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dfprnfef? Hwtt FIOHT PARMVSIS ?SJ!S in umui rmuTiii fm uruTiu nuinit VOLUME 57 ? NUMBER 28. MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1947. FIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK To Raise $750 Quota For Concert Here By Symphony Orchestra The campaign to raise $750 for the North Carolina Symphony , society in order to have the or- j chestra visit this county again this | year, giving one free concert for school children, and one adult con cert, to which all holders of mem berships are admitted without fur ther charge, will start in this coun ty next week Miss Addie Mae Cooke is county chairman and sev eral men and women in the county ere working with her. Names of the committees will be listed next week. The Symphony's tours last year covered the entire State from An drews to Wilmington. Everywhere it was received with great enthusi asm ,and the party expression was "Please come back'*, and many of the rural communities made the appearances of the Orchestra real civic events. The Symphony is planning to f "come back." It is about to begin another season, which again prom ises to take it all over the state. Since the Cherokee county con cert was held in Andrews last year, it is planned for it to be in Mur phy this spring. The date will be announced later. Dr. W. B Selah Speaks Sunday Dr. William B. Selah. pastor Galloway Memorial Methodist Church, Jackson, Mississippi speaks over The Methodist Hour network Sunday morning, February 2, on the subject "Character is Fate." Dr. Selah is a prominent Meth odist minister who served leading appointments in Kansas City, Mem phis Oklahoma City before mov ing to Mississippi He Is a native of Sedalia, Missouri, a graduate of Central College with post graduate work at Yale University. The Methodist Hour is now broadcast over an independent network of fifty stations; the net work extending from Baltimore to Carlsbad. New Mexico and from Miami to Kansas City. This radio time is made available to members of the Southern Religious Radio Conference, an organization com posed of radio committees from the Southern Baptist Convention, the Presbyterian Church in the U. S., the Protestant Episcopal Church find The Methodist Church by the independent stations on this net work. These programs arc heard in this vicinity over station WSB at E:30 a. m. Atlanta, and originate in the studios of Religious Radio Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs, Reid Is Honored On Her 91st Birthday RIVER HILL ? Mrs. Gillie Will iamson and Mrs. Loretta William son gave Mrs. Martha Reid a sur prise birthday dinner at the home of Mrs. Reid's grandson. Clyde Williamson, Saturday, in celebra tion of Mrs. Reid's 91st birthday. Those attending were: Mrs. Reid's grandson and granddaugh ter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Williamson; her daughter. Mrs. W. L. Williamson: grandson-in-law, Mr. Greely of Murphy, and five great grandchildren. Misses Lorine | and Irene Williamson. Lester Will iamson. Lawton and Roy Murphy, | and R. F. Payne of Patrick. 4-H Clubsters Receive Awards Murphy high 4-H club met | Thursday in the school auditorium. A Doctor 4-H quiz program was presented by Jerry Hall. Medals were awarded to Dorothy Shields, Mary Farmer and Mildred Hend- j rix, as the county Dairy Food demonstration winners of 1946. Miss Mary Cornwall met with the girls, discussing "Clothing", and Lemuel Goode met with the boys, discussing the projects they might take. County First In State To Reach Its Goal While final returns are not in, the Cherokee County ehapter of the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis was the first eounty in the state to go over the top in reaching its goal. The county was assigned a quota of $1,050, but the chapter set a goal of $3,000 because of special local i needs. W. T. Teas of Andrews i is chairman. Episcopalians Hold Election Tuesday, January 22, the con gregation of the Church of The Messiah met for their first annual parish dinner and business meet ing. The covered dish supper was prepared by the women of the church. It was followed by an nual reports and an election of members of the Mission Commit tee which is the body responsible for all the business matters of the church. The five members elected to serve are: W. A. Paper, Dr. B. W. Whitfield and Mrs. Whitfield. Robert Easley, Jr.. and Ben Warn er. Following the meeting, the Miss ion Committee met and elected the following officers: Mr. Paper, sen ior warden: Mrs. Whitfield, treas urer; and Mr. Easley, clerk. An announcement was made that the men of the congregation will iryv?t Wednesday, February 5, at 7:00 P. M. for a meeting in the home of W. A. Paper next door to the church. An Inquirers' Class or open confirmation class will be held in connection with the regu lar Sunday morning services at 11:00 A. M starting Feb. 2. Chil dren's Christian Education work shop will continue every Saturday afternoon in the parish rooms at 1:30 P. M. The Women's Auxiliary will meet at 3:15 Tuesday, Febru ary 4. at the church. Church School ir; every Sunday morning at 10:00. Mrs. f.C. Housed Taken By Death Monday Evening Mrs. Mcnnice Payne Ilogsed died in a local hospital at 9:23 o'clock Monday night, following an illness of a little over a week. She underwent a serious operation last week, and was not able to recover from it. Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at First Baptist church of which she I was a member, with the pastor, the Rev. J. Alton Morris officiating. Pallbearers were: E. E. Stiles. John Donley. Howard Moody. Bill Hembree, Broadus Dockery. and A. L. Buchanan. Burial was in Bell view cemetery, with Ivie funeral home in charge. Daughter of the late William P. Payne and Mrs. Lillie H. Payne, Mrs. Hogsed had a bright, sunny disposition, and was beloved by a large circle of friends. Surviving are the husband. Clar I cnce C. Hogsed, to whom she was married less than five months ago; three sisters, Mrs. Florence Ricks of Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Laura Martin of Torch, Ohio, and Mrs. Ralph Moody of Raleigh; four nices. Mrs. I Deltha Mae Lovingood of Mur phy. Route 3, Mrs. Grace Oliver of La Follette, Tenn., Miss Fran ces Ricks, and Mrs. Jayne Ricks Ramsey of Akron: three nephews, Bill Gulley of Canal Zone, Charles (iulley of Murphy, and Wade Payne Kicks of Akron. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Odom at tended the furniture market at High Point last week. En route they visited Mr. Odom's brother. ,T. W. Odom and family at Char lotte. and his sister, Mrs. Claude Love and Mr. Love in Asheville. Morris Lists Week's Services The Hev. J. Alton Morris an nounces the following services for First Baptist church: Sunday: 9:45 r? m., Sunday School; 11:00, wor ship. sermon topic, "What Saith the Scriptures?": 2 p. m., deacons' meeting; G:30 p. m., training union; 7:30 p. m. evening worship, ser mon topic, "Power Over Entrench ed Evil". At 7:30 Tuesday evening a Sun day School workers' council will be held; on Wednesday at 6:45 the Junior and Young people's choir practice; 7:30 the hour of power service; and at 8:30, adult choir practice. On Thursday at 7:30 p. m.. the Intermediate R. A.'s will meet in the church. OPENS NEW SHOW ROOMS ? j .1 W. Franklin, owner of Franklin Motor Co., who on Feb. 4 will open j his new show rooms in the Savage building on the square. Lionesses Are Feted By Their Husbands West Introduces Bill On Liquor Referendum The following bill was introduc ed in the Legislature recently by Representative Bruce- West: HB 38 ? Introduced by West. January 16. "To provide for a referendum in Cherokee County on the question of the manufacture, possession, transportation and sale of wine and beer." (Would require coun ty board of elections to call a spec ial election on the question on May 10, 1947. Election procedure regulated. If majority vote is against manufacture, possession, transportation and sale of wine and beer, the Beverage Control Act of 1930 (O. S. Ch. 18, Art. 4>. the Fortified Wine Control Act of 1941 <c; S C h 18. Art. 5) and G. S. Ch. 18. Art. 6. authorizing manufacture of light domestic wines by natural fermentation, would become inap plicable to Cherokee County, and the Turlington Act <G. S. Ch. 18. Art. 1) and miscellaneous regula tions contained in G. S. Ch. 18. Art. 2 would be reinstated in full force in Cherokee County 60 days after the vote is canvassed.) To Finance Committee Hendrix To Take Training Cruise To Puerto Rico Charleston, S. C. ? Charles F. Hendrix of R. F. D. No. 1. Mur phy, will be among the more than 250 Naval Reservists who will be aboard the light cruiser USS Little j Rock when she leaves Charleston. J S. C.. on February 9 for a two week's training cruise to San Juan. Puerto Rico. Hendrix will have his travel ex penses paid from Murphy to Char leston and back and will receive full Navy sea pay and allowances, as well as free food aboard ship. The Little Rock will spend suf ficient time in San Juan to give all reservists ample time for shore leave or liberty. The cruise is part of the Navy's V-6 training program, membership in which is a pre-requisite to make such a trip. All former male enlisted veter ans of all branches of the service up to 60 years of age who have an honorable discharge or were dis charged under honorable eondi tins may enlist or reenlist in Class V-6 for inactive duty. A recent change in requirements also makes non-veterans in the 17-18 and 30-40 age bracket eligible. Navy veter ans may reenlist at the rate held at time of discharge and veterans of other branches of service are eli gible to apply for enlistment in the same pay grade they held in the Army. Coast Guard, or Marine Corps. Further information may be secured by writing the office of Naval Reserve Procurement. Head quarters Sixth Naval District. Naval Base. S. C. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Franklin I were business visitors to Asheville I Thursday. Murphy Lions club entertained at a banquet Tuesday evening hon oring the Lionesses and other guests, the total number attending being 115. The Rev. Ralph Taylor oi Canton was guest speaker. He was a member of the local club be fore going to Canton as pastor of Central Methodist church last fall. His subject was, "Being An Ameri can". His wife and two daughters, | Ann and Linda, also were guests at the banquet. The meeting was opened with President R. S. Bault presiding, and Mrs. H. Bueck led the singing of song. Mr. Bault presented four new members, Carr Hooper, John A. Davidson, Mack Patton and Rev. Russell L. Young. Dr. W. A Hoover announced a meeting of the Medical Care committee fol lowing the meeting, and Miss Ad die Mae Cooke announced the campaign for the North Carolina Symphony Society. Toast master H. Bueck then took over. T. A. Case welcomed the visitors, and Mrs. W. A. Barber re sponded. Guests were presented by their hosts, who were called up on to give a description of the fuests or tell something of their habits and characteristics. Special music was given at in tervals in the program by Mrs. J. W. Davidson, pianist, and Karl Weiss, violinist. Mr. Bueck pre ( sented the speaker. At the conclusion of the pro gram. the banquet committee, com posed of R. W Kasley. Jr.. Dr. B W. Whitfield, and T A. Case, dis tributed gifts of personalized stat ionery to the Lionesses and other women guests The wives of the committee served in planning and decorating and the dining room of the Meth odist church, where the banquet was held, was artistically decorated with white and tireen, the flowers being white gladioli. Tall white tapers also were used. Rev. T. G, Tate Lists Services The sermon subject announced by the Rev. T. (J Tate for the vesper service at the Presbyterian church at 5 o'clock Sunday evening is "The Approved Workman." Mr. Tate will preach at the Hay esville Presbyterian church Sun day morning at 11 o'clock and Un ion Hill church at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. There will be no morning service at the church here, but Sunday school will begin at 10 o'clock, and \outh Fellowship will follow the vesper service. W. S. C. S. TO MEET The Woman's Society of Chris tian Service of the Methodist church wi'l hold its regular month ly meeting Tuesday afternoon. Feb ruary 4. at 2:30 at the home of Mrs. W. A. Hoover. Mrs. W. D. King. Mrs. Neil Sneed and Mrs. J. C. 1 English will be joint hostesses. | Mrs. H. G. Elkins and Mrs. H. A. | Akin will have chtrge of the pro I gram. j Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Smith attend i ed the 25th anniversary of John ! A Nichols Lodge. No. 650. A. T. j and A. M. at the Masonic Temple I in Ashcville last week. Good Health Officials To Speak Here Feb. 1 4 State Officers To Speak At Meeting Of Allied Farmers Cooperative Tuesday If. L. Meacham, manager of Al-1 lied Farmers Cooperatives, Inc., I Asheville. and George E. Stomey, | president, will be the principal speakers at the first annual stock holders meeting of the Cherokee county Farmers Cooperative to be held Tuesday at 10 a. m. in the courthouse here. A board of directors will be lec ted and other business transacted at this meeting. Mr. Meacham was born and rear ed on a farm near Statesville, graduated from State College in agriculture, was county farm agent, was agronomist for the State Department of Agriculture, worked with a plant food concern and for the past eight years has been a marketing specialist with the Extension service of North Carolina, from which he has just resigned to become manager of the newly formed Cooperative. The cooperative has affiliated members in each of the 15 Western North Carolina counties that drain into the Tennessee Valley. 124 Cherokee Men Accepted In Army In '46 A total of 1,716 Western North Carolina men were accepted for enlistment in the U. S. Army from January to December, 1946, it was announced yesterday by Lt. Thom as H. Suydam, commanding officer of the Asheville Army Recruiting Sub-Station. Records show that out of this number 1,216 men were adjudged mentally and physically qualified for army service. At least 124 men were accepted from Cherokee county and 25 from Clay county. Enlistments in former grades, family allowances, eligibility for the GI Bill of Rights, and security the army offers on retirement were given as reasons for the large num ber of enlistments during the year. The plan whereby Navy. Marine, and Coast Guard members may en list for the Regular Army in the grade they held at time of dis charge which is comparable lo similar grade in the Regular Army was also given as an added induce ment for enlistments. Those bene fits will be in effect for an in definite time, and as indicated by the enlistments for the first fif teen days in this year, the enlist ments for 1 f)47 should show a sharp increase over 1946. Lt. Suydam also announced that the recruiters of the Asheville sub 'station arc working in two teams which cover every county in West ern North Carolina. Every county is covered once every two weeks The following is the itinerary plan of the recruiting teams. Team 1. Sgt. McLeod and Sgt. Henry: Mon day, Brevard: Tuesday. Hcnder sonville: Wednesday. Tryon and Ilendcrsonville; Thursday. Marion; Friday. Spruce Pine, Bakersville Burnsville and Newland. Team 2. T/Sgt. Dance and S Sgt. Belt: Monday. Sylva; Tuesday, Bryson City and Robbinsville: Wednesday. Murphy and Hayesville; Thursday. Franklin; Friday, Wayncsville. Funeral Ls Held ForMrs.Hunsucker Mrs. Mary Ann Hunsucker, 77. died at her home at Grape Creek. Tuesday. Jan. 28. She is survived by four children. Luther of Murphy Route 3. Bill of Cramerton. Mrs. Kate Wallace of Gastonia. Mrs. Mary Poindexter of Cramerton: one sister, Mrs. Ida Hunsucker of Mount Holly; two brothers. John Graves, Murphy, Route 3. and Tom Graves of Mc Adinsville; 13 grandchildren, one prcat grandchild, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral sen - ices were held at Grape Creek < Wednesday at 2 o'clock, with the Rev. R. W. West officiating. Townson funeral home was in 1 charge of arrangements. Recreation Group Extends Contest To 14th There will be a joint meeting of the Hoard of the Community Rec reation association with represent atives of the newly organized young adult recreational club at the Rec reation Room in the Murphy City Library Monday, February 3, at 7:15 P. M. Any one interested in the activities of cither of these groups' is free to attend. Plans of the new group will be presented and there will be dis cussion of ways in which the two, groups may cooperate. The De velopment of swimming facilities for the community will be reported upon by the Committee. If per sons who are interested in attend ing regular monthly business meet ings of the association but cannot because of other conflicting meet ings will notify members of the board of a more suitable meeting night other than the first Monday, the organization will try to adjust the schedule to accomodate the whole group. The contest for a name for the new recreational club will be con tinued for two weeks, ending Fri day, February 14. Suggested names may be sumbitted to the Cherokee Scout office. The group has been offered a lot in East Murphy on which to build a club house. Among the activities planned for securing funds is the sale of tickets for an automobile and a refrigerator, and the sponsoring of a show at Henn Theatre. Miss Mills Heads Association In Mobile, Alabama Miss Myrtle Mills of Mobile Ala . daughter of Mr. and Mrs > Maynard E. Mills, Murphy, has been elected president of Moble County Dental Assistant Associa l ion of Mobile, Ala. Miss Mills has been in Mobile for almost two years. She took lier State Board examination in May. 1946. and is licensed to prac tice as a Dental Hygicnist. At present, she is employed by Dr. Amos O. Pilgram of Mobile Class Adopts Year's Project Mrs. Ruth Carringer was hostess to the Fidelis class of First Baptist church at its meeting on Monday evening The devotional was con ducted by Mrs. Rao Moore, and Mrs. .1 W Davidson led in prayer Plans for the year's work were made, and the class assumed as a special project the aiding of indi gent children in supplying clothing and other necessities to make it possible for them to attend school and church. Mrs. H. Bueck, Mrs J. \V. Davidson, and Mrs. Ruth Carringer were appointed as a committee to carry out this work. Mrs. Carringer. assisted by her daughter. Mary Evelyn, served re freshments. House Warming Given Adamses Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Adams and family were honored at a house warming Monday evening, the fol lowing being present: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Davis and Kenny Jane: Mr. jjnd Mrs Joe Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lovingood. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Weiss, Mr. and Mrs. Ardcn Davis and Jimmie and Mary A-den: Mrs. Clifton Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Davis and family, Fred Davis and Miss Eloise Davis. ' G- Greer, manager of the liaptist Orphanage, Thomasville and president of the North Caro lina Good Health association, and llarry B. Caldwell of Greensboro, executive secretary if the Good Health association, in charge of the office in Durham, will speak at a public meeting to be held in Mur phy school auditorium on Friday evening, February 14, at 7:15 p. m These speakers were invited here by Dr. W. A. Hoover, member of the council of North Carolina Good Health association, and C. R. Freed. They will speak on the plans for a health program in this state and explain to Cherokee county citizens the details neces sary for having a hospital in this county, with state and federal funds being secured to add ' 3 what is secured locally. The public is invited to attend meeting. The committee working with Dr Hoover is assist ing in publicizing the visit of these ?wo speakers, and hopes to have a large attendance. Cherokee Had Eight Fires On Protected Lands The following fire statistics were compiled from the fall fire season of 1946 by Dlst 9 of the North Carolina Forest Service. There is a total of 852.793 acres of forest land being protected by the NCFS i" the seven counties cooperating With the service for protection of private forest lands. Of this total acres being protected only 356 acres were burned over during the six months from July 1 to Dec. 31, 67 Thls was an average of o' BI acres per fire, Cherokee county had a total of tight fires that burned over 15 acres. Two responsible persons were determined and both were re quired to make payments for sup pression costs. The causes of the fires were due to smokers, causing 9. railroads 3, debris burning 5, and campers and hunters caused 11 fires making the total of 34 The total damage of 'I,'? ,imbpr amounted to S8.ll 2d or an average of $2 50 dam age per aerc. The great amount of educational work and personal contacts by the ;""nt;v fol*s< wardens has seemed O reduce the number of fires, and a-vs,stance and cooperation of private citizens has also contribut ed greatly to the small number of acres burned. The countv forest wardens and district personnel also giu> assistance or advice to limber owners in managing their orest or in reforesting as well as assist in the protection from fire. I'he cooperation of tile public is apreciated in reporting forest , ,lu'v n,ay see. All reports should go directly to the county "'??est warden in each particular county or to the state District For ! Service office in Svlva i Carolyn Smith Is President County Council The 4-H county council of Chero kee met Saturday morning at 10 o'clock in the courthouse. New of ficers were elected as follows: I President, Carolyn Smith of An I drews; vice-president, Mildred I Hendrix, Murphy; secretary, Doro j thy Shields, Murphy; treasurer, ! Jerry Hall. Murphy; reporter, Mary Farmer. Murphy; song leader. Glen da Ivie. Murphy; and song leader c( Martins Creek, Harry Ingram. The recreational programs and club programs were discussed and plans were made for selling lunches at the Guernsey cattle sale on May 23. It was decided to buy 50 4-H club song books with money from the treasury. Twenty members, representing seven of the 10 clubs in the county, were present. The next county council meeting j will be on April 19. __________ J. B. Gray, Cecil Penland. Miss i Elizabeth Gray and Miss Hattie 1 Axley were in Robbinsvtlle Wed nesday on business.
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