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TB&IFTY CLASS AD
MAMUBiTA
SAFE YEAR
MN 1957
DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CHEROKEE COUNTY
VOLUME ? NUMBER? 86
THURSDAY, JAN. M, 1M7
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
MURPHY CAGERS TAKE TWO FROM
STECQAH, SPUT WITH ROBBINSVILLE
in twofsmes away mm mm
last n*ok. the Murphy High eager*
took two trpm Stecoah last Friday
and split with Robbins villa, the
boys winning and the girls losing,
on Tuesday.
The Mnrphy quintet trampled
the Stecoah cage team 54-28, In a
game at Stecoah.
Don Amos was high scorer with
14 points. Aawten Coffey netted 12,
Ed Glbbe 11, Hoyt Zimmerman,
10 and Burt Birchfiekl 5.
Starting line-up included Zim
merman, Coffey, Gibbs, Amos,
and Birchfield. Subs were: Hoov
er, Smith, and Dockery.
Murphy led all the way. Scores
by quarters were: First 18-10,
Second 42-19, Third 4K-38, and
Fourth 54-28.
The boys completed 72 percent
of the attempted free throws and
made 10 fouls.
urri uame
In a very close game the Mur
phy girls edged the Stecoah bas
ketball sextette 56-55. At the end
of the first quarter Stecoah led
15-7. The Murphy girls closed the
gap to 29-29 at the half. The third
quarter showed Murphy leading
44-42. They managed to hold a
1 point lead making the final
score 56-55.
High scorer for Murphy was
Laura Bailey, who made 23 points,
Shirley Stiles scored 21 and Shirley
Allen, Gladys Painter, Betty Kate
Wilson, and Patricia Moore, Sub;
sville Tuesday January 15. As us
They made 17 fouls and hit 83%
of the attemped free throws. Laura
Bailey hit 100 percent of the free
throws she attempted.
When Murphy met Stecoah ear
lier in the season the Murphy boys
downed the Stecoah quintet 70
50 but the girls took a 61-56 defeat.
MURPHY vs. ROBBINSVHJLE
The Murphy boys defeated the
Robbinsville boys 76-41 at Robbin
sville Tuesday, January 15. As us
ual, the Murphy five led from the
beginning. The score at the end
of the first quarter was 25-9.
Murphy widened its lead each
qdarter. Half time score was 42
21, third quarter 51-27 and final
\ score 76-41.
Ed Gibbs made the high score
of 19 points, Austen Coffey 18, Hoyt
Zimmerman 12, Don Amos 11,
Teachers Leaving
State
For Better Jobs
North Carolina lost 969 qualified
teachers to other states and other
occupations during 1956.
Of the 1,907 white teachers grad
uated in 1969, 228 went to other
states to teach and 151 entered oth
er occupations. During the same
period 250 left teaching in North
Carolina to teach in other states
and 340 left to enter other profes
sions
The demand for qualified white
teachers is greater than the supply
produced by colleges. Colleges
graduated 1,907 in 1955, but only 1,
047 taught in North Carolina the
following school year. The schools
needed 2,602 ? a need which ex
ceeded the supply of graduates by
700. . .
The leaflet also points out that
the average salary of North Caro
lina's teachers in 1960-51 ranked
29th in the nation, but this year
dropped to 88th. Moot of this de
crease oc cured last year, for in
1955-56 the rank was 33rd. This
year the average salary in North
Carolina is $3,291, while the nation,
al average is $4,220. In almost
every other southeastern state high
er maximum salaries are provided
in certain districts and units.
Reekhamdera Visit
CoDDerhill Jan. 27
The January field trip of the
Tri-State Rockhounders has been
set (or the Copperhill area on
Jsnuary 27.
TV group will assemble at
Ducktawti junction on U.S. 64 Sop
day ' mprntng at Id tad choose a
leader to gnMe them into T*wKt"r
and Copperhill to vkH the coppet
dumps.
Those of the group who an
interested wfll then go to Wind)
Ridge.
Minerals to be .feud to the ana
include garnets, copper pyrites,
starlights, aid several others, ?e.
cording to O. V. Lewis, sect*
I Bun sirenneia s, tmsnuei Mc
Donald 3, John Morris, Jimmy
Carriager, Bobby Morris and Roy
Dockery made 2 each.
The boy* made only 12 fouls.
Their free throw percentage was
50. Hoyt Zimmerman and Austen
Coffey each hit 100% of the free
throws they attempted.
GIKL8
The Murphy sextet took a 71-61
beating at the hands of the Robbin
sville basketball squad. In the 3rd
quarter Robbinsville pulled ahead '
53-49 and increased their lead to
71-64 in the fourth.
High scorer was Shirley Stiles
with 28 points, Shirley Allen 15,
Laura Bailey 14, and Betty Post
ell 7.
They made 21 fouls and hit 50
percent ol the attempted free
throws.
Young Harris Child
Dies of Lukemia
Grady Henry Ingram, Jr. 2
y ear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady
H. Ingram of Young Harris, Ga.,
died at Providence Hospital at
6:45 a. m. Monday, of leukemia.
Dr. Hoover stated that the baby
had been a patient in the hospital
some time before Chirstmas and
was released but had been coming
back regularly for treatment.
In addition to his parents, he
is survived by his paternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pryor
Ingram, and his maternal grand
mother, Mrs. Verdie Shook all of
Young Harris, Ga.
Funeral services were held at
3 p. m. Wednesday in the Old
Brasstown Baptist Church, with
burial in the church cemetery.
Townsoq Funeral Home was
i in charge.
School Library
Receives New Books
Murphy School Library ha& re
ceived 109 new books since Christ
mas.
For elementary pupils there are
books by Kate Seredy depicting
life in Hungary, folk tales and
stories of Hungarian children.
Another nefr book, Woodland
Scenes, has been presented to the
library by Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Mattox, Mr. and Mrs. Frank For
syth, and Mrs. Hobart McKeever.
During the six-week reports
period just ended, the circulation
of the library was 5,554 volumes.
Of these, 3,033 were non-fiction and
2,521 were fiction.
Farmers Protect
Allotments
Without Planting
Local ABC County Offices now
have a procedure whereby tobacco,
cotton, peanut, wheat, corn, and
rice farmer* may preserve their
acerage history even though they
will not plant their allotment of a
particular crop. In order to accom
plish this preservation of planting
history, farmers must make appli
cation to their local County Com
mittee on the prescribed form, ac
cording to H. D. Godfrey, State
Administrative Officer for the Stat<
Agricultural Stabilization and Con
servation.
In filing a request for the pre
servation of acreage history, the
farmer will be required to certify
that he is the owner or operator of
the farm carrying \he allotment
Preservation of the allotment in
this manner will preclude the re
ease of all or any part of the farm
acreage allotment to the ASC Coun
ty Committee for reapportionment
to other farms.
Release and reapportionment, ac
cording to Godfrey; is another
method of preserving acreage his
tory. However, only cotton, peanut,
and wheat farmers have the priv
ilege of preserving their acreage
In this manner whileg rowers of all
allotment crops may preserve theii
history by execution of Form MQ
31 and presentation of this form to
their local County Committee.
Farmers who fall to plant a sub
stantial portion of their allotment
will lose some of their planting his
tory and consequently some of theii
allotment if they do not take stepf
to preserve their history.
In order that farmers and oui
state will not lose allotment, that U
vital to our farm economy, Godfrey
urged farmers who will be unable
to plant their allotment to vial
their local ASC County Committe<
and obtain further details on thii
provision for the preservation o
acreage.
Porfv Killml In Auto
don Tn Stato
Forty persons had been killed li
automobile accidents on Nortl
Carolina hlehwavs 'through Janu
ary 14, accordlne to the State Mot
or Vehicle Department.
That is four more than the a
killed in the same period last year
The Motor Vehicle Department':
advice: "If- safety is worth a life
drive and walk carefully."
Indiisu) , business Leaders Predict
Prosperous Year For Cherokee
WOMAN'SaUB
HOLDS MEETING
Murphy Woman's Club had its
regular meeting January 17 at the
TAC.
Supt. Buec was guest speaker.
He discussed informally the prob
lems confronting the schools in the
County and state.
Also he told the group of the aims
of the North Carolina School Board
and School Committee members of
the state.
He explained a proposed budget
to be presented to the General As
sembly when it meets in February.
The budget if approved would mean
better teachers and adminstration,
better books for reading, better
health program within the school,
better transportation to school, bet
ter plant operation for cleanliness
and comfort and better training for
a child for a better job.
He urgently requested the mem
bers to contact the county repres
entative as as a group and indiv
idually and ask him to support this
proposed plan when the General
Assembly meets in February.
Mrs. L. L. Mason conducted the
business and named a nominating
committee for officers for the com
ing year.
Hostesses were Mrs. Howard Mo
ody, Mrs. Ray Koutek, Mrs. Geo
rge Bunch and Mrs. Sam Kaye.
Mercury Drops
To 5 Last Friday
Last Friday morning's low
temperature reading of 5 de
grees wa* the coldest in Murphy
since 1955 when the mercury
dropped to 3 degrees on Feb
ruary 13. .
Just how long Friday's low
will stand is doubtful, according
to Chester Lawson of the TV A
Data Division. Another cold
wave is already on its way.
The low reading last year was
8 degres on November 30.
CUB SCOUT PACK MEETING
Cub Scout Pack No. 1 will have,
its monthly meeting Monday, Jan
uary 28 at 6:30 p. m. at the First
Methodist Church.
Old Cherokee Newspapers
?
Reveal History Of County
By ANNETTA BUNCH I
Several old county newspapers ]
have turned up at the Scout office
within the last week or ao. One of
the oldest is the September, 1876
edition of the CHEROKEE HER
ALD shown to us by Bennle Jo
Palmer, a tenth grader and daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Palmer.
Bennie Jo found the Herald in
almost perfect condition while rum
m aging in a trunk in the attic of
the old A. J. Richardson home on
Hiawassee Street. It listed A. W.
Axley and J. M. Dean as pr6prie
tors, publishing every Wednesday.
The news content was devoted
mostly to national happenings and
philosophy. One article entitled
"Blue Times in New York" stated
that the banks were making no
money and It was believed this
stagnation would continue "until
the workingmen and workingwo
men could find remunerative em
ployment, and real estate, the basis
of the country's wealth, came out
from the slough of inaction and de
pression in which certainly it had
lata tor years".
Another article, "Advice to
Young Men" stated that "There Is
no ham in a certain moderate and
, totrtatl amount of innocent plea
sure. But a young man who has his
, own way to carve In live, can spare
. neither the ttmff nor the expense of
much social pleasure, in the coon
, toy, where the style . of living is
, simple, one can get all the gaelty
ijusvr isfiss
young man who is starting in Ufa.
the most rigorous economy in ex
penses; in clothes, food and equip,
nent. ..."
J. H. Hennesea, Clerk of Com
missioners, filed an expense ac
count for five commissioners as of
September 1, 187?; and listed A. J.
Kilpatrick, H. B. Hyatt, W. H. Phil
lips, David Adams and W. P. Far.
mer as receiving a total of $399.09
for one year's services and ex
penses. They were paid {2.00 per
day and 6c per mile for expenses.
Apparently they served an average
&f two weeks or so during the year.
Most of the ads were national ads
or out of town ads. At that time it
was considered ethical for doctors
to advertise. Dr. J. W. Patton of
fers his professional services- to the
citizens of Murphy and vicinity as
physician, Surgeon, etc."
Dr. B. Mayfield advertised as a
physician and surgeon.
+
The attorneys displayed their
professional cards. Among them
jvere F. P. Axley, and Cooper k
Rolen.
"Good Accommodations" were
to be found at Davidson's Hotel,
Murphy. N. C. with S. W. Dtvid
son, PreprfeUr.
tinder the title of "Local and
Personal appeared the following
item, "Mr. J. O. 8t rubble, of Cum
berland. Ky., can be found at the
Henry House. We understand he is
looking after mineral lands in this
and ad)oWn{ counties.
AIM T#e prolonged dry weather
has bJttf damaged the sweet po
tota crop around Murphy."
MURPHY BULLETIN
Mrs. Ben Warner, Sr. tendered us
a Murphy Bulletin published on
October 10, 1889, by Leslie E. Gam
pbell, A. Don Towns and A. A
Campbell, Editors and Proprietors
The Bulletin was found by a siste
of Mrs. Warner in Franklin, N. C.
among the personal belongings of
Mrs. Maggie Slagle who died rec
enttly.
The Bulletin carried more local
news. Murphy was a thriving farm
ing community full of hope and am
bition.
The Farmer's Alliance was an
organization devoted to better
farming, and at a meeting on "Oc
tober 4th at 10: a. m. the Cherokee
County Farmers Alliance met in
the courthouse. The body was call
ed to order by its prer?lent, A. D
Harshaw, Esq. and proceeded to
the transaction of business". "3
Wlnslow Davidson, J. A. Kimsey
and J. T. Hayes were appointed a
committee on credentials".
In a column by the editor appear
ed the foltowtaif : "Suppose Mur
phy? had paved walks and streets?
Had a street railway? Bid electric
lights? Had several blast furnaces?
Had aO ofthe railroags proposed
and talked of? Bad a ttO.OOO court
house? Had a $100,000 hotel? Had
several large manufacturing en
terprlses? Wouldn't she be a daisy,
though- These are not impossltdl
itss. we beg to expostulate."
tinder the "Local Telephones"
column it stated that "Mrs. If. T.
Hitchcock, Who Is so watt and
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GUeftoUee Qumty fyolkl -
By Annettm Bunch
GEORGE HICKS I
George Hicks, a native of New-!
port, Tennessee, came to this j
section of the county about twenty
five years ago.
For the past five years be has
managed the Western Auto Store
in Andrews and before that he
was with TVA.
He enjoys the opportunity of
serving the public that a position
of this type affords. Having a
knowledge of hardware, automotive
accessories, and merchandise in
general, he can be very helpful to
customers.
Being an ardent fisherman, he
takes advantage of any new rod,
reel, plug or other interesting
fishing equipment that comes into
the store; therefore, he has exactly
the right kind of gear for any
fishing occasion.
George is married to the former
Bennie Lee Crawford, who is em
ployed by Dr. Ezell as assistant.
They are members of first
Baptist Church of Andrews, where
he is a deacon. He has also been
active in the intermediate Depart
ment of that church.
Soil Conservation
Supervisor
Attends State Meet
Bill Russell of Andrews, chair
nan of the Cherokee County Board
>f Soil Conservation District Sup
srvisors, attended the state meet
ng of the Soil Conservation District
Supervisors In Asheville last Tues
lay and Wednesday, January 15
and 16.
This meeting, held In the George
Vanderbilt Hotel, was attended by
Dver two hundred District Super
visors and Soil Conservationists
from all over North Carolina.
Matters pertaining to soil and
water conservation and to the op
eration of Soil Conservation Dis
tricts were discussed. A number of
important resolutions suggested by
the various committees appointed
by President Charles M. Ladd of
Durham were adopted and for
warded to the state agencies con
cerned.
Featured speakers at the meeting
included L. Y. Ballentine, Commis
ioner of Agriculture for North
Carolina; Dr. D. W. Colvard, Dean
>f Agriculture of N. C. State Col
ege: R. H. Musser, Field Repre
sentative of the Soil Conservation
Service in Southeastern States, of
Washington, D. C.; and A. C.
"Lon" Edwards of Hookerton, N.
C.
Officers were elected for 1057.
Mr. B. L. Angell of Durham Coun
y was elected to serve as presi
dent- of thi N. C. Soil Conservation
Mdtrict Supervisors for the coming
year.
American Legion
To Meet Friday
The Joe Miller Elkins Post No.
96 of the American Legion 'will
meet at Duke's Lodge Friday
night at 7:30.
The meeting willy be followed bj
a dutch dinner- and members and
eligible veterans are invited to
attend.
ON OU* STREET
By Sally Davidson
Grocery salesman rushing out
of store, to run foot race with
policeman to his car parked on
"expired". He made ft.
Couple on way to Sunday school
with baby girl toddling Along
enjoying her pull toy, which
happened to be a "little fuxzy.
no?y" dof.
Small boy sitting on seat of
bicycle being hauled in the back
of large truck.
Young father asking hi* fine little
boy,' "What do you want to be
whtu you crow V' this came
out: "The goat man", 0*h!
Nantahala Council
Girl Scouts
Hold Annual Meet
On Saturday afternoon, January
26, at St. John's Episcopal Church
in Sylva, the Nantahala Area Ooun-1
cil of the Girl Scouts of the United
States of America will hold their
semi-annual meeting.
Officers elected at the last meet
ing will be installed at this time.
Serving the Council for this year
?are: Mrs. Carl P. Cabe of Franklin,
President; Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones
? Franklin, Viice-president; Mrs.
Howard Gillespie, Franklin, Sec
retary; Mrs. Esther Madison, Sy
lva, Treasurer; Mrs. G. B. Chil
topsky, Cherokee, Registrar; Rev.
A. Rufus Morgan, Franklin, Fi
nance Chairman; Mrs. George
Pierce, Cherokee, Program Chair
man; Mrs. Milton Hyde, Franklin,
Camping Chairman; Mrs. Mary
Alice Greyer, Bryson City, Public
ity Chairman; Miss Docie Garrett,
8 viva, Training Chairman; Mrs
Wilma Jones, Sylva, Staff & Office
Chairman; Mrs. Maude Claxton,
Cullowhee, Troop Organization
Chairman, and Mrs. Marian Wil
son, Bryson City, Membership
Nominating Committee Chairman.
The Nantahala Area embraces
the counties of Clay, Cherokee,
Graham, Jackson, Macon and
Swain.
AO officers, committee members,
leaders or any interested adults are
urged to attend this meeting, sche
duled for 2:00 p. m. in the Sunday
School rooms of the church.
Ray Heffner Speakei
At Civitan Meeting
The Civitan Club held its regu
lar dinner meeting Tuesday night
at the First Methodist Church
with Ray Heffner, state highway
patrolman, as guest speaker.
Mr. Heffner said that the Cher
okee area was served by only
two state patrolmen and that the
territory to be patroled was too
much for only two men.
He also showed a film on the
duties and schooling of North
Carolina highway patrolmen.
The club voted to write a letter
to the Commissioner of Motor Ve
hicles requesting that be consider
assigning another patrolman to
this area.
T? Elect
At the dose of the Family Night
service at the Presbyterian Church
last Sunday, the Session met and
planned a congregational meeting
for Sunday morning, Febuary, S
to elect additional elders a ad
deacons. A committee of three
was appointed to make recom in
to the eeofraotta. tt
business To Equal
rhat of Last Year
Murphy industry and business
eaders, for the most part, antic
pats a good year for Murphy and
Cherokee County in 1957.
Nearly all of them expect busi
tess to at least equal that of 1956.
Bud Alverson of Smoky Moun
ain Gas Company and president
if the Chamber of Commerce stat
:d that he believes it will be an
iverage year, "as good, if not
letter than 1956. It will depend on
whether or not we can provide
employment for our people. Speak
ng for my own business, I anti
:ipate a year as good as last
^ear."
Mrs. Loren Davis at Trudy's
says, "I think business will be
>etter." (Trudy's will be moving
uto a new location next to How
ill's Market within a month. A
lew brick building is being com
pleted.)
Noah Lovingood of Murphy Sup
ply thinks the first half of 1957
will be about the same as last
year, but can't say about the next
lalf. "There may be a slight slump
In the second half because of un
employment". He predicts some un
employment.
W. D. Ragsdale, A&P manager,
says it "depends somewhat on the
lumber companies ? whether or not
they are able to continue operat
ing at full scale and maintain pres
ent employment levels."
W. D. Townsend Lunmber Co.,
W. D. Townsend, Jr., states "I
think it will be as good as last
year. All of our commercial con
tracts are renewed for this year.
We predict a 25. percent increase
in employment for our concern
this year. We already have added
ten additional employees.
Mr. Wood at Commonwealth
Lumber Company stated: "I hope
it will be as good as last year.
Right now not enough houses are
being built. Our business depends
upon amount of construction over
the country."
Mr. Gernert at Berkshire Hos
iery Mill states that "We are
looking forward to an upturn in
business in 1957. We plan to main
tain our present employment level,
and from national surveys we pre
dict a better year than last year.
Right now it is a little slow, but
from all indications it looks to
me that it will be better."
Bill Costello of Murphy Appli
ance Center says that "business
will be better than last year. Na
tional indications are that this will
be better than 1956, and I think
Cherokee County will hold to that."
Frank Forsyth of Citizens Bank
& Trust Company expressed some
doubt, but said, "The first half
will be a little slower but the sec
ond half will pick up and be as
good as last year. Several things
enter into that. Eggs are down
now, and the poultry industry
plays an important part in the
county. Also an oil shortage
brought about by the Suez Canal
difficulties will have a bearing in.
directly."
W. T. Brown of Brown's Hatch
ery says, "I think we will go a
long with about the same as last
year. We will see a change in the
poultry industry, but I don't think
that will effect us profit wise."
Kiffen R. Craven, manager of
Hemrich Corporation says: "As
long as the differential between
manufacturing capacity and de
mand remains as large as it is we
can expect continued ? instability
and lack of long range optimism
in the textile industry."
"Enormous defense spending is
with ns to stay knd it will affect
to a Urge extant the overall pros
perity of oar country."