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VOLUME 70 ? NUMBER 11 MURPHY, N. C . THURSDAY, OCT. 13, 1960 10 PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Attends High School Editors' Meet
Phil Mattox (standing second from right), sports writer for the Scout, and' member of
the staff of the Boomerang, Murphv High School newspaper, is shown with a group of stu
dents who attended the WNC High School Editors' Roundtable at WCC, Cullowhee, N. C. .
last weekend. Oct. 7 and 8th.
Morphy Yearbook Wins Second
Plato At Editors' Roondtable
Approximately 200 student
editors and advisors attended
the Ninth Annual High School
Editor's RoundtaWe at Wes
tern Carolina College, Cul
lowhee, North Carolina, Oct
ober 7 and 8.
Twenty- three schools, in
cluding Murphy High School
had representatives there.
Those attending from Murphy
were: Anna Bruce, Sandra
Murphy
Calendar
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13
1:30 P.M. - There will he ?
meeting in the courtroom
of ti e courthouse for the
purpose of planning for a
? United Nation Da'v to he
1 eld in this month.
7:30 P.M. - Murphy Ci apter
So. 10 Order of t>e East
ern Star will meet in the
Masonic Hall.
Ti e Cherokee Countv Res
cue Squad will meet in the
Murphy Power Board
Building.
Community Prayer Meet
ing will be held att'eFree
Met' odistChurc! .
The Board of Deacons will
meet in tie Presbyterian
Church.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14
4:00 P.M. -There will be an
Executive Board Meeting
held at the Presbyterian
Church.
8:00 P .M.-The Alcoholic An
onymous will meet in the
New Regal Hotel.
Football Game - Murphy
-vs- Cherokee Indians at
the Murphy Stadium.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15
ALL DAY - There will be a
P res byte rial Meeting of
the Women of the Church
at Presbvterian Church.
SUNDAY. OCTOBER 16
5:30 P. M. - The Youth Fel
lowship of the First Meth
odist Church will have a
joint meeting at the Pres
byterian Church.
*?'30 P ,M. - Training Union
will meet at the First
Baptist Church.
FMY will meet at theFree
Methodist Church, '
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17
3:30 P.M.'- Celestial Choir
will meet at the First
Baptist Church.
4:00 1JV1. - Cherub Ooir
will meet at the First
Baptist Church.
6:30 P.M. - The Civitan Club
will meet at the New Re
eal Hotel.
The Rotary Club will meet
' at the Family Restaurant
on Andrews Road,
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18
I 3:30 P.M. - The Junior Fel
lowship will meet at the
Presby terian Church.
The Carol Choir will meet
?t Preabyterian Church.
7:30 I'tM, - Pioneer -Senior
Fellowship will meet at the
Presbyterian Church.
Circle No. 2of FirstMeth
odist Church will meet at
the home of Mrs. Noland
Wells, with Mrs. Roy Wells
. as joint hostess.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19
6:30 P.M. - Congregational
Supper will be held at the
Presbyterian Church. The
gueat speaker a represen
' ?tlv? of the Presbyterian
Home for children of Black
Mountain.
7730 P.M.- Mid -week services
t . ? Flrat Baptist Church.
1:00 P M. - Hour of Power
t ?? First Baptist Church.
1:15 P.M. - Choir Rehaarsal
rcsbyteriin Church
Lepscier, Lorraine Martin,
Phil Maitox, Beverly Sanders,
and Miss Maria Travis, ad
visor.
in the yearbook competition,
division II, Murphy High's
yearbook, the KANL'SHHTA,
captured second place.
The BOOMERANG, Murpl y
High School's newspaper, was
not entered in competition
since it was not publishedlast
year.
The first General Assembly
of the Roundtable was at 2
p.m. Friday with Charles L.
West, Associated Press staff
writer, as main speaker. Af
ter the General Assembly,
students and advisors sat in
on several different sessions
concerning high school news
papers, yearbooks, and photo
graphy.
Friday night, the program
included a talent show and a
speech by Mr. Jeff B. Wilson,
editor o f the TAR HEEL
WHEELS.
Saturday morning, Mr. Jim (
Lee, associate editor of j
NORTH CAROLINA WILD
LIFE, conducted a short ses- J
sion in which he showed slides
concerning the many angles ,
of photography.
Sessions on photography, '
yearbooks, and high school
newspapers were again held |
until U a.m. when there was ^
a final general assembly. In {
this final assembly Mr. E. |
A. Resch, edi tor and publ i sher
of THE CHATHAM NEWS, '
spoke. Mr. J. P. Brady, news
editor of THE FRANKLIN
TIMBSfc then gave out the a
wards.
AUNT HET
Pa accuses me o' makiti'
snap judgements and eoin" off
half -cocked, but I never could
see any sense in ponderin'
over a thing when I already
know what I want.
Auto Eligibility
Rules Were
Published
An Anonymous phone call
co the Murphy Retail Mer
chants Association last week
stated that the eligibility rules
for the I960 automobile given
jway by the merchants group
were never published.
In The Cherokee Scout is
sues of April 7. I960, page 3,
ind June 16, I960, page 8,
the following statement was
published: "Not tligible To
Ain - Any retail merchant,
their advertising agents, and
their immediate families in
Vlurphy, N. C., or the im
mediate vicinity, are NOT el
igible to win."
The same rule applies in
the current advertising pro
gram.
Cfear Old Girl Raped;
3 Teenage Boys Charged
Boys Released
On $10,000 Bond
Three Murphy teenage boys, between t? e ages of 1ft and
18, have been charged with the rape of a IS vear old girl
near Peachtree, Saturday night, October 8. T! e bo\s were
released Monday afternoon on $10,000 bond eat' ,
me crarges against me
t^ree boys were brought by
the girl's fatt er early Sunday
morning according to Sferiff
Claude Anderson.
Sheriff Anderson relates the
following about the incident:
"The girl was reported rid
ing home from Murphy with
one of the boys around 11:00
p.m. Saturday night, when the
couple stoppej on a dirt road
near Peachtree. The other
boys involved in the incident
arrived on ti e scene a few
minutes later.
The girl's mother said that
the girl came into the house
crying. She told her parents
w! at had happened. Her fat
her t! en took 1 er to Murphy
where she was examined by
a doctor."
A preliminary hearing fas
been set for Recorder's court
next Monday. October 17.
Investigation of t'e incident
was not complete at press time
and will continue during the
week. Sheriff Anderson said.
Andrews Mm
Becomes lost
Whffe Hunting
Andrews ? Mr. Bill Sher
rill, who was lost Saturday,
Oc tober S. on a hunting trip
was found ar 3'*.irr. Sunday
tnroning by a rescue party.
Mrs. Sherrill had driven
him to the foot of the moun -
tain and told him she would
meet him late in the after
noon. When he didn't return
she became alarmed and
notified others.
A searching party of stxtv
five men. including theOero
kee County Rescue Squad were I
on the scene immediately and |
with tie men dividing into
groups they searched in heavy
fog until he was found. He
had lost his directions after
darkness cime on and could
not find his way out of the
mountains.
Bulldogs Romp To 42-0 Win;
Chorokee Braves Here Friday
By PI ii Mattox
The Murphy Higl School
Bulldogs extended their won
loss record to fc-0 by de
feating tie Hayesville High
Yellowjackets 42-fl here Fri
day night. The Bulldogs play
Cherokee here this Friday
at 8:00 p.m.
The Bulldogs won the toss
and Frank Hill ran a forty
five yard kick-off back to
Murphy's own forty-one. Be
cause of a five yard penalty
the Bulldogs were forced to
punt. Hayesville took pos
session of the ball but quick
kicked on the third down. Da
vid Thompson took the ball
on the Bulldogs twenty-two
and ran back to the Hayes
ville forty -six. The next play
Frank Hill drove six yards
to put the ball on the Yellow
jackets forty. From there
David Thompson charged the
entire forty yards for Mur
phy's first score. Bud Killian
ran the extra point.
The Yellowjackets returned
a forty-nine yard kick-off of
John Van Horn's to their own
thirty-two. Hayesville again
was unable to move the ball
and was forced to punt. The
Bulldogs received the kick
on Htyesville's forty-eight,
but were penalized fifteen
?yards forclipplng. This moved
the ball to Murphy's thirty
seven. From there the Bull
dogs started adrlvethatended
when Bud Killian went across
from five yard* out for thfc
tally. David Thompson ran pie
extra potnt to bring the score
to M-0.
Van Horn again kicked off
for Murphy and the ball
changed hands twice before the
first period ended.
As the second period opened
David .Thojnpson ran a Hayes -
ville punt "hack from Murphy's
forn. three w Haveaville's
1 111
Hayesville eleven, h rom there
David Thompson wiggled his
way across for the Bulldogs
tf'ird touchdown. Bobby Wea
ver made the extra pointgood,
bringing the score to 21-0
in favor of Murphy.
The nearest the Yellowjac
kets came to pay dirt was late
in the first half when backs
Moss and Ray highlighted a
sixty yard drive that was stop
ped by the Bulldogs on Mur
phy's ten yard line.
The Hayesville team took
a forty-eight yard kick and
ran it back to theirown twenty
one to get the second half
of the ball game underway.
With a series of runs and
a fifteen yard Bulldog penalty
the Yellowjackets moved the
hall to the forty yard line.
Four downs later a brave
Hayesville eleven decided to
run for the first down instead
of punting, but did not pick
up the necessary yardage.
Murphy gained possession on
Hayesville's forty-eight.
Because the Bulldogs had
rwo passes intercepted and the
Yellowjackets were stopped
on the ground, neither team
was able to score in die third
period.
Early in the final period
the Bulldogs climaxeda sixty
nine yard drive with a pass
from David Thompson to Ran
dolph Cunningham for the TD.
The play was good for twelve
yards. Killlan scored the point
after the touchdown.
Murphy's next touchdown
came when John V,an Horn
pasted to Sammy Duncan who
went twenty-six yards for the
score. Billy Haney scored the
converson to bring the score
to 35-0.
The Bulldogs last score
came late In the game when
Bobby Weavertonnected with
David Thompson for a thirty
"'.-"I-"
the extra point to bring the
score to a final 42-0.
There was time for only
two more plays before the
game ended.
Although the visiting Haves
ville team played hard and
never gave up, the Yellow
jackets could not score against
the Bulldogs.
Scoring points for Murphy;
Thompson --19
Killian -- 8
C unningham --7
Duncan --6
Weaver -- 1
Hanev --1
Girl Scout Troop
Will Baby Sit
For Busy Voters
Twenty 8th grade girls from
Murphy Girl Scout Troop #204
have agreed to servers Voters
Aides on Tuesday, November
8th. They will act as volun
teer baby sitters for any
voters needing their services.
Astaffed nursery will be open
in the basement room of the
library. The girls will also
go in pairs to private home*
in the city if parents notify
them through Mrs. W. T.
Brown, VE 7-2T05, in suffi
cient time. This is a non
partisan effort by tie Girl
Scouts to see that no regis
tered voters will be keptfrom
exercising their privilege to
vote In the Presidential elec
tion because of home respon
To Hear Of Needs
Murptiy Presbyterians are
to hear of the work and needs
of the Presbyterian Home for
Children at a family supper
gathering at 6:30 Wednesdav
nitht. October It. Adult dir
ectors of the work and child
Football
Contest
Winners
Miss Jo Moody of Murphy
came through in first place
last week for the second tine
with thirteen correct answers.
For Second and ThirdPrize.
the tie breaker was used to
determine Walter Cole of Rt.
1. Murphy, as second place
winner. "Hiis is his second
time also to be in the winning
category.
Third place winner was
Kenneth Hawkins of Route 1.
Murphy. Both of the latter
winners had twelve correct
answers. Two other contes
tants also had twelve correct
answers, but the tie breaker
ruled out their chances for
a prize.
Andrews Wildcats
Loose To
Cherokee Braves
ANDREWS - The Andrews
Wildcats suffered their second
defeat of the season at the
hands of the Cherokee Braves.
In the firstquarterBill Beck
threw a 10 yard aerial to Jeff
Arneach, who in turn lateral -
led to Collins Taylor. Taylor
ran 39 yards for the tourch
down. Berk kicked the extra
point.
A pass from Beck to Arneach
in the end zone again scored
for the Braves in the second
quarter. The extra point at
tempt was blocked by the An
drews line.
Next week the Wildcats will
take on the Hayesville Yellow
Jackets at Hayesville.
Peochtree Woman
Found Dead
Near Home
i
Tie body of a Cherokee
County woman, dead from a
22 rifle wound, was found I
at 7:50 a.m. Friday morn
ing, October ?. The body of
Mrs. Carl Zimmerman, 5",
of the Peachtree section was
found t1 rough ti e efforts of
tl e C! erokee County Rescue
Squad, neighbors, and family.
The searchers had been
hunting for her all night. The
body was found 1/2 mile on
a ridge in front of her home.
Coroner J. C. Townson
ruled that Mrs. Zimmerman
had died of a self-inflicted
bullet wound in the chest.
A member of the immed
iate family related the fol -
lowing story:
The family, consisting of
Carl Zimmerman, tie hus
band, and two bovs, Mark
and John, retired for the night
arount 7 p.m. Friday. Mrs.
Zimmerman finished her
day's housework, cleaning the
supper dishes and other even
ing chores around tie louse.
One of the bovs, Mark, was
awakened by the barking of
his dog. When he went to get
his flashlight, he could not
find it where lie had left it.
He woke his father ami ask
ed him if he had seen the
flashlight. The father told him
to ask Ins mother. Tie hoy
replied that his mother was
not in the house. When she
could not be located, the
tearch was started.
The family told the sheriff's
department that Mrs. Zim
merman had been under a
doctor's care.
Surviving are the husband;
a daughter, Miss Kathrvn
Zimmerman of Charlotte: four
sons, Harry, Mark, and John
ti the home, and Homer L.
of Central City, Ky.: a sis-,
rer. Mrs. Claude Barnett of
Murphy: and three grand
children.
Services were held at 3
p.m. Saturday at Peachtree
Baptist Church.
The Rev. Robert Barker,
the Rev. Letter Stowe an^
the Rev. Al Smith officiated
and burial was in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Frank
Harnett. James Setzer, Wil
ford McDonald, bdwin Hen
Confusion Boxes
These little boxes have caused more trouble and con
fusion to the folks here in Murphy than anvthing in the
moving of the post office. Murphy's new post office open
ed its doors to the public on Wednesday, September 28.
Many boxholders were stumped, as well as the post office
employees, in figuring out and remembering new combi
nations and changes in box numbers. Postmaster Joe Ray
feels that the new quarters will serve Murphv well once
the initial shock is over, both for the patrons and post
office employees.
Fund Drive Begins To Bring
N. C. Symphony To Area
A two-week drive to raise
funds to bring the North Car
olina Symphony to Murphy for
two concerts in early 1?M
began with a kick-off meeting
held Monday evening, October
10. The Symphony will play a
free concert for school child
ren in the three -county area
on January 24. An evening
concert for adults will be
given on the same date.
In addition to the free
children's matinee, school
Attend Cavalcade
Several Murphy Presbiter
lan leaders attended at Hazel -
wood Church Monday one of
a series of (. avalcade gather
ings preparing for the P res -
huerian Mission to the Nat
ion in I "Ml. T' ose from Mur
phy were: C. W. Barrett,
Robert A. Potter, Miss Bla
nche Saw\er, W. A. Single
ton, and Mrs. J. Franklin
Smith.
ci uaren win receive special
pre-concert classrooir in
struction usin? materials pro
vided by ti e Symphonv Soc
iety. T> is will be the Ibtb
consecutive season fe or
chestra will tour North Car
olina to bring music to the
smaller, rural communities
as well as ti e larger, urban
centers.
The purchase of a member
ship in the Symphony Society
also entities the holder to
a "tend anv ot! er subscription
concert given by tl eSvmphony
throughout the state. Member -
ships available are tie SI
student membership: $3 sin
gle; $5 joint: $10 active: >25
$50, and $T5 donor; and $100
patron subscriptions.
Dr. Benjamin Swalm is the
director of the North Carol
ina Symphony Societv.Mr. and
Mrs. Holland McSwain are
local membership co-chair
men and plans are for a two
week's intensive drive begin
nine October llti .
GiH Stents Enjoy Camping,
Remember They Need Yoer Help
hifteen memters o: uiri
Scout Troop #204 spent two
days in the out-of-doors on
September 23rd ind 24t' *' en
they set up an Overnite ( amp
on the Alverson propertv in
Murphy. The girls pitched
their own tents and set up
outdoor living facilities in
eluding an outdoor kitchen and
dining room. They found that
washing dirty pots and pans
could be easy if they remem
Young
Republicans Club
Flans for a Young Republi
can Club have been announced.
The organizational meeting
will be held next Monday, '
Oct. I". All interested pe
sons are invited to attend.
T! e meeting will be held at
the Cherokee County Court
House at S p.m.
bered to carefully rover with
soap any portion of tie pot
ti at came in contact with the
coals before placing it on tie
fire.
And doing the dishes can
be fun, especially if you're a
Girl Scout washing up with
your buddies after a char
coal cooked meal in the
autumn woods. And after tt e
dishes, there were songs and
story tellinz around the camp
fire and a good nights sleep
in a cozy sleeping bag.
Murphy GirlScoutsarei av
ing this kind of fun, but a
lot of other girls have never
cooked a meal out-of-doors
or gone on anovernight camp
ing trip. Give these other eirls
a chance to be Scouts, too. by
supporting t! e Piszal Girl
Scout Council fund Drive,
Give Todav!
Andrews Students
Attend Roundtable
Four Andrews High School
students attended the High
School Kdnors Roundtable it
Western Carolina College on
Friday, October
Judv West and Joe Tatham
represented the school year
book. THF: WILDCAT: and
benny Weeks and Joyce Pur
ser were representatives of
t> e WILDCAT'S SCREAM Staff
publishers of the school paper.
Speakers at t> e Roundtable
included Jim Lee, associate
editor of North I arolinaWild
life, Joi n I'. Brady, news
editor of the Franklin Press,
and Charles Lee West, of the
Associated Press,
Miss Elizabeth Whltson ac
companied the group toC ullo
whee.
Miss Whltson and Joyce
Purser returned to Cullowhee
on Saturday far the second
day of ti e Roundtable. THK
WILDCAT was awarded an
'onorable mention in its divis
ion of higi school yearboaks.
Judy Wast, speaking for tie
Andrews group, said. "All of
us feel t) at t'e Roundtable
?as a very
The Job
Must Continue
There can be no relenting
in the fight against fire. There
can he no resting on the laur
els.
It If the job of all of us
to continue our efforts to make
America fire safe.
Have you checked your at
tic or basement recently for
accumulation of the type of
combustible trash in which
fires so easilv start?
Have vou checked your elec
trical circuits and extension
cords to make sure they are
in tip-top shape?
Does your fuse box contain
fuses of the proper amperage?
If not, then call on yx>ur lo
cal Fire Department to make
a fire inspection. In Murphv,
call VE T-2510 and a repre
sentative of the fire depart
ment will come to your home
or business.
Remember one-fourth of all
fires are caused by matches
and smoking. Another 10.4
per cent are the result of
misuse of electrical equip
ment. And three-fourth of alt
fires are neediest- -d*y ,ar*
caused bv human carlessness
Gavin Speaks
Te large
Crowd Here
"We need a total reap
praisal of our entire trans
portation system." Robert-L.
r.avin. Republican Candidate
for Governor, told a targe
Republican eatlering in Mur
?p!y last Tuesday, Oct. 4. He
continued, "The real problem
is transportation, not Just hi
ghways."
Addressing ti e Republicans
of C! erokee County at the
Murphy Court House, Mr.
Gavin proposed "a revision
and further study of the 15
sear proeram recently pre
sented to the Budget Advisory
lorrrission with instruction
to take a new viewpoint that
tt e highway department must
build and recommend tugh
wavs with a first thought for
development of new areas in
North Carolina where new
sources of cash income are
desperately needed.
"Here in Murphy,". Mr.
Gavin said, "the line of com
munication runs towards
Tennessee. And yet through
I ! erokee County could flow
much industrial traffic from
the entire middle west to North
t arolina, to be processed in
North Carolina factories and
st ipped from its ports..."
He said, "Our roads, east
west, are deplorable. New In
terstate Highway 40 which is
being completed in patches in
the Piedmont, will be a good
thing when finished but com
pletion is a long way off and
it is not the relief our east
west development needs. We
need two major highways, with
limited access, andengineer
ed for modern speeds, to pull
our state closer together."
Republicans from all over
WNC attended the gathering.
Farmers Cm
Obtain
Loot
Farmers who hive regular
off -farm employment if other -
? *e eligible, may-obtain farm
operating and development
loans from the Farmer Home
Administration, under the re
cently revised regulations of
the agency.
Robert D. Bruce, Farmers
Home Administration county
supervisor for Cherokee and
Ciraham Counties, said the new
regulation will go into effect
October 1st. Previously, ex
cept in rural development
counties, a farmer had to
spend mostof his time farming
in order to qualify for a loan,
Experience gained in rural
development counties has
si own that many farmers who
are regularly employed off the
farm can profitably use-*t<e
Farmers Hon-e Admin
istration's credit facilities to
increase the farm portions of
tleir tital incomes. The
regulation, which had limited
credit assistance to farmers
w'o spend mostof their time
farming, prevented some from
obtaining the maximum in
come from tleir farms and
from taking advantage of op
portunities for industrial and
other off -farm employment.
Other eligibility require
ments remain unchanged. Ap
plicants must have sufficient
farm experience to carry on
sound farm operations, must
need credit, and be unable to
obtain financial assistance
from other sources. As in
the past, creditwill beextend
ed only to operators of farm*
that are family-type or
smaller. No loan will bemad*
unless a plan for the coming
. year's farming operation*
shows that income from the
farm and other sources will
be large enough to enable tHe
farm family to have a reason
able standard of living, pay
debts, and have an adequate
reserve for emergencies.
Loan fund may be used to
pay farm operating cost, pur
chase equipment and live
stock, pay farm development
costs, and refinance certain
debts. Ti e Interest rate .1
ve percent. Repayment I
ules depend tgwn thep
for which funte.area
and upon the ?
from tt'e I