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The Cherokee Scout Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County VOLUME 69 ? NUMBER 39 "/ , MURPHY, N C., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1960 8 PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY (Scout PtKJto by Phil Mattox) DRIVE RLESS TRUCK, BOX CAR MEET HEAD ON A driverless trailer truck rolled down Hiwassee hill lost Friday night, jumped an embankment, knocked down a 45 foot power pole and stopped dead after meeting head on with a box cor porked on the tracks next to the Louisville & Nashville Depot. The truck, driven by Herman Jones of Atlanta, had been parked at the top of the hill in front of the Farmers Federation while the driver went to a local restaurant for dinner. The driver was quoted os saying that he had set the truck's brakes and had put the truck in gear when he parked the vehicle. The truck on its woy down the hill struck two automobiles, a 1951 Buick owned by Junior Gates of Murphy was struck on the left rear fender. A car owned by Chero kee Motors was. also hit Damage to electrical equipment amounted to $429 61. The truck knocked out a series of street lights, however power was restored im mediately by a crew from the Power Board. Damage to the box car was slight with a bent ladder on the rear and side of the car. The truck, owned by Levis Gramble ond leased to Munford Do-lt-Yourself Stores of Atlanta, was roling empty, desti nation Mount Pleasant, Tenn High School Library Far Below Acceptable Standard/ Says Puett "The offering of the Murphy j High School library is far belowj an acceptable standard for the' modern high school," declared Mr. Walter Puett. principal, at the regular monthly meeting of _ VESTER JEFF MAY CHARLES L. FORRISTER Two Local Men Win College Scholarships RALEIGH. N. C. April 23. - The Internationa! Nickel Company Scholarship for 1959-60 has been awarded to Vester Jeff May, sen ior in geological engineering from Andrews. N. C. The award is an annual gift of the International Nickel Com pany of New York City in support of the metallurgical and geologi cal ' programs at N. C. State College. The scholarship provides for tuition and fees plus $300,001 to the student and a S500 00| cost of education supplement for the college It is awarded annually to a student in metallurgical and geological engineering on the basis of scholastic record and personal character. May is a graduate of Nantahala High School and before entering State College in 1957 attended Gardner-Webb College, the Uni versity of Alaska, and Charlotte College. He served nearly four years in the Air Force where he attain ed the rating of staff sergeant. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy | -May of Andrews. In announcing the selection of May to receive the award. Dr. Lyle B. Rogers, director of counseling at the college said "Mr. May's excellent scholastic record here at State College has aarned him membership in Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary KDolastic society." Body Is Found ULLINGTON, N. C. - The i body of a woman was found day in an irrigation pond. , Harnett County authorities Ute sd an autopiy report in it would shad light on the of the 30-year -old divorce*, G-aval Charles L. Forrister. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Forrister. of Culberson, has been selected to participate in a National Science Foundation sponsored Academic Year Institute for teachers of the sciences and mathematics at the University of Virginia beginning September 1960. Selection was based on character, scholarship, and lea dership. The purpose of the Institute is to strengthen science and mathematics instructions in high schools of the nation. Forrister will receive a stipend commen surate with the national average of teachers salaries. Forrister is a graduate of Mur phy High School and of Western Carolina College, from which he will receive the M.A. degree in August 1960. During the past year he has attended a NSF sponsored In-Service Institute at Enka High School. During the years 1955-57 For rister was a member of the United States Army. He is currently a member of the faculty of Hiwassee Dam High School, where he has been employed the past three years. Workers Repair Broken Tracks SENECA, S C. - The near by site of Monday's shrieking de railment of a swift train that tum bled down a bank. killing one and injuring 11, was a scene ot repair work Tuesday. The Southern Railway tracks were opened (? slow traffic but permaoMt repairs on the )aag. i the Murphy P-TA, April 13, hell i in the Murphy Hhigh School li brary. 1 "The school library is centra I to the planning of a school pre I gram or to the regular improve ment of any existing program Any student to whom an adequate supply of supplementary books i not easily accessible will be hand icapped severely in securing i well-rounded education," explain ed Mr. Puett. following Mr i Puett's remarks, Mr. Hollani i McSwain, superintendent ol Mur phy City Schools, gave a repor of expenditures library supplie and books. It was learned tha approximately one dollar is spen per high school pupil each year Part of this money must be spen for library upkeep and supplies the rest for books. These fund were declared inadequate. ' Mrs. Emma Lou Minor, higl school librarian, displayed book from the shelves printed as fai back as 1903. It was noted tha the print and subject matter ii over half the books were entirel; i outdated. mi. iiuuci i uiuic, uui?uiii? jji r ; sident of the P-TA, called foi community action to remedy thii [ situation. Mrs. Merle Davis wa: i appointed chairman of a com mittee to raise funds to improvi the high school library. It wa: suggested that the people of Mur ! phy be urged to give books t< I the library as memorials. | The meeting was opened b; j Mrs. Doyle Burch Jr., who gavi a devotional program. She wa assisted by a choir composed o Becky Hoover, Mary Georgi Baugh, Glenda Mills, Doroth; Mull, Rebecca Hensley, Ann; Bruce, Sandra Jones, Frankii Beal. Pat Coleman, Ruth Bate and Pat Brown. The group wa: accompanied by Mrs. Nanc; Young at the piano. New officers for the comini year were elected. They are Mr Joe Ray, president; Mrs. Ei Reynolds, vice-president; Mrs Everett English, secretary; Mr Kenneth Godfrey, treasurer; an< Mrs. J. C. Townson Jr., reporter AUNT HET No wonder Jennie gives woy to tempta tion. She hongs on to one and studies about it until she has to give In to get it off her Murphy, Cherokee County Lose 10% Of Population Local Baptist Choir Attends Hymn Festival The eager voices of 1,645 church choir members from all over North Carolina rang melodiously across the campus of Wake For est College Saturday, April 23. This was the fourth annual Choir Festival to be held at the col Murphy Calendar THURSDAY. APRIL 28, ; 7:30 P.M. Murphy Chapter No. 101 Order of the Eastern Star will meet in the Masonic Hall. Building Committee of the1 Presbyterian Church will meet at the church. | I 7:00 P.M. Circle No. 1 of the First Methodist Church will meet a! the home of Mrs. Ronald A. Ressel. FRIDAY, APRIL 29. 3 . 30 P.M.? Murphy Garden Club i will meet at the home of Mrs. Hobert McKeever. Mrs. F. V. Taylor as co-hostess. %:00 P.M. ? The Providence j Hospital Auxilary will sponsor ! a card party at the New il Regal Hotel. J SUNDAY MAY 1. i 7 P.M. ? Vacation Church In j stitution will be held at the '?! Presbyterian Church at Bry ei son City. MONDAY, MAY 2. 6:30 P.M.^? The Civitan Club will meet at the New Regal Hotel. The Rotary Club will meet at the Family Restaurant on Andrews Road. 7:30 P.M ? The Evening Circle of the Presbyterian Church will meet at the home of Mrs. Elmer Kilgore with Mrs. Evelyn Sneed as hostess. Cherokee Lodge No. 146 AF & AM will meet in th Masonic Hall. r Business Women's Circle will t meet at the home of Mrs. ,1 R. D. Chandler. TI ESDAY MAY 3 ;7:30 P.M. ? Business Women's j Circle will meet at the home r of Mrs. R. C. Chandler. !; The Wesleyan Service Guild ' j of the First Methodist Church J will meet at the home of Miss Clara McCombs. ' WEDNESDAY. MAY 4 6:30 P.M. ? Sunday School Officers and Teachers meet ^ ing and supper at the First ? Baptist Church. * ChrisUan Family gathering e and 'supper at Presbyterian ' Church. 3 B 7:20 P.M. ? Midweek service s at Presbyterian Church. 5 7:30 P.M.? Midweek service at V First Methodist Church. ? 8:00 P.M.? Hours of Power at ? First Baptist Church. d '? Choir Practice at Presbyterian jj Church. ? 8:15 P.M. ? Choir Practice First Methodist Church. 18:30 P.M. ? Church Choir Prac tice at First Baptist Church. Young Harris Choir To Give Spring Concert YOUNG HARRIS. Ga - The Young Harris College Choir will present its spring concert in Sharp Memorial Methodist Church on Sunday evening, May 1, at eight o'clock. The choir will feature the fami liar and well-loved hymns of the church as well at many special arrangement* of sacred music. Mrs. William Fox i* director of the fifty-six voice choir, add Miss Marianne Nielsen if organ accompanist. A cordial invitation ia extended ta the public to attend this con cart lege, and this is the third vear| that choirs from the First Baptist i Church in Murphy have attended.! The Chapel Choir from the First. Baptist Church received an A| rating in the Regional Hymn Fes-j lival and the Concord Choir re ceived a B rating, therefore al lowing them to participate in the state festival. More than loo' church choirs were awarded the] necessary ratings and came to Winston-Salem from all parts of, the state. I me uuesi ^onauaors were Paul Green who is Director of j Choral Activities of the School o i Music, Southwestern Baptist I Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. For several years he was director of the renowned Baptist Radio! Hour Choir and is acclaimed as ione of the great choral conduct ors in America. William J. Rey jnolds is Music Editor for the Church Music Department of the' Baptist Sunday School Board, Nashville. Tennessee. Mr. Rey-j nolds has made an outstanding contribution to church music here! and abioad noted as a composer, j choral conductor, hymnologist.! and author. Mr. Joseph 0. Stroud, Secretary of the department of music for the Baptist state convention, pre sided over the program. The choirs rehearsed all morn ing for the program that began at 3:30 p.m. This was a one-hour concert which was broadcast over forty radio stations. Those attending from the First Baptist Church in Murphy are as follows: Girls going on the choir trip to Winston-Salem to the state hymn festival: Chapel Choir: Rebecca Hens ley, Mary George Baugh. Becky Hoover. Anna Bruce. Ruth Bates. Pal Brown, Dorothy Ann Mull, Patsy Coleman, Sandra Jones, Frankie Beal, Jimmy Kimsey.j Glenda Mills. Concord Choir: Sheila Gosset, Mildred Dockery, Becky Jo Ray, Sheila Faye Stiles, Mary Arden Davis, Kenny Jane Davis, Linda Nelson, Rosalie Hyde, Totsie Headrick, Adinah Brown. Others making the trip: Mrs. Kenneth Davis. Mr. Kenneth [Davis, Mrs. A1 Brown. 1 Chaperones: Mrs. Doyle C. iBurch. Mrs. Gordon Bates, Mrs. :J. Alton Morris, Mr. J. Alton Mor Iris, and Mr. Chuck McConnell. Man Found Slain i LENOIR, N. C. ? A Lenoir fireman, who formerly served on | the local police force, was found j shot to death Tuesday morning in jthe apartment of a Negro man here. Police said Arthur Harold Nail, 52. white, was shot once in the head i ' MURPHY.N.C. WELCOMES YOU ' ELEV 1620 CITY UNIT PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY ? ? NEW SIGNS These ore the new signs thof will be ploced this week to mark the city limits of Murphy. This attrac tive sign will be placed on each of the six main routes leading into Murphy. This particular sign is located on Andrews Road. John Larkins Names Mauney, Mrs. Hoover County Mgrs. | Gubernatorial candidate. Johr |D. Larkins, Jr.. today announcec the appointment of Walter M Mauney to manage his campaign in Cherokee County. Mrs. W. A. Hoover of Murphy [has been named County Chair man of Cherokee County for the statewide "Ladies for Larkins" organization. Mr. Larkins said, "I'm am de lighted that Mr. Mauney has accepted the managership in Cherokee County and am looking forward to a visit in this county very soon. Walter Mauney was born and reared in Cherokee County. He is a graduate of the University ot North Carolina and has been in the Drug business in Murphy for Business Women Attend Meeting Those from Murphy who at tended the Spring District Meeting of the Business and Professional Women Club held Sunday at Grove Park Inn, Asheville were: Mrs. Robert Weaver. Mrs. Doug las Smith, Mrs. Harry Lovingood, Mrs. John Bayless, Mrs. C. L. Alverson, Mrs. Glenn Patton and Miss Elizabeth Gray. Murphy Club won the gavel as having the largest percentage to attend the meeting. I thirty years. I He has served on the Town . Board of Alderman, Murphy i Board of Education. Cherokee County Board of Educatin and the Tri-County Health Board. Mr. Mauney has been an iactive member of the Demo cratic party (or many years and has known John Larkins person ally for 25 years. j "Ladies for Larkins" is an or ganization of women who are supporting John D. Larkins ol Trenton. N. C. for Governor of North Carolina in the 1960 Gen eral Election. j Mrs. William B. Umstead, wife | of the former Governor, is hon orary State Chairman of "Ladies r Larkins". Mrs. B. J. Romeo of Hendersonville is District Chairman of the organization. One of Mrs. Hoover's first tasks twill be to organize a county |wide "Ladies for Larkins" rally. (Afterwards the organization hopes to sponsor a series of "Ladies for Larkins" parties in the homes of the members. Director of the statewide organ ization is Miss Evelyne Yelverton of Raleigh. Assistant directors include Mrs. Tommy Gardner of Chapel Hill and Mrs. Dalton Lof itin of Hillsboro. State advisor i to the organization is Miss Alice I Hunt of Chapel Hill and Raleigh, an attorney at law. Andrews Only Town To Gain, Census Shows The approximate I960 population of Cherokee County was estimated at 16,200, according to Dan S. Judd of Asheville, District Census Supervisor for 10 Western North Carolina counties. The 1950 cen sus showed Cherokee County as having a population of 18.294. Murphy's population was esti mated at approximately 2,200. Mr. Judd pointed out that these two figures show a to per cent decrease from the 1950 census. Murphy's population in 1950 was listed at 2.433 persons. Andrews population was put at 1.400 by Mr. Judd. This is an increase of three persons over 1950. Andrews was the only town in the county to show an increase. While not every town lost in population during the past 10 years, current figures indicated l hat every township in Cherokee County decreased in population. Beaverdam Township figures for 1950 showed a population of 1.145, today the population is approxi mately 800 Hothouse Township decreased around 100 from a total figure of 1.097 in 1950. Murphy Township lost approximately 1,000 persons during the 10 year period. Notla Township is down 100 persons. Culberson Township lis down approximately 50 from a j total in 1950 of 151. Shoal Creek i Township lost 450 citizens during | the same period. Valley Town i chip, the only township to contain a town that actually gained, [showed a loss of approximately 100 persons. , Mr. Judd said that this area has been well covered. He said Bovce Stiles. Cherokee County census leader, has done a "great job." He said Mr. Stiles was lh? first leader in his area to clean up the works. Clay County has a population of 5.483. Clay County was the second to turn in their 1960 cen sus figures. Mr. Judd said the response to the census forms placed in area mail boxes was good. About 50 per cent in this area had them Turn to Page 2, Column S | Bishop, Gill Renamed To Library Post Harry Bishop and John Gill (have been reappointed to the j Murphy Carnegie Library Board for a three-year term. Mr. Gill is board chairman. Other board members are Mrs. Don Witherspoon. H. A. Mattox. Mrs. Francis Bourne Jr.. and Mrs. T. A. Case. Miss Josephine Heighway is librarian. ANDREWS' SENIORS VISIT CAPITOL The Senior Closs of Andrews High School is shown in front of the Capitol on a recent trip to Wash ington. Those making the trip were: Front row, Den nis Hughes, Percy Day, Roy Cor*x>lly, Bill Blevins, Ronnie Crisp, Hubert Myers, Gory Collett, Larry Huls, Junior Crisp, Eddie West, Harold Adams, and Jerry Hicks. Second row^ kneeling: Sara Long, Alta Brown, Evelyn Hampton. ' Adorns, Verilee Martin. Third row, standing: Junior Griggs, Keith Creosmon, Jim Bristol, Betty Ann Sher? rill, Aleaza Lodd, Geneva Phillips, Betsy Battle, da Rogers, Wondo Phillips, Southern R.R. rep res tive, J. T. Mcintosh, Miss Jeon Christv, Rosa Wo Carolyn Lee W Pullium, Martha Carolyn Foye Wyke,
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