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DEDICATED TO PROIHOTTVG CHEROKEE COUNTY
VOLUME 87 NVMBEK? U
MTJRPHY, N, O., THURSDAY, DECEMBER I, 1MT
EIGHTEEN PAGES THIS WEEK
PUBLISHED WKBKLT
Man Charged Here With
Assaulting Local Woman
Kiwanis Club
To Sponsor
Rummage Sale
The Murphy' Kiwanis Club will
sponsor a rummage sale for the
benefit of needy families in the
Murphy area Saturday and Tues
day, Dec. 7 and 10.
The sale will be held in the base
ment of Davidson's Store next to
Acme Hardware from 9 a- m. to
12 p. m- each day.
Joe Hamilton newly elected
president is in charge of this
clothing project
Sunday School
Honor Roll At
First Methodist
The Sunday School Honor RoU
for the First Methodist Church for
the month of November has been
announced as follows by Hugh
Brittain, Sunday School Superin
tendent.
Nursery: Mrs . W. B. Johnson
and Mrs- Gay Davidson teachers
Kindergarten: Grover Smith.
Primary I: Tommy McGuire Mrs.
Mae Brittain, teacher. Primary U.
Eddie Marshall, Ellen Davis, Carl
Bryan Townson, and Mrs. Tom
Watson, teacher. Primary III:
Adella Meroney teacher.
Junior Class: Barbara Worthen,
Judy Brittain, Freddie Davis,
James Sneed. Jane Worthen, Jan
Davidson, Dewey Johnson and Bet
ty Weaver, teacher
Intermediate: Nancy Marshall,
Brenda Quinn, Bobby Weaver,
Lynn Whitley, Phil Mattox- Senior
Class: Ronnie Brittain.
A 33-year-old Cherokee County
man wag being held in County Jail
this week on a charge of "asiault
on a female with intent to commit
rape or rape."
Andy Martin of the Tomotla sec
tion was charged in a warrant
signed by Sheriff Claude Anderson
before Superior Court Clerk K. W
Radford- Bond has been set at
$5,000.
Sheriff Anderson said a hearing
has been set for Monday in Re
corders Court
The man is accused of assault
ing a 52-year-old woman at her
rural home Thanksgiving Day be
tween 11:30 a. m- and noon. The
woman was hospitalized about two
days.
Sheriff Anderson said the wo
man gave this account of the inci
dent- A man came to her home
and asked to borrow *?. gun, claim
ing he had spotted a deer nearby.
The woman told officers the man .
attacked her in the kitchen. She
was alone in the house at the
time. Sheriff Anderson reported the |
woman was dragged approximate
ly 180 feet from her home after be
ing knocked unconscious
The woman's son found his
mother in a dazed condition in the .
yard when he came home about 1
p. m. that day.
Police were alerted and the sher- i
iff and his entire staff, along with J
State Highway Patrolman Bud f
Ensley and a number of interested
citizens began a search. Blood
hounds were put on the man's trail
and he was apprehended about 5 j
p. m- that afternoon.
Sheriff Anderson said Martin was
caught at the home of Wesley Mar- '
tin, the man's uncle, in the Tomot- 1
la section. The captured man was 1
taken to a local hospital and was 1
identified by the woman, the sher- 1
iff said
Letter to ine Ettitor
Andrews Fans Consider It An Insult
Andrews North Carolina
December 2, 1957
The Cherokee Scout
Murphy, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Editor:
In your edition of the Cherokee
Scout of Wednesday. November
27, you printed a letter from the
Murphy Quarterback Club. Our
remarks here are in reference to
this letter and in no way are they
to be construed as a slap at Mur
phy's fine football team or their
equally fine coach Mr. Ralph
"Chuck" McConnell.
Reference is made to the letter
from the Quarterback Club where
as they stated and we quote, "We
lose such games because we fail
to play teams all during the season
that come up to our capabilities.
Then we meet a topnotch AA team
and get the tar beat out of us."
Now, we here at Andrews look up
on this as a downright insult. We
are indeed sorry that the 7-0 game
which Murphy won early in the
season did not provide sufficient
competition for Murphy and we are
equally sorry the 6-6 tie later on,
which we agree had no bearing on
the league playoff, was not also
sufficient competition.
During the past five years An
drews and Murphy have played ten
games, with Andrews winning five,
Murphy winning three, and two
games being ties- This is a pretty
fair record for a school that has
an enrollment of 300 (Murphy has
approximately 600) and only 25-30
boys out for football (Murphy has
50-60). In Smoky Mountain Con
ference {day. Andrews went to the
State semi-finals losing to a strong
Reidsville team which later won
the State Championship.
We bring out this illustration to
point out that after losing the play,
off game, Andrews did not propose
a split in the conference as the
Murphy Quarterback Club propos
es because the teams met during
the regular season did not provide
/. sufficient competition. We grant
that the present conference setup
presents a problem but for the time
being we will bt forced to live with
It becauee we do nut think Waynes
vffle, Canton, or Bethel would ac
juat because they have two wte
we here at Andrews are not trying ,
to start a fued- For the past sever- J
el years there has been very (
amicable relations Between the two
schools, both between the opposing
players and the fans. We sympa
thize with Murphy in losing to Can
ton, but we just don't feel that in
sufficient competition was the rea
son- We just want to go on record,
not only for ourselves here at An
drews, but for the rest of the con
ference to say that we all are sor
ry, deeply sorry, that we could
not offer better competition this
year to Hurphy's fine team.
Thank you for listening to our
side of the story.
Very truly yours,
Interested Football fans
of Andrews
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Andrews PTA
ANDREWS? The Decembei
meeting of the PTSA of the And
rews School will be held Tuesday
in the school at 7:30 p. m.
Tom Day is president
GETS 10- POINT BUCK: Henry
Smith left, of the Beaver Creek
Section In Andrews shot and
in a
of Little Cfcoga Nov.
Da wm James Smith, Mrf
a* Marfan, a brother-in-law,
get Iht deer la the
CHRISTMAS TREE HOLIDAY HOUSE ? Members ?f the Blurphy
Garden Club are busy preparing decorations for the Christmas
Tree Holiday House to be exhibited here Sunday. Pictured, left to
right, are Mrs. Francis Bourne Jr., Mrs. Cecil Burgess and Mrs.
Francis Bourne Sr., experimenting with the door arrangements.
Murphy Garden
Club To Exhibit
Holiday House
Bloodmobile Unit
ro Visit
Andrews Tuesday
ANDREWS ? The Red Cross
iloodmobile unit will be at the
City Hall in Andrews Tuesday,
Dec. 10, from 12 to 5 p ro- for th?
purpose of collecting blood from
this area
This is a very important visit
of the bloodmobile unit, officials
said. In three visits of the blood
mobile unit this year collection
reached 200 pints of blood in And
rews- In the 10 months ending Oct
11 District Memorial Hospital and
the Rodda-Van Gorder Clinic in
Andrews had used 351 pints- A to
;ol of 196 pints of this was used for
people in Andrews and 161 pints
tor patients from towns outside of
Andrews.
Any person giving blood through
.he Andrews Chapter will be eligi
)le to receive blood for themselves
ind their immediate family for one
fear. Blood donor cards will be
lonored by the District Memorial
Hospital and the Rodda-Van Gord
;r Clinic in Andrews and the Prov
dence Hospital in Murphy. The
Red Cross will ship blood to any
hospital for use of a current card
bolder from an active chapter, if
bat hospital will accept Red Cross
blood
Interested parties wishing to do
nate blood through this chapter
and do not have transportation to
and from Andrews may call 56 or
ML in Andrews and transportation
will be arranged- Officials said now
that the Holiday season is here
the need for blood is greater than
ever- Give some one the greatest
Christmas gift ever? give them a
pint of blood
Junior Gass
To Present
Hillbilly Weddin'
ANDREWS ? The Junior Class of
Andrews High School will present
'Hillbilly Weddin' ",a comedy in
hree acts at the High School audi
arium Thursday at 7:30 p. m
The play is under the direction
the junior sponsors, Miss Eliza
>eth Whitson and Mrs- Ruth Sur
lavage with the assistance of Jim
Pood.
Hie east includes Davkl Ben
iam, Shirley Ann Green Joyce
Sirchfield Doris Jean Rogers,
Patsy Holland, Hattia Derreberry,
royce Deaton, Anita Luther.
Also, Donald Crawftonk Steve
flgdon, Ted West, Susie Cole,
?ade Brooks, James Curtis, Walt
Srown, Nick Holloway, Jo Postell,
Robert Huflstedtler, Roy PUWpa,
retry Puner. Gerald Gibby and
>ther members ot the Junior Class.
Hoy Lee Gilbert, member of A*
The new home of Mr. and Mrs
Edward Brumby of Mooreland
Heights will be featured as the
"Christmas Tree Holiday House"
of the season by the Murphy Gar
ren Club.
The festive spirit of Christmas
will vibrate throughout the home
Decorations will range from gilded
Christmas trees to delicate pastel
arrangements
"Christmas Tree jjrftrtay House"
will be open Sunday afternoon from
3 to 6
The beautiful arrangements will
be exclusive and original- They
are being created by members of
the Garden Club.
Cookies and coffee will be served
by the members of the club, and
Christmas gifts will be on sale
The Brumby home is located on
Mooreland Heights, off highway
19 above Mooreland Heights Tour
ist Court
The public is cordially invited.
Little Leaguers
To Hold Banquet
The Little League football teams
of Andrews and Murphy ended the
season this week with their final
games and their preparations for
a season banquet
The Murphy Junior Bulldogs
had their football dinner at the
Regal Hotel Tuesday night and
the Andrews Junior Wildcats will
hold theirs next Monday at the
Shell Dining Room
The invited guest for the Murphy
team's dinner were Dr. Wm. Gos
sett, John Jordan, Scout Leader,
Don Peterson, Editor Gene Park
er, Mayor L. L. Mason, Neal Barn
es, Ben Warner, William Wishon,
and Jim Ed Hughes, who repre
sented the Quarterback Club.
The Andrews boys are inviting
their fathers and all interested
citizens to come to the dinner.
Members of the Andrews team are
asking those who would like to at
tend, leave their names with Mrs
Younce at the Shell Dining Room
before Monday noon.
The Little League players hope
to interest more adults in coaching
their basketball and baseball teams
during the coming season.
Kiwanis Club
Wants Old Toys
For Needy
Murphy Kiwanis Club baa start
ed a drive to collect old toys for
distribution this Christmas to un
derprivileged children.
' Yoa can make some child's
Christmas happier by giving no
longer used toys. Toys should be
left at Davis' Esao Servicenter or
Joe Fowler's Sinclair Station.
Kiwanians will dean aad repair
the playthings before they an dis
Local Bank Loans This Year
Over Two Million Mark;
Indicates Healthy Situation
Citizens Bank & Trust Co. in ?
Murphy bandied 2,027 separate
loans from January through No
vember amounting to $2, 460, 075-42
W. Frank Forsyth, executive
vice-president, said:
"In handling this large volume,
the total loans in the Murphy Bank
showed no increase over the Jan. 1
totals. This indicates a healthy sit
uation from the standpoint of our
bank and the area the Murphy
bank serves.
"In reviewing our loans, I find
that a large percentage of them
are made to farmers, for the pur
chase of cattle, improvements of
pastures; loans for dairying and
poultry.
"We made many loans for home
improvements, loans to merchants
and industry; personal loans to
professional people and to individ
uals in all walks of life, all helping
to build this our Southwestern
North Carolina
"All of our loans were made ^
within this trading area, using
part of the dollars you deposited
for sound constructive loans to our 1
people".
Jerry Davidson ;
Last Winner 1
In Football Contest !
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. In The Scout's final football con
test of the season, Jerry Davidson
of Murphy was the expert of the i
week and winner of the $5 first 1
prize.
He guessed 16 correct games out
of 20 and missed the tie-breaker
score by only one point. Mr.
Davidson guessed it 6-0 favor of
Georgia over Georgia Tech. (That
game ended 7-0 favor of Georgia).
Six other contestants picked 16
winners but only one, Jack Luns
ford of Murphy, gave the edge to
Georgia in the tie-breaker guess.
He guessed it 20-13- Mr. Lunsford
won second prize of $3.
This left five Knotted for third
place, all favoring defeated Tech
in the tie-breaker.
Mrs. Bergan Moore of Route 2
copped third place and $2 by
coming within 18 points of the
score. Others getting 16 correct
and how close they came to the
tie-breaker follows: Max Cook of |
Murphy, 24 points; Bill Crain of |
Murphy, 26 points; Jay Wilson of (
Murphy, 26 points, and Wilford
Stamey of Murphy 27 points.
Special Services
For Players Set
At First Baptist
Recognition services will be con
ducted for Murphy High football
players, the coach, cheer leaders
and school officials Sunday night at
First Baptist Church.
Those to be recognized will be
seated in a group. This is the third
year First Baptist has observed
recognition services for team
members and* others associated j
with the squad.
The Bev. J. A. Morris, the pas
tor, will preach at night services
on the topic, "The Great Chal
lenge". His morning topic will be
"True Christian Giving" .
Following the night services, a j
reception will be held in the base
ment of the church.
Rangers' Office
Moved To
Towimi Building
The U. S. Forest Service Rang
era' Office ha* been moved to the
Townaon Building over the A*P
Store here.
It was formerly located in the
Mauney Building.
On duty at the local office are
Rager Bunch Nugent. Assistant
Raoftr Doaald "
SANTA CAME TO TOWN ? Old Saint Nick was on hand last
Saturday to greet many ol the children who turned out despite
snow flurries here. This photo shows Just a few of the many who
visited him. He will be back again Saturday to welcome all at his
headquarters on the town square.
'Gift Guide For Christmas Shopping
Will Be Found In Today's Scout
Your "Gift Guide For Christmas;
Shopping" will be found in this
:dition of The Scout
Co-operating in bringing you 1
;his guide are the following Mur
phy businesses: Sossamon Furni
ture, Murphy Supply Co., Cand
ler's. Western Auto, Lovingooda,
Davis Jewelers, Trudy's, Farmers
Federation, Ivie Furniture, Econ
omy Clothing, Citizens Bank &
Trust Co-, Coward -s, J. B. Mulkey
Cash Grocery, Jabaley's, Smoky
Mountain Gas and Appliance Co.,
and Crawford Tire Co
Stores advertising in the gift
guide on other pages of The Scout
are offering top value merchandise
at enjoyable prices to make your
Christmas shopping easier and
merrier. Use the Guide to do your
shopping.
Unheard of bargains are listed
throughout. Valuable merchandise
is being given away with the pur
chase of certain items. One busi
ness is giving away a portable tele
vision and all you have to do is
register.
Shop these stores. Shop early be
fore the rush. Omy 17 shopping
lays remain before Christmas
Stecoah Cagers
To Meet
Webster Thursday
The Stecoah Cagers will meet
Webster in a double header at
Stecoah Thursday night in a pre
conference tilt
Stecoah girls coached by J.
Franklin Smith of Murphy have
played four pre-conference games,
winning three and losir* on*. The
boys have lost three out of four.
Yule Spending
To Increase
Over Last Year
U. S1. Chamber of Commerce has
predicted Americans will buy a.
bout the same volumn of goods
this month as they did last Decem
ber, but they'll pay 600 million dol
lars more for it.
An Associated Press report from
Washington quotes the Chamber
as saying December sales should
reach about 20 billion dollars com
pared with the record $19,400,000,
000 of a year ago. But most of the
increases will represent price ad
vances. The physical volume of
sales will remain about the same
as last year
And the chamber noted there
are now two million more Ameri
cans to buy or be bought for than
there were a year ago.
In a preview look at the big
Christmas shopping month, the
chamber said general merchan
dise sales will be up one-half of
one per cent over last year, fur
niture and appliance sales will be
down by one-half of one per cent,
and apparel sales will be up by 1*4
per cent- These three categories
account for about 30 per cent o I the
Christmas shopping.
Food store sales representing
about 20 per cent of the holiday
buying should be up about 7 per
cent over last year the chamber
said, and drug store sales are ex
pected to climb by 11 or 12 per
cent.
Other categories of retail sales
expected to rise are: lumber,
building and hardware 3 per cent;
eating and drinking {daces, 4
per cent, and gasoline service sta
tions, 8 per cent.
First Snow Falls
Here Saturday
Cherokee County's first snow of
the season fell here Saturday.
Host melted as It fell bat some
traces covered certain areas until
* bright Sunday morning sun hit
with rising temperature*.
The mercury dropped to IS de