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MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JULY tt, IBM
TEN PAGES TH18 WERE
People You Know
/ MURPHY
Dr. Harold W. Trlbble, president
of Wake Forest College was the
week end guest of Dr. and Mrs. W.
A. Hoover.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mulkey are
visiting their son, Hubert, Mrs.
Muikey and daughter, Debbie In
Baltimore, Md.
Sgt. 1st Class Bud L. Brown and
Mrs. Brown of Ft. McPherson, Ga.
spent the week end with Mrs.
Brown's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Cloe Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bates visit
ed their son, Gene in Brevard last
week end, and Mr. and Mrs. G. B.
Maneval and son, David of Ashe
ville. The Manevals came this
week end to visit Mr. and Mrs.
Bates.
Miss Shirley Bates has as guests
this week, Miss Sylvia Pullen of
Rocky Mount and Miss Anne Rob
erts of the Hillsboro. They are
schoolmates at the W<4mahs Col
lege of the University of North Car
ollna. They attended the concert
In Brevard over the week end, and
visited Gene Batw.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Bueck, H. C.,
Harry Mattox and Mrs. Frank For
iyth, and Mrs. T. A. Case arrived
home Saturday from an extended
tour of Europe.
ANDREWS
Mrs. Agnes Humphrey of Bur
gaw is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Wheeler. Mrs. Humphrey is Mrs
Wheeler's sister-in-law. Mrs. Mil
ton Humphrey and daughter
Julie, of Burgaw, were also re
cent guests of the Wheelers.
Roy Wheeler and son, Al, 01
Elizabeth town, Tenn , spent last
week end with his parents, Mr. an <1
Bert Wheeler. They were accomp
anied home by their daughter and
mvmwpm* w
with her grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Hudson o:
Jacksonville spent last week end
with Miss Jean Christy.
Mrs. A. B. Stuart of Tampa
Fla., left Monday after spending
a week with Mr. and Mrs. Nei
Hay.
Miss Ruth Barnard spent the
week end with - Dr. Frelda A
Grieder at Cullowhee.
Misses Qllle Whitaker and Daisj
Battle rteurned Friday from s
week's visit in Boynton, Fla.
with Miss Whltaker's brother-in
law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Nei!
Hav, Jr.
Mrs. Mary B. Jones nas reium
ed home after spending six week!
at WCTC, Cullowhee.
Mrs. Mary Darden fvnd son
Ned of Hogansville, Ga., spent th(
post w*ek with Mr. and Mr*. Wy
mer Conley and other relative#.
The Rev. E. F. Baker spent th?
week end here visiting friends. H<
preached at the evening ?ervic<
Sunday at the First Baptist
Church. Mr. Baker is a formei
pastor of the church. He left Aad
rews hi February, 1943, to entei
the Army.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe S. Smith and
daughter, Jane of Paris, Ky.
their daughter, Mrs. C. M. Ive]
(Carolyn) of Greensboro, anc
John A. Smith of Louisville, Ky
spent several days with Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Battle and family anc
other friends.
Mr. and Mkft. Boyd B. Robin sor
of Stantonsburg are" speeding <
few weeks at their hqme bare
Mr. and Mrs. Ed ? " r* ?
Franklin and Mrs. J
son, Loy, of Jasper,
cent guests of Mrs.
Misses OUie Whi taker
Battle and Mr. and.
Wood. - JSF
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Mrs. Carrie WUsoo lu returned
feme after tMUk her son am)
family, Mr. and Ifrs Robert Wtt
son and her HMr, Mrs. ?ut On
in AsbertUe. '
Mr. and Mrs lay fltandridg*
and son of Delray, IU., are visit
lng Mrs. Stmdridge's parents, Mr
and tin. Bert Tatham.
Mr- aai Mrs. , iota Trasha!
? thna cMMrw ef Greenwich
, are rtfelting Mr*. ?. Jata
Murphy Plans New Mercury Street Lighting
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Tri-County Reforestation Program Gets Underway Here
Lights Will Be 1
On In 3 Months
The Town of Murphy is headed
for a new look after the Power
i Board and Town Council decided
to start installation of mercury
vapor lamps in the downtown areas
Frank Forsyth, Power Board
chairman, said this week.
The work is expected to be com
'pletpd and the lights turned on in
approximately three months, the
Power Board said.
I The new lights are considered
i the most modern system In use
today and each lamp will have a
light output of #0, 000 lumens. [
I That compares with the present
white-way lamp rating of 1,000
1 to 2,540 lumens.
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! The new type system will throw,
all the ligilt downward on the
' ' street surface where it is most
needed, the three-man Power
' Board stated. The reduction in
{ glare and Increased efficiency of |
I the new system will increase visi- ,
bflity on the streets In a ratio of(
' 40 to one as compared to the old
; white way, the Board asserted.
STAGGERED SPACING
The new lights will be mounted
on rlm-looklng steel standards
on both sides of the street In a
staggered arrangement with
' spacing of approximately US
1 feet to insure an even distribu
' tion of light all along the street.
The Board said the new lighting
' oyBtom is expected to be tremen- ,
accidents and crime on the town's
f streets.
I *. iiiatam {a a I
" mis Bireci iigiitmg oj aw... -w ? -
big step ahead for Murphy," the
' Board asserted. Listing the advan
' tages of the new system the Board (
1 said, "Good street lighting Is a:
sign of a progressive community. I
> Other communities have found out (
? that Improved street lighting al
ways pays off and leads to general
r improvement, modern store fronts, |
L more tourist traffic and a better (
. city in many other ways." j
' i Miss Perry To
? Leave Church Post
MIm Sarah Perry this week an
' nounced her resignation as educa
' tlonal director at the First Bap_
ttst Church Murphy. She will be
come educational director of the:
' Wynnton Baptist Church, Coium-I
1 bus, Oa., Sept 1 Her duties la
' Murphy will end around the middle 1
of August .when she will go to her
: home at Wlngate for a rest of
[ two weeks. Miss Perry, a graduate
' of Wlngate Junior College, Mere
dith College and the Southwestern
I Theological Seminary, Port
, Worth, Texas, has served tlw
r Murphy Chur?h for the past 14
I months.
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Cloer Dies i
Suddenly Here
Edward Judson Cloer, 69, died
of a heart attack Monday at 9:11 i
p. m. In Petrie Hospital.
He had been fishing in Hiwassee
Lake for about two <>?ors when he '
became ill. '
Sam Oliver, sexton at the First '
Baptist Church had gone to the 1
lake to look after a boat belonging I
to the Rev. J. Alton Morris when
Cloer told him he was ill and ask
ed him to get help.
Mr. and Mrs. Winston Craig and
son, Winston, Jr. neighbors of
Cloer, were passing in a truck i
about 5 p. m. when Oliver hailed
them.
Craig ana Oliver brought Cloer
to Petrie Hospital. Dr. Helen
Well* reported that he had a sec
ond attack and died at 9:11.
A native of Ma con County,
Cloer had lived in Franklin and
had been employed by Ritter Lum
ber Company at Rainbow Springs
for 10 years and at Hayesville
for six years.
He moved to Murphy in Febru
ary, 1944 and was employed by
Murphy Box and Flooring Comp
any for six years, retiring in 1950.
Funeral services were held in |
the First Baptist Church of which
he was a member at 2 :30 p. m.
Wednesday.
Pallbearers were Winston Craig I
Hayes Dockery, Cloe Moore, Ross
f.ui Boh C3oer, and Hoover And
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Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Teenie Price Cloer; the father,
James N. Cloer of Franklin; two
sisters, Mrs. Otto Brown of Frank
lin, and Mrs. Will Greenwood of
Savannah, Ga.
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Dickey Awaiting
Chattanooga
Franchise
I vTilson Palmer, of the Dickey
Freight Lines, Uiis week was In
Washington, D. C. to check on his
company's application for fran
chis to enter Chattanooga, Tenn.
Dickey Freight applied for the
franchise last January, and the
franchise is still pending, Palmer
said.
Mr. Palmer said he feels confi
dent the franchise will be award
ed by I. C. C. with only a matter
of time to overcome.
Mr. Palmer spent two days in
Washington checking on the prof
rass of his application. He said he
has had constant calls and let
ters from prospective customers
for Chattanooga.
Art, Hobby Show
To Be In Andrews
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I ' An Art and Hobby Show will b?
?(held In the building between Dor
i sey'i and Lay's Dry Good 8torea
' | In Andrews Fflday and Saturday
I from 10 a. m. until 10 p. m.
| The event will be a trl -county
I, affair participated In by anyone
1 who wlihei to eqtar hla exhibit!.
? j The tfio m wtUf be eponaored by
? i the Women'* Missionary Society
| of St. Andrew! Evangelical Luth
> eran Church with prooeeda going
? to the DUtrlct Memorial HoeptUl
? fund. Anyone wlahlng to enter the
exhibit may do ao by contacting
1 Idas Mary Francaa Cover. Dead
' tee tor entering exhibit! U Tube
|| day, July 17 and exhibits are to be
I brought ta and *f?fed Wetoac
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day and Thursday, July 28 and:
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Wood carvings, tea pots, oil
paintings, collection of pitcher*,
collections of figurines, collect
ions of antiques and others havtf
been promised.
Funds will be raised by dona>
tions received from persons vlav-y
tag the exhibits.
Tent Meetings Start
Tomorrow In Ptree
A series of tent revival meetings
will begin Friday, July 23, at
ftachtrM, in the Pine Ridge com
munity, at 7:1? p. m.
The Rev R. O. Wilson la in
Cherokee Marble
Approved By Army
Cherokee County marble will be
ised in Arlington National Ceme- J
:ery for the first time goon after
ipproval of the marble was ob
tained last week through C o n
fressman George A. Shuford.
Shuford this week announced
the approval after he had made '
application to the quartermaster
general, Department of the Army
to have the local marble approved
for use in Arlington.
Roscoe Wilkina, manager of Col
umbia Marble Co. at Marble, ex
plained that the Army Depart_
ment's approval was necessary ,
for all marble used in monuments j
at the national cemetery. He said
it was the first time Columbia had
sought approval from the Army.
The approval was made on
"sterling gray" marble, native to
Cherokee County. The orders for
the local marble will made for i
privately purchased monuments 1
to be placed in Arlington.
Mr. Wilkins said the sterling
gray will be as good or better
than most of the other domestic
marbles used in Arlington. He said
the first of the Cherokee County
marble Arlington monuments has '
'already been sold and will be ship
ped within 30 days.
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Dr. Sisk Leads
Andrews Revival
A series of revival services be
gan last night at the First Bap
tist Church of Andrews, with Dr.
W. K. Sisk of Belton, Texas,
preaching.
The series will continue through
Sunday, August 1, with services
each evening at 7:30. Beginning
Monday, July 26, services will al
so be held at 10 each morning.
J. C. Boone, Jr., summer assist
ant in Andrews, is leading the
singing, The Rev. John C. Corbltt
is pastor.
Dr. Sisk is head of the Bible De
partment at Mary Hardin-Baylor
' College in Belton, Texas.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Five Precinct Changes Will
Cut Election Expenses Here
The Cherokee County Election^
Borad this week took steps to cut!
elections costs here, after a re
quest was made by the County
Board of Commissioners.
After the voted changes are put
in effect some $600 will be saved
the county in the general election,
The board, which includes R. A.
Dewar and John Carringer in ad
dition to Stalcup, Monday voted
the following precinct con
solidations and moves :
1. Topton to North Ward An
drews.
2. Andrews South Ward to School
house.
3. Consolidation of Ebeneezer and
Boiling Springs and moving to
Hanging Dog Schoolhouse.
4. Upper Beaverdam to Unaka.
5. Consolidation of Walker School
house and Culberson and mov
ing to new Culberson School
house on Highway 64.
Negro All Star
Baseball Game
Set F&r Andrews
An all star Negro baseball game
between North Carolina and Geo
rgia will be held in Andrews at
2:30 p. m. in the ball Held.
Clifford Nicely of Helen, Ga., is
manager of the Georgia All Stars
and Elsie Love of Waynesville, for
mer pitcher for Andrews, Is man
ager of the North Carolina All
Stars.
Proceeds from the game will go
to the District Memorial Hospital
fund.
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$61,071 In Hospital Fund;
Drive Deadline Is July 31
Some 50 people attended the *
open meeting in Andrews Fri_ I
the District Memorial Hospital
fund drive.
P. B. Ferebee, general chair
man; Bill Whitaker, finance chair
man, and civic committees made
reports on the progress of the i
drive.
Some $61,071.55 has been raised,
leaving approximately $11,760 still |
to go.
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Judy Sneed On
YF Council
Miss Judy Sneed, daughter of
Mrs. Evelyn Sneed, and a rising
sophomore at Murphy High School,
recently was awarded a bid to lit
on the Ashevllle Presbytery Youth
Fellowship Council.
She Is the first Murphy young per
son to receive this honor.
Miss Sneed's appointment to the
council came as a result of a wor- '
ship service which she presented
at Man treat Assembly on "Thy
Will Be Done In Earth As It la In
Heaven."
After her appointment to the
counoil, she remained for another
week at Montreat-with all expen- '
ses paid-_for a study course.
Next week she will attend anoth
er week of study at Nacome,
Tenn., where a Four-State Youth I
Fellowship Conference will be
held. |
The summer art class taught by
Miss Mary Frances Axley will
have an exhibit at the Murphy
Carnegie Library, July 23-31.
The pupils are ages seven to ten.
The chief medium was tempera
paint.
The members of the class are
Sally Bault, Kay Davidson, Dickie
Davis, Susan Farley, Billy Gaddis,
Virginia Lee Guffey, Billy Gul
ledge, Betsy Henn, Rosalie Hyde,
Mary Malinda Hyatt, Sarah Alice
Jefferies, Sandra Manthey, Susan
Maxwell, Jane Whitley, Lynn
Whitley.
The following were present for
every lesson: Jane Whitley, Lynn
Whitley, Susan Maxwell, and Su
san Farley.
14 Boys Attend
Scout Camp Now
Fourteen Murphy Boy Scouts
left Monday morning for Boy
Scout Camp Daniel Boone 'at Rt.
3, Canton. They will be away two
weeks.
The boys who are attending
camp are Jimmy Gibbs, Virgil
Decker, Jimmy Gentry, Tommy
Howse, Bill Browning, R. G. Hem
bree, Frank Hill, Buck Hill, Doug
Bowman, Eddie Foster, Harry
Duncan, Bill Townson, Harry
Hughes. Doug Burgess.
Mrs. J. N. Hill, Mrs. Jim Glbbs
and Mrs. S. C. Burgess provided
transportation for the scouta.
Mr*. Sneed Presides
At OES Instruction
. The OES 21st District School ot
Instruction was held Saturday al
Robbirusville where the OES Chap
ter 224 was hostess.
Mrs. Mary Cathron Sneed of
Murphy. District Deputy Grand
Matron was in charge.
On Saturday the 90th DWrfd
School of Instruction will be heM
in Brevard with Mrs. Delia Km
Stevens, D. D. O. XL ot (hat 41s,
trfct, presiding. Several member
of ?m local OBI chapter plan ta
attend.
Trees Offered
Free By TVA
Representatives from Cherokee
Graham and Clay Counties met in
Murphy Tuesday to put down the
first roots of a reforestation pro
gram in the three counties.
At a luncheon in the Regal Hotel
men from the three counties heard
plans for reforestation In this
area.
TVA win rurmsn trees for the
project which is sponsored by the
Citizens Bank and Trust Co., the
State Extension Service and the
Lions Club.
During the meeting It was point
ed out that:
LuiTiber is an important source
of income to the three counties.
The three counties are deplet
ing their forests under the present
cutting system.
And that Champion Fibre Co.
paid some $250,000 into Cherokee
County last year for pulp wood.
That amount can not continue to
come into the county if the pres
ent cutting system continues.
Approximate area still in need
of tree planting in Cherokee Coun
ty was totaled at 10,000 acres;
Clay 900 acres, and Graham 1,
300 acres.
The trees will be furnished free
of charge by the Tennessee Valley
Authority, and are valued at ap
proximately $5 per 1,000. Appli
cations for less than 500 trees can
not be accepted, according to
TVA The applications can be
iweJeHobcnthe state district.
Puitnr W*
ing, Frank Forsyth, executive rice ?
president of the Citizens Bank and ? P
Trust Co., was elected chairman .4
of the three county committee.
County committees will be form
ed In each of the three counties
and a committee will be appointed
to select a name for the project.
Mrs. Frazier's
Rites Held Sat
Mrs. Lucy Margaret Frajrier,
age 84, died at her home in And
rews at 6:00 p. m. Saturday.
Funeral services were held Moo_
1 day at 2 :30 p. m. at the Andrews
Free Methodist Church with tha
Rev. M. W. Williams and the Rev..
John OorUtt officiating. Inter
ment was in Valleytown cemetery.
A native of Rappahannock Coun
ty. Virginia, the deceased married
James Frailer in 1890 and moved
! to Andrews in 1900. She waa %
? member of the First Baptist <7^
Church, *
I Surviving are three daughters :
Mrs. Idi Bell Holland of Andrews, |
Mrs. Ora Murphy and Mrs. T owls*
West of Toungstown, Ohio, three . ;
sons, Joeeph C. of Telford* Torn. 1
and Jack and Charlie of Andrews;
also one sister, Mrs. *"? ? ~ ? -* ? ?** *
23 grandchildren, 41
children and
grandchildren.
Ivie Funeral Home
charge of arrangements.