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Strike Back Help Conquer Cancer Ciftwte mmt National HD Week April 27-May 3 VOLUME ?t?NUMBER 41 MUEFHV, NOBTH CAROLINA. J Hl'RSDAY, APEIL 24. 1*32 C Murphy Library, Established In 1922 LIBRARIAN 29 YEARS?Miss Josephine Heighway, librarian of Murphy Carnegie Library, who has served in that capacity for the post 29 years. She is one of Mur phy's leading citizens and with her pleasing personality and love for the library has seen great growth and development in its services through these years. Miss Heighway is a leader in the First Methodist Church, a member of Murphy Regal Club, and a public spirited citizen. She is interested in the historical aspects of the area and took initiative last year in getting the site of Fort Butler cleared and made accessible to the public. Miss Heighway owns a valuable collection of Indian rel ics and other antiques, inherited from her late father, Dr. S. C. Heighway. Democrats Plan Barbecue, Ice Cream Rally The Democratic Party will have a barbecue and ice cream supper this Friday at 7:30 p m. at the school lunch room in Murphy. Robert Weaver, chairman of the executive conftnittee, urges all par-j tj members to come and take part1 in the planning of the campaign for the Town election on May 6. Five Are Involved In Auto Accident Julian Snyder Guest Minister The Rev. Julian Snyder will be the guest minister at Murphy First Baptist Church Sunday. The church is observing Youth Week. Ray Sims is acting as youth pastor. At the morning services the Youth Choir will give special mu sic. Sally Morris will have charge. Bob Boling will be in charge of Sunday School, which begins at 9.45 a m. Bcattown Mission is at 2:30 p. m.. with Judy Nichols, Youth Week Supt in charge. Prison Camp Sunday School is at 3 p. m. Glenda Ivie. Director ot T. U? Intermediates and Young People will be in charge of Training Un ion at 7 p. m. Miss Grace Wells, return mis sionary from China and Hawaii, will give the evening message. Special music will again be given by the Youth Choir. ? Five people were Injured, one rritically, when the car In which they were riding turned over about two miles east of Marble Wednesday morning about 8:15. Ed Slagle, driver, of Orlando, Fla., suffered ? fracture of the right ankle and thigh, a shattered pelvis, internal injuries and se vere facial lacerations. He is on the critical list at Andrews Rodda-Van Gorder Hospital. Mr. and Mrs.: Wayne Walke* of Ashevllle, two, cccupants, also serionsly injured, but according to hospital officials (Continued on page 4) The Junior G. A.'s will meet at the ehuroh at 3:15 Monday. Thursday there will be a Vaca tion Bible School CHnlc starting at 10 a. m. and a covered dish luncheon Choir practices are as follows: Tuesday at 3:15 p. m.. Juniors: Wednesday at 3:15 p. m? Cherubs, and Adults on Thursday at 7:30 p. m. The adult Choir will also Jiave a social at that time. A prayer meeting will be held , Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. TOM THUMB WEDDING?Participants of a Tom Thumb Wed ding on March 26, 1921, shown in front of the Murphy library build ing, are as follows: Bride, Grace Barnett; groom, Jerry Davidson, Jr.; maid of honor, Mary Weaver; best man, Ben Gartell, Jr.; flower girls, Margaret Rogers, Nettie Houston Dickey; ring bearer, Paul Hyatt; matron of honor, Annie Moorman Candler; father, Charles Dickey, ushers, Richard Parker, Billy Nelson, Billy Miller, Mercer Fain, Jr.; John Davidson; bridesmaids, Ruth Mallonee, Margaret Witherspoon, Mary Witherspoon, Anita Moore, Edna Patton; ribbon bearers, Helen Adams, Sidney Adams, Woodfin Posey, Sara Ruth Posey, J. N. Hill, Jr., Mildred: minister, Tod Harrison Marton, Jr. 104 Pints Or Blood Donated In Murphy Residents of Murphy and vicin-* Sty donated 104 pints of blood to the Red Cross when the Bloodmo bi!e made its trip to Murphy Tues day afternoon. J. L Savage, blood program chairman, said he was well pleas ed with the results. He noted that Blairsville "turned out wonderful ly well". He attributed the large Blairsville turnout to Roy Mauney who had 25 pledges. Mr. Savage also paid a comple Three Candidates Seek Nomination As Representative Candidates who filed for office ir. Cherokee County Saturday be fore the dead line as reported by Abe Hembree, chairman of the b">ard of elections were: Rpresentative, Ricihard Mauney, Democrat, C. A. Smith, Democrat, and Buel Adams, Republican. Lawrence Dockery, Democrat, constable for Beaverdam town ship; Lesand Radford, Republican, constable for Beaverdam; Mark Farmer, Republican, constable for Murphy township. A. L. Cole, Republican, consta ble for Hot House township; Fred Zimmerman, Democrat, constable. Murphy township. W. J. Helton, Republican, jus tice of the peace, Hot House town ship. Other members of the board of elections are O. L. Anderson, and , James Bryson, clerk. Hayes Lea therwood resigned Saturday from,' the board and his successor had not been appointed. ment to Murphy Civitan, Lions, Regal and Junior Woman's clubs, for their cooperation in seeking pledges and helping when the, blood was being taken. He said, however, that the Lions and Civitans were far ahead of the two women's clubs in the num ber of pledges. He pointed out that this was unusual, as the wo men usually have more pledges. | Mrs. H A! Mattox was in charge of registration. Those on hee com mittee were: Mesdames B. G Brumby, Harry Bishop. Hobart (Continued on page 4) Library Has Celebration Murphy Carnegie Library, cele brating ita 30th anniversary this week, has had many visitors, at tending open house and seeing the various exhibits arranged es pecially (or the occasion. Pictures shown Tuesday evening si open house were. "In the Name of Freedom,, and "North Carolina Variety Vacationland" In connection with the celebra tion. the staff of Nantahala Reg ional Library is starting a record collection for the Murphy Library Miss Roberta Spiers, teacher in Murphy Schools, also is giving a collection. Miss Heighway, librarian, in vites people to visit the library to see exhibits and to use the ser vices offered to the public. Murphy Lions Elect Bob White As President Murphy Lions elected Bob White president a. their meeting Tuesday evening. Otners elected were: First vice president, Leon Frasch; second vice-president, W. M. Fain, third vice-president, Hobart McKeever; secretary, Joe Ray; treasurer, Al ien Coward; tail twister, Frank Ellis; lion tamer, John Davidson; directors, Harry Bishop. Harve Elkins, Edwin Hyde. George Anderson of Murphy and Paul Russell of Franklin both connected with the U. S. Forest Service, were guests of the club. A film was shown on the work of the Forest Service. Associations Hear Guest Speakers Miss Grace Wells, missionary to China and Hawaii, and Miss Ruth Provence, executive secretary of the Baptist State W. M. U? will be guest speakers at the W. N. C. and West Liberty Baptist W. M. U. associations] meetings Monday and Tuesday of next week. Mrs. Elmer Childers of Nanta hala, superintendent, announces that W. N. C. association will meet Monday beginning at 10 a. m. with Truett Memorial Baptist Church, Hayesville. The devotional, hymns and business will be followed by a report of associational opportu nities by the varous leaders and committee chairmen. Hayesville will furnish special music. Around 11 o'clock Miss Provence will speak on "Empowered for Service". After a hymn and an nouncements, Miss Velma Umph fres of Murphy will sing, "The Love of God." Miss Wells then will speak on "In His Name Among All Nations." Luncheon will be served at noon. The afternoon session will open at 1:30, and Mt. Pleasant Church will give the devotional. The Training School and Margaret Fund will be discussed, and Miss Velma Umphfres will sing, "Je sus, the Very Thought of Thee." Mrs. Carl West of Andrews will give a magazine demonstration. Following election of officers and installation by Mrs. E. H. Corpen ing, divisional superintendent, of Tapoco, Miss Wells will speak on, "All In the Name of the Lord Jesus." Mrs. Lester Stowe, superinten dent. announces that the West Lib erty program will be held Tuesday from 4 to 9 p. m. Miss Julia Rice will conduct the devotional in the 1 afternoon, and Mrs. Tom Gibson and Mrs Eugene Smith will sing. ' How Sweet the Name of Jesus". Mrs. J. M. Patterson will offer prayer. Following leaders'' confer j ence. Miss Provence will speak on, 1 "Empowered- for Service". The Rev. Floyd Clark will close the' ' meeting with prayer. ' Dinner will be served at 6 p. m.. : and the evening session opens at I 6:45. Mrs Truett Merrell and Mrs. MISS RUTH PROVENCE 'k!n- will conduct " devotional, end James Osborne v i!1 p ? e sp -eial tr.uslc, and Miss Wells v.ill speak nn "In His Name Among All Nations. The Rev. P. H. Hooker will offer prayer, and Miss Gypsy Allen and Mrs. Calvin Thompson will sing, "Honor to His Name". Mrs. Claude Monteith will give a magazine demonstra tion. Mrs. Corpening will install officers, and Miss Wells will speak on, "All in the Name of The Lorti Jesus". Civitans To Develop Cane Creek Area Murphy Civitan Club, at Its reg ular meeting Monday evening vot ed to condition the Cane Creek swimming hole for some enjoyable swimming this summer. Present plans are to clear off an area for picnic tables and parking. Gravel and sand will be used to cover the bottom of the lake. Trucks have been donated by various members of the club and other people of the community. The names of all J contributors to this project will j be given later on as the program materializes Work will begin im mediately in order to have the pro ject completed before the water backs up to this level. Sam Hard ing. S S. Williams, Rae Moore and "Bud" Alverson were appoint ed as a committee to head this ? (Continued on Page 4) Junior Women Hear Miss Snyder Murphy Junior Woman's Club rr.?t Thursday at the primary building for a program given by Miss Phyllis Snyder, regional li brarian. Miss Snider reviewed Ihe book "My Forty Years Fight for Korea" by Louise Yim and "Strange Lands and Friendly People" by Wm. O Douglas. Mrs. Clyde Snr?d presided over the business meeting and plans were discussed for a rummage sale to be held this Saturday on (he Square. _ , ? ,, Mrs. Ike Olson and Mrs. Myron Jensen were hostesses. Dorothy Shields Is Named Delesate To Spend Summer In Holland As Youth Exchange Miss Dorothy Shields, daughter of Mr and Mrs. J. B. Shields, To rn ot la, has been named Interna tional Youth Exchange Deiegaite to the Netherlands. She will spend the summer living in the farm homes of Holland representing the American way of life. Miss Shields was selected on the basis of her outstanding *-H club record. The purpose of the International Youth Exchange Program is to first teach ourselves lbs democratic way of life and second to share this way of life with other countries, says Mrs. Frances Puett, assistant home agent. American 4-H youth be come delegates to other countries r.nd foreign youth visit in our country, says Mrs. Puett. Some preparation and time is spent on orientation of the dele gates before going abroad. Ap proximately 30 4-H'ers in the Lnited States have been selected to participate in this program for 1952. Mrs. Puett points out that Doro thy is an outstanding 4-H'er on the local, state and national level; she has been an active member for | eight years comleting 76 projects, (Continued on Page 4) DOROTHY SHIELDS Young Harris Choir To Give Concert In the sanctuary of First Metho-1 dist Church, Murphy, the Choir of Young Harris College will present 3 Vesper Concert on Sunday. Ap ril 27, at 4:30 p. m. The choir will be under the direction of Mrs. Walter Downs. The program to be presented is >s follows: Processional Hymn with Descant, Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven; Prayer Hymn, "Jesus, We Look to Thee", C. Wes '.ey; Prayer Response. "Threefold Amen"; Danish; The Gift Of Christ Wake, Awake! Nicolai-Bach; God So Loved the World (from "The Crucifixion"), Stainer; Go Tell It On the Mountain, Negro Spiritual arr. Ward. The Sacrifice All in the April Evening. Hin -,on-D i a c k. Women's Chorus; Surely He Hath Borne (from "The Messiah"), Handel, Choir; I Won der As I Wander (Appalachian Carol), arr. Niles and Horton, So loist. Becky Stucky. (Continued on Page 4) Presbyterians Install Organ The members of the Presbyteri an Church are having a Baldwin Electronic organ installed in the church this week,'and on Sunday afternoon, Joe McCarthy, an Or ganist with the Baldwin Company in Cincinnati. Ohio, will give a concert. This concert will be held at 3 p. m. and the public is invited to attend. The women of the church have worked hard and are still working to make the purchase of the organ possible. TO DISPLAY CRAFTS A craft display, in observance of National Home Demonstration Week April 27 to May 3. will be shown in the window of Murphy Electrical Shop during this week. A/2C BILLY E. MILLS 15 Sixth Graders Tour Scout Plant Fifteen excited sixth graders of 1 Murphy Schools, accompanied by their teacher, Mrs. O. de Calongne, toured THE SCOUT plant Friday morning. The attentive group saw the linotype and press in operation. Miss Addie Mae Cooke, editor, gave a brief summary of the pro duction of a SCOUT from start to finish. Students were: Jimmy Hendrix, Bobby Harold Farngood. Virgil Lewis Mills, Paul Brittain, Char les Mingus. David Dockery. Jean Ledford, Rose Mary Burgess, Juanita Phillips, Margaret J. Beal. Mamie Hayes, Robert Lee, Gene Corn well. Junior Carter and Dean Hall. This is the third group of sixth graders of Murphy Schools to vis It the newspaper plant during the pa*t several weeks. Billy Mills Now AtKeeslerAFB ! ? A/2C Billy E. Mills recently re ported to Keesler A. F. B., Mis?, after spending 30 days at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Mills of Murphy, Route 3. Before coming home A/2C Mills* spent 18 months in Korea with the 6150 Tactical Control Mission While fighting in Korea he won five battle stars and the Bronze Star. A/2C Mills' unit earned the name of "Ground Pounding Fly Boys", so-called because o' its cl'se cooperation with the infan :-v in directing planes to ground targets The unit won the Presi lential Unit Citation and over 50 per cent of the men were decorkt ?d. ' ; None of the men wera combat trained, some of them making par achute jumps without training.
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