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VOLUME 55?NUMBER S3 MUBPHT, NORTH CAKOLIN/. THURSDAY, FEB. 25. 1954 EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
Murphy Churches Unite In Attend Church Campaign
Am. Talc Co. Through In Murphy;
Hitchcock Workers Talk Union
Four (ale mines in the Murphy
area that were closed down in Dec
ember or before will not be re
opened, Woody Glenn of the Am
erican Talc Oo. told (he Cherokee
Scout yesterday (Wednesday).
Mr. Glenn said his company
started closing down In November,
1953, and finished their operations
in December. He said all men em-1
ployed by (he company were let go
Asked if he thought operations
in any one of the four locations
would be put back in operation by
his company, Mr. Glenn said the
'talc business was too much to
warrant his firm coming back in
the area.
He asserted that the demand for
talc was off some 75 per cent.
Crayon talc, the type his company,
was mining in this area, hag always;
enjoyed a steady market until re-1
cently, Mr. Glenn said.
The <*eel industry is not a strong
a market for talc as it has been,
he pointed out.
Mr. Glenn said his company |
would not come back into this'
area because the overhead would
be too high to mine talc here. |
The four mines his company
worked were the Regal property, i
Thompson property, Moore proper- [
ty and the Mulkey property.
Meanwhile, employees of the
Hitchcock Corporation were con
sidering the possibilities of a union
at the mine here.
Management ofHitchcock
was not available for comment in
connection with Mr Glenn's ann
ouncement and the union question.
However, one mine official said
the company had not been ap
proched by any workers with gri
evances.
William Sparks. Jr., of the Cop
perhill office of AF of L Internatr
ional Chemical Workers Union,
was in Alabama yesterday and not
available for comment.
Of eigne employees questioned
at Hitchcock mine yesterday, four
asserted tihey were not in favor of
the union, three said they knew
"nothing about U." and one said he
"couldn't talk."
One man said, "We've run a long
time without a union?we don't
need one now."
Another asserted that a union
would "do more harm than good."
"But." he added, "I can't tell you
anything about the union talk here
because I'm not doing anything
to bring it here."
Another said that he heard "a'
few men who had signed for the
union had changed their minds." '
One man not in favor of the
union was a foreman and not el
' igible to vote for or against the
union.
IS CANDIDATE
ALLEY
Felix E. Alley, Jr., Waynesville
attorney, last week announced
his candidacy for solicitor of the
the 20th Judicial district. He will
enter the Democratic primary
May 29.
Funeral Rites
Held For Green
The Rev. John Henry Green, 86
a retired Baptist minister, died Sat
urday, Feb. 20, in th^ home of a |
sister. 'Mrs. Hattie Ledford, Route
3. Blairsville in the Ivy Log sec
tion after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at 11
a. m. Monday in Bellvlew Metho
dist Church. The body lay in state
in the church one hour preceding
the services.
The Rev. Fred Beaver, the Rev.
Charlie Sexton, and the Rev. Hugh
ie Hughes officiated and burial;
was in the church cemetery.
He wag married to Miss Frona
Crawford who died in 1027. He
had served as pastor of several
churches throughout this section he
fore his health failed In 1047.
Surviving are three brothers,
Ebb and Rosooe Green of Pine
Log and Robert Green of Califor
nia; two sisters, Mrs. Ledford and
Mrs. Alice Cabe of Decatur, Gn.; 13
nieces and nephews. He had rear
ed one nephew Willie Crawford. *
J vie Funeral Home was in
charge.
Speed Watch Nabe
44 Motorists Here
Over 40 motorists on Highway*
64 and.IS near Murphy last week
were charged with speeding when
highway patrolmen covered the
two roads with an electric stop
watch.
L. H. Baker and Char
las H- Loag pulled hi 44 drivers
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the electric device.
State Tax Rep.
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Mere next weea
1, a 10, 13 aad IS
In filing
Credit System Set Up
By R.C. Bloodmobile
The Red Cross Bloodmobilg stop
in Murphy March 1 will kickoff
both the current Red Cross Fund
Raising campaign, and a new cred
it system of blood collections.
The bloodmobile will be at the
First Baptist Church from 12:30 to
6:30 p. m. Monday.
The new credit system was es
tablished to help check the dif
ficulty of meeting blood quotas?
a situation becoming serious since
The truce In Korea?
The system took into considera
tion the following points:
1. That repeat donors should
not have to furnish all blood need
cd.
2. That people receiving blood
who have not participated as don
ors should assume some responsi
bility to keep blood available.
3. That there still be NO charge
fog- blood given through Red Cross
4. That no one is denied blood
when it is needed in an emergency.
The Credit Plan, in brief, is this:
1. If a person gives blood he
I will receive a card that will expire i
| one year later to cover the blood
needs of husband or wife, depen
I dent children, dependent parents, |
I without obligation to replace the
' blood.
2. Red Cross would meet all dire
emergencies without any obliga-1
tion to the patient.
3. Red Cross would provide
blood for eertain hardship cases.
4. If a person is rejected by the
doctor as a blood donor, he gets
the same coverage.
3. A Gallon Club member has
lifetime card protection.
6. A repeat donor may dedicate
his card to someone else.
7. A person going to the hos
pital that does not have a card will
be askd to get a donor for each
pint needed prior to the operation
(one for one replacement in ad-1
vance). The people replacing the
blood will get cards so they, too,
benefit by the protection.
I
Republicans T o Elect
Candidates For Election
The annual Cherokee County Re
publican Convention will be held
Saturday, Feb. 27 at 2 p. m. at the
Courthouse, John C. O'Dell chair
man of the Republican Executive (
committee has announced.
I
At this meeting candidates will j
be nominated for all offices to be i
filled in the fall election. Delegat-;
es to the state and congressional'
Republican conventions will be
elected also.
Mr. O'Dell said precinct con
ventions were held last Saturday,
when precinct officials were elect
ed as well as one delegate to the
County Convention for each 50
persons or major fraction who
voted for Republican Governor in
1952. A precinct member of the
County Executive Committee was
also elected.
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Bishops Cushman, Harrell
Be At Methodist Rally Fri.
Two outstanding Methodist bis
hops, Bishop Ralph S. Cuahmao
and Bishop Cocrten J. Karrell, will
speak at the Evangelistic Rally at
the First Methodist Ohuroh, Way
nesville, Friday, Feb. 3B.
The meeting will be held from
10 a. m. until 3 p. m. Members
from the Asheville and Waynes
ville District will attend.
Bishop Oushman will speak on
'The Present Challenge' and Bis
hop Harrell will speak on the top
ic, "What Christ Supplies". The
nature of the morning program is
inspirational.
Speakers for the afternoon, who
will deal with practical plans tor
the local situations, will 1% the
district superintendents, J. W.
Fitzgerald of the AsheviUe district
and W. Jackson Huneycutt of the
Waynesville district Dr. W. A. Rol
lins will also be heard in the after
noon. A consecration service will
follow.
Local church leaders are expect
ed to attend the rally which is one
of five being held at strategic
pointy oVer the conference Dr. Clay
Madison president of the Confer
ence Board of Evangellsn and pas
tor of the First Methodist Church
of Morgan ton will preside at all the
rallies.
Dinner will be served by the
Waynesville church, which will aJ i
so provide special anthems and
leadership in congregational sing
ing.
New Unit For H. Dam Being Installed
Pump-Turbine Be
In Operation By
1955, TVA Says
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The 50,500 kilowatt watt at Hi
wU
IMS. TVA i
win fta a
centrifugal pump *4)en rotated In
one direction, and w a hydraulic
turbine when rotated In the op
posite direction, TVA aaidi
The pump-turbine wae deeeribed
by Don H. Matte
ot TVA'e Project
In a paper pr tainted go the Ameri
ot Civil Bngteoera in
Dan la Bait Taaaeaaae and ?
1MM kw Biilt at Chataga Dam
la Waatara North Carolina. The
1S.M9 kw aatt oa which
will kcda la aboat ab
la at the Nattaty Dam hi
Georgia.
A third generating aatt
started umwnMtlat Ogata
tkm at thatana Dam aaar Rob
btoerllla. It# capacity of 67.300 few
added to th?
to 3.40&MS
the hydro (?
OS kU^watta.
Mrs. Hughes, 47,
Dies At Home
Mrs. Berdie Louellen Hughes, 47
of Route 2, Murphy died Tuesday,
Feb. 16 in her home after a linger
ing illness.
Funeral services were held'
Thursday at 2 p. m. in Andrews
Funeral building. The Rev. Lester
Stowe, and the Rev. Weldon West
officiated and burial was in Valley
town cemetery.
Pallbearers were John Stepp,
Paul Hughes, Carl Stiles, John
Lunsford, Bascomb Lovingood, and
William Robinson.
She was a native of Maoon Coun
ty, a daughter of the late William
and Melinda West and a member of!
Red Marble Baptist Church.
Surviving axe the husband, Dan
Hughes; six sons. Sgt. Grady Hugh
es of Camp Rucker Ala., Dee and
Bill of Lorain, Ohio, Jack, Johnny,
and Howard of the home. I
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Also six daughters, Joyce, Stella,
Mae, Joanne, Gladys, Mary and
Bonnie of the home; three sisters.
Mrs. John Fassmore of Andrews,
Mrs. Mae Hughes and Mrs. Ruby
Woods of Bessemer City.
Seven brothers, Edward and
Wayne West of Andrews, Calvin
West of Marble, Guy of Stanley.
Lake of Belmont, Arthur of Tucson
Ariz., Herbert of Aquone, and Troy!
of Murphy.
Ivie Funeral Home was in charge .
Record Polio Drive
Brings $6,400 Here
Kate Hensley Files
As Register Deeds
Mrs. Kate Padgett Hensley, pre
sent Register of Deeds, has filed
for the fofice of Register of Deeds
of Cherokee County, in the Dem
ocratic Primary, May 29.
Mrs. Hensley is a daughter of B.
L. Padgett, o former Register of
Deeds, who served for 18 years.
She has also been appointed for
two successive terms as Chairman
for the Register of Deeds Associa
tion of District 1, which includes
18 North Carolina counties.
In 1942 Mrs. Hensley married
Hugh E. Hensley, who is Salesman
for Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Ashe
ville and Murphy, and grandson
of Pryor Nelson, a former Mayor
of Murphy, and Justice of Peace
who served on numerous civic com
mittees.
Mrs. Hensley served as Deputy
Regnster of Deeds for a number
of years and has been affiliated
with the office for 15 years.
Winchester To
Seek Register
Deeds Office
Edwin C. Winchester of Murphy
this week announced his candidacy
for Register of Deeds of Cherokee,
fcounty. He will enter the Demo
cratic Primary May 29.
Winchester, 47 years old, son of,
the late E. C. Winchester, was born |
in Monroe, N. C. He wa? educated j
in the schools of Monroe and at
Wingate and Rutherford College.
He has been a resident of Murphy
for the past 20 years.
He was married in 1934 to the
former Mrs. Ruby McCombs Fran
cis. daughter of the late Dr. W. S. j
McCombs. They with their two ohil
dren live at 418 Cherry St.
Swanson Heads
Local Jehovah's
Witness Group
Haskew J. Swanson of Rt. 1,
Warne, will head the delegation
that will attend a three-day as
sembly of Jehovah's Witnesses in
Asheville. Feb. 26-28, a spokesman
for the Murphy Congregation of
Jehovah's Witnesses said today.
I The Watehtower Bible and Tract
Society of Brooklyn New York i6
sponsoring the assembly which will
be held in the Asheville City Audi
torium, and all sessions will be
opened to the public.
The program will emphasize Bi
ble instruction and the need for
personal knowledge and the ability
to speak Intelligently about the
Bible it was announced. |
W. D. Couch of Brooklyn, New,
York wlU speak on "Is Clvillza-i
tion's End Near?" Sunday Feb. 28,
at 3 p. m. to highlight the feature
talk of the assembly.
Couch and W. J- Sims also of
Brooklyn will speak each day In
the auditorium.
A crowd of some 500 persons
from the two Carolinas and Geor
gia are expected to attend.
Cherokee County's March of
Dimes Drive, now coming to an !
end, this year set a iy?w record
with some $6,400 raised in the
county, according to drive chair
man Frank Forsyth \
A few donations arc still expect- J
ed, Mr. Forsyth said.
Andrews raised some $938.75 of
the total, mor(> thai, was reported
by Andrews last year.
In other years the March of
Dimes had netted $5,041 and $5,
400. Last year t collections totaled
$3,300.
The schools in ithe Cherokee
County unit this week announced
$983.29 collected for the March,
with the following amounts from
each school: Ranger, $128.64,
seventh grade led with $23.80 col
lected; Peaolrlree $128.12, seventh
and eighth room led with $48 col
lected with Stella Mae Hughes col
lecting more than any other pupil
at Peachtree
Martin's Creek. $167.96, seventh
grade led with $21.25 collected;
White Church $185; Unaka $66.
63, Burch Crawford of the fifth
grade collected most money?$6.50
Friendship, ?o.ao, Wolf Creek,
$16.69; and Hiwassee Dam $281.95
Town-Wide Census
Be Made Sunday
Some 50 visitors from the church
es of Murphy will make calls in the
Community next Sunday, Feb. 28,
as the churches of Murphy unite In
a religious eensus. The census pre
cedes a six weeks concentrated ef
fort to encourage church atten
dance.
Cooperating churches are the
Presbyterian, First Baptist, Free
Methodist, Episcopal and First
Methodist. Each church will fur
nish visitors to be assigned various
areas within the city limits for the
census
All information will be tabulat
ed and made available to all the
churches.
The sun ey comes in preparation
for the joint emphasis of the
churches to call all people of Mur
phy to attend the church of their
own choice during the period from
March 7 to Easter Sunday, April
IB.
The appeal to "Give God a
Chance NOW?Attend Church
Every Sunday' will be made
through the Civic organizations,
the schools and by personal invi
tation to all the people of Murphy
Visitors in Hie census will meet,
at the First Baptist Church at 2 p.
m. Sunday to receive their assign
ment and instructions. The public
is asked to remain at home be
tween the hours of 2:30 p. m. and
4:30 p. m. that the visitors may
call.
J. L. Hall Files
For Sheriff
J. L. Hall this week announced
his candidacy for sheriff of Chero
kee County and will run in the
Democratic .Primary May 29.
Mr. Hall, currently serving his
third tarm as Clerk of the Super
ior Court of Cherokee County, is
a native of Cherokee County, the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Irviri
Hall of this county. He is married
to the former Oma Tate, daughter
of the late O. T. and Emma Tate.
Mr. and Mrs. Hall have four chil
dren, Mrs. J. D. Palmer of Akron,
Ohio: Mrs. Jack Crawford of Mur
phy; M/Sgt. J. L. Hall, Jr. of Fort
Smith, Ark.; and Jerry Hall of
Murphy.
Before becoming clerk of court,
Hall operated a service station in
Murphy for 10 years. During j
World War 1 he served in both the
Army and Navy. He was superimften |
dent of Murphy Water Works from
1924-26. '
J. L. BALL
New Trout License
Law Is Explained
Trout fishermen in Cherokee
County wiU get an earlier start
this year when the season opens,
some 10 days earlier than last year.
In a Wildlife Resources Commis
sion release the Special trout lie-|
ense law passed by the General
Assembly in 1993 was outlined.
According to the commission a
special trout license costing $1.10
will be issued. Ten cents of the
money will go to the issuing agent
and $1 will go to a special fund
which will be used only for trout
stocking purposes.
As a general requirement any
person ??? fishes in Inland wat
ers must have the usual state or
county license. In addition, if the
fisherman la fishing in designated
trout waters, he must have the spec
isl trout fishing license
Exceptions to the general re
quirement are:
Resident persons under 16 years
old and nonresidents under 1Z may
fish wihtout the usual license or
the special trout license.
A landowner and any member of
his family under 16 may fish on his
land without the usual license or
the special trout license.
If a nonresident of the state
owns land in this state he may fish
in trout waters on that land with
out either regular nonresident
statewide license or the special
trout license.
Any serviceman stationed in the
state must have the regular license
and If he is fishing in designated
trout tasters, he must have the
special trout license. However, a
nonresident serviceman stationed
in North Carolina may uv th? reg
ular resident license instead of ?
nonresident license. A nonresident
state must meet nonresident lic
ense requirements.
Girls Basketball Tourney ~m
Be Played At Andrews Gvm
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