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VOLUME ">?> ? NUMBER 46.
Consolidated with GRAHAM COUNTY NEWS
Serving Southwestern North Carolina ? Cherokee, Clay, and Graham Counties
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JUNE 7, 1945.
SOLDIERS ON THE HOME
FRONT FIRE THE BULLETS
BOUGHT WITH WAR BONDS.
ARE YOU SUPPLYING THEM
WITH AMMUNITION?
nr.HT PAr.F.s TonAT
Board Approves
Construction Ot
Peachtree School
Final Pi*118 for the new school
at Peachtree were ap
^ovKl Monday by the Cherokee
ccuntv board of education and the
Sd of county commissioners.
?Oils is to te a modern brick
J UM of eight Class rooms,
with auditorium, library, kitchen,
and cafeteria.
M soon as approval * given by
the War Production Board, the
Board "f Education will advertise
for bids. Construction is expect
ed to begin in the near future.
plans for three other buildings
a,? being made; a consolidated
school building in the Banger dis
trict. one at Unaka, and one at
White Church, according to an
nouncement by Lloyd Hendnx,
county superintendent of schools.
Fred Johnson's
Mother Dies At
Local Hospital
Funeral services for Mrs. Patty
Black well Ledford. 82. of Mount
Holly, who died Tuesday morning
n 6.50 at a local hospital, follow
ing a month's illness, were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o
cio k at First Baptist church with
the Rev. Alfred Smith officiating.
Burial was in Sunset cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: E. O.
Christopher. Walter Mauney. Jim
Franklin. Dale Lee. Toby Fam and
Neil Sneed.
Honorary pallbearers were: P.
C Hyatt , Henry Hyatt, Joe Axley,
J. B Gray. C. W. Savage, L. L.
Mason. Dr. Harry Miller, Eh' W. A.
Hoover, W P ' Ifn, ? ohn O'Dell.
Dr R. S. Parker. Fred Bates. A.
W. Mclver, Neil Davidson. Tom
Evans, D. V. Carringer, J. L. Hall.
H. E. Dickey, George Mauney,
Carl Townson. Pearlie Mauney, F.
O Christopher, L. E. Barnett, J.
D. Mallonee, Allen Ramsey. Tom
Mauney and R. G. Alexander.
A native of Cherokee county,
Mrs. Ledford had been visiting her
son, Fred Johnson and family here
for some time, when she became
ill.
Surviving are two sons, Fred
Johnson of Murphy. P. P- John
son of Hendersonville; two daugh
ters. Mrs. Callie Tilson of Gas
tonia, and Mrs. Henry Kale of
Mt. Holly; fifteen grandchildren
and several preat-grandchildren.
Ivie funeral home was in charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Bales At
Welfare Meet
Mrs. Lura S. Bales, Graham
county welfare superintendent,
was one of the 22 North Carolina
county welfare superintendents
attending a four-day course on
problems and policies of public
welfare administration in Raleigh
last week.
The course was given as part of
the staff development program of
the State Department of Public
Welfare and was under the direc
tion of Anna A. Cassatt.
A summary and analysis of re
legislation was given by Dr.
Elen 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.
Gate Site For
Park Selected
Members of the Murphy cit7
commission met at the town
k?11 Tuesday evening. Principal
Matter of business was the selec
,l0n ?' a place for a prate at the
K was decided to locate it
a?*r the main entrance at the
convenient to the caretak
home. Doyle Bureh, Dr. B
? Whitfield, and Mercer Fain
appointed by President R. 8
*? a committee to lupertfae
Pounds.
Chapter Awarded
Honor Certificate
Miss Addie Mae Cooke, chair
man, has received from the Ameri
can Red Cross a certificate of
honor for the Cherokee County
Chapter, recognizing the chap
ter's "Splendid achievement of
the 1945 War Fund goal".
Vaughn Speaks
Alumni Meeting
Prof. L. L. Vaughn of the school
of engineering at N. C. State Col- |
lege, was the principal speaker at
a dinner meeting of alumni com
posed of Cherokee, Clay, and Gra
ham counties at Regal hotel Wed- i
nesday evening. 1
H. Bueck. superintendent of the (
Murphy schools, president of the 1
club, presided. I
RETURNS TO CAMP ? Miles '
Henry Palmer, S C 2/C, ras re- ?
turned to Camp Park, Calif., after ?
spending a 30-day leave with his
wife and parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Palmer of Marble. He took
his basic training at Davidville, ;
Rhode Island; Gulfport, Miss.,
and Port Hueme, Calif. He served
24 months in the Southwest. Pacif
ic area and was in the Admiralty
Islands before returning to the
States in February.
Red Cross Needs
More Knitters
Mrs. Dale Lee, production chair
man and Mrs. R. W. Easley, kit
has chairman of the Cherokee
county chapter of the American
Red Cross, last week shipped the
following articles:
Three-hundred unfilled comfort
kits; for the army, three pairs of
gloves, eight mufflers, 14 sweat
ers, 14 pairs of hospital bed socks,
one pair of hospital knee bands,
one refugee sweater.
Mre. Lee is urgently in need of
knitters, and asks that volunteers
go to the library where they will
be given yarn by Miss Josephine
Heighway. Mrs. Lee and Mrs.
Harry Bishop will give knitting
instructions to any who desire it.
Davis Funeral
Held On Friday
Funeral services for John Bur
ton Davis, 20, who was killed
Wednesday morning. May 30. when
the truck in which he was riding,
plunged down an embankment on
Hangingdog road, were held Fri
day morning at 11 o'clock at
Hemptown Baptist church near
Morganton. Ga.. his home. The
Rev. Dennis Hunt, the Rev. Clar- .
ence Voyles and the Rev. Hosea
Woody officiated. Burial was In
the church cemetery, with Town
son funeral home in charge.
Surviving are the parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Davis, one sister,
Alice, and two brottiers. Lewis
and Lee, all of Iforganton.
BROTHERS IN SERVICE ? Roy E. McDonald, left, who was
inducted into the army at Port Bragg on May 23, and his brother, Pfc
Russell McDonald, who has been in service since June 18, 1944. They
are sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McDonald and grandsons of Mrs. Belvie
McDonald of Ranger.
Dr. McCall Delivers
Graduation Address
Graduating exercises for Mur
>hy high school were held Wed
lesday evening, June 6, at 8 o'
clock in the school auditorium.
Dr. William Anderson McCall. pro
'essor of education of Columbia
University, delivered the address,
lis subject being, "Some Lessons
"or You That the Years Have
raught Me". He was introduced
:y Mr. Bueck.
Miss Virginia Morgan sang "A
..egend" by Tschaikowsky, and
lirected the Glee club in two
'.umbers, "Just a Cottage Small",
md "I'll See You Again," accomp
mied by Mrs. J. W. Davidson.
Fifty-six girls and boys were
uesented diplomas by Supt. H.
3ueck. Gold medals were award
:o the salutatorian, Mildred Wells,
ind the valedictorian, Mamilee
Silpatrick.
Twelve medals were awarded
jy the school for various activities.
Die dramatic medal went to Mami
ee Kilpatrick; typing to Janice
Hall; Music to Prances Virginia
Dapps; art to Mary Fi ances Axley;
woodworking to Hayden Ferguson.
Jr.; home economics to Sarah Mc
McClure; physical education to
Virginia James and Ed Rogers.
Four medals were given in the
seventh grade, one each to a boy
and a girl for citizenship, and one
to a boy and a girl for scholar
ship. Citizenship medals were a
warded to Howard James West
and Dorothy Mae Shields: scholar
ship medals went to Billie Wade
Lovingood and Thomas Noi-wood
Alexander.
Members of the senior class
are: Diane Elizabeth Adams. Mar
jorie R. Ammons, Annie Pearl
Amos, Juanita Marie Arp, Rose
Ellen Arrant, Fred Oliver Bates,
Jr.. Robert LeRoy Beaver, Betty
Lou Burch, Frances Virginia
Capps, Pauline Elizabeth Carroll.
James Luther Cook. Jr.. Bonnie
Chlonita Crisp. Evelyn Davidson,
Edward Brittain Dickey. Jeannet
ta Thelma Dickey, Frances Kate
Elliott. Hayden Ferguson. Jr..
James Wiliam Ferguson, Helen
Pearl F .s;er, Albert. Denton
Graves. Janice Arbutus Hall,
Juanita Marie Jlall. Mary Lou
Hatchett Lillie Frances Hawkins.
Pay Nell Head. May Bell Head.
Eunice Gailey Hughes, Lola Vir
ginia James, Hazel Edith John
son. Wilma Christine Johnson.
Fred T. Keener, Mamilee Shirley
Kilpatriek. Weldon B -oadus Loud
ermilk, Devero Martin, Stella Luth
er Martin, Robert Wayne Mauney,
Sarah Margaret McClure, Billy
Edward Mills, Georgle i-ee Mulkey,
Helen Loraine Murphy, Edward
Guynn Owenby, Dorothy Aline
Plemmons, Lois Marie Rich, Lillie
Frances Ricks, Julius Erois Rob
ertson, William Edward Rogers,
Charles Kenneth Stiles, Mona Lee
Taylor. Mary Lec Teague. Elmer
Charles Thompson, Dorothy Leigh
Walsh, Mildred King Wells, 1
Maudie B. Witt.
Seventh grade pupils are: Edith
Barbara Adams, Sallie Kate Bar
ton, Imajean Beaver, Helen Fran
da Cearley, Sarah Ethel Dockery,
Norma Lee Gibson, Mary Louise
Gordon, Nellie Birdeon Higdon,
Martha Irene Hogsed, Mary Jose
phine Keener, Estele Delight iKn
caid, Anna Mae Leather-wood,
Betty Lou Mallonee. Betty Lois
MoClure, Edna Juanita McDonald,
Phyllis Aleen Montieth, Virginia
Dare Montgomery. May Belle
Panter, Allen Price. Billie Ruth
Rides, Peggy Ann Savage, Doro
Percy B. Ferebee
Appointed To
C and D Board
Governor R. Grew; Cherry last
week appointed Percy B. Feretee
of Andrews to a four-year terra on
a 15-member board of conservation
and development.
Bruce R. Etheridge of Manteo
was renamed as director for four
years at a salary of $6 000 per year.
Only four members of the present
board were reappointed.
Juniors Ship
Red Cross Items
Mrs. H. Bueck, Junior Red
Cross chairman, has been notified
of receipt by the American Red
Cross of the following items ship
ped from this chapter: Wash
cloths, affhanms, utility tags, and
?wire coat nangers. Area head
quarters states that these will be
sent to military hospitals.
Bev. W. A. Barber
Dies Sundav
V
Mrs. Hadley Dickey received a
message Sunday morning that the
Rev. W. Arthur Barber had died
suddenly of a heart attack in a
Greensboro hospital. A letter
f:om Mrs. Barber earlier in the
v.txk stated that he had had a
heart attack on Tuesday and had
leen taken ;o the hospital. On
Saturday night he had dictated
hi seim-in to Mrs. Barber and was
so much better that they were
planning to take him home next
day. A short time after Mrs.
Barber left the hospital, he sud
denly passed away. Funeral ser
vices were held in Greensboro
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Surviving are the widow, one
daughter, Mary Aline who was
graduated from Duke University
on May 23, and is to be married
soon. Arthur, Jr., and Bill Barber
v. ho is in service.
Mr. Barber was pastor of the
Methodist church here, leaving
five years ago. They have many j
friends here.
thy Mae Shields, Mary Elizabeth
Sneed, Lorraine Linn Sutton, Hol
lice Taylor, Billie Jean Teague,
Nancy Emily Wells, Thomas Nor
wood Alexander, Louie Arrant,
Robert Harold Ashe, Gordon Rich
ard Bradshaw. Jesse Russell Brad
shaw, James Coffey. Richard De
v/eese, Raymond Edwards, L. D.
Gentry, John Burton Hall, Jr.,
James Cornwell Hall Herman
Hughes. Felix Johnson, Cecil Kil
lian, Billy Lovingood, Gordon Lov
ingood. Wayne Lovingood, Ralph
McClure. Johnny Ramsey, May
nard Stiles. Harley Ray Spivey,
Jack Elmer Thompson, Jack Ed
ward Watkins, Harold West.
M ,.f: m
PEARL HARBOR T. H. ? Three WAVES
from N. C. have reported for duty In the Hawaiian
[stands. They are: Alba Estella Phillips, specialist,
second class, of Andrews; Gladys L. Harvey, yeo
nan. first class, of Wilmington, and Isabel B. Brad
Ford, yeoman, first class, of Oastonla.
Miss Phillip*, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Pitt Phillips, of Andrews, wm employed as a clerk
Kt L. B. Nichols Department Store. Andrews, prior
to enlisting in the Navy on Fpb 26. 1943. She was
stationed at the Naval Air Station, Anacostla. D.
C? before her transfer here. Miss Phillips has
three brothers in the Army: Pvt. Charles M. Phil
lips, Staff Set. Mark B. Phillips, and S*t. William
Bernard Phillips.
$103,947 In Bonds
Purchased During
Seventh War Loan
GIVEN CITATION ? First Lt.
Richard W. Mclver of Murphy,
son of A. W. Mclver, who has been
cited as an honor student in a
class at the Navy's famed school
for primary flipht instructors at
New Orleans, La.
Richard Mclver
Is Cited As
Honor Student
Naval Air Station, New Orleans
? i Special to the Scout > ? A
veteran Marine fighter pilot last
week was cited as Honor Student
in a class at the Navy's famed
School for Primary Plight Instruc
tors here. He is 1st Lieut. Richard
W. Mclver of Murphy, N. C.
During formal graduation cere
monies this week. Lieut. Mclver
was awarded a Certificate as a
qualified flight instructor. Mak
ing the award was Commander
Charles T. Fitsgerald, USN, com
manding officer here, who stated.
"Lieut. Mclver utilized his vast
combat flying experiences to es
tablish an unprecedented record
here. He displayed outstanding
aerial ability and instructional ap
titude. Now, as a flight instruc
tor. he may pass on to our future
combat pilots this invaluable
knowledge."
Lieut. Mclver is the son of A.
W. Mclver of Murphy. He re
ceived his formal education at the
University of North Carolina,
where he starred in all major
sports. Prior to his Navy entry, j
lie was employed by the Tennessee
Valley Authority.
His next assignment is to the
Naval Air Station in Dallas, Tex
as .where he will instruct aviation
cadets.
New Lumber Co.
Is Organized
B. S. Koker and L A. Frasch,
formerly connected with Cherokee
Lumber Corp., have organized a
lumber manufacturing company
under the firm name of Southern
Lumber and Manufacturing Co.,
to engage in lumber business in
this area. Mr. Kolker and Mr.
Mrs. Frasch will continue to make
their homes in Murphy.
jPIezG. Hedrick
At Camp Butner
Army Ground and Service For
ces Redistribution Station, Camp
Butner, N. C. ? Pfc. Plez G. Hed
rick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Hedrick. Murphy, N. C. and hus
band of Mrs. Leona Hedrick, Le
titia. N. C. is currently stationed
at the Redistribution Station
where he will spend two weeks be
fore reporting to his new assign
ment in the United States.
Pfc. Hedrick was returned tc
the United States after having
served 24 months in the European
theatre of operations, where h?
served as a truck driver. He holdf
the European Theatre ribbon with
4 tattle stars.
The total purchases of bonds
ill Cherokee county during the
Seventh War Loan, through the
past week, were $103,947.50. ac
cording t > figures received from
the Treasury Department by Percy
B. Peiebee, chairman of the drive
in this county.
Of the amount sold $90,727.50
was in E bonds and $13,220 other
series. The county's quota for
E. bonds is $126,000 and $226,000
over-all.
Mr. Ferebee urges everyone to
cooperate in helping the county
go over the top before the drive
ends.
Southern Dairies
To Discontinue
Local Operations
J. D. Elrod, local manager of
Southern Dairies, announces that
effective June 15, the local plant
of the company will be discontin
ued. It is expected that another
company will come in to supply a
market for the large amount ol
milk that farmers in this area have
been encouraged to produce, but
nothing definite has been an
nounced.
Mr. El r od stated that the reason
Southern Dairies is relinquishing
its project here is that they could
not get a sufficient quantity of
Grade A milk.
Since the announcement that
Southern Dairies were discontinu
ing their Murphy operation other
milk companies have sent their
( representatives to Murphy to in
vestigate the milk producing pos
sibilities here. At their request
Mr. Elrod anounces that Southern
Dairies will continue to receive
milk until June 15. This will en
able interested companies to fur
ther their investigation. South
ern Dairies are anxious to help
some good company locate here
that can handle the large volume
of farm milk that is available in
this area, thus providing the farm
ers with a market for their milk.
Liberated Men
Returning To
Their Homes
With U. S. Forces In Prance ?
One hundred and fifty-five North
Carolina soldiers and officers re
cently liberated from German
prison camps are on their way
back to the United States. Among
them is Pfc. William Gentry of
Murphy, who has arrived home.
Their most vivid impression of
the captivity is the starvation
diet they received from the Germ
ans . Without American Red Cross
food parcels, they said, they would
not have survived the steady diet
of moldy black bread and watery
barley soup doled out by the
Nazis.
They told how they suffered ex
treme hardship while they were
retreating before advancing Alli
ed armies. The marches, some of
them covering hundreds of miles,
were made under constant straf
ing by Allied planes . While re
treating. the Germans failed to
provide food and shelter for their
prisoners.
ANNUAL SINGING
The annual singing convention
will meet In Andrews school audi
torium on June 10 beginning at
10 o'clock in the morning. Every -
I body is invited to the all-day meet
I ing. Good quartets and class sing
| ing are expected.
COMMUNION
Communion service will be held
at. Ranger Baptist church on Sun
day, June 10. Sermon subject of
the pastor, Rev. W. T. Truefct,
i will be from John 13:14-15, "If I
: then your Lord and Master have
i washed your feet, ye also ought
: to wash one another's feet, for I
; have given you an example that
i we should do as I have done to
you."