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VOLLME ?7 NUMBER ? 8 THURSDAY, 8EPT. 1?, 1957 XEN PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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IMPROVEMENTS UNDER WAY IN MURPHY: Photo at top was
made last week as old sidewalks from County Courthouse to City
Hall were torn up to make room (or new pavement. This is one of
many sidewalk projects carried out by City Board of Commissioners
in the past several months. Lower photo shows concrete skelton of
the new Murphy Electric Power Board building under construction
here. It is expected to be completed early next year. Cost of the
new building and equipment will run approximately $100,000.
Football Pictures
In This Edition
The Scout in this issue is publish
ing individual squad shots of the
Andrews High and the Murphy
High Schools football teams.
These pictures can be seen on in
side pages- Co-operating with The
Scout in making it possible to pub
lish the pictures are Andrews and
Murphy businessmen and coaches
of the respective teams.
Participating from Murphy are:
Citizens Band and Trust Co., Davis
Esso Servicenter, The Mountaineer
Bakery, Wayne's Feed Store, Mur
phy Florist, Howell's Market, Bill
Darnell's Apparel For Men and
Boys, Crisp Studio, Coward's Men
and Boy's Wear, Mauney Drug Co.,
Smoky Mountain Fiber Co., West
ern Auto Associate Store, Smoky
Mountain Gas, Imperial Laundry,
Blue Ridge Trucking Co. and Brum
by Textiles.
The following in Andrews are
supporting the page from that
town: Nantahala Power & Lights,
Andrews Cafe, Valleytown Insur
ance Agency, Parker's Barber Shop
J. A. Watkins, Andrews Cleaners
and Laundry, Chain Grocery Co.,
Jordan's Market, Nichols Depart
ment Store, Caldwell Grocery,
Dorsey'g Jewelry and Sports Shop,
Jabaley's Department Store, West
ern Auto Associate Store, Citizens
Bank and Trust Co., Elliott's Hard
ware and Reece Motors.
Andrews Coach Frank Maennle
and Murphy Coach R. W- "Chuck"
McConnell worked with The Scout
in making the pages possible.
Aikman To Speak
At Tri-State
Co-op Meeting
Leo Aikman of Atlanta News
papers Inc., will be guest speaker
at the ninth annual meeting of
the Tri-State Electric Cooperative
Saturday at Copperhill, Tenn.
The meeting will get under way
at 2 p. m. at the new Copper Basin
High School.
The manager's report and re
ports of other Cooperative offi
cers .will be given. New trustees
will also be named.
Mr. Aikman since 1950 has been
a columnist and editorial writer
for the Atlanta Constitution and
Journal-Constitution.
Andrews Wildcats Bow To
Robbinsville Blue Devils '
tbe Andrews Wildcat* went
down to their ceeond defeat at tbe
hands of the Robbinsville Blue Dev
il* an the Andrews field Friday
night by a score of 13-6.
The game played is a sea of mud
hampered both teams offensively.
Tbe Wildcats pressed deep into
the Blue Devils territory during
the first quarter when Pete Nichols
passed to A*bk Myers for a
touchdown. However, Andrew* was
off side and tbe play was called
Mck.
" RobbinsvfBe came back when
GilUspie passed to Bobby Colvin
lor a touchdown, Bonnie Postell
Dating the third quarter Bob
bins ViUe recovered a fumble and
scored again to lead by IS points.
In the final quarter Andrews
scored when jloy Conley drove into
the end zone from one yard obt
Harold Murphy contributed much
in this drive by getting the ball
into scoring position.
Standouts for the Wildcats on de
fense were Scotty Hardin, Steve
Higdon, James Frankfin, Gerald
Curtis and Sonny Bush, while Hu
bert Myers and Terry Postell stood
out on
This week the Wildcats travel to I
HayesviBe for another
County Fair Winners Listed
Murphy Bulldogs Chalk
Up 7-0 Win Over Sylva
By BOB POTTER
History made the week before re
peated itself in goodly measure
last Friday night when Murphy, in
the visiting role, defeated the Sylva
Hurricane, 7 to 0.
Not only was the score duplica
tive of the Andrews game but just
as against the Wildcats, the Bull
dogs counted early in the game and
made a goal-line stand in the last
quarter.
The Bulldogs showed decided im
provement in all-around football,
with better ball-carrying, charging
and tackling; though fumbles and
penalties against Murphy again
were damaging. Likewise, Father
Rev. Joseph Dean
Returns From
Trip To Holy Land
The Rev. Joseph Dean, pastor
of the St- William's Catholic
Church, returned Monday after a
combined business trip and pil
grimage to the Holy Land.
While in Germany, he saw an
operetta on the mountains of West
ern North Carolina. He also made
a tour of Communist held eastern
Berlin. Some of his comments
were: "Very few repairs are
made of the bombed sections in
East Berlin, but as goon as you ar
rive in West Berlin you can see the
difference. Most buildings are in
fine shape, rubble cleared away,
new structures built, including sev
eral beautiful Catholic Churches.
The Priests pray the Mass with
the people both in Latin and Ger
man".
"We were permitted to spend one
half-hour off the Army bus in east
Berlin", Father Dean said, "I tip
ped my hat to an elderly woman
there, but she looked away quick
ly. She would probably get in
trouble if she were seen talking to
an American".
Father Dean said that the east
Berlin police do most of the patrol
ing. "We saw only four Russian
soldiers, all very young, in their
teens. They were guarding the
tombs of Russian heroes from the
battle of Berlin. I said, "Hi" to
two of them. One looked away, but
one answered, "Hallo".
Father Dean said it was a very
interesting tour, but he was very
happy to get back" to our moun
tains.
Tuberculosis
Clinic Held
Here Last Week
Thirty-one arrested tuberculosis
patients were X-Rayed -at the clinic
held h$re last week at the Coun
ty Health Center.
The* Clinic is held every other
month in the Health Center and
doctors from Black Mountain San
itarium examine the patients.
Dr. Maty Bunch of Black Moun
tain is here for each clinic. This
month for the first time Mr. Page,
X-Ray technician of Black Moun
tain was on hand to operate the re
cently installed X-Ray machine at
the Center.
The cost of an X-Ray is $1.90 per
person. However, Mrs. Swaim,
county health nurse, said the Kon
naheeta Club of Andrews and the
Tuberculosis Association of Murphy
an paying for the X-Rays for
thoee who felt they could not af
ford It \ X
This is a no* service to the peo
ple of Cherokee County and the
Murphy breaks in its new high
school football field lights Fri
day night with East Fannin
High School of Blue Ridge, Ga.
providing the opposition. The
game, to be played on the field
by the new high school on the
Andrews Highway, is a non
conference affair. Two other
home conference games follow
on the Murphy field: Bobbins
ville, the night of September
27; and strong Bryson City,
October 4.
Time, an ally in the Andrews'
game, turned enemy, and snuffed
Bulldog scoring chances
While Murphy's drive came
early in the first quarter it start
ed rolling only after the Golden
Hurricane had threatened to blow
the western visitors off the field
Returning the kick-off to their own
35 yard line, the Sylvans in a
lightning-like thrust carried the
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MR. SHULL . . . . director
h WNC
Shull To Direct
White Cane Drive
F. E. Shull of Canton is Western
North Carolina director of the 1957
White Cane Drive which will be
conducted Sept. 22 ? Oct- 5 by
District 31-A Lions Clubs. Chero
kee County is. in this district.
Shull, immediate past deputy
district governor of Region 2, has
announced that the state-wide goal
is $40,000 and all funds derived will
be used to aid the blind and in pre
vention of blindness work.
He will direct project chairmen
of 36 clubs with more than 1,600
members in 12 western mountain
counties in soliciting memberships
in the N. C. State Association for
the Blind and selling White Cane
lapel pins in communities.
Shull joined the Canton Lions
Club in 1946, held various offices
prior to his election as president in
1953-54, and served as Zone 3 Chair
man in Region 2 during the 1054
55 and 1955-56 club years.
He is co-owner and manager of
a retail hardware store in Cantqn
and was formerly associate!; with
lumber companies in Tennessee
and a gypsum company in New
York.
A native of Erwin, Tenn-, Shull
was graduated from the Unicoi
County, Tenn., high school in 1929,
and the University of Tennessee in
1933 where he played varsitf -foot
ball three years and received the
bachelor of science degree In Inar
keting.
The drive leader is an elder and
trustee of the Presbyterian Church
in Canton, a member of the Cantoo
Toastm asters Club, chairman of
the Canton Recreation Commission,
a director at the Canton-Bethel
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HONOR RETIRING EMPLOYEE ? City Board of Commissioners
in ceremonies last week honored Fulton Hartness, 75-year-old city
employee retiring after SO years of service. Mr. Hartness is shown
in the center of the of the first row. Others In the photo are: Mayor
L. L. Mason, Commissioners W. A. Singleton, John Jordan, Cloe
Moore, A. L. Buchanan, E. H. Brumby and Francis Bourne Jr.
Operated Fitter Plant
CITY EMPLOYEE FULTON HARTNESS
RETIRES AFTER 30 YEARS
itore than 30 years of service as
a city employee has ended for Ful
ton Hartness, 75, of Murphy.
Mr. Hartness retired last week
He worked at the Filter Plant here
Mr. Hartness went to work for
the city in 1927.
Last week, City Board of Comm
issioners honored Mr. Hartness in
a brief ceremony at City Hall.
When he first went to work for
the town, Mr. Hartness had charge
of the Filter Plant three or four
months a year and the remainder
of the time worked in town.
Back then it was his task to read
meters, do repair work and serve
as a collector.
Looking back over his many
years of service, Mr- Hartness
points up many changes that have
occurred in the system in the past
30 years. He speaks of the modern
equipment now in use compared
with available facilities when he
first started.
Mr. Hartness was born and rear
ed in' Murphy, a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Hartness. Prior to
starting his career with the city,
he was a foreman at a saw mill.
For the past 10 years he has
worked at the Filter Plant full
time
Mr. Hartness is a member of
the First Baptist Church. He mar
ried the former Miss Daisy Hen
sley who passed away three years
ago.
What is he going to do now? A
little fishing and a lot of visiting,
says the retired employee. Mr.
Hartness has seven children, 25
grandchildren and several great
grandchildren.
His children are: Mrs. Clarence
Moore of Fontana Dam, Mrs.
Blanche Smith and Mrs. Clarence
Grice of Atlanta, Mrs. D. D. Fain
of Murphy, Mrs. Claude Tatham of
Lenoir City, Gordon Hartness of
Murphy and Harold Hartness of
Lenoir City.
Auxiliary Members
Get Blood Typed
No meeting of the American
Legion Auxiliary was held last
week? members went to the hospi
tal.
They were not sick but the mass
trip to the hospital may someday
soon be of great benefit to some
one seriously ill.
Auxiliary members reported to
Murphy Protestant Hospital to
have their blood typed. This event
took the place of the regular month
ly meeting.
Since the Red Cross Bloodmobile
no longer comes to Murphy, the
Auxiliary has agreed to sponsor
this portion of the blood donor
program. Members are making
call* on Murphy citizens to have
their blood types put on file in local
hospitals for emergencies arising
in the community.
Van Williams, technician at Pro
testant Hospital, has volunteered
his services for free to make blood
type on those who come in. If a
persons already knows his or her
blood type, they are asked to call
Mr. Williams and give the type
Chi, national college social frater
nity.
He U married to the former
Miss Emma Hardin Mom of Er
win, Tutu, and they have one
daughter, Elisabeth Drayton Shall,
? student at Wesley an Cottage,
shown on the Red Cross card
This information will be record
ed for later use by the community
hospitals. At the mass turn-out
Thuralay night, Mrs. F. V- Taylor
assisted Mr. Williams in compiling
the list of available donors.
Mrs. Herman Edwards, Auxil
iary president, said it Is hoped
that other civic and social organ
izations will answer this call so
when blood is needed by for loved
ones, neighbors and friends, doctors
will have types at their finger
tips to forestall any delay which
might result in the death of a pa
tient needing a particular type of
blood.
Anyone interested in having their
blood typed may call Mrs- Ed
wards or any member of the Auxil
iary for free transportation to and
from the hospital.
Mrs. Robert Potter
Elected Cktlrau
At Retail Meeting
At the annual meeting of the
Women of the Church of the Synod
of Appalachia Presbyterian Church
U. & Mrs- Robert A. Potter of
Murphy was elected chairman of
spiritual guidance
Bold over officers elected inn
Mrs. ft. ft. McClure of Aaheville,
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Whitfield, Brooks,
Ketner Win Grand
Champion Awards
Exhibit winners in the various
livestock departments, Home
Demonstration Clubs and other or.
ganizations in the Cherokee County
Fair last week were announced as
follows by County Agent Paul
Nave:
DAIRY CATTLE
The Dairy Cattle Show was held
Wednesday at 8 p.m. with Mr. Tom
Fagg, County Agent of Macon
County and Harry Stoudermire,
herdsman for A. B. Sagle's Guern
sey farm. The following exhibitors
took part in the Guernsey show:
A. Q. Ketner, H. N. Wells, Virginia
Wells and Randolph Shields.
The classes and winners in each
class were as follows: Bull born
before January 1, 1956, A. Q. Ket
ne;\ Second class, bull born before
January 1, 1956, A. Q. Ketner.
Junior calf, first place winner,
Randolph Shields; senior calf, A.
Q. Ketner; Junior yearling, first
place winner, H. N. Wells; senior
yearling, first place winner, A. Q.
Ketner; cow, one or two calves,
first place winner, A. Q. Ketner;
cow, mcire than two calves, first
place winner, Randolph Shields.
Mr. Ketner*s entry in the cow
class with one or two calves was
declared Grand Champion of the
Show.
SHEEP
The judging of sheep was held
Thursday with John Christian, live,
stock specialist from N. C. State
College and Kenneth Perry, assist
ant county agent from Macon
County as judges. J. A. Timpson
and E. J. Whitmire were the only
exhibitors in the sheep division.
Tho classes and winners were as
follows :
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Quarterback Club
To Direct Parking
At Friday's Game
Members of the Murphy Quarter
back Club will be on hand Friday
night to direct traffic and parking
at the Murphy-East Fannin, Ga
game. '
The club volunteered to give
this assistance to make it more
convenient to football fans unfam
iliar with the new playing field
and facilities- Fans will be assisted
in finding parking spots along the
road near the playing field and ar
ound the new school building.
Along with the announcement ,
that the club will be in charge at
the traffic, the following statement
was released.
" Friday marks the first home
game of the football season at
Murphy High School. Not for years
has there been such enthusiastic
support from students and town
folk alike.
"What generates or sparks such
support?
" Maybe it's a team which cap
tured the 1966 Smoky Mountain
Conference Title and promises to
be better in 1967. Maybe it's the
excellent facilities which are avail
able for Friday also marts the
opening game on the new high
school faotball Odd which is one
of the finest in Western North
Carolina.
" The new playtngfield and the
adjoining practice fields are graded
and sodded ao sprained ankl? and
broken boaea are no4onger hazards
doe to rats and botes.
the playing field makes an exeat
taut tfrfitlflfl "for permanent utiti