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The Cherokee Scout
Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County
VOLUME ? NUMBER? it MURPHY NORTH CAAOUNA ? THURSDAY, JULY 23, J 959 EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WKiiKLl
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{rambler
Ministers sometimes h?ve their
troubles the tame aa the rest of
us aad they have to make do aa
best they caa, the same as every
one else. The Rev. Tom Houts was
visiting in Asheviile Monday when
he had some trouble that most car
driven experience at one time or
another; his car battery failed.
A friend happened by at that time
and ashed if he could give Mr.
Jiouts a push. Mr. Houts told him
that his car could not be started by
pushing. The well-meaning friend
said "Well, I would suggest pray
ing." Mr. Houts answered after
giving the suggestion consideration
"Personal^, t reel mat going after
a battery would be more direct."
The telephone at the Scout office
rang and rang and rang last week
end. Everyone was trying to guests
the identity of the person whpse
picture appeared in the Rambler's
column. Tommy English of Murphy
Route 1 identified Mr. Ferd Moore
as the person in the picture. We
appreciate Mr. Moore allowing us
to use his snapshot. There were
guesses that the person In the pict
?fe was any and everybody in
Murphy and the surrounding count
ryside. If anyone else thinks they
have a picture of themself that
would be hard to recognise, please
bring it by the Scout office.
Well the young men from Mu
rph who wrnt to the Scout's camp
at Guntersville, Ala., are hack
home after two weeks at the lake- '
side camp. All seemed to enjoy
themselves. They seem to be full
of sun and water and ready fori
school to start. The only Injury out
side of a tew chigger bites, was
Jimmy Jorden, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Jorden, who hurt his finger
when he tried to catch a shot-putt.
John Snow made such a good .show
ing mat was asked to take a
Jcfc as a counselor at the camp.
Be may return to fill the job next
summer. Tlje boys won all their
ball games while at the oamp and
the camp director bad nothing but
praise for the group.
Townson Lumber
Company Gets
Government Jobs.
Robert, B. Boning, manager
of the Charlotte branch office of
Small Business Administration, an
nounced that during May, I960,
small business firms in North Car
lina received $736,786. in Govern
ment contracts.
These awards were made as a I
result of SPA's cooperative set
aside program with Government
purchasing ff f t"f Under *****
program SBA representatives, la
cooperation with purchasing officers
of civilian and defense Agencies,
reserve proposed contracts for ex
clusive competitive award to small |
business firms.
Among North Carolina businesses
receiving awards la; W. D. tawn
sen Lumber Company, Mdtphy,
N. C. for HfiH.
Among Hie Sick
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OprlM Hyatt, Murphy; Larry |
ysnyon. Murphy; Mrs. ard
?P Brasstown; Mrs.
jonea, Young Harris Oa. Carolyn
toe Pahner, Murpfty; James Art
tnr MUM. Haywvffia; Mrs.
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p>9 iHyWi IfXMBrn I Ml.
ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN
Students in this area had better enjoy loafing around like this pretty
young lady who is taking it easy in the fork of a tree.. While it is still
warm and there aie fish to catch and shade to rest It, it is not long
until school starts again. Officials say that school will probably open
on the 26 or 27 of August. Seems ttyat school will never end in the
spring and then before you know it, it is time to go back for another
Cherokee County Citizens To Take
Look At Facilities For Children
Citizens fron. all over Cherokee
County will take a searching look
at facilities and services available >
and projects under way for children I
In this county at a meeting set for
Aug. T at The Cherokee County
Court House :80 p.m. it was a*
nounced her*.
This win t>e one of the many
grass-roots meetings being held all
over the country preliminary to the
I960 White House Conference on
Children and Youth.
Mrs. L. W. Hendrix was named to
tjead the Cherokee Country White
House Conference Committee by
the North Carolina Conference for
Social Service (which was designa
ted by Governor Luther H. Hodges
to coordinate North Carolina's par
ticipation in this nationwide Con
ference.
Mereb E. Mossman, dean at the
Woman's College of the University
of North Carolina, is president of
the North Carolina Conference for
Social Services and chairman of the
Slate White House Conference Ad
visory Committee. Mrs. Tom Grier
of Raleigh is executive secretary.
At this country White 'House Con
ference meeting, services, facilities
practices, and condition affecting
local children and youth will be sur
veyed and plans will be made to
meet unmet needs.
The 1980 WMte House Conference,
called by President Eisenhower
i{or Washington, Moreh 27 April 2,
will be the sixth such Conference
held at ten years intervals since
1909 when President Theodore
Roosevelt called the first one. This
Conference will focus on activities 1
ttvat clarify and dramatize crobtems
affecting children and youth and,
by so doing, will hope to stimulate
fresh and broader attacks on these
problems.
Meetings similar to the one plann
ed la Cherokee Country are being
held under local leadership all over
the State. Tlje 1960 WMte House
Conference theme, around which all
of these meetings will be built Is,
'TTo promote opportunities for
children and youth to realize their
full potential for a creative life in
freedom and dignity." Three White
House Conference aver the years
have been an Integral and vital part
of the movement forever Increas
ing facilities and service for youth
fee nation's youth.
invited to attend Cherokee Coun
try's White House Conference meet
ing are representatives of bo*k men
and women's tMc. professional,
and church groups, youth, organizat
ions; country and city officials;
eat fctew^ted Individual ftrc?n
throughout the country* !? short,
any agency, institution, or organ
isation wt* a jwc nm ?r mJKtol
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for children is invited to send re
presentatives, and all interested
citizen* will fee welcomed.
The following people are being
asked to serve in definite capacities
as listed.
Mr. Luke Ellis? Assistant Chair
man.
Mrs. Johnsie Nunn - Social Ser
vices Chairman.
Mrs. Ruth Carringer - Health
Chairman.
Miss Frankie Martin - Church
Related Activites for Youth Chair
man.
Mr. Holland McSwaia? Educa
tion Chairman.
Mr. John Jordon - Recreation
Chairman.
Mrs. Holland McSiwain - Family
Life Chairman.
Mr. Jack Wilson ? Employmifit
Chairman.
Mr.Claude Anderson - Law En
forcement Chairman.
Two Men Caught
During
Break - In
Two men were caught in the act
of breaking and entering the Coca
Cola wearhouse in Murphy on July
13.
City Policeman Williams discover
ed three persons and made the arr
est on the scene.
Arrested were Jimmy Crisp. 21, of
Highway 64 and Jimmy Mann, 19,
of Murphy. Another youth was caug
ht but was not arrested, because of
his age. Sheriff Claude Anderson
said.
The warehouse has been broken
into twice recently.
The pair was charged with break
ing and entering and larceny.
Marble Sailor
Returns
From Doty Tour
Robert M. Hass. Jr., ship fitter
second class, USN, son of Mrs.
Robert M. Hass of Marble returned
to Long Beach, Calif., July 16,
aboard the heavy cruiser USS Los
Angeles after a three-month tour
of duty with the U. S. Seventh Fleet
in the Western Pacific.
During the cruise the Los Angeles
visited Japan, Hawaii and Hong
Kong.
At Shlmoda, Japan, she particip
ated in the Black Ship Festival com
memorating the visit of Commodore
Matthew Perry and the opening
of Japan to Western trade and at
Nagoya, Japan was visited by SO ,000
wopU during opaa bouse.
Itf i ear Old Marble Girl Dies
After Jump From Moving Truck
Walter CarringerTo Give
Concert At WNC College
Ol>LLOWHEE?The highlight of
summer entertainment will be pres- 1
ented at Western Carolina Colloge
on Thursday Evening, July 30. when
Walter Carrm&er, ot Murphy, tenor,
appears with the Brevard Music
Center symphony.
Dr. James Christ a in Pfohl will
conduct.
The concert is set for 3 p. m. at
Memorial Stadium. The Breivard
Center has recently purchased a por
able stage and shell, which will be
set up on Humer Field and will ac
commodate the full orchestra.
Mrs. Lilian Buchanan, chairman of
WCC's Concert and Lecture Comm
ittc, said the concert is being pres
ented as a special courtesy to all
tourists and residents of this area. ,
The public to invited to .attend
without charge. Because it is an
open-air program, Mrs. Buchanan
said that those attending should
bring a wrap and a cushion if de
sired.
Mr. Carringer, son of Mrs. Ruth
Carringer and former student at
Western Carolina, has made a bri
lliant name for himself in the world
cf music. He has appeared fifteen
times at Town Hall in New York,
and three times at famed Carnegie
Hall. He bas an impressive record
of honors, and has toured the United
States and Europe. He made his
Eurpoean debut in London in 1958,
and returning home on tihe Ue de
France was asked to sing at the
ship's concert. Queen Frederika of
Greece was in the audience, and he
was presented to her after the con
cert.
For some years Mr. Carnnger
was soloist with the Robert Shaw
Chorale, during which time toe sp
eared at WCC in a concert. He rece
ived so many invitations that he
left the Chorale in 1953 to devote
full time to concert work. He makes
his home in New York City, and
v. Ijen he is not on tour, holds the post
of Music Director at the Haithcock
School in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Dr. Pfohl is well known in West
ern North Carolina for his work in
founding and developing the music
center at Brevard, now in its tenth
reason. Tnrough hfc influence and
planning. WNC has had thp benefit
of hearing some of the world's most
famous musical artists, both vocal
and instrumental. The Transylvania
center has earned world acclaim |
and admission to its training is i
widely sought.
Sixteen Boys
Leave
For Camp
Sixteen boys from Murphy Boy
Scout Troop 402 left Sunday for a
week's stay at Camp Daniel Boone
Near Canton.
They were Robert Bruce, Steve
Crawford, Jack Crawford, Flem
ie Davis, Bo Dreher, John Flem
ing, Bill Harper, Billy Waggoner,
Bill Odell. Trip Bourne. t?uke Bay
less, Bobby Hilton. Johjt Cooke,
iDewey Johnson, Robert Dockery.
and Calvin Stiles.
Mont Rogers is scoutmaster of
the troop, Bia Otfetl, Jr. is assist
ant scoutmaster and Bill Harper is
senior patrol leader. Mr. Bristol
of Hayes wille iwill be in charge of
the Murphy group while they are at
the cpmp. |
Parents who furnished transporta
tiin and assisted Mr. Rogers in gett
ing the boys to camp were Mr. and
Mrs. John Henry Harper, Mr. and
Mrs. F. C. Bourne, Jr. and Calvin
Stiles.
jf^oor turnout
Dear Mister Editor:
Well, there sure was a poor turnout for the visit of the blood
mobile in Murphy last week.
That's right sad, too. because there is no reason for a person not
to give a pint of his or her blood except maybe just being scared.
If they ain't sick It don't hurt a whole lot. And who knows, that
pint of Wood might be the pint that saves somebody's life some
time or another.
The bioodmobile In Murphy got only 25 pints last week and I
hea* tell that at least 100 pints was needed. We just got on back on
the bioodmobile program last July and now it's real important
to stay in good standing.
llunk how much a pint of blood culd mean to a body after a car
<wreck or whatnot. And wben you are connected with the Red
Cross Blood Bank, the blood is yours free just by having somebody
say they will replace it- Or it you or somebody in your family has
given blood, you can get it and not have to replace it.
11 you have to deal with * commercial blood bank, a pint of
blood can cost $50 or more and then it has to be replaced also. . .
J sure do feel that it is only sensible to give blood to the blood
bank when you can. If for no other reason than to protect your
self.
The next visit of the blood mobile to Murphy will be about the
middle of October. Seems there are more than 25 people to Mur
phy who could give blood.
Sincerely,
1. D. dare
Nineteen Boys
Leave For
Baptist Camp
liclt-en boys from Murphy
First Baptist Church, Bciltwn
Mission and Will-Scotl Baptist Ch
urch left Monday afternoon to
atVnd Royal Amb.~ssador Camp
at the George. W. Truett Camp,
llayesville, N. C.
They will return on Friday after
noon.
The boys aie: Mike lliiilon, Giin
Minion. Robbie Minor, Samuel Davis
Russell Caldwell, William Fish,
David Monteitb, Eddie Scales,
John Bruce, Jerry Williams. Handy |
Recce, Charles Rice, Junior Brown. |
Jimmy Brown, Don Caylor, Billy
Robci|6on, Bobity K'bcrtson,
Frank Robertson, and Johnny
Lamb.
On Sunday morning. Rev. J.
Alton Morris ? ill speak n the |
subject "For rne Love of Christ";
on Sunday evening the subject will
| be "Idle Wishing".
Literacy Center Established At John
C. Campbell Folk School At Brasstown
A literacy centcr has been estab
lished at the John C. Campbell Folk
school at Brasstown with Miss
Mildred ?|i<nkship as inst^uter.
Miss Blannensmp, A.B., Kd.M,
and literacy specialist will instruct
in the Laubach Method.
The course will be conducted from ;
Sept. 27 until irclober 16.
Those who take the three-weeks
course will be prepared togive ttoe
necessary ins?ruction to persons
who will serve as volunteers teach
ers, helping groups of non-readers
in informal classrooms. These vol
unteer teacaurs will help the stc
dents understand what television
teachers are telling them.
They will also be prepared to teach,
illiterates by me use of wall charts
and without the aid of television.
Mayes Behrman. head of the
school's literacy division and direc
tor of the carolinas literacy move
ment, helped gel the movement
started last >911.
Television broadcast begun Jan
uary 5, 1059, covering 17 counties
in North Carolina and three in South
Carolina.
Dr. Frank Laubach, whose teach
ing method is used has wogged in
92 countries unci 270 languages and
dialects helping adults to learn to
read.
The John C. Campbell Folk
School is largely concerned with
adult educatitn. It was founded in
1923 on a 366 acre farm.
The cost for the course is $130.
Church Musicians
Invited To
Lake Junaluska
Church musicians from throughout
the nation have been invited to an
Institute of Church Music at Lake
Junaluska, July 26-31. sponsored by
the Methodist Board of Education,
Nashville, Ter<n.
The director of the institute, the
Rev. Dr. Bliss Wiant of the Nash
ville board, said the training con
ference Is open to"church musicians
ofall degrees of skill and musical
background."
He announced that faculty mem
bers will include Dr. WiUiam A.
Hoppe, dean of the School of fine
Arts at Wesleyan CoUege. Macon,
Ga.: Prof. Glenn Draper, director
of choral music at Pfeiffer College
Misenheimer, N. C. tie Rev. V.
Earle Copes, music director of the
Methodist Poard of Education, Nash
ville, and the Rev. Carlton R. Young
of the Abindgoo press, Nashville,
Lake Junaluska Is the southeast
ern summer assembly of the
Methodist Church.
Driver Of Truck Held Under Charge
Of Involuntary Manslaughter InCase
Mia- Mary Josephine Walls, 16, of Marble Route 1. was injured fa ally
about 6 15 p. m. Tuesday when she jumped from a pickup truck about
It miles west ot here. State Highway Patrolman E. M. Hooper reported.
Wagon Train Gets
Boost From
Life Magazine
Tlic Wagon Train Celebration
received a boost in the way of na
tional .ind uiiernaaon publicity
last week when Life Magazine pu
blished a t\v o page picture report
iii the July 4 event.
The picluie snowed scenes as
the wagons and horseback riders
made their way across them ount
ains from Tellicu Plains, Tenn., to
Murphy.
Local newstands fast sold out
of the magajue, but have reorder
ed stocks. There arc waiting list
to receive the magazines.
Mrs. Amos Harris
Named
WMS President
Andrews- Mrs. Amous Harris was
elected president ol the Womans
Missionary Society of the First
Baptist Church at a general meet
ing held Thursday evening at the
church.
Other officers elected were: Mrs.
Frank Wilhide, vice president Mrs.
I.oy Seav, secretary-treasurer Miss
Trilby Glenn, chairman of Ruth
Bagwell Circle, Mrs. James Glenn,
chairman of Ann Whitakcr and
Laura Elliott Circles.
Also Mrs. Mabel Kayburn, prog
ram: Mrs. James Harris, YWA
director and Mrs. Woodrow Cox.
counselor: Mrs. T. C. Christmas,
GA director; Mrs. Iris Adams,
Sunbeam director, with Mrs. Ray
Frye and Mrs. Truett Gray, coun
selors; Mrs. Aline Burch, Mission
Study; Mrs. George Jones, prayer
chairman; Mrs. Galusha Pultium,
community missions: Mrs. Ruth
S. Pullium, stewardship chairman.
Miss. Elieabeth Kilpatrick, social
commute chairman and Mrs. A. B.
Chandler, Sr.. publicity.
Mrs. Glean McGuire was in charg
of the program. Assisting in presen
ting the various phases were: Mrs.
Galusha Pullium. Mrs. Frank Wil
hide, Mrs. Mabel Rayburn and Mrs.
James Glenn. Mrs. T. C. Christmas
president presided.
Gardner - Webb
Teachers
Receive Raise
Teachers al Gardner-Webb will
receive a raise of $600 for the com
ing school year, according to action
Monday by the trustees.
The cross-t he-board raise is given
to all administrative personnel and
all teachers with the matter's degree
or higher.
A special incentive program is
planned to encourage futher study
by teachers who do not have the
master's degree.
The salary raise boosts top pay to
$5,600 annually Cor a professor, $5,
100 for an associate professor, and
$4,800 for assistant professor, with
special instructors earning up to
The salary nun eases represent
part of a plain by college officials
to secure and keep highly qualified
teachers.
"We regard it as a bold step tow
ard in our goal of offering the best
in Christian education," said Dr.
P. L. Elliott, president. "It waa the
first recommendation of the fund
raising counsel of Marts and Lundy
of New Yosfc, who recently comple
ted an extensive survey <4 our
needs."
The officer said the girl died
jboul 8: 40 p.m. at a Murphy hospi
al. He said she suffered a cerebral
.Hemorrhage and a possible fracture
>f the neck.
He said the girl was hanging onto
.he side of the truck and jumped to
ihe pavement of the Shady Grove
lioad as the vehicle was approach
ing her grandmother's bouse where
she was going for a visit.
He quoted the driver. Jesse Eu
gene Buchanan, 26. of Culberson, as
saying the truck was going about 10
miles an hour when she jumped.
The patrolman said a technical
charge of involuntary manslaughter
was made against Buchanan and be
was being held in the Cherokee
County jail here in lie of $t>00 bond.
Shernt Claude Anderson said no
inquest into the girl's death is plan
ned.
Mrs. Sarah Hembree
Dies .
At Her Residence
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Hembree.
79, of Murphy Route 3 died at 6
p.m. Monday at her home following
a heart attack.
Services were held Wednesday at
3 p.m. in the Bates Creek Baptist
Church. .
The Rev. Howard Killian and the
Rev. Thomas Truett officiated, and
burial was in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Ben Palmer,
Aud Sudderth, Charlie Radford,
Bert Killiati. Jack and Clyde Docfc
ery, Robert Weaver and Frank
Ellis. ,
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Roy Fullbright of Gastonia, N. C.;
six sons. Lee and Abe of Murphy,
Frank of Atlanta Ga.; Otis of San
Diego, Calif.. Roy of Rock Hill, S.
C? and Vaughn of Jackconville,
Fla.; 22 grandchildren, and a sister,
Mrs. Martha Coleman of Conosaga,
Tenn.
I vie Funeral Home was in charge
of arangements.
Mrs. Sallie Eller
Dies
Alter Long Illness
Mrs. Sallie Amanda EUer, 56, of
Hayesville. died at 1:30 a.m. Sun
day at her borne after a long illness.
She was a native of Swain Coun
ty and was the daughter of the
late John and Nannie Myers De
hart.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Mon
day in Moss Memorial Baptist
Church of -which she was a mem
ber. The Rev. Boyd Hogged offi
ciated and burial was in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers were nephews, Ed
ward Weeks, Eugene and Johnny
DeHart, Kenneth and Leon Wood,
ard and Edgar Shelton.
Surviving are the husband, Vir
gil F. Eller; a daughter. Nn. Vir
ginia Swanson; a son, Edwin Eller,
and three grandchildren, all tt
Hayesville; a sister. Miss Mary
Sue DeHart of Bryson City, and itae
brothers. Fred, Will, Clan* and
Dan DeHart of Bryaon City, Ub of
Oiympia, Wash., and Kermlt De
hart of Jacksonville,
Ivie Funeral Ham
of arrangement*.
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