IU$t Ciferptef Hwiti Consolidated with GRAHAM COUNTY NEWS Serving Southwestern North Carolina ? Cherokee, Clay, and Graham Counties What Can You Spare That They Can Wear? GIVE CLOTHING FOR OVERSEAS WAR RELIEF! VOLUME 56 ? NUMBER 37. MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THI'RSDAV, APRIL 5. 1945. EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK Collection Clothing Starts On Friday Hie old clothing collection be ing conduced here under the di r?:i -n of H G Elkins. chSirman. and representatives of the Lions club Woman's club, and Junior Woman:, club is already receiving a hearty r( ponse. Chairmen ap pun'-ed for the various sections of town are contacting people in theij districts and ascertaining when they will be ready to have truck call for their contributions. On Friday of this week trucks will p*k up clothing at a number of homes in Mrs. Martha Lee's district, East side of Tennessee Street, north side of Valley River Avenue, to Valley River bridge. Others will be picked up on this Friday and Saturday if the chair man is notified. If you do not know who the chairman for your district is, Mr. Elkins will give you his or her name. What is needed in this drive is good substantial used clothing, for both winter and summer wear. Al though clothing need not be in perfect repair, it must be useful to the people who will receive it. Underclothing and all types of cotton garments should be wash ed before they are donated, but need not be ironed. Evening dres ses, tuxedos, dres ssuits cannot b< used. Throughout war-torn areas clothing is very scarce or thread bare and worn out. More than 125.000 000 people are in liberated or to be liberated nations of Eu rope which are in dire need of clothing. Of these more than 30.000,000 are children. Millions of people do not have enough clothes to keep them warm . . . in occupied Europe almost as many people have died from exposure due to lack of adequate clothing as have died from stc rvatior r" says a report of UNRRA to Con gress Sept. 30, 1944. SERMON SUBJECTS The subject of the Rev. C. A. Voyles for Sunday at Calvary Bap tist church will be "Life Here, Death Here, and Life Again". f> 73 Men Leave For Exam For Military Service The following 73 men Icfi Mur phy Friday for Fort Bragi; for pre induction examination: Hubert Young Williams, lead er; Bela Edward Pleslco. assistant leader; Fred Julius Hill. Frank Ferguson, Norman Lee Raver. Earl Loudermilk. Ruben Walker Truett. Paul Allen, Sheridan Co lumbus James. Ronald Harold Tatham. Ernest Griggs. Columbus Wilburn Griggs. John Bayless Mor row. William Edwin Raxter, Posey William Stewart, Olen Robert Radford. John Robert Martin. Clyde Robert Haney, Fred Payne. Cloyce Henry Keenum, William I Earl Barton. Robert Lonzo Farm er, James Robert Davis, Clyde Beavers. Frank Ledford, Floyd Mashburn Anderson, Arden Dee Davis, William Clarence Cole. Kel lie W. Radford. Aaron Carter Worley, Wade Mitchell Decker, Clifton Lunsford. Willard Wilson Brown. Junior Henry Gregory. Sam Voyles, Hoyt Clinton McDon ald. Jack Dempsey Keener, James Oscar Pcndergrass, Roy Edward McDonald. Fred Russell Thomp son. Ray Clifford Dockery. Ralph | Harvey Sneed. Charles Lee Rose. Carl William Wallace, Marvin Cof fey, Roy Andy Brown. Carl Liniy Debty. James William Duvall. [ Henry Dale Dockery, Omei Amos Miller. Fred Warren Kilpatrick. Jr.. Charlie William Hartness, Vincent Adams. Oscar Wiley Taylor 'Tr. i , Calvin James Thompson. William Claude Colvard. Joseph Leon Hawk, Claude RanJall Hayes, Clarence Paul Crawford, Jack Leonard Davis, Everett Edwin An derson, Ira Eugene Ray. Cecil Ledrow Tanner. Horace Glenn Killian, Carl King, Joe Boyd Dea ton. Harold King. Gordon Wilson. Jr., Troy West. Grady Oliver Pos tell, William Franklin Tilson, Al vin J. Gladson. Robert Carter. Andrews Clothing Drive Is Organized ANDREWS ? In compliance with the request of Henry J. Kaiser, National Chairman of the United National Clothing collec tion, Mayor R. T. Heaton of An drews has appointed the following committee to represent the town and community of Andrews: Luke Ellis, chairman; Mrs. L. B. Nich-| ols, Mrs. Catherine Brailliar, Miss Gladys Christy, H. E. Davis, and Boyd Robinson as helpers. This committee will cooperate with similar committees represent ing other cities and towns through out the United States in collecting clothing of all types to be sent to the war-ravaged nations of the world. Every citizen of the town and community of Andrews is urged by Mayor Heaton to cooperate with the committee to the fullest extent in their efforts to collect clothing. The clothes most ur gently needed are all types of in fants' garments, particularly knit goods; men's and boys' garments such as overcoats, topcoats, suits, coveralls, sweaters, underwear, robes, pajamas, knitted gloves; women's and girls' payments: over coats, jackets, skirts, sweaters, shawls, dresses, underwear, aprons, jumpers robes, smocks, nightwear, knitted gloves, caps and knitted headwear, hats, either oxfords r high shoes 1 no high heels, open toes or backs, evening slippers, and novelty types can be used). All shoes collected should be mated and tied securely into pairs. Usable remnants, piece goods, cut or uncut materials (cottons, rayons, woolens, one yard or more in length (no rags or badly dam aged, dirty or wom-out fabrics), are wanted. LEAVE FOR BRAZIL ANDREWS ? Mr. and Mrs. Robert F .Taylor left last Tuesday for New York. Prom there they will go to Miami where they will take a plane to Rio, Brazil, South America, where Mr. Taylor will be employed. Mrs. Taylor is the former Miss Louise Swan, daughter of Mrs. Dave Swan. Govenor And P arty To Visit This Area uovernor Gregg Cherry and a ? ?umber of other state officials, ogether with. several directors of ?e A: lieville Chamber of Com J! w'" visit this section next 3?'?lay, April 12. Percy B ! lc e, district highway com moner is making local arrange 's for their enttertalnment. at r, 10 Pai ty wil1 come to Murphy T_K,Vn<> wil' be guests of the of Murphy at a picnic din ner at the city park. They will be joined here by officials from the Slate of Georgia. The Governor's party will visit the TV A dams and lakes in this section Thursday afternoon. That evening they will be guests of An drews people at a dinner at Ter race hotel, where they will spent I the night. On Friday morning | the party will go to Robtinsville | and Fontana Dam. Have Your Waste Paper Ready On Tuesday, April 10 The country is asked to col lect more wa>: paper in 1945 than in any previous year, if the needs of the fighting men and the essentials at home are met. Elbert Tot herow, local paper dealer, will call for paper at your home or place of business if you v 11 notify him. Tuesday. April 10. is a date for a special drive for collec tion of waste paper, in coop eration with clean-up week. On that day the Totherow truck will go to all parts of town to collect paper, will pick up what is seen on por ches or will make a special call if notified. Henry Sneed Is Prisoner Of War In Germany Henry Sneed. son of Mr. and Mrs. L. F Sneed of Letitia, who was reported missing on January 9, has written his parents inform ing them that he is a prisoner of war in Germany. Two cards were written by him on February 11 and received by his parents last Saturday. They stated that h*] was well. Graduates Are Needed Bv FBI Edward Scheidt, special agent in charge of the Charlotte office of the FBI, has announced that clerical positions in Washington, D. C? are immediately available for high school graduates or those possessing an equivalent education. All persons interested in posi tions with the FBI at Washington should write to 914 Johnston Building .Charlotte. N. C? and a representative of the FBI will con tact them. Wounded Pfc. Charles L. Garland, son of L. L. Garland and the late Mrs. Garland of Akron. Ohio, has been reported wounded on Febru ary 25. in France. Pfc. Garland entered the service in December 1943. He received training at Camp Hood, Texas. Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, and Fort Jackson, S. C. He left for overseas. Decem ber 7, 1944. Pfc. Garland's wife, Mrs. Ona Byers Garland and son. Charles Richard .reside at Culberson. KILLED IN ACTION Pfc. Ross Garrett, above, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Garrett of Dah lonesra. Ga.. and husband of Mrs. Ruby B. Garrett of Unaka. who was killed in France last July. Pfc. Garrett entered service October 30. 1942, and received his basic training at Port McClellan, Ala. He went overseas in Dec. of 1943. Pfc Garrett had been in Fiance about two weeks when he was killed. He has two brothers in service: Tfe. Floyd Garrett In Belgium anj Cpl. Robert Garreit of Camp Croft, S. C. - Clean-up Campaign To Be Conducted And Trash Collected On April 9-11 RE-OPENS ? The Cherokee Hotel, above, owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Town son. is now open for business. The hotel has twenty rooms, of which 15 are guest rooms and five com pose an apartment for the Townsons and their daughter. Mrs. Alden Coward. The hotel burned two years ago, and rebuidling has just been com pleted. The rooms and lobby are attractively deco rated, and new furnishings installed. A SCOUT representative, visiting the hotel, made the com ment: "It is beautifully arranged and is a credit to our town." Legion Post To Build Memorial To Veterans State Officials Inspect Fishing Possibilities On Hiwassee Lake J. D. Findlay, assistant com missioner of game and fishing for the state; R. B. Armfield, in charge of the state's hatcheries, and J. A. Bradshaw, district frame warden spent Wednesday in Murphy on a ] inspection of fishing possibilities in Hiwassee Lake. They were taken on a fishing trip by Walt Mauney. Dr. W. A. Hoover, Frank Forsyth and C. E Weir. TO PREACH HERE Rev. Fred R. Horton, district I superintendent, will preach at | Free Methodist church Sunday at | 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. He also | will preach on Friday and Satur day evenings at 7:30. District Court Of Honor Keid Nantahala district court of honor of Boy Scouts met at Fon tana Dam Tuesday evening, un der the direction of Frank Swan, advancement chairman. Awards were made for the tenderfoot and merit badge ranks. Troop 1 of Tapaco was awarded a banner for paying their camp pledge. This makes the Nantahala district a hundred per cent. Troops represented were: An drews. Hayesville. Robbinsville. Tapoco. and Fontana Dam. Following the court of honor, the district committee met, under the leadership of the district chair man. Harry Bradshaw of Hayes ville. Tlie annual patrol camporee was announced for April 27-28 at Tatham gap. The next court of honor will be May 8 at Andrews. RECEIVES HVPBAND'S MEDAL The Bronze S:ar. awarded posthumously to Pf.- Ross Garrett for heroism in action, was present er recently to his widow. Mrs. Ruby B. Garrett, at a memorial service at BeaverJiim Baptist church at Unaka. Lt. Col. Edjr?r A. Jett. fiscal officer of the army redistribution station here, is shown above with Mrs. Garrett, after the Medal was presented. The Garrett's daughter, Shelby Jean, examines the Medal. Col. Jett was stationed only two miles from the spot in France at which Pfc. Garrett, a mortar gunner, was killed last July. Joe Miller Elkins post of the American Legion is undertaking a project to raise $10,000 to erect a public building in or near Mur phy In honor of veterans of Chero kee county who have served in both world wars. Citizens Bank and Trust Comp any has been chosen as a trustee for the funds, which will be collect ed from private subscriptions. A committee composed of J. C. O'Dell. McKinley Stiles. A W Mclver. George C. Mauney and Charles H. Hyatt has been ap pointed to supervise the collec tion. Names of contributors giving as much as $25 will be published. From funds collected a few weeks ago by Mrs. Lawrence Hall, McKinley Stiles and others a service board is to be erected soon, under the supervision of Noland Wells and Noah Mintz. ? , To Discuss Dumbarton Oaks Dumbarton Oaks conference will be discussed at a public meet ing to be held at. Murphy Carne gie library on Thursday. April 12 at 7:30 p. m., by J B. Gray, local attorney. The meeting is spon sored by Murphy Woman's club and substitutes for the regular book review for the month at the library. The public is invited. Murphy citizens are asked to cooperate wholeheartedly in the t lean-up drive which will be staged here next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday H. V. Weaver. Robert Baut and Edward Brumby are the steering committee, and the town is furnishing a truck to haul ail trash and garbage collected dur ing this period. Mayor W. M. Fain and Clerk E. L. Shields urge the town people to clean up their premises, elimi nating all unsightly trash, weeds and rubbish. The object of the clean-up cam paign is to interest people in main taining well kept homes, yards, gardens and buildings, as well as clean, attractive streets, and busi ness houses. To Take Fishing Census Creel census has been started on Hiwassee Lake by TVA. One loca tion has been selected on the lake and an effort will be made to col lect records on all fishing at that location. The checking station is the Hiwassee Dam Dock. By taking a record of the fish ing over a period of three or four years the trend in the fish catch can be determined and from that trend conclusions drawn regard ing the effect of the year-round open season and other information obtained which will be helpful in planning a fisheries program. The census will te taken during a per iod of approximately three months each spring. This period will cor respond roughly to the former closed season period. The studies to be made from the information on the census cards; will form a basis for recommenda tions of measures necessary to im prove fishing. Therefore, it is im portant that the records be com plete and accurate . Every fisher man has a stake in this study. It is important that all fishermen cooperate in taking the census by giving information necessary to complete the census cards accur ately and promptly whenever call ed upon. William Sanders is checking the census cards and all fishermen operating to or from the [ Hiwassee Dam Dock should see ? that Mr. Sanders gets a record on ! their fishing trip whether or not ! fish are caught. The information to be obtained \ is: number of fishermen in party, 1 number of fish caught, kinds of ! fish caught and weight, whether ; natural or artificial bait used, resi dence of fishermen, and hours par I ty has been fishing on that trip . Bault Heads City Park Commission The Murphy city park commis sion met at the town hall Wednes day and c looted officers and made plans for immediate work at the park. R. S. Bault was elected chairman; Mrs. T. A. Case, rice chairman; Miss Addie Mae Cooke, secretary; and E. L. Shields, treas urer. The following committees were appointed: To select plans and proceed with getting bids for a caretaker's home: If. O. Elkins. chairman. Prank Forsyth. Mrs. W. A. H iover and Mrs. Dale Lee. To solicit materials for the homo: Doyle Burcli. chairman, E. L. Shield*. L. A. Frasch. H. O. El kins. and R. S. Bault. Landscaping: Miss Mary Corn wrll. chairman, Mrs. W. A. Hoov er. Frank Forsyth, Mrs. Walter Witt. Mrs. Case and W. M. aFin. Swimming pool: Doyle Burch. chairman. Dr. B. W. Whitfield, . W. M. Pain, Mrs. Case and Mrs. i Lee. Clean-up: R. V. Weaver, chair man; E. L. Shields, and H. G. Elkins. Picnic dinner when visiting dele gation comes here on April 12: Miss Mary Cornwel. Mrs. Walter Witt, Dr. B. W. Whitfield and H. G. Elkins. At a meeting held just before the paper went to press members i of the commission voted to ac rept plans selected by the commit tee. to build a five-room cot t ace. with living room, kitchen, two ' bod rooms, and bath Most of the materials are to be donated, and much of the labor will be donated ljy members of the vocational t>ainin