GUERNSEY SALE TO BE IN MURPHY ON MAY 24
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Commencement Exercises Are To Be Held Sunday And Monday
Tate And Taylor
Are Speakers For
Commencement
The Baccalaureate sermon for
Murphy high school will be preach
ed Sunday morning at 11 o'clock
at the Presbyterian church by the
Rev. T. Greenlee Tate, pastor. Fol
lowing is the order of service: pre
lude. Intermezzo, Porvost, Mrs. J
\V Davidson; processional, Jubi
late. Sheppard ? seniors, seventh
grade: doxology, invocation. Lord's
Prayer. Gloria Patri; anthem, To
the Kmg? Wilson; hymn, "All Hail
the Power of Jesus' Name"; scrip
ture. 1 Timothy: 11-16; announce
ments Supt. H. Bueck; offertory,
Gifts for His Altar, Asheford;
anthem. My Master Knows ' ?
Holmes: sermon. The Golden
Quest. Rev. T. G. Tate; procession
al. Marche Pomposo ? Stults, bene
diction.
Graduation exercises will be held
Monday. May 20, at 8 p. m. in the
school auditorium, with the Rev.
Ralph Taylor speaking. The pro
gram is as follows: Marche Victor
ie. Schubert, Mrs. J. W. Davidson,
pianist: salutatory, Edward Hal
McDonald: When Day is Done
Kateher. chorus; introduction ol
speaker. Mr. Bueck; address, Rev
Ralph H. Taylor; piano solo, Show
er of Stars. Wachs, Miss Elaine
Richardson: presentation of awards,
medals. R. C. Mattox; presentation
of seventh grade certificates and
diplomas. J. D. Mallonee and Mr.
Bueck. and valedictory, Helen
Stiles Keenum.
Mcr&hals a *c: r^ris Cham
bers: Dollie Martin, Evelyn Mc
Donald. Barbara Arnold, Alice
Jayne Dockery.
Those graduating are:
Maburn Morene Arrowood, Ver
Continued on page four
Bankers Attend
State Meeting
Cherokee county men attending
the convention of the North Caro
lina Bankers Association at Pine
hurst last week were P. B. Fere
bee, president of the Citizens Bank
and Trust Company, W. D. Whit
aker, cashier of the Bank at An
drews. and Frank Forsyth, cashier
ci the Bank at Murphy.
The meeting was held at Pine
hurst May 8-10. This was the first
meeting that had been held in the
past tour years. The bank reports
that the meeting was a success. In
attendance were 750 bankers from
fill over the state.
Cochran Is To
Preach Sunday
The Rev. Francis H. Cochran of
Route 2, Murphy, will preach at
First Baptist church Sunday at
both the morning and evening ser
vices. 11 a. m. and 8 p. m., in the
absence of the pastor, Rev. J. Al
ton Morris, who with his family
and others from the First Baptist
church left Monday to attend the
Southern Baptist convention in
Miami, Fla.
Mr. Cochran's subjects will be:
in the morning: "Spiritual Exami
nation ?, and in the evening: "New
Life for the New World."
New Firms Are
Opening Here
lit^UrPlly s ncwes' business estab
merit is Acme Hardware, to be
^ ed on Friday, May 24, by Allen
Th? 0ving00(1> In the old Henn
Ay. buildin8 on Valley River
hard"6 ^*1'S s'ore W'" caT
Ver(iWarc' ?veral nationally ad
h<J products and farm and
needs.
J?" Week Texaco Service Sta
?nd vaS oppned by Charles Hyatt
th? n Spiva K Is located at
8jr?g/mCr Smolty Mountain bus
SALUTATORIAN ? Edward Hal
McDonald, salutatorian of this
year's graduating class of Murphy
high school.
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VALEDICTORIAN ? Mrs. Helen
Stiles Keenum, valedictorian of the
graduating class of Murphy high
school this year.
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Rev. Paul Townsend
Is Hiwassee Speaker
The Rev. Paul W. Townsend,
pastor of the First Methodist
church of Waynesville, will deliver
the commencement address at the
Hiwassee Dam commencement ex
ercises Friday night, May 17, at
8:30 o'clock, in the school auditor
ium.
At this time, a small group of
seniors will receive their high
school diplomas, and twenty-seven
eighth grade graduates will be
given their certificates of promo
tion to the high school.
The award for the best citizens,
boy and girl will be presented. Tile
awards were donated by Mrs. G.
W. Cover of Andrews and the local
school committee.
Other special awards to athletic
teams will be presented by Lt. M.
S. Woodward. Several musical
numbers will be given by the high
school Glee club under the direc
tion of Miss Ella Stephens.
Mr. Townsend, the speaker, has
recently been discharged from
Naval service during which time
he was aboard the U. S. S. Samuel
Chase and took part in the North
African invasion. Later, he served
as chaplain on the U. S. S. General
John Pope with duty in the Atlan
tic and Pacific theatres, from Ire
land and Scotland on the one side
of New Guinea, Guadalcanal, Aus
tralia, New Zealand, Samoa, to
India on the other.
Fire Destroys
Nurses Home
Fire which broke out about 1
o'clock Sunday morning, destroyed
the Murphy General hospital
nurses' home, belonging to Dr. and
Mrs. F. V. Taylor, owners of the
hospital. It is not known how the
fire originated.
Only one nurse was at the,.home
when the fire broke out. Two were
on duty and the others were away
for the week-end. Mr. and Mrs.
George Mauney and daughter.
Emily, occupied an apartment in
the building. A few articles of
furniture belonging to them were
saved, but the building and furn
ishings belonging to Dr. and Mrs.
Taylor were almost a total loss. The
loss was partially covered by in
surance.
Lions Club Elects
R. S. Bault President
Robert S. Bault was elected <
president of Murphy Lions club
at the meeting held Tuesday eve
ning at the Methodist church. In
July he will succeed Harry Bishop,
who has served the past year. W.
D. King was elected secretary:
Loren Davis, treasurer; Dr. J. R.
Bell, tailtwister; C. R. Freed, lion
tamer; Duke Whitley, first vice
president; Dr. R .H. Cox, second
vice-president; and Edwin Hyde,
third vice-president; and the fol
lowing for members of the board of
directors: Doyle Burch, S .N. Bobo
Sr., and C. E. Weir. Harry Bishop
will be on the board by virtue of
being immediate past president.
The club voted to sponsor the
emergency food collection, of which
Rev. Ralph Taylor is chairman for
the county.
A. Q. Ketner announced thai
tickets for the calf sale are now
being sold. A calf has been pur
chased and will be given away at
the Guernsey sale on May 24 here.
C. R. Freed announced the Guern
sey sale and urged members of the
club to attend. He stated that on
last Monday Coble Dairy Products
Inc., received more milk than on
any other day since opening their
plant herfe.
Dr. J. R. Bell made a few re
marks on the North Carolina Wild
life club and requested that the
club plan a Joint meeting with An
LION PRESIDENT? R. S. Bault,
local teacher and business man,
who on Tuesday evening was elec
ted president of Murphy Lions
club for the fiscal year beginning
July 1.
drews Rotary club for the eve
ning of May 28 to discuss this sub
ject, which the club voted to do.
R. S. Bault, treasurer, reported
that a net amount of $713.96 was
realized on the carnival the club
recently sponsored.
Recruiting Office
Announces Dates
For Various Towns
Sgt. F. C. Mathieu of the local j
recruiting station located in th.? I
Regal Hotel building announces :
that there is. an army recruiter!
travelling through the various j
towns of Swain, Graham, Clay, and
Cherokee counties.
hn Bryson City, the recruiter will
be at the selective service office
between the hours of 9 a. m. and
11:30 a. m. In Robbinsville, and
vicinity, from 1:00 p. m. till 4 p. m.
At Andrews, he will be at the post
office between 10 a. m. and 11:30
a. m.. and at Hayesville, at the post
office, from 1 p. m. until 3 p. m.
Associational
W. M.U. Meeting
Is On May 23
The Woman's Missionary union
of the Western North Carolina
Baptist association will hold its
annual meeting at Hayesville Bap
tist church on Thursday, May 23,
starting at 10 a. m., announces Mrs.
C. T. Almond, president.
"Christ for the World" will be
the theme. Miss Katie Murray,
returned missionary from China,
will be one of the speakers.
Mrs. C. M. Warren of Sylva will
bo the speaker for the state office
Reports will be given l ' the offi
cers, and prayer will be offered
during the day for God's guidance
and for volunteer workers.
Lunch will be served at the noon
hour, by the Hayesville ladies.
In the afternoon, young people's
work will be presented by the as
sociational young people's leader.*
Mrs. J. Alton Morris of Murphy. |
Memorial Service
Is Held For
Wayne Townson
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Townson at
tended the annual convention of
North Carolina Funeral Director?
and Burial associations which was
held May 6, 7, and 8 at the Sir Wal
ter hotel in Raleigh. On the morn
ing of the 8th at 10 o'clock, a
memorial service for all embalmers
who have died since the last meet
ing was held. There were eight,
among the number being Wayne
Townson.
From Raleigh, Mr. and Mrs.
Townson went to Wallace and visit
ed Dr. and Mrs. I). L. Wells and
baby.
$1,202 Realized
In Cancer Drive
Cherokee county practically
doubled its quota in the drive con
ducted in April for the control of
cancer. The quota for the county
was $700, and Mrs. Robert Cox.
county commander reports that a
total of $1,202.87 was raised in the
campaign. This amount was report
ed this week to state headquarters
by Mrs. Cox.
Singing Is At
Shady Grove 2nd
An all-day singing will be held
at Shady Grove Baptist church on
Sunday, June 2, starting at 10
o'clock a. m. It is requested that
everyone interested come and brin^
lunch. Quartet, solo and duet sing
ing will feature the program. Glenn
Elis will be at the piano, and Henry
Truett, president, will preside.
SINGING
The third Sunday singing will
be held on the 19th at Hangingdog
Baptist church. The service will
begin at 2 o'clock.
Walter Zimmerman
Is Burned To Death
Walter Zimmerman, 26. son of 4
Mrs. Abe Zimmerman of Peachtree.
was burned to death when fire de
stroyed his mother's home about
midnight Friday night.
Mrs. Zimmerman said that she
left a lamp burning in the room,
and when she turned down the
wick, the lamp exploded and set
the room on fire. She ran from
the house screaming and attracted
the attention of a neighbor, Sam
Barnett, who came to her aid.
When Mr. Barnett learned that
Zimmerman was still in the houoe
he broke down a door, but was met
by the flames and was unable to
enter. He said he could hear Zim
merman calling for help.
It was reported that Mrs. Zim
merman tried twice to reenter the
house but was prevented from do
ing so by a German Police dog.
Zimmerman served in the navy
about three years, much of the time
being spent overseas. He was dis
charged last December.
Funeral services were held Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock at Peach
tree Baptist church with the Rev.
Thomas Truett and the Rev. Hain
Coffey officiating. He was buried
with full military honors in the
family plot in the church cemetery.
Surviving besides the mother are
his wife, the former Miss Peggy
Mease of Hayesville; a four-year
old son, Edgar Abraham; three sis
ters, Mrs. Morris Moore of Peach
tree, Mrs. Abraham Bell of Ral
eigh, and Mrs. W. E. Stiles of Mur
phy; four brothers, Harve of Can
ton, Ohio. Abe Zimmerman, Jr., oi
Raleigh. Fred and Carl Zimmerman
of Peachtree; and one half brother.
TO SPEAK HERE ? Bishop Les
lie R. Marston of Greenville, 111.,
who will preach at Free Methodist j
church here at 8 p. m. on Monday
and Tuesday, May 20-21, and on
Wednesday, at 8 p. m. at a union
prayer service at First Methodist
church according to announcement
by the Rev. L. E Latham, pastor.
Bishop Marston is a former presi
dent of Greenville College, Green
ville, 111., and is listed in Who's
Who in America. He is now presi
dent of the National Association of
Evangelicals, a body of 900,000
protestants. made up of many de
nominations. He is an authority
on child psychology and is author
cf the books. ' Youth Speaks" and
' Chaos to Character". The public j
is invited to hear Bishop Marston. |
Ed English of Peachtree.
Townson funeral home had
charge of arrangements.
Walter C. Wilt's
Funeral Held Tuesday
Walter C. Witt, 60, prominent i
Murphy business man died Satur
day afternoon at 5:20 o'clock at
Petrie hospital, following a week's
illness.
Funeral services were held Tues
day morning at 11 o'clock at
Peachtree Methodist church, of
which he was a member, with the
Rev. Ralph Taylor, the Rev. T. G.
Tate, and the Rev. Robert Barker
officiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Max
Sneed. Edwin Barnett, Elmer Stiles,
Edwin Hyde, Cecil Roberts and
Harve Elkins.
Honorary pallbearers were:
George, Grover and Walter Mau
ney, Neil Sneed, Howard Moody,
?John Brittain, WT. S. Dickey, Had
I ley Dickey. B. L. Padgett, C. W.
Savage. E. L .Alverson, Roy Lovin
good, E. L. Shields, Dr. W. A j
Hoover, Dr. Harry Miller, E. A
Browning. Fred Christopher, B. G I
Brumby. Jr., Roy Wells, H. A. Mat- j
tox, Frank Forsyth. Morris Moore.
Frank Crawford. Fred Johnson. '
John McGuire and R. G. Alexander.
Flower girls were: Elizabeth Ann
Elkins, Millicent Wilson, Betsy
Webster, Marjorie Ammons, Joan
Barnett, Jane Sneed, Joyce Cole
man, Margaret Warner, and Jean
Hennessee.
In 1938 Mr. Witt opened a real
estate and general insurance office
in Murphy. Due to his health in
January of this year he sold his
fire insurance business to Edwin
Hyde, local attorney, but had con
tinued his life insurance and real
estate work. From 1942 to 1943 he
was manager of Dickey Hotel.
Mr. Witt is the son of the late
William A. and Sophia Witt.
Surviving are the widow, the
former Miss Beryle Robinson of
Andrews; one daughter, Miss
Maudie B. Witt, a student at West
ern Carolina Teachers college. Cul
lowhee; two sisters, Mrs. I. N. Wil
son of Marble. Route 1. and Mrs.
Lillian Fitzstevens of Miami. Fla..
one brother. Cyrus W. Witt of
Feachtree, and a number of other
relatives.
Townson funeral home had
charge of arrangements.
Valleytown Ventures
Buys Terrace Hotel
W. T. Teas. J. A. Watkins and
W. Frank Forsyth, trading as Val
leytown Ventures of Cherokee
county, have purchased from Perry
B Ferebee the Junaluska Terrace
hotel and lands known as W. T.
Moore Lake site property and other
lands adjoining. They are employ
ing a manager and expect to do
considerable developing on the
property, it is understood.
(Add real estate)
Other real estate transfers dur
ing the past week were:
A. J. Ashe and wife, Julia Ashe
Leonard Ashe, land in Cherokee
county Murphy Township, District
No. 5.
R. J. Dockery and wife. Cora
Doekery. to Leonard Ashe, land in
Cherokee county.
E. A. Wood and wife, Lenna W.
Wood, to Edgar A. Wood, Jr., par
(Contlnued -on page four)
f 43 Animals Are
Consigned To
i This Annual Sale
I Cherokee county's fifth annual
1 Purebred Guernsey sale will be
| conducted at the fair grounds in
Murphy on Friday, May 24. begin
ning at 12 o'clock. Forty-three
selected animals have been con
signed to this sale, which, the com
mittee says, will be by far the best
sale ever held here. The quality
of the animals offered is said to be
better than in any former sale.
The sale is being sponsored by
the North Carolina Extension ser
vice. Cherokee county Guernsey
Breeders association, and Cobie
Dairy Products. Inc. A. Q. Ketner.
chairman. Randolph Shields and
J. Franklin Smith compose the
committee.
Offered in this sale are: 22 out
standing heifers, eight cows, seven
bred heifers, and six young bulls.
They are from well known breed
ing farms in this and other states.
On the evening of May 23 a ban
quet will be held for the consigners
and buyers here to attend the sale.
Since the sale will be held in the
exhibit hall at the fair grounds, in
clement weather would not prevent
its being held.
SERIES OF MEETINGS
The Rev. W. T. Truett announces
that he will hold a series of meet
ing at Shady Grove Baptist church
beginning the third Sunday in
May. Everyone is invited to at
tend.
Mr. ai.u' Mrs. W. A. Hyde of
Nantahala. were guests Sunday of
I their son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
irnd Mrs. C. E. Hyde.
REDDEN S MANAGER ? "My
| uppermost ambition is to see Wcst
| em North Carolina develop, pros
j per and progress, and I feel I can
make definite contribution to that
end by supporting Monroe Redden,
tor Congress", declares Don S.
Elias. Redden s district manager.
Mr Elias, who is executive di
rector of Radio Station WWNC and
Vice-President of the Asheville
Citizen-Times Company, and who
lias a long record of leadership in
civic projects, sees Mr. Redden as
a seasoned and successful attorney
and business man whose ability and
energy will make certain this sec
j t ion's interests will be protected
in Washington.
"We want the Great Smoky
j Mountains National Park develop
ed, the Blue Ridge Parkway com
pleted .tourist facilities expanded,
agricultural and mining possibili
ties fostered, and more and more
industries established", asserts Mr.
Eiias. "Moreover, we want our in
dustries and visitors treated with
such fairness and appreciation that
others will be encouraged to como
to live and work among us.
"The people of Western North
Carolina are entitled to the most
competent, energetic and intelli
gent representation in Congress, f
am confident our people have an
awakened understanding of our
needs today and will register their
desires by nominating Monroe M.
Redden in the Democratic pri
mary."