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MURPHY NORTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY. JULY 7, IMS
Ten pages thu week
People You Know
MURPHY
Rosalee Hyde hu returned to
Murphy after spending six weeks
in Atlanta. Her mother, Mrs. C E.
Hyde, and her sister, Peggy, spent
the last two weeks in Atlanta with
Roasiee and brought her home.
Rosalee and Peggy were on the
Woody Willow television show
while in Atlanta.
Buddy Taylor, student at West
ern Carolina College, spent the
week end at home.
Miss Elsie Nunn, math teacher
in Salem Academy, Winston-Salem
and Mrs. Edwards of Whiteville
are visiting Mrs. Johnsie Nunn.
Fred Bates, student at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, and Miss Betty Smith of Wal
lace, English major at the Womans
College of the University of North
Carolina, Greensboro who is attend
ing summer school at the Univer
sity, and Miss Shirley Bates, of the
recreation staff at Fontana Dam,
spent the holidays with Mrs. F. O.
Bates.
Mrs. Harvey D. Gunning and
children, Mary Wills, Dade and
Sara of Seattle, Wash, and Marsh
all Bell of Clemson College, Clem
son, S. C, visited Mr. and Mrs. T.
A. Case and other friends here last
week. Mrs. Gunning is the former
Miss Grace Wills Bell of Murphy.
Mrs. Dean Wakefield and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank .Baker and daugh
ter, Pamela of Washington, D. C.
are guests of Mrs. B. L. Padgett.
Mrs. Baker is Mrs. Padgett's
granddaughter. They will return
to Washington, but Mrs. Wakefield
will remain for awhile.
thoough n-dmNrO (Pup lydw rh
Miss Ida Brumby is on a trip
thrbugh New York State and points
in Canada with Mr. and Mrs. An
ton Schmitt and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Forrest
I spent the week end in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Elkins oi
Flushing, N. Y. are visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Harve Elkins.
Misses Margie, Norvell and Bar
bara Brown of Chicago, are here
with their grandmother, Mrs. Don
Withers poon for some time while
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Brown are in South America.
ANDREWS
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wood have
as their guests this week Mrs.
Wood's nieces, Chip and Claude!
Allison of Belmont; Also Mr. and
Mrs. : W. R. Palmer were guests
over the week end.
Miss Linda Kelly of The Jolly
Home in Conyers, Ga., is spending
a two weeks vacation here at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Math
eson. Other guests in the Matheson
home are Mrs. Matheson's brother,
Sam Adkins of Morris town, Tenn.,
and her nephew. Raymond McCur
ry and Mrs McCurry also of Mor
ristown.
? agi. ana Mrs. noy stoops ana
daughter, Carolyn of Texas arrived
this week for a weeks stay at the
home of Mrs. Stoops' parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sid Piercy.
Mr. and Mrs. John Duffy ol
Sheibyville, Indiana arrived this
week for a months stay at their
home, "Little Rock Studio", In
Valleytown.
Joseph Kuhn has returned to
Reading, Pa. after a three weeks
stay here at the Berkshire Knitting
Mills.
Mr. and Mrs. Elton Bradley of
Knoxville, Tenn., spent the Fourth
of July holidays here at their home
Mr. and Mrs. W. Q. Lail and chil
dren of Aiken, S. C., have returned
to their home after spending the
week end here with the formers
parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Lail.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Mulkey have
as their guests this week their son
in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Jeff Davis of Knoxville, Tenn. ;
their daughter, Mrs. Johnnie John
?on of Belmont; their son, Bobby
?tod his family at Fontana.
lfr. and Mrs. Vincent Love and
t nn, Eddie, at ' Bleckley. W. Vk.
W ipent the week lad here with Mrs.
Lire's parents, Mr and Mr* O. *.
1*0.
??lord Hlgdon at Miami, Fla.
hu arrived for ? visit with his ten
Hodges' O.K. On Bridge Starts New School
Dr. Pugh Is Main j
Speaker At Masons ,
Meet Here July 13 j
Dr. Charles H. Pugh of Gastonla, (
Grand Master of the G^nd Lodge
of 'Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons of North Carolina, along
with several other Grand Lodge of
ficers and an estimated 100, or
more. Masons from Western North
Carolina, will be in Murphy July 13
to attend the District Meeting of
the forty third Masonic District.
There are seven lodges in the
district, which includes Cherokee,
Clay and Graham counties.
The meeting will open in the
masonic hall at 3 p. m. with a wel
1 1 coming address by Dr. Pugh.
! There will be several talks dur
? ing the afternoon session by var
. ious Grand Lodge officers and lead
ing masons of the district. Time
: will be allowed after each talk for
? discussions and questions.
The meeting will recess at 6p ,m
for an evening meal and will re
? convene at 7:30 for the transaction
of business and for the principal
address which will be delivered by
i Dr. Pugh.
1 ! Prominent Masons, in addition to
I I
ljDr. Pugh, who are expected to at
Itend the meeting include John C.
'Vance of Asheville, Deputy Grand
' i Master; Wilbur L. Mclver of Ral
' eigh, Grand Secretary; G. Dudley
j Humphrey of Wilmington, Judge
(Advocate of the Grand Lodge; the
? . Rev. A. D. Leon Gray of Oxford,
Grand Chaplain and superinten
' dent of the Masonic Orphanage;
? Harvey L. Mulkey of Andrews, Dis
trict Grand Lecturer and many
others.
The meeting will be presided
, over by Gordon L. Butler of And- 1
. rews, District Deputy Grand Mas
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MURPHY MEETS
CANAL LAKE, GA.
IN GAME SUNDAY
I The Murphy baseball team will
i see action against a strong Canal
Lake, Ga., team Sunday at 2:30 p.
, m.
. | This game will take the place of
| 1 last Sunday's game which was
( called because of rain. Persons
l holding tickets from last Sunday's
game may use them this Sunday,
July 10.
The Canal Lake team is sparked
by a number of fine players from
Cainesville, Ga.
In last Saturday's game with
Crossville, Tenn., the Murphy boys
won by a four to nothing score. The
game Saturday got off to a late
start because of the unfortunately
late arrival of the Crossville team.
DR. PXTGH
Construction Of I
Hospital To
Start Next Week
The United States Public Health
Service has given final approval
to the District Memorial Hospital
and actual construction of the
building is scheduled to start next
week, Percy B. Fere bee, chairman
of the hospital committee, said.
The full go-ahead was received
Just after press time by telephone
last week by Mr. Ferebee from Dr.
| John A. Ferrell, executive sec
retary of the North Carolina Med
ical Care Commission.
"With this final approval," Mr.
Ferebee said "all obstacles have
now been surmounted . . { |
Woodmen To Hold !
Supper Meet;
Elect Officers
The Konnaheetha Camp of Wood
men of the World will hold a sup
per meeting and 'election of of
ficers at 7:30 p. m. today (Thurs
day) in the Murphy Masonic Hall.
I The election of officers was
scheduled at the last meeting but
was postponed for the supper meet
ing.
Cherokee County
Enjoys Safe And
Busy Week End
Cherokee Comity chaulked up a
safe and sensible July 4 week end
with only one traffic accident re
sulting in an Injury.
Cecil Clonts, 86, of Murphy Rt. 1,
suffered a fractured right leg Sat
urday when a truck ran up on the
curb on Tennessee Street.
Chief Neil Sneed said Clyde
Farmer. 45, driver of the 1949
Chevrolet truck, is under $500 bond
pending final investigation of the
accident.
j According to Oiief Sneed, the
truck ran up on the curb, struck a
parking meter and either the truck
or the meter struck Clonts who
was standing on the sidewalk.
Police said the truck's brakes
failed to hold when Farmer turned
the vehicle into a parking place.
j Clonts was treated at Petrie
Hospital but was not admitted.
Meanwhile, tourists poured into
and through the County during the
long holiday week end. Tourist
courts have been flying the "no
vacancy" sign for some two weeks
now and service stations reported
a record business for the week
end.
The worst accident for WNC
over the week end happened Sun
day at Cherokee when two women
met death after a tourist-filled
swinging bridge gave way.
Twentieth District Solicitor Thadi
Bryson of Bryson City said he
found no evidence of criminal neg
ligence in connection with the col
lapse of th? simpensj^A bridge.
Boy Scouts who were jumping
on the bridge have been blamed by
eye-witnesses for the accident.
Some 50 or 60 persons were on the
bridge when it gave way.
No WNC residents were in the
accidents.
Murphy Committee
To Study School
Integration
H. A. Mattox, chairman of the
Murphy School Board, last week
was instructed by the board to ap
point a committee of six citizens
to study integration in the city
schools.
The move came after the recent
U. S. Supreme Court's ruling out
lawing segregation in the public
schools.
The committee will work with
the Murphy school board and with
the statewide committee recently
appointed by Governor Luther
Hodges.
3,000 Attend Andrews July 4th '
Celebration; Winners Told
The float depicting the raising of
the American flag on Iwo Jima
sponsored by the Citizens Bank
and Trust Company was awarded
first prize in the float parade by
the judges in the annual _4th of July
celebration Monday at Andrews.
Second prize was awarded the
Konnaheeta club and the Andrews
Murphy Air Park won third place.
Dale Walsh won first place In the
Kiddie parade with silver dollar*
presented to all other contestants
In the Kiddle parade.
Out of town Judges wars lira. O.
Roaendale of Look Out Mountain;
Mrs. Ada Grace of Lyman, 8. C.;
Oeorge Handura of Clear Water,
PI*., and Jack Bdwfcrds of Atlanta,
Gta.
Special recognition waa given the
Murphy and Rotrtrinavllle School
bands which marched in the pa
dren, sponsored by the Valley
town Garden Club, represent- |
In* roses, violets, daisies and
other flowers.
W. D. Whitaker, chairman of the [
(jay's events, said he was "highly j
pleased" with the celebration, '
which attracted the largest crowd i
ever, some 8,000 persons
BEAUTY OONTBS?
Miss Betty Mulkey, was award
ed first place in the beauty contest
as Miss Southwestern N. C. and
was presented a fold identification 1
bracelet with title engraved.
Mtes Joyce Btratton of Robbins- ,
vtlle won second place as Miss ?
Southwestern runner up and was !
presented a blue rfeinestone neck- [
lace. (
Miss Betty Mulkey who was spon
sored by the Valley Town Garden
Club, al*> won tte Mm Andrew*
Ann McGuire as Miss Runner Up. |
She was presented a white rhine- ,
stone necklace. - 1
Other town winners were : Miss ,
Judy Davis won as "Miss Murphy"
with Miss Linda English as "Miss
Runner Up".
Miss Joan Oawford won the
"Miss Hayesville" title and Miss
Joyce Lewis, "Miss Runner Up"
Miss Joyde Stratton, won the "Miss
RobblnsrUle" with Miss Christine
Stratton as "Miss Runner Up".
They were also awarded silver
identification bracelets with en
graved titles and the runner up? i
ware also presented with rhlne
?tone necklaces respectively.
Out ot town Judges were: Mrs. i
M. C. Nelson at Hayesville, Mrs.
Black of Murphy, O. Roaendale ot
Look Out Mountain. Jack fcdwards
and Charles Smith both ?# Atlanta.
Dr. Gerald Almond was master of
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Martin Claims Son
Mistreated At Caswell I
LOCAL LABOR TO
BE USED FOR
NEW HOSPITAL
The contractor for the District
Memorial Hospital will use local
labor on construction of the build
ing when possible, Percy B. Fere
bee. hospital committee chairman,
said.
Construction of the hospital will
probably start next week.
Mr. Ferebee said the contractor
asserted that some key men will
undoubtedly have to be brought in.
But as far as possible all carpen
ters, brick masons and other ar
tisans will be obtained locally.
Physical mistreatment of an in- j
mate at Caswell Training School in.
Kinston was charged this week by :
Walter R. Martin of Suit.
Mr: Martin said in a letter print- 1
ed in this issue's Letters to the edi-i
tor column that his son, Frank,'
"had many scars and bruises on'
his body and one front tooth knock- 1
ed out and an ugly scar on his]
Up. . .
Mr. Martin alleged that his son I
had been bitten on the left arm an l'
hand. He said a male attendant atj
the school asserted other inmates,
at the school had bit his son. '
Mr. Martin said he counted" 69 j
"ugly" scars on the boy's body j
"where he had been beaten and.
bitten by some one."
Philip Merrill To j
Call Square Dance
Cherokee County folks who at
tend the square dance party at the
Murphy gym Friday, July 15, at 8
p. m. will have the now rare treat
of hearing a caller who can supply
his own music.
Mrs. Lynn Gault, chairman for
the square dance, announced that
Phillip Merrill, nationally recogniz
ed in the field of country music
and dance, will call the dance.
Merrill, a native of Maine and a
teacher of music in New Yoik City,
can call a square dance and at the
same time lead his own orchestra,
accompany from the piano, or
make music with his accordion.
He is a graduate of the Eastman
School of Music and is a natural as
well as a trained musician.
COUNTRY DANCE SOCIETY
As music director of the Country
Dance Society of America (and or
chestra leader for the "Pinewoods
Players") as well as caller and
teacher for the society, Mr. Mer
rill's versatility is shown by his
ease in changing from American to
English to Danish dances and ton
es, and back again and from accor
dion to piano to Orkon flute.
H? rallv teaches and plays
regularly for groups in and a
round New York. In the sum
mer his headquarters is at the
John C. Campbell Folk School.
For the past 16 summers he has
taught, called and accompanied
classes and parties in and around
Brasstown. During the week of the
Craftsman's Fair in Asheville he
supplies the^ music lor the daily
folk-dance program.
A BACKGROUND
Merrill has a background of New
.England folk -dancing and has als-><
studied calling in the West in the'
South. I
In the summer of 1952, alter a
few weeks at the Folk School, he
visited England, at the invitation
of the English Folk Dance and
Song Society, and called for dancer?
and held Callers' courses in Lon
don and other English cities, towns j
and villages. His style of calling
and his repertoire delighted Eng
lish dancers, who are interested in
American square dancing that has
flavor and quality.
Merrill is a member of the
faculty of the Diller-Quaille
School of Music in New York i
and of the Hoff-Barthelson
Music School in Scarsdmle.
Everyone is invited to attend the
square dance wihett is a benefit
j sponsored by the Cherokee County .
.Home Demonstration Council.
TICKET SALE
Mrs. Hugh Howard heads the ad
vance ticket sale and tickets may I
be obtained from her or from Home '
Demonstration Club members any
where in the county.
Tickets will also be on sale at the
door through Mrs. L. F. Lochaby
and the Midway Home Demonstra
tion Club.
Children will be admitted free ; I
youth (age 10 through high school), I
25 cents; and adults, 50 cents.
Meases To Have
50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Mease, Sr.,
of Hayesville, will be entertained
Sunday. July 17, at a tea at their
home honoring their 60th wedding
ANDREWS BWC
Mrs. Norma Lunsford and Mrs.
Galusha Piillium will be co-hostess
es to the meeting of the BWC|
Thursday evening tonight at 7 :39 at !
the home of Mrs. Lunsford.
anniversary.
The six children of the Meases
will be hosts and hostessed. All
friends of the family in this section
are invited to drop by between the
hours of 2 and 6 p. m. to felicitate
the couple.
Mrs. Robert Penlaua of Murphy
is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Mease. ,
GOC Goes On . -
Alert Satnrday
Murphy's eyes of defense will
be called into action Saturday,
July 9, when the local Ground Ob- I
servers Corps goes on a 13 hour a
lert starting at 9 a. m,.
W. C. Messer. OOC supervisor. ;
asked that all spotters contacted
for duty report to the spotters' '
booth.
I
Mr. Mssssr Mid a better re- i
spcnse was itemed tor this alert i
than wit made dortnc the last call
Do* spotter*.
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Governor Allots
$50 Thousand Of
Highway Surplus
Governor Luther Hodges last
week cleared the way for con
struction to start on Murphy's new
school unit on Andrews Highway
cn the Sandlin property.
dev. Hodges' telegram to H.
Riieck, superintendent of City
Schools, said:
"Have letter Commissioner Buc
hanan (Highway Commissioner
Harry Buchanan) dated June 28
aiid based on these estimates and
your statement to me that you go
ing ahead with school construction.
I am happy to allot fifty thousand
dollars from the surplus highway
fund for bridge and approaches to
the new school site as requested by
you and Mr. Buchanan."
After Mr. Bueck read the wire,
the school board voted unanimous
ly to proceed immediately with
construction of classrooms and a
lunchroom on the new school site.
The board will use $56,662.54 of
tho state bond money and $156,900
of the $500,000 local school bond
voted in last year.
<J. O.. Harril was appointed by
the hoard to serve as architect.
Present plans, subject to change,
i'-rlude 18 classrooms and labora
tories and a lunchroom for a senior
high school.
Mr. Bueck pointed out that the
plans for a senior high school could
be changed. He said the grades
the) will be put in the new building
and the types of classrooms could
change according to how much
building the school board can get
done for the amount of money it
has to work with.
STORY HOUR
STARTS TODAY
AT LIBRARY
A series of four children's story
hours will begin today (Thursday)
at 10 a. m. at the Murphy Carnegie
Library. ^
Mrs. John Thuss, formerly of
Murphy, now of West Palm Beach,
Fla.( will tell the stories this morn
ing.
All children who like stories are
invited to come, Miss Josephine
Heighway, librarian, said.
The schedule for the story hours
will contlne next Thursday, July
14, at 10 a. m. when Mrs. Merle
Davis will tell the stories.
On Thursday, August 4 at 10 a.
m. Mrs. Harvey Wilson will be in
charge; and Mrs. Harold Wells
will have the stories on Thursday,
August 11 also at 10 a. m.
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FLAX CREEK REVIVAL
The Rev. Emory Beaver of Gas
tonia, will conduct Revival ser
vices at Flax Creek Baptist Church
beginning July 10. Services will be
held nightly at 7:30.
Potters At Home In
Presbyterian Manse Here
The Rev. Robert A. Potter, new
pastor of the Murphy Presbyterian
Church, arrived here Thursday
with Mrs. Potter and children,
Bobby and Billy, to begin his du
ties at the church. They are oc
cupying the manse and invite tbiir
friends to visit them.
Members of the^ church Friday
night gave them a "pounding"
which la customary with all
churces when a new pastor arrives
111 town.
Mr. Potter preached his first
sermon Sunday at 11 a. m. and
held a meeting of the seaaion at
7:30 p.m. following the Young Peo
ples meeting.
The Women of the Presbyterian
CJiuroh win by hostesses at a re
ception Mowing church services
next BiwSay Bight fa the Sunday
School aaaaa of the dmrc^.
Tfce poMlc la Invited te meat the
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