VACATION m the VOLUME 62?NUMBER 4 Population CHLROKEE COUNTY. 18.294 "? VHY, 2,433 , c jut, Library REHS. 1.397 MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1952 TEN PAGES THIS WEEK Announces County School Faculty Teachers for Cherokee County Schools for the school year 1952 53 are announced by Superinten dent Lloyd Hendrix Schools will open August 27 Teachers are as follows: Ranger James C Evans, principal. Mrs. Ruth L) Carroll, Mrs. Osie S Fos ter. Mrs Sal lie K. White, John Logan, J Alden Cooke, Mrs Myr tle Moore, Mrs Ruby M Hemphill, Mrs Maude M Gulledge. Mrs. Edith S Anderson Wolf Creek: Mrs. Luella J New man, principal: Mrs Evangeline S Johnson: Wolf Creek A: Maud E. C oliins. Hiwassee Dam: James T Os borne. principal; Miss Barbara Ar nold. V. Grady Anderson, Paul R. Hawkins, Mrs Mildred Hendrix Stewart. Home Economics, Mrs. Edith M Evans. Mrs Conger. Mrs. Alma B Gaddis. Mrs. Joyce M. Sampson. Mrs. Lois H MrXabb. Mrs. Maude D Radford. Mrs. Ru by W Wilcox. Mrs. Addllee B Brown. Walter Anderson. Miss E'izabeth Bell. Mrs. Anna Pearl Woodard, R. L Keenum. Friendsh p Jack Raper. princi pal: Mrs. Montez Raper. Buck Knnh: Mrs Vesta T Verner; Una ka Howard Martin. Principal, E. L Arian*. Mrs Odessa Roberts. Mrs Lucile M Morrow. Mrs Lib bv I) Crawford White Church: Harcst E King, principal; Mrs. Florence Gentry, Mrs Voy McDonald. Johnny Gib son. Miss Eva Nell Wells. Mrs. Dorothy P Israel. Mrs. Vesta R. King Peachtrce: Clarence Hendrix. principal; Miss Dale Sudderth, Mrs. Thelma P. Axley. Mrs Mary B. Jones. Mrs. Louise J Kenney, Mrs. Mattie B. Penland, Mrs. Irene K Stowe. Martins Creek: Douglas H. r:n?th. principal; Fred H. King, Voyd Hogan. Miss Martha Jean Chastain. Mrs. Violet L. Storm. James P Crisp, Mrs. Candas Car ringer. Miss Geneva Chastain, Mrs Ruby Kate Watson. Miss Maggie Belle Kisselburgh will be County School Supervisor. 322 Are X-Rayed At Murphy Unit On First Dav Community-wide X-ray survey began on Tuesday, Aurust 5, with 322 getting a chest x-rav at the Murphy Unit parked near the courthouse. The two units at Mar b!" and Ranee r failed to take the < vpeel?'(.! number of pictures Tli goal set by x-ray off'cials is 12,000 chest pictures in this Health District. That means every individual 15 years of age and old er should get an x-ray picture be tween now and September 3. Units will be open each day Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a. m. to ^ p m The following schedule gives the location of stops for this com ing week: Murpby at courthouse each day; Peachtree School, Au gust 8; Prison Camp, August 9; Andrews, August 7 to August 14. The chest picture requires no undressing, and takes only two minutes. A written report will be sent to everyone getting a picture. Flay W. Sellers. Health Educator, says, ?Remember your x-ray for you and your friends." Hefner Conducts Revival Services Spiritual Enrichment Week at First Methodist Church. Murphy, will continue through Sunday, Au gus' 10 The Rev Cecil G Hefner, pastor of First Methodist Church. 1 incolntcn. will preach at the 11 a. in hour of worship Sunday School will meet at the usual hour of !> 45 a :n V. the service of worship at 8 p in. the pa: tor. the Rev R. Del b.: 1 Ryruni. will preach on the subject. "A Call To Faithfulness." The youth of the church will meet at 6 30 p m. The Mid-Week Prayer Service will be resumed on Wednesday, August 12. 8 p. m. Morris Announces Church Schedule The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pas tor of First Baptist Church. Mur phy. announces that F Ivy Boggs. Texas State? Brotherhood Presi dent. will meet with men and boys a' the church Tuesday evening. A potluek supper will be held at 7 p m. and Mr Bogss will speak to the group at 8 p. m At the 1! a m. service Sunday Mr. Morris will preach on "Sanc tification". Th? topic of his mes - -<:;e at 7:55 p. m will be "Five Great Things on Which to Think". Sunday School will be at 9:45 a in.. Bealtown Mission services at 2 30 p. m. and Training Union at 7 p m Circle meetings are as follows: Ruth Bagwell Circle with Mrs. Lloyd Hrndi'ix Monday at 7:45 p. m.: Elizabeth Hale Circle with Miss Fave Boling Monday at 7:45 p. m ; Ruth Suann Circle with Mrs. Vincent Stiles Tuesday at 7 45 p. m. A family supper will be held at the church Wednesday at 6:30 p. ;n. to be followed at 7:30 by the Church Night of Missions. The Junior. Primary and Che rub Choirs will practice on Tues day and Thursday at 10 a. m. Brown Announces Sermon Topics "Let Love Be Genuine" will be 'he message brought by the Rev. Frank Brown, pastor of Presbyter ian Church, Murphy, at the 11 a. m. service Sunday. At the 7:30 evening service vh? is director of the Seminary j Extension Department of the Sou thern Baptist Theological Semina ries of the Southern Baptist Con vention. a branch of which will open here Tuesday, August 26 j Andrews Baptists Have Vacation Bible School Vacation Bible School is being conducted at the First Baptist Church of Andrews this week and continuing through next week. Officers for the school, which opened Monday with an enroll ment of 147 pupils, are Larry Pow er, principal; Doris Baxter, secre tary: Wynona Dupree, pianist; and the Rev. J. A. Richardson, Jr., pas tor. The school opens each morning. Monday through Friday at 8:30 a. m. and continues until noon. Teachers are: Beginners. Mrs. Lee Pullium, Mrs. Marvin Pulli urn and Mrs. Chub Brooks: Pri mary Mrs. Clyde Rector and Mrs. Monk McGUire; Juniors, Mrs Amos Harris, Mrs. James Glenn, Mis; Trilby Glenn. Mrs W. A. Cathey. Mrs. Joe Womack and Mrs. Mark Elliott; Intermediates. Mrs. J. A. Richardson. Jr., the Rev. J. A. Richardson, Jr.. Mrs Carl West and Mrs. C. T. Almond. Grange To Meet Due to the electric storm which kept most members at home Mon day evening a special called meet ing of the Pomona Grange will be I held Friday evening, August 8, at' Marble School with the Marble Grange The Pomona Charter will be presented, and the electing of the remaining officers will be car ried out All members are asked to be present if possible. Double Tragedy Befalls Ricketts Mrs Paul Rickett of Hayesville f was found shot to death in her 1 kitchen this afternoon (ThursdayI cbout 2 30 o'clock by neighbors t a ho arrived on the scene after e hearing gun shots. j \ 1' r husband, who had also been S -?hot. was found still alive, lying 1 a the living room floor A pistol 1 from which two bullets had been ?iced was discovered beside him. > according to Clay County Sheriff 1 G'- nn Swanson. 1 Swanson said neighbors Guy i Wheeler and Charles Cherry were 1 first to arrive on the scene. They 1 bund the Rickett's two children, >ut unharmed. Rickett was taken by ambulance o Lee M. Happ Memorial Hospit il in Hiawassee, Ga., where he vas given a 50-50 chance to live, twanson said the last report to lim about 8:10 tonight was that Pickett still is alive. Rickett was employed at Citi :ens Bank and Trust Company in iayesvil'.e. Rickett had been trans err-^d from the company's bank n Murphy to Hayesville only a 'e\v months ago. He and Mrs. ticks-tt are natives of Andrews. Schools To Open Doors August 27 Schools in the Murphy and * Cherokee County Units will open Wednesday, August 27. at 8:45 A. M. Wednesday. Thursday, and Friday. August 27, 28, and 29 will be operated on a half day sche dule. running from 8:45 to 12 noon. The lunch room will open Mon day. September 1. The price of lunches to children will be $4 for 1 h' school month to be paid in advance H. Bueek, superintendent of the Murphy School unit says, "Chil dren to be entitled to enrolment in the public schools for the school , year one thousand nine hundred thirty-ninc-forty. and each year j thereafter, must be six years of j ace on or before October find of j the year in which they enroll, and must enroll during the first month of the school year." Mr Bueck says, "Those high school students expecting to enter Murphy High School this fall who did not complete their registration last spring are asked to register s*. the school office, Thursday, August 21, between the hours 10 to 12. 2 to 4. At that time we would be glad to see any parents who would like to discuss their' children's course of study." "'ilk Producers "feet On Friday A county-wide meeting of ail milk producers has been scheduled lor Friday. August 8, at 8 p. m. in the lunch room of the Murphy School. At this meeting farmers, repre-1 .. illative from the Dairy Exten- j sion Department of State College.! >nd representatives from the local j lairy industry will discuss prob- i h ms of milk production in Cher- | okec County. G. H. Farley, county agent, says,' "The milk supply is far short of j the demand for this area. The re-{ cent dry weather has aggravated j this situation. Every dairyman or prospective dairyman, whether he produces Grade "A" or manufac-. tured milk, should make plans to j attend this meeting." Boggs To Speak To Men And Boys F. Ivy Boggs, Texas State Bro therhood President, will speak to men and boys at First Baptist Church, Murphy, Tuesday, August 12 A potluck supper will begin at 7 p. m.. and Mr. Boggs will speak at 8 p. m. Mr. Boggs is founder of the "Man and Boy Movement" started in Dallas in June 1946. In Novem ber of 1946 the movement was adopted by the Texas Baptist Bro therhood Convention in thetr state meeting as one of the bro therhood objectives. In August of 1947 the founder was invited to present the move ment to the ' rotherhood leaders of the Southern Baptist Conven tion. asembled. at Ridgecrest. Af ter it was presented it was adopts ed as an objective of the Brother hood of the Southern Baptist Con vention The movement is a sim ple plan to get a man, who is a member of a church brotherhood, to find an unenlisted boy and get him into Sunday Scbool. The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pas tor of the local church, urges all men to come and bring a boy. Feeding and management for profit will be the main discussion. Murphy Civitans Hear F. W. Sell prs Flay W. Sellers from the North ? Carolina State Board of Health spoke to the Civitan Club Monday evening. He urged the Civitans to help spread the word around about retting an X-Ray. He also showed t film. "This is T. Bwhich ex plained what T. B is and what is being done to helo control it. Mr. Sellers pointed out that in order 'o p-otect yourself and f our fam ily. one. should get an X-Ray at 'rmt onee a year and more often If possible. Mr. Sellers stated that an X-Ray till find tuberculosis before a person feels sick and the earlier T. B. is found, the better chances for cure. He stressed the fact that here will be absolutely no charge to the public, and there is to be no undressing. In a matter of seconds you're in and out. ' Judge William Bobbitt, who le presiding over the August term of court in Cherokee County, was the guest of L. L. Mason. Ray Hefner was the guest of Lee Lance and Soap Box Derby To Be August 21 The Summer Recreation Pro gram is sponsoring a third annual Soap Box Derby Thursday, August 21, at 2 p. m. This derby is to be held on McClellan Street. The pro gram will begin with a parade at 1 p. m. through town. Each boy must build his own wagon, and each entrant will only be allowed one wagon to be enter ed in th? derby. The first prize will be a $50 War Bond. Second and third prizes will be cup*. In terested merchant* have mad* these prizes possible. ; Irvin Greene, director, sayn, "We hope this year to have more entries*ln this derby than any pre vious year, and we are ffbtng to make It a big affair." JackDlekwy~wm* W. I.