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POPULATION CHEROKEE COUNTY COUNTY SEAT 18.813 2,500 dffrrnltff Girl Scout Slogan "Do A Good Turn Daily ri 9i~ % U)l.r?IE 58 M'MIUR 35. Ml Rl'IIY, NORTH CAROLINA, TIH RSI?A> MARCH 18. 11118. TI N FACES THIS WEEK J. H. Duncan Files For Representative .) II. Duncan filed as candidate ,..i Representative from Cherokee >unty. subject to action of the Democratic Primary on May Mi Duncan i- 34 years of age. lie i- a member of Allison & Duncan. I) tributors for Sinclair Refining Company, in his area. He owns lis home in Murphy where he has resided since 1935. He married Miss Maud Burleson of Macon County. They have two children. Mr. Duncan served in the Unit ed States Navy during World War '2 He is Master of Cherokee Lodge No. 146 A. F. & M. and is a mem ber of First Baptist Church. Mrs. Carringer Is Transferred To Winston-Salem Mrs. Ruth C arringer, who has been with the Life and Casualty insurance company here for the past five year*, left Friday for Winston-Salem where she will continue her work in a new capa city. She will be in charge of the Industrial department in the com pany's office there. Prizes Awarded At Two Lakes Club Meeting The Two Lakes recreation club at Hiwassee I>^m held its regular meeting in tin P. S. O building at 7 o'clock M day March 8 Due to the abscnci of both president and vice president. M Pettingill presided. Jimmie Woods was pre sented two carved wooden squir - els as prizes for winning the poo! '??ornament. John Reha'* ujui^uic fish prize for the largest catch in the past two weeks. After the completion of business Bill Fran cis. pro 'ram chairman, toek over Mrs. YV B. Thomas and Mrs Hon Barton served delicious refresh ment-;. Mrs. Walter Mauney and son. Walter, and Miss Adclla Meroney spent Friday and Friday night with Mr. and Mrs C. E. Weir in i Atlanta. SUNDAY SPEAK KH l)i Duke, K \IcCall of Nashville. Tenn . 'Mcutive secretary of Southern! Haptist Convention, who will I>;vach t lie ? third of a series of 1* ur sermons on the Baptist Radio i hiuir next Sunday morning at 8:30 ? o'clock. His subject will be. I "Kqu?:l ? Under (loci". The mes su?? can be heard locally over Nation WSB. Atlanta. Services To Be Held Three Nights During Holy Week The Kev. William U. Penny, J minister of First Methodist I church, delivered Sunday eve I ning the first in a series of ser j mons that he is preaching on the I therm, "The Seven Words from the Cross", or "The World's Greatest Tragedy and Its Immedi ate Results". He will deliver the second and third messages in this series on next Sunday morning and evening, the subjects being: ' The Second and Third Words from the Cross". This series of messages will con tinue through Good Friday night. In order to do this, Mr. Penny will speak on Wednesday, Thurs day and Fridays nights of next week These services are the only special services being held in Murphy during Holy Week, and Mr. Penny and members of the Methodist church have extended an invitation to the ministers and members of all other churches of the city to worship with them dur ing these services, especially Wednesday. Thursday and Friday evenings. All denominations are cooperating in these services, says Mr. Penny, who invites the gener al public to attend Hour of Pow er service at First Baptist church will not be held on Wednesday so the members may attend this ser vice. The combined choirs of local churches who are rehearsing for a cantata on Easter night will practice on Wednesday and Friday evenings following the services. Methodist Sunday School will hk jiiu di 3:45 Su.'.ci morning and Youth Fellowship at 6:30 Sunday evening. Adams Re-Elected As Director Of Federation W A Adams was renominated to succeed himself as a director of the Farmers' Federation at the annual meeting of the Cherokee county federation stockholders in the Murphy warehouse Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock I Ralph Lovingood of Marble. Mrs Clarence Hcndrix of Murphy, and S. H. Roberson of Suit were elected as new members of the Cherokee county federation com mittee Old members who were re-elected included W V Adams. Clyde McXabb. t S G Phillips, .lohn Tathani. B. B Palmer. J. H Hampton, Ernest Burnett, Mrs. John Shields. Wayne Crisp and Mis. Aline King. Mr. Adams opened the meeting with i short talk on the work of the Farmers Federation. Others who spoke briefly were: Max Roberts. Federation educational director: the Rev Dmnont Clark, head of the federation religious department, and Mrs. C E. l)am eron. public relations director. Music was furnished by Gait her Robinson and Johnny Rymer of the Federation string band. Prize baby chicks were award ed to Mrs. Ralph Lovingood. Wil lard Sudderth and Winfred bed ford. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Weir and daughter. Sara Jeanne, of Atlanta will spend next week-end here with Miss Adella Mcroney Landscape Specialist Speaks Here On 25 ?John Harris." North Carolina ? i.iio College Extension Specialist l andscaping and Architecture, will be in Murphy. Thursday. ?March 25. A public meeting will !>e held in the County Courthouse auditorium at 7:30 o'clock p. m Mi. Harris will talk on "Home Beautifies* ion and Design'' and ] probably will use colored slides I lor illustration pur|>oses. Members of the local Extension I -taff have been very fortunate <11 securing Mr. Harris for this meeting. Anyone who has a ques tion or problem on landscaping is urged to take advantage of this opportunity of hearing him. LIONF BANQUET ? Pictured above are two scenes taken at th< recent Ladies' night banquet of Murphy Lions club At top. Presiden li. G Elkins was snapped while acting as toastmaster, and Dr. W. A Hoover can be seen facing the camera. With their backs to the earner; were W. A Sherrill, Mrs J. B. Gray. H. A. Mattox and R. W. Easley Below. J. B. Gray is shown as he welcomed the Lionesses and guests Mrs. II. A. Mattox and Dr. Hoover can be seen facing the camera With backs to the camera were Mrs W. A. Hoover Lion Sherrill am Mr.-. Gr?>. Dr. C. O. Van Gorder Heads Andrews VFW BILLY FORSYTH ThU popu lar Murphy youngster. William Frank Forsyth. Jr. didn't wait until kindergarten age to Irani his ABC >? Kven though he is less than two years old. he can repeat the whole alphabet On June 2^ he w 11 celebrate his second birtl day. Billy's daddy is executive vice-president of the Murphy bram h of Citizens Bank and Trust Company. Mis mother. Ruth Lai! of Andrews. w:>s a teacher lor i few yearv SINGING The third Sunday singing will b" held Sunday afternoon at the Second Baptist church hr:v. begin ning at 2 o'clock All singers are invited to attend and participate in the singing. BAM) TO PLAY The Blue Kidge. Ga . high school band will play at the meet ing of Murphy P.-T A next Mon day night at 7:30 o'clock Follow ing the pro 'ram. refreshments will be served the visitors and members. VITIM) Mil. TING K. 1. Shields, county accountant. M. 11 Palmer, county commis sioner. I B. Gray, county attorn ey. and Paul Padgett, deputy register of deeds, were in Ashe ville last Friday to attend the tenth district meeting of county commissioners, and county attorn eys. ANDREWS ? The Veterans o Foreign Wars. Boone Bryson I'os No. 7999. met March 11, at tin City Hall here for the purpose '? electing new officers O'fici ? ramed are as followers Com mander. Dr. Charles O. Van Cor cler: Vice Commander. Bill Whita ker: Jr. Vice Commander. Merril Way burn Adjutant Paul liickctt Post Quartermaster. Fred Mash burn: Post Chaplain. IJoyil (loss Other officers will be elected at i later meeting. Discussion on the following tool place: First. Service officer or of ticers to helo V F. W members second. Outdoor and indoor activi t'cs *uch as swimming and dances Ihird. Ways t<> better the V. F W ;.s to individual membership. The next meeting will be O! Thursday. March 2."> at whicl time there will be a di.scussion o the Post name: the appointment o other officers and plans made fo attending the National meetings. COI'XTY CI ! B Mi l: I S I The Cherokee Country clul held it* regular meeting Thurs I day evening in the recreatioi room. Many new members wen prcscn;. j Ways and means for iinproviir 1 4?nd benefitting the club were dis ' cussed and a comm. lie ? heade< by Miss Fanny Deweese. was ap I pointed to arrange monthly rec rcation programs 2,000 School Children Hear Little Symphony On Tuesday U. S. Specialist To Demonstrate Grading Burley .1 VV Van Arsdall, tobacco, specialist with the production and i marketing administration of the] I 11 i ted States Department ol | Agriculture, will be at the Chero kee county courthouse at 10 a. m. ? Wednesday. March 24. to give a ? I demonstration on grading burley j tobacco and to assist tobacco growers with other problems. Red Cross Drive Nets Onlv $1300 Of $2,160 As Yet Fund Campaign Chairman Howard Adair of the local Red Cross chapter announces that only about $1,300 of the $2,160 quota has been raised to date, and he has appealed to all com mittees to make their reports as soon as possible. Mr. Adair urges all citizens in this chapter area to give generously to put the chapter over the goal. The community has always met its quota, and he says that he feels people will be generous enough to put over the drive in the traditional way this year. Committees have been urged by >lr. Adair to turn in their iinal reports as soon as possible. Andrews VA Office Will Close April 1 \t t rans adminstration office* :,t Andrews. Asheboro. High Point. Mor-id.'iton. Rocky Mount and \ort i Wilkesboro will be closed April 1. J. 1) Deramus. manager of the Veterans adminstration re gional office in Winston-Salem The move is being made be vaus? ol a nation-wide reduction of Y \ personnel. Mr. I) ramus ex plained In order that retrench ments might be carried out in fairness to everyone, he continu td. the VA made studies of the volume of work done by the vari f|ous offices in North Carolina. 1 I The location off an office in rela 'tion to veteran population also I was considered, he said. Contact service will be continu j ed in the regional office at Wins I) ton-Salem and in the following - citie>: Ashevillc. Charlotte Dur i htm. Klizabeth City. Fayetteville. e (laslonia. Goldsboro, Greensboro. Greenville. Hickory. Lumbcrton N'.-v, Bern. Ralc;-;!i. Salisburv and - Wilmington Contact service also 1 II be continued at the Veterans - administration hospitals at Fayet - ttville and Oteen and at the Svvan nanoa dhinion of Oteen. I DIRECTS CHOIR? Rev. F. M I is now directing the choir at First [. Davis, manager of Regal hotel, who l Baptist Church. ALTERNATE DELEGATE? Dr W. A. Hoover, who on Friday at a district meeting in Sylva was elected as an alternate delegate to the national Republican con vention in Philadelphia in June. I representing the Twelfth district I Hoover Elected Altenate To Republican Convention At the Twelfth congressional 1 district convention of Republicans in Sylva Friday. Dr. W. A. Hoover of Murphy was elected an alter nate delegate to represent the dis trict at the national Republican 1 convention in Philadelphia in June. W. C. Hennessee of Sylva and Wm. C Meekins of Asheville were elected delegates, and Dr. J Hoover and James J. Pace of Hcndcrsonville. alternates. Clyde J'rretl of Andrews wa> elected to the state executive com mittee representing C h erok e e county. Others on the committee from the district are Mitchell I' Lominac of \sheville, Glenn A Boyd of Haywood county. Lewis P Hamlin representing Hender son and Transylvania counties: Hugh E Montieth of Jackson T. M. Jenkins. Swain and Graham: A R Higdon. Macon: R. N Ti-'er. Clay ( I.I II SCIIEDtLF, The Home Demonstration sche dule for the fourth week in March is as follows: Tuesday. March 2:? Martin's Creek, at the School Building. 1:30 o'clock. Wednesday March 24. Valleytown. with Mrs Richard Waldroup. 1.30 o'clock: Thursday. March 25. Ranger, with Mrs Beatrice Aiken. 2 o'clock The Little Symphony of the North Carolina Symphony orches tra gave a concert Tuesday eve ning in Andrews high school audi torium before a large audience, one which was so appreciative that it refused to accept the final curtain until they had heard three cncorc>'. Dr Benjamin Swalin. director, thanked .Miss Margaret Fisher, county chairman: Mrs. B. W. Whit field. Murphy chairman: Mrs. G. \V. Cover. The Cherokee Scout, and others who conducted the drive for funds to have the orches tra return here this year. For the past three consecutive years the Little Symphony has given a con cert in the county ? alternately at Andrews and Murphy. Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock the orchestra gave a free concert for school children of the county numbering approximately 2|,000. Dr. Swalin stated that the re sponse of the children was excep tional and that he was glad to see the youngsters have an apprecia tion of good music. Following the concert Tuesday evening, a group of interested citizens met with Dr. Swalin to discuss a permanent organization for the symphony in this county. Mrs. B W Whitfield was elected temporary chairman, and a meet ing will be held soon to perfect the organization. Children were transported to Andrews on School busses and several private cars. TO CALL PASTOR Members of Shady Grove Bap tist church will meet Sunday morning at 1 1 o'clock to elect a pastor. All members are invited to attend to have a voice in th? election. SOLICITOR? Thad D Bryson. J.* . of Franklin who has been ap pointed by Governor Cherry to Mieeeetl Baxter C Jones, deceased, as solicitor of this district Mr. Bryson ha* filed as a candidate to .succeed himself in this offiee. Davis Is Directing First Baptist Choir The Rev. Fernando McC'onnell Davis, manager ol' Regal hoti! in Jurphy. is now directing thi choir it First Baotist church Special mphasis is placed on Sunday veiling song services. a> Mr >.i\ .s often is out of town <upply ng a pulpit for some church a- [ norning services. The combined ehoir> of the up i own churches in Murph\ are now j ?ehearsing for an Eastei c antata, ? King of Glory by Moi?ison, ti> >c given on Sunday evening. | T.arch 28. \\:t!i Mrs .1 \Y David- I (in as organist and Mi> 1). D | A'hitley ,is pianist New maroon j ?hoi x- robes have been purchased I >y the church and will be used ? or the Easter services. I Mi Davis came to Murphy and ( ased Regal hotel last fall, hav ng retired from the ministry be ruse of ill health. For 17 years le had been pastor of Cascade j baptist church in Atlanta, which celebrated ils 25th anniversary wo weeks ago and invited Mr. Davis back to preach on that oc casion. The son of the Rev. Robt. Lee Davis and Mrs. Janett Coker Davis, he was born at Toccoa, < ; i n March 4 1900. Ho receiv ed hi- 'i uh or education at Locust Crov" Junior College at Locust Cro\?. (i;i Mercer University. Macon, (ia and the Southern B a p i i - 1 Theological Seminary, Lou \'ille. ky While at Mercer he was pastor of three country churches, and while in Louisville he u.i- associate pastor of Twenty Third and Broadway Baptist church. I pon leaving the seminary he became Associate Pastor of the First Baptist church, Hepe ville. Ga.. of which the Rev. TV .! \Y. Graham was pastor. Here he served eight months until called to Cascade. On August 10, 1933. Mr. Davis married Miss Sadie Mae Derksen of Louisville Ky. The couple have three children Charlcne. Richard MeConncll. and Carole Anne. During his 17 years as pastor | at Cascade Mr. Davis received nlo the membership 1.011 mem bers. 3(51 by baptism and 650 by ! letter or statement. The church I increased its budget from $3,000 j to $28,580. While pastor he led the church in the selection of the I presant location and erection of | a large church plant, which was I paid for.
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