MRS. H.E. DAVIS (right) chats with guests during the Tuesday night art exhibit in Andrews.
THIS PAINTING OF A MOUNTAIN FARM was one of about 175 on display at the exhibit.
AREA MEN IN SERVICE
RAYMOND T. MASHBURN
U.S. ARMY, VIETNAM (AH
TNC)--Army Private First
Class Raymond T. Mashburn,
20, son of Jesse A. Mashburn,
Andrews, arrived In Vietnam
and is assigned to the 196th
Light Infantry Brigade.
An infantryman assigned to
Company A., 3rd Battalion
in the brigade's 21st Infan
try, Pvt. Mashburn entered
the Army in November 1966
and completed his basic
a't Ft. Campbell, Ky. He was
last stationed at Ft. Pol' ,
La.
Pvt. Mashburn Is a 1966
graduate of Andrews High
School.
HERBERT M. HOGAN
CAMP PENDLETON,
CALIF. (FHTNC)-- Marine
Private First Class Herbert
M. Hogan, son of Mrs. Opal
C. Hogan of Culberson has
completed the Tracked
Vehicle Course at Marine
Corps Base, Camp Pendleton
Calif.
The four-week course
teaches the techniques of
driving, preventive mainten
ance, gunnery and commun
cations in basic amphibious
tractor and tank operations.
GARY BROOKS
PFC Gary Brooks, grand
son of Mr. and Mrs. George
G. Quinn, of Rt. 4, Murphy
has completed advanced in
dividual training at Ft
Gordon, Ga., and has been
Martins Creek Beats Brumby
Martins Creek took the first
half championship of the
women's divison of the Murphy
Softball Association Friday by
downing Brumby Textile, 12-3.
The victory game Martins
Creek their sixth straight win
without a defeat. They have
since added a forfiet victory
to their total*
Brumby now has a record
of 6 wins and one loss.
In the men's division.
Graves Crhsyler- Plymouth
has a two game lead over White
Church. The leaders have
won 11 games in 12 decisions.
White Church is 9-3 after
downing A&P, 13-12, Monday
and Tomotla, 12-10, Tuesday.
Rimco moved ahead of
Tomotla into third place with
a forfiet over Citizens Bank
Saturday night. Rimco is two
and one-half games off the
pace with a 9-4 record.
Two Women Hurt In Wreck
Two women escaped ser
ious injury when their car
struck a bridge abutment on
US 19-129 three miles east of
Marble at 6:30 Tuesday morn
ing.
Mrs. Lola Welch, 53, of Rt.
1, Marble, told Highway
Patrolman DonReavisshewas
travelling east when she met a
mobile home being towed.
There was insufficient room
to pass on the bridge and she
struck the abutment. The
vehicles did not collide.
Mrs. Welch was slightly
injured but was not hospital
ized, Reavis said.
A passenger in thecar, Mrs
Bertha Ledford of Murphy,
was taken to Andrews District
Memorial Hospital. Reavis
said she was not believed to be
seriously injured.
No charges were filed.
Reavis said the Welch car
was a total loss.
MID -
SUMMER
SALE
We Now Have 45
New Cycles In
Stock
See These Sale - Priced YAMAHA'S
On Special At Howard's Cycle Shop
36 hp.
Grand Prix 350
$795.00
27 hp.
Big Bear Scrambler
250 $655.00
EXTRA - SPECIAL
21 hp.
Bonanza
Twln-Carbs. Electric Start
180 $575.00
Catalina Electric Start
250 $655.00
10 hp.
Trailmaster
Electric Start
100 $375.00
10 hp.
Twin Jet
?* Twin Cyclinder
& Carbs.
Electric Start
100
$395.001
Electric Start 50
Newport
$225.00
i4 hp. Santa Barbarba Electric start 125 $435.00
FINANCING AVAILABLE
HOWARD'S CYCLE SHOP
LOCATED JUST ABOVE HA YESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Phone 389-2646 Sales & Service Hayesvllle. N. C.
' assigned to John F. Kennedy
Special Warfare Center, Ft.
Bragg, N.C.
PFC Brooks received a
trophy and a letter of com
mendation for being the out
standing trainee In his group
and also a certificate of lea
dership.
Brooks, a graduate para
trooper, is a South Brevard
Fla., High School graduate
and attended the Junior Col
lege of Brevard County, Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla., He is the son
of Cipt. and Mrs. S.R Brooks
formerly of Hiwassee Dam.
JOHNNY BERRONG
PFC Johnny Berrong, son
of Mrs. Jessie Berrong of
Hayesville, N.C. isnow ser
ving in the Armed forces at
Fort Riley, Kansas.
Water Meeting In
Andrews Monday
A meeting to discuss the
importance of water and
sewage facilities in Industrial
development is scheduled for
Monday at 7:3 p.m. at the
Andrews Community Center
in Andrews, it was announced
today.
The announcement was
made by Bob Goforth, Western
North Carolina Repre
sentative for the N.C. Depart
ment of Conservation and
Development, sponsor of the
meeting.
The meeting is part of a
state-wide program designed
to provide local communites
with up-to-date information
concerning water and sewer
extensions provision of new
systems, and the potential
of county-wide systems. Bill
Guthrie, C&D's water and
sewer expert, will conduct
the meeting.
"Developing industrial
sites is a most important
problem today throughout
North Carolina," C&D Dir
ector Dan Stewart has aid,
"A parcel of land does not be
come an industrial site on
which a manufacturing plant
can be constructed until
certain things are done, par
ticularly the supplying of
water and sewage facilities to
the property lines. This in
volves a tremendous amount
of study, planning and finan
cing."
Participating in the meet
ing will be representatives
from the institute of govern
ment, the State Stream Sani
tation Committee, The
Farmers' Home Adminis
tration, The Economic Deve
lopment Administration, The
N.C. State Planning Task
F orce and the Commerce and
Industry Division of C&D.
All city and county officials ?
of Cherokee, Clay, Graham,
Macon and Swain counties have
been invited to the meeting.
Any other interested citizens
are also invited.
Committeeman To
Be Legion Guest
Leroy Lakey, National
Executive Committeeman for
North Carolina in the Amer
ican Legion, will appear here
as a speaker and guest of the
special meeting of Joe Mipler
Elklns Post 96, to be held on
July29. He will be
accompanied by James Fow
ler, Chairman of the State
Legion Membership Commi
ttee, and their wives.
A trophy was recently aw
arded the Post for increasing
its membership from 35 in
1966 to 65 in 1967, thus
doubling its member
strength within the pfet year.
The presentation was made
July 1, by State Commander
Robert Davis, to Post Co
mmander and Convention De
legate Thomas C. Fuller II, at
the Legion State Convention
in Raleigh.
Lakey, a Charlotte con
tractor, has held many imp
ortant posts In the American
Legion, In addition to the pre
sent office henow holds, in
cluding that of State Comm
ander during 1964 through 1966
At that time, Fowler served as
his Aide. Fowler is a Past
Commander of Division IV
within the State Organization
and In December of 1066 was
appointed by the State Exe
cutive Committee to the Ad
ministrative Committee of
ths organisation.
A dutch supper meeting will
be held, the hour sod place to
be announced later, in addition
to Post Members, Members
of the local American Legion
Ladles Auxiliary Unit 07. and
guests, are expected to at
tend.
Kings Of Strings
Richard Hughes (left) and Lloyd Coffey (right) won the title of King of Strings at a contest
which wound up the tying of Trellis tomatoes at the Campbell Folk School In June. Hughes and
Coffey, as a team, averaged 7.3 seconds per string. Each string Is tied at the top and the bottom.
Both the boys are working under contract with the Neighborhood Youth Corps program of
Four Square. The program, financed with federal funds, employs 25 high school youngsters
in Cherokee, Clay, Swain and Graham counties. The crew which has been assigned to the Camp
bell Folk School for the summer has been working mainly In a demonstration field of tomatoes.
A total of 18,000 plants have been set, each one requiring a string for support.
Two var lei ties, manapal and floradel, are being compared In the Folk School field. Currently
the crew is mulching the tomatoes with old hay and sawdust. A field day was held last week - __
just prior to the opening of the Horton Packaging operations in Murphy to give the public an
opportunity to see the results of the comparison.
Court Opens
July 31, 42
On Jury List
Cherokee County Superior
Court will be In session
beginning July 31 with Judge W.
E. Anglin presiding.
Forty-two names have been
drawn for the jury list They
are:
Broadus Graves of Rt. 3,
Murphy.
Wilda Warren Gilbert, Fred
Keener, Hal V. Stiles, Will
White, George Washington
Huskins, Samuel L. Corbin
and Willard G. Palmer of Rt.
1, Marble.
C.E. Bryant, Troy Moore,
James H. Wallace, Mrs. S.C.
Ware and E. Lloyd Wallace of
Rt. 2, Culberson.
Victor F. Ward,Sr.,Verden
Conley Owenby and W.V. Ives
Lions Provide
Eye Treatment
Indigent school children and
adults received 429 individual
eye care services in the 1966
67 fiscal yea.- through the ef
forts of the Murchv and And
rews Lions Clubs.
The two clubs sponsored a
monthly eye clinic in co
operation with die N.C.
Commission for the Blind and
the Cherokee County Welfare
Department.
A total of 233 eve examin
ations were made. Glasses
were made available to
133 persons. There were 54
treatments and nine cases
of surgery.
The Andrews Lions Club
won a state-wide award for
work for the blind. The pre
senation was made at the
State Lions Convention in
Charlotte.
W. Merle Davis of Murphy
served as chairman of the
Lions Sight Conservation
Committee.
ter ol Rt. 1, Andrews.
Robert L. Keenum, Charlie
A. Kilpatrick and Wayne Bur*
rell of Rt. 4, Murphy.
R.P. West and Herbert Ho
lloway of Topton.
Tommy Phillips, Jack
Johnson, DUlard Stiles and
Mrs. Trudy Odum of Rt. 2,
Murphy.
Francis Bourne, Sr., Carl
Bates, Frank L. Mauney, Will
iam Gulley, W.H. Brandon,
Edwin Cook and Charles Far
mer, Jr of Murphy.
Hardy Haigler and Robert
Barker of Rt. 1, Murphy.
Charlie W. Jones; James
Jackson Mlntz, Oscar Day,
Gene W. Trammel, Lucy
Wakefield, Lawrence Hyde,
and Howard Greogry of And
rews.
Oren Mashburn of Rt. 1,
T urtletown, Tenn.
Among
The Sick
Murphy?Patients admit
ted to Providence hospital,
July 8 through July 14 were:
Mrs. Pauline Anderson, Mur
phy; Miss "Wanda v Kay Trout,
Brasstown, Irene Dock cry, Rt
5, Murphy; Mrs Katheryn Bea
vers, Murphy; Bertha R. Kee
ner, Murphy; Mrs. Pearl P.
Trout, Rt. 1, Brasstown, Mr
Leonard Sneed, Rt. 1, Mur
phy; Miss Gail Head, Rt. 1
Murphy; Fred Dockery, Rt.
3, Murphy; Mrs. Carolyn
Dockery Rt. 1, Young Har
ris, Ga.; Mrs. Jose Garrett
Unaka; Mrs. Fannie Fricks
Rt. 3, Murphy; Mrs. Viola
Akin, Murphy; Mrs. Ella
Teems, Brasstown and Ralph
Dockery, Rt. 3, Murphy.
Special Added
Attraction
Friday Nfcht, July 21st.
Bid's Roller Rink Hfehway 76
BLAIRSVILLE. GA.
Friday Night Everyone Can Skate To Live
Music Up Till 10:00 P. M.
From 10:00 P. M. Till Mid - Nite You Can
Enjoy Dancing.
Live Music Furnished by "The Vents"
Admission $1.00 with Skates Furnished FREE
Large Building Fully Air Conditioned
Highway No. 76 9 Miles West of Blairsville, Ga.
Square Dancing Every Saturday Night
Strictly Clean and Decent Entertainment for
Every Member of the Family
BILL'S ROLLER RINK
BLAIRSVILLE, GA. HIGHWAY NO. 76
THE DODGE BOYS
SHOOT DOWN
HIGH PRICES
DART PRICES SHOOT CTMNHT!
The Dodge Good Guys have shot
competition down egein. Dart prices
ere straight and true. And the
Showdown Sol* uvingi on eye
openers. Now you cm get men
, sized comfort in ? compact with ?
no sacrifice of luxury. And Dodge
Dart gives you mora run ? more
fun for the money! Coma In and
sn the 1967 Dodga Dart during
our Showdown Sale . . . you *11 save1
E. C. MOORE COMPANY
207 Vat'ty Rlv?r Av?nur
Dealer No. 600
Murphy, NjC.