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Andrews l noir lo king Ihristmas Carol Service Sunday Members of St. Andrew's Lutheran (Church Chi ir in Andrews, who will sing a Christmas le-l'i-r Vivict at y P. M. December IS: Iront row. lel't to ri;;ht: Mrs. L. 1 . 1/zell, Miss l leanoi liver . ;tiest. Mrs. C. K. larkington, Mrs. Harold Adams. .Mrs lorn R. May, guest, Mrs. Boyd Cooper: Second row: Mrs. L.. I). Caldwell, guest. Miss Lorene Barber, Mrs. Glenn l.ove. Mis ( lirisiiiu- liarher, Mi-.-. I -ranees Cover. Mrs Richard M. Patten: Hack row Mrs. Giles W. Clover, organist, Miss Margaret lisher, choir ilirecto- Not shown in picture: Mrs. I -'reJerick Good. The public is invited. County Participates in National Survey Of Social Work American Legion Hut Redecorated ANDREWS ? For the past Wfir il weeks the Andrews Post of the Legion. of Vblch Carol Day is commander, has been re ? heir Hut in back of the Carnegie Library Building. A new addition has been completed, with two res t rooms and i !*OP*9? mm, floors wefb reCliflkbeo and ( the cabinets in the kitchen re painted, but the most attractive i is the new flagstone : Hit Stone for this porch was contributed by Ben L Ray of \ndrews, lumber for the row add tt ton was given by Town son Lumber Company of Murphy, *nd the kitchen range and living nan ware donated by latth Hardware and Furniture Coi pan) ?1 Andrews. At this writing the Andrews hat las reached their 1900 BKtnbership quota, and hoping to pass the all-time high of 178 members for 1949, this post is active in all civic affairs assisting the blood program. Christ mas cheer for the needy and veter ans' rehabilitation work, besides the individual work carried on by the j). ? Any veteran in need Of hospitali zation or any other kind of ser vice to which he is entitled is urged to visit our office in the Library for assistance in Setting this benefit. All veterans are also welcome to attend MSon meetings the second and fourth Tuesday night of each Nath. Library To Give Annual Party Miss Josephine Heighway, libra rian. invites all the boys and fiirls 'he annual Christmas Party at 1 0 Carnegie Library, Saturday laming at 10 o'clock. There will carol singing and other forms '"entertainment. vTh' ''brary is decorated for the u'? Season. ^ Cherokee County is one of the 2t counties in North Carolina to | ho included in the National Survey of Salaries and Working Conditions in Social Work. Mrs. Johnsie K. ! Nunn County Superintendent of 1 Public Welfare, is the local repre | sentative for Cherokee county. | The Survey will be conducted by | the Bureau of Labor Statistics of j the United States Department of Labor which has made similar 1 studies in other fields. Local I ur.ey representatives w . he tm I .vj/onsiDie for compiling a roster of agencies and organizations em ploying social workers and for obtaining lists of social work em ployees of these organizations in their respective counties. These lists will be turned over to the United States Bureau of Labor I Statistics and will be used for mailing questionnaires. The ques tionnaires will be mailed directly from the Bureau of Labor Statis i tics. This Survey promises to yield reliable, current information on the status of personnel in social work ? their salaries, job levels, fields of social work activity, edu cational preparation, and experi ence. A State Survey Committee to coordinate the survey in North Carolina has been organized. Dr. Ellen Winston, Commissioner of Public Welfare, is Chairman of the State Committee. Other members are: Arnold Hodgson, Community Chest, Raleigh; Miss Mary Frances Kerr, State Merit Council, Durham; Miss Ruth Gil j pin. Division of Public Welfare j and Social Work University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Les lie R. Boyd, American Red Cross, Raleigh; Miss Harriet Tynes. American Association of Social Workers, Greensboro: Mrs. Tom |Griei\ North Carolina Conference for Social Service, Raleigh; Miss Dorothea Dolan and Miss Kathe rine Barrier. State Board of Health. Raleigh; A. B. Combs, i State Department of Public In struction, Raleigh; Dr. Ruth Lindquist, Mrs. W. B. Aycock, John Larkins and Miss Lily E. Mitchell, State Board of Public I Welfare, Raleigh. Mrs, de Journette Dies In Washington Mrs. Sarah de Journette died j Monday morning at her home, 2C5 Portland St., S. E., Washington. j D. C Funeral services were held 1 Wednesday afternoon at 2 c'.ock at S. H. Hines Co. Fun err 1 Home and interment in Washing ton National Cemetery. She is survived by: One daugh ter. Mrs. J. Alton Morris Murphy; two sons, J. P. de Journette, Washington and J. de Journette. Los Angeles. Calif.; four brothers, Olin Johnston Clayton. N. Mexico: M E. and Archie Johnston. Cala patria, Calif.. George J. Johnston. Los Angeles; one sister, Mrs. | Delia Aken. Trinidad, Colo : and three grandchildren, Sally and John Morris, Murphy; and Dolores de Journette, Los Angeles. Mrs. de Journette was well known here. She was tiie widow of Jas. R. de Journette. formerly of Murphy and Rome. Ga. She 1 had visited her daughter on sever al occasions. She was an active member of Mt. Vernon Place Methodist Church. The Rev .and Mrs. J. Alton Mor ris and children, Sally and John left Monday for Washington upon receipt of the news of Mrs. de Journette's death. Christy To Attend Illinois Meeting ANDREWS ? John Christy, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Christy, will represent Duke University at a Methodist Student Fellowship Conference to be held in the Uni versity of Illinois at Urban Dee. 20 - 30. Christy, a junior at Duke, is a ministerial student. John Jr., and his brother. Bob, who is a freshman at Duke, expect to arrive home December 1??. Ogreeta Church Is Remodeled Ogreeta Baptist Church recently was completely redecorated, being painted inside and outside. A row metal roof was put on, and the church was wired for electric lights. According to Fred Martin, Sun day School superintendent, contri butions for $338.55 were made for this purpose. The labor was donated. Holidays Begin Friday, Dec. 16 Murphy Schools will begin the Christmas holidays Friday, Decem ber 16 and will reassemble for the spring term on January 2. "Gifts For The King" To Be Given Sunday 18?n Sunday evening, December ' a' 7 30 o'clock a Christmas wTk"' "GIFTS FOR THE KING" <lkt r.t presenU'd at First Metho Church. A part of the ser ^ will be the presentation of a *111 L, C'lr's'mas Offering which ?e shared with needy families community. bj v," Pa8eant is being directed ,*"* Merle Davis. Other mem the Caste are as follows: Miss Emily Sword; Joseph and Mary: Dr. and Mrs. George Dyer; Shepherds: Gerald David son, Billy Brandon. Larry Posey; Wise Men: Dale Lee. Hobart Mc Keever. Jack Barton Akin; Angel: Nancy Wells; Light of the world: Margaret Akin. The junior choir of the church, under the leader ship of Mrs. II. E. Dickey, will furnish special music for the Pageant. The adult choir o i the ohurch will also participate in the service. Ralph Hardin Given Sentence For Manslaughter Ralph Hardin, of Topton, was found guilty of manslaughter by i Macon County jury in superior mrt in Franklin last Tuesday, ll was sentenced by Judge Dan K Moore, of Sylva, presiding at the December term of court, to 12 to 18 months. The case grew out of the death of Paul Wright, also of Topton. in a jeep accident. The accident took place near Topton last summer, and the case w as continued when it came up at the term of court last August. Counsel for the defendant gave notice of appeal to the supreme 1 court. A. N. Hinton Taken By Death I At Brevard Home A N. Hinton, 70 who for 12 wa: . lived in Murphy as agent for Southern Railway Company, died at his home in Brevard Wednes day afternoon of last week, after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Fri day at 11 A. M. in the Brevard Methodist Church. The pastor, the Rev. Julian Holmes, officiated, assisted by the Rev. Howard Hall. A native of Jasper. Fla., Mr. Hinton had lived in Brevard for 33 years. He was employed by the Southern for 42 years and re tired about five years ago Surviving are the widow, one laughter. Miss Wilhelmina Hinton ?1' New York City; two sons, Julius ol' Greensboro and Hubert of Mur phy; one sister, Mrs. Harry Harrell of Jasper. Fla., and one brother, Dana Hinton of Jacksonville, Fla. Hampton Celebrates His 93rd Birthday G. W. Hampton celebrated his 93rd birthday Sunday at the home of his daughter. Mrs J. W. Dyer. 511 Hiawassee Ave. Forty rela tives and guests, coming from all parts of the country had the noon meal with Mr. Hampton. Hampton is a retired farmer, having come from Buncombe County to Cherokee County in 1879, bringing with him his wife, the former Dulcinca Wise, and two children, a son and a daughter. Six sons and another daughter blessed the Hampton home after the couple came to Cherokee County. It is interesting to note that Mr. Hampton traveled from Buncombe County to Cherokee County ;n a covered wa^on and it took him longer to make the trip than it would take to travel from Murphy to the West Coast today. Mr. Hampton is one of the best read men in this country and still is interested in current problems. He enjoys almost perfect health having good vision, without glass es; however, uses glasses for night reading. Those atteneding the celebra tion from out of town were: Dr. and Mrs. G. D. Hampton, Knox villc, Tenn., Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Hampton. Etowah. Tenn ; Prof, and Mrs. Matney Rood and daughter, Rebecca, Etowah. Gus Hampton and family, Chattanooga, Tenn.; M?\ and Mrs. Campbell Clark and Joe Buchanan. Knoxville; Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hampton and daugh ter. Mineral Bluff, Ga.; and a host of friends and relatives from the surrounding counties. Rev W. T. Truett To Preach 25th The Rev. W. T. Truett will preach at Hopewell Baptist Church on Christmas morning at 11. At 2:30 in the afternoon he will preach at Culberson Baptist Church, and 7:30 at Shady Grove Baptist Church. TI N-POINT HI I k? lame? huntsman who brought home tli hunt in the I - i res ("reek Refuge i 15. The deer weighed 250 pout this section this year. Edward B for most little boys his age drear Other members of the hunting Day, Willard Barnett, Preacher I > lirvson of Marble was the happy lis ten-point buck he killed on a n Cherokee County on November ids and was the largest killed in ryson. age 5, is proud of the deer, n of the day they will be hunters, party were: Ralph Day, David Minor and Charlie Rowland. Lions To Operate Dime Board For Funds For Blind And Needy Scout To Be Published Day Earlier Next Week TIIE SCOl'T will be published i one day early next week, being put into the mails on Wednes day ni?ht. in order to give ad vertisers an opportunity to present their last-minute sugges tions to their customers, and to give the statf a holiday. The office will be closed from Thurs day noon until Wednesday morn j ing, December 28. Deadlines for news and adver ; tising are moved up to Monday night for next week. Anything ; received after that time will be i published the following week. ' Correspondents and advertisers are asked to cooperate by getting their copy to us early. Methodists Plan Family Night i The Rev. R Delbert Byrum has announced that Sunday School at i First Methodist Church will begin ! at 9:45 on Sunday morning and worship at 11. Mr. Byrum's ser ! mon topic will be: "Keeping Christmas". Youth meeting will , be at 6 Sunday evening. On Wednesday family night will be held at the church, beginning with supper at 6:15. The Christ mas tree will be lighted, Christ mas carols sung and color slides of the Christmas story will be shown. Fire Destroys Raper Home The home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Raper at Coleville was completely destroyed by fire on Friday after noon about 4 o'clock. Nothing was saved, as the owners were away when the fire started. It is thought that the blaze started from a lire place. The house recently was redeco rated. and all new furniture had been put in it. Cancer Clinic Closed Dec. 23 Dr. T. I). Slagle, director of the Jackson-Swain Counties Cancer Clinic at Sylva announces that the clinic will not be open on Decem ber 23, as that day has been desi gnated as a holiday by the State Board of Health. Dr. Ivan Proctor, who organized the Cancer Control Division oi' the State Board of Health, has re signed as its director, because of :? .Murphy Lions Club dime board will be operated this year from Friday, December 16. through Saturday. December 24, with Jim mie Goodwin in charge. Members of the club have been , designated to spend 30 minutes each operating the board, which will be on the street from 10 A. M through 4 P M. on the above 1 day-: The money will be used for Christmas baskets for the blind and needy. Bob White, J. D. Burch and Ben Vaught are in | charge of this work. The club met Tuesday evening j in the dining room of the Metho dist Church. A picture of the Normandy In I vasion was shown. Miss Elizabeth Gray, representing the Junior | Woman's Club, spoke on the Chil 1 dren's Home Society of N. C., soliciting the support of the club members for this project. President Mack Patton announc that R. S. Bault. the Rev. Jas. Crook and Hobar4 McKeever had .jocn appointed to direct a minis tiel to make some money for the club's treasury. A. II. Hanson of Atlanta was a guest of Dr. B. W Whitfield; the Rev. 1 . Delbert B/rura. guest of Dale L< e: and J. E. Mgwell ol Asheville, visiting Lien. 70 Pints Of Blood Donated, Andrews ANDREWS? Dr. Charles Van : Gorder, chairman of the Blood Program for the Andrews Red Cross Chapter, issued the state ment that due to the untiring ef forts of the Rev. Wm. Hall, pastor of the St. Anm-ows Lutheran Church, an overwhelming re sponse was received at the visit of the Bloodmobile here Tuesday. Far more blood was received than expected. A total of 126 appointments were made. 103 persons register ed. and 70 pints of blood were given. The Konneheta Club took care of advertising and made ap pointments. The Junior Woman's Club was responsible for the can teen. Three cars were used in motor aid under the direction of the Junior Woman's Club. Dr. Van Gorder states that the 70 pints of blood has been turned over to the blood bank in Ashe ville, and arrangements are to be made in the near future for a refrigerator in the local hospital where blood of all types may be kept on hands and will be avail able at all times to meet any im mediate situation. The wonderful response, one of the best for a town of its size, was i made possible by the members of Tilson Arrested i Attempted Assault Willard Tilson was arrested Tues day by Sheriff Frank Crawford and is in jail under $2,000 bond for the attempted assault of Maude Dotson on Monday. various civic organizations, busi ness people, residents of Nanta hala. Topton and Andrews. In March others will be given an op portunity to donate blood. The Rev. Wm HM1 _s chairman of the Ana row a Ket? Cross Chapter, and Mrs. Hazel Abemathy is vice chairman. Special Program Sunday Planned By Presbyterians A Christmas worship service featuring the Christmas Story in music and verse, special music by the choir, and solos and readings by representatives of the children, youth and adults of the church will be held Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the Presbyterian Church. On Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 7:30 P. M.. Church Family Christmas get-together with carols, a Christ mas play and the church Christ mas tree will be held. Christmas refreshments will be provided by the ladies, and each child will re ceive a stocking filled with goodies. On Friday. Dec. 23, Sunday School classes, Youth Fellowship, Wcmcn of the Church, the eve ning circle and the Men's Club v. ill share Christmas cheer with the less fortunate of the town through individual projects. On Christmas Day. the Sunday School Assembly at 10 A. M. will feature a Christmas program. Mornin* worship is at 11 with special Christmas music and mes ; :,e by the pastor. Rev. Jas. R. Crook. Baptists To Present Candlelight Service I A candlelight Christmas service w ill he held at First Baptist Church Sunday evening at 7:30, under the direction of Miss Moselle Moore 1 and Mrs. J. W. Davidson. Preaching service will be held at 11 A. M., following Sunday School at 9:45. Training Union begins at 6:30 P. M Monday night I at 7:30 the Fidelis Class will have i a pot luck supper, inviting their husbands, in the home of Miss j Ad dip Mae Cooke. Tuesday night ! at 7:30 the Training Union work-! ! crs' council will be held at the 1 ' church. Wednesday afternoon at ! 2:30 the Missionary Society will ! give a Christmas tree party at the I churoh for the members of the : ! Real town Sunday School Mission. Mrs. W. C. Kinney is in charge. The Christmas program Sunday evening will open with the organ prelude. "Carol Fantasy" by Meredith, played by Mrs. J. W. Davidson, following which the congregation will sing. "Silent Night". Instrumental groups including trios of clarinets trumpets and trombones will introduce the pro pram of music by playing familiar carols. The song service will be present ed by the four choirs: adults, young people, juniors and cherubs, directed by Miss Moselle Moore and accompanied by Mrs. J. W. Davidson. Tommy Gentry will read the Christmas story from Saint Luke's Gospel.
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