VOLUME 58 ? NUMBER 7.
MOUNTAINS, LAKES
EXCELLENT FISHING
IDEAL CLIMATE
Make Cherokee County the answer
to where to spend your vacation.
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1946
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
LEGION POST TO SPONSOR THE COUNTY FAIR
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District Funeral Directors ConventionTo Be Held Here On 12th
State Officials
To Attend Meet !
On September 12
Townson Funeral home will be
|:ost to the 12th district of the
North Carolina Funeral directors'
. <oc iation at the annual conven- 1
tlon o be held in their chapel
here on Thursday, September 12.
beginning at 10 a. m.
John Rusher of Salisbury, presi
dent of the North Carolina Fu
neral Directors association; W.
Finest Thompson of Burlington,
xcretary-treasurer; Ralph Craw
lord. district governor; Claude
Abernathy of Raleigh. N. C. Burial
Insurance commissioner; Paul
Jehnson of Hendersonvile, auditor
cf the N. C. Burial association, and
other visitors are expected to at
tend.
Funeral directors from nine
Western North Carolina counties
^re members of the 12th district
fend plan to attend.
W". I). Townson is making plans
to take the visitors, numbering ap
proximately 40. to Hiwassee Dam.
and to entertain them at a picnic
lunch. In the early afternoon, a
business session of the association
v ill be held.
Amputees Asked
Not To Wire VA
Until proper forms and instruc
tions are received by the VA, am
putee veterans in North Carolina
are requested not to write or wire
Veterans Administration offices
concerning their eligibility for
money with which to buy automo
biles and other conveyances.
VA offices and contact repres
entatives throughout the state ex
perts to be provided with applica
tion blanks within two or three
weeks, but until announcement is
made that the forms are available,
veterans who think they may be
eligible for funds are urged to "sit
tight" by Regional VA Officials.
The Veterans Administration
will administer the new S30.000.000
program, set up by Public Law
< 63 to provide automobiles or
other conveyanos for disabled vet
erans of World War II who arc en
titled to compensation for the loss,
or loss of use of, one or both legs
<t or above the ankle.
PREACHES FAREWELL
SERMON SUNDAY
The Rev. Mr. Osborne will
preach his farewell sermon at Bell
view Methodist church September
8 at 2 p. m. He plans to enter col
lege this fall.
SPEAKS FOUR SUNDAYS ? I
Beginning next Sunday, Dr. Duke i
K. MeCall of Nashville, Tenn., will |
be the Baptist Hour speaker for
four consecutive Sundays on the
general theme. "Faith Meets Life's
Test," as announced by the Radio
Committee, Southern Baptist Con
vention. S. F. Lowe, Director, At
lanta. Georgia. Dr. McCall, one
of the young ministers of the Bap
tist denomination recently as
sumed his duties as Executive Sec
rectary of the Executive Commit
tee of the Southern Convention,
having come to this position from
the presidency of New Orleans
Baptist Seminary, according to the
Atlanta announcement. Mr. Lowe
states further that Dr. McCall is
in wide demand as preacher, evan
gelist and assembly speaker.
"When the World Goes Wrong,"
is the subject of his message Sun
day. and the subjects for the next
three Sundays will be as follows:
"When Human Love Deserts,"
"When Religion Fails." and
When God Commands the Diffi
cult."
For the past several Sundays
the Baptist Hour programs have
come from Religious Radio Center.
Atlanta, which is the new studio
of the Radio Committee of the
Southern Baptist Convention.
The program can be heard in
this section over: WWNC Aslieville
WPTF, Raleigh; WSJS, Winston
Salem. WSB, Atlanta; WNOX,
Knoxville: and WRVA. Richmond,
at 8:30 a. m. EST.
LUNCHROOM OPENS
HIWASSEE DAM ? The Hiwas
see Dam lunchroom opened Wed
nesday, Sept. 4. with Mrs. Mabel
Suit as manager. The lunchroom
is in a new building and has been
freshly painted and arranged for
efficiency. Produce will be taken
in exchange for lunches as it was
last year.
Many Vets Enrolled
For Farm Training
ANDREWS ? It has been an
nounced by Carlyle Stroud, Agri
culture teacher of Murphy, and his
assistant J. H. Mulkey of Andrews,
that the Veterans farm Training
Program is well under way in
Cherokee county. Although up to
this date a small percent of vet
erans farming in the county have
applied for these benefits, it is the
desire of those in charge that more
veterans will take advantage of the
opportunity available to them in
return for the service they render
ed our country.
Meetings are being held each
Tuesday night in the Andrews high
school building, and each Saturday
cfternoon in the Murphy high
school building. Here the veteran
receives supervised instructions on
farm management, and assistance
i- given on any farm problem that
may arise.
At present the following veter
ans are enrolled in this program:
William D. Blaylock. Albert Brown,
?Jr., Thomas H. Coffey, James
Davis, Jack Davis, William Dills.
Royce Foster, Claude Garrett, El
den Hicks, Ivane Hicks, Garland
Hogan, Milton Mashburn, J. C.
Palmer. Sam Rose. William Rus
sell, Charles Walker. Joseph Cath
ey. Fred Watts, Clarence King,
Merle Bowliny, Forest Johnson,
Ifoward Helton. Randolph Shields,
Hubert Flowers. Judd Stiles, James
Mason and Sheridan Rogers.
Other veterans interested in this
program are requested to see Mr.
Stroud or report to the Veterans
Administration office located in
the county courthouse in Murphy.
Veterans living near Andrews
should sec J. H. Mulkey or report
to Veterans Contact Office located
in the Library building in An
drews.
Any veterans who has served
ninety days or more in the armed
forces of our country and received
an honorable discharve is eligi
ble for the benefits offered by the
farm program. The training pro
gram lasts for one year plus the j
length of time spent in the service
to a maximum of 48 months
If a sufficient number of men
enroll in the program in the
Peachtree section it will be possi
ble to schedule meetings in the
Peachtree school building each
week.
Murphy Off-Campus
College Center Gets
State Approval
The Murphy off-campus college 1
center has been approved by the
Extension division of the Univers
ity of North Carolina, provided as
many as 30 student register by
the opening dale of Sept. 23, an
nounces H. Bueck, who will direct
the center here.
Mr. Bueck states that classes in
mathematics, social science, and
English, and possibly in languages
and biology, will be offered, for
which full college credit with the
same value as those taken at the
University will be given.
Students interested in entering
this center for first year college
work may receive applications at
the office of Supt. Bueck at Mur
phy school.
While planned principally to
take care of the over-flow of vet
erans wanting to enter college and
unable to get in a college, anyone
who is interested and has proper
high school credits may enroll.
Classes will start at 3 p. m., be
held five days a week, at Murphy
high school, and will be under the
instruction of well qualified pro
fessors.
$36,862 Is Made
Available To
Cherokee Farmers
In an effort to obtain maximum
conservation with the 36.862 fund
that has been made available to
Cherokee County farmers through
the 1946 Agricultural Conservation
Program, Victor Raxter. chairman
Cherokee County AAA Committee,
today urged farmers to follow
through on their conservation
work that was approved on their
farm plans last spring.
"We fully realize that many con
ditions may have prevented farm
ers from performing the practices
as originally planned." he said. In
such instances. Raxter said that
the County Committee is anxious
to render every assistance by help
ing these farmers in selecting sub
stitute practices.
Farmers finding it impossible to
carry out their original practices
or to substitute others are being
urgently requested by Raxter to
inform the AAA Committee im
mediately so that the funds allot
ted to their farms may be trans
ferred to neighboring farmers
who need additional assistance and
are in a position to carry out more
practices.
Practices which still can be car
ried out in Cherokee County this
fall acocrding to good farming
methods are: applying lime, phos
1 hate to pastures seeding crim
son clover, and A W peas, and
seeding new pastures and reseed
ing your old pastures.
Mrs. Rogers Is
Taken By Death
Funeral services for Mrs. Violet
Leola Rogers, 65. widow of the
late W. M. Rogers who died at
her home at Presley. Ga., at 12:30
o'clock Sunday morning, were held
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
Macedonia Baptist church with the
Rev. A. L. Swanson and the Rev.
Sim Martin officiating. Burial was
in the church cemetery with Town
son funeral home in charge.
Surviving are two sons. S. L.
Rogers and W. O. Rogers of Pres
ley: one daughter. Mrs. Omer Sisk
oi Hendersonville: one brother.
Henry Gillespif of Coffeeville.
Kan.: and four sisters. Mrs. Nish
Kelley of Presley, Mrs. Will Nil
linee of Pueblo. Colo., Mrs. Carl
Moore of Colo., and Mrs. Sam
Dalrymple of Hamilton, Washing
ton.
Final Rites Are
Held Saturday
For Wm. P. Payne
William P. Payne died sudden
ly Thursday morning about 8
o'clock at his home at the North
Carolina-Georgia state line near
Murphy. He had been in failing
health for several years and his
death was attributed to a heart at
tack. He was 73 years of age.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday morning at 10 o'clock at
Ivie funeral chapel with the Rev.
J. Alton Morris officiating. Burial
was in Bearpaw cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Henry
Barton, E. E. Stiles, Dale Lee, Ef
ton Roberson, Wade Hogsed, and
Ralph Killian.
Honorary pallbearers were: Clar
ence Hogsed, John Tatham, E. C.
Moore, V. M. Johnson. J. W. Mc
Millan, R. C. Mattox, Fred John
son. Frank Ashe, Abe Hembree,
John Donley, Robert Weaver,
Cecil Monteith, Hayes Dockery and
Broaddus Dockery.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Samantha Hollifield Payne; four i
daughters. Mr?j?Laura Martin of j
Parkersburgs, West Va., Mrs. Flor
ence Ricks of Akron. Ohio, Mrs.
Ralph Moody of Raleigh, and Miss
Mennice Payne of Murphy; seven
grandchildren, two great-grand
children. two brothers, James H.
Payne of Warne, and George Pay
ne of Patrick. His first wife died
three or four years ago.
Mr. Payne was a member of the
Baptist church and a Mason. He
was engaged in the mercantile
business here from 1909 till 1932.
and was at one time Chrsyler auto
mobile dealer here.
SERMON'S ANNOUNCED
"The Foolish Virgins and the
? Men they Married" is the sermon
' topic announced by Rev. Ralph
Taylor for the 11 o'clock service
Sunday in First Methodist Church.
'When Vou Have Too Much to
Do" is the minister's theme for
the evening service at 7:30 o'clock.
"When Vou Must Make Adjust
ments*' will be the subject for the
pastor at the Wednesday evening
Fellowship Hour September 11.
PREACHES SUNDAY
Rev Furney Baker, ministerial
student at Mars Hill collcgc. will
preach at both services at Andrews
Baptist church Sunday, in the ab
sence of the pastor. Rev. T. Earl
Ogg. Mr. Baker is the son of the
Rev. and Mrs. E. F. Baker of Win
ston-Salem. formerly of Andrews
Ted Green Is
President New
Recreation Club
Ted Green was elected president
ef a group of 75 young people who
met Tuesday night. August 27. at
the gym to discuss plans for a
recreational program. Miss Joan
Barnett was elected secretary and
Mrs. Harold Wells, treasurer.
The young people were divided
into six groups for discussion of
the recreational program. E. L.
Simonds spoke to the young people
expressing his interest in their
activities and approving of their
wish that the recreation program
be made a memorial to his son.
Gene .who was killed in a fall from
Not la Falls in July.
After the discussion, the group
adjourned to the athletic field for
a weiner roast. The date of the
next meeting will be announced
later.
Ministers Ask
Candidates To
Express Policies
The Cherokee County Ministerial i
assoeiation, in the monthly meet- '
ing held Monday at Terraee hotel.
Andrews, voted to request the j
candidates for state and county
offices, particularly the candidates
lor representative and senator, and
the law enforcement officials of
the cities of Murphy dnd Andrews
and the county of Cherokee to
state their views regarding law en
forcement and Sunday amuse
ments.
They specially requested that
the representative to the legisla
ture and senator from this district
introduce a bill revoking the pres
ent laws relative to Sunday amuse
ments and sale of beer.
Rev. J. A. Morris was appointed
from the association to cooperate
with a similar committee from the
Western North Carolina Baptist
association.
Payne To Speak
Little Brasstown
Layman John B. Payne of Blue j
Ridge. Ga., will speak at Little I
Brasstown Baptist church Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. Payne
speaks on the Baptist doctrines and
is called upon often to supply pul
pits for various ministers. The
public is invited to attend.
Hiwassee Boys
Again Win Trophy
HIWASSEE DAM? Boy Scouts |
cl the Nantahala district attended
a court of honor at Hayesville
Tuesday, Sept. 3. at 8 o'clock.
Four boys from Robbinsville were
recognized as tenderfoot scouts,
Jo Johnson of Hayesville received
his rank as eagle scout, and Har
old Butler, Bobby Brock, and Wal
ter Dockery. Jr., from Hiwassee
Dam received merit badges.
W. C. Wall of Asheville conduct
ed the meeting. The Hiwassee
Dam Scouts had the highest per
centage of scouts and parents
present. This is the fourth time
that they have taken the trophy,
a statue of a boy scout, home with
them.
Child Rushed To
Atlanta Hospital
By Patrolmen
Betty Revis, two and a half year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Aubrey Revis of Marble, was car
ried to Petrie hospital Wednesday
after having swallowed a penny
which lodged in her wind pipe.
She was at once rushed to an At
lanta hospital by patrolmen where
the penny was removed.
She is reported to be doing very
well.
Andrews To Form
Chamber Commerce
Business firms of Andrews will*
ciganize a Chamber of Commerce
a meeting to be held at the
town hall on Tuesday. September
| !0. at 4 p. m.
j Among the visiting Asheville
I Chamber of Commerce executives
I who will attend to assist in the
j organization are: Fuller Brown,
1 president: Arthur Jones, secretary:
I Francis Ileazcl and Julian Stepp
i directors; and representatives from
j Chambers of Commerce in the fol
lowing places also are expected:
Waynesville, Bryson City, Brevard,
and Murphy, as well as members
of the excutive committee of West
ern North Carolina Association
communities.
Hiwassee Dam
Legion Post
Gets Charter
HIWASSEE DAM ? The newly
organized American Legion Post
at Hiwassee Dam received their
temporary charter August 31.
Those listed on the charter were
as follows: Harry C. Bagley, Wm.
If Francis. W. Claud Garland, Con
rad L. Pettingill, Laus J. McKen
zie, Glen T. Raper. Eugene T.
Smith, Wm. Mart Hamby. Walter
N. Anderson. John J. Ammons.
Francis T. Tate, Howard M. Kim
I sty. Henry L. Maughn, Thomas J.
; Ellis, and E. S. Donaldson. Mem
bers joining post between now and
i Nov. 10. 1946. will be known as
I charter members.
An old time square dance will
be held Saturday night. Sept. 14.
on the tennis court. The Hickey
brothers of Hiwass Dam will furn
ish the music. John J. Ammons.
L E. Mashburn. and Wm. H. Fran
cis were appointed as a dance com
mittee to make the necessary ar
rangements. The public is invited.
The post commander announces
that an American Legion Auxiliary
? is in the process of being formed.
MARBLE WMIT MEETS
MARBLE? The Marble WMU
met Friday night at the church
with Miss Mildred Whitfield as
guest speaker. Several members
were present.
Latham Preaches
Last Sermons
Here On Sundav
x!
The Rev. L. E. Latham an
nounces his sermon subjects at the
Free Methodist church for Sunday
as follows: 11 a. m.. "Four Reasons
Why Paul Was a Victorious Chris
tian". and 8:00 p. m., "The Gain of
the World and Loss of the Soul
Contrasted".
This Sundav will be Mr. Lat
ham's last as pastor of the local
church. He expected to leave sev
eial weeks ago. but the Free Meth
odist conference was postponed be
cause of the polio epidemic in
Florida. The conference will be
held beginning September 12. in
Atlanta. Mr. Latham then will
leave to do evangelistic work.
PIE SUPPER
PEACHTREE ? A pie supper
will be held at Peachtree Metho
dist church Saturday night. Sept.
18. at 8 o'clock. The public is in
vited to attend.
H.G. Elkinsls
Named Chairman
Of The Fair
The nineteenth annual Cherokee
county fair will be sponsored this
year by the Joe Miller Elkins Post
No. 96 of the American Legion,
the week of September 23-28.
Premiums have been increased
this year to make it more attrac
tive for the farm people to bring
their agricultural and home pro
ducts to exhibit.
The Legion Post will have a
meeting next Tuesday night at 7:30
o'clock at the courthouse, to make
.'?ssignment of duties and work out
other last-minute details, and all
are urged to attend.
Commander Charles Hyatt has
announced the following fair com
mittees:
Legion post committee: H. G.
Elkins. chairman. J. W. Franklin,
Frank Swan. Fred V. Johnson, J.
L. Hall. Sr., Charles Hyatt, and
John O'Dell.
Executive committee: E. C.
Moore, P. A. Mauney, T. H. Cole,
J. F. Palmer, and J. T. Dockery.
The department committees are
composed of: Field crops and farm
exhibits: J. Franklin Smith, super
intendent: J. B. Shields, Carl
Stiles. John Robert Martin, and
Victor Ellis.
Horticulture products and ap
ples: J. H. Hampton, superintend
ent: A. R. Staleup, Mrs. J. H. Ellis,
W. M. Hatchett, Mrs. Burton Mc
Nabb.
Beef cattle: W. D. Townson, sup
intendent; S. C. Gentry. Charlie
McDonald, and W. S. Dickey.
Dairy cittle: H. N. Wells, super
intendent; B lolpb Shields. C. S.
Day. J. B. ia I. ana A. a. Staleup.
Poultry: Mrs. Clarence Hendrix,
superintendent: Mrs. A. J. Barton,
Lawson Lunsford, and Mrs. Ernest
Hughes.
Flowers: Mrs B. W. Whitfield,
superintendent; Mrs. T. A. Case,
Mrs. Noah Hembree, and Mrs. Gay
Davidson.
Home products: Mrs. J. H.
Hampton, superintendent: Mrs. R.
C. Mattox. Mrs. Frank Battle, Mrs.
PI. Roach, and Miss Vonah Luns
ford.
Pantry supplies: Mrs. J. W.
Dyer, superintendent: Mrs. John
Donley, Mrs. J. L. Hall. Mrs. Ster
lin Aiken, and Mrs. G. G. Stiles.
Home furnishings and clothing:
Mrs. R. W. Easley. superintendent;
Mrs. Luther Nicholson, Mrs. Paul
Sudderth. Mrs. W. D. Townson,
and Mrs. Homer Bryant.
Handicrafts: Mrs. Ben Warner,
superintendent: Mrs. W. J. Mar
tin. and Miss Fannie McClellan.
Natural resources: C. W. Savage,
superintendent; J. W. Bailey and
A. L. Fineher.
Education: Lloyd Hendrix, sup
erintendent: II. Bueck. I. B. Hud
son. and W. B. Thomas.
Girls and boys' 4-H club: Mrs.
John Shields, superintendent: Miss
Kate Robinson. Mildred Hendrix,
' Jerry Hall, Sherman Hampton,
Mrs. Carrie Graham. Carolyn
' Smith. Mary Farmer and Dorothy
! Shields.
Recreation Group
Is Organized Here
i As a result of several recent
| meetings in interest of recreation
for the young people of Murphy
and vicinity, on Tuesday evening
| at the library the Community Rec
j reation Association was organized.
Miss Virginia Hetherington was
elected permanent chairman, and
Mrs. Neil Sneed. permanent secre
j tary.
| The meeting was opened with a j
I prayer for guidance in constructive
j planning, by the Rev. T. G. Tate. I
I A review of former meetings was j
! given by Miss Hetherington.
The Murphy Carnegie library I
board has granted the association '
the use of the present OPA office '
| for a meeting hall, and it will be
available September 30. The
board requires that the use of the
room have supervision.
The membership in the asocia
tion is open to anyone in the com
munity. and there is no member
ship fee. The next meeting will
be September 17 at 7:30 p. m., at
the library, and all parents and
others interested in this associa
tion are urged to attend.
The council from the association
will be in direct charge, and the
board of trustees of the library
will have indirect charge. The
council has not yet been elected.
MISSIONARY TO SPEAK
John H. Bowen. missionary from
Mexico, will speak at Shady Grove
Baptist church Sunday night.