The Cherokee <H? Scout
^ day County Progress
Volume 75- Number 22 Murphy, North Carolina December 23, 1964 12 Pages This Week a u kph yA "okth1 car oTima
Mr. G. A. White, a resi
dent of South Carolina says
we should all be proud to
live in this "modern" age.
To prove his point, Mr.
White offers this gem: "The
Ten Commandments contain
297 words, The Bill of Rights
is stated in 463 words, Lin
coln's Gettysburg Address
contains 266 words. A recent
federal directive to regulate
the price of cabbage contains
26,911 words.
-J
Speaking of the "modern"
age, Dave Townson was seen
this morning at the traffic
light shaving with a cordless
electric shaver. We admit
this is progress, but it seems
like a fellow should get up in
time to shave before going
to work. Really, I'm just
jealous, 'cause I don't have
one of these new-fangled gad
gets.
-J
The 10 year-old came home
from his fifth grade class with
an "F" on his test paper and
this notation from the teach
er in red letters: "1 cannot
read this writing." The
youngster looked at the note
and commented quite disgust
edly: "Well, I say this much
for last year's teacher. At
least she always tried."
-J
Of all the letters to Santa
Claus we received, there was
one especially thoughtful,
Vickie and Junior of Murphy
enclosed with their letter a
peppermint stick. Here's
hoping Santa will be extra nice
to you this year.
-J
Speaking of giving, there
was the fellow that put a lead
slug in the church collection
plate, then later stole the
collection plate. The first
thing he found and threw away
was the lead slug. Just goes
to prove if you give more,
you get more.
Elmer Kilgore over at Sin
clair Distributors is a good
natured jolly fellow. Has a
unique quality that a lot of
us would like to have. Why
he can call a mistake to your
attention, laugh at you, while
he's doing it and make you
enjoy it at the same time.
This happened to me last week
because we ran a nice ad for
Elmer and got his phone num
ber wrong! Here it is, El
mer in bold type 837-2321
So if you couldn't get him on
the phone last week, call him
up now and tell him you just
rung the wrong ring. Its all
our fault.
-J
Rev. Potter Ends
Murphy Pastorate
After 9% Years
MURPHY - Closing ser -
vices of the nine and one-half
year pastorate of Robert A.
Potter, minister at Murphy
Presbyterian Church, are
being conducted Thursday
night in the annual Christmas
Eve candlelight Communion,
and Sunday morning and
evening.
At the communion service
there will also be baptism and
reception of members.
Mr. Potter's meditation
theme is: "Love's Highest
Gift." The choir is to sing
Nyqulst's "Christ Is Born
Today," with Mrs. Duke Whit
ley serving as guest organist
In the absence of Mis. R. H.
Foard.
The session of the church
will meet at 7:30 Saturday
night to receive members.
At the morning wor ship hour
Sunday, the minister's theme
is "The Greatest Command
ment."
A l me evening nour, ouier
congregations of Murphy will
Join with the Presbyterians,
with ministers taking part
in the worship.
Mr. Potter and family are
to leave Murphy next week
for Lenoir City, Tenm, to
enter upon ministry in the
First Presbyterian Church
there.
Funny thing about women.
They may not always be right,
but they are NEVER wrong.
Don't know who said it, but
we agree.
-J
With Christmas shopping
getting down to the wire,
people are pushing and shov
ing hurrying to finish up. We
overheard a lady carrying a
large package in a crowded
store exclaim to another: "1
feel much better now that I've
bought something, I have
something to protect myself
with."
-J
With Christmas being more
and more commercialized
nowadays, some of us tend to
get away from the true mean
ing of Christmas. Mrs. Nelle
June Reid of Andrews brings
us back to this true mean
ing in a poem entitled CHRIST
MAS SPIRIT:
Lord, at this happy season.
In the rush of the hurrying
throng.
Let me pause to meditate;
Teach me the right from
the wrong.
Tho' I may make others happy
With the simple gift I buy.
Let me not forget the mean
ing
Of the Christ who came to
die.
My first obligation to my
Lord
Is to celebrate His birth;
Help me put Christ in Christ
mas
As long as I walk this earth.
Of course I like the tinsel,
The glowing Christmas
tree,
The traditional turkey with
trimmings.
And all the joviality.
But, Lord, let me not forget
The true meaning of Christ
mas day,
The story of the Christ child,
The babe who in a manger
lay.
May I treasure the meaning
always,
Hiding it in my heart,
The really true meaning of
Christmas,
Lord, let it never depart.
-J
And last but not leastjrom
all of us here at The Scout,
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
TO YOU ALL.
HTWASSEE DAM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS whose essays are to appear in the National
Anthology of High School Essays are: back row, L-R, Patricia Dillard, Judy Clonts, Brenda
Hawkins, Mike Hogan, Ernest Boring, Harold Helton, Tim Floyd, and Joan Bandy; middle row,
L-R, Phoebe Craig, Jane Walls, Janet Wright, Frances Curtis, Linda Verner, and Patricia
Hamby; front row, L-R, Joan Satterfield, Sue Allison, Sue Gladson, Sibyl Starks, Myrna Hel
ton, Elizabeth Hawkins, and Margaret Keenum. Mrs. Barbara R. Sampson is sponsoring teacher
for the class.
Essays By 21 Hiwassee Dam Students
To Appear In National Anthology
HIWASSEE DAM - Hiwas
see Dam High School this
week received notice that 21
juniors and seniors will have
essays included in the Na
tional Anthology of High School
Essays, to be published early
in 1965.
The essays began as a rou
tine English assignment, from
which 30 of the best essays
were chosen and submitted to
Santa Answers A letter
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The fol
lowing Is by David R. Tre
vi thick, President of the Nat
ional Postmasters Associat
ion.)
Several years ago we found
among the many letters that
come addressed to Santa Claus
a request from a little girl
for written assurance from
Santa himself that he was real.
Though she still had faith,
some of her friends at school
had begun to infect her with
disbelief. I replied to her in
part as follows:
Dear Elsie:
"I wish you would tell your
skeptical friends for me that
there Is a Santa Claus. He
is not exactly like anyone
you know, but 1 can assure
you from personal experience
that he does exist. He is
composed of all the good things
that God put into the hearts
and minds of people every
where.
If you could study him close
ly, you would discover in his
makeup some of your mother's
love, some of your father's
strength, and some of the
many virtues which you have
found in other persons whose
lives have thus far touched
your own. And, if you could
talk to him, you would learn
that he was created espec
ially for children, for it is
in their makeup that he finds
the sort of faith needed to
sustain his life.
"Yes, Elsie, there is a
Santa Claus. I have known
him always. When I was a
boy, he sometimes didn't leave
me many toys. As he had
to bring food and clothing and
medical care for the whole
family. Never once did 1
see him come during the
night, but when I entered the
living room next morning and
sat with the rest of the family
around the Christmas tree,
I found his spirit there.....
just as surely as one finds
the National Essay Press of
Los Angeles.
Rules limited the essays
to 150 words, and complete
originality of work was es
sential.
No restrictions were plac
ed on subject matter, each
student being urged to choose
a subject of interest to him
and his age group.
The anthology, entitled
YOUNG AMERICA SPEAKS,
is designed to make possible
scholarly competition in an
intellectual effort with stu
dents throughout the 50 states.
Such effort tends to create
spontaneous interest among
students, as well as encourag
ing logical thinking and clear,
concise writing, which are
necessarily essential in es
says of this restricted length.
Hiwassee Dam was repre
sented last year in a National
Press Anthology of Poetry by
Barbara Andrea Sampson and
Ozell Long.
rainbow after a summer show
er.
You, too, will be aware of
Santa's invisible presence
this Christmas. He will be
with you forever in this sea
son if, as children do, you
look for the best in people
and in life."
$150 Check Goes To H.D.
School For Use Of Chairs
MURPHY- A donation in
the amount of $150 was given
to Hiwassee Dam School by
the Murphy Junior Chamber
of Commerce to help pay for
a new duplicating machine the
school was badly in need of.
The gift was a token of
appreciation to Harest King,
principal of Hiwassee Dam
School, and the school, for
allowing the Jaycees to use
their chairs for the club's
wrestling program.
Mr. King stated that the
old duplicator the school was
using was so slow that teach
ers and students alike, some
times had to stand in line
to use the machine. With the
new duplicator production of
school forms, test papers,
and similar printed materials,
will be greatly speeded up.
Mr. King expressed his
appreciation to the Jaycees
at their last dinner meeting
for helping make the purchase
of this late model machine
possible.
He was also quick to add
that he and the staff at Hi
wassee Dam School were al
ways happy to assist the civic
clubs in this area in any way
possible.
Tax Listing
To Begin 1
MURPHY- It was announ
ced this week by Cherokee
County Tax office that tax
listings for 1965 will begin
Monday, January 4, 1965.
John Donley, Cherokee
County Tax Supervisor said,
"If you wait and come to the
courthouse, several people
will have to be employed to
take the lists. This will be
an additional cost to you as
tax payers. "This expense
can be eliminated if you will
make an effort to list locally.
You will also save the lff?o
penalty imposed when you
fail to list. We try to place
list takers at places con
venient to most all the peo
ple in the community. We
appreciate your cooperation
during the past two years and
feel assured that the same
will continue."
For information concern
ing the tax listing locations
and dates, consult the ad ap
pearing in this week's Scout.
RECEIVES $150 CHECK- Harest King, (R), Principal of
Hiwassee Dam School, receives a check in the amount of
$150 from W. L. Christy, president of the Murphy Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
lobacco Variety Demonstration Results Told
MURPHY- It was announ
ced today by James Stewart,
County Extension Chairman,
that final results have been
obtained on the results of a
tobacco variety demonstrat
ion.
The demonstration grown
and handled by C. B. Newton
of Slow Creek was designed
to show the ten top Burley
Tobacco varieties grown un
der local conditions.
The varieties and their
yields per acre are: Kent
ucky 19, crossed with Bur
ley 21, 2240 pounds, Burley
37, 2300 pounds; Kentucky 10,
2690 pounds; Kentucky 12,
2680 pounds; Kentucky 16,
crossed with Burley 21, 2150
pounds; Kentucky 16, 2265
pounds; Kentucky 12, crossed
with Burley 21, 2950 pounds;
Kentucky 9, 2815 pounds; Ken
tucky 9 crossed with Burley
21, 2480 pounds, and Burley
21, 2530 pounds.
Newton says, "Burley 21
was one of the best all around
varieties in the field and in
quality of tobacco. Kentucky
12 crossed with Burley 21,
Kentucky 9,10, and 12 also
look real good."
T.l. McNobbJr.
Selected For
Farmer's Course
MURPHY- It has been
announced jointly by John ,
Gill of the Citizens Bank and
Trust Company and James
Stewart, County Extension
Chairman, that T. L. McNabb,
J r., has been selected to att
end the Farmers Short Course
in Raleigh from January 25
to February 5.
The Short Course is spon
sored by the North Carolina
Bankers Association and
North Carolina State College.
The local Citizens Bank and
Trust Company provides
financial assistance to those
attending the short course.
Sind they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph,
and the Babe lying in a manger." In the hush of a Holy Night,
He was born, bringing to earth a joyous promise of
Peace and Good Will to all mankind. And now, as the bells
ring out the glad tidings, age-old yet ever new, another Christmas
dawns. Hope is strengthened, courage fortified,
faith renewed. Hearts and spirits
are bright with the shining wonder of the Day.
To
'o all our friends, our greetings and good wishes!
May you hear the wonder of Christmas in
each dearly cherished carol ... sec its magic in each
gaily decked tree . . . feel its infinite joy deeply in your heart.
And, as you hark to the words of the sacred
story, may the blessings of His message surround you
and those you hold dear, at Christniastide
and through all the days to