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HP "Mb The Cherokee Scout i i= i ?* '*? ? ? Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County * * U VOLUME 10 MJMH1 -li MUKPHY, NORTH GAIOUNA* THUB&DAl, JANU. JY ft, IMI EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK ?"i>?HWj-r? ?? i H AMY BROWN ? Little BeckleM Driver Mommy, I Drove tar And Broke Mr Amy Brown, three year old daughter of Mrs. U. G. Brown, of Young Harris, Ga.. is probably one of the youngest and most reckless women drivers in the nation. Amy accompanied her mother to the post office on Saturday afternoon, January 3. Amusing herself while her mother was in r the post office, Amy bumped into the gear shift. The car then rolled backward several yards, and, guided by Amy, hit and de molished the Young Harris College entrance sign. Amy, unharmed, was taken from the wrecked car to her mother by an unidentified pedestrian. Mrs. Brown stated that the car, a 1954 Mercury, was sold for junk. Mrs. Brown also said that the insurance company will build a new sign. The sign was erected in 1957 and was valued at $416, a The I RAMBLER | The Rambler has heard it said j thai one should leave weather ' reporting to the Weather Bureau but now I have my doubts, J when seeking shelter from the rain the other day, I huddled U9 der one of the local store awn> ings and there I found two el derly gentlemen talking about the weather. One of them brush ed his hat to the back of his head and said "Well, the weath . er report says cloudy and warm er tomorrow, but I'll bet the bot tom of these boots that it will snow. It snowed Every once and a while you bear of a person who just won't pay a bill. The other day in a local store, a man came across with a new excuse. Seems the gentlement owed about $65 on his wife's funeral and couldn't find it in his pocketbook to pay the mortician's bill. Then, one night, he attended a camp meeting and during this revival he recanted his sins and turned over a new leaf. The next day be went to the mortician and told him of the change in his habits. The morti cian feeling that this was a good time to get his money asked the old gentlemen to pay up. "Humph" the man said, "the Lord forgave me my debts when he did my sins." Women for some reason or the other have acquired the name of being the strangest people. This wag proved the other by Billa Jean Carroll who works at the Scout office. Mrs. Carroll al ways carries a huge pocketbook over her shoulder tha could be used as a suitcase, but what does she carry In the bag? Not money. She carries money in her shoe where it is easier to get to. IT'S YOURS: This column of the front page has been set aside for you. In each of our lives there are ? strange and sometimes odd hap penings that we remember and would like to share with our friends. In this column you have a chance to relate those event* as they happen. Has your children astounded you with any remark able quips? Hove you found a new recipe for baking a cake? Share tbos* things with ;'our friends, mail them to THE RAMBLER, in care of the Scout office. High Henslry. better known a* Murphy's Ward Bond, having his I usual co'fee break at Tracy's, had a few words to say about ? the strange weather we were i having Wednesday morning. Hugh said he could remember when a big Indian came to town and made predictions about the weather that everyone took for the gospel truth. BeUeveing he | used strange methods of getting : his Information. One morning, ' Hugh said, the Indian came to torn and all' the town* people Murphy High Splits Two Home Games The Murphy High teams split their games with Hiwassee Dam on Jan. 13 after winning two in a ?row. The girls lost their game by 14 poinis and the boys won theirs by 15. In the girls' game, Murphy was behind all the way and never did come close to catching up. They were behind 14 to 6 at the end of the first quarter and continued to drop behind until they were behind 29 to 18 at the half. They were behind one more point at the end of the thin} per iod with the score 40 to 28 and two more at the end, to lose with a final score of Hiwassee Dam 55, Murphy 41. Top scorer for Hiwassee Dam was Hilda White with 33 points and Barbara Payne was second with 12 points. Top scorers for Murphy were Jane Van Horn with 25, Joan Mor ley with -7, and Margaret Cole with 6 points. In the boys' game, the score was close for the first few minutes but the Bulldogs pulled ahead at the end of the first quarter to lead 15 to 11. They increased this lead to load 32 to 21 at the half. They contin ued to increase their lead and led 46 to 34 at the end of the third quarter and to win with a final score of Murphy 60, Hiwassee Dam 45. Murphy's top scorers were Emanuel McDonald with 27 points, Young Harris To Organize Band Plans are currently in progress for the organization of a band at Young Harris College, accord ing to Victor Morris, instructor in the department of Music. Rehearsals will begin sometime this quarter under the direction of Mr. Morris and it is expected that there will be approximately 25 students participating. The solicitation for fundi for instruments and accessories was sponsored by Chief Justice W. H. Duckworth, Georgia Supreme Court, Atlanta. Under, the guidance of Chief Justice Duckworth, an alumnus of the college, many friends and alumni have donated to the band fund and have made It possible to begin organizing and outfitting a band right away. Starting next fall, Young Harris College, hopes to be able to offer scholarships to talented music students throughout the country. latest forecast oa the weather. VNo weather today," the tndUa said. "Why?" ashed astounded 'listened. "Kadto broke," the f_ Jla_ -M.J iBOiifl WyiHi Charles Lovingood with 10 points, and Billy Carringcr with 9. Top scorers for Hiwassee Dam were Eddie Spivia with IS and Sunny Wallace with 8. Also with 8 points was Garland Picklesimer. STATISTICS Girls: Murphy (41) F-Van Horn 25. Morley 7, Cole 6, Roberson 2, Nations 1, Cook. G-GillenwaUr. Hatchett, Totherow, Wells. Hiwassee Dam (SS) F -Allen 7, Raper, Paynel2, Ledford, White 33, Dockery, Payne, S. 1. G-Voy 1??, Gibson, TrueU, Wilcox, Hel ton, Hawkins. Boys: Murphy (60) Kepharl 6. Weaver. McDonald 27, Lovingood 10, Kilpatrick, Carringer 9, John son 8 Hiwassee Dam (45) Picklesimer 8,' Ccarley 6, Wallace 8, Kilpat rick-, Mashburn 2, Spivia 15, Wil liamson 2, Patterson 4. The Murphy High Bulldogs won one and lost one against the And rews Wildcats in their first meet of the season on Jan. 16. The Andrews girls were ahead all the way and score at the end of the first quarter was 25 to 7 The Wildcats got twenty points to the Bulldogs ten in the second quarter to lead 45 to 17 at the half. They kept on gaining in the third period to lead 65 to 24 at the start of the fourth and the final score was Andrews 74, Murphy 39 Madge Barton led the Andrews scoring with 27 points. Second was Betty Ann SherriU with 20 and third was Kathcrinc Sursavage with 19 points. Murphy s scorers were Jane Van Horn with 17, Margaret Cole with 16, and Joan Morley with 6 points. The boys game wasn t as close as the girls game. The Murphy boys pulled out ahead early in the first quarter and led 21 to 0 at the end of the half. Andrews caught up one point in the third period and the score was Murphy 54, Andrews 7. The Bulldogs again pulled ahead in the fourth period and the final score was Murphy 74. Andrews 21 Andrews scorers were Cecil Hampton and Pete Nichols with 9 points each and Carl Myert with 3. STATISTICS: Girls:: Murphy (39) F-Van Horn 17, Cole IS. Morley 6, Nations G-Cook, Gillenwater, Hatchett, Roberson, Wells. Andrews (74) F-Barton 27, Sur savage 19, Slagle 2, Sherrtll 20 Ellis 2, Derreberry, M. 2, King, Trull 2. G-Derreberry, V., West. Evans, Wheeler, Pullium, Myei Day. Boys: Murphy (74) Kephart 8, McDonald 17, Ixivingood 6, Kil patrlck 1, Carringer 4, Smith 4, Arms M, Laning 10, Weaver a, Killian 2, Glbbs, Rhodes 4, Mor ris 2. Andrews (21) Crisp. R., Gibson 9,. Nichols, Allen. Myers 3, An derson, Blevias, West, Collins, Crtip, C., Hamptot 9. Plans Started For Wagon Train Celebration In July 547 Acre TVA Recreation Village At Hiwassee Dam To Be Sold At Auction The 547-acre recreation resort site adjacent to the Hiwassee Dam will be sold to the highest bidder on Tuesday, February 17, TVA announced recently. Auction will be held at 10 a m. att 401 Edney Building, Chat tanooga. The minimum acceptable price for the property is $190,000. The date of auction was set after re ceipt by TVA of a written bid from a prospective purchaser. Identity of the bidder was not re vealed. TVA said that it expects at least two other groups to attend the sale and participate in the bidding. I-ong known as the lliwassee Village, the site served as a con struction camp during the build ing of the Hiwassee Dam, 1936 1940. There are 42 permanent type frame houses; 13 other houses; a frame building suitable for re modeling for use as offices, crafts, or concessions; and other buildings. Some of the buildings have only salvage value. A black top road system serves the area, which has an underground distri bution system for water and sewage. Several tracts make up the site. All improvements are located on one trapt of 105 acres- Terms of the auction sale provide that this tract must be used for recrea tion purposes only and that it shall be developed and operated for public commercial resort pur poses for at least 20 years. The successful bidder also will be required to invest a minimum of $200,000 in rehabilitation and expansion of the properties within five years, and that $80,000 of this amount must be invested within two years of sale. Road access to the site is over Paved North Carolina State High way 294. The site is T10 miles from Asheville, 9b miles from KnoxviUe, 90 miles for Chatta nooga, 138 miles from Atlanta, 95 miles from Fontana Dam, 110 miles from Gatlinburg, and 77 miles from Cherokee, southern entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southern Railroad Resents How Tax Money Spent Southern Railway reports that it will this week present -the tax collector of Cherokee County with a check for $32,749.94 in pay ment of its 1958 taxes. Total of all 1959 direct taxes, state and local, paid or to be paid by Southern Railway System in North Carolina is estimated to be more than $2,268,000 Commenting on the railway's tax payments, Harry A. DcButts, the railway's president, said: "We recognize that business firms as well as individuals should be taxed to support services which all citizens require- It docs dis turb us, however, when we sec in creasingly large amounts of tax money spent lavishly on highways jr airports or waterways or other .'acuities which our competitors lse by paying little or no user :harges." Andrews Home Destroyed By Fire Sunday ANDREWS? Fire completely de stroyed the dwelling and con tents of the home occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pendergraft who live about two miles from Andrews Sunday at 3:300 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Pendergraft were visiting neighbors at the time with no one at home, except the mother of Mrs. Pendergraft who makes her home with them. It is believed the cause of the fire originated in the chimney of the house The building is the property of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon McGuire SchoolOfWorld Mission Set By Presbyterians Presbyterians of Murphy are having a School of World Mis sions beginning at 7 p.m. Wednes day, January 28, and extending over a period of several weeks during the World Mission season. There will be three classes: for younger girls and boys, 'taught by Mrs. Holland McSwain, chair man of World Missions for Wo men of the Church; youth, led by Mrs. Evelyn Snood; and adults, with Robert A. Potter, the pastor in charge. The school will open with a wor ship period at 7; and classes wil be conducted from 7."15 pfffl'. un til 8 p.m. Offering for World Missions ii to be made at the end of the end of the Week of Prayer-and Sclf-Denial, Sunday March X. At a meeting of the Session lasl Sunday Charles W. Barrett was named clerk for 1959 succeeding W. A. Singletton. Mr. Singleton was selected to represent the church at the meet ing of AsheviUe Presgytery this week at Black Mountain. "How To Be Sure I am a Christian," is the theme of the sermon for next Sunday morning, January 25 Murphy Mothers To Mareh Friday Night The Mother's March for the March of Dimes will be staged Friday at 7 p. m. The town fire siren will blow to announce the drive to those persons wishing to give- They are asked to turn on their porch lights. It was also announced that ap proximately 500 doses of Salk Vaccine to be given free of charge to persons between 20 and 40 has Date and time for the clinics tc be held in Andrews and Murphy will be announced later. Good Industry Dear Editor: ! I hear planning (or this Wagon Train thing is just about ! ready to get started again for this coming summer. Now this is j Just about one of the best ideas I've heard about in a long time. II there ia a way to attract tourist to a place it's having something different and from what I hear abcut the Wagon Train, It really ia different. I hear that there must of been about 10, OCX) people in Murphy or the Wagon Train last year. I bet the mer chants were glad to see them. In fact, I suppose the merchants are going all out to help with the event any way 'possible. I sure would cause the way I see it, it means really good business. This area, right around Murphy ia an ideal location for tour-' iat and that is like a darn good industry. If what I hear is right, the purpose of the Wagon Train la to promote a highway from Tellico Plains to Murphy which would alao aid in getting tourist into this area. It just might work if the ' officials can see that people really want pie road. A feller also told me the other day that the local historical society ia trying to gut an old fort rebuilt here. That's alao la a real good idea. What with a new highway, If we get It, and this fort, if it'a ever built back, why, It would be just like a factory with a good aize payroll located In Murphy. More power to you feliara. Sincerely. Z. D. CUre Air Force Warns Lost Jet Canopy May Be Dangerous The Air Force has warned Great Smoky Mountain residents that the lost canopy of a Jet T33 trainer may be a booby trap for anyone finding it. It is believed that the canopy i still contains a live 37mm. charge normally used to eject it from the pfene when a pilot decides to bail out. Such a charge is extremely dan gerous and could explode on be ing touched Capt. James Fraser, pilot of the jet trainer, said the canopy blew off the craft last Monday night about 30 miles southeast of Knoxville, Ten- This would be somewhere in the Cherokec-Bry son City area. Anyone spotting the canopy is urged not to go near it or touch 1 it. If the 37mm charge is still in it, then it is extremely dan gerous. Anyone spotting it should im mediately notify the N.C- State Highway Patrol or call 1st Lt Harold Kilpatrick. Commander of the Andrews-Murphy Squadron, Civil Air Patrol-USAF, Andrews. N.C. Phone 303. Or call the B?-se Safety Officer, Donaldson Air ' Force Base, S.C., collect, tele > numger CEdar 5-7411, extension 331 or 254 BiilyDeeker 1 1 Participates STRAC Alert Army Specialist Five Billy C- 1 Decker, 27, son of Wade M. Deck er, of Murphy recently partici-| pated with the 101st Airborne Di vision in a special STRAC (Strat-| egic Army Corps) alert at Fort| Campbell, Ky. The week-long alert ended Jan. | 17. The 101st Airborne Division, a major STRAC unit, maintains an immediate readiness force of air borne deployment to any area in the world. The first company can be ready for departure within two hours after receiving an alert. A sec ond company can be ready to fol low in one hour. Within six hours I a reinforced battle group of 1700 1 men can be airborne. Specialist Decker is a cook in I Company A of the Division's | 506th Infantry. Dr. Roy McCulloch To Teach At First Baptist The First Baptist Church of Murphy will engage in Bible study Jan. 25 through 28. Dr. Roy McCulloch, of Ashe ; ville, will teach the "Gospel of : Mark." Dr. McCulloch is rccognized | day morning at 11 and Sunday evening, 7:30, from the Book of ! Mark. He will continue teaching the Book Monday, Tuesday and Wed nesday nights, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The public is Invited to attend all these discussions. Dr. McCulloch Is recognized all as an outstanding minister and teacher. He la a graduate of the Southern Baptist Theological Sem inary, Louisville. Ky. Before his retirement from the active pas torate, he was pastor of Lebanon Baptist Church at Ashe ville. Since his retirement be has done Bible teaching and served as in terim pastor. He served Andrews First Baptist Church for a per iod of three za oaths wfcaa they WW* without ? puts*. f Holland McS wain Appointed Chairman ? Of Event, Jack Dickey, Vice-Chairman ? Plans for the Wogan Train celebration to be held during the ~ week of July 4th have been started. ~ Holland McSwain, suprintendent of schools, has been appoint* ed chairman of the Wagon Train committee. Bulldogs To Be Honored AT Banquet Saturday The Murphy Quarterback club will honor the Murphy High School BuUdogs with a banquet at the New Regal Hotel Saturday at 7:30 P-m. Trophies for the most valuable linemen and back will be award ed at the banquet. Speaker for the event will be A. Drane Watson, sales manager and director of the ParisDunlap Hardware Company. Mr- Watson coached at Gaines ville High School for six years. During this time his team won four football championships, three basketball championships and three track championships. He also coached football at Wrens High School for six years. During this time his team won three football championships, four basketball, v championships and three track championships. Mr. Watson was also president of the Georgia Coaches Associa tion and is a member of the Georgia Prep Hall of Fame. Honored guest will be Frank Maennle, Andrews High School coach. Jack Dickey has been named ? vice-chairman. Other members of the commit- ~ tee will be named at a meeting ? set Thursday night at the Murphy Power Board Building. The meet* ~ ing will start at T:30 p.m. ? All interested persons from this ~ area are invited to attend. Mr. ? McSwain stated that the commit tee would like for persons from ~ Andrews and Hayesville to attend ? the meeting as well as those from ~ the Murphy area. There were approximately 50 - wagons in the train last year, Mr. _ McSwain said, and there are - hopes for even a larger train this J year. The purpose of the Wagon Train celebration is to interest state officials in building a road from TeUico Plains, Tenn., to Murphy. Mr. McSwain said such a mod ern road would shorten the dis tance to Knoxville and give tour ist from the Nortwest and Cana da a shorteter route to Florida. He said it is felt that such a highway would benefit this entire area by bringing a number of tour-' ist into this section each summer. Speakers for the celebration - ( have not been lined up ye? - tut ??. the committee has several in mind, Mr. McSwain said. Last year, the Lieutenant Gover nor and Highway Commissioner attended the Celegration To be elected at the meeting Thursday night are a secretary | and treasurer, and chairman of ( various operating committees. David Hall Says Won't Stand For Acreage Cat Congressman David M- Hall was one of twelve Representatives from burley tobacco growing areas who have agreed they will not stand for an acreage cut in 1959. Representative l'a'l said that he and the other eleven congress men have t'ld representatives of the Tobacco Division that if the Department of Agriculture saw fit in its discretion to cut the 1959 burley tobacco quota, they would introduce and actively support the passage of legislation which would restore any cut that was made by the Department of Agriculture. Murphy Native Takes Western Auto Position Frank A. Alexander, recently associated with the Appalachian Veneer Co., of Murphy, has taken ? position as dealer for Western Autos at a new store being open ed at Jamestown, in Fentrew county, Tennessee Mr. Alexander, after training for the poet In Florida, left early this week to begin work. A IMS graduate of Murphy High School, he studied four year* at the University of Tennessee, where he played on some of tthe Volunteer football teams. In 1954 he was married to Mias Barbara Arnold of Murphy and served two years in the transportation corps of the.U. 8. Army, put of the time being spent In France On his return to America in 1KB Alexander wmfted wMfc otters to kls family ia ft* veoeer coaeerm art *u Mttva te ?* U.S. Savings Bonds Show Growth In '59 December showed the largest Z sales increase of any month dur ing 1958 for United States Sav ings Bonds in North Carolina Total sales for the month were over 19 per cent higher than December 1957. Series E Bonds -? were up over 14 per cent. Series * H- Bonds up 54 per cent - The cumulative sale* for the ? year showed an increase of 3.4 I. per cent over last year. Sale* for - the year were $48,464,225 er 90 _ per cent of the annual goal of $49 ~ million. Thirty-one counties exceeded L~ their 1958 quotas while twenty- ~ three other counties came within ? a small percentage of achieving their assigned annual quota. "We have just concluded an ex- ? ? cellent year for the Savings Bonds _ Program in North Carolina and >? are pleased with our improved _ performance," said Walter P. Johnson State Director, V- S. ? Savings Bond* Division. "Last _ yesr's achievements reflect great credit to the media, industries, ? banks, volunteers and organize- ? Hons of our state which were - active in the promotion of Sav- IT. ings Bonds sales." Cherokee Const} sales *^r the - year wer? $250,436.95 which >s V, 106 4 per cent of the 1051 annual ? qquota of $235,300 00, according - to W- D. Whttaker, Cherokee " County Volunteer Chairam * J
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