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VOLUME (2?NUMBER 10 MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. SEPT. 13. 1832 " RIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
PM A Committeemen
To Contact Farmers
One at the important new fea
tures of the J 953 Agricultural
Conservation Program will be the
contact of individual farmers by
their elected PMA community
committeemen during the month
of October, says H. B. McNabb,
Chairman of the Cherokee Coun
ty PMA Committee
The soil and water conservation
practice, or conservation measure,
to be carried out by Cherokee
County Farmers under the 1953
ACP will be those which the in
dividual farmer and his communi
ty committeeman determine are
the most needed for the farm.
In the chairman's opinion, this
important step in program devel
opment can be expected to result
In reaching more acres with need
ed conservation practices and in
using Agricultural Conservation
Program assistance for the most
urgently needed practices.
The chairman explains that
when the community committee
man visits an individual farm, he
will be prepared to go. over the
farm with the farmer and help de
termine what practices or conser
vation measures are most needed.
A year-by-year schedule of con
servation operations worked out
for each farm will enable the far
mer to us; program assistance
most efficiently.
Mr. McNabb urges farmers to
take advantage of this opportunity
tr, get the most effective help from
ttv; program, from the committee
man and from the agencies avail
able in the county to help him
with his conservation problems. It
will be a test of the committee
system and a test of the Nation's
efforts to assure the needed con
tinued production, he says.
Allreds Return
From Germany
M/Sgt. and Mrs. Lindley Allred
and two children. Janie and Judy,
have recently returned to North
Carolina from Germany, where
they spent 34 months. M/Sgt. All
red served with the 71st Ordnance
Battalion.
Their youngest child, Judy, was
born in Nurnberg, while four
ytarold Janie was born in Texas.
The Allreds also spent some time
in Erlanrcn, a university town, and
IHesheim.
The Allreds saw the passion play
in Oberamergau in 1950. It was
the first production of the play
since 1930.
.Vrs. Al'red is the former Miss
Pauline Kisselburg of Culberson.
At present they are staying with
her parents, visiting relatives and
renewing old friendships.
ATTEND CONFERENCE
T' o Rev. and Mrs R. Delbert
Byrum will attend the Western
North C >rollna Annual Methodist
Conference sessions, September
23-2"\ which are to be held at
First Methodist Church, Charlotte.
H. Bueck will attend the con
ference as lay delegate from Ftrsl
Methodist Church, Murphy.
Boy Scouts Hold
First Fall Meet
Scoutmaster H. L. McKeever
and Assistant Scoutmaster Irvln
Greene met Tuesday night, Sep
tember 16, with 21 boys at the Boy
Scout Hut and organized for the
coining year.
Larry Posey was elected Senior
Patrol Leader.
Patrol Leaders chosen were
Burke Moore, Billy Adams and
Fred Van Horn. Tommy Gentry
was elected Troop Scribe.
Highlight of the meeting was
a ride on the Town fire truck. The
boys rode the truck to the ball
park where Town Clerk J. H. Bay
less, and firemen Loren Davis and
Wess Garrett demonstrated all
fire-fighting equipment.
The troop will spend the week
end camping on Standing Indian
Mountain, r. Greene announced
that during the football season all
scouts who are In uniform will be
admitted to the football games
free of charge in order that they
may help park cars, direct traffic,
and serve as ushers.
In the future meetings will "be
on Monday nights: Next Monday
Scouts will meet at 5:30 p. m. at
the City Hall in uniform to have
their pictures taken riding the
fire truck.
Ella Jean Wells
Reports For Duty
In San Francisco
Miss Ella Jean Wells, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wells of
Murphy, left August 21 for San
Frisco. Calif., where she report
ed for work as a nurse anesthetist
at San Francisco Hospital, Septem
ber 21.
She was accompanied by her
mother to Lake Arrowhead, Calif.,
where they visited Mr. and Mrs.
Ben M. Hennessey. Enroute they
visited in New Orleans, La., Hous
ton and Sonora, Tex., and Carls
had Caverns, New Mexico
Mrs. Wells returned to Murphy
September 21.
P. T. A. Plans Meet
Mrs. W A. Hoover will be the ]
guest speaker when PeaChtree P.
T. A. meets at the school Friday,
September 18, at 7:30 p. m. Miss I
Velma Umphfres will sing two,
songs.
A short movie will be shown.
All parents are invited to attend. ]
To Lecture Here
W. B. Shawver, traveling rep
resentative of the Watchtower So
ciety, Brooklyn, N. Y., will lecture
in Murphy, Sunday, at 3 p. m. at
the courthouse. His subject will
t be "The Truth and Where To Find I
It". ,
Hiwassee Dam Club
Wins First Place
Hiwassee Dam Home Demon
stration Club won first place for
its exhibit "Color In Dress" at'
the county fair last week.
Second place winner was the
Murphy club with its "Old Mother
Hubbard" exhibit, a display of
seven different kinds of foods on
individual shelves showing the ba
sic seven for a well-rounded diet. 1
Miss Edna Bishop home agent
says the dress worn by the Old
Mother Hubbard mannequin was
over a 100 years old.
Bell view H. D. Club wqn third
place with a corn meal enrichment
display. "Make a Good Food Bat
ter. Use Enriched Corn Meal".
Miss Bishop evpects this well
planned exhibit showing an en
richment feeder to result in an
other county miliar adding addi
tional vitamins and minerals to
corn ground at his mill, end says
aha hopes othera will fellow in
Suit for "Did You Ever Hear a
Book Talk? No, But a Book Can I
Tell You a World of Ideas", show-1
ing hooks telling of world affairs,
farming, science, sewing and other
subjects.
Martins Creek, showing tubercu
losis X-Ray exhibit using results '
based on X-Jlays recently make in
the county by the mobile unit, re
ceived fifth place award.
Those receiving honorable men
tion were: Peechtree, "Creative,
Hands", a display showing the
steps taken in etching aluminum |
trays; Tomdtla, slip covers, "Pro-;
tect New Furniture, Make Old <
Look New"; Midway, strawberry
culture, "Delicious, Nourishing1
and Tempting"; Valleytown, flo
wer arrangement, "Fall Flowers
Come Indoors".
Mlaa Bishop says the quality of
exhibits tees as good si always.
? little
Mercury Falls,
Minimum Is 44
Fall weather la with u* again
with temperature* ranging in the
low eighties. The lowest the mer
cury has been this season was last
Thursday at 6 a. m. when a read
ing of 44 was recorded. The max
imum on that day was 85.
Readings since Friday are as fol
: lows: Friday 82. Saturday 85, Sun
day 83, Monday 75, Tuesday 82,
1 and Wednesday 77.
The total rainfall for Septem
ber Is 2 69 inches. Most of this fell
on the 14th when 1.90 was meas
i ured.
R. S. Burgesses
Win Civil Suit
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Burgess of
Murphy, former Lenoir residents,
won a civil suit in Caldwell Coun
I ty Superior Court Wednesday,
September 10, when the jury re
\ turned a verdict that Paul Harris
! of Caldwell County should recov
er nothing in his suit against the
Burgesses
Harris had sued the defendents
in connection with an oral work
ing agreement made when the de
fendants opened a fibre manu
facturing plant at Murphy.
Representing t h e Burgesses
were Attorneys O. L. Anderson of
Murphy and Folger Townsend of
i Lenoir. ?
Baptist Pastors
Elect Officers
1 Officers were elected by pastor3
! of the Western North Carolina
and West Liberty Associations
' when they met Monday, Septem
I ber 15, at First Baptist Church,
I Murphy.
1 Officers for 1952-1953 are as
I follows: President, the Rev. J. A.
j Richardson; vice-president, the
i Rev. A. B. Lovell; secretary, the
I Rev Fred B. Lunsford; co-program
chairmen, the Rev. F. B. Clark and
the Rev. A. G. Brooks.
The Pastors Conference meets
Monday morning after every sec
'ond Sundry at the First Church
here.
Mrs. Spencer's
Nephew Is Taken
m. ... u r>r.hh of Menlo Pa:
Tyrus R. Cobb of Menlo Park.
Calif., wired his aunt, Mrs. Noraj
Cobb Spencer last Tuesday of the
death of his eldest son. Dr. Tyrus j
R. Cobb, Jr., 42. Dr. Cobb visited |
Mrs Spencer at various times,
?pending one summer at her home
[ on Route 2 studying for his Col-1
I lege Board entrance at Yale.
| Later he studied medicine and
j chose Dublin, Ga., for his field of
[ work. The people of that section
have launched a memorial scholar
ship fund in his memory for some
worthy and ambitious young man
to become an M. D., says Mrs.
Spencer.
Funeral Services
Held For Smart
Funeral services for George
*mart, 38, of Havesvtlle who was
killed In a traffic accident on
Highway 64, one and a half miles
cast of Hayesville Thursday, Sep
tember 11, were held at 2 p. m.
Saturday In Ledford Chapel Meth
odist Church with the Rev. V. N.
Allan of Shooting Creek and the
Rev. Robert L. Polndexter of
Franklin, officiating. Burial was
in the church cemetery with Ivie
Funeral Home in charge.
The body lay in atate In the
church one hour preceding the
service.
Pallbearers were Frank Cham
bers, Clatborn Ashe, Wade Craw
ford, Jack Sellers. Dewey Nichols.
Alvin Filer, Wade Galloway and
Olen Ledford.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Fannie Stalcup Smart; a daughter,
Judy, a son, Charles, of the home;
the mother, Mrs. Floy Ledford
Smart of HayeevHle, a slater, Mrs.
Fola Robinson of HayeavtUe, and
four brothers, John Morris, Noel
and Roel of Hayesville and Gwen
dolyn of Kelso, Wash.
F. T. A- TO FLAN CARNIVAL |
Mrs. Feb ChaaUln announces i
that Martins Creek School P. T. I
A. trill aaeet at the. aabool Sep
tember 23 at 7:10 p. aa. Plana for
the Hallowe'en Carnival will be
Center Parking In
Murphy Is Stopped
Center perking it now a custom
of the past In Murphy. This week
the State Highway Department
painted four-way traffic lanes on
Valley River Avenue, Hiawassee,
Peachtree and Tennessee streets,
all being streets where center
parking has been allowed. <
One hour parking spaces have
also been marked off, however,
the time limitation will not go in
to effect until an ordinance is pas
sed by the Town Board and ade
quate notice of the new law has
been given to citizens.
A traffic island is being built on
each corner of the square. The
space enclosed by the tier-shaped
islands will be dug up and flowers
will be planted.
The decision to eliminate center
parking was made to allow the new
highway to go through Murphy.
Baptist Sunday
School Workers,
Leaders To Meet
Cyrus C. White, Associational
Sunday School Superintendent for
Western North Carolina Baptist
Association, is calling a meeting of
all Sunday School leaders and
workers of the 46 churches of the
association to be held at First
Baptist Church, Murphy, at t:30
p. m Monday, September 22.
Associational officers will be
elected and plans for the ensuing
year will be made.
All Baptist pastors and Sunday
School leaders are expected to at
tend.
Women To Meet
The general meeting of the wo
men of the Murphy Presbyterian
Church will be held Tuesday, Sep
tember 23. at 8 p. m. with Mrs.
C. W. Savage at Savage Hotel. Mrs.
Lewis Hodges, president, urges all
members to attend.
DIET SURVEY
Miss Nina Lee Corbett, state nu
tritionist. is back in Murphy this
week, doing follow up work on a
diet survey made in Cherokee
County last spring.
Rally Attended
By Large Number
Back-To-School
Trek Continues
With one group of Andrews
young people already gone to their (
respective colleges, another group
[bre leaving their homes this week
] for enrollment in other colleges
' and universities.
Miss Ann Bristol, Miss Betty
Jean Greenwood and Miss Betty
Heaton have enrolled in Woman's
College of the University of North
Carolina in Greensboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Dock Carpenter
accompanied their grand-daughter.
Sue Hall, to Cullowhee, where she
will be enrolled.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hicks ac
companied their daughter, Mar
jorie, to Durham, where she will
enter Duke University School of
Nursing.
Mr. and Mrs. John Christy, Sr.,
accompanied their son. Bob, to
Durham where he will be a mem
ber of the Senior Class of Duke
University. Another son, John, Jr.,
is enrolled in the Duke Divinity
School.
Students planning to enter Wes
tern Carolina Teachers' College at
Cullowhee this week are: Betty
Mulkey, Betty Kllpatrick, Barbara
West, Patricia Thomasson, Ken
neth Barker, "Chub" and J. V.
Brooks and Charles Battle, i
Jimmle Marr will leave Satur
day for Knoxville where he is en
tering the University of Tennes
V1SITS SCHOOLS
Miss Madeleine Tripp, school
supervisor in the western district,
visited in Cherokee County
wee the flkutsr guest at Miss
Belle Klsselburg We
? A Training Union rally was held
at Marble Springs Baptist Church
September 15 with a large num
ber of people attending.
The Rev. A. B. Lovell of Mar
ble was the inspirational speaker.
I Mr. Lovell was elected moderator.
Other officers elected were: Di
rector, Mrs. Carl West, Andrews;
choir leader, Ralph Myers, Brass
town; pianist, Mrs. J. A. Morris,
Murphy; pastor advisor, the Rev.
Lester Stowe, Peachtree; adult
leaders, Mr-. ^thur Ledford,
Truett Memorial; young people's
j leader, Mrs. J. C. Kilpatrick,
Peachtree.
Intermediate leaders. Miss Vel
?
ma Umphfres, Murphy; junior
leader, Mrs. Hazel Reynolds; chil
dren's work; primary leader, Mrs.
Fred B. Lunsford, Brasstown; be
ginner leader, Mrs. Will Ensley,
Valley River; nursery leader, Mrs.
Kenneth Woodard, Mt. Pleasant;
group leaders: group number one,
Mrs. Charlea McDonald, Hanging
dog; group number two, Mrs. Earl
Cable. Moss Memorial, Mt. Plsgah
and Mt. Pleasant.
The next meeting will be with
the Hanging dog church Decem
ber 8, provided the roads in that
area, which are undergoing repair,
are in traveling condition.
Citizens To Clean,
Improve Cemetery
Cltixens in the Peachtree com
munity will clean and improve the
- Peachtree cemetery Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
next week. Noah Hembree says,
"Ccane and help us If you can. If
you are interested and cannot
work, a donation to O. A. Walsh
Cri* will bo
63 Head Purebred Hereford
Cattle Sell For $33,000
Morris Announces
Church Schedule
The Rev. J. Alton Morris will
discuss "Servants of Christ" at
worship services at 11 a. m. at
First Baptist Church, Murphy,
Sunday "What Next?" will be the
topic of his evening sermon at
7:55.
Sunday School will begin at
9:45 a. m., Bealtown Mission ser
vice at 2:30 p. m , and Training
Union at 7 p. m.
The Junion G. A's will meet
with Ruth and Carolyn Bates at
3:15 p. m. Monday.
Fannie Heck Circle will meet
with Mrs. Creed Bates Tuesday,
Mae Perrv Circle with Mrs. J. B.
Hall, and Lottie Moon Circle with
Mrs. W. A. Bell. All circles will
meet at 2:30 p. m.
The Sunbeams will meet at the
church at 3:15 p. m. Tuesday.
The Hour of Power prayer ser
vice will be held at 7:30 p. m.
Wednesday, to be followed by
Adult Choir practice at 8:30.
Other choir practices are as fol
lows: Cherub at 10 a. m. and Pri
mary at 3:15 p. m. both on Wed
nesday, and Juniors at 10 a. m.
Saturday.
Civitans See Film
On "Dare County"
Through the courtesy of the
Murphy Public Library the Civi
tan Club was shown a film, "Dare
County," at its meeting Monday,
September 15.
John Jordan showed the film I
and announced that the library is
one of ten libraries in the state to
participate in the film program
sponsored by the University of
North Carolina.
Ben Palmer read the "Civitan
Creed." Myron Jensen, chairman
of the project committee, report
ed on the Civitan concession at
the fair. Half of the profits will be
turned over to the Murphy Ath
letic Association.
Ferebee To Serve
On Democratic
Partv Committee
Percy B. Ferebee of Andrews
has been appointed to the Active
Advisory Committee of the Dem
ocratic Party's campaign this fall
by State ' Democratic Executice
Committee Chairman B. Everett
Jordan.
Mr. Ferebee will serve on a 31
member group that will assist in
formulating strategy for this year's
campaign throughout the state and
will concentrate on local level
Democratic activities.
"We are counting on our advi
sory committee members to keep
in close ccntact with precinct and
county workers in order that the
Democratic Party can build the
largest majority in our history
November 4," Jordan said in an
nouncing the appointment.
Folk Games And
Dancing To Begin
i
Friday night, September 19, will
be the opening night for folk
games and dancing at the John C.
Campbell Folk School at Brass
town.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wood of
Michigan and Florida will be at
the school for two months this fall.
The Woods played at the winter
party last February, in the short
course in recreation and two
weeks' craft course in June.
Byrum Announces
Sermon Topics
The sermon message to be j
brought by the Rev. R. Delbert
Byrum, pastor. First Methodist
Church, Murphy, Sunday at 11 a.
m. will be "A Christian Observ
ance of Sunday". Mr. Byrum will
preach on "The Necessity of,
Christ" at 7:30 p. m. I
Sunday School will begin at
9:45 a. m. and the youth meeting 1
at 6 p. m.
Crisp Seriously
Wounded In Korea
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crisp hav
received word that their nephew
Sgt. Frank Crisp, was seriousl
wounded in Korea Thursday, Set
t ember 11
Sgt. Crisp is the son of Mrs. 1
J. Massey of Route 1, Waynesvilli
He had served nine months in Kc
rea and received the silver star fo
bravery and purple heart fc
wounds received in the vicinity t
Chosin. He is a veteran of Worl
War II when he served as tank:
man in North Africa and Italy.
BLOODMOBILE
The American Red Cross Blood
mobile will be at Murphy First
Baptist Church on October 7, an
nounces J. L. Savage.
? Sixty-three head of purebred
Hereford cattle were sold for
<33,000 at the auction sale con
ducted Wednesday afternoon, Sep
tember 17, on the farm of W. D.
Townson six miles east of Murphy.
This was the first production
sale ever held on a farm in West
ern North Carolina. Townson said.
I The top heifer 9old for $1,600
to L. Chatterton of Greensboro,
Ala, one of the oldest Hereford
breeders in the country, and a na
tionally known judge.
The top bull was sold for $1,400
to the Meadow Brook Farm in
Knoxville, Tenn.
Some of the top heifers went to
Haywood and Graham Counties.
Buyers from Alabama, Mississip
pi, Georgia, South Carolina, Tenn
essee and North Carolina attended
the sale.
Jewett Fulkersop of Liberty,
Mo., and C. E. Cunningham of Co
lumbus, S. C., were auctioneers.
Some attending the sale were
Forrest McClain of the American
Hereford Association, Kansas City,
Mo., Lyle Roberts of the Ameri
can Hereford Journal, Kansas
City, Johnnie Jenkins and Ray
Brockington of the Southern Live
Stock Journal, Macon, Ga., Jim
Grehan of the Breeders Stockman,
Warrenton, Va., Jim Draper, Live
Stock weekly, Memphis, Tenn., J.
S. Buchanan and A. V. Allen of
the North Carolina Extension De
partment, Raleigh, Dr. A. P.
CIiive, vice-president of the West
ern North Carolina Hereford As
sociation, Canton; and Mrs. E. D.
Chandler, secretary Western North
Carolina Hereford Association,
Ashevllle.
Development Club
Plans Projects
Marlins Creek Community De
velopment Club met Monday, Sep
tember 15, at 8 p. m. in the school
with Bryan Chastain taking charge
in the absence of the president,
Guy Crisp.
A number of improvements and
projects were discussed by the
members.
The youth met with their pres
ident, Miss Jerry Ruth Smith. The
jouth plan to help finish the Meth
odist parsonage as their project.
The boys plan to work each Sat
urday beginning at 1 p. m., while
the girls will serve refreshments
at 3 p. m to the helpers.
1 At the close of the meeting G.
H. Farley, county agent, and
! Douglas Smith, Superintendent of
Martins Creek School, showed an
educational film to the group.
The next meeting will be Mon
day, October 7, at 8 p. m. at Mar
tins Creek School. /
COfCToMeet
The Murphy Chamber of Com
merce will meet at the courthouse
Tuesday, September 23, at 7:30 p.
m. All members and all business
-men are invited , as well as oth
er interested persons.
Murphy Team Wins
3rd Straight Game
Murphy beat Hayesville 6-0 Fri
day. September 12, at Hayeeville.
The first half was nip and tuck all
the way, with neither team ad
vancing.
In the sscond half the Murpihy
tfeam, catching fire, came back
from the half Ilka a new ball team.
In the third quarter Dalrymple
covered 20 yards. Don Greene
made five yards on the next play
to the center of the line. On the'
next play Greene carried the ball
over for a touchdown.
Murphy made the extra point,
but a man was offside, and the ex
tra point waa no good
Murphy threatened twice during
the last quarter but failed to score.
Those showing up well on of
fense from Murphy were
ton, Greene,
said Eddie Joe Elliott was excep
tionally good on offenae.
Those showing well on defense
were Dink Elliott. George Hall,
Fred Dalrymple, Gene Dockery.
I Joe Medvidovich, Ralph Swanaon
and Jimmy Mulkey.
In the back/leld those doing
good defense work were Tommy
Gentry. Larry Posey, Billy Ram
sey and Thompson.
Friday the Murphy squad will
take on Murphy's home field far
the season's first ' home game.
Coaches Ike Olson and Greene
say the boys' spirit Is
this should be a flood
ing that they anticipate *
Murphy won the first t)
of th