The Cherokee Scout
Dediemted To Promoting Cherokee County
VOLUME <7 NUMBER ? M MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 1, IMS TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SPEAKERS: Phyllis Crisp will be valedictorian and Johnny Moore
sahitatoriaa at commencement exercises this month at Martins
Creak School. Phyllis is a daughter of Mr. and Mra. Francis W.
Crisp of oRute t. Johnny is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Bergan Moore
of Koate t. Both will complete eighth grade work this year.
ELECTION BOARD NAMES JUDGES,
REGISTRARS FOR MAY 31 PRIMARY
County Board of Election Mon
day announced registrars and jud
ges for the 24 precincts in the May
SI primary and November election.
They follow:
Andrews North Ward: Mrs
Cleve Almond, registrar; Oliver
Creaaman and Weldon West, judg
es; Andrews South Ward: Mrs.
Do is Ladd, registrar; Morris Pier
cy and Grady Garrett, judges
Boiling Springs: Perry Abernathy,
registrar; Mrs. Pat O'Dell and
Luther Dockery, judges; Burnt
Meeting House: Hobert Hughes,
registrar; Bill Hatchett and Jeff
Russell, judges.
Brasstown: Horace Stalcup,
registrar; Bryan Chastain and
Glenn Corn well, judges; Culber
son: Albert Watson, registrar; Ira
Barber and Lon Culberson, judges.
Ebenezer: Fred McDonald, reg
i istrar; Butler Carter and Sam
Kephart, judges; Grape Creek: G.
W. Rogers, registrar; Jack Carter
and Sam Capps, judges.
Hanging Dog: Ross Hensley,
registrar; Able Palmer and Quen
ton Lovingood, judges; Hot House:
T. L. Newman, registrar; V. L
Wallace and Lester Cole, judges.
Liberty: Clarence Jones, regis
trar; Guy Eller and Leonard
Brown, judges; Long Ridge: Mrs.
Inez Morrow, registrar; Vesta
Beavers and Wesley Taylor, judg
es.
Murphy North Ward: W. W.
Rogers, registrar; Billie Wells and
Howard West, Judges; Murphy
South Ward: Miss Addie Leather
wood, registrar; Jimmy Howse
and Richard Howell, judges
Marble: Bill Dockery, registrar;
Harold Jenkins and Jeff Trull, jud
ges;; Ogreeta: Mrs. Fred Martin,
registrar; Liddie Johnson and Ed
Martin, judges.
Peachtree: Ed English, regis
trar; Paul Sudderth and Arthur
Boyd, judges; Shoal Creek: Don
Taylor, registrar; Wayne Burrell
and Floyd Patterson, judges.
Tomotla: J. C- Wells Sr., regis
trar; Burt Shields and Hal Stiles,
judges; Topton: Mrs. Mary Nel
son, registrar; Frank Conley and
Tommy Higdon, judges.
Unaka: W. R. Martin, registrar;
John McMillian Sr.. and Cliff Rose,
judges; Upper Beaverdam: Mrs.
Kay Jump, registrar; Clarence
Bell and Winston Farmer, judges.
Vest: Vesta Stiles, registrar;
Ruth Hickey and John Floyd, judg
es; Walker Schoolhouse: H. H
Davidson, registrar; Fred Kilpat
rick and Newt Gibson, judges.
MRS. GIBBS, MRS. CASE WINNERS
IN GARDEN CLUB FLOWER SHOW
Mrs- James Gibbs and Mrs. T.
A- Case were winners of tri-color
awards for their exhibits in the
Murphy Garden Club's second an
nual standard flower show at First
Methodist Church Friday.
The arrangements displayed
were unusually beautiful, many
carrying out the French theme of i
the show "April In Paris". The :
excellence of the horticultural ex
hibits surprised the 120 visitors
who viewed the show. New this
year was an educational exhibit of
French paintings, china, and other
objects of art.
Mrs. Gibb's winning entry was
an interpretation of one of the
modern French painter Degas' bal- 1
let scenes. Her arrangement of
pink gerberas, purple lilacs, and
moss covered apple branches rest
ed on a rose-tinted rock slab. Dain
ty Dresden ballerina figurines
were used as accessories. The
niche background was draped with
pink net.
A spray from a beautifully
grown lavendar azalea won the tri
color award in the horticultural ex
hibit for Mrs- Case
Six nationally accredited judg
es from Copperhill, Tenn., and
Blairsville, Ga., came to judge the
show. They were Mrs- Ben Carr,
Mrs- J. W- Smith, Mrs- Wayne
Stroud, Mrs. L. A. Denman, Mrs.
L. B. Murray and Mrs. Fred Sbel
ton. They were entertained at
luncheon by the club at the New
Regal Hotel immediately following
the judging.
Winners of blue ribbons were:
Mrs. William Lay, Mrs. Fred Bat
es, Miss Leila Hayes, Mrs. John
Smith, Mrs. Cecil Burgess, Mrs.
C. L. Alverson, Mrs. Ed Brumby,
Mrs- T. A. Case, Mrs. Wiilard Ax
ley, Mrs- F. C- Bourne Jr., Mrs.
0- K. Erhart, Mrs. Herman Mur
ray, Mrs. Bryan Whitfield, Mrs.
Hobart McKeever, Mrs. Jerry
Davidson, Mrs. Arlene Whitley,
Mrs. H. A. Mattox, Mrs- James
Gibbs, Mrs. Arnold Beerkens
Nantahala Area
Girl Scouts Set
Court Of Honor
The Court of Honor for the Nan
tahala Area of Girl Scout* will be
held at the Mountainside Theatre
at Cherokee, Sunday afternoon,
at 4:00 p. In the event
of rain the program will move to
the Cherokee School Auditorium.
All Girl Scouts, leaders, families,
friends, members of the Council
and anyone interested in Girl
Scouting are invited and urged to
attend this court.
World Pins will be presented to
the girls and service pins will be
gven to adults who have been act
ive in the scouting program for 5,
10, 15, 20, etc. years. ?
Also immediately after the Court
of Honor for the Nantaha Area the
local troop will have its Court of
Awards. Membership stars will be
awarded, along with Second Class
Rank and merit badges. Everyone
is urged to attend.
The Nantahala Areas embraces
the counties of Cherokee, Clay,
Graham. Jackson, Macon and
Swain.
Services Held For
Drowning Victim
Funeral services for Arthur
Phillips, 54, of Murphy Route 2,
who drowned accidently last week
in Martin's Creek, were held at 2
p. m. Friday in Liberty Baptist
Church.
The Revs. Clyde Davenport and
John West officiated and burial
was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Phillips was born in Lump
kin County Ga., a son of the late
Tom and Nancy Tate Phillips.
Surviving are the wife. Mrs
Minnie Ryder Phillips; four sons,
McArthur, James and Don of the
home, and Arthur Jr. of Atlanta,
Ga.; five daughters, Mrs- Eunice
Templeton of Fort Lauderdale^
Fla., Mrs- Ina Mae Ratcliffe of
Mineral Bluff. Ga., Mrs. Jessie
Mae Hagood of AUanta, Ga., Mrs_
Juanita Gibson of Murphy, and
Miss Wanda Phillips of the home;
a brother, Willie of MaysviUe,
Ga.; four sisters. Mrs- Mae
Davis, Mrs. Lucy Jackson and
Mrs- Dora Fortenburg of Blairs
ville Ga. and Mrs. Flora Watkins
of Maryville, Tenn- ; and 10 grand
children.
Townson Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
c of c Meeting
Postponed Here
A public meeting called by the
Chamber of Commerce for Friday
night at County Courthouse has
been postponed.
N- H. Barnes, executive secre
tary of the C of C, said the meet
ing will be held at a later date and
full details will be announced.
Time Extended By
ASC Committee
The Cherokee County ASC Tech
nical Committee has extended
through May 15 the time for ap
proving and issuing purchase or
ders on ACP practices for spring
sowing.
MAY 1958
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See Our Complete
Line of Ladies'
Shorts and Sports
wear by Blae Belle
LOVINGOOD'S
Roy V. Lovingood
NEXT TO P08T OFFICE
CURVE
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NXTA KIMBBOUOH, daogtiter of
Mr. and Mr.. Trte KJmbrough
Mrs. Freel . ? . .wins honor
Margaret Freel
Presented
Historian's Cup
ANDREWS? Mrs. Margaret Wal
ker Freel, historian of Andrews,
was honored Saturday by the West
ern North Carolina Historical As
sociation at Asheville Biltmore
College, Asheville.
The Historian's Cup, awarded an
nually, was presented Mrs. Freel
for her history of Cherokee County,
:"Our Heritage, The People of
Cherokee County, North Carolina,
1540-1955." It is given for an his
torical work or service judged out
standing.
Registration Books
To Be Open
Next 3 Saturdays
Registration books for the pri
mary election May 31 will be open
May 3, 10 and 17 at their various
precincts.
E. A. Wood Jr., chairman of the
County Board of Election, said
people already registered in the
correct precinct of the county will
not have to register again.
Challenge day will be May 24.
Fred Martin and R. A. Martin
are alsq members of the Board.
Open House Set
At Folk School
Open house will be observed at
The John C. Campbell Folk School
Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5.
Georg Bidstrup, director, said
open house is being observed to
allow new trustees and staff mem
bers to meet the people of this
area.
Mayes Behrman, formerly serv
ing with the Friends' Service com
mittee in the field of labor re
lations, has been made director of
the newly created extension divi
sion of the Folk School at Brass
town. A . .
Newly elected trustees include
former Senator Frank P. Graham,
now with the United Nations,
Fred McCuiston of Atlanta and
R. Lynn Gault of Brasstown. Both
Dr. Graham and Mr. McCuiston
will likely be prevented by other
activities from being present at
the open house.
9 Take Part In
Speaking Contest
Nine Murphy High School stu
dents will participate in a Decla
mation Contest Friday afternoon
at 1:30 at the high school.
Speakers will be: Buck Hill, Don
Amos, Winston Craig, Phil Mat
tox, Robert Schmitt, Frank Mc
Swain, Bobby Weaver, David Hil
ton and Tommy Moore.
The contest is sponsoed by the
Cherokee County Historical Society
and the Toastmasters Club.
This is the fourth consecutive
year the annual event has been
held. Hie first and second place
Winners will receive metals at
commencement exercise
Parents of the boys, friends and
interested persons are invited.
Demos To Give
Barbecue Sapper
The Democratic Party of Mur
phy will hold a barbecue supper
Monday night at 7 at Murphy
Grammar School Lunchroom.
Jimmy Howse, chairman of the
local Executive Committee, Tues
day Invited the public to attend
the free supper
Maytii , Cwuncilmen
To Be Named Tuesday
Demo Nominees
Unopposed In
Municipal Election
City Board of Commissioners to
serve a four-year term will be
named in a municipal election here
Tuesday.
Unopposed on the Democratic
ticket are Incumbents Mayor L.
L. Mason, Commissioners W. A.
Singleton, Cloe Moore, Alvin
Buchanan, John Jordan and Fran
cis Bourne Jr. Dr. W. R. Gossett
is the sixth commissioner nominee
on the ticket.
All were nominated at the Dem
ocratic Town Convention here
April 7- Dr. Gossett, an optome
trist, replaced Commissioner Ed
Brumby who did not seek re-nom
ination.
The Republican Party did not
file a slate of nominees for the city
posts.
The voting place at County
Courthouse will be open Tuesday
from 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Ap
proximately 1,200 persons are reg
istered to vote.
Mrs. Max Sneed will be registrar
and Jimmy Howse and Lloyd Ram
sey judges at the poll.
The offices of mayor and town
commissioner previously were two
year terms but this was changed
to four-year terms at the last ses
sion of the Legislature.
Mayor Mason, a Murphy attor
ney, has served three two-year
terms.
Commissioner Singleton is owner
of the Western Auto Associate
Store here- He has held the city
post for two terms.
Mr. Moore, a commissioner for
over three terms, is a partner in
the firm of E. C. Moore Dodge
Plymouth. He went in office over
six years ago to fill an unexpire
term and has been elected for
three terms.
Commissioner Alvin Buchanan,
an employe of Allison-Duncan Oil
Co., has served one term as a
commissioner.
Commissioner John Jordan is
principal of the Murphy Elemen
tary School. He has served two
terms.
Mr. Bourne during the 1954-56
administration was named a com
missioner to fill the unexpired
term of Harry Bishop when the
latter moved from the city. Mr.
Bourne was elected to office in
1956.
Mr. Brumby has served as a
commissioner for the past two
years.
Clarksville Band
To Give Coneert
The Clarksville, Ga., High School
Band is to give a concert Monday
night at the high school gymna
sium.
A small admission will be charg
ed to pay expenses.
The band is directed by Ed
Reynolds who formerly directed
music at Murphy High School.
Concerts will be given also for
elementary children and for high
school students
FRYING fflZK: This SH-pond
large moath bus ?u caaght
by Hayward Crawford af MS
Peacbtree Street. Mr. Crawford
caaght the flak April 2S la Chata
(M Lake on a splanfeg tackle.
His flshlag partner at the time
was Mm Lay.
CHRISTIAN FAMILY WEEK TO BE
OBSERVED IN MURPHY CHURCHE
Churches of Murphy will ob
serve Christian Family Week
which starts Sunday and extends
through Mother's Day, Sunday,
May 11.
Special messages from the min
isters and music relating to the
theme and fellowship gatherings
will mark the observance
An exhibit with books relating to
the week is also being arranged
by Miss Josephine Heighway at the
Murphy Public Library.. The gen
eral theme is: "Your Home ? a
Household for God."
As something of a prelude to the
celebration the First Baptist
Church is having Baby Hunt Week
during this week. The purpose is
to register babies not already en
rolled in the Sunday Sshool.
The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pastor
Scholarship
Student Speaks
To Rotarians
Rotary clubs of Murphy and An
drews heard one of their club stu
dents studying on a scholarship in
America speak at their meetings
last week.
The student is Evelio Gomez of
the Republic of Columbia. He is
studying at Lenoir-Rhyne College.
Young Gomez told of his native
country and its resources- Some
; products used in the United States
i for foods, such as asparagus,
j celery, and spinach, Columbia
' serves as medicines, he said
The student, who comes from
Bogota, the capital city of Colum
bia, is to return home in June af
ter a year's study under the Gor
don Memorial scholarship. He is
preparing to be a teacher of the
deaf.
Brown Transport
Takes Over
Express Firm
The Brown Transport Co. of
Waynesville, Ga., has purchased
operating rights of the Knoxville
Atlanta Express, Wilson Palmer,
local terminal manager, announced
this week.
No change in personnel will be
made. The new operation now of
fers more direct service to larger
points.
All terminals of the firm have
teletype service
World Series Movie
To Be Shown Friday
Pictures of the 1957 World Ser
ies will be shown by the Chamber
of Commerce Friday night at 7:30
at the Methodist Church.
All interested in baseball are
invited- All team sponsors of Lit
tle League teams are asked to at
tend.
is to bring a special message to
elderly people In the congrega
tion Sunday with emphasis upon
attendance ol shut-ins who can
come to the worship. Mother's
Day Mr. Morris will have a special
message for mothers.
Quarterly Communion is being
observed at the First Methodist
Church Sunday. The Rev. R- T
Houts Jr., minister, will preach on
the Christian family theme May
11.
-At the Regular family congrega
tion supper next Wednesday night,
recognition will be given new fam
ilies and individuals who have
come into the church during the
year and announcement made of
the new Family of the year.
At Murphy Presbyterian Church,
Rev. Robert A. Potter, minister, is
to preach Sunday on the theme:
"The Whole Family;" and at
morning worship, Mother's Day,
"The Master's Gift to Mothers."
A Christian family supper gath
ering will be held at 6:30 Wednes
day night, May 7. As the time co
incides with the usual Men of the
Church meeting, the men will have
charge of supper preparations and
the program, with Kiffin Craven,
secretary of Christian Family life,
in a leading role. Pioneer Youth
Fellowship is using the Christian
family theme for its meeting this
Thursday night and Thursday of
next week
District WSCS
Meeting Held
At Cherokee
The annual district meeting of
the WSCS met Thursday, April M,
at the Cherokee Methodist Church
Those attending from Murphy
were: Rev. and Mrs. R- T. Houts
Jr., Mrs. H. G. Elldns, Mrs. Roy
Fuller, Mrs. R. C Mattox, Mrs
Harold Wells, Mrs. Hubert Mar
shall, Mrs- Merle Davis, and Miss
Adella Meroney.
The following were elected to of
fices: Mrs. Houts, secretary of
missionary education; Mrs. Fuller,
secretary of supply work and
Mrs. Davis, secretary of student
work.
Dogs Poisoned;
I Rewards Offered
Another dog, that of Peytoa
Ivie, died from poiskm recently ini
the current dog-poisoning scare.
A dog owned by James H- Gibbs:
was poisoned i but treatment saved
saved it from death, Dr. A. J. He-'
rick, veternanan said Monday.
Two persons, Mrs. E. G. Hayden
of Andrews and J. C. Nicholls Jr
af Murphy, have each offered $10
rewards for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of the
dog poisoners.
DELEGATES TO BE ELECTED AT I
DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT MEETINGS |
Executive committees and dele
gates to the Cherokee County
Democratic Convention here May
10 will be named Saturday in pre
cinct meetings throughout the
county.
Time and place of meetings in
the 34 precincts follows: Andrews
South, 7:30 p. m.; Andrews City
Hall; Andrews North, 7:30 p. m.
American Legion Hut;
Topton, 7 p. m. home at lira. Hub
Rickard; Tomotla, 2 p. m , TV
motla School; Marble 7 p- m.,
Marble School; Murphy Sooth. 1M
p. m. County Courtbowe.
Also: Mnrphy North. 7 p. a.,
grammar adwol; Hanging Dog, S
p. m., at the tdml; - Boding
Springs, 7 p. m., Pat O'Dell's
Store; Upper BeavercUm, 7 p.
m., Mt. Nebo Church; Unaka, *
p. in., Unaka school; Imag Ridge,
7 p. m. at the school; VeaU,, T
m., Hlwaaaca Dam School;
m.; Liberty voting
Store;
p. m., at the
m., M cOill's