Serving Southwestern North Carolina ? Cherokee, Clay, and Graham Counties
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 9, 1945.
Local People Help
Make Atomic Bomb
Ti'.o announcement Monday by
President Truman to the fight
ir.i; men aboard the U. S. S. Au
warship which was bring
the president home from the
B Three conference at Potsdam,
of rhe release of the first atomic
b rnib over Hiroshima, caused great
ex .lenient among those on board
shir Mr. Truman said in a voice
ten* with excitement: "We have
ins: dropped a bomb on Japan
t ch has more power than 20.000
tons of TNT. It was an over
whelming success."
The existence of the powerful
v.eapon was announced personal
ly by the president in a statement
issued through the White House at
11 a. m.. Eastern War time. That
one bomb carried more power
than 2,000 B-29 Superfortresses
normally could drop on an enemy
city, using old type TNT bombs,
it was said. This announcement
brought great excitement to the
whole world.
And the announcement that the
atomic bomb Is being manufac
tured at the plant of the Clinton
Engineer Works at Oak Ridge.
Tenn.. which has been known as
the mystery plant" or the "hush
hush" plant, was like a bomb
dropped among the workers them
selves, for not one person em
ployed there knew what he was
making.
In the past three years, the
town of Oak Ridge, 18 miles west
of Knoxville has grown from noth
ing to the fifth largest city in
Tennessee, with a population of
nearly 75,000, but during this time
managed to become one of the
historic cities of America, a town
that will ever remain associated
with the greatest secret project of
World War n.
A large number of men and
women from Murphy and Chero
kee county t^ave b**n emploved
on this gigantic project which has
teen veiled in secrecy, not knowing
what it was all about.
Wm.R. Campbell
Is Commended
Twentieth Air Force Headquar
ters. Guam ? For the part they
played in the historic Superfor
tress low level incendiary attacks
on Japan. Private First Class Will
iam R Campbell, of Marble, North
Carolina, and hundreds of other
enlisted men at B-29 bases in the
Mai. anas have been commended
by Ma.i or General Curtis E. LeMay ,
commanding the Twentieth Air
Force.
Private Campbell is a cook with
the irtound echelons supporting
the almost daily Superfort assaults
against the Japanese mainland.
"Your determination, skill and
courage have delivered a stunning
b: w to the empire of the Rising
Sun. General LeMay said. "Com
ta', crews and the hardworking
maintenance and staff people are
to be heartily commended for their
Iccomplishments in these historic
Operations."
Throughout the eight days cov
ering she sustained tombing at
tacks, Private Campbell and the
ground staff worked night and
day. virtually without rest, to keep
the Army bombers in the air and
striking at the enemy.
Private Campbell's sister, lives
in Marble, North Carolina.
"Delinquency"
Program Subject
The Woman's Society of Chris
tain service of the Methodist |
church met Tuesday afternoon at
the church with the president, Mrs.
J H. McCall presiding.
Meditation and prayer was giv
en by Mrs. Tom Axley. Miss Emily
Sword sang a solo and Miss Adella
Mfroney told a story.
Juvenile Protection" was the
subject discussed. Mrs. R. C. Mat
tox talked on the "Church's Obli
gation to Delinquent Boys and
Girls".
At the conclusion of the pro
gram, watermelon was served by
the hostesses, Mrs. W. P. Odom,
tors. Arthur Akin, Mrs. B. L. Pad
Sett and Mrs. W. A. Savage to 17
members present.
Court Of Honor
Held Here On
Tuesday Evening
Nantahala District Scout Court
of Honor was held at Murphy First
Baptist Church Tuesday evening
with F. V. Smith, assistant Scout
executive ,in charge. The Rev.
E. W. Benson of Hayesville led
the invocation, and the Rev. C.
M. Boggs of Robbinsville was song
leader.
A number of Scouts from Hayes
ville received honors. Harry Brad
shaw presented second class rank
to Frank Lee, Frank Martin, and
Tommy Gray. Scouts Bobby Cun
ningham, Joe Johnson and Jerry
Padgett received merit badges
from J. G. Padgett. C. A. Bales
of Robbinsville presented rank of
star scout to Worth Palmer of
Hayesville.
All-Stars Play
Georgia Club
Here On Sunday
Murphy All-Stars will play the
Cumming. Georgia baseball club
here Sunday. The game will start
at 3 p. m. The battery for Mur
phy will be Parker, pitching, and
Twiggs, catching. The All-Staxs
will play in Murphy the next three
Sundays: August 19, Beacon Mills,
Asheville club; August 26. Toccoa,
Ga. (LeTourneau club), according
to announcement by George At
kinson, manager.
GUEST MINISTER
The Rev. Carl D. Stewart Ph.
D. superintendent of the Havana
district of the Cuba conference of
the Methodist Church, will be the
guest minister at the midweek
service Wednesday. August 15. at
8 o'clock in First Methodist Church.
Dr. Stewart has been a mission
ary to Cuba for thirteen years. He
will speak on the evangelistic
work of the church in Cuba. The
public is invited to the service.
Marble School
Has New Desks.
Picture Machine
AJJDREWS When school op
<ns at Marble on August 16 prin
cipal Frank Walsh will be able to
(five at least half of his pupils a
brand new seat. New patent desks
costing $553.03 have just been in
stalled. Also a brand new stove
will be found in each classroom.
In addition delivery is promised
on a $350 motion picture machine
shortly after school opens. So it
lcoks like that school at Marble
Is going to be anything but a dull
affair next year. Mr. Walsh has
made application for a lunch room,
and in due course this is expected
to be approved.
Carringer Sings
On Radio Program
At Tallahassee
Camp Gordon Johnston. Fla. ?
Tec. 5 Walter Carringer. son of
Mrs. Ruth Carringer, Murphy,
was recently featured as tenor
finger over WTAL Tallahassee on
one the rccent "Camp Gordon
Johnston Time" broadcasts.
In civil life Tec. 5 Carringer
sang in churches and schools. He
was a member of the college glee
club at North Georgia College,
Dahlonega, Ga.
At Gordon Johnston Tec. 5 Car
ringer serves as company cleric at
the 302nd Training Company,
Amphibian Truck Training Regi
ment.
Baptist Association
To Meet Aug. 21-22
The sixty-first annual meeting
of the Western North Carolina
Baptist asosciation will be held at
Meadow Grove Baptist church in
Clay County August 21-22.
The first day's program, be
ginning at 9:30 o'clock, will be
opened by the devotional by the
Rev. Blaine Ledford. Following
the reading of the constitution,
rules of order, and program, the
roll call of churches will be made.
The moderator, Rev. Paul Lovin
good, will make his report, followed
by the report of the executive com
mittee. Christian literature will
be discussed by Lloyd W. Hendrix,
and Ralph L. Smith will report of
Sunday Schools. Following ap
pointment of committees, the Rev.
F. B. Garrett will preach the ser
mon.
Lunch will be served by the
host church. The afternoon sess
ion t-egins at 1:30, with the devo
tional by the Rev. C. A. Voyles.
Factual reports will be given on
the following: Ministers' retire
ment plan, Peyton G. Ivie; hospi
tals, Miss Addie Mae Cooke; or
phanage, Lfoyd Hentrix; followed
by conference of churches, pas
tors, reports of committees.
The evening session begins at
7:45 o'clock with the devotional
by the Rev. M. L. Hall. A. L.
Martin will make a report on
temperance, followed by an open
discussion.
The Wednesday's program be
gins at 9:30 a. m., with devotional
by the Rev. Robert Barker. Min
utes of the previous day -will be
read. Mission opportunities will
be discussed as follows: State
missions, the Rev. J. Alton Morris;
home missions, the Rev. Paul Lov
ingood; foreign missions, the
Rev. L. P. Smith; missionary ser
mon. the Rev. Robert Barker.
Miscellaneous business will be
transacted and reports of commit
tees will be made.
State Secretary M. A. Hug
gins, will speak on "The Challenge
o? the Cooperative Program".
Cyrus C. White will speak on
"The Challenge Accepted". Lunch
will then be served.
The afternoon session begins at
1 :30 o'clock, with devotional by H.
C. York. Reports <wJl te made
as follows: B. T. U., Miss Dale
Sudderth; brotherhood, Harve
Mulkey: W. M. U., Mrs. C. T. Al
mond; Christian schools, Mrs. J.
V. Hall; reports of committees, re
port of clerk; reading of minutes.
Adjournment will be at 3:50 o'
clock.
DANCE
There will be a dance at the
high school gym Friday night
from 8:30 to 12 o'clock. All pro
ceeds will go to the Murphy Base
ball team.
Murphy And Cherokee
Schools Open August 27
Russia Declares
War On Japan
A special announcement
by President Truman that
"Russia has declared war on
Japan", was broadcast just
after 2 o'clock Wednesday af
ternoon. The announcement
was made to news men at the
White House at 2:01. by the
President.
Mrs. Zeb Conley
Heads Cherokee
Drive For State
Orchestra
Mrs. Zeb Conley, Andrews, has
been appointed chairman of the
Cheroke county campaign for the
fund for the State Symphony Or
chestra. The appointment -was
made by James G. K. McClure,
Western North Carolina District
Chairman. Governor Gregg Cher
ry, ex officio chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Sym
phony Society, has approved the
plan of the Society to embark up
on an expansion program, and for
this purpose to seek contributions
from the citizens of the State with
which to establish a substantial
Symphony Fund. The Orchestra,
alter playing 200 concerts in the
communities of North Carolina,
was recognized as the Official
State Orchestra by the 1943 Legis
lature and $2,000 was appropriated
toward its support, Iqel945 this
appropriation was d out-led.
A state-wide campaign is being
organized to enable the State Or
chestra to play in all parts of the
State. Plans also are being worked
out for more free concerts for chil
dren, for radio broadcasts, and
for training the musicians who
live in the State. Mrs. Conley will
organize the campaign in Chero
kee county.
Lt. Col. Frank Justice who has
been here some time with his
family, left Monday for Fort
Bragg.
Guadalcanal Battlefront of 19^2 Now Peaceful Rear Base
The three years sinee August 7, 1942, when United States Marines landed on
Guadalcanal to open the Pacific offensive, have produced many changes on that
Solomon island. Now, Red Cross girls and Leathernecks (upper left) swim and
sun themselves at leisure. A short lime ago, swimming and bathing came under
the heading of "hazardous occupations" and a Marine machine-gunner (lower
left) guarded his buddies from Jap intrusions as they washed in Guadal waters.
The beautiful tropical beach scene (above) now provides a more peaceful setting
for the quartet of Leathernecks who loll in the sun than it did for Marines who
were on the same beach three years ago. At that time, the beach was covered
with dead Japs, half-buried in the sand (below). The beaches are washed clean
now ? and Guadalcanal today is a rear base, far removed from the fighting front.
(U. S. Marine Corp* Photos >
Murphy city schools and Chero
kee county iooLs will open for
the 1945-4ti term August 27, a< -
cording '.o announcement by H.
Eueck. >up< .ntendent of the Mur
phy city school unit, and Lloyd
Hendrix. sup> intendent of coun
ty schools.
Mr. Bueck has announced Mur- !
phy facultit as follows: Mur
phy elemenury school:
Miss Clara McCombs. Mis s
Frances Dickson, Miss Nell Wil
son, Mis. Evelyn Patton. Miss
Kate Hollidaj. Mrs. Dair Shields,
Miss Emily Sword, Miss Kate
Hayes, Mrs, Martha Adams, Miss
A J die Leatherwood, and Mrs. J.
W. Davidson.
Murph hijrh school and eighth
grade: Mrs. John Berry, Miss Em
ma Louise Jenkins, Miss Jane Hill.
Mrs. Anne Ward, Mrs. Harry
Miller, Miss Lucy Winston, J. D.
Page, Miss Catherine Morton, Mrs.
Margaret LeMay Mauney, Robert
S Bault. Miss Margaret Curd, and
C. A. Smith.
Bates Creek: Miss Ella Mc
Combs, Mrs Mary Nell Stiles.
Tomotla: Miss Bertha Mayfield,
Miss Leila Hayes, Mrs. Willie Lou
Shields.
Grape Creek: Both positions
vacant.
Texana (colored): Mrs. Elma
Rai Dennis; 'primary position va
cant).
Mr. Hendrix has announced the
list of teachers for Cherokee coun
ty schools. There are vacancies
amounting to 15 in all: at Shields,
Wolf Creek, Sunny Point, John
son, Hill, River Hill Buck Knob,
Unaka, Upper Beaverdam, Owl
Creek and Peachtree. The in
complete list follows:
Rantrer ? Pearley Crisp Mrs.
Myi t!o Moore, Mrs. Rosa A. Bar
ton, Mrs. Edith Anderson.
Macedonia ? Mrs. Leila R.
Hughes. Shields, vacant. Cul
berson, vacant.
Waif Creek ? Mrs. Kate Shields,
two v acancies. Sunny Point, two
vacancies; Johnson, two vacan
cies.
Wolf Creek A ? Miss Maud Col
lins.
Hiwassee Dam ? Walter B.
Thomas. Mrs. Ella Stephens, Mrs.
Pauline B. Thomas, Miss Pauline
Kisselburg. Miss Maggie B. Kissel
burg Miss Annie Lou Keenum, R.
L. Keenum, Mrs. Ora M. Turner,
Miss Middleton, Miss Thelma
Keenum Mrs. Sutton, Mrs. Mar
ion L. Jones, Home Economics.
Friendship ? Mrs. Ann Pearl
Woodard, Mrs. Truman McNaiib.
Clark ? Miss Vesta Timpson;
Hill, vacant: River Hill, vacant.
Long Ridge ? Miss Ruby Wil
ccx; Buck Knob, vacant; Unaka,
W. R. Martin, two vacancies.
Ogreeta ? Mrs. Bessie Whitner;
Upper Beaverdam, Mrs. Maude
Radford, one vacancy.
Tellico ? J. W. O'Dell; White
Church, Mrs. Helen Waldroup,
Mrs. Vey McDonald.
Ebenezer ? Miss Ellen Hembree,
Miss Nettie McDonald.
Boiling Springs ? Mrs. Cyn
thia Hayes; Owl Creek, vacant.
Peachtree ? Clarence Hendrix,
Dale Sudderth, Joe Myers. Mrs.
Porter Axley. Miss Kate Robinson,
Miss Bertha McGuire one va
cancy.
Martin's Creek ? Lonzo Shields,
Voyd Hogan, Mrs. Ruby Hemphill,
Mrs. Edith Evans, Howard Mar
. tin.
Andrews Schools
Faculties Announced
ANDREWS ? nie Andrews
City school will open August 16
at. 9:00 A. M. The first faculty
meeting will occur on Wednesday,
August 15, at 11 a. m.
Below is a list of teachers under
contract for next year: high
school: Mrs. Aline E. Bristol, Eng
lish I & II; Miss Ada M. Cornwell,
English III & IV: Mrs. Eleanor
C. Hudson, 8th English and mat
hematics; Mrs. Ocie B. Wilkie,
business education; Miss Elizabeth
Troxler, science and mathema
tics; Mrs. Ruth F. Bristol, home
economics; Andrews elementary:
Boyd B. Robinson, principal:
first grades: Mrs. Violet S. Walk
er .Mrs. Veanah R. Radfurd, Mrs.
Hazel H. Wood, Mrs. Louise C.
McFalls: second grades: Mrs. Len- |
na H. Foard, Mrs. Ruth S. Pullium,
Mrs. Pauline S. Love; third grades:
Miss Ada Mae Pruette, Miss Eliza
beth Kilpatrick, Mrs. Louise En
loe; fourth grades: Mrs. Annie S.
McGuire. Mrs. Mozelle M. Talley,
Mrs. Addilee B. Brown; fifth
grades: Miss Ruth Barnard. Miss
Ethel Boone. Mrs. Hazel Aberna
thy; sixth grades: Mrs. Isabell
Trantham. Mrs. Florence Huff
man; seventh grade: Miss Vivian
Moore; eighth grade: Jean Chris
ty and Mrs. Leila G. Axle}'.
Marble elementary: J. Frank
Walsh, principal. Mrs. Gertrude
Walsh. Miss Olga Glenn, and Mrs.
Carrie Womack.
Topton elementary: Mrs. Min
nie R .Tatham.
Andrews Colored: Mrs. Mary
B. Kilgore.
Superior Court Is In
Session This Week
With Judge J. A. Rousseau of i
North Wilkesboro presiding, the !
August term of Cherokee county j
superior court is in session this
week. Solicitor John Queen of
Waynesville is prosecuting, and
Miss Lessie Kelley of Franklin is
court stenographer.
Cases heard or tried Monday
through Wednesday were as fol
lows :
Vernon Docker;-, plead guilty,
driving drunk. $100 and costs.
Wayne Colbert, faise pretense,
costs.
Ralph McKinney. nbandonment
and non-support, tried by jury,
verdict guilty. Sentence not pass
ed.
David Phillips, violation of pro
hibition laws, fined $50 and costs.
William Lush Revis, administer
ing drugs, to pay $1300 in trust
and costs.
Bruce Fmith, plead guilty driv
ing drunk. $50 and costs.
Hobert Hughes, plead guilty
driving drunk, $50 and costs.
Ed Creasman. plead guilty, car
rying concealed weapon. $50 and
costs.
Caijl Hughes, violation prohibi
tion laws, costs.
Robert Holland, plead guilty,
driving drunk. $50 and costs.
Frank Taylor, plead guilty,
driving drunk. $50 and costs.
Elmer Kaylor, plead guilty, pub
lic drunkeness. $10 and costs.
Charlie Thomas, asault with a.
deadly weapon, 18 months on the
loads.
Scott Laney. driving drunk and
reckless driving. $50 and costs.
Otis Burnett, not guilty, reck
less driving.
Hub Burnett, reckless driving,
90 days on roads.
Ruth Sutton. Hazel Campbell,
Mollie Grogan, Ola Mae Hartness,
Alice Gibson, each charged with
venereal prostitute, each sentenc
ed to from one to two years in
Central prison.
Jeanette Towler, violation of pro
hibition laws, eight months in
prison.
Phil Loudermilk. violation of
prohibition laws, eight months on
roads.
Reginald Howard or Reginald
Wilson, breaking and entering
and larceny, 90 days for larceny,
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