Red Cross Unit
VOLUME ? NUMBER - 47
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MUBPHY, N. C. - JUNE M, 1*7
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SOBBINSVILLE
CIVITAN
CLUB (BARTERED
Lewii H. Enloe wu Installed a*
president of the Robblnsville Civi
tan Club which wu chartered
Thursday night in RobMnaville
TP" tor Dmwiy 0T
***** club ??: Robert D. Pril
P6, ?ce-P?aldent; Modeal Walsh
?ecreUry; and Lloyd Watts, treas
urer.
Directors are G. E. Brewer F
Chrt1^ Jame" Froul?. ?nd
Chester W. Crisp.
Presentation of the charter war
made by J Taft White, governor
of the North Carolina District and
?cepted by the new president, Mr
rinf|Ver^tt? A- SiceIofr' vice-presi
. If Civttan International, in
stalled the officers and the clubs'
memben were initiated by Robert
E. Perkins of Asheville.
^ R Gossett, past-president
of the Murphy club, presented the
Sifts.
Out-of-town guests of the Rob
bmsville Civitan club included
^eIen ?embere 01 the Murphy
C'vitan Club, three from Asheville
two from Mars Hill, one from Char
lotte and one from Marion.
I
Dr. Paul E. Hill
To Open
Office Here Monday
Dr. Paul E. Hill, a general prac
titioner, will open his office in the
Mauney Bldg., on Monday, June
A native of Murphy, Dr. Hill la a
son of the late Dr. and Mrs. J. N.
Hill and a brother to Dr. J. N. Hill
Jr., Murphy dentist.
He is married to the former Vera
House and they have one pMi/j
aged 16 months.
w?lter *raduatinf? from Murphy
?gh in IMS, Dr. Hill served 2U,
years in the Army Air Force be
fore entering Western Carolina
College where he received his AB
degree in 1949. He received an MS
degree in Public Health from the
University of North ^ ^
1950 and his MD from Duke Uni
versity in 1964. ?
During 1956 and 195?, Dr. Hill
served his internship and a resi
ency at Grady Memorial Hospital
? *"anta aft#r which he prac
ticed in Enka for one year.
He is a member of the Presby
terian Church.
James Lewis Jones
Wanted By
Local Draft Board
James Lewis Jones, formerly of
Route 1, Andrews, N. C., has been
declared delinquent by local board
No. 20, Chefokee County, Murphy
North Carolina.
Any person knowing his address
should contact the local board im
mediately or have him do so.
Delinquency subjects a registrant
to immediate induction unless such
registrant contacts the local board
in an effort to remove his name
from the delinquent list.
HELICOPTER MAKES FORCED LANDING ? This to the big Air
Forcri helicopter that made a forced Ian (ling la the vacant field
across from the Health Center Sunday afternoon after developing
a leak in an oil line. It was repaired and flown out about noon
Monday.
Air Force Cargo Helicopter Makes
Forced Landing In Murphy Sunday
An Air Force cargo-type H-21
helicopter made an emergency
landing here about 4:45 Sunday
afternoon in a vacant field across
from the Health Center.
None of the three-man crew of
the 'copter were lbjured in the
landing and after repairs were
made the 'copter was flown out
about noon Monday.
The trouble developed from a
leaking oil line in the central
transmission which synchronizes
the ship's two big rotors.
Capt. William L. Garner, pilot,
said the landing was "not parti
cularly difficult" despite the fact
that it was made on a soggy field
in waist-high weeds.
Little Folk School
Presents Program
Friday at Brasstowa
Han Christian Anderson "Nightin
gale" came to Brasstown at the
John C. Campbell Folk School last
Friday evening, amidst a Chinese
woodland setting.
Over two hundred persons came
from Brasstown, Murphy, Andrews
and Hayesville to participate, see
and listen.
The occasion was the close of
the "Little Folk School", an an
nual two-weeks slimmer school for
young neighborhood children. They
learn freely and naturally through
singing, folk-games, story-telling
and delightful forms of handwork.
It was fitting that a Danish
teacher in residence at the School
for part of this year, Miss Solvejg
Bording, should introduce North
Carolinians to the masterpiece of
Denmark's greatest story-teller.
Georg Bidstrup, Director of the
Folk School, was the pompous
Chinese Emperor. Philip Merrill
and Miss May Gadd of the Country
Dance Society of New York took
prominent parts. Lynn Gault, local
dramatist, unseen, read the script,
while Mrs. Gault imitated the song
of the nightingale on the flute.
The children of the "Little Folk
School" appeared in Chinese cos
tumes at court assemblies and in
the woodland search for the night
ingale whose song had brought
tears to the eyes of the lofty Em
peror and again restored his health
when he was at the point of death.
Dr. Rufus Morgan of Macon County
Named "Rural Minister of the Year
Dr. A. Rufua Morgan of Maeori
County, N. C. la named North Car
olina "Rural Minister of the Year"
in the July issue at The Progres
sive Farmer magazine: i
A native of Macon County, Dr.
Morgan is a brother to' Mrs. Bee
Warner, Sr., .of Murphy, and
served in a number of Episcopal
pastorates in North Carolina and
South Carottia before returning to
his home county in 1M6.
He has Had charge at from three
to eleven <hurchps there sine* that
and has established several new
churches, tnohiding one on the
Cherokee Indian Reservation.
The newly honored minister has
served on the Town and Country
Committee at the North Carolina
Council at Churches and for several
years has been a member of the
Southern Advisory Commitee of the
National Council of Churches.
This Is the ninth year Out Rural
Minister awards, km been pre
sented hi Southern states by Km
RUFUS A* MOKGAN
ocy University ot AtUnU, Gfc,
Md the Protrwhe Firmer to
pnMm who km given out
?Undta* service to farm people
The ship, based at Seward AFB
in Smyrna, Tenn., was on a flight
to Donaldson AFB in Greenville,
S. C.
Lt. Paul Collier or Springfield,
Ohio, and A-lc Lloyd E. Riley of
Tampa, Fla., were the other two
crew members.
The H-21 helicopter is used for
cargo and transport service, Cap
tain Garner said, and is capable of
carrying 20 fully-equipped troops
or 12 liter patients. It cruises at a
speed of 80 to 100 knots.
The ship and its crew are attach
ed to the 20th Hilocopter Squadron,
314th Troop Carrier Wing.
427 Persons Killed
On State Highways '
Four hundred twenty-seven per
sons were killed in automobile ac
cidents on state highways through
June 10 of this year, according to
the State Motor Vehicles Depart
ment.
This is a decrease of thirty-three
persons killed through the same
period of time last year.
Laurence Lundvall
Enlists In
U. S. Air Force
Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Brown of
Mayesville, this week received word
that their grandson, Laurence
Lundvall, of Ronan, Montana has
enlisted in the U. S. Air Force.
Youth Fellowship
Begins Summer
Vacation Program
The Andrews Youth Fellowship
met Wednesday night at the Pres
byterian Manse for an evening of
fun and recreation.
The main game was an indoor
scavenger bunt. Articles had been
hidden in the living room and the
young people had to check them
off as they found them.
Refreshments consisting of
punch and cookies were served to
the following: Mr. and Mrs. L. B.
Nichols, her mother, Mrs. Candler,
Mrs. Joseph Sursavage, Judy Bris
tol, Phoebe Weiss, Ardith Hay,
Jannette Carringer, Terry Slagle,
{Catherine Sursavage, Percy Day,
Pitt Walker, Dewey Forbes, Bob
Slagle, Robert Hay and Jim Bris
tol.
Following the refreshments a
council meeting of the Youth Fel
lowship was held and plans were
made for further summer pro
grams and activities.
( Sunday night the Youth Fellow -
ship went to Murphy to present the
Senior High Conference to the
members of the Presbyterian
Church there at their evening ser
vice. Those participating in the
service were Katherine Sursavage,
Terry Slagle, Jim Bristol and Pitt
Walker. ?
The Youth Fellowship will meet
Thursday afternoon (today) at the
Presbyterian Church to go on a re
treat to Wayah Bald. Katherine
Sursavage will be in charge of the
devotional.
Catholic Church
Begins
Bible School Here
Summer religion classes started
this week in Cherokee and Clay
County under the direction of the
Catholic Bible School Sisters.
The Sisters are living at Mr.
Wishon's home on Mauney Street
They are Sister Mary Ann, in
charge; Sister Julian, Sister Pa
tricia and Sister Mary Bernard.
Sweetwater Community class
opened Tuesday in Clay County;
Texana classes opened Monday at
Friendship Hall across from the
Texana School house and Murphy
children are registering for classes
to begin July 8th.
The Sisters will go on to Frank
lin later in the summer for Bible
School there.
Cherokee Deaths
Mrs. Tom Phillips, Andrews Resident,
Dies Fridav After Brief Illness
Mrs. Tom Phillips, 72, died Fri
day, June 14 at 4 p. m. in her
home at Andrews after a brief ill
ness. ' 1 ?
She was the daughter of the late
Isaac and Mary Jane Howard Car
penter, a native and lifelong resi
dent of the Andrews section of
Cherokee County, and a member of
the Andrews First Baptist.
Surviving are thie husband; two
daughters, Mrs. Charles Lindsay .of
Black Mountain and Mrs. John
Love of Andrews; one son, Victor
of Black Mountain; two sisters
Mrs. Woody Raxter and Mrs. Gor
don Crawford of Andrews; and one
brother, D. C. Carpenter of And
rews.
Services were held at 2 p. m.
Saturday in Valleytown Funeral
Building. The Rev. E. F. Baker
officiated, and burial was in Val
leytown Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Gene Raxter
George Hicks, Paul Crawford, Ed
Wakefield, Roy Williams, and
Lawrence Anderson.
ion Funeral Home was in
Mrs. Par alee Hwkfal
Mrs. Par lee Huskln, 83, di*d
Wednesday, Jane 13 at bar home
Hayesville, Route 4, after a loaf
IKnets.
She was a native and lifelong res
ident of Clay County a daughter of
the late John W. and EUsabet*
Leatherwood McTaggart and was
a member of the Haywsvflle Meth
odist Church.
Funeral services ware MM at V
a. a. Friday in Meadow Grove
Baptist Church.
the Rot. F. B. Garrett aOciat
ed and burial was In the Methodist
Surviving are two daughters,
Miss May Bell Huskin and Mrs'
Lexie Martin of Hayesville; four
grandchildren, six great-grandchil
dren; a brother, S. L. McTaggart
of Benton, Tenn.; three sisters.
Mrs. Dixie Robinson ot Murphy;
Mrs. Callie Auberry of Cleveland,
Tenn. and Mrs. Bertha Robinson of
Gastonia.
Pallbearers wp>-e Arvil Monkus.
Horace Lyons, Charles Cloer and
Roy Foster, Robert Patterson,
Frank Wimpey.
Ivie Funeral Home was |
in charge.
Lon David Watson
Lon David Watson 82, died at
9:15 p. m. Sunday, June 16, in the
home of his son, Paul Watson, Rt
4, Hayesville following an illness |
of seven years.
His wife, Mrs. Joycie Ledfordl
Watson died in 1925.
He was a lifelong resident of
Clay County, a son of the late Arch
and Sarah Pope' Watson.
Surviving in addition to the son |
with whom he lived are two da ugh
ters, Mrs. Henry Buchanan, Mrs
Tom Mease of Hayesville, and 12 1
grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
The body taken to the home I
of his ion Paul to await the hour of j
services.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at 10:90 a. m. in Fires Creek>
Baptist Church ot which he was a
member.
The Rev. Boyd Hogsed, the Rev.
FMdaa Garrett, the Rav. Berlin |
Martin and the Rev. WB1 Heddi
officiated and burial was in the I
World War I Vets Group
Names First Officers Here
Murphy Barracks No. 905, Vet
erans of World I, USA, Inc. met
at the courthouse Monday night at
7:30 with ninety-two members
present.
Principal speaker for the evening
was D(. Philip Malone, Depart
ment Junior Vice Commander.
The following officers were elect
ed at the meeting: Commander,
F. O. Christopher; Senior vice-com
mander, W. D. Whitaker of And
rews; Junior vice-commander, J.
G. Green; Quarter Master Adj.,
John O'Dell; Chaplain, the Rev.
Fred Stiles; Judge Advocate, Ed
Mauney of Blairsville, Georgia;
Trustees, chairman, Clarence
Hendrix one year; Claude Angle
of Andrews two years and Q. W.
Pruitt of Blairsville three year a.
In the address by Dr. Malone,
Pastor Of Murphy First Methodist
Receives Appointment To Sylva Church
The Rev. A. L. Maxwell, pastor
of the First Methodist Church here
for the past four years, has re
ceived an appointment to the First
Methodist Church in Sylva.
The Rev. R. T. Houts, Jr., of
Highlands, will be the new Murphy
Church pastor. He will arrive here
June 27.
"Murphy and the Murphy church
is considered one of the most co
operative and enjoyable pastorates
in the Western North Carolina Con
ference," the Rev. Maxwell said
"We will miss the life-long friends
and close associations that we have
formed here."
The Maxwells will go to Sylva on
June 27.
The Rev. Maxwell's wife is the
former Miss Helen Gates of Arte
sia, N. M. and they have four chil
dren; Susan, 13; Peter, 11; Jona
than 8; and David 7.
A minister for the past 16 years,
this is his sixth appointment. He
came here from the Morning Star
Methodist Church in Canton.
The REV. A. L. MAXWELL
A native of Elberton, Georgia, he
received his AB degree from Em
ory University and holds a Bach
elor's degree in Systematic Theo
logy from Boston University.
many of the important point* lq
legislative program now on the doc
et of the House of Representatives
and Senate were explained in de
tail to the large assembled group.
Dr. Malone stressed the fact that
World War I Veterans were the for
gotten men of 1917-18, an4 that
they are dying at the rate of 236
veterans per day or approximately
70,000 a year.
Dr. Malone found no fault with
the present or past administration
or the president or past presidents.
He emphasized the fact that the ve
terans alone were responsible for
not having received recognization
over the years in attaining their
objectives, because they were too
complacent by not exercising their
franchise at the polls.
He stressed the fact that every
veteran of World War I controls
six votes in his immediate family
and relatives, and should they ban
together in one concerted effort
they could demand of Congress to
give them their pension and not
plead for same as they have been
doing over the years.
A native of Cherokee County,
having been born outside of Rang
er, Dr. Malone complimented the
Murphy Barracks on the marve
lous growth they have made "mem
bership wise" in the short time of
two and one-half months.
Df. Malone stressed the fact
that only through the concerted ef
forts of the individual members
writing their Congressman and
Senators, personally, asking them
to support their legislative pro
gram would they be able to at at
tain their objectives.
North Carolina is number two on
a national scale in the number of
barracks in any given state, only
being surpassed by California, and
it is their intention to be num
ber one come September.
Frank Forsyth Attending Third
Session At School Of Banking
Frank Forsyth, Executive Vice
President of the consolidated banks
of Murphy, Andrews, Hayesville,
Robbinsville and Manager of the
M u r p h y Bank, left last week
to attend the Graduate School
Banking at Rutgers? the State
^Jniversity, for his third session
which will be held on the Univer
sity's campus in New Brunswick,
New Jersey, June 10-27, he will
complete his course %t the school
Mr. Forsyth is one of over 1,
050 bank officers who will attend
the two-week session of the School,
which is sponsored by the Ameri
can Bankers Association. This
student body ? from 46 states, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
and Cuba ? represents a capacity
enrolment.
The Graduate School was found
ed in 1935 by the A. B. A. to pro
vide an opportunity for .advanced
study for experienced bankers.
The faculty for the 1957 session,
numbers 109 outstanding bankers,
lawyers, Educators, bank supervi
sors, and government officials
During the session, they will cover
all phases of banking, economics,
law, government, and related sub
jects. Four major subjects are of
fered by the School ' ? commercial
banking, trusts, investments and
savings management and real es
tate financing.
In addition to his three resident
sessions at Rutgers, to qualify for
graduation, he has completed three
years of extension study at home
and written a thesis based on ori
ginal research in some phase of
finance. Mr. Forsyth's thesis is
entitled, "A Banker Looks At The
Forests of Western North Caro
Air Show Scheduled
At Murphy-Andrews
Field Ou July 7th
An air show will be Md at ?
the Murphy-Andrews air Oeld on i
Sunday, July 7 at 2 p. n.
The show will feature Sen
Hntley and will consist of 9 acta,
including sky-diving, according ;
to Richard Parker.
Other acta will include Woody
Edmondaoo in a Moodcoope 110
Special ;George Toung in a Pitta
Special; and Melvin Robinson
with a 450 Steam an.
Mr. Parker aald that the" show
is the same aa thoee being stag
lina". He tells of the lumber in
dustry which has always played an
important part in the economic life
of Western North Carolina. In his
thesis he has endeavored to de
velop the history of the lumber in
dustry in this section, bringing it
up to the present date, as well as
to discuss the various aspects of
reforestation and tree farming.
It is hoped through this thesis,
that some of the various problems
such as forest management, fin
ancing, legislative and tax policies
will be developed. Mr. Forsyth has
tried to show in this paper that
managed timber as a long-range
crop is economically sound from a
Banker's standpoint.
Murphy All-Stars
Meet
Cleveland Sunday
The Murphy All-Stars, Negro
baseball team, will play the Cleve
land, Tenn., nine Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 at Murphy field.
The Murphy team has played
two games so far this season,
both with Hiawassee. They won
one, lost one.
Charles Battle
Forwarded
For Induction
Charles Edward Battle of Marb
le, N. C. was forwarded for induc
tion June 10.
District Health
Officer Resigns
Dr. Robert R. King, District
Health Officer of Cherokee, Clay
and Graham Counties, announced
his resignation this week.
He plans to move to Boone, N.
C. soon and says he does not have
an assignment there.
Serving this district since Sep
tember 1965, he is a member of
the Presbyterian Church and the
Lion's Club.
Dr. King says it is with many
regrets that he submit his resig
nation and he has enjoyed his
associations with the members of
the Health Board and has had
excellent coperation from the en
tire staff of the department.
Dr. King's children live in Boone.
N C. and he says that the reason
for his resignation is that he and
Mrs. King would like to live closer
to them so they can see their chil
dren and grandchildren more often.
Serving as a Medical Misionary,
Dr. King worked intermittently
forty years in the Belgian Congo
in Africa.
Wesleyan Guild
The Wesleyan Service Guild will
meet in the home of Misses Kate
and Leila Hayes Monday evening
at 8 o'clock.
June Term Of Civil' Court Begins
Monday With 25 Cases On Docket
The following jury list has been
drawn for the June Term of Civil
Court, which will begin Monday
morning, June 24.
Clerk of Court, KeDis Radford,
states that tome twenty-five cases
will be tried next week.
den Beavers, P. B. Mulkey, J.
0. Penland, Brmsstown; W. C. Mc
Reldry, Andrews; Ira Stiles, Ross
Newman, D. C. Smart, CtfarUe
Hughes, W. O. Graves, J. R. Kep
hart, B. N. Hogan. Brasstewn;
Fred Mom, Marble; Fred Hoi
brooks, Turtletown, Tenn.; Qlenn
Totherow, Marble; BID Barker, H
W. Long, Andrews; WSlard Sud