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T. Postell Making
Envious Record
At Andrews Hiffh
ANDREWS ? Notre Dame's one-1
time great, Johnny Lattner, has
never heard of Terry Postell but
the famous back has played a big
part in starting 16-year-old Postell
on what promises to be an out
standing football career.
The 120-pound, pint-size Postell
is fleet-footed as a jackrabbit and
hits like a Mack truck.
Lattner was Postell's ideal, the
hero of the day, even when Terry
was getting his face rubbed in the
dirt playing sandlot ball in his ele- j
mentary years.
The Andrews High junior lives I
for football.' Even though he didn't j
deliberately set out to break any
records, he is making a name for
himself as the "big little man in
prep football."
An injury had him side-lined last
week but in four previous games,
the fast trotting Postell carried
the pigskin a total of 70 times
chalking up 396 big yards. This
gives Postell an average of 5-6
yards per try ? a great average on
any man's ball team.
As a freshman in school, Postell
held down a defensive half-back
spot .all 105 pounds of him- The fol
lowing year he played first string
ball as right halfback for the Wild
cats.
The spotlight hit Postell for the
first time last year when Andrews
met Robbinsville. It was in this tilt
that the "little man" scored his
first TD from two yards out.
Andrews High Coach Frank
Maennle continues to be amazed at
performances turned in by Terry.
Says Coach Maennle: "His per
severance and success are out
standing in a rugged sport, when
physically, he is much smaller
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Lions Club Gives
$1,500 On Pool
The Muphy Lions Club has made
a $1,500 donation on the new
swimming pool here to increase
their contributions on the project
to $5,860.
Hobart McKeever, who has spear
headed the swimming pool fund
raising campaign here, said out
standing debts on the project stand
at $4,647.27.
This amount includes: Cyclone
fence, $1,305; contractor, $215; ar
chitect, $485; materials, $442.27,
and bank note, $2,200.
Approximately $1,500 in pledges
are still butstanding. Cost of the
new facility here totaled about
$28,000
TERRY POSTELL
Regular Singing
Will Be Held
At Owl Creek
The regular third Sunday singing
will be held at Owl Creek Baptist
Church Oct. 20 at 2 p. m.
The public is cordially invited to
attend
Halloween Carnival
To Be Sponsored
By Woman's Club
The annual Halloween Carnival
sponsored by the Murphy Woman's
Club, was planned at a meeting of
the Club September 19.
The Carnival, which is conducted
by the ways and means committee,
will be held in both gyms at the
fair grounds Halloween night.
Committees for the year were al
so named at this meeting.
Murphy Schools
P-TA Meets
Monday Night
A hospitality meeting of the Mur
phy City Schools Parent Teachers
Association will be held Monday
night at 7 :30 at the primary school
here.
New faculty members will be in
troduced- Plans for the coming
year will also be made.
Mrs. W. T. Brown Jr. is presi
dent this year. Other officers are:
Richard Howell, vice-president;
Mrs. Kenneth Davis, secretary,
and Mrs. Howard Martin, treasur
er.
MRS. MARIE JOHNSTON TO DIRECT
CLAY COUNTY'S MARCH OF Dl
Ik IK
Mrs. Marie Johnston, Secretary
of the Clay County Health Depart
ment at Hayes ville, has been nam
ed to direct the county's 1958
March of Dimes campaign, Paul C.
Butler, state ^airman, announced
from Chapel ffi headquarters this
week.
The fund raising drive opens
January 2 and continues through
the 31. Mrs. Johnston has led the
county March of Dimes every year
since 1953.
In an appeal to the people, of the
county to give their usual generous
support to the coming campaign,
Mrs. Johnston reported there are
more than 300,000 persons alive to
day who have had paralytic polio.
"Some of these live in Clay Coun
ty," she said- "For these unfortu
nate ones, survival is not enough
They want a life worth living."
Mrs. Johnston said that Chapters
of the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis are now spending
SO of, their funds for post
acute cases, that is, cases of long
standing, while only 10 percent for
new cases. "This situation is posi
tive proof of the continuing need
for larger sums of money, if the
Foundation is to keep its pledge to
the American people who are the
sole support of the March of Dimes
organization," she said. The pledge
is that no patient shall suffer for
lack of needed funds.
Since 1938, Mrs. Johnston reveal
ed, the Foundation has authorized
the expenditure of almost a million
dollars by four North Carolina in
stitutions to further its research
and professional educatlbn pro
grams. They are Duke University,
North Carolina College at Durham,
the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, and Wake Forest Col
lege. On September 1, 1957, $82,
632 of this amount was in opera
tion.
Mrs. Johnston is a member of
the Methodist Church at Hayesville.
She has an eight months old da ugh
Road Work
Completed In
Cherokee County
The State Highway Commission
finished 9.9 miles of road improve
ments in the 14th Highway Division
during September, including some
in this county.
In Cherokee County, the follow
ing 12-foot wide county roads were
improved by stone-surfacing with
traffic-bound macadam; Slow
Creek Loop Road, one mile! Will
Scot Road, 1 mile; Penland Road,
one mile; Boiling Springs Road .4
mile; and Shuler Creek Road, .55
mile. The work was done by State
forces.
Jack Lunsford
Wins $5 In
Football Contest
Picking 18 correct winners out of
a possible 20 and guessing the tie
breaker score within two points
last week gave Jack Lunsford of
Murphy the "expert of the week"
honor in The Scout's weekly Foot
ball Contest.
He is $5 richer as the number
one winner receives a prize in this
amount.
Mr. Lunsford, however, was not
alone in his championship picking.
Mrs. Pearl Crain of N. Church also
came up with 18 winners but fell
short of the tie-breaker score. She
guessed it 20 to 13 favoring Cali
fornia over Navy. (Navy won 21
6)
Mr. Lunsford guessed it 20-7
Navy.
Second prize of $3 went to Mrs.
Crain.
Four contestants? Bill Hoover,
Lonnie Hoover, James Whitaker
and Loren C. Davis, all of Murphy,
came up with 17 correct winners.
This four-way tie for third place
was broken with the tie-breaker
guesses
Third prize of $2 went to Bill
Hoover who guessed the tie-break
er 21-13 Navy. He was closer than
any of the other three tied for third
place.
Another contest will be found in
this week's Scout. If you haven't
entered, give it a try. It's for free
and it is fun to take part.
Knocking Mr- Lunsford out of a
perfect score last week was the
Army-Notre Dame and LSU-Geor
gia Tech games. He incorrectly
picked Army over Notre Dame and
Georgia Tech over LSU.
Mrs. Crain also missed the LSU
Georgia Tech game along with the
Villanova-VPI match. She picked
Villanova. VPI won.
Several contestants guessed with
in one point of the tie-breaker
score but had guessed only 12 to
15 correct in the individual ads.
Entries the past week are too
numerous to mention individually
but those getting 16 right were:
Jimmy Carringer of Brasstown
Route 1, Margie Payne of Brass
town, Fred Sneed of Route 4, Tom
my Moore, of Valley River Avenue,
Nat Kinney of Murphy, Bill Crain
of N. Church Street, Francis
Bourne of Murphy, Blain Stalcup
of Murphy, Bob Schmitt of Route
1.
First Methodist
Make Plans For
Training School
A supper meeting will be held at
the Murphy Methodist Church Fri
day evening, Oct. 18, at 7 o'clock
for the purpose of setting up plans
for a Training School scheduled for
Oct. 27-29.
Sunday School superintendents
and laymen from more than 20
Methodist churches in this area
are invited to attend the meeting
which will be under the direction
of the Rev. Frank Smith ers, dis
trict superintendent of the Waynes
vine district.
The training school sessions will
be held in the local church and
will provide training for workers
with children, youth and adults.
ROTARY PRESENTED CHARTER ? This photo shows Dr. C.
Sylvester Green, vice-president of Wake Forest College, as he
presented Mnrphy Rotary Club its charter last week. Receiving the
charter is Holland McSwaln, president of the local club. Dr. Green
was guest speaker.
Defeat Hayesville 25-13
Bulldogs Can Clinch Title
W ith Two More Victories
Davis, Gernert
Speakers For
Laymen's Sunday
Merle Davis will be the speaker
for a special Layman's Sunday Ob
servance at the Andrews Methodist
Church, and Mr. S. J. Gernert will
be the speaker at Murphy Metho
dist Church on October 20 at the
11:00 o'clock service.
Both men will speak on the sub
ject, "My Father's Business". Lay
men of both churches will be in
charge of the service.
Mr. Gernert of Andrews is Sup
erintendent of Berkshire Knitting
Mills, and has been a resident of
Andrews for the past six years. He
is a member of the Official Board
of the Andrews Methodist Church
and a teacher in the church school
Mr. Davis is the teacher of the
Couple's Class at the Murphy
Methodist Church and is Church
Lay Leader.
WWI Veterans
To Meet
Monday Night
A meeting of the World War I
Veterans will be held here Monday
night at 7:30 at the Courthouse
Plans for the Memorial Service
which will be held November 10,
will be completed at this meeting.
All World War 1 Veterans are
urged to attend.
Local Episcopal
Church Hostess
To District Meet
The fall district meeting of the
Women's Auxiliaries of the Episco
pal churches of Brevard, Canton,
Cherokee, Franklin, Highlands, An
drews, Hayesville, Sylva and
Waynesville was held Friday in the
Episcopal Church of the Messiah.
The Auxiliary of the Murphy
church was hostess. A coffee hour
preceeded the session
Mrs. Hugh Mease of Canton, the
district director presided. The
Right Rev. M. George Henry, of
the Episcopal Dtocese of Western
North Carolina, celebrated Holy
Communion, assisted by the Rev.
Alexander Hanson, priest in charge
of the Murphy church. Mrs. Walter
T. Carpenter, of Lenior, diocesan
president, addressed the group
Noonday prayers were followed
by the bishop's annual message.
The Rev- James M. Hindle of
Mount Holly spoke on "Why a Lit
urgy"?
At the conclusion, the Murphy
Auxiliary served luncheon in the
pariah room at the church. Mrs.
Robert Eaaley, president of the
local froup was in charge.
> With six wins under their belts
and only two more conference
games to go, Murphy Bulldogs ap
pear to be headed for the Smoky
Mountain title.
If? a big 'if"? they get by Cher
okee this week and Franklin the
next, it will be in the bag for the
local eleven. Both games are a
way.
The Bulldogs ran up a 25-13 vic
tory over Hayesville Friday night
for their fifth conference win. John
Morris was again the big gun scor
ing three times.
Coach Chuck McConnell also had
praises for End Jim Hendrix and
Back Bert Burchfield.
The last two games on the Bull
dogs' schedule are non-conference
contests. They play host to And
rews here Nov. 1 and the following
week meet Hayesville again, this
time on the home grounds.
Murphy got touchdown happy
Friday night but only four of the
eight TDs counted on the record.
Penalties-130 yards of them-nulified |
four of the trips the Bulldogs made
across the goal marker. ,
Should the Bulldogs nail down
the next two games, they in
all probability, will meet the pow
erful undefeated Canton eleven.
Canton is top dog in the Blue
Ridge Conference. This game will
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Davis Jewelers
Remodels Here
Davis Jewelers on the square
has remodeled its store and com
pleted Installation of new fixtures
thoughout.
To celebrate this remodeling pro
gram, Merle Davis, owner, is giv
ing away free five unset diamonds
valued at $40 each.
The diamonds will be placed in a
bowl with imitation gems and each
person that visit the store will be
given an opportunity to pick a dia
mond from the container.
Modernization of the store was
done by Goer Woodcraft Manufac
turing of Charleston, S. C. New
fixtures have a fine grain walnut
finish.
Mr. Davis, operator of Davis
Jewelers here for the past 12 years,
said plans are to install modern
light fixtures, lower the present
ceiling and put in a new floor.
The business here carries a com
plete line of jewelery, china, crys
tal, silverware and gifts.
Bellview Chnreh
To Sponsor
Box Sapper Soon
The Bellview Methodist Church
will sponsor a Box supper Thurs
day Oct. *4 at 7:30 p. m. in the Bell
view Community Building.
Proceeds from the supper will be
used to install new pews for the
church.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Commission. ?To Seek Aid
Of State Highway Department
City Commissioners Monday)
night agreed to seek the aid of the
State Highway Dept. in correcting
a number of hazardous situations
existing on highways here.
This action came after Mayor
L. L. Mason read Commissioners
a letter from Highways Director
W. F. Babcock who asked for re
commendations or suggestions re
garding urban and primary high
way problems.
At least two hazardous conditions
were brought to light at the ses
sion and will probably head re
commendations from this area.
Polio Vaccine
Available At
Health Dept.
County Health Department this
week cited the effectiveness of the
Polio Vaccination Program and
at the same time urged the public
to get the vaccine now to protect
for the next polio season.
The State Board of Health re
ports that North Carolina had 192
cases of polio in 1957. This is the
lowest reported since 1949- Thirty
of the reported cases were paraly
tic and of the 30 only 2 cases had
received any vaccine.
In view of the fact that only 36.9
percent of the eligible population
(under 19 years of age) had receiv
ed the complete series of three in
oculations required to protect a
gainst polio paralysis, it is felt
that tfcis is conclusive evidence
that our polio vaccination program
is effective.
The low incidence of total cases
reported, as well as of paralytic
cases which have occurred, is one
of the best records in the history
of the state, since only two of the
paralytic cases had received one
or more inoculations of the vaccine.
If everyone cooperates, it is be
lieved that with in a few years
poliomyelitis will be under control
as typhoid fever, diptheria, small
pox, and other diseases.
Hospital Auxiliary
To Sponsor
Benefit Card Party
The Providence Hospital Auxi
liary will hold a benefit card party
Saturday Oct. 19, at the New Regal
Hotel from 8 to 11 p. m.
Refreshments will be served, a
door prize and a prize for every
table will be- given.
Players making up their own
tables are asked to bring their own
cards.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Mayor Mason called attention to
Hiawassee Bridge just South of the
business area. He said it is so
narrow that it is impossible for
two large vehicles to use it at the
same time- It was also brought out
that a number of school children
walk over the bridge going to and
from school each day.
The mayor showed concern over
the safety of the children, telling
Commissioners that he feared
someone is going to be killed or
seriously injured
Commissioner Francis Bourne,
Jr. pointed out the need for a
sidewalk, at least on one side of
the highway, from Murphy High
School to town. Other commission
ers agreed that this poses a threat
to the safety of the hundreds of
school children who walk to and
from town along the road.
In Mr. Babcock's letter to the
Mayor, he said the N. C- State
Highway Commission is "most
anxious to bring local government
bodies into closer touch with high
way matters in all sections of the
State".
"We feel that municipal govern
ments like yours should be consult,
ed in the matter of primary high
ways and urban streets on the
Highway System. Our highway
planning work in critical urban
areas and on the rural primary
system will be much more effect
ive if we are fully acquainted with
the opinions and recommendations
of groups such as yours," he stat
ed.
The letter went on to ask for
suggestions and recomendationa
by Dec. 1.
Commissioners heard a report
from City Clerk Charles Johnson
who stated that tax payments are
coming in slower this year than in
previous years.
He said in the past three months,
revenue is off $5,000 as compared
with the same periods for the past
four years. The clerk also called
attention to the fact that expendi
tures have exceeded receipts in the
past three months. He added that
the General Fund balance now
stands at approximately $11,000.
Commissioners took under ad
visement a matter brought before
the group by Pete Stalcup, Mr.
Stalcup, local photographer, said
County Board of Commissioners
has set up a $25 license charge on
out-of-state photographers working
in this county. ,
He said the Town of Andrews
charges $50 for a license on outside
photographers.
Commissioners took no immed
iate action but discussed reviewing
the entire privilege license sche
dule for the city.
ANDREWS WILDCATS DEFEATED
14-7 BY SYLVA HURRICANES
Andrews Wildcats fell before a
strong Sylva team Friday night at
Sylva coming up on the short end
of a 14-7 score.
Although the Wildcats dominated
the play the first half, Injuries
greatly handicapped Andrews.
Missing from the line-up was the
Wildcats' star Half-Back Terry Pos
tell. Gerald Curtis was also side
lined with an injury
Receiving the craning kickof.f
Andrews drove from its own 20
to the Sylva 32. Back* Olin Postell
and Hubert Myers did most of the
ground gaining in this move. After
an exchange of punts, the Wildcats
plowed to the Hurricanes' 23 yard
line before they were stopped.
Sylva took over on downs but
fumbled on its first play from
scrimmage. Scotty Hardin crashed
through to recover the fumble on
the Sylva 21
Postell picked up 2 yards then
Sonny Bush dropped back ahd hit
Andrews big end, Archie Myers,
with ? pass, on the 5 yard line.
Myers hurtled into the end mm
tor the score. Olin Poetell crashed
over a tackle tor Ml the tatra
point. Andrews led at half time 74
Sylva came beck strong to the
second half. Taking the ball on
their 20 they made a sustained
drive of 80 yards, with Lionel
Brooks scoring the touchdown
Sylva completely stalled any And
drews offensive threat and in the
last four minutes of the game,
Brookes broke through to score a
gain, putting Sylva ahead 14-7.
Playing without Terry Poetell, j
the great little running half-back,,
the Wildcats' offensive was decide- j
ly hampered.
Gerald Curtis, Andrews "Rock
of Gibralter" on defense, suffered
a bruised hip at the half- Without
his aggressive, nigged play, Sylva'a
single wing power plays began to
wear the Wildcats down. Scotty
Hardin continued to be a than hi
the Hurricane's side as he
ually broke through to
backs
Andrews
playing both
had another
ed the Wildcats