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FARMERS, WATCH THOSE BRUSH ? FIRES - jj * ? PROMOTING MURPHY MDUBT. mm CAKOUNA THURSDAY, OCT. DONTTURN WOODLAND TO WASTELAND TBN PAGES THIS WU People You Know MURPHY 8ft. i?t Clua and Mrs. Marian Rogers and children, Nancy La* and 8herkm have rs turned to Min eral Walls Air Porce Base, Texas after having spent three 'weeks here with Mr. and Mrs. John Rog ers and Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Chas tain at Tomotla. LA. and Mrs. George Dunn and children, Kathy and Robbie, have returned to Portsmouth, N. H. and lottery, Maine after a two week's visit with Mrs. Dunn's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy V. Lovtngood. They visited Lt. Dunn's mother, Mrs. L. L. Emerson in New York enroute home. Mrs. Harry M. Seamon spent last Wednesday and Thursday in Aahevllle. ' "" Mrs. 8. M. Benton and her fath er, W. A. Savage of Cornelia, Ga., spent a few days here this week with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hyde. Among Murphy visitors in At lanta last week were Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Franklin and Mrs. W. P. Odom, Mr. and' Mrs. J. D. Burch, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Town son, Mrs. George Townson and daughter, Clara Mae, Mrs. Edwina Haga man and Mrs. Wade Maasey, Dave Moody and Mr. -and Mrs. Arvel Wood. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Franklin will leave Friday for New Orleans, La. to attend the showing of the new Buick cars. They will be away for a week. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hampton re turned Sunday night from a visit wftl^th* latter'*, mole and *aqt, ' *Mr and Mrs. C. G. Waldo in Mit chell. Nebraska. They attended the 60th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo which waa elebrated on September 37. En y jute home, they visited Mrs. fampton's sisters, the Misses Pearl and Ruby Freeman in Co lumbus, Neb. Mrs. J. B. Hall, Mrs. Verlln Jones, Mrs. Laura Green, Mrs. E. J. Darnell, Mrs. Henry Hyatt, Mrs. Paul Hyatt, Miss Frankle Martin, Mrs. W. C. Kinney and Peyton G. I vie attended the meet ing of the Bryson City District of the W. M. U. of the Baptist Church at Franklin last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Buchanan of Cullowhee, Mrs. Jesse Buchanan and children, Jssslea, Sonny and Mrs. J. A. Bryson of Syhra, ware the guests of Mr. and Mrsj Alvin Buchanan here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sneed have moved to Miami, Fin., where Mr. Sneed Is employed by South em Bell Telephone Oo. Mr. and' lb*. Jack Walker and R. T. Stiles of Blue Rldge.Ga., ?pent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hall. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Williamson and daughters, Susie and Lynn, at Raleigh, recently visited Mrs. Williamson's mother, Mrs. Toon Axley. Rev. and Mrs. P. H. Hooker front the Blon Baptist Church, few ton, Teat, spent two weeks wtth Mr. and Mrs. Pryee Hooker 91 Baltimore, Md. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. O'DeH made 'a business trip to AshevfBe last week. Mrs. O'defl visited her brothers and fawifH? ,, James O. Hall. Robert Ball, A. K. Hall and Mark Han til Candler over the ' week end. Murphy Council Votes In Parking Meters ? ??v. - ? >??? ? ? ? ? ? ? I Ferebee Named Chairman Of 21-Member Hospital Board New Site On West Property Is Selected Percy B. Fere bee last week waa named chairman of the 21-man board of trustees (or. the new Dis trict Memorial Hospital of South western North Carolina. Others elected to the bot(d at a meeting of incorporators it the hospital Friday at the Andrews City Hall are: Tony Ayers, R. B. Mqrphew, Smith Howell, L,. W. Wll ?on, Ed Ingram and C. P. Sawyer of Robbinsvllle ; Cline McClurd, Walter R. Johnson, Joseph G. Rut ledge, R. N. Tiger, Walter Moor* and James H. Walker of Clay Co unty; P. B. Fere bee, chairman, Robert E. Heat on, W. D. Whl tak er, L. B. Nichols. H. M. Whit aker, Sam Jones, W. W. Ashe, S. J. Gernert and Jeff Brooks, of Valleytown Township, Cherokee County. Officers serving with Fere bee are W. D. Whi taker, vice-chair man and Robert E. Heaton, sec retary-treasurer. The three officers, along with Smith Howell and Joseph Rutled ;e, make up "the executive com nlttee. III? sMle plans -for thff"apB itruction of the hospital are mov ing along after the . second choice ?ite was selected for the construct ion. The first choice-the Sam Co per property-was not available. The hospital will be constructed cm the West property( next to the t>ld Riverside Hotel site) across the highway from the Cover land. The West site has been survey; ed and engineers have made a topography and are preparing a map of the some six acres. Attor neys are at workexamining the property title, the chairman said. Funds to meet the local portion of the hospital have been placed in a special account, Mr. Ferebee said. ? Representatives from the new board at trustees have been au thorised to accompany represen tatives from the architectural firm to Raleigh to meet with the Med ical Care Commission on final plans for the 90- bed hospital de signs, Mr. Ferebee reported. Bulldog Inspiration Joan Schmltt, jan t, senior, Ann Elliott, Junior and to Postell and (Scoot Photo) Public Film Showing Set At Library The film, "Quest for Tomorrow" will be shown In a public showing Thursday, Oct. 21, at 7:80 p. m. at the Murphy Library. % The film compares the birth aad growth of the United Nations to the United States. It takes 21 min utes for the showing. The film is being run in conn ection with United Nation Day which will be Sunday, Oct. 24. * . i . r I'.-' i ? ' ' Mrs. Dreher Has Garden Club Today Hn. Martha Dreher and Mr*. J. H. Baughman will be hostesses to the Murphy Garden Club today at the hone of the former. Cobb Clinic Formal Opening Held Sun. The Cobb Clinic formal opening. was held loot Sunday with personqi in attendance from the surroua^ ing communities, Murphy a^d BlalravlUe, Ga. A brief program of songs, a er by Dr.Irvin M Weir, doctor tb charge of the clinic was followed by an introductory talk by irf-s. Nora C. Spencer. . Dr. Weir said h? is "grateful for theprivilege of serving the people in this rural area," and he also ex pressed hope for Divine Guidance in serving the people who may Nations Observance come to him. Dr. Weir is a native of California and graduated tn 1936 from the College of Medical Evangelists at Lama Luida, Calif. He first came to North Carolina In 1939 and prac ticed medicine In this state for eight years. The remaining years were spent is the vest. Or. Verne L. Lance, native son of the clinic community, now prac ticing in Los Angeles, Calif., a graduate of Emory University, was also present. He said he knows the college at Lama Luida and of its high standing, and ex pressed appreciation of Dr. Weir's coming to this section to serf*. The program was closed with prayer by Rev. E. R. Swain. I Andrews Church : To Have BWC Fed. 1%e Business Wamans Circle of the First Baptist Church win be host ees to the Divisional meeting of the Federated Business Wam ans Circles of the Bryson City Di vision Friday evening, Oct IS, at 7:30 o'clock at the church. The division includes circles d the five associations Jackson, ?wain, Mneon, Graham, Clay and Cherokee Counties. - . . ? Idas Dorothy Edward* assocla. .tlonal missionary of the Tucka* elgee a? nojatlaii is chairman ol the division and Mrs. John C. Ctor bltt of Andrews' Is vice-chairman. Mrs. Ruth Starr Puffium Is chair, ?um of (be hn??w circle ; * Hiwassee Dam PTA Carnival Set Oct 29 ( Hiwassee Dam PTA will sponsor a school benefit carnival Friday, Oct. 29 at the school. The carnival will include enter- < tainment for adults and school 1 children. The principal attrac tions of the carnival include: i Crowning the Carnival Queen to be chosen in a beauty contest a mong high school girls; three dol- , lax prize for funniest Halloween ' costume; bingo and carnival wheel; cake walks and movie car toons; booth attractions include fortune telling, the country store; target shooting and Fish Pond. There will be a <15 ship-clock door prize; also a turkey and food basket raffle. Everyone is invited to attend the I Carnival st&trlng at 7 :00 p. m. Meters To Be Installed By Jan. 1, 1955 Parking meters will be installed iround Jan. 1, 1955, on Murphy's 'our main streets after Town Coun :il voted in the meters at its regu lar meeting Monday night. Council's action came alter merchants on the main streets were polled on the parking meter question earlier this year. Some 74 per cent of the busi nessmen were in favor of the me ters. Council voted to install the me ters on a six-month trial basis on streets where limited parking now exists, on the block Town Hall is on and on both sides of Peachtree Street. The meters will not be Installed below the Old Post Office Build ing, now a warehouse for Soasa mon Furniture Co. 14 Marphftr School Pupils When the Gnas Rools Opera' Company presents "Hansel and Gretel" here next week ' some 14 Murphy School chil<Iren will ap pear as "gingerbread" children. The opera will be presented in I the school auditorium next Wed nesday, Oct. 20, at 8 p. m. Local children composing the gingerbread chorus are Bobby Weaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Weaver;, Grace Townson, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Townson, Jr.; Beth Bailey, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Barley; Sue Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Idler; Virgil Decker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil. Deck er; Kay Davidson, daughter of I Mr. and Mrs. John A. Davidson; I Susan Maxwell, daughter of Rev. .and Mrs. Asmond Maxwell; Lynn [Whitley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duke Whitley; Patricia Cole, 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John .Cole; Jlmmie KImsey.'son of Mr. ,and Mrs. Leon Klmsey; Johnnie ,8aow, son at Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Mason ; Barbara Townson, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Townson; Sarah Vainer Singleton, 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Singleton and Jerry Decker, son 'of Ml-, tad Mrs. Virgil Decker. ! "Coons" Offered i For Restocking Brother coon might soon be an other Tar Heel who makes the Manteo to Murphy trip if sports men in this section ask that ra coons be stocked here. ; The North Carolina Wildlife Com mission is encouraging the re stocking of racoon in WNC by of fering its services as an inter mediary between live trappers in Eastern North Carolina and sport smen's clubs and individuals in this section. To get racoon, clubs and individ uals can get forms to fill out from the Wildlife Commission. The form should be filed with the Commission befort Oct. 15. Trappers in the east will start trapping with nets Oct 15. It is believed that the physical condition of the '"Coons" will be better with net trapping th?n un der the steel traps system. Tne animals are oeing trapped earlier this year, the Commission said, so that they can be caught while they are still fat and while there is still a food supply in WNC. Democrats Schedule -? 1 " ? " ? 9 Rallies In County ;'j Owenby Is New Pharmacist operated
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