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0lfr ?lfmikee KEEP YOUK TOWN CLEAN? In can hivt a real part tn munltj br >aaptai roar own i laea In food order and I create a public aenUment lor deaa lli - MURPHY, mm CAROLINA, THURIFY VOLUME?W NUMB EE 41 MURPHY, WW CAROLINA. THURRpXY, APRIL It, 1M1 EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK DUFFY SILK COMPANY TO LOCATE MILL HERE Folk School Celebrates 25th Anniversary i it :xii a? t TO SPEAK HERE?Hermit Hun ter, Chapel Hill, author of Unto These Hills, the famous Cherokee drama, who will speak at the 25th anniversary celebration at John C. Campbell Folk School May 5. Miss Jessie Green, Missionary, Is To Speak Here Sunday Miss Jessie Green, mtakxnary to China, home on furlough, will be guest speaker at first Baptist Church Sunday at 11 a. m? when she will tell of her work in China. Miss Green al90 will speak at the associational rally at Tusquttee Baptist Church Sunday at 2:30 p. m. The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pastor, will preach Sunday at 8 p. m. on "Crucified Hands". Sunday .School starts Sunday at 9:45 a. m. and Training Union at 7 p. m. School Field Day ToBeOnFriday Murphy High School will have Field Day Exercises on Friday, April 27. The schedule of events is as follows: Academic Events, 9:00-1030; Food Demonstration and Fashion Show, 10:00-11:00; Music Events, 10:30-12)00; Dunch in School Cafeteria. 12:00-1:00; High School Athletic Events, 1:00-2:30. Exhibits from all departments will be displayed during the day. The G. I. Wopdworking Class will also have a furniture exhibit Librarians Attend State Conference Mrs. Mabel McFalls of Andrews; Mrs. Belle Slaughter of Robbdns ville; Mrs. T. A. Case, Miss Jose phine Heighway. and Mies Phillis Snyder of Murphy left early Wednesday morning for Greens boro, where they will attend a North Carolina State Library meet ing which will be in session Wednesday until Saturday noon. The group will return Saturday afternoon. neriiui nuiuei To Speak May 5 John p. Campbell Folk School will celebrate its 25th anniversary May 4-6, announces Director How ard K ester. Several prominent speakers have accepted invitations to speak during the obsevrance. Kermit Hunter of Chapel Hill, author of Unto These Hills, Cher okee drama, will speak on Satur day May 5, at 8 p. m. on "Keeping the Creative Spirit Alive in Today's World." Dr. Arthur Bannerman, presi dent of Warren-Wilson College, Swarmanoa, will speak Friday. May 1. it 8 p. ra. on "Education in the Southern Highlands". The three-day program opens Friday evening. Mrs. John C. Camp bell. founder and for many years director of the school, will bring grreetings. Following Dr. Banner man's address, folk dancing will be led by Mr. and Mrs. George Bld strup. From 10 a. m. to 12:00 May 5 a round table discussion on the Re gion's Needs and Possibilities will be led by the following: Rural Life, W. M. Landess, head of agricul tural relations, TV A, Knoxville; Crafts, Miss Amy Woodruff, Ashe ville; Citizenship. Dr. W. B. Jones. Jr., professor of Sociology, yni versity of Tennesssee, Knoxville; and Religion, Dr. Fred Brownlee, New York City. At 12:30 a remembrance lunch eon will be held to honor those who gave land and labor in the early days of the school's life. From 4 to 5 p. m. a tea will be held at the home of Director and Mrs. Howard Kester. From 5 to 6 p. m. Miss Edna Richie will lead folk singing. Following Mr. Hunter's address in the evening, Mr. and Mrs. Bid strup will lead folk dancing. Dr. Brownlee will lead religious services Sunday at 11 a. m. Throughout the celebration, ex hibits of crafts will be displayed. Saturday morning carvers will be at work to demonstrate to the visitors. Rev. J. E. Corwin's Topics Released 'Two Thieves" will be the topic of the sermon by the Rev. Jones Earl Corwin at Murphy Presby terian Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. Corwin is preach ing for the Spring Revival being held by the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Corwin is assisting with the music. At the evening service at 7:30 Sunday Mr. Corwin will preach on the theme "I Thought" based on D Kings 5:1-16. The Youth of the church will meet at 6:30 p. m. for a song service and prayer meeting for the Revival. The Church Night service on May 2 will be devoted to the intro duction to a study of the Book of Acts, led by the pastor, the Rev. James R. Crook Ray Wright Heads Regional B. T. IL Winners Announced (Ray Wright of Brysoa City, for merly of Andrews, was riuUd di rector of the Regional Baptist (Training Union at the dosing ses sion of convention held at An drews Baptist Church Friday and Saturday. i Other officers elected and later installed cmder the leadership of the Rev. J. Alton Morris. Mur phy, were. Everett White, Franklin, associate director; Mre. Say Ben nett, Syfva. secretary; Mrs. Clay Rogers, Hayeavllle, Mrs. Floyd Mllsaps. Robbinaville, adult leaden; Miss Addle Mae Cooke, Mmptagr, young People's leader, Mrs. Carl West. Andrews, intermediate lea der Miss Dorothy Edwards. Bry ton City, Jwior leader, and Mrs. Gladys Kioslsnd and Hit Harry Vance, story how leaden. The Bev. J. H. Miller of Bryson City was The next convention will be held at Bylva Baptist Church on April 1S-20. .1998. Winners In the various tourna ments were: Choirs. Andrews sex tet, with rating of A, and Robbina ville choir with rating of A-, adult Bible reader. Mrs. Floyd MUlsapa. Robblnsvllle; young people's better speakers'. 'Mist Doris Baxter, An drews, first; Dennis Montietfa, Tuckasegie. second; intermediate sword drill, Winona Dupree, An drews; Cora Ann Queen. Oowee, and Ann Nichols, Bryson City; and Hilda Sue Harris, Pauline BanntB. Scoria Creek; Frances Hardin. Bet sy Taylor, Murphy, Janice Phillips, Betsy Orr, BobMnsviDe; Sara Marie Dong. Andrews; and Ster ling McHan, Bryson CKy. Mrs. Cary Wast, Andrews, re tiring director, presided. Moderator?The Rev. James R. Urook, pastor of Murphy Pre9by erian Church, who was moderator >f the Asheville presbytery at a meeting held in Montreat last Tues. Jay. He succeeds C. G. Worley, uling elder of the Arden Presby erian Church. dev.H.S.Kester f'o Speak Sunday The Rev. Howard Kester direc or of John C. Campbell Folk ichool, will be the guest minister it First Methodist Church Sunday it 11 a. m. Sunday School will be held at 1:45 a. m. and Evening Youth meet ng will be at 6 p. m. There will be no evening wor ld p. but everyone is encouraged 0 attend evening services at the >resbyterian Church. ' Mid-week Prayer aerviee will be icld Wednesday at 8 p. m. Family night at Church will be ibserved on Wednesday, May 9, at i:30 p. m. The Rev. R. Delbert Byrum will (reach the baccalaureate sermon n Hayesville Sunday, April 29, at 1 o'clock. Pfe. CHAS. S. FKEEL Pfc. Chas. S. Freel Finishes AF Basic 'Lackland Air Force Base, Texas ?Pfc. Charles S. Freel. 19, son of >lr. and Mr*. C. S. Freel, Andrews, s completing his AF basic airmen ndoctrination course at Lackland Mr Force Base, the "Gateway to he Air Force". Pfc. Freel graduated from An irews High School, class of 1050, >nd entered Western Carolina Teacher's College. Cullowhee, in he fall of <1060 where he remained intil he Joined the Air Force ? ew weeks ago. He la a member of Andrews Methodist Church. He ?ecently qualified as a sharp hooter. Lackland, situated near San Antonio, la the world's largest sir orce base, center of Air Force Mate training, for airmen and somen, indoctrination station for arlor service reenH stirs, and home if AF'a Officer Candidate School. <Hla basic training is prepsring dm for entrance into Air Force echnlesl training and for aaalgn nent In epedaibed work. The murse Includes a scientific evahi rtkm of Ida aptitude and incHra Jon for foUoedng a vocation and career. Ballentine Will Address C Of C L. Y. Ballentine will be guest speaker at the Andrews Chamber of Commerce banquet to be held at Junaluska Terrace Hotel Fri day, May 4, at 7: p. m. Ballentine, Commissioner of Ag riculture of North Carolina, was Lieutenant Governor during Gov ernor Cherry's term of office. He has Urge dairy interests in Wake | County and has represented that. county in both House and Senate. He is a very forceful speaker and ' knows North Carolina from border to border, perhaps as well or bet ter than any one in the state. Mrs. Ballentine who is secre tary of the North Carolina Auto mobile Dealers Association and Is A. y. 8/ili-ekitihb. veil known throughout the state, vill accompany her husband. Annual WMU Meeting To Be Held At Marble Miss Sara Taylor, missionary to Argentina, will be guest speaker at the annual W. N. C. Associational W. M. U. meeting which will be held at Marble Baptist Church on Friday, May 4, beginning at 10 a. m? announces Mrs. Elmer Chil deiw, superintendent. The tbtme of the program will be, "Found Faithful". In the morning session, Mrs. J. A. Richardson of Andrews will bring the meditation thoughts. Mrs. John Wacaster, state worker of Cherryville, will speak on, "Faith ful to the Task". Special music will be given by Mrs. Hadley Dickey of Murphy, following which Miss Taylor will speak. Others taking part on the pro gram will be: Mesdames C. T. Al mond, Andrews; H. E. Danielson, Hayesville; W. C. Kinney, Murphy; and James Glenn, Andrews. The afternoon session will be gin at 1:30 with Mrs. A. B, Lovell of Marble reading the scripture. Special music will be given by the Andrews sextet. Others taking part on the program will be Mes (lames J. W. Stanley. Hayesville; Mrs. Lucille McDonald, Murphy; Mrs. Kenneth West, Warne; Mrs. Charles Carringer, Hayesville; and Mrs. Brown Caldwell. Mrs. Ed Corpening, Tapoco, will have charge of' installing officers for next year and lead a dedica tory prayer. The Rev A. B. Lovell, Marble, will bring the closing meditation. Pastors and laymen, as well as W. M. U. members, are invited, states Mrs. Childers. CANCER CLINIC TO MEET The Cancer Clinic meets at C. J. Harris Hospital, in Sylva, every Friday. Registration hours are from 9 to 10:15 a. m. The Division of Cancer Control of the N. C. State Board of Health provides examinations for cancer to women above 35 and men above 40 years old and to any person of any age with symptoms suggestive of cancer. Dr. L. W. Adams Wins Fellowship Dr. L. W. Adams, native of An drews and dean of the Washington and Lee School of Commerce, Lex ington. Va. has been awarded a fellowship for study this summer in the New York financial district Ten such fellowships are sponsored each summer by the Association of Stock Exchange Firms, the In vestment Bankers Association of America, the National Association of Security Dealers, Hie New York Stock Exchange and New York Curb Exchange. For the first time this year two will be awarded in the south, one at Washington and Lee and one at Duke Univer sity. The fellowship allows the recip ient to select his own field in Wall Street for three weeks of lesearch and observation. Dr. Adams plane to make a study of the effects on small investors, such as universi ties and trust estates, of the gra dual obsorption of moat top grade industrial bonds by the great in surance companiee. W. Carrol Meade of Baltimore, native of Lexington of the New Yak resents the southeast on the Joint Committee on Education of hs sponsoring organisations. He wet in Lexington recently to notiftr Dr. Adams of the awarding of the tet V Dr. Adams, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Zala Adams of Andrews, is married to the former Miss May Davidson of Lexington, and they have two children He is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, national honorary leadership fraternity. Phi Kappa Sigma, social fraternity and Alpha Kappa Psi, honorary commerce fraternity. He is a graduate of the Andrews High School and University of North Carolina, and received his Ph. D. degree from Cornell Uni versity where he also spent two years on the faculty. He was a member of the Wash ington and Lee Staff as an Instruc tor in economics from 1906 until 1920. when he entered the invest ment securities business in New York. He returned to Washington and Lee in 1040 to teach economics. During World War II he served as a lieutenant-commander in the Navy. War-time activities included duty as administrative officer of the Naval Draining Schools, Har vard University, and later as exec utive officer of the Navy College Training Program In the office of the Chief of the Navy College. Declining a government propo sal that he oonttnoe as civilian di rector of the Navy's postural NBOTC taogiaui he returned to Lexington to resume his work on Construction To Begin Soon, 40-Acre Site The Duffy Silk Company of Buffalo, N. Y., through its president, Charles G. Duffy, Jr., and its executive vice-president, Paul Hemmerich, announced here today plans for construction of a nylon throwing plant near Murphy. The mill will employ about 1 50 people, mostly women. A site of approximately 40 acres, the H. E. Dickey and George Mauney tracts, just east of Murphy at the fcot of the mountains in a broad valley, overlooking Hiwassee River, on High way 64, has been secured. Local people and the county are participating with The Duffy Silk Company in the purchase of the land. Labor Survey Aided In Getting Duffy Silk Co. The Chamber of Commerce says that the labor surrey rec cently conducted by Murphy was very helpful in 1 oca tiny the Duffy Silk Company In this lo cality. "The fine response of indivi duals in filling out and return ing the application forms and the large amount received totaling 5454, greatly Influenced the ear ly decision of the Duffy Silk Company to begin its plant In Murphy Immediately," Chamber spokesmen say. "The large am ount of available labor is help ing greatly to attract industry to locate In our county, thereby providing employment for our people who were, up until now, compelled to go to Industrial centers to secure employment." "This section and its people want industry and want to see it prosperous and happy. This entire section pledges Itself to work in every way with Berk shire Knitting Mills and The Duf fy Silk Company and will do everything that lies within Its power to give them a clean, healthy, and honest labor sup ply." Pfc. WM. T. GRAY PfoWm. T.Gray Completes Course Lackland Air Force Base, Texas Pfc. William T. Gray, 19, son <X Mr. and Mrs. W. C. 6ray, P. O Box 392. Andrews, is completing bis basic airmen indoctrinatior course at Lackland Air Force Base the "Gateway to the Air Force" Pfc. Gray was a member of tlx 1950 graduating class of the An drews (High School. He is i mem ber of First Baptist Church. Lackland, situated near Sao An tonio, is the world's largest ah force base, center of Air Form basic training, for airmen ant women, indoctrination elation fa prior service remit its re. and boms of AF's Officer Candidate School His bask training is preperin) him for entrance Mo Air Force technical training and for assign ment ha sperialliad work. Ths count include* a scientific evalu ation of bis aptitude and iodine tkjn for fallowing a particular vx> cation and career. Construction work will start im mediately, and plans are complet ed to begin installing machinery within four to six months Produc tion is expected to start towards the end of the year. Within the next three or four months, a train ing center for workers will be set up. As one of the oldest commis sion throwsters in the country, The Duffy Silk Company was among the first to install throw ing equipment for the throwing of pylon. The new plant will be of modern and most up-to-date con struction in every detail. The lat est types of equipment will be installed. It will be prepared to handle synthetic fibres, principal ly nylon. The plant is being built by C. M. Guest and Sons, Greensboro, and is designed by Biberstcin & Bowles. Inc., architects and engineers, Charlotte. Except for s large picture window, looking oat toward the mountains, the plant will be a window-less, fuHy air-conditioned mill, assuring ideal working conditions throughout the year. The officers of The Duffy Silk Company are: Charles G. Duffy, Jr., president: "Paul Hemmerich, executive vice-president: George Duffy, treasurer; and Robert C. Troup, secretary. The company was incorporated in 1902 under the present owners who grew up in the business. The officials state: "Murphy has impressed the company officials by its spirit of cooperation in mak ing information readily available, which would assure the company that all its requirements for the successful operation of tbe mill could be met. The sincere coopera tion of the North Carolina Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment. represented by Paul Kelly and William C. Guthrie in tbe ] paration of technical and phical information was moat help ful." State Treasurer Brandon Hodges and Richard Mauney. an assistant in his office, who is from Murphy, also assisted in getting the plant located here. For several months the Commit tee for Industrial Development of the Murphy Chamber of merce has been working to 1 this company in locating here and assisting in every way poadble to answer all requirements. Arthur Heinrich And C.R. Freed Entertain Lions Arthur Heinrich and C. R. IMd entertained Murphy Lions Club with a musical pnfMi Tuesday evening. Mr. Heinrich played Hacb maninofTs Prelude 9 Minor and Chopin's ril in sis A Msg nr. Bp sccompenied Mir. Freed who sag. r. TU Take You Home Again. Kadb !, leen" and "Wagon Wheels". They were presented by (Mean Patten. Mdent Dele Lee preeldad. Bp introduced the Ree. and Mra. J. Karl Corsrin of Black il gueets al the Bee. J?s R. i I At 7:so ??-?ir nifir April 37, the P T.
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