POPULATION C HEROKEE COUNTY 18,813 COUNTY SEAT 2,500 Pit Ciftrpkte Cherokee County CLOTHED IN NATURE'S SCENIC WONDERS IS AN IDEAL VACATION SPOT Mil I ME 59 ? NUMBER 4. MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1!. I'll*. TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK STATE WINNERS ? Shown above are Dorothy Shields, left, and Mary Farmer, right, Murphy 4-H club girls who last week were an nounced as winners of the State 4-H club dairy team demonstration. In the picture they are demonstrating the steps in the subject they chose. "A Simple Dessert for Every Day s Use". Each girl will receive a 17- jewel wrist watch as an award for winning the state honors. County Conducts New Registration New registration of voters in ; Cherokee county is now being I made, and registrars are on the ' job at all the precincts. Those ex- j pecting to vote in the August 31 i beer and wine election must regis- j tor before the closing of the books on August 21. The books ar open at poling places on Sati. ays. and registr- i ars :iiso will accept registrations j at their homes during the other ; days of the week. The registrars are as follows: David Shields I In Message Center In Tokyo, Japan W; h the Eighth army in Tokyo, Japan. Technician Fifth j Grade David E. Shields, son of i M and Mrs. D. Shields. 525 j Hiauassee Street. Murphy, has been assigned to the message cen ter oi the Eighth Engineer Syuad ron. Corporal Shields, who just re- ! turned from Eighth Army, will | handle all correspondence to and j front the First Cavalry Division J Headquarters in Camp Drake. He is a graduate of the Murphy High School and before joining the Army was the Manager of the Shields Service Station in Murphy. Mr>. W. M. Fain recently re- 1 turned from a 15-day tour to . Michigan, Niagra Falls, and j Canada. She was accompanied by i her lister. Miss Ressie Mount of Knoxville and some friends from j there Topton. Mrs. Nell B. Riddle; An drews, north ward, Mrs. Cleve Almond; south ward. Jess Collett; Marble. J. H. Bryson; Tomotla. Collie Wells: Murphy, north ward. Mrs. Ray Millsaps; south ward. Mrs. ?T. Nr. Moody; Peaehtree. Frank Abernathy: Brasstown Horace Staleup; Burnt Meeting. House, S. A. Hughes; Culberson | Randolph Shields: Liberty. W. F Hill; Shoal Creek. Mrs. Edgar Taylo/. Vest, G. G. Quinn: Walker School House, Charlie Kil patrick Grape Creek, G. W. Rogers; Og recta, Fred Martin; Unaka. George Crawford; Long Ridge, Wi - lard Graham; Upper Beaverdatn. C'!if*ord Rus'" Bbenezer. >'oah McDonald; Hanging Dog, Ross Hensley: Boiling Springs, W. .1. Mintz; Hot House. .lack Westmore land. CLYDE TOWNSON Ruling Of Utilities Commission On Southern Trains Is Appealed An appeal from a State Utili ties commission decision approv- j tog t he Southern Railway's pro- j Posal to abandon passenger trains 17 and 18 between Asheville and I Murphy has been filed in Hay Wood county superior court. The appeal brought by the Town of Murphy and the Waynes v'llo. Uazelwood and Lake Juna luska Chambers of Commerce will i be heard at the September term of superior court in Waynesville. Attorney for the Waynesville Chamber of Commerce, said that the appeal was made on the grounds that any loss incurred by the railroad on the passenger line was more than offset by freight profits and that the sub stantial loss to the public is far greater than that of the railroad. Selective Service Board Announced Appointment of a new Cherokee County Selective Service board ( ?'as been announced. The follow *ng ^ree men have been selected to serve on this board: Ben Palmer, chairman; John C. O'Dell. both of ?Murphy and Arnold Bryson of Marble. Miss Ruth Dockery. daughter of Dockery of Marble, has *cn elected to serve as stenogra ^ 01 Her hours will be from 9 ^ 1 o clock Monday through Fri- j y- and salary was set at $1200. j Miss Dockery has had two years' college work at W. C. T. C . Cullo whec. Bids on three offices have been submitted to state headquarters, and the board expects to learn soon which of the three was select ed. This board has been designated as Local Board No. 20. Ben Palmer is a veteran of World War II and John O'Dell and Arnold Bryson are veterans of World War 1. One Case Polio Reported; Health Office Comments Band Fund Nears $1,300 Mark The I'll iuI fur a school band here next year has now reached a total of $1292, of which $75 was contributed since last week's published report. The new contributions include: Cherokee Lumber Corp. $50.00 Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brumby 25.00 Clyde Townson Taken By Death On Friday Night Clyde H. Townson, 32, died at his home here Friday night, Aug ust 6, at 10 o'clock, following a long illness. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 3.30 o'clock at the First Methodist church, of which he was a member, with the pastor, the Rev. W. B. Penny, and the Re\. W. H. Hampton, pastor of the Free Methodist church of ficiating. Burial was in Sunset cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert Wea ver. James Parker, Charlie John son. Frank Crawford, Frank Hens ley. John Posey. Jr., Hadley Diek ev. Cecil Roberts, J. L. Shields and O. L. Anderson. Honorary pallbearers were, Dr. W. A. Hoover, Dr. Harry Miller. Dr. B. W. Whitfield. Dr. Helen Wells. Dr R. S. Parker. Dr J. X. I Hill. Dr. F. V. Taylor, and Dr. W. I .\i. Mauney. Surviving are the widow. Mrs. Virginia Dickey Townson: one son, Richard: the parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Townson of Murphy: one sister. Mrs. D. L. Wells, Jr., j of Wallace and a brother. W. D. j Townson. Jr., of Murphy. Mr. Townson was associated in j business here with his father, j prominent lumber manufacturer , and funeral director. Among the out of town friends attending the funeral were: Jack Hinshaw of the Atlanta ' Casket company. Atlanta. Ga.; H. | H. Wilkerson of Wilkerson and Wilkerson, Knoxville, Tenn.: Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Westmoreland of Westmoreland - Hawkins funeral home. Marion. X. C.: Mr. and t Mrs. J. M. Wells, Canton: J. M. I Akin and Pat Akin of Townson funeral home. Blairsville. Ga.: Mr. and Mrs. Willis H. Gross of Dunn ' and Gross funeral home. Ashe ville; Ralph Crawford and Howell Crawford of Crawford funeral home. Waynesville. Townson funeral home was as sisted by Dunn and Gross funeral home of Asheville, and Crawford funeral home of Waynesville in conducting the funeral. Military Honors Given Pvt. Chas. R/adford Sunday Funeral services weiv held Wednesday afternoon at o'clock at Unaka Baptist church i'or Pvt. Charles R. Radford who was I wounded July 11 and ci ed July 17, 1944. in France. He was 23 years of age. and was a member of the 47th infantry. The Rev. Johnny Moss and the Rev. Mr. Graham officiated. Buria! was in the church cemetery with full military honors by the Joe Miller Elkins post of the American Le gion. The body was brought to Murphy Monday to Townson funer- 1 al home. He is survived by the widow. 1 Mrs. Stella Mae Radford: one son. : Virgil: his parents. Mr and Mrs. 1 Curtis Radford: three brothers. Lloyd. Hoyt and Don and two sifters, Mrs. Inez Beaver and Mrs. Gardnell Garrett, all of Unaka. Bob Benton of Cornelia, Ga.. visited his sister, Mrs. C. E. Hyde and Mr. Hyde last week. Cherokee county's first reported polio case occurred last Friday, when the illness ol" Loretta Hin ton, 7, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hinton of Murphy, was diagnosed by Dr. W. A. Hoover as polio. The child was taken to the Asheville Orthope dic home for treatment. The local health department re leased the following statement re garding the case and precautions to be taken against the disease: "There is now one case of Poliomyelitis in Cherokee county. It came late in the season and should not be cause for alarm, but it impresses the reality of the fact that we can have that dreaded disease in this community and we should take precautions against its spread. "First, the children who came in personal contact with the af Uicted child are now in quaran tine. We are not quarantining other children but are requesting parents to keep their children away from public gatherings or piaces wnere mey wouia come in contact with people outside the family. Members of the Health Department are on the alert to give advice or render any service possible to the public. "The North Carolina State Board of Health has issued a bulletin. What Are The Symptoms, from which we quote: The onset is usually abrupt, with fever, often times with nausea and vomiting, drowsiness, irritability, stiffness of the neck, and occasionally pain and tenderness of the extremities. These symptoms are usually pres ent for three or four days before any signs of paralysis d velop The paralysis involves more com monly the legs and arms, < . d l Hamilton Bros. Livestock Mark tt, which was burned several | months ago, is being rebuilt at ; the former location near An drews, and the owners expect to be open by the first of September. MODERATOR? Peyton G. Ivie, moderator of the Western North Carolina Baptist association, who will preside at the meeting of the association to be held at Mt. Pis gah Baptist church next Tuesday and Wednesday. Woman's Body Is Identified The body of a woman found floating in Chatugc lake the Shoot ing Creek section Monday was indentified Tuesday by relatives as that of Mrs. Fred Garrison. 30. oi Newport News, Va., formerly of Bryson City, it was announced by Sheriff Glenn Swanson of Clay county. The identification was made from rings and articles of clothing by Mrs. B. E. Shuler, mother of Mrs. j Garrison, and Frank Shuler, a brother, both of Bryson City. The deceased was the former Miss Virgie Shuler. The body was brought to Ivie funeral home in Murphy and was buried in Sunset cemetery Mon day afternoon. ' Sheriff Swanson said no evidence of foul play had yet been found. Dr. L. R. Staton. Clay county coro ner. had said earlier that the body was so badly decomposed it could not be determined whether it had been struck a blow or otherwise carried evidence of foul play. Mrs. Garrison came to Western North Carolina two weeks ago from Newport News. She was last seen August 3 in Clay county. Her husband arrived here this week and planned to have the body moved to Bryson City. The couple formerly lived in Hayesville. Patrolman L. J. Lance stated that it was learned that a Hayes ville taxicab carried Mrs. Garrison from Murphy to Hayesville when she went from Bryson City to Hayesville for a visit with the family of Arb Ashe. The body was found Monday ' by Charlie Beadles, rural mail carrier. SINGING The Tl\ird Sunday afternoon j singing will be held at Grape Creek Baptist church, beginning at 2 o'clock. NEW CHl'RCH On Sunday. August 29. a homecoming will be held at the new Tu!?? financially for the new native stone church to ho built, will make addresses at the service at 11 and 11:30 a. m. Jane Withers, movie actress, who married Bill Moss, son of Paul Moss, also is expected to be present. The Rev. L. P. Smith of Hayesvillc is pastor of the church. WNC Baptist Meet August 17-18 At Mt. Pisgah Church Fair To Be Held Sept, 27-Oct. 2 Dates for the 21st annual Cherokee County Agricultural fair have been set by the fair committee for September 27 October 2. Fair committees and premium lists will be published at an early date. Town To Employ Caretaker For The Cemeteries Among the matters of business transacted at the meeting of the town council Monday night was the passing of an ordinance pho hibiting boys from shinging shoes on the streets. Complaint had been made that there was so many of them that they had become a nuisance. However, they are al lowed to place their chairs be tween buildings, in barber shops, and inside buildings where the owners will allow it It was voted to employ a full time man to care for the ceme teries. Morris To Fill Pulpit Sunday The Rev. J. Alton Morris will fill his puipit at First Baptist church at both services Sunday. He lias been conducting revivals in I Ifaitwell. Ga.. and Greenville. S. C . the past two weeks .but will j return home Saturday. Other services at the church' will b eheld at the usual hours Sunday School starts at 9:4."). morn ing worship at 11. Training Union at. 7:00 and evening worship at 8. OMITTED BY ERROR Inadvertently omitted from the list of names of the Dress Revue winners announced last week were: Junior group, Darlene Chastain. Martins Creek, first; Shirley Carver. Andrews, second. ZONE CHAIRMAN? H. G. Elk ins of Murphy who has boon ap pointed by District Governor D J. Whitener of Boone as chairman of Zone one of District 31-A of Lions International. Hundreds of Baptists of the ! Western North Carolina assoeia I tion will assemble Tuesday and I Wednesday of next week at Mt. I Pisgah Baptist church for its sixty-fourth annual session. Pey lon G. I vie of Murphy, modera tor. will preside. The theme will be. "Christ is the Answer". Among those coming from out side the association to speak on the program are: M. A. Huggins, executive secretary, Baptist State Convention; Rev. G. W. Bullard, superintendent of Missions, Bap tist State Convention, both of Raleigh: Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, presi dent of Mars Hill college; Dr. W. K. McGee, director of Depart ment of Religion at Baptist Hos pital, Winston-Salem: and Dr. J. C. Canipe, secretary of Evange lism of the Convention. The Tuesday morning session will open at 9:30 with prayer and praise by the Rev. Weldon West, followed by the welcome by the Rev. J. E. Cable, to which the Rev. L. P. Smith will respond. Following introductions and ap pointments of committees, "As sociational Missions" will be dis cussed. Miss Mildred Whitfield will make a report, and the Rev. G. W. Bullard will speak on the subject. Dr. A. J. Headrick of Murnhv will make a reDort on the orphanage. Following special music by the First Baptist church, Murphy, the Rev. A. B. Lovell will preach the annual sermon. The afternoon session will be gin at 1:30. with the Rev. Calvin Thompson leading the praise ser vice. The following reports will be given: Foreign Missions, Mrs. J. \V. Stanley; Home Missions, Frank Walsh; State Missions. Miss Addie Mae Cooke th?e Rev. J. Alton Morris will bring a message on Missions. Special music will be rendered by . Mur phy church. A report on the Cooperative Program will be given by Mrs. Amos Harris, following which M. A. lluggins will speak on. "Cooperative Program and Christian Stewardship". The Rev. Jack Palmer will open the Wednesday morning session at 9:30 with a praise service. The following reports will be given. W. M. U . Mrs. C. T. Almond; Sunday School. Miss Kate Robin son: Training Union. Mrs. Clay Rogers; and Doctrinal Message, Rev. Algia West. Election of of ficers will then be held, and a digest of the church letters heard. The Rev. Robert Barker will give the Social Service Report, and Peachtree Baptist church will give special music. The Rev. T. Earl Ogg will make a report on Evange lism. and Dr. J. C. Canipe will speak on the subject. The Rev. W P. Elliott will lead the praise service Wednesday after noon. The following reports will be made: Christian Schools. Mrs. T. Karl Ogg: Christian Literature, Mrs. Clarence Hendrix; Christian Education. Dr. Hoyt Blackwell; Minister's retirement, Mrs. John Savage: Hospital. P. A. Arrowood. "Highlights of Hospital" will be discussed by Dr. W. K. McGee. H. L. Mulkey will present the memorials. The program committee is com posed of The Rev. T. Earl Ogg, Mrs. Lloyd Hendrix, and A. L. Buchanan. TV A Sprays Lake Borders With DDT This week the TVA gave a liberal application of DDT dust to borders of Hiwassee lake around Murphy They promise to repeat the DDT applications at frequent intervals in order to control mosquitoes and flies and any other insects that might originate in connection with the lake. D H. Moody, sanitarian of the health department, says, "TVA cannot apply dust to our own back alleys and yards, therefore, each individual must do this for himself. Do not let mosquitoes hatch out in your own tin cans or unused tubs and blame the lake for them. We frequently find that to be the case. "Remove filth and destroy breed ing places. If you must leave stand ing water on your premises be sure to stop mosquito breeding by applying a film of oil. Use kerosene or used motor oil or any other kind of oil available."