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Volume 71-Nunber 41
Murphy, N.C., Thursday, May J I, 1961
10 Pages This Week
Published Weekly
Tennessee Wesleyan Choir To Sing
The 42 voice choir of Tennessee Wesley ?n College will
present ? varied program of sacred music on Sunday, May
14 at die First Methodist Church of Murphy at 8:00 p.m.
This nationally known group has appeared on three pre
vious occasions In Murphy. They will also present a pro
gram for the Murphy High School at 9:30 a.m. Monday,
May 15.
Murphy
Calendar
THJRSDAY, MAY U
1:30 pjn. - Peach tree Home
Demonstration Club will meet
at the home at Mr*. Bill B ar
ise tt.
3:00 pjn. - Jr. Choir at
Pirn Methodist Church.
3;30 pjn. - Concord Choir
?t First Baptist Church.
7:30 pjn. - Murphy Chapter
No. 10 Order of Eastern Star
*111 meet la the Masonic Hall.
Rescue Squad will meet In
the Murphy Power Board
BuUdb*.
Community Prayer service
st Free Methodist Church.
SUNDAY. MAY 14
6 pjn. - MYF will meet
at the FlrstMethodlstChurch.
6:30 pjn. - Training Union
st First Baptist Church.
7:00 pjn. Services atPres
byterlan Church.
8:00 p.m. -Tennessee Wes
leyan Choir atFirstMethodist
Church.
MONDAY, MAY 15
6:30 pjn. - Clvltan Club to
meet at New Regal Hotel.
Rotary Club to meet at
Family Restaurant.
7:30 pjn. - Men's Chorus
at First Bspdst Church.
8:00 pjn. - St. William's
Csthollc Church St. Patrick
Adult Education StudyCourse.
TUESDAY, MAY 16
2:30 p.m. -Circle No. Three
will meet In the Men's Bible
Clsss Room of the First
Methodist Church. Miss Ada
Harshaw will be hostess.
3:15 pjn. - Sunbeam Cbolr
?t First Baptist Church.
Junior Fellowship atPres
bytsrlan Church.
3:30 p.m. - Youth Choir
at First .Methodist Church.
Carol Choir at First Bap
tist Church.
4:15 p.m. - Celestial Choir
at First Baptist Church.
Cherub Choir at First Bap
tist Church.
7:30 pjn. - Circle No. Two
of First Methodist Church will
meat at the home of Mrs. R.
G. Matrox.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17
&00 p.m. - Training Union
Workers Council at First
Baptist Chwch.
6:30 pjn. - G. A.'s will
meet at First Baptist Church.
R. A.'s will meet at First
Baptist Church.
7:20 pjn. - Midweek ser
vices at Presbyterian Church.
7:30 pjn. - Hour of Power
at First Baptist Church.
Midweek services at First
Methodist Church.
MX) pjn. - Choir rehearsal
at Presbyterian Church.
8:30 p.m. - Choir rehearsal
at First Methodist Church.
Adult Choir at First Bap
tist Church.
THURSDAY, MAY II
3:30 pjn. - Concord Choir
rehearsal at First Baptist
Church
4U3 pjn. - Pioneer -Senior
at Presbyterian Church.
Group To Plan
July 4th
Activities
ANDREWS - An onanlzation.1
meeting tar the July 4*
activities will he held Tene
d ay atfht. Miy 16 at Ml
PA at the dty hall.
Tennessee Wesleyan College
Choir To Sing Here Sunday
Th Tennessee Wesleyan
College Choir, under the
direction of Professor Jack
Houts, will make four ap
pearances during a weekend
trip to Copperhlll, Tenn.,
Murphy, N. C. and Chattanoog.
Concerts are scheduled 'or
the First Methodist Church,
Copperhlll onSunday morning,
the First Methodist Church,
Murphy, N.C. onSunday even
ing. Murphy High School oo
Monday morning, and the
East Rdige High School In
Chattanooga on Monday after
noon.
The Sunday overnight stop
at Murphy, N. C. has special
significance for Professor
Houts. His brother, the Rev.
R. T. Houts, Jr. Is the pastor
of the First Methodist Church
In Murphy, and it was In the
Murphy Church thatP rofessor
Houts and his wife, Charlotte,
were married. Prior to her
marriage, Mrs. Houts taught
In the high school at Murphy.
The Rev. CharlesH. Brown
ing Is the pastor of the First
Methodist Church In Copper
hill.
The Choir's appearances
come after a very successful
Spring Festival on May 5-6
on the Tennessee Wesleyan
campus In which they pre
vented me recent Broadway
hit, "Brigadoon".
Acclaimed as one of the
outstanding college choirs In
the South, the Choir annually
appears In scores of churches
and high schools throughout
Tennessee, North Carolina,
adn Georgia.
The two sacred concerts on
Sunday will feature a special
group of songs depicting the
seasons of the year. Other
numbers on the program In
Scenes from
"Womanless Wedding"
elude: "God of Our Fathers"
by Warren Gearhart. "Celdc
Hymn" by Robertson, "v>ive
Me Your Tired, Your Poor"
by Berlin, "No Man Is An
island" by Whitney-Kramer,
"I May Never Pass This Way
Again" by Wizell-Melaher,
"Climb Every Mountain" by
Rodgers, and the traditional
closing number of the Choir,
"TU DamI. W Av
puhlic" by Howe-Staffe.
Folk School
Directors
Meeting Held
The annual meeting of the
members of the Corporation
and the Board of Directors
was held at the JohnC.Camp
bell Folk School Saturday, May
6, at 9:30.
Members who were present
were Louise Pitman, Ashe
vUle, Mrs. J. H. Brendle,
Raleigh, Julia Ruth Richard
son. Chattanooga. Velma Bear
Moore, Hfyesville, Marguer
ite Bldstrup, Brass town, J.
Edward Davis, Washington. D,
C? Percy Fere bee and S. J.
Gernert from Andrews, Ho
bert McKeever, Murphy.
George Bldstrup. the school
director was in session with
the Board.
Some of the members of
the staff reported on their
special work. There was
great interest In all phases
of the school's broad program.
When the meeting adjourned
a round four o'clock everyone
was Invited to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. George Bldstrup
for coffee.
Fire Hits Building;
Smoke Damage High
Fire struck the building on
Hlwassee Street In Murphy
Wednesday around 12:30 pjn.
that housed Margaret's Beauty
Shop and various other busi
nesses. The Maze started In
the back of the Murphy Bar
gain Basement, a cloth shop
located in the basement of the
building. The cause was not
determined at press time.
Smoke and water caused
extensive damage throughout
the building. Most everything
except for a few racks of
clothing was lost In the cloth
shop.
The building, owned by Mrs.
B. Raper, housed In addition
B> the beauty shop and the
cloth shop, the offices of J.
W. Murray, an accounting
firm. Earl C. Van Horn, a
geologist, J. S. Frank's Bar
ber Shop. Wayne League lived
in a room in the back of
the building.
' Louise Shelton Is manager
of the cloth shop. The esti
mated damage to the rest of
the building was Incomplete.
The offices of Earl Van Horn
were completely razed by fire
and smoke and water damage
was high. The main office
of the accounting firm was
reported to have suffered Utile
dimwe.
DR. BRYAN WHITFIELD of
Murphy was named runner-up
as the general practitioner of
the year by the North Carolina
Medical Society at Its 107th
annual meeting In Ashevllle
Sunday.
Three Winners
In Last Week's
Beard Contest
The papers were on the
street Thursday and the
letters and cards started
pouring In that afternoon with
entries In lastweek's mystery
beard contest. Three entries
with a postmark of 3 p.m.
Thursday correctly identified
the fuzzy gendeman in the
photo as Benn Palmer. There
were many, many other late
entries that had the right
answer. Letters were still
coming In on Monday.
Free subscriptions will go
to Mrs. Chester Greene, Route
1, Murphy, WlllardGreene and
Bert Hog an. City BarberShop,
Murphy.
Youth Baseball
Program Outlined
Hie Murphy Youth Base
ibtll Program (or the summer
of 1961 got underway Tuesday
night at the Power Board when
the youth baseball program
commlttM headed by W. A.
Singleton met and outlined the
program.
Registration for the pro
gram if now open to all boys
between the ages of eight and
sixteen that amnd schools in
the Murphy School system.
Forms can be obtained from
Mr. Singleton at the Western
Auto Store,, from Principal
John Jordan at the .Murphy
School, or at the
? ? . ? All boys ln
?reetad la playing baseball
this summer have only to get
a registration blank and All
It out to be assigned to a team.
Registration will be open
through Saturday, May 20.
It Is expected that three
leagues will be formed. Play
will start during the week fol
lowing the last day of school.
Managers, umpires, and
finances eeemtobetheMggeet
problems facing the program.
If precedence holds, there will
be more than enough plajwrs.
A manager and aa assistant
maneger will be named for
aasfc Mm If enough Interested
mm can be found. Owe empire
will be la^ charge^ at
Among Those Attending District Meeting
Among those attending the District Home Demonstration Club meeting In Murphy last
Thursday were left to right. Mrs. Lillian Buchanan, librarian at Western Carolina College;
Mrs. Tony Tyres, first vice-president. District One, Graham County; Mrs. G. W. Cover,
Andrews; and Mrs. George Frady, representative of the Home Demonstration executive
board. (Scout Photo by Bagley)
Home Demonstration Clubs
Hold District Meeting:
By THELMA WHEELER
Cherokee County was host id
the 125 club members and
guests for their annual meeting
at the First Ba, tlst Church,
Murphy, May 4. fhe District
I PwUratVia nf Hnnw Ofrnqn,
stratum clubs is comprised of
Clay, Graham and Cherokee
Counties.
Mrs. Lilian B. Buchanan,
librarian. Western Carolina
College, Cullowhee was guest
speaker. She developed the
theme that "club women grow
through better public rela
tions".
She reminded us that we
need to reach Into all
communities and work with the
women "where they are" but
that In order to do this an
extensive survey need to be
made to make this determi
nation.
She emphasized group action
through community deve
lopment and the need for a
community center In each
community to accommodate
all age groups In their various
endeavors.
These suggestions are tried
and tested in many counties
of Western Carolina as well
as In other parts of the state
but paramount to any type
of organized effort In any
endeavor there must be
leaders. These leaders must
be dedicated to thepolntwhere
ffftty "rtStaSrarWirRtl* KSfe
to overcome.
She further suggested these
concerns are not confined to
Home Demonstration club but
to all organized groups and
suggested that planning all
activities at the county level
would enable all leaders to
plan their respective pro
grams so as to coordinate and
strengthen programs and
avoid duplication.
Mrs. Buchanan Is thorough
ly familiar with problems
confronting groups such as
ours and she knows the many
obstacles that must be over
come In making plans become
a reality.
Mrs. G. W. Cover, of
Andrews in presenting Mrs.
Buchanan, briefly reviewed
the long, arduous road that
the speaker had travelled In
visualizing. planning and
u
working for the best library
at WCC, second n> none In
the state. Her objective was
not to be credited with the
first library but because of
her interest In people she
afford ?y 'these facilities 'will
be worth all that has gone
into this effort.
She has many interests but
another- close to her heart
Is United Nations and she
urged each one to take ad
vantage of the tour taken each
year by the Home Demonstra
tion club women.
There were other highlights
certainly high on the list was
the beautiful organ music ren
dered by Mrs. Dock S odder th
and the musical selections
bv the Martin's Creek 4-H
girls under the direction of
Miss Jerry Ruth Smith and
the solo by Joyce Waldroup.
Miss Mary Harris, District
Home Economics Agent from
N. C. State College, Raleigh
Installed the incoming officers
and Mrs. George Frady was
present to represent the State
Executive Council of the N.C.
Federation of Home Demon
stration Clubs.
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