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PROMOTING t i ' . i t-J runt t i > 25 SHOPPING DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS *Mn ANpREWsj Mr .. TWKLV* PAGB8 jr- ?? state Llhr.? ? ? Mrs. Irma Winn and Mrs. A. J. Coieman of Savannah, Ga., will be the Thanksgiving season gtiests of Mra. W. H. McKeever hare. Mr*. Tom Mauney attended the, funeral of her aunt, Mrs. L. T. Oordell In Aahevllle Friday. Her husband was formerly pastor of the Murphy Methodist Church, and later was presiding elder of the Waynesville District. I Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lovlngood spent the week end in Aahevllle on business. f Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Singleton and children spent Sunday in Westminister, S. C. with Mr. Sin gleton's mother, Mrs. W. A. Singleton. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Alexander had as week end guests, Mr. Alex-" ander's sisters, Miss Sadie Alex ander and Mrs. C. E. Fraley of Statesville. Miss Carolyn Alexander will ar- ' rive Wednesday from the Univer sity of Georgia to spend the Thank sgiving holidays with her parents. { Pvt. J. D. Decker has completed eight weeks training at Ft. Bel voir and has lpided in Korea. Mrs. Decker, the former Miss Ann ( Forrester is here at present with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Forrester. Mrs. Forrester, her brother, R. E. Butts, Mrs. Butts, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Davenport and two children of Knoxville, Mrs. Paul Yearout of Knoxville attended the 80th birthday celebration of Mrs. Forrester's mother, Mrs. R. E. Butts in Lenoir City, Tenn. last Sunday. > Mrs. Wtllard Moore and son, i Bill, Mr. aad Mrs. James Burch. David, George "and Martha of Hayasville, spent last week and vith Mr. and Mrs. JdkDjnr at 'on tana I ..Br. aad Mrs a^V. Hampton and , daughter, Mr s- LtiHan Campbell of KhoacvflJe will spend the Thank- 1 sgMng holidays with Dr. Hamp ton's sister, Mra. J. W. Dyer. ANDREWS Hie Rev. and lira. Mm C. Cor bitt had as guests over the week end Mrs. Oorbltt's brother, the Rev. Calhoun Johnson, Mrs. John' son and children, Mia and Amy, of Wake Forest College. While here Rev. Johnson spoke at Hayeevtlle Baptist Church lor both morning ' and evening service* MT. and Mrs. Edwin Whi taker and dMngKy. Anna Meal, spent the week awl hare as goest of Mr. Whttaker*s father, H. M Whits war and sistsr, Miss Meredith WM taker. Walter WhlUker of Oak Ridge was also a guest In the home.' MT. and Mrs. Maurice West and son. Maurice , Jr., of Roanoke Rapids are spending this week hers this week as fcuests of their parents. J. E. Rufty, superintendent of the Andrews school unit, spent several days this week In Ratolgh. Mr., and Mrs. Carol Wood and their three children, Carol, Wade Danny and Fersld of Jackson, Tean., arrived Saturday to spend the Thanksgiving holidays with Mrs. Wood's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hyde. Mrs. f. J. Oernert and Mm. Jhmsi Bowers returned Tuesday altar s visit with relatives In Reading, Pa. Lt and Mrs. Roy Tatftam wm arrive tar the Thanksgiving holi days from California. U. Talham has Just rstumed from active duty In Japan. Mrs. Tatham left by , plane to join her husband In Cal I Sammy White To Play In Optimist Bowl Thursday ! Sammy White, Murphy Bulldog quarterback, Will play In the Thanksgiving Day Optimist Bowl football gam* in Ashevtlle. | Bob Cooper of the Andrews Wild cats was also invited to play in the bowl but declined because of the Andrews-Reidsville playoff sched uled Friday. White Is the first Murphy stud ent to go to the bowl since 1950 when Jack Doc leery represented the Bulldogs. White is IT years old, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus White. He is a high school senior. Mrsi Mosteller Dies At 84 I ?* ' ' Mrs. Eliza Kitchens Mosteller, 84, died in her home in Valley town at 4 a. m. Tuesday, after a long illness. She was the daughter of the late Steve and Ira Burch Mostel ler, prominent family of Clay County, and had lived in Cherokee County for a number of years. She had been am ember at the church for more than po years. Funeral are vices were held at 10 a. m. Wednesday in the And rew* Funeral Building, with the Rev. Weldon West and the Rev. George Tonce officiating. Burial waa in Valleytown Cemetery. Survivor* include one daughter, Mr*. Artie Adams of Stanley; five aotu, Frank, WUbum, Vance. Bass and pee Mosteller, an at Andrews, -40 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Town** Funeral Home wa* in charge. POMONA GBANGE The Pomona Grange will meet for a Pot Luck Supper Nov. 29 at the Ringer School at 7 p. m. Co unty officer* will also be Install ed by T. W. Ferguson of Wilks boro. All county grange* are in vited. ? t T Christmas Seal Sale Launched This W eek; 800 Letters Be Sent The Murphy Tuberculous Assoc iation Committee will launch its seal sale drive ttu week with an ?ye to aid In sponsoring a county wide tuberculosis survey next spring. The 1954 goal (or Murphy and surrounding communities is 11.000 Mrs. C. W Savage, seal sale chair man, said. Some 800 citizens in the county will receive seals in the mail this week end, Mrs. Savage said. Health Department statistics show that Cherokee County is sec ond highest In the state In the number if cases per population. During the put two years some eight cltlxens of the co mity died of tuberculosis and public braittt officials had no knowledge of these cases until the death certificates were re ceived, the health department said. So far in 1954 11 new cases of tuberculoses have been reported to the realth department. The last mass x-ray in the coun ty was conducted in July, 1982. As a result at the survey 17 former ly unknown cases of TB were found. The follow-up program car ried on hy the health department brought to light 14 more cases. | Miss Willie Ixmngood, public | health nurse with the local health j department, pointed out that "the mass survey has proved most val uable for finding cases of tubercul osis at an early stage of the dis ease) when the disease can be sue cesafully treated." The mass survey is made pos sible through the M. C. State Board of Health, the local health department and the local Tubercul os is Committee. The chest x-ray will be available to every cltieen of the county over IB years of age, at no cost to the individual. . Mrs. H. Bueck, chairman of the Murphy Tuberculosis Com (mittee, has asked every citUen to contribute to the Christmas Seal Sale to aid the work toward eliminating tuberculosis in Cher okee Ooanty. Christinas seals wil be available at Acme Hardware, Candler's, Roy V. Covtngood's, E. C. Moore Jewelers, Citizens Bank and Trust Co., Davis Jewelers, and from Mtb. C. W. Savage, Savage Hotel. Andrews W ildcats Still W inning; Meet Reidsville Thanksgiving The Andrews Wildcats will go against their second AA champ football team today when they meet the strong Reidsville High School team on the Reidsville home field. " Kickoff time is set at 2 P.. M , Thanksgiving Day. The Wildcats left Andrews yesterday by char tered bus for Reidsville where they night. Last Friday the wiry and speedy TOldcat?< pulled a two touchdown Upeet over the heavier and favor ed Kantfersonrftle in a game play ed on the Canton rain soaketd field. The Wildcats, champs of the Smoky Mountain Conference, took an IS to 7 win from the Bearcats, winners of the Blue Rtdfe Confer- j ence. j Statistically Andrews equated orl better the big Bearcat teem Capitalizing on three Rendpaon Gadget Sale Be Sponsored By Junior Woman's Club The Murphy Junior Woman's* Oub will sponsor * Ore en DrtfoB Gadget Sale Murine the last three days of Trade Week on the square in Murphy. The gadget booth will be open from 10 a. m. through 0 p. m. each day, Thursday through Sat urday. Several novelty items, kitchen utensils, garden gadgets and other artielee-all under $3 will be sold. * Mrs. Jack Bocook, chairman of the ways and means committee' is in charge of the sale. Sonny Point Club Has Luncheon Meet : The Sunny Point H. D. CSub h ad their annual meeting Nov. B at the home of Mr*. Wilfred Ollley. The dinner waa composed ? t food brought by each member. The Thanksgiving program waa given and a bustnesi sissian waa held. Jh the afternoon talks were given by Individuals of the group. fame 30 members and pne vis itor were present ^ Holiday Open House And Silver Tea Be December 12 The Murphy wwk announced coraUdn and on ville fumbles, Andrews scored | three times, meanwhile holding the Bearcats scoreless until the final four minutes of the game. The first touchdown for Andr ews came in the first six minutes of the game. Henderson ville quar terback Deug Jones fumbled pn his own 34 and Baxter recovered an the SI for Andrews. Holland ?ad Gilbert led the touchdown march to the two. Holland . took a pitchout from quarterback Bobby Cooper ^nd d?reovei the left and for the touchdown. The extra potat was misted. * In the final 10 seconds of the first quarter Heudei1 son ville quar terback Bob Klliott fell back to his lie to punt on fourth down. He j fumbled the a amp from center and | Baxter snapped up the ball and 'ran it over for the TD. The extra point was again missed. The final score for Andrews came in the third quarter when Raxter recovered a Jones fumble on the Hendersonville 40. On the next play, Holland raced 40 yards for the score. The third point was also missed. Henderson ville's only score was made in the final minutes of the gmtne when they launched a M yard march to the goal. SMMte: Aadiews HMHe Pint downs 10 10 Rafting yardage in 1T? Passes attempted 2 1 Passes completed 1 0 Passing yardage 36 0 Pa? es intercep'd by ? 0 0 Punting average 37 37.5 Yds. kicks returned 31 45 Opp. fumbles rec'd 5 3 Yds. lost penalties % 38 35 Score by periods: Hennd e raonvUIe 0 0 0 7 7 Andrews 12 A ( 0 18 Toastmasters Organize; Maxwell Is President The Rev. A. L,. Maxwell wu( named president at an organisat loaal meeting of the Murphy Toastmasters Club here last week. Others elected were Harry Bis hop, executive vice~preatdent; Joe E. Ray, educational vice presid ent; C. L. Alverson, secretary treasurer; and Dr. George F .Slae, sergeant-at-arma. Perry M Weaver of Asheyille, governor of Area Four of District ST of Toaatmaatera International, assisted in the organisation. The next club meeting will be Nov. SO, because of the holidays. The regular meeting datea will be the second and fourth Thursday of each month. The local Toastmasters expect to have some SO member^ listed when the charter is presented within the next few weeks. Any man Interested in Joining the club should attend the next masting In order to be admitted as a char ter member. It was announced. , Other clubs in this are* are in t Seville, Canton, Pigeon Valley tad WaynesviOe. JWC Hears Mrs. Boeck At Meet . Mrs. H Bueck spoke at the meettar of *e Junior Woman's Mrs. Ball, 66, Dies At Hayesville Mrs. Amanda Ouckett Hall, M, I wife of A. R Hall, died In her| home near Hayesville at ? p. m. Tuesday. She was a native of Buncombe County, daughter of the late Char lea and *n>ndi fawning Duckett, and had litod in Clay County for about SS year*. Funeral services were held in j Shady Grove Baptist Church neari Hayesville, at 1:80 p. m. Wednes day with the Rev. Henry Brown and the Rev. Earl Cable officiat ing. Burial was in the church cem etery. ! Surviving, in auuhion to the hus. band, are five daughters, Mrs. ' Ruby Boyd of Splagerville, Ohio, Mrs. Wilda Hart ot Leicester, Mrs. I Lou Cable and Mrs. Bobbie Led-' ford of Hayesville and Mrs. MD fred Morris of Memphis, Tenn. j Also one son, Jack of Wane; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Haw- 1 kins and Mrs. Joels Qwnnby o< Asheville, Ore* brotheri, Mark Doekatt of Canton, Frank of Can dtar, and Henry of Ohio; 47 graad aad one -gnat grand ? * ? Funeral - Home was in ebarge. *' 1 1 " 1 Die* fa) Cajifornfcl Lloyd L Taylor, ?, V Calexico, Calif., died Bids Med For School Buildings In Gay County Sealed bids for work on schools and new buildings in day County were requested this' week by Dod ge and Harrill, Asheville archit ects. , , ^ The advertisement for bids list ed an auditorium and a class room building at Hayesville; an auditor ium at Shooting Creek: heatipg and electrical work at Ogden School; cafeteria, kitchen and kitchen equipment at Elf School. Separate bids will be received on general contract work, plumb, mg, heating, electrical and kit chen equipment, the architect firm said. Miss Busies Is Named Chistmas Queen At Duffy Miss Mozelle Hughes of Mar tins Creek was recently elected "Miss Christmas Queen" at Duf fy Silk Mil. Second place winner was Miss Betty Hogan of Brass town and third place winner was Miss Mar guerite Dockery of Route S, Mur phy. Miss Hughes will represent the local Duffy Mill in. the Saztta Clause Parade Morxfay. The par ade. which starts at 1:30 p. m., will kick cfl the third aroma! Murphy de Week. .r ... . j Cash Prizes Given Each Day Santa Clans will arrive in Mur phy Monday, Nov. 29, just in t!rn for the third apnual Chrlstm i Trade Week Parade at l :30 p. m., it* was learned here this week. The parade, which will be the biggest ever staged in Murphy, wift include over 25 floats, high school bands, individual pre sen tat* ions, a clown and Santa, .himself. The RobMnsville High' School Band, which has built up an out standing reputation in the past few years, has been incited to pasticipate. .? The Murphy Band will entertain the visiting band with a party. Divisions of the parade are in dustrial and stores with first and second prizes; clubs and organ izations with first, second, and third prizes; school division, ex clusive of the bands,- first and second prizes for group entries, and 81 prizes for the best individ ual presentations in the parade. Almost all grades in the Mur phy City School have entered floats or individual presentations. Merchants participating in Mur phy Trade -Week will start giving" Trade Week tickets Monday wtO? each $1 purchase. First drawings of the third an nual Christmas Trade Week will be held at 4 p. m. Monday. Bach day after that a drawing will be held at 4 p. m. Cash prize each day will be $90 and the grand prize Saturday win be (280 cash. The Murphy Garden Club will sponsor the homes Christmas dec oration contest this year. Holes and entry blanks will be pubUriM* siMR, ^tlrs. ?. c. Burgess, dub president. Mid. . ?; hm-i r <? ? Russell, Bristol On Soil Dist. Ballot ? Mrs. Pnett Speaks | At Andrews JWC "Designs of a Home" was the topic of the talk by Mrs. C. D. Puett of Murpfay at the Andn ?M Junior Womans Club meeting Thursday. The dipner meeting was at Vencena's restaurant. Mrs. Clifford Huls and Mrs. Burke Wood were co-hostesses. Mrs. Cart Bamett introduced Mrs. Puett, who is assistant Cher okee County Home Demonstration agent. She illustrated her talk with pictures and slides to show proper designs in the home. Arrangements of miniature pil grim figures and other decorat ions suggestive of the Thanksgiv ing season were used on the tab les. Mrs. Sam Jones, president, pres ided over the business period. Husbands of the members were guests along with Mr. and Mrs. Herman West Hi ere were 28 pre sent. Mrs. w. m. Kuner is chairman of American Homes committee of the club. Tacky Party, Fun Night Be Friday Woman* doc- J I William Russell, incumbent, and Robert Bristol will vi? for the three year term as supervisor in the Cherokee Cbunty Sail Conser vation District Dec. 6-11. Russell's one year term expire* the first week in December, when the eTcetttn will be held. Ike local conservation district was set up tn August, 1962, by Cherokee Ccunty voters and a charter was granted Deo. 11, 1MM. The three supervisors elected were Judd Stiles; three year term; Lawson Lwsford, two year term; and William Russell, one year tan. ' The sou district's main purpose is to assist farmers and land ow ners of the county in problem* affecting the conservation of soH and water on the farm. John Smith is district conservationist Ballot boxes for the election wil be located as follows: lfurphy, ASC office, courthouse; Andrews, Luke EUlls Cleaners; Marble Ahee nathy's Store; Peachtree, Peach tree Farm and Home Supply; GUI berson, Byers Store; Hinging Dog Dockery's Store; and Salt, Wood's Store. Every voter in the county Is #? igible to vote in the election Dee. ??41. Killian Finds Out PigslsPigs "Tou cant put up a pig anfl go coon hunting and s*pect to a
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