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FOREST JSlEWS OF GRAHAM COV1S/1Y ?SSL THURSDAY, FSB. M, UN , Tint g Band Members Attend Clinic;! Betsy Orrln All-State Band Bli'l'B I OB Five Robbineville School Band members, including two sisters, last week attended the band work shop at Cullowhee. One member, Miss Betsy Orr, attended the work shop and played with the all state band. Miss Orr was the only Robblns vllle Band member of play with the state group. She la the daugh ter of the Rev. and Mrs. Tllman Orr and is in the 10th grade. She is outstanding in her scholastic re cord as well as in the band. She plays clarinet with the band. She also plays the piano and Is active in the young people's department of the Baptist Church. Others attending the clinic were sisters, Misses Barbara Anne and Geraldine Corpening, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Corpening of Tapoco. Barbara Anne plays oboe and Geraldine plays French horn. Also attending were Hugh Col vard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Colvard; Johhny Colvard, Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Colvard; and Bobby Howell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Smith Howell. Mrs. Phillips Dies At Home Mrs. Lee Phillips, 83. died Mon day. Jan. 24 at 8 p. m. in her home at Robbinsville after a long illness. She was a native and lifelong resident of Graham County, a daughter of the late Dave and Mary Carpenter Farr and had been a member of the Baptist Oiurch for more than 70 years. Funeral services were held Wed nesday at 2 p. m. Ui Sweetgum Baptist Church. The Rev. Roy Garland and the Rev. Burger Shope off! eating. Burial was in the OOld Mother Church Cemetery. Grandsons were pallbearer*. Surviving are seven daughters, Mrs. Dixie Colvard, Mrs. J. J. Dula, Mrs. Lester May, Mrs. Vina Ay era,' Mrs. Otis West and Mrs. Posey Waldroup of Robbinsville and Mrs. Harley West of Murphy. Also three sons, Pearlle of Waynes ville, Marshall of Owens boro. Ky., and Rufus of Robbins ville; One brother, Jeff Farr of Blair, Okla., one sister, Mrs. Laura Simmerly of Friendsville, Tenn.; 23 grandchildren and ?i great-grandchildren. Townson Funeral Home was in charge. 1 GERALD EVE OOBPENINO GRAHAM I PERSONALS Miss Gladys Grant was the week end guest of Miss Jo Deane Phil- ! lips. I Mr. and Mrs. Buck Bryson and family were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Farmer of Marble. Miss Ann Colvard, who is a sen ior at WCUNC, Greensboro, spent last week end with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Colvard. I T-Sgt. Charlie Davis, 3-3c Tony Sestak, and A-2c Darrell McHugh spent last week end in Robbins ville. While here they visited Miss es Jo Deane Phillips, Gladys Grant and Maxine George. i 1 Miss Johnny Ruth Carpenter, who is employed in Washington, D. C. spent her vacation with friends and relatives here last week end. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Spoone of Knoxville visited Mrs. Spoone's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Grif fin, last week end. I Miss Jo Deane Phillips, *r-Sgt. Charles C. Davis, and A-3c An thony T. Sestak were the Sunday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Grant and Gladys. Neal Patterson Is Scout Mayor The Robbinsvllle Boy Scout Troup met Wednesday night and elected a city council which is working with the regular city council this week? Boy Scout Week. The following officers were elect ed: Neal Patterson, mayor; Billy Sawyers, Jerry Hyde, and Bill Smith, councilmen; Teddy Cape, city clerk; and Jerry Stone, con stable. Boy Scout Week began Sunday with the Troup going to Robbins vllle Baptist Church in uniform. On Monday night they met with the city council. And on Tuesday night they had a combined Parents Night for both the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts. Each patrol has a display-of ar ticles they have made in various store windows. White Pines Can Be Saved From I Blister Rust New Circular Tells ! i To aiiow people how they can uve their ornamental and other white pines of high value by tree surgery, once they are infected with blister mat, the U. 8. Depart ment of Agriculture has issued a circular entitled "Saving White Pines fay Removing lister Rust Cankers." Controlling the spread of blister rust through eradication of gooee berry and current bashes which produce the spores that transmit infection to the pines, has been practiced for some time, but the saving of infected trees through ' surgery following the removal of these boshes has not been a com mon practice. Itemoval of the canker infection from whit* pine used to beautify the home, roadside, or recreation lng it as aa ornamental tree, mak- ' es surgery Increasingly import- ! ant. Frequently when white pines in the forest are lost to blister , rust, less valuable trees take their ! place. Tree surgery is Justified, | therefore, says the circular, when . it la not too difficult or costly, j Saving tree* through surgery ] means saving also the' time re- t , quired to grow other trees lbr Um ber. I | Frequently the removal of bllst I er rust cankers from forest trees can be accomplished through the {normal pruning of branches and thinning out of trees la dense stands by the forest land owner. The natural rang* of white pines ( is the New England statee. New York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania, ~ ? ' B Ohio, the mountains BARBARA ANNS OORPEN1NG I I Miss Ghormley Is AEC New Chairman Miss Heleft Ghormley was elected chairman of the Graham County 'Adult Education Committee last week In a meeting at the court house. Some 15 members were present The next meeting of the group will be March 2 at 3 p. m. A VICTORY Tuesday night the Robbinsville boys came up with 53-S2 victory over the Hayesville boys. The Hay esville girls took an easy win over Robbinsville of 70-28. Cherry Named Conservationist Harry J. Cherry, Jr., recently appointed to the Soil Conservation Serrvice, has been assigned to Graham County. His headquarters will be in Robbinsville. After sev eral months training in Haywood and surrounding counties, he will spend most of his time in Graham County. Mr. Cherry moved here from Beaufort, S. C., but is a native of Charlotte. He served in World War n for two years. He received a BS degree from Clemson College in IMS. He is married to the for mer Bonnie Cartner of Harmony, N. C. They have 2 children ? Judy, three and a half, and Amy Ruth, one. They reside at the Cooper Apartments and will attend the Methodist Church. Miss Jordan Weds Mr. R. C. Perry The marriage of Miss Lillie Mae Jordtyi to Reginald C. Perry on Thursday, Jan. 30, has been an nounced. The ceremony was per formed at Mt. Vernon Place Meth odist Church, Washington, D. C. After the marriage the couple en' joyed a trip through the Eastern Shore of Maryland. ? Mrs. Perry is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lum Jordan, and a sister of Otis Jordan of Rob binsvllle. She attended Western Carolina Teachers College, and was a teacher in the public schools of Graham for several years. Lat* er she opened the first Beauty Shop in Robblnsville. She now owns and operates the Particular Beauty Shop in Washington. Mr. Perry is formerly from An napolis, Maryland, and is now em ployed by a Government Agency 1q Washington, where the couple win reside. mountainous areas of the western itates. The well lllsut rated booklet shows how to recognise blister rust cankers, how to determine their hill extent, how to determine If the tree can be cured by surgery, how to do the Job, and how to treat the wound after surgery. A single free copy of the Circu lar.. No. MB, prepared by J. T. Mortin of tfte Fore at Service and U. 8. Department of Agriculture, G. IV Oravatt of the Agricultural Graham riD Council ! Elects Officers The Graham County Home Demonstration Council held It* win ter meeting on Jan. 29 In the farm ' , and Home Agents Office. Mrs. Har ? dy Sharpe presided. i New officers were elected as 1 follows: Mrs. Blaine Carver, Pres ident; Mrs. Bill Hyde. Vice Presi- < dent; Mrs. Winston McRae, Sec- 1 retary. *Mrs. Dillard Adams was \ appointed health chairman and < Mrs. Richard Stewart was appoint ed Recreation chairman for the woBty. A point system for home demon stration clubs was discussed and ] approved. Clubs are to be given i < chart for keeping records. Plans ; w^re made for the 4-H Banquet which is being held March 11 in the Robblnsville School Lunch TIMBER LAND FOR BALK 146 acre* approximately 730,000 . itumpage feet (Some Virgin) hard wood merchantable timber. 12 H acre* approximately <8,000 stumpage feet hardwood merchan table timber. Purchaser will have controlling Interest in the 144 acres ( 3 of 8 (hares) and (2 of 8 shares) in 12V4 acres: mail bids to A. W. Slaugh ter or Leonard W. Lloyd, Robblna ville, North Carolina. S0-3tc room. The following persons were present: Mrs. Hardy Sharpe, Mrs. Blaine Carver, Mrs. W. M. Mc Clung, Mrs. Bill Hyde, Mrs. j. C. Hodges and Mrs. Dlllard Adams. Tentative plans were made tor the federation which will be held in Mu>Dhy. April 29. -ong Creek Com. Meet Set Friday A community meeting will be teld Friday at 7:30 p. m. at Long 'reek Church, County Agent W. H. lake, assistant agent Bob Holland ind home agent Miss Nellie Jo Car ter will be in charge Tl m meeting i a one of a maU being held in each Orihtm Grant community in the interest of orpu izing community developmei cltfbs. A similar meeting was held We< nesday at Claude William's fcom on Mountain Creek. MOVING? Coll... AMERICAN ? RED BALI T1AMUT COMPANY, MC SAFE ? DEPENDABLE ? ECONOMICAL NATION-WIDE MOVING SERVICE AUTHORIZED AMNT Palmer Bros. Phone Wa Trucking Co. Inc. Murphy. W. a I THE LCNE RANGER w By Fran Striker WEVL ASK HIM IF HE'S SEEN THIS ? 1 INJUN'S PARTNER. J SOMEONE COMING FROM TOWN. , JTEU-ME WHAT i KINP CF WSGUI9E THE MASKEP MAN'S WEARIN' AN HOW Y3U r? KNOW ABOUT j J L IT/ J J =? ^ \.y fSI.SENOR. that's MA HANK'S hccse/ MOW BOTH OF YOU LNM4CN L Mr IS&TW TO /m/
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