The Chf^okee Scout
Dedicated Tm a'herottee County
VOLUME n NUMBER ? 1 THURSDAY, JJULV U, IMS ? THE CHEROKEE SCOUT TEN PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WMEKX.T
NLRB Official Says Insulfkiait
Evidence In Talc Mines Dispute
Mr. O'Dell . . senate candidate
Republicans Name
Virgfl O'Dell
Senate Candidate
The Republican Executive Com
mittee has nominated Virgil O'
Dell of Murphy as a candidate
for state senator in the 33rd Dis
trict
Mr. O'Dell, local restaurant op
erator, served as a member of
The House of Representatives
from Cherokee County in 1955-56.
He opposes Rep. Percy B. Fere
bee of Andrews, the Democratic
nomiaee for senator in the Nov.
4 election.
The five-county district in
cludes Cherokee, Clay, Graham,
Swain and Macon counties.
Mr- O'Dell also operates Smoky
Mountain Trailway Bus Terminal
here.
He is a member of the Murphy
Rotary Club and the Murphy First
Baptist Church. Mr. O'Dell mar
ried the former Miss Norva Barnes
and they have three children,
Bobby O'Dell, 20, serving with an
Engineer Division of the U. S.
Army, Verdum, France; Maxine,
12, and Betty, 8, of the home.
Bible School Opens
At Hewitt's Church
ANDREWS? A mission Bible
School opened this week at He
witt's Baptist Church
Members of First Baptist
Church in Andrews are assisting
with this school.
Those serving as teachers and
workers are Mrs. T. C. Christ
mas Mrs. James Cathey, Miss
Trilby Glenn, Miss Ann Pullium
and Miss Sarah Long.
NINTH COUPLE: What happens
to the ninth couple in a square
dance set? Billie Stalcup and
..D??S Parker win promenade
..on their own when the other
eight couples of the North Caro
lina Sweethearts are going
through t h e tr roller skating
dance routine Friday night at
Murphy Boiler Rink.
The acting regional director of
the National Labor Relation*
Board haa refuaed to iaaue a com
plaint in the strike at talc mines
here.
The ruling was made by James
R-. Webater of Winston-Salem.
In a letter to William J. Sparks
of Oopperhill, Twin., a representa
tive of International Chemical
Workers Union, AFL, Mr. Webs
ter said the case has been care
fully investigated and considered
The Union had charged the plants
didn't bargain in gpod faith.
"As a result of. the investiga
tion, it appears that because of
insufficient evidence of violation,
further proceedings are not war
ranted at this time . . " the
letter stated- A copy of the reg
ional director's decision was re
ceived by Hitchcock Corp. and
the Minerals and Metals Corp.
Members of the Chemical Work
era Union struck the talc mines on
March 31,. At that time, Mr.
Sparks asserted that one of the
major issues in the strike was re
duction in hours at the local
plants. This was disputed by
plant officials.
The almost four months old
strike terminated earlier this
month when picket lines were
withdrawn at the plants. Prior to
the decision of the regional direc
tor, Mr. Sparks notified Francis
Bourne Jr., secretary -treasurer
of the plants, that Local 585 de
sired the strike be unconditional
ly terminated
He said that position was taken
"since the cause of the strike .will
ultimately be resolved by the Na
tional Labor Relations Board and
the Department of Labor for the
State of North Carolina."
Several days later Mr. Web
ster ruled he found no evidence
of violation. Mr. Webster also
pointed out that a review of the
action may be obtained by filing
a request with the General Coun
sel of the NLRB in Washington
and the acting director's office.
A 10-day deadline for filing was
set
Mr. Bourne said his plants will
continue to operate with crews
presently working and announced
that no openings are available at
the present.
Methodist Church
Holds Bible School
At Peachtree
The Peachtree Methodist Church
begins its Summer Bible School
Monday with classes from 9 to
11:45 a. m.
The children will study the
theme, "Exploring God's Wond
ers".
Children of ail ages are invit
ed to attend the school.
The teachers are Nursery,
Mrs. Eunice Ledford; Beginners,
Phylis Gillenwater; Primary,
Jane Wilson; Juniors, Martha
Radford and Intermediates, John
English.
The school is under the direct
ion of Mrs. Hal Finney.
Sgt. Doyle (lay
Army Sergeant First Class
Doyle L- Clay, 34, son of Mrs.
Etta M- Clay, Route 3, recently
participated in a field training
exercise with Sie 8th Infantry Di
vision in Germany.
Clay, a supply sergeant in Bat
tery A of the division's 2d Artil
lery in Baumholder, entered the
Army in 1943 and arrived for duty
in Europe in September 1956
His wife, Mae, is with him in Ger
many.
Center Parking
Stops Here
Monday Morning
City Commissioners in special
session here Tuesday agreed to
begin enforcement Monday morn
ing at 8 of no center parking on
Murphy streets.
Commissioners two weeks ago
voted to eliminate center parking
here because of the hazard caused
by the practice.
A special meeting was called
Tuesday for the purpose of going
over final details for the Aiimin,.
tton of center parking. Most dis
cussion centered around the load
ing and unloading of trucks.
Where possible, trucks will load
and unload mechandise at local
stores at the firms' rear doors.
In the event no back entrance is
available, long wheel-base trucks
may load and unload by parking
at their own risk parallel to the
sidewalk to the rear of cars
parked at meters.
All other vehicles. Including pick
up trucks and short wheel-base
trucks, must use metered parking
spaces for loading and unloading .
Little Leaguers
Lose To Franklin
In Playoff Game
ANDREWS? The Little League
baseball team of All Stars was
knocked out of the District 1 play,
offs in the second game.
The team was automatically out
of the single-elimination play-off
after their loss to Franklin 7 to 1
last Wednesday at Franklin.
Andrews lone score came on a
home run blast by Butch Sursav
age.
Andrews used pitchers David
Higdon, who started, and Jimmy
Watkins.
Coaches John Ellis and Junior
Shemll said the loss was due to
the boys' inability to get a hit off
the Franklin pitcher.
Andrews only tallied three hits in
all six innings.
Franklin went on to defeat Can
ton in the playoff Thursday and
then lost to Forest City in the fin
als Saturday at Forest City.
The Little Leaguers resumed
their regular season games be
tween the four teams this week.
Monday John Ellis' Rebels bomb
ed Loyal Trull's Wolfpack 18 to 10.
Tuesday the league leading
Hawks, coached by Junior Sherrill,
continued their win streak at the
expense of Boyd Roger's Spark
Plugs, 6 to 2.
Cattle Expert To
Demonstrate
Grading Methods
A cattle grading expert will
give demonstrations in Cherokee
County Wednesday.
Sam Buchanan, extension ani
mal husbandry specialist from N.
C. State College, will show how
to grade fat cattle for slaughter.
Mr. Buchanan will be at the
farms of Will Johnson, Rt. 1 and
Noah Hembree, Route 1.
The demonstrations begin at 9
a- m.
Every cattle raiser in the area
who is interested in learning a
bout grading is asked to attend
these demonstrations.
Dr. Hopkins . . direct* crueede
Sheriffs Office
Seeking Owner
Of "Time Bomb"
A nervous McCayesvUle, Ga
man approached Deputy Sheriff
Charles White in Court here last
week
"Come with me, Sheriff" he
said in a trembling voice, "I've
found a time bomb".
Officer White got the man in
his patrol car ant} followed his
directions out Highway 64 to the
place where he left the "bomb".
On the way out the man told of
ficer White about finding it.
"I was driving past the picnic
area at Caney Creek and noticed
this leather bag in the ditch. I
stopped to pick it up and drove
on out the road before stopping
to open it.
"I thought it was a diaper bag.
I unzipped it half way and saw all
the wires and mechanical work
irigs. I knew it was a bomb so 1
came after you."
When they reached the
place where the scared, man had |
pitched the bag out Officer White
carefully opened it and read the
words on the apparatus.
POLAROID LAND CAMERA.
P. S. The Sheriff's office is
holdng the camera until they
find its owner. Mr- White says the
owner can get it by giving posi
tive identification of the bag and
its contents, including pi,ctues
BOAT CLUB MEETS
The Murphy Boat Club will meet
Thursday night at the library room
of the city hall at 8 p. m.
TO PREACH SUNDAY: The ?
Kev. Raymond Orlett leads the I
Catholic Outdoor Speakers Team r
at Andrews Ball Park Sunday.
Rev. Orlett recently returned
from the Holy Laad where he i
finished his post graduate work \
in Scripture studies. I
Simultaneous Revivals Set '
For Churches In Cherokee
Twenty-five Baptist churches in
iVestern North Carolina begin
limultaneous revival service*
Sunday.
The WNC Baptist Association
'nd the West Liberty Association,
which includes churches in Clay
md Cherokee counties, are spon
ioring the services.
This crusade is under the direc
tion of Dr. Julian Hopkins, secre
cy of evangelism for North Car
)lina Baptists.
Southern Baptists' program of '
ivangelism seeks to enlist, win
ind establish new churches and
nission stations thoughout the
iome mission field as well as in
'orelgn countries
Baptists have departments of
ivangelism in every state conven
ion which promote the program
?hrough the different associations
n the states
Most of the churches' services
Jegin this Sunday and last ap
>roximately two weeks.
Dr. Hopkins will preach at the
seacthree Memorial Baptist
Church.
Other churches in this area in ,
he program are Topton, And
?ews, Valley River, Maltby, ,
Pleasant Valley, Murphy First,
Murphy Second, Harmony, Mount
*ion, Little Brasstown, Notla J
Truett Memorial, Mount Pleasant, ,
Shady Grove, Ranger, Friend- (
ship, Liberty, Oak Grove, Ogret- <
a and Valleytown. i
Fellowship breakfasts for
esident pastors, revival preach
es and their helpers and singers
will be held at different church- ?
-S four days next week.
The breakfasts are at 8 a. m
at Andrews first Tuesday, Mur
phy First Wednesday, Peachtree
Memorial Thursday, and Truett
Memorial Friday.
Rev. Fred O. Panton, pastor of
5ak Street Baptist Church, Eiiz
ibethton, Tenn., will conduct the
tervices at Andrews First Ban.
ist.
Services at Friendship Baptist
:hurch will be led by the Rev.
lames Kisselburg, pastor of the
Did Fort church.
Rev. Billy Fox, newly called
aastor, will do the preaching at
Truett Memorial Baptist Church.
Mount Pleasant will have the
Rev. R. C. Shearin of the Ben
yenue Baptist Church in Rocky
Mount.
Former pastor T. Earl Ogg will
ieliver the revival sermons at
Murphy First Baptist and Fu
ley G. Baker of Bobbins ville will
>e in charge of singing.
Li L Auxiliary
lolds Bake Sale
ANDREWS? The Little League i
Auxiliary will sponsor a bake sale I
Trtday and Saturday in the Nichols <
Juilding, formerly occupied by i
Tordans Market. i
The sale runs from 1 to 4 p. m. '
Friday and from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. <
Saturday. Anyone interested in the <
Jttle League is requested to do- t
tate cakes etc. to this sale. <
E. C. Winchester and son, Tom- i
ny, of Hartweli, Ga. spent the '
reek-end at their home in Mur- <
)hy.
KATDTG 8QUAMC DANCERS: lbe Worfll OaroHna Sww,tto?arta, a local aqaare 1mm kn, wW pwfom wMh ?ai nttial rater Mm at aa exhlbMaa Friday
atgM ti)tl Murpfcy Bater Sink. Left to r%M mi i
Larry Kite, PameOa C? ? to, fMk Dickey, Pat Gnffey, la
Committee Meets In Bryson City
To Name Congressional Nominee
The 20-member Democratic
Congressional Executive Com
mittee of the 12th district will meet
in Bryson City Thursday at 2 p. m.
to pick the party's nominee for
Congress.
The meeting, necessitated by
Rep. George A. Shuford's withdraw
al. as the party's nominee for
Congress in the Nov. 4 general
election, will be held in the court
room of the Swain County Court
house, Chairman Francis J. Heaz
ei announced Sunday.
Shuford, now serving his third
term in Congress, announced his
withdrawal from the race Sunday
because of poor health. He had won
renomination over four other can
didates in the May 31 Democratic
primary.
Mentioned as contenders for the
nomination are:, Heinz Rollman
Waynesville industrialist who ran
second to Shuford in the primary;
City Manager J. Weldon Weir of
Asheville, reported to have a strong
support in the committee; Frank
M. Parker, Asheville attorney who
forced Shuford into a run-off elec
tion in 1952; Monroe M. Redden Jr.
sf Hendersonville, son of a former
Congressman; State Rep. I. C.
Crawford of Asheville; State Sena
tor James G. Stikeleather of Ashe- '
grille and former state senator John
P. Shuford of Asheville, Dave M.
Hall of Jackson and W. M. Med
ford of Sylva.
C. Bruce Hunter of Asheville, a
former state legislator, has also
been mentioned.
The committee, named at the
State Democratic convention in
| Raleigh last May 19, consists of
' two members from each of the ten
counties comprising the 12th Con
gressional District. Each member
has an equal vote.
Heazel said the meeting was
called for Thursday to allow time
for the nomination to reach the
State Board of Elections in Ra
leigh not later than Monday, Aug.
4. The state board has to have the
ballots printed and in the hands of
the various county election boards
by Sept. 1.
Members of the committee, which
will have the task of picking the
Democratic nominee tor Congress,
are:
Clay : Thomas C. Gray and Mrs.
William E. Carter of Hayesville.
Buncombe: Heazel and Charles
W. Dermid of Asheville.
Cherokee : Richard A. Mauney
and H. A. Mattox of Murphy.
Graham: Ray Carver of Topoca
and Modell Walsh of RobMnsville.
Haywood : Ernest Messer of Can
ton and Richard Queen of Waynes
ville.
Henderson: Charles Freeman and
Monroe M. Redden Jr. of Hender
son ville.
Jackson: Hariey Buchanan and
Charles Fisher of Sylva.
Macon: W. C. Burrell of Frank
lin, and Jess Shope of Franklin
Route 1.
Swain: McKinley Edwards and
Charles R. Crawford of Bryson
City.
Transylvania: Thomas EUer Jr.
and Mrs. Fred McCall of Brevard.
EUer is secretary of the commit
tee.
VISITING PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER
SEES NEED FOR CHRISTIAN TEACHERS
Remember when the preacher
was often the school teacher as
well?
This was often the case in the
Pioneer Days of America.
And this is stm the case with a
pastor in the world's largest city.
New York, the minister who will fill
the pulpit at Murphy Presbyterian
Church for the next four Sundays,
The Rev. Pancras C. Curt of Brook
lyn.
Mr. Curt, who is minister at the
Bushwick Presbyterian Church of
Peace, Brooklyn, is also among the
40.000 who teach in the New York
Public schools.
"Aware of the difficulties that
young people are facing today," he
writes, '"I decided to enter the field
rf teaching . . In the seven years
that I have been teaching I have
come to the conclusion that there
should be more teachers who are
ministers or consecrated church
workers. Of the 40,000 school teach
srs in New York City only 10 per
:ent are Christian. Only 3 per cent
are Protestant. The great majority
jo not attend church of any kind."
Mr. Curt will preach Sunday
morning at the regular worship ser
vice, and on three succeeding Sun
jays through August 24.
He and his wife and their two
sons, Charles Winston, who grad
uated from high school this year,
and Thomas Scott, 9, are occupy
ing the Presbyterian manse.
Robert A. Potter, the Murphy
minister, and his family, are at
Brooklyn, with Mr. Potter preach
ing in Mr. Curt's church there.
The visiting minister is a native
of Pennsylvania, a graduate of
the College of the City of New York,
and of Princenton Seminary. In
college he played both football and
baseball.
Former pastorates were in Penn
sylvania, Maryland, New York
state, and New Jersey. Ha also
served as a Navy chaplain during
World War n. Mr. Curt has done
graduate work in education at
teveral institutions, including fit.
John's University.
His present church, where be tea
been tor tan years, ft i aa
live building in the mart of
rURIV IN SOCIETY
IT SCOUT OFFICE
Mrs. Opie McKeever, society
correspondent for The Chero
kee Scoot, win be away on vaca
tion next week.
Society item* for pnblicstiea in
next week's edition should he
submitted to Hie Scout.
Miss Svord Honors
3iarlotte Guest
U Bridge Party
Mrs. Ben Davis of Charlotte
'as honor guest at a bridge party
liven by Miss Emily Sword at
ier home on Monday night, July
i
Miss Clara McCombs waa Win
er of the high score prise and
(n- Jerry Dsvidson waa low
corer. A guest prise waa given
{rs. Davis.
Other guests at
Irs. Walter Manney,
ingle ton. Mrs- Joe
JaOariea Miss
[rs. Duke Whttl
fcompsoo, Mrs.
ad Miss Adiie :
Mrs. Davis was