LDOUfiT muhht? g o The Cherokee Scout AndClay Coun ty Progress Vain? 73 - ? Ma^hy, NaUi C?41?. TWaday, Jaaaary M. '*? 12 Paya. TM. W-fc PaMlri.^ Waakly iy^gfa^'H'oayjgtloLISf* Tiaik Yos. . The Cherokee Seoul mtd Clay Cotaty Progress haa re ceived payment for the follow ln( subscriptions and re newals during tea weak beginning January 16 through Tuesday, January 22: Guy Stdt. Rt. 4; Noah Bry ant, Rt. 4; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Dixon. Martthon, Fla.: John Ulmer. Chapel HU1: Tar Haal Restaur ant. Murphy; Mrs. Fannie Smart, HayasvlUa; George Brown, Blalrsvilla; F. B. , Panther, Washington; Bryan Chandler, Andrews; Mrs. J. S. Ramsey, Augusta, Ga.: Lawson Clark. Marble; Mrs. T. N. Blrod, Benton. Tenn.; Mrs. Bill Sogers, Cul lowhea; Mrs. J. O. Anwtta, Vs.; Mr. C. A. Auberry, Hay esvllle; Mr. Lomer Arrant, Clyda, N. C.; James Sandar son, Chambiee, Ga.; Leonard Ramsay, Dal on, Ga.; Horace Auberry, WaynesvUle; Harley Hampton, Ohio. Judge Undergoes Surgery MURPHY - C. E. Hyde. Murphy attorney and Judge of Recorders Court, underwent surgery Monday at Georgia Baptist Hospital, Atlanta. Ga. Tuesday he was res ting com fortably. Mrs. Hyde is staying in Atlanta to be near Mr. Hyde. DONLEY-SUIT STORE DESTROYED BY FIRE - Fire destroyed the Donley and Stdt Store at Liberty around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16. The fire started In the basement of the se>re. It Is believed the fire was caused by defective wiring. The blaze was detected by Mr. Donley. Mr. and Mrs. Donley had made the store building their living quarters until two months ago when they moved to their farm. Some of their home furnishings and clothing goods were still In the sere. The store building contained four apartment rooms, one big storage room in the base ment where they stored tires, and one large ground floor room In which grocery and other items were kept. The store Is located 20 miles west of Murphy on highway #294 near the Tennessee line. It has been estimated that the total loss was $30,000. The Murphy Fire Truck was called but the fire was out of control as shown in the photo above when the truck reached the scene. (Scout Photo.) MAYOR AND MRS. L. L. MASON proudly display the Gold Medallion awarded them this week by the Murphy Electric Power Board. See Inside this paper for more on the Mason's Gold Medallion Home. (Scout Photo) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Editor: On my desk is s copy of CLAY COUNTY PROGRESS for (he week of Jamisry 10, 1963, which we shall save for display at a meeting of the Ashevllle Regional Blood Council. The Bloodmoblle operation at Hayesville on January If was successful beyond out hopes. We feel that the infor mation regarding the Blood Program carried by youi paper made a definite contri bution to this success, and w< wish to thank you for youi personal help in making th< publicity effective. With all good wishes to yot and your paper. Miss Elizabeth C. McCutchei Administrative Director Ashevllle Regional Blood Ctr The Editor: On Friday, February 15, the Konnaheeta Woman's Club will have a pancake supper at the Andrews High School Lunch Room from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Proceeds from the sup per will be used for the And rews High School Library. Pancakes and sausage ? all you can eat ? will be Just $1.00 for adults and 50 cents for school children. On the night of February 15 there will be a basketball game here with Murphy. We hope that many of those going ? the game will come early and eat with us. We will appreciate your giving us advance publicity throughout the area on this project. Konnaheeta Woman's Club (calendar THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 3:15 p.m. - Cherub and Jun ior Choirs at First Metho dist Church. 3:30 p.m. - Murphy Garden Club to meet with Mrs. Jim Gibbs. Mrs. J. W. Davidson as co-hostess. 7:30 p.m. - Murphy Chapter No. 10 Order of Eastern Star will meet in Masonic Hall. Murphy School Unit NCEA to meet at High School Library. FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 7:00 p.m. - Robblnsville -vs Murphy at Robblnsville. MONDAY, JANUARY 28 6:30 p.m. - Rotary Club at Family Restaurant. Methodist Minister Seminar at Myers Park, Charlotte. 7:30 p.m. - Wesleyan Service Guild at home of Miss Thelma Wheeler with Miss Left ? right: Sliter Maria William. Sister Mary Francis Xivier, and Slstar Mary FrMxrlna, three of the first four Sisters ai Providence who came ? Murphy from the Mother in Flolyoke, Massachusetts, seven years ago ?day. ? *s? 'A H MM I I 1111,1,11 ?| . Siaar Mary Jotiu. pad* bat IrUh, it (tcriatM ?f flit faaautfful Holt ch^wl It tm ooo . Jtt. Hart flw ilitn obtain itranf Ai and Inapiratfon a carry on. hour by bow, day by day 'man' ntybta, bo) fliatr loving car* of tha tick. Scouts To Get Building MURPHY - A $10,000 Mock and brick building will be built on the land given to the Boy and Girl Scouts of America last week by E. C. Moore, Murphy businessman. According to Mr. Moore, he plans to pay for the building himself. The building site Is a par cel of land containing some 10-15 acres In the Moore sub division. It is located above and to the right of the Moore's fishpond, *> the right of Sun set Cemetery, running to the top of the mountain to Boule vard Street near the Robert McCombs' home. According to Mr. Moore, the building will have one street level floor and a basement. Construction will start as soon as the weather permits. The building will face on Boule vard Street. Scouting officials were jubl - liant In their expression of gratitude and appreciation to Mr. Moore for his generous gift. "Nowhere will there be better quarters for scouting activities," they said. Mr. Moore added that the building will be as per manently constructed as pos sible. Clara McCombs as co hostess. 7:45 p.m. - Women of thi Presbyterian Church it meet In the chapel. TUESDAY, JANUARY 28 7:00 p.m. - Stecoah -vs-Mur phy at Stecoah. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30 6:30 pjn.-Daniel Boone Coun cil annual appreciation din ner, Battery Park Hotel li Ashevllle. Slater Mary WUUam'e ethereal entile radiates pure ]oy while typing records ? the doctor has en indited dearlyl Community Building At Fairgrounds Is Good Possibility murphy - The L hero tee County Fair Aasodidon and other In teres led civic clubs ?re In the process of malting application k> the Housli* and Home Finance Corp., and ?gency of the federal govern ment under the Accelerated Public Works Program, for money *> construct a Com munity Building on the falr grounds in Murphy. A request has been macfe to the Cherokee County com missioners et> pass a resolut ion requesting money from the Accelerated Puhllc Works program. The request was made Monday. Jan. 7, at the regular meeting of the com missioners by John Gill. If this project goes throigh the total cost to Cherokee County would be less than >7,500 and would possibly not cost the county near this much since the fair asaocia tlon and the Murphy Lions Club with other Interested civic groups, would try to raise as much of the funds as pos Accordlng to Mr. GUI, If this building is constructed. It will be 50 X 200 and be located along the Valley River bank facing the swimming pool between the footbridge and the poultry lab. All the avail able puhllc works money ap propriated last year has been spent, according to Charles S. Edwards. N. C. field co-ordl nator for the Area Redevelop ment Administration. How ever, Mr. Edwards suggested that this application be made as soon as possible because there la a good chance that more money will be appro priated, A resolution from the county commissioners and a detailed drawing of the pro posed building (both are In the process of being drawn ig>) are all that are needed for the application. Burglary Attempt Saturday Fail* MURPHY - Burglars were foiled Saturday night In an at tempt so break open the safe of Esso Standard OU Dis tributing Co. here. Murphy police reported. According to Sheridan Dick ey, owner of the plant, the burglar broke a window and used a plank to enter the of fice. An Attempt to enter the safe by removing the door hinge pins was unsuccessful. Dickey said. The attempt was discover ed about noon Sisiday. Mrs. McMillan Calabratas 92nd Birthday. 92nd Birthday Is Celebrated By Baptist Church's Oldest Member MURPHY - Open house was held on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 23, from 2 'til 5 p.m. at the home of Mrs. J. W. McMillan In honor of her 92nd birthday. The home was decorated with potted plants. Mrs. McMillan was born In South Carolina, January 23, 1871, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Tyler Watkins, who moved to Georgia when she was a baby. Her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Brown Watklns was a sister of the late Governor Joe Brown. Miss Nancy Watldns was married to J. W. McMillan, October 4, 1891. To this union three daughters were born, Mary, Mrs. Walter Sneed, Maggie, Mrs. Fred Swalm, and Fannie, Mrs. C. I. Cal houn, and one son who died at the age of three. Mr. and Mrs. McMillan moved to Murphy in 1903 where Mr. McMillan was em ployed with a marble company at Regal for several years.He bought property on Hlwassee River, across from the L & N Depot and built a garage, also he built the first motor court In Murphy. Mr. McMil lan was a former Mayor of Murphy and was on the town board for several years. He passed away April 1/, 1954. Mrs. McMillan has been living with her daughter since the death of her hus band and has been an invalid for the past ten years. She Is the oldest member of the First Lady Says Please Take My Ad Out Of The Paper CULBERSON - Mrs. D. H. Anderson told the Scout Mon day, Jan. 21, "Please take my Want Ads out of the paper." Last week, Mrs. Anderson ran two Want Ads. The first ad listed 25 White Rock pul lets for sale. On Friday, seven people came to the Anderson's home wanting to buy the pullets. All the chickens were sold. The other ad listed a used wringer type washer. Two responses were received on the washer. One lady came late Saturday afternoon in the driving rain. She bought the washer. The response was so good on the two ads that Mrs. And erson didn't want to risk run ning them again. Shehadplan ned to run the two ads for three weeks and earn the dis count price. Baptist Church. She has 12 grandchildren. 31 great grandchildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren. The home was decorated with potted plants. The din ing table was covered with a linen cloth, centered with a bowl of yellow chrysanthe mums, and at one end of the table was the punch bowl and at the other, coffee was pour ed by her granddaughters, Mrs. Lewis King and Mrs. Vincent Crisp. Cake, sand wiches, nuts and candy were served to the 75 guests who were Invited. DATE H L PERC. 16 SI 9 0 17 52 14 trace 18 54 35 0.22 19 55 40 0.60 20 54 44 0.74 21 44 15 0.18 22 50 11 0.00 Forecast: Thursday, cloudy with occasional snow ending by afternoon or evening; Fri day and Saturday, scattered to broken cloudiness; Sunday, broken cloudiness and mild chance of rain by night. In the children1* ward. Sister Marie Williams soothes die wounded feelings of little Carol June Beavers, daughter d Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Beavers of Route 2, Murphy. A quiet inspection of the nursery reveals Jeffery Dean Taylor sleeping tranquilly, much (d the satisfaction of Sister Mary de la ColomWere. Jeffery Dean, born January 17, 1963, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Edward Taylor. Sisters Observe Seventh Anniversary Today SPECIAL TO SCOUT By Miss Maria Travta MURPHY-January 24,1963, marks the seventh anniversary ot the snowy day when four brave but Journey - tired Sisters of Providence from Holyoke. Mass., first mads their appearance In our little town of Murphy, North Car olina. No doubt this first view brought hosts of fears and taicertainiles to them. While t> many of us who had never actually soan nuns before, (he Sisters presented a strange indeed. Yet, during hardly a parson in i County can say Ms I * by Ms sight Three of these first four Sisters remain in Murphy. They are Sister Mary Fran cis Xavter, R. T? R. R. L. Administrator and present Sister Stgwlor; Sister Marie Williams, R. N? M. T., B. S., laboratory technician: and Slew Mary Frandna. R. N., B. S.t surgery and general hospital supervisor. The fourth. Sister Mary Anthony, R. N? B. S.. served six years as the first Sister Stperlor and AdmtnlstratDr in Murphy than automatically returned to the Mother House In Holyohs. At present, six other nuns complete the Order at Sle ws Is Murphy. Sister Mary ds la ColemMsre, R. N., to to charge of obstetrics and As nursery. Slaw Mary Jostle to Physical Sister Mary William, R. R. L., h?s the responsibility of typing and filing the doctor's records concerning Individual patients. Slstor Marie Ig natius, R. T? Assistant Super ior, does office and X-ray work. Sister Mary Doslthea finds more than enough t> do in the hospital office. Sister Mary Ignatius, C. R. N. A., administers anesthetics in Providence Hospital. From July 1, 19S6, to Jan uary 1, 1963, the staff of Providence Hospital admitted 8,103 patients, treated 6,086 outpatients, delivered 1,160 babies, performed 1,124 operations. X-ray examinat ions numbered 8,687; lab oratory taste 59,728; emer gency room cases totaled Several rhsnfss la tie old Peerie Hospital have made; location of (ha livery reom changed with < ductive flooring laid there in ; room, tore#-bed ward converted Into i nursery with ten Individual baslnettes, kitchen renovated to permit installation of new equipment including a deep-freeze, re frigerator, and dishwashing machine, children's ward ad ded which now contains four beds, and former doctor's of fice converted into Staff room for conferences and Staff meetings. New equipment purchased for the hospital include an autoclave for sterilizing and a gas machine for anaesthesia in the operating room. Picker X- ray, a reaus cits tor mi operating room table In ffw delivery room. Overbad tables and easy chairs now make the patient's room more com fortable. The Hospital Auxiliary raised money for a sue dan machine, bottle smrillasr, and Mayo operating room. Last alone men done members of the Au lary gave 7UB volunteer eervloe In various types o< work; such as Moor duty, emergency transpor tation, library work, and As making of stgipUas ? 18,200 v8iiM sDonses od iipppft^d ? manly 15,000 cotaon ballsl This yea- a Junior Auxiliary has been formed. Thirty * three girls have volunteered of BUT ^

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