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?unrmw season CALLS FOR CtVN SAFETY ! I DRIVE SAFELY * WATCH FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN DEDICATED TO PROMOTING ? i i :i VOLUME M NUMBER ? 11 PI TRT .laurn FOURTH STRAIGHT WfJV Murphy Bulldogs Down Robbinsville Blue Devils By. BOB POTTER . . Murphy's Bulldogs lived up to their name Friday night at Rob binsville, holding against Robbins viye Blue Devils onslaughts with firm tenacity, and thus emerging, 19 to 0 victors in their fourth game of a thus-far un-defeated season. Marking the contest was also the usual? by now? aggressive, well timed, spirited Murphy drive, which accounts for the three touchdowns, one made in each of the first three periods. But the rising up of the forward wall and the cutting down of fleet runners was the new mark of the Murphy team, which has now come of age and ? as high school elevens in these parts go' ? may be consider ed a mature band. This development under Coaches McConnell and Olson is just in time, as the Bulldogs this coming Friday night at Bryson City en counter the big, tough Swain team, also undefeated and head ed full steam for the Smoky Moun tains title just as Murphy is! All the more the new firmness of de fense is needed since John Morris, fleet brak-away runner of the Bull dogs, suffered an injured ankle in the first half of the Robbinsville game, and may not be able to play against Bryson City. It was a decided line stand of Murphy against Robbinsville, with Amos, West, ancl Jim Hendrix in worthy roles. Two Bulldogs substi tutes,, Kihtatrick and Zimmer man, made worthy contributions to the Cherokeeans' victory. While Murphy was in control most of the game, it was anything but that for the first few minutes. Receiving the kick-off, the Blue Devils began on their 33 and push ed as relentlessly as a West In dian hurricane toward the goal. Stewart and Postell with good blocking, swept around the Mur phy ends for long gains, going to the Bulldog thirty yard line. From thence Stewart was off again, County Plans ? To Control Pine Beetle Anyone in Cherokee County hav ing found dying pine trees on their property is asked to notify the County Agent, the U. S. Forest Service or the North Carolina Di vision of Forest Trees Ranger in Murphy, Harold Hatchett, County Ranger, has announced. The damage in this area is be lieved to have been caused by the Southern Pine Bark Beetle, Mr. Hatchett, says. A control project of the insects, similar to the pro ject carried on during June of this year, will be carried out in Cher okee and Clay counties. The project will be carried out in hopes of eliminating further damage by the insect. At the present time approximate ly 26 infested areas have been not ed on private property in Cherokee County, Mr. Hatchett states. He says that all of these are relatively small and can easily be controll ed The control work will begin the latter part of October under the supervision and by personnel of the North Carolina Division of For estry. Mr. Hatchett says that coopera tion of land owners will result in a better and quicker job of con rollling the disease. He has asked that property owners assist the Forestry department as much as possible. headed for a touchdown, when the ball squirted out of his arms, and Jones pounced upon it on the 7 yard line. Hie Bulldogs lost no time in heading northward, running the ball to the 17. At this point John Morris, breaking off right tackle, out-distanced his pursuer and rac ed 83 yards for th^ tally, Jones carried for the conversion. Robbinsville seemed to lose heart after this quick revessal of affairs and never showed such punch again. The Blue Devils could not effectively again; and early in the second qurter the Bulldogs. a gain surged down the field to score. Mixing up their plays, con cealing their execution, moving with adroitness as well as power, the Bulldogs ? > despite offside penalties ? kept the ball, and countered. Jones circled end for | 15 O'dell smashed through for 10, Jones went around end again, took a pass from Birchficld, who ? out about a yard? sneaked over. Mur phy again made the extra point. Later in the second quarter the Blue Devils were given a break when Birchfield fumbled deep in his own territory, but the Bulldogs held as the half ended, the first of their notable goal lines' stands. With short shrift the visitors from the banks of the Hiwassee and Valley were back at it early in the third quarter. Odell lunged ! to midfield; Bobby Morris playing well on both offense and defense was hauled down on Robbinsville' 36; and at this pont Odell broke off left tackle for the third Murphy touchdown. In the closing of the third period and going into the fourth, Robbins ville uncorked the closest things to a drive since the scare they gave Murphy at game's beginning; and with Stewart and Cook making good gains, pulled up on Murphy's 10. But Cook fumbled and Zimmer man recovered for Murphy, end ing the drive. Later the Blue Devils held for downs on Murphy's 32, and a 15 yard penalty against visiting team brought Robbinsville much nearer; but again the Bulldogs dug in and held for downs on their own 9. With Bobby Morris, Odell, and Jones carrying, they had thrust to mid-field as the game ended. SCOUTS RECEIVE AWARDS AT NANTAHALA COURT OF HONOR RECEIVE EAGLE SCOUT RATING Julius Hill and Harry Hughes received their Eagle Scout rating at the Court of Honor held Tuesday night for the Nantahala Dis trict Scouts at the Presbyterian Church, Murphy. Hill, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. N. Hill, has been In the Scouts for three years and is in the 10th grade at Murphy High School. Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Neal Hughes, has been a Scout for four years and is also in the 10th grade. The following scouts were pre sented their Tenderfoot cards by Tom Speed, field executive: Billy L. Moody, David Parrette and Jery Jo Collins all of Troop Robbinsville. Virgil G. Elliott and David Moore Troop 7, Hayesville. Second Class cards were present ed to the following by Gene Carter Hayesville: Wm. Michael Prater, Thomas Penland and Jimmy Wal ker all of Troop 7, Hayesville; and James Wade Dills, Troop 11, Hay esville. Receiving First Class Cards, presented by Clarence Bales were: Danny Grier and Ed Bud Garrison of Troop 7, Hayesville; Horrice Wimpey, Jerry Moore, H. Lee Daily, Jimmy Franklin, Jack Sel lers, Douglas Dills; and William Shelton, of Troop 11, Hayesville. Merit Badges were presented by Tom Speed to the following : Mich ael L. Powell, first aid; Tommy Jarrett, citizenship in the home pi oneering; James Brads haw, public S||ealdng; Michael Powell, dtixen ahip in the home reading -coo king nature hiking; Thomas Stanley, Johnny Vaught, first aid. Garrison, wood carving; Armstrong safety-public Jaatw Lemons, home re aQ of Troop 7, Hayesville, rn& John Bandy, foreatry, Troop 12 of Murphy Tb* by John Jordtn to: Julius Hill and Harry Ray Hughes both of Troop 12, Murphy. The court of honor was closed with the scoutmasters benidic tions. Murphy Appliance Moves To New Location A $100 U. S. Savings Bond will be given away at Murphy Appli ance Center Saturday, Oct. 13 as part of their open house celebra tion in their new location across from the Post Office. Murphy Appliance Center moved into the former Graves Tire Co. building from the Dewey Garrett Building on Willow St. Graves Tire Co. has moved to the Andrews Highway. Balloons will be given to chil dren during the open house and favors will be given to the ladies. The open house will start Monday; Oct. S. Circle Plans Party The Methodist Circle No. 1 to have a "supperware party" in church basement Wed. 8 p. ?" County AAUW ? Announces Yearly Program The Cherokee County Branch of tne American Association of Uni versity Women has begun its year ly programs. An area woricshop was held by state officers at Nantahala Inn with 56 persons present from the branches at Murphy, Bryson City and Asheville. State President'; Mrs. M. W. Peterman, reported on tne International meeting of AAUW which was held in Paris, France during the summer. Other offi cers reported on state-wide inter ests and programs which includes state legislation, .education, social studies, the arts, international relation, and others. This informa tion greatly inspired and gave im petus to the first local board meet ing. Miss Juliet Peguese. President presided over the board meeting. Mrs. Tom Case was elected to succeed Miss Phyllis Snyder as Vice. Pres. other officers are | Geraldine Meadows, Program Tres., Mrs. W. A. Singleton, Sec. j Chairman, Mrs. W. V. Costello. The first regular meeting was j held at Nantahala Inn. Mrs. Wayne Slaton of Bryson City gave j a program on "The Appreciation : Modern Music". | The next meeting will be held j at the home of Mrs. George Bid strup in Brasstown. 'Mrs. Ralph Rhodes, Chairman of the Legisla tive Committee, will present a pro I gram, The Informed Woman Vot I er. The local branch plans to publish weekly an article of interest to women. Toastmasters' Club'Installs New Officers Dr. A. J. Headrick was installed as president of the Murphy Toast masters' Club at a dinner held Thursday evening Sept. 27 at Duke's Lodge. Other newly elected officers in stalled were: Ralph Rhodes, 1st Vice-President; Jack Dickey, Edu cational Vice President; Melvin Wells, Secretary Treasurer and C. R. Freed Sergeant-at-arms. A1 Hunt, Assistant Area Gover nor, and Mac McCauley, Educa tion V. President for Waynes ville, were in charge of the instal lation. The program included two and five minute speeches by the mem bers, topics of which were chosen by the respective wives of mem bers. The football theme was carried out in table decorations supervis ed by Mrs. S. C. Burgess, Mrs. L. I L. Mason and Mrs. Bud Alverson 73 1 Pints Of Blood Donated Mrs. CToe Moore, Chairman of the local chapter of the American Red Cross, reported that 73 pints of blood were donated when the Bloodmobile visited Murphy Sep tember 27, at the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Moore reported that Harry Bishop, Blood Chairman, and his co-workers did a fine job recruit ing donors. Mrs. W. T. Brown was in charge of the canteen with the following women serving on the committee: Mrs. Neil Sneed, Mrs. W. C. Kin ney, Sr., Mrs. C. W. Arnold, Mrs. Sam Hardin, Mrs. Edythe Ivie, Mrs. Effie Hyatt, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. S. S. Williams, Mrs. Lena Lovin good and Mrs. Chandler. Those helping with the registra tion were: Miss Dot Hensley, Mrs. Sylvia Waggoner, Mrs. Easley, Mrs. Arnold Beerkens, Mrs. How ard Moody, Mrs. Ruth Cheney and Mrs. Olen McDonald. At the bottle table were: Mrs. Bertha Roberts, Mrs. Mtrjorie Witherspoon, rs. Clyde Gennett, Mrs. Francis Bourne, Sr. and Mrs. Martha Lee. Doctors assisting were: Dr. Helen Well*, Dr. George Size, Dr. Harry Miller and Dr. Robert King. Nurses attending were: Mr*. Mary Van Hon, Mr*. Jean Rogers Cherokee County Extension Dept. Says Increase Farm Income With i Long Range Progran it was stressed at a meeting Thursday evening, September 27 that changes in agricultural and rural life make it necessary for all concerned to take a longer look into the future. With high capital investment, changes in consumers demand for farm products, greater financial risk, and increased mec hanization- in Cherokee County, al so, the lack of adequate markets and other factors make this neces sary. Planning an individual or county i program on a year to year basis j can no longer be done. In order for farm families to have higher ! income and a higher standard of living, a long time planning for county income is needed. Paul Naves, County Farm Agent states that the extension workers in Cherokee County believe that their jobs could be done on a more ef fective basis if they know what the people in the county need and want. Therefore, the extension workers are giving the people, the Qpportunity to develop a long range agricultural program for Cherokee County. In working out this plan, you will need to determine how much in come is needed and what enter prises will be necessary to bring about this income. The County Ex tension workers will then ' devote their time and efforts toward the completion of these plans, and by so doing, can work more efficient ly and also give the people in Murphy's First Aromatic Tobacco Sale Pictured left to right are J. S. Wliktns, field man for the South eastern Aromatic Tobacco Co.; H. H. Crouse, an agronomy ex tension specialist on aromatic tobacco. Also in the group are the following Cherokee Count}' Aromatic tobacco growers: Bob Bing ham, George Headrick, Wade Anderson, J. H. Hampton, Goley Garrett, Glenn Lovlngood, and Alvin Beaver. This sale of Aromatic tobacco took place Friday morning, Sep. tember 38 in the gymnasium at the ball park. All of the tobacco was cured by electric heat. J. H. Hampton was in charge of this program which was spon sored by the Farmer's Federation. Farmers Federation Appoints Rev. Jack Waldrep New Director Keverend Jack Waldrep has been appointed Director of the Far j mers Federation's Religious De partment and took charge of the Lord's Acre program on October 1st, it has been announced by James McC. Clarke, President of the Farmers Federation. Mr. Waldrep replaces Reverend Boy Scoot Drive The 1956 Boy Scouts finance drive for Cherokee County started at 8 a. m. Tuesday, Arvel Woods, county chairman, said. ? Dr. Charles O. Van Gorder is drive chairman in Andrews and A. G. Quinn is chairman of special special gifts. Others working in the drive are John Gill, auditor; Harry Bishop, publicity chairman; and majors include Jack Dickey, Mrs. R. C. Fuller, Gordon Wilson, the Rev. Asmond Maxwell, James Howse, Dave Moody and P. G. Ivie. The drive started with a kick off breakfast attended by the majors. All donations will be collected through the week end the drive will end Tuesday, October 9. State Adjutant To Visit Legion Post Hugh Penland, Commander of Joe Miller Elkins Post 96, The American Legion announces the Port will have at their guest, Mr. Nash D. McKee, State Department Adjutant en Thursday evening Oc tober 4th. The Poet has been look ing forward to ft visit from Mr. McKee for some time. He will be 21 n Led* .t T;? Dumont Clarke, director of the I Lords Acre Program for 26 years! who has assumed new duties with I the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U. S. A. in New York City. The Lord's Acre move I ment was originated by the late I James G. K. McClure, Farmers Fjederation founder and president ! who died last June. A native of Forsyth, Georgia where he was born on August 30, 1916, Mr. Waldrep was raised on his parents' farm and educated in Monroe County, Georgia public schools. I He graduated from Young Har ris College and Emory University i Senior College and Theological Seminary and then did graduate work at the University of Wiscon sin. From 1940 to 1945 he served as Pastor and Athletic Director for Rabun Gap Schools in Rabun Gap, Georgia and in 1945 he was made Pastor of Community Center Church in Albany, Wisconsin. In 1947 he became Pastor and Director of Larger Parish of Towns and Union County and Pro fessor of Town and Country Work at Young Harris College and lat er taught A visiting professor at Emory University, University of Georgia and University of Denver. Mr. Waldrep is a member of the North Georgia Methodist Confer ence, Town and Country Commis sion, Christian Rural Fellowship, Methodist Rural Fellowship, Rur al Sociological Society of America, Kiwanis Club and the Masons. He married the former Mica Hil da Wright of Greensbdro and Ra bun Gap, Georgia and the couple has four children. Cherokee County the kind of agri cultural program that will fit their needs. The present agricultural situation in Cherokee County is as follows: Population; According to the 1950 census, there were 9,759 people liv ing on farms in Cherokee County. Total population was 18,295; over half of the population of Cherokee County depends on agriculture for a living. Size and No. of farms: In 1955 there were 1638 farms in Cher okee County with an average size of 71.1 acres; farms have in reased in size but dropped in num bers. In 1950 there were 1,940 farms, in 1955 there were 1638 farms. The total value of farm income for 1955 was $1,422,979. Breakdown of income is as follows: Crops ? $280,975, tobacco? 53 acres-aver ing 1781.7 pounds-total' income $4,721. Corn-6010 acres-averaging 26.7 bushels. Total income $240,700. Hay and Forage Crops ? 5053 acres averaging 1.29 tons. Total income $19,554. Wheat-79 acres-averaging 10.8 bushels. Total income $2,536 - 50. Rye-129 acres-averaging 10.8 bushels. Total income $7,471.25. Barley-40 acres-averaging 31.7 bushels. Total income $2,409.20. Vegetables 8 acres-total income $804.00. The livestock sales were: Poul try 144,144 birds-total income $445,461. Dairy cattle-2894 head-33 grade A Dairies. Total income $178,258. Beef cattle-3724 head- hogs 4,111 head, sheep 207 head-total in come from beef cattle, hogs and sheep $163,941. Forestry? 253,800 total acres. To tal income $354,344. Capital: Farmers can expand operations by borrowing money from : banks, farmers home admin istration, private individuals, G. I, loans. At the meeting the men were di vided into groups and Mr. Naves received suggestions from them on how to improve the farm program. The suggestions was as follows : Dillard Stiles, believes that farmers of low income should get into pepper or other cash crops. S. S. Williams says '''increase dairy production per dairy cow." L. F. Lochaby, increase commercial egg production in Cherokee County. Randolph Shilds, increase grain production; Mr. Biastrup, put wasteland into production. Helen Lochaby, better sanitary facilities in the home and schools: Wayne Holland, double corn yield or don't plant any; Fred Martin, put idle wasteland into forest; Judd Stiles, do mere to develop a good under standing between country and town people. Should fiave county wide social program. Mrs. Clar ence Hendrix, make a year around garden for every farm or home. Bill Miller, understand and devel op a better milk market; Mr. Johnson, better advertising for lo cal farm products; Mrs. Clarence Hendrix, work together for better markets; A. G. Quinn, improve quality of all poultry products. Mr. Naves states that this year the farm program is entirely op to the farmers. They tell the ex tension workers the program to follow, and the extension workers' will endeavor to carry out this pro gram. Another meeting will be held Thursday (today from 8 p. m. to 9:30 p. m. in the County Court House. Halloween . Carnival To Be Held A Halloween Carnival will be ' held Halloween Night Wednesday. Oct U ia the Murphy Gym. spon sored by the Murphy Woman's Club. The club last y*ar staged a very successful and largely attended Halloween carnival. Ttda ymt*
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