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Miss Juliet Pegttes and uin
CKtllUe de Calongne visited Mr.
and Mflf. *. j. Darnell in Atlanta
last wrtjk and.
Mrs. Jahnale Nunn haa returned
from a vklt with relaUvea and
Wend in Whiteville and Wilming
ton.
w. W. Gudger of Aahavllle waa
mingling with old friend* in Mur-'
Phy laat week end.
Mr* Bailie Quean and m? Be
luah Queen had aa guests Easter
end, Miss Elda Queen of -At
lanta, Mr. and Mr*. E. C. Queen'
of Elixabethton, Tank, and Mr
and Mra. Grady McGuire of Mary
ville. Tenn. ^
The Rev. Robert A. Potter, Dr.
Robert R. King and Charles Bar
rett Sunday afternoon attended an
AahevUle Presbytery meeting In
Waynesville on Family evange
lism to plan for men's rallies.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Hamp
ton and son, Gerald have returned
to Indianapolis, Ind. after a visit
here with Mr. Hampton's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hampton.
Mrs. Harvey Wilson and chil
dren, Jay, Missie and Lucy visit
ed Mrs. Wilson's parents, Dr. and
Mrs. W. L. Logan in Gainesville,
Ga. Easter.
John Fowler who la In the Air
Corps and has been attending
school in San Antonio, Texas, has
gone to a school in Mich, after
spending a leave here with his
parents, Mr, and Mrs. Claude
Fowler.
Mrs. Lassie Barnett Swain of
Fla., who accompanied her
father home a few months ago,
was joined by her husband J. H.'l
Swain for a few days.
? T. J. Barnett who was very ID,
I* much better at present time. I
Mf. and Mrs. P. to. Hensley and
daughter, Debbie, of Oak Ridge,
Tenn., visited his mother, Mrs.
Vesta Henaley in Murphy over the
week end. ' ' ?!
Mrs. Mary Cathron Sneed, Mrs.
Valerie Brown of Murphy and Mrs.
Josephine Higdon of Andrews, at-|
tended a beauty school in Ckatta- I
nooga Sunday and heard Vemon
Isbell, hair stylist, lecture' on
syncroniied Jet permanent*.
Miss Billie Jane Rush returned
Monday to Richmond, Va. where
she is a student at Richmond Pro
fessional Institute, after having
spent the Easter holidays here with
her parents, Ms. and -Mrs. W. L. I
Rush.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Harshaw of
Richmond, Va. spent the Easter
week end here. They were accomp
anied home by the former's sis
ter. Miss Ada Harshaw. 1
Mr. and Mrs. W v. Costenoi
have returned for a week's visit at'
' Ft- Lauderdale, Fla. ? j
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Frasch ra-l
turned Monday from a business
. trip to New York City.
ANDREWS
Mrs Felix Brady hu returned ;
after a visit over the week end
with her husband who works in
Boston, Mass., and flew down to
Washington, D. C. where she also
travelled via plane to meet him.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Palmer and
three children Paula, Barry and
Brad of Brevard spent the week
end her* with Mr. Palmer's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Pal
mer.
Mrs. D. E. Beck and daughter,
Joan, Miss Wanda K. Moose and
Charles Franks spent the week end
in Col umbos, Oa. with MM.
Beck's son-is-law and daughter,
j* Mr. and Mrs. Dave Golden.
, Al/c Don Dills stationed at A1-'
I bany, Oa., spent the week end
/ with his mother Mrs. Lyman Dills.
\ Mr. and Mrs. R. A Dewar
have returned after a stay of sev
eral days In Knoxville, Tenn., as
? guests of their daughter, Mrs.
Alice Dewar Harris.
'Mrs. Lyman Dills has returned
after spending last week in Ashe
vffle with her. daughter, Mrs. W.
G. McCandless and her family.
< Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Davis had
i as their xuests over the week end
I, their children, Mr and Mrs. Whit
akar Davis of the University of
North, Oarallaa at dupel Bill, and
Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Davis
and their children of Franklin.
Mrs. C. L. Johnson left Tuesday
for several days st?y In Atlanta,
Oa.
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Percy Ferebee Announces
Candidacy For Legislature
Pfrcy TtnbM at Andrews thiai
V(U announced his omlidiqr to
run on the Democratic ticket for
Qteroke* Qounty representative to
the N. C. Legislature. Be will ea
ter the Democratic Primary in
May.
Mr. Fere bee is president of
Otiaens Bank and Trust Comp
any. He has served several
terms as mayor of Andrews, has
?erved as State Highway Commis
sioner and a member of the de
partment of conservation and de
velopment.
He Is president of Western N. C.
Communities, Associated, is vice
president of the Cherokee Histori
cal Association and is president of
the board of the new District Mem
orlal Hospital for Southwestern
North Carolina being constructed
at Andrews. '? ? ' .]
Third Suday Sing
Set At School
The monthly Cherokee County
Third Sunday afternoon singing
will be held Sunday, April 16 at 2
o'clock In the Murphy School Aud
itorium.
Everyone is invited to attend and
there is no admission charge. Burt
Killian is president of the singing
convention.
A number of visiting quartets
will be heard in addition to the
ifewly organized quartet made up
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hill, Ralph
Killian and Catherine Killian.
Glenn Ellis will furnish piano mus
ic.
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Fire Danger
Is High,
Ranger Reports
With the high April winds and
the sap rising in the trees, the for
est tire leuon is now at its peak,
U. 8. District Forest Ranger W. E.
Howell said today.
Brush burner*, loggers, fisher
men and anyone who travels
through the woods is asked to be
careful with fire the Ranger said.
80 far this year there have been
30 fires in the National Forest
protection area, the Ranger said.
Eighteen of these fires were of an
incendiary origin and all have oc
cured in the western end of Cher
okee County near the Tennessee
State line, Mr. Howell asserted.
Most of the fires were set from
a car traveling along the roads,
he said. - ,
The Ranger reported that on
Easter Sunday morning 11 incen
diary sets were scattered along
the Joe Brown Highway from
Unaka to the Tennessee line. The
worst fire of the year, the Rang
er said, was set at noon March 28
near Unaka. This fire burned 30
acres of ttmberland belonging
mostly to Bayless Morrow.
Ranger Howell pointed out that
National Forest land belongs to all
the people and everyone is urged
to help protect it from destructive
fires.
Woman's Club Fashion
Show Set Next Week
A fashion avowing, featuring!
fashions -for late spring and sum
mer, will be staged in the Murphy
School auditorium Friday, April
20, at 8 p. m. by the Murphy Wo
man's Club (formerly Junior Wo
i man's Club).
Models will largely be club mem- 1
bers and their children and the
clothing will be from Candler's,
Murphy Supply Company, Carring
er's Dept. Store, Jabaley's Roy V.
Lo vingood ' s , Trudy's and Cow
ard's.
A Parisian theme will be fea
tured and stage settings will fea
ture a Paris street scene.
Tickets are on sale by club mem
bers at 75 cents for adults and 25
cents for children.
Music will be by Mrs. J. W. |
Davidson at the piano.
A number of door prizes will be,
given.
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Election Precincts
Are Announced
The Cherokee County Board of
Elections have established election
precincts and voting places as
they were in the General election
in 1952 as follows :
Andrews North Ward, Andrews
South Ward, Topton, Marble, To
motla, Murphy North Ward, Mur
phy South Ward, Hangingdog, Boil
ing Springs, Upped Beaverdam,
Un&ka, Long Ridge, ' Vests, Lib
erty.
Also Shoal Creek, Hot House,
Walker School House, Culberson,
Burnt Meeting House, Brasstown,
Peachtree, Grape Creek, Ebene
zer and Ogreeta.
BOARD CLOSED
The Local Draft Board will be
clcsed April 17.
Broken Sidewalks Replaced
In Murphy Business Area
About 5,490 square feet of new i
concrete sidewalks have been
layed in Murphy this week replac
ing boken sidewalks in the town's
business area.
A committee from Town Coun-'
cil made recommendations for the
new sidewalks after making sur
vey of the town.
Cyrus Witt was the contractor
for the Job using Class A con
crete for the work.
The following sidewalks im
provements were made:
In front 'of Carringer's Dept.
Store, 27 lineal * feet;. 300 square
feet.
Between Candler's and Craw
ford Tire Co., 12 Hn. ft.; 72 sq. ft;
Regal Hotel driveway, 15 ft. long;
183 sq. ft.; Jabaley's 257 lin. ft.
and 3,000 sq. ft. and Coward's, 155
lin. ft. and 1,81S sq. ft.
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RALEIGH The Motor Ve
hicles Department's summary of
traffic deaths through 10 A. X.
April 0:
RUled this year: 268
Killed to dale last y*ax: MO
If Safety la Worth A life.
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Revival Now In
Progress At
Andrews Church
A series of revival services is
now In progress at th e First Bap
tist Church, Andrews, with the
Rev. B. Milford Vaughn of Ly
man, S. C. preaching.
The services are held daily at
10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The
pastor, the Rev. John C. Oorbitt,
is leading the kinging. Sally Buch
anan is organist.
The revival series began Mon
day evening and will continue
through the Sunday, April 18,
service.
# , THIRD DEGREE
The local Masonic, order will
hold a thrid degree meeting on
Saturday, April 14, at 7 :30 p. m. in
the Lodge Hall.
The McCayesvllle, Ga., degree
team will confer t$e degrees.
TMsteastcrs Set
Ladles Night Today
Mdrphy Toastmastefs tonight
(Thursday) will celebrate ladles
night at Duke's Lodge.
Club members, their wives and
guests will attend.
Superior Court
Disposes Of
Several Cases
Tha following were among "aim
disposed of by Superior Court af
ter The Scoat went to press last '
week:
James McSwaln pleaded
guilty to escaping from a prison
camp. Judge J. WU1 Piess sen
tenced htm to three months addl
tlonal Imprisonment.
Frank K. Wright pleaded guilty
to Oie same charge and received
an additional sentence of one to
thre? years.
Walter Morgan pleaded guilty
to forgery. His sentence was 18-21 1
months, suspended with probation
for five years on payment of ISO
and court costs.
Two divorces were granted and
one marriage was annulled.
Naomi Auburn Patterson won a di
vorce from John H. Patterson and
*he was granted custody of their
four children. Bertha Raper Crisp
was granted a divorce from Gar
land Crisp, and she was given cus
tody of their two children.
The marriage of Frankie Black
well McDonald and Ray McDonald
was annulled, on the ground that
Mr. McDonald already had a
legal wife before the marriage.
Mrs. Miller Is
Temporary HD
Agent In County
Mrs. William R. Miller of Brass
town last week took up her duties
as temporary home demonstration
agent for Cherokee County after
that position has been vacant since
the first of the year.
Mrs. Miller, wife of BUI Miller,
program coordinator at the John
C. Campbell Polk School, studied
at Georgia State College for wo
men and was graduated from the
..University at CtaMjfei -with * ma
jor in home economics and minor
in education and rural sociology!
She worked as home demonstra-J
tion agent for Catoosa County in
Ringgold, Ga. before her marriage '
in 1945.
The Millers have three children,
Emily, nine; Bob, seven; and
Nancy two.
Mrs. Miller is largely working
to meet the Home Demonstration
Club schedule and assist County
Agent Paul Nave in meeting the
Four-H Club schedule.
Gets 61,000 Trout
Appalachia Lake in Cherokee
County was stocked this week
with 61,000 Brown trout finger
lings, Arnold Dalrymple, Wildlife
protector said. t
The stocking was made by the
Wildlife Resources Commission
with fish from the Marion hatch
ery.
Mason, Townson Candidates
For Mayor In May Election
W. D. TOWNS ON
Republican Candidate
L L. MASON, JR.
Democrat Candidate
GOC Post May Be
Closed; Meet Called
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Craft Workshop
Set Saturday
The Cherokee County crafters
will conduct a craft workshop Sat
urday, April 14, from 9:45 a. m.
to 3 p. m. in the Bellview Com
munity House.
Free Instructions will be given
in weaving, aluminum etching,'
copper tooling and copper enam
eling.
Demonstrators -wilt be 11A
Clyde McNabb, president of the
crafters. Mrs. Edna Fleming,
weaving, Miss Phyllis Snyder,
Miss Leila Hayes and Mrs. Han
cock Davis, copper enameling;
Miss Dale Sudderth, etching a
luminum trays; and Mrs. B. E.
Warner and Mrs. Luke Ellis, cop
per tooling.
A pot luck lunch will be enjoyed
and everyone interested is invited
to attend. The Beilview Home
Demonstration Club will be host-!
ess with Mrs. T. E. Anderson as'
club president.
AGRICULTURE WORKERS
The next meeting of the Cher
okee County agricultural workers
council will be held the second
Thursday in May, it was announc
ed this week.
A meeting of the council was or
iginally scheduled for today, but
has been called off.
BIG CATCH
PRACTICING Already: Barty Akia (Left) and Leonard Jooea,
both of Murphy, most have beta getting in a little practice for Jta
Mg Cherokee County FUtaf Contest when they caught this string.
They reported oatrhlag these la the Og recta lecttoo of Htwaaaee
lake a day or two before the wBH spaaed last week. The oaM
is being sponsored by the Murphy Chamber td Commerce.
' H. Bueck, Civil Defense Direct
or in Murphy, this week said "We
do not have a sufficient number of
volunteer observors to continue the
operation of our Ground Obser
vor Post in Murphy."
A meeting of all persons inter
ested in maintaining this defense
service has been called for today,
Thursday, April 12 at 7:30 p. m.
in the Murphy School library.
Mr. Bueck said the minimum
number recommended fcr the op
eration is 168. At no time has the
local post had more than 75 and
many of that number were chil
dren, Mr. Bueck said. And, he
added a number of the adults who
volunteered have found it impos
sible or inconvenient to serve.
W. C. Messer, CD supervisor
and Frank. Ellis, chief observer
expressed the feeling that the post
should not be closed without giv
ing the people of Murphy, and es
pecially those who have served so
faithfully, an opportunity to ex
press themselves on the question,
Mr. Bueck said.
Also to be discussed at the mat
ing tonight is the problem of find
ing a new site for the post. The
present site, on Alden Coward's
property, will be prepared for
building.
Civitans To Have
Birthday Celebration
The Murphy Civitan Club will
have a two-fold birthday celebra
tion at their meeting Monday, Ap
ril 16, at 6:30 p. m. at the First
Methodist Church.
The club will celebrate its sixth
anniversary and at the same time
wil lhohor the 366th anniversary of
the organization of Civitan Inter
national.
Dr. A. J. Headrick, president re- '
ported that an interesting and en
tertaining program has been plan
ned.
Candidates for the Town of Mur
phy election May 8 were announc
ed this week by heads of the Demo
crat and Republican parties.
Incumbent Mayor L. L> .Mason,
Jr., completing his second term,
will be the Democrat candidate for
mayor in the election while W. D.
Town son is the Republican candi
date for mayor.
Mason was elected the party's
choice for mayor by acclimation
at the meeting of the Town Dem
ocrat party Monday night.
The six Democrat candidates
for council were elected by the
party Monday as follows: Cloe
Moore. John Jordan, Francis
Bourne. Jr., and W. A. Singleton,
all incumbents, and E. H. Brumby
and Alvin Buchanan.
REPUBLICAN SLATE
Meanwhile the candidates for
council on the Republican slate
were announced by party chair
man J. Doyle Burch as follows:
H. E. Dickey, Doyle C. (Buddy)
Burch, Hayes Docker?, Don Ram
sey, Roy Lovingood and J. B. Mul
key. The Republican candidates
were nominated and selected by
the Republican executive commit
tee.
REGISTRATION
Town of Murphy voters were re
minded to register for the election.
All persons who did not register
for the water bond election in the
fall must register before being
eligible to vote in the May town
election.
Registration books will be open
Saturday, April 14, 21 and 28 for
the town registration.
It was pointed out that the town
registration is altogether separate
from the county election books and
voters must register in each to be
eligible for the town election and
for all county elections. A new
Cherokee County registration is
also being held this year with the
county books opening April 28 for
the first registration date.
Also at the meeting Monday the
Murphy Democrat party re-elect
ed Robert Weaver as chairman
and Mrs. Hermar. Edwards as
vice chairman and Mrs. Ruby
Craig was elected secretary.
Weimar Jones'
Mother Passes
Mrs. George Andrew Jones, 93,
died Sunday, April 8, sit 5:30 a. m.
at her home in Franklin following
a short illness.
She was the mother of Weimar
I Tones, publisher of the Franklin
Press, formerly of Andrews.
Surviving in addition to Weimar
Jones are three other sons, one
daughter, a sister, 36 grandchil
dren and a number of great-grand
children.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 3 p. m. at Franklin
Methodist Church.
KONNAHEETA CLUB
The April meeting of the Konna
heeta club will be held at Nanta
hala Inn, Thursday, April 19 at 7
p. m.
Crippled Children's
Drive Is Lagging
The Crippled Children's drive i
being conducted through the Eas- |
ter Seal Sale la lagging all over i
the county behind laat years do
nations according to as announce- i
ment by W. D. Whin taker, Cher- <
okee County chairman this week.
Other benefits are expected to
be given this week and donations
will Ms accepted for an extended
time. _ ?
Due to the fact that the local
clinic for crippled children is being
conducted monthly makes the drive
for funds more urgent at this time,
Mr. Whltaker stated. He asked for
the moral support of individuals
to make this years drive og "Over
the top."
, In addition to the sale of lilies
by the Cub Scouts, the cotn cans
and seals, the Town "of Andrews
Jonated all money collected from
Its parking meters on last Thurs
day.
The clinic serves Cherokee,
Graham, Clay and part at Macon
counties.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Roy Puller,
chairman at the drive in Murphy,
asked all persons who have hot
sent in their money for the seals
mailed them to do so at once. Mr?
Fuller said of the 976 letters and
seals mailed out not over 900 hav*
been returned.
Mrs. Fuller also said that the
returns are still incomplete from
industry and business here. Dw
expressed appreciation to all per
sons whe have assisted in the
drive, particularly the girls who
conducted the sale on MHrphy
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