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Walter Carringer Takes First Prize In State Music Contest Walter Carringer, 22-year-old tenor, son of Mrs. Ruth Carringer c l Murphy won first prize, a certi ficate and cash scholarship, in the state-wide contest for young music ians at Elon college last week-end. The contest, sponsored by the North Carolina Federated Music clubs, is open to vocalists and in strumentalists between the ages of 16 and 23 years. Carringer is a special music student of Mrs. Charles G. Gulley at Western Carolina Teachers college, Cullo whee. One of the judges was Dr. Ezra H. F. Weis, professor of music at Guilford. The contest was entered by contestants from every section of the state. Carringer has been invited to sing at the State Convention of the North Carolina Federated Music clubs in Gastonia in May. He has had no former formal music training, having entered W. C. T. C. in September as a music student. He plans to enter Juilli ard School of Music in New York next falJ. On April 17, he will give a full evening recital at W. C. T. C. Higdon Heads Easter Seal Campaign County chairmen for the annual Easter Seal campaign for the North Carolina League for Crippled Chil dren have been announced by Senator Thomas O'Berry. president of the League, and Miss Ethel Honeycutt,, Executive Secretary. The campaign got under way Thursday, March 20, and will con tinue thrrvgh Eartcr Sunday, April 6. Records show that 62,000 handi capped children in North Carolina should have a chance for improved physical condition, proper school ing. opportunity for recreation, and vocational guidance into a use ful occupation". Senator O'Berry said. Cherokee county chairman is Joe C Higdon of Andrews. Baptist Services Are Announced The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pastor of the First Baptist Church will preach Sunday at 11:00 o'clock. Sunday School will be at 9:45 a. m. Subject for the 7:30 p. m. service will be "Winning Others to Christ". Training Union will meet at 6:30 p. m. Cottage prayer services in inter est of the revival will be Tuesday et 7:30 p. m. in the homes of Mrs. E. L. Shields. Mr. and Mrs. Arden Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hyatt, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Barnett. and Mr and Mrs. C. W. Arnold. Wed nesday at 6:45 the junior choir will practice and also a preview of the Sunday School lesson. At 7:30 p. m. the Hour of Power service. Adult choir practice at 8:30 p. m. Friday at 7:30 p. m. a prayer service will be held at the Pleasant Valley church in interest of the revival in the First Baptist Church. ' WALTER CARRINGER Pierce Harris To Speak On Methodist Hour Dr. Pierce Harris, pastor of First Methodist Church in Atlanta, columnist for a chain of daily news papers and outstanding lecturer, will be the last speaker on the 1947 series of Methodist Hour programs over the network of the Southern Religious Radio Conference at P:30 a. m. EST. Sunday morning. March 30. Dr. Harris will speak on "The Little White Church and the Great White Way.'" This will be a spec ial sermon on the relationship of the city church to the rural chur^hps of America. Dr. Harris preaches to the largest Sunday evening congregation of any Meth odist preacher in the South, and his church each year raises a large sum of money to be invested in support of certain rural churches in Georgia. One of the featured solo voices of The Methodist Hour chorus choir is that of Mrs. Alice Tomlin son noted concert artist, who sings the theme song "Amazing Grace." This chorus choir of 16 voices is under the direction of John Hoff man, with George Hamrick at the organ. The 52 radio stations which are members of the southern Religious Radio Conference network will during the months of April, May and June carry the programs of The Baptist Hour under the direc tion of Dr. S. F. Lowe The Pro testant Episcopal Church has the privilege of being on these same stations during the month? of July. August and September, and the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. will present the series for the months of October. November and December. ATTENDS CONVENTION Mr. and Mrs. James Kelley. sponsors of the Murphy High ?school Beta Club, aeeompanied by Evelyn McDonald. Howard Shields ana Jerry Hall, attended the State Convention in Winston-Salem last week end. Guilford Choir To Give Concert Here Sponsored by the Wesleyan Serv ice Guild of the local church, the Guilford College A Cappella choir will give a concert at First Meth odist church here Friday evening, March 28, at 8 p. m. The director is Dr. Ezra H. F. Weis, professor of music at the college. The choir is composed of 45 specially selected students, and is on a tour of several cities. Com mendations on the performances of the group hive coirc from var ious place* where they have sung, 'he following comin.i from Blue field, W. V?.: "The choir, com posed of young men and women chosen for their outstanding tal ent. sings with reverential and joy ous spirit of real inspiration, and the blending of tones is such is to cause the audience to marvel at the perfection of the performance Dr. Weis directs the choir with the skill and sensitivity of a real master and has perfected an aggre gation of which the entire nation may well be proud. The discipline and coordination manifested by the singers evidence the result of his careful and expert training." The members of the choir will be entertained in the homes of Murphy people over-night Friday. Hughes Serves On USS Colonial William C. Hughes, ship's service man, third class, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Hughes of Murphy, N. C., is serving aboard the landing ship USS Colonial. Hughes entered the Naval serv ice in August, 1943, and received his recruit training at the Naval Training Center. Bainbridge, Md Boys and Girls Team Honored With Dinner HIWASSEK DAM ? Players ot the boys and girls' basketball teams were honored with a dinner and program Thursday, March 20 in the recreation building. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Suit were in charge ot the dinner preparations. Four girl scouts. Doris Jean Hawkins, Char lene Mashburn, Becky Morgan and Alma Cole served as waitresses James Osborne showed two motion i picture shorts Guests were: Betty Allen, Eula Mae Reid, Geneva Reid. Lenora Hall, Reba Price, Evelyn Price, Ramona Bares. Geneva Radford. Mary Nell Hawkins. Grace Payne. Charles Bates. Russell Reid. Paul Ray Hawkins, Harold Patterson, Harold Payne. Herbert Patterson. Junior Dockery, Harold Butler. Clyde Stiles. Junior Williamson. Howard Simpson and Zane Taylor. Nellie Crowe was unable to attend Faculty members of the school and their families also were guests. HOSTESSES Hostesses at the recreation hall for this week are Friday 6:30 to J. 30 Mrs. Virgil Johnson and Miss, Adella Meroney. 8:30 Mrs. Harve 1 Elkins and Mrs. Evelyn L. John- j son. Saturday 6:30 to 8:30 Mrs I Koy Cook and Mrs. Creed Bates. I 8:30. Mrs. John Donley and Miss Mary Cornwell. Sunday 1:30 to H:00. Mrs. H. C. Forrester and Mrs. Joe Hay from 3:00 to 4:30 o'clock. Miss Emily Sword and Mrs. Jack Taylor. Miss Keenum Is On Dean's List MARS HILL ? (Special) ? The name of Miss Willie Nell Keenum of Culberson appears on the Dean's list at Mars Hill college for the current semester. Miss Keenum made a total of 48 quality credits. To make the Dean's list at the college, a student must be on the honor roll with a minimum of 40 quality credits and be otherwise eligible. DIRECTOR ? Dr. Ezra H. F. Wcis, professor of music at Guil ford college and director of the Guilford A Cappella Choir that is to give a concert here in the First j Methodist church Friday. March I 28, at 8 o'clock P. M. Farm Equipment Demonstration Monday, Mar. 31 On Monday, March 31, at 9:30 A. M., H. M. Ellis, Agri. Engineer ing Extension Specialist. Elmer Daniels, T. V. A. Agri. Engineering Specialist and Miss Pauline Gor don, Specialist in Home Manage ment from N. C. State College will hold a special meeting in the new Fair Building in Murphy to demon strate the approved types of water systems, and other essential farm and home equipment. This meeting is being held for farm people in Cherokee. Clay and Graham Counties, as these special ist are bringing a large variety of eouipment for display. At present, a large supply of farm and home equipment is be ing received by local dealers. Farm and Home Agents urge arm fami lies to attend this meetiU-' jr.-' s::<* the better types of equipment available before they make their selection. TIIREt: PLANS * j "While National Service Life I Insurance provides no cash. loan. | 01 paid up insurance values, it can ! be converted to permanent NSLI | that does offer those advantages." according to Guy C Riggs. Contact | Representative, of the Andrews, j N. C. Veterans Administration of fice. j In addition to endowment, the | | government offers three plans of payment to World War II veterans under permanent National Service Life Insurance These include Ordinary Life. 20-payment life and .?0-payme?t life. IN INTERNATIONAL REGATTA ? Lakeland, Fla. ? P. J. Henn of Murphy provided thousands of spectators viewing the first post-war revival of Lakeland's International Motor Boat Regatta with racing skills and thrills with his Class 225 inboard hydroplane entry. While no records were established in the 225 class, two new world's records were set by Don Whitfield of Montclair, N. J. (38.143 m.p.h. in the mid get hydroplane class), and by Johnny Ferlita of Tampa. Fla. <39.560 m.p.h. In th? family runabout class), making four world's records now held by the Lake Hollingsworth course. Claiming the 225 hbnors was the dean of the nation's racers, Jack "Pop" Cooper of Kansas City, Mo. Cherokee Chapter First In State To Reach Goal Quiz Program Held At Meeting Of Lions Club Murphy Lions club had a quiz program in the form of a story to be filled in with names of members of the club, at the meeting held Tuesday evening at Henry House. The program was under the direc tion of Addie Mae Cooke. Edwin Hyde presided in the ab sence of President R. S. Bault, who was sick. Dr. W. A. Hoover announced that during the past year five days have been given over to three eye clinics in this county, and that 154 persons had received examinations, 102 of whom needed glasses. The Lions club has assisted the health depart ment in sponsoring all of these clinics. The latest one was held March 17-18. when 55 persons were examined. Guests of H. Bueck at the meet ing were: Professors representing the University of Chicago: Paris B. Stockdale, now in Tennessee: J Marvin Weller, Harlen Bret/, and Lcland Horberg. These men. along with a large number of stu dents, are making a study of the Appalachian area. Poultrymen Eligible To Enter Contest Cherokee County poultrymen will eompete with poultry breed ers in twelve southeastern states mi the 1947 phase of the nation .. de Chicken-of-Tomorrow p*o Cram with more than 1700 poultry raisers from this county eligible to inter the competition, according to D. D. Slade. chairman of the notional Chicken-of-Tomorrow con test committee. "All that is required for Chero kee County poultrymen to become | a part of this important breeding program is a flock of 50 baby thicks hatched between March 24 and 28." Slade said. "Poultrymen entering, the contest are urged to contact C. J. Maupin. Extension Poultryman. North Carolina State College, Raleigh, chairman of the contest committee in this state." Aimed at developing chickens with improved meat-type charac teristics, the contest carries a $5,000 grand prize in 1948 provided by A & P Food Stores and $5,000 in regional prizes. The top award will go to the poultry breeder who develops the most improved meat type chicken. Slade urged North Carolina poultrymen to continue their ef forts to develop superior meat type chickens which, he said, are paying increased dividends to the t entire state. He pointed to the I Chicken-of-Tomorrow contest as j an outstanding example of the poultry industry's determination to ! provide consumers with better j chicken dinners. The importance of poultry farm- j Jng in Cherokee County. Slade! said, is reflected in the latest re port from the Census Bureau | which shows that 90 per cent of | the county's farmers received in come from poultry. These pro- J dueers. according to the report. ! have more than 110.000 chickens and sell nearly 375,000 dozen eggs. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH ? Week of March 30 - April 5^ Sunday School ? 9:45 A. M. Pastor's Themes: 11 o'clock, "The Triumphant En try"; 7:30 o'clock, "Barriers". Methodist Youth Fellowship. 6:30 P. M. Junior Choir rehearsal. 7 P. M. Tuesday. Prayer Meeting. 7:30 o'clock Wednesday evening, with Senior Choir rehearsal following. Edgar Darnell, and a friend, Miss Nancey Simpson of Gastonia. both students at the Unversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, spent their spring holidays here with Mr Darnell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Darnell. Planning Board For Murphy Is Being Discussed Mayor Neil Snced called a spec ial meeting of the Town Council Friday, Mar. 21. lor the purpose of discussing the advisability of cre ating a planning board for Mur phy. Present at the meeting were Mayor Sneed. T. W Axley. W D King. E. E. Stiles, members of the board of aldermen. A. D. Rieger. representing Tennessee Valley Au thority; Edward A Conover, rep senting the State Planning Board; James M. Webb, representing the University of North Carolina: and K. M. Tomfohrde. a representative ot T. V. A. Tennessee Valley Authority is under contract with the State Planning Board to furnish to the state technical advice and assist ance with reference to the better ment and development of the State. One member of the State Planning Board, under the law. must be a representative of the University of North Carolina. The Slate Plan ning Board. University of North Carolina and Tennessee Valley Authority are agencies cooperat ing for the upbuilding and de velopment of North Carolina. U. N. C. and T. V. A give their serv ices through the Stale Planning Board, and it in turn renders to , municipalities, without cost, such services as it may be able to give with reference to bettering condi tions and developing the town. Any of these services come with out cost, and if a planning board for Murphy is appointed, the mem bers will serve without compensa tion. Presbyterian Services Listed Jesus, the King", is the sub ject announced by the Rev. T. G. Tate for his sermon at 11 o'clock Sunday morning at the Presbyter ian church. At the 5 o'clock vesper service the subject will be "The Way. the Truth, and the Life." Youth Fellowship meets after vesper service, and Sunday school at 10 o'clock a. m. Mr. Tate will preach at the Hay esville Presbyterian church at 7:30 p. m. HAS PNEUMONIA C. W. Savage has been ill with pneumonia for the past few days, but was improving Wednesday. * The Cherokee County Chapter ol | the American Hed Cross was the ! I 'rst chapter in North Carolina to ! go over the top in its fund cam paign this month. Carr Hooper, 1 fund campaign chairman, an | nounees that the chapter has re ceived slightly more than the i quota of $1820, and that he is ex i petting more to come in between I now and the end of the month. Several committees in the rural sections have not yet reported. W. I) Dibrell, Red Cross repre sentative for this section, highly commended Mr. Hooper on his organization and stated that the plan used here will be a model for future campaigns throughout the ?rea. Mr. Hooper stated that he could not have done the work without cooperation from the various com mittees and expressed apprecia tion for the work that had been done. Sunday School Convention Is To Be April 1-3 Plans are well under way for the Statewide Baptist Sunday School Convention to be held in the First Baptist Church at Charlotte, April 1-3, inclusive, according to L. L. Morgan of Raleigh, secretary of Sunday School work for the North Carolina Baptist State Convention. The meeting last year was held in Winston-Salem with more than 1.000 religious workers attending. This year an attendance of 1,500 is expected from the 2,723 Sunday Schools in the St&te. Among the -.pe. ? wiii be Dr. ( H. W. Tribble of Louisville, Ky.; ' Dr. T. L. Holcomb of Nashville, Tenn.: J. L. Corzine of Columbia, S. C.: Dr. H. L. Grice and J. N. Barnette, both of Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. C .C. Warren of Charlotte; and M. A. Huggins of Raleigh. Other speakers and conference leaders will include W. A. Harrell, Margaret Grogard, Pauline Har ris, Mary Virginia Lee, and Jose phine Pile, all of Nashville, Tenn.; Blossom Thompson of Bogart, Ga.; May Bomar of Spartanburg, S. C.; Elizabeth Nuckols of Columbia, S. C.; Mrs. Myra Motley and Miss Adelaide Charles, both of Raleigh: Mr. Fon Scofield of Wake Forest; and Mrs. A. V. Washburn of Golds boro. Rev. L. C. Pinnix of Kings Mountain and Miss Ethel Brown of Sanford will have charge of the music. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Guy of Ridgecrest and Miss Jean Davis of Roxboro will be with us for special music. Mrs. Brumby Heads Woman's Club Mrs. Edward Brumby was elec ted president of Murphy Woman's club at the meeting of the club held last Wednesday afternoon at the home economics building. Other officers elected were: Mrs. Dair Shields, vice-president; Miss Addie Mae Cooke, recording-sec retary; Mrs. R. W. Easley. Jr.. cor lesponding secretary: and Mrs C. W. Savage, treasurer. The report was brought in by ' a nominating committee composed ol Mrs. R. C. Mattox, chairman. Mrs. Thelma Phipps. and Mrs R S. Rault Miss Emily Sword, citizenship j chairman, had ^charge of the pro I ?ram and presented Miss Mary i Cornwell as the speaker for the afternoon. Miss Cornwell discussed, "Heal th, Sanitation and Housing in Cherokee County." She told of the various services to farm people in the county, including the AAA, Farm and Home Administration, and Extension Service. Referring to nutrition as one of the most important features in a health program, she said that in planning meals, often inadequate ! and wrong choice of food prevents a family from receiving the prop er nutritive values, many fail to have th: balanced meals a day, 1 and inadequate methods of pre > paration of foods destroy the food \ alues. She discussed the water supply, toilet facilities, lighting, radios, refrigeration./ cooking facilities, heating, and housing in the county, revealing some facts that call for attention of the public if health conditions are to be improved. Mrs. T. A. Case, district presi dent. spoke on the club work in the district and state, closing her remarks with a description of how the Club Women's Collect was writ ten and what it means. Mrs R. S. Bault reported that ? the club's invitation to Andrews Konnaheeta club to meet here in April 17 had been accepted. Mrs. H. Bueck announced that Dr. Her bert McCall of Asheville has been secured to give an illustrated lec ture on "India" at that meeting. Sister Virginia Hetherington an nounced Girl Scout projects and various meetings being bekS in in terest of scouting.
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