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VOLUME 54. ? No. 12
MVRPinr. NORTH CAROLINA THl'RSDAY, OCTOBER
15. 1942
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Open Registration
Books For Voters
The registration books for Chero
kee county opened Saturday. Oclo
tt-r 10 for registration of voters for ?
the election to be held November 3.
It lias been announced that regis
trars will attend the polling places
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17 and October 24, for the accom
modation of the voters. However,
any qualified voter is entitled to
register, and he may do so en week
days from now until the time the!
books close Saturday night, October
24. by going to the registrar.
Registrars in the various piecincts
of the county are as follows:
Murphy N. W., Noland Wells.
Murphy S. W.. Willard Cooper.
Andrews N. W? Mrs. Ray Shields.
Andrews S. W.. Rank Parker.
Topton, Jess Mathcson
Marble, Jantes Bryson.
Tomotla, Mont Rogers.
Peachtree, Frank Ferguson.
Brasstown. Voyd Hogan.
Burnt Meeting House, Sam
Hughes.
Culberson, Commodore Shields.
Walker School House, Sam Aikin.
Hot House, C. C. Forrester.
Shoal Creek, Mrs. Edgar Taylor.
Liberty. Mrs. W. F. Hill.
Hiwassee Dam, Mrs. Annie Mae
Gilbert.
Jxmg Ridge, Mrs. B. B. Morrow.
Unaka, George Crawford.
Upper Beaverdam, Lawrence Dock
cry.
Boiling Springs. James Mintz.
Hangingdog, Rollin McDonald.
Ebeneezer, Noah McDonald.
Grape Creek, George Rogers.
Ogrieta, Fred Martin.
To the people of Murphy and An
drews it is pointed out that registra
tion for the town elections does not
entitle one to vote in the general elec
tion. For instance, a voter in Mur
phy who registered only with Porter
Axley at the time of the town elec
tion would not be allowed to vote in
the county election without registra
tion with the proper precinct regis
trar.
It is also pointed out that a new
registration was held two years ago
and any voter who has not register
ed within the past two years must
register now.
It will not be necessary for those
who registered in the general elec
tion two years ago or who registered
in the spring primary to register
again.
Andrews Promises
To Collect 100 Tons
Of Scrap Metals !
Andrews is a small town, as towns
go. bu;. its inhabitants along with
the people in the surrounding terri
tory, are just as scrap conscious as !
folk are an where, says the corres
pondent. C. A. Brown is chairman
of the scrap drive in Andrews.
Chairman Brown reports that he
has more than 100 tons of scrap
Iron in sight. A large quantity of
this will come from the Ed Wood
farm where at least one freight car
load will be obtained. About 20 tons
will be supplied by the Reece Motor
Company, and the balance will be
obtained wherever scrap iron can
be found.
More than a thousand children in
the Andrews schools have been ac
tive in adding to the school's scrap
pile which now amounts to several
tons. Each school child has been
supplied with a mimeographed form
to take home for scrap owners to fill
out. This form shows where the
scrap is. and the amount of the
same. Wherever scrap is reported H
will be called for by some of the
several trucks under the direction of
Chairman Brown.
SCRAP DRIVE in Cherokee county is now under way in earnest, as
school children, truck drivers and citizens coordinate to gather all
available scrap metals. Schools of the county, and all business houses
will close Tuesday to Join in the all-out drive to gather all the avail
able scrap metal in the county to aid the war effoit.
MRS. WOOD HAS
THREE SONS IN
THE SERVICE
Mrs. J. H. Wood, of Suit, has
three sons in the military service.
Quintin Wood, who has been in the
Navy for five years, is in a. foreign
port. Fred and Claude Wood were
drafted while living in Ohio. Both
were home recently on 14-day fur
loughs. Their sister. Mrs. May Law
rence. of Leno'r City, Tenn.. wants
the Scout to reach the boys weekly.
LIBRARY HAS
YOUTH FORUMS
The Murphy Library has planned
n scries of Forums for Young Peo
ple. The first in the series was held
on Tuesday evening, the subject be
ing "Boy Meets Girl, or It's More
Fun When You Know the Answer."
If the idea is popular, subsequent
Mrs. Thelma Dickey
Joins Scout Staff
Mis. Thelma Dickey, of Murphy,
lias accepted a. position as book
keeper and circulation manager of
The Cherokee Scout. She is in the
Scout's business office in Regal
Hotel building every week day from
9 to 5 o'clock.
Mrs. Dickey is well-known in
Murphy and Cherokee county, hav
ing served as Murphy postmaster for
six years, manager of Dickey hotel
for five years, and more recently
restaurant manager for the TVA in
Murphy.
meetings will be held on Tuesday
evenings every other week from now
until Thanksgiving. Subjects for
further meetings will be announced
from time to time.
Publishers of The Scout And News
Above are: Left. B. Arp Lowrance of Charlotte, publisher of The Mecklen
burg Times. Mount Holly News and Belmont Banner, and Miss Addie Mac
Cooke, former editor of Gates County Index. Gatesville. who recently pur
chased The Cherokee Scout and Graham County News from Mrs Victor
Olmsted. Miss Cooke is editor and manager ef The Scout.
Business Houses, Schools
To Close ForjjScrap Drive
Heirloom Donated
To Scrap Drive By
Father Of War Hero
Probably the most interesting
item to be donated to the cam
paign for scrap in Andrews is
i a large iron wash pot. said to be
at least 80 years old. The pot is j
in perfect cuiiditiutt and Is good
for another 100 years had not
the war come along. The pot
was turned over to the salvage
j committee by R. A. Cooper.
Cooper, who is 69 years of age.
states that the pot belonged to
Ills grandmother long l>efore he
was born, but he is certain the
pot is at least 80 years old.
Mr. Cooper is the father of
Harmon Cooper who went down
in the Pacific with the ship
I^angley. February 27. Harmon
! Cooper had been with the Navy
If) years. Ilis father wants to
contribute the heirloom pot to
compensate in a small way for
the loss of the I^ar.gley, and
help avenge the loss of his son.
56 Draftees Leave
For Active Service
Two special buses left Murphy
eurly Wednesday morning carrying
56 selective service men, for Port
Jackson, where they will t<-gin ac
tive service with the armed forces. !
The men were on 14-day furlough]
following their acceptance Sept. 29.
Those composing the group were:
Harley Harold Barton, corporal in
charge; Carl Fred Ledford. Henry
Claimon Mills, Roy Pullium. Fred
Robert Wise, Leonard Washington
Standridge, Charlie McDonald, Jim
ill k' Edwin Russell. Sheridan Wilford
Sneed. Clyde Brown. Henry Howard
Clayton. John S. Clayton. William
Robert Roberson. Walter Blane Ar
rant, James Claude Chambers. Paul
Bernell Abernathy. William Ralph
Tabor. Clarence Edward Sylvester. 1
Arvil Kilby. Sidney Fredrick Clay,
Pies Gentry Hedrick. Charlie J.
Fortner. William Hadington Paimer.
Luther Dail Allen, Thomas Hancock
Sexton Leman Carter. James Den
inon Crisp. Jetter Luther Cea'iey.
Car: Brooke. James Lawson Farmer,
Ciiarlic Holmes Haider. Calv:n Mon
roe We?t.. J.vton Ray Hyatt. Biii
William Cearlc:.. Lawson Crawford
West. Robert Anderson. Garfield ;
Hudson Clark. Bo.vd Craig Cooper. .
! Blaine Donley. John Robert Tat ham. ?
Wade Garnett Gibson. Zo<i Bradley."
Benjamin Frank Crisp. Richard i
Morrison Moore. Roy Forrest Rob
ert.*. Floyd James O'Deli. John Lee
Coffey. Porter Matney Ledford. Coy j
Oliver. Andrew Jackson Hunt. Fred \
Walton Mashburn. Jr.. Willard Far
Taylor. Fred Clinton Donaldson.
The following men were trans- j
ferred from other boards:
Clingman O'Deli, John Joseph
Reynolds, and Earl Oscar Robinson.
COMPLETE QUOTA
OF SURGICAL
DRESSINGS
The Red Cross quota of surgical
dressings for September was finished
the first week in October. Since then
the women have been working on
the first half of the October quota,
the making of 9.000 4x4 in. sponges.
They hope to finish them by t.he end
of this week The quota for the last
half of October I* the m?kmp of
7,200 4x8 in. ,tpon?e*.
Holiday Set For Tuesday
In Effort To Gather
Scrap Metals
TO GIVE RESULTS
Junk Day To Be County
Wide With All - Out
Drive On Tuesday
The Cherokee county alvace com
mittee held a meeting .it the court,
house Monday night to discuss final
details of its drive for scrap It was
decided to climax the campaign with
an all-out effort on Tuesdav. October
20.
Mayor E. L. Shields, chairman of
the Salvage committee. Joe Ray,
vice-chairman, and K C. Wright,
secretary and treasurer, liave had
circulated the following petition u>
the merchants in the ity
"In tile interest ol the nation-wide
scrap drive. I pledge Ui close my
place of business on Tuesday. Oct.
20. 1 341'. and devote my energy and
resources, and ail employees to the
collection of scrap metal."
As a rcsuit of the above petition
all stores in Murphy, as well as mast
of the stores in rural areas will be
closed and assist in the scrap col
lection Oil Cherokee county's ' Scrap
I Drive Day".
All schools in the Murphy school
unit, and the county school unit will
close Tuesday and all will turn out
in force for this drive.
All truck owners in the county are
being contacted in an effort to line
up every available truck to haul the
scrap to the collection centers.
Loud speakers will be installed on
the public square in Murphy, and
results of the drive will be an
nounced throughout the day as the
scrap piles grow.
Lions Club To
Assist In Scrap
Drive Here Tuesday
The I .ions club met on Tuesday
; night with 27 members present,
j This club entertains two Boy Scouts
' who make the best record in Scout
j work for two weeks. The Lions club
has two teams working on attend
! ance drive, which will end in De
I cember. Joe Ray is captp'n of one
team while Prank ?1:1.-. is r iptain of
the other The winning o had 14
present wl::ie the loser iv I in At
the dose of the contest. ,,e losing
, ' . :!i ? entertain the winning team
vith a dinner.
The club voted to sand and finish
tiie floors ol? the Physical Educa
toin building for the school, this
work is to be done by tile members
of the club at night. Also the club
discussed ways ond means of assist
ing in the scrap drive here Tuesday.
K. C. Wright, read a detailed re
port of Murphy Lions club activity
for the year ending July 1. 1942. as
reported by Lions International. Or.
October 27. a movie wili be shown at
the Methodist church by the Blind
Commission of the State showing
the work that is being done in the
state. This club will invite repre
sentatives of the Robbinsville and
Hayesville Lions clubs, and from the
Rotary club. Andrews, also the De
partment of Welfare and the County
Commissioners. The Murphy Lions
club won three trophies at the state
convention for clubs under 35 in
District 31a. one for the Wind, one
for attendance at state convention,
and aoe for acttvitie*.