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DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CHEROKEE COUNTY
VOLUME M NUMBER ? M
MURPHY, N. C. ? JUNE 13, 1K7
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TEN PAGES THIS WEEK
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Town Of Murphy
Buys 16
New Curb Cops
The Town of Murphy purchased
16 curb cops this week which wiT
be installed on parking meters for
the convenience of motorists violat
ing parking regulations.
The Curb Cop is an aluminum
box in which parking fines can be
deposited. They will be installed on
parking meter posts at intervals in
the business section according to
Charlie Johnson, city clerk.
Illegal parking notices will be
made on an envelope which can be
used to deposit fines in the curb
cop at the time violation is made.
The boxes will be delivered in a
bout three weeks and installed at
intervals so that there will be one
close to every parking meter in
town, he added.
Patrolman Leming
Transfers
To Macon County
Walter Leming, Andrews Pa
trolman for the past two and one
half years, has been transferred to
Highlands in Macon County.
He has been replaced by E. N.
Hooper who has been serving at
the Macon County post.
Patrolman Leming was assigned
to the Andrews post January 1,
1955, and served there until his re
quest for transfer was granted ef
fective June 1.
Joining the Highway patrol in
September, 1954, Patrolman Lem
ing was given 12 weeks training at
the N. C. Patrol School at Chape!
Hill and six weeks with Patrol
man Ray Hefner in Murphy.
He was an '"outstanding officer
while in Cherokee County and is a
most promising young patrolman,"
says Ray Hefner, Murphy patrol
man.
Patrolman Hooper has been with
the Highway Patrol since 1950. He
is married and has one child.
Special Program
Slated At Folk
School June 18-29
The twenty-eighth annual course
in creative recreation will be held
at the John C. Campbell Folk
School June" 18-29. This is a splen
did opportunity for aU who are in
terested" in folk song, folk dances,
the making of puppets, carving,
and in playing musical instru
ments.
The staff includes Miss May
Gadd, Director of the Country
Dance Society of America, with
headquarters in New York, Phillip
Merrill, the Head Musician of the
Country Dance Society, also of
New York, Marie Marvel of Home
place in Kentucky, who has hat?
wide experience in the field of
folk song; Ruth White, a musician,
from the Hindman School in Ken
tucky, in addition to the Folk
School Staff.
Special rate is given to local peo
ple. The course is open to all
fourteen years and older. The op
ening night is June 18, and the
closing session will be Friday
night, June 28. Further details will
be given upon request.
CIVITAN OFFICERS INSTALLED ? Clvitan District Lt. Governor
James B. Walker, left, look* on as Dr. William Gossett, right con
gratulates the new Civltan President, Dr. George Dyer. The club's
new officers were installed at a ladies night meeting June 3.
Cherokee Deaths
James Haggard, Prominent Resident
Dies In Murphy Hospital Sunday
James H. Haggard, 45, 'died at
6:30 a. m. Sunday, June 9 in a
Murphy hospital following a linger
ing illness.
He was the son of the late John
and Fannie Warner Haggard oi
Wartrace, Tenn.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs
Kathleen Henson Haggard; one
daughter, Ramona, one son, La
mar of the home; two sisters, Mrs
Clayton Overcast of Wartrace, and
Mrs. Ruth Wooten of Detroit.
Mich; two brothers, Cecil and C
R. Haggard of Chattanooga, Tenn.
He had been employed by the
TV A for 21 years, coming to Mur
phy, 15 years ago.
Funeral services were held at
3:30 p. m. Monday in the First
Methodist Church here of which he
was a member.
The Rev. A. L. Maxwell and the
Rev. C. A. Smith officiated and
burial was in Sunset Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Cloe Moore,
Dr. George Dyer, Charlie Johnson.
George Townson, E. L. Tapscott
and Walter Coleman, Jerry David
son and Jim Hughes.
Honorary pallbearers were mem
bers of the crew of electricians
with whom he worked.
The body remained at Townson
Funeral Home until the hour of
services.
Frank Moore, Jr.
Funeral services for Frank
Moore, Jr., 12 of Andrews who was
drowned at Cleveland, Tenn. Satur
day, were held at 3 p. m. Tuesday
at Valley River Baptist Church.
The Rev. Cliff George officiated
and burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were Tommy Jones,
N. H. Adams, Kenneth Adams,
Blaine Adams , Billy Queen and
Wendell Conley.
The boy had been in Bachman
Memorial Children's Home at
Cleveland for about a year. He
drbwned in a creek near the home.
He was the son of Frank Moore
of Gastonia and Mrs. Stanley
Adams Moore of Andrews.
Ivie Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. P. C. Burch
Mrs. P. C. Burch, 66, of Hiawas
see, Ga., died at 4 a. m. Monday,
June 10 at her home in Hiawassee
after a lingering illness.
Surviving are the husband; two
sons, Floyd and Leander of Hia
wassee; two daughters, Miss Net
( Continued On Back Page)
Mrs. Davis Assumes
Management
Of Henry House
Mrs. Cora Bryson Davis ha?
returned to Murphy to manage the
Henry House. For the past two
years she has been living in And
rews.
Mrs. Davis managed the Henry
House for five years prior to mov
ing to Andrews and is well known
is this vicinity for her excellent
cooking and the American way oi
serving food.
She has held positions with some
of the outstanding places in North
Carolina; working eleven years at
the Old Dickey House for Mrs
Nettie Dickey, in Raleigh, Salis
bury, and the Grove Park Inn in
Asheville. Mrs. Davis says that she
helped sehred the first meal in the
O' Henry Hotel in Raleigh, when
it was established.
Assisted by her sisters, Mary
Thompson and Hettie Crisp, Mrs.
Davis invites all her old friends
and the new ones she hopes to
make to come in to see her.
Two Local Youths
Arrested Sunday
For Drag Racing
Two Murphy youths were tried
in Recorder's Court here Monday
for drag racing Sunday night on
highway 64 at Cane Creek.
Jack Deweese, 21, of Murphy
and Mac Leon Gee, 23, formerly of
Murphy and now living in Brevard,
N. C. were found guilty of drag
racing, exceeding eighty miles per 1
hour. Each were fined $125 and i
cost and licenses revoked for a per- 1
iod of fifteen months.
Two persons were tried for nc
operators license; three reckless
driving; ' three violation of prohi
bition law and one carrying con
cealed weapon.
Marble Man Killed By Lightning
During Electrical Storm Wednesday
A 54-year old Mar Die man was
killed, and two "sons injured by
lightning during an electrical
storm late Wednesday afternoon.
Jonathan Prichard Dockery, 54,
was killed instantly and two sons,
Steve and Frank, were knocked
unconscious while they were work
ing on a jeep about 7 p. In.
They were at the home of Steve
Dockery of Route 2, Murphy.
He was a member of the Mur
phy Church of God, and was a me
chanic employed by Burch Motors
here.
funeral services -were neia ai j
2:30 Saturday in Marble Baptist I
Church. The Rev. Vernon Wood j
the Rev. Charles Ginn officiated, j
and burial was in Moss Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Cora .
Franklin Dockery; two daughters,
Mrs. Lena Clonts of Murphy and
Mrs'. Ethel Rowland of Marble;
four sons, Steve and Frank of Mur
phy and Albert and Roy of Marble;
and one sister, Mrs. Elsie Gibby ol
Marble.
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge.
Two Murphy Boys Trapped For Four
Hours On Rock In Hiawassee River
Two 11-year-old Murphy boys
narrowly escaped death recently
when they were trapped for four
hours on a rock in the Hiawassee
River.
They were rescued by Jim Ed
Hughes of Murphy, and his father.
Lamar Haggard and Peter Max
well had gone fishing near the wat
er filter plant at the mouth of Ax
ley Creek [and waded through
waist-deep water to a rock in the
center of the stream.
When the gatea of Chatuge Dam
were opened the water became so
swift and deep that they were un
able to wade back to the bank.
Lamar's mother, Mrs. James
Haggard found the boys about an
hour later after becoming concern
ed over their prolonged ab? ice.
She appealed to Mr. Hugbee and
M? father tor help after being on
able to locate Peter's father. Mr. |
Haggard, Lamar's father was ser
iously HI.
After tying a rope to a tree on
the batik, Mr. Hughes entered the
stream 50 yards above where the
two frightened boys were stranded
and brought them? one at a time,
to the bank.
The Rev. A. L. Maxwell, Peter's
father, described the. rescue as a
"difficult and courageous feat"
The boys, he said, except for a
four-hour sunburn which later
peeled off, were all right, "though
much wiser in the ways of rivers."
Editor's note: This incident, which
occurred on Saturday morning,
June 1, has not been published un
til now because at the illness of
James Haggard, Lamir's father,
who was net told of the event Mr.
Haggard has since died.
Murphy /own Board Still
Stuck With Paving Problem
EPISCOPAL CHURCH GETS NEW MINISTER ? The Rev. Alex
B. Hanson of Nashville, Tenn., is the new minister for the Murphy
Church of the Messiah. The Rev. Hanson, left, is pictured here with
Mrs. Hanson, right, a son, John, and a daughter, Howard Gordon.
Little Folk School
To Present (
Program Friday
A special program at the John 1
C. Campbell Folk School Friday 1
night, at 7:30 will be the climax of *
the little folks school.
There will be a display of wood- J
work, puppets, carvings, etc.,
made by the children. (
Each day begins with morning
song, and in addition to doing
crafts, the children do exercises in
the community room and gymnas
tics at Open House, where they
enjoy using the rings, trapez, see
saw, swings and balance board.
The day ends with singing games
and folk dances, and we are fortu
nate to have Phillip Merrill to |
help with the music and sword
dances.
1
The main event of their pro |
gram Friday night will be a play
based on the story of the Nightin
gale written by Hans Christian An
dersen, author of the Ugly Duck
ling, the Emperor's New Clothes,
and many other lovely fairy tales.
The older girls are making many
different colored lanterns to be
used in the play, and the mothers
will help make the costumes.
Murphy Episcopal
Church
Gets New Minister
The Rev. Alex B. Hanson of
vfashville, Tenn., has accepted the
ninistry of the Murphy Episcopal
Church.'
The church has been without a
minister since the Rev. Bill Rus
sell went to Marion on January 1.
A native of Birmingham, Ala.,
the Rev. Hanson is married to the
former Howard Gordon of Mobile,
Ala., and- they have two children,
John Alexander Hanson, a gradu
ate of Vanderbilt University and
now at the Episcopal Theological
Seminary of the Southwest at Aus
tin, Texas; and a daughter, How
ard Gordon Hanson who recently
received her Ph. D. from Vander
bilt.
Miss Hanson, the only person in
the history of Vanderbilt Univer
sity to receive the doctor of phil
osophy degree in comparative lit
erature, will accompany her par
ents to Murphy when they move in
to the Episcopal rectory here nexl
week.
A graduate of the St. Luke's
Theological Seminary at Sewsnee.
Tennessee, the Rev. Hanson is the
State Chaplain of the Sons of the
American Revolution in Tennessee,
a Commandery degree Mason, a
member of the Newcomer Society
of England in North America, and
has belonged to the Lions and Ki
wanis clubs.
First Baptist
Bible School
Commencement
The Bible School commencement
for the First Baptist Church will
be held Sunday night at 8 o'clock.
A picnic will be held Wednesday
at the church at 5:50 p. m. for the
children and their parents.
Average attendance for the first
week of school was 157 children.
i?UI J/IIJ UVH ?? MU HQWUI VVU | "1
fronted with the street paving prob
lem at their regular meeting Mon
day night at City Hall.
The Board is anxious to pave
all streets possible this summer,
however the paving is done on a
share the cost basis with property
owners on the streets involved.
Problem is that not all property
owners on unpaved streets will a
gree to pay their share of the cost
Charlie Johnson, city clerk, was
granted permission to hire a part
time worker to contact property
owners in an effort to get some ot
the streets paved.
Mr. Johnson said that the paving
would not cost any individual more
than 1.00 per running foot on a 15
foot street. Board also agreed not
to pave any street until payment
in advance was received.
Dr. Pete Hill told the Board that
there was not enough water pres
sure at his home to run his ap
pliances.
Board instructed Mr. Johnson to
run a 4" water main down Dillard
Street to extend along Bayless and
tie-in with a 2" main there.
Mr. Johnson was also instructed
to run a 4" main to serve the new
swimming pool now under construc
tion.
Townson' Funeral Home was
granted permission to widen the
sidewalk in front of the establish
ment at the expense of the funeral
home.
Board instructed John Jordan to
hire someone to work on grounds
at new tennis court after Mr.
Johnson told the Board that he
could not possibly spare a man.
The contractor for the new Pow
er Board building was granted
permission to block the sidewalk -
on Peachtree at the site of the new
construction "provided a safe
walkway was made for pedestrian
traffic."
A request by Hobart McKeever,
speaking for the Lion's Club, for
permission to space on garbage
cans downtown for advertising
was referred to the civic commit
tee.
Mack Gibson was granted a
taxi operator's license. .
Board agreed to pay Social Sec- j
urity taxes for city policemen re
troactive to January 1, 1956, in or
der that they would be covered
under the Social Security law.
First Methodist
To Present Bible
School Program
Closing exercises for the Vacat- ]
ion Church School at the First
Methodist Church will be held Fri
day night at 6:30 in conjunction
with the Family night pot-luck
supper.
The Rev. Maxwell states that
sixty-five boys and girls from ages
four through eleven were register
ed for the school and that there
were fifteen teachers and helpers.
Circle No. 2 will be hostess for
Family night this month, and ac
cording to custom, the next Fam
ily night will be held the first
Wednesday night in September.
"Wonderful lime, bays
First Free Vacation Winner
The first winner in the WNC 100
Free Vacation contest, sponsored
by the Chamber of Commerce, con
cluded her week-long vacation here
Saturday.
Mrs. H. L. Netherland, k school
teacher, from Eliabethton, Tenn.,
said that she had a "wonderful
time."
She was accompanied by Miss
Grace Crowe of Elizabethton, also
a schoolteacher.
The two ladies were guests of
the Chamber of Commerce during
the week and stayed at the Conne
heetah Motel.
Meals were furnished by Sheryl's
Restaurant and Cherokee Cafe.
The pie at Cherokee Cafe, they
said was "best we've ever eaten."
"There were so many things we
didn't have time to do that we
could easily spend another week
here," Mrs. Netherland said.
They were particularly impress
ed with the Folk School at Brass
town and Fan tana Dam.
Entertained by the ladies of the
Murphy Garden Club; they were
accompanied by Mrs. Emily Cos
tello and Mrs. Bryan Whitfield to
the Field of the Woods, Hlwassee
Dam and the Copper basin at Cop
perhiD, Tenn.
Upon their departure, Mrs. Roy
V. Lovingood and Mrs. Mabel Mas
sey presented then with A gift,
given by Davis Jeweler's, Trudy's
and Roy Lovtageoir*. %<
FREE VACATION WINNERS ? Mrs. Bon Palmer of Mmpfajr,
prcwato gtfta to Kn. H. L NeOeri? d. left, am* BOm Once
?Air * ffceattoa here. Mrs. Nethertond to toe M
wtoter Ml toe WHO lto-Tree Vuttta Mate* apeneored KeOy by
toe Ctoniw ef 0? ?r?.
Fisher's Department Store In Andrews
Closes After 50 Years Of Ooeration
Fisher's Department store in An
drews went out of business last
week after 57 years of continuous
operation.
It was the oldest family owned
store west of Canton and was est
ablished in 1900 by the late W
Bruce Fisher. At that time, and for
several years it was a general mer
chandise store.
At the time it was closed, the
store handled only wearing ap
panel.
The Hisses Mabel and Margaret
Fisher, operators of the store at
the time it doted, have gone to
New York to raaume their careers
Margaret in Public relations and
Mabel in the educational field.
During its more than half ? cen
tury in Andrew*, Fisher's occupied
three locations: tt opened in HMon
Chestnut Street near the Fisher
home; in 1>U it was moved to
Main Street wfaare a nfwt stand is
ly
Driv* in
now located; and In 1945 moved to
its present location.
Mr. Fisher actively managed the
business until he became HI in 1947
and at that time Mabel and Marga
ret Fisher came bade to Andrew*
to assume management They have
operated it since.
Mrs. Fisher died in IMS and Mr.