MINTING SEASON
CALLS FOR
GI N SAFETY ! !
DRIVE SAFELY
WATCH FOR
SCHOOL CHILDREN
VOI.I ME (Hi M'MBEB 10
DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CHEROKEE COCNTY
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1'1'llUSHED WEEK1.Y
GheAaJzee Gau+iUf. tyolkl
By \nnctta Hunch
who has found Cherokee County a||
a p:ace lo h\e. ami hi- bus liv
ed in Murphy all hi> 1 if ? if
Hi> occupation fnr tin* most parti
has been servicing uutomubile>. i tiW
one way or another lie has been
previously employed by one or two
ear dealers here clrtiri^ the body ^
and fender line work Kecently he I
has become manager of a Gulf .
service station in Murphy. former
ly the Ingram's Culf Service
Since he likes dealing with peo
ple. he sa>s he enjoys seeing the
motorists as they come from dif
ferent parts of the country, as well
as local citizens, and likes to
think he has had a small part in
making their journey more enjoy -
able
Verlin is married to the former
Annie Mae Ramsey They have one
daughter, Shirley Ann, 8 They are
nil'mluTS r kf Kir<t KnntisJ Chnrrh
VERLIN FRANK JONES
Verlin Frank Jones, a service |fls hobbies are fishing and hunt
station manager, is another person lng
Baptist WMU
District ?
Meeting Set
The Baptist Woman's Missionary
Union of the Brvson City division
will hold it's annual meeting Tues
day. Oet. 2, at 10 a m at the First
Baptist Church, Bryson City.
The speakers will be as follows:
Miss Miriam Robinson, state sec
retary of WMU ; Miss Janet Wil
son, State Young People's leader;
and Miss Mildred Mathews, Mis
sionary to Cuba
The Bryson City division is made
up of the six western counties ol
North Carolina including: Jack
son, Macon, Swain, Graham, Clay
and Cherokee
Lunch will be served ,i>y the
ladies of the First Baptist Church,
Bryson City,
Mrs E H Corpemng of Tapoco,
N. C , is divisional superintendent.
LICENSE RFM WI HS
SHOULD GET
DRIVER'S MANUAL
Applicants who wish to renew
their driver's license are asked to
come by the State Highway De
partment Office in Murphy to re
ceive a Driver's Manual before ap
plying for licenses renewals, Q
T Watts states
These manuals may also be ob
tained from the North Carolina
St.ite Highway Patrolmen
The manual for renewed licctise
seekers is not the same as the
manual for those receiving their
license for the first time
The North Carolina law requires
those who must renew their license
to take again the sign and rules
tests and to have their eyes check
ed
Mr Watts says that applicants
will be saved some embarrass
ment if they study the Driver's
Manual before applying for a re
newal of their license
Winners To Ciol
Chocks Ry Mail
Checks for prize winners at the
Cherokee County F^ir will be mail
ed to? winners.
The checks will be mailed as
soon as the secretary to the Fair
Association finishes writing them
CALLED MEETING
EOR BAPTIST
AT WAY1NESVILLE
A group of Baptists pastors and
laymen will meet in a special
called meeting at the First Bap
tist Church. Waynesville, Tues
day, October L\ at 7:30 p in
Speakers will be I)r W Perry
Crouch, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church, Asheville; the Rev. '
B S llenslev. pastor of Scotls I
Creek Baptist Church, Sylva; the I
Rev Wayne Williams former chap
lin of Otcen; and I) r J C Canipe,
president of the North Carolina
Baptist State Convention
This is an area meeting which
includes several counties in the
western part of North Carolina. All
pastors and laymen are urged
to attend the meeting.
The Rev. T. E Robinett, pastor
of the First Baptist Church Way
nesville, is host pastor
Merit Exam
Scheduled
For Nov. 17
The North Carolina Merit Sys
tem Council has announced that
examinations for professional po
sitions with the State Board of
Public Welfare and the county wel
fare departments will be given on
November 17. 1956
Applications, which must be
filed on the official form, may be
oblained from the Merit System
Office. Mansion Park Building.
Raleigh, N. C . or from any local
health, welfare or employment ser
vice office The applications must
be filed on or before November 1.
1956.
The county level positions for
which examinations will be given
are as follows: senior case work
supervisor, case work supervisor,
case workers II and I. child wel
fare case workers II and I, county
superintendents III, II, and I, and
chief senior, and assistant pro
bation counsellors.
These examinations will be given
in Raleigh, Wilmington, New
Bern, Hickory, Elizabeth City, Wil
son, Durham. Greensboro, Winston
Salem, Charlotte, Asheville, and
Fayctteville if there are sufficient
number of applicants.
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The Cheerleader;' nf Murphy H.gh School have
b?en an e\i elh n; j?i>, mi lai this fall in
supporting the football team
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Poultry Beef And Pork
Shows. Sales CI imax Fair
Climaxing the sales and shows
of the fair was the 4-H Poultry
show antl sale held Friday after
noon
The show and sale was sponsor
ed by the Farmer's Federation
In this chain the boys and girls re
ceive 100 day-old baby chicks
They return 12 of the best pullets
to be shown and sold at auction to
pay for the chicks which they re
ceive.
I Blue Ribbon winners were Rob
| ert Roland, Billy Thomasson, Bob-!
' by Lovingood and Wanda Hatch
ell
Red ribbon winners were Jerry
I Robinson, Lloyd Beavers and Jim
my Martin.
Winners of white ribbons were
Robert Allen, John Simonds and
Tommy English
THE 1H AND FFA- ham pro
ject show was held Thursday
morning at the fairgrounds
Blue ribbon winners were: T. J
Logan, FFA; Benny Pipes, FFA;
Jimmy Carringer, FFA; Harold
Johnson, 4-H; Jerry and Ronnie
Chambers, 4-H; Lyle Martin. 4-H;
and Alvin Crisp, 4-H
Red Ribbon winners were Rob
ert Pullium, FFA; Harold Murphy,
FFA; Kenneth Radford, 4-H; and
Lavonne Thompson. 4-H.
Winners of white ribbons were '
] Edward Bryson, FFA and Mike
Abernathy, 4-H
THURSDAY NIGHT a purebred
Hereford show was held James
Patterson, livestock extension
(iciH'ral Hospital
Til 0|MM1 Oct. I
Dr. F V Taylor has announced
that the Murphy General Hospital
will reopen Monday, Oct 1
The hospital will be opened as an
open hospital according to Dr.
Taylor He states that improve
ments have already been made
. and more improvements arc to be
made.
Dr Taylor says that it will be
among the best fire proofed
buildings in town and that 12
modern rooms will be added im
mediately.
The first floor of the hospital is
now being occupied mostly by doc
tors' offices and the business of
fice.
specialist of North Carolina Stale i
College, was judge. ! I
Winners were as follows . I
Hulls (6 months to 1 > <? u ? . I . ? 1 f |
Brooks of Andrews, fir^t and sec !
ond place; and Dr li VV Whit- 1
field third
Bulls 1 2 years and <.l lei i J. fX !
Brooks, first and Dr Whitfield |
second; and C II Richardson off
Andrews, third
Heifers <t> months to 1 year; I
I)r Whitfield. fir>t, second and
third
Hellers '1 to 3 years); Dr Whit
field, first, second and third
Cows (2 years and older): Dr j
Whitfield, first and second, and j
Frank Forsyth, third
Heifer calves (under ti months): i
Dr Whitfield, first, second and
third
Jeff BrooXs of Andrews was own
er of the grand champion Her- '
ford Bull
Dr. Whitfield owned the grand
champion cow
WINNERS IN TIIE DAIRY
Show held Wednesday night. Sept
19. were as follows:
Guernsey Junior Calf class: J
Fl Shields, first and Virginia
Wells, second
Senior calf class II N Wells,
first, Virginia Weils, second, and
J R Shields, third
Junior Yearling class: II N
Wells, first ar.'l second. a::d .! It
Shields, third
\ntlrews Post 97
lo Sponsor ( irons
American I.egion T'ost 97 of
Andrews will sponsor the Miller
Brothers Circus Saturday, Sept
29, at the Andrews hall park
A matinee will he at 2pm and
another performance at 8 p m
Cherokee Fishing
Contest To Fnd
The Cherokee County fishing
contest is entering into its last
week.
t)ver $20o in prizes to be given a
way for winners in the contest are
on display at the Cherokee Restau
rant
Senior Yearling J l; Sheild.-. v
"irst. Virginia Wells, second. and v
1 \ Wells, third
Cows i 1 or 2 I'jUo! .1 K I
?ihields. first, and Virginia Wells,
kecond
Lows i more than 2 calve- ; .1 >
I! Shields, first, II \ Wells, mt- f
and Virginia Wells tin; ? i 1
A Jed hulls: H V Wells i
Senior Bull calves II \ Wilis I
.1 D. Shields was owner of the I
grand champion Guernsey eow t
H N Wells owned the grand s
champion Guernsey bull.
Johnn> Haw kins showed the only '
Jersey breed cow and he had the
grand champion Jersey cow i '. or
2 calves).
Scout Drive
To Begin
October 2
The Cherokee County Fund 1
Drive for Boy Scouts will begin
Tuesday, Oct. 2. with a kiek-jff (
breakfast for the county chair- ]
men, drive majors and captains
The drive which is nation wide, is
held to obtain funds to be used dir
rectly by the Boy Scouts. The pro
ceeds from the Nantahala District
driie will be applied to get more
boys in this district to become Boy
Scouts.
The Nantahala District at pres
ent has approximately 3500 Scouts
This is only about one tenth of the
boys eligible to be members.
Arvil Woods is Cherokee County
chairman for the drive W V. Cos- j
tello is liie finance chairman for
the Nantahala District.
The goal for the Nantahala Dis- j
Irict which includes Cherokee, j
Clay and Graham counties, is |
$2901 1
The Boy Scouts will wear their
their uniforms during the entire j
week The drive will end October ,
9.
The Nantahala District Court of .
Honor will be held Tuesday. Oct.
2. a*. 7 rtO p. 1). at the Presbyter
ian Church, Murphy.
CONVERGING on Um Batfcal back, returning a Uckotf late in Hi* ho
and quarter of the B?thal ? Murphy (uit Friday vara Omm t?o
Murphy players who har? aludad a Mock thrown by and Ofuyl QaVt
rfi frrWitT) - f'
Plans Being Made
For Swimming Pool
I'rojccl liriiii: Sponsored I8> >lurpli\
Lions. Woman's ( lull. Oilier (?roups
? '? ? ' .t.
1 eachers
Attend
S'CEAMeet
Murphy u as well represented at
meeting of the Thirty fourth An
na) Coir.el.tmn ui the Western
>istrict 'serin ( arolina Education
issociat'on in Ashev i!le September
1
Tl.c ill Inc; includes eighteen
unities ot Western North Caro
ma Convention Headquarters
ter< maintained at Lee II Ed
wards High School. and divisional
ueetings were held in different
iar:s of A-heville
Mis Clair <>!>on. District I're-i
len* it.e .avisii-i: of Supervisors.
\;>s responsible for the program
ur supervisors and principals Dr
vimhail Wiies, professor of eilu
ation and assistant dean of the
"diversity of Florida's College of
Education, was the speaker for
his group at a luncheon meeting
it the B;ittery Park Hotel.
Ch.ir Olson ? as in charge of the
[ualth, PhysUul Education and
Recreation group. which met in
:lie gymnasium of Lee 11 Ed
a arils High School.
others attending from Murphy
nere Mr and Mrs. H Bueck. Mrs.
T A Case. Miss Clara McCombs.
Mrs Dair Shields. Mrs Constance
IVest and Mrs. Emily Davidson.
A' ho attended meetings pertaining
:o their respective fields of teach
ing.
Also attending from Cherokee
bounty were John Rufty. Charles
Frazier. Horace King and J
Franklin Smith
Fort Itullcr Facts
Sought l(v f Oi (
The Chamber of Commerce has
asked that anyone having informa
tion pertaining to Fort IHitler to
bring it by the Chamber of Com
merce office in the Kegal Hotel
A project is being sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce to re
build Fort Butler
v < ill!'- HI M~ ?
'? ?' '? '' I ' I ' '* I support in i .1
It.-' cj inp.ngu Mai;}
t/i<- < ! i - 1 1 h.l\ c adop'ed the su|i|mh :
"f 111!' - n. in. ?inn l; pool as their tn ;?
i'i!' pt'Kjcc! Inr thi1 year
A-' ' -ii* ??* if IK "f :ho VVi'ii..i.i
' ">'? IV :;ight. Sep: j
Mr .1 outline,) riie .
^ hy M U! I'll V lll'l'lls t s Willi !1. 1 1 : ^
IXJ'I
T.'.i- V, in. an .s Hub ;i i- j *?
the i in in inj4 pool as their rrrijor
project for the year
Three of the supporting factor^
for a swnnming pool were for busi
ness purposes, for tourists and for
local citizens, Mr Kay slated
He says that new businesses
would come more readily to a
place that provided adequate r<
creation facilities lor their em
ploy ees
Tourists would stay longer Mr
Kay explained, if they were offer
ed a varied recreational program
As it i> now, he said, tourists usu
ally stay for a short period be
cause of the lack of recreational at
tractions
Mr Hay also stressed that the
children of local citizens were be
ing denied a vital form of recrea
tion He says that to his knowledge
^Iurphy is the only town of its size
in Western North Carolina that
does not have a swimmuig pool
1 A swimming pool committee has
been considering the type of pool
needed, the proper site for a pool
and the contractor to build the
pool At the present, however,
plans are incomplete
The committee is composd of
Mr Ray as chairman. llobert
McKeever. Duke Whitley, Edwin
Hyde and Merle Davis.
Contractors who have been con
tacted in regards to building the
swimming pool are: Beeson &
Finney Co. Liberty, S. C ; Pool
Construction Co., Ashcville, N. C ,
Pressure Concrete Co., Florence.
Ala , Universal Pool Co., Florence.
Ala : National Pool Equipment
Co. Birmingham. Ala.; as well
as local contractors and engineers.
Mr. Kay says that as soon as
some definite plans are made con
cerning the pool that people will
be contacted individually for funds
to help complete the project.
Bulldogs Triumph
Over Bethel 26-6
Keeping up their winning ways I
Murphy's Bulldogs out-scored Ret
hel's Blue Devils Inst Friday after
noon 26 to fi in the Cherokeeans'
first auav from hoi:.e encounter
Kach same thus f..r the Bulldogs |
have doubled their num^r of i
touchdowns ? one against And!
rews. two on Sylva. and four at the
expense of Bethel
This week they play Robbins
vilie. at 8 p m Friday night in
the Graham county scat; and the
next Friday. October 5. comcs the
season's acid test against Bryson i
City The Bulldogs stopped off at
Bryson City last Friday night to I
see the Swainmen beat Robbins
ville 39 to 12.
Swain has a "big, tough, well
balanced club," Coach "Chuck"
McConnell said this week. Robbins
ville will also provide good op
position to Murphy, he thinks
Murphy whipped across three
touchdowns in the first half against
Bethel to leave the field at half
time, leading 19 to 0. The Ball
dogs struck twice in the first quar
ter They worked the ball almost
to n&fiald, at which point Job*
Morris ? aMed by food blocking,
?ad through shaking off two tacts
lert. rand 5) yards for the flrat
Mora. frlrthflsM paaaad to him te
the extra point
Latar m tha tarn ??fe&-ae It
tcrceptod pass about mid-field set
in motion another Bulldog drive,
which culminated in the 20-yard
off-tackle smash by Morris for a
ituchdown.
Murphy's third tally came in a
thrust from mid-field with only a
minute left to play McConnell's
eleven went the route in four plays
Jones ran the ball out of bounds,
took a pass from Birchfield. and
after O'dell had carried to Beth
el's ten, snagged another toss
and ran into the end zone for the
marker
After Bethel had scored on a
pass in the second half, Murphy
came back in the fourth period to
count once again. The touchdown
was set up when Jim Hendrix in
tercepted a Bethel forward throw
to return to the Blue Devils' 10
yard stripe. Morris made a Hne
gain, and BirchfieM sneaked over
from the one
Th* Bulldogs were more elert
on pass defense, and intercepted
four of nine Bethel tosses. Daring
the third period Coach McCotMell
happily em -Joyed a food partita of
hi* second atrial, and almost all
Ike playsn who made the trip saw
action ? ' ."'TO-' ??'*?