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MUKPHY
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Browning
and son Billy, and F. O. Christo
pher spent Sunday at Western Car
olina College, Cullowhee, visiting
Jack Barnett. Mrs. Barnett, wht
had spent two weeks there with
Jack returned home with them.
Bob Whitener of Detroit, Mich,
visiting relatives in the county.
Mrs. P. G. Ivie, Mrs. Walter
Mauney, Mrs. Jo Phaup, Miss
Adella Meroney and Mrs. Bill
Adams spent two days in Atlanta
last week and attended the ice
follies.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Franklin and
Sara Varner Singleton spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Fulmer in Sylva.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Ellis and fam
ily have moved to Webster where
Mr. Ellis will attend Western Car
olina College, Cullowhee, and
serve as pastor for several Bap
tist churches.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hampton last
week visited Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Dunn in Chamblee, Ga., and Mrs.
Grady Lochaby of Route 2, Mur
phy who is a patient in Ponce de
Leon Infirmary in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hughes re
turned Saturday from Hollywood,
Fla. where they spent five weeks
in their cabin there.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Franklin spent
a few days in Atlanta on business
last week and attended the ice
follies.
Mrs. Fred Yarboro of Houston,
Tex., Mrs. Stokes Martin of Can
' ton, Ohio, and Harold Lochaby of
' the U. S. Army in Vermont, visit
ed their mother, Mrs. Grady Loch
aby at the Ponce de Leon Infirm
ary in Atlanta last week.
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Mr. and Hrs. p. J. Henn have
returned from boat races at St.
Petersburg, Fla. They were ac
companied by Ray Hefner, who
spent a second week at Ocalla, fish
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brown of
Fontana Dam spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Harding.
ANDREWS
Mrs. C. L. Johnson has returned
after a weeks stay in Atlanta, Ga.
Dr." and Mrs. E. B. Sampson of
Ozona, Florida are spending a va
cation of several weeks in And
rews.
Misses June Ubel and Viola
Feldmeir, instructors of the Berk
shire Knitting Mills in Reading,
Pa., are spending several weeks
weeks here at the Andrews plant.
Mrs. Ruth Starr Pullium had as
her guests over the week end Mr.
and Mrs. M. Miller of Fontana
Dam.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Knight of
Winston-Salem spent several days
of last week as guests of Harold
Christy and the Misses Jean and
Associate was the guest of the
Gladys Christy.
Rev. Wm. R. Spradlin, Jr. of Ral
eigh, State Training Union Dept.
Rev. and Mrs. John C. CJorbltt over
the week end. Rev. Spradlin was
the guest speaker at the First
Baptist Church Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Love have
returned after a stay of several
days last week in Southern Pines
and McCain where Mr.* Love at
tended a, board meeting and dedi
cation of a new wing to the State
Sanitarium.
Sgt Lyle Hamilton of Camp
Gordon, Ga., and Mrs. Ola Ham
ilton Williams and young son, Bil
ly Joe of Calderwood, Tenn., were
guests over the week end of their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harve Ham
ilton. Mrs. Williams was formerly
Cherokee Couaty Health nttrse.
v Mrs. Bruca Bristol and son,
David Bristol, student at Western
Carolina CbUjpge spent Saturday Id
Asheville.
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Mr. and Mrs. Brie ttafehman
have returned after ? weeks stay
' In New Torek City.
Andrews Girls Advance
To Tourney Semi-Finals
The undefeated Andrews girls, t
winner of the Western Division of
the Smoky Mountain Conference,'
advanced to the semi-finals of the
tournament in HobbinsviUe last
Saturday night with a 70-64 win
over Sylva.
Other teams in the semi-finals
are Robbinsville, Hayesville, and
firyson City.
The scoring for Andrews was
fairly evenly divided with Gail
Anderson and Wilma Crisp hitting
for 27 points each, and Carolyn
West making 16. Lyla Ferguson,
Carolyn Deaton, Pat Kilpatrick,
Mattie Angel, and Katherine Sur
savage were their guards.
Sylva's Gail Painter who scored
48 points was the high scorer of
the night.
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More Information On
Electrical Work Ad
, In order to clear up some mis
apprehension concerning a series
of classified ads run in the Scout
concerning electrical work, the
Scout will quote information re
ceived Tuesday from the Board of
Examiners of Electrical Contrac
tors in Raleigh.
According to the Board, C. E.
Palmer, "is not licensed to do elec
trical work in North Carolina."
Mr. Palmer does hold a
privilege license from the Revenue
Department of North Carolina, but
according to the Board of Examin
ers he does not hold an electrical
contractors license.
Round, "Square Dancing Benefits Polio
Monteith To Speak At
Lions Club Celebration
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Hugh Monteith, assistant U. S.
district attorney from AsheviUe,
will be speaker at the Murphy
Lions Club 30th anniversary cele
bration Tuesday night, Feb. 28.
The celebration will include the
club's annual ladles night, Merle
Davis, president, said.
Lion District Governor Lawrence
Leatherwood of Waynesvile will
present a plaque honoring the
Murphy club's past presidents.
H. Bueck of the Murphy club will
TVA To Test New H. Dam
Pump-Turbine Next Month
TVA said today that a test run<S>
of the new pump-turbine at the ,
Hiwassee Dam will start soon ?
probably early in March. Commer
cial operation will start as soon
thereafter as possible.
During periods of peak electri- ,
city use the machine will will op- j
erate as a turbine-generator for
the generation of power; during
periods of low power use it will
serve as a motor to pump water ,
back into the reservoir for re-use.
The machine will be the world's
[largest pump-turbine.
Murphy C Of C
Fo Meet Today
The Murphy Chamber of Com
merce will meet at 2 p. m. Thurs
iay, Feb. 23, in the County Court
louse, C. R. Freed, executive sec
retary, said.
The meeting, scheduled to last
15 minutes, was called to name a
nominating committee for officers
in the chamber.
Heart Sunday Be j
Observed Feb. 26
Sunday, Feb. 26, National Heart
Sunday, will be observed in Mur
phy with volunteer workers call
ing on local homes during the af
ternoon.
Collection envelopes will be left
for persons who are not at home
and the donation should be put in
the envelope and mailed in.
Mrs. George F. Size is in charge
of the drive. She pointed out that
diseases of the heart and blood
vessels caused 50.9 per cent of all
deaths in North Carolina last year
? in other words one out of every
two deaths In the state were caus
ed by heart diseases.
The Cherokee County Health De
partment reported 51 deaths in
this county last year from heart
ailments. And, the department re
ported, there were probably still
more.
February is the month designat
ed by Congress as heart month
and the Heart Fund drive began
elsewhere In the nation on Feb
ruary 1. However, Mrs. Size said,
the drive was postponed in Cher
okee to avoid overlapping with
other campaigns.
Lay Speakers To
Visit In Churches
For the next three Sundays the
churches of Murphy will exchange
lay speakers as the pre-Easter
church attendance campaign
reaches its climax.
The speakers will tell briefly
why regular attendance at church
and Sunday school is important to
them.
Speakers Sunday, Feb. 26. are;
James Chadwick of the Methodist
Church to speak at the Presbyter
ian Church; G. E. Denning, Pres
byterian, to speak at the Metho
dist Church; Ralph Rhodes of the
Baptist Church,' to the Episcopal
Church; and Paul Nave, Episco
pal Church to visit the Baptist
Church.
The laymen's talk do not take
the pface of any regular part of the
church service and the various
ministers will continue to deliver
the sermons in their churches.
Vincent Elster To
Move To Georgia
Vincent D. Elster has accepted a
position with the Winder-Barrow
Hospital, Winder, Ga.
Mr. Elster, who came to Murphy
from Atlanta, Ga., has been em
ployed by Dr. B. W. Whitfield as
medical technician since 1947.
The Elsters plan to move Friday,
Feb. 24, and Mr. Elster will as
sume his new duties on February
27.
Cherokee County Republicans
Set Time For Convention
The Republican party of Chero-S
kee County will hold a convention
starting at 1 p. m. Saturday,
March 3 in the Courthouse, _ J.
Doyle Burch, chairman of the
county Republican executive com
mittee said today.
Mr. Burch said delegates will be
elected to the Twelfth Congression
al District convention to be held in
Hendersonville on March #.
Candidates for constable and
magistrate will be nominated for
races to be held in the townships
at the next election.
The Republicans will also nom
inate a candidate for county rep
resentative and county surveyor.
During the county convention a
county party chairman and other
officers will be elected, Byrch
said.
. He pointed out that all precincts
will hold preclnt conventions on
Friday,. March 3, to elect delegat
es to the county convention.
Each precinct la allowed . one
delegate for every SO votes cast
during the last governor's race,
Burch said. ' ? '
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Boy Scout Troop
Is Reorganized
Boy Scout Troop 2 of Murphy
met and reorganized Monday night
with Charles Hyatt as scout mast
er.
The Senior patrol leader is
Wendell Whitley with Bobby Weav
er and John Sneed as patrol lead
ers. Bobby Easley was named
scribe.
Scouts present (or the meeting
were Phil Mattox, Jimmy Kimsey,
Bob Erlinger, Charlton Holder,
Bob Reed, Donald Morris, Dickey
Davis and Billy O'Dell.
Eight members of the Murphy
Lions Club, sponsors for the troop,
attended the meeting.
MURPHY PTA
The Murphy PT^l will not meet
on February 27 as announced ear
lier. The meeting will be held in
stead on March 12.
Andrews Boys
Lose Out In
Tourney Opener
BY SNIPE WINFREY
The Andrews boys appeared to
be strictly "off" as th Tourna
ment opened last Wednesday af
ternoon at Highlands.
Andrews played Franklin on
fairly close terms for part of the
game, but Franklin pulled out
front to win 54-39. Halftime score
was 24-20, Franklin.
Seniors who were playing their
last regular game were David Hog
sed who was high scorer in the
game for Andrews with 14 points,
Willis Anderson who scored five
points, Jimmy Holland, and Har
old Walsh.
Other prayers nor Andrews were
Kent Laughter with seven points,
Jerry PulUum with six points,
Wayne Mints with three, Bergin
Tatham and Lloyd Derreberry
with two each, and Pete Oemert.
introduce the speaker.
Others on the program will be
music, C. R. Freed, leader, and
Arnold Beerkens, pianist; invoca
tion, the Rev. Asmond Maxwell;'
tail twisters, Jack Dickey, Joe
Ray and Frank Ellis, and bendic
tion by the Rev. W. F. Elliott.
The decorations committee for
the meeting included Mrs. J. H. |
Duncan, Mrs. Quay Ketner and
Mrs. Mercer Fain.
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wll students
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To Observe In
Murphy School
Twenty-four Western Carolina
student teachers and their profes
sor, Dr. Taft Bo'ner, will visit
Murphy city schocl classrooms to
day.
The students, who compose a
class studying the school and the
child, have chosen Murphy school
as the school west of Asheville to
visit to observe teaching methods
They will visit grades one through
12.
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j The visitors will arrive at 9 :30 a.
| m. and will meet for the first half
| hour with Superintendent H.
j Bueck, Elementary Supervisor,
| Mrs. Hilda Olson and High School
Counselor Mrs. Polly Bault in the
home economics room for a coffee
and * question period.
The visit today marks the sec
ond time Western Carolina educa
tion department personnel have
observed in Murphy School. Last
year teachers from the depart
( ment of education observed teach
ing methods here.
Tobacco Growers
Can Have Land
Premeasured
Farmers interested in having
their tobacco land premeasured |
may make application and leave a |
deposit at the County ASC office
in the courthouse until March 15.
Lloyd Kisselburg, ASC office
manager, said the ASC committee
has offered farmers the privilege
of having their tobacco land offi
cialy measured before planting
time, provided the tobacco grow
er is willing to pay the expense of
doing the work.
The committe has set a rate of
$6 per farm to cover the cost of
performing the service.
Mr. Kisselburg pointed out that
it is optional to the tobacco grower
as to whether or not he wants the
service since all tobacco will have
to be measured or checked after it
is planted.
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Granges Will Meet 1
At Martin's Creek 1
The Martins Creek Grange will
be host to the Pomona Grange a' |
their next meeting Thursday, i
March 1 in the Martins Creek
School, Bryan Chastain, worthy ;
master, said.
The meeting will start at 7 p. m.
with a potluck supper. State '
grange representatives will spsak
on agricultural legislation that af- '
fects small farm families, Mater '
Gulledge of the Ranger Grange '
said.
The Martins Creek Grange held '
their regular meeting last Thurs- '
day at the Martins Creek School, t
fwo Orchestras
Fo Play For
Benefit Dsr.ee Sat.
A polio benefit dance will be
staged Saturday, Feb. 25. from
line until midnight at the Murphy
rym.
Round and square dancing will
be featured and music will be
furnished by two orchestras.
Everyone is invited to attend
ind admission is $1 per person.
The dance is the final in a series
nf events held for the polio drive.
Mrs. S. C. Burgess and Mrs. L.
U Mason Jr. are co-chairmen for
the polio drive. Mrs. Burgess has
isked all workers to turn in their
money to John Gill, treasurer, at
Jie bank in order that the drive
may be concluded and the final
totals published next week.
Gospel Concert Be
Tomorrow Night
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THE MELODY AIRES, Above, af Knoxville, Tenn., radio and
TV gospel singers, will be heard here tomorrow tn a polio bene
fit program at Murphy School.
Bueck To Review
Book At Historical '
Society Meet :
H. Bueck will review the book
"The Next 100 Tears" by C. C.
Furnas at the meeting of the '
Cherokcfci County Historical So
ciety Tuesday, March 6 at the
Murphy library at 7::30 p. m.
The meeting was to have been j
on February 27 but was changed j
to a week later since Mr. Bueck
was to be out of town that night. j
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The book which Mr. Bueck will ,
review was presented to the Mur
phy School Library by Dr. Willis
Parker who taught extension class- j
es and gave lecture courses in
Murphy for many years.
The public is invited to attend
the meeting. i
A gospel singing concert, featuT
ng the Melodyaires of Knoxville.
Tenn., will be presented at the
Murphy School auditorium tomor
row, Friday, Feb. 24, at 8 p. m.
Proceeds from the program will
go to the Cherokee County March
d( Dimes and is sponsored by civic
clubs of Murphy.
Tickets are $1 for adults and
50 cents for children. Fred Hill will
be master of ceremonies.
The Melodyaires are presenting
the program here at a reduced
rate since it is for the polio drive
The quartet is made up of young
men who have worked with well
known gospel singing groups in
cluding the Statesman Quartet of
Atlanta and the Chuck Wagon Gang
of Fort Worth Texas.
Advance tickets are now on sate
in most parts of the county and at
the Western Auto, and Cherokee
Pontiac Co. in Murphy.
Other singers will also be heard
on the program.
Murder Case Be Heard Friday
AtHiqli School Mock Trial
J A mock trial will be held at the:
( courthouse Friday, Feb. 24 begin- 1
, ning at 9 a. m. and continuing
I though the day by the civics class
es of Murphy High School.
I All parents and any other Inter- J
|?sted outsiders are invited to at
tend.
The case is a murder trial and
involves the State, represented by
Frankle Dockery, Sonny Lovln
good and Beanie Jo Palmer versus ,
Henry Green (Frank Beavers) who
is 'charged with the arsenic poison- '
1 ing of his wife.
' Defending him will be Harry
Hughes, Harry Duncan and Lon-|
nie Hoover. Witnesses for the i
firosecution will be Charles Kep- .
hart (coroner), Ernie Millsaps 1
(jailer), J. C. Davis (druggist), ,
Carl Barnett (neighbor). Norma ?
Taylor (friend), Ann Rogers ,
(neighbor), Horace Deavers (doc- ,
tor) and Nancy Hills (sister). j]
Witnesses for the defense will 1
be Bobby Morris (ambulance driv- I
er), Jimmy M assay, (doctor), :
Baddy HoUifield (friend), John1
Mulkey (brother). Buck Hill (an
dettaker) and Biir McClure (doc
tor).
The court clerk is Ben CHastaln- i
William Hembree will serve as
the sheriff and his two deputies
are Calvin Stiles and Eddie King.
There will also be a grand Jury
and two trial judges. A special box
will be reserved for the press with
Joan Fleming and Jean Roberts
acting aa court stenographers, lira.
Bill Costello will c?*?r the trial
tor the Scout and JUraral photo
graphers will repr eaent the acdMOt
photography dub.,
R. L. McKeever organised the
trial and will act aa judge. Mr*
Anne Ward is teacher of the civics
cliff