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Established July 188^
Published every Thursday at Murphy, Cherokee County, N C
WILLIAM \ AND EMILY P COSTLLLO
Publishers and Owners
WILLIAM V COSTELLO Editor
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In Cherokee County One Year, $2 50; Six Months, fl 50; Outside Cherokee County:
One Year, $3 00, Sfx Months, $1 75
Entered in the Post Office at Murphy, North Carolina as second da?
matter under the Act of March J, 1879
The Christmas Story
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the
field, keeping natch ozer their flock by night
And lo, the angel of the l ord came upon them, and the glory of
the Lord shone round about them, iini they uere sore afraid
And the angel said unto them Lear not fim, behold. I bring
you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people
For unto sou is born this day in the city of Hand a Saviour,
\chich is Christ the Lord
And this shall be a sign unto you. ) e shall find the babe wrap
ped, in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the
heavenly host praising God and saying.
Glory to God m the highest, and on earth peace, good will to
ward men.
And.it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them
into heaven, the shepherds said one to another. Let us now go even
unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the
Lord hath made known unto us.
And they came with haste, and found Mary, and foseph, and
the babe lying in a manger.
And when they had seen it. they made known abroad the saying
which was told them concerning this child
Letters To
SAfrTA
CLALS
Brasstown. N. C.
Dec 20. 1953
Dear Santa Claus
I have been a pretty good girl
this year. I would like you to bring
me a doll. I hope you can bring all
the other little children something
1 want a doll that has long hair.
Dear Santa Claus I want you to
bring me anything else you can.
Please be good to all the other lit
tle boys and girls.
With love
Carol ins
Brasstown, N. C.
Dec. 20, 1953
Dear Santa Claus,
I have been a pretty good little
boy this year. I am awfully aorry
for any of the times I have been
naughty
Santa, if you can, I wish you
would please bring me a cowboy
suit for Christmas, also I would
like to have a hunting knife. I al
ready ihave a little knife but would
like to have a big one. I would also
like to have a gravleloader, also a
wrecker.
Please be good to all the other
little kiddies.
With Love,
Keith Anderson
Dec. 14, 1953
Dear Santa Claus,
I want a doll with rooted hair.
You will find the doll at Lay's
store. It has on red rompers. The
price is $7.98. I am eight years old
I am In the third grade. If mother
tells you I haven't been good,
don't believe her. For I have been
real good.
Your friend,
Carolyn Owenby
1229 Lakeshore Blvd.
Akron, Ohio
Dear Santa Claus,
I am a little Kir' 8 year* old and
have 2 brothers. We want you to
bring us a pony but don't forget
our grandma and gramdparw Kilby
for they are ao wonderful to us my
mother loves them very much. My
mother is Rebs Kilby Jenkins.
Love
Jackie. Danny, Linda Jenkins
of Akron. Ohio
Dear Santa Clause
I five on Unaka and I would like
to have a lMtle red wagon so me
and my friend can play aftir school
every day. M. F. Is my friend and
I hope you will bring Una one, too.
Editor's Note: For many years
children hare written letters of
request to Santa Claus- Today
children request dolls, runs cow
boy suits, trucks, nuts and candy
. . . With an occasional plea for
a space suit. Yesterday child
ren requested the same thinrs
(except, maybe for the . space
gimmicks.) This week a Dec
ember 16, 1937 Cherokee Scout
was brourht to our attention,
and we notice that letters to
Santa were the vorue then as
they are now. Re printed below
are a few of the letters from
"children" whom you may re
member:
Murphy, N. C.
Route 3
Dear Santa:
Please bring me a wagon, gun.
horn and drum.
Love,
Luther Dockery
Murphy. N. C.
Dear Santa Claus:
! Please bring me a wagon, a Buck
Jones suit, like they had last year,
also candy, nuts, oranges and ap
ples. Please bring sister a sled and
something nice for daddy and mot
her. Your littl^ Friend,
Harry Mauney
Murphy, N. C.
Dear Santa Claus:
I am a little girl. I want a book,
boots, doll clothes, scooter candy,
' nuts, oranges and rlding_pants.
Love,
Elizabeth Ann Elkins
Murphy, N. C.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a scooter, watch,
a Bible story book, candy and ap
ples. Please don't forget any boy
or girl this Christmas.
Love,
Joyce Coleman
Murphy, N. C.
Dear Santa Claus:
I am a little boy seven years old.
Please bring me a wagon, gun,
cowboy suit, truck, book, ball car,
and some apples, oranges and
candy
Love.
Harry Rogers
Murphy. N. C.
Dear Santa Claus:
I am 7 years old. Please bring me
I am a little boy and I live on
Unaka. I want a set erf cowboy guns
for Christmas and sand my little
brother Mm a red track.
Unaka. IV. C
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PERSONALS
Mr and Mrs Edward Gibbons
of Springfield, Va , and Washing
ton, D C , were the houseguests of
Dr and Mrs B W. Whitfield here
this week Mr Gibbons' biography
of his brother, Floyd Gibbons, has
just been published. The couple
left Wednesday en route south for
Christmas.
Mr and Mrs T A. Case, Mrs.
Evanell Lauria, Mrs Frank For
syth and Frank Mauney spent Mon
day in Atlanta
Gwinda Cagle of Knoxille, Tenn
is spending several weeks here
with her grandmothei, Mrs. Sallie
Queen.
Among the Murphy t eachers who
have gone home for Christmas are
Mrs Ottillie de Calongne to Sen
atobta. Miss , Miss Jean Harris to
Sylva; Miss Juliet Pegues to Ox
ford, Miss. Miss Maria Travis to
Murfreesboro. Tenn.
Mr and Mrs Robert S Bault will
visit relatives and friends in Or
lando. Key West and other Florida
points.
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Olson will
visit relatives in Sylva for Christ
mas
Mr and Mrs Harry P. Cooper of
Atlanta are here for the 'holidays!
with their son-in-law and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. H A. Mattox and
boys.
Students from colleges and Un
iversities who have arrived home
for the holidays Include:
Shirley Bates and Ann Shields
from Woman's College of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, Greens
boro.
Susie Miller Carolyn Alexander
and Mary Bolan Brumby from Ag
nes Scott College. Decatur, Ga.
Steve Crawford, Felix Palmer,
Margaret Akin from Western Car
|olina College, Cullowhee;
Gordon Darnell from McCallie
School, Chattanooga, Term.
Sally Morris from Furman Uni
versity. Greenrvllle, S. C., Gene
Bates from Eastern Carolina Col
lege. Greenville; Barbara Rboads
from Presbyterian Hospital, Char
lotte, Garry Posey from Maryville
College, Tenn.
Sara and W. A. Sherrill from the
University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.;
Mildred Taylor and Ann Dockery
from Young Harris, and Jo Anne
.Adams from Mars Hill; Martha Ax
ley from Peabody College, Nash
ville, Tenn.; Mary Frances Axley
from Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga
Carl Meroney, N. C. State, Raleigh
and Barbara Adams from the Uni
versity of North Carolina. Chapel
Hill; Ralph Warner from the Uni
versity of Ga , Athens,; Jean Ell
iott, Wesleyan Methodist, Central.
S. C. Edward and David Henrtx,
an James Smith from the Untver
a football car. and same candy.
Love,
Jerry Hall
Murphy. N. C.
Dear Santa Claus: j
Please bring me a wagon, skates,
football, candy BB gun and a sled
Love.
Frank Allen Alexander
Murphy, N. C.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a play house and
a big doll, some doll dresses and
carriage, doll bed, and other things
Love,
Mary Frances Axley
Local Merchants Kept Busy
With Lat ^ Shoppers This Week
1-dte Cnrtstmas Shoppers last
week end stepped up Murphy's bus
mess pulse to give one of the heav-1
lest shopping days for some time
Saturday although business in gen
eral Is off from five to 15 per cent,
representative Murphy merchants
said
The town has had increasingly
good business since about last Fri
day and through the first part of
this week
One Murphy business man
said shoppers this year have de- 1
layed their shopping up to the last I
minute, with Chrismas shoppers
dribbling in' since early Decern- |
ber In general, he said, business
is off from five to 15 per cent. He
believed that this decrease was a
s?tuat;on felt generally and not
just in Murphy
At least on^ merchant however,
has noted an increase in sales from
last year s Christmas figures. He
attributed the nicrease mostly to
increase in his stock and store im
provements The same merchant
said Saturday was the biggest
trade day he has seen in a long
time, which even his Larger staff
could hardly attend Monday, even
with its dampness, was also a good
day, he said.
Still another merchant said he
could not estimate the Christmas
shopping effects until it was over
One merchant expressed Che
opinion that more persons who
formerly shopped here are doing
this year's Christmas shopping out
of town.
All agree on one point?that the
late Christmas shopper Is this
years main trend
To rest up from the shopping
' run. all dry goods merchants, and
a number of others will be closed
both Christmas Day, Friday, and
Saturday Dec 26.
The bank will be closed Dec. 25
26 and Che Cherokee Scout office
i will be closed Thursday through
Saturday.
Postell Infant
Dies In Andrews
I Katihy Sue Postell, infant daughter,
of Mr and Mrs Marvin Postell of
Andrews. Route I died Monday in
Rodda Van Gorder Hospital after
a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at 2
p m. Tuesday in Red Marble Bap
tist Church with the Rev France
Postell officiating. Burial was in]
the church cemetery.
Survivors in addition to the par- j
ents are, four brothers, Ross, Jerry
Lonnie and Otus. and two sisters. |
Mildred and Helen all of the home
an th^ paternal grandfather, Henry
Postell of Topton.
Ivie Funeral Home was in charge.
The average price paid by North
Carolina farmers for food items
on September 15, 1953 were gen
erally higher than those paid on
the same date a year earlier.
sity of Tenn. Knoxville; Izella
Worley from Warren-Wilson Col
lege. Swannanoa
Mrs, H. E. Turner of Henderson
ville. is visiting her son-in-law and
daughter, the Rev, and Mns. Rhett
Y. Winters and children. Mr. Tur
ner will join her here for Christ
mas.
Mrs. W. H. Anderson and dau
ghter Tops of Ashevllle will spend
Christmas here with Mrs. Ander
son's daughter, Mrs. Francis Bour
ne, Jr., Mr. Bourne and family.
Miss Elsie Nunn. math teacher
in Salem Acedemy, Winston-Salem
arrived last week to spend the
Christmas holidays here with her
mother, Mrs. Johnsie Niunn.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Case will I
spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. |
A. C. Huber In Athens, Tenn.
Mrs. W. W. Wilson of Jackson
ville, Fla., spent the week end here
with her mother. Mrs. J. W. Bailey.
Her brother Joe Bailey and dau
ghter, Laura, took her to Atlanta
Monday to take the plane back to
her home.
Mr and Mrs. Willard Axley will
spend Christmas with their son-in
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Eich and children on
Signal Mountain, Tenn.
Airman 3rd Class Mary Helen Hat
chett, Weather Observer, stationed
at Maxwell Air Force Baee, Ala.,
arrived last week to spend the holi
days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Harold Hatchett.
H. Bueck and son, H. C. will |
spend Christmas day with Mr
Bueck's mother In Norfolk, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davidson will
go to Raleigh Christmaa Day to
meet their son and daughter-in
law. Mr. and Mrs. Pruden David
son and children of Lancaster, Pa.
who will visit Mrs. Davidson's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Reid Martin for
th? holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Costello left
yesterday for Georgetown S. C.
where they will spend Christmas
with Mr. Oostello's parents.
Snow Predicted
Christmas Eve
The weather front looked un
promising for Christmas travelers
in the area, but the picture for the
stay at homers was perfeot for the
season according to Tuesday re
ports from the TV A Hydraulic
Datrf division.
I
Predictions received by the bra
nch at that time forecast snow flu
rries for Wednesday and Thursday,
with from two to seven inches of
snow in th^ mountainous areas.
It was said that snow in Chicago '
and other points north was sending j
a cold front due to hit this area (
some time Wednesday afternoon. |
Meanwhile the coldest temp
eratures for three years were read
in Murphy last week when zero de
grees was the reading Friday
morning. This is the first zero on
record here since 1950.
Other readings during the cold
snap were: Thursday. 9 degrees
minimum and 30 degrees maxi
mum; Friday, zero mtn. and 33,
max. r. Saturday, four degrees min.
and 48 degrees, max.; and Sunday.
16 mfn and 48 max.
*
The Snowfall ^ast week on Mon
day amounted to about one half an
inch on the ground, but would
have been an estimated three
Inches if most of the snow had not
melted as it fell.
Rayburn Dies
Tuesday Morning
A. H. Rayburn, 69, of Andrews,
formerly of Swannanoa died at
10:30 a. m. Tuesday.
He Is survived by the widow, one
daughter, Mrs. C. S. Dillingham,
two sons, C. E. and Guy T.. all of
Baptist Students
To Have Service
College students, hom^. for the
Christmas holidays will be in cha
rge of the evening worship service
at the First Baptist Church here
Sunday at 7.30 p. m. Miss Sally
Morris will be soloist, and the
Youth Choir will also sing.
Students who will participate
are: Steve Crawford, Barbara
Rhoads, Anne Shields, Sally Mor
ris, W. A. She trill, Shirley Bates,
and Joan Adams.
The theme is "Growing toward
Christian Maturity".
Mrs. Howse's
Pupils Heard
Mrs Lou Howse presented her
piano pupils in a Christmas re
cital last Friday at her home.
Thg program included vocal,
piano, and choral numbers, with
the group Joining In Christmas
carols. Parents and several friends
were present.
Appearing on the program were
Johnny Snow, Jane Van Horn,
June King Louis Martin Judy May
Betty Weaver, Tommy Moore. Bob
by Weaver. Tommy Howse and
Billy Gulledge. Ann Maynor was
guest vocalist
Following the program refresh
ments were served.
Swamunoa, also two brothers and
one sister.
Funeral plans with Bryant Fun
eral Hoity of Frank fin in charge,
are incomplete. '
Total United States tobacco prod
uction this year Is estimated at
2.04 billion pounds.
cs
. is
our our sincere wish that
all the goodness of this glorious
? holiday may be yours to enjoy '
r to the utmost. Marry Christmasl
PARKER'S DRUGSTORE
#reettng?
From all of ua
to all of you?
<1 Merry Holiday ^
Seat on, filled to tke
I " ? ?itli joya of
k ' tide.
?
W. C. KINNEY, DISTRIBUTOR
GULF OIL PRODUCTS
MURPHY, N. C.
HOLIDAY
At thie happy time we wiak ell our
(riendi and neighbor* a Merry Ckrietmae,
replete with all tke eeaeon'e joyel
MURPHY SANITARY MARKET
C. N. SALES
MURPHY, N. C.
BY OR KENNETH J FOREMAN
Bwiltar*: Matthew ? 0-10, M t0-?0;
John 17 15-21, Acta 16-4. HavaUtk*
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Thy Kingdom Como
Lesson far December tl, 1*64
44' I TiY Kingdom Coma"?bow of
1 tei
ten we pray It, bow little wa
think about itl How much do wa
mean It? And do we know what
we mean when wa say it? Scholar a
who know the near-eaatem lan
guages tell ua that the form of the
Lord's Prayer aa it would be in
the Aramic language which Jeiua
and hia diaciplea no doubt used,
la that of a poem. Not rhymed
but rhythmical.
"Thy named be hallowed." "Thy
1
Kingdom come." and "Thy will be j
done, are tnree
parallel lines, and
their essential
meaning la the
same The king
dom of God doea
not simply mean
the fact that God
is King of Kings.
He is. and does not
need our prayers
to make him so.
The kingdom of Dr. foremu
God means the state of things,
here on this earth or in heaven or
anywhere, where God's royal will
is actually done. We have a right
to believe that in heaven God's
will is the rule of life. On earth
God's will is the rule of life too.
only it is disobeyed perhaps more
often than it is obeyed.
In heaven all God's children are
loyal; on earth some are disloyal
all the time, and even his loyal
children have their times of dis
loyalty. So what we ar* praying
for, if we say intelligently "Thy
Kingdom come on earth as it is
in heaven." is that more and more
God's will may be known, loved,
obeyed, carried out on this earth
of ours.
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In The World
Instead of any reflections In this
column, the reader is invited to
do some reflecting on his own.
Here it is nearly the end of De
cember. An old year will be gone
before the week is out. It is a good
time to look back on the year
almost gone, and ask the question
seriously: Can we see any an
swers to our oft repeated prayer.
"Thy Kingdom come"?" In the
year 1933. has the Kingdom of God
come any nearer? The Kingdom,
as Paul tells us. Is "love, joy,
peace . . .*' Have these things
spread or have they wilted dur
ing this past year?
The reader is invited to let his
mind run back over what he can
recall of national and world-his
tory for the past 12 months. Have
there been events which have
been encouraging to Christian peo
ple? Have there been events which
would tend to discourage Christian
people? Is there some evidence
that love, joy and peace have
spread somewhat in the world, or
have they been dammed up?
In The Neighborhood
What about the neighborhood, j
the community where the reader (
lives? It never will be exactly like
heaven, (or if it is, please let the
writer know and he'll move there)
but surely there must be some
thing heavenly about it, or every
body would move away. Has the
neighborhood grown toward the
Kingdom of Gpd this year? Is
there more love. Joy, peace in it?
Are the churches getting any
where? Do the churches set a
better example of Christian living
than they used to? Does the
preaching of the Gospel take effect
in people's lives? If people move
away, is it because they can't help
it or because they can't stand the
place any longer? If a church has
lost a minister this past year,
has it been hard to get a new man
to come or would a minister wel
come a chance to be a pastor in
your community? Have the Chris
tians who live there made some
real effort to answer the prayer
"Thy Kingdom come?" Do they
ever try to win others to Christ?
If a stranger's car broke down in
your community, would be go
away finally with memories of
helpfulness or would he always
hate to remember the place?
? ? ?.
In Home And Heart
The Kingdom, Jesus said to his
friends, "is within you." The will
of God is done first of all In the
minds, intentions and wills of in
dividual persons In their everyday
relationships. If the Kingdom does
not come in heart and ' " -ne, it
is not gotng to come in the com
munity of the world.
Let the reader think back over
his personal year of 1853, not what
he has read about or seen on the
TV screen, but what has gone on
In his own heart and borne. Have
love, Joy, peace been on the in
crease there?
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