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MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22. 194D
TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK
Martha Hill Is
District Winner
Martha Hill, Martin's Creek 4-H4
Clubber, has been awarded the
Western Distriet Canning award
In.- 1!)49 Her outstanding record
consisted of 125 quarts canned
without help and 218 quars
canned with ?,C,P' Martha is also
active in other 4-H elub projects
all,| > building a good record. Her
award consisted of a county medal
and $'5 in cas'1
To Participate
In Selection Of
Blue Shield Baby
Ro<lda-Van Gorder Hospital is
planning to participate in the
selection of North Carolina's Blue
Cross - Blue Shield Baby of 1950, [
it was announced today by Dr.
Chas. Van Gorder. j
A beautiful sterling silver cup
will be presented by Hospital Sav
ing Association, Chapel Hill, to
the first baby born in a North
Carolina hospital after midnight,
December 31, under a combination
Blue Cross - Blue Shield member
ship of the North Carolina non
profit health-service program. |
The baby receiving the cup will
be the "Blue Cross - Blue Shield
Baby of 1950.''
Hospital Saving, the official pro
gram for prepayment of hospital
and surgical bills of the Medical
Society and the Hospital Associa- 1
tion of the State, had over 7.000
Xorth Carolina babies born under
family memberships from January
through November of 1949. This
is an average of over 600 babies a
month.
Pageant To Be
Given wSundav
ANDREWS ? The children and
young people of St. Andrew's
Lutheran Church will present a
Christmas pageant at 4 p. m. o'
clock on Sunday afternoon. Decem
ber 25 The program will be a
combined effort of the Sunday
School and the Luther League,
and the public is invited.
The pageant will present the
Christmas story interwoven in a
present-day setting. Background
music will be furnished by the
choir composed of Luther League
members. The following persons
will take part in the service: Open
ing Dialogue, Fannie Buckner and
Jill Thornton; Scripture, Jerry
Adams; Mary, Lerona Raxter;
Joseph. Cecil Rodgcrs; Angels,
Linda Hogsed and Haroldette
Adams: Shepherds, Kenneth Daily,
Jerry Jieece, Kenneth Trantham,
Pete Nichols and Junior Head;
Wisemen, Jack Anderson. Hugh
Rayburn and Jerry Anderson:
Recitations. Bobby Nicholls, Leon
Adams, Frank Jones, Harold Hol
land. Edward Cooper, Walker
Janes Ruth Almond, Christine
Hoad. Carolyn Wike, Tommy Jones,
Stephie Gilbertson, Tommie Al
mond Mary Carolyn Holland,
teetty June Harris: Prayer, Martira
Jane Rodgcrs. The choir will
consist of Lucille A.nderson
Martha Jane Rodge'";. Trilbie
liaily, Lorine Barber. Christine
^rbei', Mrs. Boyd Cooper. Mrs.
Harold Adams, Frances Cover.
alye Anderson, Mary Nell Ltd
*?i'd and others. Miss Ruth Hall
will be in ehargi of the
^citations. Jack Thornton, Mil
^Urn Miller. Larry Rayburn and
Bobby Moose will help with pro
duction details.
A special feature of the program
be the awarding of New Testa
m?nts to the pupils of the Sunday
chool who have had perfect at
endance for the past quarter. A
ristmas treat, under the super
vision of Sam Cover, will be dis
puted to the children.
LIBRARY closed
?'iirphy Carnegie Library will
closed December 24-27 for the
holidays, announces Miss
^lnc Heighway librarian.
PROGRAM
DwC,hriStmas Program will be
" ?J at Pairview Church
I ^^ay night, at 7 o'clock.
Andrews Church
To Observe
Student Night
Student night will be observed
at First Baptist Church, Andrews,
on Sunday evening, at 7 o'clock.
The theme will be, "That I Might
Know Him."
| The following will take part on
the program: Bob Mulkey. "I Plan
to Join the Church at College";
J'. L. Truett, "I Did Join the
Church at College"; Betty Mulkey,
"My Home as A Background for
College"; Gordon Lee Butler,
! "Significant Facts about the B
S. U."; Harry Rogers, "Some
! Activities of the B. S. U"; Floyd
Brooks, "I Read His Word and
Prayed at College"; Tommie
Lunsford, "I Intend to Find
Christian Fellowship at College".
Special music will be rendered
by the girls' sextette.
Peachtree P. T. A,
Officers Are |
Installed
Mrs. Ro1 *t Weaver, president
of Murphy P. T. A., conducted the
installation ceremony for the offi
cers of the Peachtree P. T. A.
Thursday night, in the school
auditorium. Officers installed
were as follows: J. Franklin Smith,
i president: Mrs. Noah Hembree,
vice president; Mrs. Paul Sudderth,
secretary: and Mrs. Brown Cald
well . treasurer. The committee
chairmen with their workers were
also recognized. The third grade
won a picture for having the larg
est number of parents present.
Christmas program was present
ed by the school children, after
which the parents were invited to
visit their children's rooms to see
their Christmas decorations and
get acquainted with their teachers.
Miss Maggie Belle Kisselburg.
county supervisor, was in the
library to explain the results ob
tained from the state tests given
I the children.
| Everyone was then invited into
j the lunch room where a social i
? hour was enjoyed.
I The next meeting of the Peach- !
j tree P. T. A. will be on Friday j
| flight, January 20.
Calvary Services
Are Announced
A Christmas program will be
presented at Calvary Baptist
Church on Saturday night. Sunday
I School will be held at 9:45 and
morning worship at 11 A. M. Sun
1 day. The Rev. J. D Moses pas
, tor, will preach on. "The Divinity
of Jesus". B. T. U. will meet at
C P. M. Sunday.
A Bible study will be held in
i the church all next week.
Final Rites Held
For 0, C. Shields
Funeral services for Oliver Com
midore Shields, VI. who died at his
home in Murphy Friday night after
a long illness, were held Sunday al
1 P. M in Mt. Pleasant Baptist
I Church.
} The Rev. Thomas Truett and
the Bev. Freed Townsend officiat
ed. and burial was in the church
cemetery with Townson Funeral
Home in charge.
Surviving are the widow, three
sisters. Mrs. Sarah Reynolds of
Akron, Ohio, Mrs. Barbara Goforth
of Culberson; and Mrs. Margaret
Rice of Mineral Bluff. Ga.; and
several nieces and nephews.
Rev. and Mrs. John Farrar of
Louisville, Ky? were guests of
Mrs. Farrar's brother, Dr. W. A.
Hoover, and Mrs. Hoover a few
days this week.
Today. As In
The Day When
Three Wise Men
Found The Christ
Child...
1 et us express our hopes for
the future through praver. As we
kneel in I lomage on this I loly Day.
let us prav for Peace on Earth.
And let us determine to enact those
ideals, in the months an.l years to
come, which will help in making our
prayers a reality. A Merry Christ
mas and Happy New Year to ali.
SCOUT
STAFF "?
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$13,687 Invested
In Bonds Here
Sales of U. S. Savings Bonds.
Series E and G in Cherokee
County from November 1 through
November 30, amounted *o $13,
G37.50.
Of this amount $7,687.50 was in
Series E Bonds; and $6,000.00 in
Series G Bonds.
Total sales of the three series
for the 100 counties in North
Carolina were as follows Series E
$2,960,889.75; Series F $106.042 00;
Series G $554,400.00. with total
for the state $3,621,331 75.
The sales information was an
nounced today by County Savings
Bonds Chairman W. D Whitaker
and was taken from the monthly
sales report from Allison James.
State Director of Savings Bonds
Office in Greensboro.
The County Chairman stated
further that all banks and post
offices in the county are offering
special Christmas gift holders free
of charge, to persons who wish
to give U. S. Savings Bonds as
Christmas gifts. The cover of j
these gift holders bears a re- j
production of a beautiful oil I
painting and is entitled "The
Present With A Future."
"A Savings Bond is an ideal j
gift." said Mr. Whitaker. "one
that increases in value from year;
to year and in ten short years |
pays back $4 for every $3 you put
in it."
Morgan To Conduct
Sunday Services
On Christmas morning at 9 o'
clock at the Chapel of the Holy
Comforter in Andrews there will
be a baptismal service and the
celebration of the Holy Commun
ion.
On Christmas morning at 11 o'
clock at the Church of the Messiah
in Murphy there will be a celebra
tion of the Holy Communion.
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan will
conduct the services and will be
the preacher.
Scout To Publish
Babson's Outlook
For 1950 Business
The Cherokee Seout will pub
lish Roger YV. Rahson's Rl'SI- !
NESS AND FINANCIAL OUT- j
LOOK FOR 1950 on Dee. 29.
We bring this article to your
attention because our readers j
deserve the best. Consequent
ly, because of Mr. Rahson's out
standing record for accuracy in |
his Annual Forecasts ? an aver- j
age of 87*7 for the past 14
years ? we are publishing this I
feature to give you a preview of
business and finance in 1950.
Mr. Rabson's 1950 Outlook
will contain 50 Forecasts cover- i
ing such important topics as:
General Rusiness
Commodity Prices
Taxes
Retail and Foreign Trade
Labor
Deficit Financing
Fnrm Outlook
-tock Market
Rial Estate
Politics
Funeral Held For
Hobert Cole. 43
Hobert Colo. 43. died Saturday ;
i at 7 p. m. at his home in the
Shulcr Creek seetion of Cherokee
County following a long illness.
He was a life long resident of that
seetion.
Funeral services were held at 2
p m. Monday in Poindexter Church
near his home, with the Rev. Bill
Dalton and the Rev. Charlie Hipps
officiating. Burial was in the
chureh cemetery', with Townson
Funeral Home in charge.
Surviving are the widow: three
sons. Hoyt with the U. S. Army in
California, Lenoir and Daniel of
the home; four daughters, Mrs.
Jack Martin of Oliver Springs,
Tenn., Rosie, Louise and Thelma
Jean of the home; one brother.
Leslie Cole; one sister. Mrs.
Howard Pratt; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sherman Cole of Ranger.
Students Home
For Holidays
Among students from various
colleges and universities who are
home for the holidays are:
From Western Carolina Teach
ers college. Cullowhee: Bob Fail
ing. Buddy Taylor, Elizabeth Ann
Flkins Jean Reid, Doris Mclver.
Margaret Akin. Ruth and Robbie
Barton, Alice Jayne Dockery.
Charles Arrant.
From University of North Caro
lina, Chapel Hill:
Paul Hill, Harry Mauney, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Warner. Jr.. Mr.
Lnd Mrs. Edgar Darnell.
N. C. State Raleigh: Bud Alex
ander. Clyde Duval.
University of Tennessee, Knox
ville: Frank Alexander and Ralph
Picklesimer.
Purman Universnty: Joyce Cole
man.
Wake Forest: Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Hampton. Gerald Hall.
Young Harris College: Dorothy
and Buddy Palmer. Mary Frances
and Martha Axley Sara King.
Johnny Gibson. James Helton and
James Thompson
Warren-Wilson College. Swan
nanoa. Sherman Hampton.
John W. Stakup
Taken At Age 82
John W. Stalcup, 82. died about
8 P. M. Saturday at the home of
his daughter. Mrs. W. O. Kilpatrick
at Ranker, after an illness of a
year.
The son of the late G. Y. and
Tilda Monteith Stalcup. pioneers
of this section, ho was a life Ion !
1 resident of Cherokee County.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. Tuesday in Ranger
Mcthodisy Church. The Rev. Al
fred Smith and the Rev. Thomas
| Truett officiated and burial was
in Hyatt cemetery
Surviving are two daughters
Mrs. Kilpatrick and Mrs. W. H
Martin of Ranger, one son, C. L
Stalcup of Taft. Calif., one sister
Mrs. Philip Chastain of Culberson
Route 2, and a brother, Alexandei
Stalcup of Murphy.
Dorothy Shields
Heads Council
Sneed Resigns
As Mayor To Be
Chief Of Police
Neil Sneed, who has served as
mayor of Murphy for the past four
years, has resigned that position
effective January 1 at which time
lie will go on duty as chief of
police. The town council has r.ot
yet appointed anyone to fill the
vacancy.
W. W. Rogers resigned recently
as chief of police.
Students To Have
Charge Of Service
The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pas
tor of First Baptist Church an
nounces that Sunday School will
begin at 9:45 and morning worship
at 11 Sunday morning. At the
worship hour Mr. Morris will
preach on. "There is Room in My
Heart for Thee".
Student Night will be observed
in the church on Sunday night.
The theme will be, "That I May
I Know Him". Dorothy Palmer will
read the scripture, and Jerry Hall
will speak on, "That I May Know
Him", and Marvin Hampton on.
"That the World May Know Him".
Special music will be rendered by
the youth choir, "Lo, There is
i Born a Savior".
Mrs. Kephart
Dies At Ago Of 79
Mrs. Bmima K i, 7??. died
j at 8 P. M. Sunday in an Andrews
hospital after an illness of two
weeks.
Funeral services were held at
White Church at Grandview of
which she had been a member for
a number of years, at 11 a. m
Tuesday. The Rev. Thomas
Truett and the Rev. W. P. Elliott
officiated. Burial was in the
ohurch cemetery with Townson
Funeral Home in charge.
Surving are four sons. Andrew |
ot Salem. Oregon. Glenn of j
Somerset. Ky., Sam and Henry j
Murphy. Route 3; Four daughters j
Mrs. Frank Ashe of Murphy. Mrs. '
IJohn Barrett, Mrs. Glenn Palmer. !
Route 3. Murphy, and Mrs. Vernon
Lovingood of Gastonia; three sis- ,
j ters, Mrs. Bob Kephart. Mrs. |
j Nathan McDonald, Mrs. Ira Sneed.
( all of Murphy. Route 3; one broth
I e'r. Joe Allen. Murphy Route 3.
College Students
Home For Holidays
ANDREWS ? Among college
students home for Christmas holi
days aro: Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Stewart. Brevard College. Brevard:
Bill and Floyd Teas. Baylor's
Military School Chattanooga.
Tonn.: Eleanor Enloe. Montreat
College. Montreat. Martha Cald
well. York Nurses College, York.
I Pa.: .Tohn Dennis Page Jr.. Dell
I School of Technology, Asheville:
' Whi taker Davis and Sidney Barker,
i l* Diversity of North Carolina.
I Chapel Hill: John Ellis. Davidson
College, Davidson: John Henry
| Davis. State College Raleigh:
John \xley, West Point. Anna
? 1 polis. Md.
Harry Rogers, Gardner-Webb.
! Boiling Spring: Betty Ruth Brown,
i Warren-Wilson Swannanoa: John
and Bob Christy, Melba and How
, ard Holder and I. R Hudson. Duke
i College Durham: Charles T.
Almond. University of Va.. Char
lottesville. Va.; Gene Stewart.
. Gordon Leo Butler. Jack Mostel
. ler, Verlus Mason and Joe Wo
; mack. Mars Hill College. Mars Hill:
. Barbara West, Patricia Thomas
I son. Hugh Hamilton. Billy McFalls.
Os Brady, Inez Holloway and
James Wood, North Carolina
Teacher's College, Cullowhee;
Bobby Moss and J. L. Truett. Jr..
PolytechDic Iostitute of Alabama,
. Auburn, Ala., Bill Swan, U N. C.
Chapel Hill.
The Cherokee County Council
of 4-H clubs met in the recreation
hall Saturday at 10 o'clock for the
firs' meeting of the year.
The following officers were elect
ed *or 1950: President, Dorothy
Shields, Tomotla; vice-president,
Eddie Graham, Ranger; secretary,
Doris Wells; Tomotla; reporter,
William Franklin, Andrews; sDng
leaders. Richard Sudderth, Peach
tree and Susie Miller, Murphy
Awards were given to the fol
lowing members for outstanding
project work during 1949:
Individual Dairy Demonstration
Medal, Emma Jean Shields; Dairy
Team Demonstration Medals, Annie
Ruth Stiles and Carlene Kilpatrick;
Food Preservation Medal, Martha
Hill; Leadership Dorothy Shields;
Poultry, Neva Jean Bates; Dress
Revue Medal. Mary Farmer; Dairy
Production, Edwin Hendrix; Meat
Animal, Ned Stewart; Field Crops,
David Hendrix and Bobby Stiles.
Those attending the meeting
were: Nancy Sales, Marble; Jean
Trull, Tomotla; Robert Chapman,
Martin's Creek; Richard Sudderth.
Peachtree; Richard Lemons, Tomot
la; Elaine Madsongill, Tomotla;
Jack Arms. Hangingdog; Dorothy
Shields. Murphy; Eddie Graham.
Murphy: Doris Wells. Murphy;
Johnny Hall. Andrews Elementary;
Sue Crawford. Andrews Elemen
tary and William Franklin, An
drews High.
Dr. Harry Miller
Returns From
National Meeting
Dr. Harry Miller has returned
from a meeting of the American
Acad, my of General Practitioners
in Wi bin 'on, D. O V3 Hp
saw ine ? ,'o' d telf, ' ion of
operations at Johns Hos
pital. and attended the This is
Your Life broadcast when the
award of the year was presented
the outstanding General Practi
tioner.
Dr. Miller was accompanied to
Washington by Dr Morris Miller.
Vesper Service
Repeated For
Overflow Crowd
ANDREWS ? The Christ ma*
Vesper service held at St. Andrew's
Lutheran Church on December 18
attracted a more-than-capacity
crowd of attentive listeners. After
all available seats were taken and
standing room filled, many people
were turned away. In order to
give these an opportunity to hear
the carol service, the entire pro
gram was repeated on Wednesday
evening at 8 P. M. o'clock.
The altar of the church was
beautifully decorated with pots of
poinsett ias given by members of
the choir to the glory of God and
in memory of Mrs F. P. Cover.
I The chancel was lighted with
j three-branch and seven-branch,
candlelabra. The choir wore fes
i tive robes of red and white.
Mrs. Giles Cover, organist, pre
1 sented a brief program of organ
music prior to the service. The
program presented by the choir
consisted of traditional carols of
many lands. A special feature of
the program was a group of Ap
palachian folksongs recorded in
Cherokee County by the distin
guished folkmusic authority. John
Jacob Niles. Soloists were Eleanor
Cover, soprano: Helen Patten,
soprano: Ardith Hay. mezzo-so
prano and Margaret Fisher, con
tralto. The program was under
thp direction of Miss Margaret
Fisher.
Peachtree To Have
Christmas Service
Peachtree Baptist Church will
have a special Christmas service
featuring the Christmas story in
music and verse at the morning
service Sunday. A part of the
service will consist of a Christmas
tree for children and cheer baskets
for the shut-ins of the community.