In this week’s archives of the Cherokee Scout and Andrews Journal:
10 years ago – May 11, 2016, Scout: After six months of showing limited movies, the historic Henn Theatre in downtown Murphy was refurbished, using new digital equipment and back in business with Captain America: Civil War. The movie house was built in the 1930s.
• A re-enactment of a drunk-driving accident on prom night really got the attention of students at Murphy High School when a hearse from Ivie Funeral Home picked up the “body,” followed by someone playing the grim reaper.
• Hiwassee Dam softball, basketball and volleyball standout Haylie Shope was named the 2016 N.C. High School Athletic Association Female Athlete of the Year or all classifications.
May 12, 2016, Journal: Pat Hegstrom’s home in Andrews was adorned with art, antique furniture and even hidden bookshelf doors, making it seem like the house was from an earlier decade.
• Nine Andrews Elementary School students won second place during the annual Battle of the Books competition. The fifth-grade team won Cherokee County’s reading championship.
25 years ago – May 16, 2001, Scout: Burton Arnold Coker of Marble was indicted by a grand jury in the 1999 robbery of First Citizens Bank in Peachtree. There were three bank robberies in Murphy in 2001.
• Students in Elyse Watras’ kindergarten class at Murphy Elementary School got a sense of wonder when they experienced the transformation and rebirth of a caterpillar into a butterfly for their annual science project.
• After almost two years, the new children’s playground at Konehete Park in Murphy was finally open to children.
May 17, 2001, Journal: The grant funding a school resource officer at Andrews High School was about to expire, with Cherokee County Schools seeking new money to pay for the position.
• Andrews Elementary School fourth-graders took a step back in time during a field trip to the Mountain Farm Museum.
50 years ago – May 13, 1976, Scout: The Murphy Town Council unanimously approved ordinances prohibiting or controlling massage parlors and adult bookstores. Neither type of business was operating in town at the time.
• More boy racers were encouraged to sign up for the weekend bicycle race in Murphy. Former Olympian Steve Wozniak of Cherokee County was conducting the race in four separate classes.
May 13, 1976, Journal: Sadly, this edition is not available in our archives.
Compiled by Publisher David Brown