Newspapers / Cherokee scout. / Aug. 2, 1956, edition 1 / Page 1
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jtanrm a COUNTY'S CHEROKEE FISHING CONTEST DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CHEROKEE COUNTY VOLUME 66 NVMIUClt-l MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA . t i #.!?,> Sf W1 ECONOMY ? ?% YACATIONLAND . " ? * 4 7 CHEROKEE COUNTY THURSDAY, AUG. t, 1M6 EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK -'?HED WEEKLY 2 More Die On Exact Spot Of Previous Fatal Crash Winchester Wins UDC Scholarship Thomas Edwin Winchester, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Winchester of 4t8 Cherry Street, Murphy, has been awarded by the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy, the Mrs. L. H. Raines Memorial Scholarship to Western Carolina College, Cullo whee. Tommy has been a member of the Children of the Confederacy for a number of years. Tommy is 18 years old, is a 1956 graduate of Murphy High School and is a member of the First Mct ha^ st Church. u ring vacation, he is working in Ae Mauiiey drvg store. Townson Lumber , Plans New Storage Building Tcwnson 'Lumber Company plans to begin a new storage building soon on US 61 at the city limits, where a fire destroyed a two story \Vooden building last Wednesday. L>osses estimated it $25,000 to $27,000 included heavy farm equip ment, which was stored in the building, and about 100,000 feet of cut lumber, including high grade walnut and cherry lumber. - The fire was discovered when W. T. Maudlin, a truck driver for the company returned from a trip late Wednesday night and stopped the flame?. He reported the blaze to the fire deptrtment and volunteer firemen fought the blaze from a little after midnight until dawn. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. Since the building destroyed was used mainly for storage, the fire did not result in any job layoffs, or lumber shortages, so work is going on the same as before at the company, according to comp any officials. Fox's Celebrate Go! den Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. U. H. Fox of Cul berson Routs 2 will celebrate their 60th wadding anniversary Sunday, August B. , , : : Friends and relatives of the couple are Invited to attend a Golden Anniversary Dinner to be held at their hotne that day. Joining Uk the celebration will be , ? , ? "T * . . " , I the following six children of Mr and Krs. Fox:,Mrs. Barley 8hlelda and Mr. Telmer Fooc of Culberson Prank Fox of McCayegvtlle, Qa.; Mrs. Edna Bird ; of Oak Ridge, Tenn. ; Mrs. Baaie StUes of Sylva and Mr#. Beatrice Akin . of Mur phy. There are 14 grandchildren and H great-grandchildren who will attend. ' . ? L,^: "if COUNTY'S TOLL FOR YEAR ALREADY EQUALS 1955 A head-on auto crash Saturday July 28, took the lives of two men on U. S. 64 about six and a half miles west of Murphy. The ac cident occurred in the exact spot where the previous Saturday (July 21) a head-on crash had claimed two other lives. In the July- 28 accident, James Lqvi Harris, 41, of Memphis, Tenn., was killed almost instantly and William Felix Hill, 79 of Lib erty died Monday at 3 p. m. in a Murphy hospital of injuries receiv ed in the crash. Both men were drivers of* the cars. The two deaths brought Chero kee County's total highway acci dent fatalities to five for the year. That is the same as for the whole year of 1955. Killed in the July 21 accident were Max J. Green, 18, and Clyde L. Roberson. 19, both of Murphy On March 31, Buddy Lee Thomp son, 2 u, died when his car wept out of control on'U. S. 64, just a few miles from the same scene: "? A11" five deaths were on U. S C' ve.st of Murphy, and all the wrecks occurrpd on Saturdays. Highway Patrolman Walter Leminc; said the accident occurred | around 10 a. m. on a straight stretch of road just beyond the Western Carolina Truck Stop and Shell Station. He. said the auto driven by Harris was traveling' to ward the Tennessee Line and HiU's) car was traveling toward Murphy/ w'ien the Hill auto crossed the! line into the path of the oncoming | Ranger Howe!! Is Transferred IJ .S. District Forest Ranger W. E. "Dixie" Howell of Murphy will ; move to Atlanta in three weeks 1 j where he has been transferred to the regional office. I Mr. Howell will be in the division j of state and private forestry, working with cooperative fire pro tection work. Ranger Howell . has been in Murphy for .two year3 as ranger ; of the Tusquittee District of Nar. tahala National Forest. Before I coming here he was ranger of , Wambaw District of the Francis Marion National Forest, S. C. Ranger Howell's replacement j will be announced soon and will j come to Murphy and spend some I time with Mr. Howell in the next j I few weeks. Ranger and Mrs. Howell and j , their young son, Tommy, have j ! made their home on Hiawassee St. in Murphy. i Harris vehicle and they collided head-on. The two cars ? one a 1933 and one a 1954 ? both dark Fojd Sedans, were demolished. They came to a stop croAs wlse In the highway, facing each other with the point of impact of the July 21 wreck between them. The patrolman said that the cars apparently were not traveling at an excessive rate of speed since they came to a stop at the point of impact. INJURED IN CRASH Other persons injured in the] wreck were: Eddie Hamby Douglas, eight years old, grandson of Mr. Hill, j was transferred Tuesday to the' Children's Hospital at Chattanooga | due to thc extent of his facial in juries. His injuries included frac tures of the right leg, right arm nose, facial bone.'i and jaw lacera tions of the face. Mrs. J. Levi Harris of Memphis reported in good condition at a Murphy hospital, with severe lac erations of the forehead and face! ond small lacerations in left leg. I Linda Faye Harris, eight-year ' old daughter of the Levi Harrises reported "doing nicely" at a Mur Pty. -suffering with both legs broken, a dislocated hip and mul tiple cuts, about the head. ? 'is Hen tjr T'.ot'ji J, uiothdr o Mrs. Harris, also of Memphis, reported "doing nicely" suffering a broken jaw, dislocated collar bone and multiple lacerations. The patients wiU probably ho taken to Memphis some time this week, it was reported. felix hill ritfs Funeral services for Hill wer held yesterday (Wednesday) in tho Liberty Baptist Church, Rt. 1, Turtletown, Tenn. The Revs. Ar thur Dale and S. Jf. Wolfe officiat ed and burigl was in the church cemetery with Masonic rites by Montgomery Lodge 426. He was a native of Cherokee Counly, son of the late Abel Stan hope and Sarah Jane Rogers Hill Ho had been a deacon and Sunday School teacher in tho Liberty Baptist Church for a number of years and a mem ber of Montgomery Lodge, 42<j. In 1900 he served as post master of Wehutty. This office lias since been discontinued. He was a member of the county highway sommiscion until the state took it over io. 1943 when he retir ed. He was for 35 years a justice of the peace, a registrar and no tary public for Liberty precinct. Surviving are his wife, Mrs Mary Postell Hill; four daughters J Mrs. R. L. Burger and Mrs. L. E I Burger of Isabella, Tenn., Mrs Zack Carringer of Oak Ridge. Tenn., and Mrs. Howard Douglas of Paducah, Ky. ; two sons, Guy of Route 2, Murphy; Fred J. of Andrews; 27 grandchildren, and a number of Great-grandchildren; two sisters. .Mrs. Cynthia Jones o Turtletown, and Mrs. I. L. Shaeffei of Athens, Tenn;. and one brother Arthur Hill of Detroit, Mich. The body remained at Ivie Funeral Home until Tuesday wher it was taken to the home to re main until time for the service. HARRIS SURVIVORS Harris' body was taken Saturday night to Chattanooga by Towns -f Funeral Home and was .shipped tc Memphis for funeral services am burial. Harris was a Memphis motor company salesman. He Is surviv ed, In addition to his wife sad eight-year-old daughter, by anoth er daughter, June, i?; parents Mr. and Mrs. Jiff A. Harris of Sharon, Tenn. and two brothers, Lawson and Herman Hkrris, botl of Sharon. SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MllKPHv ' ORTH CAROLINA Murphy's New High School To Be Finished Early In 57 Murphy's new senior high school building, now under construction' is expected to be completed in ' early in 1957, C. G. Harrill, arehi-j tect engineer, of Andrews said this week. The one story modern steel and' reinforced concrete building is be-' ing built on the new 219 acre school site just east of Murphy i city limits on the Andrews high- , way. Tiies $259,143 structure will have a triple A fireproof rating and includes a 1,500 seating capacity gymnasium, '20 classrooms, of- ' ficcs, teachers' rooms, clinic, ' science department, home econc- ' R. IV. Kaslcy Jr. of JiurjAy wss installed as deputy district i Govenor of Region 1 for District ? ,31- A Lions Clubs in Western North j [Carolina nt a Ladies Night pre l;r;rn of ti'P Vo.it As' CW? ? Tiicstltiy K.gnt. litt meeting van Jt j I the Battciy -Park Hotel In Ashe | i vilia. W. Mike I5ro".':i of Robbinsville was inducted r.s zone chairman j far Zone 1 which includes the Andrews, Clay County, Fontam. 'Dam, Murphy and Robbinsville Clubs. Joe U. Crura of Oiillov.'hee was I installed as Zone 2 Chairman in Region X. This zone includes the Bryson City, Cashiers Gienville, Cullowhee, Franlflin, Highlands ! and Sylva clubs Mr. Essley is one of the new J officers who will serve 35 clubs with 1,607 mom be rs in 12 western mountain counties for the new club year which began July 1. Three past district 31-A Gov ernors who arc now serving as ? international councilors pariici I ? ? r i All Businessmen i ? Urged To Join In Camnai?n The Merchants Committee of the j Chamber of Commerce has pu out a call to all businessmen o the city to join in the drive for| cooperation in promoting Murphj as a friendly shopping center for ? large area. W. A. Singleton, chairman, hat issued a letter asking merchant. for their suggestions for the pro gram. "I believe that all of us realize that there are many things that we can do together that would help all of us," Mr. Singleton wrote. "We can do many things more economically and more ef ficiently together than we can do individually. "Take three ideas for example: How far could any one of us go in advertising all the advantages of Murphy? What it offers In the way of merchandise and services. Together, we can. "Then, a credit bureau. If we "want it badly enough, we can have it. It is up to us. "A salesmanship school cooper atively sponsored is possible, Whereas individual schools . . would be out of the question." Mr. Singleton urged merchants to let their ideas be known on how to promote more prosperity tor Murphy. pattil in the installation ceremon ' ies. K. Eu.lk of Murphy introduce. ! the guests, Roy Fuller of Biac'.t Mountain dO'.vrreil the ; ? ' ;.-il audioes an J Kobe-' Ec.rrys o Candler was the installing officer ? \V. E. (Ed) Michael Jr.. c? Wcs , Aslicviile, newly-elected District 31-A Governor, was among pro I ;:Tjm sp lakers. Andrews W??s 2 More; Mashburn Hwrls No-Hitter I The Andrews baseball club, now holding an 8 to ? won-lost rerord. meets Isabella Tenn at Isabella Saturday afternoon. On Sunday. I Andrews will play Franklin. Cecil Mashburn had a no-hittei going for Andrews v Uaycs ville last Sunday until the atnc was rained out at the end w the fifth inning. He had struck out 14 men by Uiat tii.ie. Andrews was ler.dir. . S-0. and won the decision, Lra.kon was losing pitcher. Last Tl'.ursdy, Andrews de.r eated Canal Lake at litairsviHaaiti a night game, 4-3. David llolloway | won his second game of the second 1 Cooper and Trull were out standing at the plate Cad Akins was the losing pitcher. The Andrews team is managed I by Fred King and Junior Sherrill. The two defeats were at the hands of Copperhill and Isabella, both Tennessee teams. The local team later beat both of them in return engagements. Masons To Hold District Mooting' The annual district meeting of the 43rd Masonic District of North Carolina will be neld in the Masonic Temple in Hayesville on August 6. There will be session at 3 p. m. and 7:30 p. m. . The' Grand Master of The Grand Lodge of N. C. will be present, also the Grand Secre tary and probably several of the 7 lodges in this district, which in cludes all the Masonic Lodges in Clay Cherokee and Graham coun ties. ' W Boy Scoot Co art To Be Next Week The Nantahala District Court o Honor will be held- Tuesday, Aug ust 7, - at the First Method is Church, Murphy at 7:30 p. m. mics department, library, store rooms and toilets, Harrill said. All classrooms will have forced ventilation and the heating sys tem is zoned forced circulation hot water with automatic controls. Corridors have glazed tile wain scot' si?: feet high, toilets have showers and plazed tile wainscot j and tile floors and all spaces except the gym will have acousti- 1 " cat ceilings. j \ The instructional spaces and j corridors have sk> lights for addi- 1 tioiial light! ig, all hot and cold1 J water nip:; is copper and the, scicnco department water lines . are heavyweight lead, Mr. Harrill j said. A complete sewage disposal , vs.cm f .? *r students is incluvl-j cd. , The gym: isiuni floor is hi^hest qualitv flea" oal; with provision' for > leetric 1'0"' in the slab unrterl the floor to prevent moisture c:?.rri-! ire, the architect explained. . The ? electric?! system provides j for high intensity lighting and thej i * tract ireltr: r; ir addition, an intercommunication system for. t" o-way conversation from all j spaces. An automatic program! system is also included, Mr. Har rill said. | The outside walls are faced with a texture face brick and bearing walls are capped with reinforced concrete tie beams. Harrill re ported that roofing is tar and grav el with a 20 year bond and all roofs are sloped for proper drain age. The doors are select birch and door hardware is heavy duty. The boiler installation will take care of an additional 15,000 square feet, Mr. Harrill said, completing a rrors floor area of 13,000 square feet. The total cost for all contract work is $6 per square foot, the architect-engineer added. The contracts were awarded in j March, 1956, as follows: General contract, Jerry Liner Construction v.j., $200,715; electric contract,; Murphy Electrical Shop, $16,SS7;; heating contract, Southern Piping and Engineering Co. $15,850: and plumbing contract, C. E. Holder, $25,681. The total contract a mount is $250,143. My Kaigfelsors "My recipe's the -;>rr.e J-s w ith rhubarb pie ? u. ' ''1 y?e sugar V?u can' t'1"n it!'*' tehool Starts !n Just S Weeks School days fov Cherokee Cou ty youths? and teachers is just v round the comer after Murphy, Cherokoe Courtfv, ar.d An.irewt. school opening dates were an nounced this week. Andrews will start the school year elf Monday morning, August 27. Prior to school opening a gen eral faculty meeting will be held at the school on Saturday, August :5. Still phy and Cherokee County school units' will strrt classes at S:4" a. m. Tuesday, August 28. The first general faculty meet ing of the Murphy school will be Monday, August 29. at 9 a. m. in the high school library, Supt. H. Bueck said this week. Students of second grade through high school who expect to enter Murphy schools for the first time are asked to enrol! as follows: Grades two through eight, Thurs day. August 23. 8 a. m. to noon and 1 to 3 p. m. with Mrs. C. K. Olson in charge. High School. 8 a. m. to flbon Friday", Aujrurt 24, with R. S. Bault. Meanwhile, Supt. Lloyd Hendrix of the Cherokee County schools, announced that there would not be a general teachers meeting of Cherokee County unit teachers before school opens. Mr. Hendrix also announced that with school opening students at Hiwassee Dam school will enter their brand new school building which wiil be completed in time for the opening day. Mr. Hendrix said the old school plant at Hi wassee Dam village will not be used at all by the school this year. Churches Join For Youth Activities Week All Murphy young people 15 to 23 years of age are Invited to par : ticipate in the recreational and worship progrtms during Youth Activities Week here August 6-10. First Baptist, First Methodist, Presbyterian and. Episcopal churches are sponsoring the week which will begin with a picnic sup per each night. _ . ? ,y The Methodist young people wil be first hosts on Monday and wfl] be In charge of the evening's pro gram. Episcopal youtns will be b charge Tuesday; Presbyterians I :. ' ' * * * 1 . Wednesday; and Baptists, Thurs day. On Friday evening the four churches will sponsor' a joint pro gram. ? * ' ,,i t ~ . Each evening the activities will include the picnic followed by out side recitation, a period of *tudy, tnaWe directed recreation and a closing worship peri6d. r- ' The book ' to be discussed is "What Doe* It Mean To Be A Christian?" For the .picnic the young people will bring, sandwiches and Jke drinks Mil be furnished by the boat church. .
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