VOLUME 67 NUMBER ? 22 MURPHY, N. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER tS, 1957 TEN PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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Shopping Days
Til Christmas
DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CHEROKEE COUNTY
Wooden ware Industry Locates In Murphy
Hiwassee Dam Resort Site
To Go On Auction Block
The 547-acre recreation resort
site adjacent to Hiwassee Dam
in this county is to be sold at
public auction.
This was announced this week
by the TVA who said the date of
the sale would be set as soon as
Gifts Came Early
To Warm
Hearts - And Feet
The hearts ? and feet? of 157
children in three Western North
Carolina institutions were warm
ed this week as Christmas gifts
came a little earlier than Santa's
annual visit.
Each of the children at the
Mountain Orphanage, The Elida
Home and Asheville Orthepedic
Home received nice warm bed
room slippers.
The youngsters were fitted with
the shoes, and most of them were
reluctant to take off the gifts.
One little girl, with long curls,
made sure her younger brother
had a pair of slippers before she
would try on a pair.
The scene at each of the three
places was about the same? jub
ilation to the nth degree, and the
occasion created a spirit of hap
piness which will undoubtedly last
the week long until Christmas ?
and beyond.
The happiness of the youngsters
was not to be compared to that
of their donor,' Heinz Rollman,
president of Wellco Shoe Corpor
ation, Waynesville.
Cancer Center To Be
Closed December 27
The Cancer Detection Center in
Sylva will be closed Friday,
Dec. 27, according to an an
nouncement from Dr. R. W. Kirch
berg.
The Center will be open Friday,
Jan. 3.
the first bid was entered. Mini
mum acceptable price is $190,000.
Final p-ice will be determined by
bidders at the auction, it was an
nounced
The site, long known as Hiwas
see Village, served as a con
struction camp during the build
ing of Hiwassee Dam, 1936-40.
Located at the site are 42 perma
nent-type frame houses, 13 other
houses, a frame building suit- i
able for remodeling for use as'
offices, crafts or concessions, and
other buildings. Some of the
buildings have only salvage value.
The area has a black top road
system, and an underground
distribution system for water and
sewage
The site is composed of several
tracts. One of these contains 105
acres- and improvements are lo
cated on this tract. TVA stipu
lated that this tract must be used
for recreation purposes only, and
that it must be developed and
operated for public commercial
resort purposes for at least 20 j
years.
TVA also stipulated that the |
successful bidder will be required
to invest a minimum of $200,000
in rehabilition and expansion of
. the properties within five years
' from the date of purchase. $80,000
must be invested within two years
of purchase. -
Immediate road access to the
site is by N. C. 294. The site is
110 miles from Asheville and 98
miles from Knoxville. It is 95
miles from Fontana Dam, 110
miles from Gatlinburg and 77
miles from Cherokee, southern
entrance to the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park.
The site is adjacent to Hiwas
see Dam, second Highest in the
TVA system, and iffords access
to two lakes, Hiwassee and Ap
palachia.
The auction will be helg in
Chattanooga. Robert J- Coker, of
TVA's Land Branch, Chattanooga
will be in charge of the sale.
Murphy Teams Win Double Victory
Over Nantahala Here Tuesday
By BETTT WEAVER
Murphy's basketball teams
romped to a double victory over
Nantahala to christen the new
basketball court here Tuesday
night- The Murphy sextette won
66-48; the boys 4?-43
The girls bounced back with a
bang. They played hard and fast
keeping the Nantahala team in
a spin. The guards played a ter
rific game. Nantahala's forwards
had a rough time keeping the
ball when they did get it.
High sewer was Shirley Stiles
with 38 points- Alice Jean Pal
mer shot 10, and Joan English
threw 13. Starting guards were
Betty Wilson, Gloria Bowman
and Jane Cook
Substitutes were Betty Postell
who made 3 points, Helen Stiles,
who added 2 more. Jan Van Horn
MarcOe Robersoo, Girlene Tay
lor, Neta Kimbrough, Jeariean
Stiles, Pet Barnett, and Jane Al
len
Fouls ran like water. Cook and
Bowman fouled out. Wilson and
Taylor had lour each, Murphy
made M and Nantahala 21 for
a total el 43 fouls.
Murphy bit 24 field goals and
8 free throws. The free, throw per
centage was 38
Although Nantahala scored
first. Murphy led all the way.
Score by quarters was 13-11, 30-22
49-34 and 66-48
The Murphy boys didn't let
their fans down either- They led
all four quarters as is their cus
toms. Score by quarters was
16-7, 25-18, 38-30, and 58-43. Fouls
were extremely high- Amos and
Morris fouled out. McDonald, Mc
Swain, and Carringer had four
each- In all, 47 fouls were made,
31 of them being Murphy's
The boys shot 24 field shots and
8 free throws for a free throw
percentage of 40
John Morris was high scorer
with 17 points- Burt Birchfield
made 03, Emanuel McDonald ad
ded 9- Don Amos contributed 6,
and Roy Dockery hit 4. Of the
substitutes Jimmy Carringer add
ed 7 and Billy Carringer 2.
Other subs were Frank Mc
Swain and Lonnie Hoover
The next game win be Jan. 7,
against Hayecville at Hayesville
MISS PEGUES
MR. KEENUM
MRS. PEARSON
J uliet Pegues, R. L. Keenum
Named "Teachers Of Year"
Miss Juliet McKie Pegues of
Murphy High School and Robert
Lee Keenum of Hiwassee Dam
School have been named "Teach
ers of the Year".
Mrs. Gertrude Harper Pearson
of Texana School was runner-up in
a contest sponsored by Murphy
Woman's Club- The Woman's Club
selected Miss Pegues and Mr.
Student Night
To Be Observed
At First Baptist
"Student Night At Christmas"
will be observed at the First Bap
tis Church, Dec. 29, at 7:30 p. m.
The theme of the program \yill
be "We Believe . . . and So We
Speak", with the following students
taking part: John Morris, Linda
Greene, Bill Browning, Lowell
Scruggs, Frankie Martin, Ray
Simms, and Gordon Bates.
Special music will be rendered
by the Youth Choir.
The Rev. Morris' sermon topic
for the morning service will be
"The Year for Christ".
A school of church music will
be conducted at the church Jan.
6-10 from 7:30 to 9 each evening,
by Joseph Stroud, secretary of
music for the North Carolina Bap
tist Convention.
There will be periods of mus
ical instruction as well as choir
rehearsals.
All choir members and direc
tors from the various Baptist
churches of both the Western
North Carolina and West Liberty
Asosciation are urged to attend.
Scout To Close
Christmas Week
Today's issue of the Scout will
be the last this year.
The newspaper office will be
closed during Christmas week.
The Scout's next edition will be
published Jan. 2
Potters At Home
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A- Potter
will be at home at the Manse,
Thursday, December 26, from 7:91
to 9:90 to members of the congre
gation and friends.
Keenum was elected by the facul-'
ty at Hiwassee Dam School.
Miss Pegues' name will be en
tered in the district Woman's Club
competition which includes clubs
west of Canton. The district win
ner's name will be entered in the
state contest and that winner will
vie for honors In the National Wo
man's Club Federation contest.
Miss Pegues was born, reared
and educated at Oxford, Miss. She
graduated from the Oxford High
School and then continued her ed
ucation at the University of Miss
issippi where she earned the Bach
elor of Science and Master of Arts
degrees. She did post graduate
work at the University of Colorado,
University of Wisconsin and the
University of Alabama. She had
private lessons in piano and voice
and studied painting at Lousiana
College and the University of Ala
bama.
She came to Murphy 11 years
ago as a member of the high
school faculty in the language de
partment. She has served as head
of the English department for sev
eral years and through her fine
leadership has developed this de
partment of five teachers to the
extent that it is recognized as a
leading department of the school.
Miss Pegues is an active mem
ber of the Episcopal Church here
and was president of the Woman's
Auxiliary of that church in 1955-57
She is a member of the American
Association of University Women
and president of the Cherokee
County Branch in 1956-57.
Her main hobby is painting and
she plans to paint after her career
of teaching is over.
rue educational committee 01
the local club is composed of the
following members: Mrs. Ben
Warner Jr., Mrs. Frank Alexander,
Mrs. J. J. Pinson, Mrs. Constance
West and Miss Elizabeth Gray.
Mr. Keenum , 68, holds a Gram
mar Grade certificate and has giv
en forty years of service to the
Educational System of North
Carolina- Mr. Keenum has been re
ferred to as "Dean of Education"
in' Cherokee County.
He was born in Swain County,
was reared in Deep Creek Com
munity near Bryson City, but has
lived in Cherokee County since
MOT.
Mr. Keenum attended school at
Deep Creek and Watowah in Swain
County. He moved with his family
to FUn Hill, Fannin County Geor
e ?
j Lions Collecting
Funds For Baskets
For Needy Families
What goes into the 120 Christ
mas baskets Murphy Lions will !
pack for needy families of this
area will largely depend on you.
Lions are accepting contribu
tions for the baskets at gift
stands on the square. Approxi
mately $300 is needed to put the
drive over the top and provide a
full basket for the 120 families
Charles Johnson is chairman of
the collections -
The Lions club pony will be
given away on the square Satur
day at 5 p- m.
Murphy Teenagers
Go Modern At
I Christmas Party
For their annual Christmas par
ty the DD's ( a group of Murphy
teenagers)) went all out to make
their party a modern one
They turned the TAC into the
Pink Slipper, a night club. The
decorations were pink and silver
throughout. The tables were laid
with white cloths and pink cand
les.
The Christmas tree was spray
ed with snow, covered with pink
angel hair, pink and silver orna
ments and pink lights. Even the
punch and hors d'oeuvres were
pink.
The program was light and
fanciful.
Each girl had some part in the
program or in serving as well
as planning and decorations.
More Clothes
NeededFor
Underprivileged
Another appeal for used or new
clothing for underprivileged
school children has been made by
the Murphy PTA.
Officials said many more warm
clothing and shoes an needed
Garments may be left at Lay's
5 ft 10 cent Star*.
Margaret Studios Start Operation
In Fain Building Here Next Month
A new industry will begin op
erating in Murphy shortly after
Christmas.
The Chamber of Commerce this
week announced that Margaret
Studios, Inc. manufacturers of
fine gift woodenware, will move
here from Antigo, Wis.
The new business will be locat
ed in the W. M- Fain Building
next to the Henry House on Ten
nessee Street. This building will
p r o v i d e approximately 11,000
square feet of space for the new
plant.
Organized in 1945 the business
Vance Securities
Low Bidders
On Electric Bonds
Vance Securities Corp. of
Greensboro was low bidders
Tuesday in a $40,000 bond issue
to finance the cost of erecting and
' furnishing tthe new Murphy Elec
j.tric Power Board office here.
They were sold at an interest
| rate of 3.461 per cent- Bids were
i opened in a sale conducted by the
! Local Government Commission.
The bonds are not a debt on
the town but are payable soley
from the revenue derived from
the operation of the town's elec
tric system.
Midnight Mass
To Be Held At
Catholic Church
Christmas Midnight Mass is
scheduled for Christmas Eve at
St- Williams Catholic Chapel on
Andrews Road
Christmas Day services will be
gin at 8 a. m. in Murphy and at
11 a- m. at the Catholic Chapel
in Lance Cove, 10 miles from
Murphy off the new highway 64
on the way to Hayesville.
Everyone is welcome to these
services.
Christmas Crib
Scene To Be
Erected In Church
From Christmas Eve to the
Feast of the Wise Men, Jan. 6,
the Christmas Crib scene will be
erected in the St. William's Cath
olic Chapel.
The Chapel will be open to the
public aU day for visits and silent
prayer.
was incorporated a year later and
is operated by both Mr. and Mrs
Clarence J. Schroeder. Their pro
ducts are nationally distributed
through approximately 400 deal
ers. One of their largest accounts
is Macy in New York.
Chamber officials, who have
worked closely with the Schroed
ers for the past several weeks,
said the Wisconsin plant is being
closed and the entire operation
is being moved to Murphy.
About 30 persons were employ
ed by Margaret Studios in Wis
consin and plans are to enlarge
the operation here. The business
employs mostly men skilled in
woodwork.
The present plant superinten
dent will come to Murphy with
the Schroeders while all other em
ployees will be local.
The Wisconsin operations in
cluded two factory buildings and
a retail factory store. The Cham
ber of Commerce said plat); are
to erect a retail factory gift store
here to appeal to tourist and lo
cal trade.
M"" Irnnmn o c
"Margaret", is originator of all
the firm's hand decorating de
signs and usually operates the
gift shop. Mr. Schroeder has
charge of the manufacturing and
selling. Both handle various trade
shows the firm conducts
Mr. Schroeder told Chamber
officials here, "I know from past
experience that we can attract
tourist from as far away as 200
miles off their course. If we have
anything to say about it, a lot of
people are going to know where
Murphy, N. C., is that never
knew before.
"Every article we make will
carry our trademark and ad
dress".
One of the most recent crea
tions in wood by Margaret Stud
ios is the "Flaming Susan" and
revolving Hors D'oeuvre Server.
The piece can be used as "The
Flaming Susan" by removing the
bowl from the top and placing a
can of "sterno" in the middle
As an Hors D'oeurve server the
bowl is used on top for shrimp
, sau"" or wet relish. It revolves on.
its own ball bearing base and has
two different size holes tor tooth
picks and meat skewers.
Margaret Studios manufactures
all types of decorative wooden
plates, lazy susans, ash trays,
nut bowls, salad bowl sets, snaek
bowls, paddle boards, hamburger
press sets, bowl and batcher
blocks, trays, book ends, tods
and hundreds of other items.
Cost Over $900,900 To Pave
CHEROKEE COUNTY HAS 40 MILES
UNPAVED RURAL SECONDARY ROADS
Cherokee County has 4010 miles
of unpaved rural secondary roads
and estimated cost of paving is
$908,518.42.
These figures were included in
a recent completed report on thf
first phase of a state-wide study
by the Department of Secondary
Roads of the State Highway De
partment
Nineteen Western North Caro
lina counties have a total of
822 34 miles of unpaved rural sec
ondary roads which carry 80 or
more vehklM par day, aad the
cost of paving them to estimated
at &5.11MM.06.
The study show* that state
wide there are 9,330 48 miles of
unpaved secondary roads with
50- vehicle- per -day traffic and that
total paving cost would be $12#,
976,636-48
The secoad phase of the
will deal with
bridge* in the ?ceodary road
and the third ptaM* wffi
what would be
to betas all rural