Cherokee Scout Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County J VOl l MK toi M MBKK? 23 Mllil'HV, NOK III I \KC>II\\, TIIIKMIW MM WtY 1. 13, M SIX rAGES THIS WEEK ri BL1SHKD WEKKLY iBoys And Girls Win As Murphy High [Basketball Teams Split Two Games By JAY WILSON The Murpnv High Bulldogs Dlit their fourth game of the sea >n with Nantahala recently The girls were victorious while le b?'vs lost by seven puint> After a close first quarter the rls went ahead of the Nantahala rls to lead 31 to 20 at the end ! the first half- They kept on jUing ahead in the third and then st a ground in the fourth period vin by a score of 54 to 48 / e> h l n V? wctinir fr?r thn N! x r? t ^ || was Sue Waters with Murphy's scorers were I * a t stell with 21, .lane Van Horn ?th 11, and Joan English with 14 All of the girls played a good ame and they were hitting very ell, even though they were on a different court In the boys game at (he end of the first period .Nantahala led by a score of 14 to 10 but, after rnany changes in the lead. Murphy ?d by a score of 26 to 24 at the half Much hustling on (he part of the] Murphy players put them ahead | five points in the middle of the ! third period but by (he end of the (hird period they were behind 3S to 37 In the last quarter they fell far ther behind and (he final score A-as Nantahala 52, Murphy 45 Tad B,-. enian led the Nanta hala wKh 25 pom's. Murphy's top scorers were Billy Carrmger and' Jerry Kephart with 10 and Eman uel McDonald with 8 STATISTICS: GIRLS MURPHY (54 1 F-Eng f ijjj, 14, Van Horn 19, Postell 21, ittibcrson, O'Dell, Nations, Mor jy- G-Cook, Cole, Gillenwater, .Veils, Hatchett, Rose NANTAHALA (48) K Waters 30. Passmore Ifi, Cochran, McMa han, 2. Allen, G-Owenhy, Fergu son, May BOYS: Mt'RPHY ( 45 1 Kephart (0, McDonald 8. l.ovingood 7, Morris 4, Carrmger jo. Kdpal nek 6. NANTAHALA (52) T. liateman 23, Owenhy It M lialeman 7, K Soleshee 8, Grant. ,! Solesbee j . HalfUme 28-24 Murphy. fc"' Iti the third conference game ufohn Keener, 88 Dies After 1 Long Illness ! t John S Kroner. 88. of Tomolta, ($* ?<} a| 1 pm Sunday in a Mur ptiy hospital af'cr a lone illness A native of Jackson County, he Mad lived in Cherokee County f'-r ?8 years 'He was a surveyor f"r Ihe firsi 1 lumber companies in this area tad wag a member of county Kfaool board for many years He \n? a monument worker and was Widely known in this field i He had been a member of Mar 41* Springs Masonic Lodge since | Services were held at 2 p m Jfcesday In Tomotla Methodist Alurch, of which he had been a member for more than 6(1 years It s won by 13 In the g^rls same. the score ?t the end of the first quarter was Hayesville 13, Murphy 12 At the : halt Murphy was even farther be hind with a score of 28 to 22 Then, sn the third period, the girls began to ^ain on the Hayes ville team The score at the one! <>[ trip third quarter whs 39 to 36 in favor of Ilayesville. The fji rl s continued to gain and in the last scconds <'f the game the score was 46 to 46, but a Murphy foul in the last second of the hallgame save Hayesvillc a free throw after the game was over Joyce I.edford shot the free throw t > > put Ilayesville ahead with a final score of 47 to 46 Joan Kngosh and Jane Van Horn had 20 points each and Pat Postell had 10 points for the Mur phy scorers. Joyce Lcdford and Ruth Davenport led Ilayesville scoring with 17 points. I In the boys game it was not quite as close with Murphy lead ing 17 to 6 at the end of the first quarter The sc"re at the half was 29 to 17, Murphy hut Murphy scored onlv 4 points in the third period while Ilayesville scred 12 and they were ahead only 33 to ,29- Then Murphy pulled out ahead 63 to 50 for the final scorp Top Hayesville scorer was Reece with 16 points. Charles Lovingood ied Murphy scoring with '6 and Jerry- -Kephart and Billy Carnnger were next with 12 points each. The next game is January 2 at Murphy with the Bulldogs meeting Swain High for the second time 'his season Swam won hoth of the first games against Mur phy STATISTICS: CIRI S Ml'RPHY i 46 1 K En glish 18. Van Horn IS, I'ostell 10, Morley (1 Cook, Cole C.illenwater, Hatched HAYKSVI1.I.K H7I K I.edford 17. While 13. Davenport 17 K Cox, Scroggs. Davis HOYS MVRl'HY (63) Kephart 12, Weaver 2, McDonald 11, Wan ing 2, l,ovingo"d 16, Kilpatrick 1, Arms, Carringer 12, Morris 4, Johnson 1, Hoover 2 Alias Boosts "Moons" Weight To 8.870 Pounds The air force's talking satellite has proved (hat the I'nUed States can match and even excel Rus sia in throwing its weight around The Atlas has boosted the total weight of American satellites launched to more than 8,90*' pounds than twice the weight of Russia's three Spu'niks put to gether The four-ton Atlas, which blagt | ed off from Cape Canaveral on Dee 18, is a far -ry from Ameri ca's first satellites, which Soviet Premier Nikita S Krushchev dub hed "oranges " The army's Explorer I, which was launched last January, weigh ed 30 8 pounds. The tiny Van guard I. which followed in March, weighed a mere 3'? pounds The United Stales now has 8. 870 pounds of earth satellites whirling around the globe, includ ing Explorers I and IV and Van guard I Explorer II never orbit ed, and Explorer III burned up after three months Russia has only Sputnik III which tips the scales at a little lest th*n 1H tons or 2,925 peundt Il \ \ I IONS IN I UO I \ >111. IIS Two Ari'iit u. I 1 1 1 1 : 1 u > : ? ? : ' ceU'hra'.e-l liirrtily l-'irn-rs 1: t i cai'h tun. A 'in-: * w ? . t- l\ ? ? :??:! I e rations pii-sriit. 1'n 'ii*c! ? ' !? v. t t is the J. T. T.'ii in 1. 1 n . 1 1 \ . ' U:i lo ngJ:'. ti-n! i<\-. ') I Thomasson. >K; Zora T!: : -? u (Iregoty Back row: Th?- i: .f ['? (I r e ? lirysuii. l':< ' .u ? ?! ?' r ' - J generations ? -1 M ? > '? * A 1 I : i - ory's family. Tin y in ? i :^h: Iff. > Ml : . I I: fft-'l V, } ? i : I ' ? I l r-.' The lav J. II. c In-. ? > . J . sit Hrvs'-n an>l .) ?:ir.n- I ? Terry Postell Selected As Candidate For Most Outstanding Player Award Terry I'ostell, 130-pound star "t | the championship Andrews lijgh School football team has been named a candidate for Mountain Amateur Athletic Club > Trophs to he presented to the most out- J standing amateur in Western I North Carolina during 1958. Postell's accomplishments will be considered along with those ol tour others for the honor. The committee who w: II decide the trophy winner is kept secret Other wh<> will be considered are Lee Farmer of Lenoir Hhyne and Cecil Lowery of Brevard Two other athletes will be an nounced in the next few days The five, selected from a tield of better than .VI top flight ath letes who participated in both major and minor sports during the year, and members ol Val ley Springs' state championship basketball team and the (lass A stale football champs Irom Andrews, will be honor guests at the >1 A AC athletic awards banquet January li> at the Itat tcry Park Hotel in Ashevillc The records of the tivc fmalisl.. will be studied by a secret com inMtee. a group free of an> ties with the MAAC, high schools and i news media and the winner will' br entirely their decision Arrangements have been made to accommodate more than J"" at the dinner and tickets to the affair are to g<> "n sale uumecli atcly The entire affair is sane tioned by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce which is aiding with the awadnng of the trophies I'ostell, the slate's smallest prep fullback, led VVNC in scoring this season with 152 points The son of Mr. and >1rs. Thomas Postell. fleet Terry tallied In every game except a scoreless tie with Nvlva as he led Andrews to the stale ih.im pionship and a I ;i-1 1 record In addition to bcdtuig the best Class A competition in the stai, the Andrews team, a squad oi perfectionists who made and capi talized on every break, drowned four AA teams and tied one. In 10 games during the regular season Postell tallied 19 touch downs and two extra points while picking lip 1 .136 yards in 149 carries He returned six punts for 250 yards and one of these was for 85 yards and a touchdown In addition he intercepted three passes and recovered four fmn bles. In the four playoff games he [ ran from scrimmage, 57 limes and gained 591 yards, tallied seven touchdowns. recovered two fumbles and returned four punU for 147 yards Biggest booster of I'ostell is his coach, Krank Maennle, who said "Terry mi gr?at becauj# of a tlTHSC .inii^Ilil el' 'i - il l vv hi'. 1 : he displa> i. 'l i|- tula" ;? ? -v- ??' \ a' sity play ? IU- ?.?> ?r, ?. , , j r:. Ti er, 1)1' c k 3 n ue-i u hi ?. r?il <. ,n i \ in;; the ball. He called 1 lie pi."'-* - oft cibn ?Sy and wa> mm d dcici' sively ;iv much s ? k w ? had IU l: ? ? i ? ? ' ' kirk*- and pas-r -f rri'iii-.'i In kn ;> the "pponi-n' ii.i n-a ' lit- t ? '? kc s roiii-lrn-j v\ ? ?' . tou^h ' fir u a < I' iiM Pi!' life times :n lour > ? ears > mi I I well when tackled E '? i n r ? : ! l:-i pound 1 fi as >o"ii haw h';:i ? .i 19u plunder ? Do 1 t Ir.nk he ? "Id ? ? > . "I lefce". well Ill 1.H >..?.! Hi several clle^es are i : .* < ? n > I r: him He's named runt- pnmd since the end of i'ie i - ? ? r i ami should uerdi about ].'>?! \*\ r . \ fall. He's ,i " id >1 uiie'il \vh ? :-ui ? his ri I ] into evcr> I lurm One "t t h*' things ih.it bolli lans anil press nnlrd ahoul the dim innt i \ e 1 < i i \ thi^ pa^t fall was Hi-n ahihly l ra] ahl\ ? ovtr h i ?* ? One of h; - c Ivn a ? < u ? V - ability to ko p III-- i r. 1 1 !'. n battled ' 1 1 > 'snd i" ?? i1 "?< ftra>p nf 1 ? h ? k a i - :?!! 1 !*e v< I n contact \"i e\ii]i! '(?M,)li\ i -i he h and 1m " k; .jiI vantage uf his Worker A student of 1hc u mm* I ' i t - r < :i read any and everything lie e^ul.l find nil football aud saw a qames as pos>)blr .-.id 'hi n M f h:^ media sought !n iir; i :a i . own play. Despite Ills hr,n_: !? . !< I v the A 1 i Smoks an. I \h v\\i teams. the likaMf \ ri. i ne\ er lei i^nihal' I ? in 1 head Hi- popular ' 1 i!i 'In h.?- ? is s!i"?n thrnuu'i li e ' 1 rii ?' [,? is fTesldefit '^l Iiin vr.iii.i ( i i ^ In adddmn to thai he is \? iy u tive in thr monogram cluh and the FFA College Students Honored At Methodist Church The Intermediate anil Senior MYF of the First M' th 'dist Church entertained co-'r^r sfu I dents who were at home f"r thr 1 holidays nt a Mippcr Sundav evening at the church The quests attending; wen ( harlrne Davidson Hrrvard College. Kniimna Hansard Pied mont School nf Nursing. H"rry Killian. t' N C ; Mac McKlroy. Christ School. Ashe v die and Bet ty Weaver, Duke University Murphy Attorney Dies After Brief Illness ? ? \-.Vv. .vi of M'ir t i \ ,r ! j. in >v?li;rri;iy -I .? . i ph> :i"h r iur num j i . 1 :in ( I r I u l.itr I i M.r^ivt . 1 ?? I . . ? - ? n Ax'cy ,.| v. . > i'.t .? < n ii f; I rinti ri . ? : ? v ? ? ? ! . -i .m n> iu prac r . . . ? :-i ( In i ? k ? ? < ? ( mini > . >? : \ , \ ? ii I'll- vs nV. Mrs : .i ]?> it. r>..t i :rr \\U> . .i . i J:?. Mi t ' < K it'll nt I i.i, it i i .rr . 1 ?'! ? ? ur.imJchil' ?;,n. ^ ? Mr. P> U M.I,...-. .1 M . t ? ? I ? Ms Allirr: i ii . ? a , : I \ ? ? . I Mis. Is ,n v :. * ? s-.r-. \'Mr: .ii id -? i ? ? ' \ . i m out of state and 1 i'i - ' ? i ? | ' 1M*nty in toll y>u and the other citizens . ' \ " 1 1 1 1 ? ? I "-irk ji is \ wonderful lown. \\ 1 ' u- -m ?* *hin- I noticed was how friendly the folks 1 I* ?n.,kr- v i] fori npht goi^l to have pe?ple speak ? i ? ' I l-.'% I hry might of knowed you for years, i- ? 1 happen 1hat way in some other towns. . ? . i . ? r-.'-* or he i thinps. Murphy is still a nice i , i'i '???? Wbv. hrie you seldom rver hear of kids cut . ? 1 ' i i In j urh knrvps or breaking into stores and whatnot. I pirss the sh*>nl.'\s department along with the town police are yj thankful rha4 the k:ils here are brought up right. The r*ity Hall is due thanks too for the job they ire doing. | I II Til you that new citizens and tourist and such really notice I how r>a'i the afreets are In a lot of towm this size you have P lo wado ? h rone h paper on thr streets knee deep. jl Tut i?nr rhjnu t 1 i * t bothers nic though Thats all these trucks u - j'.irK'ip in the center of the street on the weekend. I 4 , i. ;.J *h.?1 only Ihose TRI'CKS with special permits from the i , 1 1 v ? ? r ' park there and I've seen all manner of cars and what- I not paiked m t lie street with no sign of a permit on the wind- 1 sh-.ei ! I ; i ? V k t'l.v s lit Me enough to fuss about It's just that it 0 m.ik' ? 1 1 ivi'in liardei and it dangerous to people walking g. Well. I just wanted to tell you how much I liked Murphy, j I 11 write rnoie soon and if there is anybody what would like to jj talk f ? - me about anything about town just have them write me 1 in < me < f The Cherokee Scout. a Sincerely I D. Clare Two Area Youths Charged With Setting Christmas Fire Cherokee County spent a qu:te | holidav, according t Claude An- I rterson. sheriff Mr Anderson reported that only two major arrests were p^ade over the holidays These were two youths charged with arson. The youths, Mr Anderson said, have confessed to burning a barn and setting afire a house in the Shoal Creek section Christmas Eve night Charged with the crime are Bil ly Gene Taylor 2". and Lloyd J Crowder. L'l They have been hound over to superior court Sheriff Anderson said the pair admitted setting fire They said they were "drinking and go'. mad". This is the only reason Mr Anderson said the two gave for starting the fire Tile bla/e in the house was put nit by persons passing the scene Ruthie Hughes Honored ! At Birthday Party j Mrs. Frank Hughes honored her daughter, Miss Ruthie Hughes on her 15th birthday December 27 with a party. finest played games and refresh ments were served. The house was decorated in Christmas fashion, finest were Brenda, Wanda and I Jimmy Hairhett* Johnny, Electra, ' Pelnres. Harry, Barbara Ann and i Mary Ann Hughes. Debra Ander I son. Lorraine Martin. Bonita Look ahee. L B Ledford, Ronnie Clay tori and Joe Heavers. HOLIDAYS OYER The holidays were ni<'e. hut ; r vcr vihing must come to an end. And end the holidays will for iSiliool kids in Cherokee Coun'v Monday. January r>(h. All schools, including those in Murphv township, will re?pcn on I regular schedule Monday. The barn burned to the ground. Mr Anderson said Fire was started in 'he h -use when the \ouths lighted rays on I the porch, he said They started the -'ire m the barn by lighting hay that was stored there. Loss was estimated at SI.OOO. The house and barn are the property of Mrs Asberry Stiles who is now living in Andrews. Sheriff Anderson said he was not certain what the sentence for arson ' I've never tried a case Hke this one before But. I im agine tie penalty will be very stiff " This, according !?> the sheriff, was the only violence reported in Miss Schofield Named College Queen Miss Patricia Schofield of Statesville, granddaughter of j Mrs. S D Akin, was recently I crowned Christmas Queen of Mitchell College Miss Schofield who is a sopho at Mitchell, is the daugh ter of Mr and Mrs Paul Scho field Her mother is the former Miss I Martha Akin of Murphy. George Floyd. 37, Dies In Murphy Hospital { George W Floyd. 37. of Mor | rislown, Tenn . died Friday. , Dec. 2K. at 1 30 p ni in a Mur | phy hospital Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Faye Abbott Floyd, his mo'her. | Mrs Nora Floyd of Murphy Route | 4. four brothers. Ernest and ! tasteel of Uiwassee Dam. Paul of Lmcolnlon and Clyde of Jack i son. S C ? also two sisters. Mrs Mitchell Stephenson of BlairsviUe, j Ga , and Mrs Edwin P. Walls of Uiwassee Dam Funeral services uere conduct ed at Reid's C hapel at 2 p m. Sunday by the Revs A1 Smith ! and Hal Finney Burial was in the church cemetery Townson Funeral Home was in j charge of arrangements I ' Vouth Mght Held At Andrews Baptist Church ANDREWS ? Youth Night was observed at the Andrews First Baptist Church Sunday. December 28, at 7 :30 p m. George Pullium. ministerial stu dent at Wake Forest College brought the message "The Trans figuration". Other students recognized were Pat Derreberrv, Duke School of Nursing. Jerry Pullium. N C. State, and Lowell Jones, Young Harris, Ga. Wrs. Harris To Host BWS Meeting ANDREWS? Mm. Jame> Harris will be hostess to mjmbfn of the BWC at her home Thursday. Jan uary 8. at 7 p m. Mlsa Trilby Glenn will bp associate hostess. The profram will b? presented by Mr*. Mabel Rayburn. program chairman grtng >. Tk? n Mag m W4d>?a< treat Jaa. x. 1 the county over the holida\s Out- ~ side of the usual number of ar- ? rests for drunkenness there were no other arrest, he said ? The city police department re- L ported there were no accidents in C the city during the holidays ? Bellmaking Brisk Since End Of : World War II = The making of hells, whoso * in- ? tintabulations herald such joy- _ ous occasions as Christmas and ~ New Year, is one of the most en- ? during and exacting of crafts- ~ Curiously, however, there are now probably less than 20 foun- ? dries engaged in casting the huge T bronze bells that peal in towers throughout the world. ? One belongs to a Troy, family _ that has been manufacturing bells since Revoluntionarv days A sim- ? ilar family concern in Sinn. West Germany, has turned out bells for ? 350 years. A London foundry, established in 1570 may well be the oldest - manufacturing firm in England, the National Geographic Society bays. The demand for bells is always brisk It has been especially so since World War II when thous ands of bells were melted down for metal or shattered by bombs. In the steepled City of London only three churches remained where bells could be rung Nazis melted down an estimated 150.000 German bells, only a fraction of which have been replaced Italy did not complete the re storation of more than 11,000 church bells lost or damaged in the war until 1957 The origin of bells is lost in antiquity. But the business of making them hasn't changed ma terially since the Chinese Empor or Hoang ti ordered a set in B C to serve as an official .an dard of pitch A foundryman of generations ago would find a present-day plant n"t at all strange except, perhaps, for the jingle of tele phone bells Seventeenth century engravings show furnaces exactly like those of today. To make a hell, the foundryman builds up a "core" of brickwork and fine clay bound with hair to 7 shape the vessel The mold's outer portion is similarly sculp- - tured inside an iron casting Both ~ tasks are arduous When the two ? molds are finally prepared and H clamped together, metal is pour- ~ ed Into the hollow between them. ? In old days casting called for ~ solemn ceremony and noblei - gathered to to?s In offerings of Z gold and silver. On that account, many an old ? bell is reputed to ring more sweet- J ly, but the truth of the matter is - that a bell owes its sonorous voice II to its time-honored content of "I about four parts copper aDd one ? part tin Z. Big bells are always made to ^ order. Each presents a particular problem as to weight, sire, and * tones desired. The finished PI? ~* ducts must be perfect to be M?d, 1 ? for there is no w*y to .Dead ? - crack * * " never Tlx