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- i Death Drives DANGEROUSLY Dont Crowd Him PROMOTING MURPHY AND ANDREWS C. sutc Ubrwy VOLUME ? NUMBER? M MURPHY NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOV. 3, IMS TRADE AT HOME; \ IT PAYS t / Fourteen Pi|M This Week People You Know mmpHT Mr. and Mrs. Oscar H. Wei born and children, Peggy, Carolyn Ay ers, Hughsie and Oscar, Jr. of De catur, Ga., were week end guests of Mr. Welbom's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Al exander and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Posey of Way nesville spent the we^k end with the tatter's mother, Mrs. B. L. Padgett Mrs. Pauline Brendle and her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barton and daughters, Sharon and Beverly of Atlanta, vis Ited relatives and friends here over the week end. Miss Willie Lovingood is attend ing a State Nurses' association in Winston-Salem from Tuesday through Friday of this week. Miss Nora Smith of Los Angel es, Calif., spent last week with her sister, Mrs. R. A. Akin. While here she and Mrs. Akin visited Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Wallace at Oak Ridge, Tenn. Mrs. Cylde Wilson went to Akron. O., last month to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ricks, and to Join them on a trip to Fort Worth, Texas for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Wade Ricks and sons. Mrs. Wilson and hei parents then returned to Murphy and Mr. and Mrs. Ricks spent sev eral days here with their daughtei and family, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ramsey, before returning to Ak ron. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Franklin spent Monday in Atlanta on business. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Slngletor and children, Sara Varner, Knox and Martha spent Sunday In Atlan ta with Mr. Singleton's brother Dr. Donald Singleton and family. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Thompson and children, Wanda, Barbara and Tommy visited Mrs. Thompson'i parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Gal loway in Hl?waasee, Ga. Sunday. ^ Miss Meredith Whi taker spent Y/ i week end in Franklin witl t. and Mrs. J. Ward Long and their daughter, Jane. Mr. and ^frs. Norval William son of Charlotte spent the week end here aa guests of their cous ins, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bristol. Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis have returned to their home In Char lotte after a visit here with Mrs. Lewis' parents. Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Almond. Mrs. R. A. Dewar has returned from Cedartown, Ga., after a vis it with her brother, Charles Brum by, and other relative*. She ac companied her sister, Mrs. Mary Wright who has been the house gueat of the Dewars for a weeks a her return to Cedartown. Roy Tatham and children, wfcr have been in California with ? Lt. Tatham for the past year, have returned to Andrews wihle her husband is on a tour of duyt over Mr. and Mrs. J timet Ibberson left Sunday for Reading, Pa., where he will be employed in the home plant of Berkshire Knitt ing Mills. The Ibbersons have been living in Andrews since the incept ion of the plant In Andrews. Mrs. C: H. Jarrett and Miss Ber tha McGuire spent the week end in Atlanta, Ga., with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Palmer and children, Sharon and Roger of Gastonia spent last week here with Mr. Palmer's grandmother, Mrs. J. L. Rowland, and his pat ernal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Palmer. Dewey Thompson has returned to Kenviile, N. J., after a visit here with his family. George Pullium A] 2c who has been in Great Falls, Montana, has arrived for a 30 day. leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Pullium, before leaving for Guam where he v. 1 W stationed with the V. a. Air Force. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Burch and daughter of Indianapolis, Indiana, spent the week end here with Mr. and Mrs. A1 Brown, Jr., and other ?*r and Mrs. John Axley and ' a, Laurie, of Riverhead, Long ?sland. N. Y., are visiting Mr. Alley's mother, Mrs. H. A. Van Gorder. Fred J. HUl attended a meet tag of the Bulck division of Gen eral Motors at Charlotte last S& ? . .. Christmas Trade Week Set lln Murphy Nov. 28-Dec. 3 I Murphy's fourth Annual Christ i mas Trad* Week will be held Nov. 28-Dec. 3, It was announced to ' day. { I A poll of Murphy merchants ' showed over 90 per cent of them 'are tn favor of the special week. A Christmas parade will kick I off the week on Monday, and San ' ta Claus from the North Pole has I j already accepted Murphy's invit ! ation to be the leading figure in I the parade. ') The Christmas decorations in the town will be put up by the Power Board and the town, and drawings will be held each after noon Monday through Saturday, on the square, for prizes totalling $1,000. A $100 bond will be given away each day, Monday through Friday, and a $500 bond will be given a way on Saturday, it was announ ced. A number of other prizes will also be given away at the draw ings. "? ' I Merchants will begin giving a jway trade week tickets on Satur-j day, Nov. 26, for the drawings. The following committees were] set up: finance, W. A. Singleton; arrangements, Richard HoweU, " f Kae Moor*; general steering com 1 mittee, Marie Davis, Prank For syth; and advertising, Preston B. Henn; parade marshalls, Joe Ray. Bob Bault and Bob White; child ren's division, Mrs. H. Bueck and Mrs. C. K Olson. All civic clubs are asked to appoint a member to the parade committee. | Andrews Lions |To Present WNOX Gang Program ? t The Lions club will present a 1 benefit performance of Carl 8tory 'and his Rambling Mountaineers j ' from WNOX Tennessee Barn ' Dance and Mid-Day Merry-Go ? Round today (Thursday) at 8:00j p. m. in the Andrews High School I Auditorium. The Mountaineers will feature In addition to Carl Story, Little Red Rector, Jimmie Haynle, the Ram bling Mountaineer's -Quartet and also Fred "The Nose". The public Is invited to attend. Peaektree Harvest Festival Set Sat. The Peechtree PTA will spon sor a harvest festival to be held, at the school Saturdav Nov. fl at ; 7:36 p. m. , Attractions will include a coup try store, cake walk, bingo and costumes. ( The festival will be climaxed by the crowning of the kii\" and queen with a court of royalty from the elementary grades. | The public is invited to attend. Three Murphy Boys Get Eagle Award Future Teachers Sponsor Education.! Week In Murphy The Future Teachers of America Club of Murphy High School will sponsor the observance of Nation al Education Week Nov. 6-12 here. [ Posters in town, bulletin boards ' at school and a chapel program urging high school students to take fullest advantage of an education, are the main plans for the week. At the chapel program next Wednesday, Miss Alice Lovingood, a high school senior, will be install ed as president of the Future Teachers Club, by A1 Wallace, president of the Cherokee County NCEA, sponsoring organization for the FT A. J The Rev. Asmond Maxwell will! speak on education at the pro-' gram. The local FTA Club will visit the Canton FTA next week, also as a, part of education week obser-| vance. There are 11 charter mem-j bers in the Murphy Club. Folk Dance Week End Planned The aitaual Folk Dance week end, which serves as an adult fes tival for this area of the Southern Highlands, will be held this week end at the John C. Campbell Folk School, Nov. 4-0. Dancing will begin Friday everv ing with the regular Family night program, continue on Saturday (morning, afternoon and evening). Guests from a distance will return home after breakfast Sunday. George and Marguerite Bidstrup have recently returned from eev- ^ eral weeks in Denmark and the rest of Western Europe, and plan to have some special numbers to teach the participants. Recorders, tea on Saturday aft-' ernoon and discussion will be a mong the other features of the pro gram. * 1 Mr. and Mrs. Otto Woods will be here for the week end to furnish the music for most of the dancing, j Ihis week end is for people of the urea who are familiar with the English, Danish, and American folk dances. > Ttiree Murphy Boy Scouts Tues day night received the Eagle Scout rating at the Nantahala District Court of Honor held at the First Baptist Church here. This was the first time In a num ber of years that three boys have received the Eagle award on the same night in Western North Car olina. I Bill Browning, son of Mr. and .Mrs. E. A. Browning of Troop 12; land Thomas C. Moore, son of Mr. 'and Mrs. CJoe Moore and Ed M. Gibbs, son of Mr. and Mrs.. Jim Gibbs of Troop 2, Murphy, were the three receiving the high rat ing. Older awards went as follows: tenderfoot, James W. Dills, Jimmy Franklin, Paul Parker, Troop 11, Hayesville; Champ Wlmpey, Jer ry Lyon, Vernon Ford, of Troop Seven, Hayesville; and Burt Birch field, Harley Ed Gibson and Charl 1 ton H. Holder, Richard McCoy, Fred Swain HI, and Robert Eh ringer, all of Troop 2, Murphy. Second Class, Horace Wimpey, Jimmy Mat&eson, David Wallace Shelton, Lee Dailey, Gene Frank lin, William Shelton, Jerry Moore, Kenneth Stevens, Douglas Dills, Jack Dailey, Jack Sellers, Dan Phillips, Harold Dailey and Gor don Dills, all of Troop 11, Hayes ville. ^oJuiE/ <aj?dy, Troop 12, Mur phy, first class. Merit badges were awarded to Douglas Bowman, swimming and BUI Browning, aviation and dram atics, both of Troop 12; Gary Pat- 1 ters, pioneering and gardening and William Kenneth Hawkins, schol arship, both of Troop 2; and Ar thur Jones, hiking, coin collect ling, Troop 7. | Jimmy Armstrong of Troop 7 received the star award. Skit Be Given At Andrews PTA - "The Beachhead for Freedom," a skit, will be presented at the meeting of the Andrews PTA Tues day, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p. m. at the regular meeting to be held In the High School auditorium. The cast is composed of a group of high school students under the direction of James Wood. ?anger Grange To Hear Scent Editor The Ranger Grange will meet at 7:30 Monday at Ranger School. BUI Coetello, editor of the Chero kee Scout, will speak on the pro- 1 posed Murpv-y Planning and De-| velopment Commission. AND PRETTY GIRLS ALL IN A ROW "ood<* ** Lhld? co-dram majorette. (towil Youth Week Features Drive ? . For New Murphy Teen Center THE TEEN AGE committee on rule* and standards (or the new youth center, to be held In the basement of the library, Is made up of 17 Murphy High School students, from the (our classes, and from the town and ootlytng communities. Stove Hembree, ibamt when the above picture was made, and Ida Brumby, both seniors, are co-chairmen of ttie committee. H. C. Bueck, also a senior, but not In the photograph, is another member o I the committee. Kneel ing, left to right, am Grace Townson, Ida Brumby, Unda F.ngtlwh, lane Cook; stanrthig behind them, left to right, are Mary Kephart, Clara Hughes, Palsy Jones, Barbara Griffith, Ed GO**. Judy Kneed and Ann Parker; and standing back row, Jim Hendrix, Robert Schmitt, Bob Eaaley nod Locmle Hoover. (Scout Photo) Art, Hobby, Crafts Be Displayed In Andrews I An art, crafts and hobby show [will be held Thursday, (today), Friday and Saturday Nov. 3, 4, and 1 5 in the Lay Store building in An-, drews. Exhibits will be received and entered Thursday between 10:00 a. m. and 2:00 p. m. today. | Th, exhibit is sponsored by the Woman's Missionary Society of St ] Andrews Evangelical Lutheran church with proceeds going to the improvement fund. No admission will be charged, but an offering may be given. I Included In the exhibit In addi tion to arts and crafts, will be a collection of old silver, swiss clocks, old patch work quilts, and many other collections. Anyone wishing to enter the ex hibit may do so by contacting, Mrs. Margaret C. Watry, Mrs. GoMns or Miss Frances Cover. Band Boosters Meet Today; Donors Listed The Murphy Band Boosters Club will meet today, Thursday, In the band room at 7 :30 p. m. Some 41 members have been en rolled In the chib during the cur rent membership drive. Meanwhile, letters from alumni of Murphy School, with donations to the band continue to come in, including the following in addition to those names published last week: Mrs. Castile 'Howard, Brad ford, R. I.; Mrs. Walter Estes, Rex, Ga.; Mrs. Pauline Sudderth. I Miami, Fla. ; Edgar Harsh aw, Richmond, Va. ; Miss Mary Farm er, Asheville; Mrs. Martha Nell rhuss, West Palm Beach, Fla.; Grace M. Reed, Ft. Thomas, Ky ; md B. W. Sipe, Atlanta, Ga. And the following from Murphy: Mr. and Mrs. Noah Hembree. Mrs. Peggy Savage Re&vis, Miss Leila ! County Youth* At Achievement Day Mary Ruth Logan, In gardening, l md Jerry Ruth Smith in achleve nent, were district winners in ong-time Four-H project records, 1 t was announced this week. Meanwhile, Joyce Waldroup also 1 ecei ved a certificate for being . 5 ?laced in the blue ribbon talent Toup in a previous contest, I * District Four-H record day was leld Saturday, Oct. 28, in Ashe- i Hie. climaxed with dinner at the J ieorge Vanderbilt Hotel. Cherokee County youths and 1 eadem'attendlng were Mary Ruth E <ogan, Virginia Moss, Joyce Wal- a I roup, Lloyd Hendrix, Mrs. Fran- e :es Puett, Charlie Mils, Frances )entry, Bob Slagle, David Gibson, ) ?ete Gemert, Patsy Smith. Mrs. < )ougtas Smith. Bobby Hendrix, J. X Kilpa trick and Jerry Ruth i bnith. i Hayes, Miss Clara McCombe, Miss' Elisabeth Gray, Clara Mae Town wa* Coward, Dr. Helan Wells Smith, Mrs. Howarc Martin, Mrs. Fran ces Jolmao. Howard Martin, Mrs. I Rea S. Johnson, L>. L>. Mason and Charles H. Hyatt. Youth Week in Murphy waa pro claimed by Mayor L. L. Mason for Nov. 6-12, to correspond with the drive for funds for the new youth center in the basement of the lib rary. The center will be sponsored by the Murphy Junior Woman's Club, with Mrs. H. L. McKeever as chairman. Mrs. Nat Kinney is chairman for the house to house campaign which will be carried out by teen agers. Serving with Mrs. Kinney are Mrs. J. B. Hall, Mrs. A. J. Headrick and Mrs. Harry Dickey. The house to house campaign willeb held at 6 :30 p. m. Thursday, Nov. 10, with the following youths participating: Tommy Moore, Judy Davis, Annette White, John Morris, Ruth and Carolyn Bates, Lonnie Hoover, Norman Kaye and Becky Rhodes, Lavean Hmton, Linda English. Also Walter Mauney, Ed Gibbs, ' Judy Sneed, Nancy Lee Mills, Bennie Jo Palmer, Grace Town son, Patricia Hackney, Jane Cook, Gloria Bowman, Billy Browning, Patsy Worthen, Betty Weaver, Ramona Haggard, Patsy Jones, June Crawford, Harry Duncan, Ida Brumby, Joan Schmitt, Ra mona Taylor, Mary Le peeler, Cathy Amoa, Nancy Sales and Mary Ruth Donley. Also Imogens Voylea, Clara Hushes, Marcella Sneed, Polly Stilea, Bob Eaaley. Laura Bailey, Barbara Griffith, Billy Kephart, Mildred Kephart, Rosemary Bur gess, Don Amoa and Mary Kep hart The town fire siren will blow at the beginning of the drive, and a parade will be held that day, with H. C. Bueck and Patsy Jonea to charge. Teen day In Murphy will be ob served on the Saturday at the and of the week, with a demonstration on the square with Ann Parker and Lonnie Hoover in charge. Mrs. Peyton G. Ivie is In charge of the campaign In the business district. Tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 4, half the proceeds from sale at Coble's Cottage Cheese here will go to the youth center fund. Half Cottage Cheese Sales For Youth Center Coble Dairy on Friday, Nov. 4 will give half of its receipts from the sale of Coble's Cottage Cheese, to the ptopoaed Murphy Touth Centae. Hie youth center to the I project of the year for the Mur |phy Junior Woman's Club, and , will be opened soon in the base ment at the Murphy library. Half the proceeds from all sales ef Coble's Cottage Cheese in Mur phy on Friday will go to the youth center, C. R. Freed, district' man ager for the dairy, said. Bitsy Hardin Is Football Queen ?0 Marble PTA Makes $422 At Harvest Sale The Marble PTA cleared some (422 at their Harvest Sale last Saturday at the school. The mon ty will be used to purchase a stage :urtaln for the new school build-, ng The PTA officials this week an lounced their appreciation to all nerchants and private indlvid lals who made donations b> the tale. Auctioneers were W. D. Whitak ir, Jim Wood and Gordon Butler. J ttel ores Hughe* \? Harvest Queen Some 460 persons attended the Martin's Creek PTA-sponaored lalloween carnival Friday night ] ,t the school. Some $900 was ralv- ] d for the PTA and school. Delores Hughes, daughter of <r. and Mr? Dm Hughes, was sleeted harvest queen. Over 160 merchants and IrfdivM tals contributed items for the car ilval. i Miss Virgina "Bitsy" Hardin will reign as 1955 football queen of the Andrews "Wildcats". She will be crowned at the half time festivities when the Murphy "Bulldogs" meet the Andrews squad tomorrow night." Her court will be Misses Pat Kilpatrick, Shelby Reece, Kate Passmore, Judy Babington, Ardith Hay, and (Catherine Sursavage. The queen and her court were chosen by the football squad. OR I . C . ? I IN VAVI , RALEIGH?' The Motor Vehicle? Department's summary of traffic deaths through 10 a. m. Oct (1 : Killed this year : <04 Killed to date laat year: 804 If safety la worth a Ufa, Drive and walk earefuOy!