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r? know thr taw. of God in tur(. and revelation. and h,? to fashion thr affection* nd will into harmony with lhoir laws ? this Is education. __Scovel. dlfmiker (taint yoTTl Mi 60 ? Nt'MBER 18 MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, TIH RSDAV. NOV KMREE 17, 1949 T/w &>ee * FIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK Lions Club Sees football Picture Murphy Lions Club saw a motion picture of the 1948 Carolina-Wake forest football game at its meet ing last week. The club voted to cooperate with the 4-11 clubs of the county in sponsoring a Harvest SaJ e on Saturday. November 19. at the Khool gym I'reodcnt Alack I'atton present ed the following guests: The Rev. Ku.'u- 1:1 franklin Forrest Biinson of A-heville: w A. Me Ghee. guest of W. M. Fain; the Re.' I! Delbcrt By rum guest of Hjbart McKcever; the Rev. J Alton Morris, the Rev. M. C. Fer suson of Hart well, Ga . and the Re \V. II Heard of Coppcrhill Trim, guests of Dr. W A. Hoover jnJ Wh M.uidie II. Witt. Jimmie Goodwin was initialed as a nc .v member by Dale Lee ifiierokee Girls ire Winners Of State Projects Twenty-four young North Caro- j linians have been honored by being chosen as State winners in I 4-1! Club projects for 1949. it | was announced this week by Jesse Jame*8. assistant State 4-1 1 Club | leader for the State College Ex tension Service. Many of the winners will receive free trips to the National 4-H Club Congress to be held in Chicago late in November, while others will receive awards such as certificates, gold watches, or I S e.avm'-'s bonds. The records nf all of them have been forward ed to Chicago for further compel [ion for sectional and nationa" honors The project winners who will re ceive free trips ?<> Chicago are: Hor.t.t Layden, Perquimans County winner in b^.ter e1? J*-1'- ! . Ji.Mi ;>oris :>tricklan<l. naiiiax, | :anniri" . Evelyn Waugfh, Surry. 1 ?lo'h i; Wesley Manning. Pitt | farm sarety: Bobby Cone. Nash, field crops; Margaret Lee Stevens. Wayne, food preparation; Billy 5parr<:\.' Caston. garden; Carolyn Wilier. Iredell. girls' records; Ralph Brown Iredell, health; Pauline tfouv (laston home improvement; Vancy I'ritchett. Guilford, poultry; ?enld Bolick. Caldwell, tractor! maintenance. Other winners jusit announced \ lit: Francis Pressly. Iredell, achieve ment i !?,.>>; Carolyn Smith. Cher movement (girl); Edwin Wilkes, forestry; Dolphine I) (li; ford frozen foods; Guy Re\vi!c. Northampton. home beaau.r;;! on Bobby Lee Cockcr TU:l- s"riy. leadership (boy); k?u>thy Miields Cherokee, leader- 1 DoUgllS Kd^c- j animal: Joan Penland "lay. recreation; Franklin Hoff- I ^an (,:><on soil conservation; A Olsen. New Hanover. [ " ' P <boy); Anna Jean Hol irook'. ^urry. citizenship (girl). T?--n c ubs were selected as hav ln- tl bt -t records in health < I thQae will receive ;i award of $20. They are: Wlock Junior Club. Wil,on Coun ' 1 " eld Senior Club. Halifax: ^ Iredell: Beulah. Surry p Rockingham; Oak ( 'ay; Croft. Mecklenburg: ecombe Senior Club, i John On hum Junior! Wtrren; and Sylvan Ala- ? iuikv ^'1(' winning counties in recrea- ' l0,n ;,m, rural arts, each of which ' W8 to be usc-d in ] 111 recreational supplies. ? ' 'cuMind Guilford. Alamance. v Iredell. Edgecombe P? and Nash. s'-ite winners in exit l mrn SWpe1 potatoes, tobacco I , Peanuts will be selected abou: middle of November. Charles Dickey Helps Kill Bear * issue of Taos Star ^ M??? carri?i a pic o f u pharlPs Dickey, formerly and others who had h?g in . l'n kill,in? and bring Ko* o. ^ ^pound A pJc boM ,j P '>e*r was on the w ?? automobile. I'KI/I WINNIRS IN I A I SKK'.k SHOW? Shown above arc tlit' Cherokee Count) t-I I dubsters who were winners of blue ribbons in the I at Slock Show held in Asheville recently. In the picture ari left to rifjht. Kenneth l.uther, and the following blue ribbon winners: Unto Mills Ron Martin, Lawrence Hyatt Anna Ruth Stilts, anil Guy Dockery. Also present but not pictured were Clara Burrell ami Ned Stewart. 'Ihey were accompanied b\ Mack Patton and Carl Stiles. Children To Have Special LuncK Murphy school children eating in the lunch room will have Turkey on their holiday menu next week on Wednesday. The lunch will consist of creamed turkey, celery dressing, candied . ams. green peas, fruit jello and hi>L rolls served with one half pit * of milk or hot choc >' ate. No !?im. will be servei^*.,'' j-.ir* *'av as school will be dismissed at noon for the annual Andrews-Murphy game being played at Andrews. Special Exercises To Be Held At School Thursday Special Thanksgiving exercises will bo held at the school Thurs day morning. The Rev. R. 1) By rum will bring the Thanksgiving message and groups from Miss Moselle Moore's music classes will sing. Davidson Dinner To Be Held In Asheville Dec. 1 The $2,500,000 Davidson College Development Program will open in the Western \ >rth Carolina area, including Murphy with a "David son Dinner" in Asheville. Thurs day Dec. 1. All alumni, parents and friends of the college are invited to at tend the dinner mi; : in* at the Battery Park Hotel at 6:30 p. nr. Dec. 1. There will be no charge for the dinner and no solicitation will he made. Ladies arc also invited. Included on the program will be an address by Dr. John A Cun ningham president of Davidson, r.r.d a showing of a sound-color movie made on the campus. The national Davidson program has secured $1 970.000 toward the ?2 500.000 goal. The money will j he used for a new gymnasium, church student center, dormitory, fine arts quadrangle and for a $1,000,000 addition to the college | endowment Girl Scouts Earn Registration Fees The Girl Scout troop <*f Hiwas see Dam earned their registration foes a.t the annual P. T. A. carni val held at Hiwassee IXtm School on November 3 Under the direc tion of their new leader Mrs Ted Ploeser. the girls are planning to repair old toys and make new ones for ahdldran for CJiristmas Employees Get Average Of $30 In Cherokee County Average non-farm employment in North Carolina, covered by the Employment Security Program, was 606.623 in the first quarter >f 1949. a drop of 5.1 percent from the fourth quarter of* 1948 :nd a drop of 6.2 percent from 'he first quarter of 1948. This dcclin of 32.600 workers from the last quarter of 1948 to the first ;uarter of 1949 is more than the usual seasonal decline, it is pointed out by Hugh M Raper. i lirector of the lkir?au of He search nd Statistics of the Employment Security Commission, who made the report to Chairman Henry E. | Kendall Average weekly wage of cover I I'd workers in North Carolina dur ing the first quarter of 1949 was $41.92. which was a drop of $3.36 from the fourth quarter of 1948. but an increase of 78 cents over the average for the first quarter of 1948. Total wages paid in the Slate in the first quarter of 1949 amounted to $330,822 428 The report ?hows that 21 of the 100 counties in the State had gains in average number of workers employed in the first quarter of 1949 over the last quarter of 1948. while 79 counties showed declines in employment. The figures for indiv'dual counties show the trend of the employment in the 100 units , I of the State. Cherokee County, the report show-*, had average employment in j the first quarter of 1949 of 761 1 a lo<s of 25.02 percent when com pared with the last quarter of !P4o. Total wages paid in the i I county in the first quarter of i 1949 amounted to $296 910. or an average weekly wage of $30.00. In manufacturing, the average j employment was 404. with total j wages of $136,806 and average ' weekly w.v'e of $26 08 In transportation and communi cation. the average employment j was 15. with total wages of $7,179; ! in trade, average employment was | 176 and total wages $84,532; in | finance, insurance and real estate. | the average employment was 19 land total wages $13 360; in ser i vice and other activities the aver 1 age employment was 147 and total [wages $55,033. P1K SUPPER A pio supper will bp hold at Mallone's Store near Ranger on Saturday. November 19 at 7:30. It will bo sponsored by Shady Grove Church STIDY COURSE HEED A study course was recently held in Violet Raptist Church Mrs. W. T. SmiUi taiistot the book "BuLldinig a Standard Sunday Softool". The church them adopt ed the (wpowtf record system. Missionary To Speak Here The Rev. Earl King Missionary to the Congo, representing the Presbyterian Church in tihe United States, will preaeh in the Presby terian Church here at 11 o'clock Sunday morning and bring a re port from the Mission Field t:hc pastor, the Rev. James K. Crook has announced. Immediately following \iie ser vice. an important congregational meeting to pass on a le.al matter will be held. On Wednesday night, November 23. the regular church night, sup per will be held at 6 p. m.. and Bit 7 p. m. a color sound movie to which the public is invited, will be shown. At 7:30. a union Thanksgiving service will be held in this church. The Hi.-. W A. Hampton pastor of the Free Methodist Church will preach the scrm >n. Music will be furnished by a Youth Choir, under the direction of Miss Moselle Moore, and a combined adult choir from the various churches. \n offering for in! e rd en omi nation al relief work in Murphy will be taken. Willard Hogsed On His Wav ? Home From Japan Corporal Willard II. Hogsed. son ?i Mr. and Mrs. John E. Housed, of Murphy North Carolina is now on hi . way back to the States after having served a year with the K.::hlh Army in the occupat' ! of the Japanese home'and His job was th I of a supply clerk, here at D *ke. Tokyo Japan. He enjoyed working in supply and found Irs job very interesting. Enlisting in th \rmy in Febru ary 1947. Corpor I Hn-sed reeeiv ed ei'ihl weeks of hi--!? trrrning at Fort Lewis W i Mn ton. before coming overse . - ha \* ? ? * ? ned nt Fort Belvoir Virsinia and Fort j Leverv worth. Kansa>. Prior to hi - | enlistment. he attended Murphy | Hi ;h School. Murphy \. h Caro lina. Ho plans to continue his education upon lea\ ins the service, j P.-T. A. Meets With Mrs. Robt. Weaver A F.-T. A. executive meeting was held Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Robert Weaver, president of the organization. Plans were made to hold the third "Family Night" program on J Saturday. November 26. in tV school gymnasium. Mr. and Mrs. Duke Whitley are visiting Mr. WlhMJey's mother, Mrs. Irving Whitley at Clayton this week. ATTENDING CONVENTION The following people from Mur phy are attending the Baptist State Convention which is being held in Kaleigh this week: Rev and Mrs. J. Alton Morris. Mr and Mrs. H. D. Chandler. Mrs. J. C. Ammons. Miss Addie Mae Cooke and Miss Ruth Bagwell Ret. Wilhurn Caylor Promoted To Pvt. Ret. Wilburn L. Caylor. HA .son j of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Caylor of i Murphy, now serving with the Far East Air Forces, assigned to the 440th Signal Aviation Heavy Construction Battalion. APO 323. has recently been promoted to Private according to an announce ment made by the Commanding Officer. Major William 11. Mun dori I. Pvt. Caylor attended Murphy ( High School, and enlisted in the \ Army in October 1943 He was j assigned to the 440th in February 1049. and is currently performing duties a? a Lineman with Co "A" of the Battalion Loving Ss Cleared Of Murder Charge Orphanage Car To Be Loaded November 22-23 Moderator Peyton G. Ivie re ninds people of this county ami he Western North Carolina Iiap ist Association that the car for he Baptist Orphanage will be oaded with produce next Tuesday j ind Wednesday. November 22-23 The car will be on the siding at Murphy Tuesday and at Andrews | Wednesday, and all who have pro- i luce for the shipment are asked , ,o get it to the car or into the land - of the committee. Miss Weaver To Represent N.C.E. A. At Greensboro The Murphy X C. E. A. held its : regular meeting Thursday night. November 10. in the assembly room of the primary school build- \ ing. John Jordan, president, display- | cd a certificate presented to the Murphy N. C. E. A. by the Na tional Education Association for >ne hundred percent membership. The Professional Service Com mittee was in charge of the pro gram. Miss Alice Weaver Super visor of the Murphy and Andrews Units spoke on "Teacher Growth Through the Exchange of Ideas". Mrs. Ruby llill led the discussion on Social Promotion and Mrs Emily Davidson gave a brief re port on the Code of Ethics. Members of the loan fund of the N. C. E A. voted to continue and increase the fund. The same loan fund committee. Miss Addie Leatherwood. Mrs. Davis and Walter Pucftt. will serve for the coming year Mis^ Weaver, was asked to repre sent the Professional Service com mittee of the Murphy and An drews Units at a meeting to be held in Greensboro this week. The Social Committee served refreshments. THIRD srNDAY SINGING The third Sunday singing will be held at Old Martin"> Creek Bapti-.i Church on Sunday Novem ber 20. at 2 o'clock. A WARM RECEPTION from the hungry children of Rcchtewbach. Germany, is sriven a shipment of CROP food sent from Ameriean farm ers as a result of the 1948 CROP Friendship Food Trains. Twenty eighft states participated in the collection which sen* food to youngsters like these, orphans, refugees old people and the ill in Europe. Asia and the Middle East last winter. North Carolina's 11M$ CROP Friend ship Food Train collection wilJ reach its high point in mid-Noveimber Counties throughout the state are now organizing for the collection of corn, wheat peanuts, milk and cotton through their county CROP committees. M. C. Loving. who was tried for the murder of Thos. J Voyles in the criminal term of court held here last week was found mot guiliy. Jutgcment heretofore given in the case agains' Iowa Stewart Thrasher charged with violation of prohibition law- was reconsidered and "-he was given 18 months in Cherokee County jail. Quinton Phillips, charged with driving while intoxicated, was giv en 6 months in jail, required to pay $200 and cost, not operate a motor vehicle for two years and .rood behavior and violate no laws of state for three years. Jack Cabe charged with public drunkness. assault destroying private property, resisting arrest and driving while drunk, was tax ed with cost and banished frcm state for 5 years. The following divorces were granted: Rosa Little from Efton L. Little. Cora Lee Foster from Felix Foster Frances Mae Kernea Shaw from George William Shaw. Katherine Ledford Carringer fnoon I/ewis Jackson Carringer. SyWe Ellen Payne Smith from Hubert Powell Smith. Episcopate To Hold Bazaar The Church of the Messiah will hold a Christmas Bazaar on Fi - day and Saturday, December 2nd and 3rd at Coleman's Electrical Supply S*ore on Pcachltree Street. There will be a wide variety of articles for sale; many of whinah may be used for gifts. A few of the articles on displav will be era ft work of various kinds, iiand- woven tnwels and luncheon sets baby needs aprons, plants, and many other items. Jack B. Palmer In Operation Miki Jack Daviess Palmer, seaman. USX. son of Mr and Mrs. Fred IV Palmer of Route 1. Marble. N. c\. is serving as a crew member aboard the heavy cruiser USS Toledo which is participating in Operation Miki". a large-seale I . amphibious exercise in the Pacific. The maneuvers, scheduled to continue through October and November, involve nearly 40.000 soldiers, sailors and marines, and are designed to dislodge on ima ginary aggressor force from the Hawa; .in Islands General Mark ^ Clark. Commanding General ?f the Sixth Army, is overall i nmmnndtv. Miki". a Hawaiian word mean n.i. "readiness" or "diligent", is ?e <>f a number of joint exercises ' "ned by the Joint Chiefs of "-' iff tor the Army. Navy and Air < i desi gned to ae.viimpLish m si on for maintaining ? 'led f *es at a high degree < "icier, v. Mrs. Thompson Is Hostess To Club T' . Ho ::>1 < ' met Friday at tie 1 mo ot Mr- .1 W. Tliempwn l . th M M;u o Walker and Mrs j T'.t, actitu is hoste*se?. \! ? .1 . 11 MpCall palled the meet : to order ami after the sniping tV club song, the lord's :a> or wax repeated in unison M i n i'te of the last meeting were ri rd . nd approved. The club vot ! to pay for school lunches for i one child and that Mrs. Ruby Hill select the child Several members reported thaft they had already planted tulips as was planned at the meeting of I September 9. for the purpose ot beautifying their lawns and tiio j streets of the town, , The hostesses served cake oof i fee and nuts to the following members: Mrs. J H. McCall, Mrs. R. E. Kintz. Mrs. R. H Foard, Mrs T S. Evans. Miss Hat .lie Palmer, Mrs Joe Ptiaup. Mrs. Ruby Hill, Mrs. Bessie Dixon, Miss Josephine Heifihrway Mrs. J W. Thompson and Miss Marvic Walkeir The new meeting of the club will be held December 8. at die home at Mrs. T. S. Gnw
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