Doyle Burcli Heads
City Park Commission
Doyle Burch, local manager of*
The H. T Hackney Co.. Inc., whole
sale grocers, was elected chairman
of the Murphy City Park commiss
ion at a meeting held Monday eve
ning at the Sc?ut office. Mrs. T
A. Case was re-elected vice-chair
man: Miss Addie Mae Cooke, sec
retary: and Mrs. Walter Witt, was
elect i'd treasurer.
The entire membership of the
old park commission recently was
re-appoined by Mayor Neil Sneed.
It is now composed of the follow
ing: Mayor Neil Sneed, R. S.
Bault. Doyle Burch, Mrs. T. A.
Case. Miss Addie Mae Cooke. Miss
Mary Cornwell, H. G. Elkins, W. M.
Fain. David King, L. A. Frasch.
Mrs. Dale Lee, Mrs. W. A. Hoover.
E. L. Shields, Mrs. Walter Witt,
Robt. V. Weaver, Dr. B. W. Whit
field. E. H. Brumby, and J. W.
Davidson.
Plans now are underway for an
early beginning on the swimming
pool at the park. The TVA has
submitted to the commission a pro
posed location, and W. M. Fain and
R. S Bault were asked by Chair
man Burch Monday night to plaes
an order for the necessary cement
for the construction.
The first Thursday night in each
month was designated as the regu
lar time of meeting, but the chair
man was asked to call a meeting at
any time it is necessary for the pur
pose of going forward with the
swimming pool.
As soon as the present occupants
vacate the home on the park
grounds, the park commission will
choose a caretaker to live in the
house and take care of and protect
the park and equipment.
Club Women To
Studv Finishing
Touches In Home
The Home Demonstration sched
ule for July is as follows, an
nounces Miss Mary Cornwell, home
Igent:
Tuesday, July 2, Brasstown, Mrs.
Frank Hogan, 2:00 o'clock; Wed
nesday. July 3, Postell, Mrs. G. W.
\oung. 1:00 o'clock; Thursday, July
4, Peachtree, Mrs. W. A. Boyd, 1:30
o'clock: Friday, July 5, Violet, Mrs.
Gay Murphy, 1:30 o'clock; Tuesday,
July 9, Bellview, Mrs. Maude
Hatchett. 1:30 o'clock; Thursday,
July 11. Slow Creek, Mrs. Jim Don
ley, 1:30 o'clock; Monday, July 15,
Grandview, Mrs. Hugh Johnson,
1:30 o'clock; Wednesday, July 17
Unaka. Mrs. Glenn Roberts, 1:30
o'clock; Thursday, July 18, Tomot
la, Mrs. Gilbert Stiles, 1:30 o'clock;
Friday, July 19. Marble, Mrs. Edwin
Barnett. 1.30 o'clock; Tuesday
July 23, Martin's Creek, School
Building, 1:30 o'clock: Wednesday,
July 24. Valleytown, Mrs. Richard
Waldroup, 2:00 o'clock; Thursday,
July 25. Ranger, Mrs. Fred Kilpat
rick, 1:30 o'clock.
The demonstration for July will
be Finishing Touches for The
Home."'
Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Madden
*nd children, Donna and Edward.
visiting Mrs. Madden's mother.
Mrs. Don Witherspoon.
Jas, R. Taylor
Taken By Death
At Age Of 96
James R. Taylor. 96, died at 1?
a. m. Thursday at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Billy Cornwell at
Kegal, following an illness of two
years.
Funeral rites were held at 2:30
p. m. Friday, at New Hope Church
cf God at Ogreeta. with the Rev.
Robert Barker and the Rev. Mr.
Harris of Chattanooga, officiating
Burial was in the Ogreeta Baptist
cemetery with Ivie funeral home
in charge.
Surviving are eight sons: Drew.
John. Fred, Rollin. Jake, Bass, Bob
all of Murphy, and Charlie of Le
noir City, Tenn.; and four daugh
ters. Mrs. Rose Ann Cornwell, Mrs
Ollie Whitener of Murphy, Mrs.
Lillie Johnson of Lenoir City,
Tenn., and Mrs. Bessie Murphy of j
Linaka: 100 Grandchildren, and 75 1
great-grandchildren.
Mr. Taylor was one of the oldest
citizens in Cherokee county and
had spent all of his life in the
Ogreeta section.
Active pallbearers were grand
sons, J. D.. Warren, Wallace and
George Taylor, Cecil Roberts, and
B. F. Cornwell.
Honorary pallbearers were: J.
K. Ledford, Edgar Price, Leonard
McClure, Scott Hall, Edward Eng
lish and Oscar Palmer.
Names Subject
Of Sermon Sunday
The Rev. T. G. Tate will preacli
at the Presbyterian church here
Sunday evening at 8 o'clock on thr
subject, "Man's Chief End."
Young Peoples' and Pioneer so
cieties will meet at 7:15 o'clock.
There will be no morning servicc
here. Mr. Tate will preach at
Hayesville Presbyterian church at
11 o'clock and hold communion
service after the sermon. He wi'l
preach at Union Hill church at 3
o'clock, and hold revival services
there through Thursday. A vaca
tion Bible school will be held there
beginning Monday, with Miss Mil
dred Gilreath in charge.
Young Harris
Student Killed
Jose Gonzales, 16, of Havana,
Cuba, student at Young Harris Col
lege for the past two years, died at
Petrie hospital at 2:30 o'clock Sun
day afternoon from injuries receiv
ed when he was thrown from a
motorcycle Friday afternoon about
? o'clock on the road between Hay
esville and Warne.
Graveside services were held at
Young Harris at 7:30 o'clock Mon
day evening, with the Rev. R. L.
Whitehead officiating. Burial was
in the Young Harris cemetery with
Townson funeral home in charge.
Surviving are the mother, Mrs.
Delores Berrocal, and a half sister,
Cartri Berrocal. of Havana.
Red Cross Sp onsors
Home Nursing Course
Cherokee County citizens will
have an opportunity during the
month of July to take a Red Cross
home nursing course taught by
Mrs. Daisy Cullars Carlisle of the
Southeastern Area professional
Nursing Service staff, Miss Elba
Sneed. chairman of home nursing
for the Cherokee County chapter,
says.
Mrs. Carlisle will teach classes
for white persons in Violet and
Postell, and one for Negroes in
Andrews. Expenses of these
courses are being borne by the
Cherokee County Chapter.
These courses^ some of which aro
streamlined to six lessons, others
containing twelve, are resigned to
ePare the public to take care of
inor illnesses in the home.
Since every home is exposed to
L
illness at some time, every home
maker should know the home nurs
ing skills which these courses
give," said Miss Sneed. "It is the
aim of Red Cross to see that at
least one person in every family
has had a home nursing course."
Mrs. Carlisle, a native of Auburn,
Ala., is a former supervisor of Hill
man Hospital in Birmingham and
superintendent of nurses at Ala
bama Polytechnic Institute, Au
burn.
She took her Red Cross home
nursing instructor course in 1945
and taught home nursing the fol
lowing year in high schools in
Jackson County, Fla.
Mrs. Carlisle is a member of the
Business Woman's Club and presi
dent of the American* Legion
Auxiliary in Marianna, Fla.
ATTEND W. N. C. PRESS MEETING HERE ?
Shown above are members of the Western North
Carolina Weekly Press association and their guests
who attend a two-day meeting held here last week
end. Miss Addie Mae Cooke, president of the WNC
press group was hostess to the meeting. From left
to right are: Harvey Laffoon, published of the Elkin
Tribune and president of the North Carolina Press
association; J. B. McKamey, project manager at Fon
tana Dam; R D. Lewis, deputy general manager of
Government Services, Inc., Fontana Dam; Miss
Cooke; Albert Hardy, past president of the National
Editorial asoeiation and a Gainesville, Ga., publisher,
principal speaker at the banquet Friday evening
Miss Beatrice Cobb, publisher of the Morganton
News-Herald and secretary of the North Carolina
Press association; Bill Horner, publisher of the San
ford Herald and past president of the North Carolina
Press association; and Ed M. Anderson, publisher of
papers at Brevard, Forest City, Spindale, West Jeff
erson and Sparta and past president of the North
Carolina Press association.
Publishers See Many Assets
And Attractions Of This Area
Approximately 50 publishers and |
many other visitors from various
sections of North Carolina were
guests at a meeting of the Western
North Carolina Weekly Press Asso
ciation held in Murphy Friday and 1
Saturday of last week.
Registration began at Regal hotel
nl 9 o'clock Friday morning. At
0:45 the party were taken to the
Hitchcock Corporation talc mine,
where they were greeted by Man
ager Joe Bailey and taken through
the processing plants. The visitors
saw pencils being sawed from
crude talc, and the packaging of
them, and also the grinding of talc
into powder. They were presented
by Mr. Bailey with boxes of tal
cum powder and paper weights
sawed from talc.
Following a pause at Murphy
city park, the party went to John
C. Campbell Folk school, where
Mrs. John C. Campbell and Mrs
Georg Bidstrup showed them
through the crafts departments anc*
the picturesque mill house, with
a great water wheel. A puppet
show also was enjoyed there. Mrs.
Campbell gave a short lecture on
the purpose and work of the school
Back in Murphy at 12:30, the
group was entertained at a lunch
eon by the Town of Murphy at
Cherokee Cafe. Mayor Neil Sneed
greeted the guests. Each one pres
ent was asked to stand and intro
duce himself. Assisting Mayor
Sneed in entertaining were mem
bers of the town council. City Clerk
E L. Shields, Assistant Clerk
Beryle Witt, Attorney O. L. Ander
sen, members of the electric de
partment, and Chief of Police
Frank Crawford.
The party left at 1:30 for Hi
wassee Dam, where they were
greeted by TVA Manager A. D.
Rieger of Chattanooga, Tenn., and
others of the TVA staff and shown
through the powerhouse. After
viewing Hiwassee Dam, the group
went to the Naval Ordnance Ex
periment station, where through
out the war the navy tested depth
bombs and to which area very few
groups have been admitted. Lt.
Alex Owen explained the work
that has been done there, to the
group.
From Hiwassee the tour took the
visitors to Ducktown and Copper
hill, Tenn., and McCpysville, Ga.
A stop was made in Copperhill,
where Robert Barclay of Tennessee
Cooper Company gave a lecture on
the Great Copper Basin and the
mining of copper there for more
than a hundred years.
The last stop on the after tour
was at Fields of the Wofd, project
of the Church of God. B'here the
visitors were met by C.vr. David
sen, assistant editor of tYf* church's
publication. The White Is- 'ssenger,
of Cleveland, Tenn.; L. Rhodes,
auxiliary designer and'n \ger of
Fields of the Wood; and Caretaker
and Mrs. T. B. Andrews. In the
pavilion Mr. Rhodes and Mr. David
son explained what is proposed for
the development in the years to
come, telling of the work already
in progress to construct a testament
and the ten commandments on the
mountain side. \ft ? refreshments
were served, the visitors were
taken on top of Burger Mountain,
where the church has build a huge
cross, on which stand flag poles for
flags of all countries in which
| Church of God organizations have
been formed. A wonderful view
or the mountains could be seen
from this point.
The banquet at Regal hotel Fri
day evening, given by Murphy
Lions club and Murphy Business
Men's club, was attended by 125
people. Miss Addie Mae Cooke,
president of the WNC Weekly
Press association, was toastmaster.
Led by C. R Freed, the group
sang, "America the Beautiful", and
the Rev. T. G Tate gave the invo
cation. Special music was furnish
ed by C. R. Freed and Walter Car
ringer, accompanied by Mrs. J. W.
Davidson. Mayor Neil Sneed, At
torney J. B. Gray, E. A. Wood and
Mrs. G. W. Cover, Sr., gave ad
dresses of welcome. Responses were
by L. F. Laffoon of Elkin, president
of North Carolina Press associa
tion; Miss Beatrice Cobb of Mor
ganton secretary of the North
Carolina Press association; B. Arp
Lowrance of Charlotte, and others.
Ed M. Anderson of Brevard pre
sented the guest speaker, Albert S.
Hardy of Gainesville, Ga. Mr.
Hardy spoke on the value of the
weekly newspaper and some of the
accomplishments by weekly pub
lishers.
The party left Murphy at 9:30
Saturday morning, the first stop
being at Columbia Marble Comp
any where Jas. Chadwick showed
them through the plant.
In Andrews the group stopped
at the home of Mrs. G. W. Cover.
Sr., where refreshments were serv
ed. Mrs. Cover was assisted in
serving by her daughters, Mrs.
Jane Orr and Miss Eleanor Cover,
as well as several neighbors. A
rose from the garden of Mrs. C. S.
Freel was presented to each lady.
The next stop was at the lookout
over the Nantahala Gorge, followed
by a stop in Robbinsville, where
Mayor Bruce Slaughter, Attorney
Jack Morphew and others greeted
the party. District Forest Super
visor E. W. Rcnshaw, Ranger John
Stanley, and Percy B. Ferebee es
corted the group to Joyce Kilmer
forest.
At noon the visitors were enter
tained at luncheon at Fontana by
Government Services, Inc., with R.
D. Lewis, deputy general manager,
of Washington, D. C.; H. B. Sher
rill, resident manager; and Mrs. E.
G. Dal 1 wig, recreation director
acting as hosts. Fred Schlemmer.
retiring project manager of Fon
tana Dam. attended the luncheon,
as did Jack B. McKamey, project
manager, and several other TVA
officials.
Following luncheon, Mr. Mc
Kamey, Mr. Lewie, Mrs. Dallwig
Mr. Rogers, Mr. Eckels, Mr. Sea
mon, and others of the community
accompanied the group on a tour
of the village and dam project.
Stops were made at two model cot
tages and the newly-opened gift
shop, in one of the original houses
i in the village.
Several views of the dam and
lakes were pointed out. and the
guests were taken on top of the
dam and through the powerhouse
Manager MeKamey said: "As you
tour our project and village, we
hope that you will eatch some
thing of the spirit of teamwork,
and good fellowship which exist
among our folks. For that, more
than anything else, was the driv
ing force behind the great accomp
lishments of building this note
worthy structure.
"Fontana Dam is a notable. struc
ture, made so by its size, speed of
construction. In size it is the
fourth highest and largest concrete
dam in the world. It contains
?. 800.000 cubic yards of concrete,
and is 480 feet high, 376 feet thick
at the base. 30 feet at the top, and
is 2.662 feet long. It will ultimate
ly contain three turbo-generators
with a total capacity of 202,500 k.
w. Two units are now installed
and in operation. The reservoir is
450 feet deep and extends 30 miles
upstream. It contains almost 1,
fOO.OOO acre feet of water.
"Construction work was begun
in January 1942, and the first unit
started power production in Janu
ary 1945 ? thre years later. The
second unit went into service in
March 1945."
More than half of the visitors left
Fontana en route to their homes,
while the others returned to Mur
phy to spend the night. The twen
ty-odd who remained over were
guests at a buffet supper in the
home of Miss Addie Mac Cooke
Saturday evening.
Sidelights of the tours will be
found in "Scouting" column on the
editorial page.
Hall Attends
Clerks' Meeting
J. L. Hall. Sr., clerk of Chero
kee county superior court, attend
ed the 28th annual convention of
the Association of Superior Court
Clerks at O. Henry Hotel, Greens
boro. June 26-28. He was the only
clerk west of Asheville to attend
this year.
Baptist Revival To Go
Thru Sunday Night
Rev. L. E. Latham
Leaving Here To
Become Evangelist
The Rev. L. E. Latham, who has
served as pastor of the Murphy
Free Methodist ehureh for the past
two years, this week announced
that at the end of the present con
ference year. July 20, he will re
linquish the work here and becomc
a full-time evangelist.
Sunday, July 7, will be Mr
Latham's last Sunday to preach
here. He will use as his sermon
subjects, in the morning at 11 o'
clock. "Things That Abide", and
in the evening at 8 o'clock, "The
Home Beyond". The Young People
will met at 7:30 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Latham and baby
will make their home in Atlanta,
which will be headquarters from
which Mr. Latham will do his evan
gelistic work. He plans to be in
California after the first of next
year, for three months.
In recent months, during Mr.
Latham's pastorate, the local
church has made preparations for I
building a brick veneered church
on a Moore lot, near Valley Riv^r
bridge, at a cost of approximately
$10,000. A considerable amount
has been raised for the building |
fund, and when materials and a
priority are received, the work will
go forward.
The name of the new pastor for
the church here will be released
after the conference to be held
July 18-20.
Local Retailers
Keep OPA Ceilings
A survey ol retail merchants
in Murphy indicates that they
will continue the OPA ceiling
prices on their goods as long as
possible.
There has been a considerable
advancc in rates at the Dickey
hotel according to announcement
of the managers. This is the only
raise that has come to the atten
tion of THE SCOUT.
Accident Causes
Death Of McHan
Funeral services were held Sun
day at 11 a. m. at Dawnville Bap
tist church at Dalton. Ga., for Rus
sell Allen McHan, 17. who died
at Petrie hospital at 2:38 a. m. Fri
day from injuries received when
he was struck on the head by a
limb while cutting a tree near his
home at Blairsville, Route 3.
The Rev. A. R. Danzler officiated.
Burial was in the church cemetery
with Ivie funeral home in charge.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John S. McHan: four
brothers, Fred. Raymond. Lestei
and Albert, and one sister, Mar
garet, all of Blairsville. Route 3.
i ne nev. aamuei x^. mauuu*,
pastor of the First Baptist church,
Florence, Ala., is assisting the Rev
J Alton Morris in a series of re
vival meetings at First Baptist
church this week. Services are be
ing held each morning at 10 o'clock
and each evening at 8 o'clock.
For the remainder of the week,
the following will be the sermon
subjects of Mr. Maddox: Thursday
morning, "The Model Prayer";
Thursday evening, "Prepare to
Meet Thy God"; Friday morning,
'Christ, His Church and You."
Part I; Friday evening, "The Pot
ter and the Clay": Saturday morn
ing, "Christ, His Church and You",
Part II; Saturday evening, "The
Drama of Joseph's Life in Five
Acts;"' Sunday morning, "Our Great
Salvation"; and Sunday evening,
"Why Do People Go Away from
Jesus?"
BECOMES EVANGELIST ? The
Rev. L. E. Latham, pastor of Mur
phy Free Methodist church, who
announced this week his intention
to become a full-time evangelist
giving up his work here at the end
of the conference year, July 20.
Barnetts Buy
Spread Factory
Valley River Spread Company,
formerly operated here by Claude
R Hayes, has been purchased from
Mr. Hayes by L E. Barnett and his
son. Jack Barnett. The latter ex
pects to be manager of the firm,
and announces that he hopes to get
into production of bedspreads with
in the next few days.
SERMON TOPIC
"The Climax" will be the sermon
topic by the Rev. Ralph Taylor at
First Methodist Church Sunday at
11 o'clock.
There will no evening service.
The congregation is asked to join
in the service at the First Baptist
Church at 8 o'clock.
The Mid-Week Fellowship hour
will be held Wednesday, July 10,
at 8 P. M.
Miss Ruby Owenby of Marietta,
Ga., has been visiting Miss Lyda
Mallonee in East Murphy.
Five Of Escaped
Prisoners Captured
Ministers To
Meet On Mondav
V
The Cherokee county Baptist
Ministers' conference will be held
Monday, July 8, at 10 a. m. in First
Baptist church here. The devotion
al will be conducted by the Rev.
Leonard McClure. Following a
business session, the Rev. P. H
Chastain will speak on" Christian
Stewardship in Our Churches". A
round-table discussion will be held
and the benediction will be led by
the Rev. W. T. Truett.
ALL DAY SINGING
An all day singing will be held
at Maggie s Chapel church the
first Sunday in July. Singers from
everywhere are invited to attend.
Eight prisoners escaped from the
Peaehtree prison camp about 11
o'clock Monday night. It was re
ported that they sawed a bar and
escaped from the prison and went
over a fence in a corner of the lot.
Those who escaped were: Wayro
Smith of Cherokee county, Billy
Gregg of Buncombe county, Watty
Driver and Sequoiah Driver, In
dians. twin brothers, of Cherokee,
Jess Dukcctt of Buncombe county
Leon Mason of Transylvania coun
ty, Ray Payne of Madison, and
George Riddle of Henderson coun
ty, S. C. They had sentences rang
ing from 12 months to four year3,
for larceny, assault with deadly
weapon and similar charges.
Smith and Gregg were captured
Tuesday morning in Atlanta by city
police, and the two Indian brothers
and Ray Payne were captured Tues
day night by Policeman Parker, in
Andrews, according to report by
Iiayden Ferguson supervisor of the
prison camp.