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4ii nr /#fO0T mePlNDBNCE DIRECTION Every occupation, plan, and vork of man. to be truly succeaa (ul, must be done under the dlrec t on of Christ, in union with His ?.viH, from love of Him, and In c'ependence on His power.?Muller VOLUME 60 ? NUMBER 46 MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE I, 1950 EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK GRADUATE?Shown here is the Montreat Col lege Senior Class, which was graduated Monday. May 29 Reading from left to right they are: front row: Herenia Morales, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Betty Attwood, North Miami, Fla.; Mary Ruth Deanman, Cleveland, Tenn.; Janet Bound, West Palm Beach, Fla.; Mary Bland Dunbar. Petersburg, Va.; Jeanette 9peKman, Memphis, Tenn.; Evan Wrenn, Chapel Hill, middle row: Ethel Blue Brltt, Southern Pint,; Margery Washburn, Decatur, H!.; Dorcas Connelly, Hopewell, Va.; Mirta Borges. Cardenas, Cuba; Charlotte Roth, Washington, D. C.'; Mary Lily Burgess, Greelyville, S. C-; Eleanor Enloe, Andrews; back row: Frances Brown, Gastonia, Kartherine Groseclose, Roanoke, Va.; Catherine Byrum, Great Falls, S. C ; Florence Buckner, Marion, Marjorie Robertson, Hopewell, Va.; Rachel McGill, Kings Creek, S. C.; Mary McGill, Kings Creek, S. C? Alyene Draper, Decatur. Ala.; Miss Eleanor Enloe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Enloe, of Andrews, will visit for two weeks with Miss Janet Bound of West Palm Beach. Florida, before coming home. Local Recreational Program Is To Get Underway On June 6 The Summer Recreation Program for the boys and girls of Murphy trill open at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. June 6, on the base tall diamond at the fair grounds, .'ill young people of public school age are urged to be present to meet Irvin Green, director of acti vities. and hear all about the sports and games that are being planned. Mr. Green is expected to jlfrive Friday of this week to ctitffstp .?rrangemems with Coach lit?" Ol son and the Rev. James R. Crook, chairman of the steering commit tee. Coach Olson and Hobart Mc Keever. treasurer of the Summer Recreation Fund, have ordered equipment for the following sports rod games: basketball, Softball, wtlleyball. badminton, paddle tennis, ping-pong (or table tennis), horseshoes, and others. Other activities will include hikes, square< dancing, swimming parties and picnics. The program Tuesday afternoon 'will include demonstrations Of the less familiar games which will be cffered, announcements of future schedules and activities, and en tertainment or refreshments for every boy and girl in attendance. A brand new and exoiting game railed "box hockey" will be intro duced as soon as the.^wpupment can be Obtained. "Dritlking foun tains are being installed at each end of the fair grounds and a store room for athletic equipment has been prepared under the gymna s um. Every effort will be exerted to prevent the Recreation program's conflicting with the Vaoation Church Schools being conducted by the Churches of the city. Arvil E. Welborn Dies In Statesville Arvil E. Wekborn. 73, prominent j I retired furniture manufacturer, | f ed unexpectedly Thursday at 5:15 p. m. in a Statesville hospital. I He had entered the hospital a week I lefore for treatment following a 1 fall that he had while at St. SinKxi'5 Island, Ga. He was re-, ioverin< satisfactorily, and Wayne 'elborn who had been there with [ Lk father, left Thursday morning ; 'o return to Waynesbotro, Ga. About 1:45 that afternoon Mr. | I felhorn suffered a sudden attack | tad died a half hour later. A native of Guilford County, he | 'as born March 7, 1877, the son j I ti Mr. and Mrs. Arvil Welborn. I He went from High Point to States- j I tile in 1900 and on May 20, 1902, I 'e married Miss Carrie Ayers of | I Statesville and established their, ee there. Mr. Welborn became a leader P Industrial wort of that coan I sanity, taking an active and con ive part in civic Mfe, also I living faithful service to the i Associate Reformed PreSby-, " Church, where he wu a *r for 50 years. Mr. Wei l's business life wms vent in ?nrniture industry and be prominently identified In 1 Add. He wae the co-founder [?o Statesville ry^ir ?mtroUing earner of ? Purniture I ot the n*my. He, wftttt i I 8 Powd. R a Foard, j in the Waynesboro Veneer Company, Waynesboro, Ga.; president of the Allendale Veneer Company of Allendale, S. C. He was a charter member of the J Statesville Country Club, a former member of the Statesville Kiwanis Club and was organizer and found er of the Statesville Plywood and , Veneer Company. Mr. and Mrs. I Welborn left Statesville in 1932 and made their home in Waynes boro. Ga. In 1933 he retired from active business and in 1947, he' -?nd his wife returned "to States-' ville where they had retained | their home. ?Mr. Welborn had been an elder in the First A. R. P. Church for some time prior to his death. | Funeral services were held at the home on Saturday afternoon. Officiating ministers were Dr. J. H. Presley, pastor emeritus of the church, and the Rev. J. L. Patrick of Charlotte, a former pastor. Riders and deacons of the church served as pail bearers. Burial was in the family plot in Oakwood Cemetery. Surviving are the widow; three sons, Arvil W? K. Wayne, and Oscar H? of Waynesboro, one daughter. Mrs. R. G. Alexander of Murphy, 11 grandchildren and one great-grsndobild Including Robert Glenn Alexander, Jr., Welborn. Fitank and Carolyn Alexander, aad Robert Glenn Alexander, HI, of Murphy; several sisters and an aunt Mrs G. M. Norwood of Raleigh Mr. and Mb. Welborn lined for several years la Murphy, and after <^ey moved to Wayneabom, they 63 Are Graduated At Murphv High School Monday The following 63 students re ceived their diplomas from Mur phy High School Monday evening [ at graduation exercises: ? .Thomas Norwood Alexander. [ Valedictorian: Edith Barbara Adams, Salutatorian; Audrey Dap hne Akin, Phyllis Monteith Arno v.ood, Jessie Ruth Barnett, Evelyn Lucille Barton. Sally Kate Barton, Rosemary Beaver, Gordon Richard Iiradshaw, Jesse Russel Bradshaw, William Eugene Brown, Helen Frances Cearley. Doris Lee Chas ten, Martha Jean Chastain. Betty Ann Clay, Carroll Brite Clonts, Carol Cole, ? Mary Frances Cook, James Jackie Crisp. Vincent Wayne Crisp, Opal Jean Curtis, Harold Davidson, Rex Martens Davis, Ric hard Lewis Deweese. Ethel Mae Dockery, Kathleen Thelma Gibson, Mary Lou Gordan, William Eddie Graham. James Garnell Hall. John Burton Hall, Johnny Hall, Jr., Waiter Eugene Hall, Euna vice Hedrick, Ellen Rose Helton, Doris Ann Hendrix. James Voyd Kogan, William Clarence Hughes. Felix Homer Johnson. Gaynell Kinoaid. Icey Lois Laney. Anne Mae Leatherwood. Joan Hedden Ledford, Billy Wade Lovingood, Wayne Allen Lovingood, Arthur Benjamin Martin, Bruce William Mills. Mary Kathleen Plemmons, Eillie Ruth Ricks, Gerald Roberts, Peggy Anne Savage. Dorothy Mae Shields, Ever Ruth Shields, I enore Avery Simonds. Kermit Stiles. Maynard Claude StileS, Clara Mae Taylor, Hollice Taylor. James Lax Taylor, Madlyn Taylor, Billie Jean Teague, Jack Elmer | Thompson, Nancy Emily Wells, James Harold West. Robbery Charged To Boys Two teen-age boys were appre hended Monday night by deputy Donald Anderson, ol Andrews, Patrolmen J. C, Long, J. C. Luns :ord and L. J. Lance ^connection with the beating and. Tmbtonig of ! an elderly man Monday afternoon j near Andrews. | Jack Dillard Whitaker, 16, and \ his 13-year-old companion, both j of the Andrews section, are alleg j cd to have beaten Oscar Hensley I and robbed him of approximately , $980. I Hensley, who said he recogniz | ed the two youths, was quoted as i saying Whltaker jumped on him ! about 4:30 Monday afternoon at i Webb Creek Road, about one mile j west of Andrews. He said Whita l er beat him into submission with , * toy cap pistol. I The boys were arrested at the Smoky Mountain bus station here where they had bought tickets to IE' Paso, Tex. Patrolman Lance i said the pair confessed to the | robbery, and Whitaker made a signed statement. I I Whitaker was lodged in jail here j: .nd was given a preliminary hear-1 ing Tuesday before Justice of the , Peace F. O. Bates and bound over to Superior Court under a $2,500 bond. The younger boy was taken to Andrews jail Monday night to await hearing in juvenile court. ] INJURED I Paul Roberts of Patrick was seriously injured while workihg in timber near River Hill today 11Thursday) and is receiving treat ment at Potrie Hospital. I T. J. Hill, Murphy Native, Dies In Florida Thomas J. Hill, prominent law yer, was taken by death in Orlan do, Fta.. May. 25. He was born February 9, 1878, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Hill, and a brother of the late Dr. J. N. Oil of Murphy. Mr. Hill wan a former ?f Murphy and was in partnetahlp sth John H. DHlnrd for several yean. He received a B. S. degce from the University of North Caro lina in 1MB and was member of (bend Beta Kappa Society of the University. He served oa the CMy Council of Greensboro, 8. C? for! Men's Bible Methodist Church of Greensboro, j While (he lived there he accumu iated much real estate. Funeral services and burial were held in Orlando May 27. Survivors include: the widow, the former Hattie Coivard of toung Harris, Ga.; a daughter, Mrs. Wilbur C. Leach of New Vork CJty; two brothers, Fehx of Liberty end Arthur of Detroit. Mich.; two listers, Mrs. Mary ShaefTer of Athens, Teem., and Mm. Cynthia Of Uberty. Mas Joan Green of AaheviHe Is anting this week with Mr. and t. I. R. MeGee Runoff For Representative By Mason, Duncan Expected Cherokee Oounty county voters ' M eret to the polls in large numb ers Saturday to cast their ballots [ for the candidates of their choice. Official figures were released Yuesday by Chairman Abe Hem l<ree following the meeting of the Board of Elections The closest race in the county voting was for Representative, on the Democratic ticket, J. L. Mason polling 871, J. H. Duncan, incum bent, 828, and Mrs. G. |W. Dover, 720. It is thought that Duncan v/ill ask for a second primary. W. A. Adams was unopposed as the Republican candidate. J. L. Hall, incumbent, received 1,513 votes for Clerk of Court, Arnold Derreberry receiving 838. Claude Anderson was unopposed as Republican candidate. Frank Crawford, incumbent, re ceived 2,034 for Sheriff, While ??ames Clayton received 343. Bruce West, Republican candidate, re ceived 812 against Fred Taylor's 49, for Sheriff. The contest in the general election this fall, therefore, will be between Craw ford and West. Virgil O'Dell won the Republi can nomination for Register of Deeds with 457 votes against Low en Dockery's 394. Joe Higdon was unopposed as Democratic candidate for this office. For State Senate, R. S. Jones ?jf Franklin received in the district the high vote of 4,540. against 3, 105 for Dr. Kelly Bennett of Bry son City. Cherokee County gave ?hese candidates the following votes: Jones 1187, Bennett 846, ? nd Conley 193. For Solicitior of the District Incumbent Thad Bryson with 6, 797 defeated his opponent, A. A. Rice, who received 1093 votes. For County Board of Education the following were nominated: members at large, Noah Hembree | v.ih 1,553 votes and Lewis King .Vilh 1048 votes against the 814 for Mrs. W. A. Hoover; Lawson '.unsford, as member from second district, with 633 votes, defeated V G. Kilpatrick, who received 264. Sam Jones with 428 votes de feated Victor Raxter, 421, for County Commissioner from Dis trict 1; and Gay Hawkins with 160 votes defeated B. B. Morrow, 177, for County Commissioner I from District 3. I Lists Methodist Church Services Sunday School starts at First Methodist Church Sunday at 9:45, -nd the pastor, the.Rev. R. Del fcc-rt Byram will preach on, "The Importance of Growing Up" at 11 o'clock. Evening Youth Meeting is at 6:30, and the pastor will preach on. "Job's Declaration of Faith" at 8 o'clock. Family Night at Church will be observed on Wednesday evening June 7. at 6:30 o'clock, beginning witih supper in the Assembly Room of the ohureh. Supper will be "pot luck" style. Group singing '.ill be enjoyed by everyone, fol lowed with several numbers by the "Barber Shop Quartet" under tile leadership of C. R. Freed. The -emainder of the program will be devoted to the theme: "June and Romances". Choir rehearsal will be held at 8 o'clock, fallowing the Family Night program. LEAVES COUNTY Dr. I. M. Weir, who has been practicing medicine at Fostell for the past few months, has left to i take up public health work in Concord TO VISIT HERE A representative of the AAe ville Field Office of the Social Security Administration will be at the Court House la Murphy at 1KI0 June ?. Hold Vacation Bible School Two Weeks Dr. Frank Graham Leads In Race For U.S. Senate Dr. Frank Graham led Willis Smith with about 50,000 votes in the Primary Saturday for the position as the State's Junior U. S. Senator. Smith has not yet stated whether he will ask for a runoff in a Second Primary. Waldo Cheek defeated his op ponent H. R. Bostain for Insurance Commissioner; and E. B. Denny defeated Oscar Efird for Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court. Cherokee County gave the can didates on the state ticket the fol lowing votes; Graham 1340, Smith I 079, Reynolds 290. Boyd 18, Denny > '208. Efird 524. Cheeck 1053, and I Bostian 750. Bobby Patton Has Head Injury Bobby Patton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Patton, suffered head injuries Saturday when he was kicked by a horse. He was able tc return home fronrVetrie hospi tal Wednesday and is recuperat ing there. Registration at 10 o'clock Frt oay morning of this week, follow ed by a parade on the streets of Murphy, will feature the opening of the Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church. Classes are being planned for beginners pri maries, juniors, and intermediates, and all those expecting to attend are asked to go to the church Fri day morning to register. Regular classes will start Monday and con tinue five days a week for tiwo weeks, from 9 to 11:30 a. m. The Rev. J. Alton Morris will act as principal of the school. Mrs. R. D. Chandler will be assistant principal: Miss Moselle Moore, music director: Mrs. Arden Davis ;.nd Miss Mary Lee Roberts, secre taries. The following will work in the arious departments: Beginners: Mrs. Newell Mc Donald, superintendent; Mrs. Clyde , Wilson, Mrs. J. L. Baugh, Mrs. Phyllis Monteith Airowood, Miss Peggy Baugh, Miss Betty Jim Davis. Primaries: Mrs. J. E. Whittfield, superintendent: Mrs. George Port wood. Miss Barbara Arnold, Mrs. J. B. Hall, Mrs. W. A. SherriU, Mrs. A. D. Peacock, Mrs. J. Alton Morris. Juniors: Mrs W. A. Hoover, I tuperintendeirt; Mrs. Arthur Mic . Crary. Miss Rwgv Savogo; * - [ Intermediates: Mrs. R. S. Bault, : uperintendent; Mrs. E. L. Shields, r. G. I vie, Miss Addie Mae Cooke. W. Bruce Fisher Is Taken By Death ANDREWS?W. Bruce Fisher,. 75, who had been prominent in the civic and business life of An drews for the past half century, died at his home here early Sun bay morning following a long ill ness. Born in Jackson County, June i2, 1875, he oame to Andrews in1 1891. arriving on the first passen-! jer train to operate between Ashe ??ille and Murphy and had made his home here since. He served I as railway agent in Andrews from 1891 until 1900, taking over the i'uties at the age of sixteen as the youngest agent in the Southern Pailway System. In point of service. Fisher was I the oldest merchant in Cherokee County and one of the oldest in ] Western North Carolina. He was i ctive in community affairs until his health failed about two years ago, and even as an invalid he was active in working for the road end school bond issue last year. Fisher's most noteworthy civic activity was spearheading a move ment to establish a graded school :n Andrews in 1904 and later in .-iising funds for two of the build ings that now serve the Andrews' | school system. He also was a leader in the successful campaign, I many years ago, for the Carnegie t ublic library here. The son of Daniel G. and Elisa beth Harris Fisher, he married I.liss Leila Oolvard, February 12, 1896. He and Mis. Fisher cele brated their golden wedding anni versary in 1946. Mrs. Fisher died two years ago Surviving are two daughters, the Misses Mabel and lfer?nt Fisher of Andrews A son died in in fancy. Alio surviving are a num ber of nephews and ntoees. Funeral services were held in the Andrews of r .was ? d^r ate the Rev C. C. liam E. Hall, pastor of the St. An drews Lutheran Church here, the Rev. Rufus Morgan, Episcopal minister of Franklin, and the Rev. L. B. Abernathy, retired Methodist minister of Charlotte. Pallbearers were Roger A. Dewar.'Dr. Charles O. Van Gorder, Shuford D. Robinson, Boyd B. Pobinson, W. T. Forsyth, and Jack Herbert, all of Andrews, R. D. Chandler of Murphy and Thomas H. Hunt of Asheville. Honorary pallbearers were mer chants and business men of An drews. The body was at the home from 8:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. Monday and lay in state at the church f om 1:30 until time for the funer al services. Hie Funeral Home was in charge. Baptist Services Are Announced The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pas | tor of First Baptist Church has .-mounted that his sermon topic | for Sunday morning at 11 o'clock will be, "Where There Is No Vis ion the People Perish", and Cor Sunday evening at 8 o'clock, "'Hie Hand Writing on the Wall". Vacation Bible School will open ?t the church Monday at 9 a m. Registration and a parade wiH be held at 10 a. m. Friday of u* week. Defalk are given In j story In this pape I Beginning Sunday i 11. and continuing _ 18, revival services will be bakl at the church with the Rev. R S. Sauk of Mobile. Ala., doing the preaching. Servieeo ad be dally at 9 a m. and ? p. at i Urn B. W. C. wfll at 8*0 tar a
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