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Red Cross Fund Raising Campaign Starts March 1 Consolidated with GRAHAM COUNTY NEWS wEuMK 57 ? NUMBER 31. Ml KI'HV, NOKTII CAROLINA. T I l>\V, FKHRIARY 21. 1946 TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK Girl Scouts To Be Organized In Murphy Girl Scouts will be organized in Murph soon, with the Murphy Woman's c lub sponsoring the troop, and Mrs (' K. Weir and Mrs. C. E. Woody as leaders. Decision for the club to sponsor the girl scouts was made at a board meeting held ,11 the home of Mrs. J. W. David son. president, Monday afternoon. Mrs. Davidson announced that Mrs. Robert II Cox has been ap pointed women's chairman of the rancer control drive in the county this spring, and Miss Addie Mae Cooke, publicity chairman. The board authorized Mrs. David sen to contact other civic organiza tions of the town and see what in terest and possibility there is for having a community building. Mrs. K W. Kasley, Jr.. announc ed that a small building on the school grounds is available for a ? fun house" for young people and she was asked to investigate furth er and accept the building if it is suitable for the needs. Mrs Davidson served a salad course. Will Assist With Income Tax Return Joseph D. Nunan. Jr., commis sioner of Internal Revenue, and (\ II Robertson, collector of In ternal Revenue, urge taxpayers to 111! out their own income tax re turns and to do it early to avoid the last minute rush on March 15. For the convenience of those needing assistance on their returns. O. G Dellinger, deputy collector, will be at the following places at the- time indicated: Bryson City, tourt house, Feb. 25-26, March 1, 13, 14. 15; Robbinsville, courthouse, March 4-5; Fontana Dam. recrea tional hu'l, Ivi^rch 6;' A.iutews. ^6st office, March 7- Murphy, court house. March 8 and 11; and Hayes ville. courthouse. March 12. J. M. Broughton Is Baptist Hour Speaker Sunday Hon J. M. Broughton of Raleigh, North Carolina, is the Baptist North Carolina, who is the Baptist Hour speaker for next Sunday, February 24, as announeed by the Radio Committee, S. B. C.. S. F. I.owe, Director, Atlanta. Georgia. ?V layman, ex-Governor of North Carolina, outstanding lawyer, and Sunday School Superintendent of the Tabernacle Baptist Church of I is home city since 1914. his mess age on the subject, "Christian Men foi a Better World." wil be of spec ial interest to the manhood of America, according to Mr. Lowe. It was further disclosed in the Atlanta announcement that Dr. Lroughton will be introduced in the broadcast by Governor Ellis A mall of Georgia, who is a Baptist deacon and for years teacher of the Men's Bible Class of the Cen tral Baptist Church of Newnan. Ccorgia. Dr. Douglas M. Hudgins. Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Hous ton, Texas, who was not heard in the broadcast on February 17. as scheduled, will be heard in a new baptist Hour scries which begins v ith .July of this year, according to Mr. Lowe. On this February date the Baptist Hour stood aside t?r a special broadcast by the Mohtodist Hour. The program can be heard in this stction over: WWNC. Asheville: WPTF, Raleigh- WSJS, Winston Salem; WSB. Atlanta: WNOX, Knoxville; and WRVA. Richmond, a1 8:30 a. m. Kilpatrick To Jump From C-47 Howard A. Kilpatrick, formerly ?f Andrews, and Donald Head, of Asheville, are scheduled to jump r?m a ^-47 at the Ashcville-Hcnd | rsonville airport at the annual air h?w hold there in the early sum " or Howard is employed as a mechanic for the Western Oil Co. Mrs. E. B. Norvell Taken By Death Following Many Weeks Of Illness Mrs. Mary E. Hughes Norvell, 74. wife of Edmund B. Norvell. Mur phy attorney, and daughter of the late Paschal C. and Margaret E. Davidson Hughes, died at her home here Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock, following an illness of several weeks. Funeral services were held Sun- 1 day afternoon at 3 o'clock at First j Methodist church, of which she had been a member since child hood. with the Rev. Riiph Taylor, pastor, and the Rev. T. G. Tate, pas tor of the First Presbyterian church officiating. Burial followed in P. inset cemetery. Pallbearers were: J. W. David son. 11. G. Elkins, VV. \l. Mauney, P C Hyatt. H. E. Bish. p, H E. Dickey and Dale Lee. Mrs. Norvell had served as presi dent of the Methodist missionary society, chairman of Circle No. 3 o<" the Woman's society of Chris tain service, Director of the Golden Cross of the church, and was past president of Murphy Woman's club. In 1939, Mr. and Mrs. Nor vell celebrated their fiftieth wed ding anniversary. Surviving are the husband. Ed I mund B. Norvell, attorney and former enrolling clerk of the gen- 1 cral assembly; two daughters. Mrs j Don Witherspoon of Murphy and ' Mrs. Ned Dudley of Raleigh; three granddaughters. Mrs. Edward B j Madden of Little Rock. Ark . Mrs. I Ray Brown of Chicago, and Miss | Sara WiUiorsnf^n C, Y^a,tiington. | I\ C ; four great-grandchildren. I Donna and Edward Madden and Margie and Norvell Brown; one j sister. Mrs. S. D. Akin of Murphy, i ; nd one brother, P. P. Hughes of Yonore. Tenn. Townson funeral home had t liarge of arrangements. ATTEND FVNERAL Miss Sara Witherspoon of Wash ington. D C , P. P .Hughes of Yon ore, Tenn.. Ned Dudley of Raleigh. Mrs. G. W Cover, Sr.. of Andrews, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pass of Hayesville were among the out-of town relatives and friends who at tended the funeral of Mrs. E. B. Norvell Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Parker Dies At Age Of 90 Mrs. Susie Anne Parker. 90, died at her home at Suit Wednesday. February 13. after a few months' illness. Funeral services were held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, at Friendship Baptist church, with the Rev. Ben Reese officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Townson funeral home in charge. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Nola Stiles of Suit. On Honor Roll At Mars Hill MARS HILL ? Miss Catherine I Wilhide and Gene Bruce Stew ort of Andrews are listed among those on the first honor roll at Mars Hill college for the first sem ester just released by the regis trar's office. To be eligible for a place on the first honor roll a student has to earn 40 quality points, with no trade lower than C. Out of 758 students enrolled at the college the names of 73 appear on the first honor roll and 120 on the second honor roll. COl'NCIL TO MEET The March meeting of the coun ty council on social planning will be held at the home economics building on Saturday afternoon. March 2, at 2:30 o'clock, announces Mrs. George Mauney. temporary chairman. PIANIST ? A M. White, of I WCTC, who will accompanist and pianist for the concert here to- { ! i.itfht. VIOLINIST ? Nelson O. Schrei Ler. violinist of WCTC. who will ap pear in concert here tonight at 8 o'clock at the school. J. Carl Townson's Funeral Is On Friday Jasper Carl Townson. prominent <3 business man of Murphy and ex- j sheriff of Cherokee eounty, died I at his home here Wednesday morn- ! ' ing at 5:55 o'clock, following an | illness of several months. Funeral services will be held I Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at First Baptist church with the pas tor, the Rev. J. A. Morris, assisted by the Rev. L E. Latham and the Rev. Ralph Taylor, officiating. I'urial will be in Sunset cemetery Mr. Townson was owner and op erator of the Murphy Ice and Coal company, and owner of a large farm in the valley between Murphy and Andrews. He served as sher iff of Cherokee county lrom 1938 to 1942. I Surviving are the widow, Mrs. i Elza Bruce Townson; three sons, Quentin of New Orleans, La., C. H. and J. C. Townson, Jr., and one daughter, Mrs. Ruby Stiles, all of ! Murphy; two brothers. W. D. Town son and George Townson of Mur phy, two half brothers. E. L. Town son of Murphy and John Townson of Culberson; three sisters. Mrs. Pat Cearley of Atlanta. Mrs. Olsen Hall of Marble, Mrs. Otis Turner ef Culberson, three half sisters, Mrs. Mary Pope of Gastonia. Mrs. Hi las Thomas and Mrs. A. J. Thompson of Culberson Active pall bearers will be Frank Fristol, Frank Clark. Andrews Dewey Garrett, E. E. Stiles. Dave C'arri t ei. Dal Reece. Elbert Toth crow, and A. J. Ramsey Townson funeral home is in charge of arrangements. ATTEND CONFERENCE Miss Mary Cornwell. Don Allison and A. Q Ketner are attending the district extension conference in Asheville Thursday and Friday of this week. Concert Program By WCTC Artists Is Announced Mrs. Inez W. Gulley. mezza-so prano. Nelson O. Schreiber, viol inist, and A. M. White, pianist-ac companist, members of the music faculty of Western Carolina Teach ers college, Cullowhee. will present the following program at the school building at 8 o'clock Thursday eve ning, sponsored by the Woman's dub: Sonata in C Major ? K. 296 ? Al'egro Vivace, Andante Sostenuto, Hondo Allegro, Mozart ? Mr. Schreiber and Mr. White. "Ah, Mon fils!" from "Le Prop hete", Meyerbeer ? m Mrs. Gulley. Prelude in C Major. Prelude in R flat Major. Etude in C minor ? Chopin ? Mr. White. "Legende," Op 17 ? Wieniawski ? "Meditation", from "Thais' . Mass enet, "Gypsy Serenade", Valdez ? Mr. Schreiber. "Hills", La Forge, "Rain", Cur ran ? "Nocturne" ? Cuiran. Mrs. Gulley. McCLURE PREACHES The Rev. R. E .McClure, exe cutive secretary of Asheville Pres bytery will preach at the Presby terian church Sunday at both the morning service and afternoon vesper service. The sermon sub ject announced for the 11 o'clock service is "Freely Ye Have Receiv ed, Freely Give". Young Peoples' Meeting will be held at 5:45. Dr. ,1 .N. Hill who is practicing e'entistry at Oak Ridge, spent the week-end here with his family. Club Women Pledge Assistance With Fair Voting to cooperate with Mur phy Lions club with the Cherokee I county fair this fall, and appoint mcnt of representatives on the <*ounty council on social planning featured the meeting of the county council of home demonstration clubs in the office of Miss Mary ( ornwell Saturday. The council voted to eooperatt with the Lions in putting on the I est agricultural fair vet to be held in the county. The following com mittee was appointed to work with the club: Mrs. J. W. Dyer. Mar tins Creek club, chairman- Mrs. Frank Battle. Marble; Mrs. E ' Koach. Sunny Point; Mrs. Noah ! Hrmbrec. Peaehtre*. and Mrs. Paul ! S'ldderth. Peachtree. This com mittee was instructed to ask the Lions for an increase in the amount of money given for prizes this year A booth of club products and ac tivities is planned for the fair. The council endorsed the pro posed council on social planning i-nd appointed the following to i~present the home demonstration clubs on the board: Mrs. Paul Sud derth; Mrs. Ben Warner, Martins Creek; Mrs. Frank Battle and Mrs. I Roach. Announcement was made by Miss Cornwell of a craft work shop which is to held in April, at which time lcatherwork and weaving will b? taught by master craftsmen. Plans were made for attending the district federation meeting in Sylva in early June, and for a spring federation of home clubs in Murphy in April. Announcements concerning the achievement day oi clubs to be held in November, the Farm and Home week at State College in August and the 4-H club short course at State College in August. The following were named on a nominating committee to name officers at the fall council meeting for next year: Mrs. W. A Boyd. Peachtree: Mrs. Homer Bryant, Sunny Point; Mrs Clyde McNabb, Lellview; Mrs. J. C. Wells. Tomotla: rnd Mrs. Gay Murphy, Violet. Mrs. Sudderth. president, pre sided. The program opened with the singing of "Hail. Club Women", reading of the collect and prayer. Mrs. Paschal Hughes, secretary', an nounced that eight clubs were rep resented. Red Cross Overseas Worker To Speak At Dinner To Launch Fund Raising Campaign Here Mrs. Cover Speaks At Meeting Of County N. C. E. A. Mrs. G. W. Cover. Sr.. represent ative in the Legislature from Cherokee county, spoke on. "School Legislation in the General Assem I ly", at the dinner meeting of the Cherokee county unit of the N. C. K. A. at Peachtree Baptist church Friday evening. C. M .Hendrix was toastmaster. and Lloyd Hendrix offered prayer. I The Rev. J. Alton Morris spoke on j "Our Task in This Changing Age". Misses Mildred Hendrix and Eure tha Plemmons sang. "All the World is Waiting for the Sunrise" and ' Just a Prayer Away". Walter B. Thomas was in charge of the busi ness session. Mrs. Dock Sudderth p'ayed classical and semi-classical music during the dinner. The following delegates were ap pointed to attend the district N. C E. A. meeting in Asheville March 2o-30: C. M. Hendrix. Alonzo Shields. Miss Maggie Bell Kissel burg. and Miss Ella Stevens. Mrs. Walter Thomas was elected official representative on the social planning board for the county The ladies of the Peachtree home demonstration club, assisted by Miss Mary Cornwell. served the three-course dinner. Proceeds will be used toward the purchase of a piano for the new school building. Officers Point Out Laws On Going To Fires Local law enforcement officers call attention to the following laws in regard to what to do on ap proach of police or fire depart ment vehicles: 1. Upon the approach of any police or fire department vehicle giving audible signal by bell, siren 01 exhaust whistle, the driver of every other vehicle shall immedi ately drive the same to a position as near as possible and parallel to the right-hand edge or curb, clear of any intersection of highways, and shall stop and remain in such position unless otherwise directed by a police or traffic officer until the police or fire department ve hicle shall have passed. 2. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle other than one on official business to follow any fire apparatus traveling in re sponse to a fire alarm closer than one block or to drive into or park such vehicle within one block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm. CALLED TO FAIR BLUFF Joe Hamilton was called to Fair Bluff Tuesday night of last week on account of the death in an air plane accident of his nephew. D. V. Parrish. Jr.. 15. RESIGNS ? Miss Susan Beck, who resigned as FSA home super visor here and returned to her l.ome in Salisbury. The annual dinner meeting for 1 the fund raising committees of the! Cherokee eounty chapter of the American Red Wross will be held on Tuesday evening, February 2(J. :.i G :30 o'clock, in connection with the meeting of Murphy Lions club. Miss Elenore Jones of Cincin nati, Ohio, who spent 17 months in the Southwest Pacific area as a I staff assistant and. later, as an as- i distant field director for the Ameri- 1 can Red Cross, will be the guest I speaker. W I) Dibrell. general field representative, of the Red Cross, will make a few remarks, and Duke D. Whitley, fund raising chairman, will give the workers a few instructions and distribute working materials. Miss Jones is described as an outstanding and interesting speak er. Her assignments took her to Oro Bay. Hollandia, Manila, Subic Bay and back to Manila as a wel fare officer. She returned to the United States in December. 1945. Before joining the Red Cross, Miss Jones was employed by the Wright Aeronautical Corporation at Cincinnati. Earlier she had worked for A trill and Company, Miami Beach, Fla., for H. Hentz and Company. New York, and for Hill and Company, Cincinnati. Miss Jones atended the Universi ty of Cincinnati and Campbeil Com mercial School in Cincinnati. She has done Red Cross volunteer work. , To Lay Plans For Golf Course On Monday Night A mass meeting of those in Cherokee county who are interest ed in a golf course will be held at courthouse in Murphy on Monday evening, February 25. at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting is being called by a committee which has been work ins on plans and doing pieliminary work in interest of the court, which committee is composed of: Dr. B W Whitfield, chairman. Dr. J. R. Bell. T A Case. W. M. Fain, and Dale Lee. Clothing For Fire Victims Is Solicited The home of Kel Jackson, color ou, with all its contents, was com pletely destroyed by fire which broke out about 11:30 o'clock Mon day night. One of the hoys got home late from the picture show and was reading by a kerosene lamp, it was reported and it is thought that he fell asleep and possibly knocked over the lamp which started the fire. He was awakened by the file .and woke the other members o: the family who barely escaped with their lives. Since all the belongings of the family were destroyed, people arc asked if they have any clothing to contribute that will fit any member of the family to leave it at the Scout office for them. The family consists of the following:: Mattie Nolle Jackson, mother: Kel Jack son. the father; three sons. 17. 15, and 9. the former two being large enough to wear men's clothing; a daughter. 12: a daughter. 4. and a baby girl. 2. ARRIVE FROM OREGON ANDREWS ? Dr and Mrs. J. S. Kodda of Portland. Oregon, ar rived here last week Dr Rodda is ; associated with Dr. Van Gorder. ; nd they have their offices in the i Hank building. Misses Mary Sue Brandon, i Maudie B. Witt, Irene Jordan and Wayne Mauney and Roy Ferguson students at Western Carolina Teachers college. Cullcwhee spent the week-end at their homes here. Mrs. J W. Thompson, Jr., spent i several days in Atlanta last week with her husband. Dr J. W. Thomp | son. RED CROSS SPEAKER ? Miss Mary Elenore Jones of Cincinnati, Ohio, who will speak at the meet ing of Murphy Lions club and Red Cross workers next Tuesday eve ning at 6:30 o'clock. Lincoln Subject For Book Review On Friday Night The ReV. Ralph Taylor will use as his subject for the book review to be held at Murphy Carnegie Library on Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. "The Lincoln Trilogy of Literature". The books he read were: The Bible, Aesops Fables, Robin son Crusoe. Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. A history of the U. S. Weem's Life of Washington, Plu tarch's Lives. The literature written about Lin coln includes: "The Poets' Lincoln." Oldroyd "The Book of Lincoln", by Mary Wright Davis; Other great poems on Lincoln are by Markham. Whit man? Lincsay. Miller. Histories: "Lincoln's Life" the Nicolay and Hay books' Two Vol. history of Lincoln by Ida M. Tar bell: Lincoln's yarns and stories: Lincoln's Own Stories", by An thony Gross; Books on Lincoln's Religion: Abraham Lincoln the Christian" by Wm. J. Johnson. Misc. books: "Lincoln's Gettys burg Address", by Orton H. Car michael; "The Paternity of Lin coln". by Barton: "The Soul of Ann Rutledge", by Bernie Babcock; Small books of gift type: "The Per fect Tribute." by Mary Shipman Andrews. "The Toy Shop" by Mar garet S. Gerry: "Lincoln Love Story" and "Benefits Forgot" by H. Willsie-Morrow: "The Man For the Ages" by Irving Bacheller. The literature he wrote himself consisted of speeches, letters, ad dresses and poems. Business Club Discusses Golf Course For Town Murphy Business Men's club dis | cussed having a golf course in Mur I phy at its business meeting Tues day evening at Regal hotel. Dr. 1 \V. A Hoover presided. Those tak | ing part in the discussion about a golf course were: Dr. B. W. Whit field. Dr. .1 R Bell. T. A. Case, Dale Lee. W. M Fain. Paul Owen ? bv and Dr. W. A. Hoover. The golf committee was instruct ed to have ascertain the kind of | support it may expect from people of the community and to go ahead with plans for the course and try ing t osecure the land, if enough interest is shown. EXPECTED HOME SOON Mr. and Mrs. T .J. Thomasson, Sr.. recently received a message that their son. Lieutenant T. J. Thomasson, Jr., had arrived in San Francisco. Calif., and was on his way to Norfolk. Va.. and is expect ed home soon.