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?llfe SSl ? K ? HUdUM Mm iucbert kiwi ot km, K win b? iuMdnt to iiiilirtUi tb* hate ot [ruHtoaiHH^ VaiCIUiMaMmM mJ*Mrr. norm CABOUNA. TliUASDAYrNOV. t?, 1M1 "fflTT MHM The of the W.N. C. ?nds the W?*?b?rty Baptist Assocti tlons will meet at Murphy First' Baptist Church Monday, December 3, at 10 a. m , (or the purpose of discussing th^ possibility of ee tebllihtng in this locality a Semi nary Extension Department of the Southern Baptist Seminaries. The Rev. Earl Cable of Hayes vlUe Is president of the conference. The three larger seminaries of the Southern Baptist Convention. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Southwestern Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, and The South ern Seminary, Louisville, Ky., are promoting a Seminary Extension Department, with Dr. Lee (Toll man, of Jackson, Miss., afe the di rector. More than a dozen courses are offered to ministers, with full slminary credit given to each stu dent. In the event such a department Is established in this area, a rea sonable cost for students is expect ed. the registration fee probably would not exceed $7.30 per course, plus a $3 matriculation fee, ac cording to the Rev. A. G. Brooks. Baptist field worker. "Our area can secure the facul ty members and meet the require ments for a fulllfledged Seminary Extension Department, it is be lieved," says Mr. Brooks. First Baptist Program Announced The worship program for Dec ember 2 and the meetings through Friday have been announced by Uie Rev. J. Alton Morris, pastor of First Baptist Church, Murphy. Sunday School' will be at 9:45, morning worship at 11 a. m. Mr. Morris' sermon topic will be "What Do Ye More Than Others?''. There will be a deacon's meeting at 2:30 Sunday at the church. On Monday Youth Choir parc lice is scheduled for 3:15, and B. W. C. will meet with Mrs. W. A. Hoover at 7:30. Tuesday the Junior Choir will practice at 3:15, both at church. The Women's Missionary Union will meet at 10 a. m. for the Lottie Moon Christmas program and a covered dish luncheon. At 7:30 the Sunday School Worker's Coun cil will meet at the church. Wednesday the Youth Choir will practice at 3:15, there will be an Hour of Power service at 7:30, and the Adult Choir will practice at P:30. Thursday the Youth Choir will practice at 3:15, and the Adult Choir will practice at 7 p. m. Friday Associational "M" Night will take place at the church. Mrs. Danny Phillips Is On Probation A suspended sentence for a mother of three children wrote "finis" Monday to a case that had left a trail of $10,000 worth of had checks from Detroit, Mich., to El Paso, Texas. Judge Wilson War lick suspended a prison sentence of two years and placed Mrs. Danny Phillips of An drews on three years' probation after she pleaded guilty In Federal District Court in Bryson City to a charge of inter-state transporta tion of stolen property. Her husband is serving a four year sentence in Ashland, Ky., Federal penitentiary. He had been convicted approximately a year ago, after being arrested in. an Ohio town, on a similar charge. The FBI said Mrs. Phillips had admitted after, her arrest in An drews last June that she wrote ap proximately 100 of the total 175 checks vAiich were passed in cities throughout the eastern part of the United States. The FBI said the husband would break into business places and pick up the firm's check books and its check writer, If it were available would leave without disturbing anything else. Then the couple would use the checks in obtaining money. Charles Arrant, Murphy, left for Greensboro on Friday, Novem ber 23, where he has accepted, a position as an lgrtmrtor laiodiur trial Art In the city school 24.1 Miles Roads M Pared In County U Dale Thrash. 10th Division Highway Commissioner, in his re port to the Cherokee County Com missioners, says that a total of 24.1 miles of roads have been paved in Cherokee County under the bond road program. He reports that $802,089.40 of (he bond money has been used, leaving a balance of $619,220.60 as of September 30. All school bus routes are ready tor average winter, and he says that muddy places reported b7 ?_chool officials will be rocked im mediately. Thrash says, "Practically all muil roads, where enough people live to Justify the expense, have been praded, drained and rocked for all year use." According to the report, the Highway Department has been get ting rock placed on the roads cheaper in the last 12 months than at any time in the history of the department Overhead expense has also been cut due to the fact that the 10th Division has lost 40 en gineers and top road men during the past 2 years to the armed ser vices, higher paying Jobs, or death. However, Thrash says the remain- j ing engineers have been doing a commendable Job, even though road work has more than trebled. Selected for paving as soon as possible* making a total of 42 5 miles, are the following: Shady Grove Road 3.0, Hyatt Creek-and Coalville 3.2, East Pisgah Road 2.2, Wolfe (Creek Road 0.4, Old High way NC 294 3.8, Wehutty Road 1.7, Moccasin Creek Road 2.4, Joe Brown Road 7.0, Grandview Road 5.5, West Pisgah*Road 3.9, Junalus ka Road 1.7, Johnsonville Road 2.5, Whitaker Church Road 1.7, Sunny Point Road 3.5. Mrs. W. T. Truett Passes Friday Mrs. Amanda Hyde Truett, 64, wife of the Rev. W. T. Truett, of Culberson, died early Friday in a Murphy hospital after a short i'l ness, although she bad been 'n de clining health for several years. She had been an active member of the Baptist Church since child hood. Funeral services were held Sun day at 2 p. m. in Shady Grove Baptist Church. The Rev. Paul Cul pepper and the Rev. P. H. Hooker officiated and burial was in the church cemetery with Townson Funeral Home in charge. Surviving are the husband: three sons, Henry F., and Hardy of Cul berson, and Byers of Detroit, Mich., five daughters, Mrs. Gazzie Jen kins, of Culberson, Mrs. Gertrude McClure, and Mrs. Pearl Badelow both of Detroit. Mrs. Grace Greg ory and Mrs. Kate Williams of Cul berson, 32 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Jennie Freeman of High Point: four brothers, John lyde and Byers Hyde of High Point. Harley and James Hyde of An drews. Supreme Court Upholds Verdict On Policemen The State Supreme Court Nov ember 21 upheld the Cherokee Superior Court conviction of Mur phy policemen Clyde Brannon and Edgar Garren. Brannon and Garren, sentenced to seven years each for manslaugh ter, were accused of killing Hoyt Barton as they sought to arrest film following a pool hall row. Sev eral days after the shooting. Bar ton died from multiple bullet wounds. In handing down the decision, the Court said that the real issue was "whether the defendants used excessive force In the attempt to subdue and arrest the deceased.'* ON DEAN'S LIST Mr. and Mrs. Sam Davidson tave received a letter from their lattfhter, Prances, that she has nadevtha dean's -list -at Brevard College. WAC CPL. DOROTHY ANN HILL j WAC CpL Ann Hill Is Field Librarian In Nurnberg^H NURNBERG. Former WAC Cor poral Dorothy Ann Hill of Mur phy. N. C., has been assigned a post as field librarian at Rhine Military Post by EUCOM Special I Services. Miss Hill, who served with the j women's unit from 1942 until 1943. was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1940. From 'hat time until she joined the WAC she was a high school teacher in Murphy. After completing her ser vice, she attended the University of Illinois and was given a BS In li brary science In 1946. She returned to Murphy to teach, and a year later was made reference librarian of Charlotte, N. C? public schools. In 1949 Mi?s j Hill was named Polk County (Tenn.) High School Librarian. Since 1950 she has been an Army librarian at Camp Carson, Colora do. The European Command Special Services program provides com plete library facilities for all sol diers, airmen and authorized civil ians. These installations, under the' dlrecflon of professionally qualified librarians, are established at all Army and Air Force loca tions in Europe. In addition to per manent library activities, lending services are extended to troops in training and on maneuvers. Harriet Powell Dies Saturday At Age Of 100 Aunt Harriet Powell, colored, died Saturday at the home of her son, Lester Powell. She was thought to be approximately lOJ years old. Funeral services were held Tues day at 2:30 p. m. in Texana Bap tist Church. Burial was In the church cemetery with Towns m Funeral Home In charge. Surviving are two daughte ??, Mrs. Lillie Jackson of Gary, Ini, and Mrs. Ninta Kilpatrick of In dianapolis; two sons, Lester and Norman Powell both of Murphy, 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grand children, one great-great-grand child and one great-great-great grandchild. P. T. AJamily Night Dec. 7 P. T. A, Family Night will be December 7 at 7:30 p. m. In the school gymnasium. Entertainment will Include acro batic dancing and band music.. Door prizes will be given. Candy, drinks and cookies will be sold. Admission is 5c. Minors Fined For Killing Doe Two minors were fined $60 and costs November 27 for killing a doe out of season. Trial was before F. O. Boltz, Juvenile Probation Of ficer, and J. L. Hall, Judge of Juvenile Court. Completes Course T. Sgt. Bill Hartness, former Murphy resident, has just complet ed a course of instruction in Mili tary Management at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas. In a class eI 28 airmen, T. Sgt. Hartness made the highest grade. He has been In service ten years, and is making the Air Force his career. 5 L gSIri . . ' .,rk ..LrS itiAii Polio Workers To Meet Pri. On FrldagbJfev. 30, at 6 p. ta. there will b? *:pre-oampatjjn mee& log of National Foundation (or In fantile Paralysis at Junaluska Ter race Hotel In Andrewi. There will be representatives from Swain, Macon, Jackson, Clay, Graham and Cherokee Counties as *ell as representatives from the date office. Approximately 23 per sons are expected to attend. Supt. H. Bueck and Supt. J. E. Rufty attended the annual Super intendents' conference in High >oint this week. "The Messiah' ^"The Messiah", familiar or atorio by George fredarick Han del, will be predated in First Methodist Church^';Murphy, Sun day, December 16, at 7:30 p. m. in a candlelight setting. The presentation is being mace by singers from the Presbyterian and Methodist choirs of Murphy and some of the members of the Young Harris College choir. Fred erick Schley, a member of the Murphy School faculty, is the di rector, and Mrs. Duke Whitley is organist. The public is Invited. Lions Club To Operate Dime Board For Needy Murphy Lions Club is making! [ plans now for the distribution of | Christmas baskets to the needy. At the meeting of the club Tues day evening, President Loren Da vis announced committees for the dime board which will be operated December 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 24. Doyle Burch, Bob White, W. M. Fain, and Newt Boling are to pur chase food and baskets. Chairmen of the dime board are: Buel Adams, Harold Wells, Dr. W. A. Hoover, H. A. Mattox, J. L. Savage, and Newt Boling. A film on "Creative Hands" was shown by Glenn Patton for the program Tuesday. It described the work of crafts, especially at John C. Campbell Folk School. President Davis announced that he club cooperated with the Health Department in another eye clinic on Monday and Tuesday of this week. Seventy-two were examined, and 45 needed glasses, 12 surgery, and six have cataracts. This is the fourth clinic, with six days in all, in which the club has participated. this year. W. A. Siflgletor* and George Bid strup were Initiated as new mem bers by Dale Lee, who presented, them Lions pins on behalf of the club. Tom Bethune of Greensboro was a guest of Hobart McKeever. The next meeting of the club, the last of the year, will be Ladies' | night on December 11. Pastor Announces Church Program The Rev. R. Delbert Byrum, pas tor of First . Methodist Church, Murphy, has announced the wor ship program for December 2, and church meetings through Decem ber 7. A Sunday School will be at 9:45. The morning sermon topic at 11 will be "Where Do We Stand?". The evening sermon at 7:30 will be "Man Can't Mock God". Monthly Family Night will be held Wednesday, December 5, at 6:30 p. m. in the church assembly room. The Christmas theme will be featured, including corals and a color slide "Christmas Around tie World". Rehearsals for "The Messiah" will be held Wednesday at 8 p. m. and Thursday at 7:30 p. m. The Board of Stewards will have its monthly meeting Thursday, De cember 6, at 7:30 p. m. Meets Saturday Cherokee Lodge No. 146, will meet Saturday at 7:30 p. m. <n the Masonic Hall, with Sam Capps, Worshipful Master presiding. The Master's Degree will he r*-n ferred. Class To Collect Toys And Children's Clothing To Collect Old License Plates A state-wide drive to collect old automobile license plates as a part of the national defense steel sal vage program will be undertaken in Cherokee County beginning De cember 1, Manager J. L. Hall of the Murphy branch office of the Carolina Motor Club announced to day. Boy Scout troops throughout Cherokee County are cooperating with the Carolina Motor Court in the state-wide scrap metal cam paign by collecting old state and city license plates. All funds derived from the col lection and sale of salvaged plates will be used by the local Boy Scout troops to finance their activ ities In this county. Every car owner is urged to turn all old state and city automobile license plates in to the Carolina Motor Club or any garage or ser vice station. The Boy Scout troops will make the collection of sal - vaged license plates from there points. The campaign will serve a dual purpose in making the salvage met al available for defense activities and assisting the various Boy Scout troops ol the county In financing their Scout program. VISITS SMOKIES Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Stalcup and daughter, Margaret Jane, and Mrs. Stalcup's mother, Mrs. Smith, all of Martin's Creek, visited Alan B. Stalcup, Jr., and Sam Stalcup on a week-end visit to the Smokies. AUXILIARY TO MEET The American Legion Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 Tuesday Decem ber 4 in the Presbyterian assembly room. All members are urged to be present to make Christmas plans. . Old toys and children's clothing are to be collected by members of the Men's Bible Class of First Methodist Sunday School, an nounces Frank Forsyth, president. The toys will be repaired and painted and the clothing cleaned for gifts to underprivileged chil dren at Christmas. Bob White, C. L. Alverson, and Wayne Holland comprise a com mittee that will direct the collec tion. A house-to-house canvas will be made to secure the things peo ple have to donate. The Boy Scouts will assist the committee. Everyone who has any toys or clothing to contribute is asked to have thein ready next week or to notify one of the committee mem bers. Junior Red Cross Completes Drive The Junior Red Cross completed its annual membership drive last week, with the following results Primary grade, $22.12; Grammar School $24.13; High School. $12.15. Miss Jane Hill's eighth grade led in contributions. Projects will be announced later. Methodist Men To Meet Dec. 7 The Methodist Men's Fellowship will meet at the Methodist Church In Murphy on Friday night Dec. 7. This will be ladies night, and each man is asked to bring his wife. A number of men and women from Andrews are expected to at tend this meeting.;,' TO CONDUCT SERVICES The Rev. Nath Mason of Oak Park will be preaching at the South End Church Sunday night the 3rd. Also, the Copper Basin Quartet will be there. Services at 7:1ft. Public is invited. - - * ? ?- - * -, re In Newl3uilding "M" NIGHT SPEAKER?The Rev. Lowell F. Sodeman. who wtU speak at Training Union "M" Night at Murphy First Baptist Church December 7 at 7:30 p. m ? The new Ranger School building has been completed, and pupils from the four consolidated schools, Johnson, Culberson. Ranger and Shields have moved In. The modern one-story building Is of brick and clnderblock, with coiurete floor and roof, and eon tains 10 class rooms, a cafeteria, principal's office and two rest rooms. It is heated by steam. It was built with state funds and cost approximately $107,000. The county paid lor a sewage disposal system at a cost of $3,700. and had a well, 170 feet deep, dug. which cost $5 per foot or $830. The faculty is composed of Mrs. Kate Shields, principal; Mrs. Ma mielee Kllpa trick Henry, Mrs. Mtude McAlister Culledge, Alden Cook, Mrs. Jean Alexander, John Hogan, Mrs. Myrtle Moore, Mrs. Ocie Foster, Mrs. Ruth Doekery Carroll', and Mrs. Sally White. Mrs. Carrie Graham is in charge of | the lunch room. A library of 300 volumes has been ordered, Mrs. Shields re I ports. Students To Give Program "M" Night Training Union "M" Night at Murphy First Baptist Church, De cember 7, at 7:30 p. m., will fea ture a Praise Service, at which time Mars Hill students will give special music and testimonies, scripture and prayer. The message, "Christ Speaks to His Churches", will be delivered by the Rev. Lowell F. Sodeman, pastor at Mars Hill Baptist Church. Mrs. Carl West, director, will be in charge of announcements and recognitions, and will give the goals of the 1952 program. After Mrs. West's talk, Mars Hill students will continue with music and testimonies. After this there will be a color filmstrip, "Christ Speaks to His Churches". Miss Velma Umphfres, minister of music, First Baptist Church, Murphy, will give special music. Attendance goal for "M" Night is 300. Andrews Library Has New Schedule There has been a change made in the hours of the Andrews Car negie Library effective at once, in order to serve the school better. On Monday the hours will be 9 to 12 a. m. and 2 to 5 p. m. Wed nesday, 9 to 12 a. m. and 2 to 5 p. m. Friday, 9 to 12 a. m. and 7:33 to 9:30 p. m. There will be some special pro gram each Friday evening, which vill include movies. All children and young people of the town are urged to attend these programs. B. M. Teague, 82 Dies Saturday Benjamin M. Teague, 82, retlreil farmer of Murphy, died at hi*: home here at 10:20 p. m. Saturday He had suffered a stroke about three months ago. He had been a member of the Antioch Baptist Church in Union County, Ga? for a number of yeors. Funeral services were held Mon day at 9 a. m. in the home. The Rev. J. D. Moses officiated ard burial was in Sunset Cemetery with Ivie Funeral Home In charge Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Anner S. Teague; two daughters, Mrs. Jake Jordan* of Murphy, and Mrs. John L. Hyde of Kno.xvlllc, Tenn.; six sons, Forrest, Wayne, and Jake of Murphy, Obie of Ba kersfleld, Calif., Wade of Isabella, Tenn., and Sheridan of Green ville, S. C, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchil dren. Also one sister. Mrs. Hillie John son and one brother. John Teague, both of Blalrsvllle, Ga. Pallbearers were Charlie Sutton Carl and Nosh* Palmer, George Morrow, Carl Dockery, and Hal Bryson. ' Sgt. ar.i Sirs. Hubert William* and baby arrived teat Ft Leonard Wood, returned and Cherokee Exceeds Its Bond Quota Cherokee County exceeded lis quota in the Defense Bond Drive which closed November 13, ac cording to an announcement by I County Savings Bond Chairman, Mr. W. D. Whltaker. The County quota in E, F & G Bonds for the Drive, which opened September 3, was $45,000. Total sales for the county were $48,697. The County Chairman stated that although there was no overall state quota for the Drive the sum total of quotas for the 100 counties and the City of Rocky Mount, was $9,021,300.00 and total sales amounted to $10,383,211.00. We are all proud that our coun ty has done so well in this impor tand Defense Bond Drive, Mr. Whl taker said. We not only have shown our support of our men in the fighting forces, but we have made a strong forward step in combating inflation. The chairman said be wanted to thank all volunteer workers who had a part in making the drive a success and asked the continued further cooperation of all citizens in buying Bonds during the na tional emergency. PMA Committee To Be Elected Farmers will receive their P. M. A. Committee Election ballots next week with instructions on vot ing for community committeemen and delegates to the County Con vention to administer the 1SS2 program. The County Committee Is ask ing every farmer who gets a bel lott to vote for the men he think* will serve his community best ar.d return his ballot in the envelope furnished with the ballot. Stella Stovall Cooks 20 Years At Murphy Cafe Murphy Cafe, under the owner ship and management of Tracv Oelkers, is celebrating Stella St? vall's 20th anniversary cooking at the same cafe November 30 and December 1 when the cafe will fea ture specials. Stella has been cooking at the same cafe longer than any cafe in Western North Carolina. Among her specialties are chicken dump lings, homemade rolls, and fruit cobblers. ? Stella says that she likes to sat isfy her customers. She likes to know whose plate she is serving, because she remembers bow the regular customers like their Stella has made .Mao* her 30 yean of phy Cafe, and i to the kitchen to t ? ' "Ml
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