In this week’s archives of the Cherokee Scout and Andrews Journal:
10 years ago – July 1, 2015, Scout: Three Andrews teenagers were arrested and charged with a series of break-ins in the Pied Piper area of Ranger. A fourth teen was petitioned to juvenile court.
- Cherokee County signed a contract with a private company to provide Meals on Wheels, removing meals for the program being prepared at the sheriff’s office on Regal Road in Murphy.
- Cherokee Scout Publisher David Brown’s column talked about “uniting the United States.” He ended with, “Instead of thinking the Titanic has hit an iceberg – as one letter writer said – let’s cruise safely to the other side – together.”
July 2, 2015, Journal: The TEAM Industries plant in Marble was expanding, with 22 new jobs being added. A $90,563 grant from the N.C. Department of Commerce, and a Cherokee County match of $4,313, made it happen.
- Home shows operated by Expo Management – run by Bill Anderson of Andrews – were helping promote growth across the area. Update: The next show is planned for July 26-27 at the Union County Sports Center in Blairsville, Ga.
25 years ago – July 5, 2000, Scout: Jimmie Lou Carter of Tennessee was named the first female chief scout for the Western North Carolina Wagon Train. She was a rider on 16 of the previous 43 Wagon Trains.
- The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office’s drug-sniffing canine, Rajah, was called into action in the Murphy Walmart parking lot, finding 3 ounces of marijuana in a van.
- Dickey Supply in Murphy had landscape timbers on sale for $2.99 each, plus a 42-inch “heat-buster fan” for $319.95. Update: We could use some of those fans this hot summer.
June 29, 2000, Journal: After 15 serious wrecks – including one in which a woman was killed – along with numerous fender benders, the intersection of U.S. 19/74 and Locust Street in Andrews finally got the attention of the N.C. Department of Transportation.
- Hobby Construction Co. of Newberry, S.C., was the winning bidder for a new Town of Andrews water project at $2,274,668. All of the bids were only 8% apart in total.
50 years ago – July 3, 1975, Scout: The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners adopted a budget for the 1975-76 fiscal year that kept the millage rate at 70 cents per $100 of property valuation, a 23% increase from 57 cents the year before.
- Former Cherokee Scout publisher Jack Owens was named president of Continental Services & Sales in Murphy by Frank Rose, the owner of several area funeral homes.
July 2, 1975, Journal: The Andrews Town Board decided against the recommendation of the town’s Planning & Zoning Board to not allow any more mobile homes within the town limits. Herman Brauer, owner of Herman’s Trailer Sales of Andrews, called the change too strict.
– Publisher David Brown