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VOLUME S3 NUMBER ? 33
National
Library Week
March 16-22, 1958
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CHEROKEE COUNTY
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH IS, INS
TEN PAGES THIS WEEK
JUST
TOLERABLE
By GENE PARKER
I'm back ... by popular de
mand- (My friends will believe
that. What my enemies think
doesn't matter.)
Lots of folks have been "Just|
Tolerable" since our last chat.
Take Chamber of Commerce
President Dave Townson for in
stance. He'd do anything, almost,
to get new in
dustry for Cher
okee County. In
fact, he cut off
a finger while
working to get
Margaret Studioa
Inc. situated
here- It happen
when he was en
route to Chattanooga, TWm.,1o
see one of the plant officials. Some
one bumped his car and when he
got out to observe the damage,
he left a finger on the car door.
Says Mr. Dave: "I'd cut off an
other one if it would mean getting
a new plant here " (Ten plants
and you're out of business,
Dave).
? ? ? ?
Dr. William R. Gossett has had
his share of troubles. He is still
just tolerable from eating corn
bread for breakfast and cotton
seed meal gravy in upper South
Carolina during those "recession"
days of the late Twenties and early
Thirties. Yet more misery is heap
ed upon him. Someone stole his
fancy hubcaps recently while he
was attending a basketball game
^ jjayesville.
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I'll throw this in for what it's
worth. Read the other day where
Americans used 37,000,000 pounds
of snuff last year with the fair sex
taking more than half the supply.
'Snuff said.
Among the many stories reach
ing our desk is one from Andrews.
It's a dilly and authentic right
/ down to the last letter. Seems
f a Graham County fellow had to
bring his wife to the hospital but
on the way car trouble developed.
He had to park his car in Andrews
and during his absence an "honest
thief' removed the two back
wheels on which were two new
tires- Three or four days later,
just as mysteriously as they dis
appeared, the wheels and tires
were returned. All were In perfect
condition.
Werld War I Vets
To Meet Moaday
New officers will be installed at
a meeting of Veterans of World
War I at County Courthouse Mon
day night at 7:30.
They include: W. D. Whi taker of
Andrewcj commander; Green
Jones ?f BMrsville, . Ga? first
vice-cost Blander; J- G. Green of
Murphy,: second vice-epta minder,
and John O'Dell, adjutant.
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Crippled Children
Campaign i
To Start Monday
W. D. ? Whitaker of Andrews,
county chairman of the Crippled
Children Easter Seal Campaign,
said the drive will get under way
in this county Monday and con
tinue through Easter.
. Murphy Rotary Club is sponsor
ing the campaign with Virgil
O'Dell as fund chairman for the
Murphy area.
S- J. Gernert is fund chairman
in the Andrews area.
City Commissioners
Requested To
Extend Water Main
City Board of Commissioners
Monday night were requested by
a Peachtree Street family to ex
tend the city water main and place
a fire hydrant closer to their
home.
The request came from Mr. and
Mrs- James Parker.
A brush fire last Wednesday af
ternoon razed approximately eight
acres near the Parker home.
Shrubbery planted at the rear of
the Parker home was destroyed in
the blaze
Fire and water committees,
made up of Commissioners, this
week were checking on the possi
bilities of extending the line and
installing the hydrant.
The fire was believed started by
children playing near Hiawassee
River below the Parker home,
one official said.
'Claude (Bub)) Jones and Hughs
ton Frye also request Commission
ers to provide more water for
their neighborhood in the vicinity
of the John J. Posey place. This
will also be studied by the water
committee.
In other business Commissioners
authorized the city clerk to pur
chase approximately $2,500 worth
of new furniture f>r the city's new
office in the Power Board Build
ing.
Carnegie library
To Hold Open House
ANDREWS? Open house will be
held in the Andrews Carnegie Li
rary from 3 to 5 each afternoon be
ginning next Monday and continue
through Saturday March 22.
"Wake Up and Read" is the
theme for the first National ob
servance of Library Week.
Mrs. Lillian B. Buchanan of Cul
lowhee, former resident of And
rews, will be the guest speaker at
a reception at the library Saturday
March 22, from 3 to 5.
New books. Including many
memorial books, will be on dis
play. ^ ? V
The public is invited to view the
display.
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HEARING SET FOR NEXT WEEK IN
PARKWAY TOLL CHARGE DISPUTE
i
The North Carolina Congres
sional delegation and others op
posed to toll charges on the Blue
Ridge Parkway will have their say
next week.
Rep. George Shuford said a
meeting has been set for 9:90 next
Wednesday morning with Secre
tary of Interior Fred Seaton in
Washington.
Meanwhile another State agency
has gone on record as opposing toll
charges on the Parkway.
In a formal resolution adopted
at a recent Commission meeting
in Raleigh, the seven-member
Highway Commission called on
Secretary Sea ton to rescind an ord
er that tolls would be charged on
the popular Parkway beginning
June 1, 1958
The resolution, given unanimous
approval, called attention to the
fact that the National Park Service
had originally told North Carolina
that the Parkway would remain
toll free for the enjoyment of the
general public. It also pointed out
that North Carolina had provided
right-of-way for construction of the
highway amounting to more than
$2,000,000 and that an equal a
mount would probably have been
invested in the facility by the
State before it is completed.
M OFFERED IN SLOGAN CONTEST
BY MURPHY CHAMBERI
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"SO-BIG'S" CUSTODIANS ? Mr*. Nancy Deweese (in driver's
seat) and Mrs. Mab^l Ray burn are shown Inside So.Big, a book
mobile serving a three-county area.
"SO-BIG" . . . can't get In modern service station.
"SO-BIG" SERVES HOMES, SCHOOLS,
OTHERS IN THREE COUNTY - AREA
By "SO - BIG"
as told to Emily Costello
"Look, Ma; here come's ole So
Big!"
The little fellow ran up the hill
toward me, wagging along the
three books 1 left on my last stop.
Pretty soon his mother came up,
carrying a pillow case full of
books.
I declare, it just does my 1953
GMC ton and half heart good to
see how glad the folks are to see
me every five weeks. Of course, 1
don't know whether it's just me
and my 2 thousand books they like
to see coming, or my nice smiling
front-seat driver, Nancy Deweese
(Mrs. Burley Deweese), and my
genial back-seat driver, Mrs. Ma
bel Rayburn. But, anyhow folks in
three counties over a 1,200 mile
circuit welcome me with open
arms.
Hie girls and I make 110 home
stops and leave books on tables,
trunks, chairs? depending on the
size of the place; and we're build
ing up a direct service route, too,
going right to the house, no matter
where it is, and delivering and
picking up books? all free of
course. : We go to about 30 places
like tUls.
We also stop at all the schools
in Cherokee, Clay and Graham
counties. And tourist resorts like
F on tana Dam, the Snowbird Moun
tain Lodge, and Tapoco Lodge are
also stops on our monthly trips.
The five branch libraries we
serve are Murphy, Hayesville,
Robbinsville, Andews and Fontana.
When the folks see us coming
they gather up the books in their
arms or in flour sacks, meal
sacks, or what not, and climb a
board to pick out different books
for the next few weeks.
Of course, things weren't always
so rosy for bookmobiling. Up until
about 1954 my daddy? an old Chev
(Cootinaed on Page'Five)
National Library
Week To Be
Observed Here
Murphy Library will" hold open
house Tuesday night from 7:30 to
9:30 in observance of National
Library Week, March 16-22
As part of the observance, a
story hour will be held Saturday,
March 22, at 10 a. m- with Mrs.
John Smith serving as story teller.
This year's theme is "Wake Up
and Read".
The American Library Associa
tion says: "We live in a compli
cated and difficult time. We must
be well informed if we are to sur
vive, and as a democratic nation
we depend on knowledge as we
never have before.
"You and your family can bene
fit from the exciting world of
reading. Re-discover the delights
and the challenge of the written
word. Books are about everything
? everything that interest you as
a thinking person.
"The world is at your finger
tips ? science, fiction, history,
art ? it's all there for the taking.
Visit your library, your booksell
er and your newstand. You will
find reading more will broaden
your horizons.
Walter Carringer
To Make
Four Appearances
Walter Carringer, who spent his
boyhood years in Murphy, will
make four appearances with the
North Carolina Symphony Orches
tra this season as tenor soloist.
Mr. Carringer will appear in
Henderson ville on Monday, March
17, in Statesville on Wednesday,
March 19. in Morgaoton on
Monday, March 24, and in Sparta
on Tuesday, March 25. He is a
son of Mrs- Ruth Carringer of
Murphy.
Depaty Collector v
To Help Wttk
State Tax Retan?? v;
Deputy Collector J. R. fSijlHil
of the State Department of Rev
enue will be at County Courthouse
Monday and Tuesday to assist tax
payers in filing their state tax re
turns.
Mr. Penland alas will be at the
Courthouse to assist taxpayers on
April 7, M and 15
Returns arost be filed on or be
fore April U.
Probe Continues In
T W_A "ibush Slayings
Sheriffs Deputies
Gunned Down
Near Copperhill
Polk County police and Tennes
see Bureau of Investigation offi
cers Wednesday morning were con
tinuing their diligent probe into
the ambush slaying of two sheriff's
deputies near Copperhill, Tenn.,
Saturday night.
No new leads had developed
TBI officers joined the search
Monday.
Killed were Polk County Deputies
Louis Wright, 49, and R. A. Rogers
65. A third deputy, Carmel Gib
NASHVILLE? Tennessee's top
law ? enforcement officials have
promised "everything possible at
the state level will be done" to
solve the murders of two sheriff's
deputies in Polk County Saturday
night.
Gov- Clement posted a $5, MO re
ward ? the maximum author
ized by law ? in each of the two
murders. He, Safety Commis
sioner Hilton Butler and W. E.
Hopton, chief of the Tennessee
Bureau of Criminal Identifica
tion, promised the all-out effort
to solve the ambush slayings.
son, 30, escaped injury by diving
to the ground, an Associated Press
release stated earlier this week.
Deputy Rogers was a native of
Murphy.
The two officers were killed late
Saturday night as they stepped
from their patrol car to make a
routine check at a beer tavern a
bout six miles north of Copperhill.
Shotgun pellets struck them in the
face.
It was reported that Officer
Rogers died instantly. Officer
Wright, driver of the patrol car,
lived only a few moments.
The Associated Press quoted Cop
perhill Mayor Emil Greene as
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Articles Made By
Blind To Be
Sold Here Saturday
Articles made by home-bound
blind in North Carolina will be on
sale in the Town Square here Sat
urday.
The sale has been made possible
by the State Commission for the
Blind and the Murphy Lions Club.
Selling of the articles will be in
c h a r g e of Miss Sarah Elmeroe,
Home Industries Counse
lor in the area, assisted by mem
bers of the Lions Club and their
wives
These blind, and partially-blind,
adults are home-bound. Some are
housewives, others crippled or ag
ing. There must be a real desire
to accomplish, along with some
ability developed, or there to be
developed, in order for these pro
ducts to be produced.
Part of the material is bought,
some donated and the remaining
portion is furnished by the blind
persons. The articles that will be
on sale will cover a wide area.
There will be aprons, baskets, leath
er good, place mats, hand-woven
items, toys, stuffed animals,
bootees and woodwork.
One woman who makes stuffed
animals is deaf, mute and blind.
Another blind woman has a mem
ber of her family read the direct
ions for crochet work of variant
kinds. An 87-year old man, wUk
Only light perception, makes bas
kets with a specialty ia the pic
nic variety
' A great number of fee women
who will have their goods on sale
are botiseWives. These women take
care of their home, watch over
their children, enter into school
and civic work, aad make baskets
and toys in their spare time- Many
of these articles are never of
fered at public sales. Iter an
sold by the makers as soon as
ELECTED: W. Frank Forsyth
of Murphy, executive vice-presi
dent of Citizens Bank & Trust
Co., Saturday was named presi
ident of Group 10 of the North
Carolina Bankers Association.
Mr. Forsyth wag elected at the
organizations annual meeting
last week in Asheviile.
Law Prohibits
Following
City Fire Truck
City Commissioners this week re
minded citizens of the town or
dinance that prohibits following
the fire truck when it is called to
a fire.
Conviction on a first offense car
ries a $5 fine, second offense, $10
fine and third offense, $50, or in
either case confinement in jail for
30 days.
The ordinance does not apply to
members of the Murphy Fire De
partment who follow the truck in
their' personal vehicles.
Cattle Producers
To Vote
In Referendum
The North Carolina Cattlemen's
Association is having a referen
dum in all of the 100 counties in
North Carolina on Saturday and all
farmers who sell cattle for slaugh
ter or received an income from
the sale of cattle are eligile to
vote in this referendum.
Cattle producers will vote on the
question of whether or not there
shall be levied an assessment of
10 cents per head for all cattle for
slaughter, which brings $20 or
more per head, sold through auc
tion markets, handlers, or proces
sors in North Carolina
Pearl Johnson of Murphy Route
1 is chairman of this committee
for Cherokee County and Fred
Martin of Unaka and Mr. Noah
Hembree of Peachtree are mem
bers of this committee.
The polling places in Cherokee
County will be as follows: Peach
tree, KJlpatrick Store; Murphy,
Farmers Federation; Culberson,
Glen Owenby's Store; Shoal Creek
Allen Brendle's Store; Unaka.
Morley's Store; liberty, Donley &
Suit Store; Bates Creek, Clyde
Dockery's Store; Bell view, Bob
King's Store; Brass town, C- C.
Hemphill's Store; Marble, Craig
& Coffey's Store; Andrews, Frank
lin's Store.
The polls will be open from 8 a.
m until 5:30 p. m.
SINGING
The regular third Sunday singing
will be held at Be 11 view Methodist
Church Sunday at 2 p. m.
TERM OF SUPERIOR COURT SPRING
OPENS MARCH 31; JURORS NAMED
Twenty-three criminal and 37
civil cases are on the docket for
a two-week term of Superior Court
that opens here Monday, March
31.
Judge Hugh B. Campbell of
Charlotte will preside.
First week jurors were announc
ed as follows by Clerk of Court
Kellis Radford: Clyde A. Dockery,
J. W. O'dell, Dee Kepkart, Her
man English, Wayne Abernathy,
Verlon Bryson, Buddy Timpaon,
Olen Taylor, Charles McDonald,
Sam Capps, Allen Chambers, Ray
C- Dockery, and Andy Whitener, all
of Murphy Route 3.
Also: Cecil Monteith, Owen Mc
Donald and J. A. Mallonee of Mur
phy Route 1; Blaine Haney, A. H.
Hatchett, W. E. Stiles, Fred Stiles
and Ed Owenby of Murphy Route
2; Stanley Woods and L. B. Crow
der of Murphy Koute 4: Cecil Phil
lips and Fred L. Scroggs of Mar
ble Route 1.
Also: Clifford Hughes. A. L.
Gillespie, Jake Patterson, H. E.
Dickey and Horace Parker of Mur
phy; Newt Gibson, J. H- Shields,
J. M- Anderson, Hampton Monteith
and Grady Nix of Culberson
Route 2; D. M. Birchfield of To
motto.
Also Jack Parker, Charles F.
Delaney, Walter Waldronp, Dale
Palmer, Grady PulUum, Pink
Leming and Gordon Wilson of An
drews; B. McHan at Culberson
Route 1; J. B. Shields of Marble
and M. D. Gaddis of CoppeihOl,
Tenn-, Route 1.
Second Week jurors are: Boater
Gibson, Luther KUlian, Forrest L
Teague, Lewis King. L. M. SiWlb
and J. F. West of Murphy; Earl
Mundy, James Golden, Homer
Kisselburg, E. N. Brown, Alert
Ledford and V. C. Anderson of
Culberson Route 2.
Also: Ralph Morgan of Andrews
Route 1, Allen Brendle of Turtle
town, Tenn-, Route 1, Charlie
Wood, Steve Dockery, Frank Cole
man, and F. W. KDpntrfcfc of
Murphy Route 2, G rover Whfienerr
Alex English, Horace McRae nod
Virgil Fisher of Murphy Route X
Also: W. J. Sneed, Enclid Voyiee
and Gordon King of Mtfrpfty
Route 4, Alvah Sneed of near Cnl
berson, Emory Sneed, NeB Sales
and R. M. Moore of Murphy Route
1, and Sim Ware of CtdtMrMO