolina associa
tional worker.
Mrs. H. J. Winn and Mrs. Clif
ton Beck of the Vacation Bible
school department in the Baptist
Sunday School board, Nashville,
Tenn., and Miss Myra Motley of
the Sunday School department in
Raleigh will be present to direct
the conference, to which all pas
tors, superintendents, teachers,
other church workers, and every
one interested in Bible School work
or in having a Bible school in
their church, are invited. Plans
will be developed for having a
school in every church that desires
one this summer. A large attend
ance is expected.
E. A. Wood, Jr.
Wins His Wings
Edgar A. Wood. Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar A. Wood. Andrews,
N. C. recently won his silver wings
of a pilot and was promoted to
'the rank of flight officer in the
Army Air Forces at Turner Field,
Albany. Georgia. Col. C. U. True,
commanding officer, lias anounc
cd.
Turner Field, an Army Air
Forces Pilot School 'Advanced
Two-Engine) is one of a group of
air bases, which compose the Army
Air oFrces Eastern Flying Train
ing Command. It is here that avi
ation cadets, student officers and
aviation students are sent for their
linal phase of training which cul- 1
initiates in their receiving their
much coveted winsis. commissions \
or rank of flight officer in the \
AAF.
SINGING
The Third Sunday singin will
be held at Rogers Chapel Baptist i
church Sunday at 2 o'clock p. m.
FORGE7TS INJURIES ? Pfc. William 'Bill) Wilson of the First
Marine Division, forgets about the injuries he received in the invasion
of the Palau Islands, in the Central Pacific, as Second Lieut. Doris M.
Gardner, AN C, of the hospital ship, U. S. S. Comfort, offers him a
cup of water in the above picture. Lieut. Gardner is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Gardner. 925 69th Street. Kenoshe, Wisconsin.
Flc. WiLson is the son of Mr. and Mi's. J. E. Wilson of Andrews.
Lions Club Entertains
At Ladies' Night
Murphy Lions club entertained
their Lionesses and other guests
at- a Ladies' Night banquet Tues
day at 6:30 p .m., in the dining:
room at the Methodist church.
After the singing of 'Believe Me |
11 All Those Endearing Young
Charms", the Rev. Ralph Taylor
offered the invocation, and Presi
dent Doyle Burch welcomed the
75 people present. Mrs. Frank
Forsyth responded.
The program of entertainment
v.as presented by Robt. S. Bault,
program chairman. C. E. Weir !
entertained as a magician, with ?
the assistance of Rev. Ralph Tay- 1
lor. Dr. L. T. Russell. Jr., Dale
Lee, and Harve Elkins. Negro i
spirituals were sung by a Texana |
quartet composed of : Argel Bow
man. Charles Suddeth, Edward
Allen and Kenneth Kincaid. Two
piano solos were played by Miss
Eu ret ha Plemmons. who also ac
companied the following trio in
several numbers: . Misses Carolyn
Head, Dorothy Plemmons and
Mildred Hendrix.
As the guests arrived they were
presented cards on which they
had 25 people sign. With these
cards bingo was played at the
conclusion of the above part of
the program. Harve Elkins called
the names, and Robt. S. Bault
checked.
The tables were decorated with
jonquils, forsythia and spirea.
and candles were used for light
ing. Place cards were shamrocks
and pipes, and programs were in
booklets carrying out the St. Pat
ricks motif.
The ladies were presented with
bottles of hand lotion, and at each
one's plaice was a corsage.
Graham Superior
Court Starts Mar. 19
The following jurors have been'?
drawn to serve for the March
Teim of Court at Robbinsville.
which convenes March 19th, with
Judge Will H. Pless presiding:
FIRST WEEK
G. E. Ayers. Robbinsville; J. H.
Collins. Robbinsville; John H. Dit
more, Yellow Creek; Ronald Hol
land. Robbinsville; John W. Stew
art. Robbinsville; William H. Har
den. Robbinsville; Arnold Hooper.
Robinsville; Carl Garland. Tus
keegee; McKinley Parr. Santeet
lah; D. G. Ledford. Tapoco; P.
M. McKeldrey, Robbinsville; Ed
Buchanan. Robbinsville; Caro Wil
liams. Yellow Creek; Prank Car
ringer. Robbinsville; A. V. Elliott.
Cheoah; John D. Waldroup, Rob
binsville; Grant Hardin. Robbins
ville; Virgil Phillips, Robbinsville:
Jim Carver. Robbinsville; Poe Tur
pin. Yellow Creek; Thomas Roy
Farley, Tapoco; J W. Shope. San
teetlah; John R. Cooper. Robbins
ville; Floyd Phillips. Robbinsville;
John M. Cook. Robbinsville; James
H. Jenkins. Stecoah; Pearlie Far
ley, Robbinsville: Noah Ledbetter. I
Robbinsville; J. B. Collins. Rob
binsville: John McRae. Robbins '
ville; M nroc Sawyer. Stccoah; F
S. Hooper. Robbinsville: Marvin J
Grant. Robbinsville; C. Cole
Ghoimley. Robbinsville: Charles i
Cai ringer. Robbinsville; Harley
(Continued on page four)
3 Local People
Admitted To
U. S. Citizenship
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Frasch and
B. S. Kolker have received their
final citizenship papers and are
now naturalized American citizens.
"I experienced the happy feeling
of being admitted into a big
family of friends", said Mr. Frasch
upon his return Tuesday from
Asheville, where the papers were
presented to him and his wife and
brother-in-law at the United
States district court. They were
acompanied to Asheville by Mrs.
R. H. Foard.
Tli is trio came to the United
States in 1939 from Danzig, having
left Russia in 1922. They have
been in Murphy for the past three
years and operate Cherokee Lum
ber Company.
Wounded
Mrs. Ida Slaughter of Robbins
ville has received word that her
son Pvt. Lacey Slaughter was
slightly wounded in Manilla on
February 8th.
Lions Working
To Complete
The City Park
There are prospects of Cherokee
county's getting an airport, if
recommendations of the Civil
Aeronautics Administration to
Congress are accepted. The CAA
has asked that Congress make an
appropriation of $100,000 for an
airport in Cherokee county, the
federal government to pay half
and the county half. A report on
this matter was brought to the at
tention of the town council at its
regular meeting Monday night by
Councilman Robert V. Weaver,
who, with Mrs. Winifred Wells,
had been to Raleigh to confer
with authorities.
Dr. B. W. Whitfield, councilman,
suggested that a meeting of the
county commissioners, town offi
cials of Andrews, and town offi
cials of Murphy be called immedi
ately for the purpose of discussing
the project and working out a co
operative plan to present to the
CAA from this county. Mayor W.
M. Pain asked that such a meet
ing be postponed until the town
hears from two airport construc
tion engineers who were here re
cently in interest of the project.
Prank Forsyth .chairman of a
committee representing the Lions
club, asked the town council for
its cooperation with a county agri
cultural fail tc be sponsored toy the
Lions club this fall. The council
voted to lend its cooperation to
the sponsors.
Doyle Burch. speaking for a
committee from the Lions club,
asked that the town have the
streets named and marked. This
matter was deferred until a later
date.
Others representing the Lions
club at this meeting were: Dr. W.
A. Hoover. Edward Brumby, Loren
Davis, and Robert S. Bault.
Mr. Burch also requested per
mission for the Lions club to put
on a street carnival in town in
the spring, which was granted.
He also reported that the recrea
tion committee is making plans
for building a caretaker's home
at the city park and is hoping to
have most of the materials do
nated. The street carnival will be
for the purpose of raising funds to
start construction on a swimming
pool at the park.
The meeting was adjourned to
meet at the call of the mayor some
time before the next regular meet
ing.
Mrs. Joe Hamilton will leave the
last of the week for Winston-Salem
to attend 'the wedding of her broth
er. Capt. William Merle Davis, and
Miss Martha Mock Butner which
will take place at the First Baptist
church there Sunday afternoon at
4 o'clock.
ON FURLOUGH ? Pvt. Felix
McClure of Camp Hoxl, Texas,
above, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A.
McClure. is home on a furlough.
He entered service June 18. 1944.
and will report back to Texas on
March 17.