m. VOLUME 54. ? No. 12 MVRPinr. NORTH CAROLINA THl'RSDAY, OCTOBER 15. 1942 TW Ukru W the In mj Ufa*. In pabtUhlnc Lbr trath. If "?m cuud nMitra and for JgilltUMr rnaU. though it rrflrrl on *oTrrn nirm no nuihlnilm. or individ uals." ? .Urundrr lianiilliic. 5c COPY? *1.50 PEK YEAR 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 iOT ihC HvSt o?UuUM>.-)t CvlwC." 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*.

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