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County Victory Day Program July 4th
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Dickey House Here
Hostelry Has A'.mos
phere and TraJition Of
Old Colonial Tavern
When William e llitthnn, Mar
: attorney, purchased the Dickey
Hotel from Mrs. Maude Dickey for;
an undisclosed sum last week, the
famous hostelry entered a new
phase in its history. In its earlier
years this hotel assumed many or
the characteristics of a colonial
: .ucm and patrons from practically
every state and several foreign
countries returned acp.in and again
11 part. ike of Mrs Nettie Birketi
Dickey's bountiful hospitality.
The fame of the Dickey Hotel was
largely due to the energy and brain- i
of Miss Nettu Birkett. who married
Thomas C. Dic?key. They lived on a
farm nea>' Ranger. N. C.. before
coming to Murphy, where Mr.
Dickey became postmaster ami op
erated a livery stable and general
store. The Dickey Hotel, built about
1884. was first known as the 4-X
House, which burned down, and
then as the Drummers Home, be
cause many of its early guests were
traveling salesmen. In 1921 Mrs.
Dickey built the present post office
and the brick structure adjoining
it. There are 20 rooms in the main
Gickey Hotel building, alsu lobby,
parlor, dining room and kitchen.
Mrs. Dickey always set a bounti
ful table. Judges, lawyers and court
officials attending court sessions in
variably stopped at the Dickey Ho
tel whenever they came to Murphy
Mrs. Dickey died in 1936.
Edward Hilts vividly describes
life at the Dickey Hotel in an article
?appearing in Scribner's Magazine of
August, 1931, from which the fololw
ing excerpt is taken:
"The building before me is a
rambling weather - boarded affair
built in the shape of a large U, en
closing a flag paved yard on three
sides and opening on an unpaved
street. Deep porches and their over
hanging balconies studded with
doors and light-filled windows line
the snow-covered court.
"Drummer's Rest brings to mind
an old tavern, the arriving coach,
champing horses with steaming j
flanks and swinging of lanterns, of
running servants and servant boys.
Outlined against the darker back
ground of the deep porches are the
snow-covered cages of a miniature
7oo. Two great owls chatter and
grumble in a large wire-covered box.
several boomer squirrels are bedded
down in a smaller enclosure, while
ground hogs, rabbits and a pair of
young bobcats have quarters close
'oy. Tom and Jcn>. two large Asiatic
monkeys were In winter quarters in
the rear.
"There was a dog eared register
book in the large living room, the
floor of which was made of rough
boards, bare and scarred by genera
tions of heavy-shod feet; walls and
ceiling stained and marked by age
An eagle with savage glare surveys
the room from above the desk.
Squirrels peak at us from unexpect
ed places. On the wall hung frames
containing letters from prominent
people including a president of the
United States, governors and Judges.
The rapid beating of a heavy Iron
hoop suspended to the court yard
announced meal*.
"Old Charlie rustled around on my
hearUi with his basket of fat pine
splinter* for my fire. He was anxious
that I be on tinw for acr lweakfaet.
Plan Revival And Daily
Vacation Bible i'chool
Af Mcihcdisi Church
A daily V cation Biol. Scho,: will U
Murphy next Monday morning at
8 AO o'clock. The following courses!
be 3 von according: to announce -
merit by the pastor. Rev. C. B Ne\v-j
ton:
1. Beginners: 'HaoDv Times inj
Our Church".
2. Primary Department: "Child!
Ljft in Biole Times".
3. Juniors: 'Discovering the:
I.ands of the Bible ".
4 Intermediates: O come let us j
I Worship".
j A special ervicc for children Will j
j be held each rooming at 9 o'clock j
j This service **ill be under the lead- j
frship of Rev. and Mr>. R. E. John-1
son. who will speak during the '
eries of revival meetings.
During the revival morning serv- j
ices will be held for the public at 10 1
' t "clock each morning with evening]
| sf rvice at. eigh: o'clock.
j
Quartermaster Rogers
, Will Seek Coast Guard
Recruits At P. O. Sat.
Carl A. Rogers, (juai'LctuiiuCcr
j second class, of Raleigh, will open a
one-day recruiting station at the
Murphy post office on Saturday.
?, June 27 to seek applications for the
j U. S. Coast Guard Reserve.
Those accepted may take the final
medical examination at Charlotte or
and will be sworn into tne
service at Baltimore, Md.. after
which they will be transferred to the
Manhattan Beach Training Station.
Brooklyn. N. Y.. for six weeks of
basic training. Then they will be
transferred to ships, shore stations !
and service schools.
Men between ages of 17 and 55
are eligible for enlistment in the j
Coast Guard Reserve. Term of en
listment is for three years and the ;
duration of the war. Many service 1
schools are now open, among them ;
being radio, gas and deisei engines,
aircraft engines, cooks and bakers,
yoeman. radio engineering and ma
terial. hospital corpsman and gun
ner's mates.
AX THE AXIS
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Mpom This County
Gas Stations Cooperate
In Salvage Campaign
Running Through June
Giles w Cover. Jr.. o! Andrew's,
luiiiliriti ?t liit' Onrrokcp County
rr-roliiim Snap Rubber D: >? Com
mittee. advised The Cherokee Scout
that 54.200 pound.- f?iuivai?r. to 27
| plus tons of scrap : ubbei iad been
collected t4irt*usb the fiv?l -ix d*?.
of the dilve.
Mr. Cover wired William H. Boyd.
| chairman of the Petroleum Indus
J :ry Wvt Council at the Shoreham
Hotel. Washington. l.i- Saturday a
follows:
"DeliRhted to report that through
today Cherokee county has collect
ed 54.200 pounds scrap rubber. an<<
Clay county 10.000 pounds of scrap
:ubber. No letup next week." O W
Cover, Jr.
T. A Aldridge. chairman of the
rubber salvage campaign in North
Carolina, stated that ever.' gasoline
station on the ear-t coast is now a
collection center. The cooperation
of every citizen is especially desired
to make this drive a big success.
Mr. Cover is working in coopera
tion with E. L. Shields, chairman of
the Cherokee County Salvage Com
mittee. operating under direction of
N. E. Edgerton. chairman, and J. B.
Voelcr. :ccrcii?>. oi tne
State Salvage Committee in Raleigh
The government has stressed the
vital importance of augmenting our
supply of raw rubber with this salv
aged material. Elsewhere in The
Cherokee Scout is printed further
details on this subject.
TO CONTINUE MEETINGS
AT FTVE POINTS CHURCH i
There will be services Friday. Sat
urday and Sunday nights at 8:15
and Sunday afternoon at 3:00 p.m.
at a tent meeting of the Free Metho
dist church. Friday night will te the
last children's meeting at 7:00 p.m.
The Rev. M. C. Ballew will preach
each night.
Plan All L ay Celebration
With Parade And Patriotic
A/lriracc SDOftr. SmUuiC DailCc
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C. B M:tchell Opens
Piano Store Here
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vili< ha reined quni trts on IfeniH N
" t : .tdl W J. Die-key'.-- j
??:nrr for the p i: pu-( of ?li?i>Ia: ns ;
>n :i :m piano*
Various styles of pianos will
aiiini :Tir!wtir?r ?pr !
-pinet '.iprnht- and 'rand< M
Mit< di ? t Kimoa
piano imonj-r various makt carried i
in stock.
Elsewhere in : hi:- issue will be i
founc1 an ..dvcrtiscmcnt pointing out j
manv at'ra?! ve offers That Mr
Mitchell has to makt to the people ?
of Murphy and Cherokee county. A -
pianos .nd oth? r musical mstru
men:s are no longer being manu
factured. due to the war. there is
.v brisk demand for pianos available
on the market. It is expected that
instruments in Mr Mitchell's dis
play rooms will be snapped up with
in a snort iimi
Dr. Norton Williams
New York Physician, Is
Opening Murphy Office
l*\ Norton Y/'.lIianug who studied
under the leading surgeons at New
York Polyclinic Hospital, has come
. to Murphy to make his home. He
lias opened an office adjoining the
draft board headquarters over the
Mauney drug store. His office equip
ment will arrive in a few days. Dr.
Williams has been thoroughly train
ed in all branches of surgery, medi
cine and obstetrics. He w*l! make
i general calls for the duration of the
war by reason of the fact that there
is a scarcity of physicians for the
work.
Dr. Williams, who married the
former Miss Marie Ward, of An
drews. has been in Western North
Carolina only a week. He is greatly
impressed with the friendliness of j
Continued on baek Pace
proclamation by tljc (Sotrcrnor
WH EREAS, Thf anniversary of our national independence this year will r.ni
our nation engaged in a titantic struggle for survival against the greatest. powers ever
massed against it, and
WHEREAS. War is no longer confined to battlefronts but reaches into the home
of every citizen, jeopardizing, through the danger of air raids or sabotage, civilians
far removed from the scene of conflict of armed forces, and
WHEREAS. Conscious of this danger to life and liberty, our citizens are <ji
ganized for civilian defense in the greatest rolunteei movement in iii?lory, and that
this Civilian Defense organization is now being trained in proved methods of com
batting war upon the home front and is ready fot action in an;/ emergency, and
WHEREAS. The day of the celebration of the 167th year of our national inde
pendence. July 4, 1942. falls this year upon Saturday, a day of customary gathering
In our towns and county seats, it presents an opportunity for concerted demonstra
tion to the public the scope and effectiveness of this force organized for its protect
ion. and of recognition for the volunteers therein.
NOW. THEREFORE. I, J. Melville Broughton. Governor of North Carolina, do
hereby designate the day of July Fourth as Victory Day and urge upon all the people
In all the 100 counties of North Carolina, in full cooperation with the State Office of
Civilian Defense and Its field forces, to give observsnce to this occasion to manner
most fitting and effective.
Dane at the City of Raleigh, the fourth day of June, to the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and forty-two. in the one hundred and sixty-sixth year of Amer
ican Independence.
J. MELVILLE BROUGHTON
Governor.
B >oy ocouis Ard 4 - H
Clubs To Participate;
M^nv Prizes Offered
day *i M:. Xhi't an all day
' m :ni< i Aovrr. with
the jwututv :heme ' - bfiiip ar
ranged. The Chanter ?.f Comnn rct
Ameiican Legion and Lions Club
jt.at ^poiuors vt tri ct K'Draiion.
Ill K'.jiii- v.itl: tilt V"?-tor\ I)av
!?' miatioi b;. (;? wrnor J. Mel
ville Br- 1: if 'if (;n and ih i uuges! ion
? H'-n Do n Ni iii. Carolina Di
rector jf C.vilian Defense, the oc
? :sion win be mad< Clierokte coun
ty's contribution to ? in Victory Da\
oration to rn held n Ti. depend
ence Dav in each of tiie 100 counties
| 'f the state T..l- hral or. a .1:
I fit in with recommendations from
| Washington lint community enter
tainment be encouraged du inp the
war in order to maintain morale.
Tlie program of event- wil. be
underwritten by the merchants of
Murphy. The festivities will open
early on the morning of .Jul> 4 with
a st.rei t parad< through the business
section with appropriate ceremonies
of respect at an improvised tomb of
the Unknown Soldier at the public
?qu.ire. where representatives of the
Lcr.Iir 5?*uiman Post of American le
gion of Andrews, and Joe Miller El
kins Posi of Murphy will stand while
taps are sounded A prominent Le
gion official will make a patriotic
address to conclude t ho morning's
program. A loud speaker will carry
the address so that all may hear
plainly.
Following the morning events a
continuous round of attractions will
be scheduled until late at night.
Some of the events will be greased
pig and greased pole contests, horse
shoe pitching, a bowling tournament
between Lions Clubs of various
cities who are urged to send teams
here, and a baseball game betwen
two well known teams. The Boy
Scouts and 4-H clubs will have their
inning in competitive swimming and
row boat races and diving contests.
The Scouts will give a First Aid
demonstration. County Scout troops
are organized at Murphy and An
drews- Motor boats will demonstrate
their speed over the waters of Hi
wassee Lake, the 6.500 acre body of
water with 150 miles of shore line
formed by Hiwassec Dam. Several
merchants are offering prizes for
the heaviest black bass caught over
the Fourth of July week-end
Prizes will be given for the out
standing float and decorate! motor
car;: In the morning street parade,
as well a.-- for the most appropriately
decorated store window in the busi
ness section.
Taking an active part In the
Cherokee Victory Day celebration
are J. B Gray, president of the Mur
phy Chamber of Commerce: Joe E.
Ray. immediate past piesident of
the Murphy Chamber of Commerce:
Fred O. Christopher. Commander
Elect of the Joe Miller Elkins Post of ?
the Murphy American Legion: Law
rence Hall, retiring Commander of
the Murphy Legion: Dr. W A.
Hoover, president of the Murphy
Lions Club: Mayor E. L. Shields, at
Murphy: "Red" Schuyler. Scout
master of the Murphy troop: Rmest
Nutting and Rev. Grant. FoltneAee.
Boy Scout officials: A. Q. Ketnar.
Cherokee county farm agent and
?-H club leader: Chrl Whlteride. ?*
(Contlned oi hack pat*)