WELCOME, HIGHWAY DELEGATION
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Polio Ban Lifted
And Schools To
Start On Monday
( erkee county schools will
:ne 1944 45 term on next
M nda*? morning, since the ban
oj a tarings is lifted. Faculties
u van us schools of the coun
:? arc practically complete and
... announced by the school sup
, .vndents. Lloyd Hendrix. coun
H Bueck. Murphy city unit;
a: I 13 Hudson. Andrews city
u:.;'.
M.t -.ings of teachers a/ being
.<1 this week in preparation for
opening day.
Faculties as announced by the
;?< rir:? ndents are:
MI'KPIIY
:? a mentary Murphy: Miss
( . McCombs, Miss Prances
D. r. ii Mrs. Evelyn Pa; ton. Miss
(i? me Shields. Mrs Dair
Miss Emily Sword Miss
K Haye> Mrs. Martha Adams.
M Addie Leatherwood, Mrs. J.
\V I)a\ dson. Mrs. Lester Schaap
M i ; v high sc: ool: Miss Mar
.1 imson, Miss Mary Lec
r. M. Anne Ward. Miss
M Farrow Mr- Aileene
K Mrs Harry Miller. M; Vlr
\ : it* Morgan. Mis.- Beatri ?
M:>s Laura Blanche By
Mr. Robert S. Bault. Miss
Curd. Mr> Margaret
I Mauney.
?radt Mrs. John Barry
M mma Louise Jenk.ns Mrs.
V. King Spainhour.
Creek: Mrs. Port -r Axlcy. 1
M ! : yd Hendrix.
. Creek: Miss Ella Me
( : Mrs. Mary Nell Stiles.
I ."villa: M : s . Willie Lou
^ ? Miss Lelia Hayes Miss
Be : a May field.
i ?ana 'colored1: Elma Rai
Miss Bertha Mae Liver
ma
ANDREWS
School and Grade 8 Mrs.
I G Ax ley. Mrs. Aline E. Bris- j
J< an C. risty. Ada M Corn
Mrs. Eleanor C. Hudson,
M Ruth B. Pullium. Elizabeth
'J Mrs Ruth F. Bristol.
! men.aary School: Boyd B
n. principal: Mrs. Loui
(' Mi Falls. Mrs. Veanah R. Rad
? M - Hazel H. Wood. Lenna
n. Mrs Ruth S. Pullium.,
M Pauline S. Love. Ada Mae 1
Elizabeth Kilpatrick. Mrs
Nichols. Mrs Annie S. Me- j
(i Mrs. Mozelle M. Talley ,
M Louise P. Enloe. Mrs. A1 G. j
I' Mrs. Hazel Abernathy I
W ns. Vivian Moore. Mrs. Isa
! Trantham. Mrs. Florence j
H in. R. P. Lovingood. Earlin;1
Stall i
Ma i School: J. Frank Walsh,
pal; Mrs. Gertrude Wal.sh
O Glenn. Mrs. Nora L. Hall.
M Carrie Womack.
! ; on: Mrs. Minnie Tat ham
And - ews School 'colored' : Doro
t'.i\ M Jones.
i ontinued on page eight
DIES IN ITALY? Pvt. Margin!! I
Dock cry. who died in Itaiv. July I
27. ace rding to word receive J by '
: andpar? n- Mr. and Mrs
?>.. k Dockery of Murp! . I? ut<
'?>. Ma: ; .all entered . in
Mar.-; i. 1943. and trained in the
army Ca!-. irynian, In ! ..uarv
1944. he was ent over ? . He I
: survived b." mother. M L >i- \
Rowland, four aunts, M. . Verna |
Dcrke:- M: Vert, a M Miss
C ra L. ? Darke: y, an M. Lila !
Dockery. one uncle. Pv Carver
D.vke:;., and grandpa ren Mr
and Mr- lack Docke: v
Group Singing
Held At Lions
Club Picnic
Murphy Lions club had a Bruns
wick stew suppei a the regular ;
mee:ing held Tuesday evening, in
the lunchroom I' the Murphy
school. Mrs. H. G Elkins was
chairman of th< sbess commit
tee.
Following a f< . ..nnouncemenis
by Lion Pr< sident H. A. Mattox, ?
group singing. : d by Mrs. H.
Bucck. and danen. : \ ere enjoyed.
Serving with M: Elkins on the
hostess committee were: Mes
dames H. A. Mattox W. M. Fain,
a H. Duncan. Joe Hamilton. Rob
ert Weaver. Duke Whitley. J. H.
McCall. P. G. Ivie, Loren Davis.
\ . M. Johnson, and Edward Brum
by. Miss Addie Mar Cooke and
w W Oodger.
SOI'VKMKS
A window at tiie Scout office is
devoted to souvm from foreign
lands, sint home by boys in service. ,
If anyone has something interest
iug to contribute. i: will be appre
ciated. Articles wi:: ^e returned.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Taylor of
r 5 Winfred B. Taylor, left, is now
in service 19 months. He took his
also trained in the Armored Tank
Knox. Ky. Calvin Wayne Taylor
?r?nch, Washington. D. C.. in Q
his boot training at Great Lakes, 1
Payne 8 2/c in the Navy, who has l
fehed his boot training at Camp F
' Violet have two sons in service.
in Honolulu. Hawaii. He has been
i basic training at Port Old. Calif..
Bn. at Campbell. Ky . and Port
S 2 c. right, is now at Solomons
uartermaster School. He finished
[11. They have a son-in-law. Ralph
?ecently spent a leave here. He fin
*erry. Va.
Patrick Bov Is
Hurt In Wreck
Roy Wor!< ; 14. son of Mr. and
Mrs Bu.it ? . Worley of Patrick
Miffcrcd a broken kg and other
injurie s when lu- was run over by
truc k on .. way 64. about eight
mil( - we.s: of Murphy, Tuesday
afternoon.
The truck in which young Wor
. y was riding, met a state high ,
way truck on a > arp curve and i
thinking the two trucks were go !
ing to collide t .mmped out. and
the truck ran over his leg. break- {
ing it.
Worley was brought to Petrie
hospi.al by Townson's ambulance
and it was reported that his in
juries are not sericus.
Better Fire
Equipment Is
Planned For The
Town Of Murphy
Murphy town council on Mon
day < vening. in regular monthly j
> >sion. conferred with a repres- j
entative cf a fire-truck companv j
about the purchase of a new fir* j
ruck for the 'own. Purchasing' i
the truck was delayed until an 1
other meeting which is to be held |
,11 M nday evening. September I
25.
T e council voted to have aj
p -u, erected a' an intersec- !
j'. n near Murphy school. to elimi- \
uate a hazard to school children i
?r< .--sing the highway a: the re- 1
c.u ' of Supt. H. Bucck. The ligh: i
i to t 1 operated at the hours I
children are crossing, and to be 1
turned on and off by a representa- j
live of the school.
Plans for entertainment of the
highway delegation here on
Thursday were discussed. The!
council voted to be hosts to the,
? isitors a' a picnic luncheon at t j
,
park.
Following the suggestion of the j
auditor who recently audited the'
town's books, the council voted to !
1 u Mr Walter Wit assistant;
clerk, under bond of $2,500
Women Wanted
By Red Cross
The September quota '1 MU'giealj
dressings is here, and more women
a i ncded to work, the upe: visor:- ?
. as During the month of August
only 48 women out of al! ' c worn
m living in Murpliy responded to j
the SOS for workers
Mr: . E. P. Arnold, 'lie of the
Mipe: visors, says: "Will you not
go 10 the Red Cross room and do
? our part in making somebody's
on. husband, or sweetheart more
comfortable while wounded in .?
hospital? Tt is a known fact that
urgieal dressings havt been used
repeatedly because the supply of
fresh dressings was exhausted
Make Bequest For
Improved Bond
Efforts are being made to get
the State Highway commission to
take over the road through t 1
Texanna section, imprtve and
maintain it.
A petition which rev, den of
tile section will present to the
<ounty board of commi -sioners at
their next meeting, points out
the fact that the road is almost
impassable either by ve.iicle o.
en foot in winter, ti'at the major
part of the road is outside the city
limits of Murphy, and that ap
proximately 300 people are erved
by the road.
The Cash Family
Goes To Columbus
The Rev. and Mrs. A B. Cash.
Miss Jacqueline and Amos Cash
left last week for Columbus, Ga..
where they will make their home.
Mr. Cash is superintendent of city ;
missions for the Baptists at Co- i
lumbus.
Governor And Other State Officials
Touring Cherokee County; Meeting
Of Highway Commissioners Being Held
Han Lifts W ith
Opening Schools
The recent action ??f the coun
ty hoard of health requiring
children under 15 to stay away
from public gatherings. because
of the polio epidemic in the
state, was ordered i ffective until
-uch time as the State hoard of
health saw fit to advise schools
tc re-open. Since schools will
open next Monda> , the ban on
children attending church and
Sunday school and going to
theatres and other public gath
ir.gs in this count> is lifted, ef
fective September lx according
to the statement of the board
at the time the ordinance was
enacted.
The Scout could not reach Dr.
M. P. Whichard. health officer,
who was nut of town, to learn
whether it would he permissible
for children to attend church
services Sunday, about which
many have inquired
Referee Hears
Some Evidence
In Donley fees
Par; of the evidence :n the cases
ti gainst John Donle to roc ?*. <r
:'unds totaling $12.0" alleged by
the plaintiffs that lie failed to ac- ?
count for were heard this week be
fore Judge E. Frank Watson. I
referee, of Spruce Pine Owing to j
the illness of the wife of attorney, j
T. M. Jenkins t Robbinsville.
who represents tiie defendant, the
case has been continued to Octo- '
Lei 9.
Gray and C . topher repres
ent the plaintiff- Mallonee and '
Jenkins the defendant.
Quali Season
Opens Nov. 23
D. M. Burc ? i has received
announcement it since Gover
nor Broughton .!?? > Thanksgiving
Day will be obs? d on November
2.1 this year, t Board of Con
servation and Development in
tegular session n Thursday. Sep
tember 7. chati-cd the opening
date for the hunting of quail,
turkey, rabbit and grouse so that ,
the season on ?i! <?f these species
would open on N ember 23.
IN DELEGATION I) H . i j
Ramsey, general mm er of
A ille Citizen-Tim* i
among t. e distinct; -.-nests ;
<?i tending the meet in of the
Jr'tate Highway comm n
Ranger Revival
Starts Tuesday
Services for the Hiv. i.vsee Cir- '
cuit lor September 17 according
to announcement by the pa.< >r.
lu ?. w. T Medlin. Jr.. w ill bt
Rogers Chapel, serin 11 a. m
Unaka. sermon. 3 p. m. Bellview,
sermon. 7 30 p. m.
According to announcement >
the pastor. Rev. W. T. Medlin.
Jr.. revival services will be held
a: Ranger Chapel beginning ne\:
Tuesday ni .! September 19 an i
will continue until Sunday nm .t
September L'4 Services will be
held each evening at 7 p. m. The
public :s invited to attend the v
Singing Is At
Ranger Sunday
The 3rd Sunday evening singing
will mee; with the Ranger Baptist
Church. September 17. a 1 30
o'clock. Ranger Baptist Church
.s across tli. road f' om the Walker
School house Tills is also tin
West Liberty Singing convention.
Every one i- invited to attend
Republican Leaders
Speak Here Monday
SUPPLY PASTOR Dr. G. J
Davis, promineni Baptist minister
of Atlanta. Ga who is supplying
as pastor of Fi)>; Baptist church,
Murphy, during the months of
September and October. Services
are being held each Sunday morn
ing and evening.
? A I Fenw. Republican candi
date for the United State* senate;
Lewis P. Hamlin, candidate for
concns-: and Brownlow Jackson.
' t ??'?nsirevsiiuial e.iairman spoke at
i lie courthouse v Monday nigh;
' af er atteiuiT.-r m? 'tings at Frank
lin and Hay. \ the same day.
The speakers stressed 1 ie nece.^
' shy of winning the war tint, then
restoring the government to the
people. Fence said that America
had ben clamoring for Thomas
E. Dewey sine; he first distin
guished himself as District A:
. torney He stated that t e people
are demanding a change to ef 1 1
ciencv in government.
Hamlin pledged, if elected to
; congress, to support economy in
government and a stoppage of ( \
travagant spending.
OWNS ( LKAXIN'G PLANT
Joe Hamilton, who has been
managing the Imperial Cleaners
for sometime, is now the sole own
I er. He recently bought the busi
ness which was originally owned
I by him and Anden Davis.
GOVERNOR HERE (i , :
.o" .1 M Bp up Ji;on who i at
rndinf meet in;: of the State ]
H i\ i :nm. . >n being hole :n '
his count-. : (.clay and tomor: ? a
Studv Soil And
Forests Here
1) , Paul B Sea: s of Obe : . n
College, Otorlin. Ohio: \V .1 Mi
Olothlin, chief of training staff
el the T. V A . and Hurry Will- .
fonts, of ua mm* it&ff of ii<
T V. A both of Knoxville recen*
made t tour of C . -kee county
;<nd surrounding are . to make a
study of the soil an . : : - : v pros
pects.
Dr Sear.s is a bo-..: ; and has
traveled all over :h< untrv. H
was much impris ?: >.::'.i Chero
kee county, he stated.
IN THREE MA . BATTLE.1-'
PfV Garnell (' ?>f Murphy
who is now on K ' Island and
lias been engaged \ three major |
du ?
n i M: and M U o C* .. |
? Know lie.
AT TINAIN Pfr. Carl Craig
son of Mr. and Mrs. George Crais
of Knoxville. formerly of Murphy
who is now stationed at Tinain.
(i vtin? M Br ighion itnd
riany c d inguisiied North
L'arohna men ami v. men are visit
Tip Che; ke? ? county today Thurs
iay and Friday, ir. connection
.vith a meeting of the State High
vay Commissioners, arranged by
Percy B Ferebee. commissioner
from t;iis district.
Among the visitors expected
ire: Charles Ross, acting chair
man of he State Highway com
rission D. Hiden Ramsey, gen
iral manager of the Asheville Citi
zen-Times Mrs. Ramsey: Mrs. J.
\A. Broughton T Boodie Ward,
iirector of he Motor Vehicles
Bureau Oscar Pitts director of
he prison, the following highway
romnvs !<;ne: - Carroll L Wilson.
John G. Clark. Dr. G V Gooding,
John N Hackney, G. W. Kane.
D. B McCrary C. A Cannon. V.
L\ Guire T. Max Watson and
Mr. Fere bet ? ..ghway engineers:
IV. Yam- B.. ? chie! J C. Gard
:ier. W N' Sp nil. T. T Bet Us. R.
Mark 11 am I' A Burton. L E
Whitfield. I B Peck Z V. S < w -
w H F. N ? .J c W.i.ner: A.
D. R< an. otner reprt senta
" ? <>? Tennessee Vail > Au
'I de.- - .on wiil meet i 9:30
i> n. itnin .! Terrace hotel, for
! he monthly business transactions
.1 the Highway Comm. toners.
A1 the lose of -iie meeting, the
-'roup ... ? me :o Murphy, where
the Towr. :>i Murphy will be host
&t a picnic lunch in honor of the
\ 1 /.ors. at it- c:ty park.
A trip " ? Hiwassee Dam. via
boat and car. . planned for the
men in the afternoon T V. A.
and Naval Ordnanc* department
lepresentatives will be hosts on
the Hiwassee Dam tour. Leav
ing the dam. th?? oup will make
, trip to Fame: and Ducktown
and return t Andrews for the
bight.
In the afternoon. Mrs. Brough
>n and M: Ramsey will be
uc s:s of hon .i ea at Terrace
i ? in Anc A number of
men in Am!: Murphy ana
ther par..- unty have
been invited.
On Friday n . the delega
:icn will go F :itana Dam.
:? re Mana r 1 -d Schlemmer
sill ondue: v?a the dam
Final Rites For
Mrs.W.F? Payne
Held Saturday
M. ? W F Pa 73. died at
er home in ady Grove sec
: . .n of Gl lei oki ? ? amy at 8
o'clock Thur- d;' . morning follow
er an ;llne> o! . cveral years.
Funera - - vere held Sat
r.rday afternoon a 2 o'clock at
P'. .ady Grove - mrch with the
R.. ?. Freed Towi. nd officiating.
Bui . va- in ie church ceme
tery.
M: Payne v. ,:.s the daughter ot
i < late M: and Mrs William
Gi ceii. one of ol est families
t Beech Gi section of
Cherokee county
Surviving are the husband;
f ;ir - i liters M: John Davis
( . -?i n:a M 1 s. Shields and
M ? Madia Payne of Shady Grove
.ind M - Ann. i I h- P.'yne of At
lan a two sen- Alfred of Gas
? : .i and Poles >f Murpuy; two
.>;? i ? Mis^ Arabella Green of
?Ranger, and M . Maria Mash
burn of Gastonia. hree brothers,
Alfred Green of Ranger, the Rev.
John Green <.f c ipel Hill and
Alec Green of Imbaden. Ark.
Townson funeral home was in
1 charge of arrangements.
TO PREACH SI'NDAY
Rev. L. E Latham, new pastor
of Fiee Methodist church, will
preach Sunday September 17. at
11 o'clock a. m. and at 7:30 p. m.