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The Cherokee Scout Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County VOLUME 69? NUMBER 32 0^ jjgS1* " MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1960 6 PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY Frank rufsyth To Seek Re-Election U Fr;?nk Fnr&vth nf Muriihv Harry Bishop To Jump In France Pfc. Harry Bishop, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bishop o f Mur phy. is participating in an air jump exercise over France. PvV Bishop is statiooed at Mail. Germany. The exercise began late in February and will last for 20 days. The U. S. paratroopers will pep per the skies over southern France in what has been describ ed as the largest postwar jump exercise to be held by American troopers in Europe. The exercise has been named Operation Fer -de- Lance and is expected to include all airborne elements of the 8th Inf. Div. One highlight of the operation was CG, Maj. Gen. lioyd R. Moses's jump with a company of troopers from the 1st Abn Battle Gp of the 506th Inf. on March 2. According to Gen. Moses, the operation is designed to test the effectiveness of small airborne units deployed in isolated mis sions over unfamiliar terrain. TV 8th Inf. Div. paratroopers hate never jumped or trained in postwar France and the drop zone is completely foreign to the men. According to current plans, the exercise will consist of a drop each day by a company of men and equipment. Each jump will be held near dusk. After landing each company will maneuver against a simulated aggressor during the all night problem. The field exercises will change so that each succeeding unit will be confronted with a different situation. In the morning the unit will withdraw to a neighboring airfield where It will be picked up and flown back to Germany. Murphy Calendar THURSDAY MARCH 1* 7:30 P.M. ? Murphy Chapter No. 10 Order of the Eastern Star will meet in the Mas onic Hall. MONDAY MARCH 14 ?:30 P.M. ? The Rotary Club will meet the Family Res taurant on Andrews Road. 1:30 P.M. ? Hie Business and Professional Woman club will meet at the Regal. Hotel. 7:30 P.M. ? The Town Council will meet in the Murphy Power Board Building. 7:30 P.M. ? Hie Gospel singing will bebeid in the little aud itorium of the new primary building. TUESDAY, MARCH IS 1:30 P.M. ? Circle No. 3 of the First Methodist Church will meet at the home of Miss Ada Marshaw. 7:30 P.M. - Circle No. 2 of the First Methodist Church will meet at the home of Mrs. W. D. Townson. Emory Alumni To Observe Birthday Chattanooga area alumni ol Emory University and local par ents of Emory students have been invited to attend a dinner in ob servance of the institution's 123rd year, at 7:30 pjn., March 14, in the Continental Room of the Road H^use in Chattanooga. Virlyn B. Moore, Jr., Emory alumnus and vice president and trust ofmicer of the Fulton Na tional Bank in Atlanta, will be dinner speaker, according to Dr. REV. E. F. BAKER E. F. Baker To Preach At Local Church Rev. E. F. Baker, pastor of (be RobbinsviUe Baptist Church will preach for (be eveangelistie services which will begin at tbe First Baptist Church, Murphy, Sunday March 13 and go through Sunday, March 19. A former pastor at the First Baptist Church, Andrews, Mr. Baker is a graduate of Mars Hill College and Wake Forest. He is a veteran of World War I and was a chaplain in World War II. Beside Andrews, and Robbins viUe, Rev. Baker has Wd pastor ates in Winstoo&leri, Kearners ville and Stoneville. Mr. Baker Is moderator of Cbeoah Association, President of Western North Carolina Region al Pastor's Conference, Member of Board of Directors^ District Memorial Hospital at Andrews and Trustee of Baptist Homes, Inc. Mrs. Doyle Burcfe. musical dir ector of the First Baptist Church, will direct *? music. Ed Strickland, president of the local alumni club. Mr. Moore's experience includes tbe private practice of law in Atlanta, and service with the U. S. Navy during World War II. One of his posts while in the Navy was a term as Governor of the Patau Islands. He is past presi dent of the Life Insurance Trust Council of Atlanta and past presi dent of the Peachtree Civitan Club. He is professor of Law at Woodrow Wilson Law School, and is president of Atlanta's Fairhav en School. Emory birthday celebrations are beld annually in some SO cities. Alumni ? numbering over 21,000 ? reside in the SO states and 56 foreign countries. Officers of the Chattanooga alumni group, in addition to Or. Strickland, are Dr. Robert A. Waters, vice presi dent; J. Guy Beatty, secretary treasurer; and Milton D. McClure, alumni representative. Emory is a Methodist-related university with over 4,000 stu dents. It includes schools of the ology, law, dentistry, medicine, business administration, nursing and divisions of labrarianship and teacher education. Boats Will Be Inspected Thurs. And Fri. Wild Life Protectors -will in spect boats in Murphy Thursday and Friday for the purpose of is sue ing licenses. Arnold Dalrymple from Mur phy, Harold Norton from Clay County and Bouce Beck from An drews will be at Radford Saw Co. on Tennessee St. from 8 a.m. to S p.m. for the two day check period. Mr. Dalrymple said that this is the first year that boats have been required to carry a license. The licenses will cost $S. Mr. Dalrymple said that 10 HP boats and under do not have to be licensed. Boats having more than 10 HP are required to have; lights, if they are operated at night, lic ense number painted on the bow of the boat and coast guard life preservers for each passenger. Not Worth It? DES MOINES Uh ? A new snow had Just fallen. A new resi dent tn one Dm Moines neighbor hood called Mrs. Charles Betts on (be telephone to say, '"The little old man who cleared your drive Just shoveled mine, too, and 1 don't know what to pay him." Mrs. Betts replied: "That little old man is my nusband. and dent give trim a cent." IN OBSERVING "Health and Safety" and "Com munity Service," Murphy Scouts sold balloons up town for the Heart Fund. IN CONNECTION with the Girl Scouts study of "Cit izens Here ond Abroad," Mrs. Arnold Beerkins spoke to a troop. Shown obove ore Gretchen B runner, Mrs. Beerkins, Sandra Chastain and Missy Wilson. Girl Scouts Celebrate Birthday Number 48 March 12 marks the forty eight anniversary of the first meeting of a Girl Scout troop in Savannah, Ga. A National week of recognition has been set aside for March 6,1 through March 12. Juliette Gordon Low brought! Girl Scouting tu the United Slates from Kngland in 1912 and now Girl Scout number in the millions. Girl Scout troops are different from other clubs. Every member makes the Girl Scout Promise. She puts into practice the Girl Scout Laws. She chooses her good Teacher Examinations To Be Given April 9 Cherokee County teachers plan ning to take the National Teach er Examinations on April 9 should immediately obtain ap plication forms Lloyd W. Hend rix, Cherokee County Superin tendent of Schools advised today. Applications to take the tests and bulletins describing them can be obtained from Western Carolina College. Cullowbee, N. C. or from Dr. M. B. Morrill. Grad uate Office, Cullowhee, N. C. Thousands of North Carolina teacher* and college seniors pre paring to teach will be taking the examinations at 20 examination centers throughout the State as part of a study of teacher pre paration being made by a Com mittee of the State Board of Edu cation. Mr. Hendrix emphasiz ed that while the examinations may be taken at State expense by any Cherokee County teacher certified before 20, 1959, the ex aminations must be taken by all Cherokee County teachers who: (1) apply for a higher class of certificate during the period be ginning June 20, 1959. and ending February 19, 1981, or (2) apply for certification in a new field or capacity during this period. These requirements are based on a resolution passed by the 1958 General Assembly Supt. Hendrix explained. The National Teacher Exami nations are prepared and admin istered by Educational Testing Service. Princeton. New Jersey, the non-profit agency which is conducting the testing phase of state-wide research into teacher preparation for the State Board of Education. The tests yield scores on professional knowledge, various aspects of general edu cation, and subject-matter prep aration. At the one-day testing session all candidates will take the Com mon Examinations, which include tests in professional information, general culture, English expres sion. and non - verbal reasoning. In addition, candidates will take one or two of the twelve Optional Examinations offered, if there are Optional tests available in their teaching fields. Each Op tional Examination is designed to measure mastery of subject matter taught in certain elemen tary school grades or high school subjects. The State Board of Education's Committee investigating the qual ity of teacher preparation in the State is headed by Dr. R. R. Mor gan, Superintendent of the Mooresville City Schools, and its Study Director it D. W J. Scott, a high school principal until he took over hi* new duttaa last December. times from among the many Girl a national and international or ganization. She wears the Girl Scout pin. Murphy has an intermediate Girl Scout troop with gorls from the fifth grade through the eighth. Murphy also has two Brownie troops with girls ranging from seven years old to nine years. There are eleven different fields of interest in the Girl Scout pro gram and the Murphy troops have been doing many different things. The visit of Mrs. Arnold Beer kins was the highlight of "Citizens Here and Abroad". Mrs. Beer kins wore the costume of her native Holland and told the Scouts interesting facts, of life in the Netherlands. Mrs. Hobart McKeever assist ed one of the patrols in working in the Literature and Dramatics field. The girls will soon be work ing on a play. In observing the "Health and Safety" field as well as "Com munity Service" the Girl Scouts sold baDons in town to assist in the Heart Fund. Mrs. Duke Whitley is working with the Scouts in the field of music. The girls are preparing some songs and a choral reading to present at a Girl Scout meeting at Cullowhee on March 13. It Is traditional for Girl Scouts to wear the official uniforrti every day during Girl Scout Week. Days of the special week are designated as follows: March ?, Girl Scout Sunday; March 7, Homemaking Day: March 8. Cit izenship Day; March 9, Health aad Safety Day; March 10. In ternational Friendship Day; March 11, Arts and Crafts Day; March 12, Out - of - Doers Day. Mrs. Jim Sprung and Mrs. W. T. Brown, Jr. are leaders of the Intermediate troop. Mrs. Merle Davis, Mrs. Ruth Cheney and Mrs. Keonith Skaggs are leaders of the Brownie Troops. 2 Wrecks Result In Slight Damage A wreck involving a 1951 Chev-| ralet occurred on the Hangingdog Ed Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The auto was operated bvi Clyde Andrew Docker)'. 50 of Rt. 3, Murphy. Dockery roundtd a curve and went into a ditch, hitting an em bankement. according to High way Patrolman Ray W. Heffner. Approximately $150 damage was done to the car. Dockery was admitted to Provi dence Hospital with a fractured nose. According to Patrolan Heffner, Dockery has been charged with driving under the influence and driving on the wrong side of the road. Thursday, 19 miles west of Mur phy, a 1954 Dodge truck operat ed by Hubert Ray Sudlow of Rt. 3, Enterprise, Ohio, started up an iced hill and stalled. The truck slid to the left side of the road striking a parked Ford, which had been left stranded due to the iced roads. The Ford is owned by Albert Robert Dillard of Rt. 2 Culberson. Approximately $25 damage was done to the auto and $150 to the Dodge truck. Patrolman Heffner said that no arrests were made. The truck was loaded with i I lumber, which had been purchas- 1 cd in this area, and was headed1 back to Enterprise, Ohio. AAUW Sponsors Contest An art contest, sponsored by the Cherokee County Branch of the American Association of Uni versity Women began March 9. This contest is sponsored to en courage art in elementary schools in conjunction with National Libr ary Week which runs from April; 2 to the ninth. The contest is opened to alii school children from grades one through eight. The pictures must! illustrate a story or book with; which the children are acquaint ed. Mrs. W. T. Brown, chairman of , the art contest, said that only1 one picture may be entered by each student. The pictures may be , done in crayon, pencil, water colors or finger paint. The various elementary grades will be divided into three groups. Three prizes will be awarded in each. A total of $27 will lie given i in prizes. A selection of the best pictures1 will circulate the schools in Chero-, kee County. The winners will be* displayed at the Murphy Carnegie j Library. Mrs. Brown and County school i teachers have further informa tion . Murphy To Get New Water Reservoir The Murphy board of aldermen let contracts Monday for the ef fecting of improvements to the town's water system. A contract to supply a 100,000 gallon steel reservoir was let to R. D. Cole Manufacturing Co. of Newman, Ga., on a bid of SB, 1 295; and a contract for supply ing the tank foundation and I valves was awarded to Hays I Block Co. of Franklin, which ha J1 bid $2,719. The construction is to start within 10 days. W. K. Dickson Engineering Co. of Charlotte drew the plans. Lessons By Ton NASHVILLE. Tenn. ? The Southern Baptist Sunday School Board last year shipped 14,847,000 tons of literature to churches and members, 7.7 per cent more than last year. The board employs 1.337 people. BEVERLY LAKE i Beverly Lake To Run For Governor "I shall be a candidate for se lection by the Democratic Party as its nominee for Governor in its primary election to be held in May," said Beverly Lake of Raleigh. "Two weeks ago I said I would not be a candidate because I did not have sufficient funds to pre sent adequately my views concern ing the major problems now fac ing North Carolina. Since then, from all parts of the state, have come assurances of support and requests that I become a candi date." ha said. W. Frank Forsyth Schools To Have Lenten Services Lenten services conducted by Murphy ministers in both the high and elementary schools each week until Easter begin Friday of this week. At the opening service at Mur phy high at 10:45 the Rev. Alex B. Hanson of Episcopal Church of Jhe Messiah will bring the message, with the Rev. R. T. Hoiks, Jr. of First Methodist church reading the Scripture, and the Rev. E. E. Curtiss of the Free Methodist church offering the prayer. At the grade school service at 1 o'clock the Rev. Robert A. Pot ter of Murphy Presbyterian church is the speaker, with the Rev. Joseph Dean of St. Wil liams Roman Catholic Church reading the Bible lesson, and the Rev. J. Alton Morris of First Bap tist church leading in prayer. The seventh grade chorus, directed by Mrs. J. W. Davidson, will provide special music, and help lead the congregational singing. Vernon Herron Is Representative "etaoi shrdl cmfwy vbgk MHM Vernon Herron of Route 4. Murphy, has been appointed hospital representative of West Liberty Baptist Association. He will work with the association's churches in the interest of the annual Mother's Day offering for N. C. Baptist Hospital at Win ston-Salem May 8. Baptist churches throughout the state contribute to this fund each year to finance the denom ination's program of caring for the needy sick at Baptist Hosp ital. Last year 40 per cent of its patients were in this category. has announced his candidacy for State Senator fo the 33rd district of North Carolina subject to the Democratic Primary in May. This District embraces the Counties ot Cherokee. Clay, Graham, Macon and Swain. Senator Korsjth served in the 19% Legislature and was Vicc Chairman of the powerful com mittee on Conservation and Deve lopment. Other Committees he served on were: Appropriations, Banking, Construction, Higher Ed ucation. Insurance, Mental Instit utions, Propositions and Grievan ces, and Public Utilities. He was educated in the An drews Public Schools: Mount Plea sant Collegiate Institute, Mount Pleasant, North Carolina: Emorv & Hairy College, Emory, Vir ginia. He is a graduate of the Executive Program. School o' [Business Administration. Univer sity of North Carolina: The Gradu ate School of Banking. Rutgers University. New Brunswick, New Jersey. Forsyth Is the Executive Vice President of Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Murphy, An drews, Hayesville and Robbins \ ille. He is Chairman of Murph; | Electric Power Board: member Murphy Industrial Committee: past President Murphy Lion; Club: member First Methodist Church. Murphy, and a Mason. Potter Gives Special Sermon Sun. i "God Is Love" is the theme of tlx' message of Robert A. Potter, minister of Murphy Presbyterian Church, next Sunday morning in the fourth of a series of sermon? on the nature of God. The choir is to sing "God So Loved the World" by Stainer. A< 1 leveling worship the Presbyterians join with First Baptist Church in revival services there. Previous messages in the se jries have been: "God Triune." | "God Is Spirit," and "God Is | Light." Mrs. C. A. Hoyle To Hold Classes CULLOWHEE - Western Caro lina College will offer an exten sion course in phonetics, to be taught each week at the Mu?ph> elementary school beginning on Friday evening. March 4. Mrs. C. A. Hoyle of the college faculty ; will conduct the course, which deals with the theory and pract ice of correct speech sounds. Enrollment is open to both ' graduate and advanced under ' graduate students, and the course ; carries three quarter hours of credit. NC Symphony Gives Concert Tonight Today is Symphony Day in Cherokee County. The North Car-i oiina Little Symphony, directed by Benjamin Swalin, is here for its first visit since 1952. Local school children heard the state orchestra in a free matinee this afternoon at the New High School Gymnasium at 12:43. This even ing's concert for adults will begin at eight o'clock. Featured soloist with the or chestra is Murphy's own Walter Carringer. He will sing selections from Mozart's DON GIOVANNI, Lalo's LE ROI D"YS; Donizetti's L'ELISIR D'AMORE: and the Verdi REQUIEUM. Opening this evening's program will be the Crusader's Hymn with the audience joining the orches tra in the familiar strains of "Fairest Lord Jesus." The orches tra will play the Overture to Cherubini's ballet - opera Anacre on; the popular Merry Widow Waltz by Lehar; and the Baccha nale from Saint Saen's open Samson and Delilah. Mozart's Symphony No SS in D. Major (K. 385) will be the featur ed work on tonight's program. One of Mozart's Symphonic mas terpieces, the work is often cal led the "Haffner" Symphony, since it was commissioned for the Haffner family in 17U when itnd Haffner, burgomaster ?f Salzburg, was elevated to the nobility. Also included on the program will be Schreiner's The Worried Drummer; Grieg's Evening la the Mountains: Alfven's Dance (i the S Shepherd Girl and the familiar Hungarian Rhapsody No. II by Liszt. Worried drummer in the Little Symphony is William deLeon. per cussionist. Schreiner's composition tells of a composer who wrote a special piece that would keep the percussionist so busy that lie would be forced to practice and be punctual at rehearsals. All percussion instruments are feat ured in the selection. Cherokee County members of the Symphony Society may ?ee 1 their membership cards to attend all membership concerts given by the Orchestra this season. HNSAlflN (WALK ' .. "X.;
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