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?rmit All may help through your RED CROSS VOLUME ?0 ? NUMBER 35 MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1950 EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK Students To Compete In WCTC Field Day Around 105 pupils from Aiurphv* school will attend the annual literary and Athletic FielJ Day at Western Carolina Teachers Col lere. Cullowhee, Friday This event is under the sponsorship of the Science Club of the college mi is under the direei.cn of Professor Gerald Eller, faculty ad viser to the club. The program will begin at 10:30 A. M. and con tinue through the afternoon. High schools in Buncombe. Cher okee. Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell,) Macon. Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties are privileged to participate. Last year a record attendance of 1000 high school students was re corded. This year over 1500 are expected to attend. Beginning this year a large trophy will be presented to the school winning the greatest num ber of points in the entire Field I Day. The winning school will keep this trophy for a year and Win have its name engraved on it; then it -will pass to the first place winner of the following year. To gain permanent posses sion of the trophy a school must win the event for three years, not necessarily consecutive. Smaller trophies will be presented to the second and third place schools and certificates of award will be given to the students winning each of tie individual events. Waynesville Township High School won the first place trophy in 1949; Murphy High School was j awarded the second place trophy 1 while Franklin High School coped j the third place award. Indivi dual certificates were presented to approximately 300 high school students. The purpose ot Ure Field Day is sevenfold; <J> -ft, stimulate ?| healthy competition on the part of the high schools sr this region ia both athletic and literary fields; ? to give to the students of Hie high schools who may be talented u opportunity for the wholesome expression of their gifts; and (3) to enable high school faculty mem bers to check the results of their teaching and compare their stu dents with the students of other ecaools. ,4) To stimulate interest in ctoan sports and to promote a c^TVltness program- (5) "to eoUege to get firsthand 'formation on the work being *>?* in the various high schools; ? to Strengthen the cordial re -honships between the college, ??d the public schools; and (7) I totoy the foundation for a fuller ' ""operation in the future 1 New Registration Required For Town Election Abe Hcmbree, chairman of the Cherokee County Board of Elections, announces that a new registration for voting in the Town of Murphy election May 2 will be held during April. The books will be open for three weeks, beginning April 8, for registration. Anyone desiring to vote in this year's election, must register. Skinner Returns For Short Course On State Parks Jack H. Skinner, superintendent of Hiwassee Lake State Park, in this county, has just returned from a short course in State Park Administration, Operation and Maintenance, held at State Col lege, Raleigh. For two weeks an intensive program of study was I made there to help park superin tendents from the six represented states?Maryland, Kentucky, North and South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana?to know better how to operate parks for the convenience and pleasure of the public. Mr. Skinner says that limited work is being done at Hiwassee Lake Park at present to make the area more inviting during the coming tourist season. Perman ent improvements with the $118 760 appropriated by the last Legisla ture. including a lodge, will not get under way until a landscape architect and engineer come to the park to offer their advfe,*. ^is visit is not scheduled until At^ust, because of the heavy schedule of the men in other park areas of the state. Therefore, it is thought it will be fall before the lodge, new Picnic areas, and tent and trailer Parking facilities will be started. At the close of the school, Mr. tdnnner was presented a diploma for the successful completion of the course. TO PROMOTE SCOUTING Miss Mildred Cartledge, Girl Scout field representative, will be in Murphy on April 1 to meet Girl Scout leaders. She will re turn on April 20-21 to give in struction to those interested in leading Girl Scouts. Rev. W. E. Hall Heads Seal Sale REV. W. E. HALL. Folk School Has Community Night fridsy night wiH be "Commun ity Night" at John C. Campbell F?* School. A film, "Children Oi? World" on work ot the United Nations, wW be games will follow. I ? the ooomonttv ami town tafked. | The Rev. W. Hall, pastor of i St. Andrews Lutheran Church, [ Andrews, will head the 1950 Easter Seal Sale for Cherokee County, it was announced this | week by Mr. W. T. Teas, District Representative of the North Caro ' Una League for Crippled ChiMren. Involving an estimated 65,000 handicapped persons in the State. Mr. Teas pointed out that the Easter Seal program is part of a I nation-wide campaign to provide funds for services to the handi capped. The Cherokee County Chapter of the League is an affi liate of the N. C. League for Crippled CMldren, one of more than 2,000 member units of the National Society for Crippled Chil dren and Adults. Easter Seals help to sponsor not only local medical and educa tional services to the handicapped but also national programs to benefit the cerebral palsied and other neglected disabled groups. The 1950 quota for Cherokee County has been set at $650, Mr. Hall announced following his ap pointment. This year's Easter Seal Campaign opens on March 26th and ends Easter Sunday, April 9th. A picture of the Senior Bowl game is to be shown in Murphy and Andrews during the dries. Greenville College a Cappella Choir, which will present a sacred concert in Free Methodist Church, March 25 at 7:30 P. M. Professor Robt. W. Woods, director received his musical training in Syracuse University, West minster Choir College, and Northwestern Univer sity. Formerly tenor soloist of the famous West minster Choir, he has been Director of Music at Greenville College for 23 years. During this time the a Cappella Choir has become one of the best known choral organizations in the Middle West. 40-Voice Choir To Sing Here 25th At Free Methodist Church Funeral For Mrs. George F. Hendrix To Be On Friday Mrs. Martha E. Hendrix, 82, Murphy, Route 1, died at 1:26 P. M. Wednesday at a Murphy hospi tal after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 P. M. in Peach tree Baptist Church with the Rev. Rob ert Barker and the Rev. J. Alton Morris officiating. Buriail will be in the church cemetery with Town son Funeral Home in charge. Surviving are the hudband, George F. Hendrix; three sons, Clarence, Glenn, and Lloyd of Murphy; three daughters, Mrs. J. I. Craig of Strong, Ark., Mrs. Ethel Lovingood and Mrs. Nellie Morrow of Murphy; three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Waters, Mrs. Luke Triplet!, both of Darby, and Mrs. T. D. Hendrix of Murphy; three brothers, Green and Kelly Hawk ins of Darby, and Tom Haiwkins of Hendrix, 14 grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Cherokee People Invest $31,368 In Savings Bonds W. D. Whitaker, Savings Bonds Chairman for Cherokee county, announces that total U. S. Savings Bonds sales in the county for the month of February amounted to $31,368.75. Of this total $13,368.75 were in E Bonds; and $18,000.00 in Series G Bonds. Total Savings Bonds sales in the 100 counties in North Carolina were as follows: Series E $3,824, 595.75; Series F ,262,939.00; Series G $1,493,500.00; Total $5, 601,034.75. The county chairman said that the 1950 U. S. Savings Bonds spring campaign to be known as the Independence Drive, will get under way May 15 and run through July 4. The Liberty Bell will be the campaign symbol, and "Save for Your Independence," emphasizing the traditional Ameri can faith in thrift, will be the campaign slogan. ? The Greenville College a Cap pella Choir of forty-one voices under the direction of Professor Robert W. Woods will present a concert in the Free Methodist Church, Murphy, on Saturday, March 25, at 7:30 P. M. This well - known choral organization, now on a 2400 mile tour, includes in its membership students from twelve states, the District of Columbia and Ontario Canada. Chosen through competi tive try-outs, they have as their purpose the presentation of a spiritual message reverently and | artistically. The choir sings a program of sacred music without accompani ment and from memory. Classics in church music, arrangements of hymns, folk songs and negro spirituals provide varied interest and wide appeal. The program is open to the pub lic, there being no admission charge. An offering will be taken. SINGING A community singing will be held at the Masonic hall Monday evening at 7:30. All singers and the public are invited. Lions Observe Ladies' Night Murphy Lions Club entertain1 the Lionesses at Ladies' Night Tuesday evening in the dining room of the Methodist Church. Hobart McKeever was toastmaster, and Bill Crump of Copperhill gave a program of entertainment. MoKeever presented the Char ter for the Boy Scouts of Murphy to Lion President Mack Patton. Group singing was led by C. B. treed. The ladies were presented fav ors. The dinner was served by Circle 2 of the Methodist W. S. C. S., with Mrs. J. H. McCall as chairman. Morris' Sunday Subjects Listed The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pas tor of First Baptist Church, an nounces that his sermon topic for Sunday morning will be, "The Disturbing Christ", and for Sun day evening, "Fault Finders, or Fact Finders?". The Y. W. A. will meet with Mrs. L. W. Hendrix Monday at 3:30. Training Union Workers' Council will be held at the church Tuesday evening at 7:30. Byrum's Sermon Topics listed "Years Are Not Life" will be the sermon topic of the Rev. R. Delbert Byrum, pastor of First Methodist Church, Sunday at 11 A. M. and "Nationalism and the Crucifixion", at 7:80 P. M. Sunday School will begin at "43 A. If, and Evening Youth meeting at 3 P. *L Saturday Night's Game Is For Girl Scouts The W. O. W. Murphy All-Star Basketball Team will meet the Knoxville All-Stars in a grudge battle at the High School gymna sium Saturday night at 8 o'clock. The two teams have met twice previously. Last year the Knox ville All-Stars won by four points, and Murphy was the winner when they met two months ago. Each team will be out to win this rubber match. The Knoxville All-Stars are sponsored by the Ragland Broth ers Company and will come here free of charge for the Saturday tame. All proceeds will go to the Cherokee Girl Scout campaign. The local Scouts will work in the canteen and offer home-made sandwiches and cold drinks for sale at the game. Probable starting line-up for the Murphy team will be as follows: Forwards, Ed Rogers and Pinkney Wells; Center Ike Olson; and Guards, Jimmy Hughes and Fred Keener. Substitutes will include Bill Pendley, James Hughes and Clarence Hughes. SMITH TO PREACH The Rev. W. T. Smith announces that be will preach at the follow ing places at times designated: Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, March 1*. at 7 P. M.; South End Baptist Church, March 38, at 7 P. M ; MaHby Baptist Church, April 8, at 7 P. M. Funeral Is Held On Sunday For E. Bruce King E. Bruce King, 72, died early Saturday morning at his home in Andrews following a long illness. A native of Cherokee County, he was the son of the late Wiley and Elmina Cooper King. He moved about a year ago to Andrews from Topton where he was postmaster for 15 years. He was also engag ed in the mercantile business there. He was a Spanish-American War veteran. He was for 40 years member of the Masonic Lodge 529, AF and AM. and was an active member of the Methodist Church. Funeral services were held at 3 P. M. Sunday in Andrews Metho dist Church with the pastor, the Rev. C. C. Washam, and the Rev. W. E. Hall, pastor of Andrews Lutheran Church, officiating. (Burial was in Andrews Cemetery with graveside rites by the Masonic Order. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Juanita Tatham King; one daugh ter, Mm W. H. Taylor of Raleigh; two sons, Vernon King of Raleigh and John King of Andrews; two grandsons; one sister, Mrs. John H. Dillard of Murphy, and one brother, Will King of Oakland, Calif. Townson Funeral Home was in charge. SINGING The third Sunday singing wil be held at Sooth End Ba Church, March 11, at 1 P. IL Blood Mobile Comes Here On March 28 Plans are under way for the' visit of the American Red Cross Blood Mobile Unit scheduled to be in Murphy on Tuesday, March 28. The Rev. James R. Crook, chairman of the Blood Program for the Cherokee County Chapter, announces that Mrs. T. A. Case has been appointed Recruiting Chairman, and she and her work ers will be calling on the people to respond to this cause. Since the Blood Program was inaugurated in Western North Carolina last April, the two local hospitals have received 79 pints of biood, 17 of these last month. The annual quota for Cherokee County is 225 pints, and so far 54 Tints or 24 per cent has been donated. Homer Kidd, who is in charge j of the Asheville Blood Center, and | W. D. Dibrell, field representa tive of the Red Cross, were in Murphy Tuesday in interest of the March 28 visit of the mobile unit. County Over Top In Polio Drive Hobart McKecver announces that the polio drive for Cher okee County has gone over the top, with a total of $3,300, the quota having been set at $3,000. Of this amount, $1,600 was raised in Murphy; $1,400 in An drews, and $300 in a drive in September. Lecture-Recital On Folk Songs Given At School Through the effortAgf thtj Janior Woman's Club the school assembly was privileged to hear Mrs. Cecil C. Hawse of Humboldt, Tenn., Thursday afternoon in a lecture recital on West Tennessee Folk Music. Mrs. Howse in an author ity on this subject and is compil ing a book on folk songs on that section. A group of children from Mrs. Martha Adaims' sixth grade assisted Mrs. Howse by singing "I Wonder As I Wander" and "Whistle, Daughter, Whistle", folk j songs which had their origin in Murphy. Mrs. J. C. Howse, sister-in-law ol the speaker, was accompanist. POSTPONED The meeting of the Peachtree P.-T. A. has been postponed from Friday evening until a later date on account of the death of Mrs. George Hendrix. TO PREACH?The Rev. George Webb, who will preach at the Presbyterian Church, Murphy, Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Thia service will close a week of evangelistic services at the church. Rev. Geo. Webb Preaches Sunday At Local Church "The Stone Rejected by the Builders" will be the subject at the sermon by the Rev. George Webb at the Murphy Presbyterian Church at the 11 o'clock worship service Sunday morning. Hie text for the sermon will be Acta 4:8-12. This service will close a week of evangelistic services at the Presbyterian Church. On Friday night, March 17, at 7:30 the pas tor, Rev. James R. Crook, wiH preach on the subject "Follow Thou Me", on-y?c John 21:22. ^ J Mr. Webb s paJm-y the : Forest Presbyterian Church at Knoxville, Tenn. He will go from here to Bryson City where he will be director of the Visitation Evangelism Program for Asbeville Presbytery. Workers in the pro gram will meet in Bryson CMy Sunday afternoon at 3:30 for an address by Mr. Webb. ATTEND CONCERT Dr. and Mrs. B. W. Whitfield and Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Case at tended the concert of the Cincin nati Symphony in Atlanta Satur day evening. Lauritz Melchiar and Helen Traubel were soloists. TRUETT TO PREACH The Rev. W. T. Truett will preach at Hangingdog Baptist Church Sunday at 11 A. M. and at Ranger Baptist Church at 7:30 P. M. Dr. Geo. L. Dyer Is Civitan President Temporary officers were elected Monday night at New Regal Hotel for the Murphy Civitan Club, v.hich has been organized here. Dr. Geo. L. Dyer was elected president; Rae Moore, vice-presi aent; and Paul Padgett, secretary. Permanent officers will be elect Ed within the next three weeks Charter member applications will be received until closing date, March 27, by either of the above officers. The Murphy Civitan Club is being sponsored by the Abbeville Club, which is the ninth largest club in Civitan International, which has headquarters in Bir mingham, Ala. Working in the organization of the Murphy club were D. W. Lam bert, governor-elect of the North Carolina District of Civitan Inter national, and A. D. Peacock, who is connected with Townson's Funeral Home. "We are pleased with the re sponse to our work here." Mr. Lambert says, "and wish to ex press our appreciation to members cf Murphy lion* Club for their cooperation. Civitan will do its share in amlsth* the Lious Ctab and other civic groups in i Murphy a better DR. GEO. L. DYER In addition to the above named officers, the following already have become charter members fld 'he dub: Dr. J. N. H1R, Jack W. Barnett, John Oarringer, Vincent Elster, Fred V. Johnson. Jr., Evans, Frank Ingram. Wade HI K. D. Peaeotk, At W. Ifdvar. A. Parker, Kenneth R. John H.
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