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\OLUME (7 ? NUMBER 2
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1K7
HIS WEEK
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Rpv. Raymond Sharp Guest Minister
At Murphy Presbyterian Church
The Rev. and Mrs. Robert A.
Potter and sons, Billy and Bobby
left last Tuesday for Laurel, Va.
on a vacation pulpit and manse ex
change with the Rev. Raymond P.
Sharp, pastor of the Laurel Pres
byterian Church.
Enroute they will visit friends
in Winston-Salem, and Mr. Pot
ter's brother, James M. Potter in
Raleigh.
The Rev. and Mrs. Sharp and
their three children, Paul 16,
Bruce 15, and Roberta 11, will oc
cupy the manse here and Mr.
Sharp will preach at the morning
service August 11, 18, and 25.
There will be no evening services
during August.
Mrs. Sharp is an organist and
will play at one the services while
they are here.
Mid-week prayer services will be
conducted by members of the con
gregation with Charles W. Barrett
leading Wednesday night. Subse
quent leaders include Jack Flem
ing, Wednesday night, Aug 7, and
Hubert Sneed August 21. There will
Baseball Great,
Ty Cobb,
Visits Aunt Here
Editor's Note: The following
article came to us this week
Urom Mrs. Nora Cobb Spencer,
well-known retired school teach
er in Cherokee County.
By Mrs. Nora Cobb Spencer
Ty Cobb, premier baseball play
er, visited his aunt, Mrs. Nora
Cobb Spencer last Sunday. Ty was
in line fettle and said he is coming
back later to spend a week with
his aunt in tbe old Cobb horn*.
Mr. Mercer Fain, when he was
mayor of Murphy years ago,
would wire Ty congratulations
from the little town of Murphy
when Ty would have the grand
stands wildly cheering at some of
his spectacular feats.
Robert Weaver who was a school
mate of Ty's little son, Herschel,
when they were in the fourth grade
at Murphy school, also dropped in
with Mr. Fain to see Ty as did
the Rev. W. H. Hampton and the
Rev. Norris. Miss Eunice Sheilds
happened to come also the latter
part of the evening.
There was prayer offered before
leaving which was indigenous to
the way of living in the old home
when Ty was a youth.
murphy To Be Host
To Swedish Scouts
Murphy will be among Western
North Carolina towns and cities to
be visited by four Swedish Boy
Scouts this week end during a
three-day tour.
The Scandinavians will arrive
here Saturday from Atlanta. They
will be met by W. C. Hennessee,
Daniel Boone Council president;
Francis L. Pless, Scout field exec
utive, and Explorer Scouts from
Sylva.
The Swedish Explorers are vis
iting this country through an ex
change program sponsored jointly
by the Air Force and the Boy
Scouts of America. They were
flown to this country in Air Force
planes and Americans, in turn,
will fly to Europe.
From Murphy they will visit the
Oconaluftee Indian Village and
will be guests Saturday night of
the Cherokee drama, "Unto These
HOto."
The Scouts will visit Asheville
Sunday and the following day will
tour the Blue Ridge Parkway to
Boone. At Boone they will be met
' by representatives of Old Hickory
Council of the Boy Scouts of Win
ston-Salem.
* After a visit to Twin City, Char
lotte, Gastonia and Spartanburg,
S. C., they will leave the Southeast
by plane from .Donaldson Air
Force Base in Greenville, S. C.
OJE.S. To Meet '
Murphy Chaifter No. 10 Order at
the Eastern Star wtyl meet Thurs
day (tonight) at 7:30 In the Ma
mie Hall.- Mrs. Maude Duncan,
worthy matron wffl preside.
AH members are urged to be
REV. RAYMOND SHARP
be no mid-week service Aug. 14
as a film on the Life of Christ is
to be shown in Murphy that even
ing.
The Rev. Raymond P. Sharp is
a native of Wilmington, Del. He is
a graduate of Delaware University,
and received his B. D. degree from
Princeton.
He has served pastorates in Del
aware, Pennsylvania, and Michi
gan, as a minister in the Presby
terian Church, U. S. A., and in Mis
souri, West Virginia and Lauifel,
Va. where he is now pastor as a
member of the Presbyterian U. S.
He will occupy the pulpit in the
Presbyterian Church here the last
three Sundays in August on an ex
change with the Rev. Robert A.
Potter.
"The Living Bible"
To Be Shown Here
A color movie, "tte Living
Bible," 'which depicts the life ol
Christ will be shown Wednesday
night, August 14, in the school
auditorium.
This presentaion will replace the
regular Wednesday night services
of the First Methodist, First Bap
tist and Presbyterian churches of
Murphy.
It is sound film and is approx
imately 90 minutes long. The mov
ie was produced by Family Films.
It is sponsored here by the ma
jority of Murphy merchants who
have free tickets available in their
stores.
Little Leaguers
Drop Another
To Andrews Nine
Forced into extra innings because
of a tie ball game at the end of
the regulation six innings of play,
the Valleytown "Rebels" of And
rews eked out a hard fought 4-3
victory over the Civitan-Lions, Lit
tle Leaguers from Murphy Friday
night at the Andrews Park.
Ray Elliott and Dan Railey
pitching for Murphy's Civitan
Lions gave up only one hit while
the Murphy boys were collecting
only three from two Andrews Hur
lers.
Valleytown scored the winning
run in the eighth inning.
The Murphy Little Leaguers
will play an intra-squad game at
6 o'clock p. m. Friday, August 9th
at the Murphy ball park.
Georgia Mountain
Fair Opens Monday
The seventh annual Georgia
Mountain Fair will open in Hia
wassee on August 12 for one week.
Some 25 mountain counties will
participate in the annual event
which is sponsored by the
Towns County Lions Club and in
corporated as a multi-county, non
profit organization.
Featured events will include a
flower show on Tuesday; Armed
Forces Day, Lion's Day and Pion
eer Day on Wednesday; an old
fashioned hog-rifle shoot on Wed
nesday with beef quarters as
prizes; and a one-day livestock
show on Friday.
The Tri-State Rockhounders will
convene on Saturday with a show
ing of semi-precious and other
stones from many localities.
No daytime admission will be
charged.
Derreberry Reunion
To Be Held Sunday
The Alex Derreberry family re
union will take place August 11, at
the home of John R. Thompson on
Vengenance Creek.
Mr. Thompson's home is locat
ed approximately two miles south
of Marble, just below Vengenance
Creek Baptist Church.
All friends and relatives are cor
dially invited to attend.
County Commissioners Recommend
Rebuilding Of Old Harbin Bridge
County Board of Commissioners
in regular session Monday voted
to recommend to the N. C. State
Highway Dept. that Harbin bridge
near here be rebuilt.
The bridge is located about three
miles east of Murphy on the An
drews-Murphy Road. The bridge
spans Valley River.
It was also agreed by the Board
t o recommend widening and
straightening one mile of road
from u. s>. mgnway 64 to J. U.
Golden's place. This is known as
Golden Road.
In other business, the Board:
authorized the payment of $83.45
to the Health Dept. for X-ray equip
ment, re-appointed L. B. Nichols
to the Library Board and named
W. A. Singleton to the Board to
replace H. Bueck, resigned.
W. A. Hyde, chairman, presided
with all members present.
Commonwealth Co. Curtails
Operations Here Temporarily
A slump in the marketing of
flooring material has caused a
temporary cutback of 48 unskill
ed laborers at Commonwealth
Lumber Corp. here.
However, Commonwealth Presi
dent S. P. Horowitz said the cut
back will last only about two
weeks. He went on to say the lum
ber industry has a bright outlook
for the next several years, point
ing to the government's announce
ment this week to cut almost in
half the required down payment
for FHA-insured homes.
Commonwealth employs 112
persons in Murphy proper and 48
in the unskilled class were given a
two-week leave "because we have
a heavy stock in flooring and had
to slow down production," Mr.
Horowtiz said.
"We are anticipating taking them
back in about two weeks", he add
ed. The move went into effect last
Friday.
Operating in Murphy since April
of 1948, Commonwealth's main pro
duction is hardwood flooring. The
firm also produces lumber for
houses, finished material for homes
and commercial building and high
grade lumber for the furniture
trade.
Commonwealth ships its product;
to all points of the nation. Its pay
roll here in Murphy averages ap
proximately $5,000 a week. A like
amount is paid by Commonwealth
weekly for contractors' payrolls
for timber cutting, logging and
sewing.
To step-up home buying 'among
lower and middle income families
the government Monday cut al
most in half the minimum down
payment for FHA-insured homes
At the same time, it boosted the
Youth Activities
Week Slated At
Murphy Churches
A Youth Activities Week for
the young people of the Protest
ant churches of Murphy has been
planned for the week of August
12 thru 16.
The first meeting will be held
Monday evening at 7:30 at the
First Baptist Church and a meet
ing will be held in one of the par
ticipating churches each night
from 7 to 9:30.
"The Faith We Share," is the
theme for Youth Week and acti
vities will include recreation,
worship, feUowship, singing and
discussion groups.
The Rev. Bob Moore, a student
at Duke Divinity School, will
assist in the week's activities.
County, City Schools Begin
1957-58 Term August 28th
City and county schools will
start the 1957-58 term Wednesday,
Aug. 28.
This opening date was announc
ed this week by Supt. Holland Mc
Swain of Murphy City Schools,
Supt, J. E. Rufty of Andrews City
Schools and County School Supt.
Lloyd Hendrix.
Mr. McSwain also announces that
Murphhy City Schools have re
newed their contract with Pilot
Life Insurance Company whereby
each student upon payment of the
fee of $1.75 may receive the schol
astic insurance policy good for the
school year. ,
Mr. McSwain urges students to
pay the fee first day of school.
County schools will observe a
half -day schedule the first three
days with foil-day activities start
ing the.followinj week.
A roster of teachers for the com
ing year in comity schools was re
leased as follows by Mr. Hendrix:
Ranger: Douglas Smith, princi
pal; Mrs. Ruth D. Carroll, Mrs.
Sallie K. White, Mrs. Osie S. Fost
er, Mrs. Myrtle Moore, Mrs. Lu
ella J. Newman, Mrs. Violet L.
Storm, Mrs. Ruby- Kate Watson,
Mrs. Ruth H. Smith, Vincent W.
Crisp, Rev. C. A. Smith.
Wolf Creek: Miss Maude E. Col
lins, principal; one vacancy.
Hiwassee Dam: Harest E. King,
principal, Mrs. Pope T. Singleton,
William G. Anderson, Paul Ray
Hawkins, Charles L. Forrister,
L'yle B. Carringer, Miss Jfewell
Garrett, Mrs. Edith M. Evans,
Mrs. Ruby W. Wilcox, Mrs. Thel
ma K. Kissel burg, Mrs. Vesta T.
Verner, Mrs. Nell W. Gibson, Mrs.
Lois H. McNabb, Mrs. Maude D.
Radford,, Mrs. Annie Lou Rogers,
Mrs. Edith 8. Anderson, James C<
Evans, Mrs. Anna 'Pearl Woodard,
Mr. Walter Anderson, D. L. Keen
um, Rev. Johnny GOwoa
Uaaka: James P. Crisp, princi
? *
pal; J. Alden Cooke, Mrs. Gladys
D. Morris, Mrs. Candas H. Car
ringer, Mrs. Lucile M. Morrow.
White Church: Mrs. Addilee B.
Brown, principal; Mrs. Vey A.
McDonald, Mrs. Florence W. Gen
try, Mrs. Nellie H. Morrow, Miss
Doris Hendrix, John T. Smart, Jr.
Peachtree: Clarence Hendrix,
principal; Mrs. Thelma P. Avley,
Mrs. Irene K. Stowe, Mrs. Mattie
Lou M. Penland, Miss Dale Sud
derth, Mrs. Marcella H. Smith,
Verlon Martin, Jr.
Martins Creek: R. C. Pipes, prin
cipal; Mrs. Bertha H. Carringer,
Mrs. Ruby Hemphill, Mrs. Beulah
B. Sales, Miss Geneva Ch attain,
Mr. John W. Hogan, Miss Gerald
ine Ruth Smith, one vacancy. >
Mrs. Maggie Bell K. Pinson, sup
ervisor.
11m roster of teachers for Mur
phy and Andrews schools will be
announced .(text week. i
interest rate on FHA loans from 5
to 5V4 per cent.
Mr. Horowitz said this is the
biggest "shot in the arm" the lum
l-er industry has had for sometime.
He asserted that low financing has
1-cen the big draw back until now.
Since down payments will now
be lower on medium priced homes,
a considerable improvement Should
be noted in the lumber and floor
industry not only in this county but
nationwide, Mr. Horowtiz said.
He emphasized that a great de
mand still exists for homes and
said this is especially true in the
Cherokee Death s
Mrs. Bertha Ellis, Cherokee County
Native, Dies Sunday At Blairsville
Mrs. Bertha Jane Ellis, 68, died
at 11 a. m. Sunday, Aug. 4, in the
home of a daughter, Mrs. Edward
S. Mauney of Blairsville, Ga., fol
lowing a lingering illnes.
She was a native of Cherokee
County, a daughter of the late An
drew and Samona Hood Hatchett.
She was married to Edgar W.
Henson in 1908, and he died in 1914,
and she was later married to
James H. Ellis of Murphy who sur
vives.
Funeral services ? were held at
Bellview Methodist Church of
which she was a member for sev
eral years, at 2 p. m. Tuesday.
The Rev. C. A. Smith and the
Rev. Hal Finney officiated and bur
ial was in the church cemetery.
The body lay in state 30 minutes
prior to the services.
Surviving in addition to her hus
band, James H. Ellis, Route 2,
Murphy, are two daughters, Mrs.
Blanche Mauney of Blairsville,
Ga., and Mrs. Floriede Hill, Mur
phy Route 2; two sons, J. V. and
J. E. Henson, Murphy Route 2;
15 grandchildren; six sisters, Mrs.
Wilma McNabb, and Mrs. Mattie
Stalcup, Route 2, Murphy; Mrs.
Ruth Huffman of Brevard, Mrs.
Carrie Cathey of Gaffney, S. C.,
Mrs. Cressie Loudermilk of Blue
Ridge, Ga., and Mrs. Fannie Cor
del of Farmington, New Mexico,
three brothers, Lawrence and Bill
Hatchett of Murphy, Route 2, and
Bass Hatchett of Sedro Wooley,
Washington.
Pallbearers were nephews. Jerry
Hatchett, James and Max Brackett
Doyce Loudermilk, Clinton Stalcup
and Hollis Dan Hughes.
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge.
Ralph Maney
Funeral services for Ralph
Garland Maney, 7-week-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer Maney who
died in a Gainesville, Ga. hospital
at 6 a. m. Thursday, August 1,
were held at 2 p. m. Friday in
Bethel Methodist Church neai
Hayesville.
The Rev. Truett Hogsed officiat
ed and burial was in the church
cemetery.
Surviving, in addition to the par
ents, are the grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Bronce Morgan of Hayes
ville, Route 3, and Mr. and Mrs
Harrison Maney of Hiawassee, Ga.
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge.
Richard E. Miller
Richard Elmer Miller, 27, son
at Mrs. Eu' ih Miller of Warne was
killed in an auto accident Thursday
August 1, in Point Nugu, Calif. He
bad been in the Navy for nine
years and was stationed at Point
Nugu.
Ia addition to his mother, he is
survived by six brothers, Keith and
T?lmadge of California, Pat of
Bainbridge, Md.. Charles of Texas,
and Gene and Benny of the home;
two sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Goforth
Legioa, A axillary
r? Meet Thursday
A joint meeting of the American
Legion Auxiliary and the Legion
will be held Thursday night at t:S0
at the home of Mrs. Cecil Burgess
on DiQanl Street.
Commander John S. Smith urged
all Legion members to bring their
wives and families and a covered
dish tor a picnic in the yard, a t
the Burgess home after the regular
Pf/. A 'ft!
of Enka and Joyce of the home.
The body was sent to Ivie Fun
eral Home Tuesday.
Funeral service will be held at
2 p. m. Thursday in Pinelog Bap
tis Church.
The Rev. Virgil Brown, the Rev.
G. E. Scruggs, and the Rev. Mr.
Young will officiate and burial will
be in the church cemetery.
? Pallbearers will be Arthur
Reece, Max Reece, Billy and John
ny Penland, Jack Miller and Clay
Ivester.
William O. Crisp
William Orville Crisp, 76, a re
tired farmer died a 2 a. m. Satur
day, Aug. 3, at his home Murphy,
Route 2.
He was a native of Swain County,
son of the late Martin and Laura
Brooks Crisp. He had been living
in Cherokee County since 1912.
Surviving are the wife, Mrs.
Mrs. Eula Fields, Mrs. Doris En
loe all of Gastonia, Mrs. Bonita
Bugan of Bay Shore, N. C. and
Mrs. Wales Coon of Raleigh; six
sons; Floyd, Earl, Frank, George
and Ray all of Gastonia, and Guy
of Murphy; 32 grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren; two bro
thers, Bruce and Miles of Bryson
City; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Cal
houn of Gastonia, and Mrs. Emma
Palmer of Andrews.
Funeral services were held at 11
a. m. Monday in Maggie's Chapel.
The Rev. C. A. Smith and the
Rev. Wayne Crisp officiated and
burial was in the church cemetery.
(Continued on back page)
Fred H. King
To Teach In
Marion School
Fred H. King of Murphy has ac
cepted the Junior High Coach posi
tion at Marion, North Carolina.
A graduate of Murphy High
School, he has been teaching in the
Andrews City Schools for the past
four years.
He received a B. S. Degree in
Physical Education and History at
Western Carolina College, Cul
1? whee.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Will
King of Murphy, he is married
to the former Frances Pool, of
Marion, and they have four child
ren, Douglas, Donna, David, and
Tennis. ,
, He will asume his duties at
Marion August 15.
low and middle class families.
Mr. Horowitz said the public
should not expect a change over
night, adding that it will take a
few weeks to get the program roll
ing.
New regulations of the Federal
National Mortgage Association
cover both old and new housings.
Congress authorized reduction in
down payments in legislation sign
ed by President Eisenhower on
July 12. However, it was left to
FHA whether to put them into par
tial or full effect. The government
decided to make it a full-effect
move.
The FHA said the new down pay
ment schedule is: 3 per cent on the
first $10,000; IS per cent on the
next $6,000, and 30 per cent on a
mounts over $16,000.
An example: a home costing
$10,000, the minimum down pay
ment will be $300. This is $400 less
than under the old schedule.
Under the old schedule, prospec
tive home buyers had to pay 5 per
cent down on the first $9,000 and 2S
per cent down on amounts over
that.
Rev. Bob Moore
To Preach
At First Methodist
The Rev. Bob Moore, a student
at Duke Divinity School, win
preach at the First Methodist
Church Sunday evening.
His subject will t>e, "Love, the
Mark of a Christian."
"What Jesus Teaches Us About
Man," will be subject of the morn
ing sermon which will be delivered
by the pastor, the Rev. R. T.
Houts.
The Rev. Moore, a native of
Rutherfordton, will be in Murphy
for two weeks and will assist in
the various youth activities sche
duled at the church during that
period.
Dr. Roy McCallogh
To Speak
At First Baptist
Dr. Roy R. McCullogh of Ashe
ville, will be guest speaker at the
regular morning and evening ser
vices at the First Baptist Church
Sunday.
The pastor, the Rev. J. Alton
Morris, will be on vacation.
The recently retired Dr. McCul
logh is a graduate of Southern
Baptist Seminary and an "out
standing preacher," according to
the Rev. Morris.
He has served as interim pastor
at the Andrews Baptist Church.
Coleman Reunion
The annual Coleman family re
union will be held Sunday, August
11, at the home of Charles Cole
man on Hiawassee Street in Mur
phy.
Friends and relatives of the
late Mr. and Mrs. E. M. (Elisha)
Coleman are cordially invited to
attend, a spokesman for the fam
ily said.
Former Murphy Attorney Appointed
State Assistant Attorney General
Ralph Moody of Raleigh, a native
of Murphy, has been appointed as
assistant 'attorney general. '
Mr. Moody resigned from the
States Utilities Commission to ac
cept appointment to the new post.
He succeeds Robert E. Giles who
last week was appointed as admin
istrative assistant to Gov. Hodges.
His resignation from the Utili
ties Commission is effective next
Monday. ,
The new assistant attorney gener
al attended schools in Cherokee
County and graduated from the
University of North Carolina In
1*21. That same year he entered
the practice of law in Murphy with
1,1. a. a% * M - - ?
ms father, J. w. Moody.
He has been an attorney for the
state in various capacities since
1837.
Mr. Moody, a past president of
the 20th District Bar Association,
was a member of the first student
board of editors at the North Car
olina Lav Review.
He formerly served as an at
torney for the Employment
ity Comi
some time aa the commtaakm'a I
acting chairman.
"In 1M4 he was