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VOLUME ?7 NUMBER ? 10
THURSDAY, OCT. 3, 1957
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Cherokee County Declared Labor Surplus Area
A BAT RACE TO FEED 'EM ? Personnel of the Murphy School Lunch Program
have to move on the double to put the hot lunches In front of the students each day.
In center photo at left is Mrs. Looa Davis, lunchroom manager, with her staff
preparing the food at the elmentary school. Center photo shows workers loading
the food on a truck for transportation to the high school. At right, high school
students file by for a hot meal placed on the counter seconds before. ,
Operation Feed
Bag; The Hard Way
By GENE PARKER <
High noon any school day will
start an orderly parade of Murphy
High students filing from their
classroom past the serving coun
ter in the hall.
The food is hot- It's good. All
who want meals get to eat. It looks
easy but it's not.
The system might be dubbed
"Operation Feed Bag The Hard
Way."
How does the steaming hot food
get on the serving counter ready
for hungry students when the noon
bell sounds?
It's not sheer magic. There are
no short cuts when you feed over
a thousand mouths daily (high and
elementary pupils).
The way it is done? hard work
and split-second timing. There is
no lunchroom at the high school.
When most students are washing
their faces for the new school day,
preparation of their noon-day meal
is already under way. School
Lunchroom Manager Mrs. Lona
Davis and seven lunchroom work
ers at 7:30 each morning are al
ready in the kitchen at the elemen
tary school.
Meals for approximately 600
elementary pupils must be prepar
ed for serving starting at 11 each
lnorning. Before the elementary pu
pils have finished their meals,
Mrs- Davis and her workers have
packed and started loading the
high school chow on a large truck
at the elementary school.
With no lunchroom at the high
school, if the students eat, the
food must be transported. Trans
portation of the food is a close call
some times. A flat tire or any me
chanical breakdown of the truck
could play havoc with the high
school feeding program.
Luck has been with the project
so far but as a rule the last tray
of hot food gets on the counter just
seconds before the noon bell
sounds.
School Supt. Holland McSwain
and Principal Walter Puett has
high commendations for Mrs. Dav
< Continued On Back Pace)
Rev. F. Town send
To Preach At
Hopewell Baptist
The Re*. Freed Townsend, pastor
of the Calvaory Baptist Church,
Cleveland, Tenn., will begin a
series fo revival services at Hope
well Baptist Church Oct. 7 at 7:30
p. m.
The church la located on highway
64, 15 miles west of Murphy.
Everyone' is cordially invited.
Local Collector
Declines Order
For Four Bears
Some folk may think Zoological
Collector J. C. Nichols is a second
Davy Crockett but he's not dealing
in "bars" at the present.
Last week he had to notify the
Air Force he could not produce
four black bears the fly boys want
ed delivered at Holloman Air
Force Base in New Mexico.
With no details other than what
was stated in the telegram be re
ceived, Mr. Nichols was asked for
bids on four American black bears
of either sex. They had to be dis
ease free and weigh from 130
pounds to 170 pounds.
What the Air Force wanted with
the animals is a mystery here but
they were to get first. class treat
ment.
A military Air Craft would have
picked them up at Murphy for
flight to New Mexico.
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Andrews PTA
To Sponsor
Harvest Sale
The annual Harvest Sale spon
sored by the Andrews PTSA wR
take place Saturday, October 12, in
the High School auditorium at 7
p. m.
Mrs. James Baer is chairman of
arrangements. Committees will be
announced at a later date.
STATE GRANGE CONVENTION SLATED
AT PONTANA VILLAGE OCT. 20- 23
The North Carolina state Grange
will be held at Fontana Village
Oct. 30-23 with Harry B. Caldwell,
master of the State Grange of
Greensboro, presiding.
The Cherokee-Graham county
Pomona Grange will be host to the
convention which is expected to
have delegates from about fifty
counties and as far east as Wilson
and Lumberton.
The Pomona Grange, p&sided
over by Gwyn Denton, master of
Robbinsville, met at Fcotana Vil
lage Thursday night and conferred
with Mr*. Lucille K. Borden, pub
licity chairman of Fontana, re
garding plans for die convention
Ottfc Collage, matter of the Hang
ar Grange and Grange
\
Master was also present at this
meeting.
The convention will open Sunday
evening with Vesper services with
the Rev. Garland Hendricks,
State Grange Chaplain of Wake
Forest, in charge
Committee meetings will begin
Monday and a .lJQ and interesting
program will be given each day
through Wednesday, when the sixth
degree of the order will be exemp
lified by the officers of the state
grange that night.
All granges in Cherokee and
Graham counties, including Peach
tree, Martin's Creek, Ranger, Hi
waasee Dam and RobUnsviDe will
be represented in full force ft this
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FFA WINNER: Mont Johnson Jr.
FFA member of Murphy High
School is shown here with Bob
White, Lions CInb member at
the Cherokee Fair. Mont's steer
was the winner in the fat calf
division at the fair.' The Lion's
CInb gave away the calf which i
was won by a traveling sales
man, Ed N. M alone of Louis- i
ville, Ky.
Murphy Bulldogs \<
Takes 35-2 Win !
Over Robbinsville '
By BOB POTTER
In amazing fashion Murphy's
Bulldogs overcame their chief ri- (
vals, the Robbinsville Blue Devils,, ,
35 to 2, last Friday night, and thus ,
took over alone the top perch of
the Smoky Mountain Conference ,
ladder.
The local team, playing its sec
ond home game, jumped to a spec
tacular first? quarter 21-0 lead,
and then coasted on into its fourth
seasonal victory before a large
crowd of approximately 2,000? for
the most part ? delighted onlook
ers.
As a result the Bulldogs are
looked upon as favorites in their
fifth game of the season this Fri
day night on the Murphy field
when they meet Bryson City
Maroon Devils. Bryson has lost
twice? to Robbinsville and And
rews/ The Swainmen are big and
strong, however; and should they
get rolling may prove harder than
Murphy folk are reckoning.
In last last week's flashing vic
tory John Morris, eliu|ve and fleet
halfback, played a leading role,
making four of the five touch
downs. One of these was made in a
66 yard run in which, helped by
teammates' Mocking, he evaded '
and out-distanced the Blue Devils; j
and two others on touchdown pass
es from Burchfield, one for 55 and
one for 28 yards. Murphy's other
scores came when Morris circled
right end for' 16 yards and the .
opening coipter; and Bobby Mor
ris, following up his own inter- i
ception, of a Robbinsville pass not \
long before, smashed through the ,
line three yards for the second. ]
The Bulldogs far the first time ?
this season were scored upon. In <
the second quarter Burchfield, go- |
ing back into Che end sons to re- ]
trtove a fumbled punt was nailed <
for a safety. Nobody could com- i
plain though amid all the firework*
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Dr. Green To Address
Rotary Charter Night
Dr. C. Sylvester Green, vice-pres
ident of Wake Forest College, will
be principal speaker at a Charter
Night banquet of the Murphy Rot
ary Club Monday night.
The meeting will be held at the
elementary school lunchroom at 7
p. m. District Gov. C. M. Aber
nethy will present the charter.
Topic of Dr. Green's address will
be "Rotary in An Emerging
World." '
Dr. Green has been active in
Rotary for 30 years, and has serv
ed a^ president of the clubs at Dur
ham, N. C , Richmond, Va., and
Hartsville, S. C. During 1943-44 he
was governor of District 190, whic\
then included all of South Carolina
and the western third of North Car
olina.
Subsequently, Dr Green served
on several committees of Rotary
International, notably the Post-War
Planning Committee. He has at
tended many international conven
tion and dis trict conferences
throughout the Rotary world.
A graduate of Wake Forest, Dr.
Green holds graduate degrees
from Duke University and Union
rheological Seminary and honor
ary degrees from Washington and
Lee University and the University
?f South Carolina- He is the author
af two published books and is a
regular contributor to newspapers
and journals throughout the South.
Sponsored by the Andrews Ro
tary Club, the local organization
bas 23 charter members. Holland
McSwain is president, B B Corn
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REV. A. W. PARKER
Rev. A. W. Parker
To Preach In
Andrews Church
The Rev. A. Wilson Parker, pas
tor of the Wallace Memorial Bap
tist Church af Knoxville, Tenn., will
conduct a series of services begin
ning next Monday evening, October
r at the First Baptist Church, An
irews and continue . through Octo
ber 17, according to an announce
ment by the Rev. Thomas C.
Christmas, pastor who will assist
irith the services.
Services wfll be bald each even
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DR. GREEN ? Rotary Speaker
Enter The Scout's
Football Contest
If you were not among those who
last week had a chance to win cash
prizes in The Scout's weekly Foot
ball Contest, don't get left out this
week.
A brand new
contest will be
found in this edi
tion and its easy
to take part- You
don't have to buy
anything and
there are no ob
ligations
T u r n to the
Football Contest Page. You will
see 20 advertisements on the page.
In each ad, there is a different
football game listed.
Take your pencil and circle the
teams you think will win this com
ing Saturday. Do this in each of the
20 ads. Below the "name and ad
dress" blank you will find a game
marked "Tie-Breaker." Be sure to
guess the score for this game,
not just the winner but the score
Then mail or bring your entry to
the office of The Scout If you
bring it in, it must arrive before
Saturday noon. If your entry is
mailed, it must have a postmark
not later than Friday midnight
It is a thrilling and skillful game
to entertain you and you may win
$S, $3 or $2. These prizes are given
each week.
It's fun? win or lose? and you
have a good a chance as the next
person. A number of women enter
ed last week's contest and one of
the three top winners last week
was a woman contestants.
Everyone except employees of
Hie Scout and their immediately
families is eligible to take part
Don't put it off untO later. Fill out
your entry now and send It in or
drop it off at The' Scout office.
Legion Ancillary
Meeting Postponed
The meeting of the American
Legion Auxiliary which was sche
duled tor Thursday has been post
poned. ifee new date vffl be aa
SURVEY SHOWS 12.4 PERCENT
UNEMPLOYED IN LOCAL AREA
Local Draft Board
To Be
Closed Tuesday
The local draft board will be
closed Tuesday Oct. 8, according
to the clerk, Mrs. Wilson.
She will be attending a clerk's
conference in Bryson City.
Rummage Sale
To Be fleld
In Andrews
The Valleytown Home Demon
stration club will sponsor a Rum
mage Sale Friday and Saturday
October 4 and 5 in the block build
ing across from the First Baptist
Church, Andrews.
In addition to the Rummage Sale
and white elephant table of gifts,
sandwiches, hot chile, cakes and
pies, coffee and cookies will be
served. Tickets are now on sale by
members of the club.
The building will be open from 10
a. m. to 5 p. m. each day.
A. B. Chandler Sr.
Re-elected Head
Of "Old Timers"
Andrews? A. i. Chandler Sr
was re-elected president of the
"Old Timers Lumber and Loggers
Association of Western North Caro
lina here Saturday.
Other officers named at the
meeting at the American Legion
Hut were: John Childres of Rob
bins ville, first vice-president; Zan
Eller of Hayesville, second vice
president; Mac Holland, secretary
treasurer; Wymer Cochran of
Macon County, elected to execu
tive committee.
Approximately 30 were present
from Cherokee, Clay Graham,
Macon and Jackson counties.
Mayor L. L. Love of Andrews
made the address of welcome. He
was later elected an honorary
member of the Association.
This was the final meeting for
the organization until the last
Saturday in April, 1958. Ret. Capt.
F- W. Swan of Andrews served as
master of ceremony at the meet
ing.
John Parris of Sylva was sche
duled to speak to the group but
was unable to attend because of a
previous engagement.
Loren Davis Bays
3 Purebred Cows
Loren C. Davis of Murphy, re
cently purchased three purebred
Aberdeen-Angus cows from W- S.
Dickey, also of Murphy.
Frank Taylor visited Mrs. Mary
Nelson at Topton recently.
Cherokee County has been de
clared a surplus labor area.
This was announced here this
week by Jack A. Wilson, manager
of the local Employment Security
Commission.
The county was designated a la
bor surplus area by the Labor
Dept. of the federal government
following a recent survey here.
The survey showed that Murphy
and all of Cherokee County has a
substantial labor surplus
Figures showed 12.4 per cent of
all employable persons are out of
work. The national unemployed
average is 3 4 per cent.
With such a designation for the
area, any present employer may
secure from the local Employment
Security Commission a certificate
to be submitted with their con
tract bid on any government pro
curement item.
In the event their bid is in line
with other bidders who are not in
a labor surplus area, the contract
shaB be awarded to the bidder of
the labor surplus area. This is in
accord with the Defense. Manpower
policy.
J. M- Bennett, labor market a
nalist of the Asheville Employment
Security Commission, conducted
the survey.
While here he met with a group
of industrial leaders of the area
and discussed his findings. He
told industrial leaders what steps
to follow in securing certificates
to accompany their contract bid'
Attending the meeting were:
Francis Bourne of the Hitchcock
Corp., Kiffen Craven of Hemme
rich Corp., Joe Sursaarage of
Berkshire Knitting Mills, Ed Brum
by of Brumby Textile Mill, Roscoe
Wilkins of Columbia Marble Co.,
W. D. Townson, president of Mur
phy Chamber of Commerce and
Townson Lumber Co., Arnold
Beerkens of Timber Products,, P
J. Henri, chairman of Industrial
Committee, Mrs. L. F. Lochaby ef
the C of C and Mr. Wilson.
Walter Carringer
To Direct Choir
In Music Concert
Walter Carringer of Murphy will
direct the choir of the First Meth
odist Church in a concert of sacred
music Sunday evening October *
at 7:30.
The program will be a varied one
consisting of anthems, hymns and
solos. Mr. Carringer will present a
group of solos as part of the pro
gram.
Following the program there will!
be an informal fellowship hour im
the social loom of the church.
The public is cordially invited to
attsnd this specikl service and the
fellowship hour.
SAM HARTMAN WINS $5
IN FIRST FOOTBALL CONTEST
The Scout's weekly football con
test got off to a booming start with
the arm-chair experts hitting a
goodly dumber of winners last
week- ?
First prize of |S went to Sam
Hartman of Andrews. He and two
other contestants guessed IS cor
rect winners.
Uiis three-way tie was broken by
the all important "Tie-breaker"
game on the contest page. Last
week's tie-breaker was Michigan
versus Southern California which
aided 16-6 favoring Michigan.
Mr. Hartman picked Michigan
as the winner guessing the score
21-7. He missed the Michigan score
by 5 points and the Southern Cali
fornia score by only one point to
come within ? points of the total.
Frank Sudderth of P. O. Box 543,
Murphy, * - - -
$3, picking
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correct score of each team or had
an 8 point difference.
Third prize went to Mrs. Frank
Maennle of Andrews. She also
guessed 13 correct winners and her
tie-breaking score favored Michi
gan 27-13.
The Tennessee versus Auburn
match proved trouble for all con
testants except three last week.
Picking Auburn over might Ten
nessee werw1 Paul Brittain of <17
Valley River Avenue, C- E. Foster
of Nelson Tractor Co. and Larry
Jones of Route 4.
Three of the games? Chattanooga
vs Abilene, Georgia Tech vs SMU
and VW va Holy Croat-ended
in be*. Not a single rent?tint
marked the* tie games so they
were nafcd as wrong gusesee