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Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County
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VOLUME g> NUMBEK? 8 MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1M8 TEN PAGES THIS WEEK Muj.phy L15rary WI18LT
STATE DRIVER LICENSE DIVISION
SELECTED AS BEST IN NATION
The Driver License Division of
the N. C. Department of Motor
Vehicles has again been selected
as the best Driver License Divis
ion in the nation
This is the third consecutive
year North Carolina's License
Division has copped the award
The Division was selected by the
American Association of Motor
N. C. Sweethearts
To Dance Friday
At Apple Festival
Competing in the Mountaineer
Jamboree at the annual Apple
Festival Friday in Hendersonville
will be the North Carolina Sweet
hearts, a Murphy square dance
team.
Youngsters who will take part
Friday night will be: Harold
Teague, caller; Karol Kaye, lead
lady; Charles White, Charlotte
Stalcup, Jerry Decker Virginia
Guffey, Morris Hughes, Jane Brit
tian, Larry McDonald, Sandra
Chastain, John Bruce, Wanda Sue
McDonald, Calvin Laney, Pamelia
Chastain, Doug Parker and Billie
Stalcup.
The team is under the direc
ion of Mrs. Bobble Stalcup of
Murphy.
Also among those who will give
special entertainment is Red
* Raper of Murphy, singer of folk
songs.
Eugene Crooke New
License Examiner
Eugene Crooke has been assign
ed to this area as license examin
er of the State Depatment of Mo
tor Vehicles.
Mr. Crooke, formerly serving
in Shelby, replaces Mark Willis
who was transferred to Ruther
fordton, N. C
The new examiner is a native
of Canton. He has been with the
Motor Vehicles Department a*
bout one year. He is married and
Mr. and Mrs. Crooke make their
home in Andrews. They ?re mem
bers of the Baptist Church.
Officer Crooke will be on duty
in Murphy Mondays and Tues
days, in Hayesville Wednesdays,
Andrews Thursdays and Robbins
* ville on Fridays. Hours at each
station are from 8 a. m. to 5 p.
m.
Rev. ArvilSwof ford
New Pastor At
Marble Baptist
. The Rev. Arvil Swofford of
Franklin has accepted the pastor
ate of Marble Baptist Church and
will begin his ministry there Sun
day.
He will preach at both the
morning and evening services.
He comes to Marble from the
pastorate of the Ridgecrest and
Watagua Churches of the Macon
Association- -
Loggers, Lumbermen
To Meet Saturday
ANDREWS? A meeting of the
Old Time Loggers and Lumber
men's Association will be held
Saturday at 11 a. m. at the Amer
ican Legion Hut.
Vehicles in cooperation of with
the National Safety Council.
Items considered in trading
were personnel and training, field
supervision, examining stand
ards and procedures, central driv
er record file, driver improve
ment and control, and all office
activities in general
Director Elton R. Peele of the
License Division in a letter to
all division personnel said:
"The Association has recogniz
ed the fine work done by every
member of of the division during
the year 1957 in its appraisal of
our activities. The Commissioner
and I also recognize the fine work
that is being done by everyone
and wish to express our apprecia
tion for the effort put forth in
winning this high honor."
This jurisdiction was one of 10
in the nation which merited a
grade of 8S per cent or better for
accomplishments in the functions
of driver improvement- This
state's license divison made a
grade of 97 per cent. California
was second highest with 94 per
cent.
Revival Services
Continue
At First Methodist
Revival services at the First
Methodist Church will continue
through Thursday night of this
week with services each night at
8.
The Rev. R. H. Nicholson, pas
tor of the First Methodist Church
of Waynesville, is the guest min
ister.
Friday night at 8 there will be
a showing of the full-length color
film, "John Wesley." The people
of the community are cordially
invited to all of these services.
Driver Improvement
Clinic Starts Here
Area motorist will get another
opportunity to brush up on good
driving practices or iron out any
minor difficulties they may have
in operating a motor vehicle.
Another Driver Improvement
Clinic will start here Tuesday
night.
Joe Sherrill of Bryson City,
driver improvement representative
for the State Department of Motor
Vehicles, will have charge of the
clinic. Local state highway pa
trolmen and the license examiner
will assist.
The Clinic will be held each
Tuesday night from 7:30 to 9:30
until the four week course is com
pleted. There is no charge and
drivers needing assistance are in
vited to attend.
Ess? Junior League
Holds Swim Party
The Esso Junior League Base
ball team was treated to a swim
ming party at the Murphy pool
Friday night.
Following a two-hour swim
ming session, members of the
team enjoyed, a weiner roast
Mrs. Edwin Cook and Mrs. Helen
Dickey served as hostesses.
The party was given by John
Cook and Jerry Decker, mem
bers of the team.
Farm ownership is at an all
time high. Only one out of three
farms now has a mortgage.
By Democrat*
W. Frank Forsyth
Named Candidate
For State Senate
W. Frank Forsyth, area banker
and civic leader, has been nomin
ated by the Cherokee County
Democratic Executive Committee
as a candidate for state senate.
Mr. Forsyth replaces P. B.
Ferebee of Andews who was nom
inated several months ago at the
Democratic Convention here. Mr.
Ferebee withdrew as a candidate
because of pressing business com
mitments.
Mr. Forsyth is executive vice
president of Citizens Bank and
Trust Co- He is chairman of
Group 10 of the Bankers Associa
tion and chairman of the Murphy
Electric Power Board.
This is his first venture into
politics and he will face Republi
can Nominee Virgil O'Dell, Mur
phy businessman
Mr. Forsyth is chairman of the
local Polio Chapter and is a past
president of the Murphy Lions
Club. He is president of the Men's
Bible Class at the First Methodist
Church. He is also a Mason.
A native of Cherokee County, he
was born and reared in Andrews
He has lived in Murphy the past
20 years. Mr. Forsyth is a son
of Mrs- W. T. Forsyth of Andrews
and the late Mr. Forsyth.
He is past president of the Mur
phy Chamber of Commerce and
chairman of the local "Better
Schools Committee," a national
organization.
A graduate ot Andrews mgn
School, Mr. Forsyth attended
Emory & Henry College at Em
ory, Va. He also attended the
University of North Carolina. He
is a graduate of the School of
Banking, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, N. J.
The Executive Committee at a
meeting Friday night named Mr.
Forsyth to run for the 33rd Dis
trict state senate seat
This district includes Cherokee,
Graham, Clay, Macon and Swain
counties. Kelly Bennett of Byson
City is currently serving as sena
tor from this district.
4-11 EXHIBITS TO
DEFICIT WORK
Cherokee County Fair goers will
really discover that 4-H is an up
and growing organization in this
county because 4-H exhibits will
be unveiled at the fair this fall,
depiciting a cross section of 4-H
activities.
Why the new burst of interest?
This year the clubs are compet
ing for prizes of $25, 17.50 and
$10 for the top three places.
A meeting of the county council
and booth committee chairmen
turned up a great creative inter
est in showing off 4-H life as it is
seen by the club members.
Committees were appointed and
rough ideas assembled so as to
start work immediately on the
colorful exhibit.
The results of these efforts?
We'll find out exactly at the Cher
okee County Fair, September 15
20.
SEPTEMBER 1958
S M T W T F S
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We think Southwest
ern North Carolina
has the prettiest girls
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and the straightest
boys in the world . . .
CITIZENS BAM
and TRUST CO.
BETTY WEAVER, tester of Mr.
mad Mr*. Robert Weaver
TOUCHDOWN BOUND
-Crisp Studio Photo
Mr. Fortyth . . . senate candidate
Marble Leaguers
Win Second
Half Of Play
The Marble Junior League nine
were declared champions in tfce
second half of play that ended
here last week
Phillips 66 Juniors were win
ners of the first half of play.
The season closed with a final
game Friday with Esso-Marble
defeating Phillips 66-Civitans by
a score of 18 to 10.
Quarterback Club
To Feature
"Dough For A Row"
Radio Station WKRK is giving
Murphy Quarterback Club six and
a half hours Friday afternoon to
put on the organization's "Dough
For A Row" campaign.
Quarterbackers will be plugging
for "dough" for "15 rows" cf seats
at Murphy High School. The pro
gram will be on from 1 p. m. to
7:30 p. m.
Construction of the seats start
ed recently but additional funds
are needed to complete the proj
ect. Each row of seats will cost
approximately $130 and the en
tire concrete bleacher project will
take approximately $2,000. When
finished. the section will seat a
bout 900 people.
"Dough For A Row" will feature
about anything from playing re
quests at a $1 or more a number
to solo renditions by local citizen
"who can't carry a tune in a pap
er sack," says Kiffin Craven,
Quarterback president.
All money collected will go to
finance the seating program at
the football field. Donations will
be picked up by runners or may
be mailed to the station.
11 Area Students
Receive Degrees
At WC College
Cullowhee ?Eleven Cherokee
County students were among 118
who received degrees at Western
Carolina College summer com
mencement exercises here Fri
day.
Cecil Wallace Mashburn of An
drews received the bachelor of
arts degree with a major in busi
ness administration.
The bachelor of science in edu
cation degree was awarded to:
Edith Marie Shields Anderson of
Culberson Route 2, grammar
grade education; Edwina Bowles
Hagaman of 305 Valley River
Avenue, grammar grade educa
tion; May Barnard Jones of An
drews primary education, and
John Thomas Smart Jr. of Mur
phy, grammar grade education.
The master of art* degree in
education was conferred upon the
following: James Pearlie Crisp of
Route 2, Fances Sue Ferguson of
Route 1, Doris Ann Hendrix of
Route 1, Vey Adams McDonald of
Route 3, Maude Dockery Rad
ford and Annie Lou Rogers, both
of Murphy.
Legloa, Auxiliary
Plan Picnic Meet
The American Legion and Leg
ion Auxiliary will hold a covered
dish picnic Ttrasday night at 6:30
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S.
iC. Burgess.
Wildcats Open Season
Friday At Franklin |
ANDREWS ? Andrews Wildcats,
lighter but packing more speed
this year, will have one game
under their belt before tangling
with Murphy Bulldogs in Murphy
Sept. 5.
The Wildcats will go against
Franklin at Franklin in their op
ener Friday night- The following
week they will travel to Murphy,
playing the role of visitors when
the Bulldogs open their season
Andrews Coach Frank Maennle
says his squad this year is light
er compared with last year but
is banking heavy on more speed.
Veterans in the Andrews back
field again this year are Terry
Postell, Harold Murphy and Hu
bert Myers. Both first string ends,
Archie Myers and Jerry Curtis,
are back this year for more act
ion. Also returning are lettermen
Junior Griggs, center, and Steve
Higdon, left tackle
The Wildcats operate from a
T formation. Thirty-two are on
the squad.
Coach Maennle gave the fol
lowing probable starting line-up
for the Franklin match: Archie
Myers, LE; Steve Higdon, LT;
Walt Brown, LG; Junior Griggs,
C; Larry Adams, RG; Frank
Jones, RT; Gerald Curtis, RE;
Terry Postell, FB; Harold Mur
phy, RHB; Hubert Myers, LHB,
and Pete Nichols or Roy Conley,
QB.
Workshop In Wood
Conducted At
Folk School Here
BRASSTOWN? Georg Bidstrup,
director of the John C. Campbell
Folk School at Basstown, announ
ces the successful conduct and
conclusion of the Workshop In
Wood offered by the Southern
Highlands Handicraft Guild at
the Folk School Aug- 20-22.
Director of the workshop was
Tage Fird, instructor in wood
working and furniture design at
the School For American Crafts
men, which is part of the Roch
ester Intitute of Technology, j
Rochester, N. Y.
Assisting Mr. Fird at the work-]
sh?p was his own assistant teach
er, Robert Donovan, who recently
toured Europe observing wood
working techniques.
Evening sessions were given
over to lectures by both Mr. Fird
and Mr- Donovan, which included
demonstrations, slides, and group
discussion. These opened with
"How Wood Grows", and the ef
fect of the year-rings upon the be
havior of a piece of wood when
it is made into furniture, as well
as the effect of wood grain upon
beauty design.
Morning and afternoon sessions
were held in the woodcarving and
woodworking shops of the Folk
School where first hand demon
strations were made of the selec
tion and care of tools as well as
the various techniques of design
ing ao^ making furniture and
other items.
Mr. Fird said much is to be
gained when the designing is done
by the person who works in the
medium rather than by someone
who merely draws a picture and
^leaves the creation of the finished
article to the craftsman. He in
sisted that the finished product
is finer in every way when the
designer and the craftsman are
the same individual.
Mountain Trout
Season Extended
Tar Heel mountain trout fisher
men will get an extra month of
fishing this year ? with restric
tions.
The Wildlife Eesouces Commis
sion has extended the season on
certain designated streams tn
twenty counties to September 90 in
stead at August SI. The rrael lim
it during September win be re
duced from tan to five daily
Social Security
Representative
To Visit Tuesday
Labor Day holiday has caused;
a change in schedule for the Soc
ial Security representative's vis
it to Murphy.
The representative will be at
Courtty Courthouse Tuesday at
12 noon and Wednesday at 8:30 a.
m.
Monday is Labor Day
Mr- Craven . . . new president
(Ji:irlerbackers Pick
Craven As President
HiXfin Craven i has been elected
president of the1 Murphy Quarter
back Club succeeding Ben Warn
er Jr., out going president
Other officers named at a meet
ing last week were: Harry Lov
ingood. vice-president, succeeding
Jim Ed Hughes; and F. Don Phil
lips, re-named secretary-treasur
er.
Dr. Harry Miller
With VA Hospital
In Fayetteville
Dr. Harry Miller, a practicing
physician here for nearly 21
years, has accepted a position
with the Veterans Hospital in
Fayetteville.
Dr. Miller formerly was associa
ted with the Veterans Hospital in
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Mrs. Miller, a teacher at Mur
phy High School, has resigned
and will join her husband in
Fayetteville Thursday. She ha?
taught in Murphy schools fo 15
years.
Mrs. Miller plans to teach in
the Fayetteville school system.
Hampton Reunion
The Hampton reunion will be
held Sunday at the home of Rev.
and Mrs. C. A. Smith.
Relatives and fiends are invited
to attend.
Bulldog Center
Bobby Hendrix
Suffers
Fractured Ankle
Bobby Hendrix, star center for
Murphy High Bulldogs, received
a fractured ankle in a taffic ac
cident near here Friday.
Young Hendrix, 17, a son of
Mr- and Mrs. Lloyd Hendrix of
Murphy, was injured when the
truck in which be was riding over
turned on Highway 64 following
a blowout of a tire.
He was riding in the cab of the
pick-up truck, driven at the time
by Carson Rogers. Tommy Eng
lish, James Simmons and a third
youth whose name was not imme
diately available were riding in
the rear of the truck.
All escaped with minor cuts
and bruises as did Young Rogers,
State Highway Patrolman Ray
Heffner reported. Patrolman
Heffner quoted Carson as saying
the vehicle turned on its right
side, penning the Hendrix boy's
foot between the door and body
of the truck.
Young Hendrix is expecting to
get back into the Bulldogs' line
up later in the season.
RC Bloodmobile
Visits Andrews
Monday, Sept. 8
ANDREWS? The Red C r o s s
Bloodmobile unit will be in And
rews Monday, Sept. 8 from 12 to
5 p. m. for the purpose of collect
ing blood from this area
The unit will be located in the
Andrews Town Hall. Any person
giving blood through the Andews
Chapter will be eligible to re
ceive blood for themselves and
their immediate family for one
year.
I Persons wishing to donate
I blood through this chapter who
do not have transportation to and
from Andrews may call telephone
71.
Officials expressed the urgent
need for blood at this time is
greater than ever.
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H. E. Bishop Soils
Purebred
Angus Cattle
H. E. Bishop of Murphy recent
ly sold four Aberdeen-Angus cows
and two registered bulls to W. H.
Holland of Brasstown
Revival At Harmony
The Rev. M. B. Davis will con
duct a series of revival services
at Harmony Baptist Church start
ing Sunday.
PRINTING STARTED ON 100,000
COPIES OF "BOOTSTRAP BOOKLETS
Heinz Rollman, president of
the Western North Carolina Indus
trial Development Corporation,
announced today the printing
presses have started to turn and
the printing of 100,000 copies of
the "Operation Bootstrap" book
lets is progressing on schedule.
The directors of this non-profit
organization, which is dedicated
to bringing more industry to the
mountain region, decided at their
last meeting that they will now
enlist the help of the principals
of all schools, school superinten
dents and teachers in order to
assure a complete distribution of
this booklet to every household.
At their last session, directors
also decided they will approach
the chairmen of the County Com
missioners, the majtp ,o t. the
town* and* other city and county
?
officials, to discuss with them the
possibility of declaring one day,
early in the school term as "Op
eration Bootstrap" day for the
collection of the necessary funds
to put the show, literally, "on the
read".
Mr- Rollraan explained that put
ting the "show on the road" in
this case means the purchase of
a unique tractor-trailer combina
tion, in which would be displayed
products now being manufactur
ed is Western North Carolina.
Mr. R oilman further stated that
the interest shown by people in
"Operation Bootstrap" is most en
couraging and that he and the co
directors of the Western Morth
Carolina Industrial Development
Corporation
every famii'
region win pi