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^ i The Cherokee Scout ^ Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County VOLUME 69 ? NUMBER 26 * S? MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, I960 6 PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY Js- ? NEW POULTRY LAB Banker Says Surplus Up; Directors, Officers Set ANDREWS ? Citizens Bank & Trust Company president Percy B. Ferebee reported that during the year of 1959 the permanent surplus of the bank has been in creased to $200,000 one-third above the previous year. This report was presented at a meeting of the stockholders which . was held on Jan. 15. The report further stated that loss reserves have been increased 11.2 per cent to $223.5fW.24: de Rev. Houts i To Head j Rotary Club The Rev. R T. Houss Jr. was elected president of the Rotary Club at a meeting Monday night: at the Family Restaurant. 01 her officers elected included: vice president, J. Robert Pen land: secretary - treasurer. Doug las Smith: directors. Holland Mc Swain. Virgil O'Dell and Burlevj Dewee.se. Election ol officers was held at this time in order that they might attend a district conference next month in Charlotte Donald Carter, president, pre sided. Dr. William S. Cann was aj guest. posits have increased 8.R6 per cent and total resources of the bank on December 31, ever at tained by the bank President Ferebee also stated that during the year of 1959 his bank made 6.161 loans for a total of $5,349,650.88. The following directors of the consolidated bank were elected: E. C. Moore. L. W. Wilson. .lames B. Ferebee II. W. Frank Forsyth. K. Rae Moore. S. S. Williams, ?I. Smith Howell, W. A. McGlam ery, Percy B. Ferebee and W. D. Whiaker. The following were elected to the Executive Committee of the Murphy bank; E. C. Moore, Wal ter Coleman, E. Rae Moore II, Robert V. Weaver and S. S. Wil liams. The following were elected to the Executive Committee of the Robbinsville bank: J. J. Snider, i U W. Wilson. J. B Collins. Pa* ; ton Phillips and J. Smith Howell The following were elected to the Executive Committee of the Havesville bank. W. A McGlam-j erv, Wilburn Mingus, Wallace Crawford and Thomas C. Day.j The following were elected to | the Executive Committee of the consolidated bank: W D. Whit- ] aker. W. Frank Forsyth. Jame?j B. Ferebee II, J .Smith Howell. S. S. Williams. Thomas C. Dayi and Percy B Ferebee Tollowing the stockholders' meeting the board of directors met and elected the following of ficers: Percy B Ferebee. presi Ten Cases Tried In Recorder's Court Jan. 18 Ten cases were tried in Re corder's Court Monday, Jan. 18. according to James C. Howse. clerk of court. Daniel Eugene Hyde was charg ed with reciprical non-support. It , was ordered that the action be re turned to the state from which it was forwarded. Marshall E. Smith was charg ed with reckless driving. He pleaded guilty as charged. He was fined $50 and court costs. Josephy Millard Hawkins was charged with allowing an unlicen sed person to operate his auto mobile. He pleaded guilty and it was the judgement of the court that he pay cost of the action William Ralph Gibson pleaded guilty to the charge of reckless driving. He was fined $20 and court costs. Wayne Clontz was charged with assault Case to be continued to Feb. 1 term of court. Ben Gibson was charged with | assault. Case (o be continued to I Feb. l term of court. L. C. Herring was charged with simple tresspassing. He pleaded not guilty. At the close of state's evidence the defendant moved for judgement as of non - suit. The motion was allowed and the de fendant discharged. W. L. Beavers Jr. was charged with escape. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six months. Dee Coleman was charged with driving an automobile while intox icated He pleaded not guilty but court found the defendant guilty. He was fined $100 and cost of court. Dee Coleman was charged with driving an automobile while intox icated. (second offense). The de fendant pleaded not guihy but the court found the defendant guilty and fined him $200 and court costs. denl: W. Frank Forsyth, execu tive vice president: W D. Whit aker, senior vice president and secretary; J. S. Howell, vice pres ident and manager. Robbinsville; j Thomas C. Day. cashier and man ager, Hayesville: S. S. Williams, vice president. Murphy: Mildred B Ray. cashier. Andrews: John [T Gill, cashier. Murphy: Frances F. Johnson, assistant cashier. Murphy; Charles F. Delaney! (manager. Insurance Department, [Andrews, and Robert V. Weaver] manager. Insurance Department, ["urphy. | Murphy {Calendar THURSDAY 6:30 p.m.? MOTHERS MARCH FOR POLIO. " 30 p.m.? Murphy Chapter 10, Order of the Eastern Star, will meet in the Masonic Hall. ?Circle 1 of the First Methodist Church will meet at the home of Mrs. A. G. Quinn. SATURDAY 10:30 a.m.? Brownie Scout Troop 11 will hold Investi ture Service at the Power Board Build ing. SUNDAY 7:30 p m. ? Union Service will be held at the First Methodist Chu r c h . Those joining in the service include Pres byterian, Episco p a I and Methodist churches. MONDAY 6:30 p.m. ? Civitan Club will meet at the Regal Hotel. 7:30 p.m.? Evening Circle of the Presbyterian Church I will meet at the home of Mrs. R. H. Foard ?Business Women Circle of the First Baptist Church will meet at the home of Mrs. Nat Kinnev. WEDNESDAY 6:30 p.m. ? Sunday School Coun cil supper meeting at the First Baptist Church. ?Men of the Church will have a supper meeting and program at the Presbyterian Church. ?Family Night will be observed at the First Methodist Church ? Men's Bible Class will be hosts. THURSDAY 8.00 p.m. ? Official Board Meet ing will be held at the First Methodist Church. Poultry And Beef Lab To Open In February Qualified Vet To Be Employed A state Poultry and Beef Di-i agnostic Laboratory has been completed here and will be in operation as soon as a qualified veterinarian and laboratory tech-i nician have been located It was announced by Senator W. Frank Forsyth that a first year appropriation of $22,828 is avail able for the operation. The Leg islature allocated 114.876 for the second year of operation The construction of the lab was financed by the Cherokee County Commissioners. The building is estimated to have cost $4,000. The building is located on the Fairgrounds properly. This site was chosen due to the conven ience of loading and unloading animals, ample parking facility and the convenience of the stock yard. The only other lab 0f this tvpe in western North Carolina is'lo ! | Sam Harding Receives j Service Pin I Twenty-five year service pins were presented to 32 employes of the Maps and Surveys Branch of the Tennessee Valley Authority Friday night at a dinner at the Chattanooga Golf and County Club. L. R. "Sam" Harding of Mur phy received one of the pins. I Reed A. Elliot, chief of Water! Control Planning Division and I General Herbert D. Vogel, chair- ' man of Board of Directors, both! of the TV A, spoke on the accom plishments of the branch. Robert E. Frierson, formerly chief of Maps and Surveys Branch, now assistant chief of water control planning division, presented the pins. Mr Harding went with the branch in 1934 as a rodman in a survey party, he has worked on most of the TVA projects all over the Tennessee Valley Area. He worked in Murphy between 1938 and 1946, and has been resident engineer for the Maps and Sur veys branch office here since. Mr McDonald has been with the branch since 1941. service in the < Army in 1942 and returned to work in 1946, worked out of the Murphy office until 1949. since 1 lhat time he has been in Valley! Turn U? P?Ee 2, Column * j Fourteen Scouts !. Receive Awards i Fourteen members of Boy Scout Troop 402 received awards at a meeting Thursday in the Boy Scout hall. Receiving first class awards were Robert Bruce and Billy Wag goner. John Savage presented the awards. Russell Caldwell. Gary Bryson. Perry Brown, Knox Singleton, Tripp Bourne. Luke Bayless. Bob by Potter. Dewey Johnson and Wayne Watson received second class awards. W. T. Brown pre sented the awards. Merit Badge awards were pre sented to Bill Harper. Tommy Adams and Freddy Davis. Merle Davis made the presentation. Scout master is Mont Rogers. Former Citizen Killed In Crash With Train In South Carolina Arthur R Gibson, formerly of Murphy, was killed instantly Sat urday afternoon when a train trashed into the truck he was driving. The 56-year-old man was kit lad between Fairforest and Wel ford, S. C. The body wag thrown clear of wreckage. It waa lying several feet from the main part of Spartanburg County Coroner George L. Adams said that Mr. Gibson was a night watchman at a nearby limestone quarry. His truck was traveling north toward the quarry. He reportedly was on his way to work. Coroner Adams said that eng ineer Maxie L. Williams of Green ville stated he saw the car pro -ceding up the dirt road and that it didn't alow down." impact. He presumed the vehicle was struck on the right side. Coroner Adams indicated that the accident happened on a com. parativeiy straight stretch of track. Mr. Gibson was born and rear ed in Murphy and was the sod of the lat? William and Ellen Gib son. He was a member of the Fairmont Methodist Church. He had lived at Fairmont for the wife, Mrs. Drucilla Johnson Gib son. a daughter Mrs Margaret Cochran of Fairmont, a son, John ny of Fairmont: Two sisters, Mrs. Cordie Johnson of Fairmont and Mrs. Delia Williams of Bel mont, N. C.; and six grand, children. Mr. Gibson Is also survived by an uncle. Leach Gibson of Mar. tin's Creek and three first cons cated in Waynesville. The lab oratory is authorized by the Leg islature to combat diseases in poultry and bee! The local fa cility is for the 33rd District, composed of Cherokee and four surrounding -counties. Sen. Forsyth said one of the reasons Murphy was selected as the site was because this is a thriving poultry area. The lab oratory will attract testing bus iness from a wide surrounding area There will be no charge for the service of the laboratory. A break-down of the money al located for the laboratory follows: 1950 1%0-fil Salaries, wages $10,176 $l0.17s| Extras .inn am' Supplies, materials 1,000 600 Postage, telephone. telegraph expenses 4(10 4fln Travel expense 1.200 1.200 Repairs and alterations loo inn General expenses 1.200 900 Equipment R.2S0 Tn,a! *22.826 $14.8761 Woman's Club To Sponsor Mother March Murphv Woman's Club is spon soring the annual "Mothers March | of Polio" Thursday beginning at 6:30 p.m. This march will climax the March of Dimes program. Each member of the Woman's Club has been assigned a certain street in Murphy according to Mrs. L. L. Mason, chairman of the Mothers March. The marching mothers have asked that the people in Murphy turn their porch lights on so that they may "light the way" for those suffering. Money received will not only help those suffering from polio but will also be used to help those suffering from birth defects, arthritis and other crippling dis eases. In Andrews t h e "Mother March" is being sponsored by the Konneheeta Woman's Cluh. The "march" will be held Monday. Feb. I. All cluh members are asked to meet ai 6:45 p.m. at the Town Hall. Mrs. James Baer is president if the club. All citizens of Andrews are also asked to leave their porch lights on to help the mothers during the march. NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY TO BEGIN STATE TOUR Dr. Benjamin Swalin It Symphony Founder and Director N. C. Symphony Reaches Half-Way Mark-McSwain The North Carolina Symphony Membership Drive has reached the half-way mark, according lo. Holland McSwain, membership chairman. He states that $985 must be! raised by Feb. 1 in order to bring] the Symphony here for a free children's concert and an evening performance on March 10. The evening concert, which will feature Murphy's Walter Carring er as tenor soloist, is scheduled for Thursday, March 10, in the, new high school building. On the! same day all children of Murphy, I Andrews and Cherokee County schools in grades four through eight will attend the free chil dren's concert at 1 p.m. in the high school. Memberships, which entitle the bearer to attend not only the Rummage, Bake Sale To Be Held Saturday The North Carolina Sweethearts-H will sponsor a rummage sale Sat-! I urday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m 1 at Gillespie's Fruit Stand. < They will also hold a bake sale. I Proceeds from these sales will ' be used for NC Sweethearts act- i ivities. : The dancing group attended the 5th annual Chattanooga Choo i Chco Square Dance Festival at ; Stagmaier Gym Saturday night. ' Individual dancers, and callers i from various states attended. The Sweethearts were the only dance n team who attended. Murphy concert hut concerts any-l where in the state during thej year, are $1, for students, $3 for | adults and a special membership | rate of *5 per couple. McSwain stresses that more! liberal donations are urgently! needed in order to reach the goal. | McSwain says that between 100' and 150 children from Hayesville} and Robbinsville will also be in-1 vited to attend. The North Carolina Symphony begins its annual state tour on Methodist Men Of 3 County Areas To Meet Methodist men of churches in Cherokee, Clay and Graham coun ties will meet at the Hinton Me morial Center in Hayesville on Frida. January 29, at 7 p.m. The women of the churches in the Hayesville area are hostesses [or the dinner. Dr. Charles Clegg. Presdent of Young Harris College, will be the principal speaker for Ihe evening and Ned J. Tucker of Waynesville. District Lay Leader jf the Methodist Church, will also ?peak. This meeting is the first regular quarterly meetings of Methodist | Men which have been planned. The primary purpose is to devel jp a sense of fellowship among the Methodist Men of the area and to provide guidance and information for the local church programs. Feb. 3. bringing music to 45 N.C. communities. The orchestra, which is the first state symphony in America, will travel more than S.nno miles this year and will play to over 110.000 school chil dren and 40.000 adults Dr. Benjamin Swalin is sym phony founder and director. The local chapter of the Norih Carolina Symphony is headed by Mrs. R. T. Houts Jr. ASC Personnel To Attend Conference The ASC county office personnel and the chairman of the county committee are scheduled to at tend the quarterly staff confer ence at the George Vandefbilt Hotel on February 2-3. The first day will be devoted to h discussion of marketing quota and performance work that is car ried out in the ASC county office. The second day will be ACP awl CR program, the duties and re sponsibilities of the county office personnel and the county com mittee. Mrs. Doris Gulley will be in charge of the ASC office February 2 and 3 to answer questions and lake requests, but will give no approvals or write any purchase orders. The county office persorv nel will give approvals and write purchase orders beginning Feb uary 4 for spring practice.
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