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MURPHY, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1M7
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Hiawassee River Bridge To Get Attention
JUST
TOLERABLE
By GENE PARKEB
HWday House was a big success
the past week-end but behind all
the beauty and glitter of the decor
ations were many hours of hard
work. All members of the Murphy
Garden Club are to be commented
but serving beyond "the call of
duty" and deserving special men
tion is Mrs. B. W. Whitflekl. Three
hours in t h a t
downpour
of rain Saturday
Mrs. Whitfield
perched atop a
10-foot ladder to
put the Santa
C 1 a u s decora
tions on the roof
of the Holiday
House. When it was all over, she
felt better than just tolerable.
"Never felt better," said the versa
tile Mrs. Whitfield.
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True, a bird in the hand is worth
two in the bush but the type of bird
in hand has a lot to do with it
Take that recent hunting trip of
Francis Bourne- Jr. and Don Phil
lips. The pair had had very littlt
luck on their outing until this huge
fowl soars up from nearby under
brush. Mr. Bourne fired, then
looked- His prize? A chicken.
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Dr. W. R. Gossett had an unpop
ular moment at a recent meeting
of the Quarterback Club- The dis
cussion got around to picking a
guest speaker for the annual foot
ball banquet- Dr- Gossett Jokingly
suggested: "We could ask the
Canton Coach". (Canton defeated
Murphy in the WNC playoff).
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If you want a licking good fruit
cake for the holidays, a cake far
better than just tolerable, then
try this concoction volunteered by
Mrs. Mary Bowman- Here is what
you'll need: Two pounds seeded
raisins, one pound of currants, one
pound of citron, half-pound of lem
on peel, half-pound of orange peel,
one pound of pitted dates, one
pound of candied cherries one
pound of pineapple (candied), half
pound of nuts, three or four cups
of flour, one and one-half teaspoon
ot cinnamon, one teaspoon of mace,
one teaspoon of nutmeg, one tea
spoon allspice, three-quarter tea
spoon salt, three-quarter pound
butter or crisco, one cup sugar,
nine or ten eggs, juice of one lem
on, juice one orange, half-cup wine
or grapejuice- Got that? Now all
you have to do is cream the but
ter and sugar, add the eggs, stir in
the fruit ?nd flour mixture with
juices. Mix thoroughly, place in
well-greased pan lined with wax
paper and bake at 275 degrees for
four hours- That's an Old English
Fruit Cake. '
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Two weeks in a row "Just Tol
erable" got the old" squeeze play"
and the mail pours in- All those i
wonderful letters just because the j
column was missing for two
weeks. Thanks so much. Both let
ters were appreciated, especially
the one from Mama.
liOcal Garden Club
To Sponsor
Decorating Contest
The Cherokee Rose Garden Club
is sponsoring Christmas lighting!
and decorating of homes in Mur
phy dty limits
Mrs. Cloe Moore and her com
mittee are in charge of the con
test and announce the following
rules: Three divisions will be judg
ed and cash prises will be given
as follows: For the Prettiest Lawn
?$15 00; Prettiest Window? $10-00
and Prettiest Door? * 00. Hie
judging will be by three disinter
eafcd persons Friday sight De
City Commissioners Ask
Parents Help
To Curb Vandalism Here
Murphy Board of Commission
ers Monday night called for the
co-operation of parents to curb
vandalism here
A number of vandalism cases
were cited at the December ses
sion of Commissioners at City
Hall- Broken window panes, de
struction of Christmas decorations
and shooting of city street lights
were the major complaints
Commissioners appealed to par
ents to talk with their children to
put a stop to such activities before
police are forced to make a rigid
crackdown.
Three youngsters were caught
Friday night breaking street lights
and received a dressing down
from Assistant Police Chief Fred
Johnson.
Commissioners said they know
these youngsters are "not out
laws" but their mischievous tricks
are costing the taxpayers money.
Parents are urged by CommLi
sioners to talk with their children,
learn where they are at night and
what they are doing.
Commissioners said police are
aware of the few "pulling these
stunts" but want to give parents
an opportunity to take corrective
steps before arrests are made
Officials prefer that parents make
the corrections instead of resort
ing to police action
Considerable damage has been
caused recently by young boys
shooting and throwing rocks -it
lights. This is done from the back
of pick-up trucks, one official
said.
Christmas decorations anjl lights
on the town square have also
come in for their share of damage
at the hands of these youngsters,
Commissioners said. A number of
window panes in public buildings
have been knocked out
BETTY WEAVER SEMI - FINALIST
IN SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION
MISS BETTY WEAVER
Murphy PTA
To Meet
Wednesday Night
In order not to conflict with the
Civitan's Ladies night the Murphy
PTA meeting will not be held Dec.
16, as scheduled. The meeting date
has been changed to Wednesday
night Dec- 18.
A Christmas tree lighting and
carol service will be featured at 7
in front of the graded school.
All members are urged to be
present
N. C. Patrolmen
To Wear
Metal Name Plate
If you have roadside business
with one of North Carolina's high
way patrolmen in the future, you
need no longer wonder exactly who
he is ?
For he'll be clearly identified,
his name appearing on a small
metal plate attached to his uniform
jacket.
Patrol headquarters announced
the new plan this week as a public
relations move to put dKver-troop
er encounters on equal footing.
"After all," says patrol execu
tive officer Major D. T. Lambert,
"the officer knows exactly to
whom he is speaking. Therefore,
with the new name plates, the mo
torists will be similarly informed '1
Major Lambert said that the en
tire force? 581 men? would be is
sued the silver-plate tabs, engraved
with the trooper's surname
They are to be worn over the
left breaat pocket of the uniform
Jacket in winter and on the shirt in
warm woe Our.
Betty Weaver, Murphy High
School senior, has been named
semi-finalist in the National Merit
Scholarship competition, Principal
Walter R- Puett has announced.
Miss Weaver Is listed among 7,
500 high scorers on the Scholarship
Qualifying Test, a nationwide col
lege aptitude examination given in
14,000 high schools on October 22nd- |
She outscored 300,000 fellow sen
iors, and thus moved a step closer
to the $4 million in Merit Scholar
ships to be awarded in the 1958 pro.
gram. Betty is a daughter of Mr
and Mrs- Robert V- Weaver.
Merit Scholarships are sponsor
ed by over sixty business and in
dustrial firms, as well as by pro
fessional societies, foundations, and
even individuals- The Sears-Roe
buck Foundation is the largest
sponsor, with 100 awards worth
$500,000 being granted annually.
The sponsor's list includes such
nationally known names as Inter
national Business Machines, Nat
ional Distillers and Chemical Cor
poration, F. W. Woolworth Co.,
Pittsburgh Plate Glass, McGraw
Hill, B. F. Goodrich, Time Incorp
orated, Gulf Oil, and many others
Semi-finalists now face a rig
orous, three-hour College Board
examination, to be given In testing
centers throughout the country
Jan- 11- Students whose high
scores substantiate their earlier
test performance will become fin
alists in the competition.
At least 7,000 semifinalists are
expected to survive this second
hurdle, says John M. Stalnaker,
president of the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation, which 1
concludes the annual competition
"The finalists' group will be
made up of some of the most able
youngsters that America has ever
produced- We expect to have over
800 scholarships available for
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POSTELL MOST OUTSTANDIN G ? Halfback Terry Postell, Andrews
Wildcats' most outstanding player of the year is shown at right
receiving a wrist watch from Coach Frank Maennle. John
Ellis, representative of the Andrews notary Club watches the
presentation made recently during chapel exercises at Andrews
High. The Rotary Club sponsored a contest in which football fans
selected the most outstanding player. The 17 Jewel Bulova Clipper
was secured by the club through Dorsey Jewelers at cost.
Garden Club's Holiday House Here
Acclaims Success and Popularity
RECENT KILL . . . This 230
pound nine point buck was killed
recently by Adam Sntton of Mur
phy at Island Ford on Harshaw
road. Sutton using a 250-3000 Sav
age said it took itaree shots to
kill the deer. With Sutton at the
time were Charles Laney and
Buddy McGill both of Murphy.
JTomotla Maun Held
For Superior Court
Andy Martin, 33, of the Tomotla
section Monday was tried in Re
corder's Court and bound over to
Superior Court under $7,000 Bond
Martin is charged with assault
with intent to commit rape and
assault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill. He is alleged to have
assaulted a 52-year-old woman at
her rural home Thanksgiving Day.
MORE TOYS NEEDED BY KIWANIANS
TO HELP UNDERPRIVILEGED HERE
More ? many more? toys are needed by the Murphy Klwanis
Club to insure a happy Christmas for many underprivileged chil
dren of this area.
Kiwanians have volunteered to repair and paint any old toys
that are given to help children who otherwise would spend a bleak
Cliristmas.
Mow Is a good chance to get rid of that broken down wagon,
bike, tricycle and at the same time help out in a needy cause.
Clean out the closet, clean out the basement. Box all the old toys
and drop them off at Joe Fowler's Sinclair Station or Davis' Esso
Sei v locator .
It will be a time consuming task for Klwaalans and they win
spend many hours In retting the playthings ta good condition tor
distribution. They win need all the time possible for the job so get
your toys ta early.
Help make some child's Christmas merrier by taking part ta
, Ifcto drive.
Holiday House by courtesy of
Murphy Garden Club was acclaim
ed a success by standards of ar
tistery and popularity Sunday af
ternoon at the home of Mr. and
Mrs- Edward Brumby.
The lovely home all ablaze with
Christmas beauty was thronged
with visitors from near and far,
visitors from Georgia Tennesste, i
and the neighboring towns within
our state
Atop Mooreland Heights across
the roof of the Christmas Tree
House Santa drove his reindeer
to reach the pie plate Christmas
tree on the side lawn? his way
lighted by candles across die front
and bells jingling at the garlaned
entrances.
The entrance hall done in the
Japanese manner featured a gold
Japanese tree.
The living room, beautiful in it's
restrained elegance carried out in
gold, silver, and jeweled tones, the
mantle especially lovely w'th the
Madonna scene with small floral
trees on each side.
On glass enclosed brcezeway de
cor of chartreuse green, gold, and
white was both stunning and eye
appealing. Here the Christmas tree
was snow sprayed white pine, hung
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State Highway Department
To Consider Improvement
The State Highway Department
has agreed to consider the widen
ing of Hiawassee Bridge here.
C- W. Lee, assistant director of
the State Highway Dept., has in
formed Mayor L. L. Mason that
the request for widening the
bridge on Highway 64 will be
"analyzed by our Planning and
Programing Dept. in the de
velopment of an overall state
highway plan'..
Town Commissioners last month
reported two hazardous con
ditions here and sought assistance
First Baptist
Recognize
Murphy Players
The football players and coaches
of Murphy High were recognized
at the evening service Sunday
night at the First Baptist Church
here.
During the service the Rev. Mor
ris asked each player to stand and
introduce himself. He also recog
nized the cheerleaders, the faculty
and coaches McConnell and Isley.
After the service the young peo
ple were invited to the recreation
hall for a reception.
Entertainment was a skit "Star
ring" five members of the football
team. Carolyn Bates immortalized
John Morris, Gloria Bowman por-i
trayed Jim Hendrix, Judy Davis
played the part of Don Amos, Burt
Birchfiled was enacted by Neta
Kimbrough, and Annette White
was a hilarous Coach McConnel.
Linda English did a monologue
about a baby playing with the
radio dial during a football game
and the cheerleaders did a yell.
Sandwiches, punch, and cookies
were served by the Woman's Mis
sionary Union.
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Lynn Gault
To Speak At
Fireside Chat
Lynn Gault of Brasstown, potter,
professii nal dramatist and ac
complished reader will appear at
the Fireside Chat at the John C
Campbell Folk School Sunday af
ternoon at 4:30
He will read the "Story of the
Three Wise Men".
The Fireside Chat :a a free hour
for people interested in wid
ening their understanding of liter
ature, people, civilization, govern
ment, inter-uaiional relations and
human relations in the United
States.
Like all activities at tlie Folk
School, this too is an experience in
free and informal education
NERD MORE TOTS ?
ct the ftr*t batch of
to
LTkey
of the State Highway Department
to correct the situations. In addi
tion to citing the hazardous situa
tion caused by narrow Hiawasset
Bridge, Commissioners requested
consideration be given to the con
struction of sidewalks from Mur
phy to the new school building
Mr. Lee in a letter to the mayor
stated that it is not the present
policy of the department to con
struct sidewalks in such an area.
However, Mr. Lee went on to say
that the department attempts to
maintain (road) shouldera at a
width sufficient to provide walk
ing space for school children and
other pedestrians.
Work was being carried out this
week to widen shoulders along the
highway from the high school into
the city.
The State Highway Department
requested various towns and com
munities to make known needed
improvements for their respective
areas.
Mayor Mason, in submitting the
requests for Murphy, pointed out
that the highway is much
wider than Hiwassee Bridge. He
also said two vehicles, especially
trucks and buses, have difficult
in passing without using a portion
of the sidewalk on the bridge.
The mayor said the sidewalk is
used by many school children and
the hazard is increased when non
residents who are not acquainted
with the width of the bridge pass
[over it in opposite directions.
Shuford Takes
Part In
Veterans' Hearing
Congressman George A- Shuford
(D-12th Dist.) last week joined a
sub-committee of the house of
Veterans' Affairs committee for
hearings in Evansville
Shuford is a ranking member of
the veterans' affairs committee
and chairman of the subcommittee
on housing.
The hearing of the committee in
Evansville concerned pension pro
posals pending before the commit
tee. There are 106 bills involving
various pension proposals now
pending before the veterans' af
fairs committee.
Shuford said the chairman of the
committee had called the meeting
in Evansville in order to assure
several members of Congress and
representatives of veter<Vs groups
a full opportunity to discuss their
pension proposals with the commit
tee.
Lions Club
To Honor
Football Team
ANDREWS? The Andrews Lions'
Club will honor the Andrews Wild
cats football team with the an
nual banquet Thursday evening
(tonight) in the Marble cafetorium
Carl Abernathy of Copper Htll,
district representative 01 New York
Life Insurance Company, will be
the guest speaker.
Mrs. Doyle Bnreb
Discharged From
Atlanta Hospital
Mrs. Doyle Burch was to return
home Wednesday from Piedmont
Hospital in Atlanta where she has
been a patient since Nov. 26
Mrs- Burch was hospitalized for
a broken hip which the received
in a fall at her home here
Four Players Get
Honorable Mention