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MURPHY NORTH CUUtOLINi THURSDAY, AUGUST U, 1*6S
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People You Know
MUBFBT
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Palmer have
been rial ting daughters, Mrs. T. L.
Leatherwood and Mrs. A. P. Ram
sey and grandchildren of Akron,
O. They stopped en route home at
Chattanooga, Tenn., to visit an
other daughter, Mrs. Major 8.
Goins.
Mrs. W. H. Taylor of Raleigh lsl
visiting her mother, Mrs. E. B. I
King at Andrews, and relatives ln|
Murphy. <
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Eury and
children, Glenda and Bob of New
ton, are spending this week with
Mrs. R. H. Foard, aunt of Mis.
Eury.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Rector
of Chattanooga, spent the week end
with Mr. Rector's mother, Mrs.
Lewis Hodges.
Col. and Mrs. H. N. Kirk man, di
rector of the Hihgway Patrol, Tal
lahassee, Fla., visited Miss Rachel
Stewart here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mayo and
son. Elbert of Farmville, left yes
terday after visiting Mrs. Mayo's
tncle, the Rev. W. if. Elliott and
Mr*. Elliott here.
I
Tuesday afternoon the Rev. W.
P. Elliott was surprised by a visit
from his first cousin whom he had
never met, Mrs. V. E. Kale, Mr.
Kale, their daughter and son-ln
law, Mr. and Mrs. Cope and two
children of Ada, Okla.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Elliott and
daughter, Susan and son Bill Jr.,
arrived Wednesday from their
home in Harts ville, S. C. to spend
the week end with Mr. Elliott's fath
er, the Rev. W. P. Elliott and Mr*.
Elliott.
Mrs. Eva Chyde of New Haven.
Conn., visited her father, Joe Aber
nathy, in the Boiling Springs com
munity, Rt. 3, Murphy, from Sun
day through Tuesday of last week.
8he left Tuesday for Springfield.
O., to Visit sister. Mrs: Kate
Mondy and also to visit her broth
er, Henry Abernathy in Akron, O.
Mrs. Joe Abemathy is still visit
ing in Gastonia where she has been
for several weeks.
Joe Abernathy has killfed two
copperheads while cutting hay am
his place in the Boiling Springs sec I
tlon. Earlier this season he killed
one rattlesnake.
ANDREWS
Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Bl&lock have
as their guests this week Mrs.
Blalock's father Cordell Stewart
and son, James of Crossville,
Tenn.
Mrs. Maurice West and son,
Maurice Jr. of Fayettevllle are
spending this week here with her|
mother and grandfather, R. S.
Bell Sr.
Mrs. Ethel W. Slagle had a a her
house guest for the week end Mrs.
W. C. Penland of Canton.
Mr. and Mrs. Charies Boatwright
of Chattanooga, Tenn. spent the
week end with the latter's grand
mother, Mrs. Vina Kilpatrick.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Jordan and
family spent the week end at Fon
tana Village with Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Jones.
. Mrs. Paul Boring and son, Paul
Jr., of Canton, Ga . are spending
this week with Mrs. Boring's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Dewar.
Roy Conley and Walter Brown,
Jr. are spending this week at Camp
Tohoe near Henderson vllle. They
were accompanied to camp by Mr.
and Mrs. Zeb Cbnley who have re
turned home.
Mrs. Henry Johnson and son Da
vid have returned to Greensboro
after a weeks atay here as boat*
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Zala Ad
ams. Mrs. Johnson, the former
Miss Mlttie West was * member of
th? Andrews School faculty for a
number of yean and fcealded with
the Adams'.
Rev. and Mrs. John Corbitt had
M their gueat over the week end
Kra. CbrMtt's mother, Mr*. John
Mr and Mrs. Frank Oonley o <
Lake Alfred, Florida spent the
week end with Mr. and KM. Roy
Mr. and Mrs. C A. Biwm hare
returned aftar sending the ?Mk
end ?i AshevOle with Mr. Brown's
sMt mr Mrs 3. W. Snipes.
aO* a weeks stay to ABasto, O*.
Association Calls Oni^D Local County Fair
Andrews Schools Open
Next Thursday, Aug.25
The schools of the Andrews Unit
will open Thursday, August 25.
Supt. J. E. Rufty stated that he
now has all vacanles filled and is
looking- forward to a successful
school year.
According to the N. C. Public
School Law, children must be six
years old on or before October 15,
of the year in which they enroll
and must enroll during the first
month of the school year.
Parents are reminded that chil
dren entering school for the first
time are required to be vaccinated
against diptheria, smallpox and
whooping cough. These immuniza
tions may be had at the Health De
railment or from the family physi
cian.
j Faculty members for the 1955-56
, school term are
I Andrews High School, Mrs. An
Inie Ruby W. Barnett; Mrs. Aline
Ie. Bristol; Miss Jean Christy;
Ruth E. Hamilton; Billy Teas; Joe
T. McKeldrey; Eugene McClure ;
Mrs. C. W. Sawyer; James A.
Wood; R. W. H. Ramsey and Mer
edith Whitaker.
Andrews Elementary School :
Charles O. Frailer, principal; Mrs
Hilda T. Olson, supervisor; Miss
rribly S. Glenn; Mrs. L. B.
iVomack; Mrs. Maxine R. Rufty;
Mrs. Louise C. Zimmerman; Mrs.
Fluth S. Pullium; Mrs. Lenna H.
Ford; Mrs. Louise C. Rector,
Mrs. Blanche C. Garner; Mrs.
I^eila M. Thomasson and Miss Ada
Mae Pruette.
Also Miss Elizabeth Kilpatrick;
Mrs. Veanah R. Radford; Mrs. An
nie S. McGuire; Miss Joan Nelson;
Mrs. Ruth C. Pullium; Mrs. Haze)
IV. Elliott; Mrs. Agnes W. Price,
Mrs. Mellie R. Stewart; Mrs.
Louise P. Enloe; Bertha J. Mc
Guire; Mrs. Alice Hogsed; Mrs.
Betty Jean G^ Bristol; Miss Jua
nita Baynardr Ed Patterson, Jr.;
Mrs. Florence S. Huffman; Fred
H. King; C. W. Sawyer arjd Mrs.
Leila G. Van Gorder.
Marble Elementary School, J.
Frank Walsh, Principal; Mrs. An
na Lunsford; Mrs. Minnie R. Ta
tham; Mrs. Helen H. Waldroup;
Mrs. Vesta Whitaker Wood.
Andrews Negro School, Mrs.
Rubye B. McDowell.
Cherokee Co. To Get
$10,474 From Fed.
Gov't. Forest Funds
CberakM County will receive
?ome *10, 474.58 from the Federal
Government this year from Nation
al Forest receipts, Forest Ranger
W. E. Howell said this week.
Ranger Howell explained that
while the Federal Government
does not pay state tax on National
Forest land, it does pay to the state
25 per cent of the receipts.
This money is distributed to the
counties according to the National
Forest acreage In each. The funds
are supposed to be used for roads
and schools, Howell said.
Qierokee County has some 81,431
acres of National Forest land, the
ranger said.
Clay County will receive $7,612.42
for its 59,173 acres: and Graham
County will receive $13,758.02 fpr
its some 106,944 National Forest
acres.
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The total net collections oft the
1,113 831 acres of National Forest
land in North Carolina was
$586,797.23. The total 25 per cent of
the fund to be paid to the state tor
allocation to the counties k.
' $14S,6M.30.
The average the counties will re
ceive is about 12.9 cents per acre,
Mr. Howell said, and is probably
a higher amount than what the
county would receive from similar
land in other ownership.
LOGGERS ASSN.
MEETS HERE ON
SAT., AUG. 27 *
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The Western North Carolina Log
gen and Lumberman's Associa
tion will meet in Murphy Satur
day, August 27, A. B. Chandler,
St., announced today. The meeting
will be held at the courthouse at
11 a. m.
This is the regular monthly meet
ing of the group and Is being held
In Murphy for the first time.
Speakers for tne meeting will be
announced later. The meeting will
be followed by lunch at the Henry
House.
Horace Brendle Named
To FHA Committee
Horace N. Brendle of Rt. 4, Mur
phy, Is the new member of the
Cherokee County Committee for^
the Farmers Home Administration,
county supervisor Daniel B. Willis
announced this week. ?
Brendle'g appointment became
effective last month, Willis said.
Mr. Brendle succeeds Burton H.
McNabb whose term on the three
member committee expired this
year. Bundle operates a beef cat
tle and poultry farm in the Shoal
Creek section of Cherokee County.
other mamtM
Hie other two members of the
committee an Victor Baxter of Rt
1, Marble aj?d Luther M. Dockery
of Rt. I, Murphy. Mr. Raxter la
a farmer sad has lived in Cherokee
County all his Hfe. Dockery is a
beef cattle and potftqr farmer.
There ? an fHA county Com
mittee ta every agricultural coun
ty to the country to determine the
eligibility of appUcanta and help
the county anporrtaot adapt the
to local ooodttlon*...
and one appointed expires each
year. A member completing his
three-year term cannot succeed
himself. At least two of the mem
bers must be farmers.
FHA LOANS
The FHA makes loans to farmers
to buy, improve, enlarge or oper
ate efficient family-type farms,
Willis said. It also lends money to
farmers on their non-profit associ
ations to establish and carry on
approved soil and water conserva
tion. *
The agency makes emergency
loans, but only In areas designated
by the secretary of Agriculture as
being in need of emergency loans
due to some calamity; Willis said.
Before the agency can make any
loan, the applicant must hfve the
approval of the county committee.
In the case of a farm ownentiip
loan, the farm to be purchtsed. en
larged or improved, must also be
b ythe committee, the
Murphy-Andrews
Meet In Season
Opener Sept 2
Murphy and Andrews will show
the county what the home teams
have to offer on Friday, Sept. 2
when they meet In the first grid
game of the season on the Murphy
field.
The Murphy Bulldogs had their
first workout on August 15 with
some 45 boys reporting for prac
tice. There are 16 returning letter
men.
The boys have been practicing
twice daily from 9-11 a. m. and
from 5-7 p. m.
Joe Tipton To
Play In Last
Game Of Season
The Murphy baseball team will
play its final two home games ofj
the season this week end.
The local club will meet Canal
Lake at 8 p. m. Friday and Frank
lin at 8 p. m. Saturday.
Joe Tipton, former catcher for
the Cleveland Indians, Chicago and
Washington, will catch for the Mur
phy team. Joe is from McCayes
ville, Ga.
Admission ror :ne Saturday night
game will be $1. Admission (or
Friday night will be SO cents.
At present the Murphy club is
$291 in the hole, the manager said.
He said he expected a big crowd
out tor the last two games of the
season and hoped to clear enough
gate receipts to pay off the club's
obligations. *
Mr*. Ward , DiC
May field To Speak
| At Historical Meet
j The Cherokee County Historical
Association will meet Monday,
August 22, at 8 p. m. at the Murphy
Carnegie Library.
Mrs. Anne Ward, recently re
turned from a Pacific cruise and
Dr. Ben Mayfleld, now living ti?.
Lisbon, Portugal, will be the speak
ers.
The public is invited to attend
Billy Teas Named
New Andrews Coach
Billy Teas of Andrews, former
Georgia Tech grid star, has been
named the new football coach and
teacher at Andrews High School,
Supt. J. E. Rufty announced this '
week.
Teas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Teas Of Andrews, succeeds Hugh
"Pee Wee" Hamilton, who resign- j
ed as teacher and coach to enter ?,
another field of work, Mr. Rufty j
said.
Mr. Teas is a graduate of Baylor]
School for Boys, Chattanooga,
Tenn. and gained wide acclaim
while a halfback at Georgia Tech.
He was recently granted an ex
tension to his contract to play
professional football for the Los
Angeles Rams. ? |
Teas has . already reported for
work and is now coaching some 35
prospective Andrews High Grid
ders. I
WNC Baptist Association
Meeting Be Next Week
The annual Western North Caro
lina Baptist Association meeting
will be held Tuesday and Wednes
day, August 23-24 at Valley River
and Notla Churches.
The program for the meeting was
released this week, with the Tues
day morning and afternoon ses
sions to be held at Valley River
church. The Wednesday session
will be held at the Notla church.
The Rev. Robert Barker, mod
erator, will preside. Other officers
of the association who will take
part on the program are Lloyd Hen
drix, vice moderator; Frank Walsh
Clerk; Miss Doris Raxter, assist
ant clerk; Mrs. J. J. Hamilton, |
| treasurer; Mrs. Lloyd Hendrix as
sistant treasurer; the Rev, J. Al
ston Morris, historian; Ralph Myers
Brotherhood chairman; Mrs. El
mer Childers, WMU superintendent
G. E. Scruggs, aasoclational mis
mionary; Fred Lunsford, Sunday
School superintendent; ' and Ken
neth Woodard, Training Union di
rector.
The theme of the meetings is
"Growing In Christ Jesus".
Others taking part on the two
day program are: Raymond Car
roll, P. G. Ivie, Jack Bagwell; Jim
my Burnham; Miss Addie Mae
j Cooke, Mrs. Q. Loudermilk; Miss
Frankie Martin; Joan Adams;
Cordia Padgett; J. L. Allen; J. H.
Coffee; Richard Powers; W. P.
Biggerstaff; Dr. W. A. Hoover;
Richard K. Young; James M. Hay
es; Mrs. Elmer Childers; John
Grant; Sam Walkingstick ; H. M.
Crawford; H. E. Danielson; Clar
ence Hendrix; Lester Stowe; W. S.
Reid; Marvin Hampton; A. B.
Lovell and Horace Easom.
Others on the program are the
Rev. Earle Cabe who will preach
the annual sermon at 11:05 Tues
day; Claude Gaddy of Raleigh who
will speak Tuesday afternoon; Mrs.
Gqrdan Maddry, state president
of thme WMU of Ahoskie, who will
speak at 11:00 a. m. Wednesday;
and E. L. 8pivey who will give tne"
stewardship message.
7 Scouts Finish
Jr. Life Saving
Seven Murphy Boy Scouts Mon
day completed the American Red
Cross Junior Life Saving cours* for
credit with Mrs. George Size as in
structress.
Boy Scout credit was also given
the koys. The five hour course was
given at the Andrews pool. One
lesson Included small craft safety.
The boys completing the course
were Mil! Browning, Ed Glbbs,
Hugh "Butch" Mensley, Harry
Hughes. Tommy Moore, John Mor
ris and Robert Schmitt.
by betty moore brown
German Farmlands, Flowers
Cars, Interest Murphy Couple
FIRST IN A SERIES . 23. June, 1955
.... We got to Augsburg at 3:00 today. We leftthe Butner at 8:00 last night and got on a Pullman ?
sleep wagon, they call it. which was real nice. We bad two compartments ? traveled first class. Debbie
and I slept in one part and Bud had the adjoining one. We had good meals on the train
and changed at Frankfurt for a day coach which was also real nice and roomy.
Germany is quite different from what I expected. It is very, very clean and some
places are real modern. Near the coast they use flourescent lights for street lights.
Some towns even have neon signs. The only American sign I've seen is one edvertising
Coca-Cola. '
It's mostly a farming country
and the land U really beautiful.
No matter how big or little a farm
or garden U, it la planted In neat
squares ? each kind of food >e pa
rated by a small walk and flowers.
We saw Heidelburg, Frankfurt,
Stuggart and quite a few other
places. There are some of the
moat beautiful old buildings,
churches and churches ! And flow
ers galore ! They hare flower gar
dens everywhere, even on balcon
ies of buildings.
Bom* plaoes are quite flat, and
others pretty mountainous. We
saw some mountains so steep they
're alnOet straight up. But tile
people still farm it, they terrace
the hillside, build rock walla tq
hold ?rety three or four rows and
narrow steps 19 the hill. It sure
took work and it's a beautiful thing
to lea. Not an inch at toad goes to
waste.
h tie stties the hoosM are hum
practically on top of each other,
they're so cloee. They're very nar
row and three or four stories high.
They all have red tile roofs and are
painted dull colors, or made of
brick.
Heidelburg has a very modern
train station. The terminal is built
up over the street and railroad
tracks. It is really nice.
We're staying- at a German Hotel
tonight and a? are four other. coup
les base. Our quarters are ready,
but Bud has to sign for them first
and maybe we can move in Satur
day
A PRETTY PLACE
Augsburg is ? real pretty place,
there are quite a few big modern
buildings, only I can't read wtiat
any at tharn are. it seems iobea
large place. There's a large park
across from the MM la the center'
ot town. And the meet beaaUful^
Most ot the peeyie here ride bt-i
cycles, or those funny little cars.
There are some of the funniest
looking 3- wheeled cars ? one in
front and two in back.
.... It's hot today. It got dark
at 10:00 last night and at 3:00 this
a. m. it was coming daylight. Ev
idently we don't have much night
time.
.... We aren't allowed to drink
the German water, and I'm so thir
sty. All we had to drink on tin
boat was awful tasting water and
coffee and I'd give a hundred dol
ara for some good iced tea.
We had our money changed yes
terday. We have markes ? which
are about M cents each; military
payment certificate, which has the
same value as your money, only
not near as many denominations
and it's an paper aad script ? the
German paper money. I toM Bod tt
looked so much like play money,
rd be cleaning boose and throw tt
injr
(Te Be (MM)
Group Says Will
Not Attempt Fair
Without Agent
The Cherokee County Fair Asso
ciation this week said a county
fair will not be held this year. '
The association said it was call
ing off the fair because it felt a fair
could not be held successfully with
out the aid of a county agent.
The decision was reached at a
recent meeting of the association.
Meanwhile, R. W. Shoffner, assis
tant director of the North Caro
lina Extension Service, said L. V.
McMahan, assistant county agent
will be transferred to another coun
ty
The other county has asked for
his services and McMahan agreed
to the move, Shoffner said. \
The difficulty over a county agent
for Cherokee County started in the
spring when the commissioners '
withdrew County funds from the
salary paid G. H. Parley, then
county agent.
C. E. Hyde, county attorney, sa'd
the commissioners have included
in the new budget the county's nor
mal amount to pay an agent if the
state will pay the remainder of the
salary.
The commissioners have selected
A. Q. Ketner, Murphy man and for
mer county agent, for the job, Mr
Hyde said.
I But Mr. Shoffner said that his of
fice feels hiring Ketner would not
clear up the difficulty in this coun
Ity.
He pointed out Lhat his office had
nothing against Ketner as an
agent. He said Ketner has been of
fered a Job with the extension ser
vice in another county.
He said his office did not want
personalities to enter into the
county agent's job and he felt that
would be the case if Ketner were
employed in this county.
His office is interested in fore
stalling any further trouble in the
agent's office, Mr. Shaffner said.
He said he felt that trouble could
be avoided if another man far the
job was agreed on between the
commissioners and his office.
Mr. Shoffner said he wanted to
"sit around a table" with the
commissioners and work out the
difficulty so that an agent can be
brought into the county.
He is willing to meet with the
commissioners to work out the
trouble at any time, he said.
The extension service In Raleigh
will not demand that any certain
man be hired, Schoffner said. He
' pointed out that several men will
be suggested until a man can be
agreed upon.
Andrews Building
Being Remodeled
ForNewPlant
Work on the remodeling of the
Andrews Textile building recently
leased "by the Owenby Manufactur
.ingr Co. of Marietta, Ga., is pro
gressing satisfactorily it was an
nounced today.
It was anticipated that work on
the building will be completed by
September L
The renovation is under the sup
ervision of Arthur Watkins. Appli
cations for prospective employees
are being accepted now at the city
hall in Andrews.
The new plant will manufacture
women's and girls' dresses. Some
140 machines will be installed and
the plant Is expected to start pro
duction within the next few months.
Paid B. Owenby, a formed resi
dent of Cherokee County for It
years, is the heed at the firm.
. STORY HOCK TODAY
Mrs. Harvey WUeon, Jr., will
tell storiae to the ohDdren at the
Children's Story Hoar today (Ihurs
day) at 10 a. m. at the Murphy
Carnegie Library. AB iIiUJim are
invited to attend.