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FREEDOM? Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themsel ves. and. under a Just God, cannot long retain it.?Abraham Lincoln. VOLUME 61?NUMBER 15 MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER it, 195* EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK Mrs. C. C. Buchanan U. N. Day Speaker \ United Nations Day program) ^3$ presented at First Methodist Church Tuesday at 7:15 P. M. The program opened with an organ prelude by Mrs. Duke Whitley, fol lowed by invocation by the Hev. j, Alton Morris and the United Nations Hymn. Approximately 150 people attended. Next was the entrance of flags, color guard from 4-H Clubs Shir ley Carver, Emma Jean Shields, Edwin Hendrix, William Franklin, 4-H'ers. Mrs. C. C. Buchanan, librarian it Western Carolina Teachers CSol kgc. Cullow'hee an outstanding authority in this section on the United Nations, was guest speaker. She was introduced by H. Bueok. | Mrs. Buchanan has attended meetings of the Security Council since its organization, including 15 meetings during the past four I months, while doing graduate work 1 at Columbia University and is probably the best qualified and best informed person on the sub- ' ;eot in this part of the state. The program was closed with the Song of Peace, and benediction by W. N. Bolton. - L.B. Nichols Is P. T. A. President ANDREWS?A meeting was held Wednesday afternoon, Oat. 18, in the High School auditorium 1 for the purpose of reorganizing the Parents-Teachers Association., The meeting was opened with a song "Glory to God", by the local High School Glee Club under the direction of Mrs. I. B. Hudson. I The Rev. James A. Alien gave the devotional, using scripture and , prayer ? "" . I A report, of the m-dlgTing con.-. mittee composed of Mrs. Edwin' Bristol, Mrs. Galusha Pullium, and Mrs. Battle, was given by Mrs. I Bristol, chairman, as follows: L. B. Nichols, president; -Mrs. Zeb Ooo-1 ley, vice-president; Miss Martha Jeanne Mull, secretary, and Joseph Sursavage. treasurer. New teachers and principal of | the school were introduced by Supt. I. B. Hudson. A large vase of roses and a check for $25 were presented to the organization by Mrs. C. S. Freel. | Plans were formulated to hold the annual Harvest Sale on Satur day night, Nov. 4, at the high school auditorium. Mrs. Luke { Ellis was appointed as chairman of the Harvest Sale and working with her are Mrs. Gordon L. But ler. Mrs. Wade Recce, Mrs. L. B. | Nidhols. Mrs. Charles Huffman, Mrs. Polly McGuire, and Mirs. ; Lenna Ford. The first P. T. A. meeting of the year will be held in the school j auditorium on the second Tuesday ol November at 3:15 p. m. John T. McMillan | Taken At Age 76 J John T. McMillan, 76, died in, Ms home in Murphy at 9516 a. m. Saturday, Oct. 21. He had spent nost of his life dn Cherokee Coun ty. He is survived by the widow, Hrs. Barbara Hardness McMillan; "tree sons, Ralph of GaStonia, Jack Of Murphy; Henshel of Route 2, J Hurphy; two daughters, Mrs. Miae ' ?bson. Route 2, Murphy, and "iss Florence McMillan of Mur fly, 14 grandchildren and four Btat-grandehiWren. fhmeral services were held Sun <**y M 2 p. m. in Rogers Chapel *th the Rev. Oscar Winkler and ?fe nev. Wayne Crisp oftteiattag. Burial was In the church cemetery Town son Funeral Home In rge. Truett To Preach On "Better Life" I , J"* Rev. w. T. Truett will ir^ * Ranger Baptist Church I it 11 a. m., at Mt. Morlah lf*t Church Sunday at 2 p. m., ifcpewell Baptist Church at , ? m. Hia sermon edbject "* "The Better Life" School Observes United Nations Day United Nations Day was observ ed in Murphy Schools on Tuesday by observing .two minutes of silent prayer at eleven o'clock when the chimes were played. Attractive bulletin boards were arranged for the week by Miss Maria Travis and Miss Roberta Spiers. All student? were invited to the county meeting which was held at the Methodist Church on Tuesday night. Easley Completes Sales Course R. W. Easley. Jr., Special Repre sentative in Murphy, for the Jef ferson Standard Life Insurance Company, recently completed a six-day Sales Training Course held at his Company's Home Office in Greensboro. Eighteen agents from throughout the Company's 30-sta'.e territory were selected to attend the school. The study courses were conduct ed by members of the Company's Home Office staff and covered such subjeots as "Life Insurance Funda mentals,'' "Life Insurance as Good Property," "Social Security Bene fits Coordinated With Income from Life Insurance," etc. In commenting on the school, Karl Ljung, Agency Manager for the Company, had this to say: "Our purpose in bring these representa tives into the Home Office is to | give 'them a better understanding of the fundamental principles of life insurance and to equip them to render more complete life in surance service to the insuring public." j a. Baptist Association To Hold Meeting Sunday Afternoon The quarterly meeting of the Western North Carolina Baptist Association will be held Sunday 2:30 P. M.. at Martin's Creek Church. P. G. Ivie, moderator, will preside. Reports of the work will be presented by Cyrus White, Mrs. Carl West, and Mrs. Elmer Childers. A playlet will be given by the young people of Truett Memorial Church. The devotional will be given by the Rev. Earl Cable, pas tor of the Mt. Pisgah Church. Special Music will be given by Misses Joanne Crawford, Martha and Joanne Moore of Mt. Pisgah Church. Miss Doris Raxter of Andrews Church will tell What Frultland meant to her this summer. Mrs. John Savage will speak on what Caswell meant to her. The Rev. Floyd Clark will give some high lights from the Preachers' school at Fruitl'and. The Rev. A. B. Lovell, pastor of Mlarble and Peaehtree Churches, will bring the closing meditation. Byrum Announces Sermon Subjects The Rev. R Delbert Byrum, pas tor of First Methodist Church, has ennourvted that his sermon sub ject for Sunday morning at 11 o'clock will be, "The Gospel of Protestantism" and for Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock, "God's Evergreens". Sunday School will be held Sunday morning at 9:45 and Eve ning Youth Meeting Sunday eve ning at 6. Family Night will be observed on Wednesday evening at 6:30 in the Assembly Room of the church. The board of Stewards of the church will have its regular month ly meeting on Thursday evening, November 2, at 7:30 o'clock In the ladies' parlor. ATTEND RALLY Miss Shirley Steele and Bothy lie Trull attended the D?ri<* ally of the Future Horaemakers America which was held in Klby on Saturday. \ REV. JULIUS SPEARS Rev. J. H. Spears Preaches Sunday The Rev. Julius H. Spears, Dean of Truc'.'-McConnell Junior Col lege Cleveland, Ga., will preach zFirst Baptist Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and Sunday evening ait 7:30 in tihe. absence of the pastor, The Rev. J. Alton Morris, who will be conducting re vival services dn Brooktfkard. Mr. Spears received his A. B. Degree from Mercer 'University; Th. M., from Southern Baptist Theologioal Seminary and M. A. Degree from Duke University. Truett-McConnell Junior Col lege was organized by the Georgia Baptist Convention and named in honor of Dr. George W. Truest and Dr. F. C. McOonnell Sr. The fourth session of the college open ed in September with 114 students enrolled in day school and 45 in night school. The college is operat ed in temporary quarters pending the completion of permanent build ings on a 410-acre site at Cleveland. Georgia. Sunday School will toe held at 9:45 a. m. and Training Union 6:30 p. m. The mid-week Hour of Prayer service will be held Wed nesday evening at 7:30. . 10 Men Leave For Induction Tlhe first group of Cherokee County men to leave for actual in duction into the armed services left Murphy Monday to report to the Veterans Administration Build ing in Charlotte. The 10 men were: J. R. Jones. Simon Eugene Webb, Luther Toby Dockery, William Taylor Kephart. Gracen E. Trant ?ham, Herbert Clark Gibson, Har old C. Higdon. Keith Wilson, Harold Glenn Palmer and Charles Hoover Full wood. On November 2, 15 boys will leave for their physical examina tion. and on November 30. a group of 14 will leave for induc tion. These groups will report to Charlotte. Rev. J. R. Crook Called For Exam. The Rev. James R. Crook, pastor of Murphy PreSbyterian Church, received orders last week to re port for physical examination and stand by for orders to active duty in the army. Mr. Crook is a First Lieutenant an the Infantry. He served four years in World War II, including 25 months in the Southwest Pacific. Presbyterian Services Listed The Call ,to Loyalty" will be the subject of the sermon by the Rev. James R. Crook, pastor, at the Murphy Presbyterian Church Sun-' day morning at 11 o'clock. The offertory music will be a baritone solo by Ted Ploager of Hiwassee Dam with Mrs. Ploeger, accom partis:. Sunday School will meet at 10 a. m. with Franklin Smith, Supt. Youth Fellowship and Pioneer Groups will meet at the church at 0:30 Sunday evening. The moving picture, 'The Lift' cf Paul ", produced by Cathedral Films will be presented at the church in connection with (he midweek services, beginning next Wednesday. The public is invited ! to attend this fine movie in four installments on succeeding Wednes day evenings. The movie will be | shown in the Sunday School a sembly room at 7:30 p. m. | M a recent meeting. Dr. Harry Miller was elected chairman of the l Board of Deacons of the Presby terian Church, and Mack Patton was elected treasurer to succeed | Ben Vaught, who has left Murphy to reside in Chattanooga, and R. ,G. Alexander, Jr., was elected assis tant treasurer. Lutherans Celebrate Reformation Sun. ANDREWS?On the anniversary of the posting of the 95 Theses, the day before All Sainlt's Day, 1517, on the door of the church in Wittenburg by Martin Luther, St. Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran [Ohuroh here will join with the majority of Protestantism in the celebration of Reformation Suijday op. October 2ft at the.regular 1 kitt clock service. This day was set aside, Pastor Wm. E. Hall explained, on account of the bitter experience of Chris tianity in the period of the Re formation when it found that the Church had been misled. "It is a day in which Evangelical Christianity pauses to see whether it is still Evangelical, that is, ac cording to the Bible," he stated. In a divided Protestantism it is one time when the majority of Protestants can come together with singleness of heart and emphasize the three primary doctrines of the Reformation: Justification by Grace alone, for Christ's sake, through faith; that a Christian is at the saime time justified and yet a sinner; and the universal priest hood of all believers. The public is invited. Latham Speaking 5 Days A Week The Rev. L. E. Latham began a daily radio broadcast on station WGST. 920 ke., on Monday, Octob er 23. The program will be heard jfive days each week, Monday I through Friday at 6 a. m. At this hour of the morning WGST will cover much of the Western North | Carolina area. This program will be known as "The Family Altar i Broadcast". Rev.O. Lovell Heads Temperance Forces In County At a meeting in First Baptist Church Wednesday the Cherokee County Forces for Temperance and Law Enforcement elected the Rev. A. B. Lovell as county chair man P. G. Ivie, vice Chairman; and Paul McClure, secretary. It was derided that a meeting would be held fcur times each year. The next meeting will be on January 15, and will be held in the court house. The newly elected officers were appointed to select a steering com mittee of nine whose names wail he presented at the next meeting. 7.05 Miles Road Improvements Are Announced The State Highway Commiseon has finished another 7.05 miles of road improvements in Cherokee County under the accelerated road building program. L. Dale Thrash of Asheville, Tenth Division highway commis sioner, has announced the follow ing work completed during tfhe | month of September: (il) Resurfacing with bituminous concrete from US 64 to Peaehtree via Peaehtree School for 3.3 miles. (2) Grading and surfacing with .traffic-bound macadam the follow ing roads: Dockery Road, 1 mile; Rail Cove Road, 0.4; Coffee Road. 0.15; Owl Creek Road, 0.2; Bluff Road, right. 0.6. (3) Strenthening and stabilizing the following roads: Cumberland Gap Road. 0 3 mile; Joe Brown Road, 02; Wakefield I Rand, 0.9. | Dr. Henry W. Jordan, chairman jof the Highway Commission, re | ports more road work under con struction at this time than ever | before in the history of the Com , mission. Numerous primary and secondary projects will be finished | before the end of the 1950 con struction season. As of September 10, the Com mission had spent $49,874,221,50 end allocated $95,067 744.27 of the | first $125,000,000 in bond funds. Clairbone Speaks On Episcopal Hour The Rt. Rev. Randolph R. Clair borne, Suffragan Bishop of Alaba ma. will be the speaker on the Episcopal Hour. Sunday morning. Odtober 29, at 8:30 o'clock. Several of the many stations from which the Episcopal Hour [may be heard are: WGNC, Gas | tonia; WHKY, Hickory; WMNC. Morganton; WHCC, Waynesville; WSB. Atlanta. 75 PER CENT PUPILS RIDE ON BUSES There are 458 students enrolled in Murphy High School, and 344 or 75 per cent of this number ride busses dally to and from school. The total number of students travel 5.582 miles per day, 111,640 miles per month and 1,004,760 miles per year. Many Take Prizes At State Fair Last week John J. Wrlnn, Assis tant County Agent spent the week in Raleigh at the State Flair, assist ing Clay County with two booths and carried several exhibits from Cherokee County. Seven blue rib bons, eight red ribbons and one white ribbon were placed on farm exhibits. Ten exhibits of corn were sent in from this county, and prizes were won on all but three, and they were open pollinated vArite corn. Following is ? list of winners.. Corn: 1st prize, U. S. 282, seed ears. A. Q Ketner; 2nd prize, V. S. 282, seed eSrs, Hillard Footer: 2nd prlzee, N. C. 27, feed ears, J. Franklin Smith; 1st prize, Dixie 17. feed eats, J. C. Wells; 2nd prize, N. C. T-20, feed earn, A. J. Barton; lot prize. U. S. 282, feed cars A. Q. Ketner; 2nd prise, U. S 282, feed ears, Hillard Foster. Popcorn: 1st prize, yellow pop corn, J. H. Hampton. Potatoes: 3rd prize. Red Bliss j potatoes, Hillard Foster; 2nd prize, Sequoia potatoes. A. Q. Ketner. Nuts: 2nd prize, mixed nuts, David Hendrix; 2nd prize, chest nuts, Forest Abernaithy. Ondons: 1st prize. Yellow Deli vers, Geneva Tanner. Cowpeas: 1st prize, Clay peas John R. Martin. Hay: 1st prize, Ladi no-Orchard grass hay, A. Q. Ketner. Totwcco: 2nd prize, Burley tobac co display, W. A. Fuett. In the Woman's Department nine blue ribbons, six red ribbons and three white ribbons were Won by the following people: Mas. Ben Warner: 1st prize, luncheon set made front feed sacks; 2nd prize, apron; 1st prize, enamel tray on plate: 2nd prize, enamel pin on copper; 1st prize, carved tea tile; 1st prize, 3 pewter maple buttons; 1st prize, pair pew ter ear bobs, dogwood design; 1st prize, pewter pin, large dogwood design; 2nd prize, pewter buttons, acron design. Mrs. Clyde McNabb: 1st prize, woven place mats, Swedish lace weave design; 3rd prize, blackber ries /canned); 1st prize, blackberry jam, Shirley Carver, Andrews High 4-H'er: 1st prize, wool dress; 2nd prize, slip; 3rd prize, cotton skirt. Martha Hill, Murphy High 4-H'er: 2nd prize, cherries (canned). Mrs. Evelyn B. Haas; 2nd prize, woven, cotton yarn rug. (Mrs. Joe Smith: 2nd prize, sweet potatoes (canned). Cpl. Claude Sims Is Killed In Korea CPL. CLAUDE SIMS Cherokee Countians ! Invest $11,137 In E Bonds Counity U. S. Savings Bonds Chairman, W. D. Whitaker an nounced today that according to the monthly sales report from Alli son James. State Director of Sav ings Bonds in Greensboro, sales of Series E Bonds in Cherokee County for the month of Septem ber totaled $11,137.50. The total figures for North Caro lina's 100 counties were as fol lows: Series E Bonds $2,206, 694.50; Series F $147 223.00; Ser ies G $374,000.00, totaling $2,729, 917.50. The E Band sales in North Carolina for September | were 10 5% higher than total sales for August. 'Mr. Whitaker stated that on November 1st the Savings Bonds Division of the Treasury Depart ment will launch a nation-wide drive among industries to increase employee participation in the Pay roll Savings Plan for regular and systematic purchases of Series E Bonds. A Bond campaign also will be held in Agricultural sections among farmers. The Counity Chairman stated that due to the war in Korea ar.d threats of war in other parts of the world individual citizens in the nation are being called upon to work together for promoting the well being of the nation during a critical period. It is important to the welfare of the nation that the Savings Bonds Program be supported by our citizens not only to back up our fighting men in j Korea but to help stabilize our economy on the home front. W. H. NeaJ, Senior Vice-Presi dent of the Wachovia Bank & Trust Company in Winston-Salem, has been appointed by the Secre tary of _ the Treasury to head up the volunteer Savings Bonds State Advisory Committee in North Carolina. He succeeds I. M. Bailey, Raleigh attorney, who recently re signed after several years of active and devoted service to the Bond program. Funeral Held Tuesday For Jas. K. Axley Joseph Knox Axley, 80, retired rural ma<il carrier, and prominent Murphy resident, died at 6:46 p. m. Sunday October 22, in a Mur phy hospital following an illness cf two weeks. He had been in declining health for several years. Born April 2. 1870, he was the son of Felix P. Axley and MSangaret P. Axley of a family of ten chil dren, he was the fifth in seniority of years. The first rural mail carrier in Cherokee County, appointed in 1904, ihe remained on the job until his retirement. Having no roads, the mail was carried oil horseback for several years. His forebears were among the pioneers of the county. His father end grandfather were attorneys, the Utter being the first attorney in Cherokee County. Members of the fatriUy surviving ere, three Sisters, Mrs. B. B. Mero ney of Murphy, widow ct Dr. B. ? Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sims of Mur phy received a telegram from the War Department Friday, October 20, stating that their son, Cpl. Claude T. Sims was killed in action in Korea on September 5, 1950. Cpl. Sims was born November 5. 1930, at Baldwin, Ga? and at tended Glenville and Murphy Schools. He was employed by the Trail ways Bus System prior to his en try into the Army on July 20, 1949. Cpl. Sims received bis training at Fort Jackson, S. C? and served with the 44th Engineers ' of the Third Army, at Fort Bragg. Opl. Simms later received orders 0 report to Camp Stoneman, Calif., to s^il for Japan, and be sailed June 22, >1950, on the U. S. S. General Collins. On July 16, Cpl. Sims wrote his mother that be was only 40 miles froon the front in Korea and would be in action when she received the letter. He was with the famous 24th Infantry Division. The parents received their last letter from 'him on September 2. Mrs. Sims says, "He was his un selfish self telling us not to worry about him, and that he iwould soon be coming home". On October 6, his sweetheart re ceived a letter from a buddy of Opl. Sims, which read in part: "We were buddies and were together operating a switch board '.when we hit a road block at An jGong-Ni, and as far as I know Sims didn't come through. I could tell you what happened but they won't let me. I was hit, not 1 serious, but he never came to the I hospital or never did report to the company." I The family had been very un easy, and the American Red Cross iwrote a letter and Hobart Mc Keever called Senator Graham's effloe,- and chefcked with the War Department. At that date, bow ever, Cpl. Sims .was not listed as a casualty. Two days later the telegram came. | Opl. Sims was a member of the Woodmen of the World Camp 891 ?at Murphy. j Mrs. Sims said about her son, | "He lived a short, clean life and had a brilliant career as a soldier." His recognitions of merits are yet to be presented to his mother. I Cpl. Sims is survived by his par ents; four brothers, Troy of Bland, Va., Russell of Marietta, Ga., Cline of Murphy, and Ray of tbe home and one sister, Mrs Edna Tolley of Murphy. Miss Ditmore Is Taken By Death Miss Missouri A. Ditmore, 92, died at her home in Murphy at 5:30 a. m. Friday, October 20, after a long illness. Funeral services were 'held Saturday at 11 a. m. in Pine Ix>g Baptist Church with the Rev. I James A. Allen pastor of Andrews Methodist Church, and the Rev. Thomas Truett officiating. Burial was in Pinelog Methodist Ceme tery. with Ivie Funeral Home in charge. Surviving are three nephews. Frank Bell of Brasstown, R. S. (Bell of Andrews, and Oscar Dit : more of Arkansas, and five nieces, I Mrs. Lillie Patton, Mrs. HiaMie | Moats, Mrs. Augusta SoJesbee of Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Leila Adair and Mrs. Esta Moats of Texas. B. Meroney, Mre. Margaret Bell of Richmond, VS., and Miss Kate 'Axley of Murphy; two brothers. iW. ? M. Axley, Murphy attorney, rnd Carl C. Axley of Statwrville. Funeral services were held Tues day at 2:30 p. m. in First Methodist Church of which he had been a ^member for many years. The Rev. Alfred Smith and the Rev. J. Al ton Morris officiated and burial | was in the Old Methodist Cemetery with Townson Funeral home in 'charge. | The body remained at the funer eal home until one hour before the service, when X was taken to the 'church where It lay in 'until the | Pallbearers ware, Walter Celt man, Noah ilsahw, Lloyd [drix. Mercer Fain, Dave '?Tat 31
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