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  • Four newspaper clippings about Arnold James Hyde (1914-2010) ranging from 1972-2005. “Arnold Hyde leaves lasting touch of Graham County and beyond” is dated June 30, 2005 and details his life’s accomplishments. “Hyde Gets Cathey Award” dated June 15, 1978 explains his award from the Lions Club for “contributing the most work for the blind in the past year.” “40th Anniversary Reunion” is dated June 23, 1972 and serves as an announcement for the upcoming reunion for the class of 1932 from Robbinsville High School. A photograph of the class of 1932 is included. And finally a clipping titled “Graham County Centennial – 1972” with images of the Mehaffey – Adams family, the Jenkins Brothers, and the Buchanan Family has no clear connection to Hyde.
  • The Graham Star - June 30, 2005 • Page 3 Arnold Hyde leaves lasting touch on Graham County and beyond By Louise Huscuson Stewart Graham Star Correspondent Arnold James Hyde, 91, was born Sept. 9, 1914, the son of Daniel Troy Hyde (1888-1959) and Rilla Phillips (1886-1955). His grandparents were Benjamin Newton Hyde (1866-1950) and Iowa Hooper Hyde (1871-1919). He grew up in a family of eight children on Atoah Creek. His dad was a farmer, logger, politician and school board member for 16 years. They raised cattle, hogs, chickens and a variety of farm vegetables plus lots of corn and potatoes. Needless ,to say, the children's chores were endless. Hyde's mother was a teacher at the Rock Springs one room school. His father rode his horse 10 miles to East Buffalo to "spark" Rilla Phillips. After their wedding in 1912 at Lone Oak Church, they rode his horse home to Atoah, where they lived and raised their children. Hyde's father had a RFD mail route and used his wagon and team of horses to deliver mail, training the horses to stop at mail boxes. Hyde enjoyed-going to Hooper Bald with his dad to round up their. herd of cattle that graied "free range" in the mountains. Hyde attended a one room school on Atoah, where his uncle John Hyde was the teacher. He demanded perfection and was very strict. The children sat on wooden benches, took their lunch in a tin bucket and drank water from a dipper at a spring near the church. Hyde excelled in spelling, reading; and reciting the multiplication tables. In 1923, when the first rock school was built, Hyde was in the fourth grade. He rode a T-model Ford bus on the often muddy roads and many was the time he had to push the bus through the mud. s- broke do n, they walked the four iniles. Belle Slaughter was his teacher and Harve Moody was the superintendent. In 1932, Hyde sold a Poland China pig to pay for his class ring. The principal deposited the money in the bank and when the 1932 depression hit, the bank went broke. The seniors sold cakes and pies to raise money to pay for After WWII, he worked in New Orl􀃾ans with the war relocation 'authority, trying to relocate Japanese- Americans and help them find jobs. Hyde returned to the Robbinsville area and taught school and Millsapshadmusical talent, therefore the teacher gave him a lot of musical training. After college, Millsaps went to Atlanta and be􀃿 gan singing and playing the piano at clubs. He married and later moved on to Nashville where he became successful and famous. Hyde was very active 1n Robbinsville Lions Club, helping with fund raisers to buy the first fire engine for the Robbinsville Volunteer Fire Department. · He served on a committee ' that helped persuade the commissioners and school board to pay $10,090 for property for a football field, now Big · Oaks Stadium. Arnold and Dorothy can usually be found in their rhododendrons For 22 years Hyde served on western N.C. Board of Trustees. He helped organize a scholarship program for sighted children of needy blind parents to attend college. He also helped establish the Marjorie McCune Center, also known as "happy home for the blind" in Buncombe County when the family comes home to visit. their class rings, which were at the post office C.O.D. After graduation, money was scarce so Hyde went to the mountains and cut chestnut trees for railroad cross ties which he sold for 25 cents each. After attending Wes tern Carolina Univ.ersity for two years, he taught sixth and seventh grades at Stecoah School. In 1938, he graduated from WCU. Hyde taught at Robbinsville and also coached basketball. His girls basketball team, "RHS Blue Devils" won the 194 7 conference in western North Carolina. The star players were Virginia Walker, Allene Hooper, Imogene Stewart, Bertha Jo McMonigle and twins Opal and Laura Davis. In 1943, Hyde married school teacher, Doro.thy Roberts from hevi11.:. ri g • · · , , Fontana Dam, he worked for TV A, helping move and relocate the many families from the Fontana Lake Reservoir area. then opened a furniture store with Leonard Phillips. The store sold Broyhill furniture. His dad was in charge of farmers co-op, selling fertilizer. During the summer while working at the welfare department, his supervisor encouraged Hyde to attend Chapel Hill graduate school. Upon completion of graduate school, he got a supervisory position with the Social Services Division of Commission for the Blind in Asheville. He supervised social workers for the blind in 17 western counties. He helped organize clinics for eye testing and glasses for blind and indigent children. In 1948, Hyde took six-yearold Ronnie Millsap􀄀, a Graham County native, who was blind since birth, to Raleigh and had . . -tr:m·serurot􀀧lett:'9'i!:!'!tl1re-:Jti5􀀨 em Morehead School for the Blind. After Millsaps graduated, the Commission for the Blind sent Millsaps to Hiawassee College. for western North Carolina counties,.sponsored by all N .C. Lion Clubs. After retiring, Hyde had a licensed nursery and grew hybrid rhododendrons and exbury azaleas. He gave rhododendrons and azaleas to Western Carolina University and Haywood Technical College to landscape their campus. He also gave a lot of the plants to the Lions Club to seq at their annual fund raisings. tie has won several blue ribbons and silver cups at rhododendron shows. Arnold and Dorothy have two daughters, Diane and Brenda; and three grandsons. Hyde's seven siblings are: brothers, Claude (1913-1978), Bill (1917􀄁 1988),Marshall(1924- 1944, killed in WWII in a battle going into Rome, Italy); sisters, Leone Ray (1919-1996), Ruby Nell George and Reba Hamilton. v e- has ou .e a . Ji ' in Graham County and western North Carolina and the results of his legacy will be felt for many years .. June 15, 1978 ARNOLD J. HYDE . Hyde Gets Cathey Award Arnold J. Hyde of Candler was presented the Sam Cathey Award, citing him as the individual member who contributed most to the work for the blind last year, at the District 31-A Lions awards night program held recently at the S&W Cafeteria. The Candler Lions. Club won the state and district awards in work for the blind for clubs With membership of 51 and above. Biltmore and Etowah clubs received district awards in the same category for small clubs. The general activities awards went to the Haw Creek and Hendersonville c l u b s . Other Winners included the Tryon, c I u b , the Camp Dogwood Award; Averys Creek Club, the bulletin award; West Asheville Club, the scrapbook award; and Etowah Club, for leading the district in eye wills secured. Hyde was also recognized, along with Eros Pitts of Biltmore, for leadership and service in raising funds for the M a rj o r i e McCune Memorial Center for the Blind. They were presented a copper plaque. Awards were presented by District Gov. Jack Ebbesen to district committee chairmen, to club secretaries, and to Robert Barnes, cabinet secretary. 40th Anniversary Reunion The 40th Anniversary Reunion of the Robbinsville High School Graduating Class of 1932 will be held on June 26, 1972, at 6 P.M. in the Phillips Restaurant in Robbinsville. All members of the class are still living, except one. Reading, front row - left to right: Ralph Millsaps, Louise Carringer Wallace, Helen Ghormley, Enid Campbell Arrowood, Ethel Hooper Smith. Second row - left to right: Mildred Colvard Scanlon, Ethel Stewart, Pearlean Bennett, John Cody, Laura Mae Moose Brock, Etta Moody Smith, Mattie Shuler Crisp, Mr. R. B. Slaughter, Class Sponsor. Third row - left to right: Forest Hice, Clara Belle Reighard Shuler, Amanda Roberts Blankenship, Clara Denny, Geneva Sawyers Jordan, Joe Bowman, Wayne Barnes. Fourth row -left to right: Roy Farley, Gar McDonald Edith George Mason, Marie Massey Hampton, Lois Phillips 'Jones, Edna Earle Postell Somera, Dee Hill, Ray Rogers, Arnold Hyde and Homer Ledbetter. New Computers Meet Small Business Needs overhead, small computers are coming into their own. them are·growing in number. ers that bridge the gap between electro-mechanical office accounting machines and the giant electronic brains of science fiction can be a great help in running a business." The Cascade system utilizes less than 40 square feet of floor space, does not require air conditioning, and will use any 115-volt line. At a time when most manufacturing businesses are trying to improve efficiency without increasing their For the 70,000 U.S. businesses in the $500,000 to $10- million a year category, small computers requiring no additional personnel to operate According to Frank Masi, vice president for marketing of Cascade Data, Inc., the M i c h i g an-b a s e d manufacturer of small computers for the first-time user, "ComputGRAHAM COUNTY CENTENNIAL - MEHAFFEY - ADAMS FAMILY First row, left to right, Icie Adams Cearly; Mary Mehaffey Adams, still living and 91 years of age; Mary is holding Norma Adams Cearly; Jane Totherow Mehaffey, holding Winnie Mehaffey Johnson; Nannie Mehaffey Campbell, still living is 86 years of age, and is holding Vena Campbell Dula; Leoah Adams Crisp. Second row, left to right, Ace . Adams; Bob ODOM'S AUTO HOME & BUILDING SUPPLY Mehaffey; Jane T aylor Mehaffey; Newton Mehaffey, still living is 82 years of age; Seab · Mehaffey, still living is 84 years of age; and Bruce Adams. Some of the brothers and sisters of Dock Mehaffey were Margaret Mehaffey Dean, Caldona Mehaffey Gilbert, John Mehaffey and Tom Mehaffey. (Picture and information furnished by Mrs. Vincent Colvard) L. Lloyd ALLEN'S SALES & SERVICE .P HILLIPS MOTEL & RESTAURANT JOYCE KILMER RESTAURANT GRAHAM COUNTY CLEANERS CHARLIE'S FURNITURE EXCHANGE ORR'S ESSO, Olen Long, Mgr. I JACK HORN ER, REAL ESTATE SNIDER'S DEPT. STORE GREEN'S FOODWAY JORDAN'S TEXACO WALTER WEST STORE Serving-Tulala Community For Half A Century P & H COLONIAL STATION ROBBINSVILLE AUTO SALES JORDAN'S PATTON PHILLIPS STORE DELOZIER DRUG FIVE POINTS CAFE, · Ann Pangle JENKINS BROTHERS - These Jenkins Brothers had their dogs, guns and axes ready to hit the woods on a hunting trip in the early 1920's. They are, front row - left to right, Virgie MILLSAPS FEEfi & FARM SUPPLY 1972 Jenkins, Bob Jenkins, Vinsin Jenkins, Ed Jenkins. Second row -left to right, Elex Jenkins, Roger Jenkins, Charlie Jenkins. (Picture and information furnished by Mrs. Julia Adams Colvard) L. Lloyd. THE BUCHANAN FAMILY -The family of Will Buchanan and Dora Johnson Buchanan moved to Graham County from Mitchell County in 1888. They were the parents of fourteen children, twelve of which is in the picture above, and ten are surviving today. Front row - left to right: Mrs . Mack Crisp of Trenton, Ga., Ray Buchanan of Jalo, West Va., Mrs. Sam Lail, Mrs. May Phillips, Mrs. Vola Sawyer, Edd Buchanan. Second row - left to right : Arnold Buchanan, Mrs. Bob Wheeler of Canton, Ga., Floyd Buchanan of Andrews, N. C., Earl Buchanan, and Charlie Buchanan. Mrs. Danny Garland of Canton, Ga., was absent for the picture making, and one child died as an infant. (Picture furnished by Mrs. Marion Phillips) L. Lloyd HARROLD REAL ESTATE I ✓ j

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