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Keenum, Mills To
Attend Farm Course
Tommy Keonum, i?, ot Suit mid <
Bruce MIBS. at Rt. I, Murphy, will
attend a Short Oouree In Modern
Farming at N. C. State College,
Rplelgfa, June H-July 1, according
to G~H. Farley, Cherokee Coun
ty Agent and Frank Foreyth, vice
president at the Cltlsena Bank and
Trust Co.
The local bank will and the
two promising young farmers to
attend the oouree, paying all their
expenses.
The first such course, co-spon
sored by State College and the N.
C. Bankers Association, last year |
had an enrollment at 17 young
men from 70 counties. This year
the bankers hope to send MO fel
lowship winners to the course.
Winners of fellowships were se
lected by the county agent and
Mr. Forsyth from among young
men who have finished high school
have definitely decided to farm,
who have made outstanding re
cords in either Four-H or Future
Farmer work and who do not in
tend to go to college.
Farley said the Short Course of
fers an unparalled opportunity to |
give training in modern farming i
methods to promising young men J
who might not otherwise receive
such Instructions.
2 Macon Camp
Escapees Taken
At Andrews
Two long term convicts who!
escaped from the Macon County
Prison Camp near Franklin were!
captured at 2:45 p. m. Tuesday in
Andrews at the Nantahala railway1
aiding by State Highway Patrol-1
man L. H. Baker of Andrews and
Patrol Sgt. T. A. Sandltn of Bry-!
son City.
The escapees, listed as Joseph
James Ellis, M, of Jersey City,
N. J^and Seth Gibson. 29, of In
glewood, Tenn., formerly of An
drews, were two of seven convicts
who escaped from the camp Sat
urday.
Gibson was serving a life terra 1
on charges of rape and Ellis SO
years on charges of murder.
They were captured in a box
car where they had sought shel-1
ter from the rain. They were un
armed except for a paring knife
one man was carrying.
The escapees were taken to the
Bry son City Jail before being tra-1
nsf erred to the Macon County
Camp.
Cart Prang, 21, at Charlotte, a-|
nother at the escapees, was reeo
tured Monday morning in the Rlw |
from Franklin.
Still at large were Cecil Earl
Smith, 42, of Bayoro; Leslie How
ard Dickenson, M, of Wake For
est, RID Mack Hoover Wal
den, 28. of Mecklenburg County,
and Hubert Watts, 84, at Tmrboro.
SCHOLARSHIP
GUI 1ST
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Nertk OmUh. A 1M4 ptlMll
of Murpfcy High Sckoel. Go-try
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Parking Law Is
Extended To
Chnrch Street
The Town of Murphy two-hour
parking regulation will be extend
ed to Include Church St, from
Rlewmaeee St. to Willow St. Mon
day after Town Council voted to
Include the otreet iaparklng
restriction!.
Merchants and residents on the
street asked Council to Include
Church St. in the regulations to
cut out the all day parking on the
street.
Council heard complaints that
autos were moved off the main
streets and parked on Church St. |
after the main streets went under
the perking regulations.
Cmtans Sponsor
Stage Show Here
The Murphy Clvttan iSub will {
sponsor a stage show. Hank Mat-1
hews and the TwHght Ramblers.
June IS in the Murphy High School
auditorium.
Shows will start at 7:80 and
8:80 p. m. The show will feature
"Doctor Sluefoot," Perry Black
mon, fiddle. Don Mooney, steel gu
itar. Bill Clark (singing songs old
and new), lead guitar.
Also, Sally Blaine, song writer
for '"Little Tommy Sands," bass
fiddle.
Prize Boxer Dies Here
From Mad Dog Bite
The story on the last ~mad dog
unning loss In Murphy ended
*ueeday In the death of a prise
Soxer dog belonging to Mrs. Wll
lam Townaon.
The rabid dog that was killed
lere around May 18 after apend
ng the night in the Townaon's Box
:r pen and biting one of the Box
its escaping from the pen early
he next morning and biting a
nan in town is believed to be the i
sat mad dog reported In the area'
ecently, Mayor L. L. Mason said.
The Townaon's Boxer was ex
acting pups in the next month,
he rabid dog got into the pen
Cay 18 after digging under an
ight foot fence, Mrs. Townaon
Billy Graham
Films Be Here
_ . Graham Odor and
moving picture, "Mid Can
ny Crusade", along with two
her Graham films, will be shown
1 the courthouse in Murphy at 8
m. Saturday, June it.
The public Is Invited to view the
tms and no admission will be
largad. However, a free will of
ring will bo taken.
The film features George Bev
ty Shea. CHff Barrows, Grady
'tlaon, Tedd Smith, William Bern
en, Paul Nlckelson and a mam
oth choir.
In addition the film, "The Port
nd Story", filmed in Portland,
regon, will be shown along with
newsreel of the Greater London
rusade.
Two Arrests Made
At Still Mon.
"wo men were arrested and
is 160 gallons of mash was de
jyed Monday by Deputy Guy,
torts at Culberson. |
toberta said the two-listed as
t Osarley and BUI Tlllean? |
re running off whiskey when he
prised them around ? a. m. at
tr still at Culberson?across
bridge from Jim Paper's. -
ha men are out on 1800 bond
HELTON ENDS BASIC
vt. James C. flatten, son of
to Helton, Rt. 8, Culberson, re
oompleted the Basic Army
U 4#th Airborne Engineer Bat t
Mrs. John C. Campbell, Folk
School Founder, Passes*
Olive Dame Campbell, 72 found-.
er of the John C. Campbell Folk]
School In Braestown, died Monday i
at her home In Medford, Massa
chusetts, where she had been llv
lng since her retirement as direc
tor of the school.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, June M, at ? Hast
ing Lane, Weat Medford, Maaa.
A native of Medford, Mrs.
Campbell was born in 1*82 the
daughter of Lortn L. Dame. Her
father was for 27 years the prin
cipal of the high school at Brass
town, site of the John C. Camp
bell Folk School.
Mrs. Campbell received her ed
ucation in the public schools of
Medford and was graduated from
high school in ISM. She graduated
from Tufts College with the A. B.
degree and later taught h 1 g h
school English for three years.
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were
married In IMS at which time
Campbell was president of Pied
mont College, Demoraat, Ga.
Mr. Campbell's death occured
shortly after the end of World
"War I
I A memorial' service for Mrs.
Campbell will be held at 2 p. m.
Sunday, June 27, at the F o 1 k
School In the Community Room
of the Keith House. The public is
invited.
She was Chairman of the Board
of Directors of the School until a
year ago, and was still a member
. of the Board at the time of her
| death.
I Mrs. Campbell founded the
school with Marguerite Bidstrup
in 1929; it eras named after her
husband, who had been an out
standing educational worker in
the Southern Mountain area.
Mr. Campbell was the founder
of the Council of Southern Moun
tain Workers, of which Mrs. Cam
pbell was for many years the di
rector.
Mrs. Campbell also helped or
, ganize the Southern Highland
Handicraft Guild, whose members
are skilled mountain craftsmen,
and which every year holds a
Craftsman's Fair In Asheville.
The regular activities of the
school were suspended Monday
evening, and a memorial service
for Mrs. Campbell was held. W
lowing talks an Mrs. Campbell
hy
and" to many community Mafc.
Under the directum of Georg
Bidstrup, who came from Den
mark in IBM to develop the
school's farm and its recreational
activities, the work has been con
tinued in the spirit and wisdom
of its founder.
Together with her husband,
Mrs. Campbell's life made a great
Impact on the enrichment of
mountain life throughout the Ap
p&l&chians.
Mr. Campbell was a graduate of
Williams College and Andover
Theological Seminary in Massa
chusettes. He was principal and
teacher in a mission school found
ed by the American Missionary
Association in the mountains at
Joppa, Ala.
Later he taught at Pleasant Hill
Academy in Tennessee and Pied
mont College far Georgia. After
that the Russell Sage Foundation
made him director of its regular
services throughout the Southern
Mountains, with headquarters in
Asheville. .
There he became the sought
out consultant of all mountain
school principals, teachers and
leaders in every cooperative acti
vity for the enrichment of moun
tain life. He was as much con
cerned about farms, homes and
health as he was about education.
Mr. Campbell's long ambition had
been to help in relating education
and religion functionally with the
everyday living of the mountain
people.
At the tone of Ms death Mr.
Campbell was engaged in com
pleting the manuscript for the
publication of THE SOUTHERN
HIGHLANDER ANR HIS HOME
LAND, after which he planned,
with Mrs. Campbell, to study
'the Scandinavian folk schools In
Denmark, Norway and Sweden
and Finland.
Mrs. Campbell shared with
equal devotion and intelligence all
her husband's interests and con
I
ceras. She picked up the threads j
with which Mr. Campbell was >
tying together the data he had
collected over the years end pre
pared for publication THE SOUTH
ER N HIGHLANDER AND HIS
HOMELAND, still en eutborlte
dve reference work on southern
mountain life.
Mrs. Campbell was convinced,
as her husband had been, that a
Suit education as practiced in the
Scandinavian FVrfk schools had
much to offer the. people of the
Southern Mountains. After a
fear's study of opportunities and
locations, with Miss Marguerite
Butler, now Mrs. Georg Bidstrup
the two of them chose to found the
John C. Campbell folk School at
Braastown, N. C.
They wished to settle where
the pseple moat wanted
and where the land was i
able for progressive Canning.
The citizens sf
Murphy sad sf
Clay Counties were prsslstent la
their Importunities which they
sealed with pledges ta land,
work nasi
Thus Mrs. Campbell transferred
the educational visions of her hus
band into practical enrichments
Df rural life. Educators and social
workers have come to the school
from India, Africa, all the Europe
an countries, Including Scandina
via, whence came the "awaken
ing, enlivening and enlightening"
which for almost 30 years has
been so vital at the Campbell
Folk School.
While Mr. Campbell was gather
ing data concerning the southern
highlander and his homeland, Mrs
Campbell was fascinated by moun
tain ballads songs. folkways,
games and dancing. 8he discover
ed old English ballads, long lost in
England, which had been pre
served In America by descendants
of the Elizabethan period.
These discoveries proved to be
a veritable gold mine for Cecil
Sharp, the English authority cm
balads .folk music and folk danc
ing. Subsequently, he spent sever
al summers studying American
folkways In the southern moun
tains.
Mr. Campbell led in the found
ing of the Council of Southern
Mountain Workers, In which Mrs.
Campbell waa the foremost leader
until recent years.
History Proves Importance Of Dairymen
milk rroaueers
Vital To County
? Ho -fhtr* In the nation does
Dairy Month mean mora than
right hare in Cherokee County
where the Industry has grown
from "shade tree" milk pickups to
over a million dollar gross Income
jr?hrty
Hie dairyman of this county is
looked on as a mainstay In the
section's economy and a short
history of the growth of grade A
dairying shows how the dairymen
have earned that reputation.
Before the first dairy was estab
lished, Murphy business and prof
essional men had their own milk
cows and some sold milk to their
neighbors in Jars and bottles.
Some IS yean ago, J. H. Aber
nathy, (Dr. Jake) opened the
first dairy in the county on what
la now known as the old hodpltal
bin in Murphy.
Noland Wells was next when he
opened the first grade*A dairy in
the county on U. 8. 19 at his pres
ent home rite. J. B. ("Rod") Hall
was next with his grade A dairy
which is still operating on U. 8. 19.'
Mr. Hall was a barber in Mur
phy and started dealing in dairy
big as a side line. Today, he the
only one of the five pioneers in
Cherokee County dairying who is
still operating.
Next the late B. A. Wood Start
ed the county's first pure bred
Jersey dairy known as EdWood
Dairy in Andrews. Hie late John
Shields developed Notla Barms
and Dairy. Today it is operated by
da wife, Mrs. Kate Shields and
The Notla Dairy was the first j
pure bred Guernsey term in the
county. The John C. Campbell
Folk School was next when they
started another pure bred Jersey
dairy.
The Mountain Valley Oo-Op
CMy and
letter the Co-op began
bottling of paetiiHsud milk.
Notla Farm
Noland WeDs
equipment to the Co-op.
The EdWood Dairy closed down
as a bottling plant and begad pro
ducing raw milk, selling its pro
duct to Hall's Dairy.
Back in IMS various types of
farms produced grade C milk and
the county agent, farmers and
businessmen got together and in
terested Biltmore Dairies into
picking Up the "shade tree" milk.
In the fall of that year. Southern
Dairies purchased and took over
the Biltmore receiving points and
set-up the Southern Dairies re
ceiving plant in Murphy. The
plant v^as located in the building
Just vacated by Coble Dairy.
Southern Dairies closed the re
ceiving ptpnt in 1M6 and once
more, the county agent, farmers
and businessmen got together
and George CbMe of Cbble Dairy
Products, Inc., agreed to come to
Murphy and start buying grade C
Milk.
From that start Coble Dairy
purchased the Brasstown plant at *
1
Mountain Valley Co-op. Today Co
ble now has a milk processing
plant at Brasstown.
The big upswby to grade A pro
ducers in the oounty came in 1M8
M when the Co-op started addl
tional routes In the srea.
Today there are 42 grade A
to Hall's Dairy and Coble.
The Murphy milk shed hudud
lag parts of Georgia aad Chero
kee and Oaf
114 grade A
Investments In milk producing
farms In IMS In the milk shed was
$300,000. Today the figure reaches
over $3ft million.
It has been estimated, J. Prank
lin Smith, chairman of the June
Dairy Month Committee said, that
from $2,800 to $8,000 per day is
paid out to farmers each day for
milk purchased within the milk
shed.
The dairymen are carrying
their of the section's economy
when it is estimated that over $1
million gross income is realized
annually by the milk producers.
Murphy Scouts
Have New Camp
Murphy boy scout troops have
itarted using a new camping site
m Fain Mountain, H. L. jMcKeev
sr, boy scout district chairman,
laid today.
Some 260 acres and a cabin
sere offered for use by the scouts
jy Frank Forsyth, owner. The
Ifurphy Lions Club donated mon
ly to restore the cabin for camp
ng and recreation use.
Mr. McKeever termed the area
I "good camping site" and said
will be piped to the cabin 1
rom a swift running mountain
dream.
The three scout troops in Mur
>hy will use the camp site, he,
said.
Mrs. Wells, Jr.
Be On TV Sunday
Mrs. D. L. Wells, Jr., Wallace,
N. C., town attorney, will appear
on a television forum Sunday
June 30, over the Greenville, N.
C. TV station WNCT, Channel
Nine at 1:30 p. m.
Mrs. Wells' invitation to appear
on the program was extended as
1 she is the only woman town attor
ney in North Carolina. Others to
appear on the forum are Mrs. Al
ice Strickland of Carolina Beach,
only woman city manager; and
Mrs. Kent of Granite Falls, only
woman mayor in North Carolina.
Mrs. Wells is the former Wini
fred Townson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Townson of Murphy.
Layman's Day At
Peachtree Church
Father's Day, Sunday June 20,
will also be observed as Layman's
Day at Peachtree Baptist Church.
I The men will have charge of the
| entire service and there will be a
I male choir.
At the Bible School at the
I church this week 139 pupils are en
. rolled.
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Health Dep . Clinic
Day Be On Mondays
The local helath, department
this week announced that the reg
ular weekly clinic now being held
on Wednesday will be held each
Monday beginning the first Mon
day in July.
Hours win still be 1:1) a n. un
til noon and 1:00 p. m. through
4;
Harold KcV^aman
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New Lions t .es.
Garden Club May
Be Organized Here
Miss Louise Ballard of Lake
Junaluska, District One director
of the State Garden Clubs of
North Carolina, will be in Murphy
Tuesday, June 22, to meet with
women interested in organising a
garden club.
All women interested in belong
ing to the garden club are invited
to attend the meeting which will
be at 3:30 p. m. at the auditorium
of the Murphy Primary School
building.
Harold Katsaman will be install
ed as president of the Andrews
Lions Club at the club's next reg
ular meeting June 2.
A. B. Chandler, Jr., will take
office as first vice president,
The club will discuss and formu
late several money raising proj
ects to assist in raising the $7S,
000 for the new proposed District
Memorial Hospital.
Over $44,000 has already been
raised toward the community's
share of the project. The hospital
will serve Clay and Graham Cbun
ties and Valleytown Township of
Cherokee County.
McKeever Solicitor
Of Recorders Court
WUd West Show
Coming To Town
The Murphy Lions Club will
sponsor a 32-event "wild west ro
I deo" at the Murphy Fairground
June 25-26. The shows will start
at 8 p. m. on both dtys.
The show will include 30 cow
boys and cowgirls, 75 hear of
stock and clowns and circus acts.
The shooting Mansfields, billed as
the world's champion sharp shoot
ers, will be a feature of the show.
Proceeds from the show will go
toward the club work for the
blind.
| Mrs. Savage Presents
Piano Pupils Friday
Mrs. C. W. Savage presented
1 members of her piano class in a re
I cital in her studio Friday at 8 p. j
m.
Those on the program were)
Laura Bailey, Karol Kaye, Dickey |
bavis, Peggy English, Bessie Led-'
ford, John Latshaw, Shirley Cole, j
Mildred Nelson, Eileen Latshaw, j
Winston Craig, Jane Thomas,.
Wood row Palmer, Kathy Amos, j
Sibyl Belli Sammy Duncan, La
mar Adams and Norman Kaye. I
> Hobart L. McKeever this week
was appointed solicitor of the nevf
ly formed Cherokee County Re
corders Court after Mayor L. L?.
Mason refused the appointment.
Mayor Mason said he was forced
to refuse the appointment when it
became evident he could not ac
cept the solicitor poeition and ser
ve as mayor. Holding both posit
ions would mean dual office hold
ing, Mr. Mason pointed out.
In a statement, the mayor said
he was giving up the solicitor ap
pointment because he felt it was
his duty to serve as mayor after
being elected by the people.
Meanwhile, Mr. McKeever resig
ned as Cherokee County attorney
to accept the solicitor position. In
his statement, Mr. McKeever said
he gave up the county attorney
position so that he could give
more time to the solicitor work.
In the change over, Mayor Mas
on was appointed the -County
Board of Commissioners to serve,
as county attorney.
Herman Edwards was appointed
by the Commissioners last week
to serve as judge of the new court.
The court will meet each Monday
in the County Courtroom to try
criminal cases in which punish
ment is limited to a maximun of
two years.
The Commissioners set up the
court after two Superior Court
judges pointed out the need of the
court in this county.
OONLKT
Airman First Class Frank T.
Conley Jr., of Andrews, having
completed his tour of duty with We
51st Fighter Interceptor Wing in
Korea is returning to the United
States for reassignment. ?
MISSING
Virginia
Tartar, M, above, 1
tag since May g, according Ik
the local sherlfTs
The girt was last sees "
phy on May ? and is
as being five feet, sot
tall, weighing 1M