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The Cherokee Scout Dedicated To Promoting Cht %? County VOLUME W NUMBER? U MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCTOBER B. >9^ TEN PAGEH THIS WEEK PUBLISHED NORTH CAKOI.I.N A SWEETHEAR TS SHOW THEIR NEW COSTUME Oanrr Group Second Trip To Florida Diling Christmas Holidays North Carolina Sweethearts Plan Return Engagement To Fla. Hotel The North Carolina Sweethearts a'e Nccir. nc recognized for their performances. They lia\e been invited for a return engagcnwnt to the Tides Hotel at Itcddington Beach, St. l?t bur;:, lb. i n Uec. 23 - 20. This announcement was made thii week b> M.'s. iV.e btakup, di- ; cectoi. The dance group will be part of i the "Christmas Holiday Showcase." j Several other area performers have I also 'occn invited to perform. Mrs. Staleiip also said that pic turts and background material v t the Sweethearts have been sub mitted to Desi-Lu Productions i>iar<t for consideration for films. Additional information will be an nounced at a later date. For the Florida trip, the dancers 1 v.ull travel in cars driven by their | parents. All their expenses will be pcid and in addition, they will be pakl for their performance. Parents of the group met with Bob Cox of Bids For Broadway of St. Petersburg lPot Friday night at l he Power Board Building to make arrangements for the trip. They have been invited to dance at the Hiwassee Dam High School Friday, Oct. 23. in ttie gym in con nection with the Fall Festival, which will be held Saturday, Oct. 31. Murphy Bulldogs Roll Over Cherokee Braves By JAY WILSON Coach Chuck McConnel said the Murphy Bulldog probably played the_r best, most coordinated game v. hen tl'.ey rolled o\er Ch.'rukee 3a- 1C last Friday night at Chero kee. He aba said that the line was playing tiie he had seen and that wa- the main reason for some el the loiig runs. Tlie coach slaicd Murphy was un it It to get the ball out of their own t;id of the field in the first period' but in the second period they seem- 1 ea to ctme to lite and showed a ctnsin "togetherness" for the rest ci tht game. Isle ball ivas in 'he Cherokee end cf the iield most of !he first quarter. In the second quarter David rhomp scn carried 10 yards, down to the Cherokee 22 and after a short drivi tiosniici JLUi'iia'J carried over from the one loot lina. McDonald pas.ed to Frank ilstl for the extra point. The drive for the second touch- ' dov. n came four plays later when Cherokee kicked from their own 22 to the Miprt'jy 43. David T hemp .on carried 25 yards and Bud Killian csrriec: the remaining 37 yards to the goal line. McL'onald ran the extra point. Murphy k.c-ked c f and Cherokee was im.ible to move the ball; tliev kicked to l'>e Murphy 2'i. Bud Kil- j lien took the ball and ran 74 yards I f cr the third teuchdov u and Mc- ? Donald pasted to Thompson for '.he extra point. { hcrokwNwWfhe Mekoff "on their own 30 and passed, David Thomp son intercepted the pass and ran the ball back to the Cherokee 25 yard line. McDonald passes to Hill from the eight for the touchdown and to Thompson for the extra point. The ?half ended with the score Murphy 2S. Cherokee 0 In the second half Cherokee kick ed to the Murphy 15 and Murphy ?to.!. the ball back to the 31 yard line. Murphy .was unable to make a first down and a punt from the 45 > a I'd line went down to the Chero ckee 30. The braves drove downfield to the one, from which point Bill ; Buck carried over for the touch- 1 tlf vn "id Buck also kicked the ex- 1 tra point. Murph;- took over on the Murphy j 25 and McDonald ran from the! Murphy 40 to the Cherokee 32. from vliiih p"int Bobby Weaver carried for the fourth and final touchdown. Bud killian ran the extra point Cherokee drove down field for an other touchdown, but the attempt oi extra point was no good. Cherokee kicked to the Murphy 10 S aril line where Frank Hill took the ball and ran back to the 35 yard l;ne. Bobby Weaver passed to Bill Rhodes for 2fl yards. Murphy was held and had to kick and Cherokee tcok over on their own 30 yard line. The Braves fumbled on their own 4!: and Bill Rhodes ran. The play was called back for a 15 yard pen rl'y and the game ended with a so "e of Murphy 36, Cherokee 13. j Folio Shots To Be Given The third polio vaccine shots will be given at Murphy Health De partment on Friday, Oct. 30 from i 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 to S p.m. The shots will also be given at the Andrews Health Center on Nov. 3 at the same hours. The shots will only be given on these two days. Fall Deanery Meet To Be Held Sunday Ttv Fall Deanery! meeting for the Episcopal Church women will be held in St. Agnes Franklin, Sunday, Oct. 25, beginning at 4 p.m. This will be an area family meet ing for men, women and youth of the Diocese. Church women elected to rep resent the Messiah are: Mrs. Paul Nave, Mrs. Francis Bourne Sr. and Mrs. Nick Howell. Youth Receives Head Injuries In Accident Willard Young, 17, received possi ble brain injuries when he (ell while riding on the truck of moving v chicle Wednesday, Oct. 14 at I'naka. The vehicle was ov-ned and oper ated by M. F. Kilby of Route 3. Mr. Young is in Providence Hospi tal where his condition is Isted as critical. No arrests pending further inves tigation according to State Highway pptrohran. Winners Are Told Th's week's Scout football contest winners are: first place, Harold tfjll, Mlc-phy ; second place, Glen Sneed of Route 4, Murphy and third place winner, Nell Sneed of Murphy. The Scout's Face Is Red The Scout would like to apologize to the people who came to the of fice and were unable to buy a ~ra|*r When we realized thet we were running low on last week's Issue, we rushed to the back to ask our foremn to run off some more pap ers. Then to our tiorror, we learn tc" that the pages had been distroy- , Two NC Masons To Be Honored At Andrews On Saturday October 24, a supper meeting will be held at Andrews Lodge at 7:00 p.m. in honor of two North Carolina's most outstanding Masons, Charles A. Harris of Rox boro and the Rev. A. D. Leon Gray of Oxford. Mr. Harris is a Past Grand Mas ter of Masons in North Carolina and is now the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge. He is widely known for his Masonic work but ha has long been interested in youth work as well. He has been a regis tered Scout since 1916, a total of 43 years. He was a member of Region Six Executive Board for the years 1949-1955. He was a member at Large of the National Council since 1950. 'In December 1944 he was awarded the coveted Silver Beaver Award for distinguished service to boyhood. He had received this hon- i or from his son, Charles A. Harris Jr. who is also an Eagle Scout. The Rev. A. D. Deon Gray is a Past Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina and has been the Superintendent of the Masonic Orphanage at Oxford for twelve yean. He is a native of Alabama but has been a resident of North Carolina for many years. At the Orphanage he Is the Guardian of 322 children. He also is inter- 1 ested in youth. Oxford Orphanage | is the oldest Masonic Institution in the State of North Carolina and the second Oldest Masonic Institution in the United States. The Fifty-Eighth Masonic Dis trict which is composed of Cheno okee, Clay, ?nd Graham Counties are honoring both these men with Honorary Membership in each of the seven Lodges that comprise the district. They will be presented their certificates at this meeting to which all Master Masons and their wives will attend. A program Is planned for the evening. Supper will be prepared by the Ladlaa of the Eastern Star Chapter of And rews. Tarheel Citizens To Go To Polls In State? Wide Bond Election Letters To The Editor The Editor The Cherokee Scout Murphy, North Carolina Dear Editor: The State Bond Election on Oc tober 27 includes in item 2 of the ballot $4,500,000 for a Western Car olina training school. You have the problem of the mentally retarded in your county just as it is in all other counties three per cent or more of the pop ulation. The waiting lists of sever al hundred at existing institutions is mute but eloquent testimony to the need for an additional school. Many parents, discouraged by the prospect of waiting years for the admission of a child or wanting it nearer than Durham County, have not even made application. Even in cases where the family situation is desperate, it is frequently im possible to obtain admission ? the space is simply not there. Our present schools do a splen did job both in custodial, care and in training those who can be fit ted for a useful, self-supporting life, but this additional school is urgently needed, and particularly needed in Western North Carolina. 1 earnestly request you to publish this letter and to urge every one to vote for Item 2. Retarded child ren can be helped! Sincerely, , Charles E. Waddell, President North Caro lina Association for Retarded Children. Editor of the Cherokee Scout: This is about the State Bond election which will be held October 27, 1959. I urge every North Caro linian to vote and to vote for this program, a better North Carolina. Especially I want to call atten tion to item 2, the issuance of $12,053 000.00 state Mental institu tion hospital improvement bonds. This money is dreadfully needed. 1 am on the Senate Committee, mental Institutions Committee, and c?n assure you that great progress is hcing made for our mentally ill. We can be gratefully proud of what our State has done for these unfortunate peope. There is a wait ing list and these people must be taken care of. 6500 retarded children are living in North Carolina at the present time. We have facilities in use and under construction to care for 3700 of these appealing unfortunate youngsters. The Bond issue will provide facilities for training the children who are trainable, educat ing the ones who are educable. and giving adequate custodial care to those children who are neither trainable nor educable. I visited <the State Mental Hospital at Fort Buckner now the John Umstead Hospital and saw there in a sepa rate section children under 12 years of age who were totally IB sane. This was pathetjc and heart breaking for me to sec theae chil dren who now. ihe Doctors say, are hopeless. God willing perhaps a cure can be perfected. The new hospital for the mental ly retarded children will be built at Morganton, North Carolina. I had hoped we coud get it farther West, but it was not practical as so many of the facilities of the present mental institution at Mor ganton could be used in connection with the proposed hospital for re tarded childnen. John Umstead, the great and good North Carolinian, has done so much for the mental retarded and mentally ill people in North Carolina, has endorsed and is fight ing for this program. Any North Carolinian can justifiably be proud of its States part in taking care of its mentally ill peoples. Before I visited a State institution or men tal hospital, I had a great horror and was hesitant to visit these hos pitals I saw what our State was doing, what good care these people were getting, best possible medical and psychiatric treatment, clean comfortable quarters and enough attendants who wene kind and un derstanding to take care of these pepole. I certainly changed my mind about our State hospitals and how they are operated. It can happen in your family? if it hasn't happened already. Vote FOR ip this Jtond election. Sincerely, Frank Forsyth, Senator 33rd District, North Carolina Farm Tractor Overturns; Kills Robbinsville Youth Charles Junior Carver, 18, was killed at 9 a.m. Saturday when he was pinned beneath a (arm tractor which overturned on the Yellow Creek Road about 14 miles north of Robbinsvillt 'He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Carver of Robbinsville Star Route. Varnel Anderson, 16, also of Rob ?bam-ville. who was driving the trac tor, was charged with manslaugh ter, driving on the wrong side of Ihe road and improper brakes. He and Dennis Crisp, 10, who was also riding on the tractor, received minor injuries. lAnderson told Highway Patrol man W. R. Boyles the steering column on the tractor locked and Ihe vehicle tumbled off the left shoulder of the road before he could stop it. The tractor was traveling about 10 <o 15 miles per houT. The Highway Patrolman stated that the tractor trawled about 60 feet on the wrong side of the road before it went off the shoulder and turned over. The tractor appeared to be in good working order when it was righted. Coroner Frank Howell stated (here would be no inquest since there were two witnesses to the ac cident. Surviving are the parents: five sisters, Mrs. Varner Anderson, of Yellow Creek, Mrs. Leonard Ander son of Robbisville. and the Misses J Devada. Avisann and Audrey Car ter of the home; four brothers. Law rence and Harvey of the home and and Edgar and Mack of Robbins ville; the paternal grandfather, Ed gar Carver and the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Artie Collins, both of Robbinsville. Funeral services were held Mon day at the Lone Oak Baptist Church. The Rev. Burger Shope of ficiated. Burial was in the church cemelery. Townson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. PTA To Sponsor Sale ANDREWS? The Marble PTA will hold its annual Harvest Sale Sat urday, Oct. 24, at the Marble School at 7:00 p.m. "Band Day" Nets $542 Toward New Instruments Members of the Murphy Elemen tary School band collected $542 to ward the purchase of two band in struments Saturday when the group observed Band Day. A parade was held at 11 a.m. starting at the City Hall and contin uing to the square. After the band played a few selections, the group of 40 members were divided into six teams. The teams sold tickets to the Band Boosters Club to raise money for instruments. ?Two drums were presented to the band by the Mlurphy Catholic Chapel. Members of the trombone section whose names ?were omitted in last weeks Scout are: Billy King, Rus sell CaldweU, Freddy Davis, David Monteiith, Donald Ramsey, Donny Stiles, Gary Phillips and David Ramsey. Shirley Davidson is drum major. Majorettes are Becky Hoover, chief majorette, Barbara Jones, Glenda Mills. Mary George Baugh. Sarah \ arnia Singleton and Sherry Hinson. Legislators Meet To Discuss Road s Frank Forsyth, sent or from the 33rd district, of Murphy met Satur day night with legislators from Wester North Carolina to discuss the road program and to ask the high way commsion to give a further breadown of money which has been ?pent in this area. The legislators questioned a state ment released Saturday by the State Highway Departmnt as being mis leading and not giving details of ex penditures in various counties. A total of $14,532,160 has been spent for highway Improvements over the past two years in Western North Carolina comprising the Four, teenth Highway Division, according to Highway Department records. A breakdown of (lie total expendi ture shows $3,749,600 has been spent oo van) or improvements to the pri mary highway system (US and NC numbered routes). Secondary road construction which has been let to contract or completed totals $2, 390.000 while betterments to the road network in the mountainous fourteenth amounted to $1,440,800. Construction of access and public service roads, including roads to schools, public buildings and indus tries amounted to 182,080 while construction on the Interstate Hijjway System came to 81,471,000. Costs to maintain the divisions roads accounted tor 85,428.00. The report included only expen ditures to date and did not take in to account sevral million dollars in new highway projects approved by the Highway Commission and now under design and location prior to future contract letting. Also not in cluded are fundi tor secondary roadwork during the 1959-60 fiscal year. Under the 1957-1999 county plans for Division Fourteen, some 156.9 miles of secondary roads have been improved or paved wMle the 1959. 1960 county plans call (or improve ment or paving of ar additional 65.9 miles. ?Highway Department lewnh show 123 new bridges have been constructed in the division during :be past two fiscal year while major improvements uave been made to 51 bridges Cost of the M bridge 'construction has been *276.000 while the major bridge improvements ac counted tor another 1111.398 expen diture. During the same period bridge repairs of varying extant have beta Made to a total of 1.M6 bridges at ? coat of approximately $400,000. Nine Bond Issues To Be Voted Upon Tuesday Nine bond issuas will be voted on in the statewide bond election to be lield Oct. 27. Items to be voted on are over ' crowded educational institutions, mental institutions, community col leges, hospitals, armories, training schools, the blind school, the pori 'at Southport and historic sites ol 'North Carolina. Regular voting boxes will be used. South ward at the Court House and North ward at the Elmentary school. .These bonds will make it possible for 2120 more NorUi Carolina boy.-, and girls to go to college each year by providing more dormitory space, classrooms and laboratories. They i will also provide Industrial Educa tional Centers in the state and an addition to the N. C. Vocational Textile School. The issue concerning mental hos pilals will provide facilites for train ing the children who are trainable, educating the ones who are educa ble and give adequate custodial care to the retarded children who are neither trainable nor educable. The $1,500,000 for capital improve ments of Community Colleges will provide facilities for approximately 1.000 more young men and women each year to attend Community Colleges presently located in Aslie villc, Charlotte and 'Wilmington. Surveys have shown that additional Community Colleges wui be needed elsewhere in the State before 1970. State funds of $500,000 for the icorfitruction of local hospitals, public health centers and nurses' training facilities would be used to aid areas of the State with limited resources in matching Federal ap propriations administered by the Medical Care Commission. State funds would permit the spread of Feeleral funds farther so that both the rural and urban communities would be benefited. Property For New Industry Bought At Public Auction Cherokee County Development Corporation bought the property for the new industry at a public auction at the Court House Tuesday morning. The property was not bought by the County as originally planned. C. L. Alverson stated that it is hoped that the new company will start operation about Nov. 10. All applications for jobs will be handled through the State Employ ment Office. High School Wins Second Place At Editor's Meeting The eighth annual High School Editor's Roundtable was held at Western Carolina College Oct. 9 and 10. Representing Murphy High School in the field of JorunaUsm were three senior girls and their sponsor: Noia Collins, Brenda KllHan, Barbara Clay, and Miss Maria Travis. This event is co-sponsored by the college and the Asheville Citizens Times Publishing Company. John E. Jones is chairman of the board of governors for the Roundtable. Betwe?r250 and 300 students rep resenting 22 counties of Western North Carolina attended this annual event. Yearbook publishers, maga line and newspaper writers, photo graphers, and authors are engaged for lectures and panel cHacubsions. Trophies are awarded Oral-place winners of yearbooks awl school papers. Murphy High School woo second place bi both. For the drat time this year's social schedule included at banquet tn the New cafeteria at WjCJC. At The $11*}, 000 bunds proposed for (he N C. Armory Commission will enable Ihc Commission to continue a prt^ram of construct ton of essen inil armories and oilier National Guard installations, v The rapid increase in the popula tion in Ihc Comctiou and Training School- 111 Noit'.i Carolina makes additional improvements necessary. Mm ins; the l-i t three years the riiuibci of students in training schools ha increased 26 per cent. Thi- is a ftMvOOO Bond Issue. The $140,000 multi-purpose build ing at the lichabilitation Center fe.r the Blind is needed to provide space for teaching blind people crafts. Overcrowded conditions and lack of training facilities have created a waiting list of blind peo- . pie who are sitting at home in idle r.css. The 1500.000 proposed bond tesue^ for the construction of port facility's at Southport, 'Brunswick County*! North Carolina is permissive. The money plus any other fttnds so designated would enable the Gover nor ?nd Council of State to authorize ccn-t ruction of Stateowned port | facilities at Southport as need I arises. The Historic Sites bond issue prO? vides this $^50,000 to preserve eleven important historic buildings and sites and through these visitors attractions it will increase tike State's important tourist ndustrj^r JEANETTE DENNY Miss Jewctte Deony, junior air U engineer at die Diversity of Tennesste tad ? iimMiw of UT Student Chapter of ASCI, . 'i