The Cherokee Scout
Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County
VOLUME 67 NUMBER? 47 MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1?, 1858 ^"rphy , ~ ""HIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEBKLy
Murphy Gets Bloodmobile Service!
Murphy will again receive
blood mobile services.
Through the successful comple
tion of Red Cross drive in which
more than $2,000 was subscribed,
the return of the bank is assured,
Robert W. Weaver, chairman of
the Cherokee County Red Cross
chapter, said.
The goal for the campaign this
spring was $2,500- The bloodmo
bile, with the resultant advant
ages to citizens of the area need
ing blood, will again make regular
visits to Murphy.
The next visit will likely be in
early autumn, Mr. Weaver indi
cated
Other Red Cross activities can
also be more effectively carried
on. The budget for the organiza
tion has been revised and calls
for the expenditure of $2,069. In
cash and pledges $2,060 was
raised in the current campaign.
Mr. Weaver expressed appre
ciation for all who had helped
in the effort The Murphy dnvk
was headed by Joe Ray.
Andrews has been raiug it;
quota and retaining unhrokenl r
the blood bank and other Re ]
Cross services.
AT GRAND OPENING ? Murphy Electric Power Board and TV A
officials were on hand lor the grand opening ot the new Power
Board building here last week.
VISIT NEW POWER BOARD OFFICES ? Earl Wall (left), chief
district manager of TV A, and Wilson Houne, eastern district TV A
manager, were here to tour the new Power Board building. Hostes.
?es shown are, left to right: Ginger Deweese, Ruth Bates, Bennie
Ja Palmer and Judy Davis.
REFRESHMENTS FOR VI8TORS ? This photo shows the refresh
ment table set up for the grand opening of the new Power Board
bonding. Left to right are: Becky Hoover, Virginia Wells, Elizabeth
Gray, Mrs. Noah Lovingood, all hostesses; Mrs. Beryl Fulton,
Power Board secretary, and Graham Wells, TVA head of the
wholesale market branch.
1,500 Turn Out For Opening Of
New Murphy Electric Power Building
more uia-n i,ouu people auenaea
the Open House given by the Mur
phy Power Board and its em
ployees at the opening of the new
Power Board building Friday.
The building was filled with
large baskets of flowers sent by
firms and individuals for the op
ening. Refreshments were served
in the assembly and demonstra
tion room which will be open in
the future for club meetings and
other public functions.
Assisting in serving were Misses
Katherine Kellhass and Martha
Ross, lighting specialists for the
eastern division of TVA, Knox
ville; Mrs. Francis Bourne Jr.,
Mrs. W. A. Singleton, Mrs. Ed
Brumby, Mrs. John Jordan, Mrs.
Neil Sneed, Mrs. Hobart McKeev
er, Mrs. John Bayless, Mrs. W.
A. Gossett, Mrs. Noah Lovingood,
Mrs. J. H. Duncan, Miss Eliza
beth Gray, Miss Thelma Wheeler
and Miss Mary Hensley.
Others who assisted in enter
taining were Nita Kimbrough,
Jane Van Horn, June King, Ben
nie Joe Palmer, Charlene David
son, Ramona Haggard, Becky
Hoover, Virginia Wells, Ruth
Bates, Ginger Deweese, Carolyn
Ann Hemphill and Judy Davis.
A luncheon was held at Regal
Hotel in connection with the Pow.
cr Board Building opening.
Frank Forsyth, Chairman of the
power board, presided over the
luncheon. Mr. Forsyth recognised
members of the power board,
TVA representatives here for the
opening, the mayor and members
of the town council
Members of the board present
were John H. (Buster) Bayless,
manager, Board members J. H.
Duncan, Noah W. Lovingood, and
Herman Edwards, and Hobart L.
McKeever, board attorneys.
TVA officials recognised includ
ed Earl Wall chief district man
ager, Graham Wells, wholesale
mark* branch, WUscm House
?asters ctistrtot miHfv, Duke
??*?* smttMt, Charts Ed
waras, aisirici engineer, j. u.
Mankin, head of research and
demonstration, Chuck Traylor
domestic representative, and John
Hall.
Mayor L. L. Mason was present
along with council members F- C
Bourne Jr., W. A. Singleton, John
Jordan, Dr. W. R. Gossett, form
er councilman Ed Brumby, Presi
dent of the chamber of commerce
W. D. Townson and City Clerk
Charles E. Johnson.
A drawing was held for door
prizes donated by the following
firms: Walter Coleman's Appli
ance Store, Crawford Tire Co.,
Ivie's Furniture Co-, Western
Auto, Gibbs' Hardware, Hughes'
Supply Co., Murphy Electrical
Shop, Westinghouse Electric Co
and Smoky Mountain Gas Co.
Mrs. W. C. Martin of Lake City,
Tenn., is visiting her daughter,
Frankie Martin.
Talent Entrants
Register At Pool
Anyone wishing to enter the
talent contest July 4th in Murphy
can register with John Jordan at
the Murphy Swimming pool
Mr. Jordan urges all persons
who have any kind of talent for
entertainment to enter this con
test. The contest will be held at
the fairgrounds at 5 p.m.
Women's Club To
Sponsor Beauty,
Costume Contests
The Murphy Women's Club will
sponsor and. handle details for a
beauty and costume contest por
tion of the Tellico to Murphy
Wagon Train celebration.
The Club is requesting help
from all of Cherokee County as
well as other adjoining counties
in North Carolina, Tennessee and
Georgia.
There will be two beauty con
tests, one for women who enter
in pioneer costumes with the
winner named Mrs. Wagon Train
and a bathing beauty contest for
teenagers and unmarried girls.
The winner will be named Miss
Wagon Train and lead off a street
dance in the heart of town. Prizes
will be given winners and run
ner-up.
All merchants are urged to en
ter and to sponsor a contestant
for the bathing beauty contest.
An entrance fee of $2 will be
charged and used to buy the
name banners for the contest
ants. Each sponsor will re
ceive full credit and recognition
at the time of the contest as well
as in other newspaper notices
Any married women wishing
to enter the Mrs- Wagon Train
contest needs no sponsor or en
trance fee but must have suit
able costume and be present for
judging at pool at 8 p. m.
All persons desiring to sponsor
a beauty contestant are asked to
contact Mrs. Kenneth Godfrey, P.
O. Box 412, Murphy, N. C., or
phone VE 7-2795.
Committee members for the
contests are: Mrs. Ben Warner
Jr., Mrs. L. D. Schuyler, Mrs
Charles Hyatt, Mrs. P. J. Henn,
Mrs. Frank Alexander, Mrs. L.
L. Mason, Mrs. Howard Moody
and Miss Jo Jo Moody.
Big Catfish
Hooks Himself
On Smaller One
Fred (Birdeye) Burgess of Peach
tree caught a 30 ','2 pound catfish
below lovers leap on Hiawassee
Lake Friday the 13th.
Mr. Burgess was using a trotline
and the big cat had swallowed a
smaller blue cat on the line
LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERS
ALARM FROM YOUNG HARRIS GA.
I Murphy Fire Department ans
wered a call for help from the
town of Young Harris Tuesday
morning about 2:30 a. m. to con
trol a fire which destroyed one
building and threatened others.
Asistant Fire Chief Edwin Cook
reported that the Murphy truck
arrived in Young Harris about
20 minutes after the fire alarm
sounded. The cause of the blaze
was unknown.
The two-story building is on the
right at the intersection of the
Young Harris-Murphy Road. It
housed Hill's Cafe downstairs and
. the Masonic Hall upstairs- The
building was caved is and lost to
1 the fire wkea the kraal track ar
( rived, bat M aae was injured
A fire track from Hiawusee,
Ga., was also there in case the
fire spread. Mr. Cook said if
there had been a wind the fire
would have undoubtedly spread
to the Matheson and Swanson
store across the street and an
other house near by.
Mr. Cook reported that Young
Harris did not have fire hydrants
and water hoses from the col
lege were used In fighting the
blaze.
No damage estimate was avail
able on the building which wai
about 75 by 40 feet other than it
was a total loss.
Seven members of the fire de
partment here took the truck to
Young Harris and other dtizeoa
went there in private ears- the
mm and truok got baek aboat
4 a. a.
Ml*? Slagle .... winner
Terry Slagle
Named Dress
Revue Winner
Miss Terry Slagle, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs- John R. Slagle of
Andrews is Cherokee County's
1958 dress revue winner.
Miss Slagle will represent
Cherokee County on July 9 at the
Western District Dress RevHe
held at the George Vanderbilt
Hotel in Asheville- At this time
the 4-H girls will have an oppor
tunitj to model in front of the
Asheville Lion's Club.
Other senior 4-H members to
enter the dress revue were Jane
Carver, Martha Chastain and La
vonne Thompson.
Deborah Anderson, daughter of
Mr- and Mrs. T. E. Anderson of
Route 4 was declared junior win
ner in the dress revue and Hilda
Decker was named runner-up.
June Adams, Sandra Taylor,
Linda Smith, Donna Fuller, Kenny
Jane Davis and Helen Gentry
were other junior 4-H girls to
enter the dress revue.
The judges for the revue were
j Miss Dean Morgan assistant home
agent Clay County and Mrs. Ben
Warner Sr. of Murphy.
Fayola Cloth Shop of Murphy
and Mrs. Carl West's Cloth Shop
of Andrews donated dress mater
ial for the senior and junior dress
revue winners.
Raymond Joseph, manager of
Jabaley's store, recently attended
an exhibit of new fall fashions in
Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Joseph accomp
anied her husband on the trip.
~~rmry -
Youth Electrocuted
At Scene Of Wreck
Preston Henn
In Plane Crash
At Franklin
Preston B. Henn, son of P. J.
Henn of Murphy, escaped injury
when a plane in which he was a
passenger crashed at the Frank- '
lin Airport June 5.
Franklin Police Chief Sid Carter
was piloting the single engine j
plane which crashed on take-off ,
into a pasture adjoining the air
port. i
Mr. Henn and Chief Carter were ,
the only occupants of the plane
and their escape without injury ,
was termed miraculous as the |
plane was totaUy demolished. ]
Mr. Henn, a student pilot, said ,
the plane crashed as a result of ;
a downdraft at the end of the run
way which caused it to strike )
some heavy bushes and then cart- .
wheel breaking the wings off the .
all-metal craft.
The salvage value of the $4,000
craft was set at about $1,500. Mr. (
Henn, who has his own plane, was |
back flying the next day.
Mr. Henn owns and operates the
Drive-In and Macon theaters in
Franklin. Before moving to Frank
lin he operated the theaters in
Murphy and Andrews in connec
tion with his father, P. J. Henn.
He is married to the former
Miss Betty Lou Dockery, whose
mother still resides in Murphy.
The couple has one daughter,
Bonnie.
AtheleneStanberry
Wins Television At
Gibbs' Hardware
j Athelene Stanberry of Murphy
! won a 21-inch Philco television
| set given away by Gibbs' Hard
1 ware.
The TV was given by Gibbs' in
celebration of the store's grand
opening. The winner was picked
| by drawing a name from a box.
Great Year For Murphy Lions Club,
Winners Of Seven District Trophies
Ending the most succesful year
in the history of the local Lion's
Club, Murphy delegates to the
State Lion's Convention, Pinehurst
returned with seven trophies last
Wednesday.
As a member of District 31-A,
one of 10 districts in the state, the
Murphy Lion's Club won trophies
over 36 other clubs for best con
vention attendance, best bulletin,
best club activities and district
contest. Cups were also presented
for 100 per cent secretary to
Merle Davis and for best zone
chairmen to Robert W. Easley Jr.
and Dr. W. A. Hoover. Only one
other club trophy from this dis
trict was given. There are no
state- wide awards.
Fourteen hundred Lions attend
ed the Convention held at Pine
hurst June 8-10. Judge William A
Hart of Weaverville is District
Governor.
Delegates to the convention
were Hobart McKeever, president
of the club, R. W. Easley Jr., Ed
Brumby, Roaald Ressell, Dale
Lee, Herman H. West, Bob White
and Harry Dickey. Inclement fly
ing weather on Sunday turned
back two planes headed tor the
convention and prevented the at
tendant of Prank Mauaey, Jack
Dickey and Wayne Holland.
Officers of the club for the past
year are Ilolwrt McKeever, presi
dent; Jack Dickey, first vice
president; Ed Hyde, second vice
president; L. A. Frasch, third
vice-president; Merle Davis, sec
retary; Charlie Hughes, treasur-.
er; Dave Moody, tailtwister, and J
John Savage, Lion tamer. Mr. j
Easley and Dr. Hoover were
chairmen of Zone One of District
31-A.
New officers to be installed July
1 are Roscoe Wilkins, president;
Arnold Beerkins first vice-presi
dent; John Davidson, second vice
president; Joe Ray, third vice
president; Charlie Hughes, secre
tary; Roy Fuller, treasurer; Paul
Nave, tailtwister, and Wayne Hol
land, lion tamer.
F. E. Shull of Canton is the new
ly-elected District 31-A Governor
of Lions Clubs in Western North
Carolina for the 1958-59 club year.
Shull, wh6 served as WNC Di
rector of the White Cane Drive
during the past year, succeeds
Judge William A. Hart of Weav
erville as Governor o t 36 clube
with some 1,800 members in
twelve western mountain eoua
tiea far the mew dab 7??r
?lag July 1.
A 16-year-old Andrews Route 1
youth who was a spectator at an
auto accident near Andrews Fri
day night was killed when he
brushed a fallen electric power
line.
Electrocuted was Lee Conley,
son of Mr- and Mrs. Joe Conley.
Police said the youth was killed
approximately 45 minutes after
a reportedly stolen 1956 Ford had
struck and knocked down a power
pole near the Conley home.
The car, owned by Kendal
Dockery, 30, of Andrews, was
found adandoned In the driveway
of the home of Floyd Queen. !
Dockery told investigating offi
cers his auto had been stolen
;arlier that night.
The auto had struck the rear
sf another car before it hit the
pole, police said. State Highway
Patolman Ed Hooper and And
rews night Policeman Milton
Mashburn investigated.
Coroner J. C- Townson termed
he Conley youth's death acciden
tal and said no inquest is schedul -
ed
It was reported the toy had
been out gathering night crawlers
in preparation for a fishi?_, trip
Saturday.
Patrolman Hooper said the
youth had three burns on kis hip
where he apparently brushed the
high voltage line. Investigating
officers had stationed two per
sons with lights near the line to
warn of its danger.
The boy was killed about 11:15
p. m- police said.
Young Conley attended And
rews grade school.
Surviving besides his parews,
are: a sister, Polly; five brok
ers, Clyde, Kenneth, David. Rob
ert and Steve Conley, all of (he
home.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday at 2 p. m- at the hone
by the Rev- Garland Hogaa. Bur
ial was in Valleytown Cemetery.
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
WALKIE-TALKIE TO BE USED TO
SPOT LOCATION OF WAGON TRAIN
By TODD REECE
Wagon Train Walkie-Talkles j
will keep the 4th of July crowd in
Murphy posted on the progress)
the Train.
Others plans are, "shapMg up
very nicely", according to com
mittee chairman George F. Size
One thing is lacking Dr. Size
said, "we need more financial
support from the citizens of Cher
okee County."
The Womans Club is doing
well on beauty contest plans, and
John Jordan and L. D. (Red)
Schuyler report progress on the
talent contest
Along with the walkie-talkie
reports which will be announced
over loud speakers to the crowd
at the fair-grounds, fireworks will
go off during the day announcing
the beginning of events and the
arrival of the train
Arden Davis, Lewis Mulkey,
Loren Davis and Dickey Davis
have been out on the trail the
train will follow repairing the old
wooden bridges and removing
hazards which might excite the
horses.
Revised plans call for all wag
ons to assemble at the Tellico
Plains Campground July 3, and
leave there July 4th at 4 a. n
and arrive in Murphy about 4 p.
m.
It is reported that the night
fireworks display will be the big
gest ever held in this area.
Sen. Estes Kefauver will parti
cipate in the celebration at Tel
lico Plans and may be in Murphy
the 4th.
Dr- Size said, "A project of this
magnitude cannot succeed with
out financial support. Hie com
mittee feels that this is Cherokee
County's greatest chance for im
provement.
"For the few hundreds of dol
lars in donations, we may get
several millions in tourist trade
in return. Business men will be
contacted by committee members
this week for donations."
Donations have been received
so far from the following busi
nesses and citizens: M&uney
Drugs, Dukes Lodge Brumby
Textile Mills, Hemmerich Corp.,
Dave Townson, Imperial Laun
dry, Ben Palmer, Loren Davis,
Dr. Size, Dr. Paul Hill, Dr. W. A.
Hoover, Dr. F. V. Taylor, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Warner and the
Cherokee Scout.
The Wagon Train Committee
will meet at the home of Dr.
Size on the Andrews Rd. at 7:30
p. m. June 20.
Correction
In a Wagon Train story last
week John Jordan and P. J. Ifenn
were erroneously listed as mem
bers of the Lions Club
Mr. Jordan and Mr. Fonn are
Civitans.
LIONS OOP SEVEN AWARDS ? Murphy Lisas won Mr
at the state convention last week at Pineburst. Officers