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VACATION ? Mm Mountains runt Population , CHEROKEE COUNTY. l?.m MURPHY, 1,433 ANDREWS, 1,397 ^ VOLUME 62?NUMBER 5 MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1952 V-C" TWELVE PAGES THIS WtEK Peachtree Church Is Host ToaWNC Baptist Association BAPTIST SPEAKER?Dr. M A. Huggins, secretary of the Bap list State Convention, who will speak on ' The Baptist Program of Advance" at the associational meeting at Peachtrec Wednesday, August 20. at 11:15 a. m. REPRESENTATIVE?T h e Rev. ! J. M. Hayes, superintendent of the . Baptist Home for the Aging, Win- i ston-Salcm, who will report to the W. N. C. Baptist Association at 2:45 p. m. Tuesday, August 19. Murphy To Play Grant Park Aces Murphy will have a tiptop team on the field Saturday at 8:15 p. m. and Sunday at 2:30 p. m. when the Murphy team will take on the Grant Park Aces of Atlanta, Ga? according to Edward Townson, manager of the Murphy baseball club. Bob Huggins or Shag Hunt will be on the mound, and Dug Cole or Cosmo Cornelius will catch. Other Murphy players will be Jack Crawford, Bill Brannon, Ike Ol son. Ed Rogers, Wayne Palmer, Woodrow Hemphill. Larry Posey, Dub Sherrill and Ted Sisson. Two former Murphy ball players. Pat and Cosmo Cornelius, now of New York, will be on the fkeld. The Aces recently wbn the At lanta Amateur Baseball Federation tcuruey fcr 1952. The Aces will represent Atlanta in the National Amateur Baseball Federation tour nament to be held in September in Youngstcwn, O. The Aces won the crown at Ponce de Leon Park, Atlanta, de feating Piekrick Drive-in, 8-5, Sunday, August 10. Grant Park is the second Sunday club to win the championship since the first At lanta Amateur Baseball Federa tion tourney held in 1939. Six Maple Trees On Peachtree Street Are Cut t Six maple trees in front of the! , courthouse, library and city hall j were cut down Tuesday on order of the town council to provide more parking space. The motion to cut the trees was passed at a call meeting of the; council on July 31. The area once occupied by the trees, 19 feet by | 193 feet, is to be paved at a oast of $813.53 by the Asheville Pav ing Company. A wall will be built by the town in front of the city hall to sepa rate the parking area from the sidewalk. Before the trees were cut there was an even line of trees on both sides of Peachtree Street, con sidered by many to be one of the prettiest streets in Murphy. The motion to cut tlje trees was unanimously passed by council members present: Robert M. White, Harry E. Bishop, Cloe Moore, Robert W. Easley and J. Newton BoMng. Alonzo Shields i was absent. To Organize U. S. Air Force Unit Lt. L. M. Minnix with the U. S.? Air Force will conduct a meeting In the State Employment Office, Murphy, Tuesday, August 19, at 7 p. m. for the purpose, of organis ing a reserve training unit In this area. All air force reserve personnel and ex-air force personnel are urged to attend this meeting. Morris Announces Church Services "Jehovah of Hosts" will be the subject of the Rev. J. Alton Mor ris' message at First Baptist Church, Murphy, Sunday at 11 a. m. His 7:30 p. m. sermon topic will be "How Do You Look?". / Sunday School will begin at 9.49, Bealtown Mission services bt 2:30 p. m , prison camp Sunday School at 3 p. m? prison camp worship service at 4 p. m., and training union at 7 p. m. Tuesday and Thursday at 10 a. m. the Primary, Junior and Che rub Choirs will ps actios. Prayer service will be hold Wed nesday at 7:30 p m , to be follow ed by a Training Union Council meet at 9:19 ahd Adult Choir prac tice at 3:48. Reschkes To Move To Andrews Soon Dr. and Mrs. O. A. Reschke, of Miami Springs, Fla., have purchas ed a lot, located between the prop erty of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jordan and the Boone property, on Sioux Street in Andrews. Dr. Reschke Is retiring after practicing dentistry for the past 29 years in Miami. Mrs. Reschke formerly taught science in the Andrews High School. She will teach in the Hay wood County System this year. Dr. and Mrs. Reschke contem plate bi^ilding a home on their An drews lot In the near future. W.E. Halls Leave The Rev. W. E. Hall and family left Andrews Monday for Hickory where they will make thair home until Mr. Hall la stationed on a base for duty with the Chaplaincy of the 0. 8. Army. Mr. Hall has bam pastor of the Andrews Lutheran Church for tkt past four years. The 68th session of the Western North Carolina Baptist Associa tion will convene at Peachtrte Church, Tuesday, August 19, for a two-day meeting Several State Baptist leaders will appear on the program, among them being Dr. W. K. Mc Gee, director of religious educa tion at N. C. Baptist Hospital; the Rev. J. C. Canipe, head of the Evangelism Department of the Baptist State Convention; Dr. M. A. Huggins. secretary of the Bap tist State Convention; Dr. Phil Elliott, president of Gardner-Webb College; and the Rev. J. M. Hayes, superintendent of the Baptist Home for the Aging. The annual sermon will be de livered by the Rev. Robert Bar ker Tuesday at 11:25 a m. TU,e Rev. A. B. Lovell, moderator, will preside. Theme for this session is "Mag nifying the Church". Sessions will he held Tuesday morning, after noon and evening, and Wednesday morning and afternoon. Morning sessions begin at 9:30 and after noon sessions at 1:30. Themes for each session are as follows: "Mag nifying the Church in Our Asso ciation", "Magnifying the Church in Organization", "Magnifying the Church in Soul-Winning", "Mag nifying the Church Through the Baptist Program", "Magnifying the Church Through Christian Ed ucation". Reports from associational offi cers will be heard. For the first time in the asso ciation's history a session will be held at night. On Tuesday even ing at 8:15 the Rev. J. C. Canipe will bring the evangelistic sermon. Crisp Is Elected Club President Guy Crisp was elected president of Martins Creek Community De velopment Club Monday, August 11, at 8 p. m. at a meeting at the school. Other officers elected were: Vice-president, Mrs. Ben Warner; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Edna Stalcup; reporter, Mrs. Furman Anderson; chairman of the im provement committee, O. B. Ellis. During the meeting G. H. Far ley, county agent, and Miss Edna Bishop, home demonstration agent, showed slide pictures on commu nity development, and discussions were heard on different subjects of improvement in the community. The youth organized and elect ed their officers as follows: Pres ident, Miss Jerry Ruth Smith; vice-president, Charles Crisp, sec retary, Miss Christine Hughes, as sistant, Robert Hayes Chapman; treasurer, Ted Anderson; reporter, Edd Odom; publicity chairman, Roy Almond; clean-up committee, Phillip Chastain, Jimmie Stiles, Hollis Moss, Henry Stiles, Johnny Hampton and Jimmy Chastain; program committee, Mary Joe Pos tell. Lorraine Martin; pianists, Betty Postell And Polly Ann Stiles; song leaders, Frankle Chastain and James Crisp. The first project will be to clean off the church yard. The next meeting will be Mon day, September 15, at 8 p. m. at the Martins Creek School. Cooler Weather Follows Showers Temperatures this week have remained In the eighties, with the exception of Wednesday when the maximum was M de grees. Maximum readings since last Thursday are as follows: Thurs day U. Friday 7?, Saturday 80, Sunday 80, Monday 87, Tuesday 88. The lowest reading slnee last Thursday was recorded Sunday night when the mereury fell to SO. Total rainfall slnee Thursday, August 7, Is 8.M Date Is Changed The Soap Bos Derby will be hi Wednesday, August 80, Instead at August 81 as previously Stated. All bays entering wagons are to report to the gym it I a m. on August 80. \ FINAL SPEAKER?Dr. Phil El liott, president of Gardner-Webb College, who will bring a message on Christian education at the meeting of W. N. C. Baptist Asso-1 ciation at Peachtree Wednesday,1 August 20, at 3:05 p. m. PREACHER?The Rev. J. C Canipe, head of the Evangelism Department of the Baptist State Convention, who will bring the message Tuesday evening at the W. N. C. Baptist Association meet at Peachtree Church. Paul Rickett Dies Of Bullet Wound Paul Rickett, 29, died at a Hia- j wassee, Ga., hospital at 8 p. m.' Tuesday, August 12, from a bullet j wound sustained on Thursday,' August 7. Rickett's wife, the former Miss Lenna Calhoun of Andrews, died ' Thursday, August 7, immediately after her husband allegedly shot, hir in the kitchen of their home :n Hayesville. Neighb<fl-s who heard the shots and the children crying investigated and found Mrs. Rickett lying on the kitchen floor ' and Rickett on the living room floor. Clay County Coroner Charles Cherry conducted an inquest at which a jury returned a verdict of "murder and attempted suicide by Rickett". Rickett was taken to Lee M. Happ, Jr., Memorial Hospital where he was given treatment un-j til his death. Rickett was cashier of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company in Hayesville. He pre viously had worked at the com pany's banks in Andrews and Mur phy. j Funeral services for Mrs. Rick ett were held Sunday afternoon, j I Services for Rickett will be held ! Thursday at 2:30 p. m. at First' Baptist Church, Andrews, with the Rev. J. A. Richardson, Jr., and the Rev. L. P. Smith, officiating, j Burial will be in Valleytown Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church from 1:30 to' ! 2:30 p. m Thursday, j 1:30 to 2:30 p. m. Thursday. Active pallbearers will be Gline Tiger, Jack Bristol, Lowen Dock ery, Bruce Lunsford, Roy Gibson and Jack Conley. Honorary pallbearers will be Al | vin Penland, Paul Cutright, Guy ( Padgett, Bunch and George Bristol. I J. C., Frank and Ed Long, Frank Forsyth, Bob Weaver, Billy Wells, P. B. Ferebee, Bill and Zeb Whi taker and L. B. Nichols. Surviving are two sons, Kenneth Lee (Tony) and Bruce Allen (Bo Bo); father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. George Rickett, two sis ters, Mrs. Winnie Brister of Atlan ta, Ga., and Brenda Sue Rickett i of Andrews. Ivie Funeral Home Is in charge ; of arrangements. | 27.3 Miles Paving Completed In July The State Highway Commission completed 27.3 mites of new pav ing in Cherokee County during the month of July. Commissioner L. Dais Thrash reported recently. The following roads and their lengths, all except one financed by the secondary road bond program, were graded, paved with traffic bound macadam, and bituminous surface treated; From a point on US 10 and 129 from Murphy to Andrews, 14.7 miles; Hyatt Creek and Coalville Road. 3.2 miles; East Plsgah, 2.2, miles; Shady Grove Road, 3.0 miles; Old Hickory 294. 3.8 miles; jnd Wolf Creek Road for 0.4. of a mile. The Tenth Highway Division brought a total of 129.48 miles of paving and 1.4 miles of stabilisa tion to completion during July, Thrash revealed. Rites Conducted For Mrs. Rickett Funeral services were condcuted . at the First Baptist" Church of An drews. Sunday afternoon, for Mrs. Paul Rickett, of Andrews and ' Hayesville, who died from a bullet i wound at her home in Hayesville [ Thursday afternoon. The Rev. j. A. Richardson, Jr., j pastor of the Andrews church and the Rev. L. P. Smith, pastor of j the Hayesville Baptist, were in charge of the funeral. The body lay in state at the j church from 1:30 until 2:30. Mrs. Rickett is survived by two small sons, Kenneth Lee and j Bruce Allen; her parents, Mr. | and Mrs. Phil Calhoun, three j sisters. Mrs. Glenn McGuire, Miss , Glenna Calhoun, all of Andrews, j and Mrs. Bruce Battle, Jr., of Lib erty, N. Y., and one brother, Bus- j ter Calhoun of Andrews. Active pallbearers were W. D. Whitaker, Tom Day, George Hicks, R. J. Stirewalt, James Garren and Woodrow Cox. Internment was in Valleytown I Cemetery. Ivie Funeral Home was | in charge of arrangements. Andrews Rotarians Hear Flav Sellers Flay W. Sellers, who is in the Andrews area in connection with the Mobile X-ray Unit, spoke to the members of the Andrews Ro tary Club on Thursday. Mr. Sellers explained the im portance of the x-ray program, stating that the people had in reality paid for the service and should certainly take advantage of their investment. In addition to a 100% member ship at the meeting, the club had six guests, three of whom were visiting Rotarians from other sec tions of North Carolina. To Be Guest Of Methodist Men i Larry McClure from the Metho-. dist Children's Home in Winston Salem will arrive in Murphy on I Saturday. He will be the guest of j the Men's Bible Class of First Methodist Church, Murphy, and will be here for a week. Larry is sponsored at The Children's Home by the Men's Class. His time in Murphy will be a part of the al lotted vacation period. Mill Executives Come To Andrews John W. Bowman, vice-president | of Berkshire Knitting M11U, Wil liam Brenner, assistant to Mr. Bowman and Arthur Krumme noehl, personnel director of Berk shire Knitting Mills, all of Read ing, Pa., spent several days this week in Andrews. They returned to Beading on Tuesday. Mrs. Ed Brumby and Mrs. S. C. Burgess are spending a few days at Myrtle Beach, Charleston and Savannah. McMillan Charged With Shooting Campbell Folk School To Open On September 3 The John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, will open for the fall term of school September j . The following courses will be available: Wood-carving. Cabinet making. Iron Work, Iron and Wood Work and Rural Life. Stu dents desiring to enroll should tppear in person, if possible, at the school office during the week of August 18-23, between 9 a m. end 4 p. m. The John C. Campbell Folk School is approved for G. I. Training by the Veterans Adminis tration. Courses in home-making and in crafts (weaving, carving and wood worki are available for women. | Accommodations are available for boarding students. Tuition fees may be arranged through a work-, ing-scholarship if necessary. * Johnny McMillan. Jr., of Una ka is in jail here charged with shtoting Garland Dockery with a .22 rifle Wednesday, August 13, about 9:30 p. m. according to Chief Deputy Sheriff Buren Grant. Dockery, age 38, is In a critical condition at Petrie Hospital, says Mr. Grant. McMillan, 28, is being held without bond pending the outcome of Dockery's condition. The shooting occurred at Mc Millan's home. Grant says John Mortey reported the shooting and on going to Unaka to investigate the incident he could not find Mc Millan. On returning to the oounty jail he found McMillan waiting to surrender himself. Others present at McMillan's . residence when the shooting oc I curred were Dockery's brother, ' Dale Dockery, and McMillan's j wife. , Grant said the investigation is still underway, and he has not yet I interviewed McMillan's wife. Dr. and Mrs. George W. Plonk ! and children of Raleigh were in I Murphy Monday. 2,940 X-Rays Taken In Cherokee County SPEAKER?Dr W. K. McGee, director of religious education at N. C. Baptist Hospital, who will give a hospital message to the W. N. C. Baptist Association at Peach tree Church August 19 at 11 a. m. Brown Announces Sermon Topics The Rev. Frank Brown, pastor of Murphy Presbyterian Church, will bring the message "How Long Shall I Cry?" at the 11 a. m. ser vice Sunday. His sermon topic at the 7:30 p. m. service will be "Thy Will Be Done". Sunday School will begin at 10 a. m. and Young People's meeting at 6:30 p. m. The three mobile x-ray units lo cated in Cherokee County have taken 2,940 chest pictures as of August 12. This total falls short of expectations as local citizens 15 years of age and older delay get ting their free chest x-ray picture, says Flay Sellers, health educator. Many of'the cards already taken reveal that Murphy citizens are hesitant in taking advantage of the x-ray program. X-ray officials urge all minis ] ters, Sunday School superioten ' dents, employers, organizational presidents, and others to announce | r'gain this important program to I arouse interest and response. They also urge people failing to get their free x-ray picture in their own community to go to the mo bile x-ray unit in Murphy. This unit is located in front of the courthouse and will be working each day Tuesday through Satur day from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. No undressing is required and it takes only a minute. Everyone getting their x-ray pic ture can expect a written report within two and one-half weeks. All film will be shipped to Raleigh to be developed and interpreted. Re ports will be sent to the local health department which processes the information and sends it to local citizens. "All mobile units can take many more people each day than they they have taken," says Mr. Sellers. He encourages everyone to ask five people to get an x-ray this week. "Do your part in this fine community program, and got all county citizens x-rayed," says Mr. county citizens xrayed," says Mr. Sellers. Andrews Schools To Open August 27 First Methodists To Hear Dr. Cobb Dr. John Cobb of Young Harris College will preach the 11 a. m. worship sermon at First Metho dist Church, Murphy, Sunday. There will be no evening service. Sunday School will begin at 9:45 a. m. and the youth meeting at 6:30 p. m. The pastor, the Rev. R. Delbert Byrum, will conduct the Midweek Prayer Service on Wednesday at 8 p. m. The subject will be "Ilia God of the Average Man.'* This will he the second in a series of messages on the lives of great personalities In the Book of Gen Superintendent J. E. Rufty has announced that all school* in the Andrews Unit, which Includes An drews Elementary School, An drews High School, Marble School nnd Andrews Negro School, will open Wednesday, August 27. A general faculty meeting ef all teachers in the unit will be held Tuesday, August 26, at 10 a. ml In the High School auditorium. Superintendent Rufty stated the new prinu would be complete and reedy us* with the opening af i To Play
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