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VOLUME it?NUMBER U ' MURFHY. NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JJJNE 1#. 1*52 ? TWELVE FACES THIS WEEK
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Andrews Children
To Parade On 4th
Mrs Margaret Ann Watry. chair
man of the Children's Parade for
the Fourth of July celebration,
ask* that parent* who plan to en
ter children In the parade regis
ter as soon as possible. The pur
pose of the registration Is to make
possible an estimate on the num
ber of entries to expect. Registra
tion may be made at Lay's Dry
Goods Co., Caldwell's Market or
the Citizen Bank and Trust Co.
The parade was one of the most
popular features of last year's cel
ebration. Dog carts, ponies, doll
carriages, bicycles, tricycles and
pets can be utilized to make a
greater variety and to add inter- '
est to the parade, Mrs. Watry sug
gests.
An early registration will great
ly facilitate celebration schedule
planning, she says.
In connection with the big day
celebration, Mrs. Watry says she
hopes all the major civic organiza
tions, along with clubs and private
entries, are making plans now for
their floats.
Wm. Allen Hembree
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Taken Suddenlv
William Allen Hembree. *3,
died suddenly Wednesday at 10:30
p m. at a lo.'al hospital.
Funeral services will be held at
Bell view Methodist Church Friday
at 10 a. m with the Rev. C. A.
Smith and -he Rev. Alonzo Davis
officiating. Burial will be in the
church cemetery with Masonic
graveside rites.
Mr. Hetnb.ee was a native of
Cherokee County, the son of
George A. and Eva Lovlngood
Hembree He was a co-owner and
operator of Clty'Bkrber Shop for
23 years until recently when he
sold his Interest due to 111 health.
He was a member of Cherokee
Lodge 148 A. F. and A. M. with
32nd degree. He served as secre
Jary for five years and was past
master. Mr. Hembree was a chart
er member of the Eastern Star No.
10. and was ictlve In the organi
zation since. He was Master of
Martins Creek P. T. A., and a
member A Bellvlew Methodist j
Church.
He is surv ved by his wife. Mrs
V.erna Morris Hembree; one
daughter, Mrs. Wllla Mae Hogsed;
two sons, William Morris and Har-,
ry Allen, all of Murphy; parents; !
two brothers, J. C. and Noah of'
Murphy; three sisters. Mrs. Mattie ?
Dockery of Murphy, Mrs. Bertha I
Kephart of Murphy, Route 3, and 1
Mrs. Bessie McDonald of Arden.
Ivie Funeral Home is In chlrge
of arrangements.
"ells Andrews
Town Office Hours
!
Claude Watson, Clerk of the I
Town of Andrews, announces that
beginning Monday, June 18, the
Town Office Will be open each day
from 7 a. m. until 3 p. m.
-jounce 4-H,
Home Club Winners
Winners in Friday's Cherokee
County 4-H Club and County Fed
eration of Home Demonstration
Clubs contests have been announc
ed.
The results were: Home Demon
stration Clubs dress revue?first,
Mrs. G. H ButleV, Hlwassee Dam;
econd, Mrs. Don Gentry, Murphy;
hird Mrs. Eleanor Wilson, Mur
phy. *
Senior 4-H dress revue (with
first, second and third denoted in
hat order)- Emma Jean Shields
Tomotla, who will represent the
county In the state finals at Ra
leigh next month; second, Jerry
Ruth Smith, Martin's Creek; third
Kathrene Centry, Hangingdog.
Junior 4-H revue; first, dress,
Frances Gentry, Hangingdog; first,
kirt, Jo Ann Simonds, Sunny
Point; first, blouse. Madge Barton,
Marble; first apron, Jo Ann Mc
Donald, Hangingdog.
4-H Dairy foods demonstration
senior)?Emma Jean 'Shields, in
dividual, -<nd Joy Collect and Bar
bara Barton, both of Andrews,
teem, winners to represent the
county in the district contest. Ju
nior, individual, Jo Ann Simonds,
Sunny Point.
4-H Health winners were crown
ed by G. H Farley, county agent
Senior: Joy Collect and Fred Van
Horn will represent the county in
the State Health Pageant; junior,
Carol Elliott and Charlie Mills.
Public speaking winners: Fred
Van Horn, and Clara Hughes. They
will represent the county in the
district contest.
Dorothy Shields,' International
Farm Youth Exchange delegate,
told about her preparations for
her trip to The Netherlands and
expressed appreciation to the clubs
for sponsoring her trip.
Mrs. J. F. Smith, County H. D.
Council President presided. Sun
ny Point H. D. Club members
served as hostesses for the lunch
hour. '
Judges wore, Mrs. C, E. Hyde,
,!iss Jane Hill. Mrs. Gene Stew- j
art, Mrs. Johnsie Nunn, Miss Mary |
Farmer.
Children's Story
Hour At Andrews
Library Friday
Announcement has been made
that the Children's Story Hour will
be conducted Friday afternoon at
Andrews Carnegie Library at 3 p.
m.
Mrs. Galusha PulHum will be in
charge of the Story Hour this
week.
This library program, sponsored
by members of the Konnaheefa
Club, will be held each alternate
week throughout the summer
Receive Tree Farm
Awards At Program
J. r ran kiln Smith, A. Q. Ketner
?lid John C. Campbell Folk School
last Thursday were awarded cer
tificate* designating their farms as
"Tree Farms", received by them
for good forestry practices for at
least the past five years. Commis
sioner of Agriculture U T. Ballen
tthe sees principal speaker, railing
attention to the good practices nec
essary to earn this award and the
valos that accrues to ell farmers
who properly plant, cultivate and
harvest their forests. The program
weft held ra the term of J. Frank*
H. E. Price. T. V. A.xfereetar,
lied attention' to the large de>
rln,tercet Area. In thlg1
ty m the oast II yaer
.? protection program led by I S.
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fire control 11 forests sre to be pro
fitable
Fred Whitfield, district Exten
sion forester, gave details of the
program catried out 'by Smith.
Ketner and (be Folk School to en -
title them to the tree farm certi
ficates .This program is sponsored
by the North Carolina Forestry
Association.
J.* H. Keener, representing the
North Carolina Forestry Associa
tion. presented the certificates. Be
called attention te the fact that
Cherokee County produces for
Champion Paper and Fibre Com
pany, eMi which ho la woods de
partment manager, mom pnlp
any other county In the
n? SUM that local poop
Id MOO ,#00 by his cor
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WILLIAM H. WHITE
Grand Master
Meets With Masons
Grand Master William Henry
White and Grand Secretary Wil
bur L. Mclver (or the Grand Lodge
of A. F. and A. M. at North Caro
lina will speak to Masons at the
43rd district at Robbinsvllle Mon
day, June 23, at 3 p. m. This will
be the annual district meeting.
>esbyterian
Bible School
"*egins Monday
The annual Dally Vacation Bible
School of the Presbyterian Church
vill begin on Monday, June 23,
?t 8 a. m. and continue through
July 4.
Mrs. Cloe Moore will be super
intendent. assisted by the Rev. and
Mrs. Frank Brown.
Mrs. W. A. Singleton and Mrs.
Sob Rector will have charge of |
'he beginners: Mrs Bruce Gordon,
.Mrs. Lewis Podges and Miss Ida
Brumby will be In charge of the
primary c'ass.
Juniors will be taught by Miss
Carolyn Alexander, and Miss Faye
Burgess. Sirs. Brown, Miss Jane1
Hill and Miss Betty Moore will be
in charge of intermediate girls,
and Mr. Brown and Brandon Kin- [
caid will teach the intermediate
boys.
Sessions will last from 9 to 11
a. m. each day. The day circle of
the Women ox the Church will pro
vide refreshments the first week,
and the evening circle the second
week.
Murphy Lions
Win Three Cups
Mrs. Gibbs* Father
Taken Bv Death
J. Mason Anderson, 71, of
Moore, S. C.t father of Mrs. Jim j
Gibbs of Murphy, died Monday at
10 p. m at his home. Funeral was
held Wednesday at Nazareth j
Church near Moore, and burial was i
In the Nazareth cemetery.
Mr. Anderson is survived by his
wife and live daughters, Mrs.
Gibbs, Mrs. Ilorgan Goldsmith and i
Mrs Tom Keith of Greenville, S.!
C? Mrs. John Moore, Lexington;
and Miss Kitty Anderson. New,
York City.
1 Murphy Lions Club won .three
cups at the State convention in
Waynesville this year, it was an
' nounced at the. club's meeting
i Tuesday, June 10.
| The club, which has won the
state wide blind cup for many
I years, won again this year. H.
! Rueck won a cup for his outstand
ing work as Deputy District Gover
I nor. The local club also won the
| attendance cup. s
[ Glenn Patton, Lion secretary,
won the secretary's plaque for get
ting his reports on time
It was announced that the State
Convention will be held in Ashe
ville next year.
Thirty-four Lions were awarded
perfect attendance pins.
Rally Is To Climax
Training Program
A rally ar.fi picnic supper will bt*
held Friday at 6:30 p. m at Cha
luge Lake, near Hayesville. by
churches in the Western North ;
Carolina Bapast Association as the :
climax to the weekrlong simul
taneous Church Training program.
Everyone will bring a picnic sup
per. All Training Union workers,
pastors and other interested per
sons are expected.
The picnic will be followed by
an inspirational message by Miss
Mabel Starne,, Dean of Women, at
Gardner-Webb College, who is di
recting the training program.
Five hundred and fifty-one at
tended the Suifday program at the
twelve participating churches, and
492 attended Monday. There is a
total Training Union enrollment of
633.
Certificates
Are Awarded At
Four Churches
Vacation Bible School certifi
cates were awarded to Bible stu
dents at Rollings Creek, Little
Brasstosm, Truett Memorial and
ML Pleasant Baptist churches this
week. Awards were made by Miss
Sarah Perry summer worker In
the Western North Carolina Asso
ciation. and tne Rev. A. G. Brooks,
sMociatlonal missionary.
Forty received certificates at
Rollings Creek, with 48 enrolled.
Including seven faculty members;
97 pap Us received certificates at
Little Brssst ;wn with 78 enrolled,
including nine faculty members;
approximately 80 received oartifl
at 1ft Pleasant with more
80 enrolled. Including nine
faculty members. There were 11
dedications at ML Fir see id
Mr and Mrs Raid
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Rev. Reid Wall
Is Guest Pastor
The Rev Reid Wall, superinten
dent of the Methodist Home at
Charlotte, will ^deliver the 11 a
m. sermon at Murphy First Meth
odist Church Sunday. Mr. Byrum,
the pastor, says, "Mr. Wall repre
sents one of the finest church-,
sponsored homes for aged people j
to be found anywhere. The Metho
dists of Murphy and Western
North Carolina have helped to
provide this ministry to older peo
ple".
Sunday School will be at 9:45
a. m. The youth will meet at 6:30
p. m.
The pastor will speak on the
topic "The Ultimate Wisdom" at
the 8 p m. service.
h Joint Quarterly Conference of
the various Methodist churches in
Cherokee County will' be held at
First Methodist Church on Sun
lay at 4 p. m. The Rev. W. Jack
son Huneyrutt, superintendent of
the Waynesvllle District, will pre
side.
Brown's Topics
AreAiun
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"What Jesus Has Meant to Men"
Till he the subject of the Rev.
"rank Brown's termoa at the Pres
byterian Church at 11 a. m. Sun
day. Sunday School will meet at
10 a. m.
At 7:30 p. tau the subject win
be "The Father and the Family."
On Wednesday evenings at 7 30
1 series of discussions on "Whet
Presbyterians Believe" win be
held Choir practice will follow
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Agricultural Workers Accept
The State'Wide Challenge
DR. J. D. GREY
Dr. Gray Speaks
On Baptist Hour
Dr. J. D. Gray, pastor of First
Baptist Church. New Orleans, La.,
and president of the Southern
Baptist Convention, will speak on
:he nationwide Baptist Hour broad
casts during July, August and Sep
tember. Hi3 'heme for this series
will be "Questions that Count."
Two of Dr Gray's messages dur
ing the quarter will tie in with
Transfer Cnnreh Membership1
Week, being promoted by all Bap
"st Churclies September 14-21.
His topic frr September 7 will be
"What Makes a Church Great?",
and on September 14 "Are You
A.. W. O L.'"
Dr. Grey is a native of Ken
tucky. graduated from Union Utii
'ersity, Jackson, Tenn., with an
\B degree in 1929. He received
the BD degree at Southwestern
Seminary, Fort Worth, Tex., in
'932, has s!ik< been honored with
a DD degree from Union Univer
sity and an LID degree from Lou
isiana College. His pastorates have
Deluded Tabernacle Baptist
Church. Encis, Tex.; First Baptist
Church, Denton, Tex., and First
Baptist Church, New Orleans,
where he has been since May 1
'937.
Music for these programs will
be supplied us usual by the Bap
"st Hour choir with John D. Hoff
ran, director, Frank Boggs, solo
ist, and Miss Frances Schum, or
ganist. .
Gleet Swan Grande
Garde De La Porte
?
William J. (Bill) Bwan of An
drews, a member of Cherokee
County Post 1307, 40/8, Cherokee
County, was elected Grande Garde
De La Porte for the year 1953 at
the Grande Promenades at Dur
ham recently. Voyageur Swan is a
World War II veteran, son of Capt.
and Mrs. Frank W. Swan, of An
drews.
All of the agricultural workers
?f Cherokee County have joined
tends in accepting "The Chal
enge", announces G. H. Farley,
?ounty agent. This is a state-wide
agricultural program dedicated to
increase per capita Income, provide
greater security, improve educa
ional opportunity, increase spirit
ual values, encourage stronger
community life, and go add more
dignity and contentment in coun
try living.
Special enterprise committees
have been formed to work with the
farmers and farm women of the
county in formulating a county
wide agricultural program. They
are as follows: Home Food and
Feed Supply: Home Foods: Miss
Edna Bishop. Mrs. Frances Puett,
Miss Meredith Whitaker, Miss Dol
lie Martin: Feed Supply: S .S Wil
liams, Douglas Hall, John Morley,
Glen Patton. Ralph Shields, G. H.
Farley.
Dairying: G. H. Farley, A. Q.
Ketner, C. R Freed, William Wal
ker, S. S Williams.
Beef Cattle and Hogs: Glenn
Patton. Carlton Wells, J. Franklin
Smith.
Poultry: J. H. Hampton, Vernon
Rankin, Richard Ramsey, Miss Ed
ta Bishop, M. B. Wright.
A concentrated effort will be
nad; by each committee to work
out with the farmers and farm wo
men, a program for each enter
prise that will help Cherokee
meet "The Challenge", says Mr.
Farley.
Fire Does $10,000
Damage At Coble
Dairv Products
^Fire broke out in the boiler room
of Coble Dairy Products, Inc.,
about one o'clock this morning
(Thursday), doing considerable
damage. The boiler room was prac
tically a total loss, and stock, in
cluding sugar, vanilla, and truck
tires, in the stock room, was dam
aged.
Coble Dairy Products, Inc., about
one o'clock this morning (Thurs
day), doing considerable damage.
The boiler room was pracically a
total loss, and stock, iuviuuJig sug
ar. vanilla, and truck tires, in the
?tock room, was damaged.
C. R. Freed, manager, said the
fire started in the boiler room,
possibly from a dust explosion. He
estimated damage at $8,000 to
>10,000. Mr. Freed salfl some of
-.he employees were still working
"?t the time and notified firemen
immediately. Firemen were succes
immediately. Firemen were suc
cessful in extinguishing the flames
Sent Overseas
Camp Rucker, Alabama?Private
First Class Clifford Hunsucker
Route 3, Murphy, North Carolina,
has been ordered to a port of em
barkation for overseas duty.
He has been serving here with
the 47th "Viking- Infantry Divi
sion.
Civitans, Lions
Hear Dr. Campbell
Bloodmobile To Be
Here On July 11
J. L. Savage, chairman of the
Red Cms P'.oodmoblle program
hcroi announces that the Bloodrao
bUe will be in Murphy on Friday,
July 11, and that the Lions, Clvl
tans, Regal and Junior Woman's
Clubs are to recruH donors. The
hours will be frotn 12:30 to ? p. m.
On Overseas Duty
Camp Rucfcar, Malian Private
First Claaa Hoyt E. Docfcery, Route
% Murphy, North
been ortesd to a post of
stton for iwrim duty.
Ha has been serving hers with
?he 47th "Vlldng" Infantry DM
Dr M. E. Campbell, Dean of the
School of Textiles at State Col
lege. Raleigh, was the speaker at
a Joint meeting of Murphy Civi
tan and Lions clubs Monday even
ing.
Dean Campbell told of the
state's progress in the textile In
dustry and what the School of Tex
tiles Is doing In the line of re
search and in keeping up with the
modern trend In the textile Indus
try. He. was introduced by the Rev.
R. Delbert Byrum, pastor of Mur
phy First Methodist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. 8. S. Williams will
leave hjr plane for Detroit Sunday.
June IX to attend the Gfvttan Con
vention as delegates from the Mur
phy Clvitan Club.
The ieu/ trunk Q.
tar of the
?pat of the
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I MISS DOROTHY. SHIELDS
Dorothy Shields, ?
Youth Delegate,
To Sail To England
Miss Dorothy Shields, Interna
tional Farm Youth Exchange Del
! egate, left Monday morning for
| Washington, D. C., where she will
spend a week in preparation for
her trip to the Netherlands. She
was accompanied by Miss Phyllis
Snyder, Regional Librarian, to
Washington. Miss Snyder is now
visiting at her home in York, Pa.,
and will attend the American Li
brarians Association in New York
later this month.
While in Washington Miss
Shields will spend a day at Na
tional *-H Camp and visit with
President Truman.
She will fly with a group of
delegates to New York City on the
24th and sail for Southampton,
England, the 25th on the R. M. S
Georgic. After arriving in England
| the group will fly to The Hague
for departure to the designated
places.
Miss Shields will be gone five
months, living in the farm homes
of Holland and touring other coun
tries.
Morris Announces
!ermon Topics
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The Rev. J Alton Morris, pastor
of Murphy First Methodist Church,
announces that his sermon topic
at 11 a. m. Sunday will be "For
His Name Sake". At the 7:55 p.
m service his subject will be "Why
Follow Jesus in Baptism?". There
: will be a Baptismal service In con
nection with the evening service.
Sunday School will begin at 9:45
a. m, Bealtown Mission at 2:30 p.
m. and Prison camp Sunday
| School, also at 2:30, and Training
Union at 7 p. m.
The Junior G>. A. will meet with
Mrs. George Portwood at 4 p. m.
Monday, and at 7:30 p. m. the Y.
W. A. will meet with Miss Doris
Palmer. The Sunbeams will meet
; at the church at 3:15 p. m. Tues
day. Junior, Primary and Cherub
choirs will practloe at 10 a. m.
Tuesday and Thursday, and at 2:30
p. m. the Day Circle will aaast..
Mae Perry Circle will meet wRh
Mrs. P C. Hyatt, PgfmU Heck Cir
cle with Mrt. Lloyd Hendricks,
and Lottie Moon Circle with Mrs.
John O'Dell.
Prayer service will be held at
7:30 p. m. Wednesday, followed by
Adult choir practice at 8:30.
The Junior R A. will meet
Thursday at 3 p. m.
Divisional R. L,
G. A. Camp Planned
Plana now are under way for a
divisional R A. and a G. A. camp
to be held at Itlwim state
Perk July 14-18, announces the
Rev. A. O. Brooks, **o will be in
charge of recreation The Royal
Amhasaadurs will meet July 14-16.
and tha Girls Auxiliary July i?-i9.
Facilities of tha