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MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. SEPT. 20, 1945.
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
Three New Buildings
Making Hickory A
New Business Street
Hick ? Street is fast becoming'
cn? : lie main business streets
cf Mui'p-'V. >v th the building pro
gram ??: icli is underway.
The Sm ky Mountain Stages
has be un construction of a gar
age on the lot recently purchased
(,?ni :.ie Methodist church and
Hadlcy Dcikey, for the purpose of
buildn. a bus station and a gar
age. The garage will be 75 by
100 fee:, and will be of concrete
brick construction. It will be used |
for maintenance and storage ofj
buses. The foundation is being |
laid and it is expected that the
work will be complete by November
15. Work on the station will be
gin later. H. D. Bamett is con
tracto.'.
The laundry and dry cleaning
establishment being built by Joe
Hamilton is 40 by 80 feet and is
expected to be completed by early
October. It is of brick construc
tion. The walls are up, and only
the roof, floor and windows re
main to be completed. Much of
his new equipment is already in
hand.
The building of Miss Addie
Mae Cooke which is being erected
beside her apartment house on
Hickory street will be 26 by 75
feet. It is of native stone and will
hcuse the offices and printing
I'iam of the Cherokee Scout. Miss
Cooke expects to be in her build
ing early in October.
Tiie building of Noah W. Lovin
good on Valley River Avenue has
jus-, been completed. It is 50 by
100 feet, and will be occupied by
the Murphy Supply Company, de
partment store. Thirty have
been added to the length of the
original 3-story building .which
was damaged by fire last winter.
Tlie building on. Hiawassee
street which was completed nbout
three months ago by E. E. Stiles,
i? 78 by 100 feet. Part of the
building is used as a Pontiac gar
age and show room, and part of it
i> occupied by Burch and Graves
Recapping company.
C\ : us Witt is the contractor for
the four above mentioned build
ings.
Dr. and Mrs. F. V. Taylor are
building a residence in the pines
cn tiie lot between their home and
the General hospital's nursing
home on Peachtree Street. This
building will be a story and a half
structure of marble construction,
containing eight rooms.
Dr. L. T. Russell is building two
additional rooms and making some
other changes on his home on
valley River avenue.
The Coble Dairy Products has
Wade many improvements at its
Plant, having added new floors in
the rear of the building, a new
^mcnt alley way. new platforms
drains that meet all sanitary
requirements of federal, state and
ocal authorities, modern rest
ooms for men with shower bath
Md lockers. A boiler of 150
01 so power capacity and a 40
noisepower auxiliary boiler have
~?n m?talled. The boiler is
?W'Pped with a 75-foot smoke
' t0 give 'he town the greatest
aegree of pure air.
thf; C Moore 's grading streets I
)an . ? hls property on Moore- 1
Heights, preparatory to build- 1
otL and. seIllnff lots to I
" for building purposes.
lakes Requests
For Electricity
E- c. Nicholson will be in the
county agent's office at the court
j?use Tuesday, September 25, at
a n>., to receive applications for
Wtricity from the people of Lit
Brasstown and Martins Creek.
>s ? ill be the last day to make
aPPlication.
SERMON SUBJECTS
Sermon subjects for services at
?J, Methodist Church, Sunday
?Ptember 23 are: 11:00 A. M.
P ?Ver Cireun>stances", 7:30
j, ' Wlcn ?od Forgets". Ralph
Henderson Taylor, minister.
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? ner son, John Posey, Jr.,
^ fwnlly her* this week.
Forrester Back
In States After
His Liberation
Mis. H. C. Forrester received a
phone call from her son, John E.
Forrester at New York. Monday.
He had flown from Calcutta to
New York and will be sent home
by plane to the nearest airport,
scon. She has not seen John in
six years . He is a Houston sur
vivor and was a prisoner in Theail.
and for three years and seven
months.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrester have
four sons in service, all volunteer
ed.
Bill Davis Is
Returning Home
With 101 Points
With the 32nd Infantry Division
In Northern Luzon, P. I. ? A vet
eran of six operations during 40
months in the SWPA with the
32nd I Red Arrow) Division. Pri
vate First Class Bill Davis, of
Murphy, North Carolina, is re
turning home wtih 101 demobili
zation points.
Sailing for Australia with the
division in April, 1942, he saw his
first action at Buna, when the
32nd was rushed to New Guinea
to stem the Japanese drive on Port
Moresby. He fought in the sub
sequent actions farther up the
coast at Saidor and Aitape; on
Morotai island in the Netherlands
East Indies: and on Leyte and Lu
zon in the Philippines.
In northern Luzon the Red Ar
?rowmen fought for six and a half
months in the rugged Carabelle
Mountains, and ended the war on
their 654th day of combat. Davis
started home four days after Japan
made her first offer to surrender.
Before entering the Army in
September, 1941, Davis farmed
near Murphy, North Carolina.
Davis- brother, Cpl. Daniel, is
serving with the 99th Division in
the ETO . His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Davis, live in Murphy
N. C.
Nine Men Leave
For Induction
Leaving Murphy Monday morn
ing for Fort Bragg for induction in- 1
to the armed forces were the fol
lowing Cherokee county men:
Homer Lee Zimmerman, leader;
Winfred Harding, Francis Calvin
Peak. Ernest John Everett Satter
field. Buster Emory Lancy, James
Freeman Elliott, Hubert Eugene
Robinson, Willard Earl Elliott,
Harry D. Padgett.
PEANUT POLITICIAN ^ North
Carolina's Governor R. Gregg
Cherry is urging all governors and
agricultural leaders in peanut-pro
ducing states to become "peanut
politicians" in assisting the indus
try to convert the peanut from an
essential wartime oil crop to the
No. 1 health food of the nation.
Here Governor Cherry is shown
bedecked with leis of peanuts at the
recent meeting of the National Pea
nut Council held in Raleigh.
Revival
Starts On
Sunday
A revival meeting will be held
at First Baptist church in Murphy
September 23 through October 3.
The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pastor,
vifll do the preaching, and the
church expects to have a song
leader to assist with the music
during the series of services.
Preaching services will be held
daily at 10:30 a. m. and at 7:30
p. m. throughout the ten-day per
iod. Children's services will be
held daily at 3:15 o'clock.
The church has not held a series
of revival services in two years,
the last one being in August 1943,
when the Rev. A. B. Cash was
pastor.
The pastor and members of the
church extend an invitation to
people in the community to attend
the revival.
Hiwassee Dam
P. T. A. Officers
Are Elected
Hiwassee Dam ? Tine officers
of the P. T. A. for the ensuing
school year are as follows: Presi
dent, Mrs. Kenneth Woodard;
vice-president, Mrs. O. H. Butler;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Ed
Higdon.
Those appointed to serve on
various committees are: Devo-i
tions, R. L. Keenum; publicity,
W. B. Thomas and Miss Ella
Stephens; ways and means. Mrs.
Lance McKenzie. Mrs. Dewey
Erock, Mrs .W. T. Morgan, Mr.
and Mrs. A .S. Thompson; pro
gram, Mrs. W. B. Thomas, Mi's. R.
D. Sutton, and Miss Thelma Mid
dleton; membership, Mrs. G. H.
Eutler. Mrs. J. P. Sellers, Mrs. T.
W. McNut; hospality. Miss Trilby
Glenn, Miss Maggie B. Kisselberg,
W. F. Morgan, and Mrs. F. B. Hill.
Konnaheeta Club To
Entertain First District
The annual meeting of the first
district of the North Carolina
Federation of Women's clubs will
be held at Andrews on Monday,
October 1. beginning at 10 o'clock
in the morning, with the Konna
heeta club as hostess. Terrace
hotel will be headquarters, and
luncheon will be served there fol
lowing the morning program.
District officers are: Mrs. D. E.
Pullium of Andrews, president;
Mrs. J. W. Davidson, Muiphy, vice
president; and Miss Pauline Hicks,
Andrews, secretary.
Mrs. Karl Bishopric, president
of the North Carolina Federation
of Women's clubs, will be principal
speaker . The program will open
with the clilb hymn by the as
sembly, following which the Rev.
C. C .Washam will offer the Invo
cation. Following the collect.
Miss Vivian Moore of Andrews
will give the address of welcome,
and Miss Mary Corn well of Mur
phy will bring greetings from the
home demonstration clubs. Mrs.
R. L .Allen of Waynesville will give
the response. Mrs. I. B. Hudson
will give some musical selections.
Mrs. Pullium will make her re
port, following which business will
bo transacted. Mrs. Edwin Bris
tol will sing a solo, after which
Mrs. O. W. Cover, Sr., will present
Mrs. Bishopric. Mrs. John Stan
ley and Mrs. X. B. Hudson will
furnish music, and Mrs. John
Council, second vice-president of
the North Carolina Federation of
Women's clubs will make an ad
dress. Mrs. Nancy Robinson will
speak on "War Service". Reports
of clubs and committees will be
heard before adjournment for
luncheon.
Governor, Conservation Board And Other
Distinguished Guests To Visit This County
Funeral Is Held
Sunday For Mrs,
E. S. Miller
Funeial services for Mis. E. S.
Miller, 67, who died at her home
here about 9 o'clock Fi iday night,
following a stroke which she suf
fered a week prior to her death,
were held Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at First Methodist
church of which she had been a
member from childhood. The
Rev. Ralph Taylor, the Rev. R. E.
McClure of Ashevilie, and th?
Rev. L. E. Latham officiated.
Burial was in the old Methodist
cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Tom
Mauney, Sam Davidson, Robert
Weaver, Hadley Dickey, Harry
Eishop. Dave Carringer, Winslow
Mclver, and Fred Johnson.
Honorary pallbearers were:
Joe Axley, Willard Axley, Bass
Ferguson, Neil Davidson, Ernest
Hawkins, Mercer Fain. Harve El
kins, Harvey Akin. Paul Hyatt, L.
L .Mason, B. L. Padgett, Walter
Mauney, Dr. W. A. Hoover, Dr.
B. W. Whitfield, Dr. S .C. Heigh
way, E. B. Norvell, Harvey Wilson,
J. D. Mallonee, J. B. Gray, R. G.
Alexander, L. E. Bayless, Ed
Bamett, Dennis Baxnett, John
Axley. Dale Lee, C. W. Savage. W.
A. Savage, Allen Richardson,
Fred Christopher, Carl Robbs, Dr.
L. T. Russell, Dr. J. R. Bell, Ed
Studstill, Howard Moody, H.
Bueck, Pearley Mauney, Tom
Evans, L. A. Frasch, L. M. Shields,
E. L. Shields, E. A. Wood, T. P.
Calhoun, W. D. King, J. W. David
son, John Posev, Jr., J. L. Hal!
and C. E. Weir.
Mrs. Miller, the former Miss
Mellicent Brittain, was torn and
reared in Murphy and spent most
of her life here. She was devoted
to her church and was active in
its organizations, was a member
of the Woman's club and took an
active part in Red Cros work and
in all civic enterprises for the bet
terment of the town and com
munity.
Surviving are three sons. Dr.
Harry Miller and Mr. Morris Mill
er of Murphy, and Capt. Edward
S. Miller, a physician in the medi
cal corps, who has been a prisoner
of the Japanese since the fall of
Corregidor and from whom noth
ing has been heard since the end
of the war: one daughter, Mrs.
Frank Justice and three grand
children, Susie Miller and Cecelia
and Frank Justice, all of Murphy.
Townson funeral home was in
charge of arranjivments.
MURPHY COAST GUARDSMAN AT NORTH PACIFIC BASE? ?
Coast Guardsman Warren G. ODell, Seaman first class, son of Mr. !
and Mrs. S. M. O'Dell of Murphy, North Carolina, is pictured tuning
in the good news of Jap surrender while stationed at an isolated Coast
Guard base somewhere in the North Pacific. He attended Murphy high
school and worked for the Owen Electric company before enlisting.
CHAIRMAN ? J. L. Home, Jr.,
of Rocky Mount, publisher of the
Rocky Mount Telegram, who is
chairman of the Board of Conser
vation and Development.
DIRECTOR ? R. Bruce Etheridge,
director of the State Boaid of
Conservation and Development.
FROM CANTON ? W. J. Dam
toft of Canton, one of the W. N.
C. members of the board.
LCCAL MEMBER ? Percy B
Ferebee of Andrews, member of
the board from this district.
Boys Returning
From Overseas
Among the men from this sec
tion returning recently to the
states from overseas posts are:
Pfc. Roy H. Edmondson, route 1,
Robbinsville; S. Sgt. Harvey G.
Elkins. 220 Tennessee street. Mur
phy; T-4 J. T. Elden Hicks, An
drews; Pfc. Robert Wilson. Mar
ble; Pfc. Major W. McDowell,
Hayesvillc.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
ANDREWS Memorial ser
vices for Boone Bryson, who died
in a hospital overseas, will be held
at the Valley River church Sunday,
September 23. at 2:30 o'clock.
Fair Attracts
Large Crowds
Cherokee county fair, sponsor
ed by Murphy Lions club. Inc.,
is in full swing as the SCOUT
goes to press. Opening Monday
night with only a small crowd,
the fair attracted large crowds
throughout the day, and night
programs Tuesday and Wednes
day, and prospects are that even
more will attend the thrree re
maining days. It appears that
all attendance recoi-ds will be
broken, according to H. G. El
kins. fair chairman. Tuesday
night was adjudged to be the
biggest Tuesday night for the
fair on record.
Farm, home, school and
church exhibits have attracted
much attention. Livestock ex
hibit is outstanding.
J. J. Page shows are furnish
ing the midway attractions.
AT RED CROSS MEETING
Mrs. Blanco Miller attended
the Junior Red Cross conference
in Aslieville today < Thursday > .
ANDREWS ? Red letter days
for Cherokee county and Andrews
will I ? when Andrews becomes the
State's capital city for three
days, September 24, 25 and 26,
with the arrival here of Governor
R. Gregg Cherry and Mrs. Cherry.
Accompanying the governor will
be the North Carolina Board of
Conseivation and Development,
headed by its director R. Bruce
Eiheridge .Josh L. Home, Jr.,
chairman; Charles S. Allen, J.
Wilbur Bunn, Oscar P. Breece, K.
Clyde Council, R. Floyd Crouse,
W. J. Damtoft, A. H. Guion, W.
Roy Hampton, Miles J. Smith,
D. M. Stafford, J. R. Wollett, A.
K. Winget and Percy B. Ferebee.
A major part of the party is
expected to arrive in Andrews at
the Terrace hotel on Sunday af
ternoon.
A business meeting of the
Board of Conservation and De
velopment will be held at the city
hall on Monday morning begin
ning at 9:00 a. m. The chairman
and several members of the Vir
ginia Conservation Commission
are expected to attend the Mon
day morning session. W. K. Mc
pherson, chief of the industrial
ecnomics division and commerce
department of TVA, will address
the morning meeting. Also, Car
rol A. Towne, chief of the Recre
ation and Public grounds division
legional studies of TVA, will be
heard. Attending also will be Dr.
R. William Eschmyer fisheries in
vestigator and forestry relations
department of TVA, and J. C.
Kircher, U. S. regional forester,
Atlatita, Ga.
Those attending the first day's
session will be entertained at a
picnic supper at Nantahala Lake
on Monday evening by the An
drews Rotary club. A number of
ladies are expected to accomp
i any their hi"' n<_. her11 These
will be entertained at a luncheon
by Mrs. Giles W Cover on Monday.
In the afternoon a tea will be giv
en in Murphy for the ladies, by
Murphy Woman's club.
On Tuesday morning the party
will be joined by Van Court Hare
of the TV A engineering staff and
Harry Wilkerson of the TVA recre
ation staff, and will then visit
Hiwassee Dam. Appalachia Dam,
the erosion area around Duck town,
Tenn., and will then return to
Murphy for a picnic luncheon ar
ranged by Murphy Lion's club and
Eusiness Men's club and other
interested groups. Leaving Mur
phy the group will visit Nottely
Dam, Hayesville and Chatu^e
lake, hence to Franklin where the
party will be entertained with a
dinner, after which the entourage
will return to its Ten-ace hotel
headquarters.
Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock
the party will leave Andrews for
Robbinsville. The town will turn
out en masse, and Supt. Floyd S.
Griffin announces that the school
children will be let out to meet
their governor. Leaving Robbins
ville, Fontana Dam will be visited,
and Project Manager Fred Schlem
mer will show the visitors over the
project. After having lunch there
the party will move on to Mary
ville, Tenn., and will return to
Carolina via Gatlinburg. Newfound
Gap, and Cherokee, and will ar
rive at Bryson City, where moun
tain hospitality will be offered once
airain to the distinguished visitors.
Club To Sponsor
Study Salesmanship
Charles B. McFee. Jr., area in- 1
f-truct ir of distributive education
of the vocational education de
partment. .North Carolina depart
ment of public instruction, Raleigh,
was guest speaker at the regular
monthly meeting of Murphy Busi
ness Men's club held at Hotel Regal
Thursday evening. He was intro
duced ty Robert S. Bault.
Created by the George-Deen Act
in congress in 1937, Distributive
Education is a regular department
of the state division of vocational
education. It offers training in
high school under a coordinator
and on a cooperative basis, that
is, the student studies retailing
md merchandising in school and
must hold a job in the afternoons.
Training on the adult level con
sists of ten-hour courses in sales
manship. display, business speech,
supervision, how to teach an em
ployee. human relations training
and other subjects. The adult
clascs are offered during store
hours or in the evening and there
is no charge for the instruction. A
regular fee of from 50c to $1 is
charged each person entering these
classes to take care of the ex
pense of mimeograph and other
materials they receive during the
period. No text-books are re
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