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DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CHEROKEE COUNTY
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 88, 1857 TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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Van Raalte Hosiery Plant To Close j&idi 30th
Four Killed, Four Injured
In Two-Car Collision Here
Four persons were killed and
four others injured, one critically,
in a two-car collision late Sunday
afternoon on Highway 60 at Cul
berson.
Dead are Hansel Lee Hawkins,
40; his wife, Maggie, 38; their in
fant son, Lewis, 2; and Ed Brown
50, all of Culberson.
Still in critical condition at Pro
vidence Hospital is Robert Earl
Kincaid of Blue Ridge, 19-year-old
Air Force private, and sole oc
cupant of one of the cars involved
in the collision.
Also injured and reported in fair
condition at Providence Hospital
were Junior Hawkins, 13, and
Jean Hawkins, 10, children of Mr.
and Mrs. Hawkins, and Mrs. Ed
Brown.
Mrs. Hawkins and her two-year
old son were killed outright in the
crash. Mr. Brown died Sunday
night about 9 and Mr. Hawkins
died late Monday afternoon.
The Kincaid youth suffered a
fractured skull, a punctured lung
and compound fracture of the left
leg. The other survivors received
cuts and bruises.
The accident occured when the
car carrying the Hawkins family
and Mr. and Mrs. Brown, with Mr.
Hawkins driving, attempted to
turn left into Owenby's Store and
turned into the path of the vehicle
driven by Kincaid.
Funeral services for Mr. and
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Mrs. Mary E. Sneed
Dies Tuesday
Of Gunhot Wound
Mrs. Mary Emma Sneed, 36 of
Route 2 near Murphy was fatally
wounded Tuesday morning around
10:45 at her home, apparently
from a self inflicted bullet from
a 410 guage pistol, according to
Sheriff Claude Anderson.
A daughter, Mrs. Quince Quinn
and Mrs. Sneed's husband Alvah
were in the house at the time. Mr.
Sneed is employed by the Townson
Lumber Company on the nighjt
shift and was asleep when sound
of the shot awakened him. They
both ran out and found Mrs. Sneed
lying about 50 to 75 yards away
from the house, Sheriff Anderson
said.
According to Cherokee County
Coroner J. C. Townson, a note was
found on Mrs. Sneed, but the con
tents were not revealed.
Mrs. Sneed is survived by her
husband and four children, two
sons, James Edward whp is in
the service, Harold of the home;]
two daughters, Mrs. Quinn and
Genevieve.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete, pending the arrival of
her son from Mississippi.
Exterminating Co.
bpens Office Here
The Pestroy Exterminating Com
pany haa opened offices over Craw
ford Tire Company in the Evans
building.
Mr. M. J. Young, company presi
dent, said that G. H. Wyatt will be
manager of the Murphy office.
Mr. Wyatt, he said, has over 15
years' experience in termite con
trol and is well qualified to fill
* the position.
Lawrence House will also be
associated with the company as
crew foreman.
Marble Church Holds
Dedication Service
A dedication service of the new
Pastor's home of the Marble Bap
tist Church will be held Sunday at
the 11 o'clock service. ,
The Rev. Cbarlea Ginn, pastor,
invites the public to attend this
service, dedicating this beautiful
valued at . approximately
Mrs. Hawkins and their son were
held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
The Rev. George Wilson officiat
ed and burial was In the church
cemetery.
Surviving are two sons, Ray
and Junior; one daughter, Imo
gene; Mr. Hawkins parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Columbus Hawkins of Cul
berson; andv two sisters of Mr.
Hawkins, Mrs. Lando Cearley and
Miss Blanche Hawxins of Culber
son, Route 2.
Mrs. Hawkins is survived by
three sisters, Mrs. Ed Brown and
Mrs. Ralf Buchanan of Culberson.
Route 2 and Mrs. Joe Southers of
Atlanta.
Funeral services for Mr. Brown
are incomplete pending the arrival
here of all of his family.
County Commission Orders Exchange
Of Real Estate Recorded At Tax Office
At a special meeting February
18, the Cherokee County Commis
sioners instructed the Register of
Deeds not to record any exchanges
of real estate until they had first
been submitted to the Tax office.
The move is designed to elimi
nate confusion caused by failure
to record conveyance of real prop
ery in the Tax office.
In another decision, the Commis
sioners passed a resolution rais
ing the commission of the delin
quent taxes collector and received
a report on a stronger rabies vac
cine to be used by the County
Health Department this year.
The Register of Deeds was .in
structed not to accept for record
ing any ? conveyance of property
which had not been submitted to
the person in charge of tax re
cords.
The mdtion was made by Walter
Dockery and seconded by E. L.
Townson.
Elmer Collins told the Board
that the commissions he was re-|
ceiving were not sufficient to give
reasonable compensation for the
services he performed.
The Board ordered that he be
paid 30 percent commission on all
Cherokee County
Historical Club
Holds Meeting
The Cherokee County Historical
Club met Thursday night at 7:30
at the Murphy Library.
Mrs. C. R. Freel of Andrews
announced that the book, "Chero
kee County History" would be off
the press around March 1.
Plans were discussed to have
an autograph party for Mrs. Freel.
The date and placc is to be an
nounced later.
Mr. Joe Ray, president, intro
duced the guest speaker, Mr.
Bunch Nugent.
Mr. Freed gave an interesting
report on his visit to the North
Carolina Historical Archives in
I Raleigh. He also talked about the
? rebuilding of Fort Butler in Mur
The next meeting of the club will
be in May.
taxes collected by him, except li
cense taxes for which he is paid
20 percent.
The motion was made by E. L.
Townson and seconded by Walter
Dockery.
Dr. Robert King, County Health
Officer, told the Commissioners
that under a new ruling of the
State Board of Health a stronger
vaccine for rabies will be used on
dogs this year which will last for
three years instead of one.
Dr. King said that the new rul
ing would result in less expense
to the County.
P. J. Henn Heads
Murphy's -
Red Cross Drive
? Mr. P. J. Henn of Murphy has
been named city chairman of the
1957 Red Cross fund drive. He will
be assisted Dy Mr. Sam Lee Dav
idson as rural chairman for the
drive.
President Eisenhower, will make
a television appeal for the drive
Thursday night over most televis
ion networks.
Others working with Mr. Henn
for the drive are: Mrs. W. E.
Howell, ? Mrs. R. C. Mattox, Mrs
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A. J. Headrick, Mrs. John Carrin
ger Mrs. Hobert McKeever, Mrs.
Charile Johnson, Mrs. R. C. Fuller,
Mrs. Olen McDonald, Mrs. W. A.
Singleton, Mrs. Albert A. Wallace.
Mrs. Charles Hyatt, Mrs. John
Jordan, Mrs. Ruth Walker, Mrs.
Francis Bourne Jr. Mrs. FrAncis
Bourne Sr. Mrs. Cloe Moore, Mrs.
H. E# Dickey, Mrs. Ruth English,
Mrs. H. Bueck. Mrs. J. A. Morris
Mrs. Helen Moody and Mrs. Arnold
jeerklna.
The Revs. Potter and Maxwell
Francis Bourne, Jr., H. E. Bishop,
Kiffin Craven, Bob Easley, W. A.
Singleton, Boyd Davis, Don Ramsey
C. E. Hyde, C. W Arnold, John
Gill, H. Li. McKeever, Joe Ray and
Joe Moody.
Glte/ioJzee County fyolkl
By Annetta Bunch
Mrs. Ben L. Fox, a former school
teacher, has been in the florist
business for approximately 14
years. Until three years ago she
operated her business ih her home.
Now she has a modern buildingi
near her home where she can
more adequately carry on her in
teresting work.
Being a natural lover of flowers,
she enjoys creating an arragement
or effect that is pleasing to her
self and others. .
She makes beautiful corsages,
basket airangemeiits, funeral
wreaths, wedding bouquets and
arrangements for ' any occasion.
She generally knows first hand
of many of the weddings, birth
days, anniversaries, deaths or
illnesses in the community.
She attended schools for florists
in Orangeburg and Bambury, S. C.
She is a member of the South
eaaern Florist uodation and also
the Tennessee Florist Association.
Mrs. Fox was reared in Cherokee
County and has taught in schools
in many sections of the comity in
cluding Martini Creek, Peacfatree,
MBS. BEN L. FOX '
Grape Creek, Boiling Springs, Hot
House and other. Because of failing
health she gave> up ' her teaching
career.
Mrs. Fox and her husband, Ben,
live on Peachtree Street in Murphy
Each has children by a former
marrUg*.
? Beading is her hobfcy. v
TRUDY'S GRAND OPENING: More than
2,000 persons attended the grand opening of
Trudy's new Store Friday and Saturday^ Mrs.
Loren Davis, owner of the store said that the
opening sale was very successful.
Murphy Teams Lose Tourney;
Win Conference Awards
The Murphy boys placed second
in the Smokey Mountain Confer
ence Tournament, losing to Swain
High 47-59 in the final at Robbins
ville Friday, February 22. The
girls defeated the Swain High sex
tette for the consolation trophy at
Bryson City February 23 after
being defeated by Hayesville in
the semi-finals February 21.
Guy Sutton, superintendent of
Graham County Schools opened the
Friday night presentation cere
mony with the statement "Some
j lose, some win, thats the game of
life." The Murphy teams lost the
championship trophies but they won
more awards than any other school
in either division of the Smokey
Mountain conference.
To Coach Ike Olson came the
coveted best coach award for the
boys team. The boys basketball
team won the first place trophy of
the western division of the con
ference and the runner-up trophy
for the tournament. Austen Coffey
and Hoyt Zimmerman accepted the
awards. Laura Bailey and Shirley
Allen accepted the consolation
prize for the Murphy sextettes.
Other awards presented at Rob
binsville were first place, Swain;
consolation ; Eastern division
championship outstanding tourna
ment player, Blaine Presley of
Cullowhee; sportsmanship, Cullo
whee. The awards for the girls
tournament at Bryson City went
to Andrews, championship; Hay
esville, runner-up; Joe Hicks of
Culowhee, coach of the year;
Swain High, sportsmanship; Mary
Jo Dells of Hayesville, best play
er; Franklin,, Eastern division
championship; and Andrews,
Western Division championship.
ALL CONFERENCE
Hoyt Zimmerman and Don
Amos brought to Murphy the add
ed honor of being the only school
to have two boys placed on the All
Conference team. The team con
sisted of Kern Laughter, Andrews;
Kenneth Cook, Bobbinsville; Jun
ior Rose, Hayesville; Don Amos,
Murphy; and Hoyt Zimmerman,
Murphy; from the western division.
Of the Eastern division the boys
were Buddy Brentall, Swain
High; Lawrence Johnson, Chero
kee; Blaine Presley, Cullowhee;
Willard Smith, Franklin; and Lar
ry Queen, Sylva.
Members of the Western division
of the girls; All-Conference team
were Patricia Moore, Murphy;
, Roma Sawyer, Stecoah; JClizabeth
(Continued on Back Page)
ANDREWS HIGH QUINTET SMOKY
MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE CHAMPS
The Andrews girls basketball
team retained their Smoky Moun
tain Conference title as they won
the SMC tournament for the third
consecutive year.
In the finals at Bryson City
Saturday night the Andrews team
met Hayesville in the big game. It
was Hayesville that had given
Andrews the only loss of an other
wise perfect season, beating them
by two points od the Hayesville
floor in the finra game of the
regular season.
However, the Anrews team prov
ed their merit as they won the
finals with a convincing 10 point
margin, 82-72.
In the first quarter, it was
basket for basket with the Andrews
score by all three forwards while
Liz Zimmerman, 6 foot scoring
star of the Hayesviille team, hit
7 of Hayesville's 9 field goals.
In the second period Zimmerman
sank two to put Hayesville in front
4 points. Andrews, Gail Anderson
hit for two and {Catherine Sur
savage added two to tie it up.
Zimmerman scored all of Hayes
ville's points in the quarter, while
Anderson, Sursavage and Carolyn
West all three were scoring to pull
in front 38-42 at the half.
In the first minute of the third
period, Zimmerman scored two
field goals and Andrews missed,
tieing'the game once if ore 42-42
That was the turning point of the
game, for in the next two minutes
ndrews pulled ahead by 5 points.
They had increased the lead to 11
points, 48-59 with 2 minutes re
maining in the quarter. At the cod
of the period it was Andrews 52-65
During this period, the Andrews
guards, Vickie DerrebAry, Wanda
Kay Moose and Mattie Angel so
effectively bottled up Zimmerman
that her scoring became ineffec
tual.
In the final period, It was And
rew sail the way. Hayesville's Lulu
Belle Dills and Ruth Stanley were
hitting and the scoring for both
teams rolled Up but it was mostly
basket for basket and Hayesville
was unable to overcome the third
quarter difference.
Individual scoring was as follows.
Gail Anderson 29, Carolyn West
20, and Katherine Sursavage 33 for
an Andrews total of 82. Liz Zimm
erman accounted for 49, Lulu Belle
Dills for 14 and Ruth Stanley 9 for
a total of 72.'
Five Cases Tried
In Cherokee
Recorder's Court
Garland Frankum was tried in
Cherokee County Recorder's Court
Monday for aiding and abetting to
arson and larceny. Frankm was
accused of being with the 16-year
old youth charged with breaking
into and accidentally setting fire to
Peachtree School on February ill.
Both Frankum and the youth
are (till in Cherokee County jail
and the case will go to the Super
ior Term of Court in April.
Other caaea tried Monday In
cluded one drunk driving; one aid
ing and abettiing to drunk driving;
one for speeding and one bo oper
ator* license.
THE REV. JOHN C. CORBITT
Rev. John Corbitt
Accepts
Illinois Pastorate
The Rev. John C. Corbitt has
accepted- a call to the Second Bap
tist Church in Marion, 111., where
he will serve as pastor.
A native of Anna, Illinois, the
Rev. Corbitt is a graduate of the
University of Southern Illinois with
a BB.S. degree and holds a Bach
elor of Divinity degree from South
western Seminary at Fort Worth,
Texas.
While in Andrews, Mr. Corbitt
served as Scoutmaster for the An
drews Boy Scout Troop. During
the four years he served the An
drews church a large number of
additions to the church family has
been noted and marked growth
in the remodeling of the church
building.
The Rev. Corbitt tendered his
resignation effective March 1, and
he and his family plan to leave
for Illinois on Thursday.
Mrs. Corbitt is the former Miss
Gretchen Johnson of Clinton, also
a graduate of Southwestern Sem
inary, Mars Hill College, Mars
Hill and Meredith College, Raleigh.
Prior to her marriage she also
served as associational missionary
in neighboring associations.
The Corbitts have four children,
Nathan, 6; Alzada, 5; Gretchen,
3; and Rebecca, 8 months.
The Rev. and Mr*. Corbitt were
honored with a going-away party
in the parlors of the church on
Wednesday evening. They ware <
presented a large number oi gifts
from the various otganbatiena of!
the church. '
k*j)UCED output
FORCES CLOSING
SAYS PLANT HEAD
The Van Raalte Hosierp plant
n Murphy, which employs 50 per
sons, will close March 30.
E. W. Maebert of Blue Ridge,
/an Raalte Southern plants man
iger, said that it would be neces
sary in the "interests of economy"
o close the plant and do all of the
:ompany's finishing work at the
Vthens, Tennessee, plaht.
Conditions during the past two
^ears have made a reduction of
production necessary, he said.'
resulting in the company haveing
:o lay off many employees.
With the reduced production, the
Athens plant could easily handle
all finishing work. He added that
the hosiery company owns the
Athens building outright, while the ,
building which house the Murphy
plant is rented.
Mr. Maebert said that the
Murphy plant was being closed
with "extreme regret because the
Murphy Van Raalters have made
excellent employees and have done
a wonderful job'.'
The Murphy hosiery mill was
opened in 1949 when the finishing
plants at Athens could not accomo
date the work turned out by the
company's four knitting plants at
Athens, Blue Ridge, Bryson City
and Franklin.
Mr. Maebert said that letters had
been written to the individual
employees explaining the decision
to close the plant.
School Reading
Clubs Hold Meeting
The Reading Clubs ? of Murphy
school held their meetings in the
school library last week.
Jane Whitley, president of the
fourth grade club, heard book re
ports, the one given by Thomas
Rowland was voted the best.
Book reports by Jimmy Jordan
Judy Hall, Betty McDonald and
Margie Foster were heard by
Adinah Brown, president of the
Fifth grade club.
Patricia Crawford, president of
the sixth grade *lub, heard book
reviews by Lamar Haggard,
Wanda Thompson, Caroline Bates,
Leroy Smith and Jerry Dickey.
Book reviews were x made by
Brenda Quinn, Ray Elliott, Joanne
Sneed, Sue Johnson and Jimmy
Kimsey, president of the seventh
grade club.
The Junior Tarheel Historians
met with Joe Craig, president. An
important business session was
held after which a program on
famous Tarheel Women was given.
Murphy Couple
Annejn* Oi? TV Show
"The Big Payoff"
Mr. and Mrs. Hobart McKeever
of Murphy, vacationing in New
York, were guests on the televi
sion program, "The Big Payoff."
Monday afternoon.
They first appeared on the show
Friday and when time ran out
were asked to come back. They
went all the way and were stump
ed only by the last question.
Mrs. McKeever received a com
plete spring wardrobe including,
suits, hats, dresses, shoes, bags,
gloves and other accessories.
Observance Of World
Day Of Prayer
Be Friday March V
A committee of women from the
churches in Murphy met this week
and made plans for a joint observ
ance of the World Day of Prayer,
March 8.
The observance will be held
Friday, March 8 at 3:M p.m. at
the First Methodist
The Episcopal
Church