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VOLUME ? NUMBER ? 44
MUKPHY, N. C. ? MAY M, ItSI
<2 EN PAGES THIS WEEK
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
American Legion
Installs ~
New 1957 Officers
New American Legion officers
were installed at the Courthouse
here Friday night by Bill Tyndall,
of the Steve Youngdeer Post 143,
in Cherokee.
? Officers installed were : John
Smith, commander; Hugh Penland,
Adjutant; Cecil Roberts, Vice
Commander; Ralph Davis, Vice
Commander; John Jordan, Chap
lain; and Max Howard, Fiance Of
ficer.
Commander Smith, after beinp
installed, appointed committee
chairmen for the various phases of
legion activity.
They are: Americanism, F.
Donald Phillips. Jr.; Boys State,
William J. Wells; Child Welfare.
William G. Darnell; Employment,
Max J. Hannah; Graves Regis
tration, Charles Hyatt; Member
ship, Joe Ray; Oratorial Contest,
John Jordan; Public Relations,
Claude McEver; Sons of Legion,
Elmer Kilgore; Service Officer.
John A. Davidson; Program Plan
ning, Robert D. Bruce; Building,
Gordon Wilsonr
J. W. Franklin
Joins
Cherokee Motors
Mr. J. W. Franklin of Franklin
Motor Co., will join the sales staff
of Cherokee Motors on June 3.
Mr. Franklin has been in the
automobile business in Murphy for
21 years and for the past several
years has owned and operted the
Franklin Motor Co. which he will
close.
Cherokee Motors is dealer for
Buick, Pontiac, CMC trucks, and
Willys Jeep 4-wheel drive station
. wagons and pickup trucks.
Mr. Franklin invites his friends
and customers to call on him at
his new location and see him for
their new and used car needs.
IMPROVISED BOOKSTAND WIN8 AWARD? Mrs. Joe Ray, head
of the business education department at Murphy High, and Ramona
Haggard, business student, show the homemade bookstand which
won Mrs. Ray an award in. Business Teacher, a national Teacher's
magazine.
Murphy Hi School Business Teacher
Wins Awards From National Magazine
By CLAUDE McEVER
Mrs. Joe Ray, head of the busi
ness education department at
Murphy High has won an award
from a national teacher's magzine
for a device used by her typing
students:
The device, an improvised book
stand, is made from two empty
sewing thread spools and a 24"
length of heavy twine. It is used to
hold typing books 'while students
practice.
Mrs. Ray's stand won a cash a
ward from the "Tricks of. the
Trade" column of, Busioess Teach
First Winner in WNC Free Vacation
Program To Arrive Here Monday
Mrs. Houston iNeuierianu 01
Elizabethton, Tenn., first winner in
the Chamber of Commerce spon
sored 100-Free North Carolina va
cations programs, will arrive here
June 2.
C. R. Freed, secretary of the
Murphy Chamber, said that Mrs.
Netherland will be the guest of
Coneheetah Motel during her week
long free vacation.
Mrs. Netherlands meals will be
Andrews Church
Welcomes
New Minister
The Rev. Eugene Witherspoon, a
graduate of Union Theological Sem
inary of Richmond, Va., and Mrs.
Witherspoon arrived Tuesady, in
Andrews to take over the pastorate
of the Andrews Presbyterian
Church.
On Wednesday the women of the
church held a pionic on the lawn
adjacent to the church for the en
tire membership of the church.
Following the picnic the annual
birthday program was presented
the church with Mrs. John Slagle
in charge.
Katherine Sursavage presented
the topic, "Christian Student Aid
in Mexico"^ afld"Bob Slagle spoke
on "Hospitiri Work in Korea"
Both speakers appeared in native
costumes.
The manse has recently been
re-decorated and prior to the ar
rival of the new pastor, members
of the congregation filled their
pantry shelves with gifts of food.
Aadrews Swimming
Pool Opeiis Soon
The Andrews Swimming Pool j
open on or about the first week in
June according to an announce
ment.
Todd Keece of Andrews, student
at the University of North Caro
lina, Chapel Hill, and Dean Truett
of Andrews, student at Western
Carolina College, CuDowhee will
direct the activities and be in
charge.
Renovations and decorating are
now in progress.
furnished by Cherokee Cafe and
Duke's Lodge and she will be en
tertained and taken sight-seeing by
volunteers from the Murphy Gar
den Club. They are: Mrs. Francis
Bourne Sr., Mrs. Harry Bishop.
Mrs. T. A. Case, Mrs. B. W. Whit
field, Mrs. Francis Bourne, Jr.,
Mrs. H. A. Mattox and Mr and
Mrs. Hobart McKeever. ,
Mr. Freed said that she would be
accompanied by a sister from
Washington, D. C.
Two more couples will come into
Murphy under the free vacation
program later in the season. Res
ervations are being held at Moore
land Heights Tourist Court for
Mr. and Mrs. Adcock of Meridan,
Miss., for the week of June 23.
The program is sponsored in con
junction with the Colgate Palmol
ive Company, Mr. Freed said.
Eleven counties in WNC spent a
total of $8,0000 dollars for adver
tising of this area as a vacation
land through posters, borchures
radio and TV, and half-page news
paper ads. The advertising pro
gram reached into 55 cities in 18
states extending as far south as
Tampa, Florida, as far north as
St. Paul, Minn., and as far west as
Minot, North Dakota.
"Hundreds of thousands of peo
ple were reached with this terri
fic advertising program," Mf.
Freed added.
er, a national monthly magazine.
It will probably be used in the
September issue of the magazine,
she said.
The stands are made by runn
ing a 24" length of twine through
two empty sewing threads spools
and tying the loose ends. Then
move the spools so one will be
at each end of the cord and tie a
knot in the double cord as close as
possible to each spool.
To use them, students simply lay
the spools on the desk and place
the opened book inside the out
stretched spools. At the end of the
class, they put the cord in the open
ed book along the hinge and close
it, leaving the spools dangling out
side.
Thus, it also serves as a book
marker.
Besides being much more inex
pensive than the conventional book
stands, they save time in putting
them up and space in the storage
cabinet, Mrs. Ray said.
Commissioners Hold
Special Meet Thnrs.
The County Board of Commis
sioners met in a special session
May 23, with Mr. W. A. Hyde, pre
siding.
A discussion was held in regard
to the listing of property for ad
valorem taxes. It was ordered that
the proper tax officials use their
best efforts in seeing that no prop
erty which should be on the tax
books escape taxation.
The question of public schools
came up, and it was decided that
the Board will use it's best ef
forts, within it's means, in the
building and equiping all school
buildings in the county.
Bloodmobile Unit
Scheduled For
Andrews June 3
The Blood Bank Mobile Unit will
be at the Andrews City Hall in An
drews, Monday June 3 from noon
to 5 p. m. for the purpose of re
ceiving blood donations.
Please contact Tom Day, phone
71 for transportation.
106 Murphy High School Seniors
Receive Diplomas Here Thursday
Over 1,000 persons attended tne
graduation exercises for 106 Mur
phy High Seniors held at the new
gymnasium last Thursday night.
- Principal speaker was Mary
Trances Haxetman, the former
Mary Frances Bell and valedictor
ian at the Murphy High School
class at 1930. The subject of ad
dresd to the seniors was "What
Will You Do With Your Life?"
Miss Addle Leatherlrood, on be
half of the Murphy School faculty,
presented a large oQ painting oi
Mr. Bueck to the Stndent Body
The painting, which was accepted
by Betty Kate Wilson, wOl be hung
in the school library.
Miss Wilson la {incident of
next yeart student body..
In 1967, the painting will be giv
en to H. C. Bueck, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bueck.
Bobby Easley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. Easley was presented
the faculty medal as the outstand
ing member sf the senior das.
Mr. Ralph Rhodes, presented a
$250 Civitan scholarship to Miss
Frances Gentry.
The Valedictorian, Laura Bail
ey and Salutatorta?, Linda Palmer
were presented a $100 scholarship
award to the college of their choke
by the Commonwealth Lumber
Company which was presented by
Mr. H. Bueck.
Diplomas wen praaenttd by Mr.
H. A. Mattox, chairman of the
Murphjk School Board.
i ? ??
Vacation Bible Schools Begin
Monday In Murphy Churches
Murphy churches will join to
gether Saturday, June 1st. at 10:30
a. m. for a parade preceding their
Vacation Bible School which will
begin at various churches June 3,
to continue through June 14.
After the children have register ,
ed at their respective churches
they will meet at the Courhouse
at 10:30 with other churches tc I
march through tcton to the school;
there they will get into tars and
proceed in parade through various :
sections of town.
FIRST BAPTIST
At the First Baptist, Saturday,
June 1, children will meet at the
church at 9 o'clock preceding the
parade for registration and prepa
ration day. At 10:30 a. m. they will
meet with other churches for the
parade.
The Bible School which will be
gin Monday, June 3, at 9 o'clock
each morning for two weeks will
be headed by Miss Frankie Martin.
principal. Secretaries will be Mrs
Peyton G. I vie, Mrs. Clyde Glad
son and Mrs. Charlie Hughes, Chil
drens secretary.
Other workers are : Music
Leaders, Miss Linda English
and Miss Annette White; Nursery
Department: Mrs. John Gill, Supt..
with Mrs. Boyce Stiles, Mrs. W. C
Lawson and Miss Wanda West: Be- j
ginner I: Mrs. Don Ramsey, Supt.
with Mrs. Wilson Palmer and Miss
Jane Cook; Beginner II: Mrs
Bloodmob ile Here June 6
Murphy Red Cross Unit
To Lose Blood Program
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will
visit here Thursday, June 6 for the
last time. Murphy is being dropped
from the Red Cross blood program
effective July 1.
Ben Palmer, chairman of the
Murphy Red Cross unit, said that
persons wanting to be eligible to
receive blood would have to do
nate through the Andrews unit
which has reached its quota.
The Murphy hospitals will be
given until October 1 to establish
its own blood supply. After that
date the Asheville Blood Center
will not simply them, Mary Kath
erine Kinsley, representative of the
National Red Cross, told the local
unit at a meeting here Tuesday
1 night.
Mr. Palmer said that the Mur
phy unit lacks $2,000 reaching its
quota of $2,843. If that amount car
be raised before October 1, he said,
the blood program will be contin
ued until July 1, 1957.
William A. Sherrill
! Initiated Into
Fraternity At UNC
Mr. William A. Sherrill, son of
Mrs. Flonnie Sherrill, of Murphy,
and a student at UNC, was among
the eleven juniors and seniors in
itiated into the Bata Gamma Sig
ma, honorary fraternity in busi
ness administration at the Uni
versity of North Carolina recently
Students are initiated into the
fraternity for their high scholastic
standing.
Dr. C. S. George, associate pro
fessor of industrial management,
was the main speaker for the event
which was held at the Carolina Inn.
Methodist Youths
Left Sunday On
Senior Youth Trip
Six young people of the Metho
i dist Church in Murphy along with
their pastor, the Rev. A. L. Max
well left Sunday for a tour of Meth
' odist Colleges and Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina.
Ronnie Brittain, Paul Brittain,
Wayne Marshall, Betty Weaver,
Charlene Davidson, Judy Brittain.
Mrs. Hugh Brittian and the Rev
Maxwell left Murphy, Sunday af
ternoon at 1:30 to visit points ot
North Carolina.
They will spend Monday in Bre
vard, Tuesday, at Myrtle Beach,
Wednesday, they will go to Dur
ham and visit Duke then on to
Greensboro, where they will visit
Greensboro College and spend the
night
Thursday, they will leave
Greensboro and drive through High
Point College by Winston-Salem
and the Children*' Home, they will
eat lunch at the Children's Home
and then visit Pfeiffer College for
supper and spend the night there.
Friday they visit Pfeiffer and
travel by Charlotte and visit the
Home for the Aged lor lunch and
will return to Murphy in the after
noon.
Two Murphy Girls Will Represent
Local Auxiliary At Girl's State
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Miss Ramona Haggard, was chos
en to represent the local American
Legion Auxiliary as a delegate to
the annual Tarheel Girl State to be
held at the Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina in
Greensboro in June, and Mist
Charlene Davidson was chosen as
alternate.
Miss Haggard and Miss Davidsor
were chosen by the Murphy Higt.
School faculty as delegate and al
ternate to the meet which assem
bles young ladies from high school?
throughout the state in a "Miniture
Government Organization". The ap
pointments are made of a rising
high school senior with the quali
fications of mental alertness, hon
esty and dependability; capable oi
developing qualities of leadership
and must rank high in scholarship
Girls State was originated in 1937
and organized at the National Con
vention as a National Americanism
activity. In 1940 the Tarheel Girl's
State was established by the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary, Dept. of
North Carolina, as an Americanism
project to provide high school girls
an opportunity to study and prac
tice citizenship in the structure and
operation of the state government
activated on the Woman's College
campus.
Miss Haggard, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. James Haggard, of Mur
phy, is a member of the rising
senior class at Murphy High
School. During the recent school
term she served on the Student
Council and as a Marshall. She if
active in First Methodist Church
work, having just completed serv
ing her term as past president ot
the Methodist Youth Fellowship
and is > now the new secretary ol
the organization. She is also now
serving as treasurer of the M. Y
F. sub-division, as director of the
children's choir, a member oi
the adult and youth choirs of the
church and is associate Editor ol
the church youth paper.
Miss Davidson is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gay Dav
idson and also a rising senior in
Murphy schools. She is actively en
gaged in all phases of the Metho
dist Church Youth Work and is
serving as active treasurer of the
M. Y. F.
Andrews Youths
Attending
Yonth Conference
Those who will attend the Pres
byterian Youth Conference begin
ing Monday Jane 3 and continuing
through June 8 at Montreat will be
the following representatives of the
Senior High Fellowship of the An
drews Presbyterian church:
Terry and Bob Slagle, Kathar
ine Sursavage, Jannette Carringer,
Jim Bristol, Pitt Walker and Percy
Day.
RAMONA HAGGARD
CHARLENE DAVIDSON
Teen- Age Center
Open For Summer -
The Teen-Age Center, sponsor
ed by the Murphy Woman's Club
is opened on Tuesday, and Fridaj
nights from 7:30 to 10, according
to Mrs. Ruth Cheney, adult sup
ervisor.
Mrs. Cheney said that the Kiddie
Park will open on June 4 at 2 p
m.
Children must have had at least
one polio shot to be admited to
the Park, she added.
Everett English, Supt., with Mrs.
J. B. Hall and Miss Mary Lou
Kirkland.
Primary I: Mrs. W. A. Sherrill,
Supt., Mrs. Howard McDonald and
Miss Ginger Deweese; Primary II:
Mrs. Kate Kimbrough, Supt., Mrs.
Arden Davis and Mrs. Bertha Rob
erts; Primary III: Mrs. W. E.
Bates, Supt., Mrs. Claude Monteith
and Miss Patricia Moore.
Junior I: Mrs. J. Alton Morris,
Supt., Mrs. E. A. Browning and
Becky Rhodes; Junior II; Mrs.
Henry Hyat, Supt., Mrs. Betty
Cashon and Miss Carolyn Bates;
Junior III: Mrs. R. S. Bault, Supt.
Mrs. Hubert Hinton, Miss Nita
Kimbrough and Miss Nancy Mills;
Intermediate: Mrs. George Dunn,
Supt. with Mrs. John Carringei
.and Miss LaVean Hinton.
FIRST MEHTODIST
Children who plan to enter the
Bible School which starts Monday
morning June 3 will meet at the
church Saturday morning at 10
for registration and will join in
the parade at 10:30.
The school will start Monday
morning at 8:30 and will continue
for two weeks from 8:30 to 11:00
o'clock.
Miss Clara McCombs will be
head of the Kindergarten Class
(ages 4 to 5) with Miss Charlene
Davidson, Miss Ramona Hag
gard, Mrs. John Davidson and
Mrs. Alden Coward as her helpers.
Primary (ages 6, 7, 8) will have
Mrs. Charles Hyatt, Mrs. Tom
Watson, Mrs. Evelyn Patton, Mrs.
Jack McGuire, Mrs. William Hod
ges and Mrs. Olen McDonald to
j help them, while Mrs. Duke Whit
1 ley will teach new songs.
Juniors (ages 9, 10, 11) will have
Mrs. O. U. Gulledge and Mrs. Ed
ward Dickey for their teachers.
Youth Activities Weeks for
Senior and Intermediates, ages 12
i to 20 will come later ? in the first
two weeks of August.
At the conclusion of the Bible
School a "Family Night" will be
held and the parents are invited
to come and see what their child
: ren have been doing during the two
I weeks teachings.
PRESBYTERIAN
The Presbyterian Church will be
gin its Bible School Monday, June
10th; the school will be conducted
through June 21st. beginning each
morning at 9 o'clock and ending at |
,11:15.
The general theme of the school
is "Wider Christian Relations."
Girls and boys ages 4 to 15 are
: invited and commencement will be
! at the Sunday evening service
June 23.
FREE METHODIST
Vacation Bible School will bvgin
June 10th. and continue through
June 14, from 9 a. m. to il:i5 a.
m. each morning.
Instructors will be Miss Helen
Harless, Supt.; Miss Eunice
Shields,' Junior Girls; Mrs. Earl
. Norris, Junior Boys; Mrs. Leon*
Elliott and Mrs. Reatha Sneed;
I Primaries; and Beginners will be
, taught by Mrs. Margarete Patton
and Mrs. Hattie Belle Hughes.
All regular attenders will be
? taken on a picnic Saturday after
noon, June 15th.
The public is invited to the clos
ing service which will be held
' Sunday night, June 16 at 7 in
the church.
Three Topton Teenagers Injured
In Auto Wreck Near Andrews Sunday
inree ropton teenagers were
injured, one critically, in a auto
mobile accident Sunday, about a
mile east of Topton, N. C., on
highway 19.
Critically injured was Jonathan
Benham at Topton. Also injured
less seriously was hit twin broth
er, David and a sister Ruth.
The accident occured when the
trio were returning from church
services at tha First Baptist
Church in Andrews. The car,
driven by llTUMld David Ben
I bam, vent oat at control a*d was
totally demolished.
Jonathan was critically injured
when he received severe bead in
juries, and is aOD haspttallred in
Andrews, David was slightly in
jured and given dispensary treat- i
ment at the hospital, and Both
{sugared a crashed shodMt
Hie Btrtaa* ttve at
1 Ruth graduated
High School tfeM
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