MERRY CHRISTMAS
THE CHEROKEE SCOUT wd CLAY COUHTY
PROGRESS
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Mr. and Mrs. Marler Shook. . .
. . .married 55 years Christmas
Christmas Marks 55th
Lnniversary For Shooks
HAYESVILLE - Mr. and
rs. Marler Shook are che
ating their 55th wedding an
versary, Wednesday, Dec.
, at their home In Hayes
He.
They were both born at
illah Falls, Tullah, Ga.,
d spent their early life
are. They were married at
awassee, Ga., Dec. 25, 1906
Paint Berrong.
They Uved at Tullah Falls
r two years after their mar -
age, then moved to Macon
xinty where they lived nine
?rs. They lived in Hiawas
*, Ga. for thirty years prior
coming to Clay County
lay Woman Writes
ongre??man At
hrlstmas Time
r. Hoy Taylor
ingress of the United States
Mise of Representatives
ashlngton, D. C
Bar Congressman Taylor:
I want to congratulate you
r being so thoughtful of us
d people that lived back In
? depression and hard times
id raised big families. There
ren't many men of your
that would give one
ought to us old people. You
ive a good heart and thoughts
' others instead of yourself.
I believe in giving any one
? roses while they live. . .1
ive written this from my
tart. May God bless and help
u in everything you under*
te and be with you to the end.
I ever a friend,
rs. C. L. Patterson, Rt.3
tyesville, N. C.
(Editors Note: Mrs. Pat
rson is 82 and this is a
of her letter to Mr.
r.)
where they have lived for the
put fourteen years.
Mr. Shook Is 78, and Is a
retired farmer. This man
loves trees and fruits, and
has sold nursery stock for
years and encourages others
to plant trees for the future.
He has also been an agent for
tombstones and continues this
work. He Is an ardent sports
man and has a large eight
room camp at Tullah Falls,
where he spends part of the
summer weekends fishing. He
continues to drive his truck.
Mrs. Shook's main interest
has been taking care of a
large family and she enjoys
cooking and keeping house.
She is 72. They both enjoy
their children and grand -
children stopping in to visit.
They are the parents of ten
living children who are: Mrs.
Andrew Moore, Mrs. Letter
Berrong, O'Dell Shook, Jack
Shook, Mrs. Don Moore and
Clarence Shook, all of Hayes -
ville; Mrs. Lawrence Sim
sers, Atlanta; Hayes Shook
of Albany, Ga.; Odls Shook of
Doraville, Ga.; and Mrs. Jos
eph Cotton of Portsmouth, Va.
They have twelve grand
children and eight great
grandchildren.
Clay Health Center
Has Ample Facilities
HAYESVILLE - The new
Clay County Health Center is
open. It is a beautiful brick
building located just above
the Clay County jail. It has
ample space to take care of
the Health Department and
future clinics.
Mr. and Mrs. BUI Moore,
Misses Elaine Moore and
Betty Jane Cabe spent Sat
urday in Marietta shopping.
A Christmas P ray ler\
I JACK WOOD'S GULF SEKVCE
Best Wishes
for a
Merry
Christmas
r Christmas Day ba an especially marry and brifht ona,
i| you full maasura of jay, paaca and contantmant.
TIGER'S
VFW To
Sponsor Cloy
Polio Vaccino
HAYESVILLE - TheV.F.W.
ind V. F. W. Auxiliary are
iponsorlng the Oral Polio
raccine. The first feeding will
>e available to Clay County
residents Sunday, February 9,
From IKK) to 4:00 p.ra.
Locations will be announc
ed at a later date.
Mr. and Mrs. Georgejarret
have moved back to their home
for the winter months. Miss
Mary J arret and Mrs. George
J arret are spending the holi
days in Key West, Fla., with
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Smith.
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Rev. and Mrs. Joe Law are
spending the holidays in
Draper, N. C., with their
parents.
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Mr. and Mrs. Claude Street
are spending the holidays with
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jarrett
in Asheville.
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Glyne Tiger returned home
from Emory Hospital, Atlanta
last Wednesday and is re
portedly improving.
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Sunday guests of Mrs.
French Cabe and Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Cabe were Mr. and Mrs.
John R. Cabe and sons, Robin
and Steve of Asheville, Mrs.
Dora Watkins of Waynes vllle,
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Trull,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Moore and
Mr. and Mrs. Patt Miller and
son Mike.
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Mrs. Lucille Patterson's
little son, who is attending
the Blind School in Raleigh,
is home for the Christmas
holidays.
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Carl Hogsed
With U.S. Navy
In Thailand
THAILAND - Carl Hogsed,
construction electrician sec
ond class, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Enoch Hogsed of Warne,
is a member of a "seebee"
technical assistance team
presently in Thailand to help
build dams and roads.
While assigned to Naval Mo
bile Construction Battalion
Nine, part of the naval con
struction forces of the U. S.
Pacific Fleet, he volunteered
to join the technical assis
tance team. After several
months of rigorous training
which included learning the
Thailand language, he was as
signed to the team.
Now in central Thailand,
the team Is engaged in teach
ing Thais the operation of con
struction equipment and is
building a series of small
earth dims and improving the
roads the people need to de
velop this Southeast Asian
country,
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Miss Frelda Dean Morgan
Miss Morgan Resigns
Clay Home Agent Post
HAYESVILLE-Miss Freida
Dean Morgan, Associate Home
Economics Agent in Clay
County, has resigned her
present position, and will be
come Home Economics Agent
in Graham County on January
1. 1964.
Miss Morgan came to
Hayesville in 1958, following
her graduation from Western
Carolina College. She Is a
native of the Leicester area
of Buncombe County, where
her father has a Grade A
Dairy.
Managers Of
Farm & Egg Corp.
Attend Co. Party
HAYESVILLE - Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Scroggs and Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Woody at
tended the annual Christmas
party held by the Southern
Poultry Co. at Monroe, Ga.
Wednesday, Dec. 18.
Mr. Scroggs and Mr. Woody
are managers of Hayesville
Farm and Egg Corp., a branch
of Southern Poultry Co.
E. M. Gray, president of
the company, recognized both
the Clay men as outstanding
employees and commended
them for their progress in
1963.
Mrs. Scroggs and Mrs.
Woody were presented with
corsages at die party, and
presents from the company.
. . . and one of our happiest holiday
traditions is wishing you and yours a season
filled with merriment and good cheer.
MULL'S ESSO SERVICE
O-k/uitoUM'
O-luMA/l
1ft ay the
teason bring
gnat joy to you.
?IUI RIDGE ilEC. ASSOC., INC.
in Clay County, she has
worked with Associate Agri
cultural Agent, George Bow
ers on the 4-H club program.
They have carried out an ef
fective program, developing
the talents and abilities of Clay
County's rural youth.
During the past year they
have had several outstanding
winners in the various Home
Economics and Agriculture
projects. They have eight
Community 4-H Clubs now
meeting regularly, under the
leadership of local adults.
In Graham County, Miss
Morgan will work with the
4-H Club program and nine
Home Demonstration Club*.
Larry Groves
Top FFA
Speaker
HATESVILLE - Larry Gro
ves, ? member of the 9th grade
?t Hayes ville High School, woo
the Nantahala Federation.
Future Farmers of Ameri
ca, speaking contest held In
Andrews, December 9. The
title of his speech was "Better
Living and Better Dairy
Cows."
Other schools participating
In the contest were Stecoah,
Bryson City, Franklin, and
Andrews. Groves will parti
cipate in the district contest
that will be held in Ashe ville
some time in May, 1904. The
district winner will then com
pete In Raleigh in June.
Young Groves Is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. William T.
Groves. He has been active
in 4 - H Club work and en
joys the FFA and Is one of the
top studwts at Hayea ville High
School.
Clay Courthouse
Employees Hold
Christmas Party
HATtevILLE - The em
ployees of Clay County
Courthouse held their annual
Christmas party in theRegls
ter of Deeds Office, Friday
Miss Mary Bill Allison read
the Christmas Story, and Scott
Baal led the gray In prsyw.
This Ms followed by the group
singing carela.
At the doee of the party,
Clay County Personal Mention
Mrs. Neal Kitchens - Phone 389-2431 or 383-2133
Clay 4-H Awards Presented
At Achievement Program ,
HAYESV1LLE - Approx
mately 1004-H club members,
leaders, parents, and Ex
tension personnel] attended
the 4-H Annual Achievement
Program held at the Hlnton
Rural Life Center Dec. IS.
Highlighting the program
was thepresentatlon of awards
and recognition given to de
serving club members, lead
ers, and sponsors. Four-H
members gave talks on die
various activities they had
participated in this year. A
series of slides were shown
depicting the activities.
A special feature of the
program was 4-H exhibits by
the Community Clubs. Myers
Chapel, Cuhe, Happy Moun
tain and Brasstown clubs set
up exhibits.
Club members who receiv
ed awards for project com
pletion and 4-H demonstra
tions are as follows: Georgia
Spurr, Mary Evelyn Spurr,
Janice Moore, Debbie Gro
ves, Linda Monkus.LucyRoz
ler, Linda Myers, Kathy
Greene, Lynn Chambers, El
len and Mildred Rowland,
Marsha Dale Smart, Judy
Ford, Karen Watson, Wanda
Gibson, Skip Ressel, Phillip
Myers, Michael Myers, Mich
ael Morgan, Wayne Holland,
Jr., Ben Spurr, Danny Wilson,
Ray Chambers, James Trull,
Harry Tipton, Jerry Moore,
Larry Groves, Ronnie smith,
Sam Davis, Jr., Charles Lee
Penland, Steve Armstrong,
Allen Martin, Phil Martin,
Lowell Martin, and Bill Mar
tin.
Four newly organized Com
munity 4-H Clubs received
club charters. They were the
Cloverlead, Cuhe, Happy
Mountain, and Scrougtown
Clubs.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Barnard and son are spending
Christmas with their parents,
MR. AND Mrs. Dee Barnar
and Mr. and Mrs. Manuel
Brads haw.
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Ptl. and Mrs. Don Moran
announce the birth of a daugh
ter, Donna Kay, November IS
in Providence Hospital, Mur
phy.
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Four clubs received Anni
versary Seals for their clii>
charters. They were the
Brasstown (2 years), Myers
Chapel, Peckerwood, and
Downlngs Creek.
The 4-H adult leaders were
recognized and presented. The
4-H Award of Service. Re
ceiving this award were: Mr.
and Mrs. William T. Groves,
Mrs. Arthur Moore, Mrs.
Russell Saltz, Floyd Garri
son, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Tip
ton, Mrs. Carl Cheeks, Je
rome Smith, Jerald Phillips,
Mr. and Mrs. Bonny Burch,
Mr. and Mrs. PattMlller.Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Davenport
and Phillip Howell.
Sponsors and donors were
recognized in appreciation for
their support of the 4-H pro
gram. These special persons
have been presented The
Friend of 4-H Award to be
displayed In their place of
business.
These persons are as fol
lows: Cltlsens Bank ft Trust
Co.; Ray's Pharmacy; Hayes -
vllle Pharmacy; Moore's Peed
and Poultry; Mountain Realty;
4 Point Texaco Service Ita
tloo; Clay Milling Co.; Clay
Hardware; Bank ofHlawaasee;
Crawford ft Mlngus; Western
Auto; Tigers; Gibson's Fabric
Shop; and Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Fraley.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Carter
and children are spending the
holidays Ln Ashe vllle and Way
nes ville with relatives.
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Hollday dinner guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
H. Waldroup, Sunday, were
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Burch,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Burch,
Mrs. Leon Garmt, Mr. and
Mrs. Neal Kitchens, Mr. and
Mrs. Bobby Burch and Pamela
all of Hayes vllle and the James
Burch family of Rabun Gap.
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Dillard Blotk Co.
of Sylva , N.C. Takes Pleasure
in Announcing
That Their New Fully Automated
Concrete Block Plant At Sylva
Is Now In Full Operation.
They Are Producing Both
Standard Weight and Light Weight
Blocks Of All Sizes.
Call 586-40 Call 586-4966 - Sylva,
for prices
Crawford & Mingus
HOME IMPROVEMENT CENTER
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BUILDING MATERIAL
MODERNIZE YOUR BATHROOM
TOILET, LAVATORY, AND TUB AS LOW AS...W
Wife StbctiM W 0*wf Mm* M Pbabtag Fbtow. -
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