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Land Of The Lakes NEWS OF GRAF1 M COUNTY Joyce Kilmer Forest Icenhower Fined; Four Get Terms In Graham Court Claude Icenhower Last week drew a $750 fine while four other men were sentenced to prison term e in a three day session of Graham County Superior Court. 1 Judge H. Hoyle Sink presided. Icenhower. charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injuries on Delmar Wiles.1 pleaded guilty. Court costs will be deducted from the fine and the re mainder of the sum will go to the Wiles. The warrant against Icenhower said the crime was committed "with malice and intent to kill". Wiles, a Robblnsville High School coach, was seriously injur ed, when he was shot at his j home last Dec. 11. The assault oc cured as a result of a squabble at school which involved Icerthow er's son. W. M. Sherrill, assistant clerk of Graham superior court said. Meanwhile Joe Payne, alias James N. Payne, facing charges of forgery, received a sentence of no* less than seven, nor more than 14 years, at the State Penitentiary in Raleigh. Payne pleaded guilty. Three men were sentenced to two years on the road for non sup port. They were: Doyle Lewis, pleading guilty to non support; Ralph Hall; and Rueal Smith, charged with willful abandonment and non support of wife and four minor children. The remainder of the criminal docket, containing mostly traffic violations. was disposed of as fol lows: Traffic violations, drunk driv ing, no operator's license, reckless driving, etc., 14 disposed of; 21 continued or called and failed. Carrying concealed weapon, one; non support, seven; non support continued or called and failed, fix; larceny, breaking and enter ing, two; violation of prohibition law four; violation of prohibition law continued or called and failed, two; assault with a deadly weapon, one; and disturbing public worship one. Other cases continued, or called and failed, 12. The grand jury selected for the term included; Wilson Blakenship, foreman, Rube Carver, Robert An derson, Clay Carpenter, Lloyd Johnson, Earl Shuler. W. M. Davis ^J. W. Prince, John L. Holloway, Jr., John S. Orr, Sidney Jack Wiggins, Arnold Jenkins, H. G. Lovin, Rob-! ert T. Ward, Albert Hollifield, E. L; Toormey, Claude Stratton and Cole-) man Orr. I 1954 ACP Now Underway The 1954 Conservation Program has been under way since the last week In February as announced by the ASC Office. Purchase orders are being issued eh the following materials to be used in carrying out spring con servation practices: Limestone, fertilizer, orchard grass. Ladtno clover.fescue, red clover, and alfa fa. Farmers who have received ap provals are urged by the ASC County Committee to call by the office and obtain their purchase orders as soon as p^sible. April 15 1954 has been aet\as the report date for all spring practices. All practices Dot reported by that date shall be cancelled unless an ex tension of time is requested by the farm operator. A change in this year's ACP from last year's program is that, instead of fanners receiving what was known at the "small payment increase" in the form of a check, they now receive the "small pay ment increase" off the total cost of 'he materials they are buying, thereby, making the farmer's out Xof cash much less. Farmers j. have obtained their purchase' orders fipd this a great help. Mrs. Lois Jones Is Circle Hostess , Clrcl? Number pa* of the WW of the Flr?t Baptist Church of Rob bin svllle met last Thursday at the home ef Mrs. Lola Jones. Mrs. Christine Corpenlng assisted in en tertaining. . an "Lifting < Graham Rabies Clinics Set For Ap. 3 And 10 Marion E. Ennis, Graham Coun ty Sanitarian, Uiis week announced the following rabies clinics: Saturday, Ap. 3: Jenkins Store, Meadow Branch, 8:30-10 a. m.; Yellow Creek Church, Yellow Creek, 10:30-11:30 a. m.; Odom's Store, Cochran's Creek, 12 noon-1 p. m.; J. R. Orr's Store, East Buf falo. 1-2 p. m.; Clyde Phillips Store, Ground SquirrelBranch, 2: 15-2:45 p. m; Courthouse, Rob binsviUe, 3-5 p. m.; and Walt West v >r ? TMulah, 5::15-6 p. m. Saturday, Ap 10, Garland's Store, , coah, 8.-9 a. m.; Pearlie Lovln Store, Tuskeegee, 9-15-10 a. m.; Cheoah Post Office, Cheoah, 10:30 11:15 a. m.; Long Creek Church, Long Creek, 11:45-12:30; Steppe's Store, Atoah, 12:45-1:45; Mount Nobo Church, Dick Branch. 2-2:30 p. m ; and Enowbird Indian School, 2:30-3:30 p. m. Mrs. Bales Named Club President Mrs. C. A. Bales last week was elected president of the Robbins ville Woman's Club In a meeting at the home of Mrs. Cordell Rus sell. Other new officers elected are Mrs. F. S. Griffin, vice-president; Mrs. Mamie Carpenter, secretary treasurer. The program was on Four-H work and included a film shown by Nellie Jo Carter on "Home Improv emcnt". Some 14 members were present and Mrs. F. S. Griffin was assistant hostess. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Grover Willis and Virgil Hyde and Reed Hyde ac-' companied Mrs. Dorothy Collins to ] C'astonia last week. Mrs. Gladys Johnson attended t ie N. C. Educational Secretaries' Conference in Chapel Hill last veek end. Mar. 11-13. She was ac companied on the trip by Mrs. Ma-] 1 ?en Grant of Bryson City and Mrs I I hirley Bryson of Rylva. Mrs. R. B. Slaughter entered Memorial Hospital Sunday for treatment. . Mrs. John S. Orr returned home ast week from Black Mountain rhere she had been a patient for ome months. i John W. Eller is reported quite I ill at an Ashevllle Hospital. Mrs. Martha Parks and brother, I . ohn, made a business trip to AShe1 ille last week. Among the college students en joying spring holidays at home last week were Martha Ann Jones, student at Piedmont College, Demorest, Ga., who vslted her mother, Mrs. Lois Jones in Robbinsville. Peggy Griffin, daughter of Mr nd Mrs. F. S. Griffin, who is a tudent ait the University of Ten essee, Knoxvllle. ?1 And the following, all students at Western Carolina College. Cul lowhee: Jean Garland, daughter of Mr. J and Mrs. Wade Garland. Junior Hooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Hooper. Joan Waldroup, daughter of Mr.' and Mrs. Will Waldroup. j Douglas Millsaps, son of Mr. and Mr s Fred Millsaps. Guy Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs Otis Roberts. Beulah Millsaps, daughter of Mrs. Mae Millsaps. i Gwendolith Garland, daughter of i Mr. and Mrs. George Garland. i : Marvin R. Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Edwards of Rt sr. 1. Robbinsville, has returned to Fort t Jackson after a 30 day leave at borne. Mis* Ruth Masaey is ?pehd|ng ] two weeks with . Mrs. C. A. Wil- I llama ip Gndaea, Ala. I' '? -? '< . The groMh of Hortfc Carolina'*' Millsaps Heads Graham NCEA The North Carolina Education Association of Graham County held a business and social meeting at Fontana Dam, Monday night, March 15, in the coffee shop. The organization is made up of all ..chers in Graham County and is for the purpose of furthering bet education. A banquet was served for the teachers after which Jay Orr, a freshman at Robbinsville High School, showed films on the con tlructioun of Fontana Dam and Fontana now as a nationally known summer resort. Officers elected for -the school, year 1954-55 were as follows: Pres ident, Floyd E. Millsaps; Vice-pres-: ident. Lamar Fisher; Secr&ary,'' Mrs. K. G. Clem; and Treasurer,1 Chester Crisp. Burley Tobacco Data Is Told According to data released here ' week by the ASC Office, Gra ham County sold 746,546 pounds of Burley tobacco during the 1953-54 marketing year. This poundage was produced on 346.8 acres. The aver age yield per acre was 2152 pounds (including hundreths planted) wth an average price per pound of 57c. Graham county harvested an acreage slightly lower in 1953 than in 1952 due to a reduction in allot-, ments on all allotments of 0.8 of an j acre and above. Tobacco growers rad to take another reduction in allotments in 1954. Such reductions are made to bring supply in line with demand and prevent surplus es. At presctrt the price of Burley tobacco is supported at 90% of par ity, however, in 1953 very few Gra ham County crops fell below the Government support price. Seventh Grade Plants 500 Trees On School Plot Last week the seventh grade sec tion, taught by Mr. Thompson, planted some 500 trees on the j< rphool forest plot, continuing a 1 project started on Arbor Day last .< year by the Seventh grade taught by Mrs. C. E. Stone. |! A large Part of this work 1$ the i outgrowth of a forestry course tak- 1 en by some of the Robbinsvllle ' teachers and of studies made In the ; seminar group. One group's time ! and studies have been devoted < mainly to resource use. |. The plot was leased to the school (i by Niaotahafc Power Company for furthering interests In preserving natural resources. ,*** ?, j1 Also last Week, on' Erjday, Mar. I 19, an Arbor Day prograii} was jl presented In the tilgih school gym, < ? A I, with Mr. Proctor as ? master of cer I (monies. Others taking part on the ,1 program sve*> Eloiae Phillips, Jo I Peane Phillips, Ray Carpenter. | Anna Sue Dayton and Maurice Ed- i - " ' \ t II ?t Irome any nrmi "d ??bs< riplions. They - n'rd dir,?dy to The ? a Seoul, Murphy N. ub nption rates are: u -r .am County: I yr. $2.50 0 months $1.50 jL id Graham Co. 1 yr. $3.00 6 months $1.75 Our representative will be In Robbinsvllle each Thursday and will be (lad to receive any news articles and sub s' riplions. Corcie Tatham Loses Mother Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Tatham, 71, who died March 17 in ar home in the Savannah section f Jackson County after a long ill s. were held March 19 at 2 p. in the Wesleyan Methodist Chu^h. Mrs. Tatham's son,, Cor-, cio, and niece, Mrs. Edna Scroggs live in Robbinsville. The Rev. J. E. Brown and the Rev. O. E. Thorn officiated, and burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Tatham was a native and lifelong resident of Jackson Coun ty and a member of the New Sa vannah Baptist Church. Pallbearers were Lyle Jones, Coleman Jones, George Jones, Jr., Robert Jones, Jr., Ray Turpin, Ed win AUman, Carl Cagle, Jr., and C. C. Collins. Surviving are iwo daughters, Mrs Vera Wetmore and Mrs. Clyde Sryson of Sylva; three sons, Ralph f Gay, Nelson of Sylva, and Cor- ( cie of Robbinsville; one sister, Mrs , A. W. Reed of Franklin. | Also four brothers, J. C. Jones of Gay, Ellis Jones of Asheville, Lonnie of Waynesville, and George Jones of Loris, S. C.; five grand children. Moody Funeral Home was in charge. t Seminar Compiles Reading Info As one of the five study groups <?1 Graham County teachers, a read ing seminar is being conducted. A>t meetings of-this group spec ial reports have been given on im proved methods of teaching read ing. phonetics, recreatory and re medial reading and demonstration sessions of teaching poetry and the use of a reading machine. As a result of these seminars and a visit from Miss Julia Teasley a reading consultant for Scott Foresman, and Miss Madeline Tripp, state elementary supervisor, a bulletin entitled "Ways Of Im proving Teaching Reading" has been compiled and is available to the teachers. Miss Icenhower Weds McRae Miss Leoah Icenhower, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Icenhower, became the bride of Huel McRae, son of Mr. and Mrs. John McRae, all of RobbinsviUe, in a ceremony March 12. The marriage took place at the home of the Rev. Otis Orr, officiat ing misiter. For the present the couple are at the home of the mother of the bridegroom' in Bobhlnrvjlle. They plan to make their home In Tapoco ' I, "Swap Shoppers" Meet At Fontana A special addition to the regular 1 schedule of recreational activltes < it Fontana Villlage, Initiated as an t experiment in the Fall of 1053, has' proved to be as popular for spec- 1 bators as for participants. ? The Swap Shop, or Square 5 Danc^ Clinic, to be held for the second time at the Great Smoky Mountains resort, April 20?May ; 2. now a semi-annual event on the ( agenda of entertainment, is draw ing not only a great many dancers, f but lookers-on who say they had c lust as "leave and a little leaver" j sit on the side line and watch, j when the Fontana Village Square f Dance Band strikes up, and the pro , Sessional caller yell* out "livery- t body iet a'partner," The Swap j Shop was initiated and Je held un- r ier the directiop^pf jotyi Brendle, t graduate of College, t italelgh, an expert in the field of j retort recreation. s The purpose of the get-together j is threefold: fun and feUowfoip oft " guidance to leaders j Nettie Parrette Is Candidate For %ird Of Education r>r. Nettie C Parrette, practicing physician of Robbinsville has an nounced her candidacy on the Democratic ticket for the Graham ' County Board of Education. Dr. Parrette was graduated *rom , he Oxford High School at Oxford, Miss, and had two years pre-medi osl training at the University of Mississippi and one year at the Univ. of Tenn. Knoxville. She re- ? ceived her M. D. degree from the J 'Tniv. of Tenn. Medical School at Memphis in 1934 after which she served 2 years as resident physi- j cian at Ft. Sanders Hospital in, Knoxville, Tenn. For the past fourteen years, Dr. Parrette has been engaged in General practice ?f medicine in Graham County and for the past 7 years she and her husband Dr. | Richard Parrette have been co owners of Parrette Clinic, approv ed by the North Carolina Hospital Association. Dr. Parrette is a member of the North Car. Med. Society, the American Assoc. of Medical Wom en, is Medical Advisor for the Czm cer Society from Graham County. She has served the past yea ras vice-pres. of the Junior Woman's Club and was Chm. of the Commit tee from that Club to organize the Robbinsville PTA this past year and at present is serving as presi dent of this organization. Dr. Par rette's biography appeared in the Second edition of "Who's Who In Medicine." published last year. During World War II Dr. Parret te served four years as Home Ser vice Chm. for Am. Red Cross, for which she received a citation from the Women's Voluntary Forces of England and the first certificate of honor offered by Mademoiselle Magaizne to the Woman in the United States for practioal pa triotism. Teachers Study Natural Resources The teachers of Graham County rave been divided into five groups or the study of five problems of 'ducation: reading, music, char ae er education, art and natural re Floyd Millsaps, science teacher, s chairman of tihe group on natur :1 resources in whcih some 15 eachers have spent some time dur ng the year studing the natural re ources of Graham County, and iow the schools can best acquaint he pupils with these resources. Lumbering, reforestation, wat rpower and minerals are the hief topics discussed, and the iroup reently made an inspection if the school forest on Lake San eetlah in the Massey Branch area. The school forest includes 131 cres and was made available to he school so that boys and girls ould acquire first hand knowledge if reforestation, selective cutting nd other problems of successful iroduction of timber crops. Plans have also been made to levelope and use the area for chool picnics. nd exchange of dance methods nd material. It assembles out tanding square dance groups, lead rs, teachers and callers from not nly the surrounding area, but a fur piece." Participants are ex lected to know the basic figures f the 4-couple square dance, but hij year, there will be classes. too. Otherwise, it is strictly pro essional. Approximately 200 danc rs will particpate in the Swap ihop this year. NOTICE IORTH CAROUNA IRAHAM COUNTY The undersigned, having quail ied as administratrix of the Estate f Andrew J. Slaughter, deceased, ate of Graham County, State of Jorth Carolina, this is to notify all leraona hoving claims against the aid estate to present them to the ndersigned, on or before th? the 1th day of March, 1955, or this lotice will be pleaded in bar of heir recovery. All persons lndebt d to said estate will please make m mediate payment to the under lined. This the 11th day of March, 1954 J Mrs. UUta Slaughter 5-#tc Administratrix Fontana-B. City Highway Advances FONTANA VILLAGE, N. C ? The stretch of highway now under construction between Fontana Vil lage and Bryson City "should be paved by the end of the coming October, barring unforseen delays and bad weather," project foreman j Perry Shepherd sad this week. I The new, scenic road, which as sistant locating engineer J. H. Chappell of Raleigh said would be built from the same design as the Blue Ridge Parkway, with curves not exceeding 20 degrees and spir al approaches of not less than 150 feet (which means gradual curves, no sudden approaahes, and good visibility), will reduce the distance between Fontana Village and Bry I son City from 70 to 30 mile*. It will constitute an entirely new op ening between this Graham County resort community at the south-wes tern tip of Fontana Lake in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which draws almost a mil lion visitors a year, and the regions of the South-east, South and South west | "At this time," Shepherd said. ? "27,000 feet are already undei gravel, and 13,000 more will be graveled during April. Just as aoon as the contractor can be more cer tain of weather conditions, addi tional equipment will be brought in, with October completion as a definite goal." Shepherd said that although the road was passable now to residents in local areas. H would not be open for tourist travel until late rail. Before the entire stretch is com-! pleted, a three-mile length be-1 tween the etwon of Brock and Johnson's Gap will also be paved, connecting Fontana Village, Great 'Smoky Mountains largest resort, with Anhevillp via Federal High way No. 19, less than 100 miles. DAVIS FOB CONSTABLE Lee Davis last week filed aa a candidate for constable of Township, according to announce ment train W"* tfranaa Cwmtjr Board of EEN TOPICS\ j By Jo Deane Phillips, Fishing Schedule Is Announced The 1954 fishing schedule for U. S. Forest Service and N. C. Wild life Resources Commission wild life management areas was releas ed this week and is as follows in this vicinity: Mt. Mitchell, Daniel Boone, Sherwood, Santeetlah, Standing Indian, Fires Creek and Wayah Wildlife Management Areas: April 5, 7, 10-11, 14, 17-18, 21, 24-25, 28. May -2, 5, 8-9, 12, 15-16, 19, 22 23. 26, 29-30. Jun? 2. 5-6, 9, 12-13, 16, 19-20, 23, 26-27, 30. July 3-4, 7, 10-11, 14, 17-18, 21, 24-25, 28, 31. August 1.4, 7-8, 11, 14-15, 18, 21 22, 25, 28-29. Red Cross Drive Starts Next Week The annual Red Cross fund rais ing campaign for Graham County will begin next week Leonard Lloyd, chairman of the Red Cross Chapter said today. Mr. Lloyd said workers will be named and the campaign will be conducted through the Graham County Schools, government ser vices at Pontana Dam and county and state offices in Robbinsville. as well as business establishments. EDITOR S NOTE: Thfc U the first of a weekly column for and about teen-agers in Grah am County. It will be written by Jo Deane Phillips, a senior at Robbinsville High School. R. H. S. ATHLETIC SUPPER The mothers and the teachers of the basketball and football players of Robbinsville High honored the teams with a chicken supper at the luncheon on Friday, Mar. 19, al 6:30 p. m. | In the center of the room was a j table decorated with a miniature basketball court and football field, both complet with players. The other tables were decorated in the sohool colors, blue and white. I MR. JAMES STANLEY, princi pal, gave a short talk on sportsman ship, congratulating the girls, team on winning the sportsmanship trophy for the season of '53-'54. NELLLIE MAE STEWART. JO ANNE BUCHANAN, and MAX Mc MONI-GLE received recognition for their outstanding team work this year. MR.DENTON, boys' coach, talk ed for a short while on the team work and sportsmanship. SENIORS' MUSICAL PROGRAM The seniors at Robbinsville High School sponsored a musical pro gram Friday. Mar. 19, at 7:30 p. m. The proceeds are to be used for ex penses for the senior trip to Wash ington, D. C. Thp following students and for mer students from Robbinsville High School participated: DOUG LAS MILLSAPS. CHRISTINE NORRIS. MAURICE McCLUNG. ond CHRISTINE ROGERS. Visiting players were VANCE TRULL and HALL JENKINS from Stecoah High School. Seven Graham Men Are Inducted The following Graham County men were forwarded for Induction into the service last week: Jerry Sherrill, W. D. Millsaps, Dale Stone, Zane Wilson, Billy R. Walker, Clifford P. Carpenter and Odema Odom. GARDEN TIME BY ROBERT SCHMIDT It Is easy to grow the popular salad crop such as lettuce and en dive if the gardener will keep in mind that they are cool season crops and are at their best qual ity before the hot weather of early summer arrives. This means that these crops must be plan-ted early in order to mature early. Many gardeners com plain that they cannot grow good head lettuce because the hot weath er damages it before it matures. That is an indication that they eith er did not plant early enough or that they used a poorly adapted variety. Young lettuce plants will with stand a lot of frosty weather so -the frost date is not important In fact in the extreme eastern portion of the state it is now getting late for best results, in central and Pied mont areas it is just about the right time to set head lettuce plants and in the mountains it is still a little early. Good plants may usually be obtained from seed and plant stores or from commercial growers. The Great Lakes variety is the most dependable heading variety for our growing conditions Lettuce and other salad crops require heavy feitlliTgtkm to keep them growing rapidly. Stable ma nure is an excellent fertilizer but should be supplemented with a good commercial fertilizer to fur nish quickly available plant food. Plantg should be set about 12 In ches apart in the row. Cultivation should he allow and watering is es sential In dry periods, especially when the heads are forming. Let tuce will not thrive on very acid soils. Some people prefer leaf lettuce to head because the leeveg are green and not so coarse. An excel lent variety is the new 'Salad Bator which makes a compact growth and win withstand quits ajlot of hot Plant* .ara usually not af W let**** ha aawneftfy.
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