In this week’s archives of the Cherokee Scout and Andrews Journal:
10 years ago – Sept. 19, 2012, Scout: Fire departments were no longer going to respond to the so-called “no man’s land” of Shuler’s Creek and Violet, a sparsely populated area not in a fire tax district.
- A Marble woman claimed a local scrapyard sold her a stolen car. Update: Two men were arrested a week later and charged with auto theft.
- The Scout’s series on local communities highlighted Martins Creek, where farming and logging were the top industries in the community with mountain views, rolling hills and winding roads.
Sept. 20, 2012, Journal: The Andrews ABC Store was moving from Main Street to White’s Plaza off U.S. 19/74 because of declining profits near downtown and greater access on the four-lane highway.
- The Andrews Chamber of Commerce, with new Director Bertha Guffey, declared “Andrews is
Open for Business,” a four-hour Saturday event held to showcase available space in town.
25 years ago – Sept. 17, 1997, Scout: Cherokee County owed the U.S. Economic Development Administration a total of $111,000 for “flagrant violations in dealing with public monies.”
- Local resident Pamela Marlene Vinson pled guilty to an embezzlement charge in U.S. District Court after she was accused of spending $153,849 that belonged to the Cherokee County Senior Citizens Center.
- Jared Krause, 5, of Bellview, died from injuries caused in an unknown accident that was under investigation. Update: An autopsy was ordered, but results were not available a week later.
Sept. 18, 1997, Journal: Bids for repairs to homes in the Mud Town area of the Andrews Valley came in at more money than the project allowed.
- Bill Moore, owner of Creative Printers, was featured in the Journal’s new weekly feature, “Our Town … Our People.” He was part of Andrews’ revitalization efforts.
50 years ago – Sept. 21, 1972, Scout: Negotiations were underway for the Cherokee County Rural Development Authority to sell the struggling Cherokee Hills Golf Course to a Florida investment firm. Update: The course, which did not sell, closed several years ago.
- Ray Henson of Marietta, Ga., escaped with only minor cuts after his single-engine Cherokee 140 plane crashed on take off in an airstrip at Fields of the Wood in Hiwassee Dam.
- Green Berets raised a power station in Murphy and “blew up” two railroad bridges as part of war games being conducted in the area by the U.S. military.
Sept. 20, 1972, Journal: Granny Squirrel Trading Post in Topton was sold to new owners James Vaughan and family from Florida.
- A 14-year-old boy who had been missing for three days returned home to Andrews, saying he had been in Cherokee.
– Publisher David Brown