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DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CHEROKEE COUNTY EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK ** :'-rr ? ?%.*? v ?T^c.v -v ijn iff Support Your Load Red Cross Unit VOLUME ? NUMBER? 52 Murphy Chamber Forms Industrial Finance Committee An Industrial Finance Committee was formed Friday evening at a meeting of the Murphy Chamber of Commerce's Industrial Committee.' W. L. (Bud) Alverson was ap pointed chairman of the committee j whose purpose is to. "meet the! demands of potential industry and find some method of financing them." C. R. Freed, executive secretary, said that if |furphy is to secure new industry, money must be avail able to meet the industry's de mands. .He said the new committee's job would be to find a way to secure j that money. The Chamber's Industrial Com mittee is composed of P. J. Henn, chairman, Peyton G. Ivie, Frank Forsyth, and Merle Davis. Brotherhood Meeting Friday Night The regular meeting of the Bap tist Brotherhood will be held Fri day night at 7 o'clock at the George W. Truett Camp. This will be a picnic supper meeting and each man is asked to bring his own, according to G. E*. Scruggs. Mr. Scruggs stated that this is the time for the annual election of officers and a committee has been appointed to nominate the officers at this meeting. ? The Rev. Cleve Wilkie, general missionary, will be the principal speaker at the meeting. , "Hie program committee has done an excellent Job under the leadership of Clyde Rector in pre paring a good program for this meeting. Our goal is to have a hundred men present. We only have at present six Brotherhood organization in the Western North Carolina association and two in West Liberty, therefore, we are ask ing al Baptist men whether they have an organization or not, to be present", Mr. Scruggs, said. Revival Services Begin At Peachtree A revival < will be held at the Peachtree Methodist Church begin ning Sunday evenig July 28, at 8 p. m. The Rev. Hal Finney, supply pastor of the Murphy circuit will assist the Rev. Al Smith, pastor. FLAWER SHOW JUDGES? The accredited Judges from BlairsvJie, Georgia who were present at the Murphy Garden Club's Flower Show held here last week are; Front row (1. to r.) Mrs. Wayne T. 8 trout'.. Sirs. E. t Smith; Back row, Mrs. H. A. Mattox, presi dent oi the Club, SLt. Ben Carr, judge and Mrs. John Smith, chair, man ol the Flower Show. Mrs. Cecil Burgess Awarded First Prize At Flower Show Here Thursday Mrs. Cecil Burgess was awarded the five silver dollars, sweepstakes prize, at the Morphy Garden Club's first annual flower show which was held Thursday1 in the basement of the First Methodist Church. The sweepstakes prize was offered to the exhibitor winning the most blue ribbons. Mrs. Burgess, who entered the horticultural division as well as the arrangement division was a warded four blue ribbons. Runner-up was Miss Rebecca Hensley, winner of three blue rib bons. The tri-color award winner in the horticultural division was Mrs. A. J. Headrick, member of the Cherokee Rose Garden Club. Mrs. George Jones, a member of the Copperhill, Teimesse Gardeh Club was awarded the tri-color ribbon in the arrangement division. Mrs. Headrick tri-color entry was a beautiful tuberous begonia plant. A lovely arrangement of castor bean seed pods and leaves, inter preting the class named -"Spread Your Wings and You'll Take To the Sky", was the tri-color exhibit entered by Mrs. Jones. Exhibitors included not only flow er growers and arrangers from Murphy but also Andrews and Cop per hill. The judges, two of whom were nationally accredited flower show judges, were Mrs. Ben Carr, Mrs. E. D. Smith, and Mrs. Wayne T. Stroud, all of Blairsville, Georgia. County Commissioners Drop Plan To Increase Property Evaluation The Cherokee County Commis sioners have dropped their plan to raise the evaluation on real property in the county 30 per cent. F. O. Christopher, county at torney, said tlftt the tax rate would also remain unchanged. The Commissioners had voted ' on July 1 to raise the evaluation of all real property in the coun ty 39 percent then to lower the rate accordingly in order to In duce new industry to locate in the county. Mr. Christopher laid that the tax rates in the county were too high and that the Commissioners felt that by raising the evalua tion they could bring the rates down so that they would not be objectionable to new industry. - The Commissioners gave no reason for reversing their decis ion, however they will meet a gain in the near future to discuss the problem, Mr. Christopher said. ? They were entertained at luncheon prior to the judging of the show by Mrs. Robert Easley, chairman of the judges committee. Miss Sarah Easley served as judges' clerk. The theme of "Summertime" was carried out in the decorations which included a patio scene a round a lily pool edged with calad ium plants. The refreshments were served from a terrace,! featuring a barbecue grill and a table covered w^th a green cloth, centered by a punch bowl fashioned from a huge block of ice. Adding further to the cooling effect of this casual scene were cascades of green grapes which decorated the table. Mem bers of the hospitality committee were: Mrs. W. fi. Hoover, chair man, Mrs. Edward Brumby, Mrs. Wade Masey, and Mrs. Salo Horo witz. Winners of blue ribbons in the show were: Mrs. Beryl Fulton, Mrs. Hobart McKeever, Mrs. John Davidson, Mrs. Polly S. Mc Guire of Andrews, Mrs. Cecil Burgess, Miss Rebecca Hensley, Mrs. Rae Moore, Mrs. Francis Bourne, Jr. Mrs. Merle Davis, Dr. A. J. Headrick, Mrs W. M. Cline of Copperhill, Mrs. George Jones of Copperhill; Miss Kate Hayes and Mrs. James Gibbs. Members of the Murphy Garden club are gratified with the re sponse of the community and sur rounding towns to their effort in putting on a standard flower show. It is hoped that this and succeeding annual flower shows will stimulate a greater Interest in planning and planting for beauty as well as a^ rnging and displaying cut flowers. Vacation Bible School Begins Vacation Bible School will begin next Monday at the First Baptist Church in Andrews. Classes will be held each day from 8:30 to 11:30 and will contin ue through August 7. Mrs. Carl West is principal of the school and will be assisted by i large group of teachers. Jack Dickey Heads ! County Democratic Party Jack Dickey of Murphy was elected county chairman of the Cherokee Count# Democratic Exe cutive Committee at a meeting of that group Friday night at the Mur phy Courthouse. L. L. Love of Andrews, chair man for the past three years, has resigned. Mr. Dickey said that he felt honored to be given an opportun ity to serve the Democratic party - in the county and that, "We hope we can win the next election." "It is the plan of the Democratic party to see that it is run by and for the people," he added. Herman Edwards, precinct chair man of the Murphy South Ward ex pressed gratification at the election of Mr. Dickey, stating that he had the "youth, vigor and political dis crimination to carry out the job with success." Mrs. Juanita Weaver was elected vice-chairman to replace Mrs. H. Bueck who has moved to Franklin. The other two vice-chairmen are Mrs. Clarence Hendrix of Peach tree and Mrs. Cleve Almond of An drews. The County Executive Committee is composed of a chairman from each of the county's 24 precincts. Hobart McKeever, Murphy at torney, is secretary of the commit tee. ' ?- '? ? Andrews' Pastor ' Attends Special School At Emory The Rev. J. E. Carter, pastor of the Methodist Church in Andrews, has returned from a'twd' and one half weeks of church and commun ity school at Emory University. The school is composed of past ors and special religious workers. This year sixteen states and nine denominations were represented. Others attending from this area were: The Rev. Claude Young, pastor of the Hayesville Metho dist Church, the Rev. Rufus Mor gan, pastor of the Franklin Episco pal Church and the Rev. Sam Moss, pastor of the Franklin Methodist Church. SECOND GRADE SQUARE DANCE TEAM? Mr*. Constance West's second grade square dance team added another first place prize to their long list last Saturday at the Farmer's Federation annual picnic at Murphy High School. They are, seated, (?. to r.) Judy Quinn, Diana WUklns, Irene Warn e.\ Charlotte Stalcup, Karol Kaye, and Carla Beth Stiles. Standing, Hubert Wells, Bill Cheney, Jona than Maxwell, Elbert Totherow, Frank Dickey and Danny Stiles. Over 1,000 County People Attend Farmers Fed Picnic Over 1,000 Cherokee County farm folks attended the annual Farmer's Federation picnic last Saturday at Murphy High School. Entertainment for the day-long af faif included professional as well as local and regional amateur talent. Outdoor activities included three legged and sack races for boys and girls in various age groups and a tug-of-war for both boys and men. Prizes were given to winners in each of the events. Mrs. Constance West's second grade square dance team won the $10 first place prize in the local talent contest. Professional entertainers furnish ed by Farmer's Federation includ ed the Mimosa Boys of Asheville and "Panhandle Pete" Nash and the Farmer's Federation string, band. Speakers at the affair were Charles W. Davis, Farmer's Feder ation acting general manager, who reported on the co-op's promotion al progress and efforts to increase Murphy, Andrews Ultte |???( T,?s M?tMfcph?F? Friday Evernnl! The Civitan -sponsored Murphy Little League ball team will play the Nantahala Power and Light Company's Sparkplugs at Murphy Field here Friday afternoon at six. Nat Kinney, Little League coach, said that the Murphy team had been practicing for about six weeks and should play a good game. Lire-up for the Murphy team will Rev. Mason Hudspeth To Fill Pulpit At First Baptist Church Here Sunday The Rev. Mason Hudspeth will fill the pulpit at the 11:00 service at the First Baptist Church Sun. day morning. The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pastor, is conducting revival services at Bethany Baptist Church, near Hart well, Georgia. ? The evening service will be con ducted by three young people, Linda Greene of Murphy, Smith Danielson of Mt. Pleasant, and Grayson Walker of Hayesville. The Rev. Hudspeth is a graduate ot Wake Forest College and plans to enter Southeastern Theologfcal Seminary at Wake Forest this fall as a ministerial student. He is a member of Truett Camp and supply pastor at Mount Pleas, ant Baptist Church this summer. "Christ Calls Us to Serve Through Our Camps," will be the subject of Miss Greene's address. Mr. Danielson, a student at Mars Hill College, will speak on "Christ Calls Us To Serve In Business." Mr. Walker, a graduate of Hayes ville High School and winner of the Moorehead Scholarship, will speak on, "Chrst Calls Us To Serve In Science." He wil study physi<& at tho University of North Carolina next year. Neta Kimbrough will speak on the Training Union Assembly of Ridgecrest, Wednesday night, July 31, at 7:30. include Kenny English, Dan Bailey, John Snow, Wayne Watson, Wood row Palmer, Charles White, Jimmy Sherrill, Gary Bryson, Jimmy Cook, Bob Hill, Jimmy Jordan, Gary Phillips, Perry > Brown, Lamar Haggard, Donald Ramsey and Jerry Decker. * The Sparkplug line-up includes Dana Jones, Boyer Watry, Ronnie Mclnturf, Mike Watts, Johnny Love, Howard Brown, Jimmy Mulkey, Boyd Rogers, Jr., Burt Hall, Terry Marr, Ronnie Hem bree, Mike Blake, Chucky Van Gordei1, Larry Mclnturf, Jimmy Watkins, Joe Holder, Johnny Gern. ert, Dick Jones, Bobby Hall. The Andrews club is coach by. Junior Sherrill. Mr. Kinney said that the Lion's Club sponsored Murphy Little Leaguers would probably play the Andrews Valleytown Rebels in Andrews next Tuesday. O. E. S. To Meet Murphy Chapter No. 10 Order of the Eastern Star will meet Thurs day (tonight) at 7:30 p. m. in the Masonic Hall. All members are urged to be present. Mrs. Maude Duncan, worthy matron will preside. business; Glenn 0. Hunt, poultry division manager, who urged Cher okee farmers to participate in the Federation's hatchery program. Another speaker, Phil Burch, Hospital Care representative, talk ed about the Federation's insur ance program and asked interested persons to contact Don Ramsey, Murphy store manager. Cherokee County Agent Paul Nave said that farmers could get tax refunds on gas used for farm purposes and that he would be glad to give interested farmers more in formation. Rev. Jack Waldrep; director of the Federation religious depart ment, praised county churches participating in the Federation's Lord's Acre plan and asked other interested churches to contact him in Asheville. Mr. Nave also said that pine seedlings would not be distributed by TVA this year but were avail able through the State Forestry Service. 4-H Pullet Chain achievement a wards were presented to Dempsey Tetherow, John Simonds, Linda Payne, Edwin Patterson, John H. Moss, Mary Ann King, Larry John son, Marvin Guffey and Ronnie Palmer of Marble, and Charles Mc Cann of Culberson. Local and regional entertainers included James Rabey of Frank lin, Sherrie Lynn Henson of Mur phy, Monetta Odom of Murphy Route 2. The Hilton Family Quartet of Isabella, Tenn., Linda and Patsy Neal of Franklin, Lester and Wen dell Waldroop of Route 1 Franklin* Maxine O'Dell and Bobby Carroll: of Murphy, Cecelia Anderson and Helen Kahn of Hayesville. Janice Garrett of Hiawassee, and Dorthree Freeman of Andrews. James McClure Clarke of Ashe ville, Farmer's Federation presi dent. served as master of cere monies. Annual Farmer's Federation Picnic Provides Full Day of Fun and Entertainment for Farm Families In Cherokee County Taj O'
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