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W7*' The Cherokee Scout Dedicated To Promo^Z **** County VOLUME m NUMBER ? il MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA. THUi-SDAY, MARCH 12, IMS EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY pL RAMBLER Last week the Rambler mentioned that Police Chief Neil Saeed was considered aa excellent cake baker around town and hinted Just a little that we would not be opposed to trying out one of his cakes, but he did not come across with the sam ple. Since that time we have! learned that it is not uncommon for Murphy men to don the apron and take to the kitchen and these other bakers of cakes have challenged Mr. Soeed to a duel with the oven and flour. Hugh Hensley, Dr. Har ry Dickey and Red Schyuler have all agreed to bake cakes for a con test. Judges have been selected. They are Bob Bauh and Neal Barnes. The contest will be held Just as soon as Mr. Sneed will agree. If anyone else would like to enter. Just contact the Ramhler in care of the Scout. So far, we have not decided on a prize, but being con sidered is a fur-lined flour sifter. Of course, all cakes become the property of the Rambler. This modern way of life is get ting to be too much with u. This is proved by Ed Brumby. Mr. Brumby, who believes in the mod ern approach to a subject, is real ly going whole bog to beep abreast of the times. Now. he Is consid ering having a telephone installed in his car so he woa't miss aay calls. Also, he la is considering patting a record player in the car. We just wonder if the tele phone calls won't disturb bis lis tening to the record player. Seems there is no end to what some people won't do for a cause. Take Hugh Hensley last Saturday. Hugh was selling tickets to the American Legion Dance and be could not sell them as fast as he thnaghl they should 40, so he ?laaped to a tiUle trickery. He got his chance when Mrs. Ruth . Walker asked htm to watch- <har ?< car parked la the center of the j street while she went into a gro cery store. When she got back, she found a parking ticket on the windshield and Hugh very sor ry about the entire thing, but it seems that a mean ol' traffic cop pat it there when he was not looking. He agreed to take car of the fine if Mrs. Walker would buy a ticket to the dance. She did aad later she found out that the ticket really belonged to Hugh all the time and was not put on her car at all. Now she is threatening to pull nil the hairs oa of his mus ' tache when she catches him. This could comc under the heading ' of the perfect reply to a rather im i perfect question. A customer went into Tracy's the other day and no 1 ticed two honeymooners eating in ' a booth. Suitable comment was made on their new marital state and the painted condition of their car. The next day, the customer . returned and asked Bobbie Stalcup if the honeymooners did anything interesting. Bobbie looked up rather shocked and replied with a blank look on her face. "Well, not in here anyway." Baptist Revival Ta Start Sunday Revival services will tocsin at 1 First Baptist Church Sunday and continue through March 22. Services will be conducted each day at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The Rev. T. L. Sasser of Greens boro will conduct the services and O. B. Tennyson of Inman, S.C., will lead the music. \f . _____ k Liois Piaa Ladies t Night Thursday i ANDREWS: The Andrews Lions > Club will hold Ladies Night at theft" regular meeting Thursday night. March 12 at 7 p. m. at Ihe Andrews School lunch room. A special program will be prov ided by a manufacturer of stere ophonic sound equipment. The his tory of sound will be discussed and cach lady will rocelve an extended pUylng record album as a gift. The door prizes and records are ? Mag furnished by Forsyth Fur attar* Company. WORKING OH "OUR TOWN" The cast W "Our Town" a play to be preaeatod by the (color class oi Murphy High School la shown aa they rehearse. The play will be preaeatod at the Eiemeatary School Auditorium Friday aad Saturday nlgbts. Shown are: Mary Kephart, John Mulkey, Carson Rogers, Julius Hill, James Maxey aad Grace Townson. Mrs. Franklin Smith Selected Teacher Of Year For '59 For Peachtree School Mrs. Franklin Smith, seventh glade teacher at Peach tree school, and recently elected to the second term as president of the Cherokee chapter of the North Carolina Edu cation Association, has been named teacher of the year for 1959. The selection was made by a special committee appointed by The Murphy Woman's club which spon sors the award. Mrs. Smith will be recognized at a tea to be given by the Woman's club honoring teachers of Murphy and Cherokee county some time in early spring. Miss Julia Pegues of Murphy high school received the award last year. Each school faculty is asked to se lect a teacher and from these the Judges ? who arc not members of the Woman's club? choosc the award winner. These winners compete in turn with other winners for the dis trict title and the district winners for .the stpte. ? * " { Mrs. Smith the former, Marcella Hampton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hampton of Murphy, graduat ed from Murphy High School in 1932, as valedictorian of her class. She entered Western Carolina Col lege that fall and graduated from the two year normal course in 1934 with honors. In 1955 she received her B. S. degree in education with hon ors from Western Carolina and 1957 received her masters degree in edu cation. Mr. and Mrs. Smith own and op erate a 300 acre farm, devoted to the raising of Aberdeen Angus cat tle. Besides teaching and helping on the farm. Mrs. Smith has found time to do club work, church work and render other civic and commun ity services. She has served as pres ident of the Pcachtree Home Demon stration Club, president of the Coun ty Council of Home Demonstration Clubs; vice president of District One of the Home Demonstration Clubs of North Carolina; Worthy Matron of Murphy chapter No. 10 Order of the Eastern Star; and was a member of the Cherokee County Fair Associa tion Board. Mrs. Smith is an active member of the Peachtree Parent Teachers Assoc., having served as President and in various other of fices. As a member of the Murphy Pres byterian Church, she has taken an active part in church work, serving as Sunday School teacher and ha; been chairman or the Evening Circle of the Women of the church. Mr*. Smith is a member of the Cherokee County N.C.E.A. and the National Education Assoc. At the present she is president of the local chapter of the N.C.E.A. and Thurs day night, March 5, was re-elected to serve as Cherokee County N.C. E.A. president ofr 1959. Mr. Smith is also an active teach er. He is at present, teaching in the Robbinsvillc Schools. They have four children, James Franklin Smith a medical student at the Uni versity of North Carolina Medical School; Shirley Marcella a junior at Western Carolina College, and Xwnaii,^ Aufftpy , students at Peachtree Elementary school. Andrews J ay coos To Play High School Team The Andrews Jaycees will play the high school varsity basketball team Saturday at 7:30 p.m. A conccssion stand will be spon sored by the senior class and the money made from the stand will be used to help financc the senior trip. Plans are being made to have a double-header Saturday night. It is hoped there will also be a game between the Andrews All-Star Wo men's Basketball Tcain and the Hemmerich Corporation Women's All-Star Team. Definite notice of this will be given later. Those playing for the Jaycees are Jake Buchanan, Tommy Fuller, Gene Witberspoon, Charles Frcel, Dean Truett, Harry Hawks, Lawin Truett and others. The public is invited to see these games. Rev. Houts Guest Speaker Honoring Andrews Championship Ball Team Andrews ? The Bev. Tom Houts, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Murphy was the guest speaker at tbe annual banquet sponsored Jointly by the Konnabeeta Woman's club and the Rotary Club Tuesday night to honor the Boys and Girls Basket Ball teams of the Andrews High School. The speaker was introduced by S. J. Gernert. Mrs. Ruth S. Pullium welcomed the guests and tbe response was given by Katberine Sursavage. for the girls and Johnny Anderson for tbe boys. The Rev. Edwin Carter, pastor of the First Methodist Churtft gave tbe Invocation. John Ellis served as toastmaatcr. Coach Frank Maonnle presented awards to the boys and Coach Ruth Hamilton presented the awards to the girls. J. E. Rufty, superintendent of the school closed with a tribute to both teams and coaches. The cafeteria was decorated ir the colors of the team ? red an< black. The long tables were cen tered with trophies won over Uh past years including championship trophy won this year by the An drews Wildcats and tbe recent one that was awarded tbe girls. An airplane nylon parachute with clusters of balloons and streamers covered the celling. Pennants of all participating schools in the Western District were effectively used in the decorations. Mrs. James Baer was chairman of decorations. She was assisted by tbe following: Mrs. J. 8. Gernert, Mrs. L. B. Nichols, Mrs. Ruth S. Pullium. Mrs. H. E. Davis, Miss Ada Mae Pruett, Miss Elizabeth KUpatrick. Mrs. C. O. Frailer, Mrs. Florence Huffman. Mrs. Harold Jones, Mrs. O. A Rcschke. Miss Trilby Glenn and Mrs. A. B. Chandler. Tbe color tcbaw was furthered Group To Make Application For Housing Project To Replace Sub-Standard Homes Andrews Jaycees Make Application For Charter I Andrews ? At the regular meet ing on March 5, the Andrews Jay cees made application for a char ter. The application was presented to Richard Davis, State Vice President < of the N.C. Junior Chamber of Commerce, and Charles Patton of, the Asheville Jaycees. The charter members of the An- " drews Jaycees are as follows i Gene Witherspoon Jr., president; Dean Truett, external vice presi dent; Charles Truett, internal vice president; Harry Ifawk, secretary and treasurer; Dee Whitt Sharp, state director; Charles Frecl, di rector; Jake Buchanan. Thomas K. Fuller, Clayton Raxtcr, Buddy West, 3ill Marr. Joe Bettis. William Ilia- ' don, Howard Kilpatrick and Earl Parker. The first project by the Jaycees is sponsoring the Teen-Age Road E-O Safe Driving Program. Further information concerning this program will be released. American Legion I To Stage Road Show In Andrews The Leslie Stillman Post 97 of he American Legion at Andrews vill present Kross Road Kapers it the Andrews High School audit orium Monday at 8 p. m. The musical show has been staged .n several communities in North and South Carolina. Funds raised through the show vill be used toward the Legions rehabilitation Program. Admission prices are 90 ccnts for dults and 25 cents for children. Meeting To Form Murphy Jaycees Planned Thursday A group hoping to form a hapter of the Junior Chamber of Jommerce in Murphy will meet hursday night at 7:30 at the Citi en Bank and Trust Company. The group hopes to be able to equest a charter at this time. Andrews recently requested a harter. A total of 25 men under ;6-years-old is wanted in the Mur <hy organization. Anyone interested in joining is irged to attend the meeting or get n touch with Jim Ed Hughes^ Paul Ridenhour. Leaders Of New Boy Scout Groups Announced Leadership of t lie newly organized Boy Seoul cub pack units at Hiwas see Dam has been announced by Francis Pless, Nantahala district ex ecutive at Franklin, the units being bponsorcd by the school P.T.A. Charles Forrister of Culberson, science teacher at Hiwassee Dam, is scoutmaster; and F. B. Johnson, also of Culberson, the assistant, Mr. Pless announced. The Troop is to meet at the school at 3 p. m. each Tuesday afternoon. Guinn Craig of Ducktown, Tenn. is cubmaster for the urv' for young er boys, and Mrs. Vcsla Styles of Murphy Route 4, the den mother. The pack meeting will be the fourth Friday night of each month. Guy McNabb, Murphy Route 1, is institutional representative and chairman of the troop and pack com mittee of the new unit, which is No. 417. Other committeemen chosen are: H. C. Bagley, R. L. Keenum, both of Murphy Route 4; Sam Ky ker, Farner; E. H. Boring, Turtle town, Tenn.; and Jim Evans, Mur- < ?I'hy Route 2. Members of the cub pack are: J Pat Boring. Sammy Kyker, Don ' Picklesimer, Gary Stiles, Don For rister. John Watts, J. R. Allen. Danny Anderson, Thomas Craig, Kenneth Crowoer, Lloyd Crowder, Karry Early, Danny Floyd, Ken- 1 neth Morrow, Bonnie Pack, Cal vin Murphy, Tommy Raper, Wal- ; ter Stiles, Teddy Stiles, and Sonny ] Trammell. In the Scout troop there are 45 - charter members. These are: Har- , old Allen, Ernie Boring, Eugene I ' Chapman, Danny Forrister, Mick- ] ey Forrister, Dennis Hamby, Zane Hickey, Allen Johnson, Donny Mor row, Larry McNabb, Charles Rob- ( erts, Harry Reese, Bobby Pollard, ( Alexander Stark, James Totbrow, ! J. R. Verner, Joe White, Colon ' Ware, Gerald Brendle, Silas Allen, ] Lonnie Crane. Donald Owenby, Troy Mason, Richard Bagley, Har- ] old Swafford, Danny Mason, Bob- i by Craig, Clarence Morrow, Gil- i bert Allen, Billy Ledford, Johnny Leonard, Kenneth Allen, James Leonard, Steve Ledford, Harold , Prince, Terry Nelson, James Gra ham, Paul Craig, Dean Morrow, Jerry Watts, Larry Pack, Harold Stiles, Dee Mickens, Elmer Swaf ford, and Timothy Floyd. Chamber Of Commerce Plan Meeting Friday The Murphy Chamber of Com merce will hold its annual member ship meeting Friday at 7 p.m. at the old school gymnasium. A total of 250 persons are expect ed k> attend meeting. , ? Principal speaker for ban quet will be R. E. Bisha, general industrial agent for the L & N Rail road. Mr. Bisha will be introduced by Wallace C. Wathen, division freight agent for the L & N Railroad. Several projects of Chamber of Commerce will be discussed, includ ing industrial development of this area along with the summer base ball program that involves approxi mately ISO youths of this area. W. D. Townson, Chamber presi dent will welcome the members and guests. Entertainment will be furnished by the Carolina Sweethearts, local square dance team directed by Mrs. , Bobbie Stakup and Mrs. Constance West. Dinner music will be provid ed by The Kings Four, a quartet composed of Wanda West, Jimmy Dillingham, Harry Duncan and Wayne Kephart. Kenneth Davis, treasurer, will present the financial report. The proposed budget for 1959 has been set at $10,000. Officers for 1959 are W. D. Town son, president; J. H. Duncan, vice president; and Kenneth Davis, trea surer. Directors of the Chamber are J. D. Burch, Cloe Moore, W. A. Sin gleton, W. T. Brown, C. L. Alver son, Ben Palmer, J. A. Coward. Merle Davis. Dr. W. R. Gossett, H. E. Dickey, Peyton Ivie and J. H. Duncan. Cherokee County Has North Carolina's Largest High School Wood Forest Cherokee County has what is probably North Carolina's largest high school forest - an outdoors classroom and laboratory for the use bj the county's high school students and other segments of the citizenry in learning the tech niques of planting, growing and Wining Ohe Boat? This tetter from J. 11. Duncan is taking the place of the usual letter (rom 1. D. CL.AHE. Mr. Clare and the CHEROKEE SCOUT welcomes signed letters of a community interest and will attempt to print all of them. ? Editor. Pear Mr. Editor: Now that Murphy is eligible for Federal Aid for Public Housing, I sure hope the City Fathers will act at once to secure this needed program. At the same time I would suggest they look into the several other programs ol Federal Financial help for Community Improvements. It is my opinion we are a little lax in taking ad vantage of these programs. While on the subject of Community improvements, now is the time Murphy must awake to one of our needs that can be corrected without calling on the Federal Government for help. What is it? A City Marine. ' public boat dockage, public launching ramp, dry boat storage sheds, picnic area, and public rest rooms. Boating to-day is a $1,000,000.00 business. We say we are catering to tourists, are we?* We and our visitor* have to drive down to Hiawassee Dam or 10 miles toward Unaka before we can get our boats in the lake. Our neighbors to the South and West are going to leave us holding an empty sack if we do not wake up. Yours very truly, J. H. DUNCAN. P.S. Please give my apology to 1. D. Clare for being such a poor substitute as a letter writer. J. H. D. , valuable western North Carolina tree crop. The Murphy High School Forest, a 197-acre tract located immediate ly behind the new, ultra-modern school structure is being used and will increasingly function, as a demonstration forest for the teach ing, testing and showing of the most advanced techniques of forest man agement. The Murphy School Forest has been in operation for three years. In 1957 the entire 218-acre tract - the actual school site and adjoining forest ? were purchased by the Cherokee County Board of Educa tion, and even before construction began on the school the forward looking decision was made to es ablUh the school forest and work iegan on it* development. Fund* received from the sale of products harvested from the forest are held for use of the Murphy High School and are earmarked for futher improvement and devel opment of the forest itself and for use in teaching forestry to the Fu ture Farmers and high school stu dents. Glenn Patton has already utilized a portion of the forest in come thus far to purchase trees for planting and dibbles for use by his students and members of his Mur phy Chapter of the FFA. W. S. Dickey, veteran Champion Paper and Fibre Company wood buyer and a present Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Cherokee County was instumental la the purchase of the school ?te, (Continued on page ? 50-House Project To Be Built At Murphy Hoped For In Near Future Murphy is eligible for Federal aid in hiiikluiu li>w rent homes to replace below standard homes and a < hainiier of Commerce Committee plans immediate action to secure a housing project for Murphy. A bill entroduced into the Stale House of IvVpieM-nlalives by Senator Frank Forsyth has repealed an old lav* mi the books making any town of less than ?,0Ul> pe;>o?s ineligible ioi Federal aid. SERVICES PLANNED FOR HOLY WEEK Holy Week services are to bo con tacted at Murphy Presbyterian Church each evening from P.'lm Sunday, March 22, through Jinly j Thursday, March 26, when the j Lord's Supper will he observed. The general theme ot Robert A. ; Potter, minister, (<n- the servir is: "The Testimony of His I-'.w mies." Special music will be given dur ing the week by the church choirs and visiting singers. After the Thursday evening serv ice the Session will meet to receive members, with the Sacrament of Baptism to be administered Easter morning, March 29. At morning worship next Sunday. March 15, the sermon theme is: "Love's Drawing, Changing Power." At the evening hour a film strip depicting the events of the Passion and Resurrection of Christ will be shown. Former Pastor To Lead Revival At Peaehtree The Rev. A. Bu^vell, former pastor, will be visitfyg evangelist in revival services mt Peaehtree Memorial Baptist Church beginn ing Sunday. These services are in cooperation with the Evangelistic Crusade, sponsored by the local church and seven major Baptist bodies through out America and Canada. Services will begin at 7:30 each evening. V. L. Alvii'. ii mcnitxr ?r ihe Chamber of Conim* i ivli j is lead ing (Ik* ilr vi' (<> i:ct ili<> project, call the law ";n>!i<;ti;ili I " Mr. AK'-crNOii 'jrit .it> plicatioit for aid will bo filod with the Federal Ilousinj Authority In linnta a.s ?*'on as the law is in iifcit. 'lm-if ti" ? ;ik( i( m.ty be uext fall bclmv [ii pi t ,m ?? ? nn derv-.iv ;.?> I'crhai . i?-\I spring btl'oiv > i . :n be gin cn .?;!)* buuvi.i. . Fi may lake longer than this, he pointed out. Hp said it is hoped llial the houses can be built in various locations rather than in any one spot. Mr. AI\rrson said a local hous'tig committee will be formed to study the needs of the area, to see liow many persons will live in the houses and where they should be built. After determining the needs and if the project is approved by the Federal Housing Authority, he con tinued. the local housing committer will issue 20-year bonds to covcr the cost of construction. The federal agency will advance funds to Ihe local committee for architec fees and planning. It is hoped. Mr. Alverson said, that about 50 houses will be ap proved. These houses will rent for less than regular bouses because the committee is not allowed to make any money on the houses. The bonds the committee will is sue will be endorsed by the Fed eral Government and the govern ment agency will aid the local com mmittees in marketing the bonds. The construction contract for the bouses, he said, will be awarded 1 on a bid basis. At present, he said, there is no exact idea as to the | total cost involved. Stockholders Vote Not To Merge Federation The Farmers Federation will not change names and will remain under the same management, acc-l ording to Don Ramsey, local man ger. The proposed merger of the Fed eration with the Farmers Cooper- , ative Exchange fell through when! two-thirds of the stockholders did > not approve the sale. A new board was ejected from those persons in the company who opposed the sale. Education Board Members Nominated In Bill Noah Hembree of Murphy and A. B. Chandler of Andrews were nominated in North Carolina House of Representatives recently to the Cherokee County Board of Educa tion. The bill was introduced by Rep. John M. Hargett of Jones. Each will serve six years. Begal Club Yo Meet The Regal Club w ilt meet Friday at 7:30 with Johnsie Nunn at the Henry House. PLANT VUG TECHNIQUES CHECKED . * ' ' ?> The muWNiii ?Mp kr*Ki<lte Iwmvm >>????< tow aa the