The Cherokee Sgou
Dedicated To Promoting Far Western North Carolina
Vol una 71 - Nunbar 35
Murphy. N. C. Thursday, March 30. 1961
6 Pages i hit Weak
Di*tll?
Murphy
Calendar
THURSDAY, MARCH SO
7iM aoa. - ?ervlcao ?t
Praebyaarlaa Chvch.
3:30 pan. - Jtor eWf
at First IMMUt Charch.
Coacord Choir at Pirn Bsp
tlat Charch.
7:30 a.m. -Coaunualaaser
vlcaa at Plrat Methodist
Charch.
Commaaloa services atPrae
>nr,"pSlS??rh<L?CH SI
1:00 pan. - Uaioa GoodPrl
' day aarvtcaa at Plrat Baptist
Charch.
SATURDAY. APRIL I
2:00 p.m. - Easter an huat
for Naraery. Kladerasnsa aad
prlaury grades c< Plrat Ma
thodUt Charch wUl ha held
aa tha lawa of the paraaaaga.
7:30 poo. - Trt -State Rock
Honiara meeting at their
t-im-g at Braaatowa. Gueat
speaker will beBsrlVsa Horn.
A Mb will ha ahowa on dan
far of bias dag cape.
SUNDAY, APRIL 2
I 6: SO aja. -Sunrise services
at Suet Cemetery.
I 5:30 pan. - MYP at Flrat
MsOodlst Church.
' 6:S0 pan. - Training Union
at First Baptlet Church.
I MONDAY APRIL 3
6:30 pan. - ClYltan club
meet at New Regal Hotel.
Rotary Clah to meet at the
Family Restaurant.
7:30 pan. - Cherokee Lodge
No. 146 AF aad AM will meet
l la the Masonic Hall.
B. W. C. ft Flrat Baptist
' Charch will meet at the home
of Mra. J. W. Donley.
Mea's Chorus practice at
Flrat Baptist Charch.
TUESDAY. APRIL 4
3:15 pan. - Sunbeams will
meet at Flrat Baptist Church.
3:30 pjn. - Carol Choir at
Flrat Baptist Church.
Youth Choir atFlrstMatbo
cdst Church.
4:15 pan. - Cherub Cbolr
at Flrat Bsptlst Church.
Celestial Cbolr at Flrat
Baptist Charch.
7:00 pja. - Business and
Profeaaloaal Club to meet at
the hone of Mrs. G. W.
Cover la Aadrews.
8:00 pan. - Alcoholic Ano
nymous to meet at New Regal
Hotel.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5
3:30 p.m. - Chapel Choir
at Flrat Bsptlst Church.
6:00 p.m. - Sunday School
Worhera Council ? upper at
First Bapdat Church . I
7:30 pan. - Hour of Power I
at Flrr: Baptist Church. j
Mid-week services at First <?
Methodist Charch. E
Mid-week services atPras
byterlan Church.
3:15 pan. - Cbolr rehearsal ?
at Presbyterian Church.
(:30 p.m. - Choir rehearsal ?
at First Baptlat Church.
Cbolr rehearsal at Flrat ?
Methodist Church.
APRIL 11
12:30 to 5:30 pan. H
DONT FORGET
THE BLOOOMOBILE WILL ?
BB AT MURPHY POWER
BOARD BUILDING ON THAT ?
DATE.
Auto, Tractor
Collision Injures
2 Youths, Mem
Two youths tod an elden,
mu were Injured near her
Saturday night, March 25, In
a collision between an auto
mobile and a farm tractor. The
yqiilhe, both on the tractor,
were seriously hurt.
Patrolman Don Moran and
Deputy Sheriff Fred Davis, wno
Investigated, said the youths
were Sammy Cox Jr., 16,
driver a f the tractor; andKen
neth Robert Blankenshlp, 12,
who was ridlag on the trac
tor. Both boys are residents
of Rt. 2, Hayesvllle. The
BlaakanaMp boy Is die son of
Mr. sad Mrs. James Blank
enshlp.
Hie driver of the car was
Identified as James William
Murray of Hayesvllle.
All three were taken to
Providence Hoi/ttal In Mur
phy, The Cox youth suffered
severe scalp lacerations, and
the Blaakeashlp boy suffered
a coacnaeldn. Both were list
ed In fair condition Sunday
Murray was treated for lag
lacerations and released.
Moraa quoted Murray as
saying he was hllnded by an
oacoalag car as be was
traveling eest on U. S. 1?
toward Hayesvllle, and failed
? see the tractor, also going
eest, until he waa about 30
feet from 1 1. He saldhe swerv
ed to avoid a collision, but was
The tractor crossed s ditch
iwn four fence
led ? mailbox beTore
I. The car traveled 134
feet en the left side of the road
before cemlagtoastop.Moraa
The laves tlgatloa la
Annual Egg Hunt
PI? wl At
Martins Croak
The MarH as Creek Orange
?I 1
Creak I
The pnMlc Is cordially In (
will be three groyne 1
" Will he given
Easter Cantata
The Hlwassee Dam High School Glee Club presented
their Easter Cantata called "Calvary," under the dir
ection of Miss Bernlece Boring and accompanied by Helen
Keenum and Linda Boring at the P. T. A. meeting last
Thursday, March 23. The cantata, by Henry Wessel, was
based upon the last seven words of Christ.
Senator Receive* Blood Donor Pin
Murphy Blood Chairman, Hobart McKeever, right, la shown
iresentlng a two gallon blood donor's pin to Sena tor W. Frank
-orsYth. An all out effort Is underway In the Murphy area B>
;et the required 249 pints of blood needed to meet the annual
|uota. The Bloodmoblle will be In Murphy at the Power Board
lull ding Tues., April 11, from 12:30 to 5:3 p.m. (Scout Photo)
School Girls To Don Nurses Caps
Bottle Sterilizer Goal
of Hospital Auxiliary
The Providence Hospital
U uxlllary will stage ? benefit
card party at the New Regal
Hotel on Tuaaday, April 4, at
7:30 p.m. The Auxiliary In a
recent meeting pledged to
ralee $700 toward the put
chase of a 32 bottle ster
ilizer for the Providence Hos
pital Nursery.
Mrs. Arnold Baertana,
benefit chairman at the
auxiliary, pointed out that the
present sterilizer Is in
adequate to serve the many
babies that fill the hospital
iMrsery, and there are la
suffldent funds available to
buy the needed $1,200 alt.
r Ire Destroys Home
An early morning fire dea
troyed the home of China Gar
rett bare Sunday, render la)
him sad his family of seven
Garrett and his wife and five
children were v)f?"-,g in -
Georgia when the fire broke
E
The fire was dl a covered B
about 4 ajn. Sunday by Gar- L|
rwtfs father , Tjrrea, who lives
?aatt deer. He called the
Ha yea villa Volunteer PlreDe
mia. nobert Bruce, fuw
ldent, laid, "We feel that id
help provide Chli fine piece of
equipment would be a real
service to die babies of the
community."
A group of school girls will
don nuraes caps oa Saturday,
April 1, soliciting doaadoas la
the Immm m district. Tickets
per peraoa alao may be par
chased from these volunteer
workers.
Mrs. Boerkens urge* the
public is give geaeroualy to
ward this worthy project.
Tickers may be bought at the
>tk of the New Regal Hotel
or from auxiliary members.
Reiervatloaa caa be made by
calllag the hotel.
imiamneaia will be
?erved durlag the party aad
a prise will he o .ered for
high scores at each table,
rhe holder of the tacky ti
cket amber will be given a
?pedal grand prise.
qualization Board
logins Session
lers Monday Morning
The Beard of "iseli
?loaera will sit as s Beard of
Jquallxadoa ?-e Moa
lay. April I aad cewtfaatag
?HI all rental a ta are heard,
rhe beard will meet at 9 ul J
This !? *a ealy tlaMef year
hat As Cseaalasleaars alt
? Mh a hoard to review
ax cases provided by law. At
ha
Protestant Churches Unite
For Good Friday Service
Sunrise Se
At Cemetc
Protestant churches of Murp
this year? as Is (heir custom
As previously announced, the
memoradng the death of Jesus
First Baptist Church from 1 o'cj
The united service com
memorating the resurrection
of the Savior Is to be at the
eastern end of Sunset Ceme
tery at 6:30a.m. Sunday Morn
ing. There will be appropriate
music. Scripture and prayer.
In which minister and con
gregation will takepert; and
the Rev. G. K. A, Haase, min
ister of Free Methodist
Church will bring a abort mes -
sage of the Resurrection.
At the Good Friday service
seven ministers will each give
? meditation on one of the
Seven Last Words of Christ
if?n the cross; and there
will be fitting congregational
singing and other music.
Various Murphy stores are
closing for the service hoar.
Holy Week Services
At St. William's
Catholic Chapel
For the 1927th time the 20
century old pageantry and
drama of Jesus' last three
days on ear tfe before His Death "
will be re-enaced In the
Catholic Liturgy throughout
the world during this Holy
Week. In St. William's
Catholic Chapel, Murphy, <
these worship services will be
at 7:30 pjn. Thursday, Friday
aad Saturday. The public Is ,
Invited to attend. The theme ?
aad order of the services ?
follows: .
HOLY THURSDAY (Theme: *
The love of our Lord lr. ,
the Institution of the Most '
Holy Eucharist)
Service: The Mass of the Last
Simper-- followed by the
stripping of the altar to re
recall the stripping of Our
Lord of His garments In "
preparation for His
Crucifixion. u
GOOD FRIDAY (Theme: The '
sacred Passion and Death
of Jesus)
Service: 1, Hie reading of
the Passion according to ;
St. John. J
2. Solemn Prayers for the
entire world.
3. AQuraaon of the Cru- n
dfled fi
4. Holy Communion Service o]
HOLY SATURDAY : THE a
EASTER VIGIL SERVICE ai
( Theme: The power aad _
glory of Jesus' Resur
rection) _
Service: 1. Blessing of the
New Fire? the"new fire" ?
Is struck from a flint to _
signify the "Spark of Life" \
or the Soul of Jesus re
turning to His Body la the
Resurrectlln.
2. Blessing of Pascal Candle 11
3. Lighting of Pascal Candle ?
with the "new fire" B J
signify that Life has re- ?
turned to Jesus "
4. Litany of the Saints 4
5. Blessing of the Baptis
mal Font J
6. Renewal of Baptismal ?
Promises
7. The Baster Vigil Mass ?*
af
P?
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MfbittUrs Piss
To Exhibit Work "
A gruift oi enthusiastic
"Whltllers" and woodwork -
ers plans to exhibit results
of a two month course tinder
the direction of Mrs. Murrlal
Martin, carving Instructor,
and Jesse Ledford, la charge
of the woodworking shop.
The exhibit will he pre
of the
board of directors of the
school at a luncheon meeting
on Friday, March 31. and
again the same day at MX)
p.m. during the community
party.
Some very One Mecca
were made by ike following
ladles who believe it is Im
portant to be able m work
with their bands. They are:
Meedamae Mary Nell Mem
of Hayeevuie, oeea Al
Ba
Ha
as
No
I
Be
a
Tsi
It
urn
tin
J
vmreon. Helen Moedy, Ed- La,
th Fuller, Wanda McOoaald, J
Catharine Wells, aad Alios . Sn
Ka
Caaa of Mvjhy.
El __
tnrlse Service
lAYESVTLL* . Ai Kaeter J*
?rise Service will he held!
a MeawriiORaral US? Ca?- . T
?r. 11m Rev. Billy Fax will
all war the meaaaga aad
lal nele Is oar *
cd m af Mr*. C.I. I
The sarrlee wfll i
tW
irvices
iry
hy are having union services
-for Good Friday and Easter.
Good Friday service, com
Cbrlst, will be observed at
lock until 2 Friday afternoon.
Ranger Young People
The young people of the
Ranger BtptJst Church pre
i en ted a demonstration of
church discipline under the
direction of Mr. F.B.Johnson
?t the regular quarterly meet
ing of the West Liberty As
sociation. Rev. Cecil Rive,
vice moderator of the associa
tion, was In charge of the
meeting.
Bid For Freedom Cut Short
As Dogs Nob Noah Dockery
A bla for freedom Tues
day afternoon, March 28, pat
Noah Dockery1 a name back
In the news for the first time
since 1953, when he was
convicted twice of first de
free murder la the shotgun
slaying of Cherokee County
Sheriff Frank Crawford.
Dockery, now .34 and serv
ing a life sentence, escaped
at 12:30 pjn. from a Yancey
County road gang that was
working on Hall Chapel Road
la the Cleo section about 10
miles from Bursvllle. He was
recaptured at 6:30 p.m.
On March 3, 1953, Sheriff
Crawford went to Dockery' s
home la the Hanging Dog Sec
tion of Cherokee County with
I warrant charging Dockery
alth burning a sawmill.
Free Methodist
fo Have
Special Speaker
The Georgia - North Car
llna Conference under the
eedershlp of Conference
i^erlntendant A. V. Mc
Clelland will hold Its Quar
srly conference at the Murphy
ree Methodist Church April
-7. The apodal speaker wllLc*
e Rev. C. F. Gallic of Lake
Yorth Fla. Rev. Gallup Is the
Drmer Superintendent of the
Uchlgan Conference, and
such sought after for hlselo
uence and deep understanding
f the Holy Scriptures.
The first service will be on
Wednesday, April 5, at 7:30
.m. including a Communion
nd Reconsecrtdon service;
iree services on Thursday
10 a.m. 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.)
nd will close on F rlday morn
ig with a Quarterly Confer -
nce Business Session at 10
,m. Delegations from thlr
sen Free Methodist Churches
?om Georgia and North Car- '
Una will attend. The general !
ibllc Is cordially Invited to
ttend all meetings.
Dockery later testified that
the sheriff came Into his house
and he (Dockery) cut hi tn down
with a shotgun. The sheriff
stun bled back to his car,
where his body was found by
officers called by Mrs. Dock
ery.
A 31-hour man hunt follow
ed the sheriff's death and fin
ally Dockery gave up after
his father talked to him in the
woods where he was hiding. A
few hours later aroused cit
izens burned his house to the
ground.
On April 8, a Jury convict- ?
ed Dockery and the judge pro
nounced the death jaaaim hi. s.
An appeal to the State Supreme
Court won a retrial on a
technicality.
Dockery entered a plea of
guilty to first degree murder
In the second Dial and he was
sentenced to life Imprison
ment.
Until about seven months
ago, when he was transferred
to the Yancey County prison
camp, Dockery remained In
Central Prison In Raleigh.
Until Tuesday Dockery had
been a "good prisoner" and
stayed out of trouble accord
ing to Lt. Cecil Penland of the
Prison Department.
" TWfflay's escape attempt
came as a guard was herd
ing the work gang on a truck
to keep out of the rain. Dock- :?
ery got In front of the truck
and ran around a sharp curve
In the road Just ahead. The
guard fired three times with
a .30-. 30 rifle but Dockery
was engulfed In a laurel thick
et which extends for a con
siderable distance on both
sides of the road.
Walter Harne of the Prison
Department In Splndale
brought if a pack of dogs,
?hlch ran Dockery down.
If usual prison procedures
ire followed, Dockery will be
sxamlned by a doctor and will
be back on the roads Wed
nesday.
raining Union Convention
lated Here Next Week
Dr. * of era M. Smith, Rlch
oad, Va.. will bring the clo?
f message at the Region 10
ralalng Ualoa CooTeadoa to
j held la the Flrit Baptist
lurch of Marphy on Friday,
irrtl 7.
Dr. Rogers M. Smith la
bralalatratlTe associate to
e eaacdtlve secretary of the
>ath era BaptlatForelgaMls
on Board. His resyonslb
[tlea are la the general area
administration aad laclade
annlag aad preparlag for the
a-alga Mlssloas Confer
ees held each snmmer at
idgecreat (N?.) Baptist As
mhly aad Glorleta (NX.)
?Hat Assembly.
Dr. Smith came to the Board
rly la 1994 aa (laid re
aeeatatlve and was aamed
aodata secretary for pro
>tloa la October of that year.
i aaaamed respoaslbtlltles
admlalatratlTe associate
water 1. 1951.
M formerly a^gsgnit la
pdst stadeat wort la Ten
iae, servlag for fev years
stadeat secretary aad
la Ike schoal of re
loa at the Uatvaralty of
aad for
yeara as B^tlat Stadaat
traveler, be baa
B^tlat mis
la Barope, the
ir Bast, ike Orient. aad
la America.
i ?tin of Warn, Tbl. Dr.
IA reeefved thebechaleraf
? degree from Bayiar Ua
ralty. Waca, aad thai
religions.
af I
degrees from southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary,
Port Worth. Tex. He held pas
torates In Texas during his
seminary days.
He Is married to die former
Evelyn Melton, a native of
tort Worth. They have two
children, Sara Sue and Rogers
Melton.
Hiflh School
Stars Is 6n?
There will be a basketball
game Friday night, the Slat,
?t 8:00 p.m. at the Murphy
High School Gym.
The gamawlll be between
the Murphy High School
Team 1*60-61 and former
high school basketball play
er*.
The piocea da will be used
for equipment for Iks Murphy
Baseball team.
U you Ilka basketball,
come on out and enjoy a good
basketball |
>re-Centermlal Ball
'lanned In Clay Co.
laywrllla - Plans fer a Pre
' enteral al Ball wera outlined
load** night at a meeting of
he Cloy County raawlal
eaomlnea. The hell la niaa
nd as a tad -raising actiTic)
> help pay Ca.? 1.1 de
aa
Is la
Awtl 15 Is the date sat far
* ball ? ha bald at feat
me High Sckoni grnmaalan.
a Mikasua will furnlah tha ?
It and tickets wUl a*U
? par c^U .ad ?.*? ?"
Makes UNC Honor Roll
Robert Walter Easley, III made the Honor Roll In the
College or Arts and Sciences during the fall semester at
the University of North Carolina. To receive this honor, a
student must make a grade of B or higher on all work taken.
Less than 12 per cent of the students at Carolina achieved
such high academic distinction. Easley Is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert W. Easley, Jr. of Murphy.
Initiated into Fraternity
William Blevins, son of Mr. ana Mrs. B. W. Blevlns of
.0. Box 336, Andrews, was Initiated Into the North Car
Una Delta Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsllon Social F rater -
Ity at the University of North Carolina on Sunday, March
>. 1961.
t?dy Grovps Ob
o?ltry, CflttU
Ismsm loaplmd
Or. C. G. Wilkes hu corn
ieeed the two atady groins
le was conducting oa
11 Mas e* of poultry and cattle
it the John C. Campbell Folk
chool. Twenty -seven peopli
nok advantage of these cour
aa. 1
The purpose of the*',
todies was to enable the
inner to recognize symp
ims of disease early enough
> get professional help be
)re the loas becomes to
reat la a flock o I chickens
r a herd of cattle.
Or. Wilkes la In charge of
m Diagnostic Clinic la Mur
by. This- clinic provides tfci
inner with quick and ac
?rate diagnosis/ thaa saving
1m both time id Money.
Those who took advantage
' the opportunity . this
Mdy expreaaod apprecla
an b Dr. Wllkea far glv
g of his time and Inform -
lea, and to the Polk School
r faralahlag the facllldea
r holding the stady'ses
aaa. They also eipraeaed
a hope that almllar coarsea
mid bo bald periodically.
ivIm Sonric*
YKSWULk - Saunae Sor- (
m will bo bold at tho Oak
* B?dat Cbarch, Swnday
nta at MO aja. The Oak
? CWreh la In fee n*d ,
flea 1 Taamdtaaa
Eastern Star
Installs Officers
Officers for Murphy Chap
ter No. 10 Order of (he East
ern Star were Installed daring
the regular meeting on Thurs
day evening, March 23, with
Mrs. Ann Phillips conducting
the rites. She was assisted by
Mrs. Mary Cathron Sneed as
marshal; Mrs. Lola Davidson
as chaplain and Mrs. Annie
Lee Foard as onanist.
milters lagpuied were
Mrs. Gladys Lemons as wor
thy matron; Sam L. Davidson,
worthy patron; Mrs. Rath Eng
lish. associate matron; Miss
HatHe Palmer, treasurer;
Mrs. Juanlta Hall, conduct
ress; Mrs. Joe Taylor, Assoc
iate conductress, Mrs. Annie
Lea Foard, organist; sndOpal
Howell, marshal.
Star points; Mrs. Loaise
Dehart Adah; Mrs. Evelyn
Kissel harg. Rath; Mrs.
Willie Dean Hawaii, Esther;
Mrs. Gwtnda Gillespie; Mar
tha; aad Mrs. Viva ados Far
mer, Electa; Mra. Fleeta
Browning. Sentinel aad Mra.
Bertha Roberts, Warder.
Associate appointive of
ficers are: Mrs. Bllaa Craw
fordlc: apWa; Mrs, Sylvia
Dora Kaya, Adah; Mra. Ifer
calla Smith, Rath; Mr*. Mb-,
lam Moore. Esther; Mrs. Kale
Haghaa, Ma v Mrs. BUsa
S"* S?*1^' Mrs.
3aasla Farr, WanhrilMi s.
Mice
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"ad lis visiters