POPULATION
CHEROKEE COUNTY 18.813
COUNTY SEAT
2,500
HSft
Cherokee County
CLOTHED IN NATURE'S SCENIC
WONDERS IS AN IDEAL
VACATION SPOT
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1947.
Highway Opening
Will Increase
Tourist Travel
The highway from Murphy tol
Atlanta through Blue Ridge. Elli- j
jay. Ballground, Nelson, Jasper, j
Tate . Canton and Marietta, sec
tions of which have been under >
construction through 1946 and a
part of 1947, is now completed and
open for travel, it has been an
nounced. This is the shortest route
from Murphy to Atlanta and is
3 good hardsurfaced road all the
way. It is the route traveled by j
the buses from Murphy to Atlanta.
This highway having been
blocked all last winter and spring.
Florida tourists going north
through the Great Smoky Moun
tains National Park, were routed
over other highways rather than
through this county, consequently,
Murphy and Andrews lost a great
deal of tourist travel.
U. S. highway 64, from Ranger,
seven miles west of Murphy to
the Tennessee state line near
Ducktown, which has been under
construction for almost two years,
having been relocated and regrad
ed. has been a rock surfaced and
opened for travel. Although the
top surface will not be put on un
til the early spring of 1948, it is
now in good condition for year
round travel.
Northern tourists going south
to Florida through the Smoky
Mountain Park and Asheville, can
come through here and have a
good hardsurfaced road all the
way. through Atlanta to Florida.
Fuel Oil Promises
To Be Short In
East This Winter
Dc?t.?Le the Federal Govern
ment release of additional tank- (
ers and the widespread additional
efforts of the oil industry to im
prove the situation 'regarding fuel
oil and other petroleum products
it is doubtful that the East Coast
requirements will be completely
met this winter.
The situation will be even more
serious should the weather prove i
severe and should householders, i
motorists and other users of petrol- j
eu?n products fail to cooperate in j
spreading the available supply. |
There are highlights of a detail
ed official report on the supply- '
demand situation regarding oil pro- 1
ducts which has just been complet
ed by the American Petroleum In
stitute and technical officials rep
resenting the more than 34,000
companies in the industry.
The report was made public
locally by Frank J. Whitehurst. i
Division Manager. Arkansas Fuel j
Company, Charlotte, in his capacity j
as State Chairman of the Oil In- j
dustry's Public Relations Commit
tee.
The study, one of the most com- j
plete ever made on the subject, |
bristles with figures. It points out ;
that the Eastern area is almost en- 1
tirely dependent upon outside
?ources of supply. Much of this i
supply reaches the Atlantic Coast
by water and the prolonged strike
ship-repair yards along the At- j
lantic seaboard raised havoc with
the tanker fleet. Other difficul
ties in the transportation situation j
have been caused by the inability .
, 01 the industry to obtain sufficient
amounts of steel, electrical sup- !
plies and other essential equip
ment to construct new facilities, j
such as tank cars, tank trucks ade
Quate to meet the unprecedented j
, demand.
Miss Fannie Deweese and Mrs. !
Kuth Nichols were in Ashville on
business Tuesday.
Christmas Seals
Against Tuberculosis
? . . Your Protection
Junior Red Cross
Enrollment To Be
Held Next Week
Mrs. H. Bueck, Junior Red
Cross chairman of the Cherokee
county chapter, announces that
the annual junior enrollment
will be conducted in the schools
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
of next week.
The most recent activity of the
Juniors was to send $50 worth of
Christmas gifts to patients at
Moore and Oteen hospitals.
License Plates
Are Different
Prices This Year
Sale of 1948 license plates for
North Carolina commenced on
Monday. December 1, at Carolina
Motor Club offices throughout the
state. For the first time since
1942, two license plates will be car
ried by vehicles during the coming
vear and these tags can be obtain
ed now.
"The principle reason," says
Carolina Motor Club President
Coleman W. Roberts, "for the re
turn to two license tags is to
simplify law enforcement on our
highways and enable patrolmen to
spot tag number on offenders
This benefit, it is believed, will
offset the increased cost to the
state of having two plates.''
Actually for each pair of tags
manufactured by Worth Carolina
prison labor, the prison metal shop
is charging the State Motor Ve
hide Bureau four cents more than
they did for single tags during
1947
Single plate* were used from
1944 through 1947 and in 1943
small tabs were used. It is esti
mated that the total number of
tags used per year in North Caro
lina is 950.00 and tags for 1948.
now on order from the Motor Ve
hicle Bureau total 872.800 pairs to
be used on all types of vehicles
and 6.100 single plates to be used
on trailers of various types.
This year a new license fee law
is effective which provides for
basic prices instead of a different
rate for every passenger car of
different weight as in the past. The
three basic figures to be used are
$15, SI 2 and S10 for private pass
enger vehicles and a flat $60 fee
for taxicabs and other service and
"for hire'" passenger vehicles.
The new rates will mean a small
saving to owners of heavier ve
hicles. Into the SI 5 bracket fall
Cadillacs. Lincolns and buses and
hearses of all makes. The $12
bracket includes Buick, Chrysler.
Lincoln Zephyr and Packard and
into the $10 slot goes Ford. Chevro
let. Kaiser. Plymouth. Dodge and
Studebaker.
Penny Announces
Methodist Services
The Rev. W. B. Penny, pastor
of the First Methodist church,
will preach Sunday morning at
11 o'clock on "Who is my Neigh
bor?" and Sunday evening at
7:30 o'clock on "The Trial by
Fire". Sunday school will begin I
at 9:45 a.m. and Youth Fellow
ship at 6:30 p.m.
At the 11 o'clock service mem
bers of the American Legion who
are also members of the local
congregation will sit toggether as
a body. The message will be in
keeping with the general theme
of the day. "The good neighbor."
The week of December 7-14 is
Methodist Education week with
emphasis placed on schools and
colleges.
The pastor will speak at the
Fellowship hour Wednesday even
ing at 7:30.
Mrs. H. F. Williams of Knox
ville spent Thanksgiving here
with her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Carringer.
4-H CLUB WINNER ? Carolyn
Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Smith of Andrews, who has
been declared State 4-H Clothing
winner and, as a result was award
ed an expense-paid trip to National
4-H Club Congress at Chicago this
week. There she was awarded a
national honor of a $200 scholar
ship.
Carolyn has been actively engag
ed in Club work for 5 years. The
58 projects which she has com
pleted gave her a gross income of
$9,914.
She was accompanied to Chica
go by Miss Mary Cornwell and
Miss Velma Beam, who are attend
ing the national home demonstra
tion agents' meeting.
Jerry Hall Wins
State 4-H Prize
Jerry Hall. 17. son of Mr. and'?
Mrs. J. L. Hall of Murphy, has
been declared the winner of a
state prize of a $25 savings bond
tor outstanding 4-H club work in
Dairy Production. He was one of
| four winners in the state.
Jerry's demonstration on Dairy
Production given at State college j
in August at the 4-H short course i
gave him 25 per cent of the to- 1
tsl points needed to win the prize. '
Doing 4-H club work for the
past eight years, this young man
has earned approximately $5,000.
The revenue has been mostly from
dairy cattle and farm products. He
has saved a large portion of his
earning and will use it to go to
college. He will graduate from
Murphy high school next spring
and expects to enter Wake Forest
college as a ministerial student in
the fall of 1948
Jerry was district winner in
Dairy Production here last sum
mer. therefore representing the
districct at the 4-H short course.
He also won the county award of
a gold medal for outstanding
Dairy Production.
Included in the projects that he
has carried on are: Sheep, poul
try. wild life and hybrid corn.
Truett Announces
Sermon Topics
The Rev. W. T. Truett. pastor
of the Ranger Baptist church,
will preach Sunday morning at
i 1 o'clock on "The Gift of God" 1
from John . 4th chapter, lOihj
verse, and at Old Martins Creek |
church at 2:30 p.m. on Revela- 1
tion 22-17. "The Call to Repent- '
ence."
JERRY IIALL
Smilin' Red Raper
Singing At Benefit
In Jacksonville
Porter Raper. better k n o w 11
throughout the country as Smil
in' Red Raper" is in Jacksonville.
Fla . this week singing at a Bene
fit show being sponsored by the
civic clubs of that city. There will
Ik four perfomanccs. three even
ing and one matinee, on Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday. The
Canton high school band and the
Carpenters of Canton also are ap
pearing on the program.
Mr. Raper. a native of Mur
phy. is a member of the facuUy
of Murphy high school.
NEW JET FIGHTER PLANE IN FLIGHT
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THE U. S. AIR FORCE'S new Jet-propelled fighter plane XP-86 Is shown
over the Mojave Desert on its first test flight. The plane, designed to
probe the sonic speed realm, features rvept-back wings and tail as
?embly. The craft is expected to exceed 600 miles an hour under actual
combat conditions. The XP-86 has wing span of 37 feet and an Identical
over-all-length. It has a range of more than 1,000 miles. (International)
Carolyn Smith Wins National
Clothing Achievement Awards
Good Neighbor
Day Is To Be
Observed Sunday
Next Sunday, Pearl Harbor day,
will be observed at Good Neigh
bor day, sponsored by the Ameri
can Legion posts of this county.
All veterans are being asked by
their American Legion posts to
attend the church services of their
choice and to sit in a body.
Ministers have been requested
to emphasize the "Good Neigh
bor" theme in their sermons.
Carringer Sings
With Interracial
Singers And Is
Church Soloist
Walter Carringer of Murphy, a
student at Columbia University.
New York City, is doing some ex
tra curricular singing while at
tending college. He is soloist for
the John Hall Memorial Presby
terian church at the Sunday morn
ing services. He will siing there
in the Christmas program on the
21st. prior to coming home for the
Christmas holidays, to visit his
mother, Mrs. Ruth Carringer
Carringer also is a member of
the New York Interracial Singers
with whom he has appeared in
concerts three times since going
to New York. The singers are
scheduled to give a concert at
Town Hall Thursday (today). On
I October 19 the group sang at the
Freedom House dinner honoring
't Secretary r*f Stat G< on C
Marshall: on Nov 15. with the !
New Rochelle Symphony Orches- 1
tra. and on Nov. at Carnegie I
Hall.
Fred Brendle
Chosen To Play
In Optimist Bowl
Thriplethreat Fr?xl Brendle Mur
phy's quarterback was the only
Cherokee County and Southwest
ern boy to be chosen to play in
the X. C. Optimist Howl football
game in Ashvillc December 13
Coach Poindexter of Canton High j
will have charge of the Western
squad and Brendle. Fred is an |
all around athlete as he is a mast
er on the basket ball court a:*d in
excellent base ball player Fred
also runs the 100 yard dash in 10
seconds.
Against Sylva Fred got loose for
a 70-yard run; he completed seven
of nine passes against Andrews:
and one punt was 60 yards against
the same team.
Bessinger To
Lead Deacons,
Pastors, School
The Rev. C. D Bessinger, pas
tor of Grace Baptist church. West
\sheville, will teach the book.
Honoring the Dcaconship" by
i\ E. Burroughs, at the Western
North Carolina association-wide
Deacons' and Pastors' school to be
held at First Baptist Church.
Mprphy, Dec. 8-11. Classes will
be held each evening, beginning
af. 7:30 o'clock.
Symphony Drive
Starts Next Week
The Cherokee county campaign
j to raise at least $750 for the
North Carolina Symphony society
will be conducted next week. Miss
Margaret Fisher of Andrews is
county chairman this year. Com- 1
| mittees are working with her In
| various sections of the county.
The orchestra has played in this j
j county for the past two consecu
I tive years and is expected to re
turn next spring for two concerts.
CANDIDATE ? Senator W. B.
Umstead of Durham, appointed to
fill the unexpired term of U. S.
Senator J. W. Bailey, who has an
nounced his candidacy to succeed
himself In that office. Senator
Umstead is being opposed in the
campaign by Former Governor J.
M. Broughton of Raleigh.
W. N.C. Training
Union Meeting
Is Friday Night
The Western North Carolina
Associational Baptist Training
Union quarterly meeting will be
held at Little Brasstown Baptist
church Friday evening. Dec. 12.
starting at 7:30.
Clifford Hall, training union di
rector at Moccasin Creek, will
conduct the devotional. Personal
testimony on the value of prayer
i meetings in churches will be given
| by representatives of various
I churches. (foals for 1948 will be
discussed by Miss Mildred Whit
field. associational missionary
The closing address will be de
livered by the Hex A. B. Lowll,
pastor of Little Brasstown church,
and the benediction pronounced
by the Hev. J. K. Cable, pastor of
Mt. Pisgah church.
Mrs. Clay Rogers of Hay?s
ville. associational director, will
preside
J. H. Simonds, Jr.
Taken By Death
At The Age Of 16
John 11 Simonds. Jr.. age 16.
died at a Copperhill hospitil
November 25. after an illness of
cnly a few days. Funeral services
were held at the Wolf Creek
Baptist church November 27. with
l the Rex C. W. Cook officiating.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery. with Townson funeral home
in charge.
Survivor- are: His parents. Mr
;?nd Mrs. J. II. Simonds of Chero
kee county: seven sisters: Mrs
Kd i til Sessoms. Mr* \rnice Kay
lor. Mr* Annie Hawkins. Mrs.
Minnie Moore. Mrs Marie Chas
tain of Isabella. Tenn . and Mrs
Mary Kaylor and Mrs Daisy
Sparks, Copperhill. Tenn : and
three brothers. Irvin Simonds of
Plant City. Fla . and Everett and
Lester Simonds of Cherokee coun
ty.
Five thousand dollars seems like
a huge sum to be placed on the
value of the home work done by a
17-year-old girl. But, in five years,
Carolyn D. Smith of Andrews, has
completed 58 4-H Club projects
valued at $4,957.72.
Her work in clothing is respon
sible for $1,585.35. As a result of
this outstanding record in sewing,
Carolyn has been selected as a win
ner of one of the 12 college scholar
ships in the National 4-H Clothing
Achievement program. She and
the clothing champions from 44
other states and Alaska are enjoy
ing an all-expense educational trip
to the National 4-H Club Congress
in Chicago.
Because of limited space in her
home, Carolyn converted their old
back porch from a junk place into
a convenient sewing room complete
with cutting table, pattern file,
ironing board, sewing machine and
all the other essentials needed for
a well -equipped sewing room.
Here she spent many happl and
profitable hours making clothes for
herself and others ? to the total
of 197 garments.
Her efforts are not concentrated
entirely on the making of new
articles as she has remodeled 103
garments and mended 461. Caro
lyn finds it fun to make gifts, too,
having already made 377. For last
Christmas she made tea towels,
dresses, stuffed animals, embroid
ered pieces, tableclothes, and nap
kins for her friends and relatives,
and a scarf with embroidered ini
tial for her boy friend.
Besides her noteworthy achieve
ments in sewing, she has also done
extensive work in food preparation
and preservation, poultry projects,
health improvement, room im
provement. garden and innumer
able other 4-H enterprises. Her
motto in all is "Make the Best
Better".
With new materials plentm i
j once more, there were more new
garments made in 1947 than jn
. previous years At the same time
1 there was also a definite increase
in the number of articles remodel
| ?'d and repaired. It seems that a
| girl who has once enjoyed the
atisf>ing sense of achievement
, that comes from creating "some
j thing useful out of something use
| less' simply can t resist tackling a
difficult alteration job. Interest
in remodeling was also stimulated
by the clothes-for-overscas cam
paign to which so many contrib
I uted.
The winners are selected on the
1 basis ol exceptional record books
in which the girls include all their
clothing achievements from the
time they sewed their first stitch
until they became eligible for con
test honors. These records must
demonstrate excellence, not only
in clothing construction, but also
ill buymanship. care of clothing,
wardrobe planning, styling, and
?ood grooming.
Besides her ^kill at sewing and
other needlecraft. each winner
must have demonstrated qualities
which make her a progressive and
useful member of her family and
I community.
*
IX AKROX
M. and Mrs. Yerlin Crisp and
daughter. Joan, and Mrs. John
Donley spent a few days last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Crisp
in Akron. Ohio. They were ac
companied by Mrs. Bill Gentry
! who visited her mother there.
"Christmas In The Home" Is The
Theme Of December Club Meetings
Christmas in the Home" will
be the theme of the December
home demonstration club meetings
in Cherokee county, announces
Miss Mary Cornwell. home agent.
The schedule of meetings is as
follows:
Monday. December 8. Brasstown,
Mrs. Monroe Wilson. 1 o'clock;
Tuesday, December 9. Bellview.
Mrs C. L. Hall & Mrs. Lassie
Hughes, hostesses. 1 o'clock; Wed
nesday. December 10, Postell, Mrs.
E. H. Swain. 1 o'clock; Thursday,
December 11, Peachtree, Mrs. J.
Franklin Smith. 1:30 o'clock; Fri
day. December 12, Sunny Point,
Mrs. Josie Harris 1 o'clock;
Saturday. December 13. Upper
Peaehtree. Mrs. J. W. Curtis. 1
o'clock; Monday. December 15,
Violet. Mrs. Fred Graham. 1
o'clock: Tuesday, December 16,
Slow Creek. Mrs. Callie Morrison.
1 o'clock; Tuesday. December 16,
Martin's Creek. School Building,
1 o'clock: Wednesday. December
17. Unaka, Miss Una Coleman. 1
o'clock; Wednesday, December 17,
Valleytown (to be announced;)
Thursday. December 18. Tomotla,
Mrs. C. C. Roberts, 1:30 o'clock;
Thursday. December 18. Hanger,
Mrs. Ruth Hughes. 1 o'clock: Fri
day. December 19, Murphy, Mrs.
Rhea Moore, 2 o'clock.