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Clay County
PROGRESS
- Section Of The Cherokee Scout -
PACE 2-A
The Cherokee Scout. Thursday, May 25, 1961 SECTION 2
Vlck Family Ready
County Agent Rirfus G. Vlck and family are shown In full
centennal attalre.
Churches Honor Ministery
HAYES VILLE -Members of
the nine Methodise churches
In Clay County met at the
Hlnton Memorial Rural Life
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PlumMni, Paints, Bead
Building Material
WOODARD
Electric Service Co.
Electric * Plumbing Supplied
K el vina tar Dealer
Phone (117 High Bridge
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F. B. Rogers
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mestic and commercial walla.
Ballard's
Welding Shop
Heltons Aluminum Welding
Eleetrte and Aeetjleae
Also Portable Eleetrte DO aa i
Acetylene.
Route 1 Hayesvllk
(Icmgeton Road!
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Center Friday evening to hone
the staff of the Clay County
Group Ministry. The meet
ing began with a covered
dish dinner. Out of the
county guests present for the
occasion were: Dr. Frank
Smathers, District Superin
tendent of Waynesvllle and
Garland Young of Macon
County, Dr. Horace McSwaln
Executive Secretary Board of
Missions of the W. N. C.
Conference ot Statesville,
Professor Wilson NesHtt of
Duke University, Mrs. Carl
King President WJ <J.C. Con
ference of Woman's Society
Christian Service, Statesville,
Dr. and Mrs. James W. Sells,
Executive Secretary South
eastern Jurisdictional Council
Dr. and Mrs. J .B. Douthlt of
Clemson College, the Rev. Dan
Rice, chariman Town and
Country of Atlanta, Ga? the
Rev. Gene Holdredge, Scant!
College, NashevlUe, Tenn.,
Rev. and Mrs. Julian Lazaar
and Rev. and Mrs. W. E,
?Selfert of Blackburg, South
Carolina.
Dr. Smathers presided at
the meeting. The Invocation
was given by the Rev.Garland
Young. Talks were given by
Mr. A. L.Penland, Mra. Theta
Barnard, Miss Sue Halghler,
Miss Annette Moore, andMlss
Fredla Dean Morgan. Each
one spoke of a different phase
of the work of the Group
Ministry, emphasizing the
added participation of lay
people, development of lead
ers, Increased giving and
quickening of the spiritual life
in Clay County.
Dr. James W. Sells
announced thatthe Rev. Claude
Young, Jr. has been chosen
I Rural Minister of the year
by the Progressive Farmer.
t The Rev. Young has served as
pastor of the First Methodist
Church and director of the
Group Ministry ofClayCounty
I for the past five years.
In accepting this signal
I honor. Rev. Young gave much
! credit to the other members
of the staff. Rev. Ben Stelle,
Rev. Stuart Taylor, Miss
Laura Wells and a former
? minister the Rev. BeyceHuff
3 Men Arrested
For Break-ins
Three Clay County men are
wing held In jell the result of
recent break-Ins at two cabins
In the county. Sheriff Neal
Kitchens reported.
Charged with breaking and
entering and larceny at Robert
Ledfords cabin In the Buck
Cr?ek section was Wayne Cod
rcn of the Tusquittee section.
Bond was set at $1000.00.
Ledford" s place was enter
ed when a lock was broken
on the door. A rifle, radio,
fishing rod and ammunition
were take. Mr. and Mrs.
Ledford have ahomeonShoot
ing Creek; but live at their
cabin at Buck Creek most of
the time. They were away
from the cabin a few hours
when it was broken into.
Held in connection with
the entry of Ed Howard's cabin
located about a mile from the
Ledford cabin were Zeb Pattei
son and James McClure both
of the Shooting Creek secdon.
Their bond was set at a
$1000.00 each.
Taken from Howard's cabit
when the front door lock was
prized off were two rifles, six
fishing rods, reels, table
silver, several boxes of am
munition and canned foods.
After being placed In
jail the three men destroyed
jail property esdmated at $15C
and they now face an additional
charge of destroying public
Cline McClure
To Serve During
Dairy Month
Cline McClure has been
named Clay County chairman
for June Dairy Month and Mrs.
Justine Rozier has been named
woman's chairman. Their
appointment was announced
this week by John F. Brown
of Black Mountain. WNC
Chairman and Mrs. Sylvia
Carr of Ashevllle, area
woman's chairman.
stetler. Young expressed his
appreciation to the nine
churches for their loyalty,
cooperadon and dedicated pur
pose. Later this year the Rev.
Young will go to Emory Uni
versity, Atlanta, Ga. where he
will be formally presented
with the award.
John Henry Corn of the Ft.
Hembree Church pronounced
the benediction.
property belonging to Cliy
County.
Sheriff Kitchens ??id *11 the
stolen property h?? been re
covered. Al?o participating
in the Investigation were
Deputy Dee H. Barnard and S.
BJ. Agent M. G. Crawford.
To Graduate
CHATHAM, VA. ? Cede
Donny E. Greear of Hayea
ville. North Carolina, will b
among the 82 seniors'*
Hargrave Military Academ
who will receive dwl
diplomas at commencemet
exercises on Sunday, Ma
28. 1961, In the school audi
tori urn.
Cadet Greear is the son ?
J. E, Greear of Havesvlll
Centennial Jail Has Big, New Sign
CEHTEUNIAL jail
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Hayesville Personal Mention
Capt. and Mrs. James Klrk
pa trick. Lynn and Carol Ann
Glbby left Wednesday for a
trip through the midwest,
where they will visit Lynn's
grandmother, Mrs. Allle
Showmaker In Missouri. Capt.
Klrkpatrlck will then fly to
Seattle, Washington en route
to Anchorage, Alaska where
he Is being transfered with
the Air Force. Mrs. Klrk
patrlck and children are living
in a trailer ner the Homer
Glbbys while waiting arrang
ments to join her husband in
Alaska at a later date.
Mrs. Martha Glbby Is
visiting Rev. Warren Glbby
and family in Scortsboro, Ala.
for a few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Moore attended the graduation
of their son Andrew Eugene
Moore at Western Carolina
College May 21. Receving his
Bachelor of Science Degree
he is now employed,' with
Hayesvllle ManufacturingCo.
Mrs. Alen Bradley and
Junior Bradley attended the
graduation of her son Frank
Bradley at Western Carolina
College May 21. Receiving his
Bachelor of Science Degree.
Mrs. Bud Smith and dai?
ghters of Winston-Salem are
visiting her parents Mr. and
Mrs. Cress Moss.
Hintoa Memorial Rural
lift Center Incorporated
HAYESV1LLE - Methodist
leaders of the Southeastern
Jurisdiction met at the Hinton
Memorial Rural Life Center
this week to make plans for
further development of the
Center. As a part of the plans
the Center was Incorporated
at this meeting.
The Hinwn Memorial Rural
Life Center a $100,000.00
building came Into being as
the result of a gift of land
from Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter
Moore of Hayesvllle; a gift
of money by Mrs. Harold H,
Hinton In memory of her late
husband, Harold H. Hinton,
Athens, Georgia; and dona
tions given by a large number
of people interested In the
development of a rural center
to serve the people of the
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development of this project
was given bv Dr. Frank C.
Smathers. District Superin
tendent of the Waynesville
District of die Western North
Carolina Conference; the Rev.
Claude Young, pastor of the
Hayesvllle Methodist Church,
members of the Clay County
Gron> Ministry; and a number
of consecrated and dedicated
Methodist men and women.
The purpose of the Hinton
Memorial Rural Life Center
Is to provide "a new adventure
In mountain missions" for
training church workers in the
Southeast; for prayer and
Spiritual retreats; a service
center for the grup minis
tries In the Western North
Carolina Conference; and a
continuing education center
for people in the Appalachian
areas.
The Hinton Memorial Rural
Life Center is Indebted to
Dr. A.J. Walton andProfessor
M. Wilson Nesbltt of Duke
University for guidance and
aid in the development of the
Center and its program.
While much of the leader
ship for the development and
direction of the work of the
Center will remain in the
hands of the members of the
Firit Methodist Church, Clay
County and the surrounding
counties; responsibility for Its
support and development is
being placed In the hands of
the Southeastern Jurisdiction
of the Methodist Church as
an Advance Mission Special
of the Southeastern Juris
diction and of die National
Board of Missions of the
Methodist Church.
Officers of the corporation
elected are: Chairman- Bis
hop Paul Neff Garber, Rich
mond, Va; President - Dr.
Horace McSwaln, StatesvUle;
Vice President - Wayne* vllle
Dictrict Superintendent; sec
retary -A.L.Penland, Hayes
vllle, Treasurer - Mr*. Max
Waldroup, Hayesvllle, Execu
tive Secretary - Dr. James
W. Sells, Atlanta. Ga.: Direc
tor Bxtenslon Service - Mr*.
J. Walter Moore of Hayesvllle;
and Program Director for
summer 1961 - R?v. Gene
Hal dredge, Nashville, Tana.
Three committees were
elected at this meeting -Pro
gram, Finance and Manage
ment. The Management
Committee are I Mr*. Neal
R, Kitchens, all of Hayesvllle.
Dr. JdTOmflW Clem eon.
S. C? Dr. Horace MdSwain.
Stateevllle, Dr. Jwnej W.
Sells, Adana, Ga. an# die
pastor of A* First Methodist
Church In Hayesvllle.
Thirty sis trustees were
rfecsad at the meeting.
Miss Karen Sellers dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Sellers is recuperating at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Jones after an appendectomy
at the Providence Hospital ,
Murphy.
Mrs. Alton Edwards and
daughter, Janie of Whlttier
spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Bobby Burch in the
_Elf section.
Mrs. Majorle Hayes of
Ashevllle and Mrs. Charles
T. Onelllon of Atlanta spent
the week-end with their
mother, Mrs. Ed Curtis.
Mr. Perry Trull of the
Tusquitte section remains In t
Htawassee Hospital where he
is slowly improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard White
of Huntsville, Alabama spent
last week end with the Fred
Whites and the Bob Mease
family
Mr. Glenn Byers is
seriously ill at the Oteen
Hospital, Oteen, N.C. where
he has been confined several
days.
Mrs. Hester Parker of the
Lick Log section has been ser
iously ill for several days.
Mrs. Frank Fuller has
been released from the Pro
Carmen Anderson, left, holds on to his hog rifle which Is
his chief piece of artillery. Chief Hoover Anderson Is shown
at right.
vidence Hospiul. Murphy, and
is recovering at the home of
her parents Mr.andMrs.Carl
Sellers in the DowningsCreek
section.
Mrs. W. A. Coleman, a
former resident of Clay
County and the mother of the
rev. James Hal Coleman, is
now a patient in the Elkin
Hospital Elkin, N.C.She suf
fered a stroke some time ago
and is now slowly improving.
Mr. Bob Mease of the Qulla
section is a patient at Oteen
Hospital, where he is
seriously ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Arm
strong moved to Murphy Mon
day. Mr. Armstrong is em
ployed with WCVP Radio
station and Mrs. Armstrong
is employed in the County Tax
Supervisors office.
by Mr*. Neil Kitchens
The Centennial Jail was a
quiet place Saturday since
Chief Hoover Anderson de
cided to let people rest for the
day. The new sign that now
stands stop the jail was painted
by Billy Cloer. BUly now opei
ales die weldlhg shop at Jimmy
Johnson's and did sign paint
ing when he was living in
Adanta. Ca. He 1* to be com
mended for an excellent piece
of work. BUly along with a
lot of other people in Clay did
this work with out charge.
VFW Auxiliary
Meets
Havesvllle- - The Ladies
Auitlllary to the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Alllson-Bristo
Post 6412, of Hayesvllle has
Installed the following elected
officers: Mrs. Henson Cham
bars, president; Mrs. Newell
Crisp, senior vice president
Mrs. Kenneth Weedard, junior
vice president; Mrs. Howard
Martin, treasurer; Mrs. Clyde
Ashe, chaplain; Mrs. Greely
Palmer, guard; Mrs. William
T-Greeves, Mrs. W.C. Ander
son and Mrs. Allen Bell,
trustees; and Mrs. Gladys
Cope, conductress.
Appointed officers are Mr
Mary Rosenkranz, secretary;
Mrs. Harrison Martin, his
torian; and Mrs. Clyde Ashe
post instructor.
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