The Cherokee Scout
Dedicated ToiUrpliy Cherokee County
VOLUME 69 NUMBER <
MURPHY NORTH CAROLINA - THURSDAi, AUGUST 27. 1959 EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
FUBLISHED HEiiKLl
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Shopping trips for women are
Vonderful, but for children they
^metimes can become long and
drawn out experiences that are
"far from pleasant. That is if some
jibing doesn't happen to liven them
up a little. Take the shopping trip
*ol Mrs. Frank Robinson of
(Culberson and her 10 year old
sou Johnny. Job, any enjoyed his
"slipping trip aiier an incident
? occured at a local department
store. Johnny was getting a new
'pair of shoes and the clerk strained
< and pithed and pulled until the shoe
,?as on and asked how the shoe felt.
"It would feel pretty good I guess,
? Johpny answered, "if it was on the
fright foot." The clerk, in the excite
ment of selling a pair of shoes had
?put the shoe on the wrong foot.
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virgii jonnson
. Stars In
,Marine Movie
?i
Marine Sgt. Virgil Johnson of
'Murphy, plays the leading role in a
?flm. "Taiwan, Island Fortress",
, made recently on Tiawan and di.
? <iectcd -by Academy Award Winner
John Ford.
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The 40 minute film is scheduled
showing to Americans scheduled to |
? go to Taiwan and also for U. S. j
' television and movie theater aud
, iences.
? The films ^hows Taiwan, its nati.
' t ves at work and bome. bow Ameri
cans live &ad work there, and its
interesting places and things
' through the eyes of a serviceman,
^ ? played by Johnson.
[ ?' The Marine, from North Carolina,
son of Mrs. V. M. johson, 133 Grant
St., has served two years on Tai
"'"wan. After receiving his discharge
from service ttys month, he will
[ start studying dramatics in college.
? ' He has been stationed with the
? American Embassy on Taiwan.
Off - To - College Program
i Held By First Baptist
An off-to.college program wm,
conducted by the college young I
people of the First Baptist Church
on Sunday evening. August 23.
The students took part on the!
program.
A film entitled "The Spirit of.
Baptist Student Union" was shown
to J he group after which Miss
Frankic Martin gave a challenge to
"Putting Christ Into Your College
Life."
| Rev. Morris, the pastor, present
ed from the church to each student
| a year's subscription to the Bap
tist Student Magazine.
The students and the college
attending aie as follows: Harry
Duncan, Mars 11111; Lonnie Hoover,
Wake Forest; Junior Haney, West
ern Carolina; John Morris, Wake
Forest; Carolyn Bates, Truett Mc
Connell; Judiy Davis, University
of Georgia; Nancy Mills, Western
Carolina; Becky Rhodes, University
of Georgia; Annette White, Truett
McConnell; Bill Browning, Univer
sity of North Carolina; Linda
?Palmer, Grady Hospital; Bobby
Morris, Western Carolina.
Murphy Carnegie Library Receives Gift
Of Thirty Albums Of Classical Music
Thirty albums of classical re-,
ocrds were recently donated to tie
Murphy car>:egie Library by Mr
and Mrs. Willis Baker.
The albums, which compose the
majority of a valuable collection
accumulated by the Bakers during
a period of years, contain the works
of Brahms, Bach, Beethoven, Mo.
zart and other famous composers.
Among the collection are several
imported albums and a number of
rare single records.
Miss Jostphioe Heighway, librar
ian, in expressing appreciation for
the gift stated that the Baker's re
card collection in addition to a
collection given by Arthur Heinrich
several years ago now gives library
patrons a wide selection of classical |
music.
Records may be borrowed from
the library for one week by any
person who has attained the age of
fourteen years. They may be re
newed if there is no other request.
At this time there is no record
player in the library but interested
persons may donate toward the
purchase of a player through the
library's memorial fund.
Albums from the Baker collection
Combined Church Choirs To Present
Sacred Music Concert Sunday Evening
The Senior Choir of the First
. ' Methodist Church, assisted by sing- 1
ers from the choirs of the First
Baptist Church and the Murphy
Presbyterian Church will present a
v ? sacred concert on Sunday evening,
, August 30, at 8:00 p.m.
NThe Concert Choir will be under
the direction of Walter Carringer. 1
Mr. Carringer is presently em
ployed by the Haithcock Junior Col.
lege in New York State as Profes
sor of Voice and Director of Choral
I ' Music.
Be has bad wide experience in
1 L . ~
cnorai airccimg ana concen wore.
Two of the numbers which the
Choir will present consist of tenor
solos by Mr. Carringer with choral
accompaniment by the Choir.
The program will include well
known church anthems and aelec
, tions from the different periods of
i church music.
Ttje service is to be a unia ser.
vice between the three churches
which are participating, and friends
throughout the community are cor
dially invited to attend.
will be available for circulation in
the near future.
Andrews Schools
Open
For 59' Session
ANDREWS ? Andrews City Schools
opened for the 1959-60 school term
on Monday Aug. 24 with Teachcr
Orientation Day.
Forty-six teachers were present.
At the opening meeting the Rev. T.
C. Christmas, pastor of the And
rews First Baptist Church, conduct
ed the devotional. Also present
were Miss Sawyer, public health
nurse, and Mrs. Pauline Bault, con
sultant in guidance and counsel
ling.
Teachers meeting in the Individ
?1 schools were held on Monday
afternoon in preparation for Student
Teacher Orientation Day to be held
on Tuesday.
Mrs. Pauline Stalcup has been
elected to fill a seventh grade teach
er vacancy, to complete the facul
ty list for the Andrews Cit>
Schools.
Students wiH begin school with
a full schedule on Wednesday
Aug. 26.
Auxiliary Group
To
Hold Meeting
Members of the Providence Hos
pital will meet Monday, at 8 p.m
at hospital dinins room.
All members, both active and in.
active are urged to be present.
Each member is as.ted to invit .
a friend who might be interested it
the community cause supported by
the auxiliary. Hospitalized patients
appreciate the comforting visit
and friendly assistance of the wo
men of the auxliary, which is just
one of tiH> ways the members
serve.
Plans are under way for a benefit
party to be grven in early October
Date, time and place wiU be an
nounced in the Scout.
jjjf Compliment g of \
Collins - Crain
Department Store
Murphy's Newest And Most
Modern Department Store
MISS KATHERINE SUIUUVAOE, daugh
ter at Mr. aad Mr*. Joe Sumvtfe, Andrews
I Carolina Sweethearts Offered
Chance To Be On Television
Senior Class
Holds
Class Reunion
ANDREWS? The Andrews Higl
School senior class of 1951
held a reunion Saturday evening a
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willian
P. Walker.
The occassion marked the initial
class rcunfex and plans were mad
to hold a similar reunion tw
years hence at which time a pic
nic will be held with all member
of the families to be included a
well as friends.
Pictures were maae by Pitt Walk
er of the members of the class an
other group pictures were included
Also members of the class brought
snap shots made during the schoo
j years and since which causcd mcr
riment tlrough out the evening's
entertainment.
Another special feature was the
showing of slides by Mr. Walker of
the Wagon Train pilgrimage held
on the 4th of July.
Guests were greeted at the door
by Mrs. David Scarborough, (the
former Miss Jackie Ellard daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walker) and
arrangements of ummer flower h
Mrs. Sara Hyde. Attractive arrange
ments of summer flowers were
used tlyouhout the rooms.
Cake and punch was served from
an attractively appointed table. The
hostess was assisted by her daugh
ter in serving.
Class members present now scat
tered in many states were: Brownie
Parker, Jake Buchanan, Aletha 1
Matheson, George Pullium, Jane
Clark Lovingood, Charles Gibson.
Ella Mae Clark Mathis. Ruth Dilis
Roberts, Frank Conley Jr., Gladys
Hogan Webb, David Hoiloway,
Dan Hawk, Sara Clark Hyde, Jack
ie Ellard Scarborough, hhs bands,
wives and triends.
Savings Bond Sales
Continue To
Grow In County
E and H Savngs Bonds sales in
North Caroraia during July were
$3,690,103.96. Although this repre
sents a decrease of 2.9 per cent
over July 1968. Series E sales for
July remained appreciably the
Mme as July 1958 ($67.97 differ
ence).
In Cherokee County, sale* for
the month of July were $26,891.
For .the year to date $149,533.96;
which ia 61.1 per cent of the coun
ty's quota for 1958, according to W.
D WW taker, ChocM County
CAROLINA SWEE T HEARTS DANCE
Pictured On Earlie r Television Show
Marble Soldier
Arrive* In
Germany S
Army Pvt. Marcell Griggs, whose
wife, Thelma, and parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Grant U. G. Griggs, live in
.Marble, recently arrived in Ger
many and is now a .nemoer of the
18th Artillery.
Griggs, a radio-telephone oper .
tor in the artillery's Service Bat
tery in Darmstadt, entered the
Army in February 1959 aDd receiv
ed basic combat training at For
.lackson, S. C. He was last station,
ed at Fort Hood. Tex.
Before entering the Army, the
22-year old soldier was employed
by Owen-jy r.ianuracturlng Comp
an> . Andrews, He attended And.
rews High School.
Murphy Sailor
Complete*
Training Course
James &. Hembree, son of Mr
and Mrs. Woodrow L. Hembree o
Murphy, graduated from recrui
training Aug. IS at the Naval Train
ing Center. Great Lakes, HI.
The graduation exercises, mark
ing the end of nine weeks of "boo
camp", included a full dress parade
and review before military officials
and civilian dignitaries.
In nine weeks of instruction, the
"raw recruit" is developed into a
Navy Bluejacket, ready for duty
with the fleet.
Visitors' Night
Planned By
Catholic Chapel
There will be held a "Visitors'
Night" at Murphy's Catholic Chapel
on Sunday and Monday beginning at
8 p.m. j
The missionary preacher, the
Rev. Ken Hofman, will deliver the,
message. After the services there
there will be a conducted tour of
the chapel.
Many things that people often
wonder about will be explained.
Everyone is invited. Rev. Joseph
Dean, pastor of the local Catholic
Chapel, announced that visitors
without cars may call at the rec
tory for transportation by phoning
VErnon 7-2000.
GETS SCHOLARSHIP
Burke E. Moore, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cloe Moore, has recently been
granted one of two scholarships
given by the North Carolina State
Optometric Society.
He has completed two years of
pre-optometery at Mars Hill Col
lege and he will begin his profes
sional study at Illinois College of
Optometry this fall.
Vol ?noU
no*pt
Dear Mister Editor:
During the past few weeks, we have been hearing a great deal
about the law and such like in tl)is area.
This brings to mind the thought of highway patrolmen. As I
understand it, there are Just two patrolmen in this area to cover
the entire county. 1, for one. don't see bow two men can be expect,
g ed to cover the highways in tins section as well as they should.
Regardless of how good a Job tljey try to do and how dedicated
?; to their task, two men Just ain't enough to go around.
I'm sure everybody has had the experience of almost being run
oft the road by a nut driving like they wanted to kill themselves
and somebody else too. Maybe this could all be avoided if there
was enough highway patrolmen to go around.
^ These two men that are on duty now certainly have to sleep
sometimes and they can't stay on the Job during all waking hours.
And during the summer months when the roads are filled witti
tourist, it seems to be only common sense that a patrolmen be on
duty at leaat from ? a. m. until around
Sincerely,
1. D. Clare
Dancing Youngsters Capture Hearts
Of Television Executives At Florida
The Carolina Sweethears have returned from ReJdincton Beach. Fla.,
where they preformed before a group of television executives with
the promise of a return engagement and the chance to appear on at
least one national TV show.
Two Area Men
Hurt In
Truck Accident
ANDREWS? A truck driver swer
Acd to avoid striking two children
on U. S. 19 east of Andrews Friday
and rammed headon into a lighter
truck. Two men in the lighter ve
hicle were critically hurt.
State Highway Patrolman Ray
Heffner said the injured were U.
S. Forest Service employes, Harold
Long. 57, of Marble, and Bailey
Coleman, 43, of Murphy.
Coleman received a severe lacer
ation of the throat, and head and
body injuries, and Long sustained
facial and internal injuries.
Mr. Heffner said the accident
happened on the long Granny Squir
rel Hill two miles east of And
rews about 8:30 a.m.
He siaid Clyde Amos, 35, of An
drews was driving a State High
way Commission dump truck
loaded with gravel when J. C. Pos.
tell, 9, and his sister, Sheila Sue,
11, stepped from the shoulder of
the road onto the pavement and in
to the path, of his truck.
Amos swerved sharply to the left
I and into the path of the pickup'
truck.
Andrews Hospital
Receives j
Books As Gift
ANDREWS ? sixty books were
placed in the library of the District
Memorial Hospital last Friday bj
Mrs. Alice Wright Porter of Mur
phy librarian of the NantahaU
Regional library Service.
These books are to be placed on
the new mobile library cart, which
was presented to the hospital by
S. J. Gernert on behalf of the And!
rews Rotary Club at the meeting
last week of the trustees of the
hospital.
In addition to the gift of the cart,
books were presented also by per
sons in memory of the father of
Harry E. Shaw Jr., administrator
of the hospital.
The cart will be used to carry
books and magazines to patients in
the hospital. Reguests for books oth
er than the ones In collection
mentioned may be obtained daily
from the Regional service.
At Intervals boom will be placed
in the library. It was noted also
that memorial books may be plac
ed in the permanent library of the
hospital.
Murphy Garde*
Club Holds
Picnic, Swim
The Murphy Harden Club held
a picnic and swimming party on
Friday. August 31. at the home at
Mrs. Jack Wilson.
Mrs. Cecil Burgess was co-hostess
tor the affair.
Following the picnic a short
business mwlli| was Ml with
Mrs. John Smith, club pgmUmt.
The Murphy square dance team
was part of "The Smoky Mountain
Jubilee" staged by promoter Bob
Cox.
Mrs. Pete Stalcup, director of the
group said that Mr. Cox told them
tljat they would appear on either the
Kd Sullivan or Garry Moore telev
ision program. They would be paid
for this show and would be termed
professionals.
Mrs. Charles White, secretary of
the dancing group, said that the
youths will also be paid for their
return engagement at the Tides
Hotel in Florida.
Mrs. Salcup said the group was
met with an overflow crowd and
great ovations at each of their ex
hibition at the executives meeting.
The Carolina Sweethearts will re
turn to Henderonville next Satur
day Sept. S which they will defend
their square dancing championship
I at the Apple Fetival.
| The trip to Florida was made in
I cars belonging .to parents. Those
J parents making the trip were Mrs.
Guy Brittain, Mrs. Charles White,
Mrs. Lib Chastain, Mrs. Roscoe
Wilkins, Mrs. Tom Watson and
Mrs. Pete Stalcup. All expenses on
the trip were paid, according to
Mrs. Stalcup.
'Mrs. Stalcup says tljat "Murphy
can be proud of the children. The
manager of the hotel told us that
this was one of the best behaved
groups of children ever to visit the
hotel. We are looking forward to
going back."
Series Of Bridge
Parties Held By
Murphy Hostesses
Mrs. W. A. Hoover, Mrs. Holland
McSwaitt, r.ers. Edward Brumby,
and Mrs. Ruth Forsyth were host
esses at a series of bridge parties
recently.
Oil Monday evening August, 10, a
dinner bridge was held at the home
of Dr. and Mrs. Hoover. The twen
ty-four guests were served a buffet
supper on the patio, followed by an
evening of bridge.
High score prizes were awarded
to Mrs. Paul Hill, Mrs. Joe Ray,
Dr. B. W. Whitfield, and Mr. WU
liam Wishon. Mrs. Merle Davis and
Mr. John Bayless received the
floating prizes.
The hoateases entertained oa
Thursday. August 30, at a bridge
luncheon and on Thursday evening
?t a dessert bridge at the home
of Mrs. Edward Brumby.
Mrs. John Smith end Mrs. Frank
Morgan were high scorers et Mm
to high scorers at the individual
tables at fee dbsaert bridge.
A number of oat-oUvwa
were present at the
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at the hone of
Arte ?.