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Andrews Personals Mrs. Ann Lanham and Arnold Carter of Trenton, N. J. and Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Toy of Delaneo. N. J., were guests of Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Lime last week. Mr and Mrs. H. A. Van Gorder spent last week-end in Atlanta, Ga . with Mrs. Van Gorder's daugh ter, Mrs. Vladimir Vuchetich and Mr. Vuchetich, and her son, John Axley. Mr and Mrs. Riehard Byars. Spartanburg. S. C., are spending several days with Mrs. Byars' sister, Mrs. C. H Jarrett and Mr. Jarrett. Mrs. Ruby Vassey, Gaffney, S. C., spent several days last week with her uncle and family. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Best. Vincent Hardin spent last Tues day in Murphy on business. Mrs. Louella Delaney. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Easley and Mrs. Fannie Easley of Bristol. Tenn.. were the guests of Mrs. Delaney's son and daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs Charles Delaney. on Tuesday of last week. Dr Ben Grant, Jr.. of Franklin, spent last Sunday with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Grant. Sr. His mother. Mrs. Grant and his sister. Mrs. Louise Rogers, returned with him to spend a few days. Mrs. L. U. Lloyd. Sr . returned to her home in Winston-Salem. N C., after spending several days with her sister. Mrs. Henry Trotter, and Mr. Trotter. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Trotter and son. Henry Lee. spent last Sunda> in Franklin. River Hill Miss Lorine Williamson is al i home now for a few days' visit. Miss Joyce Hamby of Ducktown. | Tenn. is spending a week with herj grandmother Mrs. Loretta William son. Mr and Mrs. William Allen had as their guests Sunday. Mr and Mrs Lester Williamson and Mr and Mrs. Fred Grayham and child ren. Mr. and Mrs. George V Mor row and family, of Vest P V. T. William Allen Jr of Fort Mead Md . is spending some time with relatives here Mr Clyde Williamson and daugh ter. Irene, spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Martha Reid Mrs. Willis Payne spent one night last week with her sister Mrs. Jason Baine. KEEPSAKE j Diamond Rin^s j REGISTRATION CERTIFI- I CATE WITH EVERY DIAMOND Davis' Jewelers ; T.V.A. News Almost a million visitors saw j TVA's major dams in the month of j July. Estimated number of visits I to 15 of the major projects was approximately 925.000, with Fon tana. Kentucky, and Norris lead ing the list in that order. All states and the District of I Columbia were represented. Among | the leading 20 states, other than those within the Tennessee Valley. ! ( were Ohio. South Carolina. Flori- j I da. Illinois. Indiana. Michigan. I I New York. Mississippi. Pennsyl- j I vania. Missouri. New Jersey. Texas. I Louisiana and West Virginia. Forty-eight foreign countries, j three I' S Possessions and the i Canal Zone, were represented. * ? ? * County md municipal forest ownerships in the 125 Valley coun ties numbei 47 and total 57.820 acres. 0.3 percent of all forest land. Countv and municipal lands are widel) scattered and well suit ed for de;,:>n>: rating forest man agement practices. All but one of the 29 municipal tracts serve as city watersheds Eight of these are now being systematically managed 1 timber as well as water production: the others are protected from fire but no timber cutting i> permitted. The 18 coun ty tracts totaling 5.530 acres are included n county farms or school properties for the most part: only three have management plans; five are -iven fire protection only 10 receive no attention whatsoever. Floyd J. Williams, TV A substa \?n construction foreman, will re ceive the National Safety Council President's Medal in a special ceremony in Memphis on Saturday afternoon. August 14. George F Gent. TVA General Manager, will make the presentation. Last April 23 Mr. Williams, as sisted by other employees, gave prompt artificial respiration to a fellow workman, Robert C. Gregg, who had accidentally come into contact with 11.000 volts of elec tricity while checking connections of a new installation. Artificial respiration was started at once by Mr Williams, whose quick action unquestionably saved the victim's life, the Council states in its cita tion * * * * During the month of July rain tall in the Tennessee River Basin averaged 5.4 inches, or 112 per cent of the 4.79-inch normal July rainfall. Precipitation above Chat tanooga averaged 5.8 inches and below Chattanooga 5.0 inches, com pared to normal July precipitation of 5.13 inches and 4 39 inches, re spectively. * * * * Construction progress: At WA i'AI'GA DAM intermittent rain -lowed down the placing of earth ' ill. which for the month totaled . bout 150.000 cubic yards. Good "Oh They Don't Sell (ias-They Just Specialize In Service!" Our service is so wonderful that we've almost earned that reputation. However, let us assure you we do sell gas . . . and oil and lubricants. We service all types of autos . . .and please everyone concerned. Drive in today. This station has been purchased from W. A. Sherrill by Hubert (Pug) Hinton, who is now managing and operating it. HINTON'S PURE OIL SERVICE Phone 375 Murphy, N. C. progress was made on the develop ment of the main rock quarry and placing of rock fill averaged more than 6.000 cubic yards per day. The aggregate plant was dismantl ed and transferred to South Hols ton. ? Stripping in the river bed at SOUTH HOLSTON DAM made good progress and placing of fill is scheduled to start soon. ? Place ment of the concrete structure for Unit No. 5 at WHEELER DAM was completed during the month and practically all forms were stripped ?At HALES BAR DAM concret ing was completed in the weirs, east non overflow section and spill way deck. Real Estate Transfers Lexie Rogers Stiles and husband. Lester Stilts, to W. B. Studstill and wife. Geneva L. Studstill. property in Cherokee eounty. Fred .Coleman and wife. Ethel Coleman, to R. L. Craig and wife, i Ida Craig, property in Shoal Creek township. C. S. Evans and wife, Belzie Evans*, to Carmen Fleming, proper- 1 ty, in Cherokee county. L C. Powell and wife. Altie Powell, to .! C Prince and wife, Esmer Prince, property in Shoal Creek township. W. D. Townson and wife, Win liie Townson. to W. K Thompson and wife. Carrie Mae Thompson, property in Cherokee county. Bob Davis and wife. Margie Davis, to Vaughn Ownby and wife. Ethel Ownby. property in Chero kee county. L. W. Shields and wife, Dair Shields, to Evangeline Shields Johnson, property in Cherokee county. Winnie Lee Herbert, now Win nie Lee Herbert Lindsay and hus band. David Lindsay, to Elizabeth Scruggs, lots in Andrews. Vincent Love and wife. Nancy Love, to John Olsen and wife. Hazel R Olsen and Margaret Valeria Robinson, property in Valleytown township. Donald Anderson and wife. Helen Anderson, to Howard Gre gory and wife N'isha Gregory, property in Andrews. James C' Robinson and wife. Lizzie Robinson, to Ted Hamilton and B. Hamilton as tenants in common, property in Valleytown township. Mrs. J. M Silvey to W. A. Nich ols. property in Cherokee county. J. E Farmer 'commonly known as "Ed and wife Ella Farmer, to William Clyde Farmer an un married man. property in Chero kee county. C. L Alvcrson and wife. Bessie Alverson, to Mrs. Willie West, property in Murphy township. Mrs. Donald Wilson, widow, to Gordon Wilson, property in Val leytown township. Dr. F M. Coy and wife. Dorothy E. Coy. to Paul J. Miller, proper ty in Murphy township. W. T. Forsyth and wife. Xenia and Lee Wat kins and wife Lettie Watkins. to Jack Herbert, proper ty in Valleytown township. D C Smart and wife. Annie Mae Smart to Denver R. Arp and wife. Donnie Arp. property in Valleytown township. Clyde Watson and wife. Myrtle Watson to D. C. Watson and wife. Elsie Watson, property in Chero kee county Two Cherokee Students At Boone BOONE ? Mrs. Ruth Dickey Car roll of Murphy and Miss Nell Wells ot Marble are Cherokee county's representatives a t Appalachian State Teachers college this sum mer, among the 1408 different students who have enrolled. Eighty nine of North Carolina's 100 coun ties have representatives on the cimpus. The college enrolled 1123 for the first term of summer school and 849 for the second term, mak ing 1972 enrollments in all, in I eluding those who registered for both terms. The summer school is conducted at Appalachian on the philosophy that there should be in-service growth among those in the teach ing profession. This is the first year that the college has offered a master's degree. A total of 274 have regis tered in the Graduate School. A corn yield of 32 bushels per acre is estimated for North Caro lina in 1946, compared with an average yield of only 21.8 bushels per acre during the period 1937 46 Patrick j I Mi*, and Mrs. William Allen have announced the marriage of their daughter. Miss Opal Allen j to Lester Williamson, son of Mr. : and Mrs. Clyde Williamson, Auj- I ust 13, at Blue Ridge, Ga., in a quiet ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Car! Pierce and son, and Mr and Mrs. Lee Hor ton made a business trip to Cop perhill Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Buster Warly and sons, were the guests of their daughter and her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Junior Craft Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ledford were visitors in Copperhill. Tenn.. Saturday. Mrs. D. Horton who has been ill is improving. A revival meeting started at Liberty Baptist Church Sunday. August 15. Junior Deaver of Atlanta, Ga.. is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Deaver. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pierce and children were the guests of her mother, Mrs. Mary Hamby Sun day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Junior Craft and daughters, have returned from Lancaster, S. C.. and have moved here. Messers Leroy Boone, Parks Craft, and Roy Worly. of Lancas ter. S. C., were visitors at Patrick over the week-end. POSTPONED Farm and Home Week, annual State-wide gathering of farmers and farm women which had been scheduled on the State College campus from August 30 to Septem ber 3, will not be held in 1948. it has been announced by Dr. I. O. Schaub. director of the North Caro lina Extension Service. I 562 Motorists Lose Licenses For Drunken Driving RALEIGH ? During July. 562 motorists in North Carolina were shorn of their driving licenses be cause of drunken driving, bringing to 5.065 total drunken driving convictions for 1948. the Motor Ve hicle Department announced today. | The July drunken driving con victions were 160 less than for ihe same month last year, when 722 persons were convicted. A total of 894 drivers lost their driving privileges during July be cause of traffic law offenses and practices detrimental to highway safety. Revocations totaled 736, and suspensions 158. These included 64 persons caught driving drunk outside the State; 33 driving drunk and miscellane ous; 24 driving after license had \ been revoked; 29 speeding over 75 miles per hour; 21 for transport ing liquor; and 12 for two offenses of speeding over 55 miles per hour. Twenty-one persons lost their licenses for two offenses of driv- j ing drunk. A second drunken j driving conviction means manda tory revocation of license for a period of three years. Eight per sons lost their licenses for failure to maintain proof of financial responsibility, and 11 others lost their driving privileges for being habitual violators of the traffic laws. During July, 368 persons were convicted of reckless driving, bringing to 2,588 the total reck less driving convictions for 1948. Reckless driving, however, requir es no revocation or suspension on first offense. In addition to the major viola tions which are cause for revocj. tion and ?uspen?ion there 8,540 other violators who were convicted, but not deprived of their driving licenses. Speeding took tne greatest toll with 3,414 convictions, bringing total speeding convictions for the year to 18,365. Other offenses: failing to have driver's license, 1 ,883; faulty equip, ment, 724; improper lights, 415; running through red light, 385; driving on wrong side of road, 81; and failure to stop at intersection. 77. Of the total violators for July 7,501 were North Carolinians, and 1,039 were out-of-state drivers. Please don't hang up ... gfie 11 ' v\. You never know what'* happening at flic other end of the line! That's why it's important to alio ihout a in in ute for your party to reach the telephone. It's also important to answer calls as promptly an possible. 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Everyone's spreading the good news about this great new Oldsmobile ? for everywhere the Futuramic goes, every body "goes for" the Futuramic! No wonder more and more people are saying ? "It's SMART to Own an Olds!" u tt K ^ tH* OLDSMOBILE YOUR OLDSMOBILE DEALER Dickey Chevrolet Company PHONE 60 MURPHY, N. C. TSm, to nmn /. 1W. ViMl Hmmk, Wm-m mi Hit*.
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