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$20,600 GmI - $39,0*0.9* ' *' t > I 4 Dmm't Turn Yi ? J ? < 4' I 1 DEDICATED TO PROMOTING m : i :h , VOLUME M NUMBER? 33 IOK.EE JNTY tul With Brush Fir** f i THURSDAY, MARCH 14, UST EIGHT P NanUhala Regional Library PUBLISHED WEBBCLT Murphy Farmers Federation Committee Re-Elected Here The annual Cherokee County Farmers Federation Stockholders meeting was held at the Murphy store, March 8 with James McC. Clarke, Farmers Federation, pres ident, acting as master of cere monies. Xb? Murphy atdre committee WU igwitmmnly re-elected and milaa 4. Wells, Route 1, Murphy and C. P. Wells, Marble, were made new committee members. In addition, the stockholders re-nom inated Clyde McNabb, Route 2, Murphy, for a two-year term as county director. His re-nomina tion will be voted on at the annual meeting of all stockholders to be held in the Buncombe County Courthouse on March 23 at 10 a.m. President Clarke announced that the 1956 Federation sales totaled over $7,000,000 and that of this amount nearly $6,000,00 was paid back to farmers for poultry, eggs, tobacco and other farm products. Paul Nave, Cherokee County farm agent, expressed the opinion that farmers who "rode out the storm" during the low price poul try situation would eventually make good money from chickens and eggs. He encouraged Cherokee County farmers to call on his of fice whenever the extension ser vice could be of help to them. Robert Few, aromatic tobacco fieldman, pointed out the possibil ities of raising aromatic tobacco as a good source of cash income and asked all interested farmers Murphy P-TA Has Final Meeting The Murphy P-TA held its sixth ?nd final meeting of the year Monday evening at the primary auditorium. Dick Howell, Treasurer, review ed the work of the year and stated that the main projects included assistance to the TAC for the seventh and eighth graders and helping clothe needy children with in the school. New officers for the coming year were elected, and they are as fol lows: Mrs. W. T. Brown, presi dent; Richard Howell, vice-presi dent; Mrs. Howard Martin, treas urer; and Mrs. Kenneth Davis, secretary. Mrs. Harvey Wilson was in chage of the program, the topic being "Family Life." She stated that responsibility lies chiefly with the parents toward making a hap py family life, and thaf children's actions away from home very much reflect the home atmos phere. She also suggested ways to improve family relations. Others taking part in the pro gram were Mrs. Harold Wells who spoke on "Discipline." and Mrs. W. A. Singleton, "Discipline for Character." Mrs. Bob Potter gave the de votion. Regular Singing To Be Sunday At Harmony Church The regular third Sunday Sing ing will be held at Harmony Bap tist Church March 17 at 2 p. m. Harmony Church is on highway 64 two miles from Murphy. Everyone is invited to attend. to contact him through the Farm- i ers Federation store. Additional speakers were Guy . Sales, general manager; J. 11. I Hampton, Route 2, Murphy; Phil Burch, Hospital Care representa tive; Don Ramsey, store manager; Max Roberts, Educational Direc tor; and Bob Beard, Farmers Fed eration News Editor. Entertainment was furnished by the Farmers Federation string band and Jerry Ruth Smith, Route 2 Murphy, and Monetta and Bobby Odom, Route 2, Murphy. Chick winners were Charles Stiles, Rev. Fred Stiles, Mrs. Wade Ashe, and Bart Winkler. Awards Presented To Sixteen Boys At Court Of Honor Meeting lWnnHav Sixteen Nantahala District Boy Scouts received awards at the Dis trict Court of Honor held at the Baptist Church in Andrews Mon day night. Tenderfoot awards were present ed by Francis Pless, scout exec utive, to the following boys: Charles O. van Gorder, Tommy G. Conley, David Higdon, Austen Ev ans, Edwin Adams, Hubert Mag ness, and Jerry C. Cox, from Troop 1 Andrews, and to Louis Enloe Jr., from Troop 4, Robbins ville. Second class awards were pre sented to the following boys by C. A. Bales: Louis Enloe Jr., Jim Fraula, William Snider, all from Troop 4, Robbinsville; also Terry Powell and David Moore from Troop 7, Hayesville. First class awards were pre sented by Ben Ragsdale to John Van Horn from Troop 12, Murphy. Merit badges presented by Capt. Frank Swan to Tommy Jarrett, Troop 12 Hayesville for the Bo tany merit badge, Michael Sneed, for public speaking, home repairs County Education To Be Featured In Cherokee Scout One hundred years progress In education In Cherokee County will be featured in an education edition of The Scout April 25. tories and pictures from all schools in the county will b? in cluded. The edition will be a part of the North Carolina Kducation Associa tion's and the National Education Association's Centennial celebra tion. Scout publisher George N. Bunch last Thursday met with a planning committee from the three county school units at the Murphy School library. Persons attending the meeting from the county unit were Supt. Lloyd Hendrix, Mrs. Joe J. Pinson, supervisor and Mrs. A1 Brown, NCEA president. From Andrews, Supt- J. E. Rufty, James Wood, NCEA president, Mrs. Aileen Bristol, Miss Ruth Hamilton, Mrs. Dave Bristol, and C. O. Fras er. Murphy unit was represented by Supt. H. Bueck, Mrs. Constance West, NCEA president, Mrs. Tom Case, Mrs. R. S- Bault, Mrs. H. Bueck, Mrs. W. V. Costello and Mrs. C. K. Olson, supervisor for Murphy and Andrews elementary schools. , A coordinating committee to pre sent material for the editor is made up of Mrs. Pinson, Mrs. Coe. tello and Mr. Fraser. -0 ? ; and firemanship from Troop 12 Murphy. The next Court of Honor meeting will be held in Robbinsville. Mrs. Wood Chrm. Of 1957 Andrews Heart Fund Drive Mrs. Edgar A. Wood Jr, chairman of the Andrews Heart Fund for 1957 reports 36 pepole have con tributed to the local drive, ywith a total of $89.50 having been given. Mrs. Wood jivishes to thank each contributor not only for his or her financial assistance; but also for the interest shown in such a wor thy drive. The local heart fund drive is a part of the annual drive of the North Carolina Heart Association and of the American Heart Assoc iation. The money contributed will be used for research, education, and community service. Contributipns are still being received. Alcohol Education Week To Be Held At First Baptist "Alcohol Education Week" will be held at the First Baptist Church Monday through Thursday, March 18-21 beginning each evening at 7. All interested persons are invited to attend this study group. Leader for the adult discussion group will be the Rev. J. Alton Morris, pastor; Miss Frankie Mar tin, promotional secretary for the young people and intermediate group; and Mrs. W. T. Brown, Jr. for the junior group. On Monday evening all groups will view the 30-minute film en titled "With His Help and on Wed nesday evening the film, "Far From Alone" will be shown. On Tuesday evening there will be a panel discussion using dif ferent personalities of our com munity in discussing the subject, "The Consequences of Drinking In Our Community." The following individuals will have a part in the different dis cussions during this week of al cohol education: Mr. Herman Ed wards, lawyer; Coach Ralph Mc Connell; Charles White, Deputy sheriff; Ralph Ensley and Ray Hefner, highway patrolmen. Presbyterian Meeting To Be Tuesday The meeting of the afternoon circle of the Women of the Presby terian Church has been postponed fro m Tuesday of this week until Tuesday of next week. The meet ing wll be held at the church at 3:30 p.m. Bloodmobile Unit To Visit Andrews March 19 Editor's Note: The following appeal for blood donors was received this week from Dr. Charles O. van Gorder. Editor Cherokee Scout Murphy, N. C. Dear Sir: We would again like to use your paper, as the best medium in Cherokee County, to call to the attention of the people of our area the fact that the mobile unit of the Asheville Blood Center will be at the City Hall in Andrews on Tuesday, March 19, for the pur pose of collecting blood from us during the hours between 12 noon and S p.m. We would like to again remind the people that whole blood is a very necessary commodity that can only be obtained from the Homo sapiens or human beings. There will undoubtedly be many people reading this letter who are now alive or enjoying better health because someone else was gener ous and thoughful enough to leave a pint of blood at the blood ba'nk for them sometime in the past. It is increasingly becoming more difficult to obtain the blood that is constantly being needed and I be lieve the reason is that many of us, who can, just do not realize how important it might be to someone else in an emergency or during a serious operation. Fol lowing an accident or during an emergency, a doctor has so many things to worry about that he should not have to worry about whether or not blood will be avail able; that should be the respon siblity and worry of every citizen of our area. I know that many peo ple feel that they do not have time to go by the blood bank or decide that they will wait until the next time, but that does not help the current shortage of blood avail able. Last year in Andrews we used 387 pints of blood and each pint given was absolutely necessary. We only collected 212 pints. That means just one thing and that be ing that someone away from here was kind enough to give blood for our people. I hope that everyone will think it over and try to offer a pint of blood on Tuesday, March 19. Everyone presenting himself or herself is carefully checked by a doctor and-or a nurse to deter mine whether or not he or she is able to donate. Some of us have given as many as 33 pints and are feeling fine, but everyone who can should give to such an important cause. Sincerely yours, Charles O. van Gorder, M.D. The Chnrch Of God WorsKp Services The Rev. Crotts, pastor of the Church Of God in Beal Town ann ounces the following worship ser vices: Sunday School 10 a. m., Morning Worship 11 a. m. Sunday night services 7 p. m. and Y. P. E. Saturday night at 7. Everyone is invited to attend the services. 167 Persons Killed In Traffic Accidents In State One hundred-sixty-seven persons were killed In automobile accidents on North Carolina highways through March 4, according to the State Motor Vehicles Department. One hundred-sixty-five were kill ed through the same period of time last year. 1957 Red Cross Fund Drive 1 To Begin Here On Thursday The annual Red Cross fund drive gets underway here Thursday fac ed with the possibility of losing the Bloodmobile and the Murphy chalk ier being disbanded. P. J. Henn, local drive chairman, said that unless the quota of $2643. is reached that the Murphy Red Cross Chapter will be disbanded and the Bloodmobile lost. He said that the local drive fell short in 1955 and 1956 and that $700 was borrowed to operate the chapter. During this year's drive, one person will be appointed in each of the town's business houses to solicit for that concern. A $1.00 donation entitles the don or to a Red Cross membership card and concerns whose employ ees contribute 100 percent will be given window stickers. ? Working with Mr. Henn on the drive will be: Mrs. W. E. Howell, Mrs. R. C. Mattox, Mrs. A. J. Twenty-Seven Cases To Be Tried In April Term Of Superior Court One murder, one bigamy, and two for arson will be among the twenty -seven cases to be tried in the April Term of Superior Court at Cherokee County Courthouse be ginning April 1. Kenneth Crawford, 25, of And. rews, is being tried for the shotgun slaying of his father. Pearl Craw ford. The shooting took place Mon day December 31, around 5 a. m. at the home of a brother, according to County Sheriff Claude Ander son. The shooting climaxed what Sheriff Anderson called "a drun ken party" in the one room home of Lionel Crawford near Andrews. A sixteen-year.old youth and Garland Frankum, both of ?low Creek, will be tried for arson and four counts of larceny, when the Peachtree School was broken into and accidently set fire on Monday Morning, February 11. Annual Fashion Show Slated For March 29th Plana are in progress for the an nual Fashion Show sponsored by the Murphy Woman's Club, which will be staged March 29. Mrs. Herman Edwards, chair man of the Ways and Means Com mittee, stated that her committee is working toward making this one of the best. The setting for the modeling will be a Dude Ranch and it will be held on the stage of the High School auditorium. Models will be members of the Woman's Club and their children. Tickets are now on sale for this event. Proceeds will go toward the cur rent projects of the Woman's club. Committee chairmen have been named for the Fashion Show, and are as follows: Mrs. W. T. Brown, Program Committee; Miss Maria Travis, Decorating Committee; Mrs. H. L. McKeever, Modeling Committee; Mrs. George Bunch Publicity Committee; Mrs. Bob Weaver, Admission Committee; Miss Jo Jo Moody, Concessions. Fashions from Candler's, Tru day's, Jabaley's, Lovingood's, Cow ard's, Darnell's and other mer chants will be shown. Peachtree Church To Hold Conference Sunday The Peachtree Methodist Church wiU have its quarterly conference starting Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. Frank Smathers, dis trict superintendent, will preside at the meeting. Everyone is cordiaUy invited to attend by the Rev. A1 Spiith, pas tor. Sterling Messer of Andrews, N. C., will be tried for bigamy. Other cases include two assaults; thirteen cases drunk driving and violating probation law; one reck less driving; two larceny, two manslaughters; one burglary and one worthless check charge. Judge P. C. Fromberger of Gas tonia, N. C. will be the presiding judge. The list of jurors drawn for this term of court are on an inside page of this issue. Resources Of County Compiled By 25 County Teachers A guide to field trips and re source people in Cherokee County has been compiled by twenty-five county teachers. Headed by Mrs. Kate Shields as chairman, the group last week completed the book. "Resources of Cherokee County." The book was presented as part of the work in a Western Carolina College extension course on Social Studies in the School Program, taught in Murphy by Dr. H. H. Bixler. The thirty-five page mimeo giaphed booklet was typed by Barbara Griffith, a Murphy High School senior, and illustrated by Mrs. Shields' eighth grade stu dents. Committees assisting were: his tory, Mrs. J. Altcm Morris, chair man, Mrs. Mary B. Jones, Miss Eunice Shields and Mrs. Lena Thompson. Human resources, social and cultural, Mrs. Leila van Gorder, chairman, Mrs. Florence Gentry, Mrs. Maude Gulledge, and Mrs. Ralph Rhodes. Source people, Mrs. W. V. Cos tello, chairman, Mrs. Frank For sythe, Mrs. Ruby Hemphill, and Mrs. Olive Williams. Recreational, Mrs. Ruth Smith, chairman, Mrs. Edwina Hagaman, Miss Christine Ingle, and Mrs. Constance Weat. Natural resources, Mrs. Vesta King, chairman, Mrs. Nellie Mor row, Mrs. Ruby Wilcox, and Mrs. Beulah Sales. Industry and business, Mr. J. W. Davidson, chairman, Mrs. Ed ith Evans, Mrs. Carrie Womack, and Mrs. Frank Alexander. Tennessee Copper Cq., Tyson Smith. The ten weeks course in social studies ended last Friday night. Headrick, Mrs. John Carringer, * Mrs. Hobart McKeever, Mrs. Char lie Johnson, Mrs. R. C. Fuller, Mrs. Olen McDonald, Mrs. W. A. Singleton, Mrs. Albert A. Wallace. Mrs. Charles Hyatt, Mrs. John Jordan, Mrs. Ruth Walker, Mrs. Francis Bourne Jr., Mrs. Francis . Bourne Sr., Mrs. Cloe Moore, Mrs. ! H. E. Dickey, Mrs. Ruth English, Mrs. U. Bueck, Mrs. J. A. Morris, 1 Mrs. Helen Moody, and Mrs. Arn old Beerkens. The Revs. Potter and Maxwell, Francis Bourne Jr., H. E. Bishop, Kiffin Craven, Bob Easley, W. A Singleton, Boyd Davis, Don Ram sey, C. E. Hyde, C. W. Arnold John Gill, H. L. McKeever, Joe Ray and Joe Moody. Turkish Tobacco Good Crop For Cherokee Farmers Cherokee farmers are missing: a bet when they don't include turkish tobacco among their money crops, says R. P. Few of Farmer's Feder ation. The market is almost unlimited and the tobacco is easy and Inex pensive to grow, even in low fer tility soil, he said. There is a market for 70 million pounds annually in this country and 99% of that is now being im ported. Mr. Few . says that turkish to bacco can be grown on land with a clay subsoil that is of moderate to low fertility and that fertilizer cost will run "not more than $12 to $15 per acre." Most of the work in producing the crop is between July 15 and September 1 and can be done by children of school age during sum mer vacation. Last year in Cherokee County six, people sold $2011.29 worth of turkish tobacco at an average price of 94.6 cents per pound. Mr. Few said that he would be glad to visit any farmer who is in terested in the crop and give him instructions and crass supervision. His address is: R. P. Few, P. O. Box 121, Murphy, N. C. Fire Destroys Home Of J. L. Baugh Two persons were injured when the home of J. L. Baugh was de stroyed by fire about 1 a.m. last Thursday morning. Injured was Roger Baugh, 16, who cut his arm, requiring eight stitches when he broke out a win down to escape. Mr. Baugh was overcome by smoke and is still in the hospital suffering from shock. Mrs. Baugh was out of town af the time and a daughter was spending the night with a girl friend. Another child, Hubbie, was in the house but was not injured. The cause of the fire was un known, but night Firechief Edwin Cook, said it probably was caused from defective wiring. County Board Of Commissioners Favor Bill Raising Teachers Pay The Cherokee Board of Com missioners went on record March i as favoring the bill for increas ing teacher's salaries* but were opposed to local governments hav ing to pay any part of the increase. They ordered that County At torney F. O. Christopher write the Representatives in Legislature urg ing them to support the bill but to oppose any legislation designed for local governments to pay any part of the increase in salaries. Elizabeth Gray presented a bill of |12 for taking evidence at the preliminary hearing in the case of State vs. Kenneth Crawford. The bill was ordered paid. The Board also ordered that a restroom far. colored women be installed in the basement of the Coutthouse, and that Lester Pow ell be instructed to install same; that the locks on the doors in the Courthouse be repaired, and new lights placed in the offices of the Clerk of Superior Court, Register of Deeds, and in the County A gent's office. Rev. Robert Potter Sermon For Sunday "Our Greatest Sin and How to Overcome It" is the subject of the Rev. Robert A. Potter's ser mon for Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Presbyterian Church. This is the last in the series of sermons on the Ten Command ments that" Mr.> Potter has been preaching each Sunday. TO cm | Andrews Gets Water Main ine town 01 Andrews receiveo a deed for nearly 3000 feet of 6 inch water main a few days ago free of charge. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Monger pur chased 63 acres of farm land just acros the river from the ball park late in 1955. They, sub-divided the land into residential building lots and requested the city to install water mains on the property. The town .agreed to install the water mains and the' Ore plugs ; provided the owners wookl pay for all materials and at comple tion of the job that Mr. and Mrs. Monger deed the pipeline to the town. To date there has been ma terials installed on the property that cost $5,627.33, and it is esti mated that the" cost of installatioh would not be over $200 as it was installed by the regular town crew in their 4pare time. ? The town will receive $50 for each water tap and the regular montly water fee from eaeh con sumer. To date, only two taps have been made, but it & antici pated that several will tap on this summer, as several lots have al ready been sold. In addition to donating the water main to the town, Mr. and Mrs. Munger recently signed a right-of way for a new bridge to be erected near the State Highway garage and a 60-foot right-of-way for a new 'road running through tbeir property. Bids To Be Let Ma Gym To Be Erected Plans have been drawn for a new modern gym at Hayesville by architect and engineer C. G. Har rill of Andrews, and have been approved by the Department of Public Instruction in Raleigh. The budding will be constructed on the existing school site. Mr. Harrill said the building will be constructed with brick, steel and concrete, therefore making it fire resistant. With 13,500 square feet of floor are*, the new building will con tain a modern lobby, office and storage rooms, public toileta, two boys' locker rooms and showers, and two girls' locker rooms and showers. The playing area will be of hardwood and the shower rooms will be finished in glazed tile. The estimated co?t at the build tag, $102,000, will be secured from the recent State Bead lam*. Advertisements ft* Uds cm the rch 28 For New At Hayesville job will be opened March 28 at 3 p.m. at Mr. Hugh Scott Beat's office al Hayesville. Andrews Polio FundDrive Nets $670.22 i Mrs. Charles Higdon, chairman of the Andrews Polio M?e, says ? that a total of $670.22 has been '1 collected for the polio drive to date in Andrews. Mrs. Higdon wishes to thank aB persons who _ participated in the drhre. 11m mothers collected | on the Mother's March; Scoots, bine crotch, $
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