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PROMOTING MURPHY AND ANDREWS
VOLUME <S NUMBER? 15
MURPHY WOKTB CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCT. 17, IMS
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People You Know
' MURPHY <
lira. Ellen Crawford has return
ed from a visit with her daughter,
Mrs. W. C. Tipps at Clinton, Tenn.
and friends at Oak Ridge.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Taylor of
Raleigh accompanied Mr. Taylor's
brother, Frank, who visited them
in Ralegh last week, to his home
here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Townaon
and Miss Margie Hayes left Sun
day for St. Petersburg, Fla., to
attend the Florida Funeral Dir
ectors Convention there. Aiter the
convention, they went down the
west coast to Miami, and will re
turn up the east coast.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Axley and
children, Diane and Jean of Chat
tanooga, spent last week end here
with his mother, Mrs. Nettie Ax
ley, his sister, Mrs. John Bayless
and Mr. Bayless and his aunts.
Miss Hattie Axley and Mrs. F. H.
Hubbell.
Mrs. Mary Cathron Sneed, dis
trict deputy grand matron of the
Eastern Star, Mrs. Helen Moody,
past worthy matron of Murphy
and Mrs. Pauline Kindley of Bry
son City, attended the Fall Fes
tivity program of Western North
Carolina (Eastern Stars at Fontana
Dam last Saturday and Sunday. A
banquet was held Saturday night
at which Mrs. Hilda S. Hallibur
ton, worthy grand matron of
Clyde was guest speaker.
She was introduced by Mrs.
Sneed.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Bueck were
guests of the Andrews Konnahee
ta Club at Nantahala Ira last
Thursday night. Mr. Bueck apoke
on the forthcoming White House
Conference on Education. Mr.
Bueck is one of the state's 34 al
lotted delegates to the conference.
Mrs. B. G. McMillan has return
ed to her home In Charlotte after
several day's visit with her son-in
law' and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Kiffen Craven and Camifer.
Miss Addle Mae Cooke of Mur
'reesboro was here over the week
i 1
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bocook and
family spent the week end in AShe
ville.
Pvt. Virgil McKinley Johnson of
the Marine .Corps stationed at
Jacksonville, Fla., spent the week
end with his mother, Mrs. V. M
Johnson.
ANDREWS
Mrs. H. D. Spencer of Knoxville
Tenn., spent the week end with
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Julius Hill.
Mrs. Gerald Almond, president
of the Andrews PTA, attended the
District One N. C. Congress of
parents and Teachers held at
liaSey Springs High School Wed
nesday.
' Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Nichols had
their houseguests over the week
end Mrs. Nichols' brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. T. I.
Underwood of Carte rsvtlla, Ga.
While here they made a trip
through the Smokies.
Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Hudson of
Jacksonville and daughter, Mrs.
Bob Jones Smith, and Mrs. Hud
son's sister, Mrs. Stansel of Lum
berton, were guests over the week
end of the Misses Jean and Gladys
Christy.
The Rev. and Mrs. John H. Nev
ille have returned after a stay in
Montreat at their home.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Gernert spent
last week with relatives in Read-'
ing, Pa. They were accompanied
by H. Leroy Frits who has been
employed at the Andrews Berk
shire Knitting Mills for the past
several weeks. \
Mr. and Mrs. Loy Seay of Tate,
Ga. spent the week end here with
Mrs. Seay's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Battle.
ffl-s.1M#tn'' Bristol, and Mrs. L.
B. Nichols attended -the District
Three meeting of the Women of
the Presjrterixn church held Tues
day in Swananoa. Mrs. Bristol was
hurtalMVu district chairman.
They ware accompanied to Ashe
Mile by Mrs. Zeb Oonley.
Hoy Wheeler and children. Bee
and Al, of EUsabethton, Tenn.,
..pant the week end her* with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wheel
er. I
Idas Ellen Hyde has returned af
ter spending several weeks in Ash- 1
evffle with bar sister, MM. Laura
Bill Browning Gets
Eagle Award
Bill Browning, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Browning of Murphy,!
will receive the Eagle Scout A
ward, highest in Boy Scouting, at
the regular Nantahala District
court of honor, Tuesday night, '
Nov. 1, at , the. First Baptist
Church.
A member of troop 12, Bill is the
first Scout of this troop to receive
this award. He has earned 26 mer- j
it badges. Bill has been in scout
ing about four years. At present
he is a seionr patrol leader of his
troop. i
He is an active member of the
First Baptist Church of Murphy,
member of the school band, and as
i a junior he is a member of the
student council of Murphy High.
Troop 12 is sponsored by the
Murphy Civltan Club. The award
will be presented by John Jordan,
Scoutmaster and a member of the
club. 1
BILL BROWNING
Andrews Clubs Work
Toward Community Center
An organizational meeting was:
held with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. John
eon at their home on Tuesday '
evening for the purpose of dis
cussing the possibility of securing'
a permanent place available to !
civic clubs and other groups for i
meetings in Andrews.
The Konnaheeta club voted re
cently to investigate the Idea of
a community center and to work
toward this as the major project
this year. ' '
Representatives from the organ
izations present included : The Les
lie Stillman Post of the American
Legion, Rotary, Lions, PTA, Val
ley River Garden club and the
Konnaheeta.
The fallowing committees were
appointed: investigating, Mrs.
Johnson, Dick Ramsey, Wayne
Battle, J. E. Rufty and Charles
Delaney: location, Mr. Battle,
Galusha Puliium and Charles De
laney.
County ASC Committee
Be Elected Today
New ASC community commit
teemen (or Cherokee County were
elected Oct. 18 as follows :
Murphy, Wayne Abernathy,
Judd Stiles, B. B. Cornwall, Billy
Wella, Posey Crisp; Valleytown,
Albert Oonley, John Bradley, Wil
lie Russell, Frank . Watkins, Clar
ence West; Beaverdam, Willard
Graham, Farria Bryson, Clifford
Rose, Walter Dockery and D. B.
Roberts.
Notla, Fred Kll patrick, Jr., BUI
Hatchett, Clyde Helton, J. W. Ma
lone and Jim Martin; Shoal Creek,
Claud Patterson, Fred Jones, Mil
ton Verner, Stanley Wood, S. S.
Jones; Hothouse, Lester Cole,
Joe -Golden, Alfred Newman, Dill;
ard McAfee and George Wood.
The above are listed chairman,
vice chairman, regular member,
first alternate and second alter
nate, respectively.
The six chairmen will be de
'egates to the county conventiei
at the ASC office 'In the Court
house today, Thursday, Oct. 37, at
1 p. m.
The delegates will elect the
Cherokee County ASC committee.
The county ASC committee,
when elected, will direct the ad
ministration of the Soil Conser
vation aad Domestic Allotment
Act; the Agricultural Adjustment
Act; the Sugar Act and any a
mendments to these acts as they
'pertain locally.
The local community commit
tees assist the county committee
and inform farmers concerning
the program; assist in arranging
for and conducting the necessary
community meetings of program
participants and perform any
other duties that May be assigned
to It by the county office manager
under the direction of the county
committee.
'Registration Books Are
|Open;Bond V ote Nov. 22
Registration books were opened
Monday, Oct. 24 and will remain
open throijgh Saturday, Nov. 12,
daily from 9 a. m. until < p. m.
for a new registration.
All voters in the county will
have to register before voting In
any election, it was announced. j
Town of Murphy voters will' be
' the first ones to vote under the
' new registration.
Town of Murphy voters must re
gister anew ? even if they 'are on
the .old books ? in order to be eli
gible to vote in the town water
bond election on Nov. 22.
The new registration for the
county was voted some time ago
by the board of etectkms, It wi?
?i ?. c.aii?VAfl
RALEIGH? The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traffic
deaths through 10 a m. Oct. M:
1 Killed this year: 873
Killed to date last year: 7tt
| If safety to worth a Ufa, drive
and walk carefully
pointed out, and wan not schedul
ed Just (or the Town of Murphy
bond election.
Murphy voters will vote on a
1X00,000 bond to finance the cost of
reconstructing, enlarging and ex
tending the watef supply system
?of the town. The present water sys
.tern has been termed "unsanitary
and unsafe" by a state health In
! specter.
I The polling place for the water
bond election will be the court
1 room of the County Courthouse
from 6:30 a. m. until I :M p. m
!
BWC FeieradM
Meet la Aadrews 1
The BWC federation of Region
10 will meet Monday at T:? p. W 1
at the First Baptist church Att-I
drews with the local BWC as bO^
teSS. I
A film on "The Moslem World"
will be shown and a massage will
be brought to the group by Mrs.
E. H. Corpenlng of Robblnsvile, re
giooal superintendent of the
WMU.
A social hour will follow the
meeting. Mrs. John C. Ontitt,
program, chairman, said all BWC
groopa la this reagon are invited,
'as well a* members ot the WMU
Town Planning
Commission Be
Organized Nov. 15
The date for the organization of
a Planning Commission for the
town of Murphy has been set for
Tuesday, Nov. IB, It was announc
ed today.
The meeting will be held at 8 p.
m. In the courthouse and all inter
ested persons are asked to attend,
town officials said.
| James Webb , representative
from the League of Municipalities
of Raleigh, will be here to assist In
the organization.
GlennFarmer
Dies Suddenly
Glenn Farmer, 61, native of
Waynesville, died at his home in
Elizabethton, Tenn., after a brief
illness.
Funeral service.:, which were
held Friday at Calvary Baptist
Church in Elizabethton, were at
tended by the Misses Kate and
Leila Hayes of Tomotla, sisters
in-law of the deceased. Burial was
in Happy Valley Memorial Park.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Mae Ellis Farmer; a daughter,
Mlas Mary Hayes Fanner of Ashe
ville; a son, Kenneth Beal Far
mer of Spartanburg, S. C.; a step
daughter, Miss Mary Alice Allen
of Elizabethton; four brothers,
Grady, Murlln, Onvile and Fred
Farmer of Waynesville; and a sla
ter, Mrs. Old Francis of Waynes
ville.
Hathaway- Percy Funeral Home
was in charge.
Murphy Band
Boosters On
Meftibership Drive.
The Murphy Band Booster Club
is having a membership drive this
week and next.
Mrs. J. H. Duncan U chairman
of the drive which will reach each
home in town during the next two
weeks. ,
Members of the committee met
at the home of Mrs. Duncan last
Wednesday to outline plans for the
membership drive.
Art, Crafts;
Hobby Show
Set In Andrew
Plans were "completed tor the
annual arts, crafts siid hobby ex
hibit at a meeting held Monday
evening in the home of Mi? S.
E. Coven
The exhibit will be staged Nov. I
3, 4, and 6 in tht building on Main
Street known as the Lay Store'
building in Andrews.
Exhibits will be-received on
Thursday, Nov. 3, between 10 a.
m. and 2 p. m.
Exhibits this year will include
handicrafts in addition to arts and
hobbies.
Included in this collection will
be hand made driftwood lamps,
handmade quilts, metal craft. In
cluding pierced, etched and ham
mered, also a collection of china
plates and many other articles.
The exhibit will be open to the
public on Thursday, Nov. 3, from
2 p. m. to 9:30 p. m. On other
days, Friday and Saturday, Nov.
4 and 5, each day from 10 a. m.
to 9 p. m.
No admission charge will be
made but a free will offering will
be made with proceeds being used
for the improvement fund.
TTie affair is sponsored by the
Women of the St. Andrews Luth
eran church of Andrews.
For additional information con
cerning the exhibits contact Mrs.
Margaret C. Watry, Mrs, Vitolds
Gobins or Miss Frances Otrrer. I
HAYRIDE
Members of Methodist Youth
Fellowship- Joined with the other
?ub-district MYF organisations at
Andrew*- MUrphy Airport picnic
grounds Tuesday night lor 4 ham
burger fry. The Murphy group sn
J<>yed a hay rids to the picnic
grounds. _ i
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Halloween Carniv\! Set For
Week End In ChertYee Conty
Cherokee Oountains of all ages
will have plenty of haunting
grounds this week end with at
least six Halloween carnivals
planned for the county. i
IN MURPHY
Murphy goblins will celebrate
Saturday night at a Halloween
Carnival at the gym, sponsored by
the Murphy Junior Woman's Club.
The carnival will open at 7 p. m.
Mrs. Jack* Bocook is chairman
for the carnival which will be pre
sided over by Hobart McKeever as
monster of ceremonies. j
Admission will be 10 cents for
children and 25 cents for adults,
and will entitle all persons to free
viewing of entertainment includ
ing an exhibition square dance
team, puppet show and the crown
ing of a king and queen from the
elementary grades at Murphy
School.
Nomina**-, ns t6r the king and
queen have come from all grades
four through eight and Mrs. L. L.
Mason is chairman for this event.
Booths will include fortune tell
ing, grab bag, fish pond, prizes
for best costumes, a food conces
sions stand an<{ others. Everyone
la invited to attend.
Proceeds will be used for the\
Junior Woman's dub project of ?
youth center.
HIWASSEE DAM |
I Meanwhile, the Halloween cele
bration in other parts of the coun- '
ty will start Friday. Oct. 28. with
a carnival at Hiwassee Dam.
School, sponsored by the PTA.
This carnival will begin at 6:3o|
p. m. and will be climaxed by the
crowning of the carnival king and
queen with a court of royalty
from the elementary grades.
| MARTIN'S CREEK
I The Martin's Creek PTA will
sponsor A Halloween Carnival also
on Friday, beginning at 7:80 p. m.
, at the school. (
Attractions will include a har
vest sale auction, cake walk, bingo ,
and side shows.
RANGER SCHOOL
The Ranger School will have a
Halloween Carnival on Friday at
their school, to which everyone Is
Invited.
This carnival will feature a dead
ghost act, penny throw, house of j
horrors, fortune telling, fish pood
and Bingo.
MARBLE PTA
The Marble PTA will sponsor a
est Sale at the school audi
i on Saturday, Oct. 29, at
A variety of articles will be on
sale and proceeds will be used for
a curtain in the auditorium of the
new school.
FOLK SCHOOL
The annual Folk School costume
party and harvest sale will be
held Saturday, Oct. 29 at, the
school at Brasstown.
Lynn Cault is program leader
for the evening and Bill Miller and
BUI Brooks are in: charge of de
corations. Murray Martin fa in
charge of the grab bag for the eh*
dren.
The refreshments committee is
made up of Lucile Gault. Ruth
Smith, Gladys Holland, Alice Tip
ton, Clair Seymour, Dick Reese
and James Caldwell. The auction
committee is composed of Fred
Smith, Charles Arrant and CecB
Tipton: and auctioneers are Dub
Martin, Wayne Holland and Jerry
Hall.
A fine of 10 cents wffl be collect
ed from an persons not In eoe
tuma.
Teen Age Center Planned;
Jr. W Oman's Club Sponsors
A center for the teen age youths
of Murphy will be opened soon j
sponsored by tiie Murphy Junior^
Woman's Club, it was announced
this week. The carter will be loc
ated in the downstairs room of the
Murphy Library and will be ojpr
ated'by an adult supervisor.
A committee at some 14 teen,
age youths, representing the four
classes of high school, with Mrs. '
Ann Ward as advisor, win set up
rules and standards for the center j
and will conduct a naming contest.
A special week-long drive for
the center will held during the
week of Nov. 6-13, which has been
proclaimed "Youth Week In Mur
phy" by Mayor I>. L. Mason.
During this week the teen ag
[ers will sponsor a day of enter
talnment on the square.
Miss Maria Travis is chairman '
of publicity for the new center and
Mrs. Chuck McConnell and Mrs.
A1 Wallace are on her committee.
The committee from tlie Junior
WonwA'* Club maMng pJans fori
the center is headed by Mrs. H. I
L. McKeever and members at the |
committee are Mrs. C. K. Olson,
Mi's. W. D. Town son, Jr., Mrs.
Peyton I vie and Mrs. W. V. Cos
tello.
Tables, and booths, a food stand,
and sink and colorful decorations
will be Installed in the room as I
soon as funds are on hand, it was|
announced.
The teen center will be the main
project of the year for the club, i
The club will sponsor a Hallow- 1
?to OuartMl Saturday night at the
gym, with all proceeds going to
ward the youth center.
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Further plana for the drive and
the opening of the center win be
Second Baptist
Revival Starts
A series o t revival services will
begin Monday, Oct. 31, at the Sec
ond Baptist Church, Murphy. The
Re*. Julian Tuile of Jacksonville,
Via., will preach.
Services will be held dally at
7:30 p. m. throughout Nov. 5. The
Rev. Jimmy Bumham of Truett
McConnell College, Cleveland,
Ga., is pastor of the church.
Flower Lecture-Demonstration
Set Today By Garden Club
A lecture-demonstration on flow,
er arrangements will be presented
today (Thursday) In the base- j
ment of the Methodist Church \
here by Mrs. E. B. Worsham of]
Atlanta.
A nationally accredited flower
sharw Judge, Mrs. Worsham will
be sponsored on her visit here by
the Murphy Garden CSub. Admis
sion is $1.
A tea hour will be held from 3
until 3:30 p. m. followed by Mrs.
Worsham's talk.
Tickets may be bought from any
member of the Murphy Garden
Club or at the door.
Mrs. Worsham will feature dis
tinctive arrangements made from
"common-place" materials. She
will jse locally grown flowers and
will bring some from her own gar
den at College Park.
Mrs. Worsham U an active i low
er grower as well as arranger. She
is also active In church work and
collects antiques aa a hobby. She
is co-author of a eerier nf volume*
on flower arranging.
The public is invited.
Mrs. WonBam win be the over- ,
night guest of Mrs. W. A. Hoover 1
Thursday night. She win be enter
tained at a Dutch supper tonight
at the Regal Hotel with members
of the sponsoring garden club at
tending.
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Quarterly SS Meet
Set At Sweetmmter ' '
The quarterly assodatlonal Sun
day School meeting for Tennessee
River Association, will be held at
the Sweetwater Baptist Church
8unday. Oct 10, at S p. m.
His Rev. C T. Taylor, associa
tions! missionary at Maoon asso
ciation wtU be the speaker.