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MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JUNE 21, 1945.
Two Wilhide Boys
Killed In A Month
ANDREWS ? Mr. and Mrs.
Frank S Wilhide of Andrews re
ceived a message Saturday Uial
their sen. Second Lt. Wilfred Wal
lace Willnde. had been killed in
action June 11.
He and his brothel.. First Lt.
Robert Maurice Wilhide, marine
ligliter pilots, met recently on
Yontan air field. Okinawa, for the
first mne in 28 months. Wally
had been stationed on Yontan air
field for three weeks, with a day
fighter squadron of the second
marine air wing. By coincidence.
Bob was assigned as a marine
night fighter pilot operating from
the same field, bringing the two
brothers together for the first
tune in more than two years. The
reunion lasted only two days.
Bti> shot down a Jap twin-engine
bomber on his second patrol. On
his third, he failed to return, and
was last seen diving on the tail of
a Jap dive bomber making a run
on an American ship.
'"niat's one for you. Bob", Sec
ond IX. Wally Wilhide declared as
a Jap fighter went down in flames
after a long burst from his ma
chine guns, on the third day after
his brother's disappearance. "I
hope that I can get lots more for
you."
The brothers were both gradu
ates of Andrews high school and
Mars Hill college. Bob. 23. was
commissioned Aug. 1, 1943. Wally,
21. enlisted in Dec. 1942. was call
ed to active duty and the follow
ing March and commissioned a
marine pilot in May 1944.
Another son. Prank Wilhide,
Jr.. was killed September 30. 1939,
in a motor freight truck accident
near Ashevtlle.
Airline Travel
Expected To Gain
300% After War
Washington. ? Travel by
air on regularly scheduled routes
operated by air lines of the United
States will triple next year, ac
cording to a balancing by the Air
Transport Association of the cal
culations made by agencies whose
buijnebb requires them to plan for
the future.
The volume of traffic in 1944
*as an all-time high in spite of
shortages of planes and man-pow
er and other war-time obstacles.
But the estimates by experts as
to what we may expect beginning
m 1946 go far beyond what last
year's figures in themselves might
indicate.
Here is what the consensus con
templates :
Six billion passenger miles in
as compared with the cur
'ent two and a quarter billion.
A quarter million air travelers
to Europe per year soon after the
end of the war.
Eteht to twelve thousand pilot
crew members employed by the
air|ines, supported by 125.000 air
line workers on the ground, or
Uvw times the present payroll.
?n the airports 63,000 operations
Jobs. Plus 125,000 jotos directly
connected with airport activities.
All firet class mail dispatched
air and the air carriers deliver
Parcel post. The volume- of
8lr express exceeding passenger
revenue.
Nearly six million potential new
air travelers as the result of war
Wperiences connected with flying.
These are not the dreams of an
-minded Jules Vem. They are
, e !?test conclusions based upon
surveys made by the Civil
r?nautics Administration of the
h'ted States government.
Awarded Good
Conduct Medal
At A Pacific Base ? Sgt. Dock
Millsaps, 24, son of Mrs. Mary
? ?iUsaps of RobbinsvUle, Worth
has been awarded the
Conduct Medal for his ex
^havior, efficiency, and
juT* <turio? his military service,
w, ' ' Squad Leader In in
1,7 KOment.
Subscriptions
To Navy Men
Must Be Ordered
Effective July 1. all subscriptions
for the Scout and other periodi
cals to personnel in the Navy.
Marine Corps and Coast Guard
overseas must be requested IN
WRITING by the ADDRESSEE.
This order, No. 27851. issued by
the Post Office Department at the
request of the Navy Department,
includes renewals as well as new
subscriptions. Payment for the
subscription may be made by any
one provided the addressees have
initiated the request.
The address on all such mail
ings must include the statement:
"Mailed in conformity with P. O
D Order 27851."
John Mills In
Miami Hospital
Miami Beach, Pla. ? Pfc. John
Mills, son of Mr. Gid Mills, Mur
phy, N. C.. has been admitted to
the AAP Regional and Convales
cent Hospital. Miami District, for
treatment and rest.
In addition to receiving regula'
treatment from a staff of Army
physicians, nurses and specialists,
the patient will participate in
physical training, recreation and
classroom activities which are
part of the hospital's program to
help the soldier attain complete
recovery.
Patients at the hospital also
take part in the convalescent ser
vices program which gives them
an opportunit;v tH tplrn pot^- war
homes, sketch, paint, work in the
machine and woodworking: shops,
and study music and languages.
VISITS PARENTS
Roy Vinson Hall R M 2/c, has
returned to duty after a short
visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. V. Hall of Murphy. At
present he is serving aboard a de
stroyer escort of the Atlantic fleet.
He wears the American, European,
African and Middle Eastern areas
ribbons. Before entering service,
ho was employed by the Southern
Railway Company at North Wilkes
boro.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Carlson left
today (Thursday) for Lynn, Mass..
after a three weeks' visit with Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Carlson.
Local Boys In
86th Division
Returning Home
Among 500 Carolinians in the
86th Infantry Division troops who
landed at Camp Kilmer. N. J..
June 17 fr m Europe were:
Pvt. Fred H. King, Murphy:
Pfc. Laurence H. Hogsed, Murphy;
Pvt. Harvey G. Stalcup. Murphy;
! Ffc. Paul V. Hooper. Robbinsville.
Pfc. Mack L. Hawkins, son of
| Mrs. Lou A. Ha wkins of Culberson,
i Route 2, was reported Monday to
I have been liberated from a Nazi
| prisoner of war camp.
Nazi Sorrv He
Couldn't Put Up
Better Fight
With The 26th Infantry Divis
ion ? Five soldiers of the Comp
any G. 104th Infantry, 26th Divis
ion, taught four SS-men that loot
ing doesn't pay.
The five, Corporal Bill Peck,
Chattanooga. Tennessee, Private
First Class Abe Paskin, Chicago.
Illinois; Corporal Bill Shaef, Rip
ley, Tennessee; Coiporal Paul
Holmes, Lawrenceville, Illinois.
?.nd Private First Class Ernie
Floyd, Hiwassee Dam. North Caro
lina. were looking for quarters in
a newly occupied town.
They quietly walked into a
quiet-looking bungalow and there
were four SS troopers quietly en
joying a dinner of bacon and eggs.
Apologizing because their weapons
were out of reach, one of the
Nazi, a major and holder of a Ph.
D. degree from Oxford, said, "So
sorry, old toys, that we couldn't
put up a better fight for y^u real
ly caught us with our britches
down, really you did." The bacon
and eggs made a very nice quiet
I dinner for the five G. I.'s.
Stiles Brothers
Meet In Germany
I Pfc. Calvin and Cpl. Vincent
Stiles met in Muhlhausen, Germ
any June 3. and had lunch to
gether. This was the first time
they had seen each other in two
years. Both ai-e with the Ninth
army. Pfc. Calvin is with the 5th
Armored Div. and Cpl. Vincent
with the 772nd Field Artillery.
Vincent has been across for al
most a year and at the present is
stationed at Weimar. Germany.
Calvin went overseas April 1. and
i is stationed at Muhlhausen. Germ
any. They are the sons of Mr.
and Mrs. E. E. Stiles of Murphy.
Club Requests List
Of Available Room;
Members of Murphy Business
Men's club held their June meet
ing Tuesday evening at the school
lunchroom. Dr. W. A. Hoover,
president, asked the secretary, R.
W. Easley, Jr., to report the di
rectors' meetings held since the
last general meeting. He also wel
comed Frank Ellis and R. S. Bault
as new members, and had the fol
lowing guests introduced: Ray
Sarasini, Mrs. H. G. Elkins, Lt.
Col. J. W. Davidson.
It was announced that Dr. Hoov
er is planing to attend a meeting
of the State Planning Board in
Asheville next week.
Prank Mauney has offered free
of charge the use of an office in
the Mauney building for the club's
office and directors meetings.
The club voted to lend its sup
port to the dairymen in this area,
helping in every way possible to
improve marketing facilities. A.
Q. Ketner and W. M. Pain report
j fd on the dairy meeting held here
Saturday. At the suggestion of
J. H. Hampton, the club voted to
write George Coble of Lexington
a letter urging him to locate a
plant here.
C. E. Weir. T. A. Case and Wait
Maun**y were asked to meet some
officials expected here this week
to confer with Sam Coffin on the
purchase ot his veneer plant.
Itii club It advertising this week
foi all hotels, tourist homes, tour
ist courts, boarding and roaming
houses, and private homes that
have accommodations for tourists
to list them in writing with Secre
tary R. W. Easley, Jr., before June
27, in order for the club to be in
a position to help visitors find
piaces to stay. Mrs. Duke Whitley
was named chairman of a com
mitee to get the above groups to
make up a booklet to send tourists.
It was announced that the club
has several inquiries concerning
buying property in and around
Murphy. Those who have proper
ty for sale also are asked to list
same with the club.
At the suggestion of C. L. Alver
son and J. B. Gray, the club went
on record to lend its support to
the city park.
H. Bueck announced that a
water safety course conducted by
a Red Cross representative is a
vailable for the town in July, if
at least 15 adults are interested in
taking it.
TTie club is asking business
houses to close all day on the
Fourth of July and remain open
all day on Thursday, July 5. W.
M. Pain encourages families to
take picnic dinners to the city
park on fee Fourth and enjoy a
holiday here.
Lt. Edwin Hyde
Is Commended
By Commander
Following is a copy of a letter
received by Lt. Clarence Edwin
Hyde, S 1 USNR from his com
manding officer R. A Brown, at
the U. S. naval advanced amphib
ious base, Plymouth. England
just before Mr. Broun left Eng
land for the states:
"Your meritorious performance
of duty during the many months
you have served at this base is
worthy of special commendation.
"As legal officer you exhibited
a very keen and thorough know
ledge of naval law and procedure
in your preparation and conduct
ing of the many courts martial
held by this command. In addi
tion you were called upon to pro
cess countless claims filed against
the U. S. navy in this area and
your accomplishments in this re
sist are worthy of the highest
praise. Your department in many
instances was over-taxed with
work, but through your long hours
of faithful duty and untiring ef
forts it was efficiently administer
ed at all times. Your perform
ance of duty was in keeping with
the highest traditions of and re
flects great credit on the United
States Naval Service."
Jas. H. Carter At
Redistribution
Station, Butner
Army Ground and Service For
ces Redistribution Station. Camp
Butner, N. C. ? Pfc. James H. Car
ter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rollin
Carter, Murphy, N. C.. Rt. 3, is
currently stationed at the Redis
tribution Station, where he will
spend two weeks before reporting
to his new assignment in the
United States.
He was returned reeffltly to the
United States after having served
8 months in the European theatre
of operations, where he served as
a machine gunner.
He holds the Combat Infantry
Badge, Purple Heart. Good Con
duct ribbon and the European
theatre ribbon with one campaign
star.
Pfc. Carter is brother of: Sgt.
Sheredan with the Infantry in the
Philippines .and Pvt. Jack with the
Air Force in the Philippines.
Returning veterans are given
every opportunity to rest, relax,
and regain their bearings while
they are being processed. The
three days of processing include a
complete physical examination,
tests and interviews to determine
their proper assignment, discuss
ion groups at which each soldier
is (riven information on the G. Bill
of Rights. the progress of the war,
post war problems as well as an
opportunity to air any personal or
impersonal gripes.
The remainder of the veterans'
time may be spent in visiting sur
rounding communities, playing
golf, bowling, bicycling, or just
sitting in the Post Exchange, or the
Snack Shack where coffee and
doughnuts are free, talking to
veterans from other theatres.
New Recapping
Place Opens
Doyle Burch and J. Ed Graves
have opened an electric tire re
capping shop in the Stiles building
on Hiwassee Street next to the
Farmers Federation.
The staff of workers includes:
Arthur Doekery and Parse Sneed
who have taken special factory
training at Den-Nap Electric Mold
company, Macon. Ga., in rebuild
ing constructing, vulcanizing and
recapping of tires, and Charlie
Smith who had one and one-half
years experience here with J. W.
Battle's recapping shop.
Mrs. Bryson Falls
And Breaks Hip
Word was received here tbis
week, through Miss Linn, a nurse
at St. Joseph hospital, Hot Springs,
Ark., that Mrs. Carolyn H. Bryson
a resident of the hospital, had
fallen and broken her hip about a
month aeo. Mrs. Bryson is rest
ing fairly comfortably.
Coble Will Locate Here If
Farmers Pledge To Supply Him
2,500 Gallons Of Milk Per Day
TVA Officials
Make Suggestions
For City Park
Walter Arrant, Ray Sarasini,
and J. B. Crowther of the proper
ty division of the TVA were in
Murphy Tuesday and met with
the City Park commission to dis
cuss further development of the
park.
They gave advice on the loca
tion of a swimming pool and a foot
path and picnic tables under the
trees on the bank. They advised
that the topography of the park
be made, in order to do a minimum
of excavating when the construc
tion of the swimming pool is start
ed. The commission plans to take
this advice and have the topo
graphy taken soon.
R. S. Bault. chairman of the
park commission, and Mr. Sarasini
met Wednesday morning to map
out a foot path to the picnic areas
01: the bank.
Bible School
Starts Monday
A Daily Vacation Bible school
will begin Monday at Andrews
Baptist church, announces the
Rev. L. P. Smith. The Rev. R.
Lane Akins will be the director.
At 9.15 each morning. Dr. C. C.
Carpenter will speak to the school,
in connection with the general day
services of the revival going on at
the same time.
Mrs. C. W. Savage
Presents Pupils
In Recital
Mrs. C. W. Savage presented
her piano pupils in recital Friday
evening at 8 o'clock, at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Peyton G. Ivie.
Taking part on the program
were: Barbara Arnold, Sammy
I White, Glenda Ivie. Peggy Savage,
I Josephine Garrett, Nancy Wells,
I Annie Ruth Campbell, Jimmy
Davis and Buddy Palmer.
Mi-s. Savage entertained her
pupils at a theate party Monday
afternoon.
$618 Realized
In Cancer Drive
Harry Bishop and Mrs B. W.
Whitfield, leaders in the campaign
to collect funds for cancer control,
announce that a total of $618.37
was contributed and has teen
sent to state headquarters.
The county's quota was $422.55.
Of the total realized, $373.37
was contributed by Murphy. Hi
wassee Dam. and the rural areas,
and $245 by Andrews.
Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Whitfield
made special mention of the fine
work done by people in the rui-al
areas, in Factory Town and Tex
anna. They also expressed appre
ciation for the contributions from
Andrews, Murphy and Hiwassee
Dam.
> A meeting of county agents and
iepiesentative farmers from Chero
kee. clay and Graiiam counties, N.
C , and Towns and Union coun
ties, Ga . met at the office of
County Agent A. Q. Ketner Sat
ui-day tc make plans for the loca
tion of a milk plant here to take
the place of Southern Dairies
which is discontinuing operations
here.
George Coble of the Cable Dairy
Products, Lexington, has agreed to
locate in Murphy provided farm
ers will pledge to furnish a volume
of milk equal to 2,500 gallons per
day within the next 60 days. A
survey of the counties is being
made this week to ascertain the
amount of milk fanners will pledge
to furnish.
Cherokee 40% Short
Of War Fund Goal
Wm. J. Nix Gets
Silver Star :
With the 35th Infantry Divis- '
ion in Germany ? Staff Sogeant
William J. Nix, of the 137th In
fantry Regiment, was recently
awarded the Silver Star Medal by
Major General Paul W Maade.
Commanding Genera! the 35th
Infantry Division, for gallantry
in action on March 27th.
The citation in part, reads as
follows :
"When two platoons of his
company were pinned down and
partially surrounded by enemy
infantrymen supported by a Mark
VI tank, Sgt. Nix, a squad leader,
moved forward and opened fire
with his automatic rifle, killing
the enemy tank commander with
his first burst. His gallant ac
tions forced the withdrawal of
the enemy tank, and the ensuing
confusion among the enemy infan
trymen gained time for Sgt. Nix'
unit to reorganize for a successful
assaul: upon enemy positions".
Nix' wife, Mrs. Charlotte Nix.
lives in Marble, Nortl. Carolina.
Dr. Carpenter To
Conduct Revival
ANDREWS ? Rev. L.' P. Smith,
pastor of Andrews Baptist church,
has announced revival services
starting at the Baptist church here
Sunday morning, June 24. The
meeting will continue for at least
one week. Preaching will be done
by Dr. L. L. Carpenter, editor of
the Bibical Recorder, described as
a seasoned minister and a ripe
scholar. He has served as pastor
for a number of years, also as
university professor, teaching in
Mercer university and Baylor uni
versity. Dr. Carpenter is a gradu
ate of Wake Forest college and a
native North Carolinian. He is
a brother to Dean C. C. Carpenter
of the Wake Forest Medical school
and Hospital at Winston-Salem.
Preceding the meeting, cottage
pi-ayer meetings are being held in
five sections of the town nightly
this week excepting Wednesday
night. These cottage prayer meet
ing areas are: Long Town. Happy
Top, East Andrews, over the river
and in the Tea Extract area.
SERMON SUBJECT
"The Way to Know", will be the
sermon topic of Rev. Ralph Tayloi
at First Methodist Church Sun
day at 11 o'clock.
Evening service at 8 o'clock. Pel
lowship hour. Wednesday, from
8 to I P. 11. Everyone is invitee
to these services.
Miller Here To j
Study Minerals
E. L. Miller, Jr., professor of
Geological Engineering at State
college. Raleigh, and Mrs. Miller
arrived in Murphy Sunday to
spend two months.
Mr. Miller is here to work under
the division of mineral resources
ot the North Carolina department
of conservation and development
on a joint project with the geologi
cal department of the TVA to in
vestigate the talc deposits in
Cherokee and Swain counties.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller are located
at the home of Mrs. C. D. May
field.
Russell Hall
Has Bronze Star
With the Third Infantry Divis
. ion. Seventti Anny. Germany ?
? Pfc. Russell C. Hall of Murphy, N.
. C., has been awarded the Bronze
Star for meritorious achievement
. in actual combat while fighting
! with the Ttiird Infantry Division
| in France. His mother, Joeie M.
Hall, reside* at Murphy. N. C.
Cherokee county is $94,335 short
j! its over-ail quota of $226,000 in
lie Seventh War Loan drive, ac
cording to announcement this
r.eek by Chairman P. B. Perebee.
Die latest report gave the total
uf E bond sales as $114,408.75,
svhich is only a little short of the
126.000 goal for E bonds. The re
port gave the over-all sales as
$131,665.75.
Mr. Perebee urges rsople in the
county t6 speed up their pur
chases and help the county to
reach its goal before the cam
paign closes next week, June 30.
He says that local people never
have fallen down on the war bond
drives, and he believes they will
rally to this challenge to go over
the top before the end of June.
Farm Slaughterers
Must Register
At Local Board
The deadline far iegistration of
farm slaughterers with the Local
War Price and Rationing Board
is June 30. Under Control Order
No. 1 farm slaughterers will be
known as "Class 3 Slaughterers".
You are a Class 3 Slaughterer if
you are a fanner who slaughtered,
or had slaughtered for you, live
stock which you owned and from
which you sold or gave away not
more than 6,000 pounds of meat
during any 12-month period from
January 1, 1944, to March 31,
1945, inclusive. After May 13,
1945, Class 3 Slaughterers will not
be permitted to sell or give away
meat resulting from the slaughter
of their livestock unless they have
registered and been granted a Class
3 Slaughterer's Permit by the
Local War Price and Rationing
Board. All livestock slaughter li
censes and permits issued by War
Food Administration are now re
voked. Class 3 Slaughterers are
urged to register promptly.
Promoted
With The 45th Division of the
American Seventh Army In Ger
many ? Staff Sgt. Robert S. Bell,
Jr., 24, of Andrews, N. C? hus
band of Mrs. Blon Crawford Bell
ol that town, was recently promot
ed from sergeant while serving as
a section leader with Company H,
179th Infantry Regiment. In the
Army 19 months and overseas 14
montlis, he has been awarded the
EAME service ribbon with three
battle stars, the Purple Heart for
wounds sustained in action in
France, the Good Conduct Medal
end the Combat Infantryman
Badge. Sergeant Bell attended
grammar school and high school
in Andrews. Before induction he
was a truck driver on the TVA
Fontana Dam project, North Caro
lina.