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VOLUME 59 - NUMBER 35.
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17 1949
TEN PAGES THIS WEEK
NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY ? Above is shown the full
orchestra of the North Carolina Symphony Society. The Little Sym
phony, composed of 23 members ol the full orchestra, will play in
Murptiy at 1 30 for school children and 8:00 for adults, on Friday
Murphy and Andrews arc among the few small towns in North Caro
lina that have been favored with visits ol the orchestra four years in
succession.
Lions Club Aids Mason
In Starting A Business
Final Rites Are
Held Tuesday
For Mrs. Brendle
Funeral services were, held !
Tuesday ait 2 p. m. in Swanson !
church for Mrs. Effie H. Brendle. j
75. who died in Marion Sunday at
10:15 a. m. following an illness of
three months. The Rev. Thomas
Trued officiated, and burial was
in the churah cemetery with I vie
iuneral home in charge.
She Lived for 27 years in the
Shoal Creek sectioon of Cherokee
County and was a member of the
shoal Creek Baptist Church.
She is survived by seven sons.
Fred of Blue Ridge. Ga . John, j
Horace, Ikirs and Dewey, all of
Suit, G. N. of Marion and Law
rence of Sedrowolley. Wash.; five
daughltars. Mrs J. L. Drake of ,
LVick Mountain. Mrs. Co.: IlyaiU
of Murphy, Mrs. Guy Suit of Suit.
Mrs. () W. Davidson of Akron f
Ohio. Mrs. Glenn Teague of West
\shevilic, 37 grandchildren and a
number of tyva/t grandchildren.
Mrs. Sam Aronson
Is Taken By Death
Mrs Fridta Aronson. wife of Sam
Aronson. died in her home here
Saturday afternoon after a brief
.1'nes-s She was 49 years of age.
A native of Russda. she had liv
ed in Murphy for the past six
?are, her husband being engaged
.11 the lumber business here.
Funeral services were held in
the home Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock. Burial was in Sunset
cemetery with Townson funeral
home in charge
Active paribeiarers were: L. A.
Frasch, Arthur Heinrich, Salo
Horowitz. C. Miagorlk. M. Ber
Kowitz and H. Settle.
Honorary ptallbearcrs were:
Frank Crawford, the Rev. J. Alton
Morris, the Rev. W. B. Penny, the
Rev W. H. Hampton, C. R. Freed.
J. B. Gray, E. A. Browning, F. O.
Christopher. E. O. Christopher.
Dr. B. W. Whitfield. Frank For
syth. Sain Kaye. C. E. Hyde. B.
KoLker, Tom Axley, Dr. J. R. Bell.
Neil Davidson, Dr. R. S. Parker.
Walter M*auney. H. Bueek. John
Jordan. J. H. Duncan. Howard
Moody. Robert Weaver. John
Dickey. W. A. Phipps and John
Donley.
Surviving are the husband, and
a son. Adir.
W. L Whitley
Taken By Death
News was received here this
week otf the death of W. I Whitley
of Clayton, father of Duke Whitley,
which occurred Monday at 8:15 a.
m. in Rex Hospital in Raleigh.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
in Clayton Methodist Church.
Mr. Wfoiltley had been in ill
health for three years, and a week
ago he suffered a heart attack and
a stroke and was taken to the
hospital where he remained until
his death
Mrs. Tom Miaunoy left this week
for a two weeks' visit with her
brother-in-law and sister. Mr and
Mrs. Donald Rider in Savannah !
Ga.
: Murphy Lions club "lives to?
>erve". and its principal work is
with the blind or visually handi
capped. The club spends hundreds
of dollars annually for assistance i
to the blind of this county. One
of its latest projects is that oi
helping Henry Mason. 38, of Oak
Park get started in a trade that !
will bring him a steady income
A few weeks ago the club gave
Mason a loom, and he is now
learning to make rugs.
Miss Arneach. industry special
ist with the State Blind commis
sion. has been giving Mason and
his wife training in operating the
loom, and ' Mrs. Mason dyes the
looper clips and makes the warps
for her husband. Already Mason
has made 15 rugs ami expects soon
t ?> be making at least 25 a month.
These will be marketed through
the Blind commission or personal- i
ly. and will give Mason a nice
supplement to the $33 monthly
that he receives through the wel
faie Ue irartmeni.
Mr. and Mrs. Mason and their
| daughter, five-year old Joan, live t
in a house adjoining Mt. Carmel
Baptist church at Oak Park
Mason has been totally blind
lour years. During that time, he
has received considerable assist
ance from Murphy Lions club,
which has furnished money to him
lor trips to Abbeville for treatment |
and helped in other ways. He is
t;:king Braille lessons at present ;
and doing his be>i to help himself. 1
President K W Easley. .Jr. of
| the Lions club recently visited
i Mason and assisted him in getting
! seme repairs made on the loom.
J to make it more easily operated
Rev. K G. Phifer
Is Sunday Speaker
Following its policy of present
inn! from lime to time the voices;
( f younger ministers of the Church I
the Presbyterian
Hour will have as
it- next speaker
the Rev. Kenneth
G Phifer of Rock
Hill. S. C. Mr.
Pi. fer is a native
of Tennessee, was
educated at Cen
I ter College and
Louisville Pros
| byterian Seminary and did gradu- 1
| ate work at Vanderbilt University.
! Ho started his ministry in the
j Presbyterian Church of Franklin,
j Tenn., from which field he moved
to his present pastorate.
Mr. Phifer is aetive in the work
I of the Presbytery and Synod, hav
I ing served on committees for
I Woman's Work. Young People's
Work. Home Missions and Evange
lism. His topic on the Presbyterian
Hour will be "Time For Decision i
for the Church of Christ", and
this broadcast may be heard in
this community on Sunday, at 8:30 j
over Radio Station WSB.
.
Morris Speaking
At Norman Park
| The Rev. J. Alton Morris is
speaking twice daily at the Religi
! ous Focus week at Norman Park
Junior College. Norman Park, Ga.. ,
this week. He will return to Mur- 1
phy Saturday and will preach at j
both services at the Baptist church ^
Sunday.
Parker Speaks
At Baptist B. W. C.
Federation Fridav
j
The Rev C. K Parker, pastor ol
Franklin Baptist church, will be
the guest speaker at the meeting
of tlu> Western North Federation
of Business Women's circles, in
Bryson City Baptist church 011
Friday evening. March 18. at 7:30
o'clock.
Mrs. Alvii Buchanan, president
of the Murphy B. W C . will con- j
duct the devotional. Mrs. J. J. j
Hamilton of Murphy, president of
the Federal ion. will preside.
The program has been planned 1
by the vice-president. Miss Helen |
Gibson of Bryson City.
Representatives o f Business
Women's circles from Sylva. !
Scot ts Creek. Franklin. Bryson \
City. Andrews. Robbinsvillc. and !
Murphy are expected to attend
Graham Home Is
Destroyed Bv Fire
* ??
The six-room house of Willard
Graham, at Violet, was completely
destroyed by fire Saturday morn
ing about 9 o'clock. The origin
of the fire is unknown It was
discovered by some of his children ?
when it already had gained much
headway. Mr. Graham was in
Chattanooga, and Mrs. Graham
was in their store near the home.
i. l the time the fire was discovered.
All the clothing and most of the
furnishings in the house were |
burned. In addition, a smoke- !
house containing the meat from
three or four hogs and 400 cans of
vegetables and fruits was destroy- ,
ed.
The Grahams have nine chil- j
dren. They are living with neigh- |
bors and relatives until they can |
re-build the home. 1
DIRECTOR ? .Dr. Benjamin Swa
lin. director of the* North Carolina
Symphony.
Ty Cobb Visits
His Aunt In
This County
Ty Cobb of San Francisco. Calif .
who has been voted the world's
champion baseball player a< word
ing to his memorial at Coopers
town. \ Y . the nephew of Mrs.
Nora Cobb Spencer, visited Mr.
and Mrs Spencer at their home
on Route 2 last Sunday.
Mr. Cobb has been spending a
few days in his old home town of
itoyston. ( rii seeing to the erec
tion of the Cobb Memorial Hospi
tal there, in honor of his parents.
Mr. and Mrs W II. Cobb He has
donated $200,000 to build the
hospital, and $50,000 for indigent
patients.
Accompanying Mr Cobb here
were Dr. and Mrs. Stewart I)
li row n. Dr. Brown, an old school
mate. with whom Ty. as a boy.
played on the diamond, is now an
outstanding surgeon and is to
have charge of the new hospital.
Mr. Cobb expressed regret at
not being able to stay longer and
meet with old friends and collea
gues of his lx>yhood days around
the old home and in Murphy.
When the new hospital is dedi
cated. he is expected to be present
and to have more time to stay
East and see his folks
LEARNING A TRADE ? Henry Mason, who hos
been totally blind for four yciars, is shown above
operating the loom that recently was presented him
by Murphy Lions club. Teaching him to operate
the loom is Miss Arneach of the State Blind com- !
mission. The rug that is being made in this picture
is now on display at the store of A. A. Williamson
at Oak Park.
Little Symphony Presents
Two Concerts Here Friday
Tho Little Symphony of thc<s
North Carolina Symphony society
will give two concerts in Murphy
Friday of this week. At 1:30 p
m. a free concert for school chil
dren will be given in Murphy
| gymnasium. At 8 p. m., the adult
concert, for the public will be in
i the high school auditorium.
Those who hold membership
(ards will be admitted without
charge, and tickets for those who
*rc not members may be secured
at 'he door. Mrs B. W. Whitfield,
county chairman of the campaign
for funds, states that $100 more
is needed to meet the requirement
ol $750 for the orchestra's visit
here She hopes this amount will
be received from ticket purchases
at the door, the minimum admis
sion charge being S2 40. including
tax The $750 in memberships
lor the adult concert provides the
free concert for the children.
The Little Symphony is a group
of 23 professional musicians, taken
irom the full orchestra of the
Symphony Its primary function
is u> play to the smaller towns and
communities where stages or
; uditoriums are too limited for the
large group of 70 musicians.
The Little Symphony has an en
thusiastic following. During the
.'947-48 tour it reached forty-five
thousand people and played in 33
towns.
Under the direction of Dr.
Benjamin Swalin. the Little Sym
phony began its 1949 tour in
February. It has had such diffi
culties as measles and snow storms
to combat, but nothing more
disastrous happening, it will ap
pear here Friday for the fourth
consecutive year in the county.
The members of the orchestra
will spend the week-end a1 Terrace
hotel in Andrew
355 Dogwoods
Are Planted
A total of 355 Dogwood trees
have been set out in this county
since the Cherokee Scout's Dor
' wood club started in January.
| The names of all those who have (
set out trees and reported it to
the Scout have been listed as
members of the club.
I The *!1 trees added this week
were set out by the following:
.Mrs. <;. II. Farmer. Route 1.
Marble, who set out four: Bob
White of Murphy, four; Mrs.
{ M i I t o n Mashburn. Andrews,
j three: Mrs. Fred McConnell. An
I drews. three: and Mrs. W. J.
Barton. Marble, seven.
Mrs. Barton set out six white
trees and one pink tree.
Edwin Winchester has gone to
Lake City after a month spent here
with his family.
Thompson Slain
In Baltimore
Red Cross Report
Meeting Is Friday
A report meeting of workers |
of the Cherokee county chapter ,
ot the American Red Cross will
be held at the Murphy Library
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
announces Miss Addie Mae
Cooke, chapter chairman.
Reports thus far indicate that
only a small portion of the $2000 '
coal has been raised, but it is
hoped that when reports are
made Friday afternoon all work
ers will have finished their
quotas and that the majority of
the goal will have been reached.
Guilford Choir
Is Directed By
Chas. C. Underwood
The GuiLford College A Capella
Choir, which will appear in the
Methodist Church auditorium.
Saturday night. March 26. at 7:30
o'clock is under the direction of
Charles C. Underwood.
Charles C. Underwood, baritone
ot New York and Paris, is a native
of New Glasgow. Nova Scotia Mr
Underwood joined the Guilford
faculty for the second Femester
following the intimely death of
Dr K H F. Weis to take over the
choir and voice work.
After completing the course in
the New Glasgow public schools.
M.- Underwood attended the Mor
ton \cademy of Acadia University
and Dalhousio University in Hali
fax' Nova Scotia Then for five
year* he studied voice under fam
ous teachers in Paris, including
Marquis de Traabodelle and Al
bert! di Gorostiaga and piano
under Alfred Co not at L'Ecole
.Norma le de Paris
Mr Underwood's voice teaching
experience includes three years in
private work in Paris, where he
maintained a studio in Nouilly sur
Soino. For five years he was a
member of the choir of the Ameri
can Cathodral in Paris. three years
of that time serving as baritone
soloist He also has had extensive
experience as soloist with the
Corned ie Francaise. the French
State Radio, the British Broad
easting Company, and the Paris
Symphony His experience in
cludes that of e<?aching the Sor
henno Glee Club in Paris Alto
gether Mr Underwood lived for!
eight and a half years in Paris
and for six months in Germany.
Dedication Week
To Be Observed
Dedication week will be observ- 1
ivl b> Fir. -?t Methodist church
.\rareh 20-27 The week will close
by a special service on Sunday
morning. March 27. This is in
keeping with Dedication Week as
part of the national church pro
gram of the Advance For Christ
and His Church This theme will
be emphasized in the Church
School. \T. Y. F . mid-week prayer
services and Sunday preaching
services.
Pastor Announces
Sermon Topics
Church school at First. Methodist
church will be held at 9:45 a. m.
on Sunday. March 20. At the 11
o'clock service the Rev. W. B.
Fenny will speak on. "What If
Jesus Were To Gome Today?".
The M. Y F. will have a snack
supper at 6 o'clock on Sunday
afternoon, and evening worship
will be ad 7:30 with the pastor
brirnging the message.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 11 a. m. in Shady
Grove Baptist Church for George
W Thompson, 58. who was found
in hi-- apartment in Baltimore last
Friday morning, with his throat
cut The Rev. Thomas Truett of
ficiated. Burial was in the church
cemetery with Ivie funeral home
in charge. Members of the Unaika
Masonic Ixklge served as pallbear
ers.
Mr. Thompson was formerly
jailer here for Sheriff Frank Craw
ifond.
He is survived by two daughters.
Mrs I/ouise Hughes of Baltimore.
Air- Inez Ixnidermdlk of Isabella,
Tenn : two sisters. Mrs. Delia Bry
son of Chattanooga, and Mrs
Augusta Click of Rossville, Ga.
George Thompson, was employ
ed about 14 months on a water
tunnel which is being dug under
the northern part of tihe city of
Baltimore.
A woman living in an adjoining
apartment said she was awakened
several times by an argument in
volving two men and a woman in
Thompson's apartment. She said
sjje heard a man and a woman run
ning down the hallway "after a
heavy thump which made me sit
straight up in bed,'' about 4 a. m
Too frightened at first to leave
her rooms. Lela Sihaver finally
around another residej* of the
build-in* and he tviUeti police
They found Thompson, dressed
in his heavy woolen sandhog s
underwear, lying on the floor
;>mid the fragments of a whiskey"
bottle An empty box for a straight
edge razor was found outside has
door.
Apparently Thompson had come
in from work about 1 a. m. 'Hie
tunnel digging company said he
liad been paid $50 yesterday for a
short week
Police said a woman's pocket
book was found in the apartmen/t
It contained no identification
material. A handprint was found
in the bathroom and there were
spots of blood outside the door
into the hall.
Mr-.- lx>uise Hughes. Thomp
sons daughter, said he was divorc
ed and went to Baltimore about
four years ago from Murphy to
live with her He moved to the
apartment about three months
ago
Ralph E. Waters
Dies In California
The body of Ralph Edward Wat
ers. 32. who died Monday. March
7 in King City. Cal., of a heart
i . ttaek. arrived in Murphy Tues
I day.
Funeral services were held
I Wednesday at 2 p. m. in Hampton
Memoiiai Church with the Rev
\ If red Smith and the Rev. S. M.
I IXivis of Hayesville officiating.
Burial was in the church cemetery
with graveside rites by the Jot
Miller El kins Post No. 96. Amori
i.-.n Legion of Murphy.
! 1 *allbea re rs were: Verlon Reese.
Lucius Ix>chaby. James Bu rdl .
' Frank Hogan. Bert Smith and Saim
! Davis.
Surviving are the widow. Mrs
llazel Hampton Waters; one son.
Jerry Ralph: one sister. Mrs Ada
\lcGill of llayesville. five broth
c rs. John of Opelika. Ala.. Wil
liam ?>f Harlan. Ky.. Raymond of
; Chi ploy. Fla.. Waliter of Ellijay,
C?;i . Woody of Young Harris. Ga :
three sisters. Mrs Hoyt Penland
of Newport News. Va., Mrs. Earl
Spain of C;u\>thcrsville. Mo., am)1.
Mrs John Wilson of Tuskegee,
Ala.
I vie funeral home was in charge.
Mrs. W. G. Dickey of Los Ange
les*. Calif., who has been spending
some time with Mr. and Mrs. L>ie
Martin of Oak Ridge, Tenn . spent
a few days last week with Mrs.
Thos. S Evans.