Cherokee Scout
Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County
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THURSDAY. AUGUST 20, 1959
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
FCBL1SHKD HEriKLI
BecrMtioa
im^ees Loaded
/
tith Degrees
'The llurphy Summer Recreation
nJkrogr?m employees, who operate
(J*e ewtmmlng pool and all other
recreation (acuities at the ball parte
except Little League Baseball, are
&rally loaded with college de
"Jfrees.
'Together the staff of five men
Mod one woman have had 20 years
M college work and six college de.
?f John Jordan, director in charge of
program, hold his BS and MA
^)egroes in Education and Admin
istration.
m
t John Thompson, holds BS and
MA degree In science and he is in
Surge of the purification and fil
iation of the water system, as well
JM the finances of the Swimming
. Jrooi.
t?
Chuck McConnell holds BS and
*A degrees in physical education
and is in charge 01 the ^mnasium
jfpa outdoor program.
? i Hubert Sneed and Bill Browning,
lifeguards, have three and two
J^ars college work respectively.
Ranch - Type Home
To Be
Constructed
t ANDREWS ? Construction of a
ranch-type home will be built on
' Aquone Road next to the Joe Kt
lfhourl property It
jfcunced following gra
ahciiig which is in prog
? jThe home will be built ?
Conner of (he Home Missloii
&hio. He plans to occupy the home
&hen it is completed.
Msgr. Conner^has traveled. ex*
tensively, lnc^Hg visifc to the
Moly Land, .
,, Permission- be granted to the
Catholic (Ag- of Murphy for the
use e rooms to hold ser
Meet... L L
Mason
NO. t IN A SERIES
L. L. Mbaoii Mayor of Murphy,
marries former Dorothy Nix Snow
of Asheviile. Attended Mars Hill
College, Wake Forest College, Wake1
Forest Law School, Claude L.
Love Law School, Past Bar exam
ination in Aug. 1950. Elccted mayor
of Murphy 1952, has served three
terms. Is County attorney. Mason ^
and member and director of Civitan
Club. Secretary of local Bar Asso-:
ciation. Member North Carolina
and North Carolina State Bar Asso.
ciation. He has two children, John
ny Snow, 14 and Janic Lee, 4. Mr.
and Mrs. Mason and family make
their home on Valley fiiver Avenue.
He was born Dec. 17,1924, a son1
the late L. L. Mason Sr. and Mrs.
Mason. He attended Murphy City |
schools.
American Legion
Auxiliary Covered
Disk Supper Set
^
?- Trs S: c. SurgeSSTamily wllf be
host to the American Legion Auxi-|
j. liary and American Legion annual
coVexed dish "supper Tuesday. Au- 1
gust 25 at *<1:30 p.m. at the Burgess
Farm a^Marble.
All members are invited to at- ;
tend and to bring their families. |
Those wishing to swim are asked
to come early.
* I
Speaker for the event will be.
Margaret Ann Wilcox, this year's
representative to Girl State.
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Murphy High School Bulldogs Begin
Work For Coming Football Season
Presbyterian Methodist Young People
To Unite In Youth Activities Week
The young people of the Mur
phy Presbyterian Church and the
First Methodist Church will unite
in a Youth Activities Week begin
ning Thursday night, August 29.
and continuing through Sunday
night, August 23. ,!
The Thursday night meeting
will be at the Methodist Church at
7:30, and the Friday night meeting
will be at the Presbyterian Church. ?
Plans include a hamburger try
a: tlio Campbell Folk School uu Sal.
unlay uiglit.
The theme which has been chosen
for the older jouiik people is
"Making my Vocati on Christian."
'1 lie intermediates will discuss the
topic "The Meaning of the Christ
ian Faiiti."
All young people in the commun
ity 1 10111 the ages oi twelve and
up Will be welcome at the meetings.
Fall From Truck
Fatal
To Child, 5
KOBBINSVli.Lt. Will lain Hoy
Bridges, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hoylc Bridges of Kobbinsvillc was
injuried fatally late last Wednesday
afternoon wiien he fell from the
rear of a truck near his home.
The child suffered head injuries
and was taken to an Andrews hos
pital where he died at 11 p. in. Wed
nesday.
Services were conducted at 2:30
I pant at the home.
The Re\^TBoyd Eller and the
Rev. Clarence Adams officiated.
Burial was in the Men Cemetery.
fn addition to the parents, the
child is survived by five brothers,
Ray Bridges, in the Army in Ger
many, and Jerry, Leonard, Larry
and Charles, all of the home; and
four sisters, Miss Nancy Bridges
of Waynesville, and Mary, Ruth and
Katrina Bpdges, all of the home.
Townsen Funeral Home, Murphy,
was in'cKlar^c of arrangements.
* **** ' T". WON'T BE LONG NOW " ~ J\
* The doors of Murpby school* open AufM X lor ?tr* IMMD term. It is expected that aome 1,600 students
wUl be enrolled la the Murphy School unK along wKfa approximately 1180 in the County unit. This includes
.both high school and elementary. Ibown aatertng echoal building abov* |g Ortar I via, Susara I vie and
Ma**, .
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Sw iitiuiiiiK I'ool
To Close
August 30
11. L. McKecver, chairman of ilic
Murphy Summer Kee real ion Hoard,
' announced .Monday that the Swim
ming I'ool would not be open alter
' August 30.
John Jordan, dircclor announc
ed that during the past summer O
! persons had registered for the be
1 ginners swimming class or child
i reus class, and ui addition, 30 ad ul
| women had registered lor the Airs
? U eorge Size Swunming eiass. Then
were 15 swimmers registered in
\ to course in advance swimming,
water safety, and diving.
During the summer the Murphy
Swimming I'ool attracted swun
mers from Andrews, llaycsvillc,
| and near by Georgia Counties as
' well as tourists.
ENLISTS
Jean burgess, daughter of Mr.
I j mi Mrs. Jim Burgess of Murphy
i Koine Z is shown following her
? I
I ' .liiUnent m the WAVES recently!
I I "4
. j in Columbia, S. C. The new WAVE
| graduated from Murphy High ,
1
! School in l'jjji and attended Berry
! I
College, Mt. Berry. Ga. this pasti
year. She is undergoing training at
the Naval Training Center, Bain
bridge, Md.
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To The Editor:
Cherokee 5*. out
-Vlu ;:n Carolina
Dear Editor:
ri.is summer X ?iad Ihe privilege of living and working in your
area lor approximately six week, a> tempoiary head of Uie iNatah
aia liegional Library. This was a particularly enjoyable experience,
and 1 would like to say that I have not seen the friendliness of the
town oi Aiurpny surpassed aiiywiiere, ami the beauty of the sur
rounding country is something that should be seen by everyone
troiu Last, Wesi, Monl) 01 aouiii.
I roin my many years ol experience in county and regional library
work, 1 would also like to say mat in your regional library setup
you have an uusually line organization, witii a dedicated staff, a
good basic collection, cooperative librarians in tne member
libraries, aim a good, new uookmouiie. This is a service organiza
tion supplying books, processing, and auwsoiy services to all the
town iiotai ics in Caetokee, Clay aud ut'anam Counties, ineiu Jing
rviurphy s owu Carnegie lioary. it was my impression tnat there
is a widespread lacK oi knviweuge oi just wnat ,ue ixan.ahala Keg
loi.a/ Lutary is, wnere it is, waui n uocs, and tne reiauonsmp it
bears to tiie to.vn iioiaucs. iflis is a iicaaqoatiers unit, now nuus
eo in d separate uuiuung i-on: inc Mu rjAiy library ; it s activities
art numerous; it is tne iiteitne oi buohj, magazines, and itciimcal
services caaiiueied to ue puoiic inrou^u its memoer liorary ouiie.a.
?V. pie.st.iu ioo uuie ui iutt suppOi i oi iiiis regional iioiaiy service,
Woiku iia^? otcu luiiciiauiag ill your taicc cutuu.es siucts i'Jir,
evauti. ii out local lunus ot tin to tounuts. -Almost inree-tourtns
vi i, eoiuto ii Mil uie o.ate ana l> sUojeet >o cuau^iug conoiuons in
u>e iegua,uie. Because state money can De useo oniy tor cer
tain ?jilUbo allu xueai iilo..cj 101 wine, J, Willi iae lit ills not lUiel'*
cuaii^eaoie, operations aie eilen nauon-appta oy tne iacfc oi local
1U11US.
i.oi ui-couniy area ha., a veiy outstanding regional system
w lucu eau liiipi^ve ill tut qua.iiuy aua quality oi us soivicts ouiy
as tat taxpayeis lena u uirtr unproveu support. 1 oeneve your
area is a piugitssitc one, an J l nope ulal you anu your iui<?,
piogiessive pe^iuc wui inaKe n a pom. to increasingly avail you, -
selves ol uoraiy services tlial are mere tor you tree for the asking,
ana that you will muse it possiole lor .Namahala Kegional Library
to maintain and increase its good reputation by your continued and
increasing support. To anyone wl?o uocs not believe library service
is worto it. li reccimmend one day as a visitor on the bookmobile.
Sincerely.
Eleanor F. Brown
Librarian
Deschutes County Library
Bend, Oregon
ED NOTE: 1. D. Clare's leMer will return to this spot next week. i
First Methodist
Church Tells
July Honor Roll
The First Methodist Church School
honor roll (or July is as follows:
'Nursery: Rebecca Quinn, Robert
Scott, Bobby Forsyth, Mrs. Gay
Davidson, Mrs. W. B. Johnson and
Joe Lochaby.
Kindergarten: Sharon Lochaby,
Bill McKeever. Karen Watson and
Mrs. Hugh Howard.
Primary I: Donna Wilson and
Steve Wells. Primary H: Waynt
Wells and Benny Scott. Primary III:
Sunny Carter. Ellen Davis and Miss
Adclla Meroney.
Junior IV: Tommy Clark, Diane
Wilkins, Freddie Lochaby, Betsy
Scott and Judy Quinn. Junior V:
Elaine Martin and Jan Davidson
Junior VI: Judy Brittain. Ann Loch
aby, Wayne Watson, Jane Whitley,
Mickey Holland, and Mrs. L. F.
Lochaby.
Intermediates: Dean Anderson,
Virginia Wells and Billy Forsyth.
Seniors: Linda Houts, Kay David
son, Lynn Whitley, Phil Mattox and
Bobby Weaver.
Young Adult Class: Merle Davis,
Martha Davis and Helen Lochaby.
Mens Bible Class: Jim Greene,
Paul Hyatt, Hugh Howard, A. Q.
Ketner. Frank Taylor, Hugh
Brittain, Alden Coward, Jerry
Davidson, John W. Davidson. Rev.
W. F. Elliott, Howard Martin and
Frank Mauney.
Law Of Gravity
May Slow Down
Latin Athletes
The law of gravity may take some
inches off the records of Latin
American athletes when they com
pete in the Pan-American Games
in Chicago.
To most sports fans, Newton and
Einstein are out of their elemen
on the playing field. But the Bool
Encyclopedia explains that the
force of gravity ? which keeps
third base on the ground and pre
vents a high jumper from clearing
the moon ? varies over the earth's
surface. It gets weaker as one
travels toward the equator or far
ther above sea level.
This means that a javelin thrown
in the Panama Canal Zone would
travel Shi inches farther than in
Madison, Wisconsin. It would travel
about one foot farther than at the
North Pole.
A broad jumper would leap i/8
inches farther in Texas than he
would in Massachusetts. And a
shot-put thrown 50 feet in Finland
would travel an inch farther in
Rome.
The upshot is that most Latin
American athletes will be fighting
stronger gravity in Chicago. All
Jther conditions being equal, it
might be difficult to set any re
cords over those established in the
second Pan-American Games held
in Mexico City in 1965.
The capital of Mexico sits on a
High plateau more than 7,000 feet
above sea level, and not too Car
Tom the equator. Chicago, many
iegrees north of the equator, barely
Jeeps its feet dry at 600 feet aboye
iea level.
The best place for setting records
>robably would be in Lima Peru.
Nestled in equatorial mountains,
..ima has the world's -weakest grav
ty.
Of course, the variations of Moth
er Earth give no tide aa advantage
n a particular contest. But, tbeoret
cally, they could foul up intent
ional records.
What do the gentlemen with tape
neasures do about all this? They
gnore it. They figure it will aQ
xane oat right in tke ?d.
Coach McConnell Says He Cannot
Be Optimistic About Coming Season
Fifty two high school boys have started practice lor the Murphy High
School Bulldog's first game scheduled for September 4 against Andrews
High Scl)ool at Andrews.
With four first string leyermen back from last year, Coach Chuck
McConnell said he cannot be optimistic about t<ie coming season.
I
Lola J. Freeman
Wins Power Board
Free Vacation
Mrs. Lola J. Freeman, 108 Shaw
Street. Athens, Alabama, won the
top award of $1000 in cash or a
free vacation for two in Nassau in
the "Lei's Take A Vacation" air
conditioning program sponsored by
the Tennessee Valley Public Power
Association throughout the Tennes
see Valley.
The drarwing for the top prize in
thif program was made at 2
p.m., August 3, in the lobby of the
Tennessee Valley Public Power As
sociation offices in Chattanooga,
Tennessee, from thousands of en
tries from the whole Tennessee
Valley area.
J. Wiley Bowers, executive sec
retary of the association, said thati
Mrs. Freeman chose to take the
$1,000 in cash and was "very happy
and excited." Bowers added that
Mrs. Freeman and her husband,
Edward Freeman, have just moved
into a new house and that accord
ing to Mrs. Freeman "the money
will come in mighty handy."
Bowers said that 78 distributors
of TVA power and electric appliance
dealers in seven states took part it
the "Let's Take a Vacation" resi
dential air conditioning program.
The program ran from May IS
through July 18, and any consumer
of the participating distributors of
TVA power could register for the
prizes.
The program also featured a free
electric air conditioner given away
locally by each participating ds
tributor and a $10 cash bonus paid
Presidential consumers who bought
room air conditioners during the
program.
Mrs. Freeman registered with the
Athens Electric Department. John
D. Marlin, Jr., is manager of this
system.
Those returning are Manuel Mc
Donald. Frank Hill, R. G. Hembreo
and Virgil Decker.
So far, Mr. McConneH said, there
has been no injuries during prac
tice.
Mr. McConnell said that And
rews should be more than ready
lor the opening game of the season.
Andrews last year took the state
class A championship after an un
defeated season. They tied one
game with Sylva.
"Andrews should be in better
shape this year than last," Coach
McConnell said. "And they will
probably have better material," he
said.
The Bulldogs will face the same
season this year as last. They won
five, lost four and tied one game
last year.
Coach McConnell said that one
of the main faults with this year's
team prospect is that the boys are
young and has never played foot
ball.
He said that if the midget football
league that has been suggested be
comes a reality, then it should add
to the future prospects of the team.
Following is a schedule of the
Bulldogs games: Sept. 4, And-,
rews at Andrews; Sept. 11 Sylva
at Sylva; Sept. 18, West Fanniq at
Murphy; Sept. 23, Robbinsville at
Murphy; October 2, Swain at Mur.
phy; October 9 Hayesvillc at Hay
esville; October 16, Cherokee at
Cherokee; October 23, Franklin at
Franklin; October 30, Andrews at
Murphy; Nov. 6, Hayesville at
Murphy.
American Legion
Sets '
August Meeting
Joe Miller Elkins k American
Legion Post 96 of Murphy will
hold itf regular meeting at the
Cherokee County Courthouse at 7:30
p.m. Friday.
Mrs. Nora Cobb White Spencer, Aunt
Of Baseball Great, Dies In Hospital
Mrs. Nora Cobb Spencer, 79,
an aunt of baseball's immortal Ty
Cobb, died at 5 p.m. Friday in a
hospital here following a long ill
ness.
She was the youngest of six child
ren born to William Herschel Cobb
and Mary Elizabeth Cobb at the
old John F. Cobb homestead nine
and a half miles south of here.
The house is now approximately ISO
years old.
Mrs. Spencer taught school for
45 years; 31 of them In her home
community of Martin's Creek, and
also taught music at her home up
to her final illness.
She had served at Murphy High
School in addition to doing her!
school work la her borne common.!
tty. Mrs. Spencer also wrote
poetry, which was published, and a
manuscript, "Cobb Creek," which J
was not published. ? concerns the
community in which the Cobb I
is located.
One took of hi
from the OH Cobb
was published by Stephen* Fraaa of
Asherille. She MUM it to tor
? -i I mMi i r 'il frlYd
Mrs. Spencer was educated at the
old Bellview School, which had been
founded by her brother. John. Mar
shall Cobb; and Holhrook Normal
College, wich awarded her diplomas
In music and literature. In 1906. she
married Edwin Gray White, a com
poser and teacher of violin and
piano, who had been blind since
boyhood. He died in 1940. Later she
married Thomas Spencer, a British
marine engineer, who died in 1949.
Though childless herself, she
reared and educated a girl and two
boys, and saw to the education of
two other children.
Services were held at II a.m.
Tuesday in the NOtla Baptist
Church. ,
The Rev. Fred Stiles officiated.
Burial waa la the drarch ceme
tery.
Surviving are a brother, t.
Daniel Cobb of AUaata and several
Nieces aad nephews.