Consolidated with GRAHAM COUNTY NEWS
Serving Southwestern North Carolina ? Cherokee, Clay, and Graham Counties
VOLUME 56 ? NUMBER 41.
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MA* S, 1945,
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
New Sellers Wanted
At Roadside Market
H,?< Demonstration Club *
Hi. inkers interested in selling .
t;icir farm products on the Road- 1
j.de Market met in the market i
m-cnUy and reorganized. Mrs. '
J W. Dyer was selected as chair- 1
man; Mrs. Ernest Huphes. secre- 1
vary and Mi*. Ben Warner. treas
urer.
Pittas were made for a grand
opening for new sellers on May
5 Fresh vegetables, butter, fryers,
hens. eggs, flowers, handicrafts ,
and baked products will te on ,
sale. Patrons are asked to note
tliat the curb market will open at
9 o'clock and close at 11 o'clock
Saturday mornings. The public ,
is invited to visit and patronize |
this Roadside Market. ,
?
History Making
Sale Is Held
At Quail Roost
"A history making sale of
Guernsey cattle was held at Quail
Roost Farm, Rougemont, Mon
day", stated J. D. EH rod, who at
tended the sale. Fifty-two head
of Guernseys consigned by south
ern breeders who are breeding cat
tie that carry a concentration of
the blood of two of the breed's
f: latest animals, Langwater Fore
rn : and Maxim of Linda Vista.
?i !cl their animals to other breed
ers frcro all over the nation. Com
plete figures were not available
bui the 52 head sold for an ap
proximately average of $2,000.
Quail Roost Noble Primrose"
a co? owned by Quail Roost farm,
topped the sale, selling for $17,000.
to the Curtiss Candy company,
owner of a farm near Chicago. J.
Fnmk Johnson, regional supervisor
for tlie American Guernsey Cattle
dub, pointed out that this was the
highest price ever brought by a
Guernsey sold c." hi J \? *'.e SoutV.
and that it was the third highest
price ever brought at public auc- .
t:on in the hitsory of the breed.
A dramatic note was sensed as
liiis great cow was being sold, oc
casioned by the fact that the bid- '
ti ng had narrowed down to two (
bidders, foui' brothers, the Meister ?
boys from Virginia and Delbert
Kingston, representing one of the
large farms in the East. "Hie
Meisters being as they are, just
plain farmers who have made
their money from the soil and
Guernsey cattle were bidding
against men of great wealth and
the crowd was in suspense, hop
ing the farm boys would get the
great cow that would enhance
their already great herd of Guern
seys. There was great applause
as they placed their last bid of
$16,500 just before Mr. Kingston
Placed the last bid of $17,000 that
bought Primrose.
Many of the same breeders who
had consigned to this sale will also
consign to the Murphy Guernsey
sale here May 25.
Quail Roost is sending an A. R.
cow and one of their best bred
young bulls.
Clear Springs Farm sold the
second highest cow, "Clear Springs
Princess Gracie," which brought
$5,200. Clear Springs is sending
three fine animals to Murphy, a
young cow, a heifer, and a young
bull.
Reigieldale cattle also were much
appreciated at the Quail Roost
sale, and this great farm is send
ing four head to Murphy.
Mr. Elrod said: "As the Murphy
area is fast developing into one
of the nation's more stable milk- .
Producing sections and knowing
the value of dairy products in the
Post-war scheme of agriculture, it <
'? hoped that our farmers will 1
come into Murphy and purrchase 3
the fine breeding animals that 1
*'H be offered May 25. While I
these animals carry much the i
same blood as those at the Quail '
toost sale, It is expected that most I
,rf them will sell in the reach of 1
"lost of our fanner dairymen."
Ure. Earl Crye of Dallas, Texas,
Mrs. Buford Combs of Chatta
"?>ga. Term., and Col. Harry P.
Cooper of Atlanta attended the
funeral o t their uncle, T. J. Coop
?r' here last Thursday.
Baptists Make
Centennial
Broadcast On
Next Sundav
??
The special Centennial tToad- j
cast on the Baptist Hour next Sun- 1
day morning, May 6th, 7:30 CWT, I
will reflect a hundred years of the
life and history of Southern Bap
tists. as announced by the Radio
Committee of the Southern Bap
tist Convention, S. F. Lowe, Direc
tor, Atlanta. Georgia. This is the
:losest regular broadcast to May
Jth. the One Hundredth Annivers
i.-y of the organization of the
Convention.
It is to be a colorful broadcast,
according to Mr. Lowe, with the
program opening from the First
Baptist Church of Augusta. Ga.,
Lhe exact spot on which the Con
tention was organized, and brief
?pecial features of practically all
:he agencies and institutions of
he Convention will be picked up
'i-om the eight cities in which thrv
ire located, respectively, which
ire, Atlanta. Richmond. Louisville.
,1 em [ill is, Nashville Fort Worth
>Jew Orleans, Dallas, and Birming
lam.
Scores of descendants of the
nembers of the First Baptist
Church of Augusta at the time
he Convention was organized
vill be present in the church for
?he broadcast .along with a pack
ed house of members and friends,
md the special Centennial pro
rram will be continued following
he broadcast.
This broadcast can be heard in
?forth Carolina over Radio Sta
ions WBIG, Greensboro, at 10:00
M. Sunday: WPTF. Raleigh at
>:30 A. M. Sunday, and WSJS,
Winston-Salem <i? " *"* A M. Sun
lay.
Denver Love
Is Head Of
Service Section
With The 204th Ordnance On
-.uzon ? Technical Sergeant Don
er Love of Andrews, N. C., heads
he Service Section of the 204th
3rd nance Medium Maintenance
Company, currently supporting
Major General Charles P. Hall's
1 1th Corps troops in the hills of
liUZon. The 204th made a D-Day
andinj; on Western Luzon and
'ol lowed close behind the Infan
;iymen who stormed across Ba
aan and assaulted Corrigdor.
For the battle on Corrigdor,
5gt. Love and his section construct
ed a special, type medical table for
he setting of fractured limbs,
rlardly the usual type of ordnance
epair work, the table, neverthe
ess, was so expertly constructed
:hat the medical officers credit it
vith saving the legs and even the
ives of some of the wounded.
Possibly setting a record of
,ome kind for patriotic devotion,
Jie entire Love family, consisting
>f seven brothers, is in the service.
\nd to add the final touch, Mrs.
Denver Love, wife of Sgt. Love, is
i WAVE.
The Sgt. has been overseas since
\pril, 1944.
Hamby Awarded
Purple Heart
With The 43rd Infantry (Wing
!d Victory) Division On Luzon,
P. I. ? Technician Fifth Grade
Hobert O. Hamby, husband of Mrs.
Emma Lou Hamby, Rt. No. 1,
Murphy, North Carolina, has been
iwarded the Purple Heart for
ivounds received in combat against
the Japanese on Luzon Island in
Lhe Philippines.
Corporal Hamby is a medical aid
man In the 43nd "Winged Victory"
Division.
During 30 months overseas, the
43rd Division has participated in
four campaigns; Guadalcanal,
Northern Solomons. New Guinea
and Luzon.
Baptists Call
Rev. J. A. Morris
As Their Pastor
The Rev. J. Alton Morris of
Blackwell. S. C.. has been called
as pastor of First Baptist church,
Murphy, and is expected to come
here ai'ound June 1 10 assums his
duties.
M. Morris visited Murphy re
eentiy and conducted prayer ser
vice at a Wednesday evening pro
gram. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Morris.
The new pastor will succeed
the Rev A. B Cash, who resigned
last August to go to Columbus.
Ga. A graduate of Mercer Uni
versity and the Southern Baptist
Theological seminary, Louisville,
Ky., Mr. Moms has served in a
few pastoiates, including sever-U
years at Blackwell.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris and their
two children, a boy and a girl, will
live in the Beatty home in East
Murphy recently purchased by T.
F. Calhoun. P. G. Ivie bought the
home this week. The Calhouns
will move to the Ben Palmer home.
Mrs. Morris is the daughter of
the late Mr. Jernigan who operat
ed a wholesale irrocery business
here several years ago.
Victory To Be
Celebrated In
Local Churches
Victory* in Europe, anxiously a
waited by the Allies, will be cele
brated throughout the nation with
calmness and a thankfu' spirit, if
the wishes of the nation's leaders
are carried out.
In Murphy when the news comes
:hat Geimany has unconditionally
surrendered, thv signal will be
given by long blasts on the fire
siren. Thirty minutes later ser
vices of thankfulness and praise
will be held at the First Methodist
and First Baptist churches. j
Mrs. Freeman At
Welfare Meeting
Mrs. Laura Freeman was one I
of the 20 North Carolina county |
welfare superintendents attending .
a four-day course on problems and
policies of public welfare adminis- 1
tration in Raleigh- last week.
The course was given as part '
of the staff development program j
of the State Department of Pub- '
lie Welfare and was under the di
rection of Anna A. Cassott.
A summary and analysis of re
cent legislation was given ty Dr.
Ellen Winston, State welfare com
missioner. Among other subjects
discussed were boarding homes
for aged persons, phases of the
child welfare program, public as
sistance procedures, mental hy
giene, and personnel policies and
procedures.
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Massey and
son, Jimmy, returned last week
from Clearwater, Fla.. where they
spent the winter.
( PI.. CLINTON LEFEVERS
Lefevers Home
From German
Prison Camp
Cpl. Clinton J. Lefevers. who
was a prisoner of war in Germ
any since August 10. 1944, until
liberated March 27 this year, was
home the past week-end. He is
being treated at Lawson General
hospital in Atlanta. Before his
capture he was wounded in his
right arm and left leg He has
received the purple heart.
Corporal Lefevers. weighed 165
pounds when taken prisoner and
came out weighing 105 pounds,
said that he slept on a concrete
floor without any covering all
through the winter. The large
number in each cell, sleeping close
together, gave each other enough
warmth to survive .
He highly praised the Red Cross,
stating that it is doing a fine job,
and it cannot be given too much
praise.
This soldier is the husband of
Mrs. Clyde Lefevers of Gastonia,
and grandson of Mis. H. M. Le
fevers of Regal. He is the nephew
of Mrs. Thelma EJrod and Mrs.
Myrtle James of Sa.'ole, Alfred
Lefevers of Granite Palls. Fred
Lefevers of Regal who is also in
the army. Mrs. Mary Mundy of
Blacksburg. Va.. and Mrs. Mandie
Loudermilk of Chattanooga. Tenn.
After his liberation. Corporal
Lefevers was flown to the states,
arriving first in New York and
being sent to Lawson General.
Horowitz Starts
New Business
S. P. Horowitz, until recently
| director and treasurer of the
Cherokee Lumber Corporation and
treasurer and representative of
the Murphy Box and Flooring
Manufacturing Co. has left his
position with these companies in
order to start a lumber business
of his own. together with J. S.
Gurewicz, vice-president of the
North Georgia Lumber Co., Inc.,
Ellijay, Ga. The new firm will
be named Georgian Lumber Ex
[ port Co.
Flag Recovered on Guam
While Japs wire in Guam, Mrs.
Maria Baza Santos buried un
derground the 12- foot American
flag given her by Uncle Sam
after it had draped the coffin of
her U. S. sea- *< husband who
died in 1938. \ . . u Marines re
captured Guam, she set about to
reclaim her prized possession and
found that a Leatherneck tent
covered the spot. Obliging; Ma
rines dug up their dirt floor and
restored the flag to Its owner.'
Above, Mrs. Santos (left) and her
sister, Mrs. Adela Baza Boacai
zue, proudly display the banner.
Below, Mrs. Santos shows how
the flag had been hidden from
the Japs. (U. S. Mmm C?rp? PUtot)
Aeronautics Commission Plans
To Arrive Afternoon of Mav 14
Caretaker's
House Started
At City Park
The caretaker's house at the
city park will be located at a site
on the left of the road leading to
the park, near the tennis courts.
Work on the foundation is expect
ed to start this week.
At a meeting of the park com
mission. at the town hall. Tuesday
evning. reports of contributions
of materials were made by Chair
man R. S. Bault. Doyle Burch and/
H. G. Elkins.
Miss Mary Comwell. chairman |
of the landscaping committee, re
ported that some shrubbery will |
te set out at an early date.
Church Honors
Service Men At
May 13 Program ;
A Special Service honoring ser
vice men from this community will ,
be held at the Marble Baptist .
church Sunday morning, May 13th. i
The Roll Call and special message
by the Pastor will feature the pro
gram.
A special Mothers day program
will also be given, beginning at
10 o'clock.
Two Stolen Cars
Are Located
Buiek car belonging to T. F.
Coker. parked in front of Regal
hotel, was stolen last Wednesday
night about 10 o'clock it was re
ported. Officers found the car in
the yard of Lee Payne. Brasstown.
Rural Route. Saturday. Damage
tc the car amounted to about
$100. Mr. Coker said. Mr Payne
slated that his son. Willard Payne,
drove the car into the yard there
about 4:30 o'clock Thursday morn
ing. and said he had bought it.
The boy left Thursday for the
army officers reported.
A car stolen from in front of
Murphy General hospital Friday
night, was found on Fires' Creek,
it was reported. The car belong
ed to Clay Perkins of Robbinsville,
who underwent an appendectomy
at the hospital. The car was not
damaged. Mr. Perkins said.
Hubs To Study
Insect Control
At May Meetings
"Insect Control" will be the sub
ject of home demonstration club
meetings for May as announced by
Miss Mary Comwell, Cherokee
county home agent Following is
the schedule:
May 2, Postell. with Mrs. J. A.
Allen at 1 o'clock; May 3. Peach
tree, with Mrs. Glenn Hendrix at
1 o'clock: May 4. Violet, with Mi-s.
W. L. Taylor, at 1:30 o'clock;
May 9, Bellview. with Mrs. Clyde
McNabb, at 1 o'clock; May 9, Lib
erty. with Mrs. Otis Ledford, at
1:30 o'clock: May 10. Slow Creek,
with Mrs. Arthur Barnett at 1
o'clock; May 11. Sunny Point, with
Mrs E. Roach, at 1 o'clock.
May 15. Grandview, with Mis.
John Kephart. at 1 o'clock: May
16, Unaka, with Mrs. Oscar Davis,
at 1 o'clock: May 17, Tomotla,
with Mrs. Everett Hall, at 1:30 1
o'clock; May 18. Ogreeta, with Mrs. I
Oscar Johnson, at 1 o'clock; May]
22. Martin's Creek, Martin's Creek !
school, 1:30 o'clock; May 23, An
drews, with Mrs. Joe Smith, at 2
o'clock; May 24, Ranger, with Mrs.
Paschal Hughes, at 1 o'clock; May
25. Wolf Creek, (to be announced)
at 1 o'clock; May 28, Marble, with
Mrs. P. A. Arrowood. at 1 :30
o'clock.
Mrs. J. N. Hill returned last
week from Battle Creek, Michigan.
Mrs. Hill has spent the winter in j
St. Petersburg and other Florida
I cities. New Orleans and Battle
Creek.
Junipers Set
Around Fountain
The bull pen on the square has
taken on new beauty with the
planting of eight Pfitzer junipers
around the fuuntain. by Mrs. B. W.
Whitfield, chairman of a commit
tee from the Woman's club. It is
planned to set more shrubbery to
make the square a beauty spot.
Goode Succeeds
Ferebee As 10th i
District Chairman
Sandy Graham of Hillsboro was
appointed Monday by Governor
Ft. Gregg Cherry as chairman of
the state highway and public
K'orks commission.
John A Goode. Asheviile drug
jist, was appointed as tenth dis
trict commissioner succeeding
Percy B Ferebee of Andrews who
did not seek re-appointment.
Mr. Goode has ben active in
:ivic affairs in this section and is
i former president of the National
Retail Druggists' association, hav
ing been elected to that office in
1932.
He is a former president of the
North Carolina Pharaceutical as
sociation. having been elevated to
that office in 1923.
In September. 1940 he was
named to the retainers' advisory
committee of nine members by
Miss Harriet Elliott, consumer ad
viser on tlie National Defense com
mission.
During the early days of the
new deal when NRA was operating
Mr. Goode was chairman of the
national drug code.
He is a former member of the
Buncombe county board of educa
tion. having been named to that
tody in 1927. He has a'so served
as president of the Asheviile Mer
chants' association, the Asheviile
cliamber of commerce, and the
Asheviile Community Chest.
He is a native of Marion and his
hobby is "the great outdoors".
Coal Users Are
Urged To File
Declarations
Users of solid fuels must speed
up the filing of consumer declara
tions and order fuel immediately
if they hope to avoid the risk of
cold homes next winter, it lias
teen announced.
M. L. Burtless. area distribution
manager of the solid fuels adminis
tration for war, at Charlotte, is
sued this advice after receiving
reports that slow public response
in filing properly signed consumer
declarations and in placing orders
for fuel is threatening curtailment |
of the community's fuel supply
next winter.
He said that if coal backs up in
dealers' yards because consumers
fail to file properly signed declara
t ions and put of ordering their fuel
now, dealers may have to refuse
shipments from mines. Because
of the continuing wartime fuel |
shortage, it is unlikely that mines
will be able to replace shipments
later on if they are refused now.
Declaration forms are available
at dealers' offices now and should
be obtained without delay as May
15 is the deadline.
Plans for ;he visit of the staU'
at rcnau ict commission iiere on
May 14 are pj-actically complete.
Dr B W. Whitfield. Doyle Bureh
and C. L. Alverson compose the
cvmnrittee to make arrangements.
The visitors will arrive at the
Asheville - Hendersonville airport
cr >und noon, will be met there by
ljcal people, and will have lunch
at Jairett Springs hotel. Dillsboro.
They will then come to Cherokee
county and be joined by Mrs. G.
W. Cover. Sr.. representative, and
local business men and taken to
proposed sites for an airport.
The visitors will be invited to
the home of Dr. and Mrs. Whit
field for tea.
A public meeting, to which visi
tors from all surrounding counties
and towns are invited, will be held
at the courthouse at 7:30 o'clock.
C. L. Alverson will entertain
them at dinner following the meet
ing.
Late News
Bulletins
Berlin, said to be the largeet
city ever conquei-ed in all history
Tell Tuesday afternoon to the Rus
sians after 12-day battle. A Sov
iet communique reports that
Adolph Hitler and Goebbels have
committed suicide.
Nearly 1.000.000 troops of Ger
man and Italian Fascist armies in
Northern Italy and Western Aus
tria have surrendered uncondition
ally to the Allies.
The capture of Luebeck and
American-Russian junction on the
Elbe north of Berlin splits North
ern Germany ii?to three pockets.
sealing off German escape gap to
Denmark. Field Marshal Karl von
Rumstedt has been captured by
the seventh army.
Yanks on Southwestern Oki
nawa have advanced 1,400 yards
a:ong Japanese line; MacArthur
has confirmed Australian landing
on Taiakan off Borneo, and re
ports a beachhead established
against light opposition.
Benito Mussolini, with his mis
tress. Claretta Petacci, and 17
other Fascist leaders were execut
ed before a Milan firing- squad
Saturday. April 28.
Hamburg has been captured by
General Dempsey and his British
army.
President Truman Tuesday an
nounced the resignation of Post
master General Frank C. Walker,
and the selection of Robert Hanne
gan to succeed him. The president
also lias named David E. Lilien
thal for another nine-year term as
chairman of the TVA, starting
May 18.
$50 Is Realized
At Club Dance
More than $50 for the cancer
control fund was realized from
the dance given last Friday nigrht
by the Junior Woman's club, it has
been reported by Miss Elizabeth
Gray, treasurer. Sandwiches and
coca-colas were sold. Aunique
tiling reported about the dance
was tliat the men outnumbered
the women.
Mrs. B. W. Whitfield, chair
man of the drive for the Senior
Woman's club, announces that
the committee is meeting with co
operation and a final check-up will
be made soon. Mrs. Dale Lee is
in charge of the collection boxes
in the business house. Miss Elma
Rae Dennis has charge of collec
tions in Texana.
MASONS TO MEET
A Masonic meeting will be held
on next Monday evening at 7:30
o'clock in the Masonic hall, ac
cording to annoucement by Wor
shipful Master W. A. 8herrill. All
members are urged to attend.