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The Cherokee Scout
Cherokee County's Oldest And Newest Newspaper
Volume 71-Number 50 Murphy, N. C., Thursday, July 13, 1961 6 Pages This Week
Published Weekly
Hayesville Teacher Attends Workshop
Pfelffer College recently played host to 28 guidance
counselors from North Carolina high schools who are on a
two week visitation workshop to North Carolina colleges.
Pictured here with Director of Admissions at Pfelffer, K. D.
Holshouser, are Mrs. Hildred B. Smith, Hayesvllle High School,
Hayesvllle; Mrs. Catherine S. Deaton, Harding High School,
Charlotte: and Mrs. T. b. DePriest, Shelby Senior High School,
Shelby.
[ Resort Village Appeals To Families
The Great Smokies'
^ "Mountain Lake Neighbor" is
pleasingly situated in the
* mountain heart of the Nan
tahala National Forest. This
Resort spreads over well
l forested highland acres over
looking beautiful Hiawassee
* Lake OVA).
The Kesort offers comtort
* able accommodations which
appeal especially to tamily
4 groups. A family can select a
( comfortable vacation cottage
of approplate size, with or
, without cooking, at moderate
rates. There are seventy-six
* cottages available with one,
two and three 1 edrooms, living
*
? McSwaln Among
k Midshipmen On
Summer Cruise
r
WESTERN ATLANTIC
* (FHTNC)-The destroyer USS
Gearing, operating with the
* Second Fleet In the Western
t Atlantic, is participating In
the annual summer training
cruise for Naval Academy and
University of North Carolina
r midshipmen.
Among the midshipmen now
* aboard the Gearing for prac
tical training Is Midshipman
1 first class Franklin L. Mc
, Swain, son of Mr. and Mrs,
Holland McSwaln of Manney
, St., Murphy, N. C.
During the seven - week
cruise, midshipmen will re
ceive experience In seaman
ship, navigation, gunnery and
supply to help prepare them
for commissions In the naval
, service upon graduation.
Before the destroyer's re
turn to its home-port of
Norfolk, Va? July 27, the
1 "middles" will have visited
Roosevelt Roads, PJt.,Char
' leston, S.C., Portsmouth,Va?
and Savannah, Ga.
Junior Life Saving
Classes To Begin
i July 17
Junior Life Saving classes
. will begin at the Milrphy
iwlmmlng pool Monday, July
i -17, 9:00 a.m. One maat be
12 year* old or will enter
I 7th grade In th i (all and cannot
be over 15 years of age. The
> coat la $3 plus entrance fee
to the pool.
Lions Club To
Have Installation
Dinner
The Lions Club of Murphy
will have a installation dinner
Saturday, July 15. at the
Method! ?? church This will
also be Ladles Night. The dis
trict cabinet officers will be
Installed and Lion R. W.
Easlev wtU be Installed as
ll?trict governor.
IF
room, kitchen, and bath. They
are fully equippedwithscreen
ed-ln porches.
The spacious Village center
offers snack bar, restaurant,
commissary, recreation hall.
TV and game lounge, teen
room. Post Office, gift shop.
grocery store, dining room,
kindergarten, small library,
and a recreation center with
swimming and wadding pools
adjacent, horse back riding,
tennis court, and a gym for
dances and games.
Excellent game fishing on
House OJTs $35,000
For Parkway Study
A bill to authorize $35,000
to study proposed extension of
the Blue Ridge Parkway was
passed by the House Monday,
July 10. It will now go to the
Senate. A study will determine
the cost and route of extending
the Parkway sortie 170 miles
from Tennessee Bald to
Atlanta area. Senators Ervin
and Jordan have pledged to
support the bill through the
Senate.
two TV A lakes and several
trout streams; boats with
motors available. The lakes
also offer water sports.
Hlawassee Resort Village,
lying 22 miles southwest of
Murphy. Cherokee County's
seat, is easy to reach from
major through tourist travel
routes connecting with all
points of the compass.
Bond Boosters
Bake Sale
The BandBoostersClubwlll
have a bake sale on the square
in Murphy onSaturday, July IS,
starting at 8:00 a.m.
All proceeds will go for the
new band uniforms.
FIVE GENERATIONS of Shields ?re pictured above, (L-R) Arthur SMelds, hi*
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Pearlle Shields, his grandson, Pearlle Shields, Pearlle s daughter,
Mrs. Phillip Wright, and daughter, Genora. See Story On Page 4,
Cherokee County S
To Receive C
$69,320 For Roads
Nineteen far Western North
Carolina counties received a
total of $1,131,440 In a partial
allocation of secondary road
construction funds approved
by the StataHlghwayCommls
slon Tuesday, July 11.
The 19 counties are credited
with a total of 5,234.5 miles
of unpsved secondary roads.
Allocadons were mad* on the
basis of $200 per mile.
Cherokee County baa 344.6
of unpaved mileage end will
receive $69,320.
lippery Road
Causes Accident
Lynn Whitley, 17, over
turned her car Tuesday night,
J uly 11, when ihe (ltd on wet
payment Into an enbankment
across from the Ice Plant In
Murphy.
She and Sally Bault, 15, were
traveling toward town when
the accident occured.
Mtta Whidey waa driving a
'59 Pord station wagon which
waa estimated at a total loaa.'
The two girls were taken
to a Murphy hospital for
examinations and were later
released without Injuries.
All County
Schools To Open
August 23
All the ichoolf In Cherokee
County, including the Murphy
and Andrew* system*, will
open Wednesday, August 23.
Uoyd Hendrix, Cherokee
County School Superintendent,
has announced.
Students will receive booki
and classroom assignments
the first day and classes will
?tart Thursday, August 24.
Teachers will report for
work on Monday, August 21.
School buses will run on the
opening day.
Two Die In Separate
Georgia Auto Wrecks
Georgia Wreck
Injuries Fatal
To Quetor Caldwell
BRASSTOWN -James Alfred
(Quetor) Caldwell , 58, died
Sunday moraine In. a
Gainesville, Ga? hospital from
injuries received J une 28 In an
auto accident near Cleveland,
Georgia.
Services were held at 2 p.m.
Monday In I vie Funeral Home
in Murphy.
The Rev. Fred Lunsford
officiated. Burial was In the
Scroggs Cemetery.
? Mr. Caldwell was a native
of Haywood County, a son of
the late David H. and Rebecca
White Caldwell. He was a mer
chant and was active in
community affairs. He was
a member of Little Brass town
Baptist Church.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Lillian Scroggs Cald
well; four sons, Kenneth,
Charles and James of Brass
town and Clarence of Oak
Ridge, Tenn.; a daughter, Mrs.
Louise Swanson of Waynes
ville; a brother Carl of
Brasstown; two sisters, Mrs.
Etta Anderson of Brasstown
and Mrs. Elizabeth Moody of
Marion; seven grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
Pallbearers were Charles
Heddon, Mercer, Dale and J .
C. Scroggs, Clinton Barnett
and Bob Gammon.
Jordan Gets
7 Counties
The 13th and 14th highway
division were split among four
State Highway Commission
members Tuesday when
Chairman Merrill Evans
divided up the state's 100
counties among the new com
missioners.
Under the 1961 law reorgani -
zing the commission, the
engineering divisions remain
intact, but commissioners are
assigned ta areas "to be
responsible for relations with
the public generally and with
individual citizens regarding
highway matters."
Jordan will have Cherokee,
Clay, Graham, Jackson,
Macon, Swain, and Tran
sylvania.
Cardinals Take
1-0 Win From
Yankees '
On Thursday, July 6, the
Yankees beat the Braves 4-1,
Pearlie Fleming pitchfed for
the winners and Donald Morris
pitched for the losers.
The Dodgers beat the
(ndians in an extra Inning game
8-7. Roger Sdles was the
winning pitcher and Johnny
Phillips was the pitcher for
the losers. David Ramsey hit
a 3 run homer in the 9th
inning to tie the score.
On Monday, July 10, the
- Cardinals beat the Yankees
their firstdefeatof the season,
| the socre was 1-0. Coye
, Stewart pitched a 1 hitter for
the winners andPearlieFlem
| ing pitched for the losers.
I Brent Radcliffe drove in the
only run. with a single.
The Indians beat the Giants
7-2. Johnny Phillips was the
winning pitcher andJerryPal
mer pitched for the losers.
Floyd Smith hit a triple with
bases loaded to drive In the
winning run in the seventh in
ning.
Standings Won Lost
Yankees 5 1
Cardinals 3 3
Braves 1 5
Dodgers 4 2
Indians 4 2
Giants 1 S
Still Destroyed
A 20 gallon copper still and
200 gallons of mash were
destroyed Sunday, July 9, by
' Sheriff Claude Anderson and
Deputies Herman Roberson
and Robert* Harness. The
still was found in the Sandy
Gap Section, just off Highway
294.
AUNT HET
I'm glad I never worked fot
my own money before I mar
ried. Amy did, and it hurti
her pride not to be able tc
?pend a dollar fooliahly with
out hurtin' her conirirnre.
Murphy Man's Death Points
Up Need for Better Ga. Road
The auto accident death of a
Murphy man has prompted a
Gilmer County official to blast
the StateHlghway Department.
Deputy Sheriff Clarence L.
Ray threatened to close State
Route 5 between Ellijay and
Blue Ridge If steps weren't
taken to Improve it. Ray said
the road was "Nothing but a
death trap."
An accident on the route
Frtday took the life of H. R.
Curtis, 51, of Murphy. Curds'
wife was reported In critical
condition at Watklns Memorial
Hospital. A son was less
seriously injured. Curas and
his family were In route from
North Carolina to Florida at
the time of the accident.
A-15 mile stretch of the 1
route was resurfaced last
year, Since then the sand has 7
washed away leaving the road
oil-sliclc. According to Ray,
there have been 15 accidents
on the road in th past two
weeks.
The State Highway Depart- 7
ment sent crews Into North
Gerogia Monday to fix slippery
places on the road. Highway 7
Board ChairmanJlmL. Curtis
said the crews would spread
more gravel to cover two 8
places where slippery asphalt
caused cars to skid in rainy
weather on the curving mount
ain road.
Former Andrews Resident
Drowns In Nantahala lake
T?mmu nihK?i 11 m*\n *\f ? i- ' * - ------ * 4
Mr and Mrs. Harrison Gibby
and a former Andrews resi
dent was drowned lnNantahala
Lake Sunday morning in the
sight of four companions and
two women campers.
The drowning occured in a
section of the lake known as
Big Choga, according to Macon
County sheriff J. Harry
Thomas and Coroner John
Kusterer, who Investigated
Gibby swam about 20 feet
from the shore and suddenly
began calling for help. The
sheriff said none of the four
companions could swim. The
two women campers, nearby,
Mrs. Betty Mosteller, aprac
tical nurse and Mrs. Joyce
Hardin, both of Andrews, came
to the scene. The six attempted
to throw lines to Gibby, who,
thev said, appeared unable to
reach them.
The body was recovered
within a short time from 10
feet of water by Lester White
fnd A. V. Hardin. Artifical
respiration was applied tor
about an hour and a half, but
was ineffective.
The Coroner ruled that
death was due to accidental
drowning, due to cramp or a
heart attack, and said no
inquest would be held.
Surviving in addition to the
parents are four brothers,
Leroy, A. V.. Ted and J. V.
of Andrews; four sisters, Mrs.
Sue Younce, of Atlanta, Mrs.
Cora Hoyle and the Misses
Cherokee Cointy
Reaches Goal In
Battleship Drive
Governor Terry Sanford
announced today that 20 ot
North Carolina's 100
have reached their goals in
the statewide drive to raise
$250,000 to preserve the
U. S. S. North Carolina.
Among the counties and ad
mirals who have reached their
quotas that were recognized
was Hobart McKeever of
Cherokee County .
Traffic Deaths
Raleigh--The Motor Ve
hicles Department's summary
of traffic deaths through
10 a.m. Mondav. July 10:
Killed To Date 573
Killed To Date Last Year 538
Guest S pecker
The many friends of theRev.
W F. Elliott will be glad to
fein, that he will be *e guest
sneaker at the Murphy Free
Methodist ChurchSunday.July
16 at eleven A. M.
ueiois ana Louise or An
drews
Mr. Gibby attended Andrews
High School and was a member
of the Valleytown Baptist
Church. ,
Services were held at 10
a.m. Tuesday in Valleytown
Cemetery Funeral Building
with the Rev. Weldon West
officiating.
Folk School
Completes Two
Successful Courses
The John C. Campbell Folk ^
School has recently completed g
two very successful courses.
The thirty-second annual g
course in Creative Recreation
drew students from fourteen
?tates, an d, inaddltlon. thirty
four local young people were
registered. The teaching staff
and musicians included Philip
Merrill and EricLeberofNew
York City, Raymond McLain,
Director of the Hlndman Set- j(
dement School in Kentucky,
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wood of
South Haven, Michigan, in ad
dition to the regular Folk 2
School staff.
For the second year, a
special Recorder Session fol
lowed. The recorder, an
ancient end-blown flute, 3.
popular at the time of Shake
speare, Is grownlng in popu- t.
larlty.
It is estimated tnere are
around 500,000 now playing in
the United States. Itispopular g.
in schools and in community
groups.
For this course about half
were teachers from Troy, and
Cincinnati, Ohio, Berea
College in Kentucky.and Knox- 7.
ville and Chattanooga, Ten
nessee; some of these people 7.
were here last year for the
recorder course. During the g.
day, there were classes for
the beginners, intermediates, g.
and the more advanced, but at
night all thirty-three played g.
and sang together . It is an p'j
excellent form of recreation.
Murphy
Calendar
THURSDAY. JULY 13
:00 p.m. Cancer Clinic at
Health Office.
':30 p.m. Murphy ChapterNo.
10 Order of Eastern Star
will meet in the Masonic
Hall. At this time the D?>JG .
Matron will pay her official
visit.
:30 p.m. Community Prayer
service at Free Methodist
Church.
:30 p.m. Rescue Squad will
meet at the Murphy Power
Board Building.
?'00 p.m. Board of Deacons
will meet in the Presby
terian Church.
SATURDAY, JULY 15
:00 p.m. Lions Ladles Night
at Recreation Hall of First
Methodist Church. At this
time the District Governor
and his officers will be in
stalled.
SUNDAY, JULY 16
:15 a.m. Mass at Providence
Hospital Chapel.
1:00 a.m. Holy Mass at St.
Williams Catholic Chapel.
:00 p.m. MYF at First Metho
dist Church
:30 p.m. Training Union at
First Baptist Church.
:00 p.m. Joint services of
First Methodist Church and
Presbyterian Church at
First Methodist Church.
MONDAY, JULY 17
:00 p.m. Civitan meeting at
New Regal Hotel
:00 p.m. Rotary Club at
Family Restaurant.
:00 p.m. Men's Chorus at
First Baptist Church.
:00 p.m. Susannah Wesleyan
Service Guild will meet at
First Methodist Church
?00 Dm. St. Paalck Adult
Education Study Club at St.
Williams Catholic Church
TUESDAY, JULY 18
):00 a.m. Circle No. Four of
First Methodist Churchwill
meet with Mrs. Nellie
Atwood.
30 p.m. Circle No. Three
will meet at the First
Methodist Church with Mrs.
Dora Akin and Mrs. Fannie
Ramsey as hostesses.
15 Sunbeam Choir at First
Baptist Church
30 p.m. Circle No. One of
First Methodist Church
will have a picnic at the
home of Mrs. Hugh Howard
00 p.m. Circle No. 2 of the
First Methodist Churchwill
meet with Mrs. W. S. Cann.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19
20 p.m. Midweek services at
Presbyterian Church.
30 p.m. Midweek services at
First Methodist Church.
00 p.m. Hour of Power at
First Baptist Chruch.
20 p.m Choir Practice at
First Methodist Church.
45 p.m. Choir practice at
rst Baptist Chruch.
WCC Music Camp ^
Celebrates Tenth
Anniversary Season ^
The Western Carolina Col
lege Music Department is
sponsoring Its tenth annual h
summer music campfor teen- t(
agers from July 30 to Ajgusi b
12. Instruction will be offered h
In bank, chorus, twirling, tl
theory, dance band conducting C
piano, voice, 'and band instru- p
ments. d
diss Judy Phillips
attends
Horse Show
Miss Judy Phillips of
layesville attended theQuar
erback Club horse show in
Halrsville, Ga. recently and
er horse, Honeybun, won
urd place in the Palomino
ilass, competing withcham
ion horses in southeastern
ivision. ?
i WHAT IS IT? This building one* Stood In Murphy many yean ago. The first person correctly
> Identifying the building will receive a year'* s tibecrlption to THE CHEROKEE SCOUT. Mail
your entry n Box 190, Murphy, N.C. Last week'sarianer was Charieae Thomas. Sh* correctly
Identified last week'i mystery picture as die Board of Directors, Brasstown Savings aad
Loan Association (Credit Union).