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DR AFT BD. LISTS
FOUR MORE MEN
AS DELINQUENTS
17 Formerly Sought By
Headquarters Come
In; Win Forgiveness
With the exception of the one
youth whose name has already been
turned In to the F. B. I. for arrest I
and prosecution as a draft dodger
all the delinquents whoee n.r^, wm
pnnted in these columns two weeks
a?o have reported to the Draft Board
in Murphy. They numbered 17
Gaptain Wayne Walker, secretary
ol the Board, says all had reasonable
excuse for their tardiness in return
ing questionnaires, and all have been
restored to good standing with the
authorities.
None of the 17 have been sent to
camp Some or all may go with the 1
next contingent. The date of the next
call has not been announced, but is
expected some time In November.
Meanwhile Secretary Walker has
added four new names to the delin
quent list. None of the four are yet
considered as slackers, but unl^s
senf, ^ que3tionnaires Without
further delay, and also have a sound
excuse for their tardiness, they lav
themselves liable to prosecution
The four who should get in touch
with Draft Board headquarters. In
Murphy, at once, either personally,
by mail, or by phone, are:
irtKVV>!?0n H0rtOn- Andrews.
Arthor Garrett, Murphy, Rt. 2.
St " MCHan'
John Clifford Bose, Unaka.
Caviuiii Walker pointed out Ujat
? goodly percentage of the boys who
have entered the army from Chero
kw County already have won promo
te**. and are expected to go higher.
Some of them may win to commis
A statement just issued by General
? Van B. Metts. State Orector of
Selective Service says:
"Advancement to the rank of com-'
cer ?r non"conrmlssioned offi
au L"tPr0SPeCt tor 28 ?? <=?nt of
* their ** of
JJrs- MeTMSi^urgai
Women Volunteers To
Turn In Finished Work
County Prodi^H61"' Chairman of the
American Sin Cominlttee of th
Savage o/th ?0M' 3X111 Mrs' C- w
Wed a wn RCgal HoteI- ^ve ls
workers to h??"1 311 volunte?r
Ulents A ^ 'D th6lr flnlshed *?
made A bundle is being
England and^ 10 War Slirfcrer3 in
next week 0pe by ** middle of
OiefRe4,sVc8hen ^ announced that
headed by Wnan's Soclety
aiwa.^e D,^ K Oschwlnd. at
'or 10 paire^f 'v, ^ved material
*^.and thrrsw^s^ '0"
oStarlet. f?vw Cases !
ASr?hAn*?? ;
And Third Suspected
wcefcs. a third child u ? . P*5t two
^irS~S =
nature of his ailment w. ^*ce The
n?aM at 'frst and th^ "
? thresh tT
weU on the road to rec?.? v
2^*. ?. sjstzjz
I Herniary3 *????
o< his KhoolmmUs wereen
noSdp^V^^r^
10 tovestl^te. Par^iuTr^ VtenU?
W" Wld to all children who ^
aL^ COnt"C' wlth youn? Jfrry
th^M 10 ^ WWchard, one of
t^e lT W" "n,nnin* a tempera
,, ' f was ^mediately sent
.?to.i^PUc,<' ?d" ?'
Throngs Seek Data
On How, Where To
|Rent TVA Houses
| women seeking information as to
1 whTch T,T ? ?f the smy h<>uses.
I hnrt] , e*Pects to build
I ?2^ Be*lltown- or one of the
| here S Which to be brought
I Mr. Christopher doesn't know
I Neither does Mrs. Thelma Dickey
! * ,? may super/ise the rentals. De
I tails are understood to have been
mapped by officials in Knoxville. but
they haVe NOT been transmitted
| All that can be definitely stated Is
that some of the trailers are expect
ed the latter part of this week. In
structions as to renting them should
by mail, before the trailers get here.
Materials for the sixty pre-fabri
cated houses, which are to be com
pleted at the rate of three, and Pos
sibly four a day, are not expected to
arn.-e before next month. According
to word from Knoxville, the first of
the houses will be ready for occu
pancy about Nov. 15.
All of the houses, and at least half
the trailers will be located at Beall
| town, just across the Hiwassee river
I *rom Murphy. The housekeeping ar
| rangements will be all-electric, and
a community bath house will be con
structed for the trailers.
| Officials in Knoxville called Mr.
Christopher to make sure that the
J town would have a water supply
' available.
Christopher hurried to Knoxville
last week and arranged to secure the
necessary mains. The TVA will attend
to the electric wiring.
Drunken" Fox, Struck By Auto, Proves
Still Too Smart For Tri-State's Hounds
Fred Moore, head of the Moore
Supply Co., and ardent member of
Trt-state Fox Hun tin* Asaocia
Uon' wu approached lMt week. Just
'x'ore the association's annual con
ation, by two men who wanted to
J?* foot. They were travelling hi a
?wr*1? car, and said they had
ttruck the animal an the highway.
Moore, familiar with the game
***? remembered that It to against
?* law to trap any member of the
family, *cd that It Is equall7
"*??1 to offer one for sale.
Moore also remembered that
it is not against the law to buy a fox.
and that such animals would be im
portant in the activities around Keal
ey Field, near Andrews, when the Tri
State Association held its annual get
together.
He paid a dollar for the animal,
and explained to the Scout, that al
though foxes aren't usually run down
by automobiles, this particular one
could have been drunk.
Apparently it had no hangover,
however, for it was the only fox to
escape the dogs at the Association's
convention.
TRI-STATE HOLDS
ANNUAL CHASES;
NAMES OFFICERS !
Crowds At Healey Field
See 2 Foxes Caught,
But Third Escapes
The advice of a Tlat country"
hunter, a huddle of the directors,
and a smarter-than-usual fox, work
ed together to foil a score of 100 at
the annual convention of the Tri
State Pox Hunters' Association last
iTiday at Healey Field, near Andrews.
All went well Wednesday and
Thursday, the first two nights of the
chase, with the first animal enjoying
but 26 minutes of liberty. The sec
ond night. Reyr.au Id did better, es
caping his pursuers for 45 minutes.
But even three-quarters of an hour
is not considered a good run by fol
lowers of the chase ? particularly
those who belong to the Tri -State
Association. The officials called a
huddle. -
The fifteen minutes start which
had been allowed the first two foxes
was held insufficient. Twenty min
utes. they decided, would be more
like it.
But they had not figured on Jack
Stribbling. Town Clerk of Andrews,
i Mr. Stribbling, for the first time, was
not represented by dogs. He was pres
ent in a purely advisory capacity.
"Forty-five minutes' start should
do the trick," Mr. Stribbling advised.
The officials, taking into consider
ation the fact that most of Stribb
ling'i, hunting had been done in flat
country, compromised on thirty min
utes.
The fox was released, and being
from Nantahala. returned to that
section. The dogs didn't even get
close to him.
During the convention, the Associ
ation held its annual bench show for
dogs. Prize for the best looking dog
? a silver loving cup ? went to Oliver
Gregory, of Culberson. He refused
the cup on the grounds he could
think of no use for it. He asked for
and will get, a hunting horn, instead.
Mon Hunsucker, of Marble, was
awarded a horn for the best dog un
der six months old.
John W. Donley, Clerk of Superior
Court, was elected president of the
Association. Bruce King, of Topton.
was named vice-president, and
Charles I. Calhoun, secretary-treas
urer.
The following were elected direc
tors: Fred Parker. Marble: Dar Tal
lent, Copperhill; Oliver Gregory. Cul
berson; A. M. McAfee, Blairsville:
Austin Sherrill, Robbinsville; J. H.
Baker, Murphy; O. C. Payne. Suit;
Bruce King, Topton: Pedro Ander
son. Copperhill; Pearl Scroggs. and
James Duckworth, both of Hayesville:
Mon Hunsucker, Marble; Grady
Rogers. Blairsville; J. E. Stiles. Duck
town. and John Cole, Murphy.
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Course In Health Care
Offered Community
By Folk School Nurse
Miss Oayle Isensee. a native of
Pennsylvania, has Joined the staff
of the Campbell Polk School in Brass
town to undertake an experiment In
health care for residents of Brass
town and vicinity.
Her plan includes general health
education in preventive and first aid
medical measures, and nursing ser
vices. It has been received with in
terest by Health Officer Whlchard,
Dr. P. V. Taylor, chairman of the
County Medical Association, and
other physicians.
Miss Isensee is a graduate of the
University of Pittsburgh and of the
Yale School of Nursing: and has had
wide experience in various types of
community service.
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Sunday School Groups
Of Two Counties Plan
Meeting At Brasstown
The Western North Carolina A s
socutional Sunday School Conven
tion. which includes all the Baptist
Sunday Schools in Cherokee and
Clay Counties, will meet with Little
Brasstown Baptist Church at Brass
town. Sunday afternoon. October
1941. Frank Walsh. Association
al Superintendent will preside.
Every Sunday School in the As
sociation is urged to send a rood
delegation. The meeting opens at
2:30 o'clock E. 8. T.
The following program will be
given:
Congregational singing: devotion
al. Ernest Finland; special music, by
Little Brasstown Choir: roll call of
Sunday Schools and reports: special
music.
Special feature, by Yong People's
group, of Notla Sunday School, un
der direction of Mr?. E. O. White.
Talk. The Sunday School Teacher's
Obligation to His Church, and to His
Class, Victor ti. West: special music.
Talk. The Supreme Mission of the
? Sunday School, by Lawson Luns
j ford.
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Rebuilt Locomotive
Added To Tenn.-N.C.
By Turner Holland
An eighty-ton locomotive will be
added to the Tenn. and N. C. Rail
way, which operates between here
and Hayesville. Turner Holland,
owner of the road, announced yester
day.
i The locomotive has been under
! going Governmental Inspection in
1 Tenn. and N. C. warehouse, and
probably will be placed in service to
day, Mr. Holland said.
The engine, one of the rod type
now used by the Southern Railroad
on the Murphy-Asheville line, was
taken over by Mr. Holland when he
bought the road last January. Be
j cause of its condition at the time,
I the engine was not put into service.
The pressing transportation problem
; necessitated a complete overhauling,
1 which was done in the local shop.
The locomotive will be the third
; Turner has put UiUi service U> traas
i port materials to and from Tennessee
\ Valley Authority projects in this sec
l tion.
Young Calhoun Injures
Arm Playing Football
Prank Calhoun, twelve-year-old
son of Charles I. Calhoun, State Di
rector of Unemployment for Chero
kee County, received a dislocation of
his left arm while playing football
Tuesday.
Young Calhoun's arm was placed
in a cast by Dr. Bryan W. Whitfield,
who said the injured member should
be completely healed in a week. ?
WHITLOW WYATT
ANli HIGH CASEY
HERK FORBASS
Catcher "Bill" Dickey, of
Yankees, Is Sent Bid
To Join Group Here
Whitlow Wyatt and Hugh Casey,
two of the most outstanding of "dem
bums de Dodders" have spent the
last two days in Murphy ? or rather,
the last two nights. They spent their
days fishing at L?ke Hiwassee.
They planned to leave Prdlay, but
Wyatt said he probably would return
next week, and hopes to bring Bill
Dickey, catcher of the New York
Yankees, with him. During their stay
here Wyatt and Casey had splendid
luck, especially on Thursday, when
each caught the lmilt. Including sev
eral unusually big ones.
Wyatt is the pitcher whose speed
ball Is considered the fastest thing
to whistle down a diamond groove
since Walter Johnson hung up his
glove to take a fling at politics.
Hugh Casey is the Georgia lad
whose "hoi" pitch leaped from Mick
ey Owen's glove and forever ended
the Dodgers' World Series hopes.
They stopped at the Regal Hotel, and
cared to talk very little, even about
baseball.
A Ni'ws interview with the mound
aces went something like this:
Q. ? "What about that fast-break
ing outshoot that got away from
Owen;:, Mr. Casey? Didn't that peeve
you a little?"
A. ? "In baseball, son, everything
is a fast break. My pitch just hap
pened to be one of them. Mickey is
i the greatest catcher in the Ipague.
Any other time he'd have caught that
one.
"Every pitcher tosses a hot one
once in a while, and that happened
to be the time for me to toss mine.
"But I'm trying to forget that
pitch. Let's talk about fishing."
Q. ? "Okay, Mr. Casey. How many
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Scout Gets Services
Of Youthful Veteran
Of "Newspaper Game"
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William P. Flythe, Jr., native of
Augusta., Ga.. and Washington news
paperman man, has joined the Cher
okee Scout as Associate Editor.
Mr. Flythe comes of a writing fam
ily. His father was managing editor
of the Washington. D. C. Bureau of
the Hearst Wire Service, and later
Hearst Correspondent in Mexico. An
Uncle. Edison Marshall, is a noted
novelist and magazine writer.
Young Mr. Flythe himself is a vet
eran of many newspaper fronts, in
cludine the Washington Herald,
Washington Post, Washington Star,
and papers in Baltimore. Philadel
phia. and Atlanta.
He is married, and his wife will
join him. when he can find suitable
quarters.
Frightened Shipper Climbs Mountain
As Dynamite Cargo Goes Off, But Not Up
Turner Holland cams pretty near
having his T. and N. C. railroad sty
mied last week when the road got a
freight shipment of 100 cases of dy
namite.
Mr. Holland has three trains and
three crews. He told each crew to be
sure and take the dynamite on the
next run: and specified the number
of the car. so there could be no mis
take.
His orders worked will, reverse
English. The trainmen moved all tbe
other cars, but they left that load of
dynamite severely alone.
Finally. Mr. Holland explained that
dynamite seldom goes off from slight
buir.ps. or even severe jolts. On this
assurance, one of his engineers
agreed to haul the stuff, provided the
car was put In the middle of the
train.
Just as the train started, an agent
of the ownc?s of the dynamite came
around to see what was delaying de
livery. He got there Just as the dyna
mite-laden car, bumped too hard In
the coupllng-up. jumped off the
track.
The owner's agent jumped, too,
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