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To know the laws of God ,ature and revelation, and fashion the affections and Will Into harmony with those laws this Is education. Scovel. &e 7 Ktawi/fd ?ee * VOLUME 6# _ NUMBER 21 Ml kl'IIY. NOUI'll CAROLINA. TIII'KSDAV, UICKMBEK 8, 1949 LKiin PAGES nils WKEh Jesse L. Cable Is Found Dead; Missing 1# Kays The body of Jcsse L Cabe' 84 who had been missing from his hom?. in the Crawford's Creek section of Clay County since Xovctiibcr 21. found late Thur-.i.iy afternoon in the woods fJ.. the mad leading off Highway ti4 in the (."Id Branch section of Cherokee County. It is thought Uiat he was lost there at n'gh ?nd froze to death. p.- Harry Miller, coronor, attri buted his death to natural causes jnd saiil an inquest would not l,e held. Funeral services were held Fri day at 3 p. m. in Shady Grove Bap . ,? Church The Rev. Homer Spark- officiated. and burial was 3 the church cemetery with ftmsnrt Funeral Home in charge. Sun ? i are the widow, Mrs. jbrtha < hie: three sons. J. K. of Jtiieral liluff. Ga.. F. C. and W. H. of 1 1 - ?..'!??; and one daughter, Mrs Ada Knapp of Cincinnati. Ohio Dayton Gentry Is Host To The Kin? Of England Dayton Gentry, seaman appren tice. I'SV of Route 3. Murphy, X. C. was a host" to the King of England when that ruler recently visited the heavy cruiser L'SS Cohimbu- of which he is a crew member All personnel received hearty tonpjtu: ins for their smart ap pearance from the Sovereign. I whose many years' service with the Royal Xavy has given him a j sharp eye for such things as a smartly turned out sailor and a trim, clean .hip. The Kin ; ivas 'he V --' "on ,;ucs'. V Admn i! t'nnolly, whose flag ties in t'l Columbus. The U. S Ambassador to the Court of St Jame.\ I a , Douglas, and many; an and British digni- j taries al-,> attended. IHiwassee P. T. A. |To Give Program ?For Christmas I Dam Parent Teach ? \ >n will have its next S ?busines on Deceariber 13 I , i >am School. After ?fasin< been concluded, the 1 I school will present ? ? Christ* program. I The children have been woifcing ? eeks on the program j ? at all the parents I 7 30 P M. and ? make th efforts worthwhile. ?Senior Boys ?Present Program I B i of Mniphy High ?v ? the direction of ?tatter gave an assembly ? ' ? esday, with Tommy ?Alexander charge. I mal was led by I > after which several ??ristma carols were sung. ? s was presented by I nd Paul McAfee I "? Quiz program, with ?Udie Graham master of ceremon I st ions pertaining to ? v .I ,n prizes w ere I *8dji I Bil1 Lovingood, Maynard Stiles I y Hall ive a vocal nurn "Home on t ii<> Range I R >bert Bault then present eertif cates and prizes won by ? the recent magazine ? / Sa Barton sold the ? number. Her gift was a ?,>uh \ lien and sot. camera. knives, and many small ? ?*re awarded. ?Vers Resigns 1 ^sPolice Chief ? ^ Rogers, who has served I Xu Polic<' f?r the Town ot 1 for the past lew years. I "sUncd. His successor has ? (v named, according to ? ^ Clerk J. r. Bayless. CROWNED QUEEN ? Miss Maureen Lovingood. daughter of Mr. I and Mrs. Roy V. Lovingood of Murphy, who recently was crowned I queen of the University of South Carolina. Miss Lovingood will graduate from the university in January. Miss Lo Crowne< Mis'- Maureen Lovingood. dau*h- * ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hoy V Lovln- j nood. of Murphy, was crowned I queen of the University of South' Carolina at the homecoming foot- i ball fame between Wake Forest and the University of South Caro- 1 llina. Miss Lovingood was selected ' uut i ii b> popu'ar vote of the cam- ' pus. over seven compct tors. Coronation of the queen be tween halves of the game is a high snot of the annual home coming festivities. The identity of the queen was a closely guarded secret, until the time of corona tion. At the half, the eight coeds were escorted to the center of the field by six naval R. O T. C. stu dents. Meeting them at the field v as Rear Admiral Norman M. | Smith, university president. Admi- J ral Smith welcomed the alumni and j visitors and presented J. Willis j . Cantey of Columbia, president of j the alumni association, who reveal ed the identity of the queen before a crowd of approximately 25.000 spectators. He introduced Miss Lovingood over the radio and plac ed the crown on her head with these words, "Because of her beauty, charm, personality, friend lines-. queen-like qualities and be cause she is loved by her fellow students. I crown Miss Maureen Lovingood queen of the University of South Carolina " Miss Lovingood stood upon her throne while the Alma Mater was played by the band, after which she was carried from the field on her throne by the naval cadets. Her picture will appear on the cover of the South Carolina Alumni magazine this month. Miss Lovingood was entertained nt a luncheon for the queen and i her court at the Columbia Hotel. Riven by the alumni association I of the university, after the game. She will receive her B S. degree in Secretarial Science and minor in English in January Mintz Saves Life Of Pilot Joseph B. Mintz, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Mintz of Marble, who is stationed with Air Group 1, Fighter Sqdn. 11. in Cuba, recent ly saved the life of a pilot and a F-8-F-1 plane which crashed. It was reported that Mr Mintz put out the fire even before the crash crew reached the scene Mr. Mintz. who is a native of Cherokee County, graduated from Andrews High School in 1947. Mrs. W. D King of Lenoir spent several days here this week with her father, J. A. Richardson. vingood d Queen Open House To Be Held At Folk School Open house will be held on the night of Friday, Dec. 1 <?. at the John t\ Campbell Folk School at Brasstown. The program starting at 7:30 promptly will consist of two movies: "Hawk Mountain Sanctuary", a colored film telling of the unique place of refuge: and the "Brotherhood of Man", a splen did theme for the Christmas sea- 1 son. There will be also a short folk play "Get Up and Bar The Door" written by former folkschool students, to be followed by the usual Friday night games The 4-H Clubs of the community and the Men's Club are special guests but all others of the com munity and friends of the school j from the community and else- j where are cordially invited to at tend. A number of such special . evenings for the neighborhood and friends are being planned for the future. In January the special guest will be O Brahe Pedersen. \gricul tural Attache of the Danish Em bassy at Washington. 1). C who will speak on the cooperative movement. Other programs will be announced later. Free Methodist Services Listed The Rev. M. L. Williams, pastor | of Andrews Free Methodist Church. ' makes the following announce- j ments concerning services: Sunday School is held at 9:45 and morning worship at 11. Evangelic e ser vices are held each Sunday at 7 P. M. Special singing is held at I these services. Mrs. M. 1 Wil- j liams and Mrs. Clyde Wheeler gave special music last Sunday. I The Young People's Missionary Society meets at the church Sun- ( day evening at 6:30, at which time :i program is put on by the young ! people. Young People's prayer meetings are held each week. This weeks services will be at the home of Mrs. Jack Frazier. Fast Prayer meeting will be held at the par sonage on Wednesday. December 8. at 10 A. M., and on Thursday night at 7 there will be prayer services at the church. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM A program of Christmas music, under the direction of Mrs. Walter Downs, will be rendered at Sharp Memorial Church, Young Harris. Ga , Sunday evening at 7:30. Thrash Names "Go Forward" Representatives Commissioner L. D Thrash of the 10th Highway Division. Ashe vilU, announces that the following Cherokee County men have been appointed to represent the "Go Forward" Road Program in the I various townships ot the county: Kd Waldroup. Brasstown: A. II j llatchett. Murphy; Allen Brendle. lurtletown. Tenn . Karl Payne. Culberson; Winfield Martin, linaka. :id Bruce West. Andrews M Thrash has advised the above men" 10 hold public meetings in j their townships to have discus- i son on road problems, referring' any road matters to Foreman I Gi'orge Postell. Folk Songs Are Included In Carol Program WDRF.WS ? A group of Appala cli i" folk songs which were re cord, n' in Cherokee County are in eluded in a program of Christmas carol to be given by the vested thou of St. Andrews I.utheran Church in Andrews on Sunday afternoon. December 18. at 5:00 , I M o'clock. Traditional carols nf eight nations will be sung. The I public is cordially invited to at- 1 tend. _ The program is as follows Organ | prelude-Prelude in C of Bach: processional hymn? Ade-ts Fidc lei Scripture ? The Christmas ,rv from St. Luke's Gospel: j 1 "raver: Group I-Come Hither, Ye ? Faithful (Welsh); They Call Him .1 esus ' Italian'. Sleep of the Holy Infant (Spanish*. The Friendly Beast' Old English); Group H? .lesous Ahatonhia (Huron lndiani. I Down in Yon Forest (Appalachian), 1 Wonder as I Wander ( \ppal" 1 chiant. Carol of the Birds A>paU- i chian); Offertory ? Cantique de \oc\ French); Group 111? Good Christian Men Rejoice old Ger man). In the Fields with their Flock English'. Sleep Holy Babe (American). Gloria in Excctsis Deo Old French); Group IV ? Vigili et Sancti (German). A Christmas Fan tasy of Traditional Carols. Silent Night (German); Benediction Dresden Amen; Recessional Hymn ?Joy to the World; Organ Posllude ?Andante Rcligioso. by Mendels sohn. Baptist Services For Week Listed The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pas tor of First Baptist Church, has announced that his sermon topic for Sunday morning at 11 will be, "The Sonships of Christ", and for Sunday evening, at 7:30, "Why Did You Doubt?" Sunday School starts at 9:45 A M., and Training Union at 6:30 P. M. Among the activities at the church next week are- V \V. A. meets Monday at 7 P. M. with Miss Peggy Savage; Elizabeth Hale circle meets Monday at 7:30 P. M. with Miss Eloise Davis; Woman's Missionary Society meets Tuesday at 2: 30 P. M. for program and Christmas party: Young People's organizations meet Tuesday at 3:15 I M ; on Wednesday evening. Preview of Sunda.\ School lesson and youth choir practice will be held at 6:45, Hour of Power ser vice at 7:30. and adult choir practice at 8:30; Esther Class meets Friday at 7:30 P. M. with Mrs. Horace McLain. Neil Davidson's Brother Dies Donald Winslow Davidson, age 53. died of a heart attack on Sun day. December 4. while having lunch in a cafe in St. Louis, Mo He was the son of the late Winslow and Betty Reid Davidson of Mur phy. Until recently, when his health was failing, he taught Braille to the blind in St. Louis. He is survived by his wife. Mrs. Mary Orr Davidson; one daughter. Mrs. Joe Bianco; three grandchil dren, one neice, one nephew, two brothers, vNeil of Murphy, and Quince of Maryville, Tenn. Christmas Cheer Is Needed For More Than 600 Families Capt.CR.Hartness Is Taken By Death Capt. Charles R. Hartncss, 50. a member of the Chattanooga police department for more than 30 years, died there November 10. from a cerebral hemorrhage which occurred October 27. Capt. Hart ncss was formerly from Murphy. Funeral services were held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help C hurch in Chattanooga on Novem ber 17. Surviving Capt Hartncss are his I wife, the former Miss Marie Saf fer, a well-known teacher of music in Chattanooga; two sons. Chas. IK. Jr., and Timothy; three sisters. Mrs. Mae Tripp. Mrs. Bertha i Potts, and Mrs. Bonnie Haffley; 1 two half sisters. Misses Nina and | Tina Hartncss; three brothers, E. | A. Hartncss of Williford, Ark.; H. If Hartncss of Pittsburgh. Pa., and j J. Frank Hartncss of Chattanooga, and two half brothers, Cecil Hart ness of Atlanta and Owen Hartness of Blue Ridge, Ga. Local Dentists Cooperate In Health Program The State Health program will get under way this week in Murphy schools beginning with the exa mi nation of teeth Through the cooperation of local dentists. Di .1 R. Bell, Dr J. N Hill. I) Harry Dickey and Dr. Morris Miller, every child in school will have a free dental examina tion. Each parent will be furnish ed with a marked chart showing the dental corrections needed. These dentists are giving their time on Wednesday afternoons until all children have been seen j The teachers' lounge in the pri mary building will be used for this work and the following girls from the senior class are assisting: Rose mary Beaver. Billie Ruth Ricks. Phyllis Monteith Audry Akin. Bil lie Jean Teague. Clara Mae Taylor. Ellen Helton and Sallie Kate Bar ton. Soil Supervisors To Be Elected 16th Peachtree P. T. A. Committees Are Appointed The Peachtree Parent-Teachers' I Association executive board met Friday night to complete their organization by appointing all the committee chairmen and workers. They were as follows: Program. Mrs. Marcella Smith. I | chairman, Miss Dale Sudderth. Mi x Thelma Axley, Mrs. Velma ' Parker, Mrs. Frank Ferguson. Budget and finance. Mrs. Paul Sudderth, chairman. Mrs. Rosa Barton. Mrs. Carl Kilpatrick. Mrs. Bill Leatherwood. Mrs. Martha Nell Thuss. Mrs. Fred Zimmerman. Membership. Mrs. Clarence Hen drix, chairman. Mrs. Ferd Moore, i Mrs. Brown, Caldwell, Mrs. Noah Hembree, Mrs. Homer Nations. Hospitality, Mrs. Frank Morrow, chairman. Miss Dale Sudderth. Miss Bertha McGuire, Mrs. Glenn Ilendrix, Mrs. Ed Howard. | Room representatives, Mrs. Guy . Sudderth, chairman, and grade mothers and fathers to be named later. Music and Arts, Mrs. Dock Sud I derth. chairman. Mrs. Martha Nell I Thuss. Mrs. Thelma Axley. Recreation committee. Mrs. Clin ton Barnett, chairman, Mrs. Rosa ; Barton. Paul Sudderth, Mrs ! Marcelh Smith. Visual Education. Mrs. Martha | Nell Thuss. chairman, Mrs. Noah Hembree, Lawson Lunsford, Dock ! Sudderth. Clarence Ilendrix. Publicity. Mrs. Noah Hembree. | chairman. Mrs. Ed. Howard. Mrs | >am Barnett, Mrs. Ethel Green, j Mrs. Loy Lunsford. Mrs. Ralph I Roger.-;. First Methodist Services Listed The Rev. R Dclbort By rum. >a.-tor of First Methodist Church, announces that Sunday School will begin at 9:45 and morning worship at 11 A. M. Sunday. His sermon topic for Sunday morning will be, I Relieve in Christ" Evening |\<>uth meeting will be at 6 P. M | and evening worship at 7:30. Mr I By rum will speak on. "The Secret i of a Useful Life". Mid-week prayer services will he held at the church on Wcdncs I day at 7:30. BASKETBALL A double-header basketball game with Robbinsville will be played here Friday night. ' County supervisors of soil con servation districts will be clected at a meeting at the AAA office in Murphy on Friday, December 16. On Thursday, December 15, three community committeemen, two alternates, and one delegate to the 1 county convention will be elected I in various sections of the county. N oting places for the December 15 election are: Murphy AAA of fice. Marble school. Andrews city hall. Peachtree school, Hanging dog. Grandview post office: Suit. Wood's Store: Shoal Creek. Quinn's Store: Hot House, McGill's Store: i Martins Creek school: Notla, Rang- j cr Baptist Church; Unaka, Mor ley's Store. Polls will be open from 8 A. M. to ft r m According to Director I. O Sehaub of the Extension Service all qualified voters, regardless of , whether they own land or whether . they live in the city or the country. 1 are eligible to cast ballots. They must, however, be registered on ! the regular election books. County supervisors do not re- I ceive a salary for their services. Mrs. B. Williams Taken At Age 83 Funeral services for Mrs. Bertie Williams, 83, of Forest Street. Biltmorc, who died Monday of last week were conducted at 3 P. M Wednesday in Asheville in Liberty Park Chapel. For several years before going to Asheville, Mrs. Williams lived in Andrews where she owned and operated the Williams Hotel. For the past 12 years. Mrs Wil liams had resided in Liberty Park, just off Ashevillo-Hendersonville Highway. On her property near the bungalow where she resided, ?lie built a small frame building that is known as the Union Mis sion of Liberty Park. Services arc held there by visiting ministers and Christian friends. Arnold Dalrvmple Heads WOW Woodmen of the World Camp No. P91 of Murphy, held their annual meeting for the election of officers on December 6 The fol lowing officers were elected to serve next year: Counsul Com mander, Arnold Dalrymple; Advi sor Lieutenant, Horace Hembree; i Banker, Claude Monteith; Escort, Eugene Kilpatrick; Watchman, Elbert Totheraw; Sentry, Sam 1 Teague; Assistant secretary, Wil jliam King; Initiatory officer, ' Richard Howell. Names Available At Scout Office There are more than 600 families in Cherokee County who are on the "needy" list and should be remembered bv somebody at Christmas, else they will not have any Christmas cheer. Churches and their various organizations, Civic clubs, fraternal organizations, and individuals will be generous, a?, always, but some families may be overlooked unless attention is directed to them. The SCOUT knows of many families that should be remembered, and if any organization or individual desires a name, it will be furnished. Among those needing Christmas cheer are the following: Number 1 ? Woman with 11 chil dren: Boys' ages - 14. 8. 6. 5, 4, and 8 months. Girls' ages - 13, 11, 9. 3. and 19 months, whereabouts of father at present unknown. Family needs food, clothing, fuel, and Christmas cheer. Number 2 ? Man and woman with (> children: Girls: Age 9. Boys: Ages 6. 5. 3. and twin boys, age 2; Man sick - needs food. fuel, cloth ing and Christmas cheer. Number 3 ? Man and woman with two boys, ages 3 and 1: They need food, clothing and Christmas cheer. Man sick and unable to uork. Number 4 ? Woman and two girls ? Ages 9 and 11. Needs food and Christmas cheer. Father in West ern North Carolina Sanatorium 1 Tuberculosis^. Number 5 ? Woman past 65 years of age. sick and confined to her bed most of time. Needs everything. Number 6 ? 'Colored wonvr. \^e 87, practically helpless. Needs clothes, food and other necessities. By rum To Attend Planning Meeting In Nashville Rev. R Dclbcrt Byrum. pastor of First Methodist Church, will attend a planning committee meet in sj of the General Board of Edu cation of The Methodist Church at Nashville. Tenn . December 14 15. Those composing the planning committee are the executive secre taries and presidents of adult work in the various conferences of the Southeastern Jurisdiction which includes the Southeastern states, i M;'. Byrum is president of the Young Adult Fellowship of the j Western North Carolina Confer j ence of The Methodist Church. I The Committee will consider plans for a Southeastern Jurisdic ' tion Convention of teachers and 'presidents of adult classes in local : churches which is to be held at | Lake Junaluska. June 26-29, 1950. The committee meeting next I week is being called by Bishop I Paul B. Kern, president of the Board of Education of The Metho dist Church, and by Rev. Leo Hippy, who is head of Adult Work \ \ The Methodist Church. Mr Byrum will accompany Mr. Byrum to Nashville. Episcopal Church Has Parish Dinner A Parish dinner was held at Church of the Messiah Monday evening The Rev. Rufus Morgan of Franklin. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Yick and Mr. Lidstein of Hayes ville were special guests. A study ! of the budget for next year was made. A1 Brown Heads 1950 Polio Drive A1 Brown of Andrews has been jppointed to direct the 1950 March of Dimes Campaign in Cherokee County. Hobart Mc Keever of Murphy is chairman of the County Chapter of National Foundation of Iatattb Paralysis.
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