North Carolina Newspapers

To know the laws of God in nature and revelation, and thon to fashion the affections and will into harmony with those laws ? this Is edueation. Scovel. (Elfmiltee Tjfat && <?ee '' VOL r^r-NUMBn 19 MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24. 194S FIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK Symphony Drive Is In Progress Here With a quota of $750 for the ' 1931 M- ! "f the North Carolina Symphony orchestra to this eoun ()!i!\ one t hird. or $250. has .Lus f I), i raised in tile cur ri :![? ?. . inounees Miss Hildr (.j ii, county chairman. 11,.,.,. ii, : memberships are jsli, j i j c m il one of the fol lo?in,' workers: x, i Vtt ? Mis ? Heaton Mrs. Hade Mrs. W. T. Teas Miss Pollv Hi . Mrs. Tom May. Mrs. \\ T. Hi !> Well. Mrs. K. .1. Walry jl; Starr Puli.um. Miss Margaret Fishi Marble: Mrs. Grant Phillips. Mli :'i Mrs. Hobart McKeever. c'.K' :n',:ri. Mrs Mack Pat, ton Mrs. Hani. Wil-an. Mrs. Wade Massey Jlri Lew;, Hodges. Miss Addie jLi'Ci. ke Mrs Bob Fasley Mrs T \ (' . Mrs. B. W. Whitfield. Jl 1! at Hi -;?op. Mrs. Jim Crook. Mrs H. Blleck Mrs. Cloe Moore Mrs. A. Q. Ketner. Mrs. J;hn IL. i -s Miss Toots Cook llr Bob White Mrs. H. G. Klkins Mrs. Da e Lee. Mrs. J. W. David son. Mr Willard Cooper. K. S Bau::. Bra -awn: Mrs. Wayne Holland Hiwassee Dam: Mrs. Glenn Rap e. "Creative Arts" Subject Womans' Club Program Mrs. Florence Brewer, public retet 11:11 secretary, and Miss Evelyn ll.iynes executive director oi the Huckleberry Work-hop Cam;) of llendersonville. present ed a n: rim on "Creative Arts" at tin Murphy Woman's Club mcetiii:; held at Carnegie Library Wedni ? i y afternoon. They told of the . 's at the camp and had on (I :.n specimens of the work Mi im.s R. Crook gave a m,:1 Audible Punctuation." Mi II. Bueek, president, pre side:! ovi-r the business session M: l U Davidson chairman of tile I). ' nber program. announe 11 'e rlub would cooperate ?ith I'TA financially and with v ng a Christmas tree in the > mniivum for all the chil dren. 1 in for the ten-penny ? 'un:l was taken. Mrs. Bob Kasley was appointed chairman of a food sale to be 1,0:1 ' - 'He funds for use at 'he Chi :mas meeting. i inclusion of the pro -liments were served I 1,1 u 5>. Axley and Mrs. : M. i hostesses, and the Sn>up was invited to examine the Hatk Camp exhibit. Barbara Reid Hostess To Y. W. A. The V. W. A. of Fir^it Baptist Ur< i met Monday evening with lleid, with Sally Barton f " ' Community missions for ?wemher will be the preparation 1 liianksgiving basket for some person. Barbara Arnold ^enu.l the program on "Near lpirf ^ ^ss Moselle Moore l/ read the scripture. Others P?jn? ' ' on "le PW>9ram were: ^'y Ilau-.'h, l'eggy Savage. Mary Gordon, and Sally Barton. the V: I 'I"0"19 WCre servcd by jjickey Building Chevrolet Place 60 " 100 r?0t ! Under anC* ^u''ding is ThV k ,UCtion on main street, borne is to be the new i H ? J "?'key Chevrolet and to k0 ( 1 v states that he expects I J.nuariP7ati,'g business in il by AVnnSQl ARE daNCE ? ^There will be a A-'.; ^a-v square dance at day gymnasium, Thura P M bCT 24 sterling art 8:00 fMosteUer boys will provide P~cee<h from Nd l u toward the Aitlhleitic ai Lightly Fund. Carolyn Smith Speaks To Lions M ? Carolyn Sir. Mi. \\ho recent ly returned to her home in An drews after spending several monts in Norway on the International Farm Youth Exchange plan, spoke of her experiences in Norway at '.lie meeting of Murphy Lions Club Tuesday evening at Fir-sit Metho ' Church. She told of the liv ing conditions, foods, customs habits, language and economic conditions cf Norway. A?t the con clusion of her talk, she showed ?lidts t-ken at the places she lived and visited. Mack Patio n president, presid ed and introduced Miss Smith. The program opened with the sing ing of "S?jng of the Lion" and "We Gather Together". The Lions quar ?' c! composed of James Orook. Ed win Hyde. C. R. Freed, and Hob art McKecver sang parts of the latter. Miss Estoleen Gibson accompani ed at the piano. Wm. I' Craig and Bill A 'her of Atlanta were guesits of Doyle Burch. Harry Dickey was appointed as istant Boy Scoutmaster, to work iW i tfii Scoutmaster Hobart Mc Kecvc.'. Miss Lucy Morgan To Speak Friday (In Recent Trip The public is invited to hear Miss Lucy Morgan of Penland Potters and Weavers. Penland. at he Episcopal Church of the Mes siah Friday at 3:30 p. m. Miss Morgan will tq-11 of her reccnt trip through the Scandinavian coun tries in the interest of handicrafts and will show seme crafts brought back from her trip. Whitfields Attend Southern Medical Association Meet The 43rd Annual meeting of the Southern Medical Association was held at the Netherland Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati. Ohio November 14 thru the 17th. It was attended by Dr. and Mrs. Bryan W. Whit field of Murphy. One of the highlights of the meeting was Dr. Ernest E. Irons' ' report on the subject of national i- j /.ed medicine and its effect 011 1 organized labor. Dr. Irons. Presi dent of the American Medical Association, stated that. ". . .among he first victims of nationalized medicine will be the unions' own Health services. Later the unions themselves will be destroyed along with business firms in the progres sive strangling of free enter prise . . Dr. Leona Baumgartner and Dr. Eleanor P. Hunt of the Social Security Administration Federal Sccruity Agency, covered the pro gress and reduction of infant mor tality and the tasks ahead. They pointed out that infant mortality since 1915 has been reduced by two thirds, reflecting the develop ments and improvements in pedia trics and obstetric practice, and better control of rommunicable and respiratory deseases. Louis Cullick. M. D. and Henry 1 v Ogdcn M. D.. Charitv Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans, re ported 011 their clinical studies of Chlorcyclizine and the results secured with this new drug in the relief of Hay Fever which should be on the retail market in six montihs. Morris Lists Sermon Topics The Rev. J. Alton Morris will preach Sunday morning at 11 o' clock at Pir T Baptist Church on "Christ the Restorer", and Sunday evening at 730 o'clock on, "Watdh". At the Hour of Power service Wednesday evening at 7 30f Miss Ruth Bagwell will teach the book, "God's Hurry" by Duke McCall. SEAL SALE CHAIRMAN? Mrs. .'. W. Savage who for 20 years has been elia;rm::n ui the Tuberculosis Christmas Seal Sale. The sale -tai: !.'. H week. A "oal of $500 as bee 1 set by the (? > mm .'tee for he sale this year. She calls apon Lie whole county to help us to reach that goal. Joyce Coleman Is Attendant In Festivities -Miss Joyce Coleman daughter of M.\ and Mrs. Walter Coleman of Murphy, was selected as attendant from the sophomore class, to the | ciueen ol the 1949 Homecoming j ft t:vii.es of Furrnan University. Greenville S. C.. last Saturday, j She u ji also chosen sopho-more of ' the week. The Hornet", Furrman Univer ^;ty paper, has this to say of the i ophomon? attendant: "Joyce Coleman attractive blonde sopho more from Murphy. N. C. was named so] homore-of-the-week for ie second selection of an out ancl'in.; \Y\ mvn's College student !>y the Social Standards Board. In making the selection this week Social Stam!ar J3 Board members j considered such qualities as neat ness. a! rac iiveness. social ooise and personality. It was felt by Board members that Woman's Col lege girls meeting these require ments should be recognized as outstanding and should be li mored 1 some way. Therefore a girl from one of the classes will be selected each week for the title "Joyce is a graduate of the Murphy High School. There she was a nu mber of the Glee Club manager or the ba-ket1 ill team a member of the school paper staff, and joined the Twenty-Teen club, a group or leading hich school gills. She was selected football queen her junior year. "Naming the collet-tin-; o' rec ords and snapshots as her favorite hobbies. Joyce also expressed in terest in several sports She en joys swimming, horseback riding and such spectator sports as foot ball and basketball. ' Steaks fried chicken and devil's food cake are her favorite foods, with grits tihe food she particularly dislikes. "Tacky hats are Joyce's pet dis like from a standpoint of fashions. She doe.- Vt like to wear a h i on any occasion, no matter how at tractive?and hats which are not extremely chic are just out of the question as far as sihe is concern ed."' E. L Chastain Taken Bv Death ?> Edward La Fayette Oha>tain. 76. died at the homo of his daughter. Mrs. Fred Gray. BlairsviMc. Route 3. at 5:45 p. m. Monday. Funeral services were hold at 2 p. m. Wednesday in Bethlehem Baptist Church near Blairsville, with the Rev. Gus Hunt of Mor gan-ton. Ga., officiating. Burial was in the ehureh cemetery wi'h Ivie Funeral Home in charge. Surviving are four sons. Opie R. of Akron. Ohio. J. Burl of Kansas City, Mo.. Aud B. and Edward W. of Bladrsville Rouite 3. and two daughters. Mrs. Etta Lee Gray and Mrs. Dale McGlammery of BktinsvMle Route 4; one sisitcr, Mrs. Lania Christopher of Murphy, one brother Melviin J. of Blairs ville, Route 3, 13 grandchildren and two great -grandchildren. Electric Department Celebrates Tenth Anniversary Of TV A Power Murphy People Use More Than Double The Power Of Average II S. Resident A remarkable increase in home use of electricity has featured A>. u i p h y Electric Department's : . - a J h since November 1939. In 1940. the average home here j u?cd 75 kilowatt-hours a month. ' In 1949, Hie average home use has | skyrocketed to 340 kilo watt --hours ! t morth? more than four times the average just nine years ago. Here's a comparison of Murphy ind the nation as a whole: Average residential use of elec t r. : My in Murpihy: 4 081 kilowatt hours a year; average residential use in the United States: 1,625 J kilowatt-hours a year. In other words, people in Mur phy use two and one-half times more electricity in their homes every year than tlhe average United | Slates resident. I "We are proud of this widespread u-:e of electric power in the homes of Murphy." City Clerk J. II. Bay les' said this week. "It indicates that our consumers are taking full advantage of our low rates to use electricity for lots of time-saving. I labor-saving jobs." He revealed that most of this amazing jump in use of electricity has come in the postwar period. "In June 1945. average residen tial use stood at 2 0C5 kilowmtt liours a year. Four years later ? in June 1949 ? it had almost doubled." "We want our consumers to keep on using low-cost electricity for more tasks to bring better living." B'aylcss stated. District Masonic Meeting To Be Held Saturday Gordon L. Butler, district Deputy Grand Ma ier of the 43rd Masonic dh>ti.ct will be a speaker at the district meeting to be held at Cherokee Lodge No. 146 in Mur ; !iy on Saturday evening. Supper a ill be served at 6:30 o'clock, and business transacted following that. Vt least 100 members of lodges of he district, from Andrews Mur phy. Ranger Marble, Robbinsville. and Hayesville. are expected, an nounces Ha rest y ?>ig. secretary of the local ledge. r Family Night Features Listed P. T. A. Family Ni'.'ht will be held in the gymnasium Saturday beginning at 7 o'clock. Clair Olson and John Gill will be in charge of a group of athletic contests. There will be prizes for winners in all events. Miss Kate Il.iyes' fifth grade will sing a group of Thanksgiving ong Mrs. Bud Adams' pupil.; will do the Virginia Reel, and John Jordan's '. voud will square dance with Gertrude Cook calling. Boys from Mrs. Emily David yen's eighth grade class will do a -tunt. and a group from all eighth grades- will square dance. After the children fin sh any one who wishes may square dance. Sandwiches an I drinks will be sold. Fidelis Class Is Guest Of Mrs. L. W, Shields The Fidelis Sunday School class ?net at the home of Mrs. L. W. c'iU \! ? Mcnda;. evi oing at 8 o' clock. Programs for the coming year were planne 1. I was decid ed that each member would con ribute toward making a fruit basket for special service. The home was beautifully deco rated wiith autumn leaves. He re liments were served to the fol lowing: Mesdanus J. W. Davidson Uil! Gentry. It. D. Chandler. Pey . ton Ivie John Donley. Lillard Walker Joe Ray Rae Moore. \llcn W. Lovingood Alvin Buc hanan, L. R. Harding. Kate D'ck cy and F. M. Hipps. Electric System Is Now Valued At $174,000 The value of Murphy's electric system has tripled since 1940, it was announced this week. In 1940. the system's depreciat ed value stood at $60.00#. Today it is worth SI 74.000. This growth in value is a part of a general expansion of the system since its early days. In. 1940. the number of con sumers served was 652. Today it is 1 091. L And M Drivers Should Renew Licenses Now Although only six more weeks remain for reissuance of drivers' licenses to persons whose last u&mes begin with L and M. Driv er," Licenses Examiner R. W. Rec or reports that drivers in this tr.tegory in Cherokee County have been slow in reporting for their itestj. Recalling the Ion? lines when deadlines approached. Examiner Rector urged all persons whose jrnames bc'n with L and .\I and ?vho have net h.si the" r licenses renewed to repoi: immediately to ?lis ita'ticn at Murphy to avoid the la/, minute rush. Any L or M driver apprehended without a renewed license after December 31 will be subject to pi o eeution . Diivcr ' Licenses Exatniners com -otc a unit of the Highway safety Division of the Xorih Carolina Department of Met: r Vehicles. Burley Tobacco Referendum Is Saturday On Saturday, the Burley tobacco farmers who ?rcw tobacco this will go t.? their p "i"7 pbces and vole in the Tobacco Referen dum. They can vote for one year or three year marketing quotas or a "fin >ft qui! is. Farmers in the Andrews and Marble sections will vote at An drews city hall, and farmers in U" Mur|>hy. Pc. '"tree Ha.nging d: , Sh.-nl Creek Not la and Bevcr ?' i-' ?i '.in* v ;.l vote a! kbc AAA offic in Murphy. Only Small Indebtedness Remains On Town of Murphy Electric Department Murpny s eieiirit; sjmtuii nas n duced its bonded indebtedness from $67,000 to $7,000 during the past ten years, and expects to be debt-free by year after next. The city bought the electric dis tribution system from Southern States Power Company in 1939 for $67 000. It has used a part of its net earnings to retire this bond ed indebtedness on schedule, and now only $7,000 remaiin? to be call t"U. "Wo will bo completely free of debt in 1951," J. H. Bay loss ex plained this week. "This indicates that your electric system is operat ed on a sound basis." Seaman Porter O. Griiggs of the U. S. Navy, Alameda Oa-lif., is visiltimg his paremts, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Griggs of Marble. NINE YEARS OLD AND HOME- j LESS ? Kccte Meyer, a Silesian i expellee waits to receive CROP food at a church home in Ger many. The food contributed by American farmers through the Christian Rural Overseas Program, was shipped abroad for free dis tribution to such needy folk as Kectc. During November, farm people in the majority of North Carolina's 100 counties will have opportunity to make their pledge to the 1949 N. C. CROP Friendship Food Train. In Cherokee County, canvassing will be done December 1 and 2. announces Rev. Alfred Smith com modity chairman. Corn will be received at the old fair building in Murphy or by trucks going ihrough the county. Anyone v. 'ha is not visited by a truck and has corn to donate may take it to the fair building. First Methodist Services Listed Sunday School will be hold at 9:45 Sunday morning at First Me'hodi>: Church. Morning wor ship will be at 11 o'clock. The Rev. K. Djlbe: t By rum pastor of the church will preach on. "This is My Church ". At the evening . crvice at 7:30 Mr. By rum will preach on "Religious Enthusiasm". The youth meeting will be at > o'clock. Junior Choir rehearsal will be held at 3 o'clock on Wednesday :nd mid-week prayer service at V:3'j. Cln-ir practice will be held L 8:15. On Thursday, December 1. the 'joard cf stewards will meet, with Merle Davis, chairman presiding. Carolyn Smith To Speak Sunday The evening meeting of the Mc;bodi>t Youth Fellowship will be held at First Methodist Church :vl G o'clock on Sunday. I F-oM j wi the fellowship supper M: Carolyn Smith of Andrews will speak of her experiences an j Europe during tile past summer. The nrogiam will be in keeping with the emphasis of rec ent weeks o;i world brotherhood. Mrs, Roy Wells' Brother Dies Funeral service? were held Nov. ! 17 for J. Van Davis vice-(prcsiident , >f the Liberty Mutual Life Insur I an.?e Co. of Charl'citte. Mr. Davis 'died Nov. 16 at his home. 2401 I Belvedere Ave., after an illness extending over the past three years. Services were conducted at the Am v Presbyterian Church, of Iwhiih Mr. Davis was a member, j by the Rev. W. H. Johnson, pastor , of the church. | He is survived by his wife Mrs. Margaret Smith Davis: one daugh ter. Miss Ella Jane Davis; one son, J. Van Davis; three sisters. Mrs. Lester M. Hancock of Char lotte. Mrs. Roy H. Wells of Mur phy and Mrs. J. R. Bryson of Cullowhee; and two brothers Ben jamin D. Davis of Charlotte and i Robert Davis of FnankUn. Murphy Electric Department this month is celebrating eomple ion of its tenia year as a distri butor of low-cost TVA power. It was in November 1939. thait TVA electricity began flowing into Murphy for the first time. City officials at tha-t time were Mayor J. 13 Gray, Clerk E. O. I Christopher and City Councilmen T. W. Axley. Noah Lovingood, W. M. Mauney. C. D. Mayfield, E. C. | Moore and W. P. Odom. During the past ten years the elcctric system has shown great growth. Its present manager is ?)'. 11'. Bay less. City Clerk. An important part of its growth ?a me in the potwar period, when an exitens'ive rehabilitation pro gram was started. Begun in Janu ary 1946, this $42 000 improvement plan was completed this year The system is now in a condi tion to handle any foreseeable use of electricity by i'ts consumers. Use of electricity has short, up here at an amazing rate during this ten-year period of low rates. The value of the electric system has tripled bonded indebtedness ? lias been virtually wiped out, and the system is operating on a sound basis. Present Board includes Mayor O. N. Snecd. and Councilmen J. YV. Franklin Dr. J. N. Hill, Richard Howell Cloe Moore and Tom Pal | me.*. Local Consumers Pay Less Than Half lT S. Average I Murphy e'c ? ; .isumefs. less lhan halt as macih for the electricity which they use in their home*; as docs the average U. S. consume.". City Clerk J. H. Bay less, ex plained this week that the Electric Department's low rates are aimed .1 en cou raging widespread use of electricity. ' We believe that oar low rates -jive people a chance to rnnke use of electricity for a lot of things that would otherwise be too ex pen- ve for them to do with elec tricity." "Aid our records show that our i union are using electric pow er for more and more uses." "The all-electric home unheard j 1 ;; few years ago. is being seen u increasing numbers here." 3ayless explained. Miniature Train Is On Display A miniature Christian Rural Overseas Pro : ram ?CROP) train ym'.:olizing the farm products to be sent to overseas needy from Cherokee County has been assem '>1'. 1 at Franklin Motor Company in Murphy." 'A boxcar from this miniature train will be sent to the state CROP oifice. Raleigh. as our county fills each railroad car with commodities for CROP." said the Re .1. J. Alton Morris. Counlty CROP Chairman Murpihy. Mr. Morris wen! on to explain that there the tiny boxcars, carrying the County's name, Will be joined with other miniature boxcars from counties all over the state, making one rrc.-.t slate CROP Friendship Train representing North Carolina's goal ol' 150 carlo-ads. "Later." Mr. Morris added, "the symbolic trains from states all over America will be joined in*o one spectacularly long National CROP Friendship Train. Then I the National Train will be reas sembled into sihortter trains. The Cherokee County's farm commodities will be distributed to the hungry, aged, orphaned and | refugees in Europe. Asia arnd ! Middlo East. It is distributed , under church supervision and without regard to race, creed or ] nationality. PIE SUPPER A pie supper will be held at Hampton Memorial CJrorelh at 7::30 Saturday nfigM. The public is in | vited.