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lIIMi? what m an ?a||| M Is the omlj iJPiffitllfclPlP '(UN THE ^ MARCH OF DIMES ,1 VOLUME 69 ? NUMBER 26 MURPHY, north CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 12, 1966 EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK Avery L. Martin, Educator And Solon Is Taken By Death Avery Lee Martin, 78, died i suddenly at 6:15 Tuesday morn ing ol a heart attack, after an ill ness of several months. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 P. M. in First Baptist Church, of which he was a member. The Rev. J. Alton Morris and the Rev. Delbert Byrum officiated. Burial was in Friend ship Cemetery at Suit. He was the son of the late La Fayette and Peggy Martin of Friendship community where he grew up Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Amanda Jane Sparks Martin; three daughters. Miss Gillie Martin, Mrs. Pearl Rush and Mrs. Pauline Stalcup of Murphy; two sons, Lylc of Oak Park and Lakes of Kno.r ville, Tenn., and six grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers, Winfield of Duktown, Tenn., Ran som of Shelbyville, Tenn.; three sisters, Mrs. Martha Bass of Atlanta, Ga? Mrs. Nan Montgom ery of Suit, .and Mrs. Myrtle Burger of Isabella, Tenn. Granville Radcliff of Coppe rhill, Tenn., Jiv ed with the family since he was nine years of age until he grew to manhood. Mr. Martin was superintendent of Cherokee County Schools for 36 years, retiring in 1939. He represented the county in the General Assembly one term, taught school from early manhood, was a Sunday School teacher for 40 years or more and was a trustee of the First Baptist Church for a number of years. Schoe'- in the Murphy City Sci ool J.iit and all Cherokee Cwjnty -xhc<A? w'osed at noon Wednesday auk of respect to Mr. Martin. Jvie Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were: Active: H Bueek, Frank Crawford, Delmar Thompson, Jim Green, Dale Lee, and Tom Axley; Honorary: W. M. Lay, Paul Hyatt, Dr. R. S. Parker, B, M. Harbin, Lloyd Hendrix, John O Dell, Dr. B. W. Whitfield, Henry Hyatt, Walter Mauney, L. E. Bayless, C. W. Savage, W. D. Townson, Joe Axley, Sheridan' Dickey, Noah Lovingood, E. C. Moore, Neil Davidson, R. C. Mat tox, W. C. Kinney, Howard Moody, E. J. Darnell, Jerry Davidson, I. B. Hudson and H. M. Whitaker. WMU To Meet At Peachtree 17th The W. M. U.'s of the Western North Carolina Baptist Association I will meet with Peachtree Church Tuesday, January 17, 10 o'clock. Mrs. John Wacaster from the State Office in Raleigh will be the inspirational speaker. Mrs. Elmer Childers of Nantahala will preside. Conferences will he held. Rev. B. S. Hodges Speaks Sunday The Rev. B. S. Hodges, assistant to the Director of the General Council of the Presbyterian Church iin the United States will preach j at the Presbyterian Church here at 11 o'clock Sunday morn-' ing. Sunday School will meet at 10 and Youth Fellowship, at 6:30. A joint meeting of officers of the church will be held Saturday at 7:30 P. M. at Savage Hotel. Churoh Family Night will be held Wednesday with supper at 6:30. The meeting will feature story hour for Hie children, and an Interesting program for adults will be held. Ward Speaks On Work In Greece James 6. Ward having recently returned from Asia, talked to the High School rtodenta last Mi oak in I Court To Be Called Off The term of Superior Court scheduled for the weeks of January 23 and 30, will not be held because of the illness of County Attorney J. B. Gray and small number of cases set for trial, announces J. L. Hall, Clerk of Superior Court. Hatching Egg Industry Gets Plug From Lions Special emphasis was placed in the hatching egg industry in an around Murphy and Cherokee County as a business that will bring good returns to people of .ho area, in an open forum dis cussion of lecal problems at Mur phy Lion.-- Club Tuesday evening. The forutn was conducted by W. \i. Davis, vvhc advised the Lions and other interested groups to become interested enough to pro vide a poultry specialist to work with the farmers in advancing this program Other projects mentioned as being needed in Murphy are: Recreational facilities, Forest Ser vice developments, better trans portation, and promotion of Hiwassee State Park. John Thigpen of Knoxville was a guest dt Jimrnie Goodwin, and the^Rev^. Delt^rt Byrum waS a guest of H. G. Elkins. President, Mack Patton presided. SINGING The third Sunday Singing will j be held at Fairvieiw Church near Ranger Sunday at 2 P. M., an nounces John Donley. PREACHES?The Rev. Freed Townsend of Dalton, Ga , who will preach at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church February 1. 2 and 3 at ?:30 each night. Seamon Elected President Of Tourist Group H. M. Seamon, lease operato of New Hotel Regal, was elected president of the newly organized Cherokee County Tourist Associa tion at a meeting held at the hotel Thursday evening. Other officers elected were J. A. Beaver, Andrews Tourist Court, v.ce-president, and Mrs. Mabel E. Massey, Hiawassee Motor Court, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. J. C Wood, Andrews Cafe, Andrews, alternate director of Western North Carolina Tourist Associa-1 tion, to represent Cherokee Coun ty. J. M. Baity, director of Western North Carolina Tourist Associa tion, Andrews gave a brief out line- of the organization and its Plans were made to contact as many interested people as possible for the next meeting which is to be held Thursday (today) at the Junaluska Terrace Hotel, Andrews, alt 7:30. Lions Make Hundreds Happy With Baskets Of Food iw trim n ?v\ } 6*Ka ... mum Shown here arc part of the 155 baskets of food and confec tioneries that were given at Christmas by Murphy Lions Club to approximately 775 people who otherwise would have had meager Christmas meals. The community as a whole participated in providing the money for the baskets, through contributions on the dime board, operated several days prior to Christmas by Lions R. W. White, J. D. Burch and Ben Vaught composed the committee to arrange and deliver the baskets. The picture of the baskets was taken while they were being assembled for deliverv in front of Burch-Sherrill Motor Co. Members of Murphy Lions dub are: Mack S. Pttton. Loren Davis, Robt. M. White, Dr. B ,W. Whitfield, Robt. S. Bault, W. A. Sherrill, Joe E. Ray, J. D. Burch, Dr. W. A. Hoover, H. G. Elkins, H. E. Bishop, H. A. Mattox, j. R. Bell, R. V. Weaver, J. B. Gray, S. N. liobo, Frank Forsyth, T. A. Case, H. Bueck, Hobart McKeever, Glenn Patton, W. D. Townson, W. M. Fain, Ben Vaught, Dale Lee, A. Q. Ketner, Frank Crawford, Harvey Wilson, John Davidson, Joe Hamilton, Edwin Hyde, Harold Wells, Peyton G. Ivie, J. W. Franklin, Alden Coward, J. L. Savage, C. R. Freed, E. H. Brumby, J. H. Duncan, Cloe Moore, Dr. Harry Dickey, Ruel Adams, W. M. Mauney, P. J. Henn, A. M. Cooke, Donald Morris, Rev. Jas. Crook, Jimmie Goodwin. School Building Program Here Is To Get Under Way Soon John Brittain Is New Mayor Town Of Murphy John Brittain is Murphy's new mayor, appointed by the council to succeed Neil Sneed who re signed to become chief of police. Brittain already has assumed his duties. For a number of years Brittain was with Sears, Roebuck and Co. in Atlanta, and in more recent years was with H. T. Hackney Co. here, as auditor. New Testament Church Is Morris' Sermon Subject The Rev. J. Alton Morris will preach at First Baptist Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock on the subject, "The New Testament Church?Its Foundation". Sunday evening at 7:30 he will preach on, "Our First Duty". Sunday School starts at 9:45, and Training Union at 6:30, Mid week services will be on the usual schedule, with Hour of Power ser vice starting at 7:30 Wednesday evening. Dr. Ernest Branch Speaks On "Teeth" Dr. Ernest Branch from the \ State Health Departir^nt spoke to i the students of grades three through nine in Murphy schools ! on Tuesday morning, stressing; "Care of the Teeth." While in Murphy, Dr. Branch conferred with school officials in regard to the [ dental examinations now in pro gress in the school here. Valleytowi $150,000 I Leghorn Lays Prize Egg The largest chicken egg the SCOUT staff ever saw was brought to the office last week by Mrs. Bay B. Lovingood. A White Leghorn hen belonging to Elisha Lovingood, Route 3, Murphy, laid the egg which weighs six ounces and measures seven and three-quarters Inches in circumference. It was laid on January 4. The egg is on display at the SCOUT office. Mrs. A. R. Stalcup Taken By Death Funeral services for Mrs. Ada , Elizabeth Stalcup, 64, who died of a heart attack at her home on Martin's Creek Wednesday, were held Friday afternoon in Old Martin's Creek Baptist Church. The Rev. Alfred Smith and the Rev. Wayne Crisp officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery, with Ivie Funeral Home in charges Surviving are the husband, A. R. (Agg) Stalcup; five sons, Glenn and Horace of Murphy, Frank, Lake and Charlie of West Fir, Oregon; five daughters, Mrs. Ida Chastain of Murphy. Mrs. Alwayne Martin of Blairsville, Ga? Mrs. Juanita Thomas of Akron, Ohio, Mrs. Fannie Smart of Hayesville, end Mrs. Bonnie Clayton of Brass town. John Wrinn left Saturday for 'wo weeks' training at Fort Benning. i Requests Election By I B. HLUSON ANDREWS?Last week may go down in the books as "Black Week" for education in Cherokee County. The joint school boards of the County unit amd the Mur phy and Andrews units met in the office of Supt. Lloyd tiendrix. Present also were Supt. H. Bueck of the Murphy unit and Supt. I. B. Hudson of the Andrews unit. The Board of County Commis sioners was called in to advise with the school forces. Following the lead of the Mur phy Board, the County Board of Education declined to join the An drews Board in a request for a $500,000 bond election in the county for school buildings in the three units. Thereafter, the Andrews Board requested the Commissioners to set in motion machinery for hold ing an election in Valleytown Township for $150,000 for the purpose of erecting buildings at Andrews and Marble. Notwithstanding the fact that Murphy's main building is two score years old, and the further fact that two of the school's ele mentary grades have their per manent home rooms in the halls of the new elementary building, the Murphy Board failed to see the wisdom of supplying funds other than what the State will supply, namely, $114,708.05. The writer is fairly conversant with school plants in many coup ties .of the state, and has taught for 31 years in seyen of these counties. He doubts if there is an equal number of children in any county of the state who have poorer building facilities than do the children of the Cherokee county unit. This is not said with any intention of criticism or re buke to any person connected with these schools. But it is stated as a hard undeniable fact for any body to see who will look. Indeed we fervently hope no system has poorer buildings than do the two thousand children served in our great county. We cannot but agree with the words of Supt. J. P. Sifford of Stanly county, and chairman of the Survey Panel here Nov. 9, 194D, when in describing one of the county's three-teacher schools he said: "It is very unfortunate that school children in North Carolina must attend school in this type of building". And further speaking of the Ranger, Culiberson, Shields, John son, Wolf Creek and Wolf Creek-A schools (14 teachens) he iwrote in his report to the Cherokee County Board of Education, "The only word that will give an accurate description of these six schools is 'deplorable' ". We would prefer to have our schools spoken of as he did of the Peachtree school, as he wrote in his report: "The Peachtree school building is one of the most mod ern plants in far-western North Carolina. The building was con structed in 1947 and is well-plan ned and adequate in every respect". Kanger, Murpny Sites Are Now Being Selected The school building program in the three administrative units in this county, supported by state funds, is expected to get underway soon. The Murphy unit board is in the process of purchasing a site for a high school building, to be constructed with the $114,000 allotted by the State. The Cher okee County unit is in the pro cess of purchasing a site for a con solidated school in the Ranger district. This is to be a 15-teach er elementary school, and work is expected to start on it in the spring, at a cost of approximately $120,000. The Ranger consolidated school will serve the pupils now attend ing Culberson, Ranger, Shields, Johnson, Wolf Creek and Wolf Creek A schools. In addition, the county unit ex pects to add three classrooms and a cafeteria to the new White Church School at Grandvieiw, which now also serves pupils from the former Owl Creek, Boiling Springs and Bbenezer Schools. This is to be at a cost of approxi mately $40,000. The county units' allottment from state funds Is $157,000. The Andrews unit which is to receive $106,000, from the state, is asking the county commission ers to call an election in Valley town Township for a $150,000 bond issue in order to build a 16 to 17 room high school building in An drews and seven or eight-room elementary school building in Marble. The above projects are results of the state survey made recent ly. For the county unit, it was also recommended that new buildings be constructed at Unhka and Hiwassee Dam when funds are available. Unaka School would then serve also the Upper Beaver dam children and Hiwassee Dam School the Violet children. Rites Held For Mrs. Davenport Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Stiles Davenport, 65, who died at her home at Culberson at 2 A. M. Tuesday, were held Wednesday at 1 P. M. in Bethlehem Baptist Church. The Rev. John Cook officiated, and burial was in the church ceme tery with Townson Funeral Home in charge. Surviving are the husband, Thomas Davenport; six sons, Her man of Hemp, Ga., Luther, Harley, Floyd, Ira, and Robert of Culber son; two daughters Mrs. Ruthde Richards of Dalton, Ga., and Mrs. Bonnie Jackson of Culberson. GUILD TO MEET The Wesleyan Guild of First Methodist Church will meet at the home of Mrs. John Bayless Mon day night at 7:30, with Mrs.' Edwin Hyde and Miss Gladys Mc Cleskey as co-hostesses. Miss Josephine Heighway will have the devotional, and Miss Marvie Walk er will have charge of the program. Injuries In Mine Fatal To Gibson Gus Leach Gibson, 38, of Mur phy, Route 2, a veteran of World War II, died about 2 A. M. Mon day in a Murphy hospital from injuries received about 2 A. M. Thursday, January 9, when a piece of talc fell from the roof of the Minerals and Metals Corporation Talc Mine near Ranger, where he was working, striking him on the bead and crushing his aim. Hie talc itiihhm Mm weighed about 1,000 pounds, according to Joe Bailey. superintendent of tfae mine. Funeral services were held Ikras day at 2 P. M. la Little CHeda Bap tist Church with the Be*. In JM ton of Culberson, and the Rev. Carl Cunningham of Murphy offi ciating. Burial was in the Old Methodist Cemetery in Murphy, with I vie Funeral Home in change. Pallbearers were employees of the mining company. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Alice Stewart Gibson; four Ben, Carl, Dewey, and Jo the home; his father, Leach GHb son. Route 2, Murphy; nine lath en, CUtaton, Wade, Va Jamas an 2 Grady of i
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