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FREEDOM? Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for tbesnsel ves, and, under a Just God, cannot long retain it.?Abraham Lincoln. VOLUME 60?NUMBER 20 MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1950 EIGHT PAGES THIS Miss Carolyn Smith Takes High National 4-H Award BIG SNOW STORM HITS COUN7 Y Business, Industry Are Slowed Down The snow storm that struck practically all at the eastern states during the week-end started blast ing its fury of snow and low tem peratures upon Cherokee County Friday morning. The county ex perienced its coldest weather since the winter of 1941-42, according to official information from the TVA Hydraulics Data office. Business and industry here were slowed down considerably, many places of business remaining closed all day Saturday. People generally sat by their firesides trying to keep warm. Snow began falling Thursday right, and by noon Friday had laid a blanket over the whole area. Friday night and Saturday were severely cold. The TVA ther mometer registered two degrees above zero Saturday morning, and there were two inches of snow. It continued to snow intermittent ly piling up about three inches at the most through Tuesday. On Wednesday warmer weather came, crd much of the snow and ice melted. , During the week-end the Streets end highways were slick, and there was very little travel. Mail ser vice by the Highway Post Office was disrupted, as it was unable to run after making its return trip to Asheville Friday, until Tuesday. Valley and Htwassee Rivers were frozen over. Schools opened Monday as anal, but attendance was taw. .. Wednesday abbaThoesf the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Baugh caught on fire, around a flue, but Mrs. Baugh and a guest and the fire department soon extinguished it, end very little damage was done. Mrs Oandace Brendle, who lives in Factoryttown, suffered a broken arm when dhe slipped on the ice end fell Saturday. Evans Auto Co. reports furnish ing wrecker service for the follow ing accidents: R. M. Atkins had a head-on col lision with a power pole on High way 19, near the ball park in East Murphy. Friday afternoon. Mr. Atkins was driving ? 1949 Chevro let. The pole was split Into, and power in Murphy and vicinity was off approximately an hour because of the accident. Hobert M. Coleman of Charles town, Ind, who was visiting rela tives in Unaka, wrecked on the tide of Texana Mountain. He was driving a 1947 Chevrolet which was a total loss. Mr. Coleman was uninjured. Four vehicles were in collision "t the deep cut on Highway 64. near Murphy. Two were damag ?d: Miss Maggie Belle Klsselburg s 1948 Chevrolet to the extent of *out $200, and an Oldsmobile tomewhat. The other two vfjhic ?to involved In the wreck were Ivie funeral Home's ambulance and a 1941 Plymouth belonging to a Mr. Hartley of Letftfc, A 1947 pick-up and a-1949 Htid ton had to be pulled out of ditches ?n Texana Mountain, and several "Bier cans were pulled out of ditch 's on the Grape Creek Road: none *?e damaged. Fires Damage Two Andrews Homes ANDREWS?The town at An l*** lied tan firm the ptot week. l?? Saturday idijht the Hon* at [^c Glenn caught fire from en owe. Ike fire deyeit , ' errtved In time to check the l*e Wore much'demetie wee do Sundey nWt the home at White ought the while I were aeep turn tome. It ie I the ftre wa ceased by ? floe. ' at Mac mute wta badly it ceo he levtired Ail I TO GO OVERSEAS?Pvt. Alfred |F. Kinicaid, who has been station ,ed in Virginia and has been spend ing a short leave with revives in i Murphy. Pvt. Klneaid will go I overseas when he reports back to , camp. New Licenses Are Red And White The sale of North Carolina State automobile license plates will be Igin December 1 through the local office at the Carolina Motor Club, Manager J. L. Hall announces. The Club office is located at The Court House in Murphy. The new 1951 license plates have been received end mark a new departure In color. Since 1940, state automobile license plates have been orange, and. black, while the' new' lUktl togs' "win have red t.umenals on a white background. Held For Forgery Cecil Owen Portell who has been employed by Hembree's Pro duce Company for the past year end a half, was arrested here Fri day for forgery on a warrant 5worn out by Glenn Hembree and is now in Cherokee County jail. Mr. Hembree said he had lost ap proximately $2 000. Postell is married and has one child. $123 Is Realized From Seal Sale Mrs. C. W. Savage, chairman of the T. B. Seal Sale, announces that to date $123 has been re ceived from the sale of seals. She urges those who wish to cooperate in this method of com batting tuberculosis to remit to her at an early date. ,A total of at least $500 is expected from this section of Cherokee County. Seventy-five Per cent of the funds received will remain in this county, to assist In preven tion and cure of the disease. The other 25 per cent goes- to state headquarters. Nineteen per cent stays in the state and six per cent goes to the National Tuberculosis Association to sap port Its services to the state and local associations and medical research. Christmas Club Is Started By Citizens Bank Citizens Bank and Trust Com pany now is inaugurating the Christmas Club plan of saving. The plan is announced this week in an rdvertisememt in this paper. The Christmas Club plan enables the member to deposit from 50c to $5 each week throughout the year, In order to have plenty of money for pending at li n n At. the beginning of the Christmas shopping season the bank sends each member a check for the amount saved through the year. Morris' Sermon Topics Announced The Rev. J. Alton Morris an nounces that he will preach Sun day morning at 11 o'clock at First Baptist Church on the subjec. "Christ or Invasion", and Sunday evening at 7:30 on. "Christ Now" Other services of the church will be held on schedule. John Jordan Heads Symphony Campaign John Jordan has been chosen by the Murphy Civitan Club to be the county chairman tor the North Carolina Symphony Drive this year. The drive is officially cpened now, and memberships are being received. Mr. Jordan, in summing up what the North Carolina Symphony is. says, "It is music and it is the J Crafters To Study Stencilling Here Anyone interested in crafts has | an invitation to meet with the' Cherokee County Crafters in the I Home Agent's Office on Saturday December 2, at 9:45 a. m. The feature of the program will be a I demonstration on Stencilling us ing textile paints, by lira. Ben I Warner, an outstanding orafter. j The Crafters were enthusiastic I over a demonstration on Making Christmas Cards given by a load- 1 tng orafter, Mrs. WUieid Ax'ey, i on Noveudjer 18. The audience < observed that her designs were | original, staple, and skilfully, manipulated to give a profitable product. LODGE TO MEET I Cherokee Lodge. No 148, will [have a call meeting Saturday at 7 p. m. in the Masonic HaB for the purpose at conferring the third degree. A degree team from Oe , will do the sot people. Bringing music to people has turned the symphony into a 'suitcase symphony'. The 65 piece orchestra and its pocket edition, the 24-piece 'little sym phony' spend one-third of the year on wheels, covering 7,000 mates of North Carolina and the South". "Affirming the right to music? to hear it and to be heard?the North Carolina Symphony offers unique opportunities for young artists who can meet professional standards. No spring board for amateurs, but a 7-league sdride for the serious and gifted. "But an orchestra is marc than the sum of its parts", says Mr. Jordan, "Not only must tho musi cians be drilled performers?they must be willing, patient co-work ers as well; rehearsals are exact ing because only perfect Is good enough. "The symphony is also Benjamin Swalin, whose musicianship and determination through the lean first years harve established its present high caUber. , "The North Carolina Symphony has devoted particular effort to offering children the immee air able gift of music, first in the schoolroom, through rtudy mater ials furnished by the symphony end later by direct experience in' free afternoon concerts, which have proved as exoBtng to the musicians as to the children. "We want the North Carolina riymptoony to eotne back to Char okee County, so let t* Ipse j<ot?r Twelve Men Leave For Induction Twelve Cherokee County men left today (Thursday) for Char lotte for induction into the ser vice. They were: Roy Joe Sdmonds, George Harold Butler, Jr., Keith Louis Allison, Hoyt Rapdall Arp, Merriman Blay lock Jr., Sheridan Floyd, Ernest DeWhdtt Sharp, Forrest Teague, Jr., Robert Harold Shields, George V. Howell, Basi\ Frank Clark, Dewey Kenneth Hughes. Battle Kills 200-Pound Deer ANDREWS ? Wayne Battle killed a deer on Little Buck Creek last week welching ap proximately 200 pounds. It was said to be the largest deer ever killed in that vicinity. In the party with Battle were Bill Teas, Grady Anderson, BilUe Hoblitxell, Ralph Hogsed, Ray Matheson, Carl Barnett, Lewis Hyde, Morris Piercy, Jim Whltaker and Walter Ensley. Training Union "M" Night Is December 5 Chas. A. Gregory Taken By Death ANDREWS?Funeral services for Charles A. Gregory, 81, who died at his home here-Saturday after noon after a Dong illness, were held at the Valleytown Baptist Church Monday at 2:30 p. m with the Rev. George You nee Officiat ing. He was a native of Macon Coun ty but had resided for the past 40 ^cans ia Chan Own Cbunty. where he engaged in faSnrtLnj OnHl the1 had derMnoghealfti. Surviving are the widow; seven daughters, Mrs. L. G. Sharp of Andrews, Mrs. Ruby Beck of Pitts burgh. Pa., Mrs. Fay Penhmd of Asheville, Mrs. Maude Taylor of Spartanburg, S. C., Mrs. Ida R. Peoples and Mrs. Ruth Fay of Greensboro and Mrs. Mae Cooper of Winston-Salem; two sons, J. B. Gregory of Andrews and Arnold Gregory of Weaverville; one broth er, Joe Gregory of Block Moun tain; three sisters, Mrs. Ada Sabell of Swannenoa, Mrs. Dora Gailion of Cash, Ky., and Mrs. Allie Tothrow of Cleveland, Ga.; 34 gnanddhHdren and 40 great-grand children. Torwraon Funeral Home Was in charge of arrangements. A. D. Peacock Is In Associations A. D. Peacock of Peacock In surance Agency has been inform ed by S. G. OWtot, executive secre tory of North Carolina Association of Insurance Agents, that he has been accepted into both the State and National Associations of North Carolina Association of Insurance Agents, Mr. Peacock attended the regional meeting of Associations in Asheville last Monday. Supt. Lloyd Hendrax and Supt H. Bueck went to High Point Wednesday for the winter confer ence of superintendents. * The Western North Carolina | Baptist Associations! Training Union "M" night will be held on j Tuesday, December 5, at 7:30 p. m. in Andrews Baptist Church, | announces Mrs. Carl West, direc tor. | The Rev. Nane Starnes, pastor of West Asheville Baptist Church, will speak on, "Life's Greatest Choices". j (Miss Ruth Bagwell, associations] missionary, announces that the motion picture, "Choose Ye This Day", which depicts the theme for Training Union for next year: "Choose Ye This Day Wtaosn Ye Will &rve", has been secured to ml MW >h?s program The Andrews girts' sextet will sing. j Several hundred representatives from the various Training Unions of the Association as well as from churches without Training Unions are expected to attend. Chas. W. Fish Dies At Age Of 77 Charlie W. Fish, 77, died at his home here at 8:30 p. m. Thursday after several months' illness. He had lived in Murphy tor more than 50 years, and had been employed by the town for the past 25 years. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Free Methodist Church here, with the pastor, the Rev. W. H. Hampton assisted by the Rev. J. Alton Mor ris, officiating. Burial was in the old Methodist cemetery, with Townson Funeral Home in charge. Surviving are the widow; one son. J. B. Fish; one daughter. Mrs. Glenn Kephart: four grand children and a brother, Thomas FiSh of Canton. MASONIC MEETING The regular meeting of Cher okee Lodge, No. 146, will be held Monday Dec. 4 In the Masonic ?Hall at 7:30 p. m., according to announcement by Frank Fengu ron, WorShrpful Master. AH members are urged to attend. $55.84 Is Received For Junior Red Cross Murphy Junior Red Cross En roUmedt Campaign was conduct ed under the direction of Mrs. H Bueck in all the grades of the local school November 11-24 Chap el exercises were held to stimulate Interest. Teacher sponsors in charge have reported as follows: Mrs. RObert Bautt, High School. $13.74; Mis. Ruth Walker primary grade building, $17.79; Miss Jane IbH, Grammar grade building. $22.31, making a total of $56.M. After enrollment fees arp paid, mater his tor the various projects wiH be paid tor. way or finished: High School stu dents voted to send flO worth of boxed Christmas greeting cards to Oteeft Veterans' Hospital to be distributed to those needing them most; grammar grade pupils are padding 50 educational gift bonces to be sent to schools overseas. These will cost approximately $1 each. The small children are mak ing tnay covers, book marks, writ ing boards, Christmas place canto, holiday nut cups tor trays holi day nspttns. raUnrtora and favors, all to be sent to tods A ample at IwUl he on dtoptew In Is One Of Two Winners Achievement Program MISS CAROLYN SMITH ? 1 Pvt. J. F. Taylor Is Graduated In Panama City i Panama City, Fla.?Increased i protection for air bases of the i United States Air Force was as sured with the graduation Satur day, Nov. 25, of a new class of Security Patrol Air Police, includ ing one airman from Murptly: Pvt. ! J. F. Taylor, son of Dr. and Mrs. F. V. Taylor, Murphy. I Pvt. Taylor, together with oth- i ers from all parts of the country, has spent the last four weeks in an intensive course of instruction at TyndaVl Air Force Base here, commanded by CM. dames E. Rob erts with training under Che super vision of Col. Kenneth Johnson. Most of the airmen came here direct from indoctrination training ait Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, "Gateway to the Air Force". | Instruction in the school here has included training in the use of weapons, field exercises, secur ity patrol, and many other phases of police work that will increase protection of U. S. air bases against enemy agents. The Air Police School is one of the most highly specialized courses of instruction in the approximately 150 differ jent schools in the vast Air Force | educational system administered ?by Major General Robert W. Har per, commanding general of the I Air Training Command. ANDREWS?Miss Carotin Dur '.rm Smith, 20, has been announc '<? one of the nation's two top all round 4-H'ers. The other winner s Porter Lee, Jr., 19, Of Beggs, Ikla. Miss Smith won a $300 college cho lurs hip plus a oh est of Sterling iiver to be awarded neat week by "resident Harry S. Truman in <V Ellington, D. C? as winner in he National 4-H Club Achieve nent award program. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. roe Smith, Miss Smith In nine 'ears as a club member was active n 4-H Club work in Andrews, inder the direction of Miss Mary Hornwell, who is now borne a Haywood county. Two ago she and a friend dub i Hiss Helen Miller, organized a 1-H Club at Woman's College. She s now president of this club which aas membership of 163. The achievement program nto account actual production records in any 4-H club projects; he number of projects completed, r nd their value to the club member md her family; in other words, the summing up of accomplishments luring the period as 4-H Club members. In 1947 Miss Smith was a national clothing achievement tvinner. receiving an all-expense trip to Chicago and a $200 scholar ship. In 1948 she was delegate to National 4-H Congress in Wash ington, D. C., and In 1949 she was delegate in the International Farm ' Youth Exchange. D$HP countries in Europe, spending most of her time living and worth ing with Norweglm families. Miss Smith, who has completed 106 projects, chiefly in the line of clothing and foods, has served her 4-H Club as project leader, as president and in many other ways. She is a member of the State's 4-H Honor Club end has made more than 100 slide illustrated talks on her experiences in Europe and many demonstrations to 4-H and home demonstration dubs. She is a junior at Woman's Col lege, University of North Caro lina. Greensboro, majoring in home economics. Miss Smith has one sister, Jane Smith, age 11 who also is an enthusiastic 4-H Club member, in Andrews School. Rieger Is Speaker Murphy Lions Club A. D. Rieiger. property manager of the Chattanooga division of |TVA, was guest speaker at Mur phy Lions Club Tuesday evening 'at First Methodist Church. Pre ? rented by the Rev. Deibert Byrum Mr. Rieger spoke briefly on l'Con- ' servation of Our Natural Resoure-1 es" and then showed a picture in the "This is America" sertes. Quoting from A. J. Mezerick's, book. "The Pursuit of Plenty". Mr. | Rieger said that the purpose of f (conservation is to provide a better floor for the life of Man. "We are 'just learning," he said, "that ad justment to nature Is the only [method that can work. The rela tionships among plants, animals, j and Mian are never satisfactory, I unless all work in harmony. Har- , inmv with nature is a complete , I process. Conservation of natural j resources is Man's trusteeship, and we should, strive to Jewve the world I a better place In which to live by the proper use of and preservation [ of our resources. I Vice-President H. Elktos presided. I Truman MONahh was a guest Of J L. Savage. President Dole Lee announces that If anyone has bushel boskets they will donate to the oh* for the Please leave Own at Dickey sad Davis sine on Cteafli atrott. baskets: Merchandise, Doyle Buroh, chairman. C. R. Freed, W. A. SherriU, Bob White; list at families Frank Forsyth, chairman. Bob Easley. H. E. Bishop, Mack Patton; packing, W. M. Fain, chairman, John Davidson, JSmmle Goodwin and all other club mem bers; distribution, Glenn Patton, chairman, Mack Patton, A. Q. Ket i.er and all other dub member. Byrum Announces Sermon Topics The Rev. R. Delbert Byrum, pm tor at First Methodist Church, has announced thai his seitnon topic (or Sunday morning wtH be, "Security in an Insecure World", and lor Sunday evening, "The Sovereignity at Love". . Sunday School will be bekd at 0:45 a. m. and Youth Meeting at 6 p. m. ami Che Stewards' meet Ing will be held at the church Thursday at 7:30 p. m. SEES 34 WRECKS Mr. and Mm. Zeb Cbaitain have been Waging ulatits in I