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F.iciiri pac;cs this week
23 Guernseys Bought
By Cherokee Farmers
At the Guernsey cattle sale here
last week, local farmers and 4-1 1
club members purchased twenty
ibr e of the thirty-seven animals
offered for sale. This is almost
double the number purchased by
Cherokee county farmers in the
, ir:1t. sale last year and reflects the
increased interest in dairying
throughout the county, according
to county agents.
Total sales amounted to $7,655,
making an average of $206.89 a
lead The top animal, a cow con
signed by J. F. Randolph of Cleve
land. Tenn , was bought by A. B.
Slagle of Franklin, for $425.
A cow consigned by Jack Atkin
son of Henderson county was also
purchased by A. B. Slagle for $225.
H. E. Dickey of Murphy purchas
ed twelve females to add to the
herd he has started on his farm at
Tomotla. He also purchased a
bull. H. B. McNabb of Suit, and
J. B. Hall of Murphy purchased
bulls to add to their herds.
Five 4-H club members purchas
ed calves at the sale, bringing the
v hole number of purebred dairy
calves owned by the clu. nembers
to twenty-seven.
Roger Ammons of Murphy was
awarded the Lions club calf
Animals were consigned bj Rog
er Amnions, W. E. Britt of / ;he
vi lie. The William L. Bork Me ? jr
ial hospital, Hamilton cou><
Tenn . Dr. Grady Coker of Canto.
Ga . S L. Rogers of Murraysville
Ga Mrs. R. E. Guice of Henderson
county, Wakefield Farm, Wake
Forest, Dr. W. A. Hoover of Mur
phy. A. Q. Ketner, Cherokee coun
ty agent, J. H. Little, Murray Hill.
Ga.. Carl Whiteside, Marion, J. P.
McCrary of Asheville, W. C. Mclver
and Son of Marion. Notla Farms.
Culberson. A. B. Slagle of Frank
lin. ,l. Franklin Smith of Murphy,
Ki< . ??Idale Farms, Trion, Ga., R. L.
Miller. Flat Rock, Ja?k A' kin*" ?.
Henderson ej? ?ntv, at J r>r
Justus, Henderson county.
Ward Snarr of Siler City was
auctioneer.
Shields Building
Tourist Court
E. L. Shields, town clerk, is con
structing a tourist court in East
Murphy on his lot adjoining the
property of Mrs. Don Witherspoon.
There will be a six-room residence
for his family, with three double
cabins on one side, and later he
will build three single cabins on
the other side. The double cabins
which are of concrete blocks stuc
coed. will be 22 by 24 feet, with
bath, and will be heated with bu
tane gas. Mr. Shields expects to
have them completed by July 1.
Jurors Selected
For June Court
The following men have been
selected as jurors for the june term
of eivil court which starts June 17.
with Judge W. II Bobbitt, persid
| ing For the first week: Ben
! Rcece, Suit; C. 11. West, Andrews.
I Ht.: Forest Cruise, Andrews; Otis
Phillips, Andrews; John H. Brend
! le, Suit; S. E. Harris, Suit; J. B.
Moss, L'naka; Elbert Queen, Mar
ble: J. B. McBrayer, Earner, Tenn.;
Luther Anderson. Andrews; Ernest
I Recce. Vests; W. J. Sneed, Ht. 2,
Murphy; Wesley Palmer, Rt. 1, An
j drews; S. I). Amburn, Culberson;
A. J. Barton, Murphy; T. H. Thom
pson. Andrews; P. B. Abcrcrom
bie, Copperhill, Tenn., Rt. 1; Gar
land W. Adams, Andrews; Clifford
Murphy, L'naka; L. J. Barber, An
drews; James Bryson, Jr., Marble;
G. F. Lovingood. Rt. 3, Murphy;
J. F. Davis, Murphy; J. W. Stover.
Andrews, Rt.
For the second week: B. H. Fox, |
Ranger; J. E. llogsed, Suit; W. R.
Evans, Ranger; T. J. Bristol, An- 1
I drews; Ulysses Clonts, Letitia; Wil- 1
burn Mosteller, Andrews; N. H.
Clonts, Letitia; Charlie Wood,
| Suit; Johnny Hogan, Andrews;
: Charlie Crain, Murphy: Loftin
| West. Andrews; Robert Bcrrong,
Andrews; I). B. Bryson. Marble;
Lee Hughes. Marble. Rt.; Joe S.
| Smith, Andrews; R. II. King. Rt.
i 2. Murphy; W. M. Rogers. Andrews; |
! V W. II. Russell, Andrew >; O. C.
! lain. Topton; T. H. Postell, Rt.
I 1. Andrews: G. C). Hickcy, Hiwas- 1
I see Dam; J. R. Verner, Turtletown.
j Rt.: Ralph Farmer, Grandview:
I 1 lance W. Tanner, Rt. 2. Murphy.
Young Announces
Sermon Subjects
The Rev Russell L. Young will
preach at the Methodist church
Sunday morning at 1 1 o'clock on
the subject. "The Triumphant
Church ', and in the evening at 8
o'clock he will continue the series
of sermons on the Apostle's creed
with the subject. "I Believe In the
Holy Catholic Church".
Sunday School is at 9.45 and
youth fellowship at 7:00. Junior
choir practice is Tuesday at 4
o'clock, and prayer meeting Wed
nesday at 7:30.
The pastor requests that all who
have united with the church during
this conference year to attend the
11 a. m. service Sunday. Special
recognition of them will be made.
DECORATION
Decoration Day is to be at Peach
tree on Sunday. June 1st.
Dairymen Observe
June As Dairy Month
Special emphasis will be placed
on the dairy industry in this area
during June which has been desig
nated as National Dairy Month.
Grade A dairymen of this county ?
Mrs. Kate Shields of Notla farms:
J B Hall, Hall's Dairy; Harold
Wells, Well's Dairy; and W. W.
Holland. Mountain Valley Coopera
tive ? met Tuesday evening at
Coble Dairy offices here, with C.
K. Freed and Delmar Thompson,
to discuss ways of celebrating Dairy
Month.
A second meeting will be held on
Friday night of this week, after
which definite plans will be an
nounced.
Mayor Neil Sneed has issued the
following proclamation here in
connection with Dairy Month:
Whereas, milk is Nature's most
nearly perfect food and of recog
nized and vital importance to our
health and well-being; and.
Whereas, the care, the preserva
tion and the improvement of the
great Dairy Industry, with its an
nual sales continually mounting
is of transcendant interest to all
Cherokee countians as a matter of I
Poetical living; and
Whereas, the County of Cbero- 1
** has ? vital share in the pro
duetion of milk and dairy products;
Whereas, the Dairy Industry
each year reaches, during the
month of June, its peak of produc
tion, both in volume and in quality,
because of Nature's marvelous
abundance of the grasses of the
fields for our dairy herds, during
that period; and
Whereas, as a consequence the
American Dairy Industry has set
aside the month of June as a per
iod in which the health and life
giving values of milk and dairy
products may best be indicated to
the public, as well as to indicate
the wonderful enjoyment that hu
mans experience in the consump
tion of milk and dairy foods; now.
Therefore, I, Neil Sneed, Mayor
of Murphy. North Carolina in full
appreciation of the opportunities
herein presented for constructive
public service, do hereby proclaim
the period of June 1947, as JUNE
DAIRY MONTH FOR MURPHY
AND SURROUNDING AREA, and
do urge that the month be fitting
ly observed, in private and in pub
lic, in order to increase apprecia
tion and consumption of milk and
dairy products and to improve our
standard of health ,our enjoyment
of delicious dairy foods, and our
financial well-being.
Harry Dickey
To Receive Degree
June 7 At Emory
Atianta, Ga. ? Harry Dickey. I
? ?n of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Dickey, I
of Murphy will be one of 273 June |
graduates to receive degrees at ;
Fmory University's regular Spring J
C ommencement exercises, Satur- 1
ray, June 7.
AI. Dickey will receive the de
gree of Doctor of Dental Surgery,
Emory officials announced.
Speaker for this year's exercises,
according to Emory President
Goodrich C. White, will be Mr.
John Lord O'Brian, of New York,
internationally prominent lawyer]
and statesman, who served during j
the war years as general counsel
for the Office of Production Man- 1
agcmcnt.
Baptist Services
Are Announced
The Daily Vacation Bible school
v hich opened Monday morning at
I-'irst Baptist church has enrolled
157 members according to an
i.ouncement by Mrs. Peyton G
Ivie. secretary. Sessions begin
tach morning at 9 o'clock, and con
tinue to 11:30.
D?.te of commencement has not
yet been announced.
The Rev. J. Alton Morris will |
preach Sunday morning on, "The |
Characteristics of a Good Deacon", j
and the church will elect three dea- ;
cons to replace three who have ?
resigned because of moving away: \
Alvin Buchanan, J. M. Ammons and i
C C. Richardson.
Sunday evening at 8 o'clock he |
will preach on, "Why Some Homes
are Unhappy".
Sunday School is at 9:45 and
Training Union at 7 o'clock.
Ferebee Appointed
On Park Commission
Governor Cherry has announced*'
the appointment of seven members
of the newly created Park. Park
way and Forests development com
mission. the members to take of
fice July 1.
Percy B. Ferebee of Andrews,
president of Western North Caro
lina Associated communities, was
appointed for a four-year term.
Other members are: Francis J.
Heazel of Asheville; Kelly E. Ben
nett of Bryson City; Charles E.
Hay of Waynesville; Raymond U.
Sutton of Sylva: Ralph Winkley of
Boone and E. C. Guy of Newland.
This commission will supplant
the park commission and parkways |
committee.
Bible School
In Progress At
Andrews Church
The Vacation Bible School open
ed at the First Baptist church, An
drews, with 150 enrolled. The
classes started Friday. May 23. and
will continue through the night of
June 4 at which time commence
ment exercises will be held. Plans
have been made for a picnic to be
held Thursday morning. June 5.
Principal of the school is the
pastor. Rev. Earl Ogg. assisted by
Miss Mildred Whitfield. Mrs. Earl
Ogg is pianist, and Miss Fannie
McGuire. secretary. Mrs. Frank
Wilhide is the chairman in charge
of refreshments.
The superintendent of the begin
ners is Mrs. Carl West and her
helpers are: Mrs. A1 Brown, Mrs.
Clyde Rector, Mrs. Loster Love.
Betty Galusha and Mrs. Gerald
Jones.
Mrs. Paul Rickctt is the super
intendent of the primaries and her
helpers are: Mrs. Clyde Birchfield.
Miss Trilly Glenn, Billie Mulkey
and Helen Jones.
Mrs. Alvin Buehanan is superin
tendent of the Juniors, and her
helpers are: Mrs. John Olson. Mrs.
James Genn. Mrs. Elmer Trant
ham. and Mrs. Bill Cathey.
Mrs. Glenn McGuire is superin
tendent of the Intermediates, and
Mrs. Amos Harris, Mrs. W. A. Hyde
and Mrs. Jack Long are her help
ers.
Tate Leaves For
Montreat Assembly
The Rev. T. Greenlee Tate left
today (Thursday! for Montreat to
attend General Assembly of the
Presbyterian church as a com
missioner from Asheville Presby
tery.
There will be no evening service
at the Presbyterian church here
Sunday. Youth Fellowship will
meet at 6:45 p. m? and Sunday
school at 10 a. m. Mr. Tate will
occupy the pulpit here at both
services Sunday. June 8.
Attorney J. Cecil Penland will
speak at the Presbyterian church
in Hayesville Sunday morning in
the absence of Mr. Tate, this being
his regular appointment there.
Mrs. Tate will vilit Mr. Tate's
sister, Mrs. L. J. Dawkins, at
Hickory while be i* at Montreat.
75 Farm Agents
From State Visit
Murphy Tuesday
Seventy-five county farm agents,
from the Southeastern, Southwest
ern. and Northwestern districts
were in Murphy Tuesday for lunch
con. which was served at the home
economics building of Murphy
school by 4-H club girls, under the
direction of the home agents. The
agents were on a tour to TVA's
Muscle Shoals project in Alabama,
and will return to North Carolina
during the week-end. The tour is
under the direction of Dean I. O.
Schaub of the N. C. F"fenFion
service.
The visitors were given a paper
weight sample of Murphy's talc,
from Hitchcock mines. This was
tied with green ribbon, on which
was attached an envelope contain
ing the following poem on the as
sets of Cherokee county:
WELCOME TO CHEROKEE
COUNTY'
From Manteo to Murphy
You've traveled far to see
The wonders of our county,
Lovely Cherokee.
You've viewed our lovely Moun
tain peaks,
Our lakes with ducks and fish:
You've sampled food our land
produced
In every single dish.
You have heard our agents
talking
About our Marble quarries here.
Did they tell you that our
court house
Can't be equaled any where?
Or the tale mined in our eounty
Was the finest in the world,
And that bullets from our iron
ore
At the enemy were hurled?
Look for our pure bred Guern
sey herds.
Our fields of Ladino clover.
The best you'll find in any place
If you look the country over.
If a health resort you're seeking.
Our county can't be beat
With sunny skies, pure air and
water
Your sickness will retreat.
If for sweethearts you are
looking
I'm sure you will agree.
That fairer maidens can't be
found
Than in lovely Cherokee.
So we greet you with our
heartiest welcome
We hope you will want to stay,
But if for reasons, you cannot.
Please, come again some day.
Cancer Fund $300
Short Of Goal
Miss Thomasine Slayton, chair
man of the Cancer Drive for Mur
phy, reports that approximately
$900 has been collected in Murphy
and Andrews. The quota for the
county is $1200. Mrs. D. E. Pull
ium of Andrews is county com
mander.
BAPTIST HOUR SPEAKER ?
With the Rev. Bruce H. Price as
speaker, the Baptist Hour will fea
ture The Christian Home in the
broadcast next Sunday. June 1, as
announced by The Radio Commis
sion of the Southern Baptist Con
vention. S. F. Lowe. Director, At
lanta, Georgia. Mr. Price is pas
tor of the Beech Street Baptist
Church, Texarkana, Arkansas. The
subject of his message will be.
"Christ in the Home."
The Atlanta announcement stat
ed that all husbands and wives
throughout the area from Balti
more. Maryland, to San Antonio,
Texas, and from Kansas City to
Miami. Florida, are invited to be
special guests in the Baptist Hour
audience on that date.
Mr. Lowe further states that
every indication, including the
heavy fan mail, points to an un
usually large audience every Sun
day morning.
The program may be heard in
this section at 8:30 EST over WSB.
Atlanta, and WNOX. Knoxville.
Red Cross Sends
Delegates To
Water Safety
Conference
The Cherokee county Red Cross
chapter will send representatives
to a regional conference of Red
Cross and other safety leaders in
Knoxville. May 29. for planning an
extensive program for the coming
summer months in water safety
and safe handling of small craft on
lakes of the TV A system.
Attending from the Cherokee
chapter, according to Chapter
Chairman Addie Mae Cooke, will
be H. Bueck, disaster chairman;
Mrs. H. Bueck, Junior Red Cross
chairman, and perhaps others.
The Red Cross, Miss Cooke said,
expects not only to conduct water
safety demonstrations at various
points along the entire lake system,
but also plans to set up the train
ing of water safety leadership in
Red Cross chapters adjacent to the
lake, and promote safety through
the schools and community news
outlets.
"The demonstrations", she said. |
"which chapters will arrange fol
lowing water safety instructor
classes, will be similar to five held
in western Tennessee last summer
before a total of 2.500 onlookers,
many of them from nearby schools.
"In these water shows, demon
stration teams led by safety ex
perts from the Southeastern Area
lied Cross, taught lake area resi
dents some practical safety rules
for swimming and use of small
craft on lake waters."
Behind this move by the Red
Cross in the interest of water
safety along the lakes. Miss Cooke
pointed out, is a need growing out
of the unfamiliarity of many lake
area residents with hazards of lake
waters as compared to the small
streams they had been accustomed
to before the lakes were formed.
Most accidents occurring on these
lakes, she said, can be traced to
ignorance of simple safety prac
tices in handling of small craft.
"Through demonstrations and
widespread publicity we hope to
impress these precautions on
thousands of residents near the
lakes and on vacationists", she said.
WILL GO TO FLORIDA
Carr Hooper, principal of Mur
phy high school last term, has re
signed to accept the principalship
of a high school at Sarasota, Fla.
He and his wife plan to move to
Florida about the first of July.
Murphy Lions Club
Wins Two Trophies
Cherokee People
Buv $14,302 In
?> * /
Bonds In April
\V. I) Whitaker. Chairman of
the Cherokee County I*. S. Sav
ings Bonds Committee, announces
that according to the monthly re
port received from State Director
Allison James in Greensboro, total
E. F and G Bond sales in April for
Cherokee County amounted to $14.
302.25. Of this total $7,302.25 was
in Series E Bonds: and $7,000 in
Series G Bonds
The total state sales in North
Carolina's 100 counties were as
follows: Series E. $3,381.233 25;
Series F, $486.264 00: Series G. $1,-1
835.100.00: total E, F and G sales
$5,702,597.25.
R. L. Wilkins Is
New Manager Of
Columbia Marble
Roscoe L. Wilkins of Sylacauga.
Ala., has arrived here to become
local manager of Columbia Marble
Co.. Inc.. succeeding Edward Ples
ko. who is now in Gary. Ind. Mr.
Wilkins has had much experience
in the marble business. He is liv
ing at Cherokee hotel in Murphy.
Officers of the corporation
which owns Columbia Marble Co..
Inc.. are: T. A McGahey. president
and treasurer, Columbus, Miss.: T.
A. McGahey. Jr.. vice-president
i-nd secretary, Columbus, Miss.;
and Jas. C. Chadwick, assistant sec
retary. Marble.
Singing To Be
Sundav,June8
V '
The Cherokee County annual
Singing Convention will be held at
Peaehtree June 8. according to an
nouncement by the president of the
convention. Ernie Trantham
All singing classes and choirs
are urged to come prepared to com
pete for the banner which is award
ed to the class making the best
grade.
All singers and quartets of ad
joining counties and states are in
vited to attend and take part in
the convention, although they will
not be privileged to compete for
the banner.
* Murphy Lions club took two of
i lie outstanding prizes at the an
nual state convention held in
Ashex ille tiiis week. The club won
both the trophy for blind activities
i nri the attendance trophy.
A 111011 4 those from this club it
tending the convention were: Mr.
and Mrs K. S. Bault, Mr. and Mrs.
II. (J. Klkins and daughter, Eliza
beth Ann. Dr. and Mrs. W. A.
Hoover. Mr. and Mrs. Walt Mauney,
Dr J R. Bell, R. W. Easiey. Joe E.
Hay, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Freed,
and W. W. Gudger.
Banks Cooperate
In Bond-A-Month
Plan Starting 1st
Winston-Salem ? The banks of
North Carolina will cooperate ful
ly with the Treasury Department
in offering the Bond-a-Month plan
to depositors, says William H.
Neal, president of the North Caro
lina Bankers Association.
The Bond-a-Month plan, which
will be inaugurated on a nation
wide scale beginning June 1, is a
method whereby bank checking ac
count customers may purchase one
or more U. S. Savings Bonds, series
E, F or G. monthly by authorizing
the bank to charge their accounts
with the cost. The bank makes the
necessary entries, issues the bonds
and mails them to the depositor
each month without any charge for
the service.
"The bankers consider this plan
an excellent supplement to the pay
roll savings plan." Neal said.
"Those who do not have a payroll
plan available may use the bank
purchase plan if they have a check
ing account.
"More than 200 banks in the
State are sending out enclosures
with bank statesments this month,
explaining the plan and providing
a form on which the depositor may
indicate the type and amount of
bonds desired. Monthly purchases
| will be one or more full bonds;
I there is no provision for partial
payments. The depositor may
I select any amount of E, F, or G
I Savings Bonds.
AT FEDERATION
Mrs. T. A. Case, district club
president, and Mrs. H. Bueck at
tended the meeting of the North
Carolina Federation of Women's
clubs at Wrightsville beach last
week. Mrs. Case is visiting Mrs.
M. W. Bell in Greensboro this
week.
Re-Issuance Licenses
To Begin On July 1
In acocrdance with the law pass- 1
rd by the 1947 General Assembly ,
of North Carolina requiring the re- 1
issuance of Motor Vehicle driver
licenses, the following schedule
has been made: the period begin
ning July 1, 1947. and ending on
' December 31. 1947. is the time for j
1 all driver license holders, whose
sur-names begin with the letters
A or B to apply for new licenses
Persons whose names do not begin
with one of the above letters can
| not apply for re-issuance of li
cense in this period.
The period beginning January
! 1, 1948, and ending on June 30,
I i948. will be the time for all op
erators whose sur-names begin
| with either of the letters C or D
to apply for re-issuance of licenses.
All Motor Vehicle drivers whose
surnames begin with a letter other
than A. B, C or D will be notified
by press releases at the proper
time as to when they should ap
pear for the re-examination.
The operator's license issued
under the 1947 Safety Act shall
automatically expire on the birth
day of the licensee in the fourth
year following the year of issuance,
and no license shall be issued to
any operator after the expiration
of his license until such operator
has again passed the required ex*
amination
Everyone will get a complete
examination. The examination it
made up of four parts. These parts
are: <1) An Eye test (2) Highway
Sign test <3) Driving Rules test <4)
Road test.
The poorest visual reading that
will permit passing with glasses is
20/50. This may be with both eyes
together .or it may be with best
eye alone. The Sign test consists
of the showing to the applicant
several pictures containing High
way Warning signs. The appli
cant will be requested to tell what
a driver should do when he comes
to such a sign. Inability to read is
not grounds for denying a driver
license. The Rule section of the
examination consists of twenty
five simple questions that deal with
the safe operation of a motor
vchicle. The Road test will con
sist of a drive of some twelve to
fifteen city blocks. In the past
some applicants have begun road
test with the understanding that
the Examiner would tell him to
pass red lights, exceed speed
limits, and otherwise drive im
properly. This, however, has not
been the policy in North Carolina
nor will it be during this re-issu
ance.
Previous practices governing the
issuance and use of Learners Per
mits will not be changed. The only
change that will occur with re
spect to fees charged will be the
increase in the cost of an operator's
license from one to two dollars.