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MURPHY, north Carolina] thirsdav aprii. ?i i949
FH.HT PAGES THIS WEEK
WNCAC To Meet
Here In July
W ( tern North Carolina Asso
cia: ed Communities, representing
II counties, meeting last Thurs
d.i; in Brysn City, voted to hold
... m\t meeting which will be in
ju'y, in Murphy. Invitation was
ix-, ruled by the Murphy Chamber
uf Commerce President W. M.
Dul-. who stated that he wished
to provide an opportunity for the
members to see Hiwassee State
Park a project that has had the
backing of the organization.
Percy B. Ferebee of Andrews,
president of WNCAC, presided.
Several from Andrews and the
following from Murphy attended:
\\ M. Davis. C. R. Freed and Miss
Vd.,' Mae Cooke.
Book On Infant
fare Available
Mothers and prospective moth
ers of Cherokee county have been
invited by C. Parker Persons, regi
onal director of the U. S. Depart
ment oi Commerce in Atlanta, to
communicate with that office
fhould they wish a copy of the
Federal Government's "best seller'*
book entitled "Infant Care."
To date, some 5.000.000 copies
ol the book have been distributed
It is the work of the Children's
Bureau of the Federal Security
Agency, and it sells for 15 cents.
It represents the experiences of
doctors, nurses, nutritionists psy
chologists and parents on the care
of infants.
The Commerce Department in
Atlanta is also taking orders for
the Federal Government's books
on the evils of communism, which
are among the ten best selling
publications issued by Uncle Sam.
They are called "100 Things You
Should Know About Communism
and Labor, wiiien has been sell
ing at the rate of 2.000 a week.
100 Things You Should Know
About Communism in the United
States." 7.500 of which were sold
in February*. "100 Things You
Should Know About Communism
and Religion," "100 Things You
Should Know About Communism
and ( rovernment." and "100
Things You Should Know About
Communism and Education." Some
25.000 copies of the last-named
book were sold at the first print
ing.
Mr. Persons suggested that
Cherokee coun trans communicate
with tiie U. S. Department of
Commence. I\?t Office Botx 1595.
Atlanta for information as to the
-ales prices of the books on com
mutii ; n and to obtain the books
themselves.
75 Clubsters In
Electric Contest
More than 75 4-H Club boys and
girls of Cherokee County have en
tered the Better Methods Electric
Contest. This contest is sponsored
locally by the Nantahala Power and
Light company and nationally by
Westinghouse Educational founda
tion.
The purpose of the contest is to
improve ways of doing jobs on the
larin by use of electricity.
( ounty winners, one boy and one
Siii. will recive an expense-paid
trip to the 4-H Club Electric Con
gress in Raleiiglh in October. 1949.
Vv'inners in the district confposed
<?l Swain. Oheix>kee. Graham. Jack
>un and Ma-con counties will be
..warded $100 college scholarships
with second place prizes of $50
Mild watches. The State winner
will be awarded a free trip to
National 4-H Club congress in
Ohicago.
^ W. Sloan of the Nantahala
Power and Light Company is as
sisting the local farm agents in
conducting this contest. Mr. Sloan
recently assisted with a series of
demonstrations of better lighting
in which the following 4-H Club
members participated:
Jimmy McCombs and Sally Belle
Ferguson of the Peach tree club:
?loo Anderson and Yvonne Green
(>f the Ranger club; Dorothj
Shields and Franklin Martin ol
the Murphy club; and Evelyn Reid
of Hiwassee Dam club, assisted by
Mr. Sloan in the absence of Marvir
Hawkins, who was absent from
school due to illness.
Howard Lovingood
Graduates Apr. 22
Howard Lovingood. Seaman Ap
prentice. United States Navy,
piesently attending Radioman
School at the United States Naval
Training Center. San Diego Cali
fornia. under the High School
Graduate Training Program, will
graduate on April 22.
Howard's parents. Mr and Mrs.
Allen Lovingood. live at 102 Proc
tor Street in Murphy. Mr. Lov
ingood is the proprietor of the
Acme Hardware Store here His
son may best be remembered as
the open tor of the Radio Repair
Shop in conjunction with Acme
Hardware.
When Howard was contacted he
stated. "I think that the education
and trade training that I am re
ceiving in the Navy will be of
great benefit to me when I return
to civilian life".
Andrews Finals
To Be Held On
Friday, May 27
ANDREWS? Supt. I. B Hudson
ot the Andrews schools has an
nounced the closing of the present I
term on May 27 Commencement
i xercies will begin on Sunday. May
22. when the annual commence
ment sermon will be heard in the
school auditorium. On Friday.
May 27. at 10 o'clock graduating
txercises for the eighth grade will
be held under the direction of
Principal Boyd B. Robinson.
Fiiml graduating exercises will
be held on the evening of the 27th.
when diplomas will be awarded to
approximately 35 graduates. The
| commencement address will be
made by Senator L. B. Nichols. Mr.
Nichols was for many years chair
man of the Andrews school board.
The senior play will be given
sometime before the last week of
school.
I
21,440 Licenses
Issued In March
A total of 21.440 licenses were
I issued to drivers in North Carolina
during March, the Department of
Motor Vehicles announces.
? Net revenue from the issuance
of these licenses was $36,862.45.
I Of the number issued. 18.00G
iwere operators' licenses. 2.416 of
which were duplicate operators'
licenses issued to persons who had
j either lost or m;- >laced their ori
. ginal licenses; were original
chauffeurs' licein and 96 were
duplicate chauffeurs' licenses.
Original operators' licenses
brought in $34,078.35, duplicate
1 operators' licenses. $1 179.10. ori
ginal chauffeurs' licenses, $1,563 50
] and duplicate chauffeurs' licenses.
| $41.50.
i Mrs. J. D. Piercv
j Taken At A#e 82
Mrs. J. I) Pirrc.v. 82. died in
her home at Andrews at 7 a. m.
Tuesday.
Funeral service* were held
' Wednesday at 2:30 p m. in An
drews funeral building with the
Kev. Weldon \\'<?- : :nui the Rev. C.
j C. Wash am officiatin Burial was
in Andrews cemetery with I vie
| f uneral home in i: ~r.
Mrs. Piercy had been a member
I of the Methodist church for ap
1 j proximately 60 years
i Surviving are two sons. Sidney
and Donald of Vndrews: five
j daughters. Mrs. Carrie Tabor and
1 j Mrs. Lee Hancock of Murphy. Mi's,
i Laura Hogan of Hayesville. Mrs.
' Tibbie White and Mrs. Mary
J Shields of Andrew >. four brothers,
i Henry, Walter and Hurt Tatham of
Andrews, and Will Tatham of
Greenville. S C ; 29 grandchildren
I and several great grandchildren.
i Mr. and Mrs Thomas Spencei
I aro spending several days in
Atlanta this week.
LOYIXGOOirS SHIP IN DISPLAY? The items in the above dis
play at the Naval Training Center. San Diego. California, were made
by Sailors on the station at the Base Hobby Shop during their leisure
houiM.
The ship in the center background was made by Howard Lovin
good. Seaman Apprentice. United States Navy, who lives at 102 Proc
tor Street in Murphy.
P.-T.A. To Elect
Officers Friday
Mrs. W. A. Hoover, president of *
Murphy P.-T. A., has called a
special meeting of the P.-T. A. for
Friday afternoon of this week at
?:30 at Primary school building
The purpose of the meeting is to
elect officers, so that some of
them may attend the state P.-T. A
meeting next week in Greensboro
The regular meeting of the
organization will be held next
Monday night at 7:30 at the Pri
mary building, and the program
will be on "Music", states Mrs.
Hoover.
Hamilton Bros.
Starting New
Poultry Business
Hamilton Bros. Livestock auction
at Andrews, which has been in
operation for the past four years,
lias discontinued auction sales and
is making arrangements to house
several thousand high-grade pul
lets for the egg market.
The last sale of livestock was
held Monday, and remodeling of
the auction barn is already under
way.
Since Hamilton Bros, started this
type of business in Andrews, ap
proximately 28.000 head of cattle,
amounting to $3,500,000 have been
run through their market. Besides
having this amount of money circu
lated throughout Cherokee and
surrounding counties, this type of
business has educated farmers in
this section on the current market
prices and valuation of their live
stock.
Private buying and selling of
livestock will be continued.
This new poultry center will be
one of the largest in Western North
Carolina.
COMMANDER ? Mrs. George C
Marshall, charming wife of Ameri- J
ca's distinguished war leader and
former Secretary of State, who has j
joined the ranks of red sword
volunteers in the North Carolina j
Division of the American Cancer J
Society. Mrs. Marshall has been
commissioned honorary state com
mander. Announcement of the I
commission was made by Mrs.
George E. Marshall. Mount Airy,
executive vice-president dnd com
mander of the North Carolina ,
Division since 1941.
Visiting Team
To Confer Degrees
For Local Masons
Cherokee Lodge in Murphy will
be host to the West Asheville
Masonic Degree team and Mont
gomery Lodge of Hanger Saturday
night. April 30.
Members of other lodges are
expected and invited to attend It
is believed that several members
of the John Rasier Lodge of
Atlanta. Ga.. will be present.
The West Ash * ille team will
confer degrees for Montgomery
Lodge at this time.
Eastern Star ladies of Murphy
chapter will serve supper to the
visiting Masons and all local Mas
ons who wish to attend for the
meal.
Murphy Girls
On Programs At
Young Harris
The Schubert Music club o1
Young Harris college gave a recital
April 15. Miss Dorothy Palmer
of Murphy and Ruth Terry played
piano duets*. "A Mozart Melody",
"Dance of the Hour" by Ponchielli,
"On Wings of Song" by Mendels
sohn. and "Bug-A -Boogie."
Miss Sarah King of Murphy, also,
had a part on the program in 2
double piano duet, "Country
Gardens", an English folk dance.
The Schubert Music club undei
the direction of Mrs. Waltei
Downs, music teacher, will pres
ent an operetta. "The Red Mill"
in May. Misses Mary Francii
Axley. Dorothy Palmer and Sarah
King will take part. These three
Murphy girls are ;ilso on the news
staff of the college paper. The
Enot ah Echoes.
Attend Youth
Conference
E. H. Brumby uid Ben Vaughl
took a group of Young people o!
the Presbyterian church to a Youth
Conference at WVavervillc Mon
day.
Those attending were: Carolyr
Alexander, Carol Sue Vaug'ht
Susie Miller. Mary Bolan and Idi
Brumby. Mary Lou Gordon. Gor
don Darnell. Kenneth McCall anc
James Smith.
L uther Gibson
Luther Gibson. 52. died at hi:
1 ome at Hiawassi e, Ga.. Wednes
day morning at 6 o'clock followinj
a long illness. Funeral service:
will be held today (Thursday) a
10 a. m. at Bethabara church ii
Clay county, with Townson fujier
al home in ehargc
He is survived by: His wife
four sons, Jim. Earl. Lloyd an<
Harold; two daughters. Orene an?
Carol Jean.
Carolyn Smith Chosen
For Study In Europe
Employment In
County Increases
2.6 Per Cent
An all-time high in non-agricul
tural employment in North Caro- 1
Una was reached in the third 1
Quarter of 1948. m which the'
average employment covered by !
the State's Employment Security
Law reached 651.369 workers a
net gain of 5.52 percent, or 34.080
workers in the third quarter oi
1947. A decline of 43c in the
iverage weekly wage, from $41.90
in the second quarter to $41 47 in
the third quarter, is shown
Cherokee County, in the third
quarter of 1948. had 1.065 covered
workers employed, a gain of 2.60
percent from the second quarter.
They received quarterly wages of
S393.269. an average weekly wage
of $27.80. Broken down into major
classifications, employment, quart
erly wages and average weekly
wages in this county follow:
W Q\v A WW
Construction 4 $ 773 $14.87
Manufacture 572 207.019 27.84
Trans & Oocnat 13 7 4:>o
Trade 266 99 617
Fin. Ins. Real Est. 19 12.106
Service & other 191 66.304
These figures are included in
the quarterly report of Hugh M
Raper. director of the Bureau of
Research and Statistics, to Henry
E. Kendall, chairman of the Em
ployment Security Commission.
Even with the decline in employ- 1
ment in the past few months, the
conclusion is reached that employ
ment now is as high as it had ever
been in the State prior to 1948.
The third quarter gain was attribut
ed in part to the increase in sea
sonal employment in processing
leaf tobacco, to which is also attri
buted. in part the decline in
average weekly wage.
In the 25 Mountain Area coun- j
ties average employment declined j
less than one percent '0.73) from j
the second quarter. In manufac
ture the decline was 2.79 percent |
but this was largely absorbed by [
gains in the service group. In 3G
counties of the Piedmont area em
ployment increased 1.75 percent, j
while in manufacture the increase i
was only 0.3 percent. In the Coas- j
tal area the gain was 7.43 percent
over the second quarter, due al
most entirely to seasonal tobacco
operations.
Construction employment reach
ed its post-war peak in the third
quarter of 1948. 8 18 percent above ?
the second quarter. Manufacture !
showed a decline of 1.16 from the i
second quarter Transportation . ,
communication and public utilities
reached an all-time high, while
trade and finance, insurance and
real estate showed substantial
gains Service industries gained j
slightly
Miss M audi i* B Witt spent the |
week-end in Greensboro with Miss 1
Elizabeth Ann Elkins She at
tended the Moravian Easter ser
vices in Winston-Salem with a
group of college girls from W. C. j
U. X. C. who chartered a bus for
the trip.
GOES TO EUROPE? Miss Caro
lyn Smith ol Andrews, who has
been selected as one of 27 rural
youths from the United States to
study farm life in Norway during
the eorning summer.
Revival Services
At Baptist Church
Go Through Sunday
Revival services are in progress !
at First Baptist church this week, i
with the Rev. J. Alton Morris
doing the preaching, and Miss
Moselle Moore and Mrs. J. W.
Davidson in charge of the music.
Discussion groups for all depart
ments are held each evening from
7:15 to 8 o'clock, and they are
followed by the preaching service.
The revival will continue through
Sunday evening.
W. S. Gibson
Wiley Sullivan Gibson. 58. of '?
Clay County, died in a Murphy j
hospital at 9:15 p. m Tuesday.
Funeral services were held at 2 '
p m. today 'Thursday) in Myers |
Chapel Clay county with the Rev. ;
Mr Davis, pastor of the Methodist
Church, officiating Burial will be '
in the church cemetery with Ivie j
funeral home in charge.
Surviving are the widow Mrs ?
Dora Mason Gibson: three daugh
ters. Mrs Mae Chastain. Mrs Cloe |
York and Mrs. Pearl Farmer, all
of Helen. Ga.; two sons, Clyde
and Claude Gibson of Hayesville: .
two brothers. Jim of Andrews and i
Will of Atlanta
HO. Cobb
Funeral services were held Mon- '
day at 1 p. m. in New Hope Metho- |
dist Church for Henry Oscar Cobb j
of Union County Ga.. who died
| in a local hospital Saturday. He
I was ()3 years of age.
The Rev Alfred Smith and the
I I?cv. John Cook officiated. Burial
was in the church cemetery with
Townsoon funeral home in charge.
He is survived by three brothers.
1 Hayes and W. Y Cobb of Smyrna.
Ga.. and M. M Cobb of Clever.
Mo., three sisters. Mrs. W. A.
Evans of Ranker. Mrs Addie
' Greenway of Walla Walla. Wash,
j and Mrs. Callic Ross of Aberdeen.
1 Wash
Jkixlih js6 Jtrt^-4
YOl N 1 1 s I I KS' DM'AR'I Ml \ I ? To encouraur children to
slart sa\ in.us accounts at the hank, and do their own hanking.
? Citizens Hank anil Trust Company has opened a Junior Sa\ings
department \ teller's cage, painted green, small enough for the
youngsters to reach easily, has been installed and is operated on
I Saturdays. Shown above are: Mrs. Charles Shytle, teller, and
[ Rosalie Harriett Hyde, daughter of Mr. and Mrv C H. Hyde,
customer.
Miss Carolyn Durham Smith of
Andrews, daughter of Mr. and
Mi Joe Smith, is one of two
.North Carolina 4-H club members
who are looking forward to spend
ing the summer on farms in Euro
pean countries.
Miss Smith, who is now complet
ing seven years of active 4-H club
work, will go to Norway for the
summer Chosen from North Caro
lina also was Coyte Joseph Sig
mon ol Catawba, who will go to
France.
These two are among 27 rural
\oung men and women from 20
states who sail for Europe in early
June as International Farm Youth
Exchange students. They are
selected by officials of the Agri
cultural Extension Service at State
College.
According to L. R. Harrill. State
4-11 club leader, the International
Farm Youth Exchange project lias
been in operation for one year.
Under the arrangement, Ameri
can rural young people on invita
tion live and work with farm
families in 10 European countries,
and selected European rural youth
are invited to share similar ex
periences on American farms.
Purposes of the exchange are to
develop an informed junior farm
leadership and give the young
people an opportunity to learn
first-hand something of the prob
lems. attitudes, talents, and con
tributions of rural people in other
countries.
Miss Smith, who was graduated
last May from Andrews high
school, is now a freshman in the
School of Home Economics at
Woman's College. University of
North Carolina Greensboro, and
is preparing for work as a hoime
demonstration agent.
During bfr ^ven year* of olirb
work, Mi sa sm.eh completed 78 4
H club projects in clothing, poultry,
food preparation, food preserva
tion. gardening, room improve
ment. home management, records,
safety, wild life and better meth
ods.
Her outstanding project work
was in clothing achievement and
leadership. In 1947 she was select
ed as county, state and national
Clothing Achievement winner and
received an all-expense trip to
national 4-H Club Congress in
Chicago, where she was awarded
a $200 scholarship. In 1948 she
was chosen as one of North Caro
lina's delegates to National 4-11
Club Camp in Washington.
Miss Smith also was declared as
county, state and sectional winner
in girls' leadership record, being
chosen as alternate for the one
national placing. A gold watch,
the gift of Edward Foss Wilson
was her award.
Outstanding in her leadership
activities have been her work with
Junior 4-H club members, presi
dent of the county 4-H council, a
member of the State 4-H Honor
club and her active participation
in school, church and civic affairs.
Miss Smith's mother is An
drews editor for the Cherokee
Scout. Her father is a hardware,
salesman.
Funeral Is Held
For Mrs, Ellis, 72
Funeral services were held at
4 p. m Wednesday in Andrews
funeral building for Mrs. Carolina
1). Ellis. 72 who died in her home
at Andrews at 4 p. m. Tuesday.
She is survived by two sons,
Walter of Andrews and Theodore
of Oak Ridge. Tenn.. four daugh
ter.-?. Mrs. Fayc Dockery of Gaines
ville. Ga.. Mrs. Mattie Hogan and
Mr.v Lola Jo Hardin of Andrews,
and Mrs. Flora Hardin of Gastonia:
one brother the Rev. James Tmett
of Andrews, three sisters. Mrs.
Laura Earwood of Andrews. Mrs.
Jo Holloway of Rhodo. and Mrs.
Bennie Moss of Marble.
Ivie Funeral home was in charge.
ATTEND FEDERATION
Mrs. T. A. Case. Miss Mary
Cornwelt, and Mrs. Boyd Davis
ire representing the Women's
clubs of Murphy at the State
Federation of Women's clubs in
Goldsboro this week.