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POPULATION CHEROKEE COl'NTY 18,813 COUNTY SEAT 2.500 lift ?iftr?jf?e Cherokee County CLOTHED IN NATURE'S SCENIC WONDU8 IS AN IDEAL VACATION SPOT vol Ml 58 ? NUMBER 58. MURPIIY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1948. TEN PAGES THIS WEEK Swimming Class To Be Offered Swimming lessons will be given frte this summer .starling on Wednesday. June 23. at Persimmon Lake sponsored by the Cherokee count > chapter of the American Hed Cross The classes are open fn > to adults or children desiring m attend. Pre-school children must be accompanied by their parents tr other adults. Permission silos from parents must be presented by all school age children. Sister Virginia Hetherington. irate r safety chairman of the locrl Red Cross chapter, will be in charge of the swimming lessons. ,xsi>tod by others with Red Cross training. . ThM.se desiring to attend next Wednesday should meet at the courthouse in Murphy at 3:30 p. r\ There is no charge for the clas ses but those desiring to donate toward the transportation may do >o. Sister Hetherington states that every precaution will be used dur ing the swimming classes. Permission slips may be secur ed at the home service office of the Red Cross, at Murphy Electrical shop Bavless Injured In Fall Tuesday L. K Kay less fell on the pave ment near the Texaco filling sta tion Tuesday afternoon and sus tained a bad cut on the back Jt his I head II. was taken to Petrie hos pital where several stiches were taken i the wound, anfl h? was J sent home. He was able to be out i town Wednesday morning. Murphy To Plav Elberton, Benton And Hazelwood Friday and Saturday the Murphy Mouni i sneers travel to Elberton Ga. !?? engage the Elberton nine .nd S nlay to Waynesville to ba' '? - ?ns* Hazelwood. Managei David King did not make known his starters for the three games, but in .ill probability they will be iCunm: -!ham. Beavers and llemp hill. Next Tuesday the Mountaineers return home to tangle with the Benton. Tenn., team in what promises to be a sood game. Jim Cunningham will be Manager y m ^ choice for the mound. Clayton Injured In Car Wreck Henry Clayton son of Frank Clayi.n of Factorytown, was re ported to Ik* seriously injured about (> o'clock Tuesday mornin;; w?Vn the car in which he was riding with his brother. Alvin Clayton overturned near Shields' "on iit. was taken to Petri i l)<-N>itiil where he was found to be iuflering with cerebral concussion ?nd contusions. He is reported to ' o improving. Alvin Clayton driver of the car. injured, but was able to re turn !(< his home. regular services Regular services will be held at firth Methodist Church. Sunday. June 20th. The Minister. Rev. Wm J*- Penny, will preach at the 11 A 1 and 8 p M. worship services. Father's Day will be observed at Morning service. The M. Y. F. meets at 7 P. M 35 Head Cattle Sold At Annual Guernsey Sale Approximately 500 people at tended the seventh annual Guern sey sale held here last Thursday, when 35 head of eattle were sold for $6,695. High in the sale was Kootem Farm's Maxim Annette, owned by Betty Kate Crisp, and --old for $400. Miss Crisp is a 4-H dub member of Belview. Randolph Shields of Tomotla sold Notla ' Marie's Maud for $350 for third highest. The second highest was from out of the county. Eighteen head stayed in the county, and County Agent A. Q. Ketner said the average, a little under last year, was $195. He contributed this fact due to the young calves that were in this vear's sale. A. Q. Ketner of Murphy bought three head at $350. $140 and $120: J Franklin Smith, two at $180 and $170: H. E. Dickey, three at SI 35. $120 and $100: Randolph Shields, one for $160; W. S. Dick cy. one for $120: Joe Anderson, one for $115. Jeff Brooks, one for $260: Edwin Hendrix one for 5175: Clarence Hendrix. one at 8170. and Arnold Stiles one at $165 These are all Cherokee coun ty farmers. Out of county sales were: John R. Kimberely. Tryon. one at $400: | Vernon II. Smith of Dahlonega. Ga . one at $355: Mrs. John Weit c rs. Bryson City, one at $32."); Morlev Francis of Maryville. Tenn lout at $270. $235. $230 and $155 A. 1'. Brannon of Horse Shoe, one pt $250: Mrs. A. B. Wood worth ol Spartanburg. S. C.. one at $230. .1 F. Randolph of Cleveland. Tenn.. two at $170 and $55: A. W. Boley ( ??!' Horse Shoe, one at S16'>: Char- , les Trotter ot Dayton. Tenn., one at $130: and 1) W Bennett ol Hendersonvillc. one at $125 Andrews Club Sponsors Horse Show On July 5 On Monday. July 5. the An drews Athletic club will sponsor a bora* ahov with mora than no three and ftve fltid horses ad ponies from all over Western North Carolina to be in the show, which starts at 4 o'clock p. m . at the Andrews ball park. Another feature of the July 4th celebration will be two baseball pames with Andrews playing against Tellico Plains at 10 o - c'ock a. m. to 1:30 p. nv Prizes will be awarded, in the contests. Refreshments will be served throughout the day. Tate Lists Sermon Subjects "An Advocate With the Father" is the subject announced by the Rev. T. G. Tate for his sermon at i the Presbyterian church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday school will meet at 10 a. m. and Young People will meet at 6:30 p. m. Mr. Tate will preach at the Hayesville Presbyterian church at P. o'clock. A Vacation Bible school was begun at the Hayesville church .Monday, with Miss Martha Smith of Jellico. Tcnn.. as guest worker. Bible School | To Start Monday , ,1(> annual two-weeks* Daily j ?cation Bible school will start i ^ ' ,l st Baptist church on Mon June 21. states the pastor, t wm ' ^'ton Morris. Registration ' on Friday afternoon i lhls week at the church at 4 u clock. Assisting in the Bible School will be Miss Mildred Whitfield assoc*ational missionary, Miss Frances Dalrymp'e, of Franklin, her co-workcr for the summer, and several members of the loeal church. Classes will be offered for the usual age groups, beginners, primaries, juniors and intermedial REV. CIIARl.F.S C. BOWLES Revival Starts Sunday At Andrews Baptist Church ANDREWS ? A series of revival services will begin here at the Baptist church on Sunday, Jur? 2C, announces the Rev. T. F-aH Ogg. church pastor. The visiting evangelist for the meeting will bt* Rev. Charles C. Bowles, pastor of the McCalla Avenue Baptist Church of Knoxville, Tenn. Vacation Church School Going On Bates Creek Has Bible School Bible School closed Friday night with the commencement at Bates Creek church. Mrs. Calvin Thomp son was principal. Intermediate Superintendent was the Rev. Cal vin Thompson; Beginner and Pri mary Superintendent, Mrs. Pearl Killian: workers: Misses June Kil lian and Mary Thompson. Average ?t tendance was 40. Huoh Humphries Is In Bermuda Kindley AFB Sgt Hugh M. Humphries, son of Mr. Charles S. Humphries. Telford. Tennessee., has been transferred to the Military , Air Transport Service's Atlantic) Division Base in Bermuda. Kindley Air Force Base. S-4t Humphries had been station ed at We stover AFB. Massachu setts. where he was assigned *?s a Telephone Maintenance man Humphries has been assigned to duties with the Base Communicv ions section where he il 1 continue 11 the same line of work as at IVestovei He first entered the service in 1941 and since then has spent a lotal of 33 months overseas H" li ?'ds the European Theatre Hib ijon with 9 battle stars, a Un.! Imitation with 1 clu>let, and " < Middle Eastern Ribbon. HIKI.K SCHOOL A Bible School will l>egin at the Little Glade Baptist church Monday night at 7:30. June 21 > The Vacation Church School of the First Methodist Church began Monday morning, and will continue through Friday of next week. June 25. Daily sessions are 9 to 11 A. ?.I The following departments are included in the schools: Beginners. Primary, Junior and Intermediate The faculty consists of: Miss Adella Meroney, superintendent ol Beginner and Primary depart ments; Mrs. Buel Adams, superin tendent of Junior Department, j Miss Toots Cook and Sister Vii I ginia lleatherington. superinten | dent of the Intermediate depart menu Assistants are: Mrs. Robert Wea ver. Jean Penny. Beginners; Joyci 1 Coleman. Jane Sneed. Martha A\ ley, Primaries; Miss Grant. Mis.. I Mayfield. Junior; Mrs. Hadley | Dickey. Music. Juniors and Inter I mediates : Mrs. Glenn Bates Music. Primaries; pianist Mi> j Ann Leatherwood. The Rev Wp* ! B. Penny, is general superinten | dent of the School. Diffcrcn j organizations and individuals oi ! the church are furnishing refresh ments daily. | Club Schedule Is Announced The Homo Demonstration Sehe | dule for week of June 21 is as fol | lows: Tuesday. June 22. Martin's Creek, with Mrs. Roy Lee. 1:30 o - I dock; Wednesday. June 23. Valley | town, with Mrs. C. S. Freel, 2 o' : cloek: Thursday, June 24. Ranger. 1 with Mrs. J. I. Hall. 1:30 o'clock The topic for June's Home | Demonstrations is " Food Conserva tion". Woman s Club Has Its Final Summer Meeting Murphy Woman's club held a dinner meeting in the dining room of the Methodist church Tuesday evening the final meeting tor the su m?ne:. Music was furnished by Mrs U H. F.?ard. who played "Onl\ a Dream ", b. Herbert L. Edtk. md C. R. Freed who sang "Sing Mi* I > Sleep" by Green, and "Water B<?\" accompanied by Mrs Foard. Mrs. Harold Wells, chairmar. of the Crusade for Children i:i the Murphy area, explained the Cru sade, and appealed to the wen. en for support of the Crusade S!-e stated that the county's quota ?s something over $1,000. Mrs. T \. Case made a strong plea for "> ? operation in the Crusade, and ask ed that if necessary, all deny themselves of something in order to contribute to this cause Mrs. R. W. Easley, Jr . delegate to the convention, gave a detaikd report of the meeting Mrs. II Bueck and Mrs. Case gave some additional information, and Mrs Case announced that Murphy club won an Honor Certificate for boiiv' a 100% club, and presented tn? certificate to Mrs. Brumby, out Mrs. S. P. Horowitz announc.-J I hat a receipt for $20 which the going president. club, through Mrs. I. A. Frasc*i and Mrs. Horowitz had sent to the United Nations Appeal for Child ren. had been received, and reac1 a letter from an orphanage ir France thanking the club for foot package sent. A financial report was made bj the treasurer, Mrs. C. W. Savage after which Mrs. Brumby read hci | report for the year, and thankee'. I the members for their coopcrv t ion. The table was decorated with ' bowls of mixed summer flowers, i A delicious dinner was served by I members of the Woman's Society of Christian Service, with Mrs. .1 , li McCall in charge DANCE RODS DODGING TMH0UCM TBArflC AGAINST REO LIGHT SAFE STAND ON CURS WA.T rem "GO* UGHT AT KEELSER FIELD? R a 1 p h Warner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bon Warner, who is enlisted as a general radar mechanic at Keel ser Field. Biloxi, Miss. The course consists of the fundamentals of radar and basic radar equipment, followed by one of several courses on specialized radar equipment, and will last for 36 weeks. Dordele High Cow In Both Milk And Fat Production The high cow in both milk and fat production for the month rf May in the five herds in the Cherokee and Clay Dairy H< >*d Improvement association was Dordek. a registered Guernsey, belonging to Randolph Shi< Ids' herd. Soupy, a grade Jersey, i the herd of K A. Wood was secon 4 1 so in both departments. Dordele, 011 official test and three times a (lav milking, produced 1.662 pounds ot milk, testing 4.7 per cent, contain ing 73.4 pounds of fat. She pro 1 cluced 53.6 pounds of milk per da> r approximately 6 2 gallons. The herd of E A. Wood, compos- 1 i d of grade and registered Jerseys had the highest average for botlt milk and fat production in the . -.social ion. Ml. Wood's herd ?veraged 578 pounds of milk te*t ng 4.7 per cent, containing 27.2 pounds of fat. The Folk School herd of registered Jerseys wa> second in this respect with an > average of 526 pounds of milk, testing 4.8 per cent, containing i 26.2 pounds of fat per cow. The association summary of high cow in milk production is a? ' allows- Dordele. cow belonging to I'andolph Shields. 1.662 pounds of milk. 4 7 per cent fat. 73.4 pound* of fat: Soupy, cow belonging to hi A Wood. 1.234 pounds of milk. I per cent fat. 74 pounds of fit. Bonnie, cow belonging to J Franklin Smith. 1.116 pounds of milk. 4 b per cent fat. 53 6 pounds of fat: Golden Flower, belonging io Folk School. 1.060 pounds of milk, 4 9 per cent fat. 51.9 pounds ot fat: Annie, belonging to A. Q Ketner. 747 pounds of milk. 4.6 per cent fat. 34.4 pounds of fat. The high cows in fat production were: Soupy, belonging to E. A Wood. 1.234 pounds of milk. 6 per (ent fat. 74 pounds of fat; Dordc'e. belonging to Randolph Shields. 1. (?62 pounds of milk. 4 7 per cent fat. 73.4 pounds of fat: Fay. belong ing to J. Franklin Smith. 1.110 pounds of milk. 5.3 per cent fat. 58.8 pounds of fat: Golden Flower belonging to the Folk School. 1 - 060 pounds of milk. 4.9 per cent 51.9 pounds of fat: Annie, belong ing to A. Q. Ketner. 742 pounds of milk. 4.6 per cent fat. 34.4 pounds oi fat. The herd average was: K. A Wood. 66 Jerseys. 578 {>ounds of milk. 4.7 per cent fat. 27.2 pounds of fat: Folk School. 36 Jerseys. 526 pounds of milk. 4 8 per cent fat. 26.2 pounds of fat: Randolph Shields. 42 Guernseys. 517 pounds of milk. 4.7 per cent fat. 24.2 i pounds of fat: J. Franklin Smi'h 28 Guernseys. 506 pounds of milk. 1.4 per cent fat. 23 pounds of fat. A. Q. Ketner, 5 Guernseys. 3(55 pounds of milk. 4 2 per cent fat 15.4 pounds of fat. \TTK\D CON V OC ATION The Rev. and Mrs Wm, ft i JYnny attended the Christian Convocation at Duke University, Durham, last week. Speakers e1 national and international' reputa tion were heard The Convocation ! v .is interdenominational in its na I i ture and scope. More than twe thousand people attended. Lions Carnival Is Friday, Saturday Stock Dividend Payable July 1 The Hoard of Directors of the Farmers Federation in a meeting Tuesday morning declared the 29th consecutive semi-annual divi dend on common and preferred stock payable July 1 to all stock holders of record June 15, it has been announced by James G. K MeClure. president of the organi zation. Mr. MeClure .stated that there are more than 20.000 stockholders of the federation in 18 Western North Carolina counties at pres ent. The federation, he said, now markets more than three million collars worth of produce for the Western North Carolina farmei rnnually and has provided services such as freezer-locker plants, a ! modern poultry processing plant, Southeastern Artificial Breeding association and Skyline Coopera tive dairies Lions To Stage j Program Thursday | At McCavsville Murphy Lions club will have charge of the program at the An-| | :ual Ladies' night of MeCaysvil'e. ' I Ga.. Lions club on Thursday eve I ning of this week. Those taking p'ut on the pro-' gram will be H Bueck. who ?%;il make a short address; Mist Jean l'cnny. wfco will *ing a solo: C. E. Hyde C K. Freed. Howard \dair. i and W. I). King, who will si.ig; ind | Miss Mary Cornwall, who will put on some stunts. The program was plan'iea by Preside!*' H G Elkir.s an'l Pro gram Chairman W. M. Davis ' Sever.- 1 other Lions from ucre expert t ? attend. Weiss' Store In New Location Weiss' Store iias moved out of the basement of the Savage build ind into the Hill building on the corner next to the Esso Station formerlj occupied by Smoky Mountain Gas Company. The store is owned and opera t ? d by Mrs. Roy V. Lovingood and Mrs Loren C. Davis The ope. ing date for Weiss' in their n*?w location has been set for Satur day Now merchandise has beer purchased especially for the open ing. Grindstaff And Coll ett In Navy Hillie Eugene Collett and Gerald I) *-an Grindstaff both from An drews were accepted for cnlst mcn* in the United States Navy at ihe Navy Recruiting Station in AshcviMc. Both boys were enlist - ed in the Navy at Columbia. S C. on June 8. They will receive their recruit training at the Navy Plaining Center at San Diego. Calif ?rnia. a?ter which they will recieve fourteen days leave, before being assigned to various units ^f t he Navy. COMMENCEMENT The Hanger Baptist church will have a Bible School commence ment Friday night at 7:30. ?> The street carnival which will : be held Friday and Saturday I nights on the square next to . Regal hotel sponsored by the Mur phy Lions club, is making progress | under the leadership of Loren | Davis and his co-worker Lions, and everything is expected to be in , shape for the opening Friday ii -lit The committees have been hard at work, according to Davis, and expect to offer the following rec reation: Bingo, penny board, hay ride, milk bottles, clock, fortune telling, cigarette machine. A lunch stand will be operated, as well as a popcorn and peanut stand. Council Votes To Close Service Stations Sundays Murphy town council on Monday evening voted not to permit ser vice stations to stay open on Sun day within the city limits, unless the stations use a rotating system, one being open each Sunday. Plans were made by the council for having city license tags, at a price of $5, as soon as the tags can be secured and made available to the owners of vehicles within the corporate limits. Regisnations of Dr. J. N. Hill and Edward Brumby from the council were accepted. No one has been appointed to fill the vacan cies. The remaining members are: J. W. Franklin, J. J. Hamilton, Richard Howell, and W. D. King To Enforce Law Regulating The Importing Of Livestock In an effort to protect North Carolina livestock against Band's disease, bovine tuberculosis and other infeetious diseases, Dr. L. J. Faulhaber, chief of the State De partment ol Agriculture's veterin ary division, has instructed live stock inspectors to enforce strict ly a regulation aimed at prevent ing the entry of diseased cattle irom other states. He said recent reports from in spectors indicate that a consider able number of cattle from neigh boring states are being brought to North Carolina auction markets in violation of a regulation requiring compliance with minimum health standards. This regulation stipu lates that cattle entering the state, except for immediate slaughter shall be accompanied by a proper health certificate signed by an accredited veterinarian approved by the livestock sanitary official of the state of origin. Dr. Plonk Speaks At Medical Meet J The Spring meeiin" of the Tenth I District Medical ?? nctv was held ' at the Piedmont u ! in Waynes ville Wednesday at 2:30 o'clock. Two local physicians, Dr. Harry Miller, and Dr. George W. Plonk, attended the session. Dr. Plonk led the discussion on Abdominal Pain in Children." j Dr. B W. Whitfield is fourth vice president of the society. Mass Meeting Is Friday Night The Baptist Training Union enlargement campaign which is in progress in the Western North Carolina Baptist association thi < week will conclude with an assoe a tional-wide mass meeting at Firs: Baptist church Friday evening at i (1 o'clock. Harvey Gibson, state Training Union secretary. Raleigh > will be the guest speaker. A fellowship supper Will be held by members of the Murphy church c.t (5 o'clock. Approximately 65 have been en rolled in the courses here this week. Several churches in the association have state workers '.caching the courses. Misses Ruth Miller of Wallace and Betty Brooks of Charlotte; Mrs. Joe Hamilton and the Rev. J. Alton Morris are j teaching in Murphy.