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The Cherokee
Scout
Y~ and Clay County Progress
Volume 75 ? "umber 21
Murphy, North Carolina Decern her 17, 1964 12 Pages This Week
AT MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA
' c o u 1 1 e t s
Most of the folks around
here know the Peyton Ivies, I
and they seem to be the quiet I
type folks. But from what we j
hear of their Christmas party, ?
and we know it was all inno- !
cent, one could get the wrong
idea. As the party broke up, j
one lady couldn't find her coat,
and then there was the fellow .
who couldn't find his wife, i
To top it off, the hostess dis- I
covered blood all over her '
ankle, and didn't know where '
it came from. If that was a
quiet one, we'd hate to go to
a rowdy one.
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We just received a bushel
of assorted fruit goodies from
North Fort Myers, Fla. Hazel
and Dick Carryl hand picked
the fruit and sent it to the
Scout employees as a Christ
mas present. Thanks, folks,
sure was nice of you. Brings
back old memories, too, for
when I's a youngan mostly
what I got was fruit and nuts,
and if I s real good, a pair of
roller skates. The fruit's de
licious, the only problem is
to get the employees to stop
eating and go back to work.
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If you plan to do any read
ing over the holidays, better
hustle on up to the library,
'cause they're gonna close
Christmas eve and won't be
open again until Monday,
January 4, 1965.
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Looks like Murphy and
Marble is trying to get rid
of a lot of "buir' this week.
C. N. Sales sold two regis
tered Hereford cows and a
Hereford bull and C. P. Wells
sold a Hereford bull. Bet
Bass Hyatt will be happy to
hear about these bulls leav
ing the community.
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Mrs. Beryl Fulton of the
Murphy Power Board has al
lowed there is a change in the
Murphy Christmas Lighting
Contest. There will be a first,
second, and third prize for
best overall outside lighting
decorations, and first, sec
ond, and third prizes for the
best religious theme.
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In last week's column we
aired our thoughts on Christ
mas tree for the town, and
Mrs. Opie McKeever came by
the office to let us know that
the Murphy Garden Club has
a Christmas tree on Val
ley River Avenue, near the
Kiddie Park. It's beautiful,
ladies, and it does add to the
Christmas spirit of our town.
But we still feel that the town
should erect a nice tree on
the square.
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Lym; Gault will give his an
nual reading of DICKEN'S
CHRISTMAS CAROL Thurs
day night, December 17, eight
o'clock, at the John C. Camp
bell Folk School at Brass -
town. Everyone is cordially
invited.
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We recently had the oppor
tunity to attend a party where
the Berets, a local combo,
supplied the music. And be
lieve me, these fellows are
really good. Two of them are
attending Murphy High School
and for a young group, these
fellows really know a lot of
music. They play fine old tunes
that bring back memories to
folks my age, right on down
to the latest teenage crazes
that puts rhythm In your
shoes. If you get a chance
you should lend an ear to
them. Or better still, if you'd
like to engage them for a
private party, they're avail
able, well, not 'til after New
Year's anyway.
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Road Death
Brings Charge
MURPHY- Jerry Carrin
ger, 24. of Rt. 2, named as
the driver of a truck in which
a passenger was killed, Sept.
16, when it hit a tree, was
charged Thursday with invol
untary manslaughter.
State Trooper Don Reavis
said Carringer will be tried
at the April term of Superior
Court. The youth was crit
ically injured in the accident
and has just been released
from a hospital.
The victim was Mrs. Mar
gie B levins, 37, also of Rt.
2. The truck sides wiped a
car on a curve before strik
ing the tree. The other dri
ver, Mrs. Erlka Hartness of
Murphy, was not hurt.
Photo by Scout Studio
THE H1WASSEE DAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LUNCHROOM was one of the many long
range projects making possible the accreditation of the Hiwassee Dam school facility.
CONNIE SATTERFIELD is shown in the Hiwassee Dam School library which has been en
riched with approximately 300 new books, bringing the number to the required minimum.
Hiwassee Dam Joins N. C.'s
Accredited Elementary Schools
HIWASSEE DAM - Hi was -
see Dam this week joined the
rank of North Carolina's ac
credited elementary schools,
according to notice received
by Superintendent Lloyd W.
Hendrix of the Cherokee
County Schools.
Nile F. Hunt, Director of
the Division of Instructional
Services, Raleigh, stated in
his letter: "1 am pleased to
advise that, upon recommen
dation of the professional
staff of the Department of
Public Instruction, Hiwassee
Dam School is accredited.
"We rejoice with you and
your associates in this
achievement and extend to ail
a sincere expression of
commendation.
"Accreditation is not
merely a recognition of what
the school has done; it is
of greater significance as a
recognition of what the school
is doing, and we are confi
dent that the challenge to pro
vide a better educational op
portunity for children and
youth will continue to com
mand the interest and efforts
of all concerned."
When interviewed Friday,
Harest E. King, Principal of
Hiwassee School, stated that
credit for this stride forward
could not be given to any one
person. "Such achievement
comes from the united efforts
of many groups," he said
He emphasized that ac
creditation is given in recog
nition of work done over and
beyond the basic requirements
for elementary schools.
"The faculty and principal,
the patrons and the local PTA,
the County Superintendent, the
Board of Education, one and
all have worked together with
the children themselves to
bring about this advance
ment."
James R. Nelson, County
Supervisor of Elementary
Schools, consulted with the
school officials last spring as
Hiwassee Dam put on a con
centrated effort to prepare
for the impending inspection
by state personnel.
The school interior under
went a paint job at all points
needed, any repairs neces -
sary were financed by the local
PTA, and much of the work
was done by students during
study hall and vocational ag
riculture classes.
The teachers, already pre
pared in the field of certifi
cation, having an overall ave
rage of A plus in certification,
cooperated in other ways, se
lectmg film strips, books, and
preparing syllabi and study
guides.
The High School Library
Club, under the direction of
the librarian, set up the ele
mentary books in the newly
painted library. The PTA and
the CountyOfficeaided mater
ially in enriching the avail
able library material with the
addition of approximately 300
new books, bringing the
number to the required mini
mum. The PTA also added
both professional and child
ren's magazine subscriptions.
Long range projects, such
as the addition of the school
lunchroom, improvement of
the school campus, with the
sowing of grass and the setting
out of plants, had already been
cared for. It was, therefore,
with deep hope that the school
awaited the visit of the Ac
creditation Committee in late
September. Assured at that
time of the approval of Miss
Madeline Tripp, heading the
; committee, Hiwassee Dam has
awaited the official notifi
cation from Raleigh. Its ar
rival at this time is, accord
ing to Hiwassee Dam School,
the nicest Christmas present
, that any school could hope to
receive.
MRS JACKIE H1GDON AND LARRY FULK have recently joined the suff of Murphy
General Hospiul u medical tech nologists.
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Technologists Join Staff Of General Hospital
MURPHY- Mrs.Jtckie Hlg
don of Andrews ?nd Urry
Fulk of Mt. Airy, N. C. Join
ed the staff of Murphy Gen
eral Hospital this month as
X-ray and medical technolo
gists.
Mrs. Hlsdon attended Young
Harris College, Young Harris,
Patrolmen Urge
Drivers To Obey
Rules Of The Road'
MURPHY - The last few
lays before Christmas are
lurely no holiday for state
aw enforcement officers, it
*as emphasized here today by
'atrolman E. N. Hooper.
"People are in a holiday
nood." he said. "We can't
leny them this, nor indeed do
*e want to, but some drivers
nake the mistake of expect
ing us to be lenient when it
:omes to mixing drinking with
driving.
"This we cannot toleratel
"Drinking and driving is a
lethal combination that too of
ten spells disaster for inno
cent persons, especially over
a holiday period. Troopers on
year round patrol have seen
too much evidence of alco
holic hilarity leading to tra
gedy, and the worst cases all
too often have occurred on
holiday nights or in the early
morning hours following an
evening of gaiety."
The patrol officer pointed
out, in the customary remind
er, that lots of gift buyers are
in the last throes of shopping.
He warned both motorists and
pedestrains to guard against
letting bright and shiny store
and street decorations dis
tract their attention from
traffic lights, stop and warn
ing signs, no-passing zones or
railroad crossing signals and
crosswalk markings.
"Many shoppers journey to
neighboring communities in
search of gift items just a
little bit different," he de
clared. "And it's on short
trips like that many of our
accidents occur- - -some of
them serious."
Also, Patrolman Hooper
cautioned, on the way back
bad weather may come on
unexpected. Unless motorists
have the foresight to be pre
pared for such an eventuality,
they may be plagued by poor
traction and reduced visi
bility, the twin trouble makers
of wintertime driving.
"The driver who gets care
less about the maintenance or
operation of his car during the
winter holidays is asking for
trouble, and may get it, he
said.
"State troopers every where
are as eager as anyone to ex
tend the spirit of good will to
all men, but they can hardly
be expected to show great
kindness to those drivers who
fail to live up to their respon
sibilities," Patrolman Hooper
continued.
"Any motorist who seeks
to take advantage of the holiday
season by disregarding the
fundamental obligations at
tached to his driving provi
lege is inviting the possibility
of arrest.
"Instead, pledge yourself to
behave in a manner for which
you 11 not have to apologize
to a friend or explain to a
trooper. If you are intent on
drinking intoxicants, stay
from under the wheel. And
even if you don't drink, rem
ember that sober people can
also meet with highway tra
gedy when they ignore the
rules of the road."
Disaster Feed Program
MURPHY - The Disaster jj
Livestock Feed Program is
now available for Cherokee
County to those farmers who ?
are out of corn or will be out
within 90 days, Bass Hyatt, '
local ASCS office manager, s
announced this week. ^
Under this program, own- C
ers of the following kinds of i
livestock are eligible to buy
corn at $1.05 per bushel from
the Commodity Credit Cor
poration:
Cows kept for milk produc
tion, (dairy herd and family
cows); foundation beef herds, ?
cows and calves kept for re- I
placement, (not feeder I
Ga., and Tift College in For
syth, Ga. She took her med
ical training at Grady Hos
pital School of Medical Tech
nology In Atlanta.
She is married to DickHlg- j
don of Andrews and was em
ployed at District Memorial
Hospital in Andrews in 1962- ?
1963.
Mr. Fulk received his med
ical technician training at Dell
School of Medical Technology
in Ashevllle. He la also an
operative technician, receiv- i
ing this training at Baptist
Hospital in Winston Salem,
N. C.
Mr. Fulk Is single and is
making his hone here In Mur
phy.
T raff i c Heavy At Tycora Open House .
Photo by Scout Studio
Had To Stand In Line To Get In ... .
2,000 Attend Tycora Open House
MURPHY- Twelve hundre.l
dolts and eight hundred < ! ?!.>
en attended Textured Yak.
:ompany's open house auricay,
lecember 15. An employee s
ommittee greeted guests at
le entrance and assisted them
in registering for door prizes, <
Guests were then taken on a f
guided tour of the plant be
ginning with the raw mater- t
ials warehouse through to the 1
first manufacturing operation, i
This operation consists of i
t
Greenhouse Tour Set For Friday
MURPHY- For small acre
ge farmers and good man
gement, greenhouseproduct
)n may offer some real poss
silities, says James Stewart,
:ounty Extension Chairman.
Income from the sale of
lants, flowers, etc., could
ring in additional income,
meres ted farmers who would
ike to learn more about
greenhouse production can do
;o by going on a tour, Fri
lay morning, December 18.
Tomatoes are just beginning
0 ripen in this greenhouse.
Farmers can find out the
nvestment cost, types of
leating system, ventilation,
jroper temperature, disease
and insect control methods,
md possible net income.
The tour will leave the
County Agent's office, F riday
morning at 9:30 a.m. and re
turn around 11:30 o'clock.
1 Is Available Here
teers); beef and dairy bulls
ept for breeding; and foun
lation herds of sheep and
[oats.
This corn will be avail
ible soon at Murphy in 100#
;acks.
If you are interested, Mr.
lyatt said to stop by theASCS
)ffice and fill out an
ippllcation.
Mr. Neison is soil conser- 1
vationist with the soil conser- '
vation service and is a grad
uate of the University of North :
Carolina State College. '
The wedding is planned for
January 16. I
B & PW Club Holds j
Christmas Party
MURPHY - The Murphy
Business and Professional
Women's Club held their ann
ual Christmas Party at the
New Regal Hotel, Monday
night, December 14.
The party began at 6:30
p.m. with a juice hour. The
invocation was given by Mrs.
Emma Louise Minor.
The club was entertained by
Jane Johnson and Ernest Lee
Sudderth demonstrating the
latest dance styles.
After dinner, club members
and guests danced to music
by the Berets, a local four
piece combo.
Gifts were exchanged by
club members with Mrs. Mar
garet Bruce portraying Santa
Claus. Door prizes weregiv
en with Mrs. Carrie Davis in
charge.
Mrs. Bonnie Kimsey was v
given credit for the entertain
ment for the evening.
:r imping or texturizingof raw
ilament nylon.
The tour continued into a
lepartment where the doub
ing and twisting of the yarn
nto the final product, which
s carpet yarn, sold under the
xademark, Tycora. As many
>f the machines as possible
iue to crowded circumstances
*ere in operation by employ
:es to help explain these pro
:es ses.
New equipment to be in
stalled in the expanded fac
ilities were also on display.
Textured Yarn Company s
Production Manager, N. A.
Gladding, Jr., of Philadel
phia, Pa., flew down es
pecially for the open house
occasion, but due to bad wea
ther his plane was delayed
and he was only able to att
end the last fifteen minutes
of open house.
Plant manager, Ronald
Ressel termed Textured Yarn
Company's open house a tre
mendous success and said that
he was overwhelmed by die
response of local citizens.
Mr. Ressel also released
the names of the door pri
ze winners which are as
follows:
Universal two slice toast
er, Karen Watsons Casco el
ectric blanket, Marg Scroggs;
Westinghouse steam and dry
iron, Jas. R. Whitener; 1/4
inch Dayton drill, Minnie
Owens; 7 quart deep fryer,
F ranees Mason; Universal
automatic coffee maker , Glen
da Swan son; and the 9 * 12
foot rug made of Tycora yarn
produced in Murphy was won
by Paul Crisp.
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ROGERS ELECTRIC MOVES- Robert Rogers announced this weak that they are now
their new location, next door to Hembroe's Barber Shop. With almost twice the floor ?
of their old building, an appliance show room has bean added to the new facility.
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