v ? t , [rambler I U I4ei a trip sway from home before a peraaa repMapa w' ?? ? test how good kc ku ii n home. fake the cue of Or. Geaise 8te jfho recently returned from Ha .}< . . - ? 7. ' m - ?- -*^F ~ vacation. The Siae family attended a gem show to Boston and thee went on la New York. While there, Jr > they marked in the heart el New York City lacked thtir car and went to sea the sights. While (hey were gone, their car waa broken lata and clothe* and other item* were atolen. The Items were valued at between $900 and MOO. Or. Size call ed ? police station, which w as less than a block from where the break-in occurred, and aah:M pie., repeat 'the Civfcaa creed; 8:15, Introduction of CMat and via Mori; 1:36, dub extenafaa talk aad Aeceeefaa; 3:k projfc* 'W ?a plana tioaand dtotaaht;.^ o& liae of flam far yett*1a tarn aad dlatrlct; |:M, report ait clabe; AM, Set d Ot Commissioners Dei Rurlnet For Coming Year Lions Club Names New Officers And Committee Members For Coming Year Lions Club members held ladies night recently and the following of ficers were named and committees appointed tor the coming year. C. E. Hyde, president; Charlie Hughes, first vice president; Roy Fuller, second vice president; Ed Brumby, third vice president; Char lie Johnson, secretary; Ron Res sell. treasurer; Paul Rldenhour, tail twister; Ale* Hanson, lion tamer, Roscoe W ilk Ins, immediate past president; Bill Hoover, Kenneth Godfrey, Paul Nave and H. E. Dickey, directors; R. S. Bault, zone chairman; Hubert Kanipe, Haw Creek, N. C. District Governor 31A. Club Committees: United Nations: Arnold Beer-kens, chairman, Harry Dickey, Alex Hanaon. Boys and Girls work: Charlie Hughes, chairman, | Jahn Savage, Joe Ray, Robert Conventions: Dave Moody, chair man. Dale Lee, Harve EUtins. Citi zenship and Patriotism; Leon Frasch, chairman, Boyd Davis, W. F. Elliott. Fair: Alden Coward, chairman, Bob Easley. Boyd Davis. Agricul ture.' Glenn Patton. chairman, Robert Bruce, B. W. Whitfield. Christmas Baskets: Doyle Burch, chairman, Charlie Hughes, Newt BoUng, Jack Dickey. Christmas Basket' delivery: Harold Wells, chairman, Hobart McKeever, Bob White, John Davidson. Education: Harry Dickey, chair man, Wallace Williams, Glenn Patton. Pianist: Arnold Beerkens. Lions Information: W. M. Fain, Bobby Parker Takes Part In Naval Review Bobby J. Parker, fireman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Parker of Hayesville, Route 1, serving aboard tbe destroyer USS Cowell, took part in ? full-scale nav al review and visit to San Francisco, Calif., July 17-20, after complet ing a major exercise held off the California coast. The 16,900 men and 26 ships of the U. S. First Fleet were reviewed by Admiral Herbert G. Hop wood, USN, the Commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, as they pass ed under the Golden Gate bridge. Tbe exercise which proceeded the San Franclso visit involved fastmoving aggressive attack carri er teams which struck at simulated mainland targets as naval air pa trol squadrons and submarines held the defensive roll. Exercises of this type are desig ned to give advance training to to personnel preparing to make cniaee with the U.S. Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific. NetMiit Circle Eatertalned At Pieale Members of Methodist Circle number ! and their husbands were entertained at a picnic supper lot Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Fain. Mrs. Mary Porter Owens, daugh ter ef Mr. and Mrs. Fain, assisted during the picnic. Thoee awaiting were: Mrs. Ella Wheeler, Miss Thelma Wheeler. Mr. an* Ipe. t. B. Saaghter, Mrs. W. K. Howell. Mrs. Dixie Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hampton, Mr. and Mrs. line Mfcias. Mrs. Margie flwm. Mrs. >. c Mattox, Mrs. +?' A Tnwneon and (he liv. and Mh W. F. . chairman, S. P. Horowitz, L. A. Frasch. Wheel Chair: Roy Fuller, chairman, Harold Wells, Duke Whit ley. Community Betterment:: Peyton Ivie, chairman, Cloe Moore. Roy Fuller. Health and Welfare: B. W. Whitfield, chairman, H. E. Dickey, Max Blakemore. Publicity: W. F. Elliott, chair man, Loren Davis, J. H. Duncan. Safety: Jack Dickey, Georg Bidstru Max Blakemore. Bulletin: Alex Hanson, chairman, Paul Nave, S. N. Bo bo. Greeter: Doyle Burch, chairman, Cloe Moore. Song leaders: Bob Bault, chair man, Joe Ray. Lions club swimm ing pool: Hobart McKeever, chair man. Joe Ray, Merle Davis. - Attendance: Bob Easley, chair man. P. G. Ivie, S. N. Bobo. Con stitution and By Laws: J. H. Dun can, chairman. Mercer Fain, Ed Brumby. Finance and Projects: W. A. Hoover, chairman. Bob Bault, Ros coe Wilkins, H. E. Dickey. White Cane: John Savage. chairman, Wayne Holland, Ed Brumby. Membership: Harve Elk ins, chairman. Loren Davis, 'Dale Lee. Program: Paul Rkienhour, chair man, Wally Williams, Wayne Hol land, Alden Coward. Gum Machines: R. M. White, chairman, Dave Moody, Kenneth Godfrey, John Davidson. Civic Im provement: R. L. Wilkins, chair man, Georg Bidstrup, Duke Whit ley. Sight Conservation and Blind: Merle Davis, chairman, Paul Nave, Paul Ridenhour, Newt Boling. Canton Wins Out In Little League Play At Andrews Three teams met in Andrews last week to take part in the Southwest ern North Carolina Little League Tournament. On Thursday, Andrews met Franklin. Andrews won by a score of 3 to 1. Friday saw Sylva and Andrews playing and Andrews lost by a score of 6 to 5. Saturday, Canton played Sylva and Canton walked away with the game by a score of 17 to 2. ine J-* roject Dear Mister Editor: I see tlpt there has been Campbel Folk School to teach read. / a school established at the John C. folks to teach other folks who can't I wonder just how many people realize Just how Important this is. Ihere is probably more folks in the southeast who can't read and write than in any ottaer part of the nation. For this reason, 1 leel that the folks of Cherokee County should do aii tney can to heip out wtui trns tine project. Can you imagine just how rougn it must be not to be able to read 01 write. You couldn't read toe Bible or your newspaper. It would oe nard to get along. Nowadays, there ain't near as many folks what can't read as there was because ot the fine soooals we have now, but this ain't enough. There are hundreds of folks who didn't get to go to school when tljey were children and now they aren't able to get to schools. That's what makes this undertaking sucl) a wonderful pro ject. If everyone In this section of the county would lend a helping band and do all possibly to t)elp this project along, then Hie whole section would profit in more ways than oae. The bettor educated a people, the better the people live. Sincerely, I. D. Clare I Georgian Gets Suspended Sentence In Auto Crash Robert Earl Kincaid, 21, of Blue Ridge, Ga., was given a suspended sentence Monday in the July session of Superior Court in connection with a 1956 auto crash that took the lives of four persons. Kincaid entered a plea of guilty of involuntary manslaughter. One provision of the suspended five to seven year sentence is that Kincaid not drive in North Carolina lor five years. The defendant and a witness tes tified that the auto containing the victims pulled into the path of Kinoaid's car. Those killed in the accident were | Mr. and Mrs. Hansell Hawkins of Culberson; two-year-old Lewis Haw kins and Ed H. Brown of Culber son. The court also beard a drunk driving case in which the defendant and one person charged with aiding 'and abetting drunk driving were found innocent. Wednesday, the court was still hearing the case of Lloyd J. Crowd er Jr., charged with arson in con nection with the burning of a barn and house last Christmas Eve. Crowder entered a plea of not guil ty. The Cherokee County Grand Jury presented the court with the follow ing report. "We the Grand Jury of Cherokee GO TO CAMP Tbe following First Baptist In termediate boys left Monday for R. A. Camp at Truett Camp: Larry Burrel, Bobby Roberson, Luther Roberson, and Thomas Rob erson. from Will Scott Baptist Church; and Dan Bailey. Winston Craig. Jerry Decker, Larry Mc Donald, Kenneth Rice, and Cat Stiles, from Murphy First Bap tist Church. County, North Carolina, for the July 27 term of Court, do hereby find the following; That the Grand Jury has considered and passed on all bills presented to them by the Solicitor. Cherokee County Jail: Food good ?according to Inmates; Clean Sheets, beds? Entire jail clean, and in good shape. Cherokee County Courtboase: Basement clean, lights repaired and in good shape. Entire building clean, good shape. Murphy Schools: Old Grammar School building needs repairing, lunch room still in bad shape? needs replacing. All new buildings in good shape. Texanna Colored School: Good shape, with water and new toilets installed. Murphy Prison Camp: Very good condition. Andrews Schools: The old school building is a fire hazard, needs tearing down. The lunch room la in very bad need of repair. Andrews Colored School: Very bad shape. Building needs a lot of repair work, and plumbing. In very bad need of a lunchroom. Needs immediate attention. This the 27th day of July, 1959. J. G. GREENE Foreman, Grand Jury Cherokee County, North Carolina RECEIVES PROMOTION Promoted to journalist first class, USN, . June tt, Jack B. Wing is congratulated by Cdr. C. P. Hall, Naval Air Training Command Flag Secretary, while serving at the. Naval Air Station,. Pensacola, Fla.. Wing is the son of Mr. aod Mrs. Ben M. Wing of 182 Forest Lawn Dr., Cadillac, Mich., and husband of the former Miss Mary H. Benham.of Topton, N. C. Before entering the Navy in February IMS, 1* graduat ed from Cadillac High School. Unto These Hills Attendance Up This Season Paid attendance to the out door drama, "Unto These Hflls" la 7.1 percent above the same period last season, Carol White, General Manager of the Cherokee Histor ical Association announced today. This Increase In paid attendance baa been accomplished la spite el nineteen days when weather at Che rokee was rainy near, or dnring showtime" he say*. A total of Clja paid admissions have been reiocctad tor the first fife Weeks of this season, oMfctoy a tale of 1JMJ01 paid nrlmlastons since! of 1M Mr. White potato* oat I . > * . ? , "Unto These Hills" is to its teath season and to pretested nightly, except Monday i, at Mountainside Theatre, Cherokee, N. C. During Um first M performances Unto Thaae Hills" had to be eaOad off on only oae occasion due to rala. The play had ta be caacaUad four timet during the past ntoe seasons, and had to be caaeaUad cm oaty oae occasion last sassoa. la S.74B mors Hub the rnmpsroMs period to Wtoto said. "OcoaaWtoe IMian Village" haa show? a paN attaadaace gate ?w last sMafa of N.4 percent or Mtt Tba NsM?m of the C*srafcaa Indiaa Anring this aaaao. has to creased M paid atteadaace OJ par cent ova* last yaar. A total at Mr ?M paras jp have vMtad that toa? Commissioners Lower Rate To $1.76 As Evaluation Jumps To $4,331,153 The Town Board of Commissioners have met and established the tax rate for 1959. It is >1.76 per one hundred dollars taxable property in Murphy. This rate is four cents below the $1.80 levy for last year. Former County Commissioner Dies At Home B. B. Palmer, 95. a former Cherokee Cetmty commissioner, died at 6 p.m. Monday at his home in Marble following a long Illness. He was a native and lifelong resident of Cherokee County and the son of Eli and Vina Lunsford Palmer, members of a pioneer Cherokee County family. Mr. Palmer once seared for 16 years as a member of the Cherokee County Board of Education. He had been a member of a Masonic Lodge for more than 70 years. He was a member and a deacon of the Marble Springs Baptist Church tor a number of years. Mr. Palmer has been in the lum ber business for some time, retir ing only a iff years ago. f Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Ann Loviagood Palmer: two sons Vernon Palmer of Akron, Ohio and Arthur Palmer of Marble; one grandson; and two great-grandchil dren. Funeral services were conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Marble Springs Baptist Church by the Rev. Swa fiord and Rev. Robert Barker. Burial was in Moss Ceme tery. The Board accepted the prop erty evaluation of the county, it was $4,331,153 as compared to app roximately $3,224,000 for last year. It is expected that the present rate will net the town 160,010. This is considering an estimated 10 per cent loss on taxes that can not be collected. Revenue other than taxes has been estimated at $69,730. This br ings the town's total expected in come to $138,740. Of the tax levy, 62 cents is to be set aside for debt service and $1.14 is for the general fund. Expenditures other than the debt service has been set at $114,572. The debt service, payment om principal and interest, has been placed at $24,168. Following is a list of expenditures by departments. Administrative, $12,885, Street and Garbage Department, (29.896, Police Department, $16,080; Fir* Department. $665, Water Depart ment $21,746; Street Construction, $12,000; Library, $4,130; General, $13,841; and Parking meters, $3,350. The budget was prepared with the help of the Perry Weaver acc ounting firm located in Asheviile. Funeral Services For Accident Victim Held Funeral services for Mary Jose phine Walla, 16, of Marble Route I, were conducted Friday at I pm. at the Tomotla Baptist Church by the Rev. Raymond Carroll. Burial was in the church ceme tery. Miss Walls died after falling from a moving truck last Tuesday. Surviving are her mother. Mrs. Lexie Walls, 10 sisters, Mrs. Mandie McKee of Whitemlre. S. C.. Mr*. Essie Radford of Whitemire, S. C.. Mrs Ettie Hopkins of Califorina, Mrs. Mary Hodges of Hnoeapath, S. C., Mrs. Beulah Shields of Rock Hill, S. C? Mrs. Thelma Cooper el Gastooia, Mrs. Alice Williams at Gastania, Mrs. Freda Mann of Bel mont, N. C.. Mrs. Mary Lou Queen of Murphy, Miss Martha u Walls of the home; fhre brothers, Robert Walls Jr. of Maryville, .enn., PM1 Walla * MaryvtU Tenn , Louia, Larry aad Johnny at the bone; the maternal grandmoth er, Mrs. Josie Murphy of Co Mr son Route 2.