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rout V V Llbrv\ (SiN^UlJ rj ILmAI oynrw/i or rucy Wear it Proudly ?tSffgg VOLUME 62?NUMBER M MUEPHV. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAV. APRIL J. 1852 ? EIGHT PAGES THIS WLFL Church League * To Hear Putnam Robert J. Putnam of Canton will speak to the Cherokee County unit o. the Allied Church League. Inc., at the courthouse Monday, Apri1 14. at 7:30 p. m. Mr. Putman's subject will be "This Is Our Problem". "His mes sage will bring to us a sense of personal responsibility as we work in the interest of good govern ment and law enforcement," says the Rev, R. Delbert Byrum, league president. Mr. Putnam is with the Indus trial and Community Employment Relations department of Champ ion Paper and Fiber Company He is a veteran of World War II. hav ing gone into the Army as a pri vate and being discharged as a colonel. Everyone is invited. Andrews Seniors To Present Play Th? a adrews High School Sen ior pi a. ' 'It Might Happen to You", unit.-.- th direction of Mrs Margar.'i Lenny Mauney, wjl! !m presen!?d at the High School Au ditorium. tiisday. April 3 at 7:30 p. m. Murphy Choir Wins "A" Rating Baptist Training Union mem bers of Western North Carolina Association participated in tourna ments Monday evening in Andrews Baptist Church, all of them show ing good training and preparation. Murphy Youth choir made a rat ing of A and the Andrews youth choir a rating of B plus in the hymn festival. Mrs. Martha Rad ford of Feachtree won in the scripture reading contest, with Mrs. Carl West of Andrews as al ternate. Doris Kaxter of Andrews won the better speaker's contest, and Ray Sims of Murphy was al ternate. Maxine Kilpatrick of Pyachtree won In the intermedi ate sword drill. Freddie Mulkey and Mary Lou Kirkland of Mur phy were in the junior memory work contest. Mrs. J. V. Hall and Carlene Kilpatrick were partici pants in the bible reading and bet ter sp?akers' tournaments Mrs. Carl west. Training Union director of the association, pre sided W. N. C. Baptist Association Elects Officers Sunday Western North Carolina Bap tist Association held its quarterly meeting with Valleytown Baptist Church Sunday, and the Rev. R. G Melton, pastor of Calvary Church, Sandy Run association, was guest speaker. The Rev. Ralph Matheson. pastor, conduct ed the devotional. The Rev. A G. Brooks presided. Reports were made by Mrs. Carl West, for Training Union; Mrs J. A. Richardson, for W. M. U? and Cyrus C. White, for Sun day School. The following Sunday School issociational officers ware elect ed; Associate superintendents, Mrs. W. A. Hoover, Joe Myers; "roup superintendents; Harve Mulkey. J. L. Savage. Marion My '?pr. and Charles Carringer; de partmental superintendents; ad ults. Frank Walsh; young people. Miss Marylyn Jones: intermediate, Mrs L. W Hendrix; junior. Mrs. Charles McDonald: primary, Mrs. l.oui?? Rector: and beginner, Mrs Joe Hamilton. The committee is to secure leaders for nursery, cradle ro.l, and extension depart ments. Morris Announces Rantist Services | "Crowds Then and Now" will I be the sermon topic of the Rev. f. Alton Morris, pastor of Murphy *irst Baptist Church. Sunday at 11 a. m. Mrs. Hadley Dickey will -ing "Were You There?". Sunday School will be at 9:45 a m. A deacon's meeting will be held ;t 2:30 p. m? Bealtown Mission at 130 p m.. prison camp Sunday School at 3 p. m? training union 7 p. m. and evening worship at Mr. Morris' topic will be "Je hus' Last Words Until Resurrec 'ion Morn". B W. C. will meet with Mrs. L. 7 Hrading Monday at 7:30 p. m. Ruth Swan Circle will meet with " *?-s. Ellen Crawford Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. Miss Ruth Bagwell will speak at 'he church night of missions Wed nesday A pot luck supper will be at 6:30 p. m. The Lydia Sunday School Class will meet with Mrs. Donald Ram sey at 7:30' p. m. Thursday. Choir practices are as follows: Tuesday. 3:15 p. m., Junior: Wed nesday. 3:15 p. m.. Cherub, Ad ults at 8-30 p m.: Thursday, 3:15 p m.. Youth, and Adults at 7:30 p. m. Brooks Works Week In Bladen The Rev. A. G. Brooks, W. N C. Baptist Associational Mission ary, worked in Bladen Association with Love's Grove Church at Tar Heel March 20-28. A church sur vey and census was made con nection with promotional and evangelistic messages. The church was one of 17 in Bladen which cooperated with the Rural Church Development program under the leadership of Dr. Henry Walden. A Rural Church Development Conference along the same lines recently was held at Peajhtree Baptist Church when five asso ciations were represented. Dr. Walden, the Rev. Dumont Clark of Asheville, the Rev. Earl Cable, the Rev. C. C Welsh, the Rev. Clyde Monteith, the Rev. J. Alton Morris, the Rev. J. G. Miller, and others had part on the program. Miss Velma Umphfres of Murphy sang. Lunch was served by the Peachtree Church ladies with Murphy and Andrews Churches ssisting. Arrests Prisoner Junior Yarborough, 30, escaped 'rom the Cherokee County Prison Camp No. 1003, about 3:30 p. m. Thursday. ? He broke into a guard's locker, got a gun, and came to Muiphy. J. E. Hall, superintendent of the camp, was in Murphy and happen ed to see him on the street about an hour later. H? arrested him and took him back to camp. He had been at the camp six or eight months, serving a term for larceny. Hall reported. Yarborough was from Asheville, and having an artificial leg, he had been allowed to work around he camp as a trusty, Hall said. Meeting Monday Pastors of the Western North Carolina Baptbd Association will meet Monday, April 7 at 10 a. m. ?t First Baptist Church, Murphy The Rev. W. A. Cloer, pastor of Upper Peachtree > and Maltby Churches, will be the principal speaker. All Baptist ministers arc Invited to attend. At 8BMINAB Dave Moody Is attending the Inter-State Sanitarian's ~ ?t Charleston. 8 C? tl for the Mrs. G. R. Ford, 80 Celebrates Birthday SPEAKS HERE- -Miss Ruth Bagwell, former Associations! Missionary of the Western North Carolina Association, now of Sal isbury. and Assoriational Mission ary of the Rowan As?oclal:on will speak at Murphy First Baptist Church Night of Missions Wednes day at 7:30. All missionary orga nizations and the brotherhood will meet at that time. Murphy Democrats Announce Rallv The Democratic Executive Com mittee announces that there will be a Democratic rally at Duke's Lodge Thursday. April 10, at 7:30 p. m. i Mrs. G R. Ford, better known as "Grannie" Ford, celebrated her 80th birthday anniversary Wed nesday with "open house" from 2 to S p. m at her home at Warne. She received many gifts, cards, and good wishes from her many friends. Mrs. Ford was the former Miss Varinous Bridges, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Bridges, and was born at Leicester, Buncombe County, April 3, 1872. She was mameo to U. R. Ford and they moved to Clay County. Her husband died three years ago. "Grannie" Fond has three sons, D. E. Ford of Hayesville. How ard and Carrol Ford of Warne: two daughters. Mrs. Ruel White of Hayesville and Mrs. George Townson of Murphy; several grandchildren and great-grand Five Quartets To Perform Here For Red Cross A singing for benefit of the American Red Cross will feature the following quartets: Blue Ridge, Copperhlll, Smoky Moun tain of Bryson City, Skyline Har mony of Asbeville and Murphy in Murphy School auditorium Satur day at 8 p. m. Glenn Ellis will be pianist. Class singing will also be > eatured. A total of $982.35 has been raised toward Cherokee County's goal of $2418. Campaign Chairman Donald Ramsey requests that all commit tees turn in their reports as soon as possible. Conley Child Dies In Auto Accident Robert Walker Conley, five-1 year-old son of Mr. and Mr*. James W. Conley of Andrews was killed Instantly Saturday about 2 p. m. when struck by a car on U. S. Highway IB two miles cast of Andrews, State Hlghw-.v Patrol man James Cape reported. C. Leland Byler, 39, of Jackson, M<ss, listed as i.Hver of the car, is being held on a technical charge of manslaughter, .iccordtng to Sgt. T. A. Sandlln of the Highway Pa trol. Byler has waived preliminary hearing and posted $3,900 tppear anoe bond for trial at the August term of Cherokee County Superior Court In Murphy, Sgt. Sandlln Tlse child had been walking wtth his grandfather, H. W. Con ley, along the highway In front of his hsase at the time of the mis hap and was attempting to cross the highway when struck by the car. Patrolman Cope said. After striking the child, the oar ?kidded down the highway approx imately 190 feat ind toned * round plately around More stopping. Patrolman Cops said. Surviving. In addition to the patents, art one brother, James MdMhn of the home; and the grandfathers, R L MoClellaa and H. W, Conley of Andrews. <Uy at S pi m. In Valley River Baptist Church The Rpv. Ralph P. T. A. Sponsors Murphy Band Martins Creek P. T. A. sponsor ed a concert by the Murphy band, under the direction of Frederick Schley, at the school March 25. The band Is made up of elemen tary and. high school students. Among the numbers given were "Shrimp Boats". "Down South", ."In a Persian Market," and "An chors Aweigh". A quartet, Jerry Ruth Smith, Batty Evans, Carolyn HRch, Yeona Clonts, and Laura Bailey sang "Old Fashioned Gardens" with Mrs. J. C. Howse as piano accoin Checks On Diet Miss Nina Lee Corbett, State nutritionist, who conducted a diet survey in -Cherpkee County sev eral weeks ago, returned to Mur phy Sunday evening. She la spend ing the week checking on diet ex periments and programs In the county schools. She plans to loavt Friday. Spend $970,653i9 L Dais Thradh, Tenth Division, eat of head ?m QUEEN?Miss Mary Katherine Iiamby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ? Mark Hambv, who was crowned ia.?ketball queen at Hiwassee Dam March 20 She won over six other contestants and was crowned at he final game of the season. ("apt. R. W. Mclver Returns To Calif. Capt. Richard W Mclver, son if the late Mr, and Mrs A. W. ! Mclver. with the U. C. M Corps, has returned to Santa Anna. I Calif., after a week's leave at i home. Capt. Mclver has been in Korea for the past six months where he served with the Marine Helicop tor Squadron transporting men to the front and the wounded to the hospitals. Think Annual Farm Income Can Be Increased $1,000,000 Town Democrats Select L. L. Mason To Run For Mayor Murphy Democrats selected L. j L Mason attorney, to run as can dictate for mayor in the May elec- | lion at a Democratic meeting at courthouse Friday evening Democratic candidates selected ! for the Town Council are: Cloe Moore. H. E. Bishop. R W. Easley !r . R M White, J. N Boling and L. W. Shields. Robert Weaver is Chairman of 'he Executive Committee of the Town Board of Elections, and Mrs. 1 S. C. Burgess is vice-chairman. Others on the elections board are: W. W. Rogers, Jack Lunsford and R. W Easley. Mr. Weaver said that Mr. Easley, who is now sec retary. will be replaced since he is a candidate. Two Key Groups Discuss Problems Growing out of two meeting* last week in connection with a long agricultural program, the conclusion of Cherokee County businessmen and farmers is that the annual farm income of the county can be increased $1,000,- * 000 in the next five years. Key people in Murphy a:ul An drews met in Murphy High School Library Wednesday even ing to hear Dr. D. D Brown Farm Management Specialist at State College, discuss ways of improv- , ing Cherokie County's agricultur-, ai program. The people at this meeting de cided that the following are prob lems that confront the farmers and businessmen and stand in the way of greater progress for Cher okee County: markets for grains, grade A milk and potatoes, im proved cooperation between far mers and businessmen, communi cation, economic opportunity, cap ital requirements, high feed costs, lack of know-how, low productiv ity or efficiency per unit for dairy cows, poultry and pastures. To cope with the problems named the group suggested the following solutions: start with low income people, increase grain pro duction by better methods, mar ket corn through own liVestoat improve potato market with local merchants, ample credit, more education, work with ministers, promote community organizations, study existing educational pro grams and get additional Voca tional Agriculture teachers in the county, especially in Murphy. A meeting of Cherokee County farmers Thursday revealed that the present cash income is $359 as compared to $4,000 In Wilawi County, and that 55 percent of the county's rural residents get their income outside the farm. Problems discussed were: lack of telephones, need of better country roads, lack of spendiqg money, need of better school buildings, improved markets, bet ter use of resourr.es, higher pro duction, men working away from home, landlord-tenant resulting in idle land, improved homes, fear of the future and malnutri tion. There are 1,940 farms in Cher okee County: the average size is 64.9 acres. Three hundred and eighty-five of the farms have no cash sales, and 1,067 farms real ize cash sales less than $250: 1,103 farms have electricity and 111 have telephones. The North Carolina agricultural program is dedicated to: increas ed per capita income, greater se curity. improved educational Op portunities, finer spiritual values, stronger community life, and more dignity and contentment in coun try living. Home and community problems were also discussed. Some solu t.ions for the home are: raised farm income, more home demon stration clubs, more schools, bet ter gardens, food conservation, farm and home plan, better buy iianship. and a live at home pro gram. Solutions to community prob lems are: telepiione committee, more school buses, bridges and roads, a school building at Shoal Creek, and community organiza tion. Van Raalters Hold ) Annual Pin Party Employees of Van Raalte Com-t pany. Inc.. of Murphy held their iirst Annual Pin Party at New Regal Hotel Friday evening Festivities got under way at 7:30 p m. with a delicious turkey dinner with all the trimmings. J M. Murphy, plant superinten dent, welcomed Van Raalters and their guests as well as special guests for the evening, Mayor and Mrs. Buell Adams and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Forsyth. N. L. Gilbert | t! the Blue Ridge. Georgia, plant .cted as Master of Ceremonies. E. W. Maebert, Southern Plants manager, congratulated the Mur-1 phy Van Raalters on the excellent, Job they are performing, giving special recognition to those who received one year service pins: Mrs. Tom Campbell, Miss Anne Carringer, Mrs. Arden Davis, Mrs. Don Ellis, Mrs Fred Johnson. Jr.,' Mrs. Lottie Stalcup, Mrs. Don Taylor, Mrs. Gay Davidson and i Lester Powell. Highlighting the pin ceremonies ?-as the presentation of a 25-year diamond service pin to J. M. Mur phy. Mr. Maebert paid special tri bute to him both as a friend and as a valued member of the V. R. southern organization and expres sed regret at his transfer to an other plant as of April 1. The main address was delivered i by David Brody. manager of the j Company's Hosiery Merehandds- j ing Department, New York. Be-, fore he finished it was apparent. that the Company's success de-1 pends to a large degree not only cn know-how in manufacturing but also in forecasting correctly, months ahead of time, styles, fash ions and colors which Miss and Mrs. America will want to buy. Mr. Brody closed by stating that in a comparatively short time the unit at Murphy has rightfully ta ken its place among the family of Van Raalte plants. After a brief intermission, sev eral games followed. Prizes includ ed Van Raalte products as well as an electric mixer won by Mrs. Fred Johnson. Jr. The party closed with the pres entation of two door prizes. West Liberty Association Elects Officers l West Liberty Association at its quarterly meeting at Friendship I Church in Suit Sunday afternoon elected the following Sunday School officers for the remainder of the associational year: Sunday I School Associational officers; Mrs. Tom Gibson, Hiwassee Dam, Sun day School Enlargement Supt.: Mrs. Gcynn Owenby, Route 2, Murphy. Assoc secretary. Group Superintendents were -lected Sunday. They are as fol lows: Group 1, Goynn Owenby, superintendent of Ranger, South i End. Little Glade, Rogers Chap ! el. Snow Hill, Fair View and Oak Grove churches; Group 2, A. E. Brown, Culberson, Shady Grove. Mt. Pleasant, Bell Hill, Hopewell, Macedonia and River Valley i churches; Group 3, W. D. Simp-' son. Union. Friendship, Swanson, I , Shoals Creek, Mount Olive, Llb ; erty. Mt. Carmel, and Pleasant | Hill churches; Group 4, Fred Mar-1 tin. Beaverdam, Ogretta, Violet, | Hiwassee, and Mt. Nebo (Upper' Beaver Dami churches. Associational Sunday School of-; ficers of all departments are as follows: Cradle Roll Department, 1 Mrs. Lester C ook, Copperhill, J Tenn.: Nuisery Department Lead-! ?er of Association, Mrs. Goynn' Owenby, Route 2, Murphy; Be-; einners Department Associational Leader. Mrs. A. E. Brown. Cul berson: Primary Department Lea der. Mrs. Luther Swanson. Rang- j er: Junior Dept Leader, Mrs. Pol ly Hawkins. Culberson; Interme-! diate Dept. Leader. Mrs. Beautice Akins Murphy; Young Peoples' Dept. Leader. Mertie Walker, Le titia; Adult Dept. Leader, Walter Anderson. Turtletown. Tenn.; Ex tension Dept. Leader, Jim Bryant, Turtletown, Tenn. Byrum Announces Church Services The Rev. R. Delbert Byrum, pas of Murphy First Methodist Church, announces that his Sun tay sermon topic at 11 a. m. will. >? "Where are Our Palms?". Sunday School will be at 9:45 j a. m. A service of infant baptism will be held at 4 p. m. At the 7:30 evening service the pastor will use as his topic, "Hin drances to Disciples". Wednesday prayer services will be held at 7:30 p. m. On Thurs day a service of holy communion will be held at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Rhett Y. Winters Is spend ing several days In Hendersonvllle ??1th relatives. .Court Adjourns After Two Days Superior Court, in session Mon day and Tuesday, adjourned Tues day. Judge Frank M. Armstrong of Troy presided. Court Clerk J. H. Hall attribut ed the short session to the large number of defendants who failed to appear. , To Select Officers Republicans of the Town of Murphy are asked to attend a cal led meeting at the courthouse Fri day at 7:30 p. m? announces Jim Franklin. The meeting Is for the purpose of selecting Republican candidat es for mayor and town council for *h? regular election In May. Resolve Parking Law Enforcement Committee Meets The W. N. C. Baptist Associa tions! executive committee wjll meet Monday, April 7, at 7:30 p. m. at First Baptist Church, Mur PfcF. for the purpose of consider-1 tap all phases of the as?oclatlonal program. Those expected to at toad are the associatlonal officers, pastorr and those elected by the local churches to serve on the ex Mrs. 6sorge Towaeost. Mrs. M | en spent Test Mla r& ah.i Uhfffc 1 At the regular meeting of the Andrews Board of Aldermen, held March 28, a resolution was paaaed ordering the police department to enforce laws on parking regula lona. This includes laws which prohibit more than one hour park 1ng In restricted areas, perking on the wrong side of the street and double parking. These laws sdll be enforced and fines of not lew than f 1 nor more han $S will be charged for each In Older to avoid downtown eon tesMon of traffic, deUsaij trucks end taxis must find regular park tag spans In front ar mast nark at the rear ef Discuss United Rural Effort i District Supervisors of Agricul ture Agencies met with county I agricultural agencies in Murphy Primary Auditorium Tuesday at' 1 p. m. to discuss how to further a > rural agriculture program through I a united effort of all agencies Paul Laughrun. F. H. A. Dis trict Supervisor, acted as chair man. N L. Wilson, P. M. A. super visor. gave the purpose of the meeting. Miss Nell Kennett, Dis trict Home Agent for Extension Service, and Lamar Lunsford, Vo cational Agriculture Supervisor, briefed the Farm and Home pro gram of the "North Carolina Challenge." Miss Louise Swan, I District Vocational Home Econom- ! ics? Supervisor, also attended. "The Challenge" is the North' Carolina united agriculture pro- j gram developed through the co ordinated efforts of all State agen-' cies and organizations which com prise the following: N. C. Depart ment of Agriculture, N. C. De partment of Conservation and De velopment, N. C. Farm Bureau Federation. Fanners Home Ad ministration, Production and Mar keting Administration. Division of Vocational Teaching. N C. Dept. of Pub. Inst.. Rural Electrifica tion Administration. Soil Conser vation Service. N. C. State Grange. N. C. State College Agriculture Experiment Station and Extension ,nvel is called The North Caro-1 lina Board of Farm Organizations and Agents. Cherokee County has been cho sen as one of the three pilot coun ties in this area. Cherokee Coun ty accepts "The Challenge Throu gh a United Agriculture Pro gram." J. M. Murphy Is Transferred Van Raalte Company. Inc., have announced that J. M. Murphy, plant superintendent of the Mur phy unit, has been transferred to the company's plant at Dunkirk. N. Y? where he assumed his new duties April 1. John P. Barnish wilt take over Mr. Murphy's dudes, with L. D Ellis as his assistant Andrews Churches Plan Joint Services Elected Master Shoal Creek Township Grange elected James Osborne Master at Its April 1 meeting. Other officers elected were: Overseer, Truman McNabb; lectur er, Mrs. Lois McNabb; steward, \V. B Dockery; assistant steward, and stewardess, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Graham; chaplain, Lester Howe; treasurer, Grady Ander son; secretary, Glenn Raper; gate keeper, Carl Suit; Ceres, Mrs. Ar hur Payne; Pomona, Mrs. Grady Anderson; Flora, Mrs. R. Z. Kee num. Committees appointed by Mr. Osborne are: Publicity, Glenn Ra per; youth. Miss Garrett; home and community service. Miss An nie Keenum, Mrs. Starke and Mrs. Loudermilk. The organisation has 10 mem Meetings are held at Hlwaaaee Dam School the lint Tuesday evening of each month. Mrs. John Ttrass and family spent the walk end in Ai with her Meter, MM. Z. Y. I As a part of their pre-Easter . urogram, the Andrew* MethodM, I Presbyterian, Lutheran and Epis copal Churches will observe two joint services. On Wednesday, April 9. at 7:30 i P. M. "The King of Kings", a spiritual drama, will be presented : on the screen at the Methodist Church. On Good Friday, April 11, at 7 p m. a special service will be held at the Methodist Church. Minist ers participating with their con gregations, are the Rev. R. Y. Winters, the Rev. W. K. Hall, the Rev. J. C. Neville and the Rev. E L. Kirk. The public U cordially invited to each of these To Hear Brown A aervtee will be held at phy Preabyterlaa Char morning at 11 o'clock \ Brawn ?t Deeatnr, Qa, J. Mr. cd the bald la
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