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FARMERS, WATCH THOSE BRUSH FIRES VOLUME M? NimBEB ? S DONTTORN WOODLAND TO WASTELAND PROMOTING MURPHY AND ANDREWS MCKPHY, NOBTH CAROLINA THUB8DAY, JULY ?, UM TEN PAGES THIS People You Know Dr. Harold W. Trlbble, president ot Wake Forest College v> s the week end guest of Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Hoover. I Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mulkey are visiting their son, Hubert, Mrs. Mulkey and daughter, Debbie in Baltimore, Md. ? Sgt. 1st Class Bud L. Brown and Mrs. Brown of Ft McPherson, Ga. . spent the week end with Mrs. Brown's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cloe Moore., Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bates visit ad their son. Gene in Brevard last week end, and Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Maneval and son, David of Ashe ville. The Manevals came this week end to visit Mr. and Mrs. ! Bates. Miss Shirley Bates has as guests this week, Miss Sylvia Pull en of Rocky Mount and Miss Anne Rob- 1 erts of the Hills boro. They are schoolmates at the Woman* Col- 1 lege ot the University of North Car ( olina. They attended the concert in Brevard over the week end, and visited Gene Bates. Mr. ana Mrs. H. Bueck, H. C., Harry Mattox and Mrs. Frank For Jjrth, and Mrs. T. A. Case arrived home Saturday from an extended tour <* Europe. ? i ANDREWS Mrs. Agnes Humphrey of Bur gaw is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wheeler.' Mrs. Humphrey is Mrs. Wheeler's sister-in-law. Mrs. Mil ton Humphrey and daughter, Julie, of Burgaw, ware alee re cent guests of the Wheelesa. Roy Wheeler and mem. A), ot Elisabeth town, Tenn., Murphy Plans New Mercury Street Lighting h * * * * Tri-County Reforestation Program Gets Underway Here I Lights Will Be OnIn3Months The Town of Murphy 1 a headed for a new look after the Power Board and Town Council decided to start installation of mercury vapor lamps in the downtown areas Frank Forsyth, Power Board chairman, said this week. The work is expected to be com pleted and the lights turned on in approximately three months, the Power Board said. The new lights are considered the most modern system in use today and each lamp will have a light output of 20,000 lumens. That compares with the present white-way lamp rating of 1,000 to 2,000 lumens. The new type system will throw all the light downward on the street surface where it is most needed, the three-man Power Board stated. The reduction in glare and Increased efficiency of the new system will increase visi bility on the streets in a ratio of 40 to one as compared to the old white way, the Board asserted. 8T\GGERKD SPACING The mm lights win be mounted on rim-looking steel standards on botk side* at the street In a stegoim arrangement w with spaotag of apprsdmateiy US ?m4 *? tmunre aa even distribu Cloer Dies Suddenly Here Edward Judson Cloer, 69, died of a heart attack Monday at 9:11 p. m. in Petrle Hospital. He had been fishing in Hlwassee Lake for about two hours when he became ill. Sam Oliver, sexton at the First Baptist Church had gone to the lake to look after a boat belonging to the Rev. J. Alton Morris when Cloer told him he was ill and ask ed him to get help. Mr. and Mrs. Winston Craig and son, Winston, Jr. neighbors of . Cloer, were passing in a truck about 5 p. m. when Oliver hailed I them. I Craig ana Oliver brought C3o?r to Petrle Hospital. Dr. Helen Wells reported that he had a sec ond attack ai>4 died at 9:11. A > native of Ma con County, .Cloer had lived in Franklin and ( had been employed by Ritter Lum , ber Company at Rainbow Springs' for 10 years and at Hayesville for six years. He moved to Murphy in Febru ary, 19*4 and was employed by Murphy Box and Flooring Comp any for six years, retiring In 1960. Funeral services were held In I the First Baptist Church of which . I He was a member at 2 :S0 p. m. | Cherokee Marble Approved By Army Cherokee County marble will be used In Arlington National Ceme- 1 tery for the first time soon after , approval of the marble was ob tained last week through C o n gressman George A. Shuford. Shuford this week announced ' the approval after he had made application to the quartermaster general, Department of the Army to have the local marble approved for use in Arlington. Roscoe Wilkins, manager of Col umbia Marble Co. at Marble, ex plained that the Army Depart_ ment's approval was necessary i for all marble used in monuments | at the national cemetery. He said It was the first time Columbia had sought approval from the Army. The approval war made on "sterling gray" marble, native to Cherokee County. The orders . for the local marble will made for i privately purchased monuments to be placed in Arlington. Mr. Wilkins said the sterling gray will be as good or better than most of the other domestic marbles used in Arlington. He said the first of the Cherokee County marble Arlington monuments has. Wready been sold and will be ship ped within 30 days. 1 ? Dr. Sisk Leads Andrews Revival A series of revival services be gan last night at the First Bap tist Church of Andrews, with Dr. W. K. Sisk of Belton, Texas, preaching. The series Will continue through Sunday, August 1, with services each evening at 7:30. Beginning Monday, July 28, services will al so be held at 10 each morning. J. C. Boone, Jr., summer assist ant in Andrews, is leading the singing, The Rev. John C. Corbltt is pastor. Dr. Sisk is head of the Bible De partment at Mary Hardin-Baylor College in Belton, Texas. Everyone is invited to attend. Five Precinct Changes Will Cut Election Expenses Here The Cherokee County Elect! onb* Borad this week took steps to cut elections coats here, after a re quest was made by the County Board of Commissioners. $61,071 In Hospital Fund; T^AOfll inn To Till Q1 Trees Offered FreeByTVA Representatives from Cherokee Graham and Clay Counties met In Murphy Tuesday to put down the first roots of a reforestation pro gram In the three counties. At a luncheon in the Regal Hotel men from the three counties heard plans for reforestation in this area. , ? TV A win rurnisn trees for the project which is sponsored by the Citizens Bank and Trust Co., th* State Extension Service and the Lions Club. During the meeting it was point ed out that: Luifiber is an important source of income to the three counties. The three counties are depleat lng their forests under the present cutting system. And that Champion Fibre Co. paid some $230,000 Into CberakM County last year for pulp wood. That amount can not oootlnue to come into the county If the pres ent cutting system continues. Approximate area still in need of tree planting in Cherokee Coun ty was totaled at 10,000 acre*; Clay 900 acres, and Graham 30& acres. The trees win be rurnlAed free of charge by the Ti nn?)?s>? Valley J. M. Hughes - Founder HISTORY J. M. Hughes and Frank Bat tle came to Murphy, North Car olina from Jackson County in 1941 and opened a tire recapp ing shop. After the war, with the men and women being re leased from service, Jim Hu ghes and Frank Battle realized that there was need for new ho mes. In 1946, they went into the building material and general contracting business. In 1959 they opened a store in Bryson City and went into the building supply business entirely. Hughes Supply in Murphy and Bryson City are the largest building material suppliers in the tri-state area. In addition to building mat erial, Hughes Supply carry a complete line of Hotpoint App liances plus several brands of electric heaters. At the present time Hughes Supply gives full time employ ment to ten people. I Mrs. Aleen Keener, Secretory I Frank Battle, J. M. Hughes, Jot Lodd, and Cljrdi Brown Complete Lineof Kelvinator Appliances lUGHES SUPPL MURPHY, N.C. IMIalBlir iillH ? ? 11 BRYSON CITY, N.C. Jim Ed Hughts - Co-Owner
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