(SB MR. S. A. BROWNLIE Is presenting ? watch to Mr. Bobo for SO years service srllh the LIN Railroad. Mr. Bobo received a letter of commendation and congradulattons from the Vice-President of the L k N Railroad, Mr. J. C. Griasom. (Scout Photo) Hospital Receives $600 Check Standing left to right in rear are Mrs. E. A. Howard, Mrs. Ray Joseph, Mrs. Harry Seamon, Mrs. Wm. Wishon and Mrs. Clyde Sneed. Sitting in front are Sister Mary Frances Xavier, Sister Mary Anthony (Hospital Administrator ) and Mrs. Robert Penland. Mrs. Robert Penland presented Sister Mary Anthony with a check for $600 from the Auxiliary. This will pay for one half the cost of a baby bottle steriizer. (Scout Photo) NC State Library Available To All by Mrs. Felix Palmer The services of the State Library In Raleigh are avail able to every person in Cherokee^ Clay and Graham Counties through the Nan tahala Regional Library Young; and old, rich and poor, gram mar school or college graduate have available the resources of this state agency for self - education and information. "People in thlsareause the State Lfbrary resources often without being aware of it." stated Mrs Felix Palmer, Librarian. The Nantahala Regional Library borrowed a number of books from die State Library, last year for people in this area through nter-library loan Films used here by community groups are from the Adult Film Project financed by the State L brary Mrs. Mabel Rayburn. Mrs. Burley Deweese and Mrs. Bunch Nugent of our suff attended a training workshop sponsored by theState Library ta Asheville recently. New books bought by the local library are ordered and processed at the State Library. This means larger discounts on the cost of die books and saves the time of staff here to serve the public better. The Nantahala Regional Library receives State Aid and Federal Aid for library services. During the past five years this library received a total of $65,530,32 in State aid and $33,255.00 in Federal Aid. both of these funds are administered by the State Library. Consultants from the State Library visit the library regularly. They keep up with the latest developments *n the l brary field and advise the librarian and members of the library board on problems of all kinds. Blind people here receive free "Talking Books" from the State Library. The Talk ing Books are special phono graph records made by actors and other prominent people with good voices who volunteer their services. The Bible, the Readers Digest magazine and all kinds of books are avail able. The State Library, re organ zed in July 1956 by a merger of the Library Com mission and the old State Library, has so increased its services that books and per sonnel are crowded beyond the point of efficiency. It operates wi>h two other agencies in a building designed for the Supreme Court. Various study commissions have recom .mended that a functional library building be con structed and that present space be converted to state offices. The legislature has approved the recommends don by including a proposed building, to be shared with the Department of Archives and History, in the lute bond elecdon on November 7. Vote: "FOR" X Archives and History and State Library Building. is for PRINTING Printing for every pur pose is what we do to perfectionI i When it comes to printing, you name it, we do it RIGHT and at the RIGHT . price. Call us for prompt estimates. The Cherokee Scout The Cherokee Scout VE7-2222 Murphy, N.C. I Andrews Mai Bats 15011. Black Biar Andrew* ? John bagged * 130 lb. Mack batt en Saturday morning at the Saateatlah Refuge. A party of flea. Ban MiM^ 'Sidney Allan. Kendall Allan, and Robert Allan warn with Hodge on a a till hunt for bear and boar at the dm* of the kill. ? a ? Mr. and Mrs. John I at Adams apeat the wi with friend* la Clay I Murphy Gardea Club Makes Holiday Rlais Mr*. S*. C. B?(MI and Mn Selo Horowitz were Immmi so the Murphy Garden Club ou Thmday, October 26. lp the Bu Mr*. Freads Bourne Jr? president presided. Mrs. J. W. Davidson presented the program on "Where and Hour ? Fertilize." It wee announced that the dub won first prise for at tendance at the district ?anHng In Waynesvtlle. The Junior Garden Club received an honor roll certificate. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerue Babb has been selected for Holiday House, the annual Christmas projectof the club ? be held on Sunday December 10th. The following committees were reed: Living room: Mrs. H. A.Mattox, chairman,Mrs. T. A. Case, Mrs. Ruth Forsytty Mrs. W. P. Odom and Mrs. H. L. McKeever. Dining room: Mrs. Francis Bourne Jr.. chairman, Mrs. Jim Gtbbs, Mrs. Salo Horo witz, Mrs. Joe Rey and Mrs. Paul Hill. Bedroom, Mrs. S. C. Bur gess, Mrs. Harry Bishop, Mrs. W. A. Hoover, Mrs. L. L. Mason and Miss Leila Hayes Playroom and Hall: Mrs. Ed Brumby, Mrs. J. W. Davidson, Mrs. Holland Mc Swtln and Mrs. B. W. Whit field. Outside, Mrs. W. S. Cann, Mrs. R. W. Easley, Mrs. Duke Whldey, MrsJ. V. Taylor and Mrs. John Smith. MR. SASANKA B. PALIT, ? foreign visitor from India, will visit the Tusqultee Ranger District In Murphy, N. C. from October 31 B November 3, 1961. Mr, Pallt Is here s> receive on-the-job training In marking for timber sales and obaerv ing how aratsrahed protection values are considered In all uaes of national forest land and the management thereof. Mr. Pallt has been In the United States since May 24, 1961. He will remain In the United States until mid-November. He. has visited most of the southern states on this tour. His primary purpose is to study watershed management. Mr. Pallt Is accompanied on this trip by his wife and daugher. Mr. Pallt has a degree of Master of Science from the University of Calcutta. Mr. Pallt Is presendv working as Deputy conservator of Forests under the West Bengal Government. (Scout Photo) Stork Shower Andrews ? A stork shower wis given Mrs. Terry Hall on Saturday night at the home of Mrs. Guy Hall. Hostesses were Mrs. Hayes Dockery at Murphy and Miss Annie Ruth Jones. Blue and yellow color scheme was used in the re freshments of punch, cookies, nuts and mints, served to the thirty guests attending. Marathon Ran Starts la Marpby Ch^Ml HU1 ? 'I'd walk a. mil* for a vote." Paraphrastic an ancient North Carolina slogan, 700 college boya aad girls Inland ? walk ona mils aach ? ago from ona awl o( North Carolina m tha othar. Tba raca waa run dtls waak. Tha "Torch for Education Marathon" was rta. day and night, for 70 coosecutlve hours from October 31 a November 3 ? from tha mountains and from the sea. Ttta distance covered was 700 miles. Two warns started, one here In Murphy, the other from Wilmington. They will finish at Raleigh on Nov. 3. The marathon la designed to dramatize the needs of collages In North Carolina for capital Improvements in cluded In the 361.5 million bond election to bo hold In North Carolina Nov. 7. It la a cooperative collegiate stunt, approved by the student government council of the 12 state-stgjportod Institutions of higher learning In North Carolina. H ryesvllie ? Moral* Spivey feed* the can* Into old faahlooed aynp mill--pulled by a mula. See story and other ptcturaa ln