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VOLUME ?3?NUMBER 18 PHV NORTH CARiM ?x THURSDAY, APRIL 1. ltM U. EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
REPUBLICANS of Cherokee County earlier this week met to nominate their ticket in the county
elections. Pictured above, first row, left to right, are Virgil O'Dell, candidate for Sta^. House of Rep
resentative; Quenton Loving ood, candidate for county surveyor; Kellis W. Rad.'ord, candidate for
clerk of court, and Claude Anderson, candidate fo,- sheriff. Second row, left to right, J. C. Townson,
candidate for coroner, and J, E. Graves, candidate for register of deeds. (Scout Photo)
Republicans Announce Co.
Slate; 18 Get Nominations
Cherokee County Republicans in
convention here Saturdoy Mar. 27.1
made some 18 nominations for J
county officers to run in the ap
proaching election.
The Republican slate includes
the following declared nominees: 1
Kellis Radford, clerk of court;'
Claude Anderson, sheriff; J. Ed
Graves, register of deeds; Quinton'
Lovingood, county surveyor; J. C.1
Townson, coroner; Will Hyde, com-'
missioner District One; E. L. J
Townson, commissioner District
Two; Walter Dockery, commission-1
er District Three; Virgil Odeli,1
representative from Cherokee'
County to the 1955 N. C. Legisla-'
ture.
Also nomniated were: Charles
White Justice of the peace, Mur-!
phy Township; Charles Rose, John
L. Taylor, J. P., Beaverdam Town-1
ship; Wes Helton, J. P. Hothouse
Township; Carl Anderson. J. P.1
Notla Township; Jack McMillan,'
constable, Murphy Township;
Morris Luther, constable. Notla
Township; Dude Radford . con
stable, Beaverdam Township; and
Weldon Simmons, constable, Hot
louse Township.
KELLIS RADFORD
Kellis Radford, of Andrews,
Republican choice for the clerk of
the court, is a native of Cherokee J
County and Is the son of the late
R. P. Radford and Mr*. CordeU
Burgess.
The 41 year old candidate is mar
ried to the former Venoah Robin
son of Andrews, and they hade two
children, a son, Ray, serving with
the U. S. Air Forces in Japan; and
a daughter. Radford is a member
of Valleytown Baptist Church.
CLAUDE ANDERSON
Claude Anderson, declared notni
nee for sheriff, was born at Culber
son. where he still makes his home.
He is the son of W. M. and Grov
ie Silver Anderson, also of Culber
son, and Is employed by the Ten
nessee Copper Co., where be has
been employed for the past 14
years.
He U married to the former Paul
ine Kil patrick of Suit and they
have one daughter.
Anderson is a member of Shady
Grove Baptist Church, and a mem
ber of the Masonic Order, McCay
Chapter No. 114 R. A. M , Summit
Council No. 19 R. A S. M. He is si
so a member of the Eastern Star.
ED GRAVES
J. Ed Graves of Rt. 3, Murphy,
nominee for register of deeds, is
55 years old and the father of six
children. He is married to the for
mer Asalee Dockery. also of Rt. 3.
Their children are Ralph. Burton,
Albert, Velma and twins, Jim and
Sue.
For the P38* 20 years he has
been engaged in the merchandise
business, operating rolling stores
in Cherokee County.
He is also a partner in Graves
Tire Co. He served as county com
missioner in 1946 and is a member
and deacon at Ebenezer Baptist
Church.
QUINTON LOVINGOOD
The Republican nominee for
county surveyor is Quinton Lovin
good, 49, of Murphy, Rt. 3. He is
the son, of John and Vina Palmer
Lovingood and served with the U.
S. Army during World War II. He
is a member of the Hanging Dog
Baptist Church.
J. C. TOWNSON
J. C. Townson. candidate for
coroner, is a native of Cherokee
County, the son of the late Carl
Townson. He is married to the
former Carmen Stiles and they
have one son, Carl.
Townson is a graduate of Mur
phy High School and Cincinnati
College of embalming. He holds
both the etnbalmers' and funeral
directors' license, and is now in
business with his uncle at Townson
Funeral Home here.
He is a veteran of World War H,
having served in the Coast Guard,
and has a reond of 21 months over
He is an Episcopalian and a
member of the Cherokee Masonic
Lodge 146.
W. A. HYDE
W. A. Hyde of Andrews, is the
nomnee for the Cherokee County
Board of Commissioners from the
first district.
A native of Swain County, Hyde
moved to Andrews as a young man.
He is a member of the First Bap
tist Churh in which he serves as a
deaon. He is also a Mason.
The Hydes have three children,
Edwin, Murphy attorney; Ernest,
an engineer with Nantahala Power
and Light Co.. Franklin; and Mrs.
Hazel Wood, Jackson, Miss.
Hyde owns and operates the
Western Auto Store in Andrews.
E. L. TOWNSON
The declared candidate for the
Cherokee County Board of Commis
soners from District Two is E. L.
Townson of Murphy, owner of
Townson has served one previous
term on the board, and has also
served on the Murphy Town Coun
cil.
Mr. Townson has lived in Mur
phy since "HMtt. His wife is the
former Dovie Bright Cook, daugh
ter, of F. H. Cook. They have one
daughter, Mrs. Alden Coward; and
three grandchildren. Suzan, and
twins. Bruce and Brian. He is a
member of Macedonia Baptist
Church.
WALTER DOCKERY
, Walter Dockery of Hiwassee
Dam is the nominee of the Repub
| lican Convention for commission
er from the third district. He is 54
and is married to the former Tom
mie McDonald and they have five
children, one son in the U. S.
Navy and four daughters.
( Dockery is the son of the late
, J. S. and Olive Van Lovingood
Dockery. The nominee taught
school for eight years and is at
! present a merchant at Hiwassee
I Dam where he has operated a store
for the past 12 years. He is a mem
ber of the Hanging Dog Baptist
Church.
Gay Hawkins, incumbent, who
last week announced his candidacy
for commissioner from the district
this week announced that h? has
withdrawn his name for the post
in favor of Dockery.
VIRGIL 0*DKLL
Virgil O'Dell of Murphy is the
Republican candidate for represen
tative to the N. C. Legislative As
sembly in 1055. O'DeU is a life
long Republican and native of
Cherokee County. He owns and op
erates the Smoky Mountain Grill
and Bus station.
He Is a veteran of World II hav
ing served in the Navy. He worked
for 10 years in the experimental
laboratory of B. F. Goodrich In
Akron, O.
He is married to the former Nor
v? Barnes of Unaka and they have
three children. He is amember of
the First Baptat Church, Murphy.
Pfife-School Clinic
Set Next Week
It* annual pre-ecbool clinic for
Murphy Schools wUl be held at the
, 1- *d ApHl Ml Mrs. Hilda Olaoo,
supervisor aaid today.
All children who will
school in the fall are expected to
attend.
The elhric will be conducted by
First Court Week Ends;
S* ;
Traffic Cases Dominate
The drat week. of the epring
term of Cherokee County Super
ior Court eeme to en end here
yesterday afternoon after three
day* of handling a docket contain
ing moody traffic violations. The
eecond meek of court wfll begin
Monday, with Judge H. Maple
On the
tar TOmHnoon'a m
?ae of Korcfble
out of oourt.
L. Lawrence received a
10 day Jail sentence and $100 fine
tor charges of speeding and driv
ing after his license was revoked.
Bobby Baker was sentenced to one
to Wo years hi the State Peniten
tiary end Kenneth Roger* tot
flee years, while Mar
starred to the Jo
el! on charges of
en Tom t>
NEW SHERIFF
Lake Career of Andrews to
day became Cherokee Coun
ty's sheriff after beta# ay
pointed last week to fill oat
the unexpired term of M. G.
Crawford. Career baa screed
as a deputy for four years,
lie has already announced
and filed for t h e nominat
ion as sheriff for the com
ln( term and will run in the
Democratic primary May 29.
M. G. Crawford will be sworn
into his new position Mon
day with the State Bureau of
Investigation.
"Granny" Hyatt
Passes At Home
Here Last Week
?Mrs. Ida May 'Granny" Hyatt. 94
died .Saturday, March 27. at 10:35
p. m. at her home here after three
years of declining health.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at 2 p. m. in the chapel of Ivie
Funeral Home. The Rev. Frank
Brown, the Rev. J. Alton Morris
and the Rev. Asmond Maxwell of
ficiated and burial was in Sunset
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Frank and Ed
ward Herbert. Dale Lee. Benny
and Wiley McGlamery and John
Gill.
Mrs. Hyatt, who was affection
ately called "Granny Hyatt" by all
her friends, was born Feb. 29.
1860, in Tello Plains. Tcnn., her
parents James D and Marah Hilton
Abbott having moved there from j
Baldwinsville. New York on ac
count of Mr. Abbott's health. She
came at the age of eight, to Mur
phy with .her parents., who oper
ated the former Cottage Park Ho
tel, a landmark of Murphy which is
now the family home.
She wae married to Robert H.
Hyatt October 2, 1S78. His mother
Mrs. Nancy Aveline Coleman Hy
att was said to be the first white
woman settleT in Murphy. As a
brde she rode horseback from
Swain County to Murphy and
started housekeeping in a two
room log cabin located where the
R. G. Alexander home now stands.
Her father organized the Pres
byterian Church here, of which she
was a charter member for 80 years.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Charles A. Brown of Andrews
two sons, Paul C. and Henry Hyatt
of Murphy; one sister, Mrs. G. W.
Candler of Murphy; 10 grandchil
dren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Area Milk 1
Price Is Set
A group of Cherokee County
dairymen last Thursday asked the
N. C. State Milk Control Commis
sion to include Cherokee County
In Control Area VIII during (he
commission's meeting in Waynes
vilie, Noland H. Wells, president
of the Cherokee County Dairy
men's association, said.
Those attending the meeting
from Cherokee County were Mr.
Wells. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Lochaby,
Wesley Penland, Mrs. Kate Shields
Randolph Shields, Mrs. MoClure,
Waldo Mull, Edgar Woods, Jr., C.
H. Townson, Bill Russell, J. Prank
lln Smith and G. H. Parley, Coun
ty agent.
Regulations of the Milk Control
Commission beame effective in this
area today (Thursday) with the
wholesale price of class 1, Grade
A milk set at $6.25 per 100 pounds
delivered to local plants, Mr. Wells
said.
Mr. Wells asserted that 'Dairy
men in this area were hard hit and
many reported losing money at}
$4.85 per 100 pounds which Coble j
Dairy Products Inc. paid for all
Grade A, four per cent butterfnt!
milk delivered to bhetr Brasstowa]
Plant during February by local'
producers." (
"Alter producers paid 80 ends'
per 100 pounds for local delivery i
of their milk they received only,
$4.55 per 100 pounds, which is lees
than 10 cents per quart," Mr. Wells (
The regulated price nf |dJB
should nat affect the retail prion
! i?ity atuoe the Ctou 1, Grade A
is ns*
DEMOCRATS of the Town of Murphy met this week to nominate their ticket for the town election.
Mayor L. L. Mason, center, first row, was nominated for reelection.
Others shown are Bob White, left, first row, candidate for reelection as alderman, and W. A.
Singleton, right, first row, candidate for alderman. Other candidates for alderman are, second row,'
left to right. Dr. G. L. Dyer, H. E. Bishop, for reelection, Cloe Moore, for reelection, and John
Jordan.
Mason And 3 Councilmen
Run For Town Re-EIection
Mayor L. L. Mason, Jr., and
three incumbent Murphy Town
Council members, along with three
new candidates, compose the Dem
ocratic slate icr town officials to
be elected in May. The nominat
ions were made at the meeting of
the Murphy Democratic Party Mon
day right here.
Bob White, Harry Bishop and
Cloe Moore are the current coun
cilmer; up ior re-election and W. A
Singleton, Dr. George L. Dyer and
John Jordan join them on the
slate.
L. L. MASON
Mason is a practicing attorney
here. He is a native of Murphy, a
graduate o: Murphy High School,
Mars Hill Junior College and at
tended Wake Fore t College and
Law School rr. l attended Claude
Love's Law School in Asheville.
He received his law license in 1950
after passing t.ue North Carolina
Ba:
He is the ton 1 Mrs. L. L Mas
on and the late Cherokee County
Sheriff Mason. Hc is a member of
the Methodist Church where he is
member of the board of stewards
of which he v. as chairman last year
He is also a neriber of Cherokee
Masonic Lodge 145 and the Civitan
Club. He is secretary of the Cher
okee County Bar Association.
He is completing th^ term as
mayor to which he was elected two
years ago in his first race for pub- j
lie office. He is married to the for
mer Dot Nix Snow and they have
one son, Johnny,
CLOE MOORE
Cloe Moore this year completes
>bis fifth year on the Murphy Town
Council, after serving two elected
terms and one year as appointive.
A native of Murphy, Moore is the.
son of Mr. and -Mrs. E. C. Moore'
of Murphy. He is in business with
bis father here.
He is married to the former
Miriam Gray, daughter of Mrs. J.
B. Gray, and the late Mr, Gray,
rhey have three children, Mrs.
Bud L. Brown (Betty), Tommy and
Burke. Cheryl and Diane Cornwell
nieces of Mr. Moore are making
their home with the Moores.
Moore is a member of the Lions
Club and the First Baptist Church.
HARRY BISHOP
Now completing his second term
on die Murphy Town Council, Har
ry Bishop is up for he-eletcion.
Bishop has made his home 'here for
the past 25 years and is in busi
ness with House-Hassan Hardware
Co., of which he is a director.
He is a member and director of
the Lions Club, the Methodist
Church, and is married to the form
er Kathryn Thompson of Murphy.
I hey have one son.
Bishop is head of the finance
committee of the Boy Scout, dis
trict committee and is on the board
of the Murphy Carnegie Library.
BOB WHITE
Bob White, the other veteran of
the Democratic slate, is now com
pleting his first term on council.
He operates Dickey and Davis Co.
here.
White came to Murphy from
Charlotte in 1946 as an engineer
with Nello L. Teer Construction
Co. Ho is married to the former
Jean Dickey, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Sheridan Dickey of Murphy
and they have one daughter. White
attended Charlotte Schools and N.
C. State College, Raleigh.
He is a deacon at the (Presbyter
ian Church, is a member and im
mediate past president of theLions
Club and is on the Boy Scout
Troop Committee.
GEORGB DYER
A Murphy native. Dr. George L
Dyer is a practicing chiropractor
here. Up for his second time to run
for public office, Dyer ran for
Mayor in 1950, and was defeated.
Dyer is a graduate of Murphy
High School, Brevard Junior Col
lege and Lincoln Ohriropractic Col
lege, Indianapolis, Ind. He has
been in business here for four
years.
He is married to the former Pat
Pittillo of Asheville and they have
one son. He is a member of the Ci
vitan Club and is on the CivRan
Board of Directors. He is also a
member of the First Methodist
Church and is a mason.
JOHN JODRAN
Making his first attempt for
public office, John Jordan, another
Murphy native is a teacher in the
Murphy School. He is a graduate of
Murphy High School, Western Car
olina College and received his mas
ter's Degree from Columbia Uni
versity, N. Y.
He is assistant Scoutmaster of
Murphy Troop Two, is vice-presi
dent of the Civitan Club and a
member of the American Legion.
He is president-elect of the Mur
phy Unit NCEA. He is also secre
tary of the junior department at
the First Baptist Church.
He served three and a half years
in the Navy during which time he
met Mrs, Jordan?also in the Navy
at that time. They have three
sons.
W. A. SINGLETON
W. A. Singleton, who owns and
operates the Western Auto Asso
ciated Store here, has lived hi
Murphy some three years and is an
active member of the Presbyter
ian Church, where he is an elder,
and teacher of the adult class.
Singleton is running for public
office for the first time. He is a
member of the Lions Club and Ma
sonic Lodge. He is a graduate of
Westminster, S. C. High School
and of Berea College, Berea, Ky_
Before coming to Murphy he was
associated with Travelers Insur
ance Co for 10 years. He is marri
ed and has two hiidren.
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