'Grandma's Ghost' TENNIS as Grandma played It? a feature of the "Grandma's Ghost" pageant enacted by students at Flora MacDonald College, Red Springs, N C. ? must have been fast and furious In her Bowing skirt and voluminous blouse worn here by pretty NeU Lancaster, who's warmly real. (International) W.F.Anderson Dies After Long Illness William P. Anderson. 86, died at his home at Culberson, Route 2. Friday evening, Dec. 14. at 9 o'clock, after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock at Shady Grove Baptist church, with the F '. Thomas Truett officiat ing. Burial followed in the church cemetery with Masonic rites. Surviving are three sons. Mil ton and Mote Anderson of Akron. Ohio, Odis of Chattanooga. Tenn.: six daughters, Mrs. Carrie Greg ory. Mrs. Effie Gregory, and Mrs. Nettie Malone all of Culberson. Mrs Rosetta Helton of Isabella. Tell]] . Mrs. Ethel Wade and Mrs. Myrtle Mull of Akron. Ohio; one brother. Milton Anderson, Culber son, Route 2; five sisters. Mrs. Celi.i McNabb of Suit, Mrs. Nettie Bryant of Cleveland. Tenn , Mrs. Lou Arp of Georgetown. Tenn., Mr- Susie Barton and Mrs. Bottie tiine of Culberson, and a number of grandchildren. Mr. Anderson had been a mem ber of Shady Grove Baptist church for 50 years, and was a member of Montgomery Masonie lodge. T-wnson funeral home had charge of arrangements. Henrv Martin Is Home From Europe Upper Martin's Creek ? T 5 Henry L. Martin, husband of Mis. Georgia L. Marlin. returned De cember 1 from 29 months overseas duty in the European theatre. He ? wearing seven decorations with two battle stars. He will report back to Port Bragg for a new as signment for duty at the end of his furlough. Duke Whitley has received his discharge from the aimy and ar live i homo Sunday. Churches To Have Special Programs Special Christmas progiams will < be held at the churches in Murphy ' r.ex: Sunday. The you'll division of the Metho dist church will have charge of the service Sunday morning at the Sunday school hcur. and there will be a pageant at the evening service. 1 ;u* children of the Presbyter ian Sunday school will be given a Christmas treat Sunday mom- j inj.\ ani at 7 o'clock in the eve ring a candlelight service, "O j Gladsome Light" will be given by j the young people. "The Meaning ol Christmas" is the subject of the Rev. T. G. Tate for his sermon at 1! o'clock in the morning. The Episcopal Sunday School will have a Christmas tree for the children, and there will te a service of Holy Communion. Tile Free Methodist church will have a Christmas program for the children at the Sunday Scho 1 hour Sunday morning. . The Rev. J. Alton Morris will preach on "The Song the World Should Learn" Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. At 7:30 p. m. a candle light service will be held, under the direction of Mrs. J. W. David son. Numbers on the program are: Prologue. "Watchman Tel! 0s ol the Night", Mrs Hadley Dickey and Allen Lovingood. fr >m bal cony. "There's a Song in the Air"; processional, "O Come All Ye Faithful": prayer, offertory, carol. "Joy to the World"; scripture: solo. "Christmas Lullaby." Mrs. Roy Stalcup: scripture; carol, O Little Town of Bethelehem": scripture; carol. Hark, the Heiald Angels Sing"; scripture; solo. "Thanks be to Thee" Walter Carringer: scrip ture: carol. "It Came Upon a Mid night Clear": scripture; carol, "O Holy Night"; Christmas medita tion. "The Star": male chorus, "We Three Kings of Qr'/r' * re" scrip, lure: carol. "Silent Night." Schools Close Day Early For Christmas Holiday ANDREWS Tin* Andrews City Schools closed on Tuesday until Jan. 3. It had been originally plan ned to operate the schools through Wednesday, but due to the snow which fell on Tuesday school was closed as stated above. i The play, "the Absent-Minded | I r ?fi ssoi " which had been sched ' tiled to be jriven on Doc. 20 was 1 also postponed until after Christ mas. | No school was held on Friday. I Dei\ 14 on account of Sn>w I. I -now II caused an early adjourn | ment of school on Tuesday. Wilson Gets His Discharge Clarence Wilson, son cf Mr. an.1 I Mrs. George Wilson, has been hon j orably discharged from the army. | He was a truck drvei and served I over seas six months, with the I 310th General hospital unit. He ! wears the tfood conduct medal and ! the Asiatic-Pacific and American I theatre ribbons. Prior to indue- 1 I tion. he wa.> a jack hammer op- J erato*'. Christmas Music Given Romans Club Program Mrs. Ediwna Ha (cam an. chair >nan of the Musi department of 'he Woman's club, presented the following program at the meeting held Wednesday afternoon in the school auditorium: "The Lord's Prayer" ? Melotte, s^ng by Susie Miller, with Mrs. Margaret Akin, accompanist. "Christmas Chimes", "White Christmas", "O, Little Town of Bethlehem"? Shirley Bates. "Liebestraum' ? Liszt ? Miss Euretha Plemmons. "A Christmas Medley", Miss Mil Hendrix. "Norwegian Christmas Polk D*noe", by pupils from Mi? Nell Wilson's dancing class. Night of Nights". Van der Water. Mrs. Glonn Bates, Mrs. Duke Whitley, accompanist. "Silent Night', piano solo, Mrs. Duke Whitley. "Ave Maria" ? Schubei t ? "Gi-su Bambino" Pietro Yon. Miss Kathryn Youorski. with Mrs. Whitley at the piano. "Medley of Christmas Airs" Miss Marget Curd. "I'll Be Home For Christmas", Miss Mary Evelyn Carringer, with Mis, J. W. Davidson accompanist. After the program, guests went to the home economics building where Miss Jane Hill and members of her class served refreshments. Two Ladies Are Guest Speakers At Rotary Club ANDREWS ? Mrs. Ruth Clark Pullium. wife of Rotarian Galusha PuMium, and Miss Elizabeth Trox lei. high sch >ol teacher of ma thematics and science were the speakers at the Rotary club here Thursday at the luncheon at the Terrace hotel. Mrs. Pullium spoke on char acter edueat on as it relates to the home. Miss Troxler's topic was character education as it pertains to its devel pment in the school. Both speakers were thoroughly conversant wi h their respective topics and each made a very favor able impression on the club. Tile club took notice of the fact, that fo-mer Rotarian E. S. Christ enbury was moving from Andrews on Dec. 17. It was order that a letter be written to him on behalf of the R ita:;.' club. The letter fol lows: "At our meeting at the Rotary Club here on last Thursday (Treat regret was expressed because it was learned that you plan to remove i your family from our community at an early date. Tins means that hereaf;er we shall see you only in freqeuntly. "In view of this untoward situa tion for us. it was ordered that a letter be sent to you telling you how much you and your family have meant to Andrews and this section in general during your stay here of more than three years. We did na: want to write one of these "wheitis" letters. Eddie, for tha: , oulvr *>*? \e in kr Farm and Home association was ! held Tuesday at Dickey hotel d.n- , inrr r Miss Mary Cornwell, I heme demonstration agent, pre- ? sided. and D. G. Allison, assistant I farm agent, had charge of the busi- 1 ness session. Joe Myers of Peach - tree gave the invocation. Laws n Luasford of Peach tree | spoke on 'My Test Demonstration , Farm": M s. John Shields of Cul- ! berson. on Ou Homes on Test | Demonstrati n Farms": Mildred > Hendrix cf Peachtree, 4-H club girl, d scussed "My 4-H club Work on a T.'~: Demonstration Farm": J. H. Hampton of Murphy gave his , Idea of the TV A Farm Program* M ?. I" i cd poke fur Coble Dairies, a:\i Mayor \V. M. Fain made some remarks for the tows'. R. W. Shoffner. western district farm agen . and W. B. Collins wore guest speakers. Office: s were elected for th county association f ?;? the new year a^ follows: Lawson Lunsford. ' chairman: H. B. McNabb ol Sui' vice-cl ui.rman; Mrs. John Shield- 1 >: cretai.. :ieasu:or: U. S. G. Ph ! Hps of Unaka c unmitt .man; Mrs. Clarence Hendrix f Peachtree committee woman. About 25 we e present. Operetta To Be Given St. John's, 4< " Waynesville - Charles Dickens' fam >us "Christmas Carol" will be given in operetta form on Friday December 21. at 8 p. m. by St. John's Grammar School in the school auditorium. The delightful story of sour old Scrooge's change of attitude after the midnight visit of his lcn.s dead business partne lias been dramatized and adapted by Thecdosia Payne; er and set to the mus e of G A. Grant-Schaefer. Tiny Tim and the happy Cratchit family sing their way into Scro.vge's hard old heart, until he too desires iO celebiate Christmas in the real spirit. Group Takes Army Examination Tlie fol : . \ ing men left Decem ber 12 for F rt Bragg for pre-in ductii-n p.iy.-ical examination: Coy Edward Sparks, leader. Clifford IIur..?uck Everet Harlan Green. Austin Carlton West. Robt. Cecil Ti ut ' . Wa ren Blair Hawkins, and Lew in Columbus Sharp. Murphy Folks bhare With The Wounded Murphy people. through ih> Camp and H spiral council of the Cheickce couniy chapter of the Amei'ca i Re.i Cross. have contri buted 270 Rifts for patients at Moore General hospital. Swanna noa. for Christmas. According to Mrs. W. M. Axley. camp and hos pi al council chairman, the VI if'.' whkh included 170 books, more than sixty boxes of stationery and a varii :y of others, were shipped the first of the week This Red Cross chapter was ad v sed this week that several bun dled patients will be unable to leave the hospital during the holi days. and these gifts in a measure will bring them the cheer they will lack in having the opportunity to be with relatives. At the hospital dances and other forms of amuse ment have been planned for pa tients who are able to enjoy such recreation. Wreathes will be plac ed at the foot cf the bed of each bed-fast patient, and decorations placed on the bedside tables. In rv< ry waid where patients arc un ; b!c to leav.? their beds, th-re will bo a Christmas tree. Mrs. Ax:- y exp.-essed apprecia tion for the cpoperaiion that ha* been driven in providing these pift - Schools Will Re-Open Jan. 3 Murphy city schools and Chero i keo county schools which wert j scheduled to close Wednesday j closed at noon Tuesday owing tc | the snow and dangerous condition of the roads. Work will be resum ' ed on Thursday, Jan. 3. Supt. H I Eueck and County Supei intendenl Lloyd Hendrix announced Wed I resday. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Miller cam( last week from Atlanta, and art occupying the apartment of th< lsite Mrs. E. S. Miller. Most Murphy Firms i o Close Two Days For I he Yuletide Solemn High Mass To Be Offered t Christmas Eve t Waynesville ? A Solemn High Mass will be offered at St. John's ( Church, Waynesville. on Christmas , Eve a' midnight. The ch >ir will ( ! be under the direction of Sister Maiy An:hony. Mus. D. An organ solo. Kreckel's "Silent , Night", will begin the services. ] af.er which the choir will sing. ? Silent Night" in three parts. I , The Proper of the Mass will be ] done in Gregorian Chant. The Or- i ainary will be Smith's Missu, \ Mater Dei". The Offertory. ' Laetentur Cjeli" by Gruender. | v. iil be sung in two parts. j Solemn Benediction of the Bless ed Sacrament will folKiw the Mass. during which Cesar Fra nek's < Pan is Angelic us" In ttiree parts i with soprano solo, and Kuntz's : Tantum Ergo" :n three parts will be sung by the choir. 1 After Benediction the choir will : lender Yon's "Jesu Bambino". The I services will be concluded with the organ solo. ' Adeste Fidelis by < i'. J. Kreckel. Holy Mass will be offered at ; St. Joseph's Church. Bryson City, Christmas morning at 8 o'clock: at the Red Cross Building. Welch Cove, at 8 o'clock C. S. T. ; and at the John Wasilik Residence Franklin, at 10 o'clock. Confess ions will be heard before each Mass. Cold Weather Expected All This Month Raleigh ? You may look for un seasonably cold weather in this i Sta.e throughout the remainder of i December, with more st>rms and I more frequent and heavier rain- j fall." according to the monthly weather-crops report issued by the U. S. Weather Bureau and the Bu reau of Agricultural Economics. "Temperatures are expected to j average somewhat below the sea sonal normal, rathe: than above, as j in the preceding two months ? al though there will be considerable variability, with cold spells alter nating with warm spells." said the i elease. Carl C. Scott Slate Agriculture J Department statistician who as >; - ??'d Metrol gist C E. Lamoureux j j ir preparing the report, said that j "in general, November weather was j favorable for outdoor activity. | with the sewing of winter grains 1 and butchering of h >gs the prin cipal farm projects. Lamoureux declared the firs: kill'ng frosts in the State were re- j ported from Northwestern North Carolina on Oc-tobc: 4 with killing !i <- ts becoming quite general over mosi of the mountain counties by October 10. Ove : lie Piedmont, irosts wive general on November ft but had occurred in the North eastern Piedmont on October 16. In the interior sections of the coastal plains, killing frosts were reported quite generally on No ' rmber 16. and in the Tidewater sections on November 24. Temperatures averaged above r. : mal in November over the State, and the period of November 1 through November 14 was the warmest during the month with 1 maximum temperatures in the high , 70 s reported from all central and eastern sections. > Five Men Leave For Induction The following m n left Decem ber 13 for induction at Ft. Bragg: > Jam?s Drew Taylor, leader; Jessie . Ray Whitener. Martin Eugene An ! derson, James Haven Ledford, and Clyde William Morris. M st of the retail stores in Mur jhy will clo.se on December 25. and many of thorn will be closed on 50th 25th and 26th. it was revealed n a survey of the firms conduct d Wednesday morning by W. D. fCin*1 secretary f the Business Mop s club. A least 15 stores plan ^o be closed the two days, and sev eral indicate d that they would :'ose only on Christmas day. Most stores als will close on New Year's lay. Citizens Bank and Trust comp any will be closed on December 25 ind 26. announces Cashier W. P. Forsyth. Offices in the county courthouse A" ill be closed frum 12 o'clock noon Monday till Wednesday morning, according to announcement by County Accountant P. C. Hyatt. The mayor's office and other town officos will be closed from rioon Monday to Wednesday morn ing. Mayor W. M. Pain announces. Murphy Carnegie Library will be closed Monday. Tuesday and Wed nesday, announces Miss Josephine Heighway, librarian. The Cher kee Scout office will be closed all next week, re-opening for business on Monday, Decem ber 31. Next week's issue of the paper will be in the mails at the end of this week. Manufacturing places in town are closing for several days during the season, the number of days varying with the firms. Mrs. Anderson Dies At Age 87 Mrs. Bob Anderson. 87, the form er Miss Mary Anne Kitchens, died a* her home at Shooting Creek. Monday Dec. 17. Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon at 2 o'clock at Shoot ing Creek Church of God. of which she had been a member since 1&27. Burial was in the church cemetery with Townson funeral home in charge. Surviving are 11 children, Dock Anderson of Cleveland, Tenn.. Glenn. Grady. Mink, Mrs. Dosia Ellis. Mrs. Lottie Hogsed. Mrs. L ma Carroll Mrs. Jane Le-afora. Mrs. Mae Led ford. Mrs. Betrw Lcdford and Mrs. Irla Nichols, all of Clay county, 95 grandchildren, 146 great-grandchildren and 10 great-groat grandchildren. Hudson Speaker Franklin P. T. A. ANDREWS Isham B. Hudson, superintendent of the local schools, was gurst .speaker at the Franklin r. T A. meeting held in the Frank lin high school Monday evening a: 7:30. The Franklin Lion's club at ended the meeting in a body. The Frank! in P T. A. meeting was significant in that it was attended by :n re men than women. The1 voters of Macon county voted on a Bond issue for a school building program on Tuesday. At this writing it is n t known wheth er the election carried or not. Former Andrews residents at tending the meeting at Franklin were John Archer. Ernest Hyde, Bennie McGlamery. and J. Ward Long. LtJ. B. Ward Arrives Home Lt. James B. Ward, who has just- arrived home from over seas. will be released to inactive duty in the U. S. Naval Reserve on February 1. 1946. He is a geologist, the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Ward of Wilmington and husband of Mrs. Anne Candler Wand of Murphy. Lt. Ward has served in Uie navy for 33 months, of which 19 were sea duty. He participated in the Marianas conquest and invasion. Buel Adams is at home, ha vine received his discharge last week.