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Meet Hayesville Yellow Jackets Friday Night The Cherokee Scout Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County VOLUME <8 NUMBER? II MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER t, IMS TEN PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEKKL" Murphy Bulldogs Bands, Singing and Speeches To Help County Celebrate UN Day At Courthouse Chstofaju County's observance* ci Ik* 13th anniversary of the Utted Nations will high-lighted by a program witn talks, singing aad band music on the eve of United Nations Day at 7:30 p. m October 23, at the courthouse Other events will include a tree planting at Murphy High School, October 24, and displays at public and school libraries and Trudy's display window. Money will be collected at the courthouse gathering and through the Cub Scouts in lieu of trick -or - treat rounds Hallowe'en. ? At a meeting last week of civic leaden in Murphy a committee headed by Mrs. Anton Schmitt was named to work out details of the observance. Other committeemen include Mrs. Cloe Moore, and Murphy ministers: Joseph Dean, T. J. Houts and Robert A- Potter. The high school band, directed by Ed Reynolds, is to play at the courthouse celebration. Hymns will be sung and talks in regard to the UN made and prayers of fered. Members of the Andrews' Plus Completed ?. r lil Haudtable Talks Final plans have been complet ed for the seventh annual High School Editor's Roundtable to be held on Friday and Saturday at Western Carolina College. This event, co-sponsored by the Asheville Citizens-Times is design ed to offer professional aid to high school students and teachers en gaged in publishing newspapers and yearbooks. 4he purpose is accomplished through publisher's displays and consultations, demonstrations, roundtahle discussions and semi nars* In addition journalists, and and writers are featured as speakers. John Parris. columnist of West ern North Carolina will key-note this year's Roundtable. Other figures to appear on the program are: John Anderson, pres ident of the North Carolina Press Association; Luther Shaw, staff writer for the Asheville Citizen Times; Mrs. Bedky Bee ton, jour nalism instructor from Green ville, S. C. High school delegates are re sponsible for composing, editing and publishing a newspapers cov ering the week-end events- Cur rent roundtable ifflcers are presi dent, Wayne Bryant of Happy Val ley High School In Caldwell Coun ty; vice president, Margie Coggins of Cullowhee; editor, Joan Haney of Murphy; assistant editor, Mary Alice Davenport of Crossmore. CAP Sfnadron Meet Set For Monday Night The Andrews-Murphy squad ron of the Civil Air Patrol will meet at the Murphy City Hall Monday at 8 p. m Everyone interested in becom ing a member is invited to at tend. Officers were appointed at the last meeting of the squadron, but there are still vacancies Joe Fowler of Murphy was ap pointed executive officer; Elmo Mosteller, 2d Lt- communica tions officers: Mae Garland, ad ministrative officer; Ed Hughes, coordinator for Civil Defense; Lt. Howard Kilpatrick, commanding officer; and Eugene Wltherspoon, chaplin. Lions Club are to attend in a body Merle Davis has charge of the program for aid to children through UNICEF, which has reached 45,000,000 children and mothers. Civic clubs and other organiza tions who will contribute to the ex penses of the celebration are re quested to send contributions to Mrs- Schmitt at Post Office Box 249. Andrews Wildcats Take 6th Straight Win ANDREWS? The Andrews Wild cat* won a chance to represent the Smoky Mountain Conference In Class A State Play-offs by defeat ing the Cherokee Braves 27-0 last Friday night It was the sixth straight win for the Wildcats who are unde feated and who lead the SUC. Playing the entire game in a steady rain, the Wildcats scored their first TD on a 3 yard plunge by Hubert Meyers In the second quarter. Meyers added the extra point. Meyers added two more touch downs in the third period, one -on a 35 yard run and the other on a 8 yard drive Terry Postell swept around right end for the other score - Meyers added two extra points. Injured in practice, Terry Pos tell ran only two plays, one for a TD and another for a 19 yard gain- Freshman Carl Meyers turned in a credible performance at full-back position. Coach Maennle replaced his first string near the end of the third period, giving every man on his squad an opportunity to play during the final quarter. The second stringers were quarter backed by William (Bud dy) HoUand ind were able to keep the Braves scoreless. i Area KidsPlan To Hoop It Up With Hoops Area kids are planning to hoop at up Saturday at the Murphy Ele mentary School. A Hula Hoop contest is planned. The contest is sponsored by the Grape Creek Home Demonstra tion Club. The fad, which swept the coun try several weeks ago is just roll ing into full swing in Murphy. A large number of youths and pos sibly some adults are expected to turn out for the contest. The twriling will begin at 7:30 p. m. at the school auditorium. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. There will be prizes awarded. Tenth Birthday Celebrated With Biago Party Trip Bourne, son of Mr. and Mrs- Francis Bourne Jr.. celebrat ed his tenth birthday with a sup per and bingo party at his home on Friday evening. Guests at the party were: Mike Jordan, Bobby Hilton, Luke Bay less, Bo Dreher, Hubert Wells and Jan Davidson CONTEST WINNERS The above appliance dealers were wtanai* in the IMS Winter and Spring Promotion Campaign *ale of water heater* and poatpa landnetrd by the Blue Bidge Electric Association Inc. Walter Oilnnw (left) el Mnrphy was first with n heater* and l| pompe. Btl< Meek*, (right) of Malrwtlle was second with IX heaters and CRASHES INTO TREE ? Two Hurt In Wreck Eyes, Camel Saddles, Casket Handles; They All Come Into Dead Letter Office Noting the Christmas season is just around the corner, Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield recently urged the public to begin pfenning Christmas mailings now. He coupled this plea with a warn ing that the Post Office Depart ment is unable each year to deliver or return about half a million par cels including many lost at Christ mas time because of poor packag ing or addressing. He suggested several steps that can be taken by mailers to protect thmselves against loss: 1. Check and devise mailing lists. 2. Type or j^and-print gummed mailing labels. Fill them out now and save time later. 3. Use complete addresses. Don't abbreviate. Include delivery zone number. 4. Make a list of your mailing needs and start buying good quality mailing materials now ? strong cord, heavy wrapping paper and so forth. 5. Get at least some Christmas parcels in the mails soon with no tation that they are not to be opened until Christmas. This will minimize mailing problems during the Christmas rush. Mr. Summerfield also discussed what happens when parcels be come lost, and some interesting stories that have grown up over the years concerning dead parcel post auction sales. Lost parcels are auctioned, yielding about a quarter million dollars annually, from approxi mately half a million parcels, for the U. S. IVeasury. Postal employees cannot partici pate in the bidding. They do, how ever, act as auctioneers and take pride in attempting to get as much of the true value of the article as possible. This is illustrated by the story that one auctioneer became so ab sorbed in his work he sold the coat to his own brand new suit for a dollar and a half. In another sale an astute postal auctioneer noticed an unusual bar of soap and broke it open. Inside was a diamond and emerald brooch which brought $875 for Uncle Sam. This was one of the biggest parcel post auction sales known to old timers. Sometimes auctioneers are un successful in their efforts to get a good price. At a San Francisco auction, for instance, the auc tioneer let a man '8 wallet go for a small amount of money only to have the successful bidder lift two $60 bills from a secret compart ment in the wallet. Frequently, lost parcels mean a serious tragedy for someone. Offi cials recall the story of one parcel containing a human eye, properly shipped in the correct medical liquids, which could not be de Revival Being Held At Ranger Baptist Church A revival is now in session at the Ranger Baptist Church The Rev. G. E. Scruggs, pastor of the Peachtree Baptist Church, is the evangelist. The revival is scheduled to continue through this week. Arvil Crawford is pastor of Ranger Baptist. livered because of improper ad dressing. Once a local post office has ex hausted all efforts to make delivery or return a parcel and has held it unclaimed for the standard 90 days it is usually lost forever to the sender or intended recipient. Rare exceptions are reported from time to time. In New York City some years back a mother attending an auction spotted and reclaimed laundry she had mailed to her son in boarding school. Post offices send dead parcels to one of IS regional dead parcel post branches at Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Fort Worth, Honolulu. New Orleans, New York City, Omaha, St. Louis, St. Paul, San Francisco, San Juan, Seattle, and Wlishington, D. C. Sometimes, lost parcels are not suitable for auction. Some years back, officials recall, a crate of shrunken heads turned up in the lost parcels and was gingerly turned over to aprpopriate authori ties in the field of museum work. Lost items must really be un usual before they are held off the auction block. For example, it does not bother the Washington, D. C., dead parcel office one bit to note that camel riding is not among the leading sports in the United States. They think nothing of auc tioning off camel saddles. Casket handles also seem to meet a ready sale at the auctions. One lost parcel in ten is lost be cause of inadequate addressing. This includes illegible addressing, incomplete addressing, incorrect addressing and no addressing. Frequently, even when the ad dress can be deciphered, it is com pletely erroneous, addressed to the wrong street, and sometimes even to the wrong city and the wrong state. Mrs. Cantrell Dies After Long Illness ANDREWS ? Mrs. Nancy Hamie Cantrell, 63, of Andrews Route 1 died at 9 a. m. Tuesday at her home after a long illness. She was a native of Graham County, a daughter of the late Mack and Margaret Harris, an . had been living near Andrews for the past 16 years. Services were held today at 11 a. m. in the Valley River Baptist Church of which she was a mem ber. The Revs. Robert Barker and Jim Truett were in charge and burial was in the church ceme tery. Surviving are the husband, James Cantrell; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Williams of Robbins ville; two sisters, Mrs. Lenna Belle Faulkes of Yanceyville, N. C., and Mrs. Maggie Deston of Asheville; and two brothers, Jim Hensley of Marble and Burgess of Robbins ville. Ivie Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. W. T. Holland left Sunday for Aiken, 8. C., where she will spend several months. She was ac companied by her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mc Craney, and their children, Jack and Eileen, if Aikui. Two Youths Injured In Auto Accident Suffered Brain And Head Injuries Two Martin's Creek youths were seriously injured last Wednesday night when the 1966 Ford they were driving left Hlawassee Street and crashed into a tree. Injured were Dallas Carringer, 18, and J. L. McClure, 20. Attending physicians said Tues day that the youths were progress ing satisfactorily. They suffered head and brain in juries, according to the physician. Police said Tuesday night that the investigation of the accident is not complete. Murphy policeman Glenn Bates said police have not had an op portunity to question the passeng ers of the auto. Mr. Bates said the accident oc curred Just beyond the Miami Restaurant on Hiawassee Street about 8 :15 p. m. The car apparently left the road, he said, and traveled about 50 feet on the shoulder before it struck a tree. The 1956 Ford was a total loss. The front end of the auto was crushed and the motor pushed partly into the driver's seat. Mr. Bates said the car was ap parently traveling at a high rate of speed. Police are not certain who was the driver of the auto at the time of the accident. The two youths were the only two passengers at the time of the wreck. Investigation of the accident will continue. An accident at the same spot several months ago resulted in the death of one person. Disabled Workers Can Now Re-Open Claims Adult workers whose social se curity claims were denied be cause they did not work for at least one and a half years in the three-year period just before be coming disabled should recontac the Asheville district office of the Social Security Administration, or their local representative for a possible re-opening of their claims under the 1958 Amend | merits The law still retains, however, the reqiurement that a disabled worker must have worked under social security in at least five years in the 10-year period just before becoming disabled. Also, the requirement that a. worker must be severely disabled and unable to do any substantial work is still in effect. Another provison of the 1958 Amendments repealed the require ment that a non-service-connect ed disability benefit payable by the Veterans Administration or a benefit payable under a state workmen's compensation law be deducted from the worker's disa bility insurance benefit. Thus, it is now possible for certain dis abled workers to draw both bene This Is Letter Writ lag Week la Murphy This is International Letter Writ ing Week in Murphy, Postmaster Joe Ray announced. Letter writing week began 21 years ago- It was instituted by the Post Office Mr. Ray said the purpose of International Writing Week is to promote better relations between persons everywhere Nan Slashed In Brawl At Local Motel; Requires 150 Stitches To Close Wounds A 38- year-old Copperhill, Tenn-, man was brutally slashed in a brawl at Joy Motel four miles east of Murphy last Thursday night - Injured was Bill William Green. Approximately 150 stitches were required to close his wounds, ac Football Contest Ends In Three Way Tie Three persons tied for top hon ors in the Scout football contest this week. The lucky winners were Mrs. Lorena Sneed if Murphy Route 4; Lonnie Hoover of Murphy; and Bill Costello of Murphy. Each of the winners missed only three games and the tie breaker by one point. The final score in the tie break er was Clemson 8 and Maryland 0. Each will be mailed $3.50 as a division of the prizes More than 150 persons entered the contest this week. WMS Meeting Set ANDREWS? A general meeting of the Woman's Missionary So ciety of First Batpist Church will be held today at 7 p. m. at the church. The four circles will partici pate. Gl INN HAMBY Wins Scholarship cording to a local physician. The doctor worked over the man for four hours, Sheriff Claude Ander son said. The doctor said every part of the man's body was cut. "He had wounds from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet," the physician declared. The youths are being held in county jail charged with the cut ting. They are Bobby Allen, 18, of Cherokee County and Clinton Prince, 17, of Ducktown, Tenn Allen has been charged with as sault and battery with a deadly weapon and with intent to kill, causing bodily harm Prince is charged with aiding and abetting the affair, Sheriff Anderson said The sheriff said the reason for the cutting has not been determin ed. He said the three persons went to the motel together and registered into the same room where the fight took place. A hearing into the matter has not been set, Mr . Anderson said. It will be planned as soon as Green is able to attend. Hiwassee Dam Grad Wins ? Engineering Grant Guinn Hamby, saJutatorian of the 1958 graduating class at Hi wassee Dam High School has been awarded a General Motors Schol arship in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Hamby received the sponsor ship of the Chevrolet Division of General Motors in Atlanta, Ga. He is the son of Mrs. Vertle Hamby who lives in Oak Park Community. He entered Hiwassee Dam School in 1949 as a fourth grade student, having attended Tennessee schools while in the primary grades He maintained an "A" average throughout his nine years at Hi wassee Dam School and received second place in mathematics and third place in chemistry at West ern Carolina College Science Field Day during his senior year. Murphy Bulldogs And Swain High Devils Battle To Tie In Hard Fought Contest By JAY WILSON The Murphy Bulldogs and the Swain High Maroon Devils battled to a 7 to 7 tie Friday night. The first touchdown was made by the Bulldogs early in the first quarter after a 49 yard drive in the first nine plays folliwing the kickoff. Emanuel MacDonald plunged over from the three and passed to Frank Hill for the extra point, i Swain came back immediately and after driving 20 yards Jackie Corbin took the ball over from the ten. James Sossamon passed to Boyd Smith for the extra point to tie the game at 7 to 7. In the second period Murphy drove down to the one and on fourth down the attempted touchdown wa? stopped by the Maroon Devils. Early in the third Swain tried a pass and Bobby Morris inter cepted for Murphy to stop their drive. Late in the fourth quarter Swain was threatening on the Murphy 38 but a fumble gave the tall to Murphy, The Bulldogs made a desperate attempt to score before the clock ran out but they only had time for four plays and they couldn't make the necessary yardage. Both teams made substantial gains on most of their running plays but the ball always changed hands before either side could score. The Bulldog line did a good job of opening holes for the off tackle and off guard plays which gave them the most yardage. The Swain team was favored to win. This week Murphy meets Hayes ville in a home prove to be a binsvUIe,
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