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Top Fair Prizes
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Violet Home Demonstration
Club iauk top place In the club
educational exhibits at the Cher
okee County Fair which la being
held at the (air grounds In Mur
phy this week, through Saturday.
The club bad an exhibit on toyc
and other equipment that can be
made at home.
Valleytown Club, with Its mod
el mile exhibit, took second place;
Suit Club, clothing, showing coat
of making clothing vs buying ready
made, third; Peachtree, cancer,
fourth; and Sunny Point, reading
for recreation, good citizenship,
and education fifth.
Other clubs having exhibits won
honorable mention: Tomotla, dairy
products; Ranger food conserva
t'on; Midway, basic foodsj Mar
tins Creek, grow tomatoes; Bell
view, good table setting; and Mur
phy, highways to family happiness.
There were two divisions of edu
cational booths that did not have
cash prizes. In one division, rib
bons were won as follows: John C.
Campbell Folk School, blue; Nan
tahala Regional Library, red; and
4-H Club forestry, white; and the
other: State Highway Patrol, blue;
Lions Club blind exhibit, red; and
Wildlife Resources Commission
end State and U. S. Forestry,
white.
In the Dairy cattle who held
Wednesday, grand champions
were: Guernsey bull of A. Q. Ket
ner, Guernsey cow of Noland
Wells, Jersey bulk and Jersey cow
of E. A. Wood.
Special awards, donated by the
Cherokee County Guernsey Bree
ders Association, went to the fol
lowing:' Best fitted Guernsey, A.
Q. Ketner; best showmanship,
Guernsey, Ralph Jordan, Andrew^!
Guernsey get of sire, first A. Q.
Ketner, second Noland Wells; and
Guernsey produce of dam, first,
A. Q. Ketner.
s. G. D. White of Hendersonville
and C. W. Wheeler of LaFayette,
Ga.. were judges.
In the beef cattle show Thurs
day morning, W.' D. Townson's
Hereford bull and Hereford cow
took the two grand champion pla
ces. S'r. ov.,PSOn tcok first place
with six Htrefords, and Tom Ev
ans, f;cst p'ace v l'h one Hereford
bull. A. C. Hya't took blue ribbon
and second place (because of no
To Hold Meeting
On Telephone
Subject Friday
Murphy people will lure an
opportunity to discuss with of
fldals of Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph Company
their propoaal to fell to Weatern
Carolina Telephone Company,
In a meeting to be held at the
courthouse Friday at 0 a. m.
Mayor Bnel Adams announ
ces that H. A. Booth. North Car
olina Manager of Southern Bell,
has agreed to come to Murphy
to discuss the company's consid
eration of a transfer.
Everybody In Murphy and vi
cinity who Is interested in good
telephone service Is Invited to
attend.
competition), with an Angus bull.
Bruce Mills took first place in the
4 H and FFA fat steer contest.
Sam Buchanan, specialist. In ani
mal husbandry, Extension Service,
Raleigh, was judge.
Among other judges who judged
In the general exhibits were; Miss
Nell Kennett, district agent; Mrs.
W. P. Odom; Mrs. Ora Lee Sossa
man, Bryson City; Miss Annett
Braswell, Blairsville; Miss Nellie
Jo Carter, Robblnsville; Miss Mary
Johnson, Sylva; Misses Ethel Gar
nett, Clara Marshall, and Gertrude
Flanagan, Cherokee; Mrs. Florence
Sherrill and Mrs. Barbara Honey
cutt, Franklin; Miss Virginia Right,
Hayesville; Sam Mendenhall and
Bill Sloan, Franklin; Bill Flake,
Robblnsville; Mr. McKinney, Live
stock Specialist, Ga. Mtn. Exp.
Station, Blairsville; William G. Da
vis, Bryson City; Guy Wheeler,
Hayesville; Mr. Taylor," Oh. Mtn.
Exp. Station, Blairsville, Ga.; H?nk
Rosenkrantz, Hayesville; C. A. Wel
born, Blairsville, Ga; Tom Cannon,
Sylva; Kenneth A. Chambers,
Blairsville, Ga.; James H. Walker,
Hayesville; Hayes Leatherwood.
Murphy; and James H. Walker,
Hayesville.
Mr. and Mr^ Buel Adams and
Mies Bertha Mayfield spent the
veek-end as guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Mayfield in Heflin,
Ala.
Harvey Owensby
Wins Silver Star
WITH THE 1ST CAV. DIV. IN
KORE\?The Silver Star Medal,,
third highest combat award, has |
been conferred on M/Sgt. Harvey I
Owensby, husband of Mrs. Louise I
Owensby, Route 1, Andrews, N. C?
for gallantry in action in Korea.
Owensby courageously engaged
the enemy to prevent attempts to
destroy American tanks and, al
though wounded, displayed out
standing fighting qualities and an
eagerness to close with the Com
munists.
VThe action occurred near Chip
yong-ni on February 15-16, when
Owensby's regiment, the 5th Cav
alry, formed part of a tank-infan
try team to rescue a trapped Amer
ican unit.
Owcnsby covered his tank's blind
side with his own weapon, stopping
fanatical enemy troops who were
atlempting to destroy the armor
with rocket launchers, pole and
satchel charges.
His citation states, in part:
"Aided by Master Sergeant
Cwensby's courage and selfless
devotion to duty, Task Force
Crombez smashed through the four
and one-half mile defensive ? po
sition, killing more than 500 Chi
nese and arriving at the objective
in time to repulse a strong assault
by the Chinese against the encir
cled 23rd Infantry Regimental
Combat Team.
"His gallantry reflects great cre
dit on himself and the military ser
vice."
WM. N. BOLTON
Wm. N. Bolton
To Leave Miirphy
William N. Bolton has resigned,
beginning October 1, from his work
at the Church of the Messiah, Mur
phy, Chapel of the Holy Comfor
ter In Andrews, and St. Barnabas
Church, Murphy. He plans to leave
Murphy around the first of next
week.
Mr. Bolton has worked with the
local church sincfc April 19, 1040.
He expressed appreciation to
the church and the community for
all their kindnesses.
Baptists To Have
Promotion And
Enlistment Day
Sunday will be Promotion Day
at First Baptist Church. All pu
pils are urged to attend so that
they may be promoted and receive
their certificates. Sunday Is also
Enlistment Day fortithlng and
pledging and adaption of church
budget. It is important that each
member of the church be there.
The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pas
tor, will speak at 11 a. m. on the
subject, "Mansion Building in the
Sky". Sunday School begins at
9:45- His subject for the evening
message at 7:30 is "Five Things to
Think On". Miss Velma Umphfres
will sing "Calvary" by Rodney at
the evening service. Training Un
ion begins at 6:30.
Announcements for the week
are as follows: Prayer services for
revival is held at church at 10 a.
m. every day. B. W. C. Circle will
meet Monday at 7:30 in the home
of Mrs. R. D. Chandler. Wednes
day the Youth choir will parctice at
6.45, the Hour of Power Service
will be at 7:30 and Adult Choir
practice at 8:30. Saturday the Pri
mary and Junior Choirs will prac
tice at 10 A. M:
Cottage Prayer Services for the
coming revival are listed as: Fan
nie Heck Circle, Monday at 2:30
with Mrs. W. C. Kinney; Mae Per
ry, Thursday evening at 7:30 with
Mrs. Jessie Deweese; Lottie Moon
Circle. Tuesday at 2:30 with Mrs.
J. L. Baugh. Others will be an
rounced later.
Old Clothing
Is In Demand
Mrs. Myron Jensen, chairman of
the clothing drive of the Murphy
Junior Woman's Club, announces
that there is a great demand for
clothing for school children, and
if any one has any .clothing to con
tribute, to please contact her.
Lions To Solicit
Donors For Visit
Of Bloodmobile
Vice-President Alden coward
presided over the meeting of Mur
phy Lions Club held Tuesday
evening in First Methodist Church.
There was no program, since many
of the members were working at
the fair grounds, selling tickets
at the gates.
The club voted to be responsible
for the donors at the visit of the
Red Cross Bloodmobile here on
October 18, and Hobart McKeever,
Frank Forsyth, and Bob White will
be team captains.
Secretary Glenn Patton read a
letter from State Utilities Commis
sioner Ed McMahan stating that
If Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company applies for
permission to sell, a public hear
ing win be held, and local people
notified.
Mayor Buel Adams announced
that a meeting will be held Fri
day at 9 a. in. to discuss Southern
Bell's proposal, with people of
Murphy invited to attend.
Hobart McKeever appealed to
the Lions to assist with the Boy
Scout work here.
Dave Moody announced the Food
Handlers' School to be held at the
courthouse Oct. 2, 3, 4.
Joe Fuller and Frank Ellis were
inducted as new members, and
were presented pins by Dale Lee. |
Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Elkins of
New ork City were guests of H. G.
Elkins, and Boyce Morrison of Ra
leigh was a guest of H. Bueck. Jim
mie Goodwin who is in the army
was welcomed back.
Wade A. Reece, Religious,
Civic Leader Taken By Death
Wade A. Reece, S3, former May
or and civic and churrcta leader in
Andrews, .succumbed to a cerebral
hemorrage at 1:30 A. M. Sunday in
an Andrews hospital.
Funeral services were conducted
at-2 p. m. Monday in the Andrews
Methodist Church with the Rev.
James A. Allen, pastor of the
church, and former pastors the
Rev. C. C. Waaham and the Rev.
O. It. Dulln officiating. Burial was
In WoaiTlsna Cemetery. Franklin,
Active pallbearers were
of the Methodist Church
orary pallbearers were members of
the Andrews Rotary Club.
I vie Funeral Home was In
charge of arrangements.
Reece was quite active, in- the
Andrews Methodist Church having
served the past 12 years as Snu
day school superintendent and
chairman of the board of stewards.
I He. served as chairman of the An
drews chapter of the American Red
Cross for several years and Mayor
of Andrews, president of the Ro
tary Club, district committeeman
of the
He was born in Macon County
November 1, 1897, the son of the
late W. D. and Roxle Potts Reece.
He was educated In the Macon
schools and on April 17, 1928, he
was married to the former Miss
Blrdell Waldroup of Franklin.
Reece is survived by the wllow;
two sons, Jerry, a freshman at the
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, and Tod, a student at
Riverside Acadamy, Gainesville,
Ga.; four brothers, Frank W?
George W., and Grady T. of Frank
lin, and Sam Reece of Canton;
four sisters; Frs. Fred Waldroup,
Mrs. Homer Green, Mrs. Arnold
and Mrs. Ralph Bradley of Frank
lin.
Rev. C. D. Bessinger
Preaches In Revival
The Rev. C. D Bessinger, pastor
of Grace Baptist Church, Ashe
ville, will preach in the revival
services to be held in the First
Baptist Church, October 7-14, an
nounces the pastor, the Rev. J.
Alton Morris.
Mr. Bessinger is a graduate of
Furman University of Greenville,
S. C. For a number of years he was
a successful pastor in South Caro
lina and for the past six years he
has been pastor in Asheville. At
present he is pastor of one of the
most rapidly growing churches in
the state, Grace Baptist Church.
The services wiil be held daily
at 10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Miss Velraa Umphfres, new edu
cational director at the Baptist
Church will lead the singing.
Cottage prayer services are be
ing held in connection with the
revival.
Andrews Man Is
Wounded In Korea
Pvt. Robert H. Shields, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shields of An
drews recently was wounded in
Korea, it was announced by the
Department of Defense.
PFC. B. J. YA'iES
Yates Finishes
Basic Training
Pfc. Beanie Jack Yates, 18, ion
of Mrs. Walter'Waldroup, of An
drews, - has completed his basic
training at Lackland Air Force
Base, San Antonio. Tex. He la now
stationed at Shepherd Air Force
Base,.Tex., training for airplane
mechanic. He graduated from An
drews High School in class of 1M1.
REV. C. D. BESSINGER
Rev. M. J. Patrick
Preaches Sunday
The Rev. Marlon J. Patrick of
St. George. S. C., will preach Sun
day at First Methodist Church In'
the absence of the pastor, the Rev.
R. Delbert Byrum, who is attend
ing 'the Western North Carolina
Conference of the Methodist
Church in Greensboro. Mr. Pat
rick is a senior in the Candler
School of Theology, Emory Uni
versity. The public is invited to
hear him;
There will be no evening ser
vice of worship. Sunday School
will be it 9:45 a. m., and Youth
Meeting at *6 p. m. ?> ?
The Monthly Family Night at
Church will be held Wednesday,
Oct. 3, at 6:30 p. m. The program
will be in keeping with the obser
vance of Christian Education
Week, September 30-October 7.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Bueck and Mr.
and Mrs. T. A. Case will be at-'
tending the Western North Caro-j
Una Annual Conference in Greens-'
boro over the week-end. Mr. and
Mrs. Byrum have been there.
throughout the conference.
At Wake Forest
There are three students from
Murphy enrolled at Wake Forert
College this fall: Miss Barbara
Arnold. JeVry Hall, and W. A.
Sherrill.
They were accompanied to Wake
Forest last week by Jim Ed.
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Health Dept. To Sponsor
Food Handlers' School Here
Street Money
Is Received By
Town Of Murphy
The Town of Murphy has just re
ceived $8,349.10 as its share of the
money from the Powell' bill for
use by towns and cities on their
non-highway system streets.
Mayor Buel Adams states that
12.67 miles of streets in Murphy
were effected under the Powell
Bill.
The average per miles according
to the Highway Commission Is
$871.41. Report from 386 towns
and cities showed that they had a
total of 2,109 effected miles.
The money comes from a half
cent per gallon of the state gaso
line tax, and the municipalities
get this portion of the gasoline
revenue each year.
This money is ear-marked for
street improvements.
This summer a total of approxi
mately two and a half miles of
streets in Murphy have been
paved, according to Mayor Adams,
the streets including: Boulevard
and Boulevard extension, Cherry,
Third, Central Ave., Church
?Street, South Central, Sycamore,
and McLelland.
A food handling school, spon-9
sored by he District Health De
partment In cooperation with the
State Health Department and local
food handling establishments, will
be held in Cherokee and Clay Coiin
ties October 2, 3, 4. The school for
Cherokee will have two sessions
daily: 9:30 to 11 a. m. and 3:00 to
4:30 p. m. at the Courthouse in
Murphy. The Clay County school
will have one session a day: 8 to
9:30 p. m. at the Courthouse In
Hayesville.
On October 2 the subject will
be "Bacteriology for Food Hand
lers", directed by D. H. Moody,
district sanitarian; Wm. A. Broad
way. N. C. State Board of Health;
and Harold E. Parker, Winston
Salem Health Department.
On October 3 the subject will
be "Food Handlers' Practices", di
rected by Chas. B. Thomas, dis
trict health dept.: Miss Sallie J.
Mooring, N. C. State Board of
Health; and Miss Willie P. Lovin
good, senior Public health nurse.
On October 4 the subject will be
"Proper Dishwashing," discussed
by Wm. A. Broadway, N. C. State
Board of Health; Nat Clark, Ashe
ville City health department; and
Melville G. Powell, Rutherfordton
district Health department.
Due to state and national, as well
as local demands for better food
handling methods, the District
Health Department requires that
all operators of restaurants, cafes,
dining rooms, luncheonettes, meat
markets, school lunch rooms,
slaughter pens, and other food
handling establishments, attend at
least one class each day, together
with their employees. The same
course will be offered at the morn
ing and afternoon classes in order
that employees may take turns in
attending.
Certificates will be given indi
vidual food handlers who attend
one or more sessions, and certif
icates will be given to the opera
tors having 100 percentage atten
dance of their employees.
Prospective employees not work
ing at present, but who will be
used during the busy seasons,
should be enrolled in this school.
No permit will be given to pre
pare or serve food unless the par
ties requesting same can present a
certificate of attendance to this
food handling school, officials
pointed out. The primary purpose
of these courses, It was explained,
is to acquaint food handlers with
the importance of sanitation and
with the latest methods of hand
ling and preparing foods.
Attention is called to the im
portance of care in food handling
at school lunchrooms because
children are being served. Drug
Three Men Are
Arrested For Series
Of Burglaries
A series of alleged burglaries
started at DllUboro Saturday about
10:30 a. m., struck again at Mar
ble. then lumped to Ellijay and
Btairsvllle with the perpetrators
finally fleeing in the direction at
Atlanta, according to reports from
Chief Deputy Grant of the Chero
kee Sheriff's office.
The filling etation of Arthur
Palmer at Marble was entered at
I a. m. Sunday. A quantity at
socks and ladles' hose were taken.
Later in the night another call
came of a case at Blalrsville, Ga.,
where the store of Cecil Lance
was broken into. A quantity of
clothing and shoes was taken.
Grant was now joined by Woody
Wilson, Georgia Bureau of Inves
tigation; Virg. Kelly, Sheriff of
Union County, Ga., and P. R. Kit
chen, SBI Agent
Grant said that they found re
mains of a fire in the woods near
El'ijcy in which partly burned
clothing was left There was evi
dence to show that the men had
probably exchanged their old
clothes and shoes for new obtained
in the robberies.
Tipped by information furnished
by Grant, Police of Rome, Ga.,
arrested three youths on suspicion.
Two were 18 years old and the
third was about 24 and is said to
be an escaped convict from Mon
tana State Prison. In the car, when
| arrested, most of the- loot from
| the several robberies was found
I They are said to have admitted
| committing the robberies. They,
will be tried at Blalrsville for the
I Union County cases and held for
this state for later trial on the.
Marble and Dillsboro cases.
Chief Deputy Buren Grant and
P. R. Kitchen yesterday obtained
the confessions of all three of the
youths who are being held for the
robberies. They are Charles Bay
less, 17, Robert Calvert, 18, and
Wilbur Calvert, 23, all of Cleve
land, Ohio. They confessed to a
string of burglaries strung along
the highway from Cleveland, O.,
to Rome, Ga., the officers said.
The goods taken in the Dillsboro
and in the Marble cases have been
identified as the goods found in
their car.
store workers who are handling
foods and refreshments come with
in the scope of this school.
Dave Moody, district sanitarian,
is assisting in making arrange
ments for the school.
West Liberty Has
Centennial Oct. 5-6
West Liberty Baptist Associa
tion will celebrate its centennial
at the annual session which will
be held at Liberty Baptist Church
October 5-6, with the Rev. Fred
Stiles, moderator, presiding.
Several denominational leaders
are expected to attend this 100th
session of the association.
The daily programs begin at 9
a. m. On program Friday are: Rev.
l.uther Swanson, who will con
duct the devotional, and the Rev.
W. L. Cook, who will preach the
annual sermon. Officers will be
elected at 10:30. Following lunch,
the Rev. Calvin Thompson will
conduct the devotional. The Rev
Lloyd B. Clark will make the B. T.
U. report, and the Rev. Grady
Chaatain will report on the State
of the churches. J. W. Keener will
report on temperance, and Mr.
Thompson on the Sunday School.
On program Saturday are: The
Rev. Jeas Rich, who
the devotional; the Bar.
trill give
Alton Morris, who win preach the
missionary sermon.
After lunch, Mr. Thompson will
conduct the devotional; the Rev.
Fred Stiles will report on the Hos
pital, and committees will report.
The program Is announced by a
committee composed of J. W. Kee
num, Guy McNabb, and the Rev.
Jess Rich.
Rev. A. G. Brooks
|To Preach At
Rally Sunday
The quarterly W. N. C.
Associatkmal rally will be held at
Little Braastown Baptist Church
Sunday at LSOp. as. The new aaao