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JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES PICHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS Consolidated with GRAHAM COUNTY NEWS Th? Notional Foundation .'or Infantile Parol, tit VOMJMF. 57 ? NUMBER 27. MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1946 F.IGIIT PAGES THIS WEEK County To Share In $36,800 From Forest Service The Nantahala National Forest announced today that the six coun ties within the Forest will partici pate in a fund of $36,800.78 as their share of the gross receipts of that Forest for the fiscal year of 1945. Cherokee county's share will be approximately $9,000. The fund, whieh represents 25 percent of the gross receipts of the Nantahala National Forest, is pro rated to the counties on the basis of acreage lying within the Forest. The counties participating in this fund are: Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon and Swain. Pay ment has been made by the U. S. Treasury to the State Treasurer of North Carolina for distribution to the counties. An additional 10 per cent of the gross receipts, $14,720, 31. is available to the U. S. Forest Service for the construction and maintenance of roads and trails on the National Forests within the state. Practically of the income on the Nantahala National Forest was from the sale of timber stumpage. Other sources of revenue were from grazing, mining and other land use permits. The sale of timber involved was cut between July 1, 1944 and June 30, 1945 and was virtually all earmarked for use in the prosecution of the war. In addition, the cutting of this timber stumpage provided employment to many people, and raw material for the local wood using industries. 16 Divorces Granted Monday Cherokee county superior court which convened Monday morning lor the trial of civil cases, with Judge Wilson Warlick presiding, adjourned about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The majority of the cases tried were divorces, 16 in all. Divorces were granted in the cases of: Belcher vs. Belcher; Curtis vs. Curtis; Kincaid vs. Kincaid; Ashe vs. Ashe; Bailey vs. Bailey: Ram say vs. Ramsay; Robertson vs. Rob ertson; Duncan vs. Duncan; Stepp \s. Stepp; Carver vs. Carver; Cham bers vs. Chambers: Kearley vs. Kearley; Rose vs. Rose; Roberson vs. Roberson: Bunton vs. Bunton; Lunsford vs. Lunsford. Judgment was entered in the suit of Guerney P. Hood, commis sioner of Banks for the state of North Carolina on relation of Mer chants and Manufacturers Bank of Andrews vs. Nantahala Gorge Pro perties et als. ?Judgment of $200 and cost was given in the case of Fred Moore vs. Maude Dickey. In the case of Fred Moore vs. Maude Dickey. Admrx. judgment of lion suit was entered. Judgment of $300 and cost was given in the case of Penland vs. Ashworth. Judgment was entered in the case of the county vs. John E. Posey et als. n m Judlure Speaker At Men's Meeting The men of Murphy Presbyter ian chureh will hold a dinner meet ing at Hotel Regal, tonight (Thurs day) at 7 o'clock. The Rev. R. E. McClure, execu tive secretary of Asheville Presby ry, will be present and speak to the group, it has been announced by the Rev. T. G. Tate. farm people everywhere are be ing urged to save and turn in all U8ed fats. The end of the war did not reduce the need for salvaged fats. fclfillT infantile riUVl I PARALYSIS '?ID Til MARCH OF DIMES 14-31 Game Receipts To Go To Polio Fund Murphy high school boys and girls will meet the Hiwassee Dam teams on the Hiwassee Dam court Wednesday, January 30, at 7:30 p. ni. Proceeds from the game will go to the Polio fund. Sunday School Meet To Be Held At Marble An associational Sunday school meeting will be held at the Marble Baptist church Sunday afternoon. January 27, beginning at 2:30. Among those taking part on the program will be the Rev. T. Earl Ogg. the Rev. J. Alton Morris, Lawson Lunsford. J. L. Mulkey and Cyrus White. All pastors, superin tendents. and other interested peo ple are urged to attend. W. M. Henslee Dies In Atlanta VV. M. Henslee. 69. of Topton. died in an Atlanta hospital last Wednesday, the 16th. following an illness of a few weeks. Funeral services were held Sat urday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Shady Grove Baptist church. The Rev. Thomas Truett officiated, and burial was in the chu**r^ cemetery | with Townson funeral home in charge. Nephews were pallbearers and nieces were flower hearers. Surviving are the widow. Mrs. j Lillie Henslee of Detroit. Mich : five daughters. Mrs. Fred Parsell. Mrs. George Carey, and Miss Fran ces Henslee all of Detroit. Mrs. Worth Green of Murphy, and Mrs. F.lmcr Church of Everettville. West \a ; five sons. Earl, Fred and Carl Henslee of Akron. Ohio. Paul Hen slee of Detroit, and Burgess Hen slee of Ducktown, Tenn.. 14 grand children: two half brothers, Bur gess Henslee of Topton, and Jim Henslee of Marble; four half sis ters, Mrs. Sam Williams, Mrs. John Cantrell, and Mrs. Jim Cantrell, all of Andrews, and Mrs. Horace Den ton of Asheville. Citrus Fruits Will Appear On Price Lists Ceiling prices for citrus furits, restored to OPA controls January 4 will again appear on the new community lists posted in food stores, Theodore S. Johnson, OPA District Director for North Caro lina. said today. Prices appearing on the com munity price lists in the eight southeastern states range from CVfcc to 8'2c per pound on Florida white grapefruit, from 11c to 15V?c on lemons; and from 7c to 9c on Florida oranges, he said. Price control was restored to fresh citrus fruits after several weeks of consideration because of unexpected price increases, John son explained. The district director pointed out that when fresh citrus fruit was suspended from price control in November it generally was selling below ceiling prices and a bumper crop was expected. Instead, prices for fresh citrus, especially oranges, continued to increase until restora tion of control, he added. Assorting that OPA wants to get rid of controls wherever possible, Johnson said, however, that they must be maintained until it is definite that their removal would not result in sharp increases in prices. Dr. J. R. Bell attended a Masonic meeting in Charlotte last week. N. C. E. A SPEAKER ? Mrs. Annie Laurie McDonald, state president of the North Carolina Education Association who will be guest speaker at a dinner meeting of the Murphy unit of the associa tion at the home economics build ing, this evening 'Thursday) at 6:30 o'clock Members of the An drews unit and the county unit will be guests of the Murphy unit. Aged Resident Of County Is Taken By Death R. M. Whitmorc. 81. member of one of the oldest families in Chero kee county where he had resided I all his life, died at his home at Bellview Friday after a few weeks' illness. Funeral services were held at Notla Baptist church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, with the Rev. John Green officiating. He is survived by his wife; one son. Gordon. Murphy Route 2. four | daughters. Mrs. Sara Elliott of Gaffney. S. C\. Mrs. Minnie Byess of Marietta, Ga.. Mrs. E. S Burnett, and Mrs. Rosa Price of Murphy, houte 2. one sister. Mrs. Sue Olvey of Detroit, Mich.: two brothers. John Whitmore of Canton. Ga.. and Rill Whitmore of Talking Hock. Ga : 26 grandchildren, and 25 great grandchildren. Townson funeral home was in charge of arrangements. W. C. Smart Taken By Death At Age Of 79 W. C. ' Uncle Whip) Smart, 79, prominent resident of Hayesville, died at his home there Sunday morning following a long illness. Funeral services were held Mon day afternoon at 3 o'clock at Oak Forest Methodist church of which he had been a member for 27 years. The Rev George Carver officiated. He was a member of the Clay Ma sonic lodge which had charge of the graveside rites. Grandsons served as pallbearers, ;<nd granddaughters were flower bearers. Surviving are the widow. Mrs. Verda Smart; five children by a former marriage, Mrs. R. L. Long ol Hayesville. Mrs. Bessie John son of Franklin, John Smart of Hayesville. and Earl and Will Smart of Franklin; a sister, Mrs. Tom Kirkpatrick of Wa.vnesville; I three brothers, Tom and Sil of | Waynesville, and Don Smart of ! Thomas. Ga.. 29 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren. Ivie funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Major McCall Visits Mother Major and Mrs. W. H. McCall returned to Asheville Wednesday after a ten-days' visit here with Maj. McCall's mother, Mrs. J. H. McCall. Major McCall. a member of the l'. S. Army medical corps, served in North eastern India near Burma and the Tibetan border, as chief of ear, eye. nose and throat at 1.000 bed 234 general hospital treating American, British, Indian and Chin ese troops over two and a half years. Major McCall returned to the states Dec. 28, and will resume ear, eye, nose and throat practice in Asheville where he was located be fore entering the service. Major Davidson Home After Many Months Of War j Service Overseas Major Edward Pruden Davidson who has recently received his dis ( harge at Fort Gragg, is on termi nal leave, and with his wife is now at home here with his parents, Mr. | and Mrs. J. W. Davidson. Major Davidson entered service as Aviation cadet. April 28. 1942, was commissioned second Lt.. A. C. Reserve. Sept. 18. 1942. stationed in the states at Pope Field, N. C., Vichy Army Air Base. Mo.. Morris Field, N. C., Thermal Air base, Calif.. and Esler Field. La. He left the United States on Aug. 18. 1944, and was stationed overseas in New Guinea. Leyte, Mindorc, Luzon. Okinawa and Japan. He received bronze battle stars for campaign in Netherland East Indies, Southern Philippines. Lu zon, Western Pacific: Air offensive in Japan. Air defensive, and air of fensive in China. He has Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with seven battle stars. American theatre, Philippines Liberation rib bon with one star. Presidential dis tinguished unit citation awarded to 49th Fighter Group for part in Leyte campaign. He was assigned to the 49th Fighter Group all time overseas. This group has the highest record of any group in A. A. F. of enemy planes shot down. Double Header Coming Up Friday Night Murphy high school boys and girls basket ball teams will play Fontana Dam teams Friday night at 7 30 o'clock on the local court. Murphy played a double header game with Robbinsville at Robbins ville Tuesday night. Murphy boys won. but the girls lost. Local Men Are Coming Home Pearl Harbor. T. H. ? T, 4 James R. Staleup .Murphy. N. C. and Harest E. King. M 3/C, USNR. husband of Mrs. Vesta R. King of Marble. N. C. are two of 1.006 high point Navy veterans whom the Navy is returning to the States for discharges- aboard the U. S. S Mobile, which left Guam. January (i, and is scheduled to arrive in San Francisco about January 22. Discharge Given Paul Curtis Paul Curtis, S 1 C. age 23, of Culberson. Rt 2. has recently re ceived his discharge at the Naval \ Separation center. Charleston. S I C. He spent 23 months in the Navy ' and wears the Asiatic-Pacific rib | bon. Philippines Liberation ribbon and the Victory medal. IN NORTH CHINA? Pvt. Ernest J. E. Satterfield. who is now sta tioned in North China. He took his boot training at Parris Island. S. C. and then was sent overseas. Pvt. Satterfield is the son of Mrs. Isa bella Satterfield and husband of Mrs. Delmar Satterfield of Pleas ant Valley. I t FOLIO VICTIM ? Hubert Win- 1 ston Craig, three years and four : 1 months old, who was stricken last 1 August with infantile paralysis. { lie entered the hospital for treat ment of this disease in Charlotte on 1 August 21 and has shown much im- 1 provement. He is the son of Mr. ' and Mrs. Winston E. Craig of Mur phy. The Cherokee county chapter of ( the National foundation for Infan- j 1 tile Paralysis is assisting in the * treatment of this child, with funds received from the annual drives in * this county. During the past six months this ' chapter has spent $1149.75 for treatment of paralysis victims, an- 1 1 nounces Frank Forsyth, treasurer. ] who says that a balance of $361.95 is in the treasury to continue this . work. More will be added to the | treasury from the drive now being conducted, as the county keeps one half of funds received and the Na tional Foundation gets the other. In July, 1944. the local chapter contributed $347.20. half of what was in the treasury at that time, to I the National Foundation when the | epidemic in this state was at its heighth. To Hold Institute For Recreation Leaders, March Four training institutes for pro fessional and volunteer recreation leaderrs will be held in four cites at strategic points throughout the State between February 18 and ; March 1 and two state-wide insti- 1 tutes for public recreation officials | will be held in Chapel Hill and , Durham later in the spring, it was ! announced by Dr. Harold D. Meyer, I of Chapel Hill. Director of the North Carolina Recreation Com mission The four regional institutes for training recreational workers are scheduled for Rocky Mount, Febru ary 18-22: Greensboro, February 25, March 1; Charlotte, March 4-8, and Asheville. March 11-15. They are being sponsored by the State Recreation Commission with the cooperation of the four munici pal departments of recreation, the University's Institute of Govern ment. the National Recreation As sociation. North Carolina College for Negroes, the Bureau of Recre i.tion of the University's Extension ; Division, and the North Carolina Recreation Association, j According to Dr. Meyer, these four workshop programs will fca | lure training in recreation skills i emphasizing nature and nature crafts, and will be conducted by the nationally known authority in this work. Reynold E. Carlson of the National Recreation Associa- 1 tion. Other skills will also be taught. The state-wide Institute for Pub- 1 lie Recreation Officials, to be di rected by the Institute of Govern ment. is scheduled for April 18, 19. 20. and is planned especially for superintendents and directors of recreation, department staff mem bers. chairmen and members of recreation boards and commission, i and mayors and city managers. S1TNDAY SERVICES "To Every Man His Work" is the ! subject for the 11 o'clock service at the Presbyterian church, and "The Pharisee and the Publican'' is the subject for the 5 o'clock vesper service as announced by the pastor, the Rev. T. G. Tate. The Young People's meeting will be held following the vesper ser vice. Dairying Possibilities In Area Discussed By Leading Specialists Annual Red Cross Meeting To Be Held February 1 Duke Whitley has been appoint >d by Miss Addie Mae Cooke, chap :er chairman, to serve as fund rais ng chairman for the 1946 drive of he American Red Cross here. The Cherokee county chapter's quota his year is reduced considerably ^ :elow last year's, the requirement j his year being $2,525. The cam iaign will begin March 1. Miss Cooke announces that the innual meeting of the Red Cross j ?hapter. at which time officers for j his year will be elected, will be lcld on Friday evening. February at 7:30 o'clock at the Scout of ice. IYoy Fleming [s Promoted Sgt. Troy S. Fleming, son of Mr. < md Mrs. Ben L. Fleming of Mur- < jhy. was promoted on January 1 ] o Staff Sergeant at the Army Sep iration Center, Oahu, Hawaii. ! - Sgt. Fleming has ben in the arm- i ?d services for 33 months. His 1 vile, the former Miss Myrtle Lee. ] resides in Murphy. < John Gennett Is Declared Dead Chief Petty officer, John P. Gen nett. brother of O B. Gennett who has been missing for the past year, has ben officially declared dead. The submarine, the Albacore. went out from Pearl Harbor on October 24. 1944 and on the 28th. I hey fueled up at Midway Island and departed on war patrol duty in Ihe area of Honshu Island. Japan pnd that is all that is known. The date of his death is set as Dec. 13. 1945. John Gennett had been in the Navy for more than 10 years. Elbert Ledford Taken By Death Funeral servrices for Elbert C. | Ledford. 66. who died at his home j at Sweetwater Saturday, were held ; Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at Old Shooting Creek Baptist church with the Rev. Jim Truett officiat ing. Survivors include two sons. Rondel and Floyd Ledford, and one , daughter. Mrs. Wilma McClure and four grandchildren, all of Clay 1 county. Pallbearers were: Norman Kitch ens. Cloe Kitchens, Shuford J Scroggs. Vernon Scroggs. Arb Ashe, and Carl Parker. Ivie funeral home was in charge I of arrangements. Funeral Held For Mrs. Hogsed Funeral services were held Mon day afternoon at 3 o'clock, at Bethel Methodist church for Mrs. Mattie Ora Hogsed, 61, who died at her! home at Shooting Creek Saturday. Surviv ing are the husband. W. H. Iiogsed. three daughters. Mrs. Far rel Maney of Shooting Creek. Mrs. Woodrow Hooper of Oak Ridge. Tenn . Mrs. Dean Davis of Otto, one son. Frank Hogsed of Shoot ing Creek. 11 grandchildren, six brothers and one sister. Ivie funeral home had charge of arrangements. GETS DISCHARGE Loster L. Love of Andrews re cently received his discharge at the Naval Separation center, Charles ton, S. C. Miss Frances Waldroup is spend ing this week at her home in Frank lin. Many distinguished men who arc loaders in the dairy and soil inter ests in this state and section were speakers at a joint meeting of Mur phy Lions club and Murphy Busi ness Men's club at the Methodist church Tuesday evening. Visiting dairymen, farm and home agents and others interested in the pro motion of the milk industry were guests of the clubs, a total of 106 being present. F. R. Farnham, dairy specialist if state College, Raleigh, spoke on. "Dairying as an Industry for Ihe Mountain Area", tracing the history of dairying in this section and discussing the prospects for great expansion in the next few kcars. He urged the men to see [hat within the next three years at [cast 100,000 pounds of milk per lay be produced in the six county area served by Coble Dairy pro ducts. This would mean a million Jollar business for this section, he said. H. K. Welch. Jr., assistant dairy specialist of Georgia Stale College, Athens, spoke on "Dairy possibili [ies in North Georgia", and told ,f the value of developing junior Jairymen. through 4-H clubs and FFA chapters. J. A. Arey, dairy specialist of State College, Raleigh, stressed the need for greater home consump tion of milk in this state and the necessity for local people to pro duce milk and dairy products rather than buy from foreign states. His subject was: "Produc tion of Feed in Murphy Milk Shed Area". He says the state is paying more for fertilizer than it is for the public schools, and this fertiliz er can, in a large measure, be pro duced on *ne fai?.u> He urged his hearers to improve the soil, plant more feed stuff, and produce more milk. C. VV. Wheeler, special agent of the Georgia Extension service, spoke on "Herd Improvement". He discussed the various stages through which milk producers go in establishing their business. He said that this section has every thing necessary to good dairy de velopment. W. M. Landis. of the public rela tions department of TVA. spoke on "TVA's interest in Dairying". He told of how TVA is aiding farmers in improving the soil and in the promotion of dairying in this sec tion. The program opened with a song led by C R Freed, and the invo cation by Rev. Ralph Taylor. Mayor W M. Fain welcomed the gvosts and pointed out the merits cf this section for the increased production of milk. Harry Bishop, president of the Lions club, and Dr. W A Hoover, president of Business Men's club, were toast masters. Mr Bishop explained the purpose of the meeting. Guests were presented by A. Q. Ketner, farm agent. Dr. W A. Hoover in troduced some of the speakers an<? F R. Farnham the others. J. H. Hampton, local farmer, responded to the addresses, as well as Gay turd Hancock, field representative of Coble Dairy products. Dr. Hoover summarized the meeting. Music was furnished by Glenn Ellis. The dinner was served by Metho dist ladies. For dessert lemon meringue pie made with milk from the local Coble plant, and ice cream from Coble's Lexington plant, were served. The tables were decorated with roses and other flowers, ivy and green and yellow candles. GETS LICENSES Dr. Charles Oscar Van Gorder of Andrews was among the physi cians licensed by the North Caro lina Board of Medical Examiners, to practice in this state, at a meet ing of the board last week. SERMON SUBJECTS The sermon subjects of the Rev. Ralph Taylor, pastor, at First Methodist church, Sunday will be: 11 a. m? "A Man Who Encouraged People to Come To Jesus", and 7:30, "Have You Told Anybody What God Has Done for You?"