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The Cherokee kI? Scout
and Clay County Progress
Volume 76 - Number 19 Murphy, North Corolino December 2. 1965 12 Poges This Week ^Z!^?5ShSM55i
coutlets
Last week we gave Jack
Pins on a hard time for taking
9 shots at 6 deer and coming
home empty handed the first
day of deer season. Jack's a
good hunter alright, he has
killed 36 Deer over the past
years. We don't won't to ride
a good deer . . . er horse
to death but this story sounds
just like Jack. The old "Pro"
hunter was talking to some
fellow woodsmen: "There I
was," he said, "die grizzly
bear down in the canyon be
hind a tree. The only way I
could hit him was to ricochet
a bullet off this high canyon
wall on my right. Well, I had
gauged my windage, calculated
the lead of the barrell and
the rate of twist, the hard
ness of the bullet and the an
gle of yaw it would have after
beingsmackedxu of shape aga
inst that canyon wall, and I
judged my chances were 60
40 that I would get my bear."
There was a long silence. Then
one of his listeners asked
rather timidly: "Did you hit
hit?" "Nope," spat out the
old man. "I missed the wall."
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We're still practicing that
SLOW - SLOW - QUICK -
QUICK , the keys to Ballroom
Dancing and we have had some
response from persons in
terested in learning to dance.
One letter in particular was
from Lowell Kirby, Editor and
Publisher of theMcCayesville
Citizen at McCayesville, Ga.
"Nobody will ever convince
me that I can't have two left
feet, 111 wager," says Kirby.
"Arthur Murray's Atlanta
crowd tried and failed."
(Scoutlet note: If the classes
begin and if Mr. Kirby does
attend, well just take that
wager.) Saturday is the last
day for letting us know if
you're interested in lessons.
Call 837-5122 now!
-J
Murphy may not be having
a Christinas parade this year
but Judy Brittaln, 19, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M.
Brittaln of Murphy won't be
out dot*. Judy is a member
of the court of "Miss Ashe
vllle Tech" and appeared in
die Institute float in the Ash
eville Christmas parade.
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By now most folks know of
the gigantic Black Bear that
Grant Barton of Marble nn?<
In die Fires Creek Refuge last
Tuesday. The bear weighed
approximately 425 pounds
when shot, field dressed at
312 pounds, and was six feet
six inches tall. (Made a good
basketball player, huh?)Other
fellows on the hunt were: Gary
Barton, E. Vincent Parker,
J. V. Brooks, and Doug Bar
ker. No picture fellows,
sorry, so if you have a com
plaint , call Jack Thompson,
he took the pictures for us.
In fact he took 9 pictures but
all were under exposed and
couldn't be printed. (Sounds
like Jack Pinson again
doesn't it?)
-J
Mrs. Joann Woody of Rt. 3
Hayesvllle rates "Top County
Cook' in our book this week
for winning $5 in The Farm
Journal Magazine recipe con
test for Christmas spec
ialties. Her entry was for
Orange Canity Cake and if you
would like to try die recipe,
turn to the Clay County page
and help yourself. All we have
to say is that if Mrs . Woody
had sent us a sample we would
have been glad to have given
an honest evaluation.
-J
Reverend Arthur J. Pearce,
Pastor' of the Andrews Meth
odist Church, sllows that their
family pet is missing and his
three children are heart
broken. The pet, a 4 month
old Collie pigipy, is black and
white with a little tan around
the face and was wearing a
red collar when-last seen
Monday afternoon. If you know
of the Collies' whereabouts ?
call 321-5207 In Andrews. A
reward is being offered.
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Last Chance To Be A
Football Contest Winner
The Cherokee Scout's foot
bell contest that has been
running for ten weeks will
end with this week's contest.
As a result of last week's
contest, there were no changes
in the previous standings. The
point standings suy the same,
but three new names are add
ed to the twenty one contest
ants already in the running for
the $330.00 to be awarded
as grand prizes in addition to
the $100.00 already awarded
for weekly prizes. With the
remaining week to go andonly
ten remaining points to be
awarded with a maximum of
five points to any individual,
this will eliminate eight of the
past winners from the big
3 Youths
Charged
Three Cherokee County
youths were arrested Wed
nesday Nov. 24 in connection
with a 1 a.m. Nov. 21 break
in of Vincent Stiles Store on
Hickory Street in Murphy.
Charged with breaking and
entering and larceny are Lloyd
Ashe, 17, of Murphy, Rl 3,
Dwight Dotson, 17, Murphy,
and James D.Taylor, 17,Mur
phy , Rt. L
In a hearing before
Mayor L. L. Mason Friday,
Nov. 26, the three youths were
bound over to the March 28
term of Superior Court and
placed under $1,000 bond each.
Ashe and Dotson have been
released under bond . Taylor
is still being held in Cherokee
County jail pending the
$1,000 bond.
Assistant police chief Pete
Stalcup, investigating the
break-in said that a resident
witnessed the trio leaving
Stiles store and identified one
of them as Taylor.
Stalcup arrested Taylor in
town on Wednesday, Nov. 24,
and he identified the other two
youths. Deputies Hartness and
Holloway of the Sheriff's Dep
artment served warrants on
Ashe and Dotson at their
homes the same day.
Jaycees
To Spoisor
Toys For Tots
Last year the Murphy Jay
cees sponsored a "Toys For
Tots" drive to collect new
and usable toys for under
privileged children In this
area.
Many toys were collected
and distributed to little girls
and boys who might have
otherwise been left out at
Christmas time.
J aycee Chairman, Don
Decker, announced today that
the club will sponsor "Toys
For Tots" again this year and
has hopes to brighten Christ
mas for even more children
than last year.
Special "Toys For Tots"
boxes will be placed In Murphy
businesses and Industries for
the publics' convenience.
These stations will be ann
ounced next week.
Harshaw Fund
Grows OAR To
Meet Monday
MURPHY- The Archibald
?. Murphey Chapter of DAR
will meet Monday evening,
December 6, at the home of
Mrs. James Hilton, with Mrs.
Ben Warner, Jr? as co-host
ess. Time of meeting is 8:00
o'clock.
Mr*. Duke Whitley will give
the program on "The Influence
of American History on
Christinas Carols."
Additional gifts for the Har
shaw Chapel Restoration were
given by Mrs. Mary Faye
Brumby, Mr. and Mrs. Pey
ton Ivle, Mrs. Wlllard Ax
ley, Mr. Gustave Corder and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dickey.
Area Basketball
Gaaies Oa Tap
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3
Cherokee at Murphy
A ndrawi at Stacoah
RobUnavilla at Mountain View
Young Harria College at Ca.
Mil. College
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4
Hlawaaaee. Ga. at Hayeevllle
Young Harria College at North
Ga. Tech
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7
Murphy at Motanaln View
Anch-ewe at Nantahala
Cherokee at RobhtnavUle
Hlawaaaee Dun at Hayesvllle
awards. However, there are
sixteen people who could win
or share part of the winnings.
As It stands now, two con
testants are sure of winning
part of the (330.00, Hugh
Carrlnger and James A,
Hughes are tied for first and
second place with ten points
each. Only one contestant
could possibly pass these two
In points. Bud Alexander is
In a peculiar position, but this
is not a bad position to be in.
He could move Into first place
by winning either first or sec
ond place, that Is if Carrln
ger and Hughes failed to get
In the winners circle. He
could move into a tie for
first, second and third place
by coming up with a third
place selection this week, and
again that Is If Carrlnger and
Hughes failed to get In the
winners circle, and If one of
the other contestants with five
points, fall to get a five point
winner. Alexander now sitt
ing In third place could lose
out altogether if one of the
six contestants with five points
should come up with first place
this week. So after ten weeks
running, out of 24 names only
two people are sure of win
ning and sharing In the grand
prize awards.
The past week was quite
hectic and took quite a bit of
judging and figuring to come
up with the three winners.
When all the judging was over,
we came up with three winners
in the same family, believe it
or not. Jack Crawford was
first place winner and his wife,
Thelma, and daughter Debbie
were tied for second and third
place. This is the first week
that this has happened. All
winners In the same family
and a tie for second and third
places. As a consequence,
we had to award Mrs. Thelma
Crawford and Debbie two and
a half points each and (2.50
each In prize money. The
Crawford family all missed
five games (there were two tie
games and unless picked to
tie, these automatically are
losers). All three contest
ants missed the same games
and the tie breaker was the
deciding Issue. Games missed
were Army vs. Navy, Notre
Dame vs. Miami, Dallas vs.
Washington, Green Bay vs.
Los Angeles, and Boston vs.
New York.
In the tie breaker Jack pre
dicted Ga. to beat Ga. Tech,
17 to 14; Thelma predictedGa.
to beat Ga. Tech, 18 to 14
and Debbie predicted Ga. to
beat Ga. Tech. 16 to 14. The
final score was Georgia, 17,
Georgia Tech, 7.
Two other contestants mis
sed five games but lost out
on the tie breaker. Junior
Anthony missed the two tie
games plus the Green Bay vs.
Los Angeles, Philadelphia vs.
St. Louis and San Francisco
vs. Minnesota, and predicted
Ga. to defeat Ga. Tech, 21 to
17. Mrs. Myrtle Sneed mis
sed the two tie games plus
the Dallas-Washington,Green
Bay-Los Angeles, andHous
ton-Kansas City games. Mrs.
Sneed predicted Ga. Tech to
defeat Ga., 13-7. If she had
reversed this prediction, she
would have been the first place
winner. Those missing six
games were :HughCarringer,
Walter Ensley, Bill Christy,
and Sam Hartman.
With the football season just
about over, this week we only
have twelve games to pick
from. Two college games and
ten pro games. If you have
enjoyed the contest, I am sure
that the sponsors would app
reciate receiving a word of
thanks from you and if at any
time you need any of their
products, show your appreci
ation by patronizing them. The
sponsors are: Smoky Mountain
Gas Company, Citizens Bank
and Trust Company, Insurance
Department, Hughes Supply,
Inc., Hicks Gulf Service .Mur
phy Laundry, Mauney Drug
Company, ElmerKllgore, Sin
clair Products and Hughes
Electric, all of Murphy and
Clay Farmers Exchange of
Hayesville, N, C.
WINNERS POINT STANDINGS
Hugh Carringer 10
James A. Hughes 10
Bud Alexander 8
Mrs. Fred Keener 5
Walter Cole 5
Dale Lunsford 5
Blllie Jane Stiles 5
Ricky West S
Jo Ann Matheson 5
Blaln Stalcup 5
Jack Crawford 5
Sandra Kaye Mlntz 3
Mrs. Ray Killian 3
Jane Colvard 3
Jimmy Matheson 3
Mrs. Mildred Burch 3
Mrs. Thelma Crawford ..21/2
Miss Debbie Crawford ..21/2
Junior Anthony 2
Mrs. Harold Glads on . . . .2
Jack Thompson 2
Lane Phillips 2
Bill Christy 2
BUI Hansen 2
'Better Not Pout, Better Not Cry...'
Santa Claus Is coming to town. And soon too. Workmen are preparing for Santa as they
begin putting Christmas decorations up in downtown Murphy. An added attraction this year will
be a gigantic 35 foot Christmas tree to be erected on the square. The Jaycees sponsoring this
project expect the tree to arrive Saturday afternoon.
COLLING-CRAIN STORE MANAGER WALLACE Wil l. \MS receives a franchise from Mrs.
Ben Warner authorizing the store to sell a complete l.ne of Girl Scout equipment. Girl Scout
representatives in the background are (1 to r ) Mrs. E. A. Woody, Jr., Mrs. John Carringer,
Mrs. Paul K. Buff and Mrs. Steve Dockery.
Collins Crain Receives Girl
Scout Equipment Franchise
Wally Williams, manager
of Collins Crain Department
Store announced today that
Collins Crain had been award
ed the official franchise from
the Girl Scouts of UJ5.A. to
merchandise uniforms, books,
and all accessories connected
with Girl Scout and Brownie
activity.
In securing the franchise,
Mr. Williams stated, that It
was a culmination of the com
bined efforts of the local offi
cials and Board of the Pis
gah Council for the past two
years.
In the past. It has been ne
cessary for the Girl Scouts
and Brownies and their lead
ers to go to either Ashe
ville for Gainesville, Ga. to
make purchases for any items
that they needed relating to
their activity.
Collins Crain will serve
Cherokee, Clay, and Graham
Counties and the surrounding
area. There are approxi
mately 240 girls In Chero
kee County busily engaged in
Girl Scout and Brownie acti
vity and approximately 600
In the area.
Mr. Williams said thatCol
11ns Crain would carry In stock
at all times any of the mat
Hey Kids, Time
To Write Santo
It's that time again and
we're sure that Sana Is anx
iously awaiting your letters.
We will be happy so print
your letters to Sana In the
Scout.
Just address your letters
a S ana Cla us, c/o The Chero
kee Scout, Murphy, N. C.
erial connected with the pro
gram, and if by chance they
did not have some of the
accessories, he would have it
for you in a short while.
Here for the presentation
of the franchise was Mrs.
Paul K. Buff, Executive Dir
ector Girl Scouts, Pisgah
Council. Mrs. Buff is a native
of Whittier, attended Western
Carolina College and now re
sides InAsheville. Other lad
ies connected with the Girl
Scout activity in Cherokee
County present for the pre
sentation were Mrs. E, A.
Wood, Jr., of Andrews, troop
organizer, Mrs. John Carrln
ger, troop organizer, Mrs.
Ben Warner, Jr., chairman,
and Mrs. Steve Dockery,
camping consultant, all of
Murphy.
Other ladies that are con
nected with Girl Scouts and
Brownies, tut not present for
the presentation are: Mrs.
J. R. Sprung, member of staff
and secretary-treasurer,and
Troop Consultant, Mrs. Ron
Ressell, neighborhood report
er, Mrs, Herman Edwards,
Mrs. James Hughes and Mrs.
Steve Dockery, jwior lead
ers, Mrs. James Hubbard,
cadet leader and Mrs. Max
Payne, assistant cadet leader,
Mrs. Wayne Holland, Mrs.
John Smart, Mrs. Boyce
Stiles, and Mrs. Don Hughes,
Brownie leaders, Mra. How
ard Lovtngood and Mrs. Bet
ty Totherow of Peachtree,
Jr. leaders, Mrs.E.U.Burch,
Brownie leader andMrs. Lew
is Reed, assistant Brownie
leader and Mrs. Burke Wood,
Jr., leader and Mrs. Lucy
La ugh tar, reporter, all of
Andrews. Mrs. Maria Davis,
former chairman for the past
two years and now serving as
secretary. Mrs. W. T. Maul
din. Mrs. Eva Cline and Mrs.
Robert Bush, cadet leaders of
Texanna. In addition to her
other duties, Mrs. Ruth Sprung
also serves as senior leader.
Chair Crows Mushrooms
The Reverend M. F. Garrett of Marble has a kitchen
chair that considers itself a garden of sorts. Several
weeks ago the plastic covered chair grew three large
mushrooms on its back, the largest is about the size of
a saucer.
Joey Garrett, a student at Andrews High School,
mentioned the unusual occurrence to his Science
teacher, Mrs. Ruth Sursavage, Upon her request, Mr.
Garrett removed the back of the chair and brought it
to school.
The chair back has not been returned because it is
sprouting mushrooms by the dozens. It has created so
much interest at the High School that plans are now
underway to get it to a college botanist for his analysis.
The chair was content to be just a chair for years.
Mr. Garrett says he does not recall of the chair ever
being outside the house and has no idea why it suddenly
began growing mushrooms.
American Thread Buys Lane
Tract To Build New Plant
The AmericanThreadCom
pany has purchased a tract of
land In Marble area upon which
plans are being made to erect
an ultra-modem industrial
thread yam spinning mill, it
was announced this week by
company presidentE.B.Shaw.
The engineering firm of C.
T. Main of Charlotte, North
President Of
Bemis Is Killed
ROBBINSVILLE - L. W.
Wilson, 63, president of the
Bemis Hardwood LumberCo.,
here, was found dead of a gun
shot wound at his home, Wed
nesday morning Nov. 24.
A jury empaneled by Gra
ham County Coroner Hayward
Crawford ruled that the dis
charge of the weapon, a shot
gun, was accidental. The lum
ber official was dressed for
outdoors when found at 8:15
a.m.
Mr. Wilson was a native of
Transylvanla County, a gradu
ate of Berea, Ky., College and
had lived in Robbinsvllle since
1927, when he came to work
for the Bemis firm. During
his career, he filled every
official position In the com
pany, and was general mana
ger when he was elected presi
dent in 1964.
He was a member of the
Sute Board of Conservation
and Development, served on
the Robbinsvllle School Board,
and was a director of the Citi
zens Bank and Trust Co., of
Andrews.
Mr. Wilson was a Shriner
and a charter member of the
Robbinsvllle Lions Club, and
once was chairman of theGra
ham County Democratic or
ganization.
He was a director of the
National Hardwood Lumber
Association and a past presi
dent of Appalachian Hardwood
Manufacturers' Inc.
Quarterback Clvb
Slates Banquet
The annual Football Ban
quet given in honor of the
Murphy Bulldogs and their
Cheer Leaders, sponsored by
the Murphy QuarterbackClub,
will be held at the Murphy
Grammar School Lunchroom
Saturday, Dec. 11, at 7:30p.m.
The 'Back of the Year' and
'Lineman of the Year" will be
awarded trophies for their
outstanding play as determ
ined by their fellow team -
mates and die members of the
Quarterback Club.
Coach Luke Rushton of
Young Harris College will be
the guest speaker and present
awards.
The cost is $3 per couple
and the public is invited. For
reservations, call Ken God
fry at 837-2795.
Carolina, has been retained tt
design the approximately 250
000 square foot plant.
"These plans comprise par
of a program of planned ex
pansion and when this mill i!
completed, it will provide out
company with the additional
production facilities necess
ary to accommodate the ris
ing demand for our threat
and yarn," continued Shaw
American Thread now oper
ates two plants lnNorthCaro
lina as well as four other
plants located in four diff eren
states from Maine to Georgia
Its newest plant is locatet
near Brevard in North Caro
lina and is said to be one 01
the South's ten most moden
spinning mills.
Citizens Bank
Pays $150,000
In Club Checks
Checks totaling $150,431.
were mailed to 827Chrlstma:
Club members by the Clti
zens Bank and Trust Com
pany of Andrews, Cullowhee
Hayesvllle, Murphy, Robblns
vllle and Sylva, for funds acc
umulated in their 1965 Christ
mas Clubs.
The $150,431. was deposit?
by Individuals on small week
ly or monthly payments vary
ing from $.50 a week to $10.01
a week. The clubs are open'
ed In the middle of Novembet
and checks are Issued the fob
lowing November. The entln
program is based on the idei
of setting aside a small por
tion each week to accumulan
and be received during th<
Christmas season.
The current slogan used ii
the 1966 club drive is "Christ
mas Club - merriest way u
save." Officials of the ban]
state that many of the indust
rial plants in the section havt
arrangements with the banl
to withhold from their em
ployees' checks a small por
tion to be deposited into clubs
When the checks are lssuec
the following year this rep
resents a personal bonus fro it
the indlviiial to himself.
The figures released repre
sent the largest accumulat
ion ever in the bank. A nat
ional study recently revealed
that 46% of persons having
a Christmas Club stated they
joined because the Club gave
them money for Christmas
gifts just when they needed ii
most. Another 45% stressed
the fact that their Club check
represented money they would
not have saved otherwise.
The local bank in Murphy
announced it issued 452 checks
for $94,197.00. Of this amount
$29,186. was distributed
among employees of Rlmcc
Manufacturing Company.
MISS DECEMBER
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Mr. and Mrs. Douf Aitdarssn
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