? ? t: . The M NUMEER?tt Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY >. UN SIX PAGES THIS WEEK The Tke course of true .jve never ifiat smooth and rapid sometimes iets drowned for his effort. Rev. Tom Houts can vouch for this. Last week Rev. Houts was approached by a young couple from Indiana who were trying to get married. And they came to him because they were under the impression there Was bo waiting period here. It soon Chine out that the couple left In diana In somewhat of a hurry, pos sibly even without their family's knowledge. Rev. Houts attempted the cold or about 10 minutes l^ilrinr and rattling his door unit! f4M lock became unstuck. i Signs can. ?l time*, be confu* i?. Now take tor Instance the sign l'?rer the police i tattoo on Valley Mrer Avenue. It reads "Roller 6katH? Police." It's true that Marphjr pa Bee don't roller skate, M tktak how much fan It would . be If they did. U would actually f the Murphy team and their reeling of the ball prevented the Jantahala team from either tying he game or taxing the lead. Jane Van Horn led the Murphy coring with 29 points. The other wo scorers were Margaret Cole rith 19 points and Joan Morley with 2. Nantabala's top scorers were dyrtle Sue Passmore with 23 points ind Shirley Waters with It. In the boys game, the Nantahala ?layers took an early lead and led 8 to 13 at the end of the first per od. They continued to pull ahead n the second period and led 35 o 25 at the half. Murphy gained two points in the third period and the score at the end of that period was 40"lo 33. Nantahala pulled six more potato ahead in the final period to lead 58 to 44 at the final buzzer. Charles Owenby was high scorer for Nantahala with 19 points and next were Todd Bateman and Ken Soles bee with 14 points each. Top scorer for Murphy was Billy Carringer with 10 and next was Jerry Kephart with 9. STATISTICS: Girls: Murphy (60) F-Van Horn 29, Morley 12. Cole 19. G-Cook, Gillen kater, Hatchett. Nantahala (55> F-Waters 18. Ow enby 12. Passmore 23. Dills 2. G May, Ferguson. Cochran. Boys: Murphy (44) Kephart 9, Mc Donald 8, Lovingood 6, Lanning 2. Kilpatrick 2, Arms, Carringer 10, Morris 2. Johnson S. Nantahala (58) Bateman 14, Ow enby, 19, Bateman. M. 7, Solesbee, K. 14, Solesbee. J. 4. Again the Murphy High girls and boys split two. In their game against Hayesville, their second of the season, the girls lost in the fourth quarter and the boys won in the first, even though they came pretty close to tying or worse at WoZJOlQoJ Dear Mr. Editor: I hear that a group of young men got together the other night and uecided to hem a Junior Chamber of Commerce in Murphy. Wow, ) want you to know that this is a real good idea. Why, heck, there is no end of the good they can do for the com munity, if they are so minded. I Just hope this don't turn out like a lot of other things and fizzle out after it gets off the ground. From what 1 hear, them that went to the meeting are out scratching around trying to find enough interested people to form a chapter. I understand that 15 men are needed to get a charter. Now, it doesn't seem that would be a hard thing to get 15 men under 4b-ye*r-oid in a town this sim who an interested in the good of the community. ' Why, 1 can think of almost that many and 1 ain't been living li Murphy lor so very long. You know, if the Jaycees set off to a good enough start and real ly try, there ain't no telling just what all they will get done. And, I'll admit that there are a few things in Murphy that need to be done. ? 1 understand that another meeting of tbe group hoping to form the Jay cm will be held February M at tbe Citizens Bank Building. 1 bet tbsy would be more (ban happy to soe anybody interested in helping to help Murphy. Sincerely, I. a Clare P. J got a real nice letter tan a young lady la (he county who had some interesting ideas, bat slH didn't sign her name. If aha w?U drop me a tine saying *e wrote tfas fetter and sign her name, ID see It gets printed. some points. In t be girls game. Murphy took an early lead and led 17 to 13 at the end of the first period. They held their lead and the half time score was Murphy 27, Hayesville 24. In the third period Hayesville caught up with them by two points. The score at the end of the third quarter was 34 to 33, Murphy. Then, in the last quarter, the Hay esville team seemed to wake up and they took the lead and held it until the end when the score was Hayesville 47, Murphy 40. Joyce Ledford led the Hayesville scoring with 21 points and Ruth Davenport was second with IS. Jane Van Horn led the Murphy scoring with 21 points and Margaret Cole was second with IS. In the boys game, after a slow start, the Bulldogs took the lead and led 19 to 13 at the end of the first quarter. They increased this lead by one point in the second quarter and led 30 to 23 at the half. In the third period Hayesville closed the score and the score at the end of the third quarter was Murphy 39, Hayesville 36. Murphy opened the lead in the fourth per iod and the final score was Mur phy 60, Hayesville 54. Top scorer for Hayesville was Chock Reese with IS points. Top scorers for Murphy were Emanuel McDonald with 16 and Jerry Kephart with 12. STATISTICS: Girls: Murphy (40) F-Van Horn 21, Cole 15, Morley 4. G-Cook, Gil leowatcr, Hatcbett, Foberson Wells, Totherow. Hayes ville (47) F-Ledford 21. While 11, Davenport IS, Ford. G Davis, Cox, Scroggs, Phillips. Boys: Murphy ((0) Kephart 12, McDonald 18, Lovlngood t, Kil Patrick 8, Carriager 4, Weaver, Morris 4, Johnson 7. Hayesville (54) Beece It, PenUnd 4, McClure I, Cunningham 4, Brad thaw s, J. Moore 14, Ryers S, Sams l, Ford 1, Barnard. Ni Officers F?r lMt Officers for 1869 have named by Masonic Lodge A.F. and Ait. 14t. Officers are: BUI K tag. worship tal master; Dr. George Dyer, wardne; Frank tion, according to the county chair man. "The American Heart Association spends over half its funds for heart research at medical centers in the nation including those in our state," he commented. "The aim of the North Carolina Heart Association is to increase the amount of money spent on research projects in North Carolina to half of its budgetable funds." At present," he added, "well over $100,000 is supporting heart research in this state." "We emphasize researqh," he continued, "because our doctors have told us that much more must be learned about the causes of heart disease before we can make effective gains in the fight against our country's number one killer. Other uses to which Heart Fund dollars are put, it was explained, are to purchase scientific publica tions and diagnostic aids, such as taped heart sounds, for local physi cians, and to supply them with educational literature about the various forms of heart disease, which they can give their patients. The program of public information conducted by the local Heart Com mittee includes the use of films, school materials, exhibits, ctc., which are bought out of money raised Ip the county. "The entire Heart program, both local, state and national depends on the voluntary giving of the pub lic." said Dr. Hill. "We want our fund drive organization to be truly county-wide, for only in that way will everyone be given to oppor tunity to give and to work for the Heart cause," he concluded. Missionaries To Speak To Church Assembly Missionary speakers from the Belgian Congo in the heart of equa torial Africa are to speak at 7 p.m. Sunday to a assembly of sev eral churches at Murphy Presby terian church. The speakers are Dr. and Mrs. Frank McElroy, of Montreat, re tired missionaries of the Southern Presbyterian Church. Meeting with the local Presby terians are members of the First Methodist church of Murphy, and of the Andrews, Hayesville and Franklin Presbyterian churches. Any other friends are invited. There will be a social hour after the service. rw U.P1?.. aim at (1u> Ul. HH-uuujr ayvano aiov uv ?uv Hayesville church at 11 a.m. Sun day; and Mrs. McElroy is to address the adult class at Andrews. They are also to speak to a special as sembly of the Murphy High School student body at 10 o'clock Mon day morning. Dr. McElroy is the father, through a former marriage, of Mrs. Frank Brown, wife of an earlier pastor, who concluded hi* service in Mur phy la 1984. The Southern Presbyterian Church has Its largest missionary force at present In the Congo. Re cent social and political upheavals In that area make la of added In terest. At tnoraing worsnip service nest Sunday Robert A. Potter, minister, la to preach