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1 ----- SALETOWN, N. C. COMING SOON t ! DRIVE SAFELY WATCH FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CHEROKEE COUNTY VOLUME 66 NUMBER ? 6 THURSDAY, AUG. 30, 1B66 EIGHT PAOE?*ms WEEK PUBLlsunrrk Explanation Of The School Amendment Editor's Note: The following ? is presented as a public ser vice and concerns the spec- | ial session school amend ment to be voted upon Sept. 8, 1956, as prepared by Wil- ? liam B. Rodman, Jr., Attor ney General: "An Explanation of the Pro posed Amendment to the Con stitution of North Carolina to be Voted on in the General Election September 8, 1958. Special Session School Amend ment. To authorize the General Assembly to provide education expense grants and to enact laws under which local communities can vote to suspend operation of some or all of the public schoolff in a given locality. The - Affect of this amendment would be to permit the General Assembly to enact Legislation which would: (1) Permit's child to receive an expense grant for attendance at 'a private, nonsec tarlan school if the child were assigned, against the wishes of , his parent or guardians, to a public school attended by a child of another race, and if the child could not be assigned to a differ ent public school in which the races were not mixed; (2) Per mit ? local oommunlty to suspend operation of any one or all of the public schools in that community by a majority of those voting on the question of suspension. Under .C^the proposed amendment, the present constitutional require ment of a general and uniform system of public schools is re tained, and the operation of a school is suspended, the pupils affected thereby would be entitled to an education expense grant to pay expenses in attending; a pri vate, nonsectarian school. At Present: Article IX of the Constitution of North Carolina now directs the General Assembly to provide for a general and uniform system of public schools, and further directs that each county of the State Is to be divided into a convenient number of school districts in whicn one or more public schools must be maintained. The proposed amendment would add at the end of Article IX a new section to read as follows: "13. Education expense grants and local option. ? Notwithstanding lng any other provision of this Constitution, the General Assem bly may provldt for payment of education expense grants from any state or local public funds for the private education of any child for whom no public school is available or for the private ed ucation of a child who is assigned against the wishes of his parent, or the person having control of such child, to a public school at tended by a child of another race. A grant shall be available only for education in a nonsectarian - school, and in the case of a child | assigned to a public school at GitenoUee County fyolkl \ By Annetta Bunch A cheerful and litaable person ; is Gordon R. Wilson who operates Wilson's Pure Oil Station. The! station celebrates its third anni versary this month. Gordon is a native of R*me, Ga., and has made his home in Murphy for the past 5 years. Prior to having his own station he was with the Pure Oil Distrib uting Plant here. He is married to the former Eleanor White of Rome, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are members of the First Methodist Church oj Murphy. Gordon is an active member of the Murphy Olvitap Club. His hobbles are fishing and hunting; Tou will find a friendly smile and excellent service when you visit his place of btsiness. GORDON WILSON | Drive Safely Labor Day Program jLions Club To Assist [N.C. Highway Patrol / The Murphy Lions Club, coop-i ic rating with the North Carolina gUghway Patrol, agreed at the| meeting of the club to aaai a "Drive Safely Labor Day and to band out litera to drivers durftig the three holiday period? September 1 has been granted by to use the town square, light for tbe purpose. the Burch, Bob H. L. McKeever, and H. A. Mat tox. 11 to 13: S. N. Bo bo, 0. F. Jef. fries, and Cloe Moore. 1 to 2: John Davidson, Alden Coward and Bill Ooatello. 2 to t: Frank Elite, Doyle Burch and W. A. Hoover. 3 to 4: Bob White, Bob Eaaley, and Joe Bay. Monday, September S: . 10 to 11: Jack Dickey, Harry Dickey and Arvil Woods. it to 13: W. A. Singleton, John Savage and Charlie Johnson, lto 3: Clean Fatten, A. L> MaxWell and A. Q. Ketner. 3 to 3: W. M. Fain, J. W. Frank lin and Meaaer Weaver. ? to Harold Well*, P. Q. Ivle and J. H. Duncan. MnihyMo CM Te Meet The Murphy Garten Club win mast Thunday (today) at S:30 p.m. at the home of Mn. Harold WeOa, with Mrs. W. P. Odoms, | tended by a child of another race, a grant shall, in addition, be i available when it is not reason able and practicable to reassign such child to a public school not attended by a child of another race. "Notwithstanding any other pro. vision of this Constitution, the General Assembly may provide a uniform system of local option whereby any local option unit, as defined by the General Assembly, may choose by a majority vote of the the qualified voters in the unit who vote on the question to suspend or to authorize the sus pension of the operation of one or more or all the public schools in that unit "No action taken pursuant to the authority of this Section shall in any manner affect the obli gation of the State or any polit ical sub-division or agency there of with respect to any indebted ness heretofore or hereafter .ere. ated." The electors favoring the adop tion of this ballot on which will be printed: "For constitutional amendment authorizing education expense grants for private educa tion and authorizing local vote to suspend local schools," and those opposed to adoption of the constitutional amendment will vote a ballot on which will be printed : "Against constitutional amendment authorizing education expense grants for private educa tion' and authorizing local vpte to suspend local, school." The above article does not con tain all amendments to be voted upon, only the school amendment. Folk Dancing To Be Discontinued The Friday night folk dancing at the' Folk School will be dis continued until early October. There will be an announcement when these dances are resumed. Masonic Meeting To Be Held "rtiere will be a second degree Masonic meeting Saturday night, at 7:30 at Cherokee Lodge 146. danger Home Coming Day Homecoming Day will be ob served at Ranger-Fairview Church Sunday, September 2. The public and singers are invited. Nantahala District Court Of Honor The Nantahala District Court of Honor will be held Tuesday, Sep tember 4, at 7:30 p.m. at Hayes. vllle Baptist Church, Hayesvflle, /?? Hampton Reunion To Be Held The Hampton reunion will be held at the home .of Mr. J._ H. Hampton Sunday, September 2. Mr. Hampton, Rev. and Mrs, C. A. Smith invite relatives and friends to join them for the day. Valleytown Home Demonstration Clnb "Take Me Back to the Coun try," a humorous Short story by ?. S. Patton, was read by Mrs. David Swan at the meeting of the Valleytown Home Demonstra tion Club on Wednesday afternoon August 23, with MA. fliarve Ham ilton as hostess. The author related experiences encountered on a term prior to modern conveniences and expres ses a longing to once again (o back to the country. Plans were iMswi? sit tor a bake and nmunace sale to be held at an eariy date tot the yurpu? at ed Nation Tour for Cherokee Cbunty delegates. A picnic supper Presbyterians Anniversary Program Set Three distinctive gatherings at the church are to mark the ob servance of the 60th anniversary, of Murphy Presbyterian Church Saturday and Sunday, September 1 and 2. At noon, Saturday there will be a picnic gathering, to which all members and friends are invited; at 8 o'clock Saturday night the historical celebration will be observed, with brief words of greetings from several visiting guests; and at 11 Sunday morn ing the anniversary worship ser vice. Murphy congregations are be ing asked to join with us in the Saturday services; and the An drews and Hayesville Presbyter ian churches are Invited to the observance. Mayor Proclaims I Murphy To Be i Saletown, N. C. I This week Mayor L. L. Mason proclaimed the town of Murphy to be Sale Town, beginning Mon day, September 10, 1956 and end ing Saturday, September 15, 1956, as follows: "Wheseaa, the Murphy Chamb er of Commerce is 'sponsoring a city wide sales week for the pur pose of promoting trade and com merce in said town: and Whereas the Chamber of Commerce desires to better acquaint the public with the shopping center of Murphy and encourage shopping therein; Now, therefore, I, L. L. Mason, Mayor of the Town of #Murphy, North Carolina, do hereby pro. claim the TdWn of Murphy to be Sales Town from September 10, 1950, through September 19, 1950, and request the people of Chero kee County and surrounding areas to take advantage of the shopping opportunities in Murphy." W.N.C. Baptist Officers Named The following list of officers were elected by the Western North Carolina Baptist Association at its annual meeting on Tusday and Wednesday, August 21 and 22 at the Hanging Dog Baptist Church and little Brasstown Baptist Church, Moderator, J. Alton Morris; Vice-moderator, Rev. Fred Luns ford; Clerk, Rev. Marvin Hamp ton; Assistant Clerk, Mrs. W. V. Costello; Treasurer, Mrs. J. J. Hamilton; Assistant Clerk, Mrs. Lloyd Hendrix; Historian, Mrs J Clarence Hendrix. Presbyterian Bishop Administers Sacrament Here The Rt. Rev. M. George Henry, D. D., Bishop of Western North Carolina, will administer the sac rament of Confirmation, the Apos tolic rite of the Laying on of Hands to a group of fifteen candidates at St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church , at a service of Evening Prayer be ginning at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, September 1. The Bishop vrtfl also . preach at this service. I The Bishop of Western North Carolina, the Rt Rev. M. George Henry, D. D., will celebrate the Holy Eucharist at the Church of the Messiah at 8:00 a.m. Sunday, September 2nd. The eight o'clock service will be the only one at the Church of the Messiah this Sunday as the eleven o'clock ser vice will not be held. Ilun wUl be an annual horn*. eomin% at Boiling Springs Bap tist Church, Sunday, September 1, 1966. Everyone la Invited to attend. Tent Revival In Pi egi ess there la a taut revival h pro freak en Temteaaee street, with the Rev. Norvell Peek, and Tom Stewart, from Akron, Ohio hi | charge. Everyone la welcome. tusquitee rangers receive first aid cards uasi inursaay jonn Jordan pre sented the members o? the Tus. quitee Ranger District with their Standard First Aid Cards. Those who received the cards were: The Tri-State Roekhounders To Meet Saturday The Tri-State Roekhounders monthly meeting will be held in the Agricultural Assembly Room, Masonic Building, at Hayesvile, N. C., on Saturday, September 1, at 7:30 p.m. As planned at the recent meet ing in Murphy, a grab bag sale will be held at thi* meeting. Each member will bring along a pack age containing one or more spec, imens of a value of $1 or iqorel which will be turned over to the ladies who will conduct the sale. There will be a native cut stone made and donated by a fellow member (name to be announced.) For the information of some who missed our August meeting in Murphy, it was voted to hold our regular monthly meetings on the first Saturday night in each month. The different meeting places to be announced in ad vance. ~ ? . m Owen Mfg. Co. Has Increase In Employment V The Owenby Manufacturing i Company of Marietta, Georgia, which started operations at their new dress plant in Andrews in October, 1955, with 42 employ ees will soon mark a year's growth with an increase to 132 persons now employed. H. L. Ledford, formerly with the Marietta main plant is sup erintendent of the Andrews plant. Mr. Ledford stated that fabrics used excluAvely in the "Bea Young" and "Keloms" drosses I manufactured, are the well-known (brands of Dan River and Galey and Lord ? and sold in the better dress shops and department stores. Models are latest in style and feature casual lines. Mrs. ft. V. Tankersly is Instructor and motion analyst The plant which is located in the large brick building formerly oc cupied by the Andrews Textile Company, one block from Main Street, has undergone a complete face-lifting, with all floor apace being utilized. All modern ma chines and equipment are vwrt throughout the plant ,-o m addition to Vie ladies and misses dreees being manufactur ed, Supt. Ledford stated that a section of the floor spaoe has re cently been devoted to the manu facturing of the well known Johnson and Johnson athletic sup. porta, sanitary belts and other athletic articles. The Owenby Manufacturing Cfcanpany of Marietta, G*. % * laded by Paul Owenty, waO own former resident at Murphy for a number at years while ha had a Wes Cearley, Hoyt Dockery, Chester Greene, Harold Long:, L. C. Loudermlik, Jess Rich, Robert Swiger and Grady Waldroup. In order to receive the cards the men had to study the Stand ard First Aid Handbook and at tend classes for 2 hours each day on 9 different days. In addition to this the men were given a test which they also had to pass. Mr. James Hugfies and Mr. John Jor dan were the instructors for the course. In order to be qualified to teach the course they had to take the instuctors course. The instructors presented a very good and Informative course which waa livened up by practical demonstra tions of bandages, splints and first aid treatment. Evidence of the information learned and in terest taken was vtery plainly shown at all of the couth meet. tags by the members of the class participation in them. Although these men are now prepared to give first aid to victims of sudden illnesses or accidents until the services of & doctor can be . se cured they hope that they never have to use their knowledge for you. ?BE CAREFUL. The members of the class wish to thank- James Hughes and John Jordan for the time that they took away from their jobs in order that they could teach the course These men do this as a public service and are not paid for it. v. Again? Thanks, both of you. Those not present for the pic ture were: Charlie Alarf, William Howell, Lee McLelland, John Stanley and Harvle Stiles. N. C. Civitan Officers Visit Local Gub SHOWN ABOVE LEFT TO RIGHT, MURPHY CIV1TAN PKES IIDENT WILLIAM R. GOSSETT, CTVTTAN GOVERNOR J. TAFT WHITE OF STATESVUJLE, AND LT. GOVERNOR BILVER8 OF MARION. Cherokee County ABS Meets Friday * There will bea meeting in the courtroom on Friday night, 4U9' gust 31, 8:00 o'clock to reorganise and elect officer* for die Chero kee County Artificial Breeding Association. Mr. John Brown, Field man American Breeders S ervice, will be present for this meeting. Any person that is interested in this organization is invited to attend this meeting. Mr. Frank Ghrii^fhilli has agreed to take the Job as tnae minster sad it Is hop ed that this service will b? avail able to the farmers ol Cherokee County within the out, tow days. New Hone Agent To Attune Duties Monday night, August 30, the regular meetin got the Civitan Club of Murphy was held. The president, William R. Gas sett, opened the meeting With the Civitan creed. Then old and new Aisiness concerning the club was discussed. Civitan " guests, J. Taft White, of Statesvllle, district Governor of the Civitan Clubs of N. C. spoke. It was * speech that peo ple both old awl young could understand and be interested in. He discussed our town, and other towns like it, and how to improve it. He also discussed people. Peo
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