Support Your ? Local Red Cross Unit DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CHEROKEE COUNTY Don't Turn Your Woodlands Into W astelanas?Be Care ful With Brush Fires VOLUME M NUMBER ? 45 MURPHY, N. C. ? JUNE ?, 1957 EIGH'l ? /HIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLT AMERICAN LEGION INSTALLS OFFICERS ? New American Legion officers installed Friday night at the Courthouse are, I. to r., Max Howard, Finance Officer; Ralph Davis, Vice-Commander; John Smith, Commander; Hugh Penland, Adju tant; Cecil Roberts, Vice-Commander ; and John Jordan, Chaplain. Three Members of J. Smith Family Receive Diplomas From 1957 Class Three of the six members of the family of Franklin Smith of the Peachtree Community will grad uate from various schools and col leges this year. Mrs. Marcella Smith received her master's degree in Education and her son, James Franklin, re ceived his B. S. degree in biology and chemistry June 3, at .com mencement at the Western Caro lina College, Cullowhee, N. C. Her daughter, Shirley, was grad uated from Murphy High School May 23. Valedictorian of her class al Murphy High School in 1932, Mrs Smith entered Western Carolina College, Cullowhee, that fall and in 1934, was graduated from the two-year normal course with hon ors. In 1955 she received her B.S. de gree in Eduction with honors from the college. A teacher for several years in Cherokee County schools and this year in the Peachtree School, she has still found time to help hei husband in his business and rear a family. Other than managing the Smith mont Farm Service, a country store and filling station, owned by she and her husband, she has help ed Mr. Smith manage and operate a dairying and beef cattle enter prise on their 300 acre farm in the Peachtree community, breeding pure-bred Guernsey and Aberdeen Angus cattle.. Mrs. Smith has done practically every job on the farm, from driv ing tractors and hay trucks, op erating milking machines, to driv ing truck loads of cattle to Atlanta, Ga. and Clearwater, Florida. In the meantime, she has found time to do club work, church work, and to render other civic and com munity services. She has served as president of the Peachtree Home Demonstration Club, presi dent of the County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs, vice-presi dent of District 1 of the Home Demonstration Clubs of North Car olina, Worthy Matron of the East ern Star of Murphy Chapter No. 10, and member of the Cherokee County Fair Association Board. A member of the Murphy Pres byterian Church, she has taken a very active part In the church's many activities, serving as Sunday School teacher, at times chairman of the evening circle of the Wo men of the Church and at present is vice-chairman of the organiza tion. EARNED EXPENSES James, is a graduate of the 1953 Class of Murphy High School and attended the University of Tennes see for two years and has been at Western Carolina College for two years. , Hospital Ancillary To Sponsor Caiteen The Providence Hospital Auxil iary will sponsor a canteen for the Bloodmobile Thursday from 12 to 6 p. m. at the Primary School buildinff. A member of the Presbyterian Church, he has been active in 4-H Club work and in breeding and showing pure-bred cattle. He has earned most of his college expenses through his cattle projects. He will enter the University of North Carolina June 6, where he has been granted an assistantship award in the school of public heal th. Shirley, a member of the Pres ,, (Continued on back page) ANN SHIELDS BROWN Ann Shields Brown Candidate For Fine Arts Degree Mrs. Ann Brown, the former, 1 Miss Ann Shields of Murphy, and a student at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, is ' a candidate for a Bachelor of Fine | Arts degree in Art Designs at the University. Mrs. Brown is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Shields, of 208 Hill Street, Murphy, N. C. Former Resident 'Dead-Ringer' For James Dean A former Murphy boy draws a lot of attention when he walks down an Akron, Ohio street, because of his strong resemblance to the late actor, James Dean. Bryan Mintz, son of Mr. Noah Mintz, formerly of Murphy, was recently pictured on the magazine cover of the Akron Beacon Jour nal, Akron, Ohio, with the caption "ACADEMY AWARD "GHOST"? Guess again. This is an Akron ring er for the late James Dean-con struction worker Bryan Mintz." Many Murphy people will remem ber Bryan, as a teen-ager who at tended Murphy Schools and later moved to Akron \yith his father, where both are employed in con struction work. In the Akron paper, Bryan was pictured by the late James Dean and it stated that the look-alike ness, is strong enough that the Akronite draws a lot of double tak es when he walks down any street Bryan, hopes to make something of the resemblance. He has been to the late actor's home in Indiana, and has taken some dramatic coaching-but so far, except for passing comments of surprise, nothing has happened. Supt, H. Bueck In Washington For School Bill H. Bueck, Murphy Schools super intendent, will go to Washington this weekend to help obtain pas sage of the $600 million bill lot federal aid to school construction Acting in his capacity as chair man of the NCEA Federal Rela tions Committee, Mr. Bueck will contact North Carolina's senator- i and representatives to urge pas sage of the bill. He will be accompanied by O B. Johnson of Kenans ville, NCEA president, and will be in Washing ton from June 10 through 13. Bible Schools Get Underway In Murphy Churches Vacation Bible school got under way in two Murphy churches this week with most other churches in the town scheduling the Bible class es to begin next Sunday. The First Baptist and First Meth odist churches here started classes Monday with a total enrollment of 246 children, 172 at the Baptist and 74 at the Methodist. Both churches will conduct class es through June 14. The Presbyterian Churcb will be gin its Bible School Monday and continue through June 21. Class es will be from 9 to 11:15 each morning, Monday through Friday. , A one-week Vacation Bible School will be conducted at the Free Methodist Church beginning Mon day and they will also observe the 9 to 11:15 hours. The First Baptist Church will have a picnic next Wednesday evening, June 12, starting at 5 p. m., for children and their parents Commencement exercises will be held Sunday, June 16 at 8 p. m. Mr. Truman McNabb County Chairman Of Dairy Month Mr. Truman McNabb, Dairy far mer, who lives in the Suit Com munity is Cherokee County's Chair man of June Dairy Month. Mr. McNabb reminds us that we have made progress in the dairy industry in North Carolina. Oui farmers have grown in number, in creased their production per cow, improved their facilities and equip ment, cut cost Of production and improved the quality of milk sent to the market. Annual Fourth of July Celebration For Southwestern NC Planned in Andrews Initial plans were formed in Andrews this week for the an nual 4th of July celebration there for Southwestern North Carolina counties. John Ellis, this year's chairman, said that the annual event will be sponsored by the Andrews American Legion and other local organizations. Events will Include, a parade, ball games, a beauty contest, fireworks display, and other spe cial attractions including a square dance in the evening. Chairman for the various acti vities scheduled are: W. D. Whit aker, parade; Mrs. A. B. Chand ler, Jr., Kiddie Parade; Jake Buchanan, special events; Mrs. Eric Reichman, beauty contest; Luke Ellis, ball bames; Robert Heaton, fireworks; and John Slagle, square dance. Detailed plans and committee members will be announced later, Mr. Ellis said. Civitan Officers Installed At Ladies Night Meeting New officers for the Murphy Ci vitan Club were installed Tuesday night by Civitan District Lieuten ant-Governor James B. "Red" Walker at the annual Ladies Night meeting. , Officers installed were: Dr. George Dyer, president; Ben Pal mer, president-elect; W. T. Brown, vice-president; Bunch Nugent, secretary: Donald Phillips, treas urer; and Ray Joseph, chaplain. New directors are Lilian! Walk er, Kenneth Davis, Wilson Palmer, Ralph Rhodes, John Smith and Dr. William Gouett. Dr. Dyer said that he was sure the club would have a successful year "with the support of all mem bert". Retiring President, Dr. William G os sett recommended that the club sponsor a Little League baseball team in Murphy and work to or ganize a Civitain Club in Hayes ville during the coming year. He