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MOWIIY, KOMI CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE U. IMS \ SIGHT PAGES
P. O. Box Rent Goes
Up 50 Per Cent
Murphy Poet Office BodioMw
this week ere feelkig Hie effects
of a 30 per cent raise in box rent'
whan the U. 8. Poat Office De
partment made Its first substan
tial raise tat box rent in 46 years.
Post Office box rent has not not
ed a basic change fince 1907, Mur
phy Assistant PosftMfter QtxdsJ
? fatten said.
Rent, at fiie new rate, fi being
collected currently for the quarter
begkmfeig July 1.
Mr. Patttu announced the tal
lowing rate* on boxes, fixed toy the
U. S. Post Offioe Department
number one bootee (the smallest
size), formerly 75 cents per quar
ter, now 91.10.
Wumber tan ^ $1>
!*.ow 91.50; number three boxea,
formerly $1.50, now 2.25; and num
ber four boxes, formerly 92, now
93.
County HD Dress
Revue Set Sat.
The County Hotnfi Demonstra
tion Dress Revue and council meet
ing will be held Saturday, June
27, 1:30 p. in., Miss Edna Bishop,
Home agent, has announced.
Miss Bishop said that members
are invited to attend, whether they
model dresses or not
The revue will be held at Mur
phy School auditorium, and a
musical program is planted in
connection with the style show.
Hiwassee Dam and Midway
Clubs were fa charge of stage de
coration; Martin's Creek, registra
tion; Murphy, refreshments; and
door prize, Peachtree.
Plans for organizing a County
Home Demonstration Chorus will
be talked.
Murphy Lions Take
5 Cups At Convention
Murplhy Lions walked away with
one state trophy and four district
cups in the recent convention In
Asheville, Immediate past presi
dent Bob White said today.
The local Lions received the
state blind trophy fbr outstanding
progress in blind work, presented
at the state meeting.
Mutpljy received four of the
district cups, including the blind
cup, activities hPP. point cup and
attendance cup. Sixty-one persons
from Murphy registered at the
G. E. Scruggs Is
New Missionary
G. E. Scruggs, newly appointed
missionary of the Western North
Carolina Baptist Association, with
his fanjily is now making his home
in Murphy after taking up his
duties here last week.
(Mr. Scruggs came here from the
state of Washington, where he was
missionary pastor under the Home
Mis9on Board in five churches
north of Seattle, Wash.
The missionary is a native of
Haywood County and was educat
ed in the Waynesville Schools. He
was graduated in 1950 from Fruit
land Bible Institute, Hendexson
ville.
Scruggs will work in 36 church
es in Cherokee County, and 10
Baptist Churches in Clay County.
He win be assisting local pastors
in promotional, missionary, evange
Bstic and organizational work.
The former assciational mission
ary here was the Rev. A. G. Brooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Scruggs have two
children, Lowell, 16, and Carolyn,
15, who will enter Murphy High
School in the fall.
Mrs. Worthen's
Rites Held Here
m ,v TT UTetfiiMihA
Mrs. Charles H. Worth en, 87,
of Murphy, died at 7:40 p. m. Sun
day. Jurife 21, in an AAeville Nur
Home following an Illness of
aeveral months.
Survivors include one sen,
fairies Worth en, two grend
datvthen. Patricia and Barbara
of Murphy, and one brother, Har
ry w. Hlul of Laguna Beach,
Calif
'funeral services were conducted
vP uucitu Ufc*
at 11 a. m. Tuesday in the chapel
of Towneno funeral Home, with
the Rev. Asmood Maxwell offi
ciating. The hody was taken to
Birmingham, Ala. for cremation
and the aahea were to be aent to
How York her former
A native of New York,
to Murphy in 1841
iter eon
of
convention.
White said the year has been one
of the best for the local club, and
he attributed much of the success
to Joe E. Ray, club secretary. He
also said much credit is due lion
Bill Hoover as chairman of the
blind
Burch, Freed Chairmen For
County Fair Sept 14-16 _
60 4-H'ers Enters
Contest Here Fri.
Some 60 county 4-H Club mem
ber* vied for 23 county honors
Friday at the annual 4-H Club
Day contests In Murphy School
Auditorium.
The 23 winner* Will compete
either id the district contests in
Asheville, June 30, or the state
contests in Raleigh, July 20.
Senior health winner, Miss
Clara Hughes of Ranger, and the
senior winner for the boys, still to
be selected, and senior dress re
view winner, Jerry Ruth Smith
of 'Martin's Creek, will enter the
state contests. They were pre
sented cash awards, applicable on
their trip to Raleigh.
Other winners of the day were:
dairy foods demonstration, Mary
Ruth Logan, Martin's Creek, 1st
place; Clara Hughes, Ranger,
2nd; and Barbara Barton, Marble,
3rd.
Dress review, Miss Smith, 1st;
Ka&rene Gentry, Hanging Dog,
2nd; and Frances Gentry, Hang
ing Dog, 3rd.
Junior dress review winners*
were: blouse, Mary In Amos, Mur
phy; skirt, Clara Mae Erwin,
Bellview; dress Patsy Coleman,
Martin's Creek; and apron, Bar
bars Jean Stalcup, Martin's
Creek.
Junior Health winner was Eula
Mae Harris, Wolf Creek A.
Stella Harris of Wolf Creek A
won the presiding officer contest
and Clara Hughes was first place
song leader.
Individual talent contest, Jerry
Ruth Smith, 1st, xylophone; Lorine
Martin, Clara Hughes, 2nd. place;
and Martha Chastain, Martin's
Creek, 3rd. Group talent contest:
Ranger duet Patsy Anderson, Sue
Anderson; 2nd trio Martin's Creek
Frankie Chastain, Christine Hugh
es. Jerry Ruth Smith; 3rd duet,
Frankie Chastain, Christine Hugh
es.
Recreation leadership, Jerry
Ruth Smith; public speaking,
Marie Coffey, Marble, junior;
and Fred Van Horn, Martin's
Creek senior.
Judges for health were Miss
Willie Lovingood and Mrs. Alice
Swain of the local health depart
ment. Dairy foods judges were
Mary Farmer and Mrs. Edgar
Wood Jr.; dress review Mrs. C. E.
Hyde and Mrs. Gordon Wilson; of
ficers and public speaking, Doris
Wells and Mrs. Dallas McKown.
Talent judges were Mrs. Walter
Puett and Mrs. Duke Whitley; and
4-H leaders assisting wtre Mrs.
McKown, Mrs. Kate Shields, Miss
Maud Collins and Mrs. A. G.
Smithy <- - ~ f ~ * I
fJi# annual Cherokee County
Fair will be held September 14-10
at the fairgrounds here, it was an
nounced today by oo-abalrmen
Doyle Burch and C. R. Freed.
Sponsored by the Murphy Lions
Club, competition in the fair will
be open to Cherokee, Clay, Ma
con, and Graham Counties, N. C.;
Polk County, Tenn.; Union and
Towns Counties, Ga.
The placing of exhibits will
take place Monday morning, Sept.
14, the chairmen said.
Lions Club members will begin
calling on Murphy and Andrews
businessmen immediately to so
licit ads for the fair catalogue.
Bunny
Casting Contest Be Part Of
BigFourthOf July Celebration
A casting contest is toe latest*
feature of toe giant Fourth of July
celebration planned by the An
| drews Chamber of Commerce,
Chamber President Robert Hea
ton announced today.
The casting contest, open to all
fishing enthusiasts, will be spon
sored by the Andrews Wildlife
Club. Prizes will be given in three
ners, with two prizes in each di
dhdskms, flies, plugs and spin
vision. One prize will be given for
distance, and another for accuracy.
The Chamber of Commerce, in
a call meeting Friday, set a ten
tative schedule for toe dqy, which
will begin with two parades.
Day's activities will include ball
games, bathing beauty contest,
kiddy contests, swimming contests,
concessions stands and fireworks.
The climax will be toe American
Legion-sponsored square dance in
toe evening.
The events will take place at toe
Andrews-Murphy Airpark, and
toe square dance will be in toe
school, auditorium.
Paul Hill Gets Polio
Study Award In N. Y.
Paul E. Hill of Murphy, student
at Duke University School of Med
icine, Durham, ihas been awarded
a fellowship for two months of
study by the National Founda
tion for linfan|ile Paralysis, It
was announced today by H. L.
McKeever .chairman of the Chero
kee County Chapter of the March
of Dimes organization.
Two candidates may be nomi
nated by the dean of each of the
country's approved medical
schools. The candidates will study
at centers where residencies are
approved by the American Board
of Physical Medicine and Rehabil
itation.
Mr. Hill with his wife, the for
nier Vera <Mae Howse of Hender
sonvdlle, will spend the summer in
New York where Mr. Hill will
work at Bellevue Hospital on the
fellowship.
In announcing this award, Mr.
McKeever declared:
"We hope these fellowships will
stimulate medical students to un
dertake a two-month program in
the department of an experienc
ed clinician. Such a period of
study should help the student de
termine hit own interest in the.
choice hi physical medicine and
rehabilitation as a future special
ty.*
DORCAS ANN McGUIRE
Just a little reminder that the
weather wasn't always this warm!
Miss Dorcas Ann McGnlre, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. J. V.
(Muss) McGulre of Andrews
models the Alaskan outfit which
she wore in the Flag of Nations
pageant at the State Lions Club
Convention last week in Ashev
ille. She represented the An
drews Lions. Club.
Seek Burial Plots
Of War Veterans
Garpt. Frank Swan has announc
ed a reqfrest for the list of names
and the location of burial places
of all war veterans buried in the
Valley Town Township. Relatives
of the war veterans are asked to
contact either Cap. Swan or Com
mander Charles Zimmerman as
soon as possible.
STORY HOUR TOMORROW
A story hour will be held at the
library Friday at 2 p. m. Miss Em
ily Sword will tell the stories this
|HAa]r
Texas Rodeo Sets Three Shows Here
Local Lions To
Sponsor Rodeo
Event FrL, Sat
The world famed Cherokee
tanoh Rodeo ot Goree, Texas, will
le presented by the Local Lions
Hub for three thrill-packed per
ormances at the Murphy Falr
irounds Friday and Saturday,
une 26-27.
Performances will be given each
ight at 8 o'clock and a matinee
aturday at 3 p m. Proceeds will
e wed by the Lkx* on their work
none the blind and other pro
iota.
the world's largest travel Lmm
Badea sad the aaly aaa aa ^
that
A ocoroor more of tt ...
tampion cowboys and
em all parts ot the U ^
ki Canada will tahr
Jig rodeo. i \f |
Sixty head of oatDrtr bucking I
torses, hump-back. Bhahma bulla,
rexas steers, trlcl-^ njules and bdgh I
unvptng horses ?i$l be used.
Thirty-two t jpine tingling events
uch as bare' and saddle bthnc
Idlng, wild lygn ridkig, trtok rtd
ig, horse ^tehUvg steer Wfwtling
id time square dance Ob horse
ackand sMny other events will
e pre rented just like the big
odor n ln Fort Worth. Texas and
^ /Mine, Wyo,
i
ftrflltng drees acts and fenny
clowns with their bnekinsT
model Ford add a riot of hilar
ity.
Admissions ire scaled at SB
cents for children and one dollar
for adults, tax included. Than win
be no charge for seats and one tick
et takes the gectakr through the
entire two hour rtww.
LOCAL DRAFT BOARD
The Local Draft Board w?B he]
World War II Film
Be Shown In Andrews
Highlights of World War II,
corded by cameras of both allied
and enemy photographers, will be
shown in Andrews Friday, July 3,
at 7:30 p. m. The showing will be
in the school auditorium.
The 16 mm movie, which is two
hours and 30 minutes long, h
made wtth sound and commentary
from captured or stolen enemy
films, as well ag from the records
of 17. S. cameramen.
High spots In the film include
Hitler's entry Into Poland, work
ings of the French underground,
the peace conference aboard the
Missouri invasion of the Islands
of the Pacific, the capture at
(ran. the re entry of Mac Ar
thur to the PfcUUpptneu,
guerilla warfare, the captured of
xnmel ta Africa and
vents.
The film showing Friday, comet
just before the gala Fourth of
July celebration in Andrews, spon
sored by the Chamber of Com
The showing was arranged
through Kelly Johnson of And
A dm lesion will be 10 cents for
children and 86 cents for adults,
and all proceeds will go to the
Andrews Boy and Girl Scout
troops.
Quartet To Sing
At Mahby Church
The Williams Quartet from Dal
'ton. Ga.. will sing Sunday, June
28. at MaUby Baptist Church from
J to 4 p. m. Rev. Leonard MoClurr
la pastor of the church.
?
Fishermei/s Chances
Better After Stocking
Hoblitzell Passes
In Andrews
Funeral services for William
Hoblitzell, 32, who died at 10:30 a.
m. Wednesday, June 17 in an An
drews hospital after a long illness,
were held Thursday at 4 p. m. in
Andrews Methodist Church.
The Rev. John Kirk and the
Rev. John Neville officiated and
burial was in Andrews Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Arnold Derre
berry, Jack McCraney, Jack Bed
ford, Walter Whitalser, Grady An
derson and Ralph Hogsed.
The body lay in state in the
church one hour prior to the ser
vices.
He had served as a yard fore
man for Teas Extract Company
in Andrews, was the son of the
Late George B. and Sarah L. Eu
banks Hoblitzell. He was a grad
uate of Andrews High School, and
Kentucky Military Institute.
He also attended Washington
and Lee University, and the Univ
ersity of North Carolina, and was
a veteran of World War 1, and a
member of the Andrews Lions
Club.
Surviving are the widow, the
former Miss Ada Belie Roof, and
two sons, George Thomas and
Willam Kenneth of the home.
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge.
Fishermen in local waters will
find their odds a little better a
gajnst the water creatures this
week after several thousand more
fish have been placed in streams
and lakes near here.
Wildlife Protector Arnold Dalry
mple said 8,000 more rainbow
trout were placed in Appalachia
Lake Last week, and several thous
and more were placed in feeder
streams in the county.
The Wildlife Resources Commis
sion has also completed stocking
of 2,300 bass, averaging one and a
half inches in lenght, in the waters
of Appalachia Lake.
These fish were produced at the
State Fish Hatchery near Mor
ganton.
District game and fish protector
Dalrymple directed the release of
fish.
Five thousand bass, averaging
one end a half inches in length,
have been placed in the waters of
the Hlwassee Wildlife Club Pool.
The Wildlife Resources Com
mission pointed Out that the co
operative effort of all persons
interested in the state's fish and
game resources will be required
to bring about better fishing, the
favorite outdoor recreation of
many Americans.
OES Initiation Set
Tonight In Lodge Hall
The Order of the Eastern Star
will meet tonight at 7:30 p. m. in
the Masonic Hall. Members are
especially invited to be present as
an initation will be held.
Ace Ben Huntley
Again In Air Show
Returning this year for a repeat
performance is Bem Huntley, of
Charlotte, perhaps the most wide
ly-known air showman in the bus
iness, who will appear at the An
drews-Murphy Airpark Sunday,
July 5.
Huntley operates a successful
Ford dealership at Hnmtersville,
just north of Charlotte, and his
act will be sponsored by Reece
Motor Co. of Andrews.
He began his career in air
shows by acquiring a P-12 formely
owned by movie magnate Howard
Hughes and used to make one of his
movies. This ship was the only one
of its kind, and the stubby little
speedster quickly made Huntley
famous throughout the show cir
cuits.
The ship he flies, a Pitta Spec
ial 450 is also the only one in ex
istence, and tarns in a perform
ance to please the most ex
acting fan. It is named Sam
pson" after a nick-name given by
Huntley to one of his four
children.
Appearing with Huntley for the ,
first time will be Melvin Robinso g
of High Point, who will make tw n
parachute Jumps. Robinson is % a
professional "spot", jumper, and
holds a position with a High I ,\>int
paper concern.
The members of the K
BEN HUNTLEY
I
eet Flying Club wish to em
pl jastze that the show will oot be
8 . succession of thrill acts, but will
' Ae interspersed with educational
manuvens designed to better ac
quaint the public with the inherent
safety of the modem airplane.
Safety to tbe audience and the
pilots will be stressed at all times,
and the show will be approved by
and under the supervision of the
United States Civil Aeronautics
Administration.
50 Register For Recreation
Program At Folk Sfchool
Some 50 persons from 11 states
registered last week for the Sum
mer Recreation School at the John
C. Campbell Folk School, Brass
town.
Leaders to various areas of edu
cation from North Carolina, Ken
tucky, Georgia, Tennessee, Flori
da, New York, New Jersey, Ver
mont, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
attended the school.
Mrs. George Bidstnip, wife at
the school's director, ' served as
dean of the recreation school. She
was assisted by Ftrittp Merrill at
New York City, a national author
ity on folk muric and folk danc
ing; Mis. Willlapi Martin,
er at carving; and
McLellaa, teacher of
rormely of tike tilmriir, 1
in residence at the Folk Scfaoel.
Unfht the stndento to play re
corders and led the folk statin*.
Fred Brownlee, for 30 yean exe
cutive secretary of the American
Missionary Association, led din*
cuaslons on the folk school move
ment, with epecal reference to
Binbop Grqntvig of Denmark, who
fathered t
Residents of the
montty Joined in t
creational
teas, followed fay
held hi the homes of '
otory nour