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Consolidated with GRAHAM COUNTY NEWS
VOllUffi 57 ? NUMBER 18.
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1945
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
Parents' Days
To Be Observed
November 27-28
Parents' Days will bs observed
in Muiphy school Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week. Novem
t r 27-28. Ail parents and friends
are invited to visit any of the
grades or classes and have lunch in
the school lunchroom.
On Monday night. November 26.
the Parent-Teacher program sched
uled for last Tuesday will be given
in the home economics building
ar 7:30 o'clock. The Revs. Ralph
Taylor and Alfred Smith will be
the speakrs. This is the regular
North Carolina Education associa
tion unit meeting for November.
County Red Cross
Chapter To Be
Saluted On Radio
Tile Cherokee County Chapter
of American Red Cross will be
saluted Saturday, the twenty
fourth of November at 6:15-6:30
P. M. over radio station WWNC
from Asheville. N. C. in the first of
a series of five broadcasts on the
roll played by the Western North
Carolina Chapters in the Ameri
can Red Cross program at home
and abroad.
This recognition is for outstand
ing work in veterans claims rend
ered by this chapter.
Two other chapters of Western
North Carolina, Haywood County
Chapter and Transylvania County
Chapter, also will be cited on this
program.
The salute to the Cherokee
County Chapter is the initial pro
gram in this series of round table
discussions of Red Cross services
to Veterans. Hie Cherokee County
Chapter and other Red Cross
chapters are prepared not only
to give these services but are hap
py to se-ve th. y Vr^rt.
Tile broadcast will also empha
size that due to the veterans al
ready discharged and the inereas
ing numbers leaving separation
centers daily, there is a greater
need for workers in these chapters
to successfully continue the Reel
Cros- p:ogram.
James Picklesimer
Dies At Age Of 77 !
I
Jami s A. Puklesimer. age 77. of I
Patrick died Sunday morning No
vember 18. at Pttrie hospital where I
he had boon for sometime. He had .
boen .n very ill health for a loivj I
time. |
He professed a hope in Christ
at an early age.
He is survived by one brother,
Thomas Picklesimer and one sis- j
ter, Mrs. Clarinda Coleman, both
of Patrick, and a large number of j
nephews and nelces.
Funeral services were conducted
? R want Hill Baptist church'
by the Rev. S. M. Wolfe of Farner, j
Tf nr.. Interment was in the Pleas- j
?lit Hill cemetery with Ivie Funeral j
I'-ome cf Murphy in charge.
GuyDerreberry
Gets Discharge
ANDREWS ? Pfc. Guy Derre
berry arrived home Tuesday of
last week after being discharged at
Ft. Bragg. He was with the 101st
Air Borne Division which went into
Normandy the night before D-Day
and para huted into Holland, and j
*as in the Battle of the Belgium |
?'lgc. His division received the i
Presidential Citation for thejr work I
on D-Day, the Oak Leaf Cluster
'or action in Holland and the Bel
gium Porreague. He also has four
to-ttle stars and the Purple Heart.
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ipi.Koscoe James
Is Discharged
Cpl. Charles Roscoe James, son
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Jaines of
Murphy, Rt. 3, has received his
discharge after being in service
f*1*? years, 18 months of which
served In the European theatre
of war.
He wears the following decora
l?m?: Good Conduct Medal, Silver
**. Distinguished Scrvtoe Med?l.
Bronze Battle 8Ur?.
Capt. Miller Is
Home From Jap
Prison Camp
Cap.. Edward S. ? Bill> Miller
arrived in Murphy Thursday of last
week, with his wife, for a 10-days'
visit with his brothers. Dr. Harry
Miller and Mr. Morris Miller, and
h:s sister, Mrs. Frank Justice, and
their families. He was a prisoner
of war in Japan.
Weaver Home
From Pacific
William Rex Weaver. S. F. 2 c
U. S. Navy, has been spending a
30-day leave with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. L. H. Weaver, Murphy,
Rt. 2.
He has been in the South and
Southwest Pacific for almost two
years and was in eleven invasions,
from Southern New Guinea to the
Northern Philippines, including
Borneo. His campaign ribbons in
clude American area, Asiatic Pa
cific, with three bronze stars, and
Philippine area with two bronze
stars. Weaver served aboard the
U. S. S. ? L. S. T. ? 397, which
was one of the first twelve L. S. T.'s
to see action in the Pacific.
He is now on his way to Raleigh
to be assigned to a new post.
Clyde Reid Is
Back In States
Clyde Reid. seaman, first class.
Patrick. N. C., and other men serv
ing on the tanker USS Escalante
have returned to the States after
traveling more than 55,000 miles
in the Pacific during which time
she and her crew took part in the
final phases of the war with
Japan.
Tile Escalante took part in the
opeiaiioiif> ,i .. LuMiii. i wo Jima . and
Okinawa, and the final strikes
against the Japanese h^me islands.
Her records show she discharged
more than 47,000,000 gallons of
fuel into 3rd and 5th Fleet ships.
At the end of hostilities, the
tanker entered Tokyo Bay with her
sister auxiliaries.
Robert Martin
On Okinawa
With Seabee Unit
OKINAWA? (Delayed)- Robert
Patten Martin, machinist's mate,
second class. Route 2, Murprhy, N.
C., who served with the 125th U.
S. Naval Construction Battalion,
played an important part in the
final drive that helped bring Ja
pan to her knees.
The outfit was one of the Sea
bee units responsible for the rapid
development of the Ryukyus is
land into a formidable base. The
125th arrived just one day after
the fighting had been officially
declared end<*d and. within a few
days, its membei-s were helping
complete the Awashi airsrip.
Two weeks letar the battalion
moved to Yonabaru to begin work
on the airfield originally started
by the Japs,
The Seabee group previously
had spent 14 months on Oahu in
the Hawaiian Islands.
Attend NCEA Meet
AtHiwasseeDam
Those from Murphy attending;
the N. C. E. A. county urflt dinner
at Hiwassee Dam last Friday were:
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hendrix. Mr.
and Mrs. H. Bueck. Robert Bault,
Mr. Page, Miss Edna Geiseking,
Miss Aridie Leatherwood, Misses
Kate and Leila Hayes, Miss Mar
garet Curd. Miss Farnces Dickson,
Mrs. Ola Duggan. Mrs. Evelyn Pat
ton, Mrs. Duke Whitley, Mrs. Dtiir
Shields, Mrs. Willie Lou Shields.
SERMONS FOR SUNDAY
"Unceasing Praise" will be the
subject of the sermon at the Pres
byterian church Sunday morning
at XI o'clock, and "None Other
Name" is the topic for the evening
service at 7:30 o'clock, as announc
ed by the pastor, the Rev. T. G.
Hate.
TVA'S MIGHTIEST? and fourth nitfiest in
the world? is Fontana Dam, located in a remote sec
tion of the Great Smoky Mountains of North Caro
lina. Size of the dam may be surmised by the large
power building seen at the foot. The lake it backs
up is fringed with mountains, and pokes numerous
fingers back into the coves. Part of the lake will
front on the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Start of the inclined cable tramway which will
ride sightseers over 400 feet from top of the dam
to the power house may be seen in this spectacular
view.
Willard Hembree
With Wins' Fleet
?
CHICAGO, ILL.? Willard Hem- 1
bree, aviation machinist'ss mate, i
first, class. USN. 22, Route 3,
Murphy N. C., can claim a share
in one of the most outstanding ;
records of the war while serving 1
with Fleet Air Wing One, whose |
record in the final phases of the j
conflict n \v is being released by j
the Navy.
The newly announced details of !
the wing's record shew that it sent 1
more than 175,000 tons of Jap j
shipping to the bottom with its |
Mariner, Cor, nado and Privateer j
planes, damaged at least that |
much more tonnage, and shot
down more than 40 enemy planes. |
Units of the wing still were I
harassing the Japanese from their I
base at Okinawa when the news '
of the surrender was received. It
was at Okinawa that the Japs j
made thir most frantic effort to '
d'srupt the operations of the air
wing, turning loose an almost con
tinuous stream of suicide fliers
at its base there.
The Navy's records have dis
closed that, from Korea to China
and Formosa- even to Japan, it
self. the air wins helped <teep the
Japs in confusion, while other j
Fleet units pounded the enemy 1
from Okinawa to Tokyo. Her ]
planes teamed up with Army
aii-men to rain destruction on j
the Jap h meland.
Medlin Serving
On l!SS Helm
Holland McCall Mrdlin, seaman. |
first class, USNR .20 Murphy. N.
C., and other crewmen serving the
destroyers USS HELM, had helped
?lake her through 11 major opera
tions in the Pacific by the time
the Japs decided to accept sur
render terms.
The IIELM was caught in the
Pearl Harbor attack. She re
turned the Japs' visit by taking
part in the Guadalcanal and
Tulagi landings, the eastern New
Guinea operations, the Bismarck
Archipelago, Marianas and Caro
lines actions, and the Leyte oper
ations.
Early this year the HELM par
?ticipated in the Luzon operations,
and later figured in the Iowa Jima
and Okinawa engagements.
George Luther
Gets Discharge
George J. Luther, Boatswain's
Mate 2/C, became a civilian after
discharge ceremonies at the U. S. (
Naval Seperation Center in Char
leston, S. C. on Wednesday No
Vember 7.
He has had convoy escort duty i
in Atlantic and Mediterranean
Seas. He wears the following
decorations: Presidenital citiation
with one star, American Theatrre.
European Theatre with one star
and Victory bar.
Venson Watts Is
OutOfThe Armv
?
ANDREWS ? Pfc. Vinson G.
Watts arrived here last week with
his discharge after serving in the j
armed forces for 39 months, 35 of '
whk-h were spent in Europe. He
.'?aw action at Naples. Rome, south
ern Fran, <?. Rhineland, and central
Europe. He has the American
Defers, ribbon. Eamet Campaign
Medal with a bronze arrowhead
and five service sativ. Good Con
duct Medal and the Victory Medal.
Hie brother, S 2'r Fred, is also
home this week on a-^-'ay furlough
from Bainbridge, Md.
Three Resign At
Local School
Supt. H. Bueck of the Murphy
schools, announce; the following
resignations in the Muiphy city
unit: Mrs. Blanche Miller, office
secretary; Mrs. Emma Louise Jen
kins Minor, eighth giade English
.'.nd ninth grade math; and Mis.
Annr Ward, hist ry and civics and
11th grade sponsor.
SERMON ST'BJECTS
"Anchors of the Soul" will be
the sermon subject of the Rev.
Ralph Taylor First Methodist
Church Sunday at 11 o'clock.
Youth Fellcwslri;) at 6:30 p. m.
Evening worship at 7:30 o'clock.
Ross Moore With
Air Transport
Squadron 12
j Ross Moore, fireman, first class,
UFNR. 35. Murphy, N. C.. recently
reported for duty with the John
ston Island detachment of Air
, Trar.cpcrt Squadron 12. Naval Air
Transport Service.
The squadron ma:ntains aircraft
of the far-flung Naval Air T ans
po rt Service which daily sends
l>lan \s over 20.090 miles of air
l-ou'.is from Oakland. Calif., to
| Tokyo, Guadalcanal and the Philip
pines.
Each month for the last four
months, the service's planes have
been carrying more than 20.000
passengers and 125.000 000 pieces
of mail, in addition to hundreds of
tons of high priority cargo.
Major Fleming Is
Visitor Here
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| Major and Mrs. Pea roe Fleming,
j Jr.. and son. Peaixv Williams, and
| Mi . and Mrs. E. P. Fleming. Sr..
: of Ashi'ville were guests Sunday
j f Major FI m r.,r's grandparents,
Mr. and M s. L. E. Bayless and his
aur.r. Mis. J. N. H Il and family.
Mrs. Bayless and Mrs. Hill en
tertained a: dimiei at. the home of
Mr\ Hill fe ' the Flemings. Mr
Bay!, -. Dr. and Mrs. J. N. Hill and
i family.
NAVY'S KECGSHQG A U-EQAT K,5.LER
A VERITABLE SHOTGUN CANNON firing 24 bombs in little more than a
second, the Navy's Hedgehog gun is shown at top (above) with all
projectiles in place. A secret until now, and with some of its features
still unrevealed, the rocket-principle weapon replaced the depth charge
against submarines, and is credited with a share In the sinking (as in
lower picture) of 800 U-boats. U. S. Navy photo. , (international)
Speaker Says Club
Needs Full-Time
Business Office Here
Mrs. Savage Is
Chairman Of
T. B.Seal Sale
The 1945 tuberculosis Christ
mas seal sa.e, sponsored by Mur
phy woman's club, began Wednes
day, it has been announced by
Mis. C. W. Savage, chairman. The
seals will be sold through the
schools as lias been the plan for
a number of years. Mrs. George
Mauney is chairman of sales in
the high school, and Miss AJdie
Leatherwood is chairman in the
elementary school.
The county's proceeds from the
sale of seals are used through the
county health office for chest
x-rays of tubercular patients and
suspects, and for medicines and
other services for the relief of
sufferers of the county.
Hudson and Cooke
On Baptist Board
At the meeting of the Baptist
State convention last week Miss
Aciiie Mae Cooke of Murphy was
re-elected as a member of the gen
eral board for the next two years,
and I. B. Hudson of Andrews was
i lected as a new member, to serve
four yeais.
Mildred Wells Is
Member Of Club
Created for the purposes of pre
serving a southern art and of pro
viding: recreation for students,
Square Dance club at The Woman's
Colltge has resumed its activities
for the year. Eighty-four new
members have been taken into the
ciub and officers chosen for the
1945-46 session.
Among the new member- is Mi<s
Mildred Weils. Murphy.
E, G. Postell
Is Discharged
Camp Lejeune, N. C.--Marine
Corporal Ernest G. Postell, wliose
parents. Mi-, and Mi s. Henry Pos
tell. I've in And i ?s. N. C.. has
been discharged from the Marine
Cups at this Separation Center.
P.v I'll served on Tarawa and
Sa:;i.in and was awarded the Pur
ple Hea-t Medal. His outfit re
ceived the Presidential Unit Cita
ti n with star.
Hatchett On ICS
For 20,000 Miles
Aboard The LCS <L1 121, Leyte.
Philippines 'Delayed' Albert W.
Hatchett. seaman, first class. Route
2. Murphy. N. C.. who. with other
members cf the city, of this vessel,
iurned her into a supply eraft by
day ? "Flycatcher" and "Skunk''
patrol beat by nV it, and helped
put 20.000 miles of sea travel under
her belt ty the t me V-J Day
found her at this Philippines har
bor. unders ing repairs.
The LCS ' landing eraft, sup
Dort> had her "Flycatcher" and
"Sktink" patrol wo k at Okinawa,
assigned to an area near the har
b-r on combined air defense and
i nemv suicide boat lookout. The
craf: remained in the Okinawa
area fr m May 10 to July 10. dur
'i!! whieh her chiel assignment \
was picket duty. i
Flie went to "general quarters" I
times 1 1 meet enerrv air attacks
during tin' period, and suffered1
one n^ar-miss when a bomb ex- ,
ploded ff her starboai-d quarter, I
spraying the deck with shrapnel, j
She is eirdited with shooting down '
two Jap planes.
GETS DISCHARGE
Pvt. James R. Roberts, Rt. 3,
Box 57, Murphy, was discharged
at the Post Public Relations Office,
Port Knox, Ky., November 9.
? J. C. Baskerville, secretary-treas
urer of the Lenoir Chamber of
Commerce, told members of Mur
phy Business Men's club at a meet
ing at Dickey hotel dining room
Tuesday ngiht that the most es
sential need of any organization
working for the good of a town is
to have a central office with a full
time trained and well-informed
person in charge. A person with
a thorough knowledge of the con
ditions in town and one who knows
1 how to answer the questions of
prospective Industries should be in
charge of the office, he stated.
Discussing the prospects for
tourist business here, Mr. Basker
ville stated that Mui-phy is in a
"favored position" and that if
local people furnish the essential,
"courtesy, comfort and coffee",
for good tourist business there is
nothing to keep people from com
ing here and staying long periods
of time. He also said that there
is great prospect for industry, as
the larger industries are finding
it practical to break up into small
er unit and are moving south
where they find the highest type
of labor in the country.
The speaker commended Mur
phy people for developing a city
park and on their interest in the
proposed golf course. He declared
that recreational facilities are es
sential for home people and visi
tors, that if something is avail
able for tourists' entertainment
end pleasure they will stay long
er and the town will profit there
by. He said that statistics prove
that the average tourist spends
S8 a day while on a trip.
Dr. B. W. Whitfield and Dr. W.
A. Homer poe.,.u.-u o? thr meet
ing. W. A. Goodson of Charlotte
and Mrs. J. C. Baskerville, visi
tors, were presented. The golf
course was discussed by Dr. J. R.
Bell. Dr. B. W. Wh. lield. W. M.
Fain and Dale Li e. the latter two
;aking the stand that before the
golf project is started the city
park sh uld be developed.
D.\ J. R. Bell, chairman, T. A.
Case and B. W. Whitfield, were
ap;: inted on a committee to work
on the golf cou si. after the club
had voted to sponsor the project.
R. S. Bault was appointed chair
man of a committee to arrange
classes in vocational training to
b.- held in Janua y .1 a February.
He named Miss Acid Mae Co ke
and J. W. David.on ' rve on tile
committee.
C. I Alver- ;i re;- ted that the
advertistaf committee had in
VI- . a (1 the ?.fu ' : ? .-cad signs
a: various poii:.- hud had
two re-painted and repaired.
W. M. K.'n rep r ed on a recent
meet in" in A ville when local
men and d, frcm Unaka
' urged tlie sulfa jig of the Joe
Erown highway to til T?nnessee
' i 1 c. He stated :aa. f e nough in
to: i : in* the pr \ . manifested
i' is likely the e un'y will bo able
to go: th's projec- approved.
Clyde Wheeler
Given Discharge
ANDREWS ? Pfe. Clyde Wheel
er received his discharge and ar
rived home last week. He spent
two years in the Dutch East Indies,
central and southern Philippines,
art'. H;r. '.-.u, Jr.par.. He received
the Good Conduct Medal, Ameri
can Defense ribbon, Pacific-Asiatic
ribbon with three stars and arrow
ln ad. and the Philippine Liberation
dbtxn with two s.i- . Pf.\ Wheel
er is the son of the late Sammy
Wheeler, and Mrs. Sammis Wheel
ed.
Miller At Oliver
Cer.eral Hospital
Augusta. Oa. ? Major Edward
S. Miller, husband of Mrs. Eliza
beth Miller of Murphy, N. C. has
been returned to the Oliver Gen
eral Hospital here from overseas
for further medical treatment. He
was a prisoner of the Japanese. He
is 82 years old and has been in the
Army 7 years.