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The Cherokee Scout
Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County
VOLUME a NUMBER? 6
MURPHY, WORTH CAROL|.VA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 1?9 SIX PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEiKLl
. At Apple Festival
' Local Clog Dancers <
; Win Once More
^ The North Carolina Sweethearts i
, have returned here after they ' i
successfully defended their title as f
* Junior clogg champions at the ,
, North Carolina Apple Festival in
endersnville Saturday night.
?
Tiie square dance group won the
* junior clogg division for the second
, year in row.
* They have recently returned from
an expense paid trip to Florida
which they won. They are at the
* present time waiting on some an- 1
a ncuncment concerning a chance lo
appear on an national television
* show. I
* This group is composed of 16
* dancers and one caller, Robert
Bruce. They have bfOn dancing to
gether for three yaars. The ages of
* the children range from nine to 13
, years old.
The dancing team was organized |
is a result of a May Day play
about three years ago. They were
First taught by Mrs. Constance
West, a school teacher. They are
now under the direction of Mrs.
Pete Stalcup.
Only three of the orginal group
are still members of the Swet
hearts. They at? Karol Kaye,
daughter of 'Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kaye;
Dianne Wilkins, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Roscoe Wilkins; and
Charlotte Stalcup, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Stalcup.
Other members of the group are
Harold Teague, Cnarlcs White, Je
ry Decker, wane Brittain, Wayne
Watson, BHly King, Wanda Sue
McDonald, Larry McDonald, San
dra Chastain, John Bruce. Pamela
Chastain, Calvin Lan^y and Billy
Stalcup.
NORTH CAROLINA SWEETHEARTS SQUARE DANCING GROUP
Murphy's Big Bulldogs Snarl;
'Get Set To Hit Sylva Friday
By JAY WILSON
The Murphy Iligh Bulldogs slop
ped the Andrews Wildcats' winning
streak at 15 in the Bulldogs' season
opener at Andrews Friday nigh!.
The game w<*> hard fought all the
way and both teams played line
footUall.
The score was 7-6.
Murphy won the toss and elected
to receive and took the lull to the
35 where it was first and ten. After
an offside penalty against Murphy,
Emanuel McDonald Pjssd to Virgil
Decker for Hie first down. Four
first downs and four penalties lat
er Hubert Myers intercepted a
pass intended lor Virgil Decker
and was brought down on the An
drews 20-yard line. After an off
sides penalty Hubert Myers ran
around left end for the 1st Andrews
first down of ()<e night, and Pete
Nichols rau for the next first down
around the end. On fourth down
with three yards to go, Andrews
punted and the ball was returned
to the 33 by David Thompson. A
15-yard penalty against the Wild
cats put itae ball in the Murphy 48.
Murphy fumbled the ball and An
drews recovereo on the Murpihy 43.
On the next play Hubert Hinton
broke through the line to tackle Jim
Bristol for <an Andrews loss of four
yards. Andrews fumbled and Mur
phy recovered on their own 43
yard line.
David Thompson ran 8 yards but
the run was called back for offside
and then Frank Hill drove 10 yards
to the 49. On fourth down with four
yards to go Bud Killian punted for
Murphy. Andrews took the ball on
their own 25 with four minutes to
go in the frst half.
Myers then ran 15 yards for the
first and Murphy was penalized 15
yards. Immediately afterwards
Andrews was penalized 15. Hinton
brought down Bristol for a loss of
five yards. Killian brought down
Nichols in the line of scrimmage.
Johnny Harness and Frank Hill
broke through to throw Andrews for
a loss of three yards making it
fourth down with 25 yards to go.
Andrews punted and Murphy took
took the ball on its own 30. A pass
Film* trip To Be
Shown Sunday
A filmstrip, "The Challenge of
State Mi/>ions," will be shown at
the FipS! Baptists Church Sunday.
ScpL/l3. at 7:15 p. m,
,..<ni members of the Training
Ajnlon and church members are in
vited to attend. x
Sermon topics will be, "Which
Road Are You Traveling?" for the
morning service, and "Reaching the
Dead End" as the evening arvice
i
to Decker was good for 30 yards
and Frank Hill plunged over the
line for hvo more. A pass to David
Thompson was Incomplete and a
short pass to Decker ended the
first half The score was 0-0.
Andrews' Nichols took the ball to
the 40 on the kickoff and Decker
and Killiao held him to a one yard ^
gain on the next play, Hubert My
ers made the first down on a 9-yd.
run around rignv end, David Thomp
son brought Don Marr down for no
gain. On the next play Marr started
to the left sioe and fumbled but
picked he ball up and tried to run
back to the right, R. G. Hembreej
brought him down for a 12-yd. loss
and Andrews was penalized 15 yds.i
An attempted pass was incomplete |
and Myers punied on fourth down
with 33 yards to go. The kick was:
blocked by Randolph Cunningham,!
and Murphy took over on the And-,
rews 35 yard line.
Frank Hill went 13 yards for the
I first down and then went again |
' for four more yards. Then with
j the ends split wide Emanuel Mc
| Donald went 20 yards on a quar
I terback sneak for the touchdown. |
j Halfback Frank Hill plunged over
| for the extra point.
Andrews took the kickoff on the
t 41 and Pete Nichols took it for a1
i four yard gain. Hubert Hinton held
j Andrews for a 1-yard loss and Wil- 1
lard Smith held them to a two
i yard gain. Myers went for five j
yards and a first down and a run
and a pass gave the Wildcats an-|
other first. Four plays later Jim'
Bistol ran around ight end for the
Andrews touchdown. The extra try1
extra point was foiled by a fumble, i
Murphy took the kickoff and went j
up to the 35 but was penalized five
yads. McDonald went for 6 yards
on a sneak, iiifl went for 2, Eman-j
uel made one more yard. On the
fourth down with one yard to go
Frank Hill carried the ball and the
first dowro. Hilt then went for 2 and
4 and David Thompson went for
five more and penalty gave Murphy
15 yards.
Murphy was penalized for offsid
es and Thompson went for nine
?Murphy yards. The Bulldogs were
held for no gam and then lost sev
en yards. On fourth down Emanuel
McDonald passed to Virgil Decker
tor 15 yards and the first down.
Hill made ? and 5 yards and
with little gain on the third down
Murphy had the ball fourth and 2"
to go for the first. They didn't make
the necessary yardage and And
drews took over on the 9-yard line.
On the first play the Wildcats
lost one yard and then gained 8. ,
. A pass was incompiet and with
j four yards to go another incom- 1
plete pass gave the ball to Murphy (
on about the 17-yad Hue of An
rews -with on* minute to go. Mc
Donald, taking no chances, held on
to the ball ana Hie game ended with
a final ?core of Mwpfcy 7, and An
drews L
Coach McConnell Praises
Willingness To Tackle Hard
]
I ve
Murphy High School has a hard
hitting bunch of Bulldogs. Coach
Chuck McConnell thinks that "the
willingness to get in there and
tackle" was the brightest spot in,
their victory ?ver Andrews.
"It was the best tackling - ? - j
seen in a long time," he told tlnv
team this week.
But the Bulldogs have a hard row
to hoe before they can hang up a
conference championship, he war
ned.
He isn't even talking about that t
now. He's concerned about Frid
ay's game with Sylva. a team he ,
rates right at the top in the confer
ence. Murphy travels to Syvla. j
The Bulldogs, who have worked
bard aU week in preparation, will
be at top strength. No disabling j
injiries were reported from the
Andrews game.
(See Jay Wilson's account of that
game elsewhere on this page.) I
"Syla is about the most import
ant game of the year-our biggest,
obstacle," coach McConnell told
his boys this week. "That Sylva is
good and tough."
He pointed out that Sylva tied
Andrews last year. They walloped
Hayesvillc 36-0 last week, with
Miller scampering for three touch- (
diwns. one an 80-yard punt return.
Murphy's hard-fought victory over!
Andrews is a jewel for the Bulldogs!
collar, the coach acknowledges.
After all, the Andrews Wildcats
had not geen beaten in 15 games.
"I count Andrews as the tough- j
est." declared Murphy's McConell.
"When you whip them, you've
a hard night's work."
And don't count the Wildcats out,
of the conference race, he warns.;
They will be roaring to Murphy on
the night of October 30, hungry for ,
revenge.
The Murphy Bulldogs are going
to be in there battling, too. though.
"The game against Andrews
proved that we are capable of play- ?
ing good football . . and we can
cintinue if we stay willing, and
don't get too complacent," Mr.
McConnell continued.
He couldn't single out any play
ers as outstanding stars, "because
all of them In there hittlngs."
What pleased him most was
"our eagerness to play defease.
He pointed out that an Andrews
punt, blocked by Fullback Ran-,
dolph Cunningham, set up the Mur
phy tocuhdown."
"More boys REALLY want to,
play footbaH than before. More of
them wanted to tackle and hit
hard."
TIm fhiIMng? didn't waste any!
time getting a ready for their en
counter wi'h Sylva. They were in
uniform and un tile practice field
Mnday afternoon.. This followed a
britf "'Jtull sessun" cbij-ins: vvhtcli
Coach McConnell stressed the ne
cessity of being willing to "get in
there and hit."
Andrews Wildcats
Primed For
Robbinsville Game
The Andrews Wildcats, de
termined to begin anotrer long
winning streak, lake on Kob
biusville Friday night in a con
ference football game.
The contest will begin at 3 p.m.
on the Andres field.
Coach Bill llensley reports his
team in top physical condition.
No bad injuries were sustained
in the Murphy game.
Murphy Coach Chuck Mc
Connell says the Andrews team
is one to watch in the battle for
the conference crown. "They're
the ttoughest," he declared
this week after reveiwing the
hair-breadth victory of Uis team
over Andrews.
Ensley Cites
Bulldogs, But
They Got Breaks
If the Murphy Bulldogs can whip |
Sylva Friday night, they have a.
good chance of winning the confer
ence championship.
That's the word from Andrews
Coach Bill Ensley.
".Murphy has a good quarterback
in Emanuel McDonald)," he add
ed.
But Coach Ensley feels that his
Wildcats put in a good accounting
i of 'lienvielves in their one-point kiss
f
' to Murphy. This was their first
'l set-back in 16 games.
! "It could (have gone either way,
| but Murphy got better breaks,"
i said the coach.
The coach probably was thinking
particularly of two factors in the
| hard-fought contest One was the
| blockcd kick which set up the Mur
phy touchdown that gave the Full
| dogs the ball around Andrews' 35
! yard line
The other was that Wildcat fum
ble on. the try for extra point
Without that, the score might have
? been tied.
' Coach Ensley and his boys have
turned their attention to more im
, portant things than post-mortems
I on the Murphy game, however.
| They're getting primed to meet
j RobbinsvUle Friday night.
Lodge To Meet
1 Cherokee Lodge 146, AF and AM,
w ill hae a called meeting of first
degree work Saturday night, Sept.
12.
Poultry, Beef Testing
Unit Slated For Murphv
A state Poultry and Beef Diag
nostic Laboatory will be built in
Murphy as soon as a qualified vet
erinarian is found lo operate it.
Sen. W, Frank Forsyth has anno
unced that a first-year appropria
tion of '22,826 is available for the
service. Tre Cheroke County Com
missioners have voted to finance
the construction of the laboratory
building. That would cost about $2,
500.
The laboratory here is one of
several in the state authorized by
the Legislature to combat disease
in poultry and beef. The local fac
ility is for the 33rd District, comp
osed of Cherokee and four neigh
boring counties.
Sen. Forsyth said Murphy was
selected as the site because this is
a thriving poultry area and because
the laboratory would attract test
ing business from Georgia and a
wide su rounding area.
The laboratory litoki bulk on
? Fairground property. Ttie service
i will operate under the State College
? Extension Service and the N. C.
' Department of Agriculture. /
These state agencies are conduct
? ing a search for a qualified diag
' nostician to man the Murphy lab
? oratory. *
This is the only factor holding up
?|the project, Sen. Forsyth said. The
Legislature already has allocated
$14,876 for the second year of oper
1 aiion.
The future of the operation would
, be determined by how much it used,
the Senator added. "We were able
' to convince the autrorities that it is
1 needed in this area. If this section
goes as far ahead In the poultry
business in the next five years
as in the past five, it will be used
< enough to justify its continuation,'
1 he sad.
"We're ready to go immediately?
as soon u we can find tte vetarto
, ar we Deed.
Murphy To Get
Big, New Bridge
A new bridge 4o cost aboat $244,
000 will be bunt next year across
the Hiaassee River io Murphy.
The State Highway Commission
announced that it expects to let the
contract for the project in May,
1960.
State Sen. W. Frank Forsyte said
he has received a telegram from
Chairman Melvta Brougbton that
sufficient funds are being reserved;
for the bridge.
The new structure will be Just to .
the south and at a slight angle to
the present bridge, which will con- ;
tinue to be in use during construc
tion.
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McKeever Lands
On Canton Road
Attorney flobart L. McKeever
skillfully landed a light Cub air
plane on a road 'near Canton Tues
day morning.
The wingtip of he plane was
damaged when It struck a mail box
stanchion. But Mr. McKeever was
not hurt.
He was Dying alone from the
Andrews-Murpry field to Asheville
when heavy mist hid the treacher
ous mountains on his route.. Mr.
McKeever had to set the plane
down on the River Road in the
Bethel section near Canton.
The Attorney was a Navy fighter
1 pilot in World War II. He still
flies in Hie Navy Reserve.
The Cub he was flying Tuesday
swerved into a field after striking
the mail box, but it was not ex
tensively damaged. The plane was
returned to Andrews by truck.
The senator said that the Mur- '
phy bridge had been under conoid -
eration before, but that the Highay
Department was discussing the pos- '
sibiltiy of a highway by-pass for I
the town. The bridge construction
could not be determined until that t
was settld.
The planning Section of the High- i
way Department has reported that
Scout's Football
i
Contest To Run
Eleven Big Weeks
Sharpen up your pencil, your wit,
and your football knowledge.
The Scout's big Football Contest
will be here just a week from now.
Cash prizes and a lot of fun are
I
in *tore for the sports lovers?
and for those who can "out-guess"
the experts.
Each week for the next 11, The
Scout and local merchants will pre
sent 20 upcoming games in a full
page advertisement. Contestants
wil send in their predictions of how
the games will turn out.
Three persons will win cash every
week. Top winner will receive $5.
sco ad $3. and third $1.
This year for the first time,
area kigh school games will be in
cluded in the contest. The remain
der will b well-known college con
j tests.
Cherokee Fair
Sept. 28 - Oct. 3
' Biggest, Best'
The 41st Cherokee County Fair
will be held on September 28-Oct_
tober 3,
Plans are now for this to be the
best and largest Fair ever held in
Cherokee County.
A.G. Quim is president of the
Fair Assciation and the other
officers are as follows: W. D.
Townson, Vice-President; W. S.
Dickey, Secretary k Treasurer; aid
the following are directors: Luther
Dockery, W. T. Brown, Mrs. L. F.
Lochaby , Glenn Patton, Wayne
Holland, Tom C. Day. Mrs. H. B.
McNabb and Mrs. S. J, Gernert,
The Superintendents of the var
ious departments are as follows;
Field Crops, Luther Dockery; Hor
ticulture, Clyde McNabb, Dairy Cat
Cattle. A. B. Stalcup; Beef Cattle.
Pearl Johnson; Sheep, Luke Ellis;
Swine. Fred Martin; Poultry, Phil
Sanchdge; Flowers, Miss Emily
Sword; Home Products, Mrs. J.
V. Henson; Pantry Supplies, Mrs.
Oran Witt; House Furnishings.
Mrs. S. J, Gernert; Clothing, Mrs
E. J. Green; Arts and Crafts, Mrs
Luke Ellis; and Science Thomas C.
Day.
There have bees several changes
1 in the catalog this year, especially
in the poultry department. Anyone
I planning to exhibit at the Fair
should check the cattlog and do not
bring items that are not listed.
Also there is a complete new de
partment for Swine. Swine wtt be
| listed by breeds and not as bacon
or fat types hog as previously.
There has been a class of harrow
hogs from ISO lbs-220 lbs, added for
this yea.
Grid Medal Shows will be with us
this year for the whole wesk of
the Pair. This show la owned by
Johnny Denton who baa had his
rfww la Murphy to pwvtoua
Federation Says
Warehouse
To Operate
Many tobacco farmers have
been inquiring if the Carolina
Warehouse will be in operation this
next season. O. J. Holler, Presid
ent of the Farmers Fedration. an
nounces that the Federation will op
erate the Tobacco Warehouse dur
ing the burley tobacco auction
sales during tne 1959-60 season.
John Gardner who has been as
sistant manger of the Carolina
Warehouse auction sale for many
years has been promoted to man
ager of the Tobacco Division of the
Federation. Ulysses R. Woody ]
who has been assistant floor man
ager is being promoted to floor
maitager. I
] The Farmers 'Federation has
, operated the Carolina Warehouse
for burley tobacco auction sales for
several years, it is the oldest ware
house on the Asheville Tobacco
Market.
The Cardinal Federation has
| had the highest average price for
burley tobacco of any auction ware
bouse on the Adieville market over
the yesn. 222
Joaepfc Higdon. General Manager
of Farmers Federation , invites all
burley tobacco growers to bring
their tobacco to the Carolina Ware
he us during the 196W0 season, as
they will give yeun prompt sales and
obtain for yew the highest prices
on the market for your tobacco.
CORRECTION
It was reported In the Scout last
week that a Forest Service truck
wan wrecked after It swerved into
a State Highway Dump truck to
avoid hitting two children.
This was la error. The dump
truck crashed into the Forest
Service truck alter swerving to
the children. The Scout re
no by-pass is necessary at this
time.
"We need a new bridge here
C\en if they did build a by -pass,"
Sen. Forsyth commented. "The
present bridge i>, congested and ex
tremely dangerous? not only for
pit'omomibles but for pedestrians."
A by pass for Murphy will con
tinue to be in the future planning
of the Highway Department, he ad
ded. The Planning Section has
found that traffic through the town
is not yet congested enough to
warrant that.
Concerning the project cost, Sen.
Forsyth pointed out that the $244,
000 is strictly a preliminary esti
mate. Exact cost will be determin
ed only after thorough surveys are
completed.
Bike Winners
Announced
By Collins -Crain
Little Charles Rogers of Marble
Route 1 may be only two years old,
but he has got .to learn to ride a
bicycle. Because he has a brand
new one. ?
Marilee Martin of Murphy Route
2 may not have expected one for ~
I her Uth birthday, but she has ?. *? T~
! new bicycle, too.
I
I Both won their bicycles in the big
; Back to School Sai of Collins
j Grain Department Store.
Manageir Wally Williams report
ed that 8,000 to 10,000 persons regis
tered far ithe bicycles.
Marilee was gleaming with hap
ness and pride when she came in
to the store Tuesday to get her new
bike. Who wouldn't? Her birthday
was on Monday, and she didn't
even expect such a nice gift.
Mr. Williams said, "We plan to
make it an annual event of giving
away two bikes at the beginning of
every school season. , ,
"We thank the people for taking
such a big part In our Back to
School Sale."
Scoreboard
To Be
Installed
A new scoreboard for the high
? school football field is expected to
| arrive here sometime this week,
according to Mrs. P. J. Henn, pres
ident of the Murphy Woman's Club.
The club recently sponsored a
drjve to raise additional money
needed for the scorboard. The total
cost is estimated about $1800.
It is hoped that the scoreboard \
will be installed for the Sylva
Murphy game Sept. 18,
Holiday Closings
Not Yet Complete
A complete schedule of holiday
closings by Murphy merchants to
being compiled by the Merchants
Association and wiH be announced
soon.
A number of 'businesses have
agreed to the closing days already
and others are Being invited to
Join. The Association wiH oail a
meeting to complete the