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t'OPULATION CHEROKEE COUNTY 18,813 COUNTY SEAT 2,500 ttfcmifcrr ?>mut Cherokee County CLOTHED IN NATURE'S SCENIC WONDERS IS AN IDEAL VACATION SPOT MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JULY 15 1?48. Passenger Trains Are Discontinued Effective Today Lions Club Install New Officers New officers were installed at ? the meeting of Murphy Lions club ! Tuesday evening at the Methodist I church. H W. Easley was installed 1 a; president; W. M. Davis, first vice-president; G. W. Plonk, sec end vice-president; W. A. Sher i-ill, third vice-president; John Davidson, secretary; Mack Patton. tail twister; and Buel Adams. Lion lamer; T. A. Case, W. A. Hoover, and H. Bueck, directors. C. K Hyde was elected and instal led as treasurer, when W F For svth stated that he could not serve in this office to which he was elected recently. H. G. Elkins is immediate past president and will serve as a member of the execu tive committee. R S Bault was appointed chair man of the White Cane drive which will take place in September. The club voted to have Ladies' night at the next meeting, on Tues day. July 27. Mrs Edna Keeler of Asheville, supervisor of casework for the blind, and Miss Bonnie Simmons, new Cherokee county caseworker for the blind, were guests of the C'iljl.v I The following committees were appointed by President Easley: Attendance: H. E. Bishop, chair man. Loren Davis, B. W. Whitfield. Constitution and By Laws: S. N Hobo, chairman, W. D. King. B E. Yaught. Convention: If. G. Elkins, chair man. W A. Sherrill, H. Bueck. Finance: C. E. Hyde, chairman, Harry Bishop, W. F. Forsyth. Lions Education: J. B. Gray, chairman, Cloe Moure! i\ *G. Ivie. Membership: H. A. Mattox, chairman. H. G. Elkins, Joe E. Ray Program and Entertainment: M. S. Pat ton. chairman, H. Bueck. C. R Freed. Publicity: G. A. Patton, chair man. K S. Bault, A. M. Cooke. Industrial: Joe E. Ray. chair man \V M. Fain, P. J. llenn. Boy.s and Girls' Work: Dale Lee. chairman, Buel Adams, J. D. Burch. Howard Adair. Citizenship and Patriotism: R. S. Bault, chairman, R. V. Weaver, J H. Duncan, Frank C. Crawford. Civic Improvement: W. M. Davis, chairman, Howard Adair, A. Q. Kct"or. W. A. Sherrill. Community Betterment: T. A. Case, chairman. Joe Hamilton, Harry Dickey. Wm. B. Penny. Education: E. H. Brumby, chairman. Peyton G. Ivie, Duke D Whitley, C. E. Hyde. Health and Welfare: G. W. Plonk, chairman, Alden Coward, W. M. Mauney, B. W. Whitfield. Safety: R. M. White, chairman, J R. Bell. Wm. B. Penny, Loren Davis. Sight Conversation and Blind: W- A. Hoover, chairman, W. F. Forsyth. J. B. Gray, Harry Dickey. REV. JOHN GREEN ASSISTS in revival The Rev. John Green of Wake forest .will assist the Rev. W. T. ruett in the revival beginning Ju'y 18. at Ranger Baptist Church. ? Club Schedule Is Announced Home Demonstration schedule lor next week is as follows: Tues day. July 20, Upper Peachtree, Mrs. Pearl Moore. 1:30 o'clock; Wednesday, July 21, Valleytown. Mrs. Luke Carver, 2:00 o'clock; Thursday, July 22. Ranger, Mrs. Paschel Hughes, 1:30 o'clock; Fri day, July 23, Murphy club. Home Economics building, Mrs. Verlin Jones, hostess, 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. Farmer Is Taken Bv Death Suddenly 12th Mrs. M. F. Farmer, age 63, of Murphy died in Petrie Hospital July 12 from a sudden illness. Mrs. Farmer started from her home to attend church but upon arrival, she was unable to get out of the car. She was rushed im mediately to Petrie Hospital where she died after a few hours of an illness. Funeral services were held at Unaka Baptist Church 011 July 14. with the Rev. Carl Cunningham of ficiating. Burial was in the church cementery, with Townson funeral home in charge. Survivors include three broth ers, Greely. Gay. and Lee of Mur phy; also two sisters. Mrs. Inez Morrow ?hd Mrs. Lily A!! en of Cherokee county. Penny Lists Sunday Services The Rev. Wm. B. Penny an nounces the following services for First Methodist church Sunday: Church school. 9:45 a.m.: morning worship. 11 a.m.. sermon topic: "What Must 1 Do to be Saved?" by pastor: Methodist Youth fellow ship. 7 p.m.: evening worship, 8 p.m., church school of mission, message. "One World ? One Lord." A sound picture, entitled. "My Name Is Han", on Methodist mis sions at work in China will be shown. Bible School Ends Friday Commencement exercises of the Vacation Bible school will be Fri day night at Culberson Baptist Church, beginning at 7:30 o' clock. Preaching will begin at 8:15 o'clock. A picnic will be held for the children Friday. ATTENDING CONFERENCE Doctor Harry Miller of Murphy is attending the Southeastern Pediatric Conference at Saluda. The discussions on Thursday and Friday are to be on polio. Demonstration, Picture Feature Peachtree Picnic The setting for the annual Peachtree home demonstration dub picnic last Thursday evening was the beautiful lawn at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Sud tierth. The members, husbands, children and friends gathered there about sunset to enjoy the lovely scenery and partake of the picnic supper. The guests were welcomed by Mrs Brown Caldwell, president of the club Miss Mary Cornwell, home demonstration agent, pre sented .John Wrinn, new assistant county agent who arrived here last week from his home in Westminis *er. S. C. to accept the position. He made a few remarks. Misses Mary Farmer and Dorothy Shields also were presented by Miss Cornwell. They gave a demonstration on. "A Simple Dessert for Every Day's Use", using dairy products. The Upper Peachtree quartet, composed of Vernon Thomasson. Math Leathcrwood. Bill Barnett, and Miss Robbie Barton, sang several selections. Mack Patton showed the safety picture, "The Miracle in Paradise Valley", produced by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture and Sinclair Oil Company. It shows the hazard* that exist on the farm and in the home, and encourages those who see it to use care in all activities to prevent accidents. Learning the Ropes r , Today, the bosic training course for soldiers in the Infantry is not com plete without instruction in knot-tying and the use of the block and tackle. Here a small group of U. S. Army trainees is learning how to master the science which will allow them to perform Herculean tasks with the greatest of ease. Four war-tested Infantry divisions in the United States are now ?chooling men to be well-trained soldier-specialists. J Franklin Smith's Dimple Beauty Is High Cow Franklin Smith's cow, a register- 1 ed Guernsey named Dimple Beau 1y of Rosewood Farm, produced ! 1509 lbs. of milk testing 4.2% 1 containing (>3.4 lbs. of fat during I June. A close second to Dimple was Notla Mary of Randolph Shi- j elds' herd, also a purebred Guern- 1 ley Mary produced 1475) lbs. ofl milk containing 57.7 lbs. ofl (it, reports Whl P. Walker, tester. I Both of these cows are on Ad-j vance Register or Official Test and their names, along with their owners names, go in the honor roll, composed of cows making over 50 lbs. of fat in one month, which is published by State College. A. B. Stalcup, who started test ing this month, was first in herd average for both milk and fat pioduction. The Shields herd was second in milk and the Folk School herd was second in fat production. High cow in milk and fat for er.ch herd was as follows: J. F. Smith, Dimple. 50.3 pounds milk daily, 1.509 pounds milk per month. 4.2 per cent fat, 63.4 pounds fat per month. Randolph Shields, Mary, 49.3 pounds milk daily. 1479 pounds milk per month. 3.9 per cent fat, 57.7 pounds per month. E. A. Wood, Soupy. 43.1 pounds milk daily. 1293 pounds milk per i month, 4.7 pc/r cent fat, 60.8 pounds per fhonth. A. Q. Ketner. Minnie. 34.9 pounds milk daily. 1047 pounds milk per month. 5.2 per cent fat. 54.4 pounds per month. Folk School, G. Flower. 33.7 , pounds milk daily. 1011 pounds milk per month, 4.5 per cent fat. j 45.5 pounds per month. A. B. Stalcup, Jane. 24.3 pounds j milk daily. 729 pound- milk per month. 6.3 per cent fat, 45.9 pounds per month. Herd averages for milk and fat were as follows: A. B. Stalcup. Jerseys. 4 cows, 629 pounds milk. 5.9 per cent fat, ' 37.1 pounds per month Randolph Shields. Guernseys', I 58 cows, 577 pounds milk. 4.2 per I cent* fat, 24.2 pounds per month. J. F. Smith. Guernseys' 27 cows, 550 pounds milk. 4.8 per cent fat. 26.7 pounds per month. E. A. Wood. Jersey's. 67 cows. 543 pounds milk. 4.8 per cent fat. 26.4 pounds per month. Folk School. Jersey's. 36 cows. 539 pounds milk. 4.9 per cent fat. 27.4 pounds per month. A. Q. Ketner, Guernsey's, 6 cows. 538 pounds milk, 4.4 per cent fat. 23.8 pounds per month. Swimming Class Here Cancelled The Life Saving: and Swim ming classes scheduled to be conducted this week under the sponsorship of the Cherokee county Chapter of the American j Red Cross, with Kill Mr Dor. ' | as instructor, were called off | Tuesday on the advice of local j physicians because of the threat | of infantile paralysis. There is ! 110 case of polio in this county as yet. officially reported, but local people have been advised to take precautions against the disease that is spreading rapid- , l.v through the state. Last week one child from j 1'naka was thought to have polio, but upon being taken to Asheville for -xamination, it was found that he was not a victim of that disease. The water safety demonstra- j tion to be held at Cain Creek j Wednesday afternoon was call- j ed off, also. Final Rites Held For S. Sgt. Woods Funeral services were held j Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock ; at Grape Creek Baptist church for' Staff Sgt. Clyde Wood, who was I killed May 27. 1944. on Beiak Island. *The Rev. Weldon West of ; Andrews officiated. Burial was in ihe church cemetery with full j military rites by the Joe Miller i Elkins Post. No. 9(>. American | Legion. Sgt. Wood was 27 years of age | at the time of his death. He was i first buried in New Guinea and later in Manila. The body arrived * in Murphy Wednesday escorted by Sgt. William II McClung of I Atlanta, and was met at the train j i by the local American Legion j j Post. He volunteered and served j I more than three and a half years in the army, landing first in Aus- j tralia. He was a young man who | was well liked in his community , I and had many friends. Surviving arc the parents. Mr. . j and Mrs. W. F. Wood: two sisters, j i Mrs. Callie Whitener of Smyrna, j | Ga.. Mrs Elsie Taylor of Murphy. I Route 3. and a brother, Arvil ' Wood. Murphy. Route 3 Ivie funeral home had charge of I arrangement >. GIRL scons TO Br TAIGIIT H WDIC RAI TS A Girl Scout course in handi crafts will begin at the Recreation i Hall on July 19 at 10 A.M. All ! kinds of handicrafts will be taught, j There will be no charge except for materials. Changes In Mail Schedules Here Are Announced Southern Railway passenger trains 17 and 18 which have been serving the Murphy branch, were discontinued as of today 'Thurs day*. Permission to stop this ser vice was granted by the State Utilities Commission in an order written on July 8, which required five days notice. The railway com pany petitioned the Utilities Com mission last year for*" permission to take these two trains off. and a hearing on the matter was held before Robt. Grady Johnson, member of the commission, in Asheville August 13, 1947, when cities along the route entered strong protests. Murphy is the only town on the route, west of Asheville, af fected by the discontinuance, which has any other passenger train service. The Louisville and Nashville railway also serves Murphy. Except for emergencies when it was necessary to tempor arily discontinue it, this will be the first time in around 50 years this section has been without pas- . senger service. Chambers of Commerce have protested the ruling of the Utili ties Commission, and special re quest has been made to the Feder al Government for two armored mail cars to service the area affect ed by the trains' discontinuance. It is thought that an appeal will be taken by organized groups, to seek to have the trains restored. The official order of the Utili ties Commission was signed by Stanley Winborne, chairman, and Fred C. Hunter, commissioner. R. G. Johnson, the other commission er. dissented, settin forth reasons why he bt 'K * ine rain - should be kept in operation. He is the member of the commission who heard the evidence presented August 13. He stated. "It is the view of the majority that the loss sustained from the operation of the trains herein considered is out of proportion to the public inter est involved. With that view 1 do not agree .... According to the evidence, the only passenger train serving this area is the one round trip per day which the applicant proposes to discontinue. It has been rendering passenger service over this road for decades and for many years served with sufficient schedules, and enjoyed a very fine business without competition. The equipment being used in the operation of this train is old, worn out and antiquated; the engines now being used were built in 1911; the passenger cars used are old and. according to the evidene of fered. dirty and in no way compar es with the modern equipment used on other sections of the Southern Railway System. When the Southern entered this terri tory and enjoyed the franchise is sued by the State of North Caro lina then it became obligated to furnish whatever service was nec essary for the area. It has, and ! is now enjoying, probably more freight business per mile than ! over any other section of road in like length which it serves "I The following will be mail j schedules for Murphy following ! the discontinuance of the trains: Outgoing. 7 a.m. to Gainesville: I 10 a.m. to Blue Ridge; 11 a.m. to Asheville by motor vehicle: 3:30 p.m. to Cleveland. Tenn.: 3:40 p.m. to Bryson City: and 3:45 p.m. to Gainesville: incoming: 10 a.m. from Cleveland: 10:30 a.m. from Gainesville: 3:30 p.m.. from Blue Ridge: 4:30 p.m. from Asheville: 7:30 p.m.. from Bryson City: and 8 p.m . from Gainesville. Circus Coming Coming to Murphy for one night only. Saturday, July 17. Bible Bros, circus will exhibit their ;<crialists, equillibrists. gymnast , acrobats, contortionists, clowns, rd u ca ted dogs ponies and horses with the giant monkeys, and top I ping the evening's performance I j with Hoy Bible's Feorcious fight I in:; Nubian Lions in the* 45-foot steel arena. Arden Davis Heads Dry Organization Rand Fund Goes To Total Of $850 The Murphy high school band | fund has now reached a total I of $850. Listed last week was a contribution of $10 from a friend. That should have been $25, but the total was correct. New contributions this week are: Citizens Hank and Trust Company $50.00 iMurphy Laundry 25.00 Mrs. Fred Christopher 10.00 A Friend LOO Dr. V. S. Broyles Speaks Sunday The Presbyterian hour next Sunday will present over the inde pendent network of the Southern Religious Radio Conference the Rev. Dr. Vernon S. Broyles. Jr.. pastor of the North Avenue Pres byterian Church in Atlanta. Ga. He is a native Tennessean, educat ed in Davidson College and Union Theological Seminary of Rich mond. Va. He did post-graduate work at the University of Teubing en in Germany. He was ordained by Meridian Presbytery and serv ed pastorates in Virginia and Mississippi. Dr. Broyles is chair man of the War Relief Committee of the General Assembly and represents the Presbyterian rhurch in the U. S. in Church Moiid Service. His topic .vill be "Christ, the Only Answer to our Present Panic". Music on this program will tea- 1 ture the choir of Presbyterian j College in Clinton. S. C., under ! the direction of Prof. Edward Pate. This program may be heard in this community over Radio Sta tion VVSB and VVNOX Sunday. July 18. at 8:30 A.M. Sermon Topic Is Announced "The Heavenly Race" is the sub ject announced by the Rev. T. G Tate for his sermon at 11 o'clock t Sunday morning at the Presbyter ian church. Sunday school will j meet at 10 a.m. and Youth Fellow- , ship at 6:30 p.m. $ The Cherokee County Forces I lor Temperance and Law Enforce ment organized at a meeting at First Baptist church Sunday after noon, when representatives from .ill sections of the county attend ed. Arden Davis was elected presi dent; the Rev. J. Alton Morris, vice-president; and Miss Addie Mae Cooke, secretary-treasurer. The following compose the steer ing committee: Pearlie Matheson, Andrews: Clarence Hendrix, Peachtree: Rev. Algie West, Marble; W. F. Hill, Liberty; Her man Jones, Unaka; Clyde McNabb, Bell view; Joe Myers. Brasstown; R. L. Keenum, Hiwassee Dam: and S. D. Akin. Ranger. This committee held a meeting on Wednesday afternoon and selected precinct committeemen. The Rev. C. C. Washam, pastor of Andrews Methodist church, brought a message on, "What Do Ye More Than These?" Shields And Palmer Are New Councilmen Murphy town councilmen met Monday evening and all the mem bers were present. They elected two new membrs, Lonzo Shilds ?nd Tom Palmer, to fill vacancies. They discussed street regula tions and made a no-parking zone up hill from Murphy General Hospital. They decided to do every possible thing to keep the passen ger train from Murphy to Ashe ville going. They appointed J. N. Smith and E. M. English, extra polieemcn. The general discussion of the meeting was of street conditions and recommendations for improve ment. BACK IS BROKEN Charlie Wise, whose back was broken and legs paralyzed when he fell from the bridge under construction at the junction of Hiwassee and Valley Rivers last week, was taken to a Knoxville hospital Monday. THIRD SUNDAY SINGING The Third Sunday afternoon ringing will be held at Unaka Bap I tist Church, beginning at 2 o'clock i Sunday. It is open to the public. New Regulations On Motor Vehicle Inspection Given RALEIGH? The Motor Vehicle Department today issued a new set of rules and regulations design ed to speed up the Mechanical Inspection Program of vehicles. The regulations set five dead lines during the remainder of 1948 for various model vehicles to be presented for inspection. Arthur T. Moore, Director oi t h e Department's Mechanical Inspection Division, said the neces sity for the new regulations was made evident by the fact that at the end of June only 250.185 of the State's 862.252 registered ve hicles had been inspected. The new requirements, which go into effect immediately, stipulate that: 1. All motor vehicles of year models up to and including 1936 and vehicles of year models 1947 and 1948 must be inspected by August 31. 2. Year models 1937 and 1946 must be inspected by September 30. 3. Models 1938. 1939. 1943. 1944. and 1945 must be inspected by October 31. 4. Models 1940 and 1942 must be inspected by November 30. 5. Models 1941 and 1949 must be checked by December 31. The Mechanical Inspection Law passed by the 1947 General As sembly requires that all vehicles must be inspected once during 1948 and twice a year thereafter. The Commissioner of Motor Ve hicles is given power under the Act to promulgate such rules and regulations as he deems neces sary to the administration of the law. By setting up the various dead lines, Moore said the Department could be assurred that by the end of 1948 all registered vehicles will have paid a visit to one of the State's 36 mechanical inspection lanes. "In this way,,v he added, "the lanes will not have to under go such a tremendous rush at the end of the year." The regulations state that dur ing 1948 any vehicle may be pre sented for inspection at any time prior to the expiration of its time limit. For instance, if the owner of a 1941 model vehicle wants to l have it inspected during July ? I that's perfectly all right, even though the actual deadline for inspection of 1941 models runs through December 31. The operation of any motor ve hicle after the time limit set for inspection without displaying the olficial seal of approval will be a violation of the Motor Vehicle Laws of 1947, according to the (Continued on page 8)
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