TRADE AT HOME; IT PAYS \ < KEEP YOUR MONEY IN YOUR COMMUNITY "R^MOTING MURPHY AND ANDREWS 3 VOLUME ?S?NUMBER SI .UKPHY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. FEB. 11. 1IH I H. ? .... k Cullowhee Choir To Sing Here Sun. Th Cullowhee Chapel Choir o#? Western Carolina College will pre sent a program of sacred mtMfc at the First Baptist Church Murphy Sunday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 p. m. Th- ohMr, composed of some 50 mixed voices, Is directed by H. P. Smith. Clarence Chris man is ac ccmrp-nic' ->nd Zula M. Smith is organist. Miss Sara Morris is presi dent of the choir. I Two Bach organ preludes will open the program, and the organist will also play an offertory selection and a postlude. The program further includes The lord's Prayer; Onward, Chris tian Soldiers, Almighty God of Our Father* T^e I ord is My Shepherd. When I Survey the Wondrous Cro*s. Jacob's Ladder, Entreat Me Not To Leave Thee, Blessed Are the Pure In Heart, O, Divine Re deemer. and others. The public is invited to attend this program. CarringerTo Sin? Here Tonight \Vnltor Carringer tenor, of Mur phy "and New York, will be heard 'n ronwrt -here tonight at 7:45 at rti? Mimnhv School auditorium. j Hp will be accomparied at the p'ano bv Barton Cantrell. | The ppoeram will include a pw.'Ti of North Carolina and Ame-'on folk songs, a number of old favorites and some classical ??elections. Mr. Cantrell will also p'av a eroup of piano solos. I .Mr Carringer is being sponsored bv the Lions, Civitans, Junior Woman's Club and Regal Clubs of iMurphy. Everyone is invited to at tend end tickets are scaled at 75 r n-1 - 'or adults and 50 cents for students. Rites Held For Mrs. Leatherwood Mrs. Mattie Brown Leatiherwood of Murphy died hi ? Knoxville hospital early Sunday morning af ter an illness of three years. She came to Murphy in 1910 from Florida and returned to Or lando, Fla., in 1915 to live with her mother. She was married to P. H. Leath erwood in December. 1917, in Or lando. They returned to Murphy in 1919. She ihad been an active work-' er in th^ First Methodist Ohurch j here until her health failed. Funeral services were held in F!rst Mthodist Church at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday. The pastor, the Rev. Asmond Maxwell officiated, as-' fisted by the Rev. C. A. Smith. Burial was In Sunset Cemetery. The body lay in state in the church i from 1:30 to 2:30 p. m. Active pallbearers were Dale Lee. H. A. fMattox, George Dyer, i Tom Palmer, Horry Sword and Neil Sneed. Her Sunday School Class and church circle served as flower bear I ers. Surviving are the husband: .two daughters. Mrs. Louise Talley ofj Knoxville. and Miss Ann Leather-! wood, a student nurse at Fort Sanders Hospital. Knoxville: two' sons. R H. of Knoxville. and W. A. i of Omaha. Neb.; eight grandchild-1 rcn. Also Ihree sisters. Mrs. Mary Patterson of Winter Park, Fla., Mrs. W. H. Marsh of Ocala. Fla., and Mrs. Oma Beach of Lenoir: and a brother in High Springs, Fla. and one in Santa Cruz, Calif. Ivie Funeral Home was in charge. Six Check Forgers Are Tried Here A forgery fever broke out in t Murphy last week when ait least six c:\ses of forgery were brought to the attention of town officers. Five defendants .n the bogus check charges are in the sTne e-mily. Sheriff M. G. Crawford ssid. Three of the boys are ??"! at the Cherokee County jail on default of bond. Monday's court session at the jadl also saw William Powell, negro let out on $400 bond for breaking and entering Murphy Laundry. Powell took one gray windbreaker which he was wearing when arrest ed around 3:30 a. m. Sunday by Murphy policemen George Craw ford and Bardy Akin, Sheriff Craw ford said. Murphy Boy Scouts To Attend Church ?Murphy Boy Scouts will be spec-' ial attendants at the First Metho dist Church Sunday morning, where they will will attend in a group. The Scouts are this week observing National Boy Scout Week. Harvey Hinrhaw is Scoutmaster ot the troop of some 30 boys in four pstro's. Fred Van Horn Is settlor patrol leader and Billy Ada me Is assistant junior Scout master. Hobart L. McKeever, Mur phy attorney ts the Nantahala dis trict Scout Committee chairman. The Murphy Scouts, hi addition to their regular patrol activities, are taking weekly trips each Sat urday to Oullowhee for swimming and life saving instructions. A Oil iowhee life guard said the Murphy Scouts were '"the beat behaved group of boys he had seen", and a great deal of interest is centered in (he swimming course by the some 211 hoys attending. A spring camping trip to the Okefeennke* Swamp is planned. A Court of Honor for the presen tat ton of wwards earned ia held pach mowh in the county. Mr Hinrtmw expressed pride the Murohv Scout Troop's stand ards and said "If any one boy ftoki any tvpe of home to helped throu^i Scouting, it is worth all our com bined efforts." UOAL atlB FRIDAY The Roast Club wt> nteet Fri day at TiOO p. m. at the home of Miss Jowohjna HeMhway wMh Zack Carringer Has High Sales Total Zack Carringer. a salesman for Oak Ridge, Tenn., Motors, Inc., has achieved national high point honors for his sales efforts in De cember, it was announced by J. K. Lester, Louisville district sales manager of the Ford Motor Co. Cat-ringer's point total, based up on the sale of new and used cars and trucks was the highset among more than 20,000 salesmen in 6, 500 Ford dealerships across, Lester said. Carringer, and his wife, the for mer Juanita Hill, are natives of Cherokee County. * 50Specialists Conduct Farm Methods Course New Electric Speed Timing Device Is Put In Use Here The Highway 'Patrol in Cherokee County is using, (or the first time in thij area, the electric speed de vice which has been in use for some time in other parts- of the state. The device consists of a stop watch which is started and stopped electrically when a vehicle cross es two cables placed across the highway at a measured distance. The watch is started as the wheels cross the first cable and stopped as they cross the second cable. The apparatus computes the time and distance to give the exact speed of the vehicle. The patrol stated the speed watch will be used on highwals where the greatest number of speeding violations occur. Public Invited To Folk School Party Postmasters Aid Heart Fund Drive During February all air mailt letters bearing a iCturphy postmark j will also bear a Heart Fund air mail sticker, Joe E. Ray, postmas ter. said this week. February is Heart Fund month. and postmasters throughout the( :'ate as well as the nation, are as-i sisting by distributing the heart! air mail stickers. Mr. Ray said any persons wish ing to make a donation to the Heart Fund may do so by sending the donation to "Heart, c/c Post master", Murphy, N. C. Bass Haigler, 68. Succumbs Thurs. Bass H. Haigler, 68, died at 7 p. ( m. Thursday, Feb. 4. in his home | near Murphy after an extended Ill ness. He was a native and lifelong re sident of Cherokee County the son of the late Joseph and Mlartha Hampton Haigler. and a painter. Funeral services were held at 10 a. m. Sunday in the home. The Rev ! C. A. Smith officiated and burial was in the family cementery near, the home. Pallbearers were Judd Stiles Ric hard Howell Vance Wilson. Halts Penland. W. M. Fisher N. T. Pen land. Grady Lochaby. and C. E. Johnson. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Etta Martin Haigler; three sons; Hardie and Charles of the home: four sisters Mrs. Robert Sylvester of Murphy. Mrs. Julia Passmore of Benton. Tenn.. Mrs. Frank Freits of Mamikon. Ohio, and Mrs. Ber tha Arander of New Salisbury.! i Ind. Also three brothers, Frank of Miami. Fla., Don of Cherokee, and Bob of Murphy, and seven grand children. Town son Funeral Home was In ] ' charge. Bee Keepers Set Meeting Cherokee County Bee Keepers will meet Tuesday at 9:30 a. m. at; the Courthouse to hear W. A. Stevens, extension beekeeper. Stevens will discuss beekeeping and cleaning. Refreshments will be served by the Farmers Federa tion. The President's Ball, a March of Dimes benefit party, will be held Saturday. Feb. 13, at 8 p. m.1 at the John C. Campbell Folk School at Brasstown. Everyone is invited to attend. The regular Friday night folk games will not be held this week. I The program Saturday will in-' elude folk dances and games, a puppet show, community singing and a sword dance by some of the Brasstown young people. Refreshments will be served. Ad mission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. Heart Disease Below Average In CherokeeCo. 58 Die Of Heart Disease In Year Special to the Cherokee Scout) NEW YORK,?According to ?U tietlce now being releaaed by Mia nation'* leading health or a ot the United States. | The data, contained in the flret nation-wide report on vital ata ctics since 1949. wm fathered during the lent census and is being published In three volumes by the U. S. Public Health Service. It shows, for Cherokee County, a heart die seat toll for the year ot 5?, equivalent to 41.7 percent of aU local death*. This was a small er proportion than was i Tally to the United heart ailment* accounted tar Hi percent of all death* It was low er a Wo than the heart mortality In the South Atlantic States, 50 5 percent. Included in the figure* are Mm 20 different forms of heart i wMcfi, together, strike i 775000 men, women and Children annually. This is more flam the combined toll of cancer plus all other diseases and all aed dents. In addition, points oat Iho Amor teen Heart Association. 10,000.000 of oar | .ire partially or wholly disabled be same of heart ailments. They rep resent an annual toss of 176 mil lion work days and a resultant loss if productivity estinMrted at $2.1 billion. The 58 heart deaths In Cherokee Tounty to the year ware equal to a rata of $16 deaths per 100.000 pop ulation. This compares favorably wtKi the findings tor (be nation as ? whole, 507. per 100000. It ims lower than the Sao* AUaotte ttetae rata. 466 haait 1000,000. Despite the seriousness of the problem, wtut v.tth one out of -very 16 in the country suffering from some tarn of heart or blood vessel disease, (sops exists because research Is making vital new dis coveries, states the American Heart Asportation. Some heart con ditions can now be presented and can be eared. Si*tlfloant stride, are being erncineet of 'The farmer is now in a squeeze, j if there is a time wheat a need ex ists for better methods and money savins practices on the farms in our county, it is now," G. H. Far ley. Cherokee County agent said. All county farmers are advised to take advantage of the informa tion and training available to them in a three-day "know-how" meth ods meet set Feb. 23-24-25, Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday. Some 50 specialists will be in the county during these days to dis cuss all phases of farming and ans wer any questions. The dairy portion of the pro gram has been postponed due to a dairy conference in Raleigh at the same time. The schedule for the three days.j beginning at 9 a. m. each day and adjourning at 4 p. m. follows: Feb. 23. Outlook; fertilizer; ec-j onomics of fertilizer; weed control;; discussion: iun Welle St. last week, biting several 'other dogs, Murphy Mayor L. L. Mason said thlg week. Mr. Mason asked Murphy resi-, dents to be on t3ie look out for the rabid dogs, and to keep their own pets up. He also warned dog owners to be sure their pets are' inoculated against hydrophobia. Polio Drive Total Hits $4,000 Mark Fred Taylor Dies After Ubiess Samuel Fred Taylor, 60 died at 4 a. m. Tuesday Feb. 0, in a local hospital after a short ill He was a native and lifelong resi dent of Cherokee County, the son of the late James R. and Mary Ann Weeks Taylor. He was a veteran of World I. having served from September, 1917, till April, 1919, one year in France. He served four years as con-1 stable and six years as deputy sheriff of Cherokee County. He was a member of the New Hope CXlurch of God. Route 3. Murphy. | Surviving arc the widow. Mrs. Laura Hall Taylor, four daughters, Mrs. Alice Murrin. Misses Wlima and Roma Taylor of Murpihy and Mrs. Mono Cook of Disten. Ore.: six sons Warren of Akron. Ohio:' Ci?). James Lox Taylor of the U. S. Army in Korea. Cecil of Disten Ore.. Wallace, Sam and Halsey of Man i?hy. Also seven brothers, John. Drew BaTs. Jake, Charlie, Rollin and Bob of Murphy: four sisters; Me Oilie Whitener of Atlanta.' Mrs. Bessie Bryson of Tennessee, Mrs. Lillie Johnson of Lenoir City Teiiii.. and Mrs. Rose Ann Corn well of Murphy. Funeral arrangements were in complete Wednesday, Ivie Funeral Home announced. The Andrews High School Girls j Basketball Team continued their undefeated season by winning over Stecoah 51-18 Tuesday. Meanwhile the Andrews Boys took a 51-36 win from Stecoah Boys, to give the An drews Five an 8-4 season record, j with a 6-3 conference total. Tiiie girts took their 12th victory and their ninth conference total. Outstanding performance of the guards contributed greatly to the wide score margin for the girls. Andrews guards Pat Derreberry, Patricia Painter and Barbara Bar ton kept the Stecoah lasses form all close in shots and consistently broke up plays and stole the ball from Stecoah forwards. Sue Crawford Doris Teas and Elizabeth Postcll led the scoring with 21. 16 and 13 points, respect ively. The Andrews boys came from behind a 13-10 Stecoah lead to take and keep the lead early in the second Quarter. High scorcer was Dean Truett, 24 points. Andrews meets Nantahala at An drews tomorrow.night. Feb. 12. -cix Volunteer* Leave Fcr KnoxviUe Tues. Six volunteers were forwarded to Knoxville, Term., for induction Tuesday. The six included James Ray Hen ?ley, Robert Lee Berrong, Odeen Garrett, Clarence John Pack, Way ne William West and Pearlie Kir land. Ha key Jack Talyor was schedul ed to leave with the group, but Ms orders were postponed due to the death of his father. At the same time 2$ registrants were forwarded tor physical exam The Cherokee County polio lrlve this week had reached the (4.000 mark, and contributions are Itill being reported, Frank Forsyth Cherokee County March of Dimes dvairraan, said this week. The drive is expected to be end fd by the latter part of next week, the chairman said. Four more 100 percent donor firms in Murphy were named as Western Carolina Telephone Co., N. C. Highway Maintenance Dept., Commonwealth Lumber Co., and Smoky Mountain Fiber Co. On Saturday of this week, the annual President's Ball, a benefit folk party at the John C. Campbell Folk School, will be held. The pub lie is invited to attend, and proc eeds will be donated to the March of Dimes in Cherokee and Clay Counties. Sally Morris Is Elected Marshal MISS SALLY MORRIS Miss Sally Morris, daughter of Lhe Rev. and Mrs. J. Alton Morris of Murphy, recently was elected one of the three marshals from the freshnvan class at Furman Univer sity in Greenville. S. C. The marshals, three from each class compose a board which as sists at all campus functions by maintaining quiet, ushering, and assisting in any way. They wear evening dresses or black afternoon dresses, and are chosen for their attitude of efficiency dignity and cordial personality and appear ance. Miss Morris graduated in 1953 from Murphy High School. Ait Furman she is a member of the Furman University Singers, a choral group known throughout the South. The Sogers sang Han del's "The Messiah" at Christmas and are now practicing for a pro Huc'lon of the operetta. "Naughty Marietta". Sally plays the part of an Italian girl in the operetta. Miss Morris was chosen as one of -the representatives for th^ Fur man Singers In the Bonhomie Beau ty Contest. The Bonhomie is the ~ollege annual. Sho also played the role of "Belle from New Haven" in the Theatre Guild production of Eu gene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness.' Mrs. Thomas Dies In Georgia Mrs. Isadora Thomas, 77, died at 1 a. m. Monday in her home near Morgan ton, Ga^, after a long illness Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in Mt. Zion Bautist Church. Rev. Calvin Htompson and the Rev. Mr. Key officiated and burial wan la the thath ceme tery. Surviving are the husband, two daughters, Mrs. Martha Stile* of Gastonia and Miss Miry Thomas of itie home; five sans, Carl of Culberson, John ?nd Horace of Murphy, Bert of Castoofa and Clif ton of the home. Also two sister*. Mrs. Amanda Thompson of Culbereon and Mrs. Mary (Pope of Belmont; two broth ers E L. Townaon of Murphy, and John Towtnan of Culberson; three half-sisters, Mrs. Pat Oartey of BWravflle. Oa Mrs. Ora TVrner of Murphy end Mrs. Olson Hall of Marble; two half-brothers, W. D T>vwn?on and George Taainon Of hi