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VOLUME M M W.K- U
THURSDAY, JAIN S. UKS7
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EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK \
HAKE IT A
SAFE YEAR
IN 1957
PUBLISHED WSEKLY
CLAIMS TWO LIVES
The new year began with 2 fatal
ities Tuesday afternoon when Billy
Gene Lancaster 20 and Samuel
Hogsed 85 were instantly killed in
an automobile accident. ?*
The accident occured around 1 30
four miles South of Marble on the
Slow Creek road when the car
swerved to the wrong side of the
road hitting a stone bridge accord
ing to patrolman Ray Hefner Mrs
Audrey Revis, an eye witness gave
the estimated speed of around SO
oi 60 miles per hour.
Hogsed is survived by three
daughters. Mrs Ledford. Mrs.
FIRST BABY
OF 1957
The first baby born in Murphy in
1957 Is a baby girl born to Mr. and
Mrs Clyde Pitts of Hayesville, I
Route 1.
The baby was born at 9:i0 am.!
January' 1. in Providence Hospital.
The baby weighed 7 pounds and 12
ounces Dr Helen Wells was the ,
attending physician
Mrs Pitts is the former Miss I
Hilda Joan Pickney, a Registered
Nurse from Hayesville.
Bales IVew Chairman
' |
Of Nantahala
IMslriet Boy Scouts <'
Clarence A. Bales of Robbinsville
has been named chairman of the
Nantahala district of the Boy,
Scouts of America Mr Bales, who
has been active In scouting since j
1929 succeeds S J Gemert of An- 1
drews. Francis C. Bourne of Mur
phy was chosen vice-chairman
I
Mr Bales, a retired electrician, |
has served in various capacities in
the Boy Scout movement, including j
scoutmaster, chairman of the troop
committee at Robbinsville. and
presently as delegate-at-large for
the Daniel Boone Council in the
Nantahala district. He was award
ed the silver beaver for Scouting
service.
Christmas Seal Sale
The final report of the Christmas
Seal Sale will have to be made in
February according: to Mrs Sav- 1
Tge, seal sale chairman
Those who have forgotten to pay
for their seals still have time to do
so
Decoration Conlcsl
W inner* Announced
Winners in the Christmas Light- ,
int contest sponsored hv the Valley I
River Garden Club have been an- ,
nonnced as follows: Mrs. Arthur;
Watkins. first; Mrs. John S. Rodda, I
second; Mrs Carl West, third.
The winners will be presented
cash prizes of seven, five and three
dollars respectively.
Also honorable mention was
made by the judges for out-stand
ing decoration of the following:
homes as seen from the street:
Mrs Charles Delaney, Mrs. Vincent
Harding Mrs. S J Gernert. Mrs.
John Whisenhunt. Mrs. Marvin
Pullium and Mrs Wade peece.
Nantahala District
Court Of Honor
Bo Held January 7
The Nantahala District Court of
Honor will be held in the Andrews
First Methodist Church, Monday,
January 7 at 7:30 p. m. according
to an announcement by S. J. Ger
nert, retiring director, of Nantaha
la Di?ctrict Boy Scouts of America
Clarence Bales erf Robbinsville |
was recently elected district chair
man.
Mr. Qarnert urges all adults to
attend this meeting as well as a |
large number of youths.
M., i
(Marie Lancaster of Hayesville and
Mrs. Alice White of Port Mount,
Va ; two sons, Grady of Andrews
and Enoch of Warne; and 35 grand
children.
Lancaster is survived by his
parents Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert I>an
] caster of Hayesville; four sisters,
Mrs Mary Ruth Ingram and the
Misses Christine, Kate and Cath
erine, and a brother Fred all of
Hayesville.
Funeral services are being held
at Shady Grove Baptist Church at I
2 p m. Thursday, (today), with the
Revs Jimmy Rogers and Henry
Brown officiating Burial will be in
the church cemetery. I vie Funeral)
Home is in charge of arrange-;
ments. I
Mrs. Stiles Wins
Doll Given By
Woman's Club
Mrs. Charles Stiles of Route 1 i
Murphy was the lucky lady who
won the 22 inch doll with com
plete wardrobe including a trunk, )
given by the Murphy's Woman's'
Club.
The drawing was held Saturday,]
December 2 at Ivie's Furniture
store The winning ticket was sold
by Jo Moody, who sold the largest t
amount of tickets during the per
od .
Mrs Pearl I ownson
To Appear On TV
Mrs. I'earl Townsun will appear
on Television Station WKGP Chan
nel 3 Thursday (today) at 1 p m
I to accept the portable Motorola
Television set which she won on a
FIRESIDE CHATS
At the Fireside Chat at the John
C. Campbell Folk School at Brass
town at 4:00 p m on this Sunday,
January 6th Fred Brownlee will be
pin a review of the Life of John D
Rockefeller. Jr. by Raymond Fos- ;
dick
Those who are interested in
American biography and major |
issues in the United States and a- 1
broad during the past seventy-five
years will find the reviews of this
important book most worth while |
New Operating
Hours Set By j
Drug Stores
Parker's and Mauney Drug Stores
have changed their hours ef
fective starting Sunday, January
6, as follows: Week days, they will
open at 8 a m to close at 7 p m.;1
Saturday they will Liose at 8 p m.
and the Sunday hours will be from
2 until S p m
H. A. Bartons To Celebrate
Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs H. A Barton will
celebrate their Golden Wedding ,
Anniversary January 6, 1957 They j
will hold open house on that day
from 2 until 5 p.m There will be
no invitations sent out, but all
their friends and relatives are in- j
vited to call
Mr and Mrs Barton are now 70
and 67 respectively. They were |
married at Peachtree on January
6, 1907 Before her marriage. Mrs i
Barton was Miss Ada Rogers
They are the parents of five
children. Guy Barton of Marathon.
Fla . Ralph Barton of Miami, Fla .
Mrs W L Scott, Jr , of Jackson
ville. Fla . Mrs J A Garren of
Asheville. N (' . and Mrs May
nard t' Stiles of Atlanta, Ga They
also have 13 grandchildren and 3
great-grandchildren
Itockhounders To
Fleet IMew Officers
\t January Meet
The regular meeting of the Tri- j
State Rockhounders will be held in ]
the Truett-Barrett Building at Yo- '
ung Harris College on Saturday
January 5, at 7 30 p. m.
New offirers fur 1957 will be elec- i.
ted at the meeting anil any other'
business that may come up
As a special feature, movies will '
be shown on mineral and gem col
lecting. and on the art of jewelry
making
'juj/ program Laugh V Live "
Mrs. Townson correctly guessed
the weight of four people; three of
which wer<* shown or ine program,
but the fourth she just had to take
a. chance on whether the person
was heavy or light She sent in the
combined weight as 612s lb and
was exactly right
Congratulations Pearl ' And we
will all be watching you on your
first T V appearance
Ivocal Dairyman
Visits Dairy liar
In Disneyland
Mr and Mrs Robert T Cobb of
Route 1, Culberson, who operate
a 200-acre dairy farm, milk 2
Guernsey cows and ship .milk to
Coble Dairy Co-op at Brasstown,
North Carolina, accompanied by
.Irs Cobb s parents Mr and Mrs
Roy T Coe of 2549 G Street, San
Bernardino, Calif toured a new
and enlarged dairy bar, sponsored
by the nation's dairy farmers :
which attracts thousands of visit
ors to famous Disneyland- fv?rk in
Vnaheim, Calif., according- j0 ?fis
American Dairy Association
Located in the Tomorrowlana;
section of the park, the shining al
uminum, chrome and plastic dairy !
bar promotes the use of milk and
its products by servng, in all their
glory? thick milk shakes, ice
cream in a variety of flavors, sun
daes with tasty toppings, colorful |
banana splits, ice - cold homogen
ized milk, chocolate milk and but
termilk.
Because of its overwhelming pop
ularity, the dairy bar has been tri
pled in capacity and the exhibi
remodeled into a "garden of refr
eshments" It is an additional part
of the dairy farmers' own year j
round promotion program to stren
gthen markets.
Glte/voiie>e Gvij+ity, tyo-Uzl i
By /In netta Bunch
Mrs. Ben Warner, Sr.
There are few things that Mrs 1
Ben Warner, Sr is incapable of [
achieving. Doing for others seems
to have given her almost supernat- J
ura! strength and ability.
Mrs Warner is known for her I
helpful lness toward her fellow man i
especially the rick, aeweomeri, Mt ,
born babies and her church. In ad- '
? * v t
dition to thi-~ she has tirii'* for var- :
ious community activities as well. 1
She is an active member of the Ch
erokee County Crafters and attends !
k workshop for that one each mon- ]
.h. where they engage in weaving:,
aluminum and copper tooling and '
other handicrafts It is not uncom- i
mon for her to design and weave <
:loth and then tailor a garmen
for herself and her grandchildren
A member of the Martins Creek
Home Demonstration Club, Mrs {
Warner represented that organiza
tion at Farm and Home Week and
attended a United Nations meeting '
in 1955
Mrs Warner and her husband, j '
Mr. Warner, who is a semi-invalid '
live in the picturesque old country ! '
home, where she was born, in the '
Martins Creek Community
Another interesting fact about
Mrs. Warner is that she was the c
first baby on record to be baptized r
in the Episcopal Church of Mur ' '
phy.
Mr and Mrs Warner have five '
children, all grown and married, j]
Three live in Murphy, Ben War
ner, Jr. Mrs. Joe Bailey, and Mrs *
James Hilton.
Notla Farms
Receives Proved
Sire Report
Recently Randolph Shields re
ceived from the United States De
partment Of Agriculture a Pre
liminary Proved Sire Record on
Quail Roost Prou<i Royal 471061
"Royal ' is the Senior Herd Sire at
Notla Farms where the Shields
family has been breeding Register
ed (luernsevs since 1930
Tht-s herd has been on almost
continuous DHIA test since 1940
and it is from this work that proofs
have been received on nine of the
ter Herd Sires used to date
The Sue Proving Program is an
,mj>ortant part of Dairy Herd Im
provement Association work, or
DHIA. which is sponsored joirr.lv
by the United States Department
Of Agriculture and the different
State Extension Services.
I", all herds on DHIA test the
lactation totals of every cow, both
good and bad. are reported In
complete or partial and lactations
; affected by disease or injury are
also reported with an explanation.
All reports are of course standar
dized to a twice daily mature
equivalent basis so that a fair
comparison can be made
Sire Proofs are tabulated from
a comparison of the lactation re
cords of daughters of a Sire with
the lactation records of the dams
of the daughters
Mr Shields' DHIA Herd Book
shows that the highest producing
cows are the most profitable and
; his Preliminary Report on "Roy
al" seemp to indicate that he is sire ]
ng the i^igbt kind of daughters in
he Shie'.ds herd. As a group they
look well; and several of those
finishing early lactations are pro- i
ducing, in actual production, al
most as well or better than their
lams or many older cows in the
herd. ,
1 ? ""his Proof embraces the avci
j^e of twenty five lactations on six |
dims compared with the average j
V>f ^yen lactations on six daugh
eh s, /i increase of five hundred
and\ tA"ty six pounds of milk for
taugl^^r over dam is shown
This is not a great increase, bu
.y using the average price re
'eived for milk in this herd last
year we find the additional milk
which the e heifers are capable of
producting woulc be worth twenty
eight dollars and ihirb- rents'
The Shields herd ?s composed of
ifty two cows and i. average pro
duction could be raised five hun
Ired and thrity six pounds per cow
we find that an additional fourteen i
lundred and seventy one dollars
and sixty cents would have been j
?ealized from the dairy operation.
DISTRICT 31-A LIONS
WINTER QUARTERLY MEET
BE HELD SUNDAY, JAN. 6
Tho winter quarterly meeting of
the District 31 A Lions Club Cab
inet in Western North Carolina
will be held Sunday. January 6,
at 1 p m in the home of \V Mike
Brown, Zone 1. Chairman, in Roh
binsville.
Progress reports on blind aid ,
programs on the county, slate and I
listrict levels will be reviewed
Disfriet Governor W K i Kd ?
Michael. Jr . of West Asheville will
preside.
Cabinet officers attending will
-epresent 35 clubs with some 1.500
members in 12- western mountain
"ounties They include three deputy
i's(ri<-t governors R. W Easley
Tr. of Murphy, Region 1 ; F. E
^hul! of Canton, Region 2; and Eu
;ene M Jones of Tryon, Region 3
Chairmen are evneete^ to at- !
end from the following zones;
loe U Crum or Cullownee, Zone
!; A Roland Leatherwood of Clyde
lone 3; G Henry Ramsey of West I.
\shevillc. Zone 4; T Kendall O'
Jarr of Asheville. Zone 5; and Ed
vin C. Leland of Saluda. Zone 6
Nine past District 31-A Govern
irs who are now serving as inter- J
lational counsellors are expected
o participate in the discussions i
They include: Wesley W Brown ]
ind Hugh Monteith of Asheville, It
'ennings A. Bryson of Sylva, Her- !<
wrt W. Sanders and Roy A. Taylor j
if Black Mountain, Hieronymus
Jueck of Murphy, Robert R j 1
Jara?s of Candler. Alston B 1
*
J ! room of llendersouville and Law
rence B I.eatherwond of Wayne
villc
O'hers planning to attend ar> At
tornoy Sholbv K. Horton .Ir . of
Asheville. cabinet secretary treas
urer: Judge Willam A TInrt of
Weaverville. WNC director of
White Cane drive: and Alan \
Taylor of Hendersonville. member
of state-wide promotion committer
\ndrews l.oclfic To
Hold Installation
The Andrews Lodge N'o 529 A V
and AM will have an open instal-|
lation of officers Saturday evening
January 5 in the Masonic Hall
precoedinp (he installation the
Andrews Chapter No ifi Order o
the Eastern Star wil! serve a din
ler at 6 p m
The public is invited Plates for
adults Will be $1 00 and for child
en fifty cents
Seoul Master
\amod At Andrews
At a recent meeting of the An
drews Boy Scout Troop Jake '
Buchanan was elected Scout mas :
ler succeeding; the Rev. John C
3orbitt who has resigned j
Meetings are held every Monday I
svening at ?:00 p m. at the Amer
ican Legion Rut.
Revie\\a Of 1956
Progress - Events
i^Sti is gone A new year is nuw
in We nave hopes ror
this new year, goals we are striv
ing to leji h and standards we e\
pe? t to meet However, befoi'e \ve
ili.-miss all thoughts of the old
year, lets take one backward
glance through the months that
ha vi.? passed. as a last farewell
gesture to ly.Sti Let us refresh
your memory of a l*-w of the im
provements that have been m:t'If
ri the vicinity, and as we read
bark and remember lets ail think
of lHf>7 of the many good arid bet
er things the Btjw year may un
fold. if we as citizens will >imph
lead the wa\
i
Jan 5 THE TAC\ Murphy's new
teen renter, will have an open
house fur all adults and children
J not in high school next Thursday
I January 12 from 7 3D to 9:30 p. m
The open house will be sponsor
! ed by the Murphy Junior Woman's
Club, sponsoring organization for
the TAC. and everyone is invited
to attend
The renter h;Ls been gay iy paint
ed and decorated and eouipped for
the teenagers The grand opening
of the TAC for high school stu
dents will be held Saturday. Janu
ary 14, at 7:30 p. m. Mrs Ruth
Cheney is adult supervisor and she
will be assisted each Saturday
light by another adult.
Feb 2 One of Murphy's bigges*
leeds was filled this week when
C. R Freed, former manager of
Coble Dairy's Brasstown plant, was
hired as full-time secretary for
the Murphy Chamber of Commerce.
Mr Freed was asked to take the
New Auto Tags
Now On Sale At
Western Auto
Auto tags went on sale Wednes
day. January 2 at the Western
Auto in Murphy. Office hours are
a. m. until 4p m. No special
icense no can be reserved by
order of departments of motor ve
hicles. and no checks are being ac
cepted
The tag office at Western Auto
is a public service and no extra
charge is being made for this ser
vice
The deadline 031 tags is February
15.
I, like Ellis Completes
rhree-Week Soil
Conservation Course
Luke Ellis, conservation aide
with !he Soil Conservation Service
located here in Murphy has com
ploted a three weeks course at the
Soil Conservation Service Train
ing Cen'er at Ihe University of
Georgia ated a! Athens, Ga
This course was so! up to give
iperial training to soil conserva
tion employees from 'he nine south
caste: n states The following: states
we; e leptesented: Florida: Tenn .
S C C,a Misr . Ark . 1.1 , anil N"
C an.? ore young man fro niTtir
kev N C i;;jd "h'-ee Vohnicinns
attoi-.dir.g the session One from
Franklin Hon lersonville and Ellis
fr..m Murphy
Kills stati > that the tiaining
center has specially trained
instrui tors ;? soil-biology wood-,
land improvement. cropland pas
ture improvement and several im
portant factors
This course began N'ovember 26
and continued through December
14
All of the employees at the train- 1
ing session expressed their feeling
that they will bemore able to do a
better job in their respective coun
ties that before. and also will be
better prepared to keep the work
init conservationist in their coun
'y. Mr John Smith is the work un
t conservationist in Cherokee
bounty
Ellis says he had a nice stay tn
\thens but no recreation (or they
rere busy in class or in the field
ind had to study late at nights
Ellis has been with the bo<1 con
servation several years and has
>een with Mr. Smith now two yean
n Cherokee County
after a n.eeUn^ of several
OLLs:nt:Ssm?rii was h?M in the com
.-..unity rtA.ni of the Citizens B?-.?
building
A dnve for membership in the
re organized c hamber will be
..iu:uhed some time this month
March 22 Murphy Chapter F\i
:ure Farmers of America have
planted 12 (Wi pice seedlings on the
:;eu Murphy School property a
cii.s.s Valley Kiver on the Andrews
highway About 85 per cent of the
profwrty is in forest land and
eventually the FKA hope to have
(omplete tree farm demonstra
tion or. the new school land
April 12 About 5,400 feet of
new concrete sidewalks have been
laved in Murphy this week re
placing oroken sidewalks in the
.town's business area
A committee from Town Council
made recommendations far the
new sidewalks after making sur
vey of the town
May : t The town of Andrews is
participating in the National vehi
cle Safety-Check Week sponsored
by the Konnaheeta, Lions and Rot
ary. clubs. co sponsored by the
i Inter-Industry Highway Safety
I Committee, I?ok Magazine and
| the National Safety Council.
The goal of the program is to
(have all cars in the town, neigh
boring towns and communities
safety checked this month, while
the Safety Check for Vehicles is in
progress
! June 28 Murphy telephone sub
cribers will begin using the new
I dials on their telephones Sunday
after the cutover to the dial sys
tem at midnight Saturday,, June
30 The change over represents ov
er 10 months work and some $75,000
for the new building and equip
ment.
July 5 FI N* IN THE WATER,
sun and sand and shade is enjoyed
{ by an average of 40 Murphy chil
dren at the Kiddie Park six days a
week A variety of playground
equipment, a large concrete pool
and a small wading pool in a ffln
jced area available for children
playing at the park.
Aug 2 Murphy's new senior
' high school building. now under
construction is expected to be
completed in early 1957, C, G. Har
rill architect engineer, of Andrews
said this week.
Sept. 6- Murphy will be known
| is Sale Town North Carolina for
one whole week starting Monday.
September 10 as merchants stage
their biggest bargain festival of the
I vear
I This will be a wonderful oppor
I 'unity fur everyone to come to
IMuiphv and visit the fine stores
! ind shops. You will find that your
tmir will he completed in every re
spec*
1 O. t < The first session of the
i Sales Training: School took place
Tuesday night from 7 :3P to 9:30 p.
1 ni and there were approximately
SO people in attendance. Among
' 'hem were merchants, sales peo
ple and students. Classes are being
hcl.i each Tuesday and Thursday
nights for the next three weeks in
theM urphy Kicmentary school
building
Nov. R- Murphy's proposed
swimming pool project was pre
sented to the Civitan Club during
its Monday night meeting, Novem
ber 5 The members of the club
were called on to support the con
struction of a swimming pool either
b ytndividual donations or assist- ?
ance by each member The clukl
voted to support this project SSH
Note: Lion Joe Ray pre*eo
the above project to the Civ
Club. Ail club? as well M tiw
ual? are participating In this
jeet. More than (5600 ha*
raised todatc.
Dec fi ? The Murphy Quartei
Club will honor the football
with a banquet Saturday iu
December 8 at 8:90 p. m, in
(lining room of the New
Regal ,
The famed allAmericta "
the University of North
Charlie (Ooo-Choo)
preeent award*
Uneaten ?M':
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