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Dr.
Wall*,
and fnMta of Kn. J. W.
i and Mr. and Mra. Harry
They want from tor* ?
Atlanta where Or. Warner spoke a?
? medical maotU* on cheat
?ry. Mrs Warner la a niece of
Mr*. Thompson.
Mr. and Mra. Robert Barclay and
?on, John of Oopperhill, Tenn.,
?pent Sunday with Mra. Barelay*a
mother, Mra. J. W. Thompson.
James Smith, atudent at the
Unlveralty of Tennessee, Knoxville
spent the week end here with his
parents, Mr. and Mra. J. Franklin
Smith and. his slaters.
Mr. and Mra. Loren Davis, Mra.
Roy Lovtngood and Mra. Dale
Lee attended the Fashion Show
in Atlanta thia week.
Mra. J. W. Davidson spent a few
days In Atlanta this week.
Mrs. O. W. Hendricks and Mra.
W. A. Hoover had lunch with Mrs.
Otis Arp at Copperhill, Tenn., last
Wednesday.
Mrs. E. C. Sullivan and Mra. W.
A. Hoover had lunch with Mrs. Os
car 'Hendricks last Thursday.
Mrs. Hugh Pitman and children.
Carol and Hugh of Gastonta. spent
the week end with Dr. and Mrs. W.
A. HooVer and children. Mrs. E. C.
Sullivan who had been here with
her daughter, Mrs. Hoover and
family, returned with them to her
home in Cherryville.
Mrs. Don Witherspoon is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Mack Patton,
Mr. Patton and children in Hender
sonville. v
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Franklin left
Wednesday to spend a few days in
Atlanta on business.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Moore, Mr.
and Mrs. Cloe Moore and Mtd?
' Marie. Price left Itat week "Tor a
vacation in Florida.
ANDREWS , "
Among those attending the Asso
ciated Communities from Western
North Carolina which convened
Tuesday at Western Carolina Col
lege at Cullowhee were Percy B.
Ferebee, Supt, J. E. Rufty, 8. J.
Gemert and H. M. Whl taker.
Mrs. Wade Reece and Mrs. W. T.
Teas have returned after a stay of
two weeks in Florida.
Paul Lay of Calhoun, Ga. spent
last week here during the absence
' of Grady Garrett, who is manager
of the Lay and Company Ten Out
Store.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Grant and
three children , Mike, Karen and
Cheryl of Asheville have returned
to their home after spending the
week-end here with Mrs. Grant's
grandmother, Mrs. John Rogers.
Rev. and Mrs. George Cul berth
and daughters of Aaheville spent
several days of last week here j
? with Mrs. Cul berth's mother, Mrs.
W. L. Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Garrett and
children, Jimmie and Connie, have 1
returned after a trip to St. Augus
tine, Florida and other points In
Florida.
Mrs. L. M. Petty of Gastonla la
visiting this week with her son, J.
H. Petty and his family.
Mrs. Lee C. Richards of Green
ville, S. C. is the guest of her mo
ther, Mrs. John Rogers. ?
Harry Lay, of Falrmount, Ga.,
spent last week here with his bro- ?
ther, Baxter Lay ang son, Dickie. 1
'Mrs. Clyde Jarrett left Friday
for 8partanburg, 8. C.. for a stay )
of several weeks with her mother. '
Mr. and Mrs. Hancock Davis had
as their guests their son, Dr. and
Mrs. 'Jack Davis and son. Karl, of
Waynesvllle. also their son, John
Henry Davis, Mrs. Davis and',
t their ohllden, Glenn and EUen I
^ of Franklin over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Williams and
their daughter, Mrs. Crawford and i
her daughter, Debbie
Mr
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: her h _
' virit hen; with her sister. MM \
Ruth wVNhrcW. was adoomfr- ,
New Hiwassee Dam b shool >'?
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Ground Breaking Set * odav
Ground breaking ceremonies for*
the new Hhneeee Own School will
bs held today at 2:90 p. m. at the
new school site in Shoal Creek
Townahip.
The 40 acre site, purchased tor
the school about two years ago, la
located on the highway about a
mile and a half from the Suit Post
Office.
Noah Hembree, chairman of the
county board of education, will
turn the first shovelful of earth.
He will use a shovel purchased for
the occasion by the HI was see Dam
senior class. Dennis Graham is
class president.
Others present on the occasion
will be Lloyd Hendrlx, superinten
dent of Cherokee County schools;
H. Bueck, superintendent at Mur
phy Schools; and J. E. Rufty, sup
erintendent of Andrews Schools.
Also present will be county com
missioners E. L. Townson, W, A.
Hyde, and W. B. Dockery. Former
commissioners W. E. Moore, Gay
Hawkins and Sam Jones will also
be present
The Hiwassee Dam 8chool com
mittee will be Introduced by
Principal Hal H. Hale as follows:
Carl Quinn, Guy Eller, Wlllard
Graham, Clinton Loudermllk and
Claude Patterson.
The Murphy School band will
play the prelude and postlude and
the National Anthem. The invoca
tion will be by R. L. Keenum of
Suit and Mrs. Clay Hopwood, pre
sident of the Hiwassee Dam PTA
will give the welcome.
Members of the county board of
education, serving with Mr. Hem
bree are Allen Brendle, Louis
King, Lawson Lunsford and B. B.
Palmerv
Almost J30O, 000 will be spent on
the new school plant, which is said
to be the moat up to date to be
built in Cherokee County.
* NEW NAME
The new name for the school ha*
not been decided, but the plant will
take place of the present Hiwassee
Dam elementary and high school.
It is hoped the new building will be
completed by school opening next
fall, although there is some doubt
that it will be completed in time.
The expandable modern brick
masonry structure calls for some
M classrooms, a symtorium
(combination gymnasium and
auditorium), a library and caf
eteria. For the present the cafe
terK has been cut oat tq get
within the budget and the large
library will be used for a cafe
teria, is was saU.
The Hiwassee Dam School
has been housed in a wooden TV A
building near the dam since 1936.
At present the school is under 13
year lease with TVA. The contract
expires in July, 1955.
Funds for the new school will
come largely from the county
school bond voted last fall and
from the state school bond voted
in 1953.
Barbara Shields
Injured In Auto
Mrs. J L. Shields (Barbara) of
Atlanta, formerly of Murphy, re
ceived a back injury and bruises
Baturday - night in an automobile
collision on Hilton St. here.
Mr. and Mrs. Shields were travel
tag on Hilton St. toward McLelland
St. in a 1966 Plymouth.
A 1956 Ford driven by an 18 year
aid Mulkey boy came out of a aide
street at the back of the primary
school building and hit the right '
rear of 1 the Shifelds car. tfiere
were three other youths in the
Mulkey auto.
Shields was forced into a tele
phone pole. Injuries to the Ply
mouth were estimated at $800 by
ImrssUgaUng Officer Leo nart
lanes. Some 1100. damage was
Sane to the Ford, Janes said.
Mr. ahields received a face
*r#eh. Mrs. Shields was treat
?a a* a kwal hoefc?al wttfere she
*as a patient until IUdAbjt after
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Hearing is Called On
Phone Rate Increase
A proposal by the Western Car
olina Telephone Co. to raise phone
rates in Murphy will be heard by
the North Carolina Utilities Com
mission at the Court House here,
starting at 2 p. m. Tuesday, March
1
The phone company is asking an
increase in rental rates and in tar
iff charges at its Murphy ex
change.
The company asserted Murphy
was bypassed on the last increase
granted by t)\e Utilities Commis
sion.
I The Increase would bring Mur
phy rates up to rates now in effect
in other similar exchanges in its
territories, the company alleged.
Public Invited To
Folk School Benefit
The public is invited to attend &<
?larch of Dimes benefit party at
he Folk School at Brass town Sat
urday, Feb. 12 at 8 p. m.
Admission Is 50 cents for adults
and 25 cents for children up to 12
years old. Refreshments, donated
by members of the community,
will be served.
Special music will be furnished
by Miss Rachel Grubbs of Knox
ville, Tenn. Miss Ethel Capps, also
of Knoxville, will introduce some
new English folk games to the
group. Miss Capps was recently
an exchange teacher in England.
I Fannie McLellan of the Folk
School will present a puppet show.
All proceeds will go to the polio
(Irive in Cherokee aria Clay Coun
ties.
Marble Children
Collect $110
A total of $110.50 as collected by
the children of the Marble elemen
' tary school during the March of
Dimes campaign.
Mrs. Vic Wood's second grade
collected the largest amount and
Jackie Raxter of Mrs. Minnie Ta
tham's first grade collected the
argest individual donations.
Other' leaders of their rooms
ere: Victor Farmer, second grade
Mrs. Vic Wood, teacher; Robert
Watson, third and fourth grade,
Mrs. Lunsford, teacher; Edward
Bryson, fourth and fifth grades,
Mrs. Helen Waldroup, teacher;
{Nell Battle, sixth grade with
Frank Walsh teacher.
,
Lance Boy Found
Wet, But Unhurt
Robert Lance, 14, was found Sat
urday around 11 p. m. soaking wet,
but otherwise unhurt after getting
lost on a hunting trip.
The boy had set out "buzzard"
hunting in the middle of the after
noon Saturday In tbe Gold Branch
section of the County and lost his
way. After dark he went in an
abandoned house where he was
found by a searching party of four
officers and sever*!. other per
sona.
Deputy" Sheriff Lott&h West " re
ported the searching party knock-,1
ed on the door of the house and the 1 ;
boy came to the door. The lad said
he had planned to stay in the house 1
and wait for morning to look for his
way home.
Officers on the search were '
Sheriff Claude Anderson, Deputies
West and Charles White and High- '
way patrolman Walter Leming.
White Named On Lion i
Convention Committee i
Members of the Murphy and An- ' ,
drews Lions Clubs are making i
plans for the qtate convention to'
be held in Charlotte May 29 - SI, |
Harve Elklns, chairman of the '
Murphy club's convention comm
ittee, said.
I Bob White of the Murphy club |
has been appointed a member of
the rules committee at the conven
tion, Mr. Elkins said.
(Incomplete Polio Proceeds
(Reported; Drive Ends oon
A AUW Panel Talks
Comics At Meet
A panel discussion on comic
books was held last week at the
meeting of the Cherokee County
Branch 61 the American Associa
tion of University Women meeting
at the home of Mrs. T. A. Case. ]
Mrs. Germldine Meadows was
moderator for the panel and per
sons taking part were Mrs. J. A
Morris, Mrs. Wiley Kinney, Jr.,
Mrs. Jtohn S. Smith, Mrs. Harry
Miller and Mrs. Constance West.
The education committee. Miss Ju
liet Pegues, chairman, was in
charge of arrangements for the
program.
Mrs. Miller ,ln discussing horror ,
comics said a test aside on a poor (
high school reader showid that i
very little of (he reading matter (
was comprehenaiMe to Mm, and It
hras the ptetuffe that made I
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her topic tnd took most of her In
formation from the book. "Seduc
tion of the Innocent^', a report on
comic books. She cited cases of
Juvenile crimes in which the ideal
and plot for the crime had come
from comic books.
Mrs. West said comic books are
an "invitation to illiteracy".
Mrs. Smith reported on love com
lcs. She said she was unable to
find a copy of any lor* comic book
last week in Murphy wbldi was the
en4 of the month. She said she talk
ed with a girl who told Her site
had to get to the mwstaad when
the comics came ta or all of the
love comics would be aoU out.
The girl further said that "love
comlca are tame after some of the
romance maxasinea."
? Some $2,700 was on hand here
last week for the polio drive, Bob
Bault, chairman, announced today.
Mr. Bault said proceeds from the
dance Saturday as well as dona
tions from the schools are not in
yet.
He said the total should cohie to
some $4,000 when complete. Mean
while he asked helpers In the
.irive to turn in their collections bo
the drive can be cloaed.
The Folk School will sponsor a
party Saturday night with pro
ceeds to be divided between *Clay :
and Cherokee County polio drives.
The benefit dance Saturday here
attracted some 290 persona an a
rainy night. Proceeds, not com- \
pleted, will probably be some '
wos.
The dance was sponsored Jointly
by the Lions, CI Titans, Junior
Woman's Club and America* Leg- ]
, I
Andrew# PTA Meets
Monday At School
The Murphy City School Board:
ia week gave the nod to a pre- j
mlnary plan for a (235,000 three- j
:ade senior high school plant and
. possible gymnasium at the new
y acquired building site on the
Vndrews highway.
The board ordered the plans
with an eye cocked toward a sec- |
ond distribution of state funds and ,
possible federal funds In the fut- j
ure.
The action came after a three ,
man committee from Raleigh
spent several days here studying
the new site, the present school
site and the school system in gen
eral.
Members of the committee were
Dr. A. S. Hurlburt, assistant state
superintendent of public instruct
ion and an authority in reorgan
ization, Or. John L. Cameron, dir
ector of schoolhouse planning, and
Marvin A. Johnson, design consul
tant and architect
Suit, H. Dam
Rabies Clinics
Set Fri. Sat.
I
Rabies Clinics for Suit and Lib
erty will be conducted tomorrow
(Friday) on the following schedule
it was announced :
1:30 - 2 p. m., Letitia Post Officc
2 - 2:30 p. m. Suit Post Office
2:30 - 3 p. m. Casteel Hawkins
Store
3 - 3 :30'p. m.; Swansori Baptist
Church
3:30 - 4 p. m. Brendle's Store
4 - 5:00 p. m. Jones Store at Lib- ,
erty
Clinics will be held Saturday, '
Feb. 12, at the Hiwassee Dam sec
tion as foilows:
1:30 - 2 p. m. Sam Roberson's ,
Store
2 - 2 :30 p. m. Oak Park Post Of
fice
2:30 - 3 p. m. Walter Dockery ,
Store
3 - 3:30 p. m. Keid's Chapel
3 :30 - 4 p. m. Hiwassee Dam Post
Office
4:30 - 5 p. m. Violet Church
The fee is one dollar per dog.
Historical Society
Meets Monday Here
The Cherokee County Historical
Society will meet Monday, Feb. 14,
at 7:30 p. m. in the Murphy Lib
rary.
The Murphy School Board
made It dear that mm f tisnl
will he slgne* on the tentative
plana ordered from Architect C.
O. Harrill until the picture ??
state and federal money to dear- ,
er.
Figures on tne proposed shell
like gym run between $30,000 and
(40,000 and would Include facu
lties for a community auditorium.
But the special committee plac
ed the need for a gym-auditorium
and lunchroom below the need for
classrooms. After bearing the f
commendation from the commit
tee, tile school board put the gym
oo an sterna te plan.
Touching on the lunchrooms, the
committed reported that "this
school Is doing a marvelous jab
with the lunchroom they now
have. It Is taking care of mora
'people than it ia suited for." Ttw
experts agreed oo the need of %
lunchroom but reported the Dead
for schoolrooms must come first ?
In their recommendations.
Murphy Boys, Andrews
Girls Take Wins Tues.
The Murphy boys and the An
drews girls are still undefeated in
the conference today after taking
wins Tuesday night in a double tilt
at the Andrews gym.
The Andrews girls tumbled the
Murphy girls 60-41 while the Mur
phy lads downed the Wildcats
51-42. g - |j r1
Sue Crawrorcr was hign scorer in
the girls game with 34 points.
Other Andrews girls scoring were
Doris Teas, 12; Dorcas McGuire,
12; Bobble Conley, two.
Murphy Girls sinking points
were led by Jo Garrett with 14;
followed by Laura Bailey, 13; Bet
ty Palme, eight; Alice Lovingood,
four; Gently, one; and Stiles, two.
High scorers for Murphy in the
boys match were; Johnson, 90;
Coffey, 16; Elliott, seven;
McCombs, four; Stiles, four. An
Irews boys scoring were Hogted,
16; Cooper, 14; Wheeler, seven; ??
Pullium, three; Collins, two.
Tourney Schedule
Be Mack Up Monday
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Howard Moody
Hurt In Fall
i \
Howard Moody suffered a brok
en hip in a fail on an icy road in
the Smoky Mountains Sunday Br
bout 10 a. m.
Moody, accompanied by two men
from Clay County, wag returning
home from Knoxville, Tenn.
A bus and seven ears were stall
ed just above the second tunnel on
the way to New F"ound Gap, it was
reported.
Moody got out of his car and
walked up the hill to ash men who
were operating a snow plow how
the road was over the mountain.
As Moody started back to his car,
his feet slipped and he fell, crush
ing his hip. He caught on his right
hand, but was unable to break the
fall, it was said.
He was taken to General Hospi
tal, Knoxville, where he underwent
an operation. He will return home
in about two weeks, according to
reports, but will not be able to re
turn to work for from six months
to a year.
He wts reported improving well
Wednesday morning.
Clyde Sneed drove Mrs. Moody
to Knoxville Sunday and she is
there at present with her husband.
? The schedule for the Smoky Mo
untain Basketball Tournament wiB
be drawn up Monday In a meet
ing of coaches in Andrews.
The boys tournament games,
starting Feb. 16, will be played in
Andrews. Girls tournament tilts
will be played in the Bryaon City
gym beginning Feb. 17. Boys and
girls will play on alternate nights
Feb. 16-19 and Feb. 23-26.
(Mans Fete
Scoots At Sapper
Members of Boy Scout Troop IX
were honored Monday night by the
Clvitan Club at a supper at the
Methodist Church. Some It Stouts
Joined with the some M Clri^ans
at their regular meeting.
Scouts Julius Hill and Tommy
Howse were presented with star
pins. The boys earned the award
at the Boy Scout of Honor last
week, but the pins were presented
by the Civitans who sponsor Troop
13.
John Jordan is Scoutmaster and
Ben Ragsdale is assistant Scout
master.
Ranger W. E. Howell Was in
charge of the prograni. He spoke
and showed a film on forest fire
prevention. ? ' ,
1 Two young farmers of Cherokee
County are now at State College,
Raleigh, tailing a short course In
modern {arming. ?.
;v
Fred Johnson, Rt. 1, Murphy and
Herbert ODell, Rt. 3, Murphy left
left Sunday ; morning for two
weeka of intaMfted atadjf of
latest nttkodt] technltjuci, mil
pihulplea of fuming. ^
Andrews Jr. Class j
Play Set Tonight
s.
The Junior CI as* of the Andrews
Sigh School will present a play.
Teen Times", Thursday, Feb.
10, at 7:80 p. m. In the high school
luditorium.
there are M characters la the
play plus extras.
principal R. H.