North Carolina Newspapers

(Hljmiltee iSe 7%a^^ Tfaz Cm ?ee '' VOU MN 5fl - NI'MBEK -'" Ml KPIIY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1!)48 TEN PAGES THIS WEEK Red Cross Blood Program Outlined; Officers Elected The Cherokee County Chapter! (ij the American Red Cross held .si annual meeting Tuesday eve ning at First Methodist church, when the principal subject for dis cussion was the Blood Program that will be initiated for Western North Carolina with a center in Asheville early next year. Partici pating in the discussion were: Dr. Charles Van Gorder and Dr. J. F. McGimpsey of Andrews; Dr. B. W. Whitfield. Dr. Marvin Nathan, Dr. Helen Wells. Dr. F. V. Taylor, and Mrs Marjie Witherspoon of Murphy. The following officers were re elected to serve the chapter anoth er year: Miss Addie Mae Cooke, chairman; Mrs. T. A. Case, vice chairman; Mrs. C. W. Savage, secretary; and W. M. Davis, treas urer. These oifficers were nominat ed by a committee composed of: H Bueck. chairman; Sister Virginia Hetherington. and Mrs. H. G. El kins. New by-laws. suggested by American Red Cross, were adopt ed by the chapter. Mrs. H. G. Elkins. home service chairman, reported that during the past fiscal year the home service office rendered the following ser vices Number of cases: 401; of which 214 were for men in ser vice 193 for veterans, and 23 for civilians; financial assistance and referral service; helping in filling out applications for family allow ance and other government bene fits assisting with communications between servicemen and family when other means are not avail able. or at times when n^imil means are not ^'ccessful; assist ing serv icemen and their depend ents by providing military and naval authorities with social historic* required for medical and psychicatrie treatments and mak ing report on home conditions. Treasurer W M Davis reported :.V following expenditures from i Oct 1 1 947. through June 30. 1948: ! Horn* service, including salaries, loans ( lvilian assistance, telephone and telegraph and office supplies. S1.83t; 76; water safety. $11; hospi tal and recreation. $81.95; disaster l relief S15; campaign expense, ; $80.70. stationery. $9.8(i; confer- j tnce>. $51.13; and remitted to National headquarters as its part of fund campaign receipts. $576.93. making a grand total of expendi tures $2,666.33. The report of the Junior chair man. Mrs. H. Bueck. was read by Mrs c W. Savage. The Junior Red Cross reported collections of $44.35 in the 1948 enrollment. It Plans to make a contribution of S25 to Veterans Hospitals at Oteen and Swannanoa for Christmas; and ??fter the holidays several grades Plan to pack boxes for shipment to j school children in occupied Ger- j many Continued on page 8 p _ ? - Home Economists Have Meeting The Smoky Mountain Home Economics association met recent ly in Murphy with the local home economists as hostess. The dinner v.as prepared and served by the advanced Food Class under the <upervision of Mrs. H. Bueck. Miss Gertrude Flanagan, Chero kee Indian School and Chairman of the group, presided. Miss Virginia Kight of Hayesvile was elected to fill the vancy of secre tary for the coming year. Reports were heard from Mrs H. Bueck. Miss Velma Beam and Miss Meredith Whitaker on the recent State Home Economics <onvention held in Asheville on November 5 and 6th. Members present included: Miss Gertrude Flanagan. Miss Ethel Garnett, Cherokee: Miss Pansy Deal. Mrs Philip Britinall. Mrs. Jane Light. Bryson City: Miss Carolyn Corry. Miss Frances Barr, Franklin: Miss Velma Beam. Miss Virginia Kight. Hayesville: Miss Nellie .lo Carter. Mrs. Inez Mar tin. Robbinsville. Miss Meredith Whitaker. Mrs. Lillian Ashe. An drews: Miss Mary Cornwell. Miss Louise Matthews, and Mrs. II Bueck. Murphy; Mrs Marion Jones Wilson. Hi was see Dam The group accepted the invita tion of Swain County home economists to meet in Bryson City on the 3rd week in Januan Murphy Giris Win Debate At Young Harris Misses Dorothy Palmer and Sara King students at Young Harris C ollege. and members of t he Susan J B Literary Society, were two ot j the three girls selected to complete against three older members of the Society last Wednesday night in the first debate of the Society I this year. Following the decision! of the judges they recieved the honors and congratulations of the! society. Scout Executive To Meet Parents A W. Allen, executive of Daniel Boone Council of Boy Scouts in Western North Carolina, is coming from Asheville to meet with Mur phy parents of boys of Cub age lor an organization meeting. The meeting will be in the Recreation Koom of the Library at (5:45 on Wednesday. December 8 E, F And G Drivers Must Be Re-Licensed By December 31 If your last name is either Ed vards. Fuller, Green, or anything ('.so beginning with E. F. or G, .vou'd better visit your nearest , driving license examiner right away. You have only until midnight oi December 31 to take a new driv- 1 Jnn examination according to the j Motor Vehicle Department, and j if you don't get it now. along with ; your Christmas shopping, you may j ->nd that the lines get awfully' long near the end of December. j That was the word of warning ; l"day from Motor Vehicle Commis sioner I,, c. Rosser. who said the E. F. and G group of drivers had 1 >en slow to report to the examin- 1 stations. This group began i taking their examinations on July j 1 and .will be given through I December 31. After that date, if any E. F. or j (l driver is caught driving on an ?'d license, he will be found guilty a misdemeanor and will be >ned n0t tjlan 525, or im JJ^ned for 30 days. or both, at | ? e discretion of the court. Commissioner Rosser said that the examining stations would be closed two or three days around Christmas, and urged motorists to gel their licenses now. while the examiners are not rushed. He said at the end of each of the previous examining periods, long lines had formed and motorists bemoaned the fact that they had not visited the license examiner earlier. The schedule of R W. Rector, local examiner, is as follows Mon day and Tuesday. Murphy: Thurs day and Friday. Andrews. Beginning on January 1 and continuing through June 30. 1949. the H. I, J. and K drivers will be relieensed. Other examining periods: L and M ? July 1 through December 31. 1949 N. (). p. and Q ? January 1 through June 30, 1950 R. S. and T ? July 1 through December 31. 1950 U. V. W. X. Y. and 7 ? Janu ary 1 through June 30. 1951. Mrs. (1. W. Cover Is Speaker At Welfare Meeting I Mrs. C. W. Cover of Andrews was among the speakers in a pub- 1 iic welfare forum of the Western ' District at George Vanderbilt hotel I in Asheville Tuesday. Attending from this county besides Mrs j Cover were: Mrs. Laura Freeman, I welfare superintendent, of Murphy. | and Mrs. Lucy Laughter of An- j drews. Mrs. E. L. McKee Taken By Death * I Mrs. E L McKee, state senator from her district, died unexpected ly Saturday at her home in Sylva. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Sylva Metho dist church and burial was in Keener cemetery. Mrs. McKee was well known here and had many friends in this county. Roads Under Water Sunday Because of the heavy rain Saturday night and Sunday, riv ers in Cherokee county were swollen Sunday afternoon and I night, making some highways impassable. No. 19 between j Murphy and Marble was blocked because of high water from Val ley River, near Marble, and traf fic travelled by Peachtree, en countering high water at numer ous points on that road? At other places in the county traveling was hazardous. By Monday morning the water had receded and traffic resumed. Toys Should Be Left At Library Scoutmaster Hobart MeKeever requests that people who have old tcya to contribute to the Boy Scouts for repairing and using for Christmas gifts to underprivileged children, leave them at Murphy Carnegie library. Mobile Post Office Serving County Morris' Sermon Topics Listed The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pastor ?f First Baptist church, will preach Minday morning at 11 o'clock on. Jesus, the Man", and Sunday eve ning at 7:30 o'clock on. "Jesus, the Final Authority". Sunday School starts at 9:45 o' clock Training Union at 6:30 Sunday, and mid-week Hour of Power service at 7:30 Wednesday. Preview of Sunday School lesson is at 6:45 Wednesday, when the youth and cherub choirs also practice. Adult choir practice follows the Hour of Power service Campers, Hunters Cause Most Forest Fires Campers and hunters were the biggest single cause of forest fires in North Carolina during October. According '<> figures re leased by the N C. Forest Ser vice. campers and hunters started 34 of the 80 forest fires occurring on State-protected land Smokers were responsible for 17 other fires. More than 10.000 acres of forest land were burned over during the month, resulting in an estimated damage of $10,426. District Fores ter Charles C. Pel tit. I of Dis trict Nine, points out. however, this figure does not take into con sideration the damage done to wild game within this forest area Co Forest Warden Burnett urges all hunters to use extreme care this season while in the woods If everyone will do his part to pre vent forest fires by breaking all matches before throwing them away, crushing cigarette stubs, and making sure camp fires are dead t ut. this careless destruction of wild game and the forest cover can be avoided Young People To Attend Rally Many Methodist younu people from Murphy and this vicinity will attend the Conference rally of three districts in Ashcville Monday eve ning at 7:30 o'clock. Rupert Hoover, national youth leader, is to be speaker and Bob Christy of Andrews will conduct the worship. Major Pullium Joins TTC Staff I Major Vension G. Pullium. ! veteran of 9 years service, has I been assigned to the S-l Section of the Transportation Training Center. The highway post office which v. as recently secured for Western North Carolina, began operation between Asheville and Blue Ridge. Ga.. Saturday. The first trip was devoted to handling "first-day covelrs'" for I stamp collecting enthusiasts, and regular mail service began on Monday. The highway post offices have built-in facilities sorting and handling mail and will operate much in the same manner as rail way post offices. The schedule from Asheville to blue Ridge is a> follows: leave Asheville. 5:15 a n arrive Enka. 5:34; Candler. ?"? 4ti. Canton. 6:07: Clyde. 6:25: Lake .lunaluska. 6:40: Waynesville. 7-02: Hazel wood. 7:10: Balaam, 7:25; Sylva 7:52; Dills boro. 7 58: Whiniei 8:23; Bryson City. 8:41: Lauaila. 8:56: VVesser. 9:11: Xantahala. 9:32; Toptcm. 9:46: Andrews 10:06: Marble. 10:19: Tomotla. 1<>:29: Murphy. 1 0:23: Ranger 10:58: Culberson. 11:07: Mineral Blui'l. Ga.. 11:26: and Blue Rid;.- Ga.. 1 1 40 From Blue R i < I -i t ' back to Ashe ville. the highway post office will leave Blue Rid-:-' at 12:30 p. m . ?nd will have the following sced ule: Mineral Bluff 12:51: Culber son. 1:10: Ranker. 1:19: Murphy. 1:36: Tomotla. 1 48: Marble. 1:58: j Andrews. 2:13: Topton. 2:31: Nan j Jahala. 2:45; Wesser. 3:06: Lauada. | 8:33: Bryson City. 3:38; Whittier. 3 55 Dillsboro 4 20; Sylva. 4:27: , Balsam. 4:52: Hazel wood. 5:08; Waynesville. 5:21. Lake .luna luska. 5:38: Clyde. 5:53: Canton. 6:12; Candler. 6:33: Enka. 6:45; 1 and arrive Asheville post office J 7 p. m. Wolf Creek PTA Has Pie Supper The Parent-Teacher association ) of Wolf Creek school held a pie supper last Friday night and made I a sum ol $27 for the school lunch room. reports Mrs. Myrtle Moore. Walter Mull was selected as the ugliest man and Misses Barbara Curtis and Helen Ledford. the prettiest girls. i Howse In Charge (Ticket Office Jimmie Howse is now in charge ol the ticket office of the Smoky Mountain bus station in Murphy, succeeding Roy Styles, who has accepted another position with the company, in Chattanooga. Mr. Howse also operates the cafe in the bus station Mr. and Mrs. Hight Moore Prof fit and three children Evanston Wyoming, en route from a visit tf parents in Wilkes, were guests here of Mr. and Mrs Lloyd Hen drix Saturday. New School Building Opens; Prof. H. Bueck Speaks Bulldogs Tame Andrews Team On Thanksgiving 13-0 On a beautiful Thanksgiving clay, the Murphy Bulldogs tamed * the Andrews Wildcats to a quiet 1 purr by a score of 13 to 0. Fumble held back the over anxious Bulldogs the first half but 1 they eame back in the second half to push Andrews all over the i field. j Andrews came close to scoring in the second quarter when, after ecovering a Bulldog fumble, ' Butler caught a pass on the Mur- 1 phy 35 and traveled to the three J 1 efore he was tackled. There the Bulldogs held the Wildcats four straight down. That was the only threat the Wildcats gave the Bulldogs. The second half was different j altogether. After a sustain drive from the Murphy 30, Carl Mero ney did what Andrews' Butler didn't do. he went over after catching a pass on the Andrews' twenty-yard line, for the first Bull dogs score. Arrowood drove off j tackle for the conversion giving i Murphy a 7 point lead. In the closing minutes of the ; game Alexander took a short pass from Thompson and lugged the P'gskin 20 yards to the three There on the second play he went over for the Bulldogs second tally The final score was Murphy 13 and Andrews 0. Blind Seals Net Lions Club Sum Of $1011 Murphy Lions duo announces hat a total of $1011 10 has been contributed to the Blind seal fund as a result of letters and eals sent to many Cherokee tounty people President R. W Kaslev states that because of everal different groups working on the list of names, there have been some duplications, and a feu people have received more than (?ne letter He states that he regret this error: it was not in l ended that any individual receive more than one letter Contribu tions are still being received Contributions since the listing last week are: S2-". Commonwealth Lumber Corp. $10. H. F Bishop. Dr. W A Hoover. Mr .and Mrs, S. Horowitz. $5. C. E. Weir. Dr. Harry Dickey. ( V Rotfe. .h Mrs. Ruth R Carroll. S X Bobo Sr . T A Case. S3. Dr. J. R Bell. Mr. and Mrs. \. G. Brown. Anthony Fisher. S2. Mr. and Mrs. Fred McGuire. H !\i Harbin. Greene Grocery Store. G YV. Harper. Fulton Thomasson. Miss Marvie Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hendrix. S L Kisselburg. Standard Oil Co.. J. H. Monteith. Mrs. Wanda Patton McDonald. A Q Ketner. Cherokee Cafe. Dr. and Mrs. W H Scruggs. Howard Adair. Si. Beit Whwter, tn Bert Wheeler. Sam Williams. Mrs. R. 1 S Eskridge. Dr. Marvin Nathan. [ Guy W McNabb. Lon Raper. Mr. ; .slid Mrs. W. P. Guyton. Miss j Laura Nell Sherrill. Sidney Pierce. ' Mrs. J. 11 Hampton. Sidney Rad- j ford. O B Ellis. Murphy Sanitary Market. Floyd Oliver. Robert Barker. Rev .1 Alton Morris. Fd Waldroup. John A. Davidson. Mrs. Ben L. Ray. Mr. Ben L Ray. Joe F Ray. Pure Oil Service Sta . A & P Tea Company. Herbert Hatchett. Paul Rickett. Mrs. Paul (Continued on pase 8) : MFPPY CHPIVTMAS FIGHT TB Buy Christmas Seals Ray To Be New Postmaster It has been unofficially reported hat at the resignation of Howard iV. Moody as postmaster of the Murphy office, to take a rural mail 1 route, Joe E Ray will become j Ylurphy's postmaster. Official an nouncement is expected to be j made soon Hundreds Taking Advantage Of Free X-Rays People are flocking to the Mobile X-Ray unit of the State Board of Health that is now in the county making free X-Rays to check for tuberculosis, states Dr. Marvin Nathan, health offi cer. At Robbinsville Tuesday, between 275 and 300 people were X-Ray; in Andrews Wednesday, more than 350 were X-Ray and many had to be turned away. The lTnit will be in Murphy Thursday and Friday and in Hayesville Saturday. ? I Attend Meeting Of Foundation The Methodist College founda tion of North Carolina of which several from this eounty are members, will meet in Winston Salem Saturday. Among those from here who will attend are: The Rev \\\ B Pei.u> and Miss Jeanne Penny. Others from the county on the Foundation are: Bob Christy. John Christy. John H. Christy. Mrs Zeb Conley. An drews: and Mrs T. A. Case. Mur phy Miss Whitaker Speaks Saturday I Miss Meredith Whitaker of An 1 drews will be one of the speakers ( at the Western district meeting of the North Carolina Nutrition com mittee at Battery Park hotel in | A s-heville Saturday at 10 o'clock a | m Dr Roy Norton, state health | officer, will be the principal speak- ( or. Football Game Is For Needv The Andrews American Legion Post 97 and Brvson City All-Stars will clash in a football game at Murphy on Saturday night at 7:30. The proceeds of this game will go for the benefit of needy children Supt H. Bueck was speaker at the meeting of Murphy Parent Teacher association Monday eve ning. when the new school build ing which is housing the primary grades was first opened to the public The Pa rent -Teachers' as sociation, with several guests, met in the assembly room of the new building. Prior to the program, those attending visited the various class rooms. Ben Palmer, a mem ber of the School Board, Mrs. Palmer. Mrs. Peyton G. Ivie. and the faculty assisted in showing the visitors through the building. With P.-T. A. Vice-President W M. Davis presiding, the program was opened by the singing of Thanksgiving Prayer", "Lone some Valley" and "America the Beautiful" by the faculty chorus and the devotional by D. F. Folger of the Folk School. It was an nounced that Mrs. Evelyn Patton's room was winner of attendance banner for having the most par ents present. Mr. Bueck outlined the progress of the school for the past 16 years. He said that during that time there has been a lethargy regard ing schools; that in the first eight years people were too busy trying to make a living to take much interest ,and that in the last eight years people were too busy mak ing money He said there is now an awakening of interest, nation wide as well as local. Stating that the school population here has more than doubled since 1932, he told of the entirely inadequate buildings and plant facilities that exist. The school is housed in one building constructed in 1910 which has 10 rooms that arc too small, with poor lighting, and poor toilet facilities and ha? a 'eaking rool': one buiit in 1920 with 11 rooms, in which practically the same conditions exist; and the home economics building constructed in 1938 which has three rooms, showers and book storage. The playground is too small for the number of school pupils. At the beginning of the year, before the new building was ready for occu pancy. the school had 35 teachers with 24 classrooms. The superin tendent stated that next year the school will have four or five more teachers and there will be no classrooms lor them. Mr. Bueck stated that the school long ago reached the minimum requirements for accreditment. and that he never has to apologize for his faculty. They have certifi cate ratings that are above aver age. he said. Because of the efficient work of the attendance officer and visiting teacher, a project started last year by the Parent -Teachers' associa tion Mr. Bueck said that all the children of school age are now | enrolled in school Following the program, the food [ classes under the direction of their teacher. Mrs H. Bueck. served ! refreshments. Development Of Hiwassee State Park To Be Pushed Western North Carolina As sociated Communities, meeting in ( herokee Tuesdav voted to have a special committee to appeal to state officials in interest of further development of Hiwassee State Park at Hiwassce Dam and Mt Mitchell State Park. Promotion of tourist bureau project, road and park improve ments in Western North Carolina a n d production of Cherokee drama during summer were en dorsed by the association The group approved the proposal of projects committee, headed by Francis .1 lleazel of Asheville. that tourist bureau project be pushed to completion during the coming season. This project contemplates the c jtablishment of standards for tourist accommodations and mak ing available information where ruch accommodations are located Tlie WNCAC also voted to par ticipate in requesting the resump tion of road improvement work in the national forests in Western North Carolina. Necessary plans were formulated for producing the Cherokee drama during the coming season. Majority of funds pledged during 1948 was reported collected WNCAC mem bers present said they were rea sonably sure of completing the collection of all pledges by Febru ary 1. Harry Davis, assistant director of the Carolina Playmakers, was re tained during the past summer as director of the drama project, and spent several weeks making detail ed plans. Kermit Hunter of the faculty of the University of North Carolina has completed the scenario. Harry E. Buchanan of Hender sonvillc. president of the Chero kee Historical Association, ex plained the association is governed ny a 21 -member board of trustees, including representatives from 11 Western North Carolina Counties. Governor Gregg R Cherry and Samuel Selden. head of the Caro lina Playmakers at Chapel Hill, other sections of the State (Continued on page 8)