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VOU ME? 8 MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST U. UH TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK
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MURPHY
Mrs Glenn Taylor and children, |
Ann and Tommy, of Albermarle
are here visiting with her mother,
Mrs K. V. Weaver, and her
brother, Robert V. Weaver and
family.
Mrs, Francis Payne and chil
dren, Janet and Scott, of East,
Point, Ga., are visiting Mrs.
Payne's brother, Dr. J N. Hill and|
family.
Mrs. A E. Welborn of States
ville Is here with her son-in-law |
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R. G.
Alexander and her grandchildren |
for a visit.
Mrs. Don Witherspoon has re
turned from a vacation spent in |
Raleigh, Nag's Head and Hen
dersonville. She met her son-in- 1
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. |
Ray Brown and children, Margie,
Norvell and Barbara, of Chicago
in Raleigh, and made the trip with
them.
Mr, and Mrs. Brown and child
Yen spent a few days here with
Mrs. Witherspoon last week, and
Mr and Mrs. Mack Patton and
sons, Bobby and Don, of Hender
eonville, spent the week end with
fcei.
Mrs. Ned Dudley of Raleigh is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Wither
spoon, for some time.
Mr and Mrs. T. V. McNicholas
and children, Pat, Terry, Joel and
Dennis, of Miami, Fla., are the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Hamrick.
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Reid
and children. Barbara, Carol and
Ann, were week end guests of Mrs.
Reid's mother, Mrs. C. J. Manley
of Anderson, S. C.
Mrs. James B. Ward returned
Sunday from a Pacific cruise.
.... )iiM . Jennie .J-ee Fulmer of
Sylva Is spefttftnj the week with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Franklin.
Mrs. Robert P. Abbott and four
children, Bobby, Kathy, Brownie
and Mike of Augusta. Ga., have
returned home after spending a ;
week with Mrs. Abbott's brother
in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. |
Harold Wells.
ANDREWS
Mrs. Lucy Caldwell has returned |
from a week's visit with her sis
ter, Mrs. Eddie Watts, of Warren,
R. I. She was accompanied on
the trip by another sister. Mrs.
Lindsay Robinson, of Newport,
Trnn.
Mrs. Edwin Bristol is spending
this week in Asheville with her
sister, Mrs. Joseph J. Stone, and
her mother, Mrs. Faires.
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Brown and
daughter. Patty, and Mrs. Brown's
mother. Mrs. Bruce Battle. Sr., re
turned Sunday after a two weeks
visit with Mrs. Battle's son,
Bruce Battle, Jr.. and his fam
ily and her granddaughter, Mrs.
Blaine Thompson and their young
son Gary, all of West Peabody,
Mass. While away the party also
spent sometime with Mr. Brown s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Brown, Sr., in Hanover, New am
shire.
Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Huggins and
children. Pat and Carolyn, of
Fort Pierce, Fla., spent several
days with Mrs. Huggins' aunt,
Mrs. J- L. Rowland, and Mr. and
Mrs Jack Herbert enroute Sun
day to Franklin where they will
visit other relatives.
Mrs. Roy E. Stoops and young
daughter, Carolyn, left Sunday
for Mineral Wells Air Base. Texafe
where they will join her husband,
M-Sgt Roy E. Stoops who is stat
ioned there. M-Sgt. Stoops and his
family have recently returned
from a four year* stay in Hlgham
Ferres. England where he wa?
stationed wltt the U. S. Air For?,
M? stoop* and Carolyn have
been visiting her parents here,
M, and Mrs 8tdney ,Piercy.
? Mr. and Mr* Bd*?r Wood flew
to Syvla for an over night ?**y
with Mrs Woods' parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Dennis Hlgdev
Mrs Ed Slagle returned to her
home in Orlando.
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Commissioners Seek $500,000 School Bond
T raffic Cases Dominate
August Court Just Ended i
With a docket containing most
ly traffic violations/ the August J
term of Superior Court came to j
an end here Wednesday noon af
ter two and a half days in session.
Judge Walter E. Johnson Jr. j
presided.
Some 107 speeding cases were j
closed-involving mostly out of j
state residents who forfeited bond.
Other traffic cases completed
were : driving while intoxicated,
eight; drunk driving, one; driving
without license, five; driving while
intoxicated and carrying conceal
ed weapon, one; and reckless driv
ing, two.
Seven persons drew prison terms
(or the following : abandonment
non-support, one man drew two
years on the road; escaping pris
on, three men had 30 days added
ft) their current terms; assault
and robbery, one man drew four
to seven years while two women
drew two to three years.
One forgery case, two larceny of I
personal property cases and a
case involving larceny of an auto
were also completed.
Baptist Association
Meet Be Next W eek!
The Andrews First Baptist
Church and Murphy First Baptist
Church will be hosts on the first
day of the 70th annual Western
North Carolina Baptist Associa
tion meeting next Tuesday, Au
gust 17.
The opening session will be at
9:30 a. m. in the Andrews Church
The afternoon session will begin
at 1 :00 also at the Andrews Church ;
and the Tuesday evening session
will be at the Murphy Church, be
ginning at 8 p. m. The Wednesday
morning and closing session Wed
nesday afternoon will be at Shady
Grove Baptist Church, Hay?svtlle
The opening scrtpf&f* ted pray
er will be led by Ralph Matheson.
A member of the Andrews Church
will give the welcome. J. Alton
Morris, chairman of the program
| committee, will give a presenta
tion of the program. Others on the
program committee are Mrs. L.
W. Hendrix and Mrs. H. E. Daniel- j
son.
Main speakers at the two day
associational meeting will be the
Rev. John C. Corbitt, pastor of the
I Ar drews Church, who will give the
I annual sermon; L. L. Morgan, of
! the State Baptist Sunday School
Department, speaking Tuesday
morning at 10:55 on "A Million
More In '54" . M. R. Huggins,
stewardship message Tuesday at 1
2:15.
J. C. Canipe will bring the Tues
day night sermcn, "Every Church
Revived in '55". G. E. Scruggs, i
associational missionary will "
bring the missionary sermon Wed- <
nesday morning at 11 :30. t
The closing iressage, on Chris-,?
tian Education, will be by Dr. , ?
Harold W. Tribble, president of '
Wake Forest College. '
' '
Others appearing on the pro- <
gram are: Lester Stowe, clerk; A. <
B. Lovell, Mrs. J. J. Hamilton, P.
[g. Ivie, C. C. White, Fred Luns
ffcrrd, Ibrviy Hajmpton, L. P. '
Smith, W. A Hoover, Mrs. H. E. ?
Wanielson, John Odom, John Gill, '
Kenneth Woodard, Loy Thomas, !
Richard Powers, J. V. Hall, Mrs. !
L. W. Hendrix, Robert Barker, '
and others.
Special music will be provided j
throughout the program. The the- ,
me for the meeting is "Forward (
In Christ Jesus." Tuesday morn- ,
ing's theme, is ."Forward. In
Christ Jesus In Our Association"; ,
Tuesday afternoon "In Christ- 1
ian Stewardship": Tuesday night ,
"In Soul Winning"; Wednesday |,
morning "In World Missions"; and .
Wednesday afternoon "In Christ- ;
ian Education". 1
Two Baseball
Games Be Played
Here This Week
The Murphy-Basin Baseball
:eam will play two home games
Jiis week end with the first slat
'd Saturday night at 8:15.
The second game will be Sunday
it 2 p. m. Both games will be
vith the team from Dayton, Tenn. ,
Walter Carringer
Sings Progam Suil
Walter Carringer will sing a
nusical program at 8 p. m. Sun
lay at the First Methodist Church,
Murphy.
He will be accompained at the
jrgan by Mrs. J. W. Davidson.
The public is invited to attend.
Whitaker Gets Citation
From U. S. Treas. Dept.
W. D. Whitaker, senior vice pres
dent of the Citizens Bank and
Trust Co., Andrews, was present
?d an achievement award-the hi
ghest U. S. Treasury award giv
;n for achievement and patriotic
lervice in the United States Sav
ngs Bond program dedicated to
he economic strength of the nat
on, at the meeting of the Andr
jws Rotary Club Thursday in the
Shell Dining Room.
S. J. Gernert, president of the
:lub presided. WhiUWr. program
:halrman. introduced the guest sp
iaker, Walter P. Johnson of Green
sboro. director of Savings Bond
iales in North Carolina, who stat
:d that the award was one of the
50 being presented in the nation,
rhe award was unique in that
it was an illuminated engraving
if the prayer of the president of
the United States framed with
wood from the inaugural platform.
Mr. Johnson praised the ser
vices rendered over many years
by the Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
in Cherokee. Clay and Graham co- '
unties ami si atari the bank has
never failed to meet its Savings
Bond quota. He sair Cherokee Co-1
unty ranked 12th in North Carol-1
Andrews School To
Open August 26
J. E. Rufty, superintendent of
the Andrews City School Unit, hay
announced that all schools in the
unit will open Thursday, August
26
Hufty said the schools will oper
ate on a half day schedule for the
first two days and the school caf
eteria will open Monday, August
30. ,
A general meeting of teachers
and principals will be held in the
Andrews High School auditirium,
Wednesday. August 25 at 10 a. m.
Superintendent Rufty stated that
school buildings will be open to the
teachers who wish to visit their
rooms and make p re-school pre
ina in the Savings Bond quota
with $2,400, in value of outstanding
U. S. Savings Bonds.
He further stated that 26 per
cent of the National debt is in
U. S. Savings Bonds.
Guests at the meeting other than
Mr. Johnson were E. G. Lee of
Asheville, 3. Wiley Davis, a char
ter member of the Andrews club,
of San Juan; Max Lineberger, de
puty director of the N. C. Savings
Bond division of Greensboro . and
George Handura of Clearwater,
Superintendents At
Annual Conference
School Superintendents Lloyd
Hendrix. Cherokee County; Allen
Bell, Clay County; H. Bueck. Mur
phy, and J. E. Rufty, Andrews,
this week are attending the ann
ual conference tot State schoo'. i
superintendents at Mars. Hill.
Mr. Bueck appeared on a pan
el discussion of legal questions
Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Rufty accompanied her hus
band to the meeting and Mrs.
Bueck left today to attend the ban
quet and closing sessions.
parations any time after August
18.
Rufty said that at the present
time superintendents have n o t
been notified of any change made
in age requirements for school en
trance. "To be eligible to enter
school the child must have reach
ed his sixth birthday on or be
fore October 15 and is required to
enroll in the school during the
first month of school," he explain
ed.
The superintendent of schools
called the attention of parents to
the fact that all children entering
school for the first time should
have immunizations as required
by state law, namely, diptheria,
whooping cough and smallpox.
The high school faculty includes
the following: Mrs. Annie Ruby
W. Barnett, Mrs. Aline E. Bristol,
Miss Jean Christy, Miss Ruth E.
Hamilton. W. Hugh Hamilton, Joe
T. McKeldrey, Eugene McCIure,
Robert A. Williford, Miss Meredith
Whitaker and R. W. H. Ramsey.
The elementary faculty, headed
by Charles O. Frailer, principal,
and Mrs. Hilda T. Olson, supervi
sor, includes: Miss Trilby Glenn
Mrs. Louise C. McFalls, Mrs. L. B
Womack, Mrs. Maxine R. Rufty,
Mrs. Ruth S. Pullium. Mrs. Lenna
H. Ford, Mrs. Louis? C. Rector,
Mrs. Blanche C. Gamer, Miss Ada
Mae Pruette, Miss E. Elizabeth
Kilpatrick and Mrs. Veanah R.
Radford. .
Alsrt Mrs. Ijeila M. Thorn won
Mrs. Hazel W. Elliott, Mrs. Annie
S. McGuire, Mrs. Ruth C. Pullium,
Miss Joan Nelson, Mrs. Agnes W
Price, Mrs. Mellie R. Stewart,
Mrs. Louise P. Enloe, Miss Bertha
McGuire, Mrs. Betty Jean Bristol
Ed Patterson, James A. Wood
Fred Chambers. Mrs. Florence S.
Huffman. Fred H. King and Mrs.
Leila G. Van Gorder.
J. Frank Walsh is principal oi
the Marble school and teachers
are Mrs. Minnie R. Tatham, Mrs.
Vesta Whitaker Wood. Mrs. Anna
j W. Lunsford, Mrs. Helen H. Wal
droup and J. Frank Walsh.
Miss Rubye McDowell is teachei
I at the Andrews Negro School.
"County, Murphy,
Andrews Schools
Will Benefit
The Cherokee County Commiss
ioners this week said they wil!
seek a $500,000 bond issue to im
prove school facilities in Andrews
City schools, Murphy City schools,
and in Cherokee County schools.
The Commissioners said the Co
unty Board of Education and the
trustees of both Murphy and An
drews schools asserted the exist
ing school plants are not adequate.
The bond order will take effect
when voters of the county approve
the bond at an election.
The money will be used to er
ect several new building's to be
used as school houses, school gar
ages, physical education and voc
ational buildings, teacherages and
j lunch rooms and other school
plant facilities, the Commission
ers said.
Additions and improvements
will be made to buildings now
standing.
The Commissioners will file ap
plication with the Local Govern
ment Commission in Raleigh for
approval of the issuance of the
proposed bonds.
The Commissioners' move came
with two units in dire need of
new buildings. Hiwassee Dam,
under the Cherokee County Admini
strative Unit, will need the mon
ey to erect a new plant.
Marble School has been operat
ing in an old, inadequate building
which needs replacing.
If the bond issue is voted in
1 each school unit will get roughly
a third of the $500,000.
Murpkv Has New
Police Car
Murphy Town police are ridirtj
in a new auto this week after Town
Council decided to replace the
' old vehicle.
The new police car is a 1954,
' black two-door. V-8 Ford. The
auto delivered Tuesday, has 130
horsepower.
Football Players
To Meet With Coach
Coach C. K. (Ike) Olson asked
1 all prospective football players to
? ineet him Friday morning. Aug.
13, at 9 a. m. at the field house.
Football practice will begin
Monday, Aug. 16, the coach said.
Cherokee County Marble Ranks With Best In Country
Columbia Marble
Co. Quarries Blue
And Gray Stone j
A Cherokee County industry dat
ing back to 1902 is continuing to
put on the market a fine grade of
marble which is equal to any
found in the United States.
The Columbia Marble Company
at Marble employs some 53 men
and operates two quarries furnish
ing two colors of marble.
Columbia is owned by T. A. Mc
Gahey of Columbus, Miss., who
also hab companies at Sylacauga,
Ala.; Columbus, Miss.; Memphis,
Tenn. ; Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Birming
ham. Ala.; and Atlanta, Ga. At
the Columbus plant granite is also
handled, but the plant at Marble
handles no other stone than mar
ble.
Each of McGahey's plants is op
erated Independently and the man
ager of the local company is Ros
coe Wilklm, who ha* been here
for seven years. The company at
Marble was bought by McGahey
In IMS.
REGAL BLUE
However, the industry here d*t
? to 1*02 when a quirry was ?
*>? rs -
A giant marble block. >ist brought from the qnar rys In transferred by a steam -ran crane to the gang
naw where it will be cut Into alabs.lt takes about a day and a half to bring oat one of these Mocks.
prospecting by core drill and
found both blue and white marble.
The Columbia Marble Co under
different ownership from the
present company lit 1SS1 secured
the property on which the comp
any is now located between Mar
ble and Andrews. In IMS McG?u-ey
purchased the company.
the quarry at Regal
rm
and a
sarty'a plant at Marble, is being
juarrled for a light gray marble,
registered as Sterling Gray.
marble In Cherokee Oammtj and
the marble bud extends over
bite Swain Oooaty aad down ta
to Georgia. Howerer, notk of
Hie sfcme Is sot of great com
No whits marble la being quar
iod In the oounty mm, tart, Ch
There Is a large amoont
lumbla buys white stone from its
Sylacauga plant. Until about six
months a*o Columbia also pur
chased a pink marble. The pink
has been discontinued.
SLOW PBOCES8
Marble quarrying is a alow pro
cess and a great deal of prospect
inf. core drilling and study ?
ceods the actual cutting out of the
J
. es some two years ol drilling and
quarrying to reach the marble
that is of the best commercial
value. The marble is first brought
out when the quarry has been dug
down about 15 feet.
It takes about a day and a half
to bring out one of the blocks frfcm
the quarry. The usual size of the
blocks is around eight feet long,
and four feet wide and four feet
deep, and they weigh from 12 to
15 tons.
After t^e Block is brought to
the plant it is transferred to the
gang saw where it is swung back
and forth and cut Into slabs. This
process makes a great swishing
noise, as the stone is cut by sand
carried in water. It takes around
48 hours to be cut through. (There
are four gang saws.)
The slab Is then taken to the
diamond saw where 1100 chipped
diamonds cut the slab to the de
sired size. There are two of theme
new circular diamond saws at
the Columbia plant.
From the diamond saw the mar
ble goes to the rubbing beds to
be smoothed. (The saws leave a
rough finish.) The rubbing bed 1b
a large revolving cast iron plate.
Then the marble goes to the
polishing machine ? If it is to be
polished.
WHOLESALE
Columbia la a wholesale comp
any and about 10 par cent at its
?at? are for monumental purpos
es and the rest Cor building
es and paneling can be seen a
long with the large number of
tombstones.
Much 01 tne marble sold for
monumental purposes is not
polished and most of it is not let
tered. However, Columbia doea
do lettering on the monuments, by
rubberizing the monument, draw
ing on the letters and design anct
then sandblasting. Austin Parker
is the proficient lettering man.
The company makes children's
tombstones with lambs and doves
as one of its specialties. Skilled
carvers form the animals with air
tools, using a picture as the model.
Columbia Marble Co. ships
Cherokee County marble to all
states in the country u well a*
to Bawaail. Cuba and Canada.
Most of their customers are
from Washington, U. C. south.
Probably the most famous local
use of marble Is found In the
county courthouse In Murphy. The
courthouse was built In 1926-27 and
makes extensive use of local mar
bles? both blue and white. The ?
terior walls are of dark blue
ble In a sand finish and the
ior is finished