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VOLUME 64 NUMBER ? 28
PROMOTING MURPHY AND ANDREWS
MURPHY NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, "JANUARY 27, 1855
People You Know
MURPHY
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Case had a*
week end guests, Mr. and Mrs. A |
C. Huber of Athens, Tenn., and
Mrs. Huber's brothers adn their
wives, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Daly of
White Rock, B. C., Canada, and
Mr and Mrs. Elmer Daly of Mun
son, Alberta, Canada.
Miss Elda Queen of Atlanta and
Mrs. S N. Bobo and daughter j
Sandra of Marietta, Ga , were J
week end guests of Mrs. Sallie j
Queen and Miss Beulah Queen. |
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Mason and
Mrs. J. B. Gray spent the week
end with relatives in Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Rector
of Chattanooga spent the week end |
here with relatives and friends.
Mrs Otis Arp, Mrs. Jack Booton
and Mrs. Bernard Dickey of^Cop
perhill. Tenn , and Mrs. W. A. J
Hoover were luncheon guests of
Mr. and Mrs O W Hendrix last i
week .
Mrs E. C. Sullivan of Cherry- 1
ville is visiting her son-in-law and
daughter. Dr. and Mrs. W. A.
Hoover. Lonnie and Becky.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wood and
granddaughter. Leigh Wood, of
Montgomery, Ala , are guests this
week and Dr. and Mrs. B. W.
Whitfield and Mrs. O. K. Erhart.
Mrs. Sallie Queen and daughter.
Miss Belli ah Oueen had as recent
guests. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Klmsey
of Chattanooga. Tenn.
Miss Sybil Hughes and a friend.
Miss Lanell Bettis of Chattanooga,
Tenn., spent the week end here
with the former's mother, Mrs.
Winona Hughes.
ANDREWS
Mrs. Ben P. Grant returned
Tuesday from Asheville with latest
reports that Mr. Grant, who is a
patient at Mission Memorial Hos
is convalescing1 nicely. Mrs.
t>ouise Ropers spent several days
of last week with her father at the
hospital also.
Mrs. W. T. Teas and Mrs. Wade
Reece left Friday for a trip to
Florida where they will visit re
latives and friends
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Long and
children, Leon and Mary Jane of
Fairfax, Va., have returned to
their home after a weeks stay here
as guests of Mr. Long's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Long.
Miss Elizabeth Troxler of Haley,
Tenn., former teacher in the An
drews School, spent the week end
here as guest of Mrs. Ruth Starr
Pullium.
Harry Dewar of Decatur , Ga.,
spent several days last week here
as guest of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Dewar.
The Misses Jean and Gladys
Chrristy had as their guests over
the week end their sister, Mrs.
Kenneth Peters. Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Knight of Winston-Salem,
James Knight of Asheville and his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs Herbert Kalish, the former
Miss Judy Knight, of Washington,
D. C.
Mrs. John Duffy and Mrs. Car- j
rie Schook of Shelbyvilie, Indiana I
have returned to their home after
a two w<jeks stay at the Valley
town Motor Court.
Mrs. Charles Delaney spent last !
week in AshevUle with her father, I
Ben P. Grant who is a patient at
Mission Memorial hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. James Ibbereon
have as their guests, Mr. and
Mrs. Wolfe and children, Annik,
Pierre and Harold of Paris, I
France for a visit to two weeks.
The Wolfe are enroute to Panama.
Mr. and Mrs. John Christy, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Jordan and Misses
Jean and Gladys Christy fended
the marriage of their cousin, '
James T. Knight to Miss Jessie
Margaret Jarrett which took
place Saturday afternoon in the
Haywrfne Methodist church.
IM. W. A. Cathey had as her
inedtt ?w the week eat her son. j
Vance CSathey, and Ms family of
Richmond, Va., and her son, Dan,
who to a pace In the legislature to
Raleigh. ? '
Due to the illness of their father, |
Will Luther, Maj. Clinton Luther, I
at Fort McPhereon, Ga and Hil
ton Luther of AshevUle. spent the
latter part of the irvek here. Mr*.
Jaflk teyder. the termer Mies
County- Wide PolkrEe.. Jit Dance Set Fed. 5
Andrews Mothers March
On Polio Set Mondav
The Andrers Mothers March on <
Polio under the leadership of the
Rev. James Hornbuckle will be
held Monday, Jan. 31, beginning at
7 p. m. |
Mrs. Ruth Starr Pullium and I
Mrs. Edgar Wood, co-chairmen
are asking for 100 persons to as
semble at the city hall at 6:45 to
help with solicitations, so that
everyone will have an opportunity
to contribute something.
Residents are asked to have
have their porch lights on as an
indicatioi for the workers to call i
for donations.
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At the beginning of the Mothers j
March the town's fire whistle will
blow.
J. L. SHIELDS AT MEET
J. L. bhields of Murphy last
week attended a meeting of the
Southern Pulpwood Conservation
Association in Atlanta, Ga.
U. S. Tax Rep. 1
Be Here To
Assist in Filing 1
Representatives of the Internal i
Revenue Service will be in Chero- 1
kee County to assist taxpayers on
six dates in February and March.
The representatives will assist
taxpayers with the filinsr of their
U. S. individual income tax re- 1
turns for 1954. No fees will be
charged for the service.
The tax representatives will be
in Murphy, at the Cherokee Coun
ty Courthouse on Feb. 24 and ,
25 and Match 24 and 25. They will
be in Andrews, at the Post Office
on Feb. 9 and Mar. 9
The representatives will also be
in Hayesville, at the Post Office on
Feb. 18 and Mar. 18.
Bank Elects Directors,
Advisory Committees
Directors and members of ad-4
visory committees were elected
during the annual stockholders
meeting of the Citizens Bank and
Trust Co. last Friday in the And
rews office of the bank.
Directors elected were E. C.
Moore, W. Frank Forsyth and E.
Hay Moore, all of Murphy; W. D
Whitaker, James B. Ferebee. II, '
W. T. Forsyth, Z. L. Whitaker and
Percy B. Ferebee, all of Andrews,
and J. Smith Howell of Robbins
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Members elected to the advisory
committee for the Murphy bank
were H. A. Mattox. WJ. Frank
Forsyth, Robert Weaver, E. C.
Moore, Walter Coleman and E.
Rae Moore.
Those elected to the advisory
committee of the Robbinsvillo ,
bank were J. J. Snyder, Mr. How
ell, J. B. Collins and J. D. Strat
ton.
Elected to the advisory commit
tee of the Hayesville bank were W.
A. McClamery, W. G. Mingus, W.
K. Crawford, Edgar L. Curtis and
J. G. Rutledge, III.
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i Mr. Ferebee, president of the,
bank, presided over the meeting;
and gave the following report : |
Total resources of the bank at
.the close of business Dec. 31. 1954,
were $6,917,674.32, a gain of
$841,113 62 over the same date of
| 1953. The bank's permanent sur-:
plus was increased by $49,000.
The bank had a capital on Dec.
31 of $200,000.00, a surplus of
$150,000.0 undivided profits of
$97,811.50 and a reserve for losses
of $46,862.35.
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Date Named
For Start
Of Meters j
Murphy started installation of its
parking meters Tuesday and the
first day of regulated parking will '
be Thursday, Feb. 3, Mayor L. L.
Mason said this week.
Bert K. Mixon, engineer for the
Park-O-Meter Co.. is in charge of j
the installation.
Regulated parking will be from j
9 a. m. to 6 p. m. each day except
Sunday, Charlie Johnson, town
clerk, said.
TB Survey Plans
Be Made Feb. 9;
Dr. Smith Be Here
Dr. Willian? A. Smith, chief of
the Tuberculosis section of the N.
C. State Board of Health, will be
here to outline plans for a Chero
kee County TB survey.
Clvlf and club leaders will at
tend a planning meeting that day,
to map out plans for the county
wide survey.
Ben Waldroup
Dies In Andrews
Funeral services for Benjamin
Franklin Waldroup, ("Uncle Ben")
88, a retired farmer who died at
8.25 p. m. Saturday in hia home in
Andrews following a long illness,
were held at 4 p. m. Sunday in
| the home. The Rev. John Corbitt of
I ficiated and burial was in Valley
town Cemetery.
| Pallbearers were Dee Mosteller,
| Paul Day, Edwin Bristol, Blaine
Blevins, Boyd Cooper and Kellis
l Radford.
j A native of Macon County, he
] was the son of the late Jacob M.
and Paulina Moffitt Waldroup. He
married Aunt Octavia Gribble in
1888 and moved to Andrews in
1910.
Surviving are five daughters,
Mrs. Lelia Piercy, Mrs. Bertha
Matheson, and Miss Ruth Wal
droup of Andrews, Mrs. Elsie Tay
lor of Gibsonville and Mrs. Malde
Wat^ins of Concord, Tenn., three
sons, \Walter and Frank of And
rews and Joe of Bagdad, Fla., one
brother, William H. of Atlanta and
ons sister. Miss Sallie Waldroup
of Franklin.
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge.
LEGION AUXILIARY
H. Bueck will speak on Civil De
fense at the meeting of the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary Friday at
8 p. m. at the club room under the
Murphy Library.
Faculty To Meet First
String In Double Header
Murphy school facuuy memoers
are limbering up find working out
for the match next Monday night
which will pit them against the
first string basketball teams of the
high school.
The event, a double header with
the girls playing women faculty .
members and boys playing the j
men, will be sponsored by the ju
nior class to raise money for the
annual junior senior.
The game will start at 7:30 p,
m. at the gym and admission is 50
cents and 25 cents.
Women players will Include Bar
bara McConnell, Bernice Brown,
Jean Middleton, Emily Miller,
Frances Ray, Chrfstine Ingle, Dol
lie Smart, Geraldine Meadors,
Frankie Martin, Sue Hall and
Nancy Wallace. ?
| Men players are Ike Olson,
Ralph McConnell, Walter Puett, C.
D. Puett, Gene Denning, Orville
Middleton, Albert Wallace, Glenn
Patton, Billy McFalls and Alvin
Russell.
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Society Sponsors Co. History i
Writing By Mrs. C.S. Freel j
The dierokee county Historical'
Society is sponsoring the writing of
a history of the county, by Mrs
Margie Walker Freel of Andrews,
Mrs. J. W. Davidson, society pre
sident, announced this week.
The society is interested in se
curing the history at the first set
tlers of Cherokee County, "Old
families", old newspapers, letters,
war records, wills and other legal
papers, Mrs. Davidson said. ?
9te said the help at cttisans of
the cavity is mitii in hi hi Ii^
the information Car flu ?<?/?
Anyone whrt tea material the
society may aae, or that wiH he de
nated to the society, is asked to
contact Miss Josephine Heighway,
Mrs. Freel, Mrs. lot Ray or Mrs.
Davidson as soon as piteftrie.
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The material wM he place In the
mTit'ta^olcuriey u
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Andrews Methodists
Have Study Course
The official board meeting of
the Andrews Methodist church was
held Monday evening following a
pot luck supper held at the church.
Mrs. John Christy discussed the
second chapter of the book, "Un
der Three Flags" a mission study
of the work in Ceylon, India am)
Pakistan.
Other chapters of the hook will
be discussed next Monday evening
and the following week the course
win be concluded.
brary.
Persona who will lend the ma
terial win ham It returned after
photostatic uofJtes are made, Mrs.
Baby Contest Held
For Polio Benefit ,
The Konnaheeta club Is sponsor- !
I
lug a baby contest for children up
to school age for benefit of the
polio drive funds.
The contest began Monday, Jan.
24, and will continue through Fefc.
4, according to announcement by
Mrs. James Baer, chairman of the
ways and means committee.
Persona who wish to enter a
child's picture are asked to con-!
tact Mrs. Baer, Mm. John Rodda
or Mrs. J. S. Oeroert. Pictures will
be on display In Davis Drug store
oa Main Street Wham will be
Judged fey number at votes at one
cent per vote.
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SMILING THROUGH alter recent leg operations is Wyndom
Roberts, nine year old son of Mr. anj Mrs. Jim Roberts of I'naka, j
Wyndom was stricken with polio in December, 1953, and spent five
months at the Asheville Orthopedic Hospital. He returned to tfie
hospital in late fall 1954 and underwent further operations. He is
still a patient at the hospital. Wyndom 's arms, legs and back were
affected by the disease. He is just one of several Cherokee County J
children who will benefit from the current March of Dimes for
polio.
Lions Clubs Set
Mid- Year Meeting
Murphy and Andrews Lions Club
i members are planning to partici
i pate in the mid-winter convention
for Districts 31-A and B scheduled
Saturday in the George Vanderbilt
Hotel in Asheville.
I The Murphy and Andrews clubs
are part of Region 1 and Zone 1 of
District 31-A for Lions Clubs in
^Western North Carolina.
I YV. Mike Brown of Robbinsville ,
is deputy district governor of j
, Region 1 and Herman K. Brauer of j
| Andrews is chairman of Zone 1.
Other clubs in Zone 1 are Clay
County, Fontana Village and Rob
binsville.
Murphy and Andrews club mem
bers will join with fellow Lions
from 44 other clubs in 19 mountain !
counties in conducting the all-day
mid-winter convention sessions in
Asheville.
International, state and district
Lions leaders will take on the pro
gram which will feature discus
sions of the 1955 Outlook for com
munity service activities and a
review of 1954 programs.
Edward G. Carry of Little Rock
Ark., third international vice presi
dent, will deliver the principal ad
dress at the banquet session. He
will be introt' iced by John L
(Jack) Stickley of Charlotte, sec
ond international vice president.
James C. Farthing of Lenoir,
District 31-B Governor, will pre
side at the Luncheon session at 1
p. m. and Alston B. Broom of
Asheville, District 31-A Governor,
will call the banquet to order.
Lions Club officials will conduct
schools for presidents, secretar
ies and club members during the
afternoon session.
Murphy Has Undefeated
Conference Record
The Murphy Boys , Basketball
squad at the season mid-mark'
have an unbeaten conference re
cord of five wins. They have play
ad three non-conference tilts and
lost two of them. |
The Murphy team, which Is on'
top In the conference, has been led i
in scoring by Birder Coffey with at
1T.8 average. Peart- Johnson is
second with 14.8 and Bobby StUes
is third withaa $.1 average.
Other soortng averages are Bd
die Joe Elliott, ?.0, Jimmy Mc
Ooafct, 5.4; tM VIM Born. M; I
Hoyt Mmmerman, U; Bobby PMt '
MKBhBBBOT? Miff wP f'li i i fif \
lips, 1.7; and Austin Coffey, 2.8.
The girls, meanwhile have *
record of three looses to one win
and one tie'. Laura Bailey, a sop
homore in her second year at play
ing leads the girts scoring with a I
l? point average. I
Betty Palmer, with 6.1 to second I
and other averages art Katrene
Gentry, 4.8; Alice Lovingood, 4J; |
Joe Qarratt, >.4; Shirley Stiles 1A
First string guards are Prances
i
stiles, Nora Swanaoa. Batty Kate
Wilson and Kathrjm Ana*. Otter
'8 Piece Band
Be At Dance
A countywide polio benefit dance
will be held at the Murphy gym .
Saturday night, Feb. 5 from 8 until
midnight.
Tickets are now on sale for the
dance at $1.50 each and will ad
mit one person stag or a couple.
Civic organizations are sponsoring
the dance. For tickets sold in And
rews, the proceeds will go in the
Andrews March of Dimes fund.
Music will be by tne eight piece
band, the Western Carolina Col
lege Kats from Cullowhee. Door
prizes and special entertainment
will be offered during the intermis
sion.
Meanwhile the drive has gone
forward with some $500 in advance
gifts and around $500 reported
from Mothers March. The Mothers
March totals are not complete
yet, according to Bob Bault, chair
man of the drive.
A day's proceeds from each of
Smoky Mountain Amusement Com
pany's juke boxes will be given to
the polio drive, C. L. Alverson,
owner of the boxes said.
Signs will be up by the juke box
es on the day the proceeds go for
polio, Mr. Alverson said.
Meanwhile, another case of potio
was reported in the county last
week when David Higdon, nine
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Higdon of Andrews was sent
to the Orthopedic Hospital in
Asheville.
1 Funds collected in the drive will
be used largely to help Cherokee
'County children suffering from
j polio, it was reported.
Mothers Net
$500 On
Snowy Night
Mothers mothers plodded through
Friday night's snow in their march
on polio and collected some J522.29
for the March of Dimes drive.
Mrs. S. C. Burgess was chairman
for the drive, and said the total
I report from the march is not
quit" completed.
The 32 workers in the drive were
Mrs. Roy Fuller, Mrs. J. H. Dun
can, Mrs. W. V. Costello, Mrs. W.
A. Singleton, Mrs. Lewis King,
Mrs. J. C. Howse, Mrs. Cloe Moore
.Mrs. Francis Bourne, Jr., Mrs.
I Jack Bocook, Mrs. Tom Palmer,
. Miss Toots Cook, Mrs. John Jor
|dan, Mrs. Herman Edwards, Mrs.
I John S. Smith, Mrs. Charlie John
son, and Mrs. J. B. Hall.
j Also Mrs. Walter Coleman, Mrs.
, John Carringer, Mrs. W. D. Town
son, Jr., Mrs. Glenn Morris, Mrs.
Ruby Amos, Mrs. Duke Whitley,
Mrs. Asmond Maxwell, Mrs. Neil
Millsaps, Mrs. Everett English.
Mrs. C. L. Alverson, Mrs. Louise
Caldwell, Mrs. Lois Davis, Mrs.
H. L. Hinton, Mrs. Rhett Y. Win
ters, Jr., Mrs. A. L. Tuchanan,
J and Mrs. Roscoe Wilkins.
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| Game Refuge Planned
i For Cherokee County
1 Cherokee County stands a
I chance of getting a 10,000 to 16,000
?ere game refuge, Kenneth CM*
vetta of the state Wildlife Com
mission said.
Mr. Chlavetta, from Aaheville, is
in Qierokee County trying to find
a location for the refuge.
I The refuge would be tor deer,
I bear and small game, he eaid. Ar
nold Dalrymple, county wOdKftk
protector, pointed oat that a re
fuge In the county would mean bet
ter hunting tor local aa
were to charge at the
health at the