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!'he Cherokee Scout
Cherokee County's Oldest And Newest Newspaper
Volume 71 - i
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Murphy. N. C., Thursday, May 4, 1961
8 Pages This Week
Pii>lished Weekly
Andrews High School Honor Students
Honor students from the graduating clas at Andrews High
School have been selected on the basis of scholastic achieve
ment. From left to right they are: Linda Ellis Howell, Ann '
Pulllum, Mescal Rose, and Judy May. (
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Registration Forms Available
For Wagon Train Expedition
Official registration forms are
* now available for those who want
? to enter wagons or horses In
the annual Tellico Plains, Tenn.
R> Murphy, N.C. Wagon Train
Expedition July 4, Jim Hughes,
committee chairman for Wag
ons and Horses announced to
day. Anyone wishing to enter
this year's Wagon Train can
obtain a feglstratlon form from
, Mr. Hughes lnMurphy Saturday.
Wagons will assemble and
, parade In Tellico Plains, Tenn.
on Saturday, July 1.
' The train will leave Tellico
Plains at day break on Sunday,
July 2, arriving at the camp
area near the Tennessee-North
Carolina line at approximately
4 p.m. the same afternoon.
The train will leave the camp
area at day break on Monday,
July 3, arriving at a camp sits
about 12 miles from Murphy
at approximately 4 p.m. On
Tuesday, J uly 4, the train will
enter the town of Murphy a
round 11a.m.
The rules governing this year's
Wagon Train are as follows:
The Wagon Master and his
Committees Named
t
For Wagon Train
Y Co-chairmen and commit
tees for the 1961 Wagon Train
celebration have been announ
ced. Ben Palmer, Murphy
' motel operator and Holland
McSwain, MurphyCitySchools
Superintendent, will serve as
^ co-chairmen of this year's 4th
of July event.
' Publicity Committee; Jerue
Bahb, Chairman, . Paul Rlden
hour. Max Blakemore, Ople
k McKeever, Louise Bayless.
Reception Com mi nee:
k Frank Forsyth, Chairman, L,
L. Mason, H. A. Mattox, Her
f man West, Percy Fere bee.
' Duties: Welcome and assist
r all specially invited guests.
, Overall entertainment: John
Jordan, Chairman. Ted
i Thomas, Ed Reynolds.
Water Sports: George Dyer,
? Chairman. Elmer Taylor.
. Food for Special Guests:
Virgil 0*Dell, Bess Alverson.
r Dance Committee: Wayne
Holland, Chairman, BPW Club
r to assist.
Costumes: Dot Mason,
> chairman.
. Beards: Joe Ray.
' Program Committee: Merle
t Davis, Chairman. Wanda Ed
wards, Blanche Smith, Mrs.
John Carringer, Loren Davis.
Duties: Prepare and have
\ printed a souvenir program
and Includes selling adver
i a semen ts for the program.
Fairground Committee: Jim
* Hughes, Chairman, Mrs. ftol
i land McSwalo.
Wagons and horseback ri
ders: Jim Hughes, chairman,
Loren Davis, Claude Angel,
Tom Palmer, Charles Hlgdon,
Frank Swan, Hugh Hensley,
Jerry Hatchett, Haul Ledford,
Jeff Brooks. Function: Con
tact wagon and stock owners,
and persuade them to parti
cipate In the wagon train,
and have all participants to
fill out and turn in registra
tion blanks.
Traffic Committee: Charles
Johnson. Chairman. Claude
Anderson, Patrolman Ensley,
Patrolman Hooper, Blaine
Stale up. Duties: Make all rules
and regulations covering the
flow of traffic ans see that
sufficient personnel Is avail
able to control traffic.
Wagon Route andCampSlte:
Bob White, Chairman, Charles
Coleman, Harry Dickey, Har
old Wells, John Bayless, Jim
Ed Hughes, J ack Dickey, May
nard Kllllan, Boyd Davis,
Howard West. Function: Pre
pare route over which wagons
and horseback riders are to
travel. Also, select and pre
pare sufficient camp sites
along the route.
Finance Committee: Edwin
Hyde, Chairman; Joe Ray and
Jack Dickey. Funodon: To
make plans for, and conduct
a financial campaign to se
cure funds to cover expenses
of the Wagon Train Project.
assistants will be in charge
of all entries.
Each teamster and horseback
rider will be responsible for
the feeding and care of his ani
mals. .
All wagons must have steel
tires, brake*, with bows and
canvas to look as much like
a frontier wagon as possible.
All buggies, surries, hacks or
other eligible entries must have
wooden spokes. (No pneumatic
tires)
Any wagon that breaks down
will fall out and let the re
maining wagons continue, un
less repairs can be made, so
as not to delay the train.
There will be no advertise
ment on any wagon- -only the
name of the sponsoring civic
organization or club will be
permitted.
The night of July 4th will
be spent at the fairgrounds
in Murphy ? arrangements for
feeding horses will be the re
sponsibility of each teamster.
Feed will be provided by Mur
phy Ctvlc Clubs. Persons mak
ing the trip may camp in the
fairgrounds.
The Tellico Klwanls Club
will give a prize to the spon
sor of the best entry complet
ing the trip.
The Tellico Plains American
Legion will furnish entertain
ment in the Town Square on
the night of Saturday, July 1.
The civic clubs of Cherokee
County, NjC. will provide an
entertainment program on the
afternoon and night of the
Fourth.
All participants should be as
sembled not later than 4 p.m.
July 1st in Tellico Plains.
The Wagon Master and assist
ants will be identified by arm
bands.
Each community entering
two or more wagons or horses
will elect or appoint a section
chief to be in charge of their
section. Single wagons or riders
will be assigned to section of
their choice as near as possible
Each section chief will see that
stock are properly watered and
fed.
It is not recommended that
high spirited or so called "high
school" horses be entered in
the Wagon Train as the slow
progress of the train will be
bad for the horses.
r Sweethearts Vocal Group Sing At Banquet
f The 8w? ifcaai i?. ? *oc?l groiq> mate tq> of w^waom at Htwaaaaa Dam High School,
? aaeartalnad at dw Junlor-Sanlor Baaaoat at tto hWh arbaal racandy. They are drat row,
' Mi ? right, Saadra Floyd, Bllnbadi Nalaja, Kay Gladson, Ida Nairn. Second row. Margie
? , bans. Ltada Loudarmllk, Halaa Nawman. Third row, J . M. Varaar, Glaim Saaad, Bobby
I . sllard, Larry MeNakb, BUI Hataa, Lawla Pas. Fourth row, Doaaa Jaaa Payna, MUdrad
m Lathar. Praacaa Shlalda, Barbara Faya Payna, Braada Qatam, aad Halaa Kaapum. (Scout
?k Phota by Baglay) (* ,
WANTED
Yes, more beards such as
the one shown above are
WANTED for the annual Wagon
Train celebration here in
Murphy on July 4th. Also,
the Cherokee Scout wants you
to identify the man shown
above. Here are some clues.
He owns lots of real estate,
he attends theBaptistChurch
he is active in the Wagon
Train, and he runs an ad in
this paper every week. Write
"Beard Contest", Box 190,
Murphy, N. C, and if you
guess his identity, we will
send you a year's subscription
to the paper. Prizes will
be offered for the best long
term beard entered in die
contest. Prizes will also
go to the best short term
beard, one grown in two
months or less. Now's the
time to start a beard.
Sanford To Make
Every Effort To
Be Here July 4th
Senator W. Frank Forsyth
reports In his weekly article
in this week's paper that
Governor Terry Sanford is
going to make every effort
to attend the Wagon Train
celebration in Murphy July
4th.
The governor did not de
finitely say he would make the
trip; however, he promised
that the Chairman of the High
way Commission, die District
Commissioner and other high
way people would be present
for the annual celebration.
Concessions
Available
To Civic Clubs
Any civic club or organi
zation in Cherokee County that
would like to have a conces
alon at the annual Fourth of
July Wagon Train celebration
In Murphy 1* asked to contact
the Wagon Train committee,
Ben Palmer and Holland Mc
Swatn, co-chairmen, have an
nounced.
Band Boosters To
Stage 'Womailess
Wedding' Saturday
The Murphy Band Boosters
Club will stage ? "Woman
leas Wedding" and "Breach
of Promise Suit" at the Mur
phy Elementary School Audl
toriian Saturday night at 8:00
PM. In an effort to raise
funds for new band uniforms
needed for next year.
Elaborate preparations and
rehearsals have gone Into this
project. Guest stars will In
clude many of the "wall
known" characters in and
around Murphy. The ldenity
of the stars has been hapt
a secret, adding suspense do
the occasion.
Over $1200 is needed for new
band uniforms for high school
members of the band. This
show will be one a f many pro
jects aimed at raising the
necessary fimds. Adult tickets
are ) JO, children's $.25.
W Tax Rate Increase
Voted For County
County
Schools
To Benefit
The Cherokee County Com
missioners unanimously agreed
it their regular monthly meet
ng Monday to raise the county
ax rate from $1.68 to $1.72
or the fiscal year 1961. The
our cent Increase was voted
o offset rising county operating
expenses.
The county school system
s expected to receive the
argest percentage of the money
:ollected from the tax increase.
Jther factors effecting the in
rease were the recentlegisla
lon doubling the amount paid
urors, the triple increase for
irltnesses, and the lncreae in
lie salaries of the Clerk of
iifierior Court, the Deputy
^Ierk, Register of Deeds, and
lis assistant.
The new rate is now set at
H.72 per $100 evaluation of
property in Cherokee County.
In other business, the board
tiired Mrs. Betty Lee Breed
love as assistant county
iccountant effected Monday,
May 8. Mrs. Breedlove will
replace Mrs. Ted Thomas.
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Murphy c
Calendar *
THURSDAY, MAY 4 F
3:30 p.m. - Concord Choir a
rehearsal at First Baptist
Church. 2
6:30 p.m. - Church Loyalty
dinner at First Methodist .
ChurcK
7:30 p. m. - Deacons of
Presbyterian Church will B
meet at the church.
Community Prayer Services
at Free Methodist Church. .
8:00 p.m. - Official Board ^
meeting of First Methodist (
Church in the Men's Bible _
Class room.
SATURDAY. MAY 6
3 to 4:30 p.m. - Circle No.
Four of First Methodist |
Church will have a Fellow
ship tea honoring new mem- \
bers of the church and the
Woman's Society of Christian '
service.
7:30 p.m. - Rock Hounders
meeting at their building at
Brasstown.
SUNDAY, MAY 7.
6:00 p.m. - MYF at First
Methodist Church.
6:30 p.m. - Training Union
at First Baptist Church.
MONDAY, MAY 9
6:30 p.m. - Rotary Club
at Family Restaurant.
->.<*> at. dw rii.K
'?WV p?lll> W4UW
to meet at New Regal Hotet
7:30 p.m. - St. William's
Catholic Church Confraternity
of Chrlitian Doctrine Officers
and Commits meeting.
Town Council meeting at
Murphy Power Board Building.
F rankle Martin Circle of j
First Baptist Church m meet .
at the home of Mrs. Robert I
Bruce.
Men's Chorus at First Bap- |
tist Church.
Ruth Bagwell Circle of
First BaptistChurch will meet
at the home of Mrs. B. J.
Fish.
TUESDAY, MAY 10
10:00 a.m. - The Gladys I
Morris Circle of First Bap- J
dst Church will meet at the {
home of Mrs. V. P. Williams. >
3:1S p.m. - Jr. Fellowship
meet at Presbyterian Church.
Youth Choir atFlrstMetho
dlst Church.
3:30 p.m. - Carol Choir at
First Baptist Church
Celesdal Choir at First
Bapdst Church.
6:30 pjn. - Lions Club
meedng Recreational Hall
First Methodist Church.
7:30 p.m. - Ruth Swan Cir
cle. First Baptist Church at
home of Mrs. Cecil Mills.
Elizabeth Hale Circle of
First Baptist Church at home
of Mrs. Leon Klmsey.
8:00 p.m. - Alcoholic Anon
ymous meet at New Regal Ho
tel.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10
3:30 p.m. - Chapel Choir
at First Baptist Church.
6:30 p.m. - Christian Fam
ily Gathering at West Minister
Hall of Presbyterian Hall.
7:30 pjn. - Hour at Power
at First Baptist Church.
8:00 p.m. - Midweek ser
vices at First Methodist
Church.
Choir practice at Presby
terian Church.
Adult Choir practice at
First B^xlst Church.
Choir rehearsal at First
Methodist Chiffch.
THURSDAY, MAY 11
1:00 pjn. - Cancer Clinic
at Heeith Office.
3:30 p,m. - Concord Choir
i diaai sal at Pint Baptist
Chwch.
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Prince And Princess
Prince Glen Newman and Princess Joy Patterson of
le Hlwassee Dam School Carnival last Saturday night are
hown carrying the crown for the King and Queen of the
arnival. A large crowd gathered for the occassion and
njoyed cake walks, bingo and other games. (Scout Photo
y Bagley)
'erebee Elected
dayor By
! To I Margin
ANDREWS -Percy B. Fere
ee was elected mayor of the
>wn In the election Tuesday.
F erebee defeated Jeff
rooks by a margin of 433
) 205.
Elected aldermen were: E.
J. Burch, 431; Harold Jones,
KM; Marvin Pulllum, 379, Zeb
Donley, 380.
Andrews Square
Dance Team To
Appear At Festival
ANDREW'S -Andrews Square
Dance Team, under the direc
tion Mrs. HowardFord, will
appear at the tbird annual
North Carolina DogwoodBlos
son Festival on Friday night
at the Armory in Waynes ville.
May Is Clean Up
Month In Murphy
Where Is This?
This week's mystery photo should bring In lots of post
cards and letters. To give you something to think about
this week, you must name the building and identify two of
the men standing on the porch. Here's the only clue. One
of the men shown owned the business that -was housed In the
building and the business carried his name. Last week's
winner was Creed Rates of Peach tree Street In Murphy. We
asked for the name of the street and Mr. Bate* correctly
named it Tennessee Street as did many other late entries.
The response has been terrific. If you have an old photo
that you would like to have printed, bring It to the Scout
office.
Presbyterians
Mark Christian
Family Week
Murphy Presbyterians are
Joining with others beginning
Sunday in the observance of
Christian Family Week.
At morning worship Sunday
Robert A. Potter, minister.
Is ? speak n?n the theme:
"Practicing Religion First at
home".
At fcSO Wednesday at West
minister Fellowship Building
the annual Christian Family
simper gathering will be held,
with special program. Mack
R. Howell Is chairman of
Christian Family Life.
Sacrament at the Lord's
Supper for Pentecost Is to
be obeenul at the morning
worship, Mother's Day, May
14.
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corner
Howdy folksl I wanta wel
come you to Cousin Clartne's
Corner. Now, If you read this
col linn it just means one thlngl
Some folks will just read any
thing. In this here column I
wanta warn you that I'm liable
not to meet no literary stan
dards - and I shore won't
set no new ones either. At
the. oupet 1 wanta make It
clear that Die opinions you
find expressed here In this
corner are strictly mine, an'
the editor of this paper will
assume no responsibility for
'em If you happen to differ
with 'em. It's just me an'
you. The editor told me that
he'd continue this column 'til
the folks began to cancel their
prescriptions to the paper,
then I'd hafta go. So, If you
don't find my column In next
weeks paper, you'll know what
happened - somebody already
cancelled their description.
If you've got any young -
uns that's agoing to school
a trying to leamEngllsh, don't
let 'em read this column. It
won't help 'em none. You can
see why.
Now you're liable to find
things commented on here all
the way from Alpha to Omega
and away on past Omega too.
It may not be the popular
opinion, the opinion of the
majority, nor that of the min
ority - or it may not even be
In between. So. you see, I'm
not fixing to begin by restrict
ing myself to no limits - ex
cept that of decency. You
mighta expected me to say
"decency and common sense"
but common sense is another
sort of restriction that I ain't
afixlng to saddle myself up
with to start off*
You all know that our ole
world is getting to be a heck
of a place to live In anyhow,
but bad as it Is, seems like
there's very few folks that* s
In any hurry to leave i t. Course
that Russian Major the other
day left it in a tremendous
hurry but everybody noticed
that he was mighty glad to
git back here. An' I guess
that proved there's worse
places we could go to, and
worse places we could stay
than here. Maybe when we
begin to git too gloomy about
things we oughta try to look
around and see If there ain't
something thafs still funny.
You know laughter's like a
bad cold - ifs ketchlng, but
not near as hard to git over.
Ole Fuzzy Face down there
in Cuba shore Is doing his
dead level best to git us rat
tled. Remins me of how a lit
tle ole flsfll just raise sand
at a big bull dog, specially
if his master Is a standing
close by. Course, ole Fuzfcy
Is countln heavy on his master
to keep him from gettln' eat
if). Him and Kruschev's done
got to be such good buddies
that I think we oughta send
a coupla tugs down from New
York Harbor, hook to his Is
land and tow it over to Russia
for him.
Summer's bout to git here
and I shore am glad. I'm
mighty tired of mowin' my
grass with my overcoat on.
All this fine sunshine we been
havln'll cause a heep of folks
to git too ambitious in their
yards an gardens - then our
Doctors'll hafta start puttln'
in a lot of overtime treadn'
sore backs and heart attacks.
An' you know who pays for
the overtime a Doctor puts
In. Best thing 1 know to do
with all this sunshine Is set
in it.
Your ole Cousin Clarine
would like to hear from you
folks out thar. Any mall
would be appreciated and
should be addressed to Cousin
Clarine, Box 190, Murphy,
North Carolina.
Plans For Murphy
Cancer Crusade Made
Plana for the 1961 Cancer
Crusade In the Murphy area
were made at a meeting In
the Murphy Power Board
Building on Thursday even
ing, April 27. Representatives
of the Murphy Womenjs Club
and the Business and Pro
fessional Women's Club at
tended the meeting. Present
st the meeting were Mrs.
John Pulllam of Andrews,
Mrs. Holland McSwaln, Mlas
Thelma Wheeler, Mr*. Will
iam S. Can. Mr*. Douglas
Smith, Mrs. Max Blakamore
and Mrs. R. T. Houta. Rev
erend R.T. Houts, President
df the Cherokee County Unit
of the Cancer Society, pro
aided over the meeting.
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It ?u decided that the Mur
phy Woman*! Club would as
sume responslMl ty (or die
houee to house tolldtaUon.
Member* of die Business and
Professional Women'* Club will
illume responsibility (Or die
of die County. Hswlis* s of dte
Murphy Woinan'a Club will adl
from houss 10 house on Monday,
May 22, between die hour* of
6c00 end fcOOP.M,
It was pointed out that sines
ww now have m active Char
okas County Cancer Society
ohee County Cancer ftoctety
Unit, forty percent sf the me awy
whlch Is nl?d will bs Md