ENTER CHEROKEE
COUNTY'S FISHING
CONTEST
ECONOMY
VACATIONEAND
HEROKEE COUNTY
DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CHEROKEE COUNTY
VOLUME
? NUMBER? 18
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1966
14 Pagea
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ALL READY FOR the change over to the new dial system, pretty
Jo Anne Slmonds of the 8cout staff shows the proper way to dial a
number. Murphy telephone subscribers will begin using the dials
Sunday after the cut over takes place at midnight Saturday, June
30. Miss Slmonds is a 1A56 graduate of Murphy High School and is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Slmonds of Rt. 2, Culberson.
(Scout Photo)
L I. PHILLIPS, manager of the Murphy branch of Western
Carolina Telephone Company; ' checks final plans for the
change over to dial teltifMbes here At midnight Saturday, June
SC. Phillips is pictured in his beautiful paneled office In the new
telephone company building. (Scout Photo)
Murphy telephone subscribers
will begin using the new dials on
their telephones Sunday after the
cutover to the dial system at mid
night Saturday, June 30.
The change over represents
over 10 months work and some
<275,000 for the new building and
equipment. The local office of
Western Carolina Telephone Com
pany will move to its new build
ing on the corner of Church and
Central Streets at the same time
the dial system is put Into effect.
The company has been located
over Parker's Drug Store since
1920 when it moved from the
Townson Building on the comer
of Valley River Ave. and Tennes
see St. The company was owned by
Southern Bell until the sale to
Western Carolina about four
years ago.
Over 1,100 telephones will be on
the dial system from the beginn
ing of the operation. L. J. Phillips,
local manager, pointed out that
the new telephone equipment is
designed for easy expansion to
keep up with Murphy's growth
for time to come.
He said that some 4,594 wires
go Into the new building as com
pared to 2,200 wires on the prev- 1
ious system.
New telephone directories are
in the mail and all subscribers
should have a directory by time
of the cutover. All telephone num
bers have been changed ? each
beginning with VE, the first two
letter^ in Vernon, the Murphy of
fice nWne.
By next fall the Murphy ex
change will enter the national toll
dialing net work on long distance
calls.
The new equipment feill rank
Murphy telephone service with the
most up to date in the country.
The modern split-level brick
building which houses the new tel
ephone system was built by H. M.
Rice of Weaverville. Architects
were Higgins and Fere bee of
Charlotte. The building includes
commercial offices, manager's of
fice, employees lounge with rest
rooms and kitchen facilities, GE
Weathertrons for air condition
ing and heating the building, a
room housing the cables as they
come in from the street and an
emergency generator in case of
power failure. The new dial sys
tem equipment (largely by Strom
>erg-Carlaon) Is located on the
second level of the new building
General plant manager and en
gineer R. E. McKelvey and Divi
sion manager F. H. Dean, both of
Franklin, in addition to a number
of other men from out of town,
along with local employees have
spent a great deal of time work
ing on the installation of the new
system.
The local office has 27 employe
es who include: Phillips, district
manager; Ray L. Kohoutek, chief
Installer; George Worley, switch
man; Ralph Davis, Robert Hamp
ton and Jack Moore, installer-re
pairmen.
Also Billie Akin, commercial
clerk; Geneva Haygood, chief op
erator; Joyce Allen, evening chief
operator; Madge Ferguson, service
assistant. Operators are Claudena
Byers, Joan Coffey, Eulala Cook,
Ann Dockery, Mona Lee Floyd,
Helen Hawkins, Nettie McDonald,
Inez Moore, Mildred' Murphy, Mae
Belle Peek, Wilma Seabolt, Syl
vania Stiles, Mary Ann Thompson,
Betty Truett, Beatrice Zimmer
man, Dorothy Hensley; and Benn
Mann, maintenance.
An open house will be held in
the near future.
"Think how a mother kan
garoo must hate a rain F- day
Iide?,the kld* CU't p1*7 ont*
Mrs. Pearson Gets
GE Scholarship
Mrs. Gertrude H. Pearson, teach
er in Texana School, is one of nine
North Carolina teachers who lyill
study on General Electric Corp.
scholarships this summer.
Mrs. Pearson will study at Union
College .Schenectady, N. Y.
GE offered 250 scholarships for
summer study, with nine going to
forth Carolina teachers of whom
three are from Western N. C.
Mrs. Pearson, whose husband
also teaches at Texana School, is a
graduate with a bachelor of
science degree from Johnson C.
Smith University, Charlotte. She
holds an "A" teaching certificate
for high school science.
Murphy FFA Chapter
Represented At Meet
Murphy School's Vocational
Agriculture Department la re
presented at the State Future
Farmers of American Convention
in Raleigh this week by Gene
Denning and Glenn Patton, Agri
culture Teachers, accompanied by
?Leonard Foster , Paarl Johnson,
and Clark Anderson who left Tues
day morning to attend.
The three students are winners
of the Nantahala Federation and
District Five Dairy Judging Con
tests and will participate in the
State Contest while attending the
Convention. The meeting will con
tinue through Friday.
While there the group will stay
at N. C. State College's dormi
tories and will visit college de
partments, the college farm and
experiment station.
4-H'ers Should
Tarn In Records
The Cherokee County 4-H king
and queen of health will be select
ed next week it was announced
today.
Mrs. Miriam Miller, home agent,
and James Adorns, assistant coun
ty agent, asked all 4-H'ers to turn
in their health record books by
June 29 or 80.
The king and queen will be se
lected on the basis of the best re
cords kept and the most improve
ments made by the individual, in
the family and community.
The king and queen will reign
over the festivities and square
dances which 4-H'ers are plann
ning for Andrews on July 19 and
Murphy on July 21. They will go
to Raleigh for 4-H Club Week on
July 23 where the state winner will
be selected.
Andrews July 4th Celebration
Have Par ade, Beauties, F i r e w o r k s|
Plans were completed tor the
annual Fourth of July celebra
tion at a meeting of all commit
tees held Monday evening at the
American Legion Hut in Andrews.
The celebration which begins
with a parade will be followed by
special events held at the Andrews
ball park with S. J. Gernert as
chairman. ? 9
Mrs. Eric Reichman, chairman
of the Beauty Contest, has an
founced that judging will take
i place at the Andrews School Gym
' nasium at 3:30 p. m.
' Arrangements are being com
pleted for a ball game between
Andrews and Murphy.
Mrs. A. B. Chandler, Jr., chair
man with Mrs. Charles Hlgdon,
co-chairman, of the Kiddle par
ade announced that those wishing
to enter should call for informa
tion. The kiddie parade will be
gin at the Dickey Chevrolet.
Of special interest Is the fire
works to be held at the ballpark
at 8:30 p. m. with Edgar Wood
and Robert T. Heaton in charge.
Prises will be offered In the
float and kiddie parade, special
events and the beauty contest
The celebration sponsored by the
v American Legion with all civic
organisations cooperating named '
the following committees ' Jake
Buchanan chairman, W.' D. Whit- 1
aktfr, chairman of the parade 1
committee with the Rev. Edwin
Carter, perman Brauer and Mrs.
r. *. Blalock; publicity, Mrs. <
MISS BETTY MCUUET
idrews. Miss South
Southwestern N. O. of 1M4
wil] be named July 4th ti
Andrews.
Edgar Wood.
Lists of floats entered are:
American Legion, Boy Scouts,
Andrews Fire Department, Clti
sens Bank and Trust Company,
Dickey Chevrolet, Reece Motor
Oompany, Konnaheeta Club, Val
ley River Garden Club, Rotary club
Rtwlslr Station, Gulf Station.
Coca-Cola Company, Methodist
Youth Fellowship.
, P?rcy B Fereoee will present
he prises to beauty contest wtn
N. C. of IMS. Miss
ners. One judge from each of the
four participating towns and one
out of town judge will make up the
five contest judges.
Beauty contest entrants were
ann ounced as follows:
Murphy: Gloria Bowman, Gin
ger Deweese, Linda English, La
Vean Hlnton, Winnie Hubbard,
-Linda Palmer, Edna Ann Palm
er, Grace Townson, R&mona Hag
gard, Judy Davis, Jane Cook, Pat
sy Postell, Jo Poeteli, Annette
White, Ann Dockery, Barbara
Griffith, Ann Parker, Patricia
Hackney, Nancy Lee Mills, and
Ruth Bates. Mrs. George Dunn la
chairman of the Murphy entrants.
Robblnsville : Beverly Cooper,
Dolly Stewart, Christine Stratton,
Joyce Stratton, Mildred Jordan,
Betty Sue Garland, Joan Garland,
Waynette Dula, Edith Maude At
well, Wanda Roberta, Evelyn
Williams, Faye Perkins, Louise
Crisp, Nellie Jack Stewart, Wanda
Sherrill and Ann Ooetner, Mrs. J.
S. Howell Is chairman for Rob
tansvtlle.
Andrews: Gladys Pulllum, Ruth
ie Almond, Darlene Powers, NorJ
ma Crawford, Anita Luther, Fran
ces Lunsford, ' Janice Hogsed,
Joyce Deatan, June Cruise Patsy
Holland, Joan Crawford, Louise
Wilson, Mary Alice WUnn, Ja
nette Carrlnger, June Thompson,
Elisabeth Thompson, Pat Kil
patrfck, WQma Crisp, Joyoe Mints
Carolyn West, Melba West, Sandra
Phillips, Madge Barton, Virginia
Garner, Patsy Derreberry, Jan
Tatham, Vickie Derreberry, Polly
Jordan, Elvina Hicks, Carolyn
Deaton, Christine Head, Lois Ann
Wilson, Sudie Cale, Margie Jo
Postell, Lena Palmer, Katie Pass- 1
more, Josephine Whi taker and
Gail Palmer. Mrs. Eric Rejch
man is chairman of the beauty
contest.
Hayesville will also have a num
ber of entrants in the contest but
their names were not available by
'press time.
Narphy Club
Installation,
Laaeheon Set Today
The Murphy Garden Club will
have an informal luncheon and In
stallation of officers today at 1 p.
m. at the home of Mrs. W. A.
Hoover.
Officers will be installed by past
president, and district awards
chairman, Mrs. S. C. Burgess.
New officers are Mra. W. V. Oos
tello, president; Mrs. J. 8. Smith,
first vice-president; Mrs. 8. P.
Horowitr, second vici president;
Mra. J. H. Gibbs, cecretary; Mrs.
Joe E.. Ray, treasurer.
Also Mis. J. W. Davidson, par
liamentarian; Mrs. A. Beerkens,
historian; Mra. H. L. McKeever,
librarian.
nost eases are Mrs. Hoover, Mrs.
OosUno, Mrs. R. W. Easley and
Mrs. B. H. Brumby.
IT WA8 A BIG DAT for the pig
let*, the children, the civic clubs,
agricultural leader* and the Mur
phy Chamber of Commerce last
week wheal U Yorkshire pica were
given to 13 4-H and FFA youths
to be raised. The ham project is
sponsored by the Chamber of Oatn
pierce and the pigs were bought
by Murphy civic clubs aad will be
raised by the youflis until early
December when they wm be
slaughtered and the hams cured
aooordtng to extension and voca
tional agriculture recommenda
tions. The hams will be eared to
at the Mi C.
M School. I? the top
here nine of the 1* yecrih
ing pigs an pictured front, Ml
b right, Lyte MarUn, son of Fred
Martin, RL S, Murphy; Harold
Johnson, sod of .A. W. Johnson,
Rt. t. Murphy; Edward Bryson,
?on of June* Bryson, Andrew*;
Harold Murphy of Andrew*; Alvtn
Crisp, son of Harold Crisp, Rt. 2,
Murphy; Robert PoDtatn, son of
George Pallium ;
Ms of Walter Ralfcrd* Rt ?,
phy; Benny Mptm, Rt 1, Marble;
and L*voone Thompson,
of Ralph Thompson, Rt 1,
son. Other youths receiving pip,
bat not pntMt for Mm picture are
Mike Abcmntty, Ma at Wayne
Abemathy, Rt ?, Murphy; <T. J.
Logan, Jr., son iff, 'J. Lbtfan,
Rt S, Murphy; ari* Jkniiy <*r*
Infer, Rt t. Murphy. Adotts In
tt?e pteturs, Mt to r?M, fcre
Wayne
council ; Glenn Patten, Murphy
Vo.-Ag. teacher ; James Adams,
assistant county ipatj B. W. H.
Ramsey, Vo.-Ag. teacher, And
rewm; Barry Seaman, Khranla
Ch*; Arvel Woods, Lions Club;
Oene Denning, Mmffejr Vo.-Ag.
teacher; Merle Davte, Lions Club;
S. 8. Williams, Ovitaas, Pant
Nave, oaaly ipnt; and H. .
Bneck, Unas dot. la the lonrer
photo the pica a* andooa to ret
to their m? ham aad theae 4-H
youths fee aliult^ to hold
than. Left to ifett are Unaa*
(atendhg hi la* her asa, T. J." Lo
gin, Ar, ate traa sat yintat tor