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I LAKE, SEA I & RIVER \ 1 BY GEORGE MUMPS This is an election year, ?nd like roost election years it s full of information about Presidents and Presidential candidates. Some of the facts about Presidents are hum drum and others arefascinat ing. For instance: Do you know which American President was the first to own an alumi num boat? Not that it has anything to with present campaign news, but this bit of Ameri cana is interesting. Digging b*ck into the pages of ob scure history, the boys at Committee of Aluminum Pro ducers found that Grover Cleveland, who was the 22nd and 24th President of the Uni ted States, purchased an al uminum boat in 18961 And I always considered aluminum boats a product of the post World War n period. C?vetond bought his boat, a 12 -footer, from a man nam ed Mullins, in Salem. Ohio, ?nd used it for duck hunting on Buzzards Bay in Massa chusetts. He paid $125 for It. which was a lot in those days. Curiously enough, a similar boat costs about the same today, 68 years later! Actually, aluminum boats have been around a lot longer than most people ? including me think. The first one is believed to have been a al uminum sailboat constructed In France in 1891. Two years later an aluminum torpedo boat was built in Europe, and the following year the first American aluminum craft were fabricated for the Wal ter Wellman Polar Expedit ion. What might be consider the first "production" alumi num boat made the scene in 1894, too. That was when the Illinois Pure Aluminum Com pany put together its first 12 foot hunting boats, similar to President Cleveland's craft. The use of this new metal In boats began to catch hold. In 1898, a firm in Scotland David White & Company ? built an 18-foot boat weighing 200 pounds, womewhat light er than today's 18-footers. which saw some rugged duty in the Klondike during the gold rush. Considerable aluminum saw duty in the ship of the Navy during recent years, and today there's upwards of one million aluminum pleasure craft bobbing about on Ameri ca s waterways. A lot of people still quest ion the durability of Aluminum when it's placed in the water, particularly in salt water. Any fears about an alumi num hull being eaten away by die salt should be doused by the story, the true story, about a test vessel called the Alum ette. The Alumette is a section of a hull from a former high speed patrol boat that has been riding the waves of the James River estuary at New port News, Virginia, for 28 years. This little - known "test vessel" has shown mi raculous performance. It has been in the water con tinuously since 1936, with the exception of periodic in spections and tests. The Navy, the American Bureau of Ship ping, and the Bureau of Stand ards have been keeping a watchful eye on her; and many of the designs and applications that you find in your own boat have come from information gained from this test. Boat metals approved by the Committee of Aluminum Producers of The Aluminum Association today are marine alloys with standard designat ions that might look like this: 5083-H34, or 5086-H112. The number 5 at the beginning, or what is known in the industry as "the five thousand series" belongs to a group of aluminum alloys in which the primary alloying element is mag nesium. The "H34" at the end is a designation of temper or hardness of the metal. The six thousand series is alloy ed with magnesium and sili con and the letter "T" is us ed to precede the temper or hardness designation. The builders of marine aluminum boats use alloys 5050, 5154, 5063, 5005, 5454, 5086, 5052, 5456, and 6061. Actually, you don't have to be concerned with the tech nicalities of the metal. You just have to worry about whe ther or not it's marine alumi num, and the aluminum manu facturers are making this a simple task for you and me. They've taken to putting stick ers on the boats that say in no uncertain terms -?Marine Aluminum. Cherokee Scout & Clay County Progress, Thurs., June 4, 1964 BACKWARD GLANCE 40 YEARS AGO JUNE 6, 1924 Rev. and Mrs. E. G. Clary were In Andrews one day this . week. Mark Elliott, who has been attending the Knoxville High School, returned last Saturday for the summer. Mrs. J. B. Storey returned last Saturday from Jefferson, Ga., where she had been visit ing relatives. Miss Martha Candler was hostess at three tables of bridge Tuesday evening in honor of her guests. Misses Young and Hodges. I 30 YEARS AGO JUNE 1, 1934 Rev. and Mrs. T. F. Hig gins and children left Tues day afternoon for a visit with relatives and friends lnAshe ville. Messrs. Edwin, Reuben and Roy Cook, Mack Sneed, and Clyde Gladson were visitors at Copperhill Sunday after noon. Mr. and Mrs.LonRaperand son. Jack Dimpsey of Oak Park, were visitors in town Mrs. Glenn Bates returned Saturday from a visit to Nor ris, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ellis spent Sunday at Clayton, Ga. Misses Kathleen Axley, Polly Davis, Louise Axley, Martha Nell Wells, CecilMat tox, and John Davidson attend ed the joint birthday party giv en by Miss Lillian Carpenter and Woodie Hampton on Tues day night at Andrews. Miss Pauline Hood of Young Harris, Ga., is visiting Miss Emily Sword this week. Miss Billie Jackson, who has been visiting relatives at Canton, Ga., returned Sunday. Misses Emma Louise and Clara Bell Jenkins of Young Harris, Ga.. were guests last week of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Odom. 20 YEARS AGO JUNE 1, 1944 Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Cooper of Atlanta spent the weekend with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Mattox. Mrs. R. E. Hambright and son, Bobby of Grover, is vis iting her sister, Mrs. K. V. Weaver and family. Mrs. Salo Horowitz and son, Robert, arrived in Murphy Monday to join Mr. Horowitz who has been here about two weeks. They arrived in this country from Amsterdam, Holland about two and a half months ago. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dickey have announced the marriage of their daughter. Miss Doro thy L. Barnes to Vonsol M. Sells, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sells of Jackson, Tenn., on May 18, at Hlawassee, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Sells will re side temporarily at Footana Dam, where both are em ployed. Mrs. Kate Mauney had as her guests Monday night Miss Sue Halgler and Miss Re becca Scroggs of Hayesville, and Miss Martha Neil Halg ler of Lakeland, Fla. Glenda lvie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peyton lvie, return ed Saturday night from a visit to her grandmother, Mrs. Lona Grier In Atlanta. Mrs. Grier accompanied her home and returned to Atlanta on Sunday. Miss Evelyn Hall of Mar ietta spent the weekend here with Miss Louise Mauney. Jaytees To Sponsor Wrestling MURPHY - A big grudge tag team battle will headline a wrestling card Friday, June 5, at the Old Rock Gymnasium. It will feature Tojo Yamma moto and Alex Perez against Len Rossi and Jesse James. Rossi and James are two popular wrestlers now cam paigning, and in Yamamoto and Perez, will be meeting two of the best operators in the game. Both teams are among the top rated in the country and the match is an important one for each. The first match on the card sponsored by the Murphy Jay cees which list Nick Gulas, Roy Welch and Harry Thorn ton as the matchmaker?, will find Greek star Chris Belkas meeting Marcello Firpo, a South American with tremen dous talent Belkas figures to give Flrpo one of the toughest tests he has faced in this country. Bel kas has a large following among Southern fans. Popular prices will previal for the big card sponsored by the J aycees. Ringisde seats will cost $1.50, general admis sion is $1 and children under 12 years of age will be admit ted for 50 cents. Shoal Creek By Beulah Slaughter Ralph Ledford, LenoirCity, Tenn., spent Saturday with his mother, Mrs. Lydia Led ford. Mrs Lydia will be 88 years old June 18 -SC Wm. Brendle, Marietta, and Mr. and Mrs. Lakes Brendle, Cleveland, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Pender Brendle. -SC Rev. Earl Hughes, Smyrna, Ga., spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Burl Brown. -SC Reno Taylor la Improving at his home from recent illness. -SC Mr*. Ruth Hamby, Atlanta, spent the weekend with Iter parents, Mr and Mrs. S D. Jones Sunday visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Ayers Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jones and Jerry Stiles of Liberty, N.C. <u~ Mr. and Mrs Carl McCon nell and Mrs A.J. Denton, Ducktown, were visitors Sun day of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Suit Mr. and Mrl . Suit spent two days last week with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Suit of Frank* lln. N. C. 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