Vengeance Creek
Church Buys Gifts
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The Vengeance Creek Sunday
School has bought presents for
58 children under 14 years of age.
for Christmas. During the year a
penny box had been kept to sup
ply the money for these gifts Ruth
?:nd Clayton Thompson selected
the gifts. The Sunday School is
A
REFLECTION
OF CHRISTMAS
CHEER
? ne jolly smile on Santa s
the twinkle in hi eye,
? e goou iess in his mellow vo;ce
reflect the good nes in our hearts or a
oyous Yuletide for each and every one of our friends.
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MURPHY. N. C.
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Motor Vehicles
fs New State
Department
Now that North Carolina's High
way Safety Act has boon put into
| effect, much of the public's at
' tention has been focused on the
Department of Motor Vehicles.
; which has the sole responsibility
i ior administering the Act.
! But along with all the interest
' in the details of the Safety pro
, -ram. including re-examination of
| all drivers and motor vehicle
i mechanical inspection, there has
; been much confusion as to what
| composed the Motor Vehicles
Department Many of the States
citizens -eem to be living under
! the erroneous belief that the !>.?
j part men t is connected with the
state Highway and Public Works
i ommission others think it is a
branch of the Department of
Hevenur Not so Motor Vehicles
is -"parale and distinct state
(Vpartment. created by Legislative
\ ft The Department was set up
inly ! 1941. and its present com
I rn i ssi oner is Col. I- (' Rosser .lot4
W (la i ret! is Vssistant Commis
sioner.
The Department now employs
nearly 900 workers, and wlien the
Motor Vehicle Mechanical Inspec
I lion Program foes into effect in
January. 212 more workers will
be added, making a total of 1.087.
The Department of Molor Vehicles
s the second largest state depart
ment i n point of personnel and is
I -econd only to the State Highway
I ?S. Public Works Commission.
The Motor Vehicles Department
has four main subdivisions:
1 State Highway Patrol.
2 Highway Safety Division.
3 Registration Division.
4 Mechanical Inspection Divi
sion.
1 With Col Rosser as Commis
I sioner of the whole Department,
each division has its own Director
Col H J. Hatcher commands bo* h
the Highway Patrol and the High
way Safety Division, assisted bv
Sam L c.aynor. Jr., as Assistant
Director of Highway Safety Miss
Fov Ingram is Director of Regis
tration; and Arthur T Moore is
Head of the Mechanical Inspection
r?i?
Newest of tiie divisions is Me
chanical Inspection, which was
created by the last legislature to
administer the Motor Vehicle
Mechanical Inspection Program,
v hich will get underway in Jan
uary The Division will employ j
over 200 persons, who will have
the dut\ of cheeking all mot >r
vehicles registered in this State
tor mechanical defects, to see that
1 they are safe to drive The pro
gram was designed to cut down
< n needless highway accident*,
many of which are caused by de
li t live vehicles.
The Highway Patrol is made up
of 423 patrolmen.. 8 clerks. 30
mechanics, and 28 radio operators
lor the Patrol's radio stations. TUe
| Patrol is charged with the primary
j responsibility of keeping peace ?n
I North Carolina highways by ap
prehending traffic violators
Though the Patrol and the High
way Safety Division are both di
rected by Col Hatcher, their dut
ies and functions operate separate
ly. The Safety Division is made pp
j of the State's 102 drivers' license
examiners and 21 safety field
representatives. The examiners are
now in the process of administe -
j ing North Carolina's License Il?'
Kxamination Program, which re
giving a Christmas program on
Dec. 24 at seven o'clock
Jliaij Of 11 3~tapp iness
% 7/
ours
As you enjoy the content lent ond merriment of
the Yuletide, we wont you to know that we will
be thinking of you ond of the omicoble associa
tions that hove been ours during the time we hove
been serving this community.
It is these friendships that bind our ambitions,
to be of the utmost service to all
Hampton Hardware & Supply Co.
I quires that every motorist in
| .Vorth Carolina must obtain a new
| driving permit within the next
I four years Drivers are being taken
in alphabetical order
The safety field representatives
have the primary duty of promot
ing safety among school children
:?nd civic organizations They an
nually train around 7.500 school
bus drivers and aid in organizing
driver training courses and school
boy patrols in the public schoo's.
The Highway Safety Division,
through its large clerical section
also has charge of revocations and
suspensions of drivers' licenses of
persons convicted of serious traf
fic charges Ft is also charged wi'th
administering the Financial Re
sponsibility Act. and in addition
keeps accurate statistical data on
..ccidents and fatalities ? th?ir
cause* and trends.
The Registration Division is
comprised of 12 separate units,
and has been collecting approxi
mately $12,000,000 .) year from the
?ale of all types of license plates
; nd revenue derived from the Bus
?rid Franchise Unit. This Division
also has charge of issuing titles
;.ihI registration certificates to all
cai owner
it i* hoped that the foregoing
article will make clear to \or#h
Carolinians the various divisions
and functions of the Motor Vehi
cles Department, so that in the
future they will not confuse it
with other State Departments
Murphy Takes
Old Rivals j
By PORTER (.RIGGS
The Murphy Bulldogs, playing
before a half filled house, look
both ends of a doubleheader from
their old rivals, the Andrews Wild
cats. here Friday night: The girls!
von by a score of 32 to 22. the
boys taking a 33 to 25 triumph. |
The girls, playing the roughest
game of the season, started slow
but led by Taylor and Hall found i
the range and won easily 32 to 22. !
The boys again led by Captain
James Hughes took an early first
quarter lead and never were head
ed Hughes and Alexander were
the leading scorers for the Bull
dogs. getting 15 and 7 points
lespectively. For the Wildcats But
ler with 10 points were the best
they could do.
The games with Andrews moved
the girls' record up to three wins
against two losses, and the boys'
record as four wins against one
setback.
Murphy '33' Pos Andrews <23)
Hughes '15? F Webb
Brendle (4? F Hawk <5)
Hampton ? 5 > c Butler <10?
Alexander (7i CI Christy >6)
Davidson (I Bradley <2?
Sub
Murphy Hall '2 1
\ndrew> Rimers 2>. Womack.
!<: ni?i: \ k
(?ovcrnor Yi K. Thompson has
been invited to speak at the an
nual banquet of the Phi Chi and
Phi Delta Literary Soeieties of
Young Harris College, according
to a joint announeement by Wil
liam Paquin and Mary Gardner,
elub presidents.
The banquet will be held Jan
uary 2.'$ All alumni members have
been invited to attend.
Cotton prices edged upward
during the last several weeks.
Sales of spot cotton in October
totaled 2.043.000 bales, the largest
lor any month on record Domestic
mills used about 826.000 bales. 14
per cent more than in September
but 12 peer cent less than in Oct
ober 1946
FOR YOU,
YOUR FAMILY,
YOUR FRIENDS,
OUR FRIENDS!
A Merry
Christmas
To All
Five Point Grocery
Company
Phone 101
Murphy. N. C.
Postell
Rev. Early King filled his regu
I lar appointment at the Swanson
( hurch Saturday night and Sun
| day
M t\ Stiles returned home
J Tuesday night from Gastonia
where he attended the funeral of
i Iiis brother. Clyde He was ac
? compained home by his son. Ray.
1 He returned to his job Thursday.
Mrs Delia Suit of Hiwassee
1 Dam is visiting her brother. S S.
! Montgomery and family.
Mr and Mrs M C Stiles visited
.f YV Stiles at Letitia Sunday
: evening. He is reeovering from
pneumonia.
S I) Hayt Col man announce the
birth of a son Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Clate Stiles. Mrs.
Sophie Jones were in Copperhi.l
F riday.
Bert Mason visnited his daugh
ter and family. Mrs Iloyt Colc
.nan. Saturday night
Harry Mauney son of Mr. and
Mr* W M Mauney. who is attend
ing the Baylor School for Boys at
Chattanooga. is spending the
i Christmas Holidays with his
, parent?..
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jf !
MAY THE JOYS OF
THE CHRISTMAS
SEASON
? REMAIN
WITH YOU
THROUGHOUT
THE
COMING YEAR
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? II Best wishes for a joyous
| f Christmas, a bright and
prosperous New Year.
SHERRILL'S PURE OIL STATION
HOLIDAY
GREETINGS
Above all other things in our
memory at this glad Yuletide is the
thought of the splendid relations
with friends of this organization
who have made it possible for us
to enjoy a very satisfactory year.
The warm spirit of the Holiday
orcasion reminds us that in our
friends, not in our ledgers, do we
find our real assets. There are many
things that make us thankful this is
our home, and for that reason we de
sire to extend Season's Greetings.
I'lease accept the hind wishes and sincere
thanks of all of us. Best wishes for a Joycus
Christmas and a Mew Year of much happiness,
(rood Health and Success for you and yours.
Dickey Freight Line
Agents for THE SILVER FLEET SYSTEM
W. W. Palmer, Mgr.