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Kelley Chosen
Cadets Member
Cadet John Walter Kelley been selected as a member ot
of Young Harris, Ga., has the 1966 North Georgia College
Cadets Varisty Baseball
Team. He will be an outfield
player. This season, the Base
ball Team will play twenty
games with the opponent list
including such names as: The
University of Georgia, Mer
cer University, Maryville Co
llege, Berry College and oth
ers. Approximately half of the
games will be played in Dah
lonega.
Cadet Kelley is a Fresh
man at North Georgia Coll
ege and is majoring in Math
ematics. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Kelley of Ru
1, Young Harris, Ga.
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NOTARY PUBLIC
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PALMER
A daughter, Sandra to Mr.
and Mrs. James Palmer o(
Rt. 1, Murphy, Feb. 2S, at
Providence Hospital. Mrs,
Palmer Is the former Miss
Willa Mae Comwell.
COOK
A daughter, Connie Renee
to Mr. and Mrs. Oakie Rud
olph Cook of Murphy, March
2, at Providence Hospital.
Mrs. Cook is the formerMiss
Jo Ann Sutton.
GREEN
A son, to Mr. and Mrs.
Bobby Dale Green of Rt. 1,
Brasstown, March 4, at
Providence Hospital. Mrs.
Green is the former Miss
Bobbie Mae Taylor.
A mong The Sick
Ml'RPHY ? Patients ad
mitted to Providence Hospital
February 25 thru March 4
were: Mrs. Clois Stiles,
Marietta, Ga. ; Mrs. M. G.
Decker, Murphy: Mrs. Herb
ert Graham, Murphy; Mr.
Harry Bagley, Rt. 4, Murphy;
Mr. Paul Coffey, Rt. 1. Mar
ble; Mr. Henry Hyatt, Mur
phy; Mr. Pierson Campbell,
Young Harris, Ga.; Barbara
Sue Hughes, Murphy; Mrs.
Tim McCoy, Murphy: Mrs.
Garnery Nix, Rt. 3, Murphy;
Mrs. Manueal Elliott,Culber
son; Mrs. Bobby Hogan, A nd
rews, and Patsy Tanner, Rt.
2, Murphy.
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Mrs. Laura Matheson of
Rt. 2 is seriously ill at Towns
County Hospital.
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MRS.MYRA BARTON
MURPHY?Mrs. Myr? C.
Barton, 85, died Wednesday,
March 3 at the home of a
grandson, C.S. Newton, Mar
ble Rt. 1, after a long illness.
A native of Cherokee County
a daughter of the late George
W. and Mary Couch Queen,
and was the widow of Ed
Barton.
Surviving are a daughter,
Mrs. Lelia Newton of Mar
ble Rt. 1; four sons, Frank
of N. Augusta, S. C? Dillard
of Chattanooga, Whitt of Mur
phy and Vaugh Barton of
Fontana Dam; a brother,
Ranse Queen of Marble; 24
grandchildren, 52 great
grandchildren and three
great-great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 3 p.m.
Thursday at Feachtree Baptist
Church, of which she was a
mem ber.
The Rev. Robert Barker
and the Rev. Lester Stowe
officiated and burial was in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Charles,
Harold, Gerald and Billy Bar
ton, C. B. Newton and James
Pruett.
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge.
W. W.LEDFORD
MURPHY ? Services for
Herman W. Ledford, 57, of
Rt. 4, who died Wednesday,
March 2, was held at 11 a.m.
Saturday in Rogers Chapel
Baptist Church.
The Rev. Raymond Wilson
and the Rev. Calvin Thomp
son and the Rev, Bowers of
ficiated and burial was iA the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers were. Gar
Haney, C. W. and Ben Crisp,
Gewel Davenport, Goldman
Raper and Wlllard McClure.
Mr. Ledford was a native
of Cherokee County and a son
of the late William E, and
Flora Loudermilk Ledford.
He ?as a pipefitter with
l)i4>ont, and a member of the
Church of God.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Juanita Crisp Ledford;
two sons Herman Jr. of
Los A ngeles and Roddie Led
ford of the home; five brot
hers, Earl and J. B. of Oliver
Springs, Tenn., Clifford of
Knoxville, Tenn., John Harold
of Hunting Beach, Calif. . and
Knoxville Tenn., John Harold
of Hunting Beach, Calif. , and
the Rev. Frank Ledford of
Murphy; two sisters, Mrs.
Zadie Oil lard and Mrs. Arte
Knight both of Charlotte; and
two grandchildren.
Ivle Funeral Home was In
charge.
E.E.ANDERSON
ANDREWS ? Services for
Elvert E. Anderson, SO, who
died Thursday, March 3 in
Falls Church, Va? was held
at 4 p.m. Sunday in Valley
River Baptist Church of which
he was a member.
The Rev. Homer Wilson of
ficiated and burial was in the
church cemetery. Nephews
were pallbearers.
Mr. Anderson was associ
ated with Safeway FoodStores
in a management capacity
prior to his retirement. He
was a native of Cherokee
County and a son of the late
Harve and Stella Elvert
Anderson.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Edith Roper Anderson;
one daughter, Mrs. Gwendo
lyn Oliff of Fairfax, Va.; one
son, Donald Anderson of
Fairfax, Va.; five brothers,
Grady and Lester of Andrews,
Donald of Hendersonville,
Glenn of Akron, Ohio and
Gwin Anderson of St. Peters
bury, Fla; five sisters, Mrs.
Rose Burton of Lenior City,
Tenn., Mrs. Elene Hughes of
Charlotte, Mrs. Winnie
Painter of Gastonia, Mrs.
Joyce Lunsford and Miss
Azalee Anderson of Fairfax,
Fa.; and five grandchildren.
Ivie Funeral Home of
Andrews was in charge.
VERNON S. EVANS
MIJRPHY ? Vernon Evans
Sr., 72, died Friday, March
4 in a local hospital after
a long illness.
He was a native of Chero
kee County and a son of the
late George M. and Nebraska
Fox Evans. He was a re
tired carpenter.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Kate Sneed Evans; one
daughter, Mrs. C. B. Hend
rick of Murphy; one son,
Samuel B.EvansJr.ofMurphy
two sisters, Mrs. E. L.
Shields of Murphy and Mrs.
j. a. beaver of Andrews;
one brother, Floyd Evans of
Culberson and three grand
children.
Services were held at 2
p. m. Sunday in Fairview
Ranger Methodist Church.
The Rev. Clarke Benson and
the Rev. Calvin Thompson of
ficiated and burial was in the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers were, Alonzo
Shields, NewtonGibson, Char
lie Fox, Charlie Clarke,
Homer Ricks and JohnO'Dell.
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge.
WILLIAM MORGAN
ANDREWS ? Willima R.
Morgan, 92, died in a Fran
klin hospital Saturday, March
5 after a brief illness.
He was a native of Macon
County and a son of the late
Jayson and Emmaline Jones
Morgan. He was a retired
fanner.
Surviving are four daugh
ters, Mrs.LenoraSmith.Mrs.
Winnie Cathey and Mrs. Bon
nie May, all of Andrews and
Mrs. Eida Mae Bradshaw of
Hayesville; six sons, Law
of Murphy, Herman of And
rews, Jeff and Woodrow of
Hayesville, Bronce of Blairs
sille, Ga., and Horace Morgan
of Franklin; a sister, Mrs.
Matilda Lord of Tucson,Ariz.
36 grandchildren, 82 great
grand-children and 12 great
great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 1
p.m. Sunday in Andrews Se
cond Baptist Church, of which
he was a member.
The Rev. Ted Ellis offic
iated and burial was in
Valleytown Cemetery.
Pallbearers were. Ken
Bradley, Hubert May,Herbert
Barton, Monroe Morgan and
Bob White.
1 vie Funeral Home of And
rews was in charge.
Backward Glance
43 YEARS AGO,
MARCH 9,1923
Mr. C. W. Bailey spent
last Saturday in Andrews.
Mr. Ben West returned to
Chicago a few days ago to
assume his work there, after
having spent ten days here
with relatives.
Mrs. Polly Brittain Camp
bell, of Newport, Tenn., is
spending this week with re
latives.
30 YEARS AGO,
MARCH 12,1936
Mr. Dallas M, Reese has
recently been appointed as
representative of the Ashe
ville Production Credit Ass
ociation, according to W. H.
Overall, Secretary - tre
asurer.
One hundred and fifteen
persons, including members
of the Murphy Lions club and
their guests, assembled at the
Regal Hotel here Friday night
to partake of the Annual Cher
okee couty dinner sponsored
by the local Lions club.
Mrs. Evelyn Reeves Patton
announce the marriage of her
daughter, Edna, to Mr. Duke
Duncan Whitley on Friday,
March the sixth, nineteen hun
dred and thirty six. Smith
field, North Carolina, at home,
Kenley, N. C.
Mrs. W. A. Sherrill and
small son have returned from
a two weeks stay in Bryson
City.
Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Wright
spent the week-end with re
latives at Topton.
Miss Martha Nell Wells
spent the week - end in
A sheville.
Mrs. John L, Yauncey and
son, John L. Jr., of Atlanta
spent the week-end with Mrs,
Yauncey's sister, Mrs. W.S.
Dickey.
Misses MaryKathronHens
ley and Louise Christopher
spent the week-end in Ashe
ville with relatives.
20 YEARS AGO.
MARCH 14, 1946
C. E. Hyde spent a few
days on business inAsheville
last week.
Miss Helen Elizabeth
Hampton, youngest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James Hil
ary Hampton of Murphy, and
Lucius Frederick Lochaby,
son of Mrs. Nettie Lochaby of"
Ducktown, Tenn., were mar
ried in the First Methodist
church Sunday at the close
of the regular morning ser
vices. The Rev. C. A. Smith
brother-in-law of the bride,
assisted by the Rev. Ralph
Taylor, officiated using the
double ring ceremony.
Miss Lona Belle Fox, dau
ghter of Mrs. Hattie E. Fox
and the late Kent C. For of
Granite Falls, Route No. 1,
became the bride of Boyd
Hillard Davis in a ceremony
at the Bethlehem Baptist
Church in Alexander County
on March 3 immediately after
the morning worship service.
Rev. A, E, Watt', the bride's
pastor officiated.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bayless
of Knoxville, Tenn., spent the
week-end here with relatives.
Miss Leila Posey of Ashe
ville was the guest of Mrs.
Edwina Hagaman Monday and
Tuesday.
Cherokee Scout b Clay County
Progress, Thurs. Mar 10, 1966
All Conference players from Hiwassee Dam High School
were Ronnie Payne, Linda McNabb and Sharon Haney. Linda
McNabb was also voted All Tournament. The Hiwassee Dam
Grlls Basketeers brought home an award from the tournam
ment after tying Stecoah for first place.
NOTICE
DEMOCRAT
CONVENTION
On Tuesday, March 15, at
7:30 P. M., in the Courthouse in
Murphy, the Town of Murphy Demo
cratic Party will hold its Convention
for the nomination of a candidate
for Mayor and six (6) candidates
for the Board of Commissioners to
run as Democrat candidates for
said offices in the Town of Murphy
Election to be held on Tuesday,
May *3, 1966.
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