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VOLI'ME 60
_ NUMBER 20
MURPHY, NOKTU CAROLINA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1949
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
Bob fearley
Receives Cuts
In An Affray
Bob Cearley of Culberson, about
w was seriously cut about the
la,e chest and shoulder, allegedly
bv hi5 nephew. Cleaston Cearley,
;bJU' or 25 on Thanksgiving
I'a>
Tli, fight occurred in L. VI
fields' store at Culberson, as the
ft* suit of an old grudge, according
: II || Davidson, deputy sheriff
jnd jail?" Cleaston Cearley also
received minor cuts.
Bob Cearley was brought to a
hospital here, and Monday was
taken to an Asheville hospital for
treatment.
Cleaston Cearley is under bond.
snd will be given a preliminary
hearing, pending the outcome of
Bob Cearley 's injuries.
Bob Cearley has a wife and two
tWdic'i Cleaston is not married.
Local People
On State Boards
People from this county serving
on committees for the Baptist
State Convention held in Raleigh
last week were: The Rev. J.
Alton Morris. Murphy, committee
on time, place and preacher; the
Rev T. Earl Ogg4 Andrews com
mittee to report of the report of
the General Board; and Miss Addle
Mae Cooke, committee on com
mittees
Mr M -rris is a men.ber of the
General Board; Mr. Ogg was re
elected a member of the Evange
lism committee for the coming
year; M -s Cooke is a member of
the Board of Trustees of the
Orphanage and was appointed to
sen i on the committee of 18 ap
pointed by the Convention for a
h ne f. the aged; P. G. I vie is a
member of the Board of Tru tees
of W-t " ?***' ^
M:- Cooke spoke ait tile Tuesday
?orn.n4 >n of the Convention
on the eil for a home for the
H?l. I
Lutheran Church
To Give Carol
Service Dec. 18
Tht choir of Saint Andrew's
Lutheran Church in Andrews will
sing a ( hristmas carol service at
Vespers on Sunday afternoon
December 18. at 5 o'clock.
Traditional carols from many
nations will be sung. Of particu
lar ir.'nvst to Western North
Carolinians. will be a group of
Christmas folksongs which originat
ed in Cherokee County. These
include Down in Yon Forest. I
wonder as 1 wander, and Carol of
the Birds.
Mrs. Giles W. Cover is organist;
and Miss Margaret Fisher, choir
director. Soloists are Mrs. Rich
ard W Patten. Mrs. Tom Hay. Jr..
and M s Eleanor Cover. The Rev.
William E. Hall is pastor of the
church The public is invited.
Mrs. Jas. Chastain
Mrs. James Chastain. 29. of
Lesley Ga.. died Monday in a
Murphy hospital of injuries receiv
ed in an automobile accident about
a week ago near her home.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at 2 P. M. in Mt. Zlon Bap
tist Church at Hiawassee. Ga.. with
the Rev. Mr. Swanson, and the
Rev. Sim Martin officiating. Burial
was in the church cemetery with
Townson Funeral Home in charge.
Surviving are the husband; a
s?n. Glenn; the parents. Mr. and
Mrs Dillard Allen, all of Presley;
three sisters. Mrs. Bonnie Under
Wood. of Presley Mrs. Lecie Allen
and Mrs Ollie Wheeler of Hiawas
see; three brothers. Gaston Allen
Canton. Ohio and Herman
and Willie Allen of Presley.
choir to sing
The Young Harris Crtjegg choir
M several numbers at First
at ( ',urlph Sunday evening
( 'a're ^ Olson <has been
?taklSP0nsor 01 thc Murphy
gZ" ^rtball squad. The first
g ? be ?Uyed with Duck
December 2.
MIRPIIY I (X)THAI I 11 AM? Pictur
ed above are Murphy lligh S^; In m >1 Bulldog>.
this year's team. I he boy* have played eight
games, winning one. Their last game was
with Andrew:, on lhanksgi\ ing. the outcome
being 12 to 6 in favor of Andrews. Thev are:
left to right, front row : Hobby I hompson
I red Baity, Steve (Crawford, Boyd Arrowood
Tommy Alexander, I red Coffey, Tommy Kil
patrick and Jack IX-weese: Second row: Billy
Thompson, manner. Ilarrv Lovingood, Jack
Thompson, Billy Barton, Cecil Harding,
Johnnie Hall. Ilobln Boling, Eddie Graham,
Roger Mulkcy, "Doug" Sherrill, Glenn Swaim
and Ralph Isenhour. manager; Back row. Wade
Zimmerman. Keith Maxev, "Slab" Hall, Bill
lovingood, I ax Ta\lor, Jack Docker)', liddie
Reid and Coach Ike" Olson. ? (Photo by
Bartie Akin)
4,300 Books In
School Library
Miss Roberta Spiers. Murphy
School Librarian presented a pro
gram for the assembly Wednesday
morning. Members of the library
.science class assisted her
Betty Decker was in charge of
'he devotional, and Jean Elliott
gave the following statistics: "Total
number of books in the library.
4.300; 600 of that number being
fiction; $1,250 spent this year for
new books; 40 magazine subscrip
tions including some from all
fields are received monthly. A
1949 edition of the World Book
has just been received; also three
| new unabridged dictionaries. Dur
ing ihe circu
lation was 27.862; of that number
I hijjh school students read 7.082.
"One thousand children visited
the libbrary during Rook Week and
15 stories were told during story
I hour for the lower grades. Gram
1 mar Grade pupils enjoyed literal*}
I game s and contests during the
1 week."
A film, "Know Your Library"
; was shown and a short program
' of music completed the program
B. W. Lovingood
Taken By Death
In Oklahoma
Bunyan Wesley Lovingood. 72
of Noble. Okla.. died on Sunday.
November 6. in Norman Municipal
; Hospital after two months' illness.
I He was born March 29, 1887. in
Murphy and had lived in and near
I Noble for the past 40 years. He
was a retired farmer.
Survivors include his wife. Mrs.
Maggie Lovingood of Noble; two
sons. Lester and Harley Lovingood
| both of Norman. Okla.; two daugh
ters. Mrs. Edna Vaughn of Merced.
Calif., and Mrs. Yelma Robinson
of Noble; 19 grandchildren and
five great - grandchildren; two
brothers. Noah and Allen Lov
ingood of Murphy; six sisters,
Mrs. Eva. Hembree of Murphy.
Mrs. Ella Dockery of Gastonia,
Mrs. Emy Hembree. Tellico Plains.
Tenn., Mrs. Bessie Peebles of
Traveler's Rest. S C.. and Mrs.
Lillie Panther of Opportunity.
Wash.
Funeral services were held
November 23 in Primrose Funeral
Home with the Rev. E. F. Hallock
officiating. Burial was at the 100
F Cemetery, Norman. Okla.
Sunday Services
Are Announced
The Rev. K. Delbert Byrum pas
tor of First Methodist Church, has
announced that Sunday School will
be held at 9:45 and Morning Wor
ship 11 o'clock Sunday morn
ing. Mr. Byrum's sermon topic
will be, "A Portrait of God".
Evening youth meeting will be at
6 o'clock and Evening Worship at
7:30. TTie sermon topic will be
"The Secret of a Useful Life".
On Wednesday at midweek pray
er service a booklet, "Our Faith
in Christ", will be discussed.
P. T. A. Organized
By Peachtree Folk
A Parent-Teachers Association
I was organized at Peachtree School
j recently. The meeting opened
| with a devotional by the Rev.
-lames Crook, pastor of Murphy
? Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Rob
c rt Weaver, president of Murphy
I' T. A., spoke on "Objects and
Aims of P. T. A." James Osborne,
principal of Hiwassee Dam School,
showed a movie, and a group of
children presented a short pro
tram.
Tlie following officers were
elected: J. Franklin Smith presi
dent, Mrs. Paul Sudderth. vice
president. Mrs. Noah Ilembree.
secretary, and Mrs. Brown Cald
well. treasurer.
The meeting closed with a read
ing by Mrs. James Crook. "Oral
Punctuation".
The next meeting will be held
at Peachtree School on Thursday.
December 15, at 7 o'clock.
Local 4-11 Club Members Win Trip
To Electric Better Methot's Congress
By SHIRLEY CARVER
It caused a lot of excitement in |
the family when I was told by
Miss Estoleen Gibson Assistant
Iiomc Agent, that I was County
Winner of the Better Methods
Electric Contest. This meant that
I would be going to Raleigh to
attend the annual Better Methods
C ongress in a few days.
Robert Chapman, the County
boy winner; Dorothy Shields. 1948
_irl winner: Miss Gibson and I left
Cherokee Counlty early Sunday
morning and picked up the Graham
County winners at Topton. We
enjoyed seeing 400 miles of North
Carolina and reached Raleigh
; before dark, just in time for sup
' per at the State College Cafeteria.
Our host, the Nantahala Power
and Light Company, had already
reserved rooms in one of Raleigh's
| best hotels and had planned all of
our activities while in Raleigh.
The two days we spent in Raleigh
were packed with inspiration, edu
cation and fun. We had the op
portunity of meeting and hearing
Chancellor House of the University
of North Carolina. Chancellor
Ifarrellson of State College. Direc
tor I. O. Schaub of -the N. C. Ex
tension Service Honorable L. Y.
Ballentim . Commissioner of Agri
culture. and other noted and ac- 1
complishcil speakers. One of the
highlights of the Congress was the
trip to Chapel Hill, where we
toured th ? new Morehead Plane
tarium.
Another event which we all
especially enjoyed was the even
ing speni at the Tar Heel Club
with Mr. . ohn Archer of the Nanta
hala Powi r and Light Company as
toastmast r. We feasted on barbe
cued chicken and participated in
folk dames led by Assistant Ex
tension Director David Weaver.
To those of us from Cherokee
County the exciting event of this
evening was the announcement
that Doixrthy Shields was the
territorial winner of the S100 Col
lege Scholarship.
The whole program made us
proud to be Americans. North
Carolinians and 4-II Club mem
bers. All expenses were paid by
the sponsors of the Congress, who
planned and made the trip pos
sible. These sponsors were: Nanta
i hala Power and Light Company
and three other companies.
Jas. W. Mintz, Disabled Veteran,
Makes Success With His Farming
James W. Mintz. a veteran farm |
trainee, enrolled in Veterans Ad- ,
( ministration's On-Thc-Farm Train- ?
'in? Program in Murphy High ;
I School which is supervised by
|<^lenn A. Patton, Vocational Agri
cultural teacher, has canned a rat- ,
inig of "Excellent" for his accom
plishments as a trainee on this
program. James is disabled and
is entered in the training program
for disabled veterans as provided
in U. S. Public Law 16. He en
tered training in February. 19**7
in the farm training class instruct
ed by J. Franklin Smith. Since
that time he has been under the
guidance and instructions of Mr.
Smith and Kenneth W. West.
James owns his farm dn tihe
Boiilintg Springs section of the
county. When he returned from
Service in World War II has farm
had grown up wi/th brush and
briers and was poor and run
down. He has reclaimed his eulti
vatiable acres, applied lime and
phosphate and h: :i rrade fertili
zers where shown to be needed
by soil tests. He u-cs crimon
clover as a cover crop whicih is
turned under before corn. His
corn yield has more than doubled
in three years producing as much
as 100 bushels per acre. He has
14 acres in corn this year.
James planted 5 acres of ladino
clover and orchard grass in the
spring of 1JH7 This has provided
an abundance of good grazing for
his cows. pigs, horse and 700 pure
bred New Hampshire Pullets and
cockerels. Thas field also hias pro
vided several cuttings of good hay.
James has first produced on his
farm those things needed for good
I nutotaon for hds family. He makes
(Continued on pare 4)
Cancer Clinic
Held On Fridavs
V
A free clinic for examination
for cancer is held every Friday at
C. J. Harris Community Hospital
in Sylva. sponsored by the North
Carolina State Board of Health.
Patient registration is from 9 to
10:30 A. M. Women over 35 and
men over 40 are accepted for
examination, but if symptoms of
cancer are present, there is no
age limit.
No treatment is given in the
clinic The patient is referred to
his physician for treatment of can
cer or any other disease found.
Christmas Mai!
Suggestions
Given By Ray
Joe Ray. acting postmaster of
Murphy, requests the public to
follow certain rules for Christmas
mailing in order to get the best
service from U. S. post offices dur
ing the Christmas season. Christ
mas cards must have a two cent
stamp. He suggests that three
cent stamps be used, so that any
card not delivered may be return
ed without obligation to the send
K
It will get the sender's mail to
its destination more quickly and
efficiently and will also be of
j great aid to the post offices in
handling the mail if Christmas
cards and packages are sent as
early as possible, says Mr. Ray.
Postage should be prepaid in full
on all mail matter, and in order
to save time, stamps should be
bought in advance of the rusih
period.
To encourage early mailing Mr. ,
Ray says that senders are per
mitted to mark parcels "Please Do 1
Not Open Until Christmas". In
addition written salutations, such |
a- "Merry Christmas'* or "Happy |
New Year" may be enclosed with j
third or fourth class fparcelp ost) |
mail.
Walter Carringer
With Don Craig
Walter Carringer. formerly of 1
Murphy and Winston-Salem, has j
been signed to join the Don Craig
singing ensemble in New York
City. The group will specialize
in radio and concert work. Car
ringer has just performed in
j -Mendelssohn's "Elijah1' and now
| is slated for Debussy's "The
j Prodigal Son." He formerly sang
i over WSJS in Winston-Salem.
Visual Aids
Program Given
A demonstration of visual aids
I used in the school was given b$
| Glen Patton at the regular meet
I tag of the P. T. A Monday at 7:30.
A film entitled "Speeding Your
Heading" was shown. The
Rev. R. Delbert Byrum pastor of
First Methodist Church, was in
charge of the devotional. His
subject was. "No Man Liveth With
in Himself".
Mrs. Janet Deegan spoke on
"Reading in Hiy;h School", and
pointed out conditions that affect
a child's reading ability.
Miss Roberta Spiers gave a talk
>n "The Library". She reported
the number of books on hand and
the number that had been used
i by the students. She also report
ed that the school library has the
required number of books to be
come an accredited library.
Students of Miss Moselle Moore,
director of music save a group of
Hungarian songs and games.
R. W. Easley. Jr.. treasurer, re
ported that over $200 was cleared
on the Halloween Carnival.
Mrs. Cloe Moore, membership
chairman, reported that there
were 182 P. T. A. members.
Mrs. Bob Cheney, room repres
entative. reported that Miss Emily
Sword's room won the banner last
month for attendance of parents.
Mrs. Robert Weaver announced
that the December meeting will
be held on December 16 at 1 o'
clock in the gymnasium and will
be in connection with a Christmas
tree for the entire school. She
also said that the P. T. A. will
sponsor a Community Sing on
December 23.
Training Unions
To Hold "M" Night
STATE CHAIRMAN ? Dr. Ralph
McDonald, who has been appoint
ed again to serve as State Chair
man of the Infantile Paralysis !
campaign which will begin in I
January.
Club Schedule
Is Announced
Home Demonstration schedule |
for December as announced by j
Miss Edna Bishop, home agent, is
as follows:
Thursday. December 1. Peacah
tree, Mrs. Noah Hembree. at 1:30
o'clock; Friday. December 2. Vio
let. Mrs. Lottie Murpfty. 1:30 o'
clock: Saturday. December 3. Cher
okee County Crafters meeting.
Home Agent's office. 10 o'clock;
Wednesday. December 7. Postell.
Mrs. E. R. Swain 1:30 o'clock.
Thursday. December 8, Slow
Creek. Mrs. Velrr^i Pnrkor. 1:30
o'clock: Friday. December 9.
Sunny Point. Mrs. Josie Harris. 7
P. M: Monday. December 12.
Bellview Mrs. Clyde McN'abb.
1 .30 o'clock: Tuesday December
13. Suit. Mrs. R. L. Keenum 1:30
o'clock Wednesday. December 14
Ranger. Mrs. W. E Graham. 1:30
o'clock.
Thursday. December 15. Tomo
tla. School Building. 1:30 o'clock
Friday. December 16 Murphy.
Mrs. Mack Patton. 7:30 P. M.;
Monday. December 19, Grape
Creek Mrs. Mozell Corn well. 1:30
o'clock: Tuesday. December 20.
Martin's Creek. Mrs. J W. Dyer.
1:30 o'clock: Wednesday. Decem
ber 21. Valleytown. the Hut. 2
o'clock.
Improvements
Being Made At
Methodist Church
Painting and general improve
ments have been made on First
Methodist Church during the past
ten days.
Plans to paint the interior of
| the church were made at the meet
I :ng of the board of Stewards in
early November. C. R. Freed has
headed the committee that has
been responsible for the improve
ments.
The church kitchen is also un
dergoing rennovation. Mrs. J. H.
McCall is responsible for this im
provement.
Free Methodist
Services Listed
ANDREWS? Sunday School will
bi held at 9 45 A M. Sunday at
Free Mdhodist Church Andrews,
and Morning Worship at 11. The
V. P. M. S. will meet at 6 30 P.
M and Evangelistic Worship ser
vices will be at 7:30.
Young People's Prayer Meeting
will be Tuesday. December 6. at
the home of Mrs. Buck Holland.
Fast Prayer Meeting will be held
Wednesday at 10 A. M. with Mrs.
Clyde Wheeler. Midweek prayer
meeting will be held Thursday
at 7 P. M.
SINGING
An all-night singing will be held
at Maltby Baptist Church on
December 4. Quartets and other
special singers are expected.
The Western North Carolina
Baptist Associational Training
Union rally. Mobilization Night",
will be held with Truett Memorial
Church. Hayesville on Monday.
December 5. at 7:30 P. M. Mrs.
Carl West, associational Training
Union director will preside.
Kenneth West of Mt. Pisgah
Church will lead the devotional.
Joe Myers of Little Brasstown will
talk on "The Importance of Train
ing Union Study Courses". Mrs.
.1. L. Savage, associate association
al director, will speak on "Sharing
the Training Union with Others".
Mrs. Marion L. Rogers of
Tomotla Church and Miss Tommie
Lunsford of Andrews, assisted by
twelve juniors and intermediates
from various churches throughout
the association, will present the
themes aims, and scriptures for
1950.
Special music will be rendered
by the Andrews sextet. Murphy
Youth Choir. Hayesville duet and
Mt. Pisgah duet.
The picture. 'The Life of Dr.
George W. Truett". will be the
closing feature of the program.
Bloodmobile
To Visit Andrews
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will
be in Andrews to receive blood on
December 13. from 11 A. M. to 5
| P. M. The visit is sponsored by
the Andrews Chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross, which recently was
| reorganized.
Tom Savage Has
Operation To
Help Him Walk
Tom Savage 13-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Savage of Nor
folk. Va formerly of Murphy, who
I lias been afflietod with spastic
paralysis since birth, recently had
an operation on his feet and legs
:o straighten them and help him
walk at the Crippled Children's
Hospital there. He will have to
be in the hospital for about two
months longer. He goes to school
from 9 to 12 o'clock noon# each
day in order to keep up with his
grade. The doctors think he will
be able to walk alter he gets over
the operation.
The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch of
! October 29. carried a picture of
i Tom standing on the street watch
ing the parade preceding the
VPI-N. C. State football game
sponsored by the Shriners for the
Crippled Children's Hospital. Tom
entered the hospital that after
noon for the operation.
Burt Savage, who has been in
Norfolk with his family for about
two years, has accepted a posi
tion as city engineer for the city
of Norfolk and is now making a
survey from Norfolk to Suffolk?
a distance of 14 miles, for a 48
I inch water main, and has this
under construction. Suffolks water
! supply is inadequate.
J. W Miller
Taken Bv Death
v
John W. Miller. 71. died Thurs
day morning at his home at Pine
Log near Warne after a long ill
ness.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
! Katie Frankum Miller; and one
i daughter. Miss Ada Miller of the
home.
Funeral services were held Fri
| day at 10 A. M. in the Pine Log
Baptist Church. The Rev. Virge
6rown officiated and burial was
in the Methodist Cemetery with
Townson Funeral Home in charge.
Christmas Holiday
To Start Dec. 20
| ANDREWS? The Andrews
unit schools observed Thanksgiving
Holidays Thursday and Friday.
Christmas holidays will begin
with the close oi the school day
Dec. 20. School will resume agoin
Jan. 2.