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X MORAL STRENGTH All the strength and force of ma? come from his faith In things unseen. He who believe* Is strong: he who doubts is we?k.? Clarke. (Eljmiker KEEP YOUR TOWN CLEAN Be a good citizen and help keep your town elean. Do not throw any trash, paper or rubbish on the streets or others property. Also, beautify with flowers, shrubs, and grass. TEN PAGES THIS WEEK Lions Leading In Softball League By TOMMY ALEXANDER ? On Friday. August 26 t'h e Lions Softball team were victors over Peaohtrec in a fight to the finish bv a score of 13-11. In the second inning, score 1-0 favor Peachtree. Bob White knock ed a three tagger deep into left field An error let him in to tie the score. Wells got a walk. Then Bay hit to bring him in and an error let him in to make the score 3-1 in favor of Lions. In the last of that inning Bilile Ramsey for Peachtree got a two bagger and stole third. Bill Cof fee got a hit to bring in Ramsey. Willard Ramsey hit to advance Coffee to second, an error loaded the bases and after another battle nme up more errors unloaded the liases to let in five runs for Peach urc. In the first of the third, White hit a home run to make the score 64 in favor of Peachtree. It wasn't in their favor for long be cause in the fourth inning Peach tree blew up to let in six runs and nearly sewed up the game for the Lions. Lions 0 3 1 6 2 1 0?13 Peachtree 1 5 0 1 2 0 2 ? 11 MT. VALLEY 19 LEGION 2 In the night cap. Mountain Valley overwhelmed Legion by a score of 19-2. Scoring in all but one inning Mounttain Valley run up the large score of 19 over Legion who scored their only two runs in the seventh inning. Mt Valley 3 3 0 3 4 5 1?19 Legion 0 0 0 0 0 0 2?2 PEACHTREE 5 HACKNEY 4 On Monday night Hackney lost their second game in this half to Peachtree by a score of 5-4. Peachtree talcing advantage of a host ?f erro.- |n the Hackney in fieiJ scored .t'hree nl n, . But Ha.kney tied the- ball gaiiie up in the third inning wtfien after two runs had been made off errors Craig hit a home run with one on base. Hackney couldn't keep Peachtree down and errors let in one more run and that was just enough to beat Hackney. Peachtree 3 0 1 0 0 1?5 Hacknc.v 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 ? 4 MT. VALLEY 8 LIONS 2 Mountain Valley downed the first placed Lions Club on Mon day by a score of 8-2. The Lioins couldn't get on the ball till the third inning and Mountain Valley had scored 8 runs. Oheeking them then, they tried unsuccess fully to match the scores Moun tain Valley had made. The best hit of the game was made by Oof fee. who homed over center fields head. Mt. Valley 4 4 0 0 0 0 0?8 Lions 1 0 0 0 0 0 1?2 HACKNEY 4 TOMOTLA 6 Hackney lost another game on Tuesday night when Tomotla rol led over them by a score of 6-4. The score being tied after 8 inn ings of softball, Tomotla came up again to try tiheir luck. W. Pal mer started a rally by beating out an infield hit, he then stole second and an error in the infield let Hughes on and advanced Palmer ?o third, then Keener hit to bring in Palmer. Craig gets a two bag ger to bring in Hughes and Keener. Millsaps hit to bring in Craig. Hackney tried to tie the ^orp but only got half enough to do so. Tomotla 00100010 4 ? 6 Hackney 01000100 2?4 lions 11 legion 5 The night cap on Tuesday night otween Lions and Legion was a ' ^eet victory for the Lions when I Vv ' '// ?w?ntD boxscore 0H ?' C. highways ?U*d August 27 through ?ngust 29 5 T*" August 27 through August 29 gg "'?> through August 29 Jhis y?ar 518 1948 U>r<Muh Anruirt llky.. ? 434 through August 29 I ksrs;~' L "" Lt. Co. Johnson Is Division Chief At Barksdale, La. BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, LA. ? Lieut. Colonel Francis M. Johnson, director of all malaria control activities in the Panama Canal Area during the last three years, has been assigned to Head quarters, the Air Training Com mand, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., and will serve as Chief, Sanitation Division, Office of the Air Surgeon, Major General Rob ert W. Harper, Commanding General, has announced. Colonel Johnson was formerly Chief of the Sanitation Division. Office of the Air Surgeon, Corib bean Air Command, Albrook Air Force Base, Canal Zone. A son of Mrs. Sarah L. Johnson. 119 Brevard Road, Asheville N. C.. Colonel Johnson entered the military service in 1933. He at tended Asheville high school and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering at North Carolina State College. He received his Certificate of Public Health and Sanitary Engineering from the University of North Carolina in 1937. Before enter- 1 ing tthe service, he was employed by Texas Oil Company and as j Disttrict Sanitary Engineer for the North Carolina State Health j Department at Murphy, N. C. He is a graduate of the Medical Field Service School and the Medical Inspector's School, Carlisle Bar racks, Pa. Clayokee Holds Annual Meeting Clayokee Cooperative potato euring and storage house held their Anual meetting at John C. Campbell Folk School Aug. 23. Financeing the balance due on the structure and equipment of tihe plant was discussed. The financial condition showed to be on a sound basis since only about one fourth of the storage space was filled last season and Dr. D. F. Folger. treasurer, had been able to take care of all operating expenses from the revenue for storage. E. L. Arrant was elected as a director to succeed Dr. D. F. Fol ger who is leaving to become presi dent of the Georgia State Teach ers College for Women at Mil ledgevillc, Ga. Mrs. Mattie Belle Arrant was elected as plant manager. She will have charge of the checking in and out of the potatoes. The board of directors consists of: W. D. Townson, president; Frank C. Ghiringhelli. vice presi dent; E. L. Arrant, secretary and treasurer, Frank Hogan. Fred Smith and Dillard MeOombs. The storage house offers space for storing 2,000 crates of potatoes. they overpowered Legion by a score of 11-5. Home runs by Wilkins and Burch added extra runs which were more than enough to make Legion the underdog. Lions , 6 0 0 1 3 1 0?1 1 Legion 2 110 10 0 ? 5 Hackney 13. Mountain Valley 8. Peachtree 6, Tomotla 3. Lions 13, Peachtree 11. Legion 2, Mounttain Valley 19. Peachtree 5. Hackney 4. Mountain Valley 8. Lions 2. Hackney 4, Tomotla 6. Lions 11, Legion 5. Friday, September 2 Hackney - Lions, Legion - Tomotla. Monday, September 5. Peachtree - Mountain Valley, Tomotla-Lions Friday, September 9, Peachtree - Legion, Hackney - Tomotla SOFTBALL STANDING W. !L. PCt. Lions 6 2 750 Mountain Valley 5 3 625 Hackneys * ? SCHEDULE Tomoth Peachtree Legion 3 4 428 3 5 375 1 6 143 VISITS HOSPITAL ? J. W. v,B*lir Maffi.1t of Chapel Hilil. liaison representative between the member-hospitals of the North Carolina Hospital Association and Hospital Saving Association who visited Murphy hospital officials and personnel on Tuesday to dis cuss methods of furthering the community health-service program. Carringer Sings On 50 Occasions During Summer Walter Carringer. formerly of Murphy, now of Winston-Salem, recenttly visited Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Thompson here. It was learned that he has had a busy summer, singling on over 50 oc casions, more than 40 of which have been broadcast. He is on two radio shows every week; Bow Ties and Bow Kays, an audience participation program on Friday morning, and Guest Night, a Fri day night show. On tihis one he and an organist are on every week and they have a different guest each week. He also has sung in five Church es and several times at Salem Bap tist Church, where he is a member, and the First Baptist Church. Carringer will leave Winston Salem about September 18 for school. He plans to enter the Opera Workshop for some advanc ed instruction. He says he much prefers radio and recital work but the other will be good for him. He says. "It seems that to be good in any fielu of singing, you have to be good in them all." He and his mother Mrs. Ruth Carringer. are expecting to spend sometime here this week and next. Church Services Go Through Week The Week of Spiritual Enrich ment now in progress at the First Methodist Church, began last Sunday night with Rev J. R. Crook, minister, Murphy Presby terian Church, bringing the initial message of the series. On Mon day evening, the Rev. Wm. B. Penny, pastor. First Methodist Churchy preached on the subject: "Having The Mind Of Christ." On Tuesday evening, the Rev. C. A. Smith, pastor, Murphy Methodist Circuit, was the guest Minister On Wednesday and Thursday eve nings. the Rev. Dow Kirkpatrick. D. D. is bringing the messages on the following subjects: "The Way of Man" and "This Is the Way." The Rev. J. C. Lime, minister. Andrews Presbyterian Church. I will be the Guest Minister on Fri day evening and the Rev. C. C. Washam, pastor. Andrews Metho dist Church, will deliver the last message in the series of services, i Sunday evening. Good music, which is being brought every night, is another outstanding event of these ser vices. C. R. Freed is in cfharge of the music. People are attending from the various churches of the city. Three Baseball Games Scheduled Murphy Baseball team will play Hazelwood here Saturday night, Sept. 3. at 8:15. and on Labor Day Murphy will play Seneca, S. C., two games, first game at 2:15 and second game at 8:15. PIANO RECITAL There will be a piano recital at Martins Creek School Friday nifht. Sept. 2. Johnston Is To Preach In Free Methodist Revival Revival services will be held at Murphy Free Methodist Church September 6-18, with the Rev. K. W. Johnston of Spartanburg. S. C., doing the preaching, announces the pastor. Rev. W. H. Hampton. Services will begin at 8 p. m. daily. Mr. Johnston is well known here, having held two revivals in the local church formerly. State Fair Premium Books Are Distributed Prizes totaling more than $35. 000 are listed for the 1949 State Fair in premium books being dis tributed this week by Dr. J. S. Dorton, manager of the annual exposition, which will be held at the spacious fairgrounds near Raleigh October 18 through 22. This is the largest premium list ever offered by the State Fair and lis SI 0.000 greater than the sum of actual awards made last year. "We already are receiving in quiries from prospective exhibi tors," Dr. Dorton said, ' and all indications point to a record breaking list of entries in all events." R. W. Shoffner, Extension Ser vice district farm agent, again will serve as assistant manager of the fair, Dr. Dorton announced, and general directors of exhibits will be J. Warren Smith, state director of vocational education; Dr. I. O. Schaub. Extension Service direc tor; Dr. J. H. Hilton, director of the Experiment Station; and Cecil D Thomas, head of the Test Farms Division of the State Department of Agriculture. This year's program will follow the same general patter;? of pre vious fairs. Tuesday, u-ning day. will be Wake County School Day and Friday will be Young North Carolinian's Day, when school children from all over the state will have an opportunity to see the fair free. The James E. Strates Shows will return for their second year on the midway and spectacular new performances have been booked for the grandstand show and revue through George A. Hamid. Jack Kochman's Cavalcade of Thrills, which always draws capacity crowds, has been engaged for a death-defying exhibition of dare devil driving Wednesday after noon of fair week. Harness races will be held Tuesday. Thursday and Friday afternoons and auto Taces Saturday afternoon. Crafters Take Part In Farm And Home Week Last Wednesday several mem bers of the Cherokee County Crafters participated in a panel discussion on Handicrafts at Cul lowhee during Farm and Home Week. The discussion was on development of Crafts in this area. Miss Mary Cornwell. Haywood County, and Miss Louise Matthews Cherokee County, were discussion leaders. Mrs. Ben E. Warner, president of the Cherokee County Crafters. Mrs. Willard Axley. Mrs. Guy Hill. Mrs. Jeff Dalrymple and Mrs. Edna Erwin participated in the discussion. Church School Day Is Sunday The Annual Church School Day will be observed at First Methodist Church, next Sunday morning at 9:45 o'clock with a special program Whidh will be given in the Church Auditorium. Miss Joyce Cole man and Miss Elizabeth Anne Ellcins are Co-chairmen. An of fering will be taken for the Inter mediate Canvp. of the Western North Carolina Methodist Con ference. TO SING SUNDAY Walter Carriniger of Winston Salem will sing a solo at the First Baptist Church Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock service. PREACHES HERE? The Rev. K. W. Johnston of Spartanburg, S. C., who will be the evangelist for a revival at Free Methodist Chureh next week, services beginning each evening at 8 o'clock. Arrowood And Fricks Are At Lackland AFB Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Pvt. Lloyd H. Arrowood. 20, son of John Arrowood of Murphy, N. C\. and Pvt. Robert E. Fricks, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fricks, Route 3. Murphy. N. C., have re ported to Lackland AFB, the "Gateway to the Air Force," to begin the AF basic airmen indoctri nation course, here. Lackland, situated near San Antonio, is the world's largest air force base, center of WAF's basic training, indoctrination station for prior service reenlistees and home of the AF's Officer Candidate School. Here. too. is headquarters of the Indoctrination Division, Air Training Command. Their thirteen weeks of basic training will prepare them for en trance into Air Force technical training and for assignment in specialized work. The course will include a scientific evaluation of their aptitude and inclination for following a particular vocation and career. Two Parochial Schools Open On September 6 The Postell and Wolf Creek Seventh Day Adventnst parochial schools will open September the 6 for the new school year of '49-50. j The teachers. Mrs. Joe Barnes | and Mrs. J. B. Thomas, respective ly. will teach all grades much as is done in small country sdhools. Each day, the school will start with a patriotic and devotional service. Mrs. Barnes taught the Ohurch school in McMinnville, Tenn., the past school year. She has taught Tor several years and she has taken a special Jeacher training course this summer and comes ready prepared for the duties and responsibilities of the new year. Mrs*. Thomas also is an experienc ed teacher. These are two of 3 700 schools operated by Seventh Day Adven tists. They run from the small one-room type school to the Sen ior College and Seminar also in cluding a first class Medical Col lege in California This system is kept going in order to provide for an education of the children and youth which meetts the standards of the church as well as the state. Of the schools in operation, there are 290 of them in the Academic and College level. In most of them the students are encouraged to learn some vocation. Most students earn all or part of their expenses in school operated Industrie?. Seventh Day Adventists believe in a Christian education for their youth, but are opposed to govern mental financial aid. Revival Starts Sunday Evening Revival services will be con ducted at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church each evening newt week, beginning Sunday evening. The pastor, the Rev Calvin Thompson, will do the preaching. Ivie Is Re-Elected W.N.C. Moderator ? $ Bloodmobile To Be Here Again On September 27 Members of the Board of Direc tors and Blood Program Committee of the Cherokee County Chapter of American Red Cross met Tues day evening with the Blood Pro gram Chairman, W. M. Davis, to make plans for the next visit of the Bloodmobile to Murphy, which will be on Monday. September 27. The Bloodmobile will be here from 12 noon until 5 o'clock that day and expects the chapter to provide a minimum of 125 donors during that time. Definite assign ments for communities in the chapter jurisdiction were made in order to try to fill the quota. On the last visit there were only about 25 donors and only 16 pints of blood given. Veterans Planning To Enter School Should Plan Now Veterans planning to enter school or job training under the G. I. Bill this fall should begin now gathering necessary evidence of dependency for subs:stence al i lowance purposes, if such evidence is not already on file with the Veterans Administration. Such evidence can be held by the veteran until entering train ing, submitting it to the VA with the completed certificate of eligi bility. The VA especially reminds those veterans who have had previous G. I. Bill training, that increased | subsistence payments cannot be ! granted prior to the date all 1 satisfactory evidence is received by I the VA. Therefore, veterans with additional dependents to claim should secure the proper documen tal evidence to submit to the VA immediately. Satisfactory evidence of marri age consists of (1) a certified copy of the public or church record of ' the marriage, and (2) a completed VA form titled "Declaration as to Marital Status". In the event the veteran, his wife, or husband or both have been married previously, certified cop ies of the divorce decrees or death certificates which terminated all previous marriages, must be sub mitted with the evidence of the present marriage. For a minor child, acceptable evidence consists of (1) a certified copy of the public record of birth or the record of baptism, either of which must show the names of the parents, and (2) the certified copy of public or church record of marriage of the parents. In the case of adoption, a certified copy of the court record of adoption is j necessary. Evidence of dependency of par- 1 ents includes (1) a certified copy j of the public record of birth of j the veteran or the church record j of his baptism showing the name i of the parents, and (2> an "Affi davit of Dependency" (a VA form) filled out by the parent or parents j and sworn to by a notary public. John Lundvall Killed Sunday In Venezuela Ben H. Brown has received word that his son-in-law, John Lundvall ! was killed Sunday in an automobile accident at Cumana-Sucre. Vene zuela. He is the husband of the former Miss Dorothy Brown of Murphy. Route 2. He has been employed with a construction company in Venezuela. MRS VAUGHT'S FATHER DIES Mr. and Mrs. Ben Vaught and family were called to ScottMxwo, Ala., last week on account at the death of Mrs. Vaught's father A. N. Holland. Peyton G. I vie of Murphy was re-elected moderator of the West ern North Carolina Baptist Asso ciation at the 65th annual session held at llangingdog last week. The Hev. T. Earl Ogg of Andrews was elected vice - moderator; C. W. Carringer of Hayesville, clerk; Miss Ruth Bagwell of Murphy, as sistant clerk; the Rev. L. P. Smith of Hayesville, historian; Miss Addie Mae Cooke of Murphy, treasurer; and Mrs. John Donley of Murphy, assisttant treasurer. Mrs. Oarl West of Andrews was elected Training Union Director; Cyrus C. White of Murphy, Sunday School Superintendent; Mrs. Elmer Ghil ders of Andrews, W. M. U. Super intendent; and Lloyd W. Hendrix and Mrs. Joe Hamilton of Murphy and Joe Myers of Brasstown Asbo ciational Missions Committee. Miss Ruth Bagwell was re-elected Asso ciational Missionary. The association voted to have another associational revival next summer, preferably in June, with preaching at one or more places, and to ask Dr. J. C. Canipe to do the preaching. Each fifth Sunday afternoon will be used for special promotion of all phases of Baptist work in planned programs. It was voted to have a Training Union Revival in April of next yeeuv Oak Grove Baptist Church was re-instated as a member of the Association. Hayesville Ghunch was changed to Truett Memorial, Tusquittee to Moss Memorial, and Peachtree to Moore Memorial. All these churches of which the Rev. L. P. Smith is pastor, are in the process of completing new build ings. all of which have received substatial contributions from fam ilies for whom they were named. The Rev. J. Alton Morris pre sented the association with a gawl made from wood from the birth place of Dr. Geo. W. Truett. The 1950 meeting will be held at Truett Memorial Baptist Church in Hayesville. the Tuesday and Wednesday before the fourth Sun day in August. The annual sermon was preach ed by the Rev. T. Earl Ogg. Among the out-of-town speakers were: Dr. M. H. Kendall. Mars Hill College: Dr. Zeno Wall and the Rev. W. C. Redd, Baptist Orphanage: Dr. John Oaylor, Superintendent of Education. Home Mission Board, Atlanta, and his son-in-law. Jack Jones, who sang two selections; Rev. G. W. Bul lard. Raleigh. Associational Mis sions Supt.; Dr. L. L. Carpenter, Biblical Recorder; the Rev. K. R. Young. Baptist Hospital; and Dr. Phil Elliott. Gardner-Webb Col lege. Keith Hutchinson Purchases Jersey Keith Hutchinson. Topton, has purchased the registered Jersey Way-Nez Draconis Kitty. The ani mal comes from the herd owned by Mr. and Mrs. Wayne R. Brown^ Leicester. The purchase adds to the steadily growing number in this area. Dairymen buy Jerseys because of the high quality of the milk they produce. Purebred Jerseys are registered by The American Jersey Cattle Club which has its national head quarters in Columbus. O. Several programs are available through The American Jersey Cattle Club to help breeders get the most ! profits from their Jerseys. ? Miss Kisselburg Is Supervisor The supervisor of schools in the Cherokee County Unit this year will be Miss Maggie Belle Kissel burg. She holds a B. S. degree from Western Carolina Teachers' College and has ttaught in the eounty schools for eleven years. Miss Kisselburg recently was employed in Hiwassee nam school*. She was president of the County N. C. E. A. Unit last year and made trips to AahavUle and Raleigh in behalf of the Educational Pro gram.
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