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VOLUME 60?NUMBER 26 MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 19SI
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
$3,500 Polio Quota
In Current Campaign
Workers ror
Campaign
Appointed
A meeting for the March of
Dimes was held last Friday night
at the Regal Hotel. A. D. Pea
cock, County Chairman, announces
the following appointments: Hob
art MoKeever, Co-Chairman; Rae
Moore, Chairman for Murphy; Dr.
Van Gorder, Andrews; Mrs. Cloe
Moore, Jr. Women's dub; Mrs.
H. Bueck, Sr Women's Club; Mrs.
Roy Fuller, P.-T. A.; H. Bueck.
Murphy. School; Lloyd Hendrix,
County Schools; Earl Mundy, Cul
berson; John Worley, Unaka; C.
H. Townson, Marble; Hobart Mc
Keever, Lions' Club; Myron Jen
sen, Cdviftan Club; Bill King, W.
O. W. Other committees will be
appointed this week. The quota
for Cherokee County is $3,500.00.
Several events have been arrang
ed including a basket ball game
between the Lions and the Civitan
CIuibs, all proceeds to go to the
March of Dimes.
Rae Moore the Murphy Chair
man, is arranging a benefit Card
Party.
The Drive officially opens Janu
ary 15 and ends January 31.
Mile And Half
Roads Completed
The State Highway Commission
has completed one and one-half
additional miles of new road im
provements in Cherokee County
under the $200,000 000 bond issue
program.
The following woTk was com
pleted during December:
<il) Grading and surfacing with
traiflEc bound macadam were com
pleted on the Long Branch Road
for 0 2 mile.
<2) Stabilizing and strengthen
ing were completed on the Mor
row Rood for 02 mile; Shoal Creek
?Road, 0.5; Loop Road, 0.4.
During the 12 months of 1950
the State Highway Commission
hard-surfaced over 4.500 miles of
roads throughout North Carolina
to triple its. pace of roadibuilddng
over previous years. Dr. Henry
W. Jordan, Highway Commission
Chairman, has announced that
more work was finished thas past
year on the state's primary road
system than at any time in the
Commission's history. This pace
of work will continue unless war
time emergency conditions inter
vene. V
Criss B. Debty
Taken By Death
Crtss B. Debty. 63, died Friday
et his home Marble, Route 1, fol
lowing a year's illness.
He fc survived by the widow;
five sons, John and Carl of Twin
Branch West Va., C. B. Debty and
Charlie Debty of Marble, and Wil
lie (Debty of Englewood, Oolo.;
one daughter, Mrs. Hubert Stiles
of Marble
JXmenal services were held Sun
day at 2 p m. in Vengeance Creek
(Baptist Church, with (the Rev.
Jimmy Cbappel officiating. Burial
was in the church cemetery with
Townson Funeral Home in charge.
"Fear Or Faith"
Morris' Topic
'Toar or Faith" wfll be the ser
mon topic oi the Rev. J. Alton
Morris Sunday morning at 11 o'
clock at First Baptist Church On
Sunday evening Mr. Morris will
preach on, "Christ or Satan".
Other Sunday sendees at the
church ntU be held at the regutar
boons Mid-week Hour ot Pow
er" sendee will be ou Wedosaky
TO FKKACH
The Rw Homaul KtipMxfck
wM wwt at Grape Creek Bap
tM Owe* tmnmv 14. <* W a. m.
, M Unaka Ba<M Cbunh an
i Mmmr M ml 11 m m.
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Byrum Announces
Sermon Topics
J The Rev. R Delbert Byruim, pas
tor of First Methodist Church has
announced that his sermon topic
for Sunday morning will be,
"Methodisjm's Evangelistic Pas
sion", and for Sunday evening,
"When Man Forgets God".
Sunday School will be held at
9 45 a. m. and Evening Youth
Meeting at 6 p. m.
I County Farmers
Improve Pastures
The Agricultural Conservation
I Program gave a bag boost to ef
forts to provide more and better
pastures on Cherokee County farms
during the 1950 calendar year,
according to the local PMA office
Some 800 County farmers seed
ed 2150 acres of permanent pas
tures with 50 percent of the "out
of-the-pocket" cost furnished)
through the ACP. H. B McN'abb
Chairman of the Cherokee County
Production and Marketing Admini
stration Committee, announced
j this week.
The PMA Chairman pointed out
that this acreage represents an
] increase of 2000 acres seeded to
| pastures by farmers under the ACP
I last year.
1 Pasture seed, made available to
I participating farmers through the
I program's purchase order systeim.
, included 4303 pounds of ladino
20640 pounds of orchard grass; and
3453 pounds of fescue.
??Farmers who obtain pasture
seed under the program are always
assured of high quality seed," the
farm leader said, "as only seed
meeting high germination and
Purfty tests are made available"
Not only in Cherokee County,
but throughout the State, farmers
are taking advantage of services
offered through the Agricultural
Conservation Program to aid thetn
establish more and better perman
ent pastures. Recent announce
intent by G. Tom Scott, State PMA
Chairman, Raleigh, reveals that
225500 acres of permanent pas
tures were seeded in the State
with ACP assistance during the
1950 calendar year This compares
With 167,228 acres established
under the program last year, and
98 000 acres in 1948.
Pa*ure seed made available
through the purchase order plan
?o participating farmers through
out the State included 1549.501
pounds of orchard grass; 987,021
of fescue; 15 030 White dutch clov
er and 437,658 of ladino clover.
"Assistance provided under the
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram," Scott said, 'has proved the
modt effective and efficient means .
of getting essential conservation
work done on the land of inddvi
dual farmers."
"This method of assistance does
not require the farmer to pay. in
the initial outlay, the entire oost
of seeding or improving pasture
acreage; and therefore, has been
an incentive for many farmers
financially unable to bear the en
tire cost at seeding time, to take
advantage of the pasture practice,"
Scott explained.
The share off provided
under the ACP also represents
the public interest and in conser
vation of the soil", he added.
"TO* Agricultural Conservation
Program is available to all farm
ers in Cherokee County. With
the 1951 program already approv
ed. farmers are urged to visit their
county PMA office at Muaphy,
North Carolina to discuss their
conservation needs for the com
ing year. . ,
Service Guild To
Meet In Lee Home
The Weelejsan Service Gtild of
Ftawt Mcttmdtot Chore* will mee?
Monday at 7:30. at the home
of Mrs. Dale Lee with Mrs. Wil
lard Cooper, Mrs. OwiIls Wor
thon, .Mrs Edwtn Hyde and Mrs
Mm Baodees as
charge of the
New Navigational Aid
It's o bubble octant. This United States Air Force student at Ellington
Air Force Base, Texas, is taking a peek through the new device as part of
his navigational training in the AF's new Consolidated T-29 Navigation
Miss Eppley Speaks
WMU Conference
Miss Marie Eppley, field repre <
senlta/tdve of the State W. M. U.
Department, will bring .the inspira
tional message ait The Western
North Carolina Baptist W. M. U.
Assocdational Leadership Confer
ence which will meet Tuesday,
January 16, at the Murphy First
Baptist Church at 10:00 A. M. Mrs.
Elmer Ghilders. Assocdaitional W.
M. U. Superintendent, will preside.
Special Music will be given by
the Murphy Youth Choir.
Various conferences will be led .
for the leaders and officers. Mrs.
Elmer Ghilders will lead a confer- j
ence for Presidents, Circle Chair
man, and Recording Secretaries.
Mrs. C. T. Almond, of Andrews,
will lead a conference for First |
Vice-PresidenJts and Membership
Committees. Miss Ruth Bagwell, j
will lead the conference for |
Second Vice-Presidents and Pro
gram Committees. Mrs. J. W. |
Stanley, of Hhyesville, will lead a ?
conference for Treasurers, Stew-1
arcLship Chairmen and committees. !
Mrs. W. A. Bell, of Murphy, will j
lead a Conference for Mission
Study Chairmen and committees
Mrs. Jaimes Glenn will lead a con
ference for Young People Direc
tors, Y. W. A. Counselors, G. A.,
R. A. and Sunbeam Counselors.
The Rev. Robert Barker, Pastor
of Valley River Church will bring
the closing Meditation.
Fire Damages
Wilcox Home
The home of Mrs. Gwendolyn
Wilcox on Cherokee Street was
damaged Wednesday morning j
about 11 o'clock, when the house
caught fire from an overheated |
chimney. H. E. Dickey, owner of (
the house, was unable to estimate
the damage.
Wm. A. Farmer
Killed Saturday
William A. Farmer, a retired
farmer of Unafca, died at 7:15 a.
m. Sunday in a Clinton, Tenn.,
hospital from injuries received by
a hit-and-run driver of an automo
bile as he was returning Saturday
night from Church to the home
of his son Frank Farmer, with
whom he made his home. He was
70 years old Saturday.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at 2 p, m. in Unaka Baptist (
Church, with the Rev. Mr. Swan
son officiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery with Townson
Funeral Home in charge.
He is survived by three sons.
L&wson and Lee Farmer of Mur
phy, and Frank Fanner of Clinton,
three daughters, Mrs. Cora Lovin
good, Mrs. Delsie Phillips and
Mrs. Zadie Henson all of Murphy;
three brothers, M. F. Farmer and
Chester Farmer of Murphy and J
E. Farmer of Untaka; three sisters,
Mrs. Carl Stiles of Petachtree, and
Mrs. Bill Allen and Mrs. J. T.
Dockery of Unaka.
To Hold Meeting
The Rev A. B. Lovell, chairman
of the Forces for Temperance and
Law Enforcement, has announced
that a meeting will be held on
Monday evening, January 15, aft
7:30 o'clock in the First Methodist
Church.
The Rev. J. R. Allen, pastor of
the Methodist Church at Andrews,
will bring the message and the
Rev. W. H. Hampton, pastor of the
Free Methodist Church, Murphy,
will bring the devotional.
All interested persons are urged
to attend.
Home Clubs Hold
Officers' School Here
Stowe Announces
Church Services
The Rev. Lester Stowe, pasftor
of Friendship Baptist Church has
rmwuinced that his sermon subject
tor Sunday morning at 11 o'clock
will be, "Is This the Time God
wHl Favor Us?", and tor Sunday
sight, "To Obey is Better Than
to Sacrifice".
Charles Stiles, eleven year-old
win of the Rev. and Mrs. Noah
Stakes will apeak at the church on
Saturday night at 7 o'clock
The fSlm. atrip, "Choose ye This
Bay" will be shown Sunday eve
sing at the beginning of the Train
ing Union period.
Mrs. Lester Stowe will teach a
study course, "The Bible and
Prayer" each night at 6:90, Moo
lay through Friday January 15-18.
he new penis lor the church were
ViUveaad Kris week and will be
*a* for UK at the !
lay.
County council officers and local
club presidents of District No. 1
Federation of Home Demonstra
tion Clubs, composed of Clay,
Graham and Cherokee Counties
held an officers training school at
the court house here last Friday
morning.
Miss Verna Stanton of the Ex
tension Service Department,
Raleigh, was in charge of the
school.
Miss Nell Kermett, district
home agent of Raleigh, and Miss
Edna Bishop, home agent hi Cher
okee County, extended greetings
to the group.
The session was spent in *udy
and planning of policies and pro
cedure for club work for 1881.
CHARLOTTE'S FIRST BART
Mr. and (Mrs. J. B. Reeves won
the 1061 Stork Derby by half a
second. The Reeves' baby boy
was Charlotte's first baby at the
year nfvhm at ooehotf second
post nfttofcbt on January 1. lbs.
Reeves is the former, 1
Ruth Often, itsyhla
Mm Wesley Odom at
niece of Mr and Mr* W. P.
at
275 Units Needed
From County Next Week
Andrews Expects
125 Pints Blood
ANDREWS?In an emergency
called meeting of the leaders of
the Andrews Red Cross Blood Pro
gram held Monday at the Mayor's
Off dee. plans were considered for
increasing blood collections in An
drews. This move was necessitat
ed by a request from the Depart
ment of Defense that Red Ctosj
double blood procurement through
blood centers and private blood
banks to "rovide the greatly in
creased quantities of blood need
ed for military u-se, according to
the Rev. Wm. Hall, chairman of
the local Red Cross Blood Pro
gram.
"Blood for defense in fabulous
amounts is the national plea to
?all healthy citizens of every com
munity. The citizens of Andrews
end surrounding communities
must furnish our boys in Korea 125
pints of blood when the blood
mobile unit visits here on January
18th.4'
Mr. Hall announced that the
Bloodmobdle would be at the An
drews Cilty Hall from 9:00 to 12:30
and 2:00 to 4:30 P. M. on Thurs
day, January 18. He asks that
people who need a ride let him
know and he will send for them.
"Everyone between the ages of 18
to 60 ought to come to the blood
bank and try to give a pant for
Korea, since the doctor will not
let you give Wood if it will injure
your health in any way," he stated.
Open Poultry
Lab, Waynesville
Opening of a poultry diagnostic
laboratory at Waynesville to serve
Western North Carolina's thriving
poultry industry is announced by
Dr. H. J. Rollins, State Veterinary
ian.
Dr. Calvin C. Gatz will be in
charge of the laboratory. He is
a graduate of the Kansas State
Veterinary College and served six
years in the Veterinary Corps and
the Medical Service Corps of the
U. S. Army during the World War
II period.
The laboratory, located in a
building near the Waynesville bus
station, will be open from 8:30
a. Tn. to 5:30 p. m. Mondlay through
Friday of each week to provide
poultry diagnostic service to pro
ducers in the Western counties.
It is equipped to make routine
examinations and diagnoses of
diseased poultry, plate and tube
tests for pullorum disease, and to
conduct the herrra-agglutination
test for the diagnosis of Newcastle
disease.
Dr. Gatz will be available for
some field work in flocks where
disease outbreaks occur. Poultry
men are advised, however, to take
their sick birds directly to the
laboratory whenever possible.
'The purpose of this laboratory,"
the State Veterinarian explained,
"as to safeguard as far as possible
the growing poultry industry in
Che western counties. These coun
ties are too far from Raleigh to
obtain a satisfactory service from
the central laboratories maintain
ed by the State Department of
Agriculture and by State College.
"In recent years the poultry in
dustry has increased rapidly in
seme of the western counties, pro
viding the farmers in this area
with a new source of Income
Farmers in some of these counties
ere now shipping large quantities
of hatching eggs which have been
found to possess a very high rate
of hatrhability, and in a number
of counties broiler production is
now on a commercial scale."
CANCER CLINIC TO MEET
lie. J. Harris Hospital, in Sytv?
Friday. January 13. UtagMNUon
hours wiH be from 0 to 10:18 a.
m. fflbe DMekm of Ctaccr Control
of toe N. C. sua Bond at i
proridca eandanttoai tor
to women above * and m
(0 yean old and to
of'a*
fee or i
Petrie Hospital
On Approved List
Petrie Hospital has been placed
on the provisional approval list of
the hospitals in the United States,
Canada and a few other countries,
according to Eh*. Paul R. Hawley,
Director of the American College
of Surgeons. The hospitals now
approved number 3,290 as com
pared with 3.284 at the end of
1949.
According to Dr. Hawley, the
ipproved hospitals on the new list
re present 82 per cent of the hospi
tals of 25 beds and over which
are under survey by the College.
Mrs, Mary Wyke
Taken By Death
At The Age Of 87
ANDREWS?Mrs. Mary Emme
line Wyke, 87, of Andrews, died
in an Andrews hospital Wednes
day at 4 p. m. after a long illness.
A native of Graham County, she
moved to Andrews 40 yeans ago.
She was the last surviving Gold
Star Mother of World War I in
Andrews.
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 2 p. m. in Andrews Bap
tist Church.
The Rev. J. A. Richardson, the
Rev. W. E. Hall, and the Rev. J.
A. Allen will officiate. Burial will
be in Andrews Cemetery with
Ivie Funeral Home an charge.
Surviving are three daughters,
Miss Mary Jane Wyke of Andrews,
Mrs. Kate Shope of Robbinsville.
and Mrs. Irene Remprfer of Arling
ton, Va.; five sons, Reuben, Grant,
Frank, and Crawford of Andrews
and Bruce of Ddtroat, Mich., and
five grandchildren, Melba, Carolyn
and Billy Wyke of Andrews, Betty
and Gail Everly of Arlington, Va.
Active pallbearers were Horace
Rector. Arthur Watkins, Granvil
McKeldry, Bob Bristtol, Clarefrce
Hogan and S. Beck. Honorary pall
bearers were Jack Herbert, T. J.
Bristol, W. A. Hyde, B. P. Grant,
Bruce Bristol, Lee Watkins,
Wymer Coniley, Luke Ellis, John
T^tlham, Harve Hamilton and L.
B. Nichols.
Fire Destroys
Parton Building
Fire destroyed tihe two story
veneer store and apartment build
ing owned by Fred Parton on
Highway 19, four males west of
Bryson City, Monday afternoon.
Flames were seen by a neighbor,
and the Bryson City Fire Depart
ment responded.
It wtas stated that the loss was
more than $15,000.00 on the build
ing itself and that did not include
the stock and fittings in the stores
nor the furnishings of the apart
ments.
It was also Stated that about
$3,000.00 in bills and $500 00 in
silver were in the ljuildkvg. Some
of the silver was found in the
a^hes, somewhat damaged by melt
ing together.
The cause of the fire was not
determined. Portions of the veneer
walls are standing but otherwise
the building is completely destroy
ed. Ft was stated that there was
no insurance.
Methodist Members
Attend Rally
Hie Rev. end Mrs. R. DeJtoert
Byrum. D. V. Cm linger. Saramy
Davidson, Miss J?h<?Iimi HHgti
wsy. Mrs. J. H Hampton sod lbs
H Bueok attended the Bvsr*eltam
Rally at the Waynesviile, Marion
and Ashevtile Districts at the
Methodist Church held in Osobld
Methodist Church hi
The Rev.
County Chapter's
Quota Is 150 Pints
Blood collected on the Blood
mo'bile visit here next Wednesday
will be shipped directly to Korea
for the relief of battle casualties
according to an announcement
made by the Blood Center in Ashe
ville this week.
The mobile unit will be at the
First Baptist Church from 12 noon
to 6 p. m with Col. W. F. Wright,
retired Army surgeon, in charge.
As usual every prospective donor
will be given a thorough physical
examination, and no person with
abnormal blood pressure or low
hemoglobin will be permitted to
give.
A letter from Miss Kathleen
Roberts, former publicity chairman
for the local Red Cross blood drive
who is now serving as a Red Cross
desperate need for blood for the
worker in Japan, tells of the
treatment of frost-hilte and gun
shot cases. The Armed Forces
quota for this region for the month
of January calls for more units of
blood than ever have been collect
ed in the region in a single month.
"Our Civilian needs will be serv
ed, but we must bend every effort
to meet our quota for Korea," the
Rev. James R. Crook, Blood Pro
gram Chairman declares.
Ministers Meet
Franklin Monday
"Simultaneous Evangelistic Cru
sade" will l>e the theme at the
Western North Carolina Baptist
Ministers' Conference at First Bap
tist Church, Franklin, on January
15, beginning at 10 a. m.
The Rev. M. W. Chapman of
Franklin will have charge of the
devotional, and the Rev. W. N,
Cook Of Franklin will preside over
the business session.
Addresses will be given by the
following on the subjects named:
The Rev. J. A. Richardson, An
drews, "Prerequisites to a Revival
Campaign"; the Rev. C. M. War
ren, Sylva, "The Preacher's Part
in A Revival .Campaign"; the Rev.
B. S. Hensley, Sylva, "The
Church's Part in a Revival Cam
paign"; the Rev. B. A. Wall,
Waynesville, "The Holy Spirit's
Part in a Revival Campaign".
Bunch will be served at 12:30.
Bueck To Review
| Book For Club
| Murphy Woman's Club will hold
,its January meeting Wednesday at
13:15 p. m. in the Primary School
auditorium.
| The program will be under the
direction of the Citizenship De
partment, Mrs. H. Bueck, chair
man. Mr. Bueck will review the
i book, "Verdict of Three Decades"
by Steinberg.
| Hostesses will he Mrs. A. Q.
Ketner, chairman, Mrs. Dale Lee,
Mrs. Harry Miller, Miss Dolores
, McGuire and Mrs. G. W. Zerbes.
Among The Sick
The Rev. .flames R. Crook had
two teeth extracted tike week
and spent a night in the hospital
On returning home, he found Mm
Crook HI from watdhtng the
' Tommy Alexander, too of Mr
and Mis. R. O. Alexander. is
seriously Hi in Murphy General
Mrs Robert Veaae
an tgintokai in Murphy
ed Tuesday to be doing well.
TRITETT TO
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Dog Btpto*
at 11 o'