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, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MARCH I, 1941 ? EIGHT PAGES THIS WUh
3,500 HEAR SYMPHONY?More then 3,500 achool children gymnasium in order to the
from schools of Cherokee County heard the North Carolina Little adult concert wae given in the school auditorium. County Chairman
Symphony orchestra in the school gymnasium heie Monday at 1:30. John Jordan announced that the goal of $750 for the visit of the
The picture indicates bow the children were crowded into th; large orchestra was not quite reached.?Photo by Crisp
$845 Is Received
In Red Cross Drive
Rev. Jas.R. Crook
Lists Services
"(Help Thou Our Unbelief" will
be the topic of Hie sermon by the
Rev. James R. Crook, pastor, at
the Murphy Presbyterian Church
at 11 o'clock next Sunday morn
ing. This will be the first in a
series of studies of the Apostles'
Creed requested by the congrega
tion. Other services of the day
will be Sunday School at 10 a. m.
and Pioneer and Youth Fellowship
programs at 6:30 p. m. The
Pioneers will have a program led
by Miss Jane Hill, advisor, on the
theme "Courage to do Hard
Things." Annette Strange and Kay
Burgess will be in oharge of the
PYF program on the topic "What
Have we to Share in Evangelism?"
Three of the church's newly
organized committees will meet
next week. On Church Night, i
Wednesday at 7:30, thepe will be a
joint meeting of the Committee on
Spiritual Life and Worship and the
Committee on Publicity, The pur
pose of this meeting will be to
plan the Revival Services to be
held at the church April 22-29.
The Rev. and Mrs Jones Early
Corwin of Black Mountain will |
lead the services
On Thursday night at 7:30 the 1
Committee on Church Extension j
and World Missions will meet at j
the church. This group, directed j
by C. H Townson. will consider
the possibilities of an outpost Sun-'
day School and plan the Overseas i
Relief offering for Easter.
Navy Reserve
Meets Fridav
I
Final examinations of applicants
for enrolment in the Murphy
Branch of the Navy Reserve in the
Volunteer Unit will be held at the
Court House Friday at' 4 p. m. This
is the last opportunity offered,
and Ectwin Lidseen. LCBR. USNR.
will be in command. Assisting
him will be Dr. L. R, Statoo of
Hayesville; Mrs. Garth Thompson,
Public Health Nurse of Clay coun
ty; Miss Retjecca Scroggs of the
Clay county Welfare Office; and
Miss Carol Long. t
Lieut James Overall, from the
Naval Base at Charleston, S. C?
Program Officer of the Oth Naval
District, win be at thia meeting.
Commander Lidseen will answer
any questions about the Navy Re
serve and reminds applicants that
they uauat bring birth certificates
1 Fund Campaign Chairman Bill
Rolton announces that through
Wednesday noon receipts totaling
$945.20 have been contributed to
? he American Red Cross drive. The
goal is 92*12.
He reports that the rural com
mittee has repotted $53.63; county
chools, $21; Murphy schools, $126;
advanced gifts committee, $476.60;
business district.. $126.60; residen
tial. $35.25; Negro section, $622.
By communities, Miss Edna
Bishop, rural chairman, announces
that the $53.63 was broken down
as follows; Midway, $10.62; Mar
tin's Creek, $4; Sunny Point,
$1160; Violet, $15.01; Ranger,
$7.40; and Miss Birihop, $5.
Morris Announces
Baptist Services
The Rev. J. Alton Morris an
nounces that his sermon topics at
First Baptist Church Sunday will
be: "Our Revival Must be Christ
Centered" at 11 a. m. and "A Re
penting City Siaved" at 7:30 p. m.
Prayer service is being held at
church every morning at 10 o'
clock.
Monday at 7:30 p m. the B. W.
C. will -meet with Mrs. R. D.
Chandler, and the Elizabeth Hale
Circle -will meet with Mrs. B. J. '
Fish.
Wednesday at 6:30 p. m. a Fel
lowship supper will be held at
Church with all members of the
family meeting, and at 7:15 all
organizations of the W. M. U. and
the Brotherhood will meet.
A revival will be held March 25
to April 8. the visiting preacher j
being the Rev. R. G Commander, ;
pastor of Eastwood Baptist Church,
Houston, Texas. The Rev. E. V.
May, Student at Southern Baptist 1
Seminary. Louisville, Ky? will 1
lead the singing.
Harvey Owenby
Wounded In Korea
ANDREWS?Word has been re
ceived here thai S/Sgt. Harvey
Owenby, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Owenby, was wounded recently in
Pusan. Korea. He was shot
through the upper right chest, the
right arm and right leg and re
ceived twenty flesh wounds and is
now in a hospital In Japan.
S/Sgt. Owenby has been In the
U. S. Army tor the past fifteen
years. His Wile and one eh9d
reside in Andrews.
Mr. and Mrs. BH1 Bayleas and
family of AahewUle spent the week
end here with Mr. and Mrs. L. X.
Bayless.
Jurors Named For
April Court Term
The next term of the Superior
;ourt mil convene April 2, with
Fudge J. A. Rousseau of North
(v ilkedboro presiding.
The following jurors have been
lraiwn:
First week: Mrs. Zeb Conley. An
Irews; Cecil Newman, Culberson,
M.. 2; James Mbrrit, Mnrphy; Mi*,
fane Orr, Andrews; Som Kephart,
Vfurphy, paiey, Cul
nnwi.C fitter. jfcrble, Hi
I; Posey Crisp, Murphy, Rt. I; W.
h. Penland, Murphy; Paul Rog
ers, Andrews; Marvin Fodtell, Ao
irews, Rt. 1; Gloduth Creasman.
Andrews; Roy Newman, Marble;
louis Ledford, Patrick; Wlllard
Jraham, Unaka. Violet Rte.; R. B.
Tamil ton, Andrews; L. L. Love,
tndrews; Will Ashe, Andrews;
tfrs. Glenn Bates, Murphy; Wayne
Sueen, Murphy; C. A. Kilpatrlck.
durphy, R-2; Ed Owenby, Murphy,
1-3; James Barton, Culberson; B.
J. Lunsford, Andrews; James
.anther. Andrews, R-l; Hadley
tobertson. Muryhy. R-2; C. F.
Italcup, . Murphy, R-2; Clinton
3ook, Culberson; J. J. Golden,
rulherson R-2; Ted Lee, Topton
f. C.; Carl Bryson, Marble; Har
>ld Hatchett, Murphy; Charlie
tevis, Marble; F. E. Sparks, Suit,
V. C.; Guy Suit, Suit; A. E. Brown.
Culberson, R-3; Uty Raxter,
tlarble; Miss Medley Fox. Letitia;
-reed Bates, Murphy; Allen Bry
on, Unaka; W. W. Palmer. Mur
phy, R-3; W. T. Montgomery
Sanger; L. M. Shields. Murphy; T.
r. Roberts, Murphy; H. G. Jones,
Suit; Fred Shields Andrews
Marshall Clontz, Murphy, R-l; Wil
iam King, Murphy.
Second week: Loyd Lovin. Mur
:hy, R-3; W. C. Hogan. Andrews.
<. C.; Glenn Jones, Suit; W. C.
'ayne, Murphy; Bruce Bristol, An
Irews; R. A. Crisp. Murphy; L \
S. Ledford Copperhill, R-l; E. E.
itiles, Murphy; C. S. Thompson,
-naka: Neil Lunsford, Andrews: '
Vade C. Lambert, Marble; Alex
'ostell, Andrews, R-l; Harve Rose.
jnaka, Violet Rte.; Fred Morgan,
Vndrews; Newland Smith, Mur
>hy, R-3; Vester Kent. Grandvlew;
Mollis Roberts. Letitia; Oneal
-risp. Murphy, R-l; Mrs. J. M.
iIcNafob. Suit; W. A. Thompson,
Jnaka; Noah A. Palmer, Murphy;
1. M. Howell, Murphy, R-3; Jake
Javis, Maiible; M. S. Richards,
darble.
Church To Study
Evangelism In
Week's Course
ANDREWS ? An all - church
study course in Evangelism will be
held March 12-16 inclusive at First
Baptist Church, with the Rev. Paul
E. Bruce otf Forrest Hills Baptist
Church, Winston-Salem, teaching
the adult department, "Every
Christian's Job" written by C. E.
Matthews.
The junior department will
Study "Jesus SavesT hjr Battle B
Allen. Mrs. Paul Bruce will teach
this class. The Intermediate de
partment will study under the
direction oi Mrs. C. A. West. The
Young people will Study "Every
Christian's Job" which will be
taught by Mrs. J. A. Richardson.
Conference Is
InWavnesville
The district quarterly confer
ence of the Free Methodist Church
v/ill be held at Waynesv\lle in the
new Free Methodist Church March
8-10.
Misses Rirth Gruber and Char
lotte Bishop, co-paators of the
church, invite friends of Cherokee
County to attend.
Rev. R. B. Campbell, General
Secretary of Evangelism of the
Free Methodist Church, wi)l be
guest speaker.
The Murphy Free Methodist
Church announces Sunday School
at 10 o'clock. There will be preach
ing service at either hour Sunday.
Bishop Henry
Is PTA Speaker
ANDREWS?The regular month
ly meeting of the local P. T. A.
will be he'.d in the school auditor
ium Tuesday night. March 13, at
7:30 o'clock.
Mrs. James A. Allen will give
the devotional for the evening. "
The Rt. Rev. M. George Henry,
bishop of Western North Carolina
Episcopal Diocese, will be guest
speaker. He is regarded -as one
of the outstanding public speakers
of Western North Carolina as well
as eburah leader and the public
a - 1
Boyd Rogers
Becomes Agent
ANDREWS?Boyd Rogers, who
Ua been depot operator at Hender
sonville, has been trainterred to
the Southern depot In Murphy
reporting for work Monday morn-|
ing. March 5
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers and malt
son are former Andrews residents, j
CANCER CLINIC TO MEET
The Cancer Clinic will meet at
C. J. Harris Hospital, in Sylva,
Friday, March 8. * Registration
hours iMUl be from 8 to JOrlS a. m.
The Division of Cancer Control of
the N. C. State Board of Heattti
provides examinations for cancer
to women above 35 and men above
40 yean old and to any peanu of j
any ace with
of cancer.
Labor Sury/U **ere Reveals
5,454 Availableorkers
Representatives
Put On Record
The measure calling for a state
wide liquor referendum went to
the unfavorable calendar last week.
Rep. Walter E. Crissman of
Guilford, then moved to have the
hill changed to the favorable cal
endar. A House vote Tuesday
showed 58 for and 51 agatns. the
motion. Since a two-thirds vote is
required, the motion was lost.
However Rep. Crissman achieved
his purpose of making House
members stand up and be counted
on the referendum issue.
Rep. J. H. Duncan, of Cherokee,
toted in favor of the motion.
Teachers' Sorority
To Meet Saturday
At Folk School
The Gamma chapter of the
Delta Kappa Gamma, national
honor sorority of teachers, will
hold the March meeting at John
C. Campbell Folk School at Brass
town on March 10.
Luncheon will be served prior
to the meeting In Keith House,
with Miss Emily Sword, Mesdames
Fveiyn Patton. Dair Shields and
Emily Davidson as hostesses.
Following the luncheon, Mr. and
Mrs. Georg Bldstrup who have
iust returned from a seven months'
trip to Denmark and the European
continent, will present the pro
gram on Danish Folk Schools.
Miss Nell Bond, president, from
Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege, Cullowhee, will preside at
the business session following the
program.
The Gamma chapter, in coopera
tion with other chapters of North
Carolina, was respbnsible for
b-inging to America Mile. Gene
vieve Faucher of Brland. LaRed
nite,' Algiers. A teacher in the
French schools, under the spon
sorship of the DKG Miss Fauch
er was able to complete her Doc
torate at the University of North
Carolina, making an outstanding
record. Her work and the part
DKG tyad in making at possible
for her to have this study in
America, was the subject of Carl
Goerch's article on "Goodbye.
Genevieve", in State Magazine.
F.B.I. Praises
Cherokee S.H.P
Breaking up of an automobile
theft and burglary ring is part of
the outcome of the events of last
week which put three men and
two girls in the Cherokee county |
jail. This is announced by Charles
W. Brown, agent in charge of the |
Charlotte office of the Federal1
Bureau of Investigation.
| All three of the men are Federal
parole violators with from seven
to 13 months in prison still hang
ing over them as violators of terms
rf their paroles. Brown said. They
row face new charges involving a
19-19 Ford ear taken in Greensboro
end a 1947 Plymouth sedan stolen
I sn Morristown, Tenn
The five are being held in the
Federal section of Buncombe
County jail to await action of Fed
era! Judgo Wilson Warlick of
Newto n The five were unable to
make bond, the men $5 000 each
end the women $2 000 each. In
addition ti> the car thefts,' the men
are wanted for breaking and en
tering and for burglary In several
localities.
, F. B. I. Agent Brown gave high
praise for the "fine job" done in
| apprehending the badly wanted
men. He mentioned Sgt. T. A.
! stndlin. Bryson City; Patrolmen
I Lee Lance and Jack Lunsford, both
of Murphy; and Patrolman Bryson
I of Hayeswille.
It Is' believed by the F. B. I.
end Hie State Bureau of Investiga-,
tion that the three men are lead
ers of a Sang of automobile thieves
and robbers operating In the cen
tral part of the state.
C. E. Weir of Atlanta vent the
' week-end here.
The Committee on Industrial
Development of the Murphy Cham
3er of Commerce reports that the
recent labor survey here revealed
that there are hundreds of-unem
ployed or available workers.
The tfltal number rtgistering as
prospective workers was 5,454. In
this the folio ving facts were as
certained: 39.5 per cent women
reporting were under 35 years of
age; 66 per eer.t of women report
ing undfr 35 years of age are less
than 15 miles from Murphy; 73.8
per cent of women reporting are
from Cherokee County, less than
15 miles from Murphy; 8 per cent
of women reporting are from
Northern Georgia; and 18.2 per
cent are from Clay County.
The women living 15 miles or
less from Murphy came in the
following classifications: Educa
tion, college, 40 married. 26 single;
high school, 337 married, 208
hngle; grammar school, 338 mar
ried. 165 single, making a total of
715 married and 399 single.
For women living more than 15
miles away those facts were
gathered; Education college, 24
married. 20 single; high school,
137 married, 132 single; grammar
rchool, 146 married. 84 single.
The total women reporting un
der 35 years of age was 1668.
The men living 15 miles or less
from Murphy revealed the follow
ing facts: Education college 58,
high school 425, and grammar
rchool 585. making a total of 1068;
end over 15 miles from Murphy,
Education, college. 38, high school
251. and grammar school 388,
making a total of 677. and grand
total of 1745.
Smoke Overcomes
Mrs. Calvin Stiles
Mrs. Calvin Stiles was taken to
Muiphy General Hospital about
11:30 Sunday night suffering from
being overcome by smoke in her
home on Hiawassee Ave.
An overheated electric cord start
ed a fire which ate its way into
the upholstery of a large couch in
the living room. The two chil
dren. Calvin, Jr., and Carla Beth,
2, were asleep in the back bed
room. Mrs. Stiles apparently faint
ed in the excitement, and then
breathed the heavy smoke to a
dangerous degree.
Calvin Stiles had been away
f:om home during the evening. Re
turning. he found smoke pouring
from the house. The doors were
locked, and Mrs. Stiles being un
conscious could not let him in. He
drove to town to give the alarm,
then returned to the house. He
picked up Frank Guffey on his
way, and they broke windows and
gained entrance. Taxi driver R. V.
Dockery followed. They found the
children and got them out through
the windows. In the dense smoke
it was difficult to find Mrs. Stiles,
but she was located, taken out
through a window, and.carried to
the car of Deputy H. H. Davidson,
who took her to the hospital.
The smoke was so heavy in the
living room that they were unable
to get to the door. The fire depart
ment located the smouldering
couch, and the fire was put out.
Mrs. Stiles was released from
the hospital Monday morning and
is doing well. The two children
were unharmed by the experience.
The actual fire damage was
nominal, but some repairs are
necessary It will be necessary Uf
paint ani decorate the entire in
terior because of smoke damage.
The home was insured, and the
loss is fully covered. Damage was
stated by Mr. Stiles to be about
*2,000.
Cpl. C. A. Mallonee
Is Improving .
Dpi. Charles A. Mallonee mho was
reriously wounded in Korea Febrtl
try 1 is at Ft. Campbell, Ky and
Is improving. Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Wilson and Mr. and Mrs Gerald
Wilson visited Cpl Ctaba A. Malto
nee, at Ft. Campbell, last meek.'.
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Mr. and Mrs Clyde CMritam at
Kingston. Tenn., visited Mr and'
ids. B; W. Easley, Jr. Monday.
Harry M. Seamon
Heads Tourist
Association
The Murphy unit of Western
North Carolina Tourist Associa
tion held its meeting at the Regal
Hotel Friday night and elected
the following officers for the year:
President, H. M. Seamon; vice
president. E. L. Shields, and ?
recretary and treasurer, Mrs. J. B
Gray. H. M. Seamon was elected
a director from Oherokee County
to Western North Carolina Tourist
Association.
Several new active members and
associate members were taken in.
One of the first things the asso
ciation will do is place six large
signs on the highways telling the
tourists about Murphy and how to
get here. They will also sponser
the magazine High Top this year.
The association has several asso
ciate members and they include
the gas stations' and stores. They
ask that all merchants that serve
the tourists to join now so they
will receive the right to be placed
on all State advertising that the
Tourist Association will mail out
this summer. They axe mailing
15,000 new maps for the first step
of this advertising this summer.
Pay Raise Bill
Becomes Law
The General Assembly enacted
into law, last week. Rep. J. H.
Duncan's bill granting pay boosts
1o certain officials of Cherokee
County. The bill effects the sheriff,
register of deeds and members of
the Board of County Comngaskm
ers. 'It also authorizes the em
ployment of additional sheriff's
deputies and a clerk in the audi
tor's office.
A measure to require the North
Carolina Wildlife Resources Com
mission to spend 75 per cent of
the funds collected from fishing
and hunting licenses in Cherokee,
Clay and Graham counties within
each of the counties, was Introduc
ed by Reps. H. M. Moore of Clay,
Dennis Massey of Graham and
Duncan of Cherokee and referred
?o the Committee on Wildlife Re
sources.
Trustee Bill
Is Reported
Favorably
ANDREWS?The Bill appointing
trustees for the Andrews School
district and providing for - their
taction in 1952 were reported
favorably Joy the House Education
Committee in Raleigh Thursday.
The bill proposed to appoint as
trustees Frank Wilhide. W. G. Mc
Keldry. Harold Jenkins, James R.
Bryson Mrs. G. W. Cover and Dr
Chas. A. Van Gordej- Their terms
would begin first Monday in April
1951, and expire the first Monday
of December, 1952.
Thereafter, board members
would be named every two years
in ncm-partisan elections.
Phyllis Cline Is
On Dean's List
*
ANDREWS?Phyllis Cline of
Ashevillc, and a former resident
of AndreWs, has had her name
placed oq the dean's list of the
Woman's College of the University
of North Carolina, Greensboro.
To qualify for the dean's list a
j student is required to have been
a resident at the Woman's College
during the immediate proceeding
semester end are seniors or second
semester juniors and have 'made ?
1 "B" averags or batter in their
i studies for the immediate preced
teg semester. -
Miss Cline, the datgfater of Mr
Phillip Cline, is s i
and 1