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The Cherokee Scout Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County ? ? VOLUME 61 NUMBER 17 MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1951 EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY N.C. SWEETHEARTS GET AWARD ? Shown are the North Carolina Sweethearts, a Murphy square dance team, I who won the clogging event at the North Carol|na Apple Festival in Henderson- ; ville August 29-30. Pictured are Harold Teaugue, Charles White, Robert Bruce, Jer ry Decker, Larry McDonald, John Bruce, Calvin Laney, Karol Kaye, Charlotte Stol cup, Wanda Sue McDonald, Jane Britton, Virginia Guffey, Pat Guffey, Billie Stol-' cup and Dianne Wilkins. Not present when the picture was mode were Douglas* Parker, Pamala Chastain and Sandra Chastain The youths are receiving a trophy from their school principal for the event. (Photo by Crisp Studio.) L. B. Nichols Retires From Library Board; Singleton Successor L. B. Nicholas Sr. of Andrews, a charter member of the Board of Trustees of the Nantahala Regional Library, resigned last week as Board chairman. Replacing him as head of the Board is Murphy civic leader, W. A. Singleton. Mr. Nichols, who has been un tiring in his efforts in the library program since its incorporation in February, 1943, expressed to the Board at the last meeting, November 11, his deep appre ciation for the cooperation of the Trustees in making possible the accomplishments and progress of the library. He cited the splendid efforts ol the 1 a t e W. A. Adams and other good friends of the Library in working toward the passage of the library tax bill. He called Mr. Adams "the fath p r of the bill" which was pass ed soon after the formation of the Regional Library and gives four cents out of every $100 paid in taxes in Cherokee County to the library. | The library is also supported by .state funds and appropriations 'from Clay and Graham counties. | 1 Mr. Nichols stated that he is resigning in order to have more free time for travel and so that :he and his wife, Jean, may do some of the things they've "al ways wanted to do." He has an imposing record of public service, having been state senator in 1948-49, chairman of ; the Cherokie County Commission ers, 1934-35, chairman of the An drews School Board for IS years and past principal of Andrews High School. In business * For 31 .years as operator of Nichols' Department Store, he is an elder in the Pres byterian Church, a member of the I Andrews Rotary Qlub, and mem ber and past commander of the Andrews American Legion. The Nantahala Regional Li brary has been housed since Jan uary l'jn the former Home Eco nomics building of the Murphy school. It serves five libraries Andrews Swamps Bessemer City In Class A Contest To Go Into Western Finals A determined band of oppor-' tunists from Andrews cashed in, en three fumble recoveries and exhibited some sensational broken field running in Hendersonville Friday night to bury Bessemer City under a 34-0 count. The win put them in the West-, era finals of the state Class A playoffs. The Wildcats ran their un-! beaten streak to 12 games as they outfought the "much bigger Gaston County team at every! turn. The ever alert Andrews team1 .made five fumble recovers and intercepted two passes in posting their eleventh win against a single tie. The win sent them into the Western finals next week against the winner of the Turnersville Mebane tilt. Elusive Terry Postell, running witb the finesse of a ballet danc er, tallied the first two touch downs on runs of 11 and 76 yards to open the floodgates. End Archie Myers took passes for two more touchdowns and halfback Harold Murphy burst through for 10 and the other. Hubert Myers found the range on four of five placements. Bessemer City dominated play only in the first few moments. The yellow clad players from Gaston appeared to be over sys tmized, working first from the single wing with great authority, then? for some unknown reason, switching to the T and spread. Then the- quick Andrews line threw them for loss after loes. Andrews started with one sys tem and one defense, stuck to it and it paid off in dividends. Bessemer City started out U if to tear the smaller Andrews eleven to ihreds. Shortly after the spelling kkkoff , BC drove to the Andrews M before being forced back to the 48 where Don Hooey cutt panted to Pete Nichols at tbe IB. The fleet Andrews quar terback received two good basoki and aped down the left side of the field 97 yards to the BC U. Murphy, who recovered two fiimbles. hit tackle far 4. Postal] pbImH S kiwi K Minri 1 tnr ."""V " 1 a first on the 11. Postell went inside right end for the final 11 yards and the initial score. Bessemer City took the kick off, drove to the Andrews 33, but there the Wildcat forward wall, led by Steve Higdon. Frog Curtis and Walter Brown, stif fened and the Yellowjackets were forced to punt. Andrews was unable to gain and Curtis punted to the Bes semer 39. C. J. Holland raced for 28 yards to touch off a Bessemer City drive that carried to the Andrews 19. Holland start ed around right end but fumbled when hit and Postell grabbed the ball on the Andrew^ 24 and. be hind a screen of blockers, went 76 yards to score. Bessemer City, led by Hoyle Strutt, drove to' the Andrews 29 where Murphy recorded a fumble for the Wildcats. End Archie My ers took a hand off from Nichols and passed to Murphy who gather ed the ball in on the SO yard line j and ran to the 18. Two plays later, Nichols, faked a hand off , to end Myers at the 6. Myers ! went over unmolested. Myers added the point to make it 21-0 at the half. Late in the third quarter, Nichols ran IS yards for another touchdown but the play was nul lified by a penalty. Bessemer City recovered a fumble on its 23 to stop that drive but three plays later Steve Harmon fumbled and Brown recovered on the BC 38. Murphy found a big hole over tackle and went to the 21 for a 17-yard gain. H. Myers tripped over guard to the 17. Nichols was thrown on the 24, but Postell picked up 14 and, on the next play, Murphy went wide to his left for 10 yards and the score, Myers converting. Hermon fumbled the entueing k.ckoff and Murphy recovered on the BC 32. Myers gained (, and then Nichols faked a hand off and Id the Mine motion passed to Archie Myers at the 22 and Myers went the distance tor the in three counties, Cherokee, Clay, and Graham. The libraries and librarians are: Andrews Carnegie Library, Mrs. Rose Colvard; Hayesville Library, Mrs. Pearl Scroggs; Murphy Carnegie Library. Miss Josephine Heighway; Bemis Me morial Library. Robbinsville, Mrs. Tillman Orr; and Fontana Vil lage Library, Mrs. Ruby Cabe. Besides providing books for the five city libraries, the Regional's bookmobile, headed by Mrs. Mabel M. Rayburn of Andrews and driven by Mrs. Burley De Wcese of Marble- gives service to communities and school libraries fn the three cotwties. The present bookmobile. "So Big," which has a capacity of 1600 books, will be replaced in the spring by a new bookmobile capable of carrying 2400 books in its travels in the mountains Heading the processing center at headquarters is acting librar ian, Mrs. John H. Stanley, who has been with the library for four years. Members of the present Board of Trustees are: W. A. Singleton, chairman, L. B. Nichols, Sr., and Mrs. T. A. Case, -of Cherokee; Mrs. James L. Armstrong, Mrs. Ed Curtis, and H. M. Moore of Clay; and F. S. Griffin, Mrs. J. B. Collins, and Miss Belle Slaugh ter of Graham. Mr. Singleton, who takes over Board chairmanship at the next meeting, stated that the "Reg ional Library is doing an im portant work toward education in the tri-county area." Owner and manager of the Western Auto Store, he and his wife, Jean, have been in Murphy for seven years. He says they chose Murphy as a place to live after being here and looking around only one day. He teaches Sunday School and is an elder in the Presbyterian Church, is a member of the Lion's I Club, the TAC committee, and a director of the Chamber of Commerce. A present member of the Town Board, he is also secretary-treas urer of the Cub Scout Pack, branch manager of the Carolina Motor Club, and president of the [Murphy Youth baseball program. Culberson man Killed When Timber Falls N. C. Farmers To Make j Big Decision North Carolina farmers will ' make five important decisions on November 25 and December 15. They will troop to the polls and vote in corn, cotton, tobacco, and peanut referendums that will have a great deal to do with' the pros pects of these crops in the com ing years. On November 25 farmers wil! choose between two corn pro grams. and on December 15, to bacco and cotton quota programs will be decided. Alio on Decem ber 15. tobacco and peanut grow ers will decide whether to con tinue to assess themselves for the promotion of their crops. Every agricultural leader in the state is urging every eligible farmer to vote. Harry B. Caldwell, master at the North Carolina State Grange, and A. C. Edwards, executive vice president of the N. C. Farm Bureau Federation have initiated a special information program? which they hope will produce the biggest farm commodity vote in the state's history. Reason for the great informa tion effort are: the obvious Im portance of the vete Noilfl Carolina aericulture: and com plexity of the issues to be de cided. In the November 25 corn refer endum growers in the state's 32 corpmercial corn counties will vote either to continue the present ASC corn program which provides price suoports from 75 to 90 per. cent of parity or a new program which provides for no acreage al lotments and no designation of commercial corn counties. Under the present program' the mini mum support rate is 75 per cent of parity; under the new pro gram the minimum would be 65 per cent of parity. In the tobacco referendum on December 15 farmers will choose between continuing the present quota system with its 90 per cent of parity supports with penalties for over-planting, and abolishing i quotas and doing away with all price supports on tobacco. Quotas on tobacco may be voted for one year, or for three years.' or they may be voted out for one year. \ On December 15, tobacco farm ers will vote on whether to con tinue the present 10 cents ? per acre self-assessment for promo tion of tobacco. There will also be an opportunity to vote on an increase in the assessment up tu $1 per acre. The money will be used to expand the services cf Tobacco Associates in foreign countries by setting up an office and stepping up the advertising phase of the program in order tn expand the use of American flue cured x tobacco abroad. The Asso ciates hope, also, to counteract some of the current adverse pub licity about tobacco and health. Scout Acquires New, Big Press Do You have troubles? Do you sometimes think everything is going wrong? Well, don't give up. The Scout is in the same boat. The office has been in a mess for the past two weeks. The paper this week was printed in Spartan burg, S. C., after it was flown there late Tuesday afternoon. But, it was all for the best. The Scout is re ceiving a newer and larger press that will allow us to deliver to you a better paper with more room for local news. The press should be installed in time for the next edition, and then, we hope, everything will be back to normal. So, if you do not find the article you especial ly wanted to see, we can only say "we're sorry" and hope that it won't happen again. Methodists Raise $2,255,000 For Education 1 4' L , ? ' ' . - - 1 ' f-t- ? ~ ? ? * Local Methodists were notified [recently by Bishop Nolan B. Har mon- of Charlotte that $2,255,000 has already been pledged by the 1,100 churches of the Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church in their cam paign for Christian Higher Edu cation. The remainder of the $3,000,000 goal is expected to be pledged by Sunday, November 23, which has been designated as Thanksgiving Sunday. Sharing in these capital funds will be Brevard College, Greens boro College, High Point College, Duke Divinity School, and the Wesley Foundations of the Uni versity of North Carolina, West ern Carolina College and Appal achian State Teachers College. In a message to Methodists of Haywood. Jackson, Swain. Ma con, Cherokee, Graham, and Clay Counties, Bishop Harmon said, "This campaign can produce a glorious v:ctory as every church in the Western North Carolina Conference accepts its share in the great effort." Brassiown Woman Dies From ( Injuries Received When Truck Crashes Into Car A collision al a highway inter section Thursday took the life of a Brasstown woman and left her I husband and son seriously injur jed I Mrs. Letha McClure Nix, 62, of j Brasstown was killed when the ! auto driven by her son, Lester j Thomas Nix, 42, collided with a pick-up truck at the intersection I of Highway N. C. 561 and 48 near Enfield Thursday. | Patrolman 0. M. Hicks of En field said Lester Thomas Nix and William Jess Nix. 65, were ad mitted to the Roanoke Rapids Hospital. The elder Nix was in critical condition with numerous CARVING OUT A HOBBY Sidney Poine, . 70, retired Greensboro, Kl C., textile mill executive, looks at his neorly finished wood carving of "Tfie Last Supper." More than 1,200 hours went into the work, which was carved from a 415-pound block of white ook 76 inches wide. , Paine took up wood corving several years ago in anticipation of retirement ond became so proftcieft that now he teaches the craft. Only cost to the students i. .h.i| proniis. .o xgfaf tta, own dud*. ^ I fractures and internal injuries, 'the patrolman reported. The son suffered a possible skull fracture. Patrolman Hicks said the car driven by Lester Nix ran through a stop sign at the intersection and a pick-up truck smashed into ] the left side of the car. James Frank Shaw of Littleton Route 2, driver of the truck, escaped with iout injuries. I The Nixes were returning to Brasstown from a visit to New port News, Va., when the acci dent happened. Surviving Mrs. Nix in addition to her husband and Lester Nix are four other sons, Charles and [Elmer of Brasstown, William of I Williams Air Force Base, Ari zona, and Arvin of Youngstown, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Del ma Haigler and Miss Irene Nix of Newport News, and Mrs. Ar retta, Arrowood of Murphy; four brothers, Tom McClure of Cul berson, Julius of Murphy, Bill of Marble, and Manuel of Youngs town; and 12 grandchildren. Services for Mrs. Nix will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Tomotla Baptist Church. The Rev. Jim Truett, the Rev. Fred Lunsford and the Rev. Fred Lunsford and the Rev. Marvin Hampton officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. I . ? Murphy Churches | Set Thanksgiving 1 Meeting , The churches of Murphy will hold ? special Thanksgiving ser vice Wedm-sday, Nov. M, at 7:S0 pxn. at the Episcopal Church, i Members and ministers of the Free Methodist, First Methodist, Presbyterian, First Baptist aad Episcopal wffl participate. ? The Rev. William Hasaldon, Two Others Hurt In Same Mishap COPPERHILL ? A Culberson man was killed in a mine acci dent at the Tennessee Copper Company at Copperhill early Sat urday morning. Dead is Frank Bryant. Mr. Bryant was killed when a falling piece of timber struck him on the head. Injured in the same accident were two other men. They were identified as R. C. Spurling . ot Turtletown, Tenn., and Fred Wal den of McCaysville, Ga. The accident occurred about 5:30 a.m., an hour before Mr. Bryant was due to go off duty. He had been working at the mine for the past 12 years. Sam Sharpe safety engineer at the plant, said the accident hap pened when Mr. Bryant along with a crew of workers were building a stage i platform i in a shaft. The men were going back to the bottom of the shaft for more timber when the counter weight on the shift i elevator > they weiV riding struck the stage and dis lodged a timber. The timber fell to the elevator j ! and struck Mr. Bryant on the head. There has been one other death at the mine this year, according to officials. Last year the mine, the Calla way* Mary, received an award for being the safest' mrae in the coun-' 'try. I The other two men injured in the accident were listed as in critical condition. i Funeral services for Mr. Bryant were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Shady Grove Baptist Church. The Rev. Thomas Truett was in charge of- services. Burial was Two Extension j | Courses I Set In Mnrphy ! Two extension courses will be taught in Murphy during the win ' ter quarter under the auspices ot Western Carolina College, for the benefit of in-service teachers Dr. Harold H. Bixler. nationally known authority in the field of education, will teach a course en ?-titled "The Gifted Child" on Fri day evenings from 6:30 to 9:30 in the library of the Murphy ele mentary school. i This is an introductory course | which' deals with the characteris- ; tics and needs of gifted children, how to identify gifted children, how to adjust curriculum and leaching methods to suit their; needs. It is suggested for teachers, ad ministrators and parents, rather than for the specialist. Dr. Bixler will conduct a meas urement workshop on Saturday mornings from 8:30 to 11:30, also at the elementary school. This workshop will deal with the act ual administration and use of tests and other evaluative pro cedures. Both classcs are open to ad vanced undergraduates as well as graduate students, and each will carry three quarter hours of col;, lege credit. Boosters To Meet Thursday ANDREWS ? i~ne Andrews Boost ers Club will meet Thursday No vember 20 at the Andrews High School auditorium at 7:30 p.m. A highlight of the meeting will be the showing of films of two recent football games. Refreshments will be served and a short business session will be held. It was pointed out that you do not have to be a member to at tend. Officers of the newly organised club are: John Ellis, president, Clifford Huls, vice-president; and Sam Jones secretary-treasurer Directors are: Or. F. E. Blabck, i Loyal Trull and Charles Higdon | The objective of the cMb is to help la financing athletics or oth aid " any policies in the church cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Emma Lee Garland Bryant: a daughter. Lillie Sue, and a son. Frank Steven of the home: six brothers. Jack. Ernest and Clar ence of Culberson, Bill of Akron, Ohio. G'enn of Georgia, and Char lie of Gainesville, Ga ; and four sisters. Ivie Funeral Home of Murphy was in charge of the arrange ments. DAVID E. WALKER METHODISTS TO HEAR LAYMAN A young Methodist layman, who has been training Africans as teachers for four years in the Belgian Congo, will speak at First Methodist Church Sunday morn ing. David E. Walker, whose Amer ican home is Statesboro, Ga., has returned to the United States for a year's furlough from mission ary service. From 1954 to 1958, Mr. Walk er was a teacher in the Moni tor's (teacher-training) School at Wembo Nyama, a large Metho dist mission station in the cen tral Congo. The Monitor's School prepares Africans as teachers in town and village primary schools. For a year before going to the Congo, Mr. Walker studied in Belgium. Born in Birmingham, Ala., Mr. Walker attended Elon College in North Carolina and Western Car olina College at Cullowhee. He was graduated from the latter school with a bachelor of science degree. Mr. Walker holds a mas ter of arts degree from Columbia University Teachers College, New York, and has studied at the Ken nedy School of Missions, Hart ford, Conn. Mr. Walker was a bandsman in the former U. S. Army Air Corps three years and taught at the Smithfield, N. C., High School. Bobby Jones Winner Of Contest The experts are growing -Set ter and better. The winner of thfs weeks Scout football contest missed only two games. He is Bobby Jones of Andrews. Mr. Jones will receive a check for $S. Second place was woo by Mn. W. A. Hoover of Andrews Road. Murphy. Mrs. Hoover miaaad only three games. She will receive a check for S3. Mrs. Fred Sliced, who has won the contest before, won third nlaM lira CauuuJ II>im ^ *? ?
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