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VOLUME rn NUMW-41 ? MURPHY NORTH CAROLINA - THURSDAY, JULY M, IMS , EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED KK&KL1
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Things aren't always what they
seem. Such is the case with the
person in this picture. But, to see
if anyone can determine just who
posed for this shot. The Scout will
give one year's subscription to the
Scout free to the person who first
calls hi and tells this person's iden
ity. Just call the Cherokee Scout.
VE 7-2222, The person's family is
not allowed ts compete.
July Jury List
Announced By
Clerk Of Court
Following is the list of persons
drawn to serve on the Jury during
the one week term of Superior
Court set for July 27.
W. A. Truelove, Murphy; Ottjs
Wilson, Marble; W. B. Clonti, Mur
phy Route 4; M. M. Leatherwood,
Murphy Route 1; J. R. Beavers,
Unaka; Arthur Nichols, Culberson;
R. L. Wilkins, Murphy; James
Donald Hughes, Murphy Route 2;
Buster Taylor, Unaka, Violet
Route; Charlie Beavers, Culberson
Route 2; John A. Hampton, Culber
son Route 2; Herbert G. Morrow,
Unaka; James Gries tamer, Mar
ble; John H. Brendle, Murphy Route
4; Lake Graham, Murphy Route 4;
Hoyt Walker, Murphy Route 4;
John A. Hall. Murphy Route 4;
D. C. Carpenter, Andrews; Henry
Messer, Andrews; J. P. Raster, An
drews; Fred W. Davis, Murphy;
Monroe Garrett, Marble; Earl
Whitaker, Andrews; Robert Lee
Kluelburg. Culberson; Elmer Tay
lor. Murphy Route 1; H C. TUsoo.
Culberson; Ernest Griggs, Marble;
B. H. Brumby, Murphy; E. C.
XllpaMck. Murphy; Emory
8U*ld?. Culberson Route 2; John
McMillan, Unaka; Sidney Radford.
Murphy Rout* JTOlen Radford,
Murphy Rout* I; Vincent tPulltan,
Andrews; Dennis Shields, Culber
son; G rover C. Mauney, Murphy
Rout* 1.
WW 1 VETERANS
PLAN **
Nirphy Meeting
Barracks 906 of World War 1
veterans will meet July 20 at 7:10
p.m. at Cherokee County Court
.taw.
The Hon. T. S. Candler of the
PW*rior Cam will be speaker for
<*e meeting.
, Th* public to tovitad to attend.
GREETS FAMILY
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Sergeant Henry L. Martin, ma of Mrs. Jewel 8. Martin of ,
Murphy, Route 2, welcomes hi* wife, Vivian, and children, Janei, ,
Steven and Daniel, as they arrive at Port Buckner, Okinawa, on
Jane ltth from the United States. Mrs. Martin, who had not seen
her husband for three months, made the voyage with her young sons
and daughter aboard a Military Sea Transportation Service vessel,
the General Hugh J. Gaftey. Sergeant Martin is assigned to the
U. S. Army Ordnance Gro?p, Rynkyu Islands, as a mechanic in
the 137th Ordnance Company.
Grape Creek Man
Arrested After
Shooting Auto
Sheriff Claude Anderson reported
that Clarence ClarSt, approximately
"25, of Grape Creek section, was ar.
rested Sunday after he fired three
shots into the rear of a moving
car.
He was released on $700 bond,
Mr. Anderson said.
The sheriff said there was no ap
parent reason for the shooting, ex
cept that Clark was drinking.
No one was injured in the shoot
ing.
Mr. Anderson said the car had
stopped to pick up a man and as it
pulled away, Clark fired three shots
into the rear of the auto.
GI Loan Rates
UppedTo
5K Per Cent
The maximum interest rate that
may be charged on GI loans is now
5V? per cent, eterans Administra
tion said.
Previously the maximam was
4% per cent but the new rate be
came effective on July 2.
VA direct loans will also carry
the increased rate, but the new rate
does not apply to loans previously
closed or already in existence, VA
emphasized.
The Increased rate* were based
on provisions of Public Law M.7S
which waa approved by the Presi
dent on June 30.
Loans closed on or after the ef
fective date of July 2, 1968 may
carry the new rate unless the lend
er had made a commitment to
grant the loan at a lower rate, VA
said. , \ ,
The new law also authorized the
Administrator of Veterans Attain
to request an additional $100 mil
lion for direct bousing loans to ve
terans.
* VA'saWNTui^ JS.'lMO is the dead
i line for World War 11 veterans to
api% for GI loans and Korea, veter
ans have until February 1. 1986.
Mrs. Roy Deane
Honored
With Shower
ANDREWS ? Mrs. Roy Deane,
the former Miss Verdie Mae Harp
er, of the district hospital staff was
honored with a miscellaneous show
er it the home M Mrs. Waroe
Mintz on Saturday evening. Miss
Ellen Davis was co-hostess.
After the opening of gifts the
hostesses served refreshments.
Education Board
Meets
At Andrews
ANDREWS ? Trie Board of Educa
tion of the Andrews City Schools
met on Friday night, July 10. at
the office of the superintendent,
with all members present except
Bruce Lunsford of Marble.
Mrs. Ernest Trantham was re
elected to her position as secretary
in the Superintendent's office for
the 1959-60 school year.
Other items o( business included
the election of Miss Geneva Chas
tain of the Martin's Creek commun
ity to teach first grade at the Mar
ble Elementary School and Miss
Mary Ruth Gibson of Andrews to
fill a seventh grade vacancy in the
Andrews Elementay School.
The Board has received the re
signation of Mrs. O. A. Reschke,
science teacher in the Andrews
High School, because of her hus
band's recent bad health. The re
sulting vacancy and the principal
ship of the Andrews Elementary
School a re the only positions yet
to be filled on the (acuity of the
school ?wu
The Board expect* no difficulty
In finding qualified persons for
these two positions, since a number
of applications nave been received.
In other action, the Board ap
proved the closing of the Superin
tendent's office on Monday and
Tuesday, July 13 and 14, since
Mrs. Trantham will be on vaca
tion and Superintendent C. O.
Frailer will be in Raleigh on school
SINGING PLANNED
There will be a Fourth Sunday
Sing July IB at Bear Paw Union
Church at ?? p.m.
AH singers invited to
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Board Of Commission Hear
Offer lo Cut Watershed Timber
George Lovingood, 81, Dies At His
Home Tuesday After Long Illness
ueorge Lovingood. m. of Mur
>hy died at 5 a.m. Tuesday at
be home following a long illness.
Mr. Lovingood was the son of
he late Benjamin F. and Clarinda
Sates Lovingood, pioneer families
>f this section. He was a retired
nerchant and farmer and was a
nember of Cherokee Lodge 146, AF
and AM, of Murphy.
Mr. Lovmgood was a prominent
merchant in Cherokee County for
several years.
Services were held at 4 p.m. Wed
nesday in the While Church with
the Rev. J. Alton Morris, pastor
jf Murphy First Baptist Church,
the Rev. Thomas Truett and the
Rev. Oscar Winkler officiating
Burial was in the church cemetery
Masonic rites were held at the
grave.
Pallbearers were John O'Dell,
Dock Ramsey, Frank Bristol, Fred
Johnson, Ross and Rollin Dockery,
Charlie Radford and George Walls.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Dora Treadway Lovingood; two
daughters, Mrs. Bertha Bates and
Mrs. Maggie Anderson, both of Mur
phy; four sons, Roy of Murphy,
Homer of Springfield, Ohio, Vernon
of Gastonia and Jack of Henderson
ville; 11 grandchildren; IS great
grandchildren; and two sisters,
Mrs. B. B. Palmer and Mrs. J. F.
Palmer, bo|h of Marble.
Townson Funeral Home was is
charge of arrangements.
Murphy Civitan Club Elects Officers
And Names Committees For 1959-60
Following is a list of officers and
committees recently elected to
serve the Civitan Club of Murphy
for 1959-60.
President, W. T. Brown; Presi
dent! Elect, John Jordan; Vice
President, Keuneth Davis; Second
Vice Pre side lit, Howard Martin;
Secretary, Hugh Brittain; Treasur
er, Ray Joseph; Sergeant of Arms,
Ralph Rhodes; Chaplain, Walter
Puett;
Board of Directors: C. L. Alver
son, Walter Coleman, Dr. J. N
Hill, L. L. Mason, Bunch Nugent,
Ben Palme:, Paul Ridenhour.
Program Committee: S. S. Wil
liams, Coordinator.
First Monday: Second Six Months,
Chester Lawsbfl, Walter Puett,
Kenneth Davis.
Third Monday: First Six Months,
Paul Ridenhour, Don Ramsey,
W. Palmer.
First Monday: Second Siv Months,
Howard Martin, L. L. Mason, A.
G. Quinn.
Third Monday: Second Six
Months: C. L. Alverson, Sam Har
din, Ralph Rhodes.
Fellowship: Ralph Rhodes. Chair
man, Bunch Nugent, A. J. Headrick,
W. E. Craig, L. L. Mason.
Boy Scout Committee: John Jor
dan, Chairman; Don Ramsey, Dr.
George Dyer, Ben Ragsdale.
Fruit Cake S a le : Ray Moore,
Chairman.
Membership: Sam Davidson,
Chairman; A. G. Quinn, Chester,
Law son. S. S. WUUams, WalUr
Coleman.
Publicity: Paul Ridenhour,
Chairman, Howard Martin, Harry
Seamon.
Sports: Dr. W. R. Gossett,
Chairman, Don Phillips, Nat Kin
ney, L. R. Harding, Jim Ed Hugh.
es.
Project Committee? Group One:
L. R. Harding, P. J. Henn, John
Donley, Roy Lovingood. Hugh
Abies.
Group Two: Don Phillips, Chair
man. Kenneth Davis. Ronald Res.
sel, Lillard V alker, M. P. Wells.
Awards and Scholarship: Walter
Puett, Chairman, Ralph Rhodes,
Howard Martin, John Jordan.
Civitan Booth: Ben Palmer,
Chairman, Hugh Brittain, Dr. A.
J. Headrick, A. G. Quinn, Bunch
Nugent, Hugh Abies.
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Offer
11 D CLARE
The Editor ?
Cherokee Scout
Murphy, N. C.
We are grateful to you for the publicity which you save to ear
Wagon Train Celebration. We appreciate, very much your coopera
tion in giving space to news bulletins and other items of interest
during the days and weeks that we were making plana for oar
Wagon Train Project.
In connection with this we would also like to thank all Commit
tee Chairmen. Committee Members and all other citizens at this
area (or their wonderful cooperation and support. Although the
work in making plans for the celebration waa very difficult at times
we found it a pleasure to have the cooperation of to many fine
people. Without this interested cooperation our celebration would
dot have been such a great success.
(Ed. NOTE: I. D. Clare's letter will return to this Spot mat
week.)
Sincerely yours.
Holland McSwaln, Chairman
Jack Dickey, Co-Chairman
Murphy Catholics
Plans
Outdoor Services
Murphy's Catholic Chapel will be
. gin outdoor services in the Rang
er - Culberson area on Friday,
July 17th.
The Gospel Harmony Quartet will
be led by Brother Charles Kennedy
of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Scripture reading and night
ly sermons wll be delivered by the
Revs. John Carrigan and William
Bow of Russellvllle, Kentucky.
The evening services will be con.
ducted Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, July, 17, 18, and 19th on
highway 64, ten miles west of Mur
phy on the edge of the Notla Farm.
Services will begin at 7:30 p.m.
and wil lend with a religious movie
The Rev. Joseph Dean, pastor of
the local chapels, announced that
visitors are welcome to attend,
either as part of the open air con
gregaiton, or as spectators in their
congregation, or as spectators in
cars on the side lines.
The foUow up program, after the
outdoor services come to an end,
will consist in weekly information
classes in Ranger and Culberson to
explain Catholic beliefs and cus
toms to the local neighbors who
express any interest in obtaining
such information.
Homecoming Set
For
Craftsman Fair
The last week in July will be
home-coming for the Craftsman's
Fair in Gatlinburg. The first Fair
was also held in the Eastern Ten.
nessee mountain resort. The year
was 1948.
Sponsored by the Southern High
land, Handicraft Guild, it was the
the first such event ever staged in
the south. It was a success, and the
Guild has repeated it every sum
mer.
Many of the same weavers, po
tters, basket makers and wood
carvers, metal workers and vege
table dyers who took part in the
j first will be on hand for the 12th.
| More than 100 craftsmen will dis
play more than 40 crafts, tradition,
al and modern, in sales booths,
demoostations and exhibits of com.
plete rooms furnished with crafts,
as well as folk dancing and the
baUad singing of Jean Ritchie,
both popular attractions at the
first Fair.
Talks and demonstrations by nat
ionally known experts in their
fields such as LUi Blumenau, Dan.
el Rhodes and Charles Jeffery are
a new feature this year.
Another is a rare showing of In
dian artifacts just assembled. Allen
Eaton, authority on all folk arts oi
this and other lands, will speak
daily, as be has at every Crafts
man'* Fair.
Officials of the 300-member organ,
lzation are preparing for an atten
dance of at leaat 12,60*; me num
ber lait year exceeded 12,000. The
event wll be offered in the town's
new modern Civic Center, worth
vsitlng in Itself. The doors will be
open from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m.
Monday through Friday, July 27th
through 31st.
The first Craftsman's Fair of the
Southern Highlands drew over 8,
000 visitors; last year the figure
had doubled, la 1948 tie Guild which
sponsors the Fair had 119 Individ
ual members and 19 (craft produc
ing centers; today there are MS
individuals and 40 "center" mem
bers; each of the latter employing
ma ay craftsmen. At the time of
the first rair the Guild bad only
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So* pi aevotw exclusively to
marketing members'. Now (tan
are*
Bemis Company Says Town Would
Get About $25,000 For Timber
The Town Board of Commissioners mel Monday night in regular
session and heard an offer from Bemis Lumber Co. in Robbinsville
to cut the timber from Murphy's watershed.
The Commissioners took the offer under consideration. A Bemis
representative sajd the price for the lumber would be approximately
$25,000.
MEETING SET
Montgomery Lodge 426 will meet
Saturday at 7:30 p.m. to work on
Third Degree.
All Master Masons are invited
to attend. Refreshments will be
served.
Draft Board
Seeks
Carl R. Davis
Anyone knowing the whereabouts oi
Carl Robert Davis son, of Mrs. Men
nice (Fred) Davis, is urged to con
tact the lixral board of the Selective
Service System.
Davis is subject to be classified
as delinquent according to the local
board. His last known address was
Murphy Route 3.
Three men were forwarded to
Knoxville. Tenn July 13 for induca
tion into the armed forces.
They wire Afrin Kephart, John
Jake Johnson and Kenneth Jenkins.
Fourteen Girls
Attend George
Truett Camp
Fourteen First Baptist Junior
girls left {or Girl's Auxiliary Camp
Monday.
The camp is held at the George
W. Truett Camp at HayesvUle.
Tljey will return Friday afternoon.
Those who are attending the
camp are Mildred Dockery, Janice
Dockery, Margaret Ann Robertson.
Linda Robertson, Maiy Arden Davis
Carla Beth Stiles. Peggy English,
Ann Caldwell, Virginia Reece, I
Marsha hamsey , Martha Ann I
Bates, Rudy Brown and Barbara
Cayior.
Junior Boys will attend tbe camp
from July 21 through 24 and Inter
mediate Boys will attend tbe camp
from July 27 through 31.
Tbe Brotherhood Picnic is sched
uled for Truett Camp July 21 at
8 p. m.
The Mission Revival, now being
conducted, is being delivered by the
Revs. Albert Ostwalt and Rowe
Teague.
Women's Clubs
To Aid Volunteer
Health Agencies
ANDREWS? L oeal clubwomen
will be Interested to knew that tbe
recent ansa at convention of the
General Federation of Women's
Clubs adopted a resolution in sup
port of the major national volun
tary health agencies, according to
the chairman of the Cherokee Coun
ty Heart Committee.
Through Its sponsorship by tbe
North Carolina Heart Association,
the Cherokee Heart Committee Is
affiliated with the American Heart
Association, one of the major health
agencies hovered by tbe Ftttem
tlon resotetksn.
Other national ocisnlialtons
which have taken similar action ia
' elude (ht American Medical Asso
. elation, tht American Callage of
I Surgeons, and the Association of
I American Mcdtcsl Onllsgni It wm
In other business, the Commis
sioners complimented Charlie John
son, town clerk, and the traffic de
partment for the method in which
the traffic was handled during the
Wagon Train Celebration.
The Commissioners entered into
the record a resolution stating that
there was a need for a new sec
tion to be opened at Sunset Ceme
tery. If a new section is opened, it
will mean that several graves will
have to be moved to provide a
road to the site.
It was agreed by the commission
ers that an accounting firm would
be called in to help prepare the
town budget for the coming year.
The budget must be approved by
the end of this month.
J. H. Duncan, finance chairman
of the Wagon Train Committee ap
peared be*>i? the Commissioners
and requested that the town pur
chase the flags that had been used
for the Wagon Train Celebration
decoration.
Mr. Duncan said the committee
only wished to meet expenses and
that the flags would be sold to the
town as cheaply as possible.
The flags and bunting originally
cost $396.
Breece Breland
Opens Dentist
Office Here
Dr. Breece Breland, a recent gra
duate of the Dental School of the
University of North Carolina, open
ed an office this week for the prac
tice of dentistry in the Mauney
Professional Building.
Dr. Breland. a native of Holly
Hills, S. C. was gaduated from
Furman Univesity, Greenville. S. C..
with a B. S. degree In biology
and chemistry and received his
D. D. S. at Chapel Hill in June
He and his wife, the former
Joyce Colemen, and their two child
ren, Melissa and Coleman, are re
siding at the former W. M. Lay
residence.
Republicans Set
Party Meet
Next Tuesday
There will be a comity wide meet
ing of the Republican Party at
Cherokee County Courthouse Toes,
day at 7:30 p. m.
County Chairman E. E. Stiles
?aid that tarty matters win be
discussed.