HINTING SEASON CALLS FOR ?UN SAFETY !! 31ft UJftrmkrt DRIVE SAFELY >' WATCH FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CHEROKEE COUNTY VOLUME M NUMBER? 17 THURSDAY, NOV. 15, 1956 EIGHT PAGE8 THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY Bulldogs Meet Canton Black Bears Nov. 16 i Its regular season wrapped under its golden jersey ? with an 7-2 win record, and a half share in the Smoky Mountain Conference title inside the wrapping ? the Murphy Bulldog ventures forth Friday night on its toughest task. At West ern Carolina Stadium, Cullowhee, at 8 o'clock the Cherokee team is called upon to patch punts ? and a lot of other things ? with the agile, powerful Canton Black Bears winners of the Blue Ridge AA Conference. With Bryson City and Murphy tied for the Smoky Mountain Conference title, a coin's toss decided who would play Can ton. The winner of this game goes on in further conference pipy, toward the state AA title. The Bears are accounted unusually formidable opposition, having jostled aside all their opponents, including the strong teams of Hendersonville and Asheville, the last-named being AAA. Murphy will be without the ser vices of two of its best backs, John and Bobby Morris, who are out with injuries. As in the game with Hayesville last Friday, which the Bulldogs won, 34 to 0, O'dell is shift ing to theh alfback -position, and Buck Hill stepping in at mil. At full strength, the Bulldogs would bed e cidely on the under side in this af fray; as it is their chance is fur , ther lessene d. - Despite this, the team is in good condition, morale is strong, and Coaches McConnell, Olson and crew have not written off the match by any means. Naturally, they areh opeful of a large band of Murphy supporters going over to Cullowhee Friday night to cheer them on in their hardest encounter. In football you never can tell ? as the little boy wrote after sampling a couple of green persimmons to see if what they said was so. The Bulldogs were not pressed last Friday night in rolling up their five touchdowns against the Yellow jackets of Hayesville in Clay Cou tny team's home-coming game. Cherokee Lodge 146 Special Call Meet There will be a special meeting called of Cherokee Lodge 146 Thur sday at 7:30 p. m. All members are urged to please be present. Rev. Robert Tarrier To Speak At 1st. Raptist Chareh Rev. Robert T*rzier, Director of the Nordic Mission in America, will speak at the First Baptist Chu rch in Murphy, Sunday night, Nov ember IS, at 7:?, Rev. Tanier will talk on the f next week | Cherokee Rose Club, r? Have Workshop Members of the Cherokee Rose Garden Club will hear Mrs. Duck worth of Asheville Saturday, No vemebr 17, at 10:30 a m. She will conduct a workshop on Christmas arrangements, at the ho meof Mrs. W. T. Brown. The Murphy Garden Club mem bers are to be guests for the work shop. JIMMY STILES Airman Jimmy Stiles, 17, son o W. D. Stiles, Rt. 2, Murphy, N. C. has completed the first phase of basic military training at the "Gateway to the Air Force," Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Tex as. He is now taking part in the ad vanced basic training course here, following which he will qualify for assignment in one of the Air forces 43 major career fields. While at Lackland the new enlis tee completes the transition from civilian to airman through a pro gram which includes processing aptitude testing, physical condi tioning, survival and weapon j training, and varied claseroon studies ranging from citizenship to military customs and courtesies. Like the U8AF Officer Candi date and Pre-Flight schools, also located at Lackland, bade mili tary training prepares graduates For specialised training and onthe fob assignment. NEW GIRLS CLUB ORGANIZED A new girti club was organised Tuesday, November 13. Officers were elected as follows: President Linda Green; Vice president, Ida Arrant and Secretary Essie Will lams. TV girls made rules and projects for the coming year. Membership to now open. If Mt?| n)cfu |M of | My Neighbors A "My husband's hobby is arguing about politics. How about yours?" Rummage Sale Fo Be Held The ladies of St. Williams Cath olic Chapel will conduct a rumm age sale on two days during the Thanksgiving season. The first will be Saturday, November 17th and the second, the following Saturday, November 24th. The place will be the same as their previous one three doors below the City Barber Shop. The time of the sale will be from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Margaret Akin ro Sail For Germany Miss Margaret Akin, daughter of ' Mrs. Margaret Akin, has taken a I position with the Civilian Person- ; nel of the U. S. Army. She will be recreation director for service clubs for enlisted personnel. A graduate of Western Carolina College, Miss Akin was employed by S. L. Johnson & Company, ac countants, and has taught at Hi wassee Dam High School. She will leave Murphy on No vember 25 for New York, where she will sail on November 27 and dock In Bremerhaven, Germany Prom there she will go to Nurem be: g, Germany to be reassigned to some part of Germany. 50th Annual TB Christmas Seal Sale To Begin The 50th annual Tuberculosis Christmas Seal Sale will begin this week. Through the kindness of Mrs. Joe Ray and her class who have addressed the envelopes and stuffed them, the seals will go out (Tuhrsday, Nov. 15) on time. Mrs. H. Bueck, chairman of the TB committee and Mrs. C. W. Savage, Seal Sale chairman call upon the whole county to help reach the goal of $800. Providenct%7ospital To Hold "Open Touse" Sunday, Noven. 25 On Sunday, November 25th, the Sisters of Providence will have open house from 3 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The Sisters exten! an invitation to everyone to at tend They welcome everyone to vis- 1 I it all the departments in the hos ; pital, as well as their convent ! . chapel in the Rock House, next door. A new children's ward will be finished in time for open house. Members of the Ladies' Hospital Auxiliary will serve the refresh ments. The North Carolina Medical Care Commission has issued the Sisters their permanent Hospital license an dthe hospital has been approved by the North Carolina Hospital Association entitling patients tj Blue Cross and other Insurance Benefits. The North Carolina Wei fare Department has approved Providence as complying with all State requirements. Large Crowd Visits Berkshire Open House About 2,500 visitors filed through Berkshire Knitting Mills plant in Andrews Friday talked with their friends at work there, sipped sodas and crunched cookies and carried away gay, gold balloons The occasion was the "50 ands" Open House celebration of the An drews mill, marking its fifth anni 10 Lucky Area Women Receives Hosiery Supply ANDREWS, Nov.l 0? Ten area women won a year's supply of hos iery from Berkshire Knitting Mills at a drawing here this morning, I according to S. J. Gernert, mill superintendent. The women were among 2,500 persons who toured the Berkshire plant here Friday during an open house to mark the fifth anniver sary of the Andrews plant and 50th anniversary of the parent mill in Reading, Pa. Winners drawn today by Mayor A. B. Chandler, Jr. are: Marvie Dean Trantham, Emogene Ledford, Mrs. Jimmy Russell, Mrs. Dillie I.axter and Lucy Wakefield, all of Andrews; Mrs. Edna Sue Stewart and Mrs. C. A. Bales, Robbinsville; Mrs. Zelma Mason, Brasstown; Mrs. Arvil Long, Hayesville; and Betty J. Montgomery, Murphy. Winners of special employee prizes are: Stella Coffey, Bonnie Luther, Amy Waldroupe and Ruth Blake. Amos Named Outstanding 56 Player Don Amos was named the "Most Valuable Football Play er" for Murphy Bulldogs as a result of getting the most votes during the 1956 football sea son. John Morris was voted second best. The ballot box was kept In Murphy Appliance Center and persons wishing to vote for the player of their choice did so there. Don will receive a wrist watch and both boys will fcO to Chapel Hill to see the Carolina Duke game during the Thanks giving season. Farm - City Week Means Partners In Progress Calling attention to the natlona observances of Farm-City Week November 18 through 22, C. B Ratchford, assistant director o the North Carolina Extension Ser nd weather, This in turn, he adds, points to a need for better understanding and communfcatk* between the inducer on the farm and the consumer in the city. *F?rm -City Week can be a valu able means of bringing about a versary and the 50th anniversary of the parent mill in Reading, Pa. Previous U) the general public open house, municipal and state officials toured the plant in comp any with the press. Invited guests included A. B. Chandler, mayor of Andrews; Per cy B. Ferebee of Andrews, newly elected Cherokee County state rep resentatives; Brandon Hodges of Asheville, former state treasurer; * Richard Mauney, N. C. Department of Conservation and Development, and State Senator-Elect Kelly Ben nett of Bryson City. Among company officials attend ing were Ferdinand K. Thun, chairman of the board; and John W. Bowman, Berkshire president. Though the general public tour was not scheduled to begin until 5 p. m., lines of visitors began to form at 4:30 p. m. | The -tour cowered every phase of the manufacturing operation at Andrews including the knitting de partment, where each machine synchronizes 180,000 moving parts to produce 30 stockings at a time in 40 minutes. A local point of interest was the room in which the animated dis plays were located and where the 30,000,000th stocking to be manufac tured at the Andrews mill was on display. Each woman over 16 who made the tour was give nthe opportunity to win a year's supply of hosiery. Winners were selected by Mayor Chandler and their names are an nounced elsewhere in this issue. E Bueck Speaks To Murphy PTA At a meeting of the Murphy PTA Monday evening Mr. Bueck ex plained in detail the advantages and-or disadvantages of the Pear sail Plan. An informal question and answer session was had con cerning the topic. A straw vote was taken among the parents and eachers present. The majority vol ed that they would not want to do away with the public schools in favor of private schools. Mrs. Merle Davis, President, presided, and announced that 306 parents had enrolled in the PTA, making for one of the largest en rollments in several years. The first grade of Miss Clara McCombs had one hundred per cent membership oo record, and Mrs. Constance West's second grade and Miss Emily Sword's fourth grade were runners-op. For the December meeting the members will hear a musical pro gram from Texanna school. Service Ntveaker 21 Tin annual onion Thanksgiving service wBl be held at T:S0 p. m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11 in the First Baptist Church. The Rev. W. P. Elliott will bring the message aa dall other minis tors will participate. Music will he furnished by a union choir from all the churches.