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FREEDOM? Thoae who deny freedom to othen deaerve k not far tbemael vea, and. under a Juat God. cannot long retain It.?Abraham T-'""Mn VOLUME it ? NUMBER 14 MPtrai, NOKTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1950 EIGHT PAGES THIS Hangingdog Church Is Dedicated Sunday Dedication Service at Hanging-* M Baptist Church Sunday wag tttended by a large crowd, it being a "homecoming" for many former pastors and members of the church. Hie Rev Robert Barker preach ed the dedication sermon, using u his topic, "The Dedication of the Temple", using the rtory of the dedication of the Temple ehioh Solomon built. He quoted (mm Kings: "And the Lord said onto him. I have heard thy prayer ?nd thy supplication, that thou hast made before me; I have hal lowed this house, which thou hast bait. ,to put my name there for ever, and mine eyes and mine heart shall be these perpetually." He told his congregation that the eyes, and heart and hands of the [x?d are constantly on the church He loves The program opened at 10 a. I a when music was given by the choir. The welcome address w made by the partnr, the Rev. W. T. TVuett, and the Rev. Fred Stiles I responded. W. A. Adams gave the history of the (inarch, and a. D. Keptart give the history of the Kepfaart family which contributed money for butkHng of the church. Lurch ass served following Mr Butter's amnion. la the afternoon the former pas-1 tan were The Rev. D. K Birthfiedd, Mm Rev. James Tniett, the Rev. Fred Sttles. the Rev W. P. EMott, the Rev. Wei. don Wert, the Rev. Ralph Mrthe on. and the Rev. C. A. Sexton. Hans for the dedication were made by the following committee: W A. Adams, W. F. Davis and A. D. Kephart. L L Mason Opens law Office Here L. L. Mason of Murphy opened i law office in the Hail Building Has week. After graduating from Murphy High School in 1043, Mason studied two years of pre law at Mars Hill College He studied one year of pre-law at Wake Forest College School of Liberal Arts, one year of law at Wake Forest College School of law and three years of law at Claude L. Love's Low Sdhool in Adteville. Mason passed the North Caro lina State Bar Examination in August. After taking the oaths of Attorney at the September Term (I Superior Court in Buncombe County he was admitted to the Bar by Judge Harold K. Bennett as u attorney and counselor of law. C.L. Butler Again Heads Chamber ANDREWS?The annual meeting of the Andrews Chamber of Com merce was held here Mon. night in \ fie town hall. Last year's offi- j ters were reelected consisting of | lie following: president, Gordon fee Butler; vice-president, L. B. Kchols; secretary. Sam Jones; treasurer. Mrs. Claude Dorsey. Members of the board of direc tors with two year terms who were fried over are: Dr. C. O. Van border, Ty Burnette, Robert Hea ton. New directors elected were: Miss Mabel Fisher, A1 G. Brown, '? W. Baity. ttie next quarterly meeting of ?* body will be held in January, "d will be a dinner meeting. A M*aker of note will be procured to Irtdress the gathering. Negates Attend I.C.E. A, Meeting tnd Mrs. Walter Puett and J*" Jordan were delegates from Murphy NCSA to toe district JdMig held in AshevWe Tues * this week. Sally Morris. "Mt Ivie sod Rosalind Stalcup ' .town? the Western district children appearing St toe fl meeting of music teacb i**t*rooon. Hie Mur ,T?o sang "Wfll Tou Setnesn 1 J* Romberg, aad "A Brown Mrs, C.C. Buchanan To Speak Tuesday On United Nations United Nations Day. October 24. will be celebrated in Murphy with a speech on that subject by Mrs. C. C. Buchanan o4 Cullo whee at First Methodist Church at 7:15 that eyeninr. Mrs. Buchanan will be a guest of Mur phy Lions Club at its dinner meeting at 8:30 when members of Murphy Civitan Club also will be the Lions' gueata. Mrs. Buchanan attended sever al sessions of the Security Coun cil the past summer. The public is invited to hear Mrs. Buchanan in the auditorium at the Methodist Church at 7:15. Murphy Woman's Club. Home Demonstration Clubs and other organisations are requesting their members to attend. Mrs. Roy Fuller Is P. T. A. President! The Murphy P.-T. A. will meet Monday. October 23. at 7:30 p. ra in the Primary auditorium with Mrs. Roy Fuller, president, in charge. 'Miss Genevieve Burton, field I worker tor the N. C. Congress of Parents, will be guest speaker for I the piogiam. Hie Rev. R. Delbert j Byrum will have charge of the de- \ votional. Mm. R. P. Jones will present plans tor a HhHowe'en Carnival. A social hour wiil follow the meeting with Mrs J, H. Duncan and Mm SBWey Steele in charge. Mrs. Roy Fuller*held a meeting of the executive committee of the P.-T. A. last week, when commit tee assignments were made and plans for the year discussed. The following officers and com mittee chairmen will serve for the 5 ear: Mrs. Roy Fuller, president; Mrs. L. W. Shields, vice-president; Mrs. Duke Whitley, secretary; Mr. Rob ert Easley, treasurer. Hospitality. Mrs. J. H. Duncan, Chairman, Miss Shirley Steele, Co Chairmarl: Devotional. Miss Emily Sword, Membership, Mrs. Ben Pal mer; Ways and Means, Mrs. R. P. Jones. Chairman, Mrs. C. K. Olson, Co-Chairman; Program, Miss Jane Hill, Mrs. Harvey Wilson; Publicity, Mrs. Don Gentry; Room Represen tatives. Mrs. H. Bueck, Mrs. P. G. Ivie, Co-Chairman; P.-T. A. Maga zine, Mrs. Bess Alverson, Proce dure and By-Laws, Miss Amanda SI agio; Legislature, Merle Davis; Lunch Room, Robert Easley. Byrum's Sermon Topic Announced The Rev. R. Delbert Ryrum, pas tor of First Methodist Church, has renounced that his sermon topic for Sunday morning will be, "Some Christian Imperatives". Sunday evening the youth of the church will have charge of the worship service. The following will participate: Ann Forrester, Judy Cook, Larry Posey, Gene Bates, Jane Brendle, and Mrs. Beryle Witt. Sunday School will be held at 9:45 a. m. and Evening Youth Meeting at 6 p. m. At the mid-week service on Wednesday evening, October 25, at 7:30 a special program will be presented in connection with the "Week of Prayer" observance. Mrs. Beryl Witt will lead the ser vice and other participants are Mrs. Merle Davis, Miss Adeila Meroney, Mrs. Roy Fuller and Mrs. Frank Ellis. The Worker's Conference of the Church will meet in the ladies' par lor of the church on Thursday, October 26, at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. (peorge Mauney will preside. SIGN SCROLLS Murphy school children are rtgning the Crusade for Freedom J1 Scrolls which were brought to the pchool lest week by County Chair nan P. B. Ferabee. PRIZE WINNING BOOTH?First prize for The dub's exhibit, entitled, "Nutrition Express", Is Home Demonstration Club exhUMta st the recent pictured here. Cherokee Cburity Flsir went to the Murphy Club! Nutrition Express Takes First Place In Home Demonstration Exhibits Murphy Home Demonstration Club's exhibit on "Nutrition Ex prees" took first price at the Cfoer ckee County Mr held recently. Hie booth was built around the baric seven foods needed for a well balanced diet Hie "Nutrition Ex press", a train engine, was seen pulling seven loaded boxcars through the lMUe town of "Health ful Vista". Bach little ear Was loaded with one of the seven basic foods. Hie first' car was filled with green and y&tum vegriHs; the second car held oranges, tomatoes. bad grapefruit; the third car con tained potatoes and other vegetab les and fruits; the fourth oar was loaded with milk, cheese and Ice cream; the fifth car held meat, poultry, flidh and egft the sMh car contained bread and cereals; and the seventh oar finished the seven groups by carrying butter and margarine. Bach car was the same color as the group whtch it represented on the basic seven c$*rt which was displayed in background. Otiearners d the am color crepe paper as used in each group on the chart made a beautiful color wheel around it. The colon used were green, orange, pink, white, yellow, blue and brown. Attractive and meaningful tigna displayed along the railroad track added humor as well as meaning to the exhibit. Some of the signs used were, "Decayed Tooth Hol low", "Pat Man's Ridge", "Blind Crossing", "Malnutrition Tunnel", and others. Mountains covered in trees were used in the background, and a healthful littfe town lay peacefully in the valley. REV. S. GUY WALKER Rev. S. Guy Walker To Hold Revival ANDREWS ? Revival Services will begin at First Baptist Church here Sunday, Oct. 22, continuing through Sunday Oct. 29. The Rev. S. Guy Walker, pastor of Temple Baptist Church of Gastonia will do the preaching, and the Rev. J. A. Richardson will lead the singing. Services will be conducted each day at 10 o'clock and each evening at 7:30 o'clock. There will be special music planned during the entire revival. The public is invited. Forces To Re-Organize Arden Davis, chairman of the Cherokee County Forces For Tem perance and Law Enforcement is calling a meeting of interested citizens at 10 o'clock a. m. on Wed nesday, October 25, at First Bap tist Church in Murphy. This will be a re-organizational meeting, and K is open to the pub lic. A large crowd is expected. AT CONFERENCE The Rev. and Mrs. Jtsmee R. Crook and son, Arthur, Mrs. F. V. Taylor and Mrs. C. W. Savage at tended the District Conference of District No. 3 of the Women of the Church of Aabevtile PreSbyteral at Bryaon Qtty Saturday. $558,068.68 Spent On Local Roads W. M. Corkill, division engineer of the State Highway Commission, announces a tital expenditure out of the Bond money in Cherokee County of $558,068.68, through the period ending August 31. A total of $297,160.97 has been spent in Clay County, and $186,776.56 in Graham. Commandment Is Sermon Topic "The Call to Sincerity", an expo sition of the Third Commandment, will be the topic of the sermon by the pastor of the Murphy Presby terian Church Sunday morning, October 22, at the 11 o'clock ser vice. The Rev. James R. Crook is studying the commandments with the Presbyterian Youth Fel lowship each Sunday evening, and this series of sermons is the result of the discussion of the young people's group. The final session of the Wednes day evening study of the Christian home will be held at the church October 25 at 7:30 p. m. The ohoir will practice immediately following the Church Night ser vice. Representatives of the Presby terian Men's Club will attend the district rally of the Men of the Presbytery at Sylva Friday night at 6:30. Oars will leave the church at 5:00 p. m. The Youth Fellowship and the Pioneer Fellowship groups will meet at the church Sunday night[ at 6:30. The Pioneers are com posed of children In the fourth through the eighth grades. Betty Jean Moore is the newly-elected president of the Youth Fellowship, and Ed Gibbs is president of the Pioneers. VIOLET SERVICES Violet Baptist Church now has preaching every Sunday. Previ ous to this (time the church has had preaching only twice each month. Sunday School is heM each Sunday morning at 10:80, and the woraMp service is at 11:80. The Rev. W. T. SUHh la palter. < Bishop Henry On Episcopal Hour Bishop M. George Henry of the Diocese of Western North Caro lina will be the speaker on The Episcopal Hour Sunday morning alt 8:30. Some of the stations from which The Episcopal Hour may be heard ere: WWNC. Asheville; WGNC, Gastonia; WHKY, Hickory; WMNC Morganton; WHCC, Waynesville; W. S. B., Atlanta. Bishop Henry will be at the Church of the Messiah here in Murphy for a Confirmation ser vice on Sunday night, November 5, at 7:30. A baptismal service will also be held. Peachtree P. T. A, Plans Carnival The Peachtree P. T. A. met recently and appointed a commit tee consisting of the officers of the P. T. A. to make plans for the fall carnival to be held Fri day. October 27, at 7:30. The committee has announced (hat some of the features of the carnival will be the "House of Horrors", fishing pond, wringing of live ducks' necks, rifle target practice, cake-walks, beauty con tests, ugliest man contest and tingo. A food and drink stand will be set up. The proceeds wUl be used to help pay for a movie projector for the school. Preachers, Deacons To Have School An assooiational-wide Preachers' and Deacons' week will be held in the West Liberty Baptist Associa tion beginning on Monday. October 30. Rev. J. C. Pipes, general M5a s'onary for the Baptist State Con vention, will conduct the work. The Rev. N. B Phillips, of Hender sonville and the Rev. J. A. Richard son, pastor of First Baptist Church of Andrews, will be guest speakers for the week. Mrs. Lewis Smith of. Holly Springs. Mias. Is visiting her par trie, Mr. aid Mis. Mk Roberts Freedom Campaign To Close October 24 The North Carolina Crusade for 1 Freedom campaign, whdrii was | scheduled to end this week, has been extended to Tuesday, Octo ber 24, it is announced by Chair man Percy B. Ferebee. The Crusade was launched nationally on Monday, September 4, with a radio address by Gener al Eisenhower but did not get under way in the Carolines until October 1. Now, because of the campaign's growing momentum throughout the State and nation, the closing date has been post poned until the 24th of this month. More than a million Americans have already signed the Freedom Scrolls. As a result of the exten sion, it is hoped that the total number of scroll signers will reach five million. North Carolina's quota in this vital drive to com bat the high-geared Soviet propa ganda machine and keep the world free from Communism la 160,000 signatures. However, State Cru sade officials are hoping that as many as half a mdllton Tar Heels will sign the scrolls. Murphy Bulldogs Bow To Maroons The Murphy High Bulldog* were defeated by tile Swain High Mtarcwrrs of Bryson OKy Friday night !by a soore of 28-7. The Maroons scored twice In the drat period both on long drives with Mlack Hyatt and Gene Anyei doing moat of the running. The second quarter had Bryson Gtty control: ng the ball most of the time. They twice drove past the Murphy 20 yard line but the Mur phy line led by Dockery, Mulkey and Zimmerman rose up and kept them from scoring.' 'Murphy could do little though around the bis Bryson Oilty line, end the halt ended 12 to 0. Murphy took the kickoff to start the third period and promptly started a drive that led to their only touchdown, with Fred Coffey and Bobby Boiling doing most od the ball-carrying, and Glen Swaim leading the way with some nice blocking. The touchdown caime on a beautiful 45 yard $ass play from Coffey to Wade Zimmerman. This was the first touchdown scored .against Bryson City in conference 'play. Bryson City took the kick j off -and marched for another touch down with Mack Huatt doing -most | of ithe ball-carrying. The fourth period found Murphy able to move the ball but they were not able to I put on a scoring drive. Bryson . City put on their final scoring c'rive in the fourth period on a long drive with Hyatt again doing most of the ball-carrying. Outstanding for Murphy were , Sherrill, Dockery. Mulkey and Zimmerman looking good in the line and Coffey, Boling and Swaim were outstanding in the backfield. For Bryson City it was Hyatt end Anyle and Lambert in the , backfield and Cope and Freeman | were outstanding in the line. A. L Belle Isle Died Here Sunday Alvin L. Belle Isle 66, of Atlanta. Ga? owner of the large Belle Isle enterprises in Atlanta, died in a Murphy hospital Sunday follow ing a heart attack. He was stricken on a fishing trip on the lake here Saturday and was taken to the hospital. Beginning his career as the first operator of a taxi cab in Atlanta, Belle Isle built up a business en terprise made up of several firms. They include the Yellow Cab in Atlanta, the Lincoln Gab Company for Negroes, a truck and rental service, a tire and accessories store and Belle Isle Motors in Decatur, Ga. I The body was taken to Atlanta j Sunday by Towtwon Funeral Home end delivered to Patterson Funer al Home there. BIBLE SCHOOL A Bible School was conducted last week at Pleasant H1H Church in West Liberty tron. The adults buMnl the bock "Our Doctrines", by Sr. TO GO TO JAPAN?Mas Kath leen Roberts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Roberts, who will re port to Washington, D. C.. Octo ber 30 to become a member at the Red Cross staff for overseas duty, She iwtil go from there to 1he Far East Theatre, pooaUbty Japan. She served with the Red Cross in 1945-1947 la Okinawa, and Tokyo, Japan. (Mans Plan Scholarship Fund Memory Of Mclver Murphy Civitan Olub has made plans for a scholarship fund which is to be known as 'Hie Window Mclver Memorial Scholarship Fund", in memory of the late Sir. Mclver, a charter member of the club. The club win sponsor a play. "Jtt'a a .Pate", on October ? and 28, to TafSe funds for this purpose. The scholarship will be given to a deserving graduate of Murphy High School and is plan ned as an annual project of the club. At the meeting Monday evening, Raphael Deegan reported for the Junior Civitan committee and an nounced the organization of a Junior Civitan Club at Murphy High School. Thirty charter mem bers make up the club: 17 seniors and 13 juniors. The following of ficers were introduced: President, Harry Lovingood; vice-president, Fred Coffey; secretary, Leon Gee; and treasurer. J. B. Gentry. Other Junior Oivttans will be guests at later meetings. President O. L. Anderson read a letter from Murphy Lions Club inviting all Civitan members to be their guerts at the next Lions meeting, Oct. 24. A. L. Buchanan was a guest of Walter Coleman. Baptist Services Are Announced The Rev. J. Alton Morris an nounces that he will preach on. ?The Brook of Plenty" Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at First Bap tist Church. His topic at 7:30 Sunday evening will be, "Chritt is the Victory". W. M. S. circles will meet Tues day afternoon at 2:30, the Lottie Moon with Mrs. E. L. Shields; Mae Perry, with Mrs. E. J. Darnell; and Fannie E. Heck, with Mrs. Ralph Adams. Tuesday at 3:15 the In termediate G. A. will meet, and Sunbeams will meet at the church. Thursday at 3:15 the Junior G. A. will meet with Judy Davis, and the Junior R. A. with Mrs. L. W. Hendrix. Masons To Confer Degrees Saturday Frank Ferguson, Worshipful Mas ter of Cherokee Lodge, No. 146, has announced that a call meeting wtti be held in the Masonic Hail bene Saturday, October 21, it 7:90 p. m., tor the purpose of ring the Master's Degree A i degree team will be In i Annual lifts! J 200 I J. C.
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