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CITIZENS BANK
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Mnryby?Andrews ? Robbinsvills
HayesvilU
Serving Southwestern North Carolina
Strawberry Plants
Are Available
by Jim Stewart
Cherokee County Farm Agent
A fruit which is a favorite
of most families in Cherokee
County is strawberries. This
fruit is one which is excellent
for use both fresh and frozen.
The demand for local straw
berries has not been
adequately met. More straw
berries can be sold to tourist
'through roadside stands.
To enable more families to
have a plentiful supply of
strawberries and have some
to market, the Cherokee
County Agricultrual Agent's
office will handle orders for
plants. The variety which will
be ordered is the Tennessee
Beauty. These plants will cost
growers eight dollars per
thousand. This cost will
include delivery cost to
Murphy.
Grain School
To Be Held
Monday Night
Cherokee citizens who ere
Interested In either the pro
duction, storage or marketing
of corn will have an
opportunity to be brought up
to date on latest Information
on corn. A grain school will
be conducted In the Court
house in Murphy, Monday,
March 12, at 7:30 pjn. ac
cordlngto Jim Stewart, Chero
kee County Farm Agent,
All Cherokee producers,
buyers, handlers, feed manu
fac turers, dealers, livestock
and poultry feedars will find
this meeting valuable.
The most Important Spies
to be discussed, will be corn
outlook and price trends,
positive ways to Increase corn
production and income, earn
insect control, better select
ion and maintenance of
harvesting equipment.
A. D. Smart agroc
specialist. Everts Nichols
grain Msrfcst specialist be*
of North Carolina State Col
?d J?
Cherokee Comity,
Agent, will present the I
Meal lnfortrfadon for dm |
Five thousand, five hundred
plants are required to plant
one acre spaced 2 feet by four
feet. The time la fast ap
proaching to begin pre
paration for strawberry plait
ing.
All growers receiving
plants through" the' County
Agricultural Agent's office
will receive Information on
proper care of strawberries
maximum yields
Since all plants will be to
growers at actual cost all
ordera must be prepaid.
Soiling Springs Ntws
Mr. and Mrs. Parry
Abernathy and family attended
the birthday dinnar of bit
father who lived to aaa Ma
83rd birthday.
Mr. and Mra. Lloyd (TDall
and children vlalted Mr. and
Mra. Herbert Gaddia Sunday
afternoon.
Miea Cleo Mills vial cad
Mra. Tina Anna Thuradey.
Mr. R. L. Abernathy anrf
Wayne Abernathy wee called
on the murder trial Jury
Wednesday at Sylva, N. C.
? ? ?
Mr. Herbert GaddU has
Hoyesville
Deed Transfers
Eddie Lee Lovln to Plato and
WUla Mae Salts, 6 acres more
or less in Hayesvllle Township
J. V. and Eunata Chastain
to Robert L, Shook, 10 acres
more or less in Hayesvllle
Township.
R. E. and Glenn Penland to
David Hogsed, 19 acres more
or less in Shooting Creek
Township.
Smithdale Industries Inc.,
to City Industrial Company,
67 1/2 acres more or less
in Shooting Creek Township;
and 1/4 acre more or less
in Hayesvllle Township.
Charlie B. and Onelta Hall
to Mary M. Brumby, 10 acres
more or less In Brasstown
Township.
Rich are E. Thomas etals to
Arnold P. Heavener et al, 40
acres more or less in Sweet
water Township.
City Industrial Company to
A. J. Armstrong Company,
Inc., 671/2 acres more or less
In Shooting Creek Township;
and 1/4 acre mora or less In
Hayesvllle Township.
Frank and Alice Marr to
Glenn W. Ledford and Op alee
Ledford 1 1/2 acres more or
leas In Hayesvllle Township.
renamed home from the
Providence Hospital.
Mr. Robert McDonald and
wife, Hannah of Bbenzer
visited hie mother, Mrs.
Ella McDonald, Tuesday.
V.H. Ball, Brasstown Postal
Clerk, Hoaored For Service
Victor H. Bail ?n 1
for his forty-one years la the
Postal Service at a surprise
party glvae by the patrons of
the Brassawu Post Office on
Tuesday alfht, February 27th
at the Bcrhhnfil BttfMag la
B rasa town.
About sixty-41 we people, re
JabaC.
Mr. Pied O. Scroggs recalled
the day* whan Mr. Bell travel -
lmpesslble by automobile aid
deecrlbed his adventures when
a> drive his first
As ? when of appreciation
and la anticipation of Mr.
Ball's retirement plana for
travel, the people of the corn
natality prasaumd him with
lu|g*B*- Games wars played.
The refreshment table was
uoeased with a yellow doth
a raaaarplai ? of yellow
~ A cake, baked by
for dm
with
Water Heater Explosion
Wrecks Murphy Home
J?ck
of an electric hot
?Mr ot the homo of
Mrs. Part V.Rldan
Dthal StrMt la
at 10:30 pjn. Saturday,
February 17. Ad aloe trie wall
dock blown from tha wall in
Ska Hate waa stopped at
Xh30.
No ooa waa injurwd although
tha ha ana waa occupied at
foe Urns of tha explosion by
(ha Rldanhour chlldran and
Mrs. Lily Roger*, a baby
aitaar. Extensive damage a
aounttnc a> $3,000 - $4,000
waa incurred by tha dwelling.
Tha water heater encloaed
in a do eat in tha combination
blow, holes in a
at tha calling, floor,
root, ana outside wall, and
6a inaida wall. Tha picture
window at the front of the
house eras completely blown
out. This window was credited
with saving the house from
total destruction.
Mr. Rldanhour tails the fol
io erlng story about the night
of the explosion. He and his
wife attended a function at
6a First Baptist Church after
ho can called a scheduled trip
? Clayton, Georgia. After the
church meeting, the R1 den
bo urs went to the home of
Rev. and Mra. W. J. Thomp
son for coffee. The Rlden
houra called home to check
on their children and to in
form the baby sitter of their
whereabouts.
Mrs. Rogers was watching
TV in the kitchen-den when
foe phone rang. After the con
uereadon with the parents, she
remembered that another
phone was located at the other
end of the bouse. She left the
den to make sure the children
had not been disturbed by the
phone. Chi her way back to the
dan, she stopped at the bath
It was at this time that the
water heater exploded, com
pletely wrecking one end of
foe house.
The photo at the top shows
a protion of the back of the
house. The center photo shows
foe hole in the roof and a
teddy bear picked tg> by the
ma M>Ml ta d?
At bonDm. |C?lto?ci
Will
Chwnlcal FIrt
Atlanta, Ga. ? AWorldWar
U Grumman torpedo bomber
will r?carta chemical (Ira
retardants on poaotlally <hn
garoua forest fires in (ha
Appalachian Mountains thla
spring. John B. Spring, Chief
of Fire Control (or the South
ern Region of the U. S.Forest
Service, a aid (ha Forest
Service acquired the aircraft
soma years ago to mat and
develop methods of ratrading
forest Ores from the air. Air
tankar use has bean wide
spread in the west since 1956.
In the South, Georgia, North
Carolina and Florida
pioneered In the use of air
tankers.
According id District
Ranger, Bunch A. Nugent, this
bomber is available for use
in the Cherokee-Clay County
area and will be used here If
needed. Panther Top Lookout
Tower west of Murphy ?d
Joanna Bald north of Andrews
are being equipped with radios
for direct communication with
the bomber. The Fire Boss
on the fire may then direct
the dropping of retarttats.
The Forest Service plane,
baaed at Knoxvllle Tennessee
will attack forest fires In
the National Forests of Ten
nessee, Georgia, North and
South Carolina , Virginia, and
the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park. The Park Ser
vice is cooperating with the
Forest Service In this project.
Park Service personnel will
service the ground operation
at the Knoxvllle base, while
the Forest Service will
dispatch and pilot the aircraft.
The air tanker can carry
600 gallons of the retardant,
dlamonlum phosphate which
not only retards fire, but Is
a soil fertilizer. It Is harm
less to humans., domestic
animals, wildlife and fish. A
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DR. AND MRS. W. K. WHITSON
W.K. Whitsons To Celebrate
50th Wedding Anniversary
Andrews ? Dr. and Mrs.
W. K. Whltson of Andrews
will observe their golden Wed
ding anniversary Thursday,
March 8.
A family dinner will be
full tank will cover an area
about 40 feet wide and 300
feet long. As an Initial attack
weapon, the tanker can hold
a fire down until ground
crews can reach and control
It. For greatest effect, drops
must be made from an altitude
of 75 to 100 feet.
Baaed on past forest fire
records. Spring expects the
sir tanker to be called Into
service 25 to 30 times during
the spring fire season. "If
the air drop keeps Just one
of these fires from spreading
to 'blow up* proportions. It
will more than save the cost
of air operations In terms of
recreation, wildlife, water,
9011 and timer values," said
Soring.
held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. R. N. Whltaon f 20
Alabama Ave. In Weavervllle
on Saturday. Friends are In
vleted to call during the after
noon for 3 until S p.m.
Dr. Whltaon was born and
raised In Ashevllle and prac
ticed dentistry there almost
SO years until his retirement.
Dr. vid Mrs. Whltson moved
to Andrews nearly three years
ago.
Dr. Whltson married the
former Elliott Brunson Sum
mers of Meridian, Miss.,
March S, 1912, fo Adanta.Ga.
Joining in the celebration
will be all of their children,
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Whltson,
Jr. of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Miss
Elizabeth Whltson and the Rev.
Edward B. Whltson of Andrews
and the hosts, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard N. Whltson of
Weavervllle. Also attending
will be their grandchildren,
Patricia of Weavervllle,
Nancy of Oak Ridge and Billy
of Andrews.
Copy Of Newspaper
FHOTOGMPHS
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The Cherokee Scout
We Sell For Cash - We Sell For Less
TIRE VALUES
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Murphy, N.C. VE 7-2181