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VOLUME 59 ? NUMBER 25
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1949
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
Hudson Explains
Education Report
For Rotarians
Veterans Offered
Services At The
Ixrcal Offices
According to John A. Davidson,
\ -sistant District Officer of the
North Carolina Veterans Commis
sion, many veterans in this area
are contacting the Veterans Ad
ministration directly in an attempt
c secure benefits and rights to
which they feel they are entitled
Very often such a course of action
?>> the veteran causes delay and
tends to increase the difficulty of
handling his case.
Veterans are urged to take ad
\\ intake of the services being of
terct by the North Carolina
\ eterans Commission and by the
trained personnel of the local
County Service Officers in their
vicinity. Mr Davidson said. By
taking advantage of these free
services offered to veterans by the
counties and the State, the veteran
will not only avoid undue delay and
complications in his claim for
benefits but will be furnished
..lined assistance in preparing the
m.tny forms and applications neces
Speaking in behalf of the North
Carolina Veterans Commission,
Al. Davidson expressed assurance
Mat every assistance possible
ould be given to the veteran re
- vdless of the nature of his
problem. One of the primary
(iaties of the State Veterans Com
mon is to assist veterans and
i dependents in the proper
; rcsentst.on v>f claims under the
? i ous veterans laws and also to
(1 ersonal representation of
?se claimants before the Veterans
Administration.
Veterans are again urged not
'? compueate or jeopardize their
own possible entitlement to bene
' s i v attempting to handle them
'vm. -fives, but to contact a train
1 County Service Officer or a
i epresentative of the Veterans
( oninussion.
Mrs. Sarah Nix
Dies At 70
Mrs Sarah Ann Nix, 70, died at
her home at Culberson Friday
after a three weeks illness.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at 2 p. m. at Mount Pleasant
church with the Rev Thomjs
Truett officiating. Burial was in
the church cemetery with Townson
funeral home in vharge.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs Pearl Souther of Gainesville.
Ga Mrs. Emma Buchanan. Mrs.
Yoleta Brown and Mrs. Maggio
Hawkins all of Culberson; two sis
"rrs Mrs Matilda Nix of Letitia
nd Mrs Alice Bowers of Blairs
vill< Ga one brother. Bill Bowers
ol Blairsville.
Funeral Held
For Aged Man
Thomas Hall, 93, died at his
'< nv in Graham county Friday
?ifti i long illness. He was one
of 'he oldest citizens of Graham
county
l"uneral services were held in
Swivigum Baptist church near
R"M> nsville at 2 p. m. Saturday
with ihe Rev James Chappie offi
ciatin k Burial was in Wiggins
n-mctcry with Townson funeral
in charge
sin v'iving are the widow; three
Cornelius. Valentine and
Henry; five daughters. Mrs. Ben
Pinnell, Mrs. Guy Hardin Mrs.
Andrew Phillips, Mrs. Nathan
bright and Miss Lillian Hall, all
Graham County.
and Mrs. Jimmy Ward and
M and Mrs, Dale Lee had as
- during the week-end, A B
Jr., of Buenos Aires. Argen
!'n:i William V. Conn of Carte-s
' He Ga. an Miss Aliire Echols of
Atlanta
? ANDREWS? The Andrews no
tary club celebrated its last meet
ing of the year here at the Terrace
hotel on Dec. 29 by having as its
luncheon guests twenty local high
school and college students. On
the previous meeting day a week
before this group had sung Christ
mas carols for the Rotarians, and
thus 'bought" themselves an invi
tation to dinner.
D?\ Marvin Nathan was taken in
as a new member of the club.
| Club President Gerald Almond is
| sued to him verbally and in print
ed form his Rotary instructions.
I. B. Hudson was given fifteen
minutes to bring to the attention
of the club members the recent
report coming out from the North
Carolina State Education Com
mission. Also, acting for the local
unit of the NCEA, Mr. Hudson
presented to Rotarian L. B. Nich
ols a silver "piggie" bank. The
bank was filled with silver coins.
Mi. Hudson observed that Mr.
Nichols might find that this would
come in handy at the end of the
first sixty days of the North Caro
lina General Assembly at which
time the pay of legislators will
stop. Mr. Nichols is senator from
this district. A further observa
tion was made that the club now
numbered among its members both
a former member of the lower
house and the senate, and that it
was now about to send another one
of its members to become a law
make*.
Club Schedule
Is Announced
The January Home Demonstra
tion Schedule is as follows:
Wednesday. January 5. Postell.
Mrs. E. R. Swain. 1:00 o'clock;
Thursday. January 6. Peachtree.
School Building. 1:00 o'clock; Fri
day. January 7. Violet, Mrs. Fred
Graham. 1:00 o'clock; Saturday.
January 8. Cherokee County Craft -
trs. 10:00 o'clock; Tuesday. Janu
i try 11. Bellview. Mrs. Clyde Mc
Nabb. 1:00 o'clock; Thursday.
January 13. Slow Creek. Mrs.
Ranse Queen. 1:00 o'clock; Friday.
January 14. Sunny Point. Mrs.
Homer Bryant. 1:00 o'clock; Tues
day. January 18. Upper Peachtree.
Mrs. John Curtis, 1:00 o'clock;
Wednesday. January 19. Unaka.
Mrs. Josie Roberts, 1:00 o'clock;
Friday, January 21. Murphy. Mrs.
Lucius Ivochaby. 7:00 o'clock; Mon
day. January 24, Grape Creek.
Mrs. Luther Cornwell. 1.00 o'clock;
Tuesday, January 25. Martin's
Creek, School Building. 1:00 o'
clock; Wednesday. January 26.
Valleytown. Mrs. W. A. Cathey.
1 00 o'clock; Friday. January 28.
Ranger. Mrs. Charlie Kil pat rick.
1:00 o'clock.
Infant Dies
Funeral services were held
Tuesday in Red Marble church for
Larry Emmet t Reighard, infant son
<?f Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Roighard
who died Monday in a Murphy
hospital. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Surviving in addition to the par
ents are two small brothers Jerry
and Jimmy and the maternal
grandmother. Mrs. O. L. Cole.
Townson funeral home had
charge of arrangements.
Final Rites Said
For Infant Son
Funeral services for Jimmy
David Postell, four-months-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Arlen Postell of
Andrews, Route 1. who died Fri
day morning after a brief illness,
were held Saturday morning at
10:30 o'clock in Red Marble Bap
tist church.
The Rev. Weldon West officiated
?nd burial was in the church ceme
tery with Ivio funeral home in j
charge.
Surviving in addition to the par
ents are one brother and two 1
sisterd.
Foot Clinic Reduces Absenteeism
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Absenteeism among the workers has been curtailed 10 to 12 per cent since the installation 01
modern foot clinic in an Atlanta, Ga., textile mill, which was one of the first industrial concerns in
he nation to provide this service. Above. Mrs. Clarissa Elrod, sewing department employee, is
eing treated by Dr. Lemmie Henry, podiatrist in charge of the clinic, while Nurse Doris Virginia
?wens assists.
Stowe Is Speaker
At Council Of
Baptist Workers j
The Sunday School workers'
council of First Baptist church
ilea I'd an address by the Rev. Les
ter Stowe of Hiwassee Dam Tues
day evening at a dinner meeting at
the church. Mr. Stowe spoke on.
Let Your Light Shine", giving
the officers and teachers some
points on letting their light shine
in prayer. Bible study, church
attendance and giving.
Cyrus C. White, superintendent, j
presided over the meeting. Talks j
were made by the Rev J Alton j
Morris, pastor. R. D Chandler,
associate superintendent, and the
superintendents of the depart- I
nients.
Miss Jo Jo Moody
Sings At Benefit
Miss Jo Jo Moody, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Moody of
Murphy, a student at Tampa Uni
versity. Tampa. Fla.. is frequently |
called upon in Tampa and St. '
Petersburg to sing in public pro
grams. during the holidays she was ]
invited by Tom Ward to have a
part in the Milk Fund benefit
program of the YWCA Young
Business Girls Club. Her voe?!s
wore well-received by the audience.
Her mother was present and heard j
hei sing.
. POSTMASTER? Howard Moody!
who has been postmaster of Mur- j
phy for the past twelve and a half I
years, has resigned this office and j
has taken over Rural Route No. 3
Joe E. Ray. above, has been ap
pointed to succeed Mr. Moody and
assumed the duties of Postmaster
on January 1. Mr. Ray was mana
ger of the A. & P. Food store here j
for a number of years, resigning
10 go into service. Upon his dis
charge. he returned to Murphy
: nd went into business for himself,
operating thd Standard Wholesale
company. He is married and has j
a small daughter. Rebecca Jo. one
and a half years of age.
Mr and Mrs. Olen Myers ol |
Greensboro, spent Christmas with
! Mrs. Myers' parents, Mr. and Mrs j
j H. B. Estes and family at Brass- (
I town.
?0WV
Frank Alexander, above, and Ralph Pickelsimer attended the
Sugar Bowl game in New Orleans last Saturday as the guests of Dr.
Ed Angel of Kranklin. I)r. Angel chartered a pullman car and invited
18 guests, among the number Frank and Ralph. to accompany him to
New Orleans to see the game.
Alexander and Pickelsimer played recently in the Optimist Bowl
game in Ashevillp.
Legislators
Go To Raleigh
L. B. Nichols, of Andrews dis
trict senator, and J. H. Duncan, of
Murphy representative of Chero
kee county, left this week for
Raleigh to assume their duties as
lawmakers in the North Carolina
General assembly. Governor Kerr
Scott is to be inaugurated today
? Thursday).
Sword Funeral
Is Held Here
Mrs. Nannie Gilly Sword, widow
of the late T. J. Sword. 86. died
Monday night in Wise. Va. in the
home of her niece. Mrs. Ida Add
ington with whom she made her
home.
Funeral services were held at
10 a. m. today 'Thursday) at First
Methodist church here, with the
Rev. W. B. Penny officiating.
Burial w'as in Sunset cemetery
with Townson funeral home in
thargo.
Mi*, and Mrs. Sword lived a
number of years in Murphy, then
moved to Adel. Ga., where they
lived until Mr. Sword's death, when
Mrs. Sword went to Virginia to
make her home with her niece.
Surviving are the following
nieces and nephews, who accompa
nied the body here: Mrs. Ida
Addington, Miss Edley Addington.
Miss Nancy Craft, C. D. Craft.
Paris Tate Barton W. H. Lipps and
James Lipps all of Wise. Mrs. J.
I . Payne of Norfolk, and Mrs. Neil
Barton of Norton.
Covenant Sunday
To Be Observed
Convenant Sunday will be ob
served by the congregation of First
Methodist church Sunday morning
at the 11 o'clock service. There
will be a special program for this
worship service which will official
ly inaugurate the theme and pur
l>ose of the national program for
the next four years. This theme
( is. "The Advance for Christ and
His Kingdom."' ?
The M. Y. F. will have a snack
supper at 6 p. m. and a worship
service at 6:45 p. m.
Flowers Drowns
While Hunting
The funeral of Elvin Flowers.
34. of Atlanta, who was drowned
Saturday while duck hunting, was
held Monday near Morganton. Ga
Mi'. Flowers was a brother-in-law
el Mrs. Beryl Witt, Mrs Frank
ITogan and Mrs. Nannie Millsap of
this county, who went to Atlanta
immediately upon receipt of the
news. Others 'from hero attend
ing the funeral Monday were Mrs.
Edwina Hagaman. Mi is Josephine
Heighway, and Mi?s Maudie B
Wit:
Dr. Van Gorder
Heads Polio Drive;
Quota Is $3,600
Tho annual March of Dimes'!
campaign will be held in this |
county and throughout the nation
January 14-31, with Dr. Chas. O.
Van Gorder of Andrews as county
director. The county's quota this
year is doubled that of last, being
$3 600, because of the heavy de
mands for polio funds that were
required during 1948 in this stale.
In 1948 there were 2,496 acute
polio cases and 434 other cases
hospitalized in 21 hospitals of the
state. There remain 600 cases in
hospitals at present. Each hospi
tal received assistance in personnel
^nd equipment from the National
Infantile Paralysis foundation to
which one half of funds collected
annually in the campaigns goes.
In this immediate section, more
than $135,661 was received from
the National Foundation for treat
ment of patients from 11 counties.
Last year these 11 counties raised
only $40 825, of which $20,413 went
to the national fund.
Dr. Van Gorder states that he
will announce the committees for
the campaign in this county at an
early date. The Rev. J. Clayton
Lime of Andrews, Miss Addie Mae
Cooke of Murphy ,and Dr. Van
Gorder attended the western dis
trict meeting held Monday in
Waynesville to plan the campaign.
Dr. Ralph McDonald, state direc
tor; Mrs. Phillips Russell, director
of organizations; and Mark Sum
mer. western representative, were
present and made talks on the
need for funds this year. Dr. Van
| Gordr and other county directors
lold of plans for conducting the
campaign.',.
Mr. Lime, who will have charge
Of the campaign in the schools and
churches of the county, announces
that Andrews school will give over
to the fund all receipts from its
first basketball game of the year,
on January 14. when Andrews high
plays Hayesville high. Tickets to
the game will be sold by the school
students, to get a large crowd and
swell the receipts for t'he polio
fund.
Morris Lists
Sermon Topics
The Rev. J. Alton Morris an
nounces that he will preach Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock at First
Baptist church on the subject.
"The Perfume Bearers", and Sun
day evening at 7:30 on. "At Mid
night A Song".
Beginning Monday evening and
continuing through Friday, work
ers of the church will study Dr.
John L. Hill's book. "Studies in
John's Gospel", from 7 to 8:30
each evening.
Mi*, and Mrs. W. A Phipps were
in Ashevillc for a few days this
week.
SCOUT SPEAKER? F. M. Wat
ers. superintendent of the Gastonia.
N. C. school system, who will be
the speaker at the twenty-eighth
annual Scouters Convention of the
Daniel Boone Council of the Boy
Scouts of America which will be
held at the First Baptist Church
in Asheville on Monday, January
10. Scouters. Cubbers and repre
sentatives of Senior Scout units
from the fourteen counties, includ
ing Cherokee, of the council will
attend.
Starting at 3:00 P. M. in the
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Ministers Pass
Resolutions On
Tate's Leaving
The Cherokee county Ministerial
Association held its monthly meet
ing Monday at 12:30 p. m. with a
luncheon for ministers and their
wives and other church representa
tives at Regal hotel.
At this meeting a motion was
passed directing that resolutions
of appreciation for the Rev. T. G.
Tate and regret because of hjs
recent resignation as pastor of
the Presbyterian church in Mur
phy be prepared by a special com
mittee and that these resolutions
be published in The Cherokee
Scout next week, and copies sent
to J. B. Gray and the Christian
Observer, the official paper of the
Southern Presbyterian church.
Raystone Files
For Incorporation
Raystone Inc., of Andrews, a
stone processing firm, filed a
certificate of incorporation Tues
day in the office of Secretary of
State Thad Eure in Raleigh, ac
cording to an Associated Press dis
patch from Raleigh.
The firm has an authorized cap
ital stock of $50,000 with $300 stock
subscribed by J. B. Gray and Hio
bart McKeever of Murphy and Ben
Ray of Andrews. *
Mrs. Whitener Is
Taken At Age 75
Inkbow Jane Whitener 75, died
at her home at Ogreeta Tuesday
at 10:30 a. m.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. today (Thursday) in
Ogreeta Baptist church. Burial
was in the churcih cemetery with
Ivie funeral home in charge.
She is survived by the husband,
Zeb V. Whitener; two sons,
Grover, Murphy, Route 3 and
Garfield of Clover, S. C., three
daughters, Misses Lucinda and
Leila Whitener Route 3, Murphy,
and Mrs. Anna Young of Etowah,
Tenn
SOCIAI, SECURITY
REPRESENTATIVE HERE
A representative of the Asheville
field office of the Social Security
Administration will be at the
Register of Deeds office at 1:00
p. m. in Murphy on the first
Thursday in January. March, May,
July, September and November of
this year.
afternoon, there will be group
meetings of the district representa
tives of the six operating commit
tees of Scouting. These commit
tees will discuss their particular
divisions of Scouting and set up a
program for each of them for the,
next twelve months. W E. Er^^or
of Cherokee will lead the discus
sion on Organization and ^4'xten
Moody, L. Y. Biggei;??taff and Carl
ton Peyton. Finaiy6e; R, M. Garner,
Leadership Training; Rev. A. Rufus
Morgan. Adva/mement; B. E. Col
kitt. Camping
The dinnqr meeting will be held
at 6:30. L.) Y Biggerstaff, presi
dent of the I Daniel Boone Council,
will presided. Hugh Monteith of
Sylva will Ibc installed as the new
council orSesident together with
other nowljv elected officers. A
! scout mast ers\ key will be presented
to F. K. IvowVance, scoutmaster of
I Canton Troopk 16. Silver Beavers
will be award<Vd to two Scouters of
j the council for^ outstanding service
Before moving to Gastonia, Mr
Wal ?rs was superintendent of
scb-M>ls at Henderson ville. He is
, a aventy year veteran Scouter,
>< rved for three years as president
| of the Daniel Boogie Council and
a holder of the silver beaver.