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ENTER CHEROKEE COUNTY'S FISHING \ CONTEST DEDICATED TO PROMOTING a s* i-v ROKEE COUNTY , ECONOMY ^ V AC ATIONLAND CHEROKEE COUNTY VOLUME ?S NUMBER? 47 MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 14, UM* 12 PAGES PUBLISHED WEEKLY an VEHICLES WERE safety checked here last week at the voluntary safety check sponsored by the Murphy Klwants Club. Of these 87 were rejected and did not come back to be passed. A number of the rejected cars made the necessary repairs and returned to the check lane to be passed. High way Patrolman Ray Heftaer and local mechanics assisted the Klwanlans in the check. Above Jack Craig of Murphy, Curtis Candy representative, drives his truck through the check lane. At the left in the photo are Joe Hamilton and Ben Ragsdale; front, in the plaid shirt is Jack Lunsford and far right, Roy Raper. Three license numbers: TY-708; TY-395 ; and U-ill; were the lucky winners of a wash Job, and five gallons of gas or a grease Job. Persons with the license plates may claim their winnings by reporting to Harry Seamon at the Regal Hotel. (Scout Photo) Burke Moore Said " About The Same" Burke Edward Moore was 'reported to be about the same at Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, where he was taken last week after ser ious injuries sustained in an auto mobile crash June 3. Moore, 18 years did aand a 1956 graduate of Murphy High School, received head and neck injuries and numerous lacerations. He is Still unconscious except for occ asional moments of semi-con tciousness. Although his condition is termed as very serious doctors have said he will recover. Mr. and Mrs. Cloe Moore, Burkes' parents, and his brother, Tommy, are still in Atlanta with him. Sheriff, Policeman Attend Schooling ^Sheriff! Claude Anderson and City Policeman Clifford Stalcup, attended a two day S. B. I. Train ? ing Course Schooling for law en forcement officers at Bryson City this week. The school was sponsored by James Powell, director of the S. B. I. with headquarters in Ral eigh. P. R. Kitchen, S. B. I. agent, was instructor of the school. Miss Harden 1 Killed In Calif. Car - Train Wreck Miss Mary Lou Harden, 30, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dillanj Harden of Topton was killed Sun day in a car-train collision in Los Angeles, Calif. The car in which she was riding stalled on the railroad tracks, the family was advised. . She was a native of Cherokee County, a graduate of Andrews High School, and had been working as a cashier in a restaurant in Los Angeles for the past four years. Surviving, in addition to the parents, are four sisters, Mrs. Jesse Haught of Warren, Ohio, Mrs. Eula Nelson of Topton, Misses Evelyn and Virginia Harden of the borne; two brothers, Carl of Warren Ohio, and Ralph of the home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Townson Funeral home. Andrews Service Station Grand Open Set Friday, Saturday Adams 66 Service Station in Andrews will have its grand open ing Friday and Saturday June 15 >16 of this week. Free gifts for the kiddies will fee givyn and a carton of Cokes wtll be' given with each gasoline fill-up. Gudger Adams is owner of the station and John Raxter is the helper. They will handle Phillips 66 products of which Allison and Duncan Oil Company is dis tributor. Bowman Named Berkshire Head John W. Bowman, 1228 Reading Boulevard, Wyomissing, Pa. has feeen named President of Berkshire Knitting Mills. He succeeds Ferdinand K. Thun, 1601 Museum Road, Wyomissing who has been elected Chairman ol the Board of Directors. Announcement of the change toras made by Mr. Thun June S /during a banquet at the Mills' Recreation Hall, previous to the public "Open House" which (marks the Company's 50th man ufacturing year. S. J .Gernert, manager of the Berkshire plant at Andrews, atten ded the banquet. Mr. Thun had been President of Berkshire since December 29, 1948, and before that time had served the Company in various capacities jtor 18 years Mr. Bowman, Berkshire's new President, is a native of Readiing end joined the Company in 1946. He received experience in both Mill and office departments before feeing elected Treasurer and Vice President in Charge of Manufac turing in 1951. He held the latter feositions at the time of his election to the Presidency of Berkshire. William C. Brenner, 1805 Garden L&ne, Wyomissing Park, Pa. was named vice president in charge 'of manufacturing at the Berkshire Knitting Mills. He succeeds John W. Bowman who was promoted to the presid ency .of the Wyemissing firm. Bible School la Held At Pattn's The Light and Life Union Sunday School la holding Bible Sohool each day this week at the home tit Mrs. Clyde Pattoa in East Murphy. Classes are held each day from 9-11 a. m. and 35 chiildren wen enrolled by Tuesday. Stories and songs are included Un the activity with the Hct. and Mrs. Don Kin nersly, missionaries of the Am erican Union Sunday School and Mrs. Soy Chapnyn of BUirsvflle, Ga., and Mrs. Pattoa as taadm SURVEY SHOWS Hiwassee Lake Leads N.C. Lakes In Fish Per Acre Hiwassee Lake leads North Car- >p: ^lina lakes in abundance of fish tl per acre according to recent biological findings. Pike are esp- p ecially plentiful and next bass. p This fact was brought out at the ^ quarterly meeting of the Murohy ? Chamber of Commerce Board of i r Directors last week. J. H. Duncan ^ stressed necessity of more pub licity on fishing here. The tourist and industrial comm- F ittee is investigating building '' more cabins for Hiwassee Lake 8 fishermen. It was reported that the current Cherokee County fish- a ing contest is progressing well with a number of entries already P weighed in. The board meeting further bro- ;? ught out. p 1. The new Murphy pamphlet di should be ready for distribution n within a week. G 2. Two roadside signs were g? reported completed. One at the C iBryson City-Franklin junction and C the other in Huchason Gap west \of Bryson City on U. S. 19. A new ' sign was recommended to be built and located on U. S. 64 west of ^c Murphy. Another sign bearing the p [emblems of the four civic clubs ^ and Murphy Chamber of Comm erce in the center was discussed 1 1 and approved. This idea will be |l Town To Clean Up Ft Butler Site Murphy Town Council Monday night agreed to clean off the Fort Butler site after Chamber of Com merce and Regal <Jlub represen tatives met with acil and made the request. ' V Albo tu ir.b'etAi# council rec ieved bids from Allison Construc tion Company and Charles Higdon on street paving. Charlie Johnson, town clerk, asked persons interested in having 1 their streets paved to contact him j at the city hall. j: The cost of installing curb and j gutter on Church St. will be inves- 1 i tigated and reported at the next , council meeting. The board also voted to help sponsor the summer recreation program. It was announced that on the opening day of the recreation pro gram Monday Hall's Dairy furn- 1 ished chocolate milk and Coble ; Dairy furnished ice cream to the children attendihg. t Rev. Morris To Return To Pulpit After Dlness After an absence of 13 weeks from the pulpit following a heart attack, the Rev. J. Alton Morris, pastor of The First Baptist Church, win return to preach on Sunday, June jl7, at the 11 a. m. worship service. This will be his first sermon since his illness. Following the 8 p. m. worship service on Sunday, June 17, a reception honoring the 11th Anniv ersary of Mr. Morris as pastor of the church, and honoring his ret urn after the weeks of absence due to sickness, will be held In the basement of the church. All members of the church and' friends are cordially invited to the reception. The Morris family moved to Murphy from Easley, S. C. in June, 1945, and Mr. Morris prea ched his first sermon at the church (Mi June 10, 1945. At the evening worship hour the speaker will be Joe Lang who is I the summer worker for the West- 1 era N. C. Baptist Association, f! Mr. Lang is a .recent graduate o? ? - Wake Forest College and plans to enter the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary this fall. Clyde ClaiMB Is Father Of Year Clyde Oladson of Murphy will be honored as Murphy "rather of the year" by die Murphy JQwanis dub Tuesday night at their regular meeting. ' (Hudson vat elected by tka Kiwaaiaas at their last aWi*. resented to the civic clubs for heir approval. 3. No further information wa9 resented on the Cane Creek Lake iroject as the project was put 1 the hands of the Murphy Plan ing Board. Unofficially it was eported that much progress has een made. 4. The 100 Free WNC Vacation 'roject was praised as a publicity mature since it covers the vast irea from New York to Miami. Three vacations have been don ted by local tourist courts and leals by local restaurants for a arty of two for one week. The agricultural Council rep rted that plans have been com leted on the project of standar izing high quality hams as reco lmended by WNC Associated ommunities. And the council a reed to sponsor the Nantahala alf Show during the Cherokee 'ounty Fair next fall. The civic and professional council ;ported each club has donated iut pigs at $12 per pig for the ham roject and the ham sales will e handled by the three sponsoring ivic Clubs. Work has begun on he tennis courts sponsored by ions, Civitan and Kiwanis clubs. The Fort Butler project was urned over to the Historical Society and the Regal Club. The industrial council reported that information is being gathered for a brochure for Cherokee Cou nty, Murphy and Andrews. Several areas have been prospected for plant 'sites with aerial pictures taken and surveys made. It was also reported that a tran slator station to inprove local TV reception will be an active project as sooon as the FCC releases pri vilege. * C. R. Freed, secretary, said that persons having recommendations for the Chamber of Commerce should contact the appropriate committee for quicker results. Persons present were C. L. Alverson, president; Jack Dickey,, treasurer; C. R. Freed, secretary; P. J. -JJenn, Ben Palmer, J. H. Duncan, Wayne Holland, W. D. Townson and P. G. Ivie. 1 A. maipvmfes c feM "He who carries a tale makes a monkey of himself!" Hewnerkk Photo , Is la Error The photograph carried by The Cherokee Scout last week in con nection with the death of Paul U. Hemmerich, 31, of Orchard Park, N. Y. was in error. The photograph used was of Paul Hemmerich, father of the de ceased, of Buffalo, K. Y. Paul H. Hemmerich (the son) was {tilled instantly in a headon aut omobile collision Friday, June 1 three miles south of Erwin, Tenn. He had directed the activities of the Hemmerich Corporation plant at Peachtree and was secretary of the Hemmerich Corp., successor to the Duffy Silk Company. Surviving are his wife, Nancy, and three small children, Alexan der (Sandy) Gretchen and John of Orchard Park, N. Y. ; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hemm erich and one sister, Hildergarde of Buffalo, N. Y. ) The Scout deeply regrets its error in connnection with the photograph. Murphy Girls To Attend Conference Nancy Sales and Judy Cook will attend the 10th annual , Civitan Youth Conference on Human Rel ations at Wildacres, Little Switz erland June 17 - 23. The girls both graduates of Murphy High School this year, won the trip to the conference by being winners in the Murphy Civitan Club essay contest. Miss Sales was first place winner for her essay on world citizenship and Mies Cook won second place. HOUW^iAqDES were presented these members of the Murphy Civitan Club last week at the an nual ladles night and installation of officers. Hon ar plaques for outstanding work with Boy Scout* went to, left to right, John Jordan, Ben Ragsdale and James Howse; and Don Ramsey, right, re ceived recognition as club secretary-treasurer. A plaque was also presented A. G. Qulnn, chairman of the project committee. (Scoot Photo) * ^ ? IV persons above were among the stodeuts present at the Methodist church last Sunday for special observance of Methodftt rttnimt First raw: Mrs. Edwin Carter, church secretary at Stadent Work ; C6Uege; Ann Angel, graduate of Andrews High School 'M; Deris Tea*, MUns Cotaece, BrMol, Va. and Sue Crawford, Western OsraHna College, Cullowhee. Second row: Rev. Edwin darter, paster of the church; Cecil Bill Carver, graduate of Ahdrews High School 11 and Ysdd Beeee, Chapel HU1. at
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