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DEDICATED TQ PROMOTING CHEROKEE COUNTY
VOLUME ? NUMBER? i*
MURPHY, N.C.? JULY i, 1*57
EIGTH PAGES TUS WEEK
published wkxklt
DELEGATES to the National Women's dub Con
vention held In Ashevllle recently are pictured left
to right Miss Patricia Cowden, North Carolina
Maid oil Cotton, Mrs. I. C. Prout, National
president General Federation of Women's Club,
Sirs. Aubrey Mauney, president of North Carolina
Federation of Women's' Clubs, delegate ;from
Raleigh, N. C. name unknown and Mrs. L. L.
Mason, Jr., president of Murphy Women's Club.
Federation
Stockholders To
Receive Dividends
The executive committee of the
directors of the Farmers Federat
ion has declared the 48th consecu
tive semi-annual dividend payable'
U common and preferred stock
holders of record June 20th, it has
been announced by James Mc
Clure Clarke.
The dividend will be paid on
July 1st and will be sent out to
over 27,000 stockholders of the 37
year old farm cooperative.
Common stockholders are re
quested to pick up their dividend
at their nearest Farmers Federa-i
tion retail service store.
Ten Cases Tried
In Recorder's
Court Here Monday
Ten cases were tried in the
County Recorder's Court here Mon
day with five of the jcases being
tried for driving while intoxicated.
Among them were:
Buford Alvia Sherrill of Murphy
charged on a second offense of
drunk driving was fined $300 with
license revoked for a period of
twelve months. ^
James Arthur Page, a prisoner
transferred from the Haywood
County Prison to the local prison
was tried for escaping and receiv
ed three month extended prison
term.
Mrs. L L Mason Jr., Delegate
To Club's National Convention
The Murphy Woman's Club end
ed due to it's most successful years
of service ia the General Federa
tion of Women's Clubs work with
its last meeting of the year Thurs
day, June 20.
Mrs. L. L. Mason, Jr., president
of the club and delegate to the
National Convention in Asheville
reports on the highlights of the
convention.
The Murphy Club acted as host
ess to the delegates from the Phil
ipuine Islands on June 4th and
entertained them with a visit to
the Biltmore House, (a large estate
in Asheville built by the Vander
builts, one of the show places oi
Western North Carolina) and Tea
at the Grane Park Ino.
Eleven resolutions were pre
sented to the convention for adap
tion?The most outstanding in Mrs.
Mason's report were (1) Free tele
vision as opposed to paid television
service, and the convention express
ed it's conviction that no charge
direct or indirect from any source,
what so ever, should be imposed
on the general public for the privil
ege of viewing television programs
on sets located in the home. (2)
Prison Reform ? to urge our legis
lators to study recent advances in
the conservation of human resourc
es through psychological evalua
tion, psychiatric treatment, suit
able job training and religious ed
ucation and counseling. (3) Main
tenance of a strong United States
Armed Forces. (?) ? To Annually
Three Injured In Auto Accidents
In Cherokee County During Week
Three persons were injured early
last Thursday morning in one of
three automobile accidents in Cher
okee County during the past week
Injured were Mrs. Sam Russell
of Andrews, her nine-month-old son.
and niece, thirteen years old, Erla
Creasman.
The accident occured when the
car driven by Mrs. Russell went
out of control and overturned a
bout five miles west of Andrews on
U. S. 19. ^
Mrs. Resell suffered a lacera
tion of the r i g h t arm and mul
tiple bruises* and contusions and
her nine-month-old son, Sammy
received head injuries in the Ac
cident.
Miss Erla Creasman, Mrs. Rus
sell's niece, received.* laceration'
of the right knee tad abrasions of
the hea&cAB were treated at Tri
County Hospital in Andre Vs and
dismissed.
Patrolman Ray Heffner said tha*
Mrs. Russell apparently had
"biackeft-oat" while driving tc
Murphy.
Damage, to the car, a late mode'
Ford, was estimated at $200.
About 11!45 a. m. .Thursday, a
ear cad a pick-up truck sideswiped
on U. S. M east of Murphy near
Smithmont Grocery. i
? ? The, ear driven by Pat Laney, 21,
of Murphy Route 1, waa traveling
toward Murphy and the truck
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driven by Howard W, Rogers, 33,
was traveling east
Both drivers contended that they
were on their side of the road,
Patrolman Hefner said.
Laney was charged with driving
under the influence of intoxicants
On Sunday morning at 9:30, two
cars were involved in a head-on
collision on the River Hill Road
near Marion Adatbs residence.
Ed Payne, 38, of Murphy Route
4, was traveling east when his 1956
Chevrolet collided with a 1954 Ford
driven by Willis Payne, 29, of
Marble Hill, Georgia.
Neither was injured in the Inci
dent and damage to the two vehic
les was estimated at $400.
The two men are cousins, Patrol
Hefner said.
Willis Payne was charged with
exceeding safe speed for existing
conditions and driving on the
wrong aide of the road.
47* Persoas Killed
b Traffic Aceldeats
The Motor Vehicles Department
reports that through June 25 four
hundred seventy-five person lost
their lives in automobile accidents
on North Carolina highways.
Hiia la a decrease of twenty per
sons who were killed through the
same period of time last year.
I
honor our teachers of our nation
with a National Teachers- Day
giving recognition to the teaching
profession, for its great influence
on the training and development
of the character of our children.
lile convention was honored with
many outstanding speakers, Vice
president Nixon accompanied by
his lovely wife, Pat; Arlene Fran
cis of the NBC Home Show, Carl
Sandburg, reooun poet and famed
biographer of Lincoln; the Gover
I nor of N. C. the honorable Luther
i Hodges, and the famed baritone of
! opera, concert, radio and TV, Igar
- Garin, and many others.
Mrs. Mason stated that ihe was
greatly impressed with the spir
itual trend of the Convention
The theme of the General Federa
tion was "Knowledge is Power,"
"So teach us to number our days
that we may apply our hearts into
wisdom" Psalms 90-12.
In the address given by Mrs. D.
I. C. Prout, Nation president, to
the convention, Mrs. Prout made
this statement: Of us may it be
said: "In our tongue is the law of
Kindness; she looketh well to the
ways of her household and eateth
not the bread of idleness. Her
children arise up and call her
blessed saying, many daughters
have done excellently, but thou
excellest them all."
This great lady, formerly a
teacher of religious education prior
to her marriage to a renown physi
cian from Michigan, guiding over
a million women in Women's
Club work, should certainly be a
great inspiration to the young wo
men of our club and our nation to
follow in her foot steps.
Robert E. Abbott
Wanted By
Local Draft Board
Anyone knowing the address of
Robert Edmond Abbott, are asked
to please notify the local draft
board.
Fourth of July
Celebration
Slated In Andrews
Plans have been completed for
the day-long Fourth of July cele
bration to be held in Andrews
rhursday, beginning with a pa
rade in the morning and climaxed
with a street dance Thursday night
Events including a Kiddie Par
ade, a parade of floats, baseball
games, special events, fireworks
t.nd a beauty contest, when some
lovely girl will be chosen as Miss
Southwestern North Carolina will
take place.
Entering the Beauty Contest will
be girls from Andrews, Robbins
ville, Murphy and Hayesville. Last
year's Miss Southwestern North
Carolina was Miss Linda English,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett
English of Murphy.
A street dance beginning at 9:30
r>. m. with music by A. V. Moste<l
er and his musicians will be held
in a roped off section between the
Chain Grocery and the Sinclair
Service station.
John Ellis, chairman of the an
nual affair, said "we feel that this
will be the biggest and best cele
bration yet". He said that people
from surrounding counties as well
as Cherokee were expected to at
tend.
Catholic Bible
School Begins
Monday Morning
The Catholic Church will con
duct a Bible School in Murphy be
ginning Monday and to continue for
two weeks.
The school will be conducted at
the New St. William's Parish Hall,
behind the church, and will be
taught by specially trained Sisters,
who do only this work all year
long, accordi&g to Father Wilmes
Father Wilmes states that to
learn more forcefully the mercy
and love of Jesus, the younger
children will take part in the play
portraying the cure of the man
born blind and the older children
will also concentrate on the life of
Jesus and be taught to write short
essays about Him, sharing the fruit
of their study and prayer.
All children are welcome to at
tend this Bible School, and if nec
essary, arrangements can be
made for transportation to and
from the school by contacting the
Sisters at the Rummage Sale Sat
urday.
Andrews Sponsors
Town-Wide
Clean-Up Drive
The Valley River Garden Clnb
in cooperation with the Town of
Andrews will sponsor a Clean
up Week beginning July 8
through 20.
The local drive is in conjunc
tion with ft state-wide "Keep
North Carolina Beautiful" cam
paign which is aimed at clean
ing np and beautifying highways
throughout the state.
The Andrews City Cocncil will
have tracks and men available
to assist in removing trash from
alleys, vacant lota and other
places.
Organizational /,le
Here Monday For
VACATION WINNERS ? Miss Marie Price, right, of Mooreland
Heights Tourist Court, present gifts to Mr. and Mrs. rfarvey Adcock
as E. C. Moore looks on. The Meridian, Miss., couple were winners
in the Chamber of Commerce sponsored free vacation contest.
Mississippi Couple Wins Second
Week's Free Vacation In Murphy
Murphy's second free vacation
couple who "had never heard of
Murphy" before they came" here
last week, left Friday after a
week's vacation they said they
"will never forget."
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Adcock o!
Meridian, Miss., were winners ol
Plans Completed
For Air Show Here
Plans were completed this week
for an air show at Andrews-Mur
phy Airpark this Sunday at 2 p
Thes how will feature some oi
m.
the outstandisg professional perfor
mers in the country, according to
Richard Parker, general chairman
aerohatic pefrormances there will
In addition to the solo and team
be a lady wing-walker and the first
lady parachutist to jump in an
air show here.
Mr. Parker said that this will be
"the biggest and best" air show
staged here.
resentatives of various civic clubs
Sponsors of the air show are rep
of Andrews, and flying business
men and enthusiasts from Frank
lin, Hayesville, Blue Ridge, Cop
perhill and Murphy.
sion of the State Highway Patro'
Traffic will be under the supervi
and local law enforcement officers,
Mr. Parker said.
Andrews Lions Club Installs
New '57 Officers Thursday
Tom Day was installed as presi
dent of the Lions Club of Andrews
at the annual ladies night dinner
meeting held in the cafetorium of
the Marble School Thursday.
Other officers installed were:
James Biyson, first vice-president;
Rev. Vitolds "Gobina, second-vice
president aid Harold J. Young
third vicfepretfitfent; Herbert
Sheidy secretary-treasurer; Neil
Katheson, Lion tamer, and Joe El
Khouri, tail tirister.
Herman Braver served as install
ing offioer.
Committees appointed were: at
tendance. Bar Honed, chairman,
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and Marie Elliott; membership,
Herman K. Brauer, chairman, and
Fred Lunsford; education, W. H.
Fuller, chm, and Bnrke Wood; ag
riculture, Jamea -Bryson, chrm;
and W. H. Fuller; Constitution
and By-Laws, Herman Brauer;
convention, Dr. F. E. Blalock, chm.
and Dr. C. O. van Gorder. 1
Olso publicity, Fred Lunsford.
chm. and C. G. HarriQ; Citizenship
and Patriotism, H. J. Young, dim.,
and Vitolds Gobins; comm nity
betterment, L. L. Lev*, chm. and
Mark Elliott; greeters, A. B. Chan
dler, Jr. and Poel El Kbouri; White
Cane, James Brysoa, chm., and
L. L. Love; Lions information Vi
tolds Gobins, ami Lions bulletin
Vttolds Gobins.
Finance, Cliff Hula, chm. and
Herbert Sheldy; program, A. B
Chandler, Jr. chm. and C. O. van
Girder; Civic improvement, A. C
Rei'-bman, chm., and Gala Coffey
safety, Joe El Khouri, chm., ant
Neal Matbeson; Broom sale. Burke
Wood, chm., and A. H. Geo; Sight
Conservation, F. E. Blalock; health
and welfare, Dr. C. O. van Gorder
man.
and United Nations, A. E. Reich
Dr. F. E. Blalock to the retiring
the Chamber of Commerce spon
sored free vacation and stayed at
Mooreland Heights Courts.
The Mississippi couple were sur
prised at the variety of attractions
here.
"There is so much to see and do
that you are not aware of just
driving through," Mrs. Adcock
said. ,
They toured through the Copper
basin, saw Fields of the Wood, the
Brasstown Folk School, and also
went to Cherokee and saw the In
dian pageant, "Unto These Hills."
Guides mostly were members of
the Murphy Woman's Club, how
ever they were taken on a boat
ride by Hobart McKeever to Hi
wassee Dam.
They were also conducted
through the Hitchcock Corp. Talc
Mine and Columbia Marble Comp
any and were given samples of the
companies products.
During their stay here, they ate
at Tracy's Restaurant, the Chero
kee Cafe and Duke's Lodge.
Before the couple departed Fri
day they were presented gifts
from E. C. Moore Jelewers and
Western Auto Store.
Cooking, Freezing
Demonstration
T. E. Swartz, electrification ad
visor of the Blue Ridge Electric
Association, Inc., announces a
cooking and freezing demonstra
tion to be held in the Co-op build
ing in Young Harris, Ga., July 11.
This demonstration will begin at
10 o'clock in the morning and Miss
Katherine Kellerhals the Home
Economist of the TV A will conduct
the demonstration.
set Held
Rotary
An organizational meeting for <t
itotary Club to be chartered here
*as held Monday evening at the
Jliami Restaurant.
Officers for the new club will be
Holland McSwain, president; B. B.
'ornwell, Jr., vice-president; and
Bob Penland, secretary- treasurer.
Directors, in addition to the of
ficers, are A1 Smith, Lloyd Hen
drix, J. M. Hughes, and Robert
Rogers.
C. R. Freed, executive secretary
of the Murphy Chamber of Com
merce, was guest speaker at the
meeting.
He explained the functions of a
Chamber of Commerce to the new
club and urged their cooperation in
Chamber work.
Mr. McSwain said that a date
would be set by the directors for
the charter night program.
The club has already obtained
the necessary twenty members
for charter.
Members who have joined so far
are Holland McSwain, Bob Pen
land, J. M. Hughes, Robert Rogers,
A1 Smith, B. B. Cornwell, Jr., Wil
son Radford, Claude Anderson, and
Virgil O'Dell.
Bill Gulley, Howard Lovingood,
B. C. Deweese, Ernest Greer, Ber
gan Moore, Thomas H. King, Lloyd
Hendrix, and F. M. Bowman, Rob
ert Farmer and Roy Cook.
Highway Patrol
To Crackdown On
Traffic Violators
The North Carolina Highway Pa
trol will crack down on traffic
violators in Cherokee County, Pa
trolman Hefner said this week.
The patrol here will be using an
unmarked car in tbe near future,
he said.
Traffic accidents in the county
have increased 60 percent in the
past few months and drag racing'
is on the increase throughout the
county, he added.
"Traffic will be at a maximum
here in the next ninety days," Pa
trolman Hefner said, "and we are
going to make every effort to re
duce accidents by prosecuting vio
lators."
Six people have been killed on
Cherokee County highways so far
this year. Five were killed here in
1956.
Patrolman Hefner said that the
only way to eliminate drag racing
is for the "citizens to become saf
ety conscious".
He said that persons who know
of drag racing anywhere in the
county should contact a law en
forcement officer.
Legion Auxiliary
To Install New
Officers Friday
New officers of the American
Legion Auxiliary will be installed
at the regular meeting Friday
night at 8 o'clock at the home of
Mrs. Herman Edwards.
Mr. Van. Williams, labortory and
X-Ray technician at Murphy Pro
testant Hospital will be the speak
er for the evening. He will talk on
the Blood Program.
All members are urged to at
tend.
Tri-State Rockhounders Observe First
Anniversary June 29 With Show, Dinner
The Tri-Stato Rockhounders wili
observe their first anniversary Sat
urday, July < with a gem and min
eral show in Am afternoon at
Young Harris, and a banquet Sat
urday evening.
The show will be open to the
public and will be held in the Rich
Building opposite the Sharp Mem
orial Church from 2:10 to 7 p. m.
There will be no charge far ad
mission and the public is invited to
attend.
A banquet wfflt be beU to the
evening for memben of the Tri
Stoto BptMto?i CM tad their
families. Dr. Gilbert Withers of
Atlanta will be Am ipe alter at the
dinner which wfll he held in Willis
DobbsHall.
Preckwa gnu and minerals
from an pacta of the world will be
on display ?' the shew, according
to Or. Size, and cokr slides win be
eral
A "swapper's table" wffl alM be
set up for mllidaft tstorsatsi in
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